Previously...
"Fine, whatever..." I muttered. "Anyway, since we have another couple to celebrate about, why don't we prepare another all-you-can-eat?" Everyone cheered and I grinned. "All right! Let's get this party started!" Without even realizing it, I saw Dani giving Gray a thumbs up, and Gray nodding back. Now I'm starting to wonder if they staged this.
I don't have time to worry about that! Its party time and I can't wait! Now to think of who I'll pair up next... right after the party.
Chapter 11 pt.1:
Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! What?
MY P.O.V.
I yawned as I waited with Gray, Natsu, Wendy and Charles in the living room. Mira, Lisanna, along with a few of te girls and Elfman were busy cooking up another banquet for us. Gajeel, well, he must be eating some of the spare nails that Michael's family kept in their storage room. Seriously, as long as it has something to do with destroying things or food, Fairy Tail is as active as always. Lucy, Levy and Meredy went upstairs after forgiving Michael for his, um, inappropriate displays and let him go. He was currently sitting backwards on a chair, laying his hand in his arms as they rested on the chair's high end. Dani, after pouting for like ten minutes about the step up of Juvia and Gray's relationship, finally calmed down and was happily playing and hugging Pantherlily. Jellal and Erza were spending some much needed couple time outside. No need mentioning what they're doing. Everyone knows what they're doing out there. Yep, stargazing is a romantic way of bonding.
All seemed right in the eyes of a normal person, but that serenity was about to end a little earlier than expected. From upstairs, we heard Lucy and Levy screaming their heads off, making Michael cringe a bit and me a little worried about what happened.
A little later, Lucy came running down the stairs and stopped halfway. She was holding some kind of magazine that I couldn't recognize. Though I can tell by the way she was glaring at Michael, it wasn't something for kids.
"Charles," I called the feline. "Could you take Wendy to the kitchen, please? I don't think this will end well..." I whispered the last part so only Charles could hear. She nodded, then led little Wendy to the kitchen that was also near the stairs. Lucy was looking at her worriedly before looking back at Michael with that ferocious glare of hers. She must have found something not worth mentioning that a girl would get angry about it.
"You..." Lucy hissed. "What the hell is this?!" She thrusted the magazine, causing me to scoff and turn away, a smirk gracing my face. They found a PlayBoy magazine. I laughed inwardly, my shoulders shaking a little from restraint. They must have searched Michael's room. Speaking of which, he was now blushing furiously as he, Natsu and Gray stared wide-eyed at the magazine. The two quickly decided that it was a bad idea to look at the magazine for too long so they started to just punch each other in the face.
"Wh-where did you get that!?" Michael exclaimed. "You weren't supposed to look for that! You were just going to find mattresses, right?" The blonde lifted her pointer finger and wiggled it while tutting, as if saying that she was correcting someone.
"We didn't say what we were gonna do upstairs, now did we?" Lucy deadpanned, shocking Michael and making me smirk more in the process. She was so smart! I wish his ex-girlfriends thought of that. At least they wouldn't have to deal with a perverted Tsundere for more than a month. But I guess that'll be mean.
"Y-y-you...!" Michael stuttered, his face heating up from embarrassment and his mind getting hazy from fear; fear of what these girls were capable of when they get angry. Just then, a magical pink light hit Michael's wrist, and it took the shape of a transparent pink bracelet with heart patterns, confusing the teen.
"What the heck is this?" he asked as he raised his arm slightly. At this, Lucy smirked and moments later, Levy and Meredy came down with Bob, also wearing the pink bracelet. My eyes widened before stifling a laugh. This was gonna be good, and I wish I brought my camera.
"You wanna know what that is...?" Levy chimed in with a suspicious and sickeningly innocent tone that it made a few snickers come from my mouth. Michael looked at me quickly with wide eyes before looking back at the girls. A shiver ran across his spine, drawing more snickers from me. For a demonstration of what that bracelet might be, Meredy ran a hand across Bob's fur, causing it to wag its tail happily. Though Michael's reaction was much more funnier and much more unexpected.
