Tadaima, minna~ :3

I've been in such a good mood and I wrote this long chappy without purpose! But I think that's a good news to you? :D

In this chapter, Jenny is considered as a 24 years old woman. I don't know her real age. Does anybody know? Also, this chapter is one of the climax of the story, as it involves Jenny. I hope you'll like it.

On with the story! twinSlayer presents…..The eighteenth chapter: The 1st wall!

Disclaimer: Fairy Tail isn't mine~ And I know you know it~ XD

He ignored me. Ignored me! For such a long time! Did you realize that I appeared only twice along this whole eighteen chapters? Why? Is it because of that raven-haired bitch? The newbie in Fairy Tail? He dares to push me aside just for that girl? This is going too far!

Okay, I myself is going to approach him, whether he likes it or not. We are going to be engaged! We are going to be married! We are going to be the most perfect couple in Fiore! I am the only one who's suitable for a hot and elegant guy like him.

Huh…Those lowly girls don't stand a chance against me, why would that slanted-eyed girl even get take part in this mayhem? She's not even beautiful! Let alone some proper language she practices daily. Yet she dares to be close to Hibiki. Some guts you have.

In the meantime, Hibiki is discussing with Ren and Eve about a mission they want to approve and be pasted at the mission board when suddenly, Jenny comes marching towards them.

"Hibiki", she folds her arms arrogantly. "I want you to stop this nonsense."

They look at Jenny with a puzzled look. "Stop what, Jen?"

"Stop treating me like I'm a shadow!"

Silence crept across the place. Eve asks, "Since when?"

"Since that barbaric girl came from nowhere asked for directions to Fairy Tail!"

Hibiki silently fumes inside. "Watch your manners, Jen."

"Why should I care? You ignored me! Since that bitch had came here, you all were too focused on helping her rather than hanging out with at the guild!", she presses the word 'bitch' loudly.

Ren and Eve give eye signals to Hibiki, informing him that they will be away from that discussion place until he and Jenny finish their 'business'. Hibiki nods.

Once Ren and Eve had walk out of the room, Jenny stomps towards Hibiki. "Explain", she gives a venomous look.

Meanwhile, Ren and Eve didn't walk away from the room. Instead, they lean close against the door that walls the room, eavesdropping every single detail.

"Explain what, Jen?"

"Heh", she smirks, "You've been hanging out with that moron too much that you're becoming one of her species now?"

"Stop bad-mouthing her."

"I'm not bad-mouthing her. It's the truth, and you know it."

He tightens his fist secretly under the table. Okay, one more push and she'll be dead…

"Hibiki~", she leans forward. "Where's that weekly kiss that you've always been giving me before? I'm missing it." Stepping closer to him, she shows off her cleavage from underneath with her crossed arms. While making a pitiful expression, she convinces him more. "Hibiki~"

He looks away, trying not to be seduced by that.

Shutting his eyes, he speaks, "Jen, it's over between us. I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier that I-"

Before he could finish his sentence, Jenny had pulled his head forward and crashes her lips against his. He widens his eyes because of the shock, but he savors the moment for a while. Until something snaps in his mind ( Which is his promise to Makarov ). He quickly pushes her away before she could kiss him longer.

"Why? Why did you push me? Didn't you used to like it? I even wear your favourite strawberry flavour lip gloss today!"

He wipes his strawberry-stained lips with his arm vigorously. "Stop chasing me, Jen. I've got a life to go on and so do you. Find a man that perfects yourself, not a perfect man. I'm not eligible now….I'm engaged."

She felt like a lightning struck her heart at that moment. "E-Engaged? You must be joking, Hibiki…."

"No, Jen. I'm not. I'm going to be married in two weeks."

"How come I don't have a single clue about that? Why didn't you tell me?"

He kept silent, feeling guilty.

"Why Hibiki? Why didn't you tell me earlier?! I felt like I was a moron, chasing after a guy who's going to be married, and to be added, it's you! Hibiki!"

Tears start to form at her eyes. She backs slowly from Hibiki. "Why? Is it her? Is that raven girl that special?"

He nods. -Great….A crying girl ain't a good news. She must've been taking me seriously.- Hibiki panic as she starts sobbing.

"Look, Jen", he talks," I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier about our engagement. It was just a bit too abrupt, and I myself was startled by the change. But you know what? I liked it. It was fated. And for your information, you're not a bad girl if you take a deep look inside. Find someone who truly deserve yourself, somebody you would love for the rest of your life, somebody who could make you fell in love over and over again. And I'm not the one. It's somebody out there, Jen, waiting for you. He didn't love you for your appearance, but he loves you for your heart."

