Searching for happiness (Attack on titan X Fairy Tail Crossover)

Chapter III - Almost as scary as Erza

"Oi Levi.", a voice muttered to me. Bored, I looked up and put my cup down in front of me. With folded arms and a nasty grin on his face, he sat opposite me at the table, Gajeel. His long black hair was even wilder on his head today and the metal rivets on his face seemed to shine even more than usual.

You could not say that we had become friends, but I had the feeling that he was the only one in this messy bunch, with whose way I could get along well. He was pretty serious, like me, and in a way we resembled each other. Except when Gajeel lived out his hobby. A few times I had seen him playing his self-composed songs on his guitar and every time he did that, I wanted to kick my foot right in his face because his music was just horrible.

"What?", I asked and drove briefly through my hair. If he wanted to persuade me again to start a band with him, then I would really kick him in the face.

"I think she's into you, buddy.", he grinned, nodding his head to one side. I followed his movement and saw Cana sitting at the next table, waving to me with a bottle of wine.

"Since you drank with her, she can barely keep her eyes off you. Gihi.", Gajeel grunted and wiggled his eyebrows. Without a response, I averted my eyes from Cana and studied Gajeel piercingly.

"Yeah, sure.", I said and snorted. Of course, I had also noticed that Cana was now more often in my presence, but that left me completely cold. Although this was not the right expression for my feelings, it felt rather embarrassing, but of course I would never say that out loud. Even if I could allow romantic feelings, she would surely be the last woman I would do anything with. She was way too loud for me, and besides, the amount of alcohol she consumed was pretty disgusting. Cana smelled like a whole brewery and that was really unacceptable.

"I see.", Gajeel grinned, "She's not your type.". That was the end of the conversation, which I certainly did not regret. We did not have to talk for hours, there were a few words that were changed and that's it. Scarce and uncomplicated. I grabbed my cup again and was glad that I could enjoy my tea again relaxed when suddenly loud noise rang out behind us and I stopped in my motion.

"The two idiots again.", Gajeel growled annoyed and I did not have to turn around to know what was going on behind my back. In all likelihood, it was Natsu and Gray who fought each other. I snorted annoyed. Those damned brats, I thought gruffly, why can not they even behave for one time?

The bursting of wood and loud shouts could now be heard behind me. In between, one could repeatedly make out word fragments like "Ice Princess" or "Flame Brain", mixed with screaming calls of a woman, probably Lucy. The fight sounds and the calls became louder and louder and the other guild members were getting a bit restless.

"Can not somebody separate these two?", I heard some voice.

"Just today Erza is not there!", another one whined and with a soft sigh, I rose. Gajeel looked at me in surprise as I left our table without a comment and turned to the action.

Natsu and Gray both looked pretty tattered and pulled each other's hair as I walked towards them. Tirelessly they cursed themselves with the most unusual insults and became louder and louder. They did not realize it when I stood right next to them.

With full speed, I rammed Natsu my knee into the pit of his stomach and missed Gray a fierce blow with the fist in the same place. With a loud gasp both went down at the same time and painfully kept their bellies before they looked up at me, rather stunned. With a cold look, I looked down at them as they lay at my feet.

"You are too loud.", I growled exasperated and I could see in their eyes how surprised they were.

"What the fuck, Levi?", Natsu squeezed out groaning and still holding his stomach, but I could see exactly that his anger was boiling. Without batting an eyelid, I nailed his head roughly with my feet firmly on the ground, so he gasped again surprised.

"You're annoying.", I grumbled and snorted slightly, "Stop it now.". There was silence throughout the guild, for they all stared at us. Probably nobody would have thought it possible that someone would stand between these two idiots, but if they annoyed me, I had to do something about it, it was that simple.

"Okay, okay... we're quiet.", Gray now said grumpy and slowly got up however, his eyes are permanently fixed on me. Slowly I took my foot off Natsu's head again and crossed my arms, then looked at both of them reprovingly.

"And clean up this mess here.", I snapped irritably, glancing briefly at the mess that had arisen from their fight. Shards of broken plates and jugs lay on the floor, drinks and food had been spilled and they even managed to break one of the wooden benches. The two of them subtly withdrew and really set about cleaning up immediately.

"He's almost as scary as Erza.", I heard Natsu hiss, but I avoided responding. Then, at least, he was aware that I, like Erza, would not tolerate them beating each other's heads. All right, they could do that outdoors, but not when I just wanted to drink my tea. Without paying any further attention to them, I went back to my table and sat down opposite Gajeel, who grinned slightly at me.

"Not bad at all.", he grumbled and leaned back relaxed, "Tell me next time, if you go on the two, then I'll go with you.". I just nodded to him, but doubted that I would really do that. That would degenerate into a group brawl far too quickly, if he would also be involved and I really had no desire for that. Silently, I finished the rest of my tea and then went to the request board next to the bar. Mirajane gave me a faint smile as I ran past her, but I did not respond. With folded arms, I then stopped in front of the large blackboard and studied the orders. It was time again that I earned some money and getting away from this noisy environment for a while was certainly not a bad thought.

Briefly, I let my eyes wander over the various posters before I took one of the notes. It was said that there was to kill a beast that had been terrorizing a village for weeks. It sounded like an easy task, I thought to myself, and told Mirajane that I would do the job. She smiled and nodded to me and without another word, I left the Guild to prepare myself for my tomorrow's departure.

Published on 11-20-2018

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