Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters. (sorry for the long wait)
Fair warning: this fic is rated M for a reason.
"Speech"
"Thoughts"
We find ourselves in the outskirts of a town where not long ago a fight between a group of bandits and mages took place. Even when the mages were outnumbered two to 10, that didn't help the odds of the bandits, who where now either unconscious on the ground or (those that could still move) trying to crawl away.
"Oi! Where do you think you're going?" reaching the downed bandit, the light dragon slayer stomped him to the ground.
giving a a disapproving shake of his head Rogue said "Give it a rest Sting"
"Just a sec" Sting kicked the downed bandit away and turned to his partner "If we let just one of these fuckers go, the name of our guild would fall in disgrace."
"That's right! It is their duty to uphold the name of our guild as the two strongest dragons slayers in Sabertooth." Lector, a brown furred exceeed and partner of Sting, said while a green exceed wearing a pink frog suit agreed with him.
"Frosch thinks so too."
Rogue gave Frosch a brief smile before addressing the other dragon slayer: "Now that 'they" are back, what will you do Sting?"
"What else, meet them head on at the grand magic games" Sting said with excitement on his voice "Just thinking about facing Natsu-san makes me wanna go there and face him right now!"
"That would be ill advised" Rogue replied "After all, I think today it's his wedding day."
"W-we-we-wedding!?" Sting stuttered, surprised to learn that his idol was tying the knot before him. Regaining his composure, he asked: "Did he… did he invite us?"
Rogue gave him an incredulous look before heading back. "I'm not even going to dignify that with an answer."
Chapter 38: Now and Forever
Magnolia/ Cathedral
As the dawn of a new day started, the members of Fairy tail and selected guests gathered at the cathedral to witness the union of one Natsu Dragneel and Lisanna Strauss in holy matrimony.
They had been waiting for over an hour.
"Where the hell is that brat!?" Like most of the attendees, Makarov was getting inpatient. "The wedding is about to start and he's nowhere to be found."
"Leave it to me master" Jet immediately volunteer, thinking it as his time to shine on the unfolding story "I'll sweep the entire city and find…"
"Sorry we're late" Natsu and Gray, both clad in elegant tuxedos, announced as they crossed the threshold of the cathedral to meet an irate Makarov.
"My five minutes of fame ended before even starting" Jet thought while curling up in a ball on the ground.
"Finally! You damn brat kept us all waiting. Good thing you arrived when you did."
"Yeah, sorry about that, hehe" The groom replied while scratching the back of his head. Makarov wanted nothing more than to stomp that pink head of his, but they had more pressing matters to attend to.
"Just get to your spot so we can start the ceremony."
Meawhile, in the bride's quarters:
Lisanna calmly waited for her husband to-be to arrive without a care in the world when she felt Natsu's presence at the cathedral. "He's here. See Mira-nee, I told you not to worry."
"Who was worried" indeed Mira was not worried, but extremely pissed at Natsu's tardiness, however years of experience helped her conceal her anger behind a sweet smile of hers.
"You're a terrible liar" Angel casually said before adding: "anyway, let's get this show on the road."
Grabbing Gildarts arm, Lisanna let herself be led down the petal covered aisle (courtesy of the flower girl, Wendy) and approached her beloved slayer while the music started playing. The veil partially obscured her face from the anxious dragon slayer, but somehow Natsu controlled himself and remained still just smiling in her direction. Once she arrived next to him, Gildarts delivered the bride as a father would for his daughter and sent a nod towards Natsu.
Standing by her side, Natsu grabbed her hand and gave it a light squeeze which she returned before turning their attention towards the acting priest, Makarov.
"Dearly beloved brats of mine, we are gathered here today to unite these two souls in holy matrimony…"
All the way down the back, Vergil watched the ceremony taking place. The dark slayer refused to wear a tux and stand along the others, despite the constant nagging of Mira and Erza, but still; found himself here, attending the ceremony in his normal attire.
"…do you Lisanna Strauss, take Natsu Dragneel as your beloved husband, for better or worse, in sickness or in health, until death takes you apart?"
The soon to be Ms. Dragneel answered with a small blush while looking straight at Natsu's eyes. "I do"
"And you, Natsu Dragneel, do you take Lisanna Strauss as your beloved wife, for better or worse, in sickness or in health, until death takes you apart?"
"You know it!" Natsu cheerfully answered, not tearing his eyes away from his beautiful wife.
As Happy brought the rings to each of them, Makarov said:
"Then, by the power invested in me as Wizard Saint, I declare you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride."
Natsu raised her veil and could swear Lisanna looked even more beautiful than ever as the couple shared their first kiss as husband and wife. A simple act, one that both had done hundreds of times before, but now it carried a more profound meaning; for it symbolized the union between them that could never be questioned, never be broken, and that it would last now and forever.
