Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Magnolia.
January, x780.
A little more than two years have passed since Alfonzo and Elicia's house was built. In that time, a lot of the younger members of Fairy Tail have spent their free time, outside of training, having fun at the house. And today was no exception.
Sitting in the house's living room, Cana, Laki, Ultear, and Erza were sitting on the floor playing aboard game, "Sorry!", that Alfonzo and Elicia recreated to give their friends something to help them unwind after a long day of training. Meanwhile, Elicia was sitting off to the side at a table with a pencil and several pieces of paper.
"Looks like you came in last, Ultear." Cana said as she moved the last of her pieces to her home space.
"*Sigh* Fine…" Ultear said with a bit of frustration in her expression. "I'll pay for the snacks next time we hang out."
"Hahaha! Yeah, free snacks!" Cana cheered.
"Indeed." Laki added with a nod. "Feeding your stomach is always better when someone else's wallet suffers."
"Yeah, yeah." Ultear replied while shaking her head.
At the same time, Erza's attention was focused on Elicia. Usually, she would be one of the first who wanted to get in on the little gamble the girls made. Today, however, she was more focused on drawing something.
"Elicia, what have you been working on all this time?" Erza asked with curiosity.
"Huh?" Elicia asked, Erza's voice pulling her out of her own thoughts. "Oh, I'm designing a shop."
"Really?" Cana asked. "I know you said you wanted to own your own store. But you're really doing it, huh?"
"Yeah." Elicia replied, putting her pencil on the table. "I finally think it's time to expand my business."
"If you do that, when are you going to have time to do quests?" Erza asked.
"Yes, You would be slaying the time you were allotted." Laki chimed in.
Happy to hear her friend's concern, Elicia could not help but smile.
"You don't have to worry about that." Elicia replied. "I'm not gonna be running the store by myself. I just intend to provide the designs. I'll hire people to run the store and produce the clothes for me."
"So, other than creating the clothing designs for the shop, nothing will change for you, huh?" Erza asked.
"That's right." Elicia said with a nod and a smile. "Besides, I don't plan on opening the store in Magnolia."
"huh? Why?" Cana asked.
"If I had to guess, it's because of the potential for business." Ultear replied instead of Elicia.
"That's right." Elicia said, nodding once again. "Magnolia is a prosperous town, but there aren't really that many new people that come here. But Hargeon, the town where I'm thinking of opening the store, is a port town."
"And there will be people and vessels from all over who stop there for many reasons." Erza said, finishing the thought for Elicia.
"Right again." Elicia replied, her smile growing wider.
"But finding someone to run the shop for you could be tough." Cana said, a bit of worry in her tone. "You have to find someone you can trust."
"Yeah, that could be an issue." Elicia said. "But I plan to advertise that I'm the owner and a member of Fairy Tail. So, that should keep anyone with bad intentions away… I hope."
"Me, too." Cana, Laki, Ultear, and Erza replied simultaneously.
"Anyway, enough about my store." Elicia said, standing up from the table. "Why don't we go see what the boys are up to."
"Sure." The other girls replied.
With that, Elicia led the other girls outside into the backyard through the double doors in the nearby hallway.
Over the two years since they built the house, Alfonzo and Elicia had quite a bit of work done on the backyard. They wanted it to be a place where they could entertain their friends and have fun. The first thing they had built in the backyard was an Olympic sized swimming pool. During the hot summers, it became the group's favorite place to hang out.
Second, to the left of the pool, was a covered basketball court with lighting so that the sport could be enjoyed at night. Surprisingly, The younger members of the guild came to love this sport. As a matter of fact, the boys, Alzack, Jet, Droy, Gray, Natsu, and Elfman, were playing a game right now while Levy, Mirajane, Lisanna, and Bisca watched and cheered. Meanwhile, Happy operated the scoreboard that Alfonzo built with sigils.
The next thing they built, to the right of the pool, was a tennis court, thought not quite as popular as basketball, the active group of youngsters enjoyed this sport as well. The biggest issue with that was creating rackets and balls that could withstand the young wizards' s raw physical strength.
