Author's Note: Okay! Part 2! Hope this doesn't get too long...lol.
In all seriousness there are a handful of FT mages that I will quickly fly through when it comes to their gift-giving scenes. Apologies but I want to keep the scenes rolling, and I can't expect to have a detailed scene for EVERY character.
That being said, if you saw a character in a fare amount of detail from past chapters, then they are most likely salvaged. So all your favorites will get their shining moments. Now Part 2!
Also, I do not own Fairy Tail.
Chapter Thirteen - On the Twelfth Day: Part 2
As the guild members all turned their heads and acted like Jellal's gift exchange never actually happened, Erza finally collected herself and carried out with the next leg of the gift exchange.
"Okay, well everyone here has had some very colorful gifts. Now it's my turn…" She smiled as she came back to the group after leaving the kitchen.
"Behold!" Erza shouted with pride as she held a beautifully decorated pastry box over her head. "Droy, this is for you. Merry Christmas."
Droy opened the box to reveal a very delicious looking strawberry cake that was topped with several golden/yellow ultra-rare strawberries from the frigid peaks of Mount Hakobe.
"No way! This must have taken you ages to bake, Erza!" Droy could tell Erza put a lot of hard work into the pastry and smiled in response. "Thanks! Merry Christmas to you too!"
Meanwhile, Jet chuckled in response to the gift. "Good stuff…but don't you think it was a little dangerous to hand him something that delicious?"
Levy, who sat between Jet and Droy, turned to smack her orange haired racing friend right on the arm. Then, Droy set his cake down to reply. "Actually, I'm glad you made a joke…" He then got up and walked over to the Christmas tree to retrieve his gift for the exchange.
"I had you for Secret Santa…Merry Christmas, Jet." Droy stood with a serious expression as the entire guild hall sat in silence.
"HA! Damn, that stings!" Cana drunkenly blurted out an un-needed comment before Nigel and Macao could lean over to cover her mouth.
Jet, for a moment, looked disappointed with himself. "Ah, damn man…thanks. I was really just joking by the way."
Droy rolled his eyes in sarcasm, and delivered the expecting smile for his long time friend. "Yea, I figured. Just get on with it."
Jet opened up his gift to reveal a brand new pair of magic runner's shoes. "Ah these are sick! Thanks, man!" Jet then stood up to hug Droy, which made the latter smile in acceptance.
As they finished their touching moment, Jet moved on. "Okay, my gift's for Happy! Here ya go little guy!"
Happy lit up with joy as Jet rolled out a large barrel of fresh Hargeon mackerel right from the kitchen.
"OH NO WAY! THANKS JET!" He flew over to hug the barrel of fish as Jet replied.
"Eh, I still feel like I owe you after helping me in that race a few years ago." Jet made sure Happy would walk away this Christmas a very happy cat. " Merry Christmas little guy!"
"AYE SIR! Merry Christmas!" Happy smiled with joy as he then flew over to grab his basket of gifts from under the tree. "Here!"
The little blue cat cried out with self-excitement as he carried a large basket over to his secret giftee. The receiver was none other than Carla, the fellow exceed, and she looked rather intrigued with his large gif being presented.
"Oh, well this looks fancy…what is it?" She looked puzzled as she pulled out several different pieces for a fishing supply kit, including two fishing rods, bait, string, tackle boxes and a lot of other goodies.
"I bought you some fishing gear! Now you can go fishing with me, Nastu and Lucy!" He then whispered loudly into her ear. "Actually just take Lucy's place. She's kinda bad at fishing…"
"Gee, thanks Happy." Lucy tried to ignore his words as she observed Carla's reaction.
Carla looked on with a puzzled expression. "Well, now why did you go and get me two of everything? If you expect me to give one set to you for fishing on alone time then…"
"Actually they're for Wendy!" Happy cut her off to explain before she could continue.
"Ohhh…" She tried correcting herself. "Well, I must say that is very thoughtful. Thank you very much, Happy." Carla gave him a soft smile as he nearly fainted, and he immediately made way for her to fly away.
As she landed near the tree, Carla pulled out a large, yet very long box trimmed with black and red wrappings. "Okay, Gajeel this is for you."
"Hmm?" Gajeel looked intrigued as he got up and unwrapped an all-silver shiny new guitar with shiny black strings.
"Shoo-be-do-bah!" Gajeel smiled as he tried on his new instrument and adjusted the strap. "The little cat delivered!"
Immediately Levy sighed. "Oh god, please don't let him play that thing…"
To late, because now he had already made it onto the stage.
*Cough* *Cough* "It's the mooost wonderful tiiime of the yeeeaaar…Shoo-be-do-bah! With the kids jingle bellin' and everyone…"
"NO NO NO! Cut this crap out!"
"BOO! YOU SUCK!"
"OFF THE STAGE, GAJEEL!"