Wiping the tears from his eyes, Makarov said: "It is with great pride that I give you Mr. and Ms. Dragneel"
While everyone continue clapping for the happy couple, Lisanna broke down crying. Natsu was worried at first, but thanks to their bond he quickly knew those were tears of joy.
"My dream…It's finally come true."
Natsu wiped her tears and gently kissed her "Our dream my love; Now and forever."
"I promise I wouldn't cry..." Mavis said to Vergil as she stood next to him. As the bride and groom were showered with rice, Vergil smirked; the revival of Sparda's legacy had began.
After the ceremony everyone returned to Fairy Tail, where the wedding reception was going to be held at. Walking hand in hand, the newlyweds entered the guild and were greatly surprised by the decorations their friends made.
"Natsu, look!" Lisanna excitedly pointed out the beautiful decorations. "Can you believe this?"
"I know, right!" Natsu agreed with her, but his excitement came from the vast amount of delicious dishes being served.
"Everyone worked hard to make this day perfect for both of you." Gildarts said while the other members nodded.
"It was a manly task, but well worth it!" Elfman piped in.
"I hope you like the banners" Levy referred to the floating phrase that congratulated the newlyweds "Freed helped me set those ones up."
"We helped too" Jet and Droy chorused together and were swiftly ignored by the newlyweds.
"You gotta try this wine" Cana yelled from the bar counter alongside several empty bottles "I personally picked this brand for you!"
"Oi Cana, save some for the bride and groom" Macao reprimanded Cana "And you Gajeel, Stop eating the silverware!"
The Iron dragon slayer promptly ignored him while he chewed a spoon, and Cana kept chugging down drink after drink.
Seeing all the hard work and dedication their friends did for them touched Lisanna "You guys…thank you so much."
"We wanted this day to be perfect, for both of you" Angel said before embracing the newlyweds, then she whispered to Lisanna: "I expect you do the same when my wedding is up."
"That's right, we all pitched in to get everything ready" Erza said and pointed with her thumb to someone on the back "Even tall, dark and brooding over there."
Looking back, Lisanna spotted Vergil who was leaning on the entrance and couldn't help but send him a smile "Thanks Vergil."
"Well, almost everyone" Wakaba pointed to Gray. "Stripper boy didn't even lift a finger to help us."
Unfazed by the accusation, Gray calmly walked into the middle of the guild and spoke: "Since flame head picked me as his best man, I figured I needed to give the happy couple a special gift."
"And where is this gift you mention?" Max wondered out loud.
Confidently, Gray made some hand seals "Ice make: Chandeliers!"
Chandeliers made of ice materialized on the guild's ceiling at Gray's command; the ice was crystal clear and reflected the light to make a spectacular light show.
"Wow, nice trick ice boy!" Natsu was the first to praise the best man, followed by Lisanna.
"It's really beautiful, thanks Gray."
"Anytime; it's the least I can do since you're stuck with flame head from now on." Gray replied in a light hearted manner as his way of congratulating the newlyweds.
Giving him her thanks once more, the bride and groom headed for their table when Gray felt a hand clasping his shoulder.
"Not bad Gray." Gildarts admired the intricate ice magic the young mage had performed "It's a nice gesture of your part."
"It was nothing"
"Just one thing:" The hand clasping the shoulder suddenly gripped a lot stronger, eliciting a small yelp of pain from the ice mage "That doesn't mean I'll forgive you if you don't choose my daughter over Ur's. You got that?"
"Yes Sir!" Adopting Happy's look, Gray saluted to Gildarts.
Gildarts released the tension from his shoulder and smiled pleasantly when he suddenly felt a dreadful cold behind him.
"Didn't we agree we'd let them sort this out by themselves?" Ur, dressed in a formal yet sexy one shoulder green dress, said to him.
"Y-Yes, we did, didn't we?" Trying to diffuse the situation, Gildarts quickly added "That's a nice dress you got there."
"Zip it!" Ur said, causing Gildarts to flinch much to the shock of most of Fairy Tail to see their Master bowing down to her. "When the time is right, I know Gray will make the right decision." Ur gave Gray a menacing look that promised pain if he didn't choose her daughter "Right, Gray?"
Gray was going to agree with her out of fear when he realized something "Wait a second: how do you two know about that?"
Now it was Ur's turn to look speechless "Ehhh, you see…you told us! That's it! Remember? He he."
"Yeah…" Gray didn't believe her one bit but decided to let the matter slide.
Suddenly, Gildarts looped an arm around Gray's shoulder "You're right Ur-chan. Let's leave these youngsters make their own decisions in life."
"Drop the chan suffix and it's a deal."