He began to laugh out loud with no particular reason, scratching at his back like someone was touching him there. I began to giggle while pointing at him, causing him to glare at me for just a milisecond before he began to laugh like crazy again. His laughter caused him to stumble from his chair and fall flat on his back, still laughing like crazy when Meredy continued to scratch Bob's fur.
"That bracelet allows you to feel what the other person connected to it is feeling..." Meredy explained, then her eyes turned into one heck of a death glare that I didn't expect from the pink-haired girl. "If Bob goes into heat, that means you've gone into heat as well. And that means punishment..."
"What?!" Michael exclaimed, finally standing up from what seems an eternity of laughter. "I get punished from getting a...!" He was cut short when he felt another glare from Lucy. "I-I'll shut up now..." The blonde smirked and nodded as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Good," Lucy said. "I'm glad we came to an understanding!" She threw the magazine somewhere near the living room, and just before it landed, a glowing light reached out and grabbed it. Shocked, Lucy didn't realize that one of her keys was glowing. Seconds later, a familiar puff of strawberry-blonde with blue-tinted glasses appeared holding the magazine while staring at it wide-eyed.
"L-Loke!?" the blonde exclaimed. "What are you doing?" The lion looked at Lucy with something between utter delight and light desire. He then looked back to Michael, who was still blinking a few times from the appearance of the Zodiac Spirit.
"Can I have this?" Loke asked, holding the magazine up. Michael nodded furiously, still afraid from what the girls would do to him if he said anything out of line.
"Perverted-ass lion..." I muttered, causing the strawberry-blonde to flinch at the mention of that and sweat dropped. He rubbed the back of his head before chuckling awkwardly.
"Gotta do something to pass the time right?" he asked innocently, adjusting his glasses and grinning. But then, he barely managed to dodge the flying vase going for his head. When he turned to see who threw it, it was his master and princess, Lucy.
"You can't have that!" the blonde screamed, a blush spreading across her face. "I wanted to throw that away so-!"
"No!" Michael suddenly cut in, causing the blonde to slowly, creepily turn her head to him, her aura darkening and her eyes turning red. Michael slowly shrank under the girl until you can barely feel his presence.
"Was there something wrong with what I said, Michael-san...?" the blonde asked, her voice lower and uttered his name oh, so slowly, causing said boy to shiver at the chills he's been having. He shook his head, albeit reluctantly, but he must've inwardly decided not to fight against the angry blonde.
"I will throw that away," she pointed to the magazine that the now terrified Loke was holding. "Do you agree...?" Michael blinked and nodded his head. I blinked a few times before registering this in my head. If Loke was scared, then this was serious! I would agree willingly or not if he felt that aura around Lucy, which I think he did considering she was the focus of her gaze, rather glare, at the moment.
"Loke," her voice called, scary as ever. The lion gulped a little before going to her mistress, not even needing to know what she was gonna say to instinctively give her the magazine. She took the said adult thing and turned to Levy. They conversed for a few minutes before Levy cast her script magic, writing the word "FIRE" in the air and burning the magazine, and Lucy tossing said fire to Natsu who barely caught it before dodging a punch from Gray. Their little face-punchies turned into a full brawl. I was just glad that their fight was just covering ground on the living room floor and the couch. That is, until Natsu was thrown at me.
"What the hell?!" I exclaimed, pushing Natsu to help him and me to sit up straight. "Could you guys stop fighting? Gray, you have more than fighting in mind now, so quit it! Natsu... You just eat fire."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Natsu asked, as grumpy as he can be. Gray just stared at him, feeling pride that he had a girlfriend while the runt Dragon Slayer didn't. Then, Lucy beamed up like she thought of an idea. She conversed with both Meredy and Levy before making up their minds and turning to Natsu.
"Natsu," the blonde called, the pink-haired guy sparing her a glance. "Would you like to go upstairs with us?"
"Yeah, Natsu," Levy continued. "We're gonna burn all of Michael's dirty magazines and other things that we might find inappropriate," she looked at the shivering boy by the living room floor, then she giggled. "It could mean more food for you, Natsu."
