Here's chapter 2! Bfly is happy for all the reviews and faves she has received, I really appreciate it! Hope you like this one too!
Shout out to Ed who is my main man on proof reading! Thanks a bunch!
Disclaimer: Looking at Wikipedia's page it says that Fairy Tail is still owned by Hiro Mashima…
How can something so small be so destructive? Thought Gajeel as he and Pantherlily cowered behind an overturned pool table. The destructor was a small, blue-haired, usually good natured girl that he had foolishly offered to teach billiards too. She was hitting the balls so hard that they were ricocheting off the rails and bombarding the surrounding area. Damn those two, he thought as his mind wondered onto Jet and Droy who had left him alone to "clean their apartment" they tricked me! Wait until I get my hands around their necks! I'll strangle the life out of them!
"You need to put an end to this madness!" cried Lily, snapping him out of his thoughts on torturing and killing Jet and Droy. The solid blue 2-ball smashed through the table right between them and embedded itself onto the wall in front of them.
"I-I'll wait until she runs out of balls," he said.
Levy had missed again. Dammit! She was remembering what Jet and Droy had taught her when the first tried to teach her. Relax, aim and hit the white ball to hit a colored ball into one of the pockets. Ok 8-ball, you are going down! She aimed at the cue ball and felt someone grab the hand that was holding the cue stick.
"That's enough shorty," growled Gajeel. He had stood directly behind her, assuming that it would be the safest place to be.
"Ga-Gajeel!" she stuttered as she was caught by surprise. She started to blush as she realized he was standing pretty close to her.
"Jeez, I never thought that you could cause so much mayhem and destruction. Everyone else hightailed it out of here as soon as the first ball went flying!" He grinned at her, "But then again, you are a member of Fairy Tail, so it's expected that you'd be capable of wide spread damage."
She looked around and saw that Gajeel, Lily and her were the only ones left in the amusement center. She saw that all the balls that she had failed to pocket (which was all of them) were either lying on the floor or embedded on the walls. There were holes on the tables and ceiling. Feeling ashamed, she turned a bright red. She felt the tears building up in her eyes and spilling down her cheeks. "Sorry…" she said her voice breaking as she fought to hold her tears.
"Sorry for what?" said Gajeel, bewildered by her reaction. He had no idea what he did wrong this time.
"For all of this," she swept her arm across the room. "I always do the same thing. I get too focused on what I'm doing and fail to see the big picture. Even on missions, I-I" she sobbed, unable to finish what she was saying.
"Hey, why are you crying?" I was complimenting her, not trying to make her cry! Women should come with fucking manuals! He was no good at dealing with sobbing females. He looked at Lily, who just shrugged, apparently as flabbergasted as he was. Great! He turned her to face him; put both hands on either side of her now wet cheeks and forced her to look at him as gently as possible. He didn't want to hurt her, and if he accidently did, he was sure he'd be killed by the guild. "Hey, stop crying! Everyone makes mistakes, nobody's with it. If you still want to play pool, I'll teach you like I said I would, on one condition: NO MORE TEARS! Besides, you're making Lily sad," he added, holding back his chuckle as he saw Lily cross his arms and pout from the corner of his eye.
Levy smiled and dried her eyes. She never thought that Gajeel would be cheering her up. "Sorry, I don't know what came over me. I felt so embarrassed, and…"
Lily patted her hand, "It's ok; you let your emotions take over you."
"Lily, sorry if I made you sad," she scooped up the small, brown cat in her arms and hugged him. Well, being small and cute certainly had its advantages! I'll never complain again, he thought. She placed Lily back on the table. "Gajeel, thanks for cheering me up," and hugged him as well. He felt his cheeks get hot as blood rushed to his face. It was a short, friendly hug, and it was over as quickly as it began. She stepped back, looked at him and smiling said, "So Gajeel-sensei, I'm ready to learn!"
Fuck, girls are so confusing. He saw Lily holding back his laughter. He looked at Lily crossly, and in a rougher tone than he meant to use, said "Just Gajeel. No need for any of that sensei crap." He cleared his throat and in his normal, gruff tone said, "I think the first thing we need to teach you is: how to hit the cue ball normally."
Cana walked in the guild around 3:00pm that day. She had spent the entire night playing poker and drinking with two guys that she had just met. She was sure that they kept buying her drinks to get her drunk and take her home, but what they didn't know was that she had an incredibly high tolerance of alcohol. In the end the guys lost a lot of money, both on drinks and losing games. She had gotten home around five in the morning, tired and 1 million jewels richer. Stupid tourists, serves them right for trying to take advantage of a single girl. She walked up to the bar where Mirajane was.
"Cana, I thought you weren't going to show up! Erza said you came in late last night, or should I say early this morning?" said the cheerful bartender.
"Let me have a turkey club and coffee, black." Mira went to get her order started and served her the coffee. She added two spoons of sugar, stirred and took a sip before answering Mira's questions. "I was playing poker with a couple of douche bag tourists who were trying to get into my pants by getting me drunk, so I left them with only the clothes on their backs," she laughed.