The moment Ur turned her back to them, Gildarts almost chocked Gray "Remember what we talked about."
Ur looked back just as Gildarts reverted back to being all friendly with Gray. Thinking it was all in her mind, Ur looked away again only for Gildarts to return his menacing stare towards the ice mage and back to smiling when she looked back again. This continued for a while until Gray had enough.
"OK I GET IT!"
Only Fairy tail members and selected guests from friendly guilds like Lamia Scale and Blue Pegasus were invited to the reception, however; since Fairy Tail had a knack of getting into trouble with "certain groups" that would love to ruin the celebration or "magic councils" who would give anything to get dirt about them, two certain mages took it to themselves to act as bouncers to keep unwanted guests out.
"Name?"
The disguised Twilight ogre mage trembled at Laxus imposing form "Ry-ryvius, sir."
Laxus barely gave the guest list a glance "Not here."
"But- but, I was really invited! Hey!"
"You heard the man, get lost!" Gajeel lifted the guy like he weighted nothing and tossed him a good deal away, snickering all the time. "We're done here?"
"We're done" With the last 'trespasser' dealt with, both dragon slayers joined the festivities inside to pursue different interests; Gajeel to see if he could find Levy for reasons he didn't feel like sharing, while Laxus decided to hit the open bar thinking maybe a few drinks would lighten his night. Taking one glance towards the couple's table where Lisanna was lovingly feeding Natsu, Laxus couldn't help but wonder if that could have been him if he'd only changed his ways sooner.
"Meh, it's a waste of time to think about it now." As he was nursing his first drink, someone caught his attention; a girl he hadn't seen before chatting with Juvia, and by the looks of it, they seemed to get along really well. "Now, who do we have here?"
With a curvaceous figure, ample cleavage and long wavy hair, Laxus decided that this was the girl the doctor ordered for him to move on. Her hair color seemed like an irony the gods were playing at him, but Laxus couldn't care less about that. When Juvia left to pursue/stalk Gray, Laxus decided to make his move and go talk to the mysterious girl. Putting the drink aside, the lightning dragonslayer approached his target that was too engrossed seeing Juvia's antics to notice him until he spoke.
"Hey there."
The girl was startled at first, but quickly smiled at him. "Oh! You startled me."
"Ehm, sorry about that." Now Laxus felt embarrassed, thinking she thought of him as a stalker.
"It's alright; it's my fault for not paying attention." The girl replied with a smile, easing Laxus nervousness, if only a bit.
Struggling to find a topic of conversation, Laxus finally said: "So…I haven't seen you here before, are you new here at Fairy tail?"
"No, actually I belong to another guild. But I have to say, if I hadn't joined my current guild, I would have loved joining Fairy Tail. Your guild is quite fun to be around with."
"Yeah, I guess." Laxus really didn't join in the guild's wacky fun, so he wouldn't know for sure "if you like being around fun and chaotic people."
The girl giggled at his choice of words for his fellow mages, while Laxus couldn't help but smirk seeing her contagious giggles.
"I'm Laxus, by the way."
"I know." The girl dropped her cheerfulness and adopted a serious aura "You were the fourth target on my list before you were excomulgated and Erza took that number, but now that you're back that means you are fourth again, or would be if Vergil hadn't joined Fairy Tail, then again I'm no longer your enemy, which means all that explaining is pointless now." Seeing that Laxus was a bit freaked out by her words, the girl nervously laughed "Forget what I said just now, he he…"
"I-I see…" Laxus replied before adding "for future reference; when someone tells you his name, giving your own name in return works just as well."
Blushing a bit at her trip of words, the girl said: "Point noted. And by the way; my name is Meredy. It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Laxus Dreyar."
Laxus recognized her name from somewhere, but right now he was so engrossed in her green color eyes to care about it.
A light tap on the microphone brought everyone's attention to the stage podium "Attention everyone; it's time for the bride and groom to share their first dance."
Grinning like a fool, Natsu stood up and led Lisanna to the dance floor, just as they headed there Gajeel bumped the person off the mike. "I'll take it from here!"
"Oh God no" Levy knew it was a bad sign when she saw the iron dragon slayer wearing that white outfit of his. Like Levy, everyone else was thinking the exact same thing and a collective groan was heard.
"This is something I wrote for the newlyweds, it goes something like this:" Placing the microphone near him, Gajeel played the guitar "Shubiduba, shalala. Shubiduba, Shalala!"
"That's the same crap you always sing!"
"Get the hell out of the stage Gajeel!"
Even when the crowd wasted no time to express their discomfort for him, Gajeel kept singing until a well placed lightning bolt shut him up.
"Geez, that guy was annoying." Meredy just giggled at Laxus commentary.
