Journey to the Beginning
A Laxus x Lucy Fairy Tail fanfic.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail though I wish I did.
Chapter 1: The start of a new adventure
There was a light shining in the distance, calling. It was a beautiful light, a heavenly golden white light that shone as if from the stars themselves. Lucy stood in awe of its beauty even as she strained to hear what the light was saying. She caught the faint whispers, "Find me and find your heart, child. Then I will hold you until you are bound heart to heart to the one who holds your heart." Lucy looked at the light in confusion and then alarm, as the light had begun to fade. She called out, "Wait, what do you mean find my heart? And what do you mean by 'the one who holds my heart'? Don't go! You haven't explained anything to me! Wait!" But the light was gone and an alarming beeping sound was ringing throughout the area. Afraid she jumped and ran after the light, and fell out of bed.
Lucy yelped as she hit the floor with a bang. She groaned and rolled over, "What a way to wake up," she muttered to herself, "and what was that dream all about?" Lucy sighed and stood up, turning off her alarm, the source of the beeping. "Well, whatever it meant I still need to get up and go to the guild." Lucy brightened up as a thought struck her, "I could ask Levy about the dream when I get to the guild and if she doesn't know then we can look it up!" She grinned to herself and nodded, and grabbing a towel and a change of clothes (she never knew when her team would suddenly barge in) and trotted into her bathroom to take her morning shower.
An hour and a half later she was approaching the guild hearing the usual warnings from the boatmen as she walked on the edge of the canal cheerily waving and smiling at them calling out morning greetings. She had had a surprisingly Team Natsu free morning. 'They must still be out on their missions.' She had gotten injured on their last mission and had been laid up for the past few days. Natsu, Gray, and Erza did not want leave but Gray and Erzas' rents were due and they needed to take jobs to pay them. Natsu went on a job in order to pay her rent since she did not have quite enough money to pay for it, but he had gone only when Lissana (who was now his girlfriend much to Lucy and Mira's delight) had promised him that she would take care of Lucy while he was gone. Lucy sighed again and shook her head grinning at the antics of her team, they loved her very much, and while she loved them too, they could be very overprotective and overbearing at times.
Grinning, with a last wave to the boatmen she hopped off of the edge of the canal and headed over to the guild hall doors calling out Plue as she did. She grinned down at her spirit and picked him up, "I promised you an ice cream sundae after I recovered for helping me didn't I?" Plue grinned cheerfully, "Puuun, Pun!" Lucy laughed as she walked in the guild doors, "Yup, so what kind of sundae do you want?" "Puun!" "A banana split, alright one banana split for Plue coming right up!" Plue smiled happily doing a little dance in her arms. Lucy came up to the bar and called Mira over. "What can I get for you Lucy?" "Could I get a strawberry smoothie and a banana split please?" "Of course Lucy, sit tight and they will be right up." Mira smiled at her and after handing Cana another barrel went to make her smoothie and Plue's banana split.
Smiling Lucy turned around and scanned the guild looking for Levy. She spotted the bluenette in the usual dark corner by Gajeel. Grinning she walked over after receiving her smoothie and banana split, sitting across from her friend. Looking up from her book Levy smiled cheerfully when she saw Lucy, "Hey Lu-chan, how are you? Is your leg better?" 'Yup, I'm completely healed thanks to Wendy and my spirits. Plue here," Lucy motioned towards Plue who was happily eating his banana split, "helped me every day by encouraging me when I was doing my exercises to strengthen my leg by doing the exercises with me and giving me one of his lollipops when I completed the exercises. So today I got him the banana split to thank him for helping me through that rather frustrating time."
Levy smiled at Lucy and Plue, "Your spirits are so sweet and supportive, Lu-chan! Unlike a certain oaf here who probably wouldn't even let me walk if my leg had gotten injured like that." Gajeel grinned at that comment, "Gihii, that's right Shrimp, I wouldn't let you walk on your own even if you could after an injury like that." Levy glared at him and spluttered, while Lucy giggled turning Levy's glare on her. Lucy just grinned remembering when they had finally, officially, gotten together a few months ago.
*Flash Back*
Levy had gotten fed up with Gajeel, telling Lucy, Erza, Lissana, Mira, Cana, and Evergreen all about it. Gajeel had shown interest and she had tried her best to show him that his interest was reciprocated, but he still hadn't done anything. He hadn't asked her out, hadn't talked to her about it, didn't even casually mention it in conversation, hell at that point she would have taken him throwing her over his shoulder and hauling her off as a positive response. But he showed no signs of doing anything, or even intending to do anything. She was confused, "Did I read the signs wrong and Gajeel isn't actually interested in me?" All of the girls hurried to calm her after that tearful admission. It was Mira who came up with the idea that all of the girls present, excluding Levy, observe how Gajeel reacted to Levy and see if he was really interested in her. By the end of the week, there had been no doubt, Gajeel was head over heels for Levy but completely awkward about it. They decided that if they wanted Levy and Gajeel to get together sometime before the next century, Levy was the one who was going to have to make the first move.
