Earth land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Magnolia.
December x779.
In the typical Fairy Tail fashion, the guild threw a party after Alfonzo's promotion to S-Class was announced. And like always, it got much more rowdy than expected. ON top of several brawls breaking out throughout the course of the party, There were more than a few times that Alfonzo, who was not far from the age of adulthood, fifteen, was offered alcohol.
Although Alfonzo, who enjoyed drinking quite a bit in his past life, was more than willing to grab a mug and toast the other members of the guild, two fiercely protective females were quick to kill that idea.
The first was Elicia, who, even though she was not against drinking, wanted Alfonzo to wait until he was the legal age of fifteen. And the second was Ur. With Bianca, Alfonzo's mother, having been one of her best friends, she thought it was her duty to keep Alfonzo on the right path.
So, when she saw the older members of the guild trying to toast Alfonzo, she stopped them, usually by throwing her own mug at them. In fact, Ur was the reason behind most of the brawls that occurred that night.
Meanwhile, Makarov and Gildarts sat at the bar, taking swigs from their own drinks, as they watched Ur's antics.
"Haha!" Gildarts laughed happily. "Look at her go! She's like a momma lion protecting her cubs."
"Hehehe…" Makarov chuckled. "But I wonder what she would think if she knew what Bianca thought about her children drinking."
"Oh! What was it that she used to say?" Gildarts asked, tapping his right index finger on his forehead. "Oh, yeah, I remember. 'There's no way I'm not gonna teach my kids how to drink early.' She would always say. 'I'll be damned if any of my kids are gonna look like lightweight pussies in public like Orlando.' Hahaha!"
"That's right." Makarov replied with a chuckle. "I bet she would put Ur in her place for stopping Alfonzo from having a drink."
"*Sigh* I really miss her and Orlando, Old Man." Gildarts said before chugging down most of the contents of his mug.
"I know what you mean." Makarov said, looking into his own mug. "So do I."
At that moment , however, the solemn atmosphere was broken by an enraged shout.
"You all are really trying to test my patience, aren't you?" Ur screamed at the line of wizards who were still trying to have a toast with Alfonzo. "Fine, I guess it's time that I made it so you can't approach him for the rest of the night."
"You think we're afraid of you?" Wakaba, who had drunk quite a bit since the party started, asked with a drunken slur. "Just because you're an S-Class wizard, we'll never back down. Why?"
"Because we're Fairy Tail! And we never give up!" The rest of the drunken offenders replied in aloud, unified voice.
"Those children make me so proud." Makarov said as he wiped a tear from his eye.
"For some reason, no matter how I look at it, this doesn't seem right." Gildarts said while smiling wryly. "I mean, not giving up when trying to get a kid to drink illegally isn't something you should be proud of."
Gildarts' wry smile turned into an expression filled with wrath in the next second, however. As he glanced at the table where Alfonzo and the other kids were sitting, he saw Cana holding up a fork with a piece of meat skewered on its end toward Alfonzo's mouth.
"I dare you to eat that, Kid!" Gildarts shouted as he slammed his mug on top of the bar. "My princess hasn't even fed me like that yet!"
Hearing Gildarts shout, everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at him. When they saw his blood shot eyes, they were curious what could have made him so angry. But then they realized it must have something to do with Cana and Alfonzo. Even so, they followed Gildarts' line of sight. And just as they expected, they saw Cana sitting remarkably close to Alfonzo.
Meanwhile, after getting over the slight shock caused by Gildarts' sudden shout, Alfonzo made eye contact with the older man. Then, he sneered, opened his mouth wide, and bit down on the fork Cana had offered him.
While Cana smiled happily with a blush on her face. Gildarts was close to exploding with anger. Standing up from his seat at the bar, Gildarts stomped his way toward Alfonzo. Then, when he arrived at the table, he reached down and lifted Alfonzo by his shirt.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Cana shouted angrily.
"Oh, don't worry, sweetie." Gildarts said without breaking eye contact with Alfonzo. "I'm just gonna teach this disobedient kid a lesson."