Once they removed the twitching carcass of Gajeel, Lucy went up stage and grabbed the mike "Natsu, Lisanna, everyone here at Fairy Tail wish you the best. Now, it's time I gave you my gift for you: Open the gate of the Harp; Lyra!"
In a flash of light, the celestial spirit of the Lyre appeared before them: "Lucy! Even if this day is not on our contract, I'm glad to be summoned today for this special occasion!"
"I'm glad you…" Before Lucy could finish, Lyra approached her while holding her cheeks.
"You should have told me it was a wedding; otherwise I could have worn a better dress for the ocasion."
"You're only here to sing." Lucy deadpanned and left her spirit so she could start playing one of her melodies.
A soft tune emanated from her harp as Lyra started singing for the main couple:
"I was always looking for the evidence that I was here
When I realized it, it was in my right pocket
Today's sky is blue and is clearing up brightly
It was as it made the world transparent"
Natsu and Lisanna gracefully danced to the beat of the song, both looking at each other without skipping a beat.
"Even me who said it can't be found and gave up
Even you who said it could be found and comforted me
The meaning of life doesn't change at all"
As he looked at Lisanna, Natsu reminisced of the time when he thought he'd lost her; he had been miserable during that time, like there was a hole in the world and nothing could fill it. Then he went to Edolas and, after so long, he was whole again.
"Fragile melody; If I can spin out just one sure tone,
Then it doesn't matter if everything that I believed in was a lie"
After that fateful mission with her siblings, Lisanna's world was never the same. After two years on Edolas she had resigned herself to live in a world without the man she loved, that is until the day he burst into the guild and found her just like he had promised all those years ago. Everything was alright again
"Even when I presented the evidence that wasn't here,
It was always in my right pocket
Today's streets are dark and cutting the stagnation
It was as if it was filling up the world"
Their reunion triggered a chain of events that neither one of them could have foreseen, but looking back at it, neither Natsu nor Lisanna would change their fate. Letting their past behind, the newly joined couple decided to focus on their future at hand.
"Fragile melody; If I can spin out just one sure tone,
Then it doesn't matter if everything that I believed in was a lie."
As the song ended, everyone at Fairy Tail gave a round of applause for the couple and for Lyra for her beautiful song. Leaving her Harp, Lyra grabbed the mike and started singing a different tune while Capricorn and Gemi and Mini joined her to play the guitar and drums respectively.
"Everybody Jump Up! Everybody Hands Up!
Everybody Jump Up! Everybody Hands Up!"
Catching the rhythm of her new song, several mages joined the newlyweds on the dance floor. Some were worried about Lucy summoning too many spirits at once, but she reassured them it was ok since they each opened their gates by themselves instead of she using her magic to summon them.
"When I rush up to the top of the building and look down,
I see a colorful world with umbrellas blooming like flowers.
Even on a depressing rainy day, if I can find a seed of happiness,
I'll be able to like today more than yesterday.
You have always been giving me words of great value,
but have I been able to do the same for you?
I wish to convey my feelings to you right now
to show my gratitude, but I feel a little embarrassed.
No matter when, I'll always give you a smile, so please always hold my hand.
Everybody Jump Up Everybody Hands Up Everybody Pump Up!"
The song continued like that for a while until it ended and Lyra changed to a more slowed pace.
"Mind if I cut it?" Angel asked the couple. Having no problem with it, Lisanna stepped aside to allow her maid of honor a dance with her husband.
"Sure, just don't wear him too much; he's going to need all his strength later tonight."
Knowing what she meant by that, Angel smirked and started dancing with Natsu. Expecting to be constantly stepped on, the celestial mage was pleasantly surprised to find out that Natsu had improved greatly on his dancing skills.
"My, my, Natsu-kun, who taught you to dance like this?"
"Erza is a good teacher, strict but good at what she does." As they danced, the dragon slayer couldn't help but admire the way Angel's platinum white dress clung to her figure and made a perfect match with her hair color. "Have I told you that dress looks good on you?"
"No, you haven't. I'll admit Lisanna picked the right color for her bridesmaids, but I can't wait to get out of it."
Smirking, Natsu whispered to her: "Want some help with that."
"Stop it you, remember you're a married man now. No more thinking about other girls" Angel said and then nibbled his ear "You'll just have to wait until marrying me for that time to come."
While this was going on, Elfman danced with Lisanna.
"I can't believe this day has finally come" Elfman said between sobs.
"Don't cry elf-nichan or you're going to make me cry too."
"I can't help it" Latching onto her, the bulky Strauss sibling let lose a torrent of tears. "My baby sister is all grown up!"
Not knowing what to do, Lisanna lightly patted his back when he said: "If he ever does any unmanly things to you, I'll tear him apart."