"Food?!" he asked excitedly. All three girls nodded, and before anyone realized it, Natsu was already running upstairs, past the girls and into Michael's room. The three giggled to each other before following him up to the unlucky guy's room.
I looked at him with slight symphaty, or tried. Every time I think and hear something coming from upstairs like a fire cracking, I would just burst out laughing! I can't control myself. I laughed, and laughed and laughed. It was just too funny.
"It's not funny!" Apparrently, Michael only has thepower to voice out his thoughts when they're not around. Oh well, no harm in that.
"But it's appropriate," I answered. "You're 16, Michael. 16. You're still not old enough to read those kinds of things!"
"It's just a 2-year gap," he scoffed. "It's not like I'm not gonna reach that age anyway! Besides, those things cost a fortune..." He mentally cried when he remembered how much all those 200 copies of PlayBoy cost. Man, if they were 200 copies of manga, I'd kill Natsu right now. But it was just entertaining to see Michael, the arrogant, sarcastic, wanna-be badass break over some pictures of naked girls. I mean, it's not like they're not interesting, it's just too soon I guess.
"Oh, you'll get over it!" I said, going over to him and patting his back. Then I reached for the table near us and grabbed a pack of tissue paper. "Meanwhile, here. Tissues to help your itty witty brain for processing just how disappointed you really are from losing those precious things of yours." He glared at me, but then pouted and reluctantly grabbed a tissue.
"Smart-ass..." he grumbled. I stuck my tongue out at him before running to the kitchen, already smelling the delicious smell of food. Really, with little ingredients to go by, how could Mira and the others cook up one hell of a buffet? I reached the kitchen to find all the other people missing from the living room or outside. Wendy and Charles were playing a synchronizing game, while Happy admired Charles but rooted for them both. Mira was stirring some broth that she was making while giving Lisanna instructions on how to cut the vegetables. She had transformed her hands to tiger claws and began chopping vegetables at an incredible speed. Elfman and Gajeel were busy tenderizing the meat they needed to cook for our all-you-can-eat. Juvia was the one in charge in cleaning all the ingredients, so she was near the sink.
"Don't get too relaxed there, Juvia, you might turn to water and get drained out," I joked to the girl, who turned her head to me before smiling brightly. Yet another effect from her and Gray's relationship. Then I saw Erza and Jellal, probably snuck in the backdoor while no one was looking, and they were just sitting quietly, Erza leaning against Jellal and placing her head on his neck. Jellal had his head resting on the redhead's head. They looked so sweet together, and I really wished I brought my camera this time! If I documented this on any FT site and sold it, I might make a fortune! But who would ever buy a picture when they can just download it for free? Ah well, short ideas come and go.
"Have you seen Lily anywhere?" I heard Gajeel ask. I turned to him and saw that he was holding a giant chunk of meat as Elfman used it as a punching bag.
"Last time I saw him, he was with Dani-chan," I said. "I don't know where they are right now, though..."
"Right here~!" Dani's voice rang through the room. I looked behind me to see Dani holding a tub of, what seems to be ice cream, Lily flying beside her and just a little above her head.
"Sorry, but we left a little while ago to go and buy ice cream," she handed me the tub. "It's Cookies n' Cream! Also," she gestured to Lily, who was also holding a tub that he hid behind his back. "There's Rocky Road! Come on, guys, don't be shy now!"
"Shouldn't we eat that as dessert?" Lisanna asked as she handed Mira the vegetables. At this, Dani pouted before taking the ice cream from me and Lily and going over to the fridge.
"Fine..." she muttered. She opened the freezer and placed the ice cream inside. Closing as she sighed, Dani trudged back to the living room, dragging Lily with her to keep her company. Surprisingly, the cat didn't mind and let her drag him.
"Anyway," I muttered, glancing back to Gajeel with a question that needed to be answered. The Iron Dragon Slayer quirked a brow at my staring. "Where the hell did you get the meat?" I asked. "I'm sure that Michael's family doesn't eat... that much." I muttered the last part.