"Ugh… Dad, you're so annoying." Cana said in a huff.
'Dad, you're so annoying.'
Gildarts expression froze as those four words echoed through his head over and over. In fact, he was so dazed that he did not even notice that there was a drunk slur to Cana's voice. Nor did he realize that he had let go of Alfonzo. However, he was brought back to his senses when he heard Cana's next words.
"You can't keep acting like this since I'm gonna be Fonzie's girlfriend." Cana said with a goofy, drunken smile on her face.
Although Elicia was able to stop Alfonzo from drinking the offered toasts, and Ur beat up everyone that offered them, the offered cups were left on the table. And that's where Cana came in. At first, just out of curiosity, she took a sip from one of the cups. Unable to decide if she liked it or not, she took another sip. Eventually, those two sips turned into a whole mug. Then, she just continued drinking.
By now, Cana had drunk more than a dozen mugs of ale. And their effects were showing. Usually, because she was too shy, she did not engage in public displays of affection. On top of being shy, she still had not gathered the courage to confess her feelings to Alfonzo, even though she had accepted Elicia's offer around two years ago. But thanks to the alcohol, her inhibitions were gone.
"Wait, what?" Gildarts asked, grasping his chest as if he would soon have a heart attack. "You can't do that! Right, Alfonzo already has a girlfriend. You can't be a homewrecker and steal him from Elicia."
Having picked up another mug of ale while Gildarts was talking, Cana quickly chugged it down.
*Burp~~~!*
"You don't have to worry about that, Dad." Cana said, swaying from side to side. "Lici said it was okay to share Fonzie with her. If it wasn't, she would get mad if I did this."
Without waiting for a response, Cana grabbed Alfonzo by the front of his shirt, much like Gildarts had. Then, she pulled him toward her and pressed her lips against his. Considering how drunk she seemed to be, this was quite an innocent kiss, as she roughly sucked on Alfonso's lips without the use of her tongue. . Then, again, this was Cana's first kiss. So, she did not know the finer details of kissing like adults.
Meanwhile, the entire guild fell silent and simply watched Cana kiss Alfonzo with their eyes open wide. At the same time, Gildarts coughed. Then, a trickle of blood leaked from the corners of his lips while his eyes started turning red.
"See!" Cana exclaimed, pointing at Elicia after she ended the kiss with Alfonzo. "She's smiling, she's not mad."
Most of the members of the guild focused their attention on Elicia after Cana's exclamation. And like she said, Elicia was smiling. To their surprise, however, Elicia's smile was one filled with happiness.
"Geez…" Elicia said, not losing her smile. "It sure took you long enough, Cana. It's been two years since I gave you permission. I guess it just took a bit of liquid courage, huh?"
"I'm going to kill you!" Gildarts shouted as he rushed at Alfonzo once again.
*Bang!*
However, before he could grab Alfonzo again, Elicia stepped forward. And like she did all those years ago, she punched Gildarts in the crotch, stopping him dead in his tracks.
"It's not nice to interrupt people while their talking, Uncle Gildarts." Elicia said. "What makes it even worse is that you threatened to kill my boyfriend. That's not very nice either."
With his eyes rolling back into his skull and a pink froth oozing out of his mouth, Gildarts fell to his knees. Although he was barely conscious at that point, he heard Cana speak one more time.
"Dad! You're so mean to Fonzie!" Cana shouted. "I hate you and I'm never talking to you again!"
Those were the last words Gildarts heard before he slumped to the side, unconscious.
While most of the wizards in the guild watched this little event with their eyes wide open in shock, Ur, who was ready to throw down with all the members of the guild who were trying to give Alfonzo alcohol… Fell to her knees. Then, her hands hit the floor, as well. A moment later, she began repeatedly slapping the floor while she laughed so hard that she started choking.
"Oh *Cough* my *Cough* God." Ur wheezed between coughs and laughter. "I thought it would be funny. But this is so much funnier than I could have ever imagined."