"That won't be necessary, Natsu would never do anything to hurt me" Lisanna reassured him while thinking "Besides, I don't think you can beat him"
"Maybe you should lay a bit on the drinking Cana." Gray said while "The party is just halfway and you've already drank like a third of the booze."
"Say what now?" Cana asked while systematically drinking most of the guests under the table. Sighing, Gray decided to leave it at that since he knew it was pointless to reason with her when it came to booze. Across from them he noticed Lyon chatting with a distraught Juvia and for some reason he felt a pang of jealousy.
"Can I have this dance, handsome?"
Turning around, Gray completely forgot what he was thinking and was gob smacked by Ultear's appearance; the raven hair beauty decided to wear a strapless black dress with a slit that ran down from her thigh, leaving her long slender legs exposed and also left a generous view of her cleavage for him to see.
Seeing that Gray was still dazed by her appearance, Ultear decided to grab his hand "I'll take that as a yes".
"Yeah…I mean, yeah sure" Letting her take the lead in the dance, Gray soon got his wits together and gracefully danced alongside her. "That's a beautiful dress, Ul-chan"
"Glad you approve" Ultear gave him a teasing smile..
"Don't take this the wrong way Ul-chan, I'm glad you came but, aren't you worried someone from another guild will recognize you?"
"I think everyone is more concerned about following their own interests than to notice us." To put emphasis on her words, Ultear jerked her head to the side so Gray could see how some people, like the trimen, were too busy trying to flirt with some of the hottest girls at the party to notice the Crime sorciere mages.
"See, besides: I know how most people think, so it's easy for me to either slip by unnoticed or..." Ultear maneuvered Gray so he had a very good look at her cleavage "get their Full attention on me when i desire."
"Y-Yes, you do."
Enjoying the reaction she got from him, Ultear smiled to herself. Seeing her 'competition' drinking herself away at the bar, the time mage had no doubt she would win Gray's affection away from Cana.
Not letting her get all the fun, Gray pulled her slender form to him and whispered to her: "Then, you already know what I want to do to you."
"W-What do you want to do with me?" his words, along with cold breath made Ultear stutter a bit and silently cursed at how easily he turned things around, a thing Gray noticed if his smirk was any indication.
"I want to tear your dress off you and…"
"Gray-sama, dance with Juvia!"
Without warning, the resident water mage of Fairy Tail slithered between Gray and Ultear, effectively separating the couple.
"Hey, wait a second!" Gray's words fell on deaf ears when a second voice joined in.
"Screw that! He's my man, so he'll dance with me!" Grabbing hold of him, a drunken Cana pulled him towards her, unknowingly (or knowingly) suffocating Gray with her ample bosom.
"Juvia asked first!"
"Technically, I asked him first" Ultear was mad for the interruption, but at the same time sorta relieved; a few more minutes and she would have melted on Gray's hands.
As both girls pulled Gray away from Ultear, the ice mage send her a pleading look. "A little help here."
Taking pity of him, Ultear approached Gray and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek while Juvia and Cana were too engrossed in a staring contest "Don't worry; we'll have time for us later."
Gray was left with a confused expression but that quickly vanished as Juvia and Cana resumed their fight for him. "Ok, Ok, I'll dance with you! Just give me back my arms!"
Watching him go, Ultear smiled: "We'll soon have all the time in the world."
"Lucy, have I told you how lovely you look tonight?" Eve Tearm said as he grabbed her hand.
"Like 5 times already" Lucy withdrew her hand in annoyance.
"And each time just reaffirms it." As he went for her hand again, Loke grabbed him from the back of his shirt.
"Knock it off Eve. Go try your luck with another girl, preferably one that isn't with someone already."
"Sure thing sempai"
"There's some good material here, right" Ren said to Hibiki down at the bar. Hibiki Lates just shrugged and took a sip of his drink.
"Come on Hibiki, even aniki is working his magic tonight."
By magic, Ren meant Ichiya trying (and failing badly) to get Erza's attention, only to be pushed back by Jellal and Mystogan.
"Don't remember there being two Mystogans on Fairy Tail, but then again I've never actually seen the man before, maybe he has a twin or something." Shrugging, Ren continue to pester the archive mage until he had enough.
"I think you should spend some time with your fiancée, instead of chasing other girls" Hibiki pointed behind Ren, where Sherry was. "Something tells me she's not pleased."
While Ren tried to patch things up with Sherry, Hibiki focused his attention to the girl dancing with Natsu. "Oracion seis Angel" downing his drink, Hibiki stood up and decided to leave the party, but not before sending one hate filled look at Angel. Unlike others, he wasn't about to forget what she did to Karen.
"You'll get what's coming to you."
