Iron in the Stars

AN: Story is my idea, but I do not own anything Fairy Tail.

Chapter 1: Uncommitted Date

I can't believe I'm doing this. How did this even end up happening? Oh yeah, that's right, I was complaining to Cana about my date life and that I wanted to give up on men all together. We were having a nice, well as nice as it gets with Cana, drinking session comparing experiences. As of late neither of us have had a pleasant experience. That's when he showed up and argued that all men weren't the same. Well, so far I don't believe him, but I'll humor him. He cornered me into a date, strictly as friends, but a date nonetheless to remind me how men should be with women. Last night Cana had hers and I haven't had the chance to talk to her about it yet. We swore we would laugh about the situation together once we both had our "date".

My thoughts were disturbed by a knock on my door. All right, time to go. I know it's not exactly a true date, but I will treat it as such. That's what he wants so I might as well. I have on one of my sexy outfits that I know he would absolutely love. It's a short fitted dress that ends mid thigh with my favorite pair of black Jimmy Choos. The shoes are blood red, lacy, and strapped up from the foot to the ankle. The dress itself is smooth black cotton with a red layer of lace over it to perfectly match the shoes. I took a deep breath and made my way to the door.

"Okay, I'm ready for this." It didn't take long for the man on the other side of the door to notice me talking to myself. "Blondie, let's go! I'm getting old out here!" I laughed at his obvious smirk on the other side and finally opened it up for the gorgeous man in front of me. "Shut up Laxus!" Yup, he was clearly smirking, but at least he was doing it while checking me out. Easily a boost in my ego! One of the hottest men in the guild was checking me out. Hot he was too. I let my eyes wander over him. He was wearing an Armani suit that fit his perfectly sculpted body. His slacks and suit jacket were black and he had the jacket slung behind his shoulder. He had on a fitted red dress shirt that was slightly open revealing a taste of his hairless chest, the tattoo on his chest just barely making an appearance. I had to inwardly giggle over the fact that we matched each other.

"If you're done drooling over me, we are running slightly late." I smiled at him feeling no shame that I was caught in my ogling. He was an amazing specimen. Just how I like them. I loved men that were strong, physically and mentally. Someone that could handle anything and give me everything I needed, in more ways than one. I was still a virgin, which actually wasn't common knowledge anymore. I've been dating a lot lately. It's been quiet at the guild and I figured I wasn't getting any younger so I went out with my fair share. No one was worthy to claim that piece of me yet though. To be fully honest, I couldn't say that I was entirely innocent. I've had my handlings with many sexual activities outside of someone sticking their penis inside of me. I was ready for it though. The way Cana spoke about it, I was missing a lot. It's time to end that streak and cross that road.

"Where are we going anyway?" I had no clue where we were going. He just coyly smiled at me while walking outside of my building. I followed after him until we got half way down the street. He just stopped. "Laxus?" He wrapped his arms around me to give me a hug and the second I hugged him back I felt an enormous rush. I went to let go, but he just gripped me tighter. The world around me swirled to a point where I felt nauseous and disoriented. It stopped just as soon as it started and I lost my footing. For a split second I thought I was going to pass out, but he never let go. "Take deep breathes, Blondie. Don't open your eyes yet either until you stop spinning." I didn't even realize that my eyes were closed! He laughed at me as I pulled myself together. It took me almost a whole minute, but once I stood on my own and was able to breathe normal I opened my eyes and gasped at what was around me.

We were in the heart of a large city. There were skyscrapers all around us with people walking fast as if they all were in a rush. Some of which, were looking at us like we were insane. I'm sure most of these people weren't to keen to mages, such as us. They gave us glares and continued walking as if they were afraid to say something that would piss us off. Clearly so too, just looking at Laxus would scare the shit out of me too. Laxus grabbed my hand and pulled me with him to the building closest to us.

