The Fairy Tail guild was rowdy as always, fairies dancing, members raising their glasses to celebrate their latest victory or success, idiots getting involved in a drinking contest with Cana, those not ending pretty for anyone. Though since its Elfman's birthday, everyone went all out for his birthday bash, screaming happy birthday at the top of their lungs was Natsus goal while the rest of the guild laughed and partied harder than usual, all except Gajeel who was sitting at his shady dark corner of the guild, looking more hostile than always while he looked towards the bar and its cursed white haired barmaid.
"Stupid fucking Mira and her fucking Ban" Gajeel mutters as he recalls the events a few days prior. He couldn't remember the night before, it was just filled with drunken antics, however he remembered the morning pretty clearly as he woke to Mira shouting at his hung-over ass in the kitchen, half-naked, surrounded by cutlery handles, all with their utensils bitten clean off. What made things worse is when she went to choke the living day lights out of him and pick him up. That bitter memory ended with Gajeel blowing chunks of vomit on a red dress and a soul piercing scream.
Now that he thinks back on it, Gajeel fucked up but now it's too late, he was cut off for a week.
Gajeel sighs until he notices a familiar bluenette walk towards him. It was his best friend Juvia.
"Gajeel seems to be in a bad mood" Juvia smiles as she sat down next to him.
"I'm always in a bad mood Rain woman; anyway, Shouldn't you be partying with everyone else? Or fawning over gray or some shit" Gajeel barked in his usual hostile voice.
"Juvia cannot find gray and Juvia is worried about Gajeel too" Juvia answers, then adds "Juvia is wondering why Gajeel is glaring at the bar" giggling at Gajeel while he proceeds to flick her in the side of the head with his fingers.
"Damn it, she knows too, just how many people know". Gajeel simply shakes that thought before turning to his friend.
"Relax woman, I'm fine, just friggin tired is all". In truth, if he couldn't drink, he wanted a good fight, he couldn't talk to people while they were wasted, it'd be too funny and he'd probably just end up starting a fight. But with this kind of celebration, it would be a dick move to start a brawl and he knew it, he'd just have to join in on the idiots who start the first one.
Juvia mentally face palms, no matter what Gajeel said, she could read him like an open book. 'You're clenching your fists and looking at Natsu Gajeel, it obvious you want to fight". She thought
"Ohhh, Juvia also got you something" Gajeel s head turns to her as she reaches into her tight blue coat. "Juvia got this on her last mission, so Juvia thought it'd be a nice for Gajeel". His eyes trained on the item she pulls out. A large curved knife crafted so well, it could sell for at least 10,000 jewels, he took it from her hands and studied it quickly.
"Holy shit Juv, you're the friggin best" he smiled as he admired the blade before wolfing down the blade. Juvia's smiled staggered and contorted into shock and anger as he chomped down on her gift.
"GAJEEL, you jerk, you weren't meant to eat it". Juvia slapped him over the back of the head repeatedly while he laughed.
"Come on Juv, it was metal, it tasted great" he simply showed off his toothy grin while she stopped slapping his head and shaking hers in turn. Gajeel simply pats her head muttering "Thanks Juv".
She looks back at him "Juvia is still pissed you ate her present". Gajeel giving his signature laugh "You can't be mad at me for long Juvia". Juvia smirked back "No but Juvia can be mad long enough to tell the guild your crush".
Gajeel nearly spat the knife out and choked slightly.
"You're bluffing, you don't know" Gajeel shrugs nonchalantly and stares blankly back at her, not believing her threat.
Juvia smiles back just as wicked as Gajeel would "Juvia knows it starts with L, ends with Y, not many people in our guild with a name like that, right Gajeel".
He Gulped, He was fucked.
"Wait, how did Juvia know, no one knows, not even pantherlily knew and they are friggin team mates". Trying to process how she knows, he looks back at Juvia and discovers she's smiling, as if she was reading his mind, which she was.
"Were friends Gajeel, of course Juvia would know who you like, Juvia also knows where you keep your porn but Juvia wishes she didn't" Gajeel laughs while she shakes her head in embarrassment. They started laughing together; they were close, best friends since their days at phantom. He always loved the rain and she found a friend who didn't mind being around her rain, both were crazy and slightly unhinged but both happy they had a friend in that hostile guild.