"Here goes nothing." Mira was halfway to her target when she abruptly stopped and headed back to take Cana's drink and gulped it in one go. The card user said nothing and simply refilled her jar while Mirajane finally approached her target.
The courage she got from the beer quickly vanished once she was next to him "V-Vergil…"
The half devil was meditating and slowly opened his eyes "Yes?"
"I was wondering if you would like for us, I mean you and me, to danc…"
"Vergil" Before Mira could finish her question; Ur Interrupted and approached Vergil, who regarded her coldly.
"What?"
Unfazed by his coldness, Ur said: "Why are you brooding here all by yourself? You should be on the dance floor shaking that booty you're carrying."
"I'm not…accustomed to celebrations of this kind."
"Really?" while Mira was left there completely forgotten by the duo, Ur took the opportunity to latch herself onto Vergil "I find that hard to believe."
The close proximity between them made Vergil feel uncomfortable while at the same time allowing him to detect the faint traces of alcohol in her breath. "Ur, can I ask you something?"
Running circles on his chest with her hand, Ur looked at him "Shoot."
"How did you manage to strip so fast?"
Looking down, Ur realized she had discarded her dress and was only wearing some black lace panties. Only because she was currently hugging Vergil was she able to avoid flashing her topless persona, not that that stopped every male and a couple of females nearby to pass out due to a massive blood loss.
"Ohh, oops. Hehehe"
Vergil took his coat off and covered her nudity, but not without getting an accidental small peek at her attributes which caused him to form a small blush. Seeing his reaction, Ur grinned; seems not even the almighty Vergil was immune to her 'charms'. Meanwhile, Mira was just standing there with an incredulous expression on her face.
"Damn! I should have done that!"
"We learned from the best, didn't we Gray?" Lyon shook his head while Gray face palmed and Ultear wanted the ground to open and swallow her whole.
"Kill me now" Ultear groaned.
"You're one to talk" Cana pointed out to Lyon and Gray, who were shirtless. "And you dad; Stop staring at her, its embarrassing!"
Making an ice cup, Gray grabbed a spoon and lightly hit it to get everyone's attention on him. "Guess as the best man it's my duty to say some words about the groom over there."
Natsu smiled in an evil way, feeling like a king about to be praised by a peasant, only for Gray to say"A shame there's not a lot of good things to say about that asshole."
"Hey! You're supposed to be worshipping me!" Natsu yelled while Lisanna held her laugh at her husband's reaction.
Ignoring the slayer's outburst, Gray continued: "however, the few good things about him make up for his massive list of flaws. During my time here on Fairy Tail, I have never met anyone else who would care more for his nakamas like that empty brain lump over there, or anyone more kind than the lovely bride over there."
"You married a very special lady, flame head, make sure you threat her well" Gray then raised his cup for a toast, act followed by the rest of the guests "For Mr. and Ms. Dragneel, that your future always burns as bright as flame head's fire."
Natsu raised his own cup and nodded towards Gray in a sign of gratitude. The moment was broken when a random bottle hit the slayer in the head. "Who the heck threw that!"
Grabbing a nearby chair, Natsu tossed it towards Macao, effectively starting a full out brawl.
"Sigh I expected as much." Gray made some hand seals.
Cana prepared her cards for the upcoming battle "Guess this won't be a real party without a fight."
"Woooohh! If you're a man then fight like one." Elfman roared as he changed both arms into beast ones.
"This brings back memories" Loke stood from his table and charged Regulus to join the fight.
While everyone got ready to fight, Natsu covered himself on flames and jumped on top of a table "Come and get me!"
"STOP!" Makarov stomped Natsu with his enlarged hand. The sight of the enraged wizard saint was enough to persuade everyone else from starting any fight whatsoever. "Today it's their wedding day and you want to ruin it with a fight!?"
Knowing he was right, Elfman and the others looked down in shame when Lisanna spoke up: "Actually, a fight would be a perfect way to celebrate; it just wouldn't feel right to end the night without one of our patented full out brawls at the guild. Just one thing: If someone as much touches a strand of my dress there'll be hell to pay. Got that?"
"Ohhh Manly!" With her blessing, Elfman resumed beating the crap out of any unfortunate sod that got in his way.
Since it was her wish, Makarov let Natsu free and he himself went to the bar where Gildarts was watching the unfolding fight. "I'm getting too old for this."
"That you're right." Gildarts replied while nursing a drink.
Grabbing a shot, Makarov gulped it down and turned to him: "You're the master now; it's your duty to stop these brats when they get out of hand!"
"Are you kidding me? These fights are too fun to watch, id join them if there wasn't any risk of bringing the whole place down."
Thinking it would be too easy to just put them to sleep, Mystogan decided to fend off the attacking mages by fighting them head on when Max got the jump on him from behind
"you're mine Mystogan!"
