Behind the scenes

Retribution

The next day, I went to the job board and saw that blonde, Lucy whatever, looking at jobs. I don't know why, but I snatched the one she was reaching for before she could get it. She whined at me for a minute, before I walked away. Before I could get to the door, the speedster popped up in front of me.

"Meet me in the park by the biggest tree," he said, before running off again. I didn't see or smell the shrimp anywhere, or fish-tail. Well, I'd been expecting this, really. I stuffed my job request in my bag, and stomped out to the park.

As I walked up, I saw the tiny woman step away from her groupies and hide behind the tree. The idiots saw her movement, and turned, watching me approach.

"So what's the deal?" I asked. "Why'd you ask me to meet you out here anyway? Make it fast, I gotta get to work."

"We got a bone to pick with you." The speedster said. Man that hat he wears looks ridiculous. I just can't take him seriously...

"After what you did to us, there's no way we're lettin you join our guild!" Ugh, does he intentionally do his hair that way? Maybe he just never realized that it's like that?

"C'mon guys, can't you just forgive and forget?" I asked. Almost called them idiots. That probably wouldn't have been the best thing to do. They're trying to gain some honor back, I think.

Then I hear the shrimp pipe up from behind her tree. "Maybe he's right. I mean, now that he's in the guild, he's not gonna do it again." Man her voice shakes a lot. I can smell her fear from here, and she's downwind...

"We gotta let him know..."
"He can't mess with us." That's cute, they finish each other's sentences. I couldn't hold back the grin this time.

"That's right, go ahead and act tough, while you still can!" The speedster yelled as he charged at me. I forced myself to stay relaxed and still, rolling back with the hit.

"Secret seed! Knuckle plant!" Fish-tail threw some seeds at the ground, and vines with fists flew up to punch me. I could have blocked them, probably should have, but I didn't. A little bruise was nothing compared to what I've had before. Hell, it was nothing compared to what I'd done to them.

The wind shifted, and I thought I smelled the old man coming, but his scent was weird. Damn. He'll interrupt us and I'll have to go through it all again some day to satisfy them.

"You had enough yet?" Cocky number one asked.

"What happened to the tough guy act?" Well, it's hard to act tough when you're letting a punk with a fishy pony tail beat you up with a plant...

"You're not givin' the new guy a hard time, are ya?" It wasn't the geezer, but this new jerk smelled like him. Well, smelled like him if you'd electrocuted the old man. "Laxus..." The groupies muttered.

*****
This was a super long chapter. Over a thousand words! So I decided to cut it in half. Gihi, don't hate me, but you have to wait for the rest.
Gajeel's inner snark is all me, but the rest of the dialogue in this chapter was from the anime.
So, I have several chapters written, I'm debating publishing them all now instead of holding some. PLEASE comment if you're interested.