"I'm sorry Juvia, I..." She cut him off "you better be". He laughed back,
"You should let people finish juv, I was gonna say, to make it up to you, I'll friggin sniff out that ice bastard for ya and tell you where he is".
Instant regret raced through his mind as Gajeel felt Juvia wrap his arms tight around him, Juvia practically squealing in delight. "You can find Gray for Juvia? Thank you so much Gajeel"
"OI, get the fuck off me woman" Gajeel barked but she was too busy imagining her wedding day.
"Damn it, her heads are in the fucking clouds already" he thought as he patted her head "Then go fucking get him, he's at a table on the second level". Juvia virtually sprang to her feet, ready to dash towards the staircase before turning back to Gajeel.
"Thanks again Gajeel, Gajeel should make his way towards levy instead of sulking in the corner" giggling in her retreat.
"Fuck Off" Gajeel snapped back but grinned as his best friend left him to his own thoughts. All of which, are now directed and concentrated on the guilds petite solid script mage.
"Fuck, might as well do it before I lose my nerve" Gajeel stood up, his conviction as strong as his iron while he slaps his sides. "Better go find the shrimp" he stated before searching the hall to find her.
Gajeel walked around the hall, finding his guild members in a more slobbering and pumped state, among them, Lucy laying her back against a passed out Droy and drooling on laki who's slumped over her lap. Reedus and Laxus have an arm wrestling match. The Whole guild especially shocked to see Reedus Neck and neck against Laxus in terms of strength, Laxus didn't want to lose that match, no matter what. Natsu and Erza were picking up and Elfman, throwing him up into the air and shouting, "Happy Birthday" while everyone cheers.
"Damn this Guild is crazy". He chuckled to himself.
He looked everywhere for the little bookworm, at the bar, at the stage, all the tables, and even upstairs, where he still saw Juvia, hesitating behind a beam. Gajeel simply flicked her in the back of the head.
"Ow Gajeel" Juvia rubbed her head.
"Don't fucking "Ow" me, hurry up and get him" he simply said before patting her head and giving her the thumbs up. "Good luck" he waved off and walked away, looking back to see a smile on her face and a boost of confidence as she headed towards Gray.
"Damn, where could she be?" Gajeel muttered internally, the party was getting late and no sign of levy. Gajeel headed downstairs, passing all his drunken friends with a stupid grin on his face "Fuck, this is just too friggin good, I wish I had a lacrima device to record all this shit, maybe the bookworm has one" he laughed at the thought.
His mind wandered back to Levy as he searched for her, he liked Levy, like is an understatement, he fucking wanted Levy, every mission they took together brought them closer and closer together, just no one asked the other out. Both of them were hoping that something would happen on the missions that Mira set up but they all fell short.
The subtle touches and long gazes at each into other's eyes, the inadvertent intimate moments they find themselves in again and again. Each of them setting her cheeks crimson and crotch wet. And His cheeks flush and his cock reaching for the sky. The sexual tension between those two is so palpable; you could cut it with a knife, and make a chair with what's left of it, and then proceed to fuck on it.
He could tell she had a thing for him, even Juvia and Mira Jane was stating so. "God I want her, to feel her soft lips, to feel those gorgeous tits of hers, to feel every fucking inch of her delicious body"'. His dick started to thinking for him before he got the bright idea of checking outside
With his mind back in check, he started walking towards the pool area, preparing himself for when he saw levy, he was going to ask her out., noticing Juvia from down below, was still chatting with gray, Smiled up at her and gave her a quick thumbs up for support, she waved back and smiled before chatting with gray again.
"Good on her, she might be able to convince him tonight "he thought before walking outside.
As Gajeel stepped outside, he saw a lot of the guild members piled into the pool and chatting drunkenly around the edge, but still no sign of levy.
"Fuck, not here either" Gajeel muttered
"Looking for Levy, Gajeel?" Wendy said as she appears by Gajeel's side.
"How did you know?" asking Wendy politely, not wanting to frighten away a potential lead. "But, how the fuck did she know?"
"A lucky guess, I saw her heading to the side of the guild 20 minutes ago, she might still be there" Wendy smiled back.