As he was about to connect a hit, Max was struck down by Laxus. "Small game like you should not get over your head."
Mystogan offered his thanks when he saw Laxus generating lightning on the palm of his hands. The message was clear; he wanted to finish what they started all those years ago to finally find out who was the stronger of the two, a thing Mystogan had no trouble in granting.
As they seized each other, Laxus smirked.
"At the grand magic games in three months" with the date set, Laxus headed off leaving Mystogan behind.
"I can hardly wait."
The fighting went on full into the night until the time came for the newlyweds to head out; as they said their goodbyes and wished the couple the very best, there was still something left to do before leaving.
"Can I have your attention please?" Lisanna called the girls "Everyone form up for the bouquet toss!"
As the female population grouped up, different thoughts crossed each of them:
"This is Juvia's chance to marry Gray-sama!"
"I'll win this, definitely." Erza was thinking while looking towards Jellal and Mystogan "But, once I get it...what will I do?"
"Levy, catch it! you can do it!" Jet and Droy cheered together before breaking into a fight about who would marry her, not that the petite girl was thinking in any of the two. Her thought were more directed towards a certain slayer...
A rather unenthusiastic Lucy was holed up in the middle of their group "I really don't care about marrying just yet, but I'll join anyway."
"LOVE RIVAL! YOU WON'T RUIN JUVIA'S CHANCE!"
"You really should pay more attention on those two" Lucy pointed towards Cana and Ultear, who were glaring at each other, but Juvia ignored her words.
"Lucy, ignore Juvia and focus more on catching that bouquet for the both of us" Loke said to her.
"I guess you're…HEY WAIT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?! THIS IS A GIRLS ONLY THING!"
While the girls kicked Loke out, Angel thought: "Well, it doesn't matter if I catch it or not, I'm still going to marry the man of my dreams anyway." Looking at the bouquet again she added as an afterthought: "Then again, the sooner the better."
"Ready?" Lisanna asked as she prepared to toss the bouquet "One, Two, Three!"
As the bouquet sailed through the air, the girls fought each other to catch it, going as far to use magic to improve their chance at getting it first. While they were fighting each other, the bouquet landed right in the middle into Wendy's hands. The girl had been too afraid to move during the commotion and, by doing so, enabled her to catch the prize.
"You got to be kidding me!" Charle exclaimed. "She's too young for that!"
"I-I'm sorry…" The girl stammered "It wasn't my intention, really!"
Gildarts approached the girl and ruffled her hair a bit "Don't worry Wendy, you did nothing wrong. But wait a few years before cashing in, Ok."
With that done, Natsu and Lisanna said their goodbyes and headed for their carriage: "So long! See ya in a few days!"
"Enjoy your honeymoon, I'll watch Happy for you until we come see you" Lucy replied.
"Save me some fish" Happy added.
Tomorrow, the couple would head to the Akane resort for their honeymoon, a week after that, Erza and the others would join them to start training for the Grand magic games.
"Have a safe trip!"
"Take care you hear!"
"Bring back souvenirs"
"Goodbye, we'll miss you"
Waving goodbye, Natsu and Lisanna entered the carriage to start their new life together.
Once they were off to Natsu's, correction, their house, Lisanna asked: "how's your nausea?"
"I'm good" Natsu replied "I just hope Wendy's Troya lasts until we reach the resort."
Giving Natsu a sly grin, she then said: "Then you won't mind if I do this, right?"
Straddling him, Lisanna kissed Natsu while her hands started unbuttoning his vest. "I don't think I can wait till we get there."
Natsu eagerly reciprocated by roaming one hand behind her back to unclasp her dress and another down her dress. "Neither can I, Ms. Dragneel."
"Now that they're gone…IT'S TIME FOR THE AFTER PARTY!"
While everyone headed back inside, Angel watched the carriage go wondering how she would manage to last a whole week apart from Natsu. Reaching in her dress, Angel withdrew a peculiar set of keys.
The void keys, the same keys Astria had used against them. She had found them this morning on her night desk, not knowing who had left them there for her to find. Grabbing one, Angel couldn't feel anything emanation from it, which explained why Lucy nor Loke hadn't sensed them. So far, she hadn't dared to use one for fear of what could happen. Every time she wanted to tell someone about it, something seemed to stop her.
"I'll tell master, or Vergil, I'll definitely do it…tomorrow, for sure this time!" As she turned to head back inside the guild, a warm feeling was slowly growing in her private regions. As the warmth grew more and more, Angel couldn't help but let out a low moan.
"What the…" Feeling another one coming, Angel gripped the hem of her dress and covered her mouth to muffle her moan. "You gotta be kidding me!"