"Oh, I can answer that," Mira chimed, making me turn to her. "Earlier, when you said you wanted to have another party, I asked Happy to run a few errands like getting ingredients. He got back about half an hour later with all this. I didn't know you could buy this many with 10,000 Jewels." She said in a melodious voice.
"10,000 Jewels here is like, for rich people?" I muttered, causing the girl to shrug. Then I turned to Happy. "Did anyone see you like that?"
"Nope," he said proudly. "I just dashed, took whatever we needed and placed the money by the counter!"
"Those places weren't freakin' bars!" I answered. "What if someone saw you and followed you home? That would mean serious trouble! They'd start asking questions, personal habits and eventually when they tire you out they'll kidnap you and start disecting you," I kept on my ranting as Happy's face paled. "Blood, gushing out from your open stomach as the..." Elfman stopped punching and looked a little green. "Those little scalpels they use to cut open your throat like a treasure key-"
"Stop!" I heard Lisanna's voice. I quickly turned to her with an innocent looking face.
"Yes?" I asked. She looked a little nervous to answer at first, but sucked in her breath and started to talk.
"Could you stop talking about things like that?" she asked, then gestured to the other Fairy Tail members. "I think we want our members to actually have an appetite before you start telling those kinds of stories, okay?"At that, I chuckled a bit before bowing
"S-sory about that..." I chuckled, then taking my leave, I glaced at the group once more before heading to the living room.
A/N:
Hey... :/ I'm sorry minna I can't update the whole chapter, it's just a hassle and this is a bit rushed, so forgive any grammar mistakes and spelling errors, okay? :D Plus, the results of the competition have come up, and the four finalists are:
JuneDelph~
WinterValley~
Erza Titania Scarlet~
Mio Heartfilia999~
AznMelody5678: Don't worry! :D At least you made it before the finals! ^^ I still want you to read the story if possible, and as I've said before, Ocs will be needed in other stories of mine, so stay alert, okay? XD
YellowFan98: Where are you?! I haven't been able to see your answers for the previous rounds so I thought you were just late, but you're still not coming up. So, as much as I hate to do this, but you're... out. But don't worry! *shakes hands* My other stories need OCs too! So if you want, you can enter there, and I might choose you again! No competition! I'll just pick which characters fit the story the most! XD
There you have it, my final 4! All four of you reached here because you have smart wits, and can deal with very weird situations varying in gravity and depth. I'm glad for all four of you, but here is the final round. Can you guys handle it? I hope so!
Here's my challenge: I want you to create a story of more than 2000 words with the list of pairings here:
GajeelxLevy
NatsuxLucy
GrayxJuvia
JellalxErza
You guys can make your own plots, storyline, etc. As long as it's longer than 2000 words. And there can only be one couple for each author. For example, if I pick NatsuxLucy, then Dani would pick JellalxErza, then Michael would get GajeelxLevy, leaving the other with GrayxJuvia. Get it? You have to look at the reviews of each contestant to figure out who took which, and it's first come first serve. I can tell who reviewed first, so I'll be crossing out that pair once they picked it, okay?
I'll be giving you guys a month to come up with a story. But I have a few conditions to the story.
1. The characters must be 'in character'
2. The story should only range from 'K' to 'T'
3. The story should mainly revolve around the couple of your choosing, and you can pitch in other pairings if you like, just not the main 4 up there, okay?
Well, since this is the final challenge, I'll be taking this seriously. Those who can comply with all 3 conditions can pass. I am not doing this because I want to see you're ability to write, rather I want to see how far and wide you're imagination is. I want to see how you can come up with great stories while fulfilling difficult conditions. Well, with a one month time limit, you guys should be able to get it done. I'll be waiting! I'm so excited to see what you guys can come up with! XD
And PS, today is my BIRTHDAY! XD So Happy 16th Birthday to me~! Hahahaha! I'm finally old enough to read rated M! XD Just kiddin'. I'm really happy that everyone I know from real life remembered without looking at it from FaceBook. XD Anyway, that's about all. Until next time, minna!
Ja Ne~