With shining eyes full of tears, she lifts her face to see Hibiki. "But why didn't you tell me earlier? I felt so heartbroken…I felt…Left out. Am I not important to you?"

"Don't get the wrong idea, Jen. You're one of my best friends. I didn't mean to make you feel this way."

"You didn't mean to? Well, that's too bad…", she retorts with full of murdering aura, "Because I've planned to kill her-"

"-Are you nuts? You can't kill her! She's my wife-to-be!"

"That's the more reason for me to kill her! I want you, Hibiki! And she doesn't deserve a guy as perfect as you! Only me! Me! ME!"

Jenny starts shouting like crazy. Hibiki feels goosebumps growing all over his skin, witnessing a girl's madness. He quickly sprints to the door, trying to call Ren and Eve back but Jenny's hands catches his.

"You're not going anywhere, sweetie." Her voice sounds grim. She had equipped her armor garments. He is too stunned to do anything when he is pulled away harshly from the door. His body lands on a vase at a corner of the room. The vestiges wounds his back without him knowing.

She walks towards Hibiki slowly while smirking. "If I can't have you, then no one can!", she roars.

"Jen! Snap out of it!" Now he feels something flows at his back. He touches the wet part of his suit and sees his palm covered in blood. This is bad.

He contacts Ren and Eve by using his telepathy. -Ren! Eve! Come back quicly! Jen has gone insane!-

The other two of the Trimen, who were busy eavesdropping just now, scurry into the room. Their eyes widen as they saw Jenny in her armor and Hibiki sitting helplessly at a corner of the room.

"Oy Hibiki! Jenny! What's going on here?" They act like they didn't know what has happened although they were already know what's the cause of the commotion.

"You two stay out of this!"

"Ren! Eve! Jenny is out of her mind!"

"Yeah. We can see that, nii-chan!"

"Jenny! Stop this instant!"

"ARRRGGGHHH! SHUT UP, YOU TWO!"

She starts screaming. The girls inside the Blue Pegasus's guild feel a tad of uneasiness in their stomach when they heard a howl from inside the hallway.

Seeing that no way she will stop from going crazy, Hibiki creates a few layers of Force Blast in front of Jenny and…

BOOM!

The Force Blast explodes in front if her, making her faint of the impact. Ren and Eve take a sigh of relief. "I thought we're going to die.."

"Some help you got for me, you two", Hibiki mocks them. In the end, he was the one who passes her out.

"Sorry buddy, too stunned to react", Ren replies while smiling bashfully, ashamed of their 'usefulness'.

"What should we do about Jenny nee-chan now?", Eve worriedly asks. He glances at Jenny a few times.

"Hello honey."

"Hibiki? Why are you calling me?"

"There're some things going on here. Can you come over for a while?"

"Hm? Does it have anything to do with me?"

"Yes, honey. Now please come here. You can bring anyone with you if you're afraid of getting lost."

"I think I'm okay by myself."

"But I don't think you're okay by yourself. The roads here are tricky. Oh, and bring along Lucy or Lisanna or any of the beauties there with you."

"…."

"Hello? Honey? Are you there?"

"O…kay, but what for?"

"Aaa…"

Hibiki's mind reminisces back to his vow to Makarov.

"You know that your job as a flirt must be put to an end if you're to go on with your decision."

"I'm well aware of that."

He smiles. -I shouldn't take advantage upon her innocence-

"Hibiki?"

"Yes, honey. I'm here."

"What is it that you want to talk about?"

"Nothing. Just bring Lisanna here."

"…What do you want to do with her?"

"Do you really have to know?"

"Can't I?"

"You can't."

"Why?"

"Because you don't have to know."

"Why can't I ask?"

Hibiki starts to lose his patience. "Just bring her here."

"Hibiki, you must feel annoyed by now."

"Huh?"

"Because I'm asking a lot of questions."

"If you know about that, then stop asking."

"…Must I bring a beauty? Can't I just come there alone?"

"Reika…", he starts to boil. "Just bring a person here. Doesn't matter if she's a beauty or not."

"Eh?! Just now you said you wanted a beauty-"

"-Reika Dragneel, I say this only once, come here immediately and I asked you to bring a beauty because I want her to mix well with the girls here!"

"…."

"Why do you went silent all of a sudden?"

"…..So you want to imply that I'm not pretty and I can't mingle with them?"

"Reika, that's not what I meant-"

"Okay. Your wish will be granted. Now bye."

"Reika-"

Before he could finish his sentence, the line has been cut off by her.

An hour later, Reika arrives at Blue Pegasus with Lisanna. She has this sour face plastered when she steps into the building.

"Where's Hibiki, Rei-chan?"

"I don't know where that flirt is."