At the same time, there were three girls who had completely different thoughts after seeing Cana kiss Alfonzo.
'So, she doesn't mind sharing him, huh?' Mirajane thought to herself as she watched the ongoing event from a nearby table. '*Sigh* What am I thinking, it's not like he even likes me. And who can blame him, I'm always so mean to him.'
'What is this tightness I feel in my chest?' Erza asked herself as she put the piece of strawberry shortcake that was on her fork back down on her plate. 'I've seen people kiss before but why did it happen when I saw Cana kiss him? It doesn't happen when Elicia does it.'
'After seeing Cana kiss him like that, I get the urge to take control and dominate him.' Laki thought as she adjusted her glasses with a sadistic smile on her face.
"What's going on?" Natsu asked in confusion, breaking the atmosphere completely. "Why did Elicia punch the Old Man? And why did Cana press her lips on Alfonzo's?"
"Because she loves~~~~ him." Happy said, sitting on top of the table with a thin slice of raw fish in his hands.
"Natsu, sometimes you're so dumb it's cute." Lisanna said, wrapping Natsu in a hug as she spoke.
"Huh? What?" Natsu exclaimed, trying to free himself from Lisanna's hug. "I'm not dumb!"
"You know, I expected this to happen somewhere more private." Alfonzo said with awry smile. "Maybe somewhere without Gildarts would have been nice. I'm not really fond of death threats, ya know."
"Isn't this fine?" Elicia replied with a smile. "This way, we won't have to explain it to the guild every time someone new finds out."
"*Sigh* Although that's true…. You know what, never mind." Alfonzo said, deciding not to care. "It's not like I can do anything if Gildarts really does decide to kill me. But when I'm strong enough, I'm gonna kick his ass for all the times he threatened me."
At that moment, Cana started tugging on Alfonzo's clothes. When Alfonzo looked at her, he swore he could see hearts floating deep within her pupils.
"What's up, Cana?" Alfonzo asked with a smile.
"Can I have another kiss? *Hiccup*" Cana asked, swaying more and more as time passed. "It felt really *Hiccup* Nice."
Before Alfonzo could respond, Cana's eyes closed, and she fell forward onto his chest. Reacting quickly, Alfonzo wrapped his arms around her waist and kept her from falling to the floor. Then, with his left hand, he swept her bangs to the side. Then, he planted a soft kiss on her forehead.
"I'm sure that's not the kind of kiss you wanted." Alfonzo said with a smile. "But that will have to do. I'm not gonna take advantage of you while you're asleep."
"Fonzie! That was so cute!" Elicia said while wrapping her arms around Alfonzo's waist from behind.
"No it's not." Alfonzo grumbled. "I don't do cute. I'm just being a gentleman."
"You're so adorable!" Elicia squealed at Alfonzo's reply.
While Alfonzo and Elicia continued their back and forth, Mirajane, Erza, and Laki looked at them with envy in their eyes. Though, not all of them realized they were envious.
Meanwhile, from his spot atop the bar, Makarov watched all the happenings while he continued to drink.
"*Sigh* That Alfonzo…" Makarov muttered before taking a sip from his mug. "He really is just like me in my younger days. So strong, so handsome, and all the girls love him. Maybe I should nurture him into the next guild master. I'm pretty sure that's why Master Precht chose me as his successor, too."
Sorry Guys... When I got home from work yesterday, I didn't have power. And it only came back on after I fell asleep. So, I couldn't schedule the next chapter to be posted. I'm going to try to write 2 chapters tonight. That way I'll be back to 3 chaps ahead on Patr3on.
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Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Magnolia.
January, x780.
Three weeks have passed since the S-Class Promotion Exams concluded. In those three weeks, Neither Alfonzo nor Elicia have taken any quests. It is not as if they didn't want to, though. Rather, it is because they were unable to.
In their fight with Gildarts during the exam, Nearly half of Alfonzo's ribs were cracked. Between Gildarts' kick, slamming back first into a tree, and having Elicia forcefully slammed into him, there was simply no getting around the damage.
