At that moment I had to slide to the side to avoid Gray, who instead slammed into Lucy. And he was now fully naked.
Natsu stood nearby, swinging Gray's boxers in the air like a trophy.
"Give me back my underwear, jerk!" Gray demanded.
Poor Lucy was screaming, peering at him from the small cracks in her hands, trying to hide her gaze but failing miserably. I watched as Gray noticed her and slid over to stand next to her, holding out a hand.
"Excuse me miss can I please borrow your underwear?" He asked her.
Lucy grabbed a long roll of paper and smacked him away, "As if!"
Loke came into view, sweeping her off her feet and holding her in his arms, as if trying to woo her, "These guys are all so insensitive, a woman has needs-!" He was punched away by Elfman, and dropped Lucy.
"Real men speak with their fists, Loke!" Elfman exclaimed.
Natsu ran over and kicked Elfman away, "I told you to butt out!"
I growled, pushing Natsu away, "Will you idiots stop bothering Lucy?!"
"Aye!" Happy agreed.
Lucy was back to freaking out over Mirajane.
I paused when I heard Cana, who was still sitting at the bar, now holding a mug of beer.
"Ugh it's so loud. So much for having a drink to relax." I could tell she was irritated. She turned her chair to face the crowd of brawling mages, holding up a glowing blue magic card. "That's enough you guys, I suggest that you knock it off."
A glowing magic circle appeared from the card. Magic circles are our spells. While certain spells can be used without thought, such as water covering my hands, most spells show off magic circles.
Ice appeared at Gray's hands as he made a fist on top of his other palm, taking a fighting stance, and a magic circle appeared, "Oh yea? Says who?"
Elfman let out a yell, raising a fist as a magic circle traveled down his arm, and when it was gone he had taken on an arm of stone.
I saw Loke turn the stone on his ring, and it glowed as a green magic circle appeared, "You punks can be such a nuisance."
Natsu and I both took on fighting stances, fire engulfing his fists and water swirling around mine.
"I'm ready for ya!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Bring it on, if you think you can beat me!" I said, confident. I knew most of them wouldn't really try to beat me, but since we were using magic it could be considered a real group fight.
Lucy held up Happy, using him as a shield. "They always fight like this?!"
"Uh huh!" Happy confirmed.
Lucy's voice was slightly shrill, "You don't seem worried!"
The fight was just about to continue when a giant black foot stomped on the ground. I turned my attention to a big shadowy black giant.
"WOULD YOU FOOLS STOP BICKERING LIKE CHILDREN?!" The giant thundered.
Everyone stopped. I heard Lucy exclaim, "He's huge!"
There were people gripping each other, people holding other people in the air, ready to throw them, and people who had just been about to use magic.
I was beside Cana, who had stopped while holding a card. Whirling water covered both my arms like little whirlpools. Near us was Elfman and Gray, stopping right as they were about to fight.
A silence fell over the room.
Finally Mira spoke, smiling, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were still here, Master."
The giant gave a grunt and Lucy freaked out, "DID YOU SAY MASTER?!"
Natsu burst out laughing. "Man talk about a bunch of babies! Looks like I've won this round you-!" He was silenced when the giant stepped on him, smooshing him into the floor.
I stood beside Mirajane and Lucy, and finally let my water disappear. Lucy was still quite startled.
"Well. Seems we've a new recruit." The Master spoke in that slightly terrifying voice.
Lucy let out a sound that sounded like a squeak of fear, "Yes Sir!"
I waved an indifferent hand in the air, "Gramps, in that form you're scaring the poor girl!" I informed him.
And with that, he let out a howl like noise as he shrunk, the cloud like magic energy around him seeming to come from him like steam, and an odd sound came from him as he turned back to normal. Lucy looked dumbstruck. There stood Makarov Dreyar, our Master. I like to call him Gramps or Old man.