The entire guild hall erupted so loudly that Gajeel had no choice but to stop playing. "Alright fine, but just so you know when Christmas rolls around this time tomorrow, there ain't nobody that's getting in between me and that stage!"
"Oh please let Natsu miraculously return tomorrow morning…" Lucy sighed and began to silently pray for a fight that she usually hated, but then caught on to something in her mind.
"Huh, we're half way through our gift exchange, and Natsu still isn't here yet. I hope he's alright…" Lucy had already chosen to grab his gift out from under the tree prior to the exchange and now she nervously clutched it in worries for her lost friend.
As Lucy thought to herself, Gajeel carried on. "Okay, thanks anyway, Cat. Now it's time to get my gift!"
Gajeel left the room to run into the back closet to drag out his very large present, and as everyone in the room sat in wait, Levy shook with nerves and anxiety as Gajeel finally arrived.
"Huh?" Levy let out a shriek of confusion and quickly threw her hands up to cover her mouth. Lucky for her, no one saw.
Then, Panther Lily jumped up and grinned as he eyed the brand new weight lifting machine that Gajeel hand-picked back in Crocus. "Well, it sure looks impressive. Thanks old friend. Merry Christmas."
"Heh, no problem pal. Merry Christmas." Gajeel patted Lily on the head and immediately sat down in wait for the next gift.
Levy was trying to collect her thoughts, and never even realized that Lily had come right to her after receiving his gift. He then smiled and handed her a large red package.
"Oh…you guys are awful." She couldn't help but grin as no one else in the room understood the joke, and as Lily smiled back he watched Levy open up a package that included a full archive on the history of the alternate universe, Edolas.
"OH WOW! This looks so cool! Where'd you get it?" Levy asked with joy as Lily smiled.
"Actually, Master Makarov gave me a few of Mystogan's old belongings that he left here in Earth-Land, and lucky for me I found a copy of my old kingdom's history. I knew you would like it."
Levy smiled with glee as she bent over to give him a big hug. "Thank you Lily! Merry Christmas!"
As Lily accepted her reaction, Levy turned to get her gift from under the tree. "Okay Warren, I hope you're ready!"
One by one and gift by gift, the Fairies continued down the list by handing out their individual presents. Levy gave Warren a brand new Atlas of Earth-Land, Warren gave Kinana a sparkling new necklace, Kinana gave Master Makarov a shiny personalized snow globe that featured a tiny model of the Fairy Tail guild hall and lit up with light lacrimas, and Makarov rewarded Macao with two tickets for a magic fight in Crocus; that way the senior Flame Wizard could take his son out for some father-son time.
Meanwhile Macao gave Wakaba a brand new and well-needed magical pipe, and Wakaba reward his friend's son Romeo with a set of brand new golf clubs (because according to several guild members Romeo is an excellent athlete.)
Then, it was Romeo's turn to hand out a gift. "Okay, I had Elfman's name!"
The large Takeover mage then stood up with excitement. "Okay, cool! So what'd I get, Little Man?"
Romeo smiled and handed him a large gift bag, and as soon as Elfman received it he pulled out two fire-red magical boxing gloves.
"OH WOW THESE ARE SO FREAKIN' MANLY! HAH, now I can spar with Natsu without burning my fists against his!" He then high-fived Romeo with a smile. "Thanks Romeo! Merry Christmas!"
Then, as Romeo sat back down, Elfman turned over to the tree. "Okay, I actually lucked out with my gift this year and got someone really special."
He grabbed his gift and looked over to Lisanna. "Here Sis, Merry Christmas."
"Awe, Elf!" Lisanna wanted to cry she was so excited to receive his gift. As she opened up the box she was greeted to a large and colorful photo album that appeared to be decorated with dozens of pictures featuring their family, friends, and the guild hall of Fairy Tail.
"Thanks to Reedus I was able to get some pretty cool paintings in there too!" Elfman boasted with pride. "I like the way it turned out!"
Lisanna let a little tear roll down her cheek and leaned in to give her older brother a hug. "Thank you so much, Elfman. Merry Chrstmas!"
Everyone smiled and enjoyed the scene as Elfman sat down following his display, and made way for Lisanna to reveal her giftee.
"Okay, well that'll be hard to beat, but I can always try!" Lisanna smiled and grabbed her gift, and as she returned to the group she walked over to Evergreen of the Thunder Legion.
"Here ya go, Evergreen! Merry Christmas!" Lisanna handed her the package as Evergreen and Elfman both sat in confusion.
"Huh!? NO WAY!" Elfman shouted out. "So you were giving me jokes about shopping for Evergreen while you had her name the entire time!?"
Lisanna giggled. "Well, what can I say? You two are too adorable not to tease!"
The entire guild hall let out small chuckles, and as Elfman grew angrier, Evergreen snapped her fingers.
"Yes, well enough using me in your little family jokes. I would like to hand out my gift today, as well." Evergreen tried sounding snappy, but then stopped and smiled as she revealed a brand new dark green two-piece swim suit out of her newly received gift bag.
