Well, let me just say how psyched I am by all the positive feedback that this fic has gotten! *giggles* that's awesome :) So here's an update because I have some time before I have to study for trigonometry lol.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately for me, Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima who is my all time favorite mangaka and I aspire to be him. *bows*
"Mira! Don't be pissed at me, it was all stripper's fault!"
"My fault?! As if it was MY fault! It was obviously fire boy here!"
"You wanna fight me Ice princess?!"
"It would be a motherfucking honor!"
The 24 year old barmaid ran a hand through her long silver hair, she sighed as she wiped down the counter. "Boys stop." She bit her lip as the two males continued their brawl. She really didn't want to have to use extreme measures on them.
"SILENCE!"
The two males loosened their grip on one another as they turned to face the owner of the voice. Towering above them stood 24 year old Erza Scarlet, the armor-clad weapons mage and the scariest woman in Fairy Tail. It was best not to cross her, as if beating the living shit out of you wasn't enough, her 'not-exactly boyfriend' was Jellal Fernandes...a main player in the Fiore magical council.
MOTHER. FUCKING. SYSTEM.
Erza peered down at the boys, "Unless, you want his..." She pointed at Gray, "...head, up your ass..." She gestured back to Natsu, "...I suggest that you shut the hell up and listen to what Mira has to say!"
The two males nodded repeatedly as they ran over to Mirajane who smiled sweetly, "Sorry about her. She's quite strict but she gets the job done. So how are you boys?"
"Fine I guess..."
"We could be better. You're not mad at us are you?"
The woman giggled, "Oh no. Everyone's late once in a while, just don't make it habitual 'kay?"
"What happens if, rhetorically speaking, we do?"
The woman gestured to the redheaded female and the men shuddered in horror. "Yes ma'am."
"SHIT WOMAN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. FUCK."
The three individuals whipped their heads towards the long-haired man who was yelling into his phone.
Mira frowned, "Gajeel! What's going on?"
The man covered the receiver of the phone and looked over at the barmaid. "Just the typical nuisance as usual...y'know...typical bitching."
"You know I don't like that Gajeel."
The man grumbled and rolled his eyes, "Yeah yeah yeah Mira." He removed his hand from the receiver and resumed his conversation. "WOULD YOU QUIT SLOBBERING ALL OVER THE PHONE?! AND YOU WONDER WHY WHATEVER THE FUCK HIS NAME IS DOESN'T LIKE YOU? I'LL TELL YOU WHY BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO BUSY BEING A BLUBBERING IDIOT!"
Natsu grimaced. "Sheesh. He's an asshole."
"Oh don't say that. Gajeel's really sweet under all that."
"Under all that what? Under all that asshole?"
Gray frowned, "Who's he talking to anyway?"
Mira shrugged, "Just an old friend. He talks to her almost every day. They're pretty close, actually."
"A wizard?"
The barmaid stroked her chin, "To be honest, I don't know. I've never actually met her."
The three watched as Gajeel slammed his phone down onto the table and stormed over to the bar. "Mira lemme get a glass of whiskey."
The woman nodded. She raised a brow as she handed him his drink, "What happened?"
Gajeel rubbed his face in annoyance, "Can a friend stop by here tomorrow?"
"Oh? She wants to come?!"
"Unfortunately..."
"Non-magical?"
"Not exactly..."
"Well that's splendid! What guild is she in?"
Natsu and Gray exchanged looks as the older man grew quiet. They watched as Gajeel squirmed in his seat and bit down on his lip.
"S-She's not exactly in a guild..."
"Huh?"
"She's one of them wizards...y'know the ones that don't join guilds..."
Natsu turned to face him suddenly interested in this conversation, "What? Isn't that illegal?!"
Gajeel grunted and smirked at the pink-haired young man, "And who asked you, runt?"
Natsu narrowed his eyes at the man, ready to fight him but Mira pushed him back. She turned back to Gajeel, "Natsu's right. If the magic council found out-"
"I know. I know. But she says that she does her best to hide her magic. She says if she doesn't necessarily ACT like a wizard, she doesn't have to be TREATED as one."
Gray frowned once more, "What if she slips up? If the magic council catches word they'll-"
"I KNOW. Okay? I know...stupid bitch always getting herself wrapped up in trouble. I don't know why I put up with her..."
Mira giggled, "Well it's fine with me Gajeel. You should at least try to convince her to join a guild though, it's in her best interest."
"Yeah whatever."
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22 year old Lucy Heartfilia sat on the edge of her bed and dried her blonde hair. She sighed as she let herself fall back onto the soft sheets. Her co-worker Juvia had spent the whole day crying over that Gray guy.
Talk about co-dependent.
To make matters worse, Juvia had decided that they, yes they as in the TWO of them, would go visit her friend tomorrow at his wizard guild.
Oh joy.
How stupid could Juvia be? If they wanted to live a normal life, without the hassles of wizard guilds they would have to avoid using magic yet Juvia managed to use magic subconsciously. For instance, today's beautiful ass rain storm brought to you by the wailing of one Miss Juvia Lockser.
And Fairy Tail? Fairy Tail of all guilds.
You see, Fairy Tail had quite the reputation out of all guilds in Fiore. In a sense, they were somewhat of this badass and awesome guild. Back when Lucy had an interest in guilds Fairy Tail was most definitely her number one.
But magic was dangerous, reckless, difficult. She thought back to her mother Layla Heartfilia, she was a phenomenal Celestial wizard, however she had died a long time ago in battle. Since then, Lucy decided to give up on her wizardry.
She took a deep breath as she grasped the set of keys that currently rested on her hip.
She didn't want to be a wizard anymore.
She didn't want the burdens and pain that came with it.
She just wanted her mom back.
Man, I LOVE writing for Gajeel! You guys don't even know lol. So yeah, now the real story kicks off...well partially. I'd like to think of this fic in parts: the intro, the beginning of the relationships(whether romantic or platonic), the major plot, the cool down(mostly wrapping up the plot and the nature of the relationships), and the ending summary. So this isn't going to be an instant NaLu and Gruvia fic...nor GaLe neither. Those relationships happen over time, like all good things do *wink*. The only couple that's kinda a couple right how is Jerza because Jerza is badass lol.
Now I am off to study the wonders of sine, cosine, and tangents...oh trigonometry how I loathe thee.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy and feel free to leave a review as always!
~Arigato, Mari :)