He is in fact, Laxus's grandfather. He was a tiny old man with white hair, lots of power, and he was a bit of a pervert for pretty young girls. He was one of the ten wizard saints, and he had practically raised Laxus and I. He held a roll of paper in one hand.
"Sorry about that, Mona." He raised a hand, smiling at Lucy, "Nice to meet cha!"
Lucy, shocked, had no thought about her rudeness as she exclaimed, "He's tiny! This little guy's really in charge here?!"
"Of course he is! Allow me to introduce the fairy tail guild master, Makarov." Mirajane told her. I noticed the fighting guild members had dispersed slightly, probably trying to not draw attention to themselves so they wouldn't be punished. They were such cowards sometimes, especially around Gramps and Erza.
With that, Master Makarov turned and jumped up towards the second floor, doing a spin, but hit the railing. He shifted so he was standing on the railing instead, and cleared his throat. All the previously fighting guild members gathered, including me. I stood beside my friend Levy.
Levy was a short, skinny, small woman with blue hair and an orange strip of clothe in it. She was really smart, and she had glasses that allowed speed reading. She wasn't so powerful in fighting but she still helped the guild a lot, and I had grown to enjoy her being my friend. She always had Jet and Droy, her two teammates, with her. They called themselves team Shadow Gear. And Jet and Droy were in love with Levy, though I doubt she even notices or feels the same.
"You've gone and done it again, ya bunch of clots!" Gramps lectured, holding up a big stack of papers, "Just take a look at how much paper work the magic council sent me this time! This is the biggest pile of complaints yet!"
I shuddered. The magic council was no friend of mine. They monitored all the different guilds and they handled the laws of magic using. I'd had a few run ins with them when I was gone, training and such. All Fairy Tail wizards had a bad habit of destroying things whenever we fought, just like how a simple brawl had destroyed all the tables in the guild hall. I wasn't as bad as some of the wizards, since water is pretty flexible, but I had my moments. Once I almost wiped out half a town with a flash flood, it hadn't been nice when I got back. Gramps wouldn't let me hear the end of it.
Even as an S-Class mage, I still could be a bit stupid sometimes, especially when I got angry.
"HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MINDS?! All you kids are good for is getting the higher-ups mad at me!" The old man yelled, practically trembling with anger.
Around me, everyone seemed to give murmurs of guilt, but I just crossed my arms. There was no way Master was really mad, I mean since when did he give a hoot about the council?
Proving me right, Gramps began again, "However…" he set the papers on fire. "I say to heck with the magic council." He gave a 'Heh' sound and threw the flaming papers, to which Natsu jumped up and grabbed them with his mouth, ready to eat the flames.
Did I mention? Dragon slayers gain power from eating their element. So Natsu eats fire and he likes to say he gets 'All fired up', while all I have to do is drink water. Unfortunately we cannot eat our own magic, he can eat fire thrown at him but can't make fire to eat, and the same goes for me and water.
"Now listen up. Any power that surpasses reason still comes from reason, right? Magic isn't some kind of miraculous power. It is a talent; that only works when the flow of energy inside of us, and the flow of energy in the natural world are in perfect synchronization. To perform magic one must have a strong mind, and the ability to focus. It should take over your being and come pouring out of your soul! If all we do is worry about following rules then our magic would never progress! Don't let those blowhards on the council scare you! Follow the path you believe in!"
A smile grew on my lips as I saw the proud determination of everyone around me, and I felt that tugging at my heart. This is what made a Fairy tail wizard. This is what made us who we are!
"BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE FAIRY TAIL GUILD #1!" Gramps finished, holding up the one finger sign that made our hearts soar. That sign… it was the sign of Fairy Tail! It was a gesture that Laxus had made, a sign that we would always watch over each other, and it was a sign that gave us hope.
Cheers rang out and everyone made the one finger hand sign, holding our hands high in the air, even I did so. It might seem foolish but it stood for our guild.
This is why I was proud to be a Fairy Tail Mage.
Because we don't give up, we don't back down, and we will always protect our friends, our family, our guild!