Fairy Tail (Book 1 - Rose's Story)

Rosette and Erza vs. The Magic Council

It was mid-day and I was walking alongside the river on the street I lived on. I had groceries in my hands, trying to stock up for the upcoming weeks. It's been getting hotter lately, so my attire was pretty simple. I still had some bandages on my chest, a teal cropped tank top, brown shorts, my infamous brown ankle boots. It's not like Lucy and I were home very often but it was nice to come back to a fridge full of food after a mission. A couple minutes passed by and I walked up the steps of our home, entering and not expecting to come home to what was before me.

Lucy and Gray stood on opposite sides of the room, him half naked, while she just looked ready to slit his throat.

Stepping into this situation had made me feel more than awkward. "Um... I'm just going to put these in the kitchen." I excused myself and hurried over to my destination, placing the bags on the counter. I then returned shortly after stocking up the fridge. "Gray, why are you here naked in our house?"

"I was naked before I got here, let's get that straight. I came here to make sure you two didn't forget."

"Forget what?" I lifted my hair off of my shoulder into a messy bun before crossing my arms over my chest. Then what happened back at the train station before the whole Erigor mess hit me, Natsu had asked Erza for a rematch as soon as we got back and it was the day after we had returned home. "Crap!"

Not caring if either followed me or not, I rushed out of the house and back down the street towards the Guild. I couldn't believe something so huge had slipped my mind. It wasn't long before I reached a large crowd filled with everyone from the Guild, Natsu and Erza the centers of attention. All the members were hyping them up and some were even placing bets. Lucy had caught up with me, looking over my shoulder at the two.

"Rose! Lucy! You guy's made it." Mirajane turned and smiled at us.

"Is no one worried that this fight could make or break our strongest team?" Lucy looked at me but I only raised an eyebrow at her. "One measly little fight isn't going to break it. They both agreed to this so afterwards, there should be no hard feelings."

Gray butted his way in through the crowd. "What did I hear? Strongest team?"

"Lucy and Mirajane swear Erza, Natsu, you, and I are the strongest Wizards in Fairy Tail and just because we worked together ONCE - we're a permanent team." I rolled my eyes and leaned against Elfman. It was weird to be considered one of the strongest Wizards in the Guild because I honestly didn't feel like it was true, there were probably many people here who could most likely beat me in a fight such as the one happening before me. "I'm pretty excited to see how this ends," He grinned, "Real men don't back down from a battle unless the other one is down bleeding profusely."

I pushed myself off of him, moving next to his sister. "Alright then... I'm just going to stand over here."

"In my opinion, Erza's going to beat him to a pulp." Gray crossed his arms with a small smirk on his face. Of course he would be enjoying this, seeing his rival losing a battle in front of the whole Guild was probably something he's been dreaming about for years. Soon the fight started, Erza equipping into what she called "Flame Empress Armor".

The armor was predominantly a dark red in color, but also had orange and black parts, with the orange parts being shaped like flames. The other parts reminiscences one of a Dragon's limbs, her breastplate lacked cauldrons, revealing her shoulders, and extended down to cover her groin, revealing her legs. It would remind one of a one piece swimsuit with an orange part covering her breasts and another one circling her waist like a belt. The black parts are mostly decorative, the breastplate possessing a pair of Dragon-like wings attached to it. Her gauntlets sported prominent orange decorations, along with small claw-like protrusions on the hands.