"Thanks kids, I owe you one" Gajeel patted her head and dashed towards the side of the guild and turned the corner.
Walking past the plants around the sides, he noticed a familiar shade of blue in the distance, Gajeel smiled as he realized he can start to fulfill his plan. But the closer he got to the familiar mop of the solid script mage, the more he realized that his plan won't come true, especially when Levy is straddling Jets lap, their eyes closed with his hands squeezing her ass, and their tongues in each other's mouths.
Gajeel simply turned around, his face void of emotion as he turned the corner and walked inside the guild, his fists started shaking with the desperation to crush something "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!" was all that went through Gajeel's mind.
"How did this happen, when did this happen, I thought she liked me, why the hell was she kissing another guy, I...I can't fucking go back and see that… FUCK I can't hit Jet either…Since she's not mine….Damn it!...Can't exactly complain though... neither of us made a fuckin move...Fuck..." His face that was contorted with rage relaxed and filled with regret as he walked towards the guilds entrance, the last thoughts running through his mind " I was too late...".
10 minutes before.
Juvia was trying to approach the resident Ice Make mage, a simple task for anyone else, but for juvia, it was like a mission to get so close, though she loved him, she wanted to be with him. But she kept blushing at the thought of her wedding night and her thousands upon thousands of fantasies, clean or not so clean thoughts rushing through her head before she received a familiar flick in the back of the head.
"Ow Gajeel" Juvia rubbed her head. "Damn it Gajeel, it's only a flick but it still hurts you know" she scowled mentally at him.
"Don't "Ow" me, hurry up and get him" A smile spreading across her lips as he patted her head, something he always seemed to do, but it always calmed her down.
"Still looking out for me, right Gajeel?" she thought as the iron dragon slayer walked away. She gathered her courage and headed towards Gray.
"Gray shouldn't be by himself tonight" Juvia walks up to Gray and sits next to him, causing him to shuffle away a bit and notice Mira in the distance.
"I just need a moment alone, hey Mira? Could you bring me a plate over here?" yelling towards Mira Jane
"Sure Gray, be just a minute" Mira responded back in her cheery general tone before going back to work.
Grays head turns back to Juvia "Sorry, kind of hungry and want to sober up a bit, you should go hang out with the rest of the guild" he tells her promptly. "Damn, I can't seem to get rid of her, she's hot, but just not my type'. It was obvious how she felt about him, hell even Natsu, the densest idiot of all Fairy tail could tell. He didn't want to lead her on or anything, but damn it was getting annoying
"Its fine, Juvia will sit with keep Gray Company till he's done" she answered curtly trying to hide her blush "Juvia wants to be closer to Gray". She looked blissfully back at him
"Fuck, she isn't going away any time soon" Gray cursed inwardly, putting on a mental mask to not hurt his friend.
"Here you are Gray, here's your meal" Mira swung by with his usual feast, sitting it in front of Gray as he started digging in.
"You want anything Juvia?" she smiled towards the water mage.
"Juvia's fine Mira, Juvia has Gray" Juvia clapped her hands while her face filled with blissful content.
"Ok you too, don't get too carried away now, but if you two want a place to be alone, there's the infirmary, no one goes there" Mira giggled as she walked away. Juvia's face scorching crimson and gray spitting out his food and choking slightly on it.
"damn it, she's gonna put ideas in her head" Gray mentally screaming before looking at Juvia, and low and behold, there she was in a dream state, fantasizing about them together in the most perverse and borderline sexual deviant experiences ever. Gray just rolled his eyes and sighed, this was going to be a long night.
Juvia noticed Gajeel, giving her a thumbs up from the bottom floor, Juvia smiled and waved back at him. "How sweet, he's still giving me support; Gajeel's going to get mad at juvia if she brings it up with him next time" She giggled as she sat by gray while he noticed the quick display.
"You hang out with Gajeel?" gray questioned Juvia, It's not like Gray hated Gajeel or anything, but Him and Juvia seemed to be an odd pair.
"Gajeel is Juvia's best friend, Juvia has been friends with Gajeel since we were in Phantom lord together" Juvia stated proudly, "We do a lot together, but when Gray asks Juvia out, Juvia will be doing more with Gray instead". Gray rolled his eyes again. He doesn't want her hurt her feelings but she can't take the hint he doesn't like her.