And last was a training field used to improve agility and balance. In a corner of the massive yard, there were many poles of varying sizes standing up straight with others suspended horizontally.
"Yeah! Go Natsu!" Lisanna shouted as Happy changed the score on the board.
"Haha! You guys should give up." Natsu said with a smile. "There's no way you're gonna beat us."
"Keep dreaming, fire breather." Gray retorted. "We're not even close to done."
Hearing the boys' voices, the girls sped up curious to know how their game is going.
"What are the teams?" Elicia asked as she and the others approached the basketball court.
"My brother, Natsu, and Droy against Gray, Alzack, and Jet." Mirajane replied.
"Didn't expect to see you here, Mira." Elicia replied with a smile.
"Don't call me that. Hmph!" Mirajane snorted in reply. "I'm only here to look after my brother and sister."
"Well, if you don't wanna be here, you don't have to be." Erza said, scowling at Mirajane. "It's not like anything could happen to them here. So, why don't you just go home?"
"What was that?" Mirajane said as her head snapped toward Erza. "Are you picking a fight, Red? You wanna go?"
"Any time." Erza replied. "I'm always up for a challenge."
"*Sigh* And there at it again." Ultear said in an exasperated tone.
"Well, what did you expect?" Cana asked. "There like a pair of cat and dog."
"Erza's definitely the dog." Laki added. "She's so loyal. Just like man's best friend."
"I think she's like a cat." Elicia said with a smile. "have you heard her purr when Fonzie gives her a strawberry shortcake?"
Immediately after Elicia's words fell, although she did not lose her fighting spirit, Erza's face turned as red as her hair.
"Elicia, do you really have to say that out loud?" Erza asked.
"What's wrong, Erza?" Elicia asked, tilting her head cutely to the side. "It's so~~~~ cute, though."
"Ha! You really are a cute little girl." Mirajane added, clearly mocking Erza.
"Oh, yeah?" Erza asked, refocusing on Mirajane. "At least I don't dress like some kind of harlot."
While Erza wore a long-sleeved white blouse with a blue ribbon tied around the collar and a knee-length blue skirt, black leggings, and brown leather shoes, her contrast with Mirajane, who wore a black tank-top-that exposed most of her stomach, a pair of black short-shorts, black stockings, and short black boots, was obvious.
"You take that back!" Mirajane shouted.
"The truth hurts, does it not?" Erza replied.
As time went on, the two's shouting match devolved into a pair of children calling each other names. However, the amount of magic power they released grew.
Just as the two reached a point where their release of magic power caught the attention of the boys playing basketball, an even larger magic power washed over both Erza and Mirajane.
"Hey, if you two wanna settle this, go to the tennis court." Elicia said, showing her rarely seen strict side. "The last time you two fought here, we had to repair the whole backyard."
Feeling Elicia's magic power, Erza and Mirajane first glanced at her. Then, they stared each other down for a few more seconds. Eventually, they seemed to come to some kind of understanding. While Mirajane started walking toward the tennis court, Erza was covered in light as she [Reequipped] into a white and pink tennis outfit with a white visor and her hair pulled back into a ponytail.
"*Sigh* Every time I feel her magic power, it amazes me." Ultear said. "She's got even more than Laxus, who is four years older than us."
"Yeah, and Fonzie has even more." Cana added with a nod.
"But you're no slouch either, Cana." Ultear said. "You're a year younger than us, but you're magic power is on par with Erza, Mirajane, and I's."
"It actually surprises me how much magic power Mirajane has." Cana said. "She hasn't trained nearly as much as we have. But she's still at the same level."
"I think it has something to do with her magic." Levy said, inserting herself into the conversation.
"What do you mean?" Ultear asked with curiosity.
"Well, you know she uses [Take Over Magic], right?" Levy asked rhetorically.
Though a response was not needed, everyone listening to the conversation nodded.
"Well, whenever she [Takes Over] a demon's soul, I think she gains some of it's magic power." Levy continued. "It hasn't been proven yet. But that's the theory in the magical community."
