GOD OF FAIRIES- by Seagate

Chapter 24

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(Last Time)

"It's fine, if we work together we can beat him!"

Loke sent Gray an incredulous look at that.

Percy however just smiled. "That's the spirit, now ready yourselves. This is a test after all, and I'm not going to be holding back much!"

Gray and Loke shared one last look as they head that, before without another word they nodded their heads and leapt into action.

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(Elsewhere)

Unknown to all those on the island, several miles off of the coast of Tenrou, a large, black airship determinedly flew through the air, its magic powered engines flaring as it made rapid progress towards its destination. The symbol of a thorny heart clear for all to see on the side of its hull.

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Chapter 24

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(With Percy)

Watching as the two wizards, Loke and Gray, charged straight at him. A slight smirk spread across Percy's face, his lips curling upwards to reveal pearly white teeth. His eyes twinkling with amusement.

They had courage, he liked that.

Still, despite respecting their resolve and courage, he wasn't about to let either of them have an easy ride. His relationship with Gray, and Loke too, might be all but non-existent, despite them having been in the same Guild for years now, but in spite of this, he did still like the lad, and respect him, or at least as a person.

As a wizard though. Well, that was different matter.

Gray to him had always been far too overconfident in his abilities, he had been cocky, and where others, like Erza and Mira, trained hard and pushed themselves beyond their limits, he played around and bickered with Natsu.

Which is not to say that Gray wasn't a strong and skilled wizard, after all he was, and in terms of skill he was more than ready to take the trials. Percy already knew that. In fact it was why he hadn't fought against Gray being chosen as a candidate by the others, or at least not that much.

The boy had skills, that much was not in question. In terms of his attitude though...?

The younger boy was a lot more mature than Natsu, putting aside the Dragon Slayer's recent growth. But at the same time he still messed about too much, and his gimmick, the whole stripping thing, it was completely inappropriate. The kid needed more experience, especially fighting against those stronger than him, and also, he needed to just grow up a bit. He was a man now, he wasn't' a kid anymore!

Call him harsh, but S-Class missions were no joke. What had happened to Mira and her siblings on one of her first outings as an S-Class, was evidence enough of that.

The last thing Percy wanted was for Gray to rush into a mission recklessly, and then allow his rashness to get both himself and others hurt, or worse, killed.

That said, one of the best way for Gray to mature, and becoming a stronger, better-rounded person was for his weaknesses to be made clear to him, and for him to gain experience, and to test himself, on the field of battle.

This was absolutely necessary, otherwise he would never grow, both as a wizard and as a person, and this was exactly what Percy was doing to do, he would push him, and test him however much he could to get the point across.