Everyone was in the bar that night and I mean everyone well wveryone except Midnight Moon but all the other guilds were there. Gray was currently talking with Erza and the Master at the bar just as the bar tender gave him a drink.
"I don't know what happened exactly. It delt as if all my magic was drained out of me-I-I don't exactly know how it felt but it was just weird." He explained, looking down at his drink wearily. He could still feel that feeling when it happened. It felt horrible; he felt useless and it wa sjust horrible.
"Mmmh, ok, do you think you can still use your magic?" The Master asked thinking. Gray shrugged, he didn't partically want to try, if he was being honest he was a little scared to try and then immedietly find out that it won't work.
"Can you maybe try something small?" Erza asked Catously, her drink left untouch next to her at the bar and she stared intently at Gray, he could tell she was worried about jim as well as the Master.
He shrugged again and brought his hnd out to the front of him. Something small he thought. What about-
Blue and cold swirled in his hand. It swirled and swirled and he was about to give up before a rose appeared. He smiled and breathed out a sigh of relief and stared at the beautiful creation he made. He placed i down on the bar and looked up to the relieved and happy faces of Erza and the Master.
"It worked. I still have my magic." He said. Well at least that was one thing he didn't have to worry about anymore during the games.
"That's good. That's good." The Master breathed. "I think this calls for a party!" Tne Master shouted and gulped down his beer like there was no tomorrow. Gray smiled and chuckled a little at tuis and turned around in his chair to look at everyone.
The bar was filled with guild members of Mermaid Heel, Quotro Cerberus (Or Quotro Puppy as everyone still liked to call it- he even heard Elfman talk very loudly about how proud he was of ckming up with that name and how everyone was still using it.) Blue Pegasus who were trying to impress Lucy and Cana and a few othher girls, Lamia Scale-he chuckled as he saw Lyon trying to win Juvia over and was acting like a crazy idiot he was- and just as he was a about to look over at the other teams, the doors had just opened revealing the team from Sabertooth!
Gray's eyes widened as he saw Frosch come in with Rogue and immedietly ran over to him.
"Oh my god Hi Frosch!" He aaid waving at him, not even caring that Natsu was laugjing in the background along with other members of the guild. Frosch just tilted his head.
"Hi?" He said unsure. Gray looked up at Rogu who had stepped back in surprise and was staring at Gray in a kind of defence way as if Gray was trying to steal something of him or something like that.
"Can I hold him?" He asked, looking like a kid who was aksing for candy.
Rogue hesitated for a bit thinking. It looked like a lot of work for just one question but Gray understood but it was so frustrating to wait such a long time. He eventually nodded and handed Frosch to Gray.
"Oh my God! Thank you! He's just so cute." Gray smiled as he hughed him really tight. Rogue gave a small smirk.
"I know right."
"Heh Ok then. Hey good job on the game today Gray." Sting said awkwardly, but giving Gray a 'good job' smile.
"Thanks." He said.
"Hey Gray?" Gray looked over to Yukino who just walked in. "What happened with your magic today?" She asked a little worried and at this Natsu walked over with Hally who had heard and looked at Gray curiously.
"Yeah Gray, I was meant to ask." Gray shrugged. He honestly didn't really know what had happened but the Master did have a theory that someone else in the audience or something else had caused it but he didn't know what.
"I'm not too sure actually. The Master had a theory that maybe someone sabotaged it or something. I don't really know but it was weird." He replied shrugging, he was doing that a lot tonight.
"Are you still able to use it?" She asked again. He finally nodded this time yay something that's not shrugging so that he didn't look like an idiot.
"Yeah, I was talking with the Master and Erza earlier and I tried it and it worked." He said smiling.
"Great. Then let's fight!" Natsu said, holding his fists ip and preparing to fight. Gray smirked. "Bring it on."
"Careful of Frosch!"
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The whole night was a blurr to Gray. It happened so quickly. He got into a fight with Natsu but after a while it was broken up by Erza who had enough, so he wenwent to hang out with Lyon and hos team who then he got into a fight with and Natsu got involed after a chair was thrown at him by Lyon but was once again broken by Erza who had then lectured him about fighting in other bars and when there's people around. He then went snd hung out with kther fuild members and his team for a while before once again he and Natsu fought and the two of them was kicked out by the very annoyed and very angry bar tender.
So that was basically Gray's night. So now he was here walking back to the hotel with Natsu and Happy who was actually very quiet for some strange unknown reason to Gray.
He hesitated before he spoke. What was he supposed to say? He and Natsu didn't really talk often about that stuff, so this was knew to even him. Well if it was skmeone else he could easily ask if they were ok or not but he didn't know how to with Natsu, but he instantly found out that he didn't have to worry about it since he wasn't the one who spoke up first.
"I'm sorry!" Natsu blurted out. Gray stopped and reccoiled in surpise. Now that was something he definitly wasn't expecting. What was Natsu sorry for.
"I'm sorry, what?" He asked, not a hundred percent sure if he heard Natsu right.
"Come on man, don't make me have to say it again." Natsu whined and Gray chuckled a little bit.
"Ok, ok. But what are you sorry for?" Natsu looked at him as if he grew three heads.
"You seeiously don't know?" Gray shook his head trying to work out where Natsu was going. "Did you hit your head to hard when we were fighting or did you jut drink to much?"
"Ugh. Look," He started, his voice going more serious than Gray has ever hear it. It was like when he fought a bad guy who had hurt one of his nakama but it was different.
"Listen what I said earlier, mmh, about what I said about losing-" Oh, so this is what that's about. He sighed and ran his hands down his face.
"Natsu, it's ok. i forgive you. You don't need to get so worked ip about this, it's alright." But Natsu shook his head in protest.
"No, no ot's not ok. It wasn't fair of me to say that to you. You tried your hardest last time and probably better then me."
"What are you talking about? You won today, you did better then me." Gray said, his voice raising with shock.
"Well, what I mean is- oh god, why is this so hard. What I mean is that I'm sorry. I didn't mean what I said and you did a good job too and today even though your magic we nt all heywiriery, you still did a good job and even better." He sighed almost looked like he was relieved.
Gray stayed silent for a little while, thinking. Well that was possibly the nicest thing Natsu has ever said to him, wow. He couldn't believe what just happened, Natsu apologised him for the first time but unfortunately he isn't in the right mood for bragging about it right now and instead it made him feel happy. He smiled.
"Thanks Natsu. It's ok." He replied and theybwalked in silence for the rest of the way.