"But she's only got, like, two [Satan Sols] right?" Cana asked. "How does that make her so strong?"
"That's because demons, like dragons, though not as strong, are creatures at the top of Earth Land's power scale." Elicia said. "So, even absorbing just a little bit of a demon's power would boost her power significantly."
*Honk!* *Honk!*
Before the conversation could continue, the distinctive sound of a car horn could be heard from the other side of the mansion. And immediately upon hearing it, Elicia's eyes lit up. Then, after pumping magic power into her legs, Elicia bolted toward the doors that led to the kitchen.
It was not long afterward that Cana also took off toward the sound.
"I guess he's back." Ultear said with a smile.
"That was faster than I expected." Levy said. "I thought n S-Class quest would take longer than four days."
"If you want to know, you should ask." Laki said, turning toward the house.
As Laki walked away, Ultear and Levy exchanged glances before shrugging simultaneously. Then, they followed the lilac-haired girl with a strange speech pattern into the house.
Meanwhile, the six boys and two girls on and around the basketball court continued their game. Although they were curious to hear about Alfonzo's quest, they were too competitive or too interested in one of the players to stop.
At the same time, Erza and Mirajane, who had started a high intensity tennis match, had not even heard the car horn. Instead, they were too focused on their match and hurling insults at each other.
Earth Land, Ishgar, Era.
Around the same time Alfonzo returned from his quest, The members of the Ishgar Magic Council were meeting in their headquarters in the town of Era. They had just received the report on Alfonzo's successful quest.
"Damn that Fairy Tail." The Chairman of the Magic Council, Crawford Seam, said after reading the reports from both Oliver Cromwell and Lahar. "How does such a menace keep raising such talented wizards."
Crawford Seam was a wide and tall man with a long bushy white beard styled into two buns on either side, a nearly bald head with a small bun on top, small ears, high eyebrows, droopy eyes, and a snub nose.
"Yes, this Alfonzo Marcus could be a real problem for the citizen's of Ishgar." Org, a grey-haired, grey-bearded man with only one eye open, added.
"But according to the report, he did not cause any damage to the town of Freesia." Yajima, a short, old man with thick, light-brown eyebrows and a small matching mustache, pointed out.
"That's just a coincidence." Org replied. "He's a Fairy Tail wizard, after all."
"But there were others who kept property damage to a minimum." Yajima argued.
"Yes, there were exactly two." Crawford chimed in. "And they are both no longer among the living."
"But this Alfonzo is one of their children." Yajima continued to argue. "And according to the records, on all the quests he's taken over the last five years, he's never caused any property damage."
"Like I said, he's a Fairy Tail wizard." Org said. "It's only a matter of time."
'*Sigh* It seems they won't listen, yet again.' Yajima thought to himself. 'Maki, my old friend, I've done as much as I can to keep the Council off you and Fairy Tail's back. But there's only so much I can do. As a former member of the guild, I can't speak out too much on your behalf.'
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Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Magnolia.
May 8, x780.
A few months have passed since Alfonzo took his first S-Class quest. Since then, he has taken one every month. His other quests have all been A-Class. And during those A-Class quests, he has always teamed up with Elicia. More often than not, Cana would tag along as well. They even took quests with the other young A-Class wizards in their group from time to time.
Another thing that happened over the last few months was Erza's fifteenth birthday. On April 7, Erza became an adult, by this world's standards. So, Naturally, almost everyone in the guild threw her a big, typical Fairy Tail-style party at the guild hall during the day, Then, in the evening, the other young wizards in their group and Ur had a second party at Alfonzo and Elicia's house.
With Alfonzo cooking, Elicia making some beautiful new clothes, and everyone else giving her a presents, Erza truly enjoyed the birthday that marked her as an adult. A month later, another party was thrown for Alfonzo and Elicia. However, they made sure to keep it much more subdued. And the reason was simple. Alfonzo would have to do his own cooking for the second party.