Lisanna keeps silent after that. She knows, when Reika addresses someone not with the name, it means whether she didn't like that person or she is not in the mood. In this case, there's no way that Reika will hate Hibiki, maybe she just had a bad day.

They stride into Blue Pegasus's hall and is greeted by a certain someone.

"Hey there, beautiful silver-haired angel. It's been a while since we last met", a voice speaks. "And a pretty lady here with a suave leather jacket. How've you been, my dear?"

Lisanna gives her perfect smile to Hibiki but Reika doesn't change her poker face even a bit. She stares at him, long.

"Lisanna-san, you can sit at the bar while waiting for Reika to finish her business here. Ren's there to accompany you", he offers to Lisanna.

"No thanks. I'm fine by myself I think", she denies politely.

"No need to be shy. It's our task to give a perfect service of host club to every female that comes by our guild."

"Well, if you insist….I can't say no then."

"Reika-san, if you'll excuse me."

Hibiki shows Lisanna the way to the bar, leaving Reika for a second before coming back to her.

"So, what's the big problem here that you asked me to come?", she doesn't look at Hibiki while blurting the words.

"Reika…", he sighs, "You're still at it? Look, I'm sorry."

She turns away her gaze from him. "Yeah, a nice way of saying I'm not pretty. I know that. I'm well aware of that. This is my body for ages. And you know what? I don't know why I am too soft on you that even everybody else said I'm ugly back then, I don't care, but if I heard it from you, I just…."

Feeling it's better for her not to finish the line, she walks to where Jenny is located, while the pissed off face is still plastered. Hibiki doesn't have the time to grab her, he was too stunned to do so. He feels awful for mocking her without purpose. Nevertheless, he follows her close behind.

Arriving at the room, she knocks the door.

"You don't have to knock if you wanna know…", he quickly opens the door and pushes her lightly into the room.

They saw Jenny, sitting upright at the bed.

"Oh, looks like you've woken u-"

SMASH!

A pot comes flying at Reika but she manages to dodge it. It lands on the wall behind her.

"The hell?! What's wrong with you?", she yells.

Then, Jenny grabs other things within her grasps and throws at them while screaming. Suddenly, she accidentally throws a big adamantine piece used for decorating the desk. The solid lump of mineral is coming at Hibiki but-

Reika pushes him and the adamantine hit her head instead. A loud 'thud' was heard as it collides with Reika's skull. Things went silent for a moment. Jenny's hands trembles as she realized what she had done. At the side, Hibiki quickly looks at Reika's injury. Her head is bleeding abundantly! And Reika seems to be wobbling of the pain. Hibiki holds her tight.

"Jen, enough is enough! Grow up! Things won't always be the way you wished it to be! Don't blame other people for your own sorrow!"

Reika lifts her right hand, halting his chiding to Jenny. "Let us have some girl talk, Hibiki."

"With that bleeding head of yours? I don't think so…"

"Please…", she pleads using her eyes. They stare at each other for quite some time before Hibiki decided to let her for just this once.

"Okay, but be careful, honey", he kisses her forehead before stepping out of the room, leaving Reika and Jenny alone.

He closes the door behind him and he leans against it lightly, sighing.

"You left those two alone?", Ren appears out of nowhere. Lisanna follows him behind.

"Is it okay to leave just like that, Hibiki nii-chan?"

"I don't know, Eve, Ren. She asks me to give her some privacy."

"With Jenny? I don't want any catfights going on after this."

"She's not that type of girl, Ren. Catfights isn't her thing. She'd prefer fists over claws", he smiles. Hibiki knew Reika too well. She dislikes any types of girl fights. Her opponents always end up with either broken bones or dislocated limbs. If she was about to fight a girl with that strength…

He doesn't dare to imagine the rest. It's too scary. -_-

"Some throwing you got there", Reika slowly move to Jenny's bed. "I almost lost consciousness, heheh…"

"Why did you come here? Don't you know that I hate you?", Jenny faces her with rage across her face.

"Really? That's too bad. I want to be friends with you…", Reika pouts while holding back the pain at her head.

"Don't joke around! I almost killed you with that last throw, you still want to be my friend?"

"I think I've just gave a bad first impression, no? Maybe that's why you're so mad. Sorry about the 'greeting' I gave you. I am a potty-mouthed person", she grins.

The talk between them flows smoothly. Reika didn't use her usual mocking tone, instead, she conversed with Jenny like a mother who wants to comfort her child.

"I know how you feel, Jenny."

"No you don't."

"Believe me, I do. Because, you know, many people don't want me in their life. I am ugly. You can see it for yourself."

"Oh hell yeah, I can see it clearly."