"Now Cana, if you keep this up many tourists won't ever come back."
"Serves them right, the pricks."
Mira laughed as she headed to the window to fetch Cana's sandwich. As Cana was eating, a blue haired girl sat next to her and said, "Hello, Cana. Juvia thought that you weren't coming in today, and Juvia was worried when you didn't come in last night."
"Hey Juvia, sorry if I made you worry. I had to teach some guys a lesson!" Cana proceeded to tell Juvia the accounts of the previous night. The two had become very close friends after Laxus had forced the guild to fight one another in order to find out who was the strongest, when in reality he just wanted to become the new guild master. They got caught in one of Fried's runes, and Juvia had sacrificed herself in order to escape.
"If Juvia would have been there she would've scolded them for using such underhanded tricks!"
"I just hope they learned their lesson and never try that stunt on any girl again," she said, shoving the last bit of her sandwich in her mouth. Elfman makes the best turkey clubs anywhere! She finished her coffee and said to Juvia, "so, what have you been up to today?"
"Not much. Gray-sama hasn't come back from his mission, so Juvia has been looking at the request board to see if Juvia should also go on a mission."
"Where's Gajeel?" she asked. She knew that Juvia and Gajeel were close friends too. And Gajeel made a decent drinking buddy.
"Juvia saw him go to the amusement center with Jet and Droy."
This gave the card mage an idea. "Want to go shoot some pool?"
"Sure! Juvia would like to play pool!"
"You should be careful when you go down, Levy is there," warned Mira, who had come over to take Cana's dishes.
"What's wrong with Levy?" asked a curious Juvia.
"She's a terrible player. Here, it'll be easier for you to see it than for me to explain it." They got up and headed to the rec room. The peaked around the corner and saw Levy who had her back turned to them, aiming the cue ball with the yellow striped 9-ball. She hit the cue ball haphazardly, which made the 9-ball shoot out from the table, hit the rail and sail towards where they were on looking. The ball went directly to Juvia's head, which went through harmlessly thanks to Juvia's ability to turn her body into water.
"Juvia see's what you mean," she said as she surveyed the room. All the balls were either lying on the floor or embedded on the walls. There were holes on the tables and ceiling.
Levy positioned herself parallel to where Cana and Juvia were, but since she was a little further down, they remained unseen. They saw Levy take aim at the cue ball and the black 8-ball, when they saw Gajeel and Lily walk towards the little solid script mage. Lily had seen them at them at the door, and was about to wave when Cana put a finger to her lips. Quiet cat! This could get interesting! Lily gave a slight nod as he landed on the pool table as Gajeel grabbed the hand that Levy was holding the cue stick.
"That's enough shorty," growled Gajeel. He was standing pretty close to her.
"Ga-Gajeel!" she stuttered. She looked like she was blushing.
"Jeez, I never thought that you could cause so much mayhem and destruction. Everyone else hightailed it out of here as soon as the first ball went flying! But then again, you are a member of Fairy Tail, so it's expected that you'd be capable of wide spread damage."
As Levy looked around the rec room, Cana and Juvia hid further up the stairs. They didn't head back down until they heard Levy say, "Sorry…" she sounded like she was on the verge of tears.
"Sorry for what?" said Gajeel.
"For all of this," she swept her arm across the room. "I always do the same thing. I get too focused on what I'm doing and fail to see the big picture. Even on missions, I-I" she sobbed, unable to finish what she was saying.
"Hey, why are you crying?" he sounded concerned. Juvia and Cana exchanged meaningful expressions. They nearly squealed when they saw him turn her to face him, put both hands on either side of her tear-stained cheeks and forced her to look at him. "Hey, stop crying! Everyone makes mistakes, nobody's with it. If you still want to play pool, I'll teach you like I said I would, on one condition: NO MORE TEARS! Besides, you're making Lily sad," he added, and they nearly laughed when they saw Lily cross his arms and pout at the iron dragon slayer.
Levy smiled and dried her eyes. "Sorry, I don't know what came over me. I felt so embarrassed, and…"
Lily patted her hand, "It's ok; you let your emotions take over you."
"Lily, sorry if I made you sad," she scooped up the small, brown cat in her arms and hugged him. She placed Lily back on the table, who looked like he was blushing. "Gajeel, thanks for cheering me up," and hugged him as well. They saw Gajeel actually blush. It was a short, friendly hug, and it was over as quickly as it began. She stepped back, looked at him and smiling said, "So Gajeel-sensei, I'm ready to learn!"
Juvia made a water heart. Lily nodded and Cana responded with a thumbs up. Lily was trying to hold back his laughter. Gajeel looked at Lily crossly, and in a rough tone said "Just Gajeel. No need for any of that sensei crap." He cleared his throat and in his normal, gruff tone said, "I think the first thing we need to teach you is: how to hit the cue ball normally."
The two girls looked at each other. This was going to be very interesting!
I hope you also agree with Cana and Juvia! Sorry it's a little on the short side, I promise the next one will be longer! Please review whether you liked it or not!