"Listen Juvia… I'm…" He looked towards Juvia to see her blushing back at him "damn it, she's blushing for Christ sake!" he thought. He gulped and decided to crush her feelings before she started getting more serious about it.
"Listen, Juvia". He captured her attention straight away, looking into her eyes so she couldn't make any mistake about what he was going to tell her.
"Look, Juvia, I know how you feel about me, but I'm not interested alright?" Gray stated.
To Juvia, those words had the effect of a slap across the face. Her Dream slashed but still standing strong. She tried to reply.
"But… Juvia loves…." Gray cut her off "I know, but I do not feel the same way". His eyes maintain contact with hers, making sure she got the message.
"Juvia will ask…" Gray cut her off again "And I will turn you down every single time, I'm sorry Juvia, but I just don't feel the same way" Gray ended his sentence and Juvia's eyes watered up instantly. Not flooding the guild, just her eyes filled up uncontrollably with tears.
She looks towards Gray trying to hide her tears responding back with a faltering smile "Juvia understands, Juvia must go now, Juvia has something in her eyes" and with that, she sped off to the bathrooms, walking speedily past everyone trying to hide her tears as they spilled out.
"Damn" was all Gray could mutter, he didn't want to be harsh about it, he couldn't lead her on like that (which he wasn't) but had to make sure his intentions were clear. To be honest, he hated the clingy and stalkerish feeling he felt around her, it was just kind of creepy. She was a beautiful woman, and anybody would be lucky to be with her, but to Gray, he was just not interested.
Juvia walked back out of the bathrooms like a zombie, her eyes puffy and red, evidence of her tear filled moments. She wanted to fall in a hole somewhere and lay there for eternity.
"Gray…doesn't like me?" those words rushed her mind again and again as she headed towards the exit.
"Juvia just wants to go home…" Her lips quivered as she strolled towards the exit, she didn't want to flood the guild during a celebration like this. As she turned to walk towards Fairy Hills, she noticed Gajeel in the distance.
"What's Gajeel doing?" she wondered as she looked at his figure walk into the darkness, almost blending.
Gajeel was in a state of distraught, with an insane need to be violent, he couldn't rampage at the guild, it was still around midnight and everyone was still celebrating and no matter how much of a prick he wanted to be, he didn't want to ruin Elfman's birthday. He wanted to put that image of Levy with someone else, out of his mind.
"Fuck, I need to hit something, anything, god I just want to fucking, hit someone. I just need to find the place and I can work out all this frustration". Whenever Gajeel was stressed back in phantom and couldn't fight in the Guild, he would head towards Hargeon where the hidden fight circuit was orchestrated. A fun time for those who knew of it. He scaled up to the nearest building; he looking up into the night sky as his face filled with his trademark smirk
"Oh fuck this is going to be fun" He thought as he dashed from building to building, heading towards Hargeon. Juvia watched from a distance as she saw Gajeel dash across rooftops and head towards the harbour town. She knew full well where he was going, the underground fight circuit in Hargeon.
Juvia and Gajeel both knew he loved to fight, it was natural as breathing to him, and in the past, when he went to that underground arena, he just felt alive.
Gajeel arrived at the usual location within an hour; it was an abandoned warehouse in the backstreets of hargeon. According to the Council, it was a den for the homeless, though in truth, that was a front, its Denizens watched for any signs of trouble in return the bare essentials such as food, water, clothing and a place to sleep at night. Gajeel walked in and was already being cheered by the few who remember his antics.
"You haven't been here in a while Gajeel, good luck to ya." He ignored that comment, it's true, and he hadn't been there ever since Juvia got him to join Fairy Tail. Since magic isn't allowed during the events, all contests were all bare knuckled fights. This resulted in Gajeel going back to the guild, black and blue and with enough jewels to live off for years. But when Gajeel didn't come back one night, His friend Juvia searched all over town, she found him a day later in hospital with a punctured lung, she cried and made him promise not to go back.
Now here he was, breaking that promise.
"Kick their asses"
"Fuck them up"
All of those words, music to his hears as he flipped the secret entrance under a purposefully empty bed. Walking down its steps towards one of the most hellish places he was likely to have the time of his life.
