Tides of Virtue (Fairy Tail Fan-Fiction)

Serenity vs. Natsu

Tides of Virtue - Chapter 6 (Fairy Tail Fan-Fiction)

    It had been a long couple of days and Serenity was finally getting a chance to relax.

    Between finding an apartment with Lucy, forming Team Natsu, and going on their first real job to find a book for a man named Kaby, Serenity was exhausted. Placing on a pair of blue Lacrima headphones, she sat down at the guild's bar and chugged a strong Margarita that Mirajane had made specially for her. It was good, and took the edge off of her stress about rent money. Getting a two bedroom apartment was way more expensive than she had imagined it would be.

Sighing, she ordered a large glass of Whiskey Sour, before swiftly drinking the whole thing.

Suddenly, someone ripped her headphones off and slammed them onto the bar.

"Hey! Serenity! Are you listening to me!?" It was Natsu.

She glared at him. "Be careful with those headphones, Natsu, they're worth more than you are. Ya break 'em, ya buy me a new pair."

Scowling, he handed them back to her. "Whatever. I was just wondering when we were going to have our fight! Remember? You promised that we'd brawl to see who was stronger."

"Oh, yeah," she said tiredly as Mirajane handed her another drink. "Back when we saved Macao from that Vulcan."

"So, wanna do that now?" Natsu asked excitedly.

"Maybe in a little bit," she replied, taking a sip of her Cherry Vodka. "I'm on a mission right now."

"What? What kind of mission?"

"A mission to try every drink that we have here." She finished her third drink and ordered another.

Natsu scoffed. "You're just afraid I'll beat you."

Serenity narrowed her eyes. "Oh yeah? Like you could ever win against me. I got tricks up my sleeves that you don't even know about."

"Prove it."

"Tomorrow."

"Today. Or are you too scared?"

"Of you? Please. Don't make me laugh."

Suddenly, a deep voice interjected into their banter. "No offense, Natsu, but Serenity throws a pretty mean right hook. Gotta side with her on this." It was Gray. Serenity hadn't realized it, but he'd been sitting next to her at the bar the entire time.

"Yeah. Sorry about that, again. You really shouldn't walk up to a girl when you're naked, though." She smiled at him softly.

"Guess it was my own fault, huh?" He looked down at his glass of beer and ran his finger around its rim.

Chuckling, Serenity looked the black-haired boy over carefully. He was shirtless, wearing black jeans, combat boots, and a silver cross necklace. On his right pectoral muscle was a navy-blue guild mark. His body was toned, his features sharp, and all around he was very attractive. Serenity found her cheeks growing hot as she remembered shamelessly hitting on him when she was drunk. Quickly, she chugged her fourth drink and ordered another.

"Hey!" Natsu exclaimed suddenly. "Why don't you stay out of this, Gray!"

"I wasn't aware your conversation was private," the Ice-Make mage retorted.

"Well, it was!"

"With how loud you talk, you're basically inviting everyone to join, so don't blame me if I didn't know, Flamebrain!"