Elicia, on the other hand, was not particularly injured. Her knee was sprained when Gildarts swung her into Alfonzo, and she had a few cuts and bruises after she and Alfonzo rolled across the forest floor. But other than that, there was nothing to speak of. Instead, the reason she could not take any quests was due to her side job. While training for the Exam she put all her clothing orders on hold. So, she had to play catch up.
Today, the day when Porlyusica cleared Alfonzo to return to his wizarding duties, Alfonzo, while holding Elicia and Cana's hands, was making his way to the guild hall from their house.
"You two are finally ready to take quests again?" Cana asked as she walked to the guild with Alfonzo and Elicia.
"Yeah." Alfonzo replied with a nod. "Your dad really did a number on me during the exam. But due to the adrenaline, I didn't even notice exactly how much pain I was in until the next morning."
"Hmph!" Cana snorted angrily. "I'll give him another piece of my mind the next time I see him."
"Yeah, me, too." Elicia chimed in as she held up her right fist threateningly. "My knee hurt for, like, a week after the exam."
"At least it didn't stop you from finishing your orders, though." Alfonzo said with a chuckle.
"If it did, I would have punched him in the nuts again." Elicia said, getting angry just thinking about her schedule being delayed even more than it had already been.
Cana could not help but laugh out loud after hearing Elicia's declaration. Just the memory of Gildarts shivering every time he got too close to Elicia tickled her funny bone.
"Anyway, are you gonna take your first S-Class quest, Fonzie?" Elicia asked wither eyes shining.
"That's right." Alfonzo replied, pride and excitement in his tone. "As an S-Class wizard, I gotta do it sooner or later. So, why not sooner?"
"Aww… That means we can't come with you, doesn't it." Cana asked with a pout.
"Unfortunately." Alfonzo said, letting go of Cana's hand and beginning to comb his fingers through her thick, beautiful dark brown hair.
On a side note, after Cana let go of her inhibitions during Alfonzo's celebration party, she seemed to have been set free. Instead of her more modest choice in clothing, which usually consisted of a short-sleeved crop top and pants, today she was wearing a teal bikini top with gold accents and tassels hanging over her rib cage and the top of her abdomen, a pair of black pants with pink stripes running down the outer hems, and a pair of black boots with short heels.
Considering that she was almost fourteen and going through puberty, her secondary sex traits were also starting to make themselves known. Though she was not as well endowed as her grown up canon counterpart, she had quite a few more slender muscles thanks to the more intense training.
Like that, with some lively chatter and a little flirting, the trio arrived at the guild. When they did, Alfonzo immediately made his way into the kitchen for his morning shift as a cook. Meanwhile, Elicia and Cana found their way to their usual table where Gray, Natsu, and Happy were already present. With Gray and Natsu bickering as usual.
Eventually, the rest of the gang slowly trickled into the guild hall. As they did, they made their breakfast orders before joining Elicia, Cana, Gray, and Natsu at their usual table.
"Good morning, everyone." Erza, the last to arrive said as she took her seat at the table. Then, she looked at Elicia and continued. "Alfonzo is cleared to train and take quests today, right?"
"That's right." Elicia replied after swallowing the pancakes she was chewing.
"Then, I'll have someone to spar with again starting today." Erza said, clenching her fist in front of her chest.
Over the last few weeks, Elicia, and to a lesser extent, Cana, had noticed that Erza had been acting differently. Her eyes followed Alfonzo more than they had in the past. Also, she seemed more concerned about Alfonzo's health than the rest of the group.
While Cana was only slightly wary of these changes, Elicia was considering things more deeply.
'It's clear that she's got a crush on Fonzie." Elicia thought to herself while she continued to eat. 'But is it enough to overshadow how she feels about Jellal? Well, I guess only time will tell. But I've got my eyes on you, Erza.'
What neither Elicia nor Cana realized, however, was the budding affection Laki was also feeling for Alfonzo. They can't be blamed for that, however, Laki's manner of speech and overall different demeanor than everyone else made her quite difficult to read.