Shortly after the party at the guild hall, Alfonzo, Elicia, Cana, Laki, Alzack, Gildarts, Levy, Jet, Droy, Ur, Gray, Ultear, Erza, Natsu, Mirajane, Elfman, Lisanna, and Happy made their way to Alfonzo and Elicia's mansion. Then, while Alfonzo busied himself in the kitchen, the rest sat around the large dining room table, chatting, eating, and having fun.
"It's already been eight years since we met." Cana said with a slight, alcohol-induced flush on her face. "I can't believe how fast time flies."
"You sound like an old lady when you talk like that." Natsu chimed in.
"What the hell did you just say, Natsu?" Cana snarled. "Are you calling me old?"
"Huh? No." Natsu replied sounding slightly panicked. "I just meant…"
At that moment, Gildarts, who was sitting nearby with a bottle of wine in his hand, placed his free hand on Natsu's shoulder, gaining the pink-haired boy's attention.
"Sometimes it's better to just stay silent." Gildarts said, looking as if he were reliving some painful past memories.
While Natsu looked at Gildarts' expression with confusion in his eyes, Ur could not help but smirk at Gildarts' last statement.
"That something you learned from Bianca back in the day?" Ur asked.
"Yeah…" Gildarts murmured. "It was a painful, yet enlightening lesson.
"Really?" Elicia asked, interest shining in her eyes. "What did she do?"
"I'd rather not say." Gildarts said before taking a swig from the bottle in his hand.
"He probably got beaten half to death for saying something stupid." Ur chimed in.
Instead of replying, Gildarts simply looked away and took another swig from the bottle. Meanwhile, everyone else in the room laughed uproariously after seeing Fairy Tail's strongest wizard's current expression.
"*Cough* Anyway, how's the food coming along, Kid?" Gildarts asked toward the kitchen in an obvious attempt to change the subject.
"It should be ready soon." Alfonzo replied. "But, everyone, please don't let that stop you from mercilessly mocking the old man."
"I'm only forty-one…" Gildarts muttered while everyone continued to laugh. "I'm not old."
A few seconds later, the laughter finally died down.
"Alfonzo, what are you cooking, anyway?" Natsu, the most gluttonous of the guests asked with drool leaking from the side of his mouth. "It smells so good."
"Steak and shrimp fajitas." Alfonzo replied. "And like I said, it will be ready soon."
Just like that, the group continued to chat and have fun. Then, after about fifteen minutes, Alfonzo came out from the kitchen with a platter floating behind him. On the platter were several plates full of steak, shrimp, onions, green peppers, shredded cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and flower tortillas.
"Damn, Natsu was right." Gildarts said with an excited glint in his eyes. "That really does smell good. I guess you really went all out for this dinner of yours, huh?"
"Not really." Alfonzo replied nonchalantly. "This is actually a pretty simple meal. Even Lici can cook it."
"Yeah, but it never tastes as good as when you make it." Elicia said, drooling like Natsu.
In response, Alfonzo simply smiled. Then, when he approached the table, he set down the platter before spacing out all the plates so that everyone could reach the fajita ingredients.
"All right, let's dig in!" Natsu cried as he reached for one of the plates.
*Smack!*
"Not so fast, Pinky." Alfonzo said, willing a spoon to smack Natsu on the back of his outstretched hand.
"Why won't you let me eat, Alfonzo?" Natsu whined.
"Because I haven't brought out the food for happy." Alfonzo said.
"Yeah, Natsu, my food isn't here yet." Happy added, visibly excited by the thought of the food that was prepared just for him.
"Hmph! Fine." Natsu sat back with his arms crossed and a pout on his face.
After a few more moments, Alfonzo left the kitchen again. This time, he was holding a small plate with a stack of thinly sliced pieces of raw fish.
"And for the gluttonous cat, salmon sashimi." Alfonzo said, placing the small plate in front of Happy.
"Hey, I'm not a glutton." Happy complained with drool flowing from his mouth.
"Say that again after wiping your mouth, you mangy cat." Mirajane said with a huff.