There was a reason why they called it the underground fight circuit, one, it was 5 stories underground, protected with powerful magic to prevent anyone who shouldn't know about it from finding it. The first 2 stories contained many pillars of lacrima, covered in runes and various magic spells and enchantments meant to sound proof and prevent minors from entering, teleporting them straight out onto streets if they approached it.
The third story contained only a barren office and security guards, making sure any legal officials who managed to pass, were taken care of. The fourth layer contained a bar and entertainment lounge, beautiful professional dancers and waitresses serving customers during intermissions. And in the last layer of the underground circuit, an arena the size of nine squared boxing rings surrounded by thick steel cages. 2 men enter, one man leaves, those were the rules and you were to fight to the knockout.
That's the way it was and that's the way Gajeel loved it. Gajeel searched the stands for an the old illegal fight promoter but laughed as soon as he saw the old fuck try to stand up on his feet "Fucking hell Bastion, finding it hard to walk are we?" Gajeel barked over to him with his casual smirk.
"Holy fuck, Gajeel, aren't you a sight for sore eyes, what brings you back here? You should have hundreds and thousands of jewels to live off from your last visit, you getting bored from missions?" Bastion laughing as he eyed the dragon slayer, Gajeel simply grinning while he nudged Bastions shoulder "Nah, I got plenty of jewels, I just want to fucking brawl like the good old days" which was half true.
"Haven't friggin changed, have you kid, fine, I'll put you in the next fight, 6 rounds, winner gets 600,000 jewels, alright?" he snapped back at Gajeel, "Fine, but you better not put some fucking pussy in the ring with me, I'll fucking destroy him" Gajeel remarked back.
"Oi, don't go breaking my fighters just because your knickers are in a twist, you'll cost me money you iron prick" Bastion laughed back in his face earning Gajeel's infamous laugh
"Then don't send it friggin weaklings then" Gajeel retorted, he knew Bastion would send the best to him, the fights usually earned him more in one night than could earn in a month of doing missions, it was just that easy.
"Alright alright, I'll give you one of my best fighters , just make it interesting out there, alright, now fuck off, I haven't got all day to talk to you, Mans got to make a living" Bastion remarks as he gets back to work, organizing more events for the night.
Gajeel waves him off before he notices Juvia walking towards him.
"Juvia, what the hell are you…." Gajeel was cut off with a slap to the face from Juvia
"Gajeel promised Juvia he would never come back here, why are you here?" Juvia was teary and pissed, and knew this wasn't going to end well.
"Juvia, can we talk later, my match is…" Gajeel tried to talk.
"NO, JUVIA WANTS TO TALK NOW" Juvia cut him off again, glaring at him like there was a hole in his head before the both of them caught Bastions attention.
"GAJEEL, YOUR ON IN 20 MINUTES MATE, WRAP THAT SHIT UP IN MY OFFICE AND GET READY" Bastion barked at Gajeel tossing the keys to him before organizing the fighters to get off stage
"Juvia, we'll talk in his office in private" Gajeel took Juvia's hand and led her away from the arena and up to the office on the third floor, taking her inside.
Inside was a shitty desk covered in coffee spilled papers, a dilapidated couch and a crappy office chair. Both of their eyes drinking in the shithole of an office, thinking "This is an office?"
Juvia glared at Gajeel as she sat down on the crappy couch, still fuming at him "So why Is Gajeel here, doesn't Gajeel remember what happened here last time? Because Juvia remembers visiting Gajeel in hospital quite well"
Gajeel gulped, he felt guilty, he didn't imagine Juvia finding out, and he just wanted to fight to clear his head. But since she's here, might as well tell a little truth.
"I needed to clear my head, and I wanted to fight, since I couldn't start a fight at the guild during Elfman's birthday so I decided to come here instead, Happy?" Gajeel barked back at Juvia causing her to flinch.
"But why does Gajeel want to fight? I thought Gajeel was looking for Levy". "Obviously she was gonna fucking bring that up, how did I not fucking see it till now" He thought, Juvia was waiting for his answer, and she wasn't leaving without him, so he might as well, bite the bullet and tell his friend the truth.
"I fucking saw the bookworm kissing one of her fucking boy toys near the side of the guild ALRIGHT?, I just want to rampage here so I don't cause a fucking scene in the guild" Gajeel barked those words out. All of Juvia's rage melted off as she knew his reasons, and knew why he came here.