When they all met back up with Levy they told her about their findings. She was incredibly relieved and happy that she hadn't read the signs Gajeel was giving off wrong, but she was incredibly nervous about being the one to make the first move, "What if I mess up, or if I stop in the middle and can't say anymore? I don't think I can do it." Mira reassured her, "Sure you can Levy, just march right up to him and speak your mind, and ask him to go out with you." "Or you can just walk up to him and kiss him," Cana put in. "Is that how you hooked up with Bacchus by any chance was it Cana?" Lucy asked out of curiosity. "Yup, and damn if he didn't taste good." Levy blushed at Cana's comment, "I don't think I could do that, especially in front of the whole guild." "Well you could always corner him in a back room and have a talk with him there." All of the girls eyed Evergreen warily at that comment, they had wondered how she and Elfman had officially gotten together, but that was a little much TMI. Levy shook her head, "I don't think I could corner him even if I wanted to, he is way to strong and I am nowhere near scary enough to do that." Lucy finally spoke up at that, "Then maybe instead of confronting him like that, you just sit down with him in your usual corner and ask him if he wants to go out with you." Levy brightened up, "That is a great idea Lu-chan! I think I will do that." Mira clapped her hands, "Great, now that that that's settled you can go talk to him tomorrow!" Levy paled, stuttering, "T-t-tomorrow! That's way too soon. I'm not ready, no way!" "Yes way!" Mira chirped cheerfully, "And don't think you can get out of it," She continued with her dark aura around her face. "Yes, ma'am," was Levy's quavering reply.
The next day Levy walked into the guild later than usual and sat next to Gajeel, talking to him softly. They saw his face brighten and he grinned letting out his signature "gihii" before grabbing Levy's hand and hauling her to the request board and grabbing a job, showing it to Mira, and subsequently hauling Levy out of the guild. When they returned three days later Levy grabbed the girls and dragged them a corner on the second floor, telling them all about the mission. Mira squealed when Levy told them what happened at the end, "When we completed the mission Gajeel took me back to the hotel and I lost my virginity to him that night," Levy blushed and finished, "It was amazing, i-it felt amazing. He made me feel like a woman." The last sentence was spoken in a whisper, so all the girls had to lean in to hear her. All over girls grinned and Mira squealed and clapped, more gossip for the mills! "Get over here Shrimp!" Gajeel called out from his corner. Levy got up and said, "Sorry, but I've got to go now! Talk to you later." All of the girls smiled understandingly. Levy stormed over to Gajeel shouting that just because he was her boyfriend did not mean that he was the boss of her.
*End Flash Back*
"-chan, Lu-chan, LU-CHAN!" Lucy looked at Levy with a start, "What is it Levy?" "Oh, thank goodness, we were starting to get worried because you were spaced out for a good five minutes there." Lucy blushed, "Sorry, I was just reminiscing on how you two got together." Levy squeaked and held her suddenly burning cheeks, "Luu-chan! Stop that!" "Gihii" Levy slapped a grinning Gajeel on the arm, "You stop that too!" Lucy laughed, "Anyway I was thinking of taking a job now that I am better. It is a fairly easy one so don't worry." "What is the job for?" Levy inquired. "Oh, it is to find an ancient artifact in some ruins, I have been hanging on to it for a while looking for the right time to take it. I know for a fact my team wouldn't like it." "Why's that?" "The artifact in question is an ancient artifact said to be able to help you find your one true love and bind you together with them." At that Gajeel gagged and Levy smacked him again, "So it is like an artifact that helps you find who you love and marry you to them?" Lucy nodded, "Oh my gosh that is so romantic! Do you have any idea of who it could be? Oh, you're hoping it is Laxus aren't you?" Lucy blushed, "What do you mean by that?!" Gajeel looked down at Levy, "Laxus?" Levy sighed, "Lucy likes him and has liked him for a while." Gajeel looked at Lucy, noting the rather interested pair of eyes that looked down from the second floor, "Really, bunny-girl?" "No, Levy is just a little bit crazy when it comes to my (non-existent) love life." Levy snorted, "Crazy? No. She just hasn't realized it yet, and is in more than a little bit of denial." "I am not!" While the two girls continued to bicker, Gajeel looked on with entertainment at the girls and Laxus's face as his expression changed from slightly pained and disappointed, to elated, then determined. 'Gihii, there is another person here with unspoken feelings.'
Finally the two girls' quarrel wound down with both of them saying, "You'll see, I'm right." Sighing Lucy shook her head, "Well, I'm off to show this to Mira and head out on the mission. I will see you guys when I get back. Come on Plue!" Plue, who had long since finished his banana split, eagerly jumped into her arms waving goodbye to Levy and Gajeel. "See you later Lu-chan!" "Bye, bunny-girl" Lucy turned and waved and walked over to Mira showing her the mission, receiving approval, she headed out the door with a last wave to her friends. She didn't notice the look she was receiving for Laxus, however both Bixlow and Gajeel did, Bixlow having figured out what was going on between the two girls and knowing his friend and leader like he did, Bixlow groaned unknowingly sharing a thought with Gajeel, 'What, is he going to sabotage the thing?!'