"Mira~, don't be so mean to Happy." Lisanna said with a small frown.
"Lisanna is so nice." Happy said with a big smile on his face.
"Even if he's a glutton, you don't have to call him mangy." Lisanna continued.
With that, Happy's eyes opened wide, his pupils contracted, and his mouth hung open in disbelief.
"Lisanna… Do you really think I'm a glutton, too?" Happy asked with a crestfallen expression on his face.
At that moment, everyone laughed good-naturedly. Meanwhile, Alfonzo was coming out of the kitchen once again. In his hands were glasses and a platter with several bottles of juice and liquor.
"Oh, does that mean your babysitter is finally going to let you drink like a man?" Gildarts asked, eyeing the liquor in Alfonzo's hands.
"I'm not his babysitter." Elicia pouted. "I just didn't want Fonzie to break the law."
"Exactly." Ur chimed in with a nod. "We don't want him to become a degenerate."
At that moment, everyone's gazes turned toward Cana, who was currently drinking straight from a bottle of ale. After finishing the bottle, Cana noticed all the gazes concentrated on her.
"Huh? What's wrong? *Burp*" Cana asked before unleashing an ale scented belch.
"Nothing at all, Cana." Alfonzo said, combing his fingers through Cana's hair. "Don't worry about it."
Narrowing her eyes in pleasure, Cana decided to follow Alfonzo's suggestion and not care about the stares she was receiving.
At the same time, everyone in the room could hear the sound of teeth grinding. When they looked in the sound's direction, they saw Gildarts trying to set Alfonzo ablaze with his glare.
"What's wrong, Uncle Gildarts?" Elicia asked in a sugary sweet tone with a sweet smile on her face. "You look unhappy, is something wrong?"
Hearing Elicia's tone and seeing that smile, Gildarts shuddered as he felt a phantom pain in his groin. Then, with terror in his eyes, he began shaking his head frantically.
On a side note, this was only the first time Gildarts had ever been allowed inside Alfonzo' and Elicia's home. Until now, Gildarts had refused the conditions set forth for entry. With those conditions being that he had to wear a pair of anti-magic bracelets for the duration of his stay.
Beforehand, Gildarts had refused because he had every intention of unintentionally destroying parts of the house after Cana decided to move in. Unfortunately, Alfonzo's barrier was stronger than he expected, so he was sent flying several times over the last two and a half years.
Finally, when everyone had a drink, juice for some and alcohol for others, and after a toast for the birthday boy and girl, everyone was allowed to dig in. However, they were not completely sure how to go about eating the meal.
"*Sigh* I should have known that none of you had seen this kind of food before." Alfonzo said with a chuckle. "I'll show you how it's done, then."
Alfonzo then proceeded to pick up a flower tortilla. Then, he put a little of each ingredient on it, folded the tortilla in half, and took a bite.
"And that's how you do it." Alfonzo said after chewing his food.
Meanwhile, Elicia, not caring that no one else knew how to enjoy the meal, dug in like she was the only one at the table. Eventually, everyone else joined her and the dinner turned in to quite the joyous affair.
Meanwhile, back at the guild, Makarov was sitting atop the bar in his usual place while sulking.
"Hey, what's wrong with Master?" Macao asked after glancing at Makarov.
"Isn't that obvious?" Wakaba replied. "Alfonzo and Elicia are having another more private birthday party with their friends."
"What's does that have to do with this?" Macao asked in confusion.
"Who do you think is gonna cook for that party?" Wakaba asked, looking at Macao as if he were the dumbest person in Fiore.
With that, Macao widened his eyes in realization.
"Damn, I wanna go to that party, too." Macao said with a frown. "Wait, Gildarts and Ur are there right now, aren't they?"
"They should be." Wakaba replied.
"Why did they get invited and we didn't?" Macao asked. "This is so unfair."
"Well, If I had to guess." Wakaba said, taking a toke from his pipe. "It's probably because they were friends with the kids' parents."
"I guess that makes sense." Macao said with a sad nod.
