Beats of Love

Chapter One

"We've got a gig!" Natsu yelled excitedly as he burst through the door of Gray's apartment. "Oi, watch the door." Gray glared at him. Natsu ignored the comment.
"Didn't you hear me? We have a gig! Tonight!"
Gajeel looked up from the video game he was playing with Jellal. "You got us a gig?"
Natsu nodded enthusiastically. "At some club downtown. The one of the bands they'd hired cancelled last minute so I told them we'd play!"
"Who said you could make decisions for the rest of us?" Gray asked, crossing his arms angrily.
"Hey, we haven't had an actual chance to perform for months!" Natsu exclaimed.
"He's right," Jellal added. "And I'm sick of having to wait tables for money."
Gray sighed. "Fine, but check with us next time."
Natsu rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Now come on, we've gotta practice!"
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A few hours and some of the usual fighting, the band arrived at the club.
"This is the place?" Jellal asked, eyes wide.
"You said it was just 'some club'!" Gajeel exclaimed.
Natsu looked at them confused. "Um, yeah. I didn't remember the name."
"You idiot! This is Magnolia, the most popular club in town!" Gray said. "How the crap did you get us a gig here?"
Natsu shrugged. "I dunno what the big deal is. I was just chatting with those guys over there," he motioned to two men standing behind the bar. "and they mentioned that they needed a band so I volunteered and they said yes."
The other band members all shake their heads. "Leave it to Natsu." Gajeel smirks.
"Come on, we'd better set up." Jellal says, heading toward the stage.
Natsu rolled out his red drums onto the stage, hand painted with orange flames.
"I still can't believe we let him paint his drums like that..." Gajeel muttered at he tuned his guitar.
Jellal looked up from his keyboard. "Hey, at first he wanted to have real fire shoot out of them."
Gajeel chuckles at the memory. "Idiot would've burned the place to the ground."
"What'd you say about me, metal head?" Natsu raises his drum sticks threateningly.
"I said you're an idiot." Gajeel says plainly, focusing on his guitar. Before Natsu can retaliate, Gray pipes up. "Hey, we're on next," he says, adjusting the strap on his bass.
"I'm all fired up!" Natsu exclaims.
"Gihi." Gajeel chuckles.
The curtain rises and a man announces them. "Ladies and gentlemen, Magnolia proudly presents the Slayers!"
AN: Ok, sorry I haven't updated, I'm really terrible at that. But I'll try to be quicker next time! Thank you very much to those of you who commented and voted for motivating me and to Kinichimuse for helping me with ideas!