"Unfortunately, I don't think he'll be available to spar with you today, Erza." Cana said while cutting her omelet. "Fonzie said that he wants to take his first S-Class quest today."
Hearing that, Erza visibly deflated. Although Cana wanted to dismiss it as Erza being sad that she would not get to spar this morning, Cana knew that it was deeper than that.
'Damn it!' Cana exclaimed internally. 'Another one? Alfonzo's not even putting the moves on any of them. How are they falling for him like this? Then again, he didn't put the moves on me either. Do I really have any room to talk?'
"Aww man!" Natsu whined. "Alfonzo's so lucky. I wanna go on an S-Class quest."
"You can't say that, Natsu. "Lisanna said, in an admonishing tone. "Alfonzo works really hard. He's not just lucky."
"I know…" Natsu said, continuing to whine. "But I wanna go on an S-Class quest. Hey, do you think he would take me with him if I asked?"
"Definitely not." Elicia replied.
"Why not?" Natsu asked.
"Because he's not allowed." Erza replied instead of Elicia. "Only S-Class wizards are allowed to go on S-Class quests."
"That's right." Elicia said with a nod.
"Besides, if he could take anyone with him, why wouldn't he take us?" Cana said, pointing to herself and Elicia.
"Just give it up, flame brain." Gray said in a dismissive tone. "You're just not good enough for an S-Class quest yet. You're not even an S-Class candidate."
Although unintentional, Gray's words hit all the A-Class wizards who were not chosen to participate in last year's S-Class Promotion Exam right in the heart.
"Say that again when you're not running around the guild hall in your underwear, you frosty pervert." Natsu shot back.
"Huh?" Gray exclaimed as he looked down.
"Well, I guess we all know the answer now." Cana said with a giggle.
"The answer to what?" Bisca, who was accepted into the guild after the celebration party, asked.
"The age-old question." Cana said with a smile. "Boxers or briefs. It seems Gray is a briefs guy."
Immediately, the others at the table began laughing while Gray blushed.
"Shut up, Cana!" Gray shouted in an attempt to hide his embarrassment. "Leave me alone."
"By the way, Cana." Elfman said as he watched Cana pour the contents of a small bottle into her cup of juice. "What is that?"
"Oh, this?" Cana asked, holding up the small bottle. "Just a little something to give my drink a bit of a kick."
"Huh?" Elfman exclaimed, not understanding what Cana meant.
"It's alcohol." Elicia said, answering Elfman's unasked question. Then, she placed her fingers on her forehead, as if she were in distress, before she continued. "She hasn't' stopped drinking since the party. *Sigh* What is Gildarts, her father, doing? Such an irresponsible parent."
"Hey, I heard that!" Gildarts shouted from the bar before rushing over to the table. "How can you call me an irresponsible parent? I'll have you know, drinking builds character."
"Even if that were true, we all know why you don't say anything to her unhealthy habit." Ur said, approaching from behind Gildarts. "You just dote on her too much to scold her when she does something wrong. On top of that, you drink like a fish yourself. So, it would be absolutely hypocritical for you to scold her."
"That's not… untrue…" Gildarts replied bashfully while scratching the side of his head. "Either way, Cana is a strong wizard with strong magic power. I'm sure she'll be fine."
"Irresponsible parent." Everyone at the table, including Cana, said in unison.
From there, breakfast continued. Eventually, Alfonzo left the kitchen and ate his own breakfast with the others. About half an hour later, everyone was done eating. While most of the group followed Gildarts outside to the backyard of the guild hall for their morning training, Elicia, Cana, and Erza, with Mirajane watching from the distance, waited at the bottom of the steps for Alfonzo, who had gone up to the second floor to choose his first S-Class quest.
"So, you're finally taking an S-Class quest?" Laxus said from a table near the S-Class quest board. "It's been, like, three weeks since your promotion. I thought you were too scared to take a quest."