"Gajeel is hurt and he doesn't want to be seen hurt by the people he cares about…"
This caused Juvia to embrace her friend, causing dragon slayer to stumble back in annoyance.
"Juvia is sorry, Juvia didn't know" the woman hugging the groaning iron giant.
"Its fine woman, jeez get off of me" still clear that he was kind of mad, but saying it out loud gave him plenty of clarity on the subject.
"though, why did you follow me, I thought you were with gray?' gajeel turned to Juvia who suddenly went silent, she wanted to avoid that subject, her eyes were still raw red from crying. Gajeel had all the evidence he needed when he saw her looking down.
"He turned you down before you even had a chance?" Gajeel suggested and Juvia nodded.
"I'm sorry, Rain woman". Gajeel comforted his friend by patting her head while she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Juvia will just need to give Gray time, and maybe then, Gray will finally accept Juvia's love" Juvia smiled back before getting up. Gajeel Simply shook his head thinking "no he fucking won't".
"Can we leave now Gajeel? Juvia doesn't want to be in this dump any longer" Juvia shuddered at the state of the room, it was disgusting, and Gajeel, who was a natural slob, was starting to agree.
"Yeah Juv, but we can't leave yet, I still got my match coming up". Juvia felt her Heart sink at the idea of Gajeel getting hurt.
"Gajeel doesn't need to fight" Juvia continues as she grabs his arm.
"Sorry Juvia can't leave even if I wanted to, besides, my names already in the roster, I can't screw Bastion over like that either." Gajeel starts taking off his robes, ripping his beige pants into shorts while taking off his gloves and boots. Gajeel smiles as he stands in his new beige shorts (freshly torn) and remarks "I'm a man of my word, cant back down now" Juvia rolls her eyes and let him go, "this dumbass just thought he said something cool…." she thought to herself.
Gajeel then hands over his wallet to Juvia and smirks "Place a bet on me to win in the fourth round alright? I have like 150,000 jewels in there" gajeel adds.
Juvia looks back in confusion as Bastion walks in "Hey you big iron fuck, match is about to start"
Gajeel grins as he nudges the old man's shoulder "yeah yeah, don't shit yourself you dusty old prick" Both of them laughing as they head out the door, Gajeel turning his head back around towards juvia.
"Hey Juvia, we'll be celebrating my victory tomorrow GII HII" Gajeel smirked his toothy grin before heading down towards the arena, Juvia smiling before following afterwards.
Doing as her friend said, Juvia placed all 150,000 jewels on Gajeel to win on the fourth round, holding onto his dark rugged clothes in her purse as she sat in the front row, Courtesy of Gajeel's old friend Bastion.
Juvia watched as the fighters entered the ring Gajeel walking out as his name is called, the crowds cheering instantly; His opponent was called out moments later, the fighter named Samael, Gajeel grinned as the crowds roar for this brutal fighter.
"The louder the cheer, the better their fighters were" Gajeel thought as he watch his opponent enter the ring.
Juvia was worried when she saw how big Gajeel's opponent was, he was taller than but not as muscular as Gajeel. Both of them eyed each other from across the ring before hearing the bell for the first round signal their match
Gajeel lost his smirk when his opponent Samael dashed across the canvas delivering an uppercut into the iron dragon slayers chin, sending Gajeel to that ground briefly before he sprung back up.
"Damn, this isn't gonna be as easy as I thought" Gajeel muttered internally, his opponent was quite stronger than his guild mates in terms of physical strength, and this made him grin with excitement.
Juvia watched from the front row as Samael and Gajeel fought each other head on, Gajeel hitting his opponent's sides and chin whilst Samael used his height advantage to punch Gajeel strategically, getting blow after blow that slowly weakened Gajeel's defence.
The bell went off, signalling the first round had ended, both getting into their corners.
Juvia cheered Gajeel during the quick break, causing Gajeel to get a boost of confidence as the second round starts. Samael dashing across the canvas once more for his uppercut, Gajeel thinking
"not this time fuck face" as he slides to the side, countering him with an uppercut of his own, Samael falls down to the floor with the mix of force and momentum, shaking his head as he rolls and faces back at Gajeel's twisted grin. "Come on, is that really all you got?" he smirked while taunting Samael, both of then grinning as they knew, this fight was going to be fun.