"Oh, well this is very tasteful! Thank you so much, Lisanna!" She jumped up and gave the little Takeover mage a big hug.
"Awe, thanks!" Lisanna then smiled. "Whelp, now it's your turn!"
"Yes, I suppose it is." Evergreen then walked over to receive her own gift out from under the tree. As she returned she handed Mirajane a large gift basket decorated with a large red bow.
"Merry Christmas, Dear!" Evergreen boasted as Mira smiled with joy.
"Awe, I am so excited!" Mira giggled and pulled out a very large and elaborate cookbook that she had always wanted. "Oh the Tastes of Ishgar! I've been meaning to buy this for the guild kitchen! Thank you so much, Evergreen!"
Mira joined Evergreen in a hug, and as it ended the brown haired Fairy Mage replied. "Yes, well I guess it's time to move on. No need to stop on my amazing choice of gift."
"No I suppose your right!" Mira giggled and grabbed her own present. "Here you go Max!"
Max lite up and cheered as he received his very one Max Alors action figure with custom sand lacrimas built in, and he was just as excited to give Laki her brand new wood carving kit for his Secret Santa present.
Laki graciously accepted and continued by giving Vijeeter Ecor a hand-made wooden lute, curtsy of her handy Wood-Make Magic.
Vijeeter danced with joy as he received his new instrument and spun over to the large Christmas tree to retrieve his present for the next recipient.
"Here you are, Laxus! I hope you enjoy!"
Laxus looked speechless as he pulled out a very elaborate and colorful robe from an old-fashioned bag.
"Eh…what is it?" The tall Lightning Mage asked with confusion.
"Oh it's a ceremonial dance robe! I had it shipped in all the way from the holy land of dance-the Kingdom of Minstrel!"
Everyone used all the strength in their bodies to hold in all the laughter they could, or else they would surely suffer the wrath of Laxus.
Meanwhile, Laxus himself nodded his head. "Well to be honest I probably won't wear it...like at all. Plus, I don't dance…but since you had it shipped in I can tell you worked pretty hard to get it here. Thanks, and Merry Christmas."
Vijeeter smiled with joy, and everyone in the guild hall nearly fell over from Laxus's kind gesture.
Now, it was Laxus's turn. "Uh well, I guess I'm up…" He then stood tall and retrieved his stuff out from under the tree.
Then he walked over to his long-time partner Freed Justine and handed him the package. "Here. Merry Christmas, man."
Freed was speechless, and slowly opened up the large package to reveal two items. One was a large burgundy coat that matched his regular attire, only this coat had a fluffy collar and wrist cuffs just like his three counter-parts in the Thunder Legion had.
The second gift (because no one was about to question Laxus for bringing two gifts) was a framed picture of all four of the Thunder Legion members at their first mission together, and beside it in the frame was the request form for their very first team job.
The entire guild hall went speechless, and Freed nearly fell over as he tried to collect his words.
"Laxus…you're giving me our very first request form?"
Laxus rolled his eyes. "Hey, don't think I made the decision alone. Bickslow and Ever's names are on there too, and they agreed to let me use it in the gift."
Freed looked over to Bickslow and Evergreen as the both winked and gave him a thumbs up.
Freed slowly stood and finally wrapped his hands around his good friend. "Thank you, Laxus…I will always treasure these mementos as a sign of our teamwork."
Laxus tried to embrace the hug without getting embarrassed. "Yea, do whatever you want, pal…"
Satisfied with his hug, Freed finally let go of Laxus and walked over to pick up his own gift from under the tree. As it appeared to be in the shape of a wine bottle, everyone in the room immediately knew who it was for.
Nigel, Macao, and wakaba actually added on a joke, and the first of them stood from his bar stool. "Ah Freed! You shouldn't have! I already have a gift!"
Cana smiled and pushed them back into there seats as she sat up to receive a very expensive bottle of imported red wine, all the way from the other side of the continent.
Freed explained. "Apparently it is the finest wine the city of Crocus has to offer. I went to try the ports of Hargeon for better imports, but the shop's sommelier insisted I would not find a better red in all of Fiore."
"Awe!" Cana nearly cried as she clutched the bottle like a new born baby. "Well thanks, Freed. Merry Christmas!" She set the bottle down and leaned over to give Freed a hug, and he kindly accepted in response.
Then, as Freed turned to sit back down, it now became Cana's turn to deliver a gift.
Okay! So micro-recap?:
Erza is awesome, Jet and Droy are cute, Happy and Carla are cuter, Gajeel and Levy are even cuter, we flew through a lot of random people, Natsu still isn't here, The Strausses and the Thunder Legion are all awesome, and for some reason...I've placed a dramatic cliff hanger on Cana of all people?
Read on in Part 3!
(BTW the "golf club" reference with Romeo's gift comes from my story OPERATION: Vacation!)