Short things are easier to write than long ones. And GaLe is a million times harder to write than NaLu. I need some new material – really, really bad.

So I'll just do this 'til my muse comes back.

I don't own Fairy Tail.

~MM~

She was cute, Mirajane observed, in a sort of ditzy, clueless way. But if she was brought back by Natsu, then she didn't have to be all that smart, just strong enough to pique his interest. Which wasn't the easiest thing to do. Her brother had been trying to get Natsu to fight him seriously for years and Natsu had just kind of laughed it off and moved on to the next piece of news about his MIA dragon dad.

But this time, Natsu hadn't brought back a punch to the face for the person who gave him faulty information (there was a crunch in the background, followed by some screaming, and that was definitely Natsu's voice. Oh, and was that surprise on the new blonde's face? Maybe a punch had been brought back) no, he'd brought back a person; a girl. And Mira was slightly wary as to how she'd turn out to be. The guild could only deal with so many Erzas, Canas, Biscas, Levys, and, truth be told, too many of herself might not go over so well either. No, she shuddered at the thought.

She looked so innocent though – almost star struck to be in the guild. What had Natsu seen? Was she bipolar? No offense to those who were, but the guild really didn't need that. Even if she was crazy powerful.

No, especially if she was crazy powerful.

Then Gray walked by – in his boxers – and the new girl turned an interesting range of colors from red, to white, to some sort of peach, back to red before reverting to something that could be considered normal and then expression just kind of...dropped...off her face. There was no better way to explain it; her face just kinda went slack and her eyes kinda froze and went wide –– then there was nothing. Mira's theory of bipolarity was gaining momentum by the minute.

After Gray, it was Cana – drinking from a barrel and making the new one's jaw drop – and then it was Elfman, who's shadow completely covered the blonde and made her legs nearly collapse underneath her. Then Loke made his appearance, and her face lit up like a house on Christmas morning and Mira has a sudden, horrifying idea: What if she was a fangirl? The other "girlfriends" started to hang off the strawberry blonde ring mage and Mira watched with gathering apprehension as Natsu's new...companion...took it all in – and then fell flat on her face at Loke's antics. Mira took a deep breath, feeling slightly better. Not a fangirl. This was good.

Now what was she?

Well, Mira figured, only way to figure out exactly what kind of creature was masquerading as a blonde beauty was to go talk to her. Her people reading skills could use some sharpening; she'd hadn't had any use for them in quite a while. As Mira got closer, she found that it was becoming harder and harder to hold suspicions. Honestly, that kind of clueless, dumbstruck, utterly exited visage should not be allowed. Yet she kept her chin – and theories – up in the air and ignored the brawl that had started behind her and crouched down next to the blonde.

It was sort of amazing how her moods worked – laying on the floor one minute, jumping up with hearts in her eyes the next, then looking like she'd just seen something unpleasant as she pointed towards the fight going on. Amusement would come at a cheep price if she stayed, and Mira never knew what kind of match-making possibilities there could be with someone new around...but she'd continue to reserve judgment for now.

How would she react, Mirajane found herself wondering with a sort of glee she had thought lost with her Demon Soul magic, if she found out that this happens every day?

So Mira told her so, the blonde went pale, and the thought of "that's scary!" might as well have been screamed from the roof tops for all that her eyes implied. It took, as Mira knew it inevitably would, a very short amount of time for the newbie to get involved in the brawl. She wasn't really all that worried for the unknown mage – Master was coming, she could feel his magic pulsing down the hall – but she did wonder at the gleeful smile all over Natsu's face as he fought with people, one eye carefully keeping track of where his latest nakama was being dragged off to.

He hasn't smiled like that in weeks. Could it all be because of this brown-eyed stranger? Natsu did have an incredible innate sense of people, so maybe Mira would just give up for now and let things happen as they happened. If this one did end up being trouble, Mira knew she wouldn't have to fight alone, so that was some stress off her shoulders.

Master walked in then and the fighting died down with the petulant air of children being scolded. Mira lost sigh of the blond spot of curiosity, but she only had to glance at Natsu to find the right direction to look in. Had she ever tried messing with Natsu's love life since Lisan–– no, she hadn't, she cut off abruptly, but it might be fun to start now.

~MM~

"Master, is it really alright to let Natsu go off on his own like this? Especially with Lucy?" Lucy, it was a nice name, even if it didn't come with a last name attached. Now she didn't have to think up aliases; which was a blessing.

"He'll be fine, Mira," she nods and goes back to wiping down the counter, marveling at how quiet the guild can get when Natsu isn't around. Fairies may or may not have tails, she laughs to herself, but the best time to find out is definitely in the summer. She doesn't get far along the bar with her rag before Master Makarov is calling to her again.

"What do you think of her, Mirajane?" There's only one "her" that Master could be talking about, and what does Mira think of her?

"I think," she replies slowly, not knowing if this is a good thing or a bad thing, "that it's really easy to talk about Lisanna in front of her." And, really, that's the best compliment she could give someone.

~MM~

Mirajane...is...really...hard...to...write. Like, really hard. Because when is she serious and when is she not? How deep does her character go? I've always thought that it went deeper than portrayed, so that's how I'm writing her.

I also feel like she'd be suspicious of anyone joining the guild without prior introduction, so this is my take on her thought process. I apologize if it seems choppy. Or cheesy. Because Mira kinda is, I suppose, though that "fairies in the summer" thing might have been overkill...

Anywho, thanks for reading! R&R please and I'll try to have to next one out on Friday. I'm thinking I'm going to go for an every-two-days kind of thing because these are short.