While Macao and Wakaba chatted, Makarov was drowning himself in alcohol.
'Why didn't they invite me?' Makarov asked himself. 'Haven't I been good to them? Don't I treat them like my grandchildren? Why wouldn't they let me partake in such an undoubtedly delicious meal? Maybe I was wrong for thinking of them as my favorites.'
Back at the mansion, the party had been relocated to the game room after the group finished eating. And while playing the variety of games, Gildarts got Alfonzo to drink more than he intended. And to his surprise, Elicia was helping.
'What is that girl up to?' Gildarts wondered as Elicia refilled Alfonzo's glass again. A moment later, however, his expression turned into a mischievous smile. 'Whatever, I'll get to see the kid embarrass himself when he's piss drunk. Hehehe.'
"I don't know what you're thinking right now, Gildarts." Ur said while shaking her head in disappointment. "But your evil is showing."
"Evil, me?" Gildarts asked, replacing his mischievous smile with a righteous one. "I'm the furthest thing from evil."
What Gildarts did not know, however, was that Alfonzo was not a sloppy or belligerent drunk. In fact, he was the exact opposite. He was probably the happiest drunk anyone had ever met. And that fact was about to become apparent.
"Hey, Unc." Alfonzo said, throwing an arm over Gildarts' shoulder. "When's the next time you have some free time?"
"Huh?" Gildarts was confused by Alfonzo's current demeanor. "Uh… I should be free for the next few days, why?"
"I wanted you to spar with me. Help me figure out some flaws in my fighting style, stuff like that." Alfonzo said with a big, friendly smile on his face. "I mean, you're the best fighter and most powerful wizard I know. It would be a waste to not get your advice, right?"
Not only Gildarts, but everyone in the room widened their eyes at Alfonzo's declaration. He usually avoids sparring with Gildarts like the plague. But he actually asked for it, of his own volition.
"Hey, are you okay, Kid?" Gildarts asked with worry in his tone.
"Yeah, I'm great." Alfonzo said cheerfully. Then, he took his arm off Gildarts' shoulders, mixed two drinks, handed one to Gildarts, then continued. "Anyway, this is a toast to you, Unc. A thank you for all the help you've given me with my training over the years. And my appreciation for you."
Then, without waiting for a reply, Alfonzo threw his head back and downed the entire drink, leaving everyone else in the room in dumbfounded silence, gaping with their mouths wide open. Eventually, the silence was broken by Elicia, who could no longer hold back her laughter, causing everyone, except for Alfonzo to snap their heads in her direction.
"Elicia, did you know this would happen?" Ur asked with disbelief written all over her face.
"I had a hunch." Elicia said, through her giggles and laughter.
"Is that why you kept refilling his glass?" Gildarts asked.
"Yup." Elicia replied. "And it was a good idea. Fonzie's so cute when he's drunk."
Before anyone could ask any more questions, Alfonzo quickly made his way over to Elicia, without stumbling in the slightest, and swept her off her feet in a princess carry.
"Not nearly as cute as you, though." Alfonzo said while spinning Elicia around. "I love you so much, Lici."
"I love you too, Fonzie." Elicia replied with a smile.
From that point on, those who drank, drank more. Those who were playing games, played 'til they were too tired to continue. And those who chatted, had a great time filled with laughter. Meanwhile, Alfonzo, who was completely smashed, went around hugging everyone while telling them how much he appreciated them.
Eventually, the party drew to a close. While Elicia and Cana decided to take showers before bed, Alfonzo showed the guests out. After a few more alcohol-induced hugs, the group bid Alfonzo good night and left. Then, Alfonzo returned to the house and made his way to the master bedroom.
When he finally entered the bedroom, while pulling his shirt over his head, Alfonzo came to a sudden stop when he saw Elicia sitting on the edge of the bed with her legs crossed and wearing a pink, satin bathrobe.
Seeing Alfonzo's expression, Elicia smiled seductively.
"I hope you're ready for your birthday gift, Fonzie." Elicia said in a sultry tone.
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