"You can say anything you want about me, but don't be angry at Hibiki. He's innocent. Well, I don't mean 'that' kind of innocent but I think you know what I mean. The important thing is, he's not involved in this argument, okay?"

She goes ballistic. "Innocent much! He was the one who flirted with me and made me fall head over heels to him! Now, he should pay for his deeds!"

Reika gazes at her, long. "Yes, I admit, he was a flirty bastard back then, but now he's changed. He didn't flirt that much anymore. Can't you see? His lofty side is emerging slowly. He's a good man beneath that chicanery smile."

Jenny starts to ponder. True, Hibiki is a pure gentleman when he wants to. That's why she was so in love with that guy. She starts to calm down. "You know, he's such an idiot when he's in that Trimen mode." Jenny pinches her temple upon remembering the moment.

"Yeah. You feel like that too?"

"Of course. Who doesn't?"

They chuckle together. Yeah, not all of the girls liked their way of dancing (if you can call those hopping to the sides as dancing) and their over-admiring to Ichiya, and not to forget the annoying 'wasshoi'.

"I always thought that you are a tomboy", Jenny turns to Reika with a smile on her face.

"I'm sorry?"

"Tomboy", she repeats, "I thought you're one of the yankees."

"Why do you think so?"

"Well, your clothes are one reason. You're wearing a bandana at the hips together with that jacket. If I'm not informed about you as a girl, maybe I would have been trying to hit on you by now."

They laugh again. "You know, I did try to be a tomboy when I was a kid. But I got punished really bad by my dad", Reika stories.

"He says", she holds Jenny's hands," Be grateful of what you are. Who says men are strong? Women are stronger if you want to lean on facts. They impregnated a baby which weighs like a stone for nine months. They hold back period pains in which if it was inflicted at a man, they would've died because of the throbbing pain. They can hide their feelings so well to some extent where a girl can let her beloved man went away with his loved one, just for the sake of him to be happy. And what's more, the girl won't tell anybody that she's crumbling inside. Aren't women great?"

Jenny is rendered speechless. The words struck right into her heart. It's surprising that Reika knows a lot about these things. She starts to admire Reika's maturity.

"Jenny? Hello?" Reika waves her hand in front of Jenny's face. She flinches as she snaps back to the real world after spacing out for quite some time.

"My speech's boring? Sorry", says Reika, feeling a tad of embarrassment about her unpurposed advice.

"No, it's not that", Jenny rubs away her awkward attitude. "It's just that…I realized…"

"Realized what?"

"What Hibiki sees in you, that I don't see it in the first place."

She stares at Jenny. Then, she smiles. "Though I don't really get what you're pointing out but thanks…..I guess?"

Chuckling, she replies, "You're welcome. By the way, is your wound okay?"

"Oh this?", Reika touches her bleeding head. "Naahh….I've experienced worse than this. This is just a scratch."

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay." She smiles. Jenny is a lot like Hibiki if you get to know them.

"Now", Reika stands from her sitting position. "Time to go back."

"Wait!" Jenny yelps as Reika heads towards the door. "I…..s-still….don't know your….name"

Hearing that, Reika walks back to the bed and holds out her hand. She grins. "Nice to meet you, I'm Reika."

"I thought I heard some laugh in there", says Eve curiously.

The others look at Eve with eyes of disbelief. "Maybe you're just hearing things", Lisanna denies.

"I don't think so, Lisanna nee-chan."

Ren suggests, "Wanna peek?"

They all crowd the front of the door and focuses on hearing any noise coming from inside. Hibiki, on the other hand, uses his telepathy magic to eavesdrop Reika's conversation.

Suddenly, they heard a laugh. A laugh! A LAUGH! And they are Jenny's and Reika's. It can't be!

Jenny was all frenzy before Reika came and now, she is laughing with her. Ren, Eve and Hibiki scratch their heads, getting confused with women's emotions which are hard to predict. Lisanna only chuckles.

"You have a great wife-to-be, Hibiki", she comments. "Treat her like a queen, or else, the whole Fairy Tail is gonna hunt you, day and night."

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of the 18th chapter. :3 muahahahaha… I hope you didn't get a heart attack. Haha. If you do, sorry. I was just trolling around. And credits to CrimsonSnowScarletFate for the quote. I'm borrowing yours, got it? You should be proud!

Yeah, I still have one climax and that one is the peak of the story. Please anticipate. As the climax involves….a secret character. XD I won't tell you guys! That won't be fun then!

And you know what? Maybe it was just me that was too engrossed writing this story. It's when I was singing 'Hey Mickey' song, a song way back then, I said 'Hibiki!' instead of 'Hey Mickey!' -_- I think I'm too attached to this story.

I'll see you guys again for the next chapter. Bye~~~~