Realizing what it was, Angel rushed to her room at Fairy Hills to 'deal' with her small problem. It seems that the bond she shared with Natsu and Lisanna allowed her to feel much more than what they originally thought.
As the newlywed's carriage slowly vanished into the distance, Vergil watched them from afar reminiscing of his time here at Fairy Tail. Not long ago (at least from his perspective) his only goal was to gain more power at any cost, however, after being given a second chance and spending time with the people here at the guild, Vergil's perspective of life slowly started to change.
"There you are" Mira greeted him with a smile "What are you doing out here? The party is still going inside"
"I wanted to be by myself for a while" The dark slayer replied without looking at her.
"Oh, I see" Mira felt a pang of sadness by his words "I'll leave you be then."
"Wait" The platinum haired girl stopped at his call "You are free to stay, Mirajane. Your presence does not bother me."
Giving him a smile, Mira took his word and joined his side. They remained in relative silence for a few moments until she spoke: "It still feels surreal to me. My baby sister getting married; starting her own life with the man she loves."
"It's the circle of life." Vergil stated "You will one day walk the same path when you find that person."
"Perhaps, perhaps I have already found that person." Gently touching his cheek, Mira directed his gaze to hers as they slowly approached each other.
A dozen thoughts crossed the half devil's head, but the one that predominated them all were how tempting where Mira's lips right now. As he approached her, Vergil saw someone in the distance that caught his attention.
"Red coat?" Vergil left Mira hanging and focused his vision on the faraway figure chatting with a few girls. The man in question had his back turned to them, but the half devil could clearly see the man's platinum hair "It can't be!"
After a few moments of waiting without anything, Mira opened her eyes and found she was alone. "Vergil?" Looking around, she spotted him running towards a group of people "Vergil, wait!"
"It can't be him, It just can't" As he approached them, the man in red casually headed towards the woods leaving a swoon Kinana and Laki lovingly gazing at his retreating form. Just as he vanished out of sight, Vergil used his exceptional speed to appear in front of where the man would be, only to find the area empty.
"Vergil, what's wrong?" Ignoring Mira, Vergil headed towards the still dazed girls to question them about the mysterious man.
"What did that man tell you?"
"Huh, what man?" Kinana asked with a glazed look on her eyes while Laki seemed far more lost in la-la land.
Seeing she was still lost in whatever she was into, Vergil grabbed Kinana by the shoulders and shook her trying to get some sense into her: "The man in red you two were talking to!"
"Oh, you mean him" Kinana seemed to regain some sense back "I…I don't know. I can't seem to remember anything about him."
"He was cute" Laki added after a while "Like a sawmill chopping perfect slices of wood."
Seeing he was getting nowhere, Vergil left the girls alone while one commented how 'that man they couldn't quite remember' looked a lot like him. With a worried expression, Mirajane followed him into the woods.
"Are you alright? What was all that about?"
Vergil remained quiet when he noticed something pinned to a nearby tree; as he got closer to it he started recognizing the familiar gold pendant, almost as if someone had left it there for him to find. Grabbing hold of it, Vergil was not surprised by the words carved in the tree:
"It belongs to a son of Sparda."
Smirking, Vergil wrapped the pendant around his neck and secured it tightly before putting it inside his vest. Those were the exact same words he said to Dante back then, which only confirmed his suspicion of the identity of the red coat man.
Things were about to get interesting.
A.N.
It's been a while, hasn't it? Like 5 months actually.
Now, before you start tossing rotten tomatoes at me, lemme explain the reason of the late update (you're gonna be mad, I can't blame ya)
The truth is...I lost interest on the story.
I got so caught up with family and work, that I slowly started drifting apart of my writing. Now and then I would check my mail and see your reviews asking me to continue writing, asking me if i would update soon, wanting to read the wedding, until I decided to make time to continue this story for all of you.
It was you, my fellow readers, who motivated me to return, and I promise I will make time from my busy schedule to keep this story going.
As you might have noticed, there was no lemon scene on this chapter since is still endorsing their no-sex campaign, but if enough people want me to write it then I'll post it on a different site.
Next chapter will be the start of the Grand Games Arc (with several changes for those who've already read the manga to this point). There's not much to tell without spoiling anything, so you'll have to wait to read what I have in store for it.
As always, read and review, in fact; it is encouraged.
Until next update
Demonwithasoul
"You could have given him the pendant yourself"
The man in red shrugged at Mavis suggestion "It's better this way, besides; we'll see each other again in three months."
The first master of Fairy Tail nodded before going somber"Are you really going ahead with this?"
"Definitely" he answered, much to Mavis's dismay.
"They'll stop you. you know that, right?"
"They are welcomed to try" Dante smirked.
"Things are going to get interesting...little brother."