A Tail of Fairies (Book 1)

1: Decisions

3rd

Wendy was talking to the team with Aries and Leo about what the Zych guy had just said.

    "Isn't Phoenix Arrow a dark guild?!" Charle was steaming mad, and Happy was trembling behind Natsu.

    "Indeed it is. What should we do?" Ezra confirmed.

    "I think it will be fun to put Phoenix Arrow in their place, don't you?" Natsu grinned, pounding his right fist into his opposing palm.

    "No, somehow I don't..." Lucy sweatdropped, her wrist against her forehead.

    "I think that an ice lacrima would be rather beneficial to Gray's style." Erza scoffed. They weren't on friendly terms since Gray had taken her ice empress armor to train against.

    "Well, a new armor would be in your favor." Gray was in his underwear. Everyone looked at him strangely.

    "What is it?!" Gray asked, irritated and uncomfortable with the sudden attention. Happy just sighed and pointed at his close-to-bare body, to which he yelped and scurried off to change back into his clothing.

    "Who is for it?" Jellal finally decided to put it to a poll, placing his hand into the center of the group.

"I'd rather not fight any unknown entities." Leo shook his head.

"I-I.... will participate...." Aries was hiding behind Leo's shoulder.

    Wendy was being rather quiet as she was pondering the idea that a dark guild would put Fairytail against unknown wizards, when she remembered that he had hesitated. "What if they aren't really wizards? Maybe they are dragons or monsters or something." She suggested to them with stars in her eyes.

    "I can take 'em." Natsu just shook his head. "And I'm in." Natsu put his hand into the circle.

"I will participate as well." Ezra put a hand in over Natsu's and Jellal's.

"I guess that if Natsu is doing it, I should to." Happy let his wings out, and put his little paw into the group.

"No, this seems like a trap." Charle crossed her arms, turning her head away stubbornly.

"I agree" Lucy copied the Exceed's movements.

"I will give it that chance." Gray appeared, and looked super serious, so much so it scared everyone in the area.

    "Well, its fighting" Gajeel answered simply, putting his palm above Gray's.

    "If the only wizard that can see the future believes it's a trap, then it's a trap." Levy shook her head. This point came to the attention of Jellal, who receded hands.

    "Juvia agrees." Juvia kept her hands in her pockets.

    "Wendy?" Natsu glanced at the girl, who still seemed interested in fighting against dragons.

    "Wendy do you accept?" Erza tried to pick up where Natsu fell.

    "Huh?" Wendy looked at her confusedly.

    "Are you for or against the competition?" Gray caught her up politely.

    "Oh yeah, I'll do it!" Wendy nodded happily and placed her hand gently on top of the rest of the groups'.

"That's five! We are fighting in the competition!" Natsu pumped his fist in the air.

"So what now?" Happy sat down, bored.

"Why don't we go on a job to pass some time?" Lucy sighed. If you've got to go, at least make some money beforehand.

"Okay!" And Natsu picked Lucy off the floor as Happy grabbed a random job off the job board.

"Shrimp, we lead by example." Gajeel took a job off the list and hey and Levy walked off.

"Come on Happy!" Natsu exclaimed. Happy nodded, and the duo shot off with Lucy to do the job. Lucy's face said she regretted that decision as her face was bright red from her anger towards the boys.

"Jellal?" Erza glanced at him, and the two left, after he showed her a job that seemed to have appeared in his grasp.

"Wait, Lucy!" Leo grabbed Aries's hand, and together, the orange-haired lion and his blushing sheep friend chased after the trip that left first.

"Juvia, Wendy, Charle, that leaves us." Gray grabbed a paper off the board.

"Gray-Sama Juvia will go with you!" Juvia had little hearts for pupils.

"I think Wendy and I should stay to see if this Phoenix fellow ends up appearing again." Charle was really just trying to get Juvia to trust her, as she thought literally everyone was in love with Gray.

"Okay then." Gray nodded nonchalantly, and with that he and Juvia walked out the guild doors.