Ruthless Winds and Raging Seas

Chapter 26

At the local tavern Natsu and his crew were having a good time, rewarding themselves for their hard work with a few drinks of rum and booze. Unfortunately their celebration only lasted for about ten minutes because as soon as Erza got drunk the fun was over for everyone except her.

"Bring me more booze!" The intoxicated red head demanded as she sat on top of a hog tied Gajeel and Natsu.

"Get off of me you psycho!" Gajeel cried.

"Erza stop this! That's an order!" Natsu shouted.

"Silence worms!" She commanded. "Laxus where's that bottle of booze?!"

"Coming." He gulped before giving her the bottle.

"Is she always like this when she's drunk?" Lucy asked him.

"Yes. Eventually she'll wear herself out and lose consciousness, although we don't know how long it will be before that happens."

After finishing that fifth bottle of booze, Erza was standing on the tables dancing and shaking her bottom. All the drunk male customers at the tavern had absolutely no complaints about her actions. They all oogled her while making cat calls.

"Yeah shake it baby!" The men cheered while whistling.

"Oh no, not this again." Natsu groaned. "Laxus! Don't just stand there, untie us before Erza does something really stupid."

Once Laxus cut Natsu and Gajeel loose all three of them grabbed Erza and forcibly dragged her out of the tavern. In the nick of time too, a moment later and she would have started stripping.

"Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me!" She sang before going into a laughing fit.

"Remind me why Gray was the one we left behind and not her?" Gajeel asked.

"Yeah smooth move captain." Laxus said.

"Alright from now on when we go out drinking, we ditch her." Natsu said carrying Erza over his shoulder. "Let's just be glad we got her out of there before she did something that she would really regret."

"Like what?" Laxus asked.

"Like letting on of those drunkards take advantage of her."

"Why not let them do it? That'll teach her not to go so heavy on the alcohol."

"Hell will freeze over before I let some intoxicated, perverted, sleeze bucket lays his dirty mits on her! Now shut up and keep walking before I make you carry her!"

By the time they made it back to the ship Erza was out cold.

"Oh my goodness! What happened?" Juvia gasped when she saw the unconscious she pirate.

"Nothing to be worried about Angelfish." Gajeel said. "Erza just had too much booze... Again."

"I told you this would happen." Gray said.

"Just help me get her into bed." Natsu said.

He and Gray took her below deck and laid her in bed.

"Can I trust you girls to make sure that she doesn't wake up and go skinny dipping?" Natsu asked Lucy.

"Sure."

"Thanks."

Natsu and Gray left the room. Juvia looked over the passed out Erza.

"Is she alright?" Juvia asked.

"She's just drunk." Lucy said.

"What's drunk?"

"It's when someone drinks too much alcohol, do you know what alcohol is?"