During the second and third rounds, the crowds thundered at the brutal display, both fighters trading blow after blow, even Juvia was screaming her head off for her friend's brilliant fight. Gajeel was losing breath and strength, huffing and puffing while Samael was struggling to keep up too, both had physical jobs but neither expected the other to keep up with them. Then the bell rang, signalling the end of the third round
Gajeel stood in his corner, his body covered in sweat, completely forgetting the moments than happened hours ago. He knew he had to end this, otherwise he wouldn't survive another round, he grinned as he devised a simple plan and waved over to Juvia, grinning like an idiot, mouthing the following words to her "I hoped you placed that bet" followed by a smirk, Juvia gave a quick nod and wished him luck. The sound of the bell echoed, signalling the start of the fourth round.
The crowd went disturbingly quiet as they watched the iron dragon slayer, lunge across the canvas with dreadful speed, delivering a devastating roundhouse kick to the side of Samael's head, grinning as everyone watched the staunch man drop to the ground while Gajeel span back onto his feet.
After a moment of silence, cheers finally thundered through the arena, the ref started counting down, and the crowd counting down with him, even Juvia counted as gajeel stood defiantly staring at Juvia with his trademark grin.
"7"
*8"
"9"
"10, that's the match"
The crowd erupted with their chaotic roars basically shaking the foundations with their screams while they celebrated that match. Juvia jumped up with joy and screamed his name. Gajeel just raised his fist in glory before walking out of the arena.
Gajeel headed towards Bastions office, his body was sore and he needed a quiet place to relax, he gestured for Juvia to follow him as he walked towards the staircase, Juvia following him moments later.
While in Bastion's office.
"You won Gajeel" Juvia practically tackled him
"Damn it, get off me woman, my body hurts like crazy, we still got to celebrate tomorrow so don't friggin break anything" Gajeel roared but smiled as he patted her head. "But juvia is so excited that Gajeel won, and that kick in the end hahahahha you held back didn't you?"
Juvia was practically squealing in delight and jumping with joy at her friend's victory while Gajeel shrugged it off and laughed.
"Yeah yeah, I'm great; can you at least give me my clothes back so we can leave" Juvia giggled as she handed him her clothes, sitting back as he dressed himself and slid his boots back on.
Bastion marched right into his office shouting
"HAHAHAHA, thatta boy Gajeel, you still got it, that round house at the end, fucking classic" Bastion laughed while he tossed a bag of jewels at gajeel.
"there's your payment, you put on one hell of a show, and as for you" he looked towards Juvia "lucky you backed your friend lady, his odds to win were pretty shit hahahha" juvia looked at him confused before she turned to a grinning Gajeel and before long, a second man entered the room, his hair slicked back while he wore jet black suit. The gentleman walked towards Juvia, He simply smiled at the water mage and presented her a large chest "your winnings madam, 7.5 million jewels".
Juvia's jaw nearly fell off as she was handed a treasure trove full of jewels while gentleman walked away promptly. Bastion smirked, simply remarking "like I said, lucky you backed your friend lady, Anyway, I can't be fucking here all night chatting my ass way, mans got to make a living".
Gajeel laughed as he shook bastions hand "c'mon Juvia, lets head home" and Juvia nodded.
"Yeah, get the fuck out of my office you iron prick" Bastion laughed as he guided the two mages out of his office. "Feel free to come back any time Gajeel, I'll prepare a special fighter just for you hahahha" Bastion cackled as he waved goodbye towards the fairy tail mages, not even bothering to look back. "Yeah, see you later you old fuck" was all Gajeel could mutter with a genuine smile.
Both Fairy tail mages exited the warehouse complex heading in the direction of Magnolia.
Gajeel and juvia walked back towards the Guild, commenting on their strange night at the arena. It was 3am and still dark, the guild members bound to be still partying.
"Bastion was…..Interesting Gajeel" juvia struggled to comment on bastion. The only things she could think about the guy were "the guy was a total asshole".