"Nah, there's no reason to be scared." Alfonzo said while dismissively waving off Laxus' words. Then, he grinned smugly as he continued. "I mean, if you can complete an S-Class quest, then it should be no problem for me. Since I kick your ass like three or four times a year, right?"
In response, Laxus could only grit his teeth and clench his fists. At the same time, he vowed to increase the intensity of his training so that he could wipe the smug grin off of Alfonzo's face.
"Hmph! We'll see how long you can keep that smug attitude of yours." Laxus said before looking away.
Deciding that he had said enough as well, Alfonzo completely ignored Laxus from that point forward. Then, he began looking over the S-Class quests. And just as he expected, there were three sections on the quest board.
The first section consisted of the normal S-Class quests. Meaning, those that had been posted for less than ten years. The second were the 10-Years Quests. Those are S-Class quests that had not been completed for anywhere from ten to ninety-nine years. And the third section was for the 100-Years Quests. Like the 10-Years Quests, these are S-Class quests that have remained uncompleted for a century or more.
'Well, considering that I just got promoted to S-Class, I can exclude the 10-Years and 100-Years quests off the jump.' Alfonzo thought to himself as he examined the quests sheets. 'There's no way Gramps would let me take any of those for now.'
Continuing to read the quest sheets, Alfonzo eventually found one that caught his eye.
"Well, I've never gone on Dark Guild subjugation, so why not?" Alfonzo said as he yanked the quest sheet off the board. "And since they want them brought in alive, I won't have to worry about keeping it together after my first kill."
Like that, Alfonzo turned around and made his way down the stairs without even looking in Laxus' direction. As soon as he reached the bottom of the stairs, he was immediately crowded by Elicia, Cana, and Erza.
"What quest did you pick?" Elicia asked, reaching for the quest sheet. "Lemme see."
"Nope." Alfonzo said, pulling his arm out of Elicia's reach. "I can tell you that it's a Dark Guild subjugation quest. But I can't let you see it. I'm not gonna break the rules when I can feel Gramps staring a hole in the side of my head."
Immediately, Elicia, Cana, and Erza looked toward the bar. There, they saw Makarov, just as Alfonzo mentioned, staring at their group. So, as to not get Alfonzo in trouble, they each took a step back and gave Alfonzo the room to walk toward Makarov, which he did.
"So, you said Dark Guild subjugation, huh?" Makarov said. "Let me take a look."
Dark Guild Subjugation: Behemoth Claw
Rank: S
Client: Oliver Cromwell, Mayor of Freesia Town.
Objective: Apprehend the members of the Dark Guild, Behemoth Claw.
Location: Freesia Town
Notes: Over the last month or so, the citizens of the town have been going missing. At first, we thought it was due to the wild beasts that roam the plains and mountains that surround the town. However, after one of the townsfolk was able to escape their pursuit, we found out that the townsfolk were being kidnapped by members of Behemoth Claw. We need these criminals removed as quickly as possible. Otherwise, the people of Freesia will not be able to sleep peacefully.
P.S. If the Behemoth Claw Guild Master, Giovanni Regalia, is not captured, this quest will not be considered complete.
Reward: 3,500,000 Jewels + Dark Wizard Bounties from the Magic Council.
"Hmm… I've heard of this guild." Makarov said while stroking his mustache.
'If my memory is correct, Behemoth Claw has a hand full of A-Class wizards.' Makarov thought to himself, trying to remember everything he could about Behemoth Claw. 'And their guild master should be an A-Class wizard as well. Just at the top of the tier. This shouldn't be a problem for any S-Class wizards. But since this is his first S-Class quest… Well, Alfonzo is strong, he should be able to handle it.'
*Bang!*
After finishing his thoughts, Makarov placed the quest sheet on the bar top. Then, he reached into his pocket and pulled out his seal before stamping the quest sheet.
"Alfonzo, my boy." Makarov said as he picked up the freshly stamped quest sheet. Then, while handing it back to Alfonzo, he continued. "Good luck on your first S-Class quest."
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