"The guy's a fucking asshole, A good asshole, but an asshole nonetheless, he'll look out for you till you screw him over" Gajeel laughed while carrying their winnings, earning a smile and giggle from Juvia
"At least we have our jewels, what are we gonna do with it Gajeel?" juvia looks towards Gajeel.
"I'm not sure, we have, around 8.1 million, we'll figure something out at the guild tomorrow" Gajeel continued as they walked towards the Guild, both of them slowing down when he mentioned the guild.
"Hey Juvia?" juvia turned to face him as they walked.
"You want to head to the guild or head home?" gajeel asked, he didn't want to go to the guild. Not when she might still be there.
"Juvia wants to go home, Juvia is exhausted" juvia replies back while her smile slips from her face.
"I'll walk you home" Gajeel grins as the pace picks up
"No no, Gajeel is tired, and needs rest, Juvia will Gajeel back to his house and sleep on his spare bed" Juvia responded back. She didn't want to walk all the way back to fairy hills, and she was concerned for her friend, he looked battered than normal, and that was saying something.
"Sounds like a plan, besides, it was gonna be annoying as fuck counting all my Jewels when we split it between us at your place" gajeel smirks as he walks towards his house.
"Your Jewels?" Juvia fakes a questioning tone as they laugh throughout the streets. They knew it was all theirs, they got it together. But just to tease each other about who got how much made them laugh.
They were closing in on Gajeel's apartment in magnolia town, it was near the train station, and he loved living there. The stations clock tower always woke him up at 8am giving him plenty of time to train in the mornings, before heading to the guild.
Gajeel and juvia carried their conversation to his doorstep, Juvia pulling out her spare key and opening the door.
As the door unlocked to iron dragon slayers den, both Juvia and gajeel enter and lock the door, instantly heading towards their respective beds. Gajeel and Juvia were a great team and took a lot of missions together, whenever they were tired on the return trip; they usually just stayed at either of their houses. Hell, they even had some spare clothes at each other's house
"Hey Juvia, I'm just gonna take a friggin shower alright? Gajeel popped his head in the spare room, accidently getting an eyeful of Juvia changing followed by a loud scream
"FUCK, SORRY" gajeel barked.
"AHH DON'T LOOK AT JUVIA, GAJEEL!" Juvia squealed.
Gajeel practically ran to the bathroom and closed the door, running the water to his shower box.
"Fuck I'm tired… better make this a quick one" Gajeel mutters to himself as he strips down and walks into his shower. His body slowly relaxing as the warm water washes away his aches and pain. Thoughts of levy slowly return to mind as he washes his hair, rinsing the sweat from his skin
"Was I really too late?" was all he could think about.
Juvia changed into her spare pyjamas she had here, she liked spending time at Gajeel's house, at times she manages to convince him to braid each other's hair, talk about guild members, get their nails done and plenty of other girly things he wasn't fond of, she giggled at the memories as she slid on a light blue top and a pair of shorts.
Juvia managed to calm herself down after Gajeel accidently sneak peek, not that she minded since it was an accident but as she sees it "Juvia's body is only meant for Gray".
Those thoughts continue through her head as she turns off the light and slid into the spare bed.
"But… Gray is not interested in Juvia" she turns herself to face the wall as she thinks about what gray said.
Gajeel got out of the shower, and wrapped a towel around his waist before walking to his room, he was praying Juvia was already in bed, dreading the thought of having to braid each other's hair again, not that he minded, he was comfortable enough to do these sorts of things around her, it's just if anyone else caught wind of it…. He'd be fucked.
He briskly walked past Juvia's room and noticed her lights were off, mentally praying to whatever gods for his apparent luck, and entered his room.
Gajeel dried himself off and puts on a pair of boxers, Pantherlily was helping out some exceeds for a month so he had the house to himself, he could imagine his black exceed scolding him
"Put some pants on, you have a lady in the house" Gajeel imagined his reaction and grinned. Smiling like he was committing a grand scheme behind his back. What a rebel.
But as he slid into his bed, his thoughts quickly fell on the bookworm making out with her boy toy, Jet.
Both mages, thinking about their crushes, in their separate rooms with the same words flowing in their twisted little heads.
"What am I going to do…?".
Hey guys, first fan fic, hope you guys enjoyed, please review, would be great to get some feedback and or advice. I plan to knock a chapter out every week or two, so stay tuned