The man standing in front of the door clearly worked for the building. He had on a very lavish suit with white gloves. As soon as we made our way towards the door he held them open to us "Good evening Sir and Madam, I do hope you enjoy your evening with us." This place was very fancy. I was shocked once I walked through the door. As soon as I walked in and was able to see the formal setting a flood of memories and emotions hit me. I had to take a deep breath not to laugh or cry that Laxus would take me here. He looked at me a little anxiously. "What's wrong? Do you not like this place? It is the finest restaurant in the nation. I figured you would love it!" He was concerned that I wouldn't love it? Of course I loved it. I have loved it ever since I was a little girl. I gave him a soft smile. "Thank you Laxus. We haven't even sat down yet and I can already say that this is the best date I've ever been on."

His ego was showing again as we started walking. The main entrance way was bright and welcoming. The ceiling held an enormous crystal chandelier that flitted color all over the main entrance. The spotless marble under us caught the light from the chandelier and made the room look enormous. The room outside of the main entrance was a formal dining area. Everything in the room screamed regal. The room was painted white with gold crown molding. There were thousands of floating twinkle lights and crystals hanging from the ceiling almost reaching the tables. The room itself was huge and held no windows, but that didn't stop the twinkle lights from keeping the room lit on a romantic setting. At every table there were white orchids with blue bombers in large vases loaded with more crystals and waterproof lights. In my opinion, there wouldn't be more of a romantic restaurant to propose at. Personally, I wouldn't want it done in that way, but for the woman that did, this would, for sure, be the right place. I was more than shocked that this was where Laxus had planned our date.

We continued to walk through the dining area reaching the stairs in the middle of the room. It was a large auburn staircase that wrapped around the dining area. I've never been up here. However, when I was younger I always wanted to know what was up here and my mother couldn't tell me. When we asked the staff about it they would just smile and say, "a very private place," like that helped any. I knew now that they weren't being secretive, that it was a very private place. It was like a little room. The walls were high and you were surrounded by the flowers and floating lights all around you. It was like a floating island with one nice sized table. I couldn't fathom why Laxus would take me here. It must have been very expensive. The waiter sat us down and I could tell that Laxus loved my expression of astonishment.

"I think this is the longest I've ever heard you not speak." Yup, he was definitely loving this. I didn't know what to say to him. This was amazing! "Laxus, this place is too expensive! We can't eat here." I didn't mean to offend him, but once he frowned I knew I had said something bad. "It's not that I don't want to, believe me, I do. I just don't want you to go broke because of one night out. A night here is more than my rent!" He laughed again. "Probably." He just shrugged which made me laugh. I wish I could be that careless with money. I took a sip from my water and waited patiently for the waiter to give us a menu. After about a minute of awkward silence I looked at Laxus with a confused expression. He had a smirk on his face like this was a funny game to him. "What's funny? We are eating here right?" As I questioned him he looked over at the staircase and two waiters where walking over with two salads and a bottle of champagne. "Sir Dreyer, the champagne you requested." Laxus looked at the bottle and simply nodded his approval before the waiter poured the glasses and left again.

"This table works differently. I ordered are meals when I made the reservation. It is so we can spend time together in peace. They will come by only to bring us food. We have this table for the next three hours." Three hours? That sounds so long. He really did go way overboard. "So, we have plenty of time to get to know each other. Don't hold back Blondie, I want to know everything about you before the night is done." This may not be a real date, but it was by far the best. "What exactly would you like to know?"

"Well first off, I would like to know why you acted the way you did when we got here." I smiled at the warm memories of my mother. "My father was always working. There were times that he would go on business trips and my mother wanted to treat me like a royal princess so we would put our finest gowns on and come here for dinner. My father would never approve of this, so we always did it when he wasn't home." He frowned for a moment as if deciding to ask, but he did. "Why wouldn't he approve?" It was a simple answer, "because it was a waste of his money. Why go to a fancy restaurant when we had chefs at the house to cook for us?" He nodded knowing that my father was a sore subject and moved on.

"So, it'll eventually come up so you might as well tell me now. Why are you dating guys that aren't right for you when there are plenty of men at the guild that would do anything for you?" He clearly was insane. I have no idea what he is talking about. Guys at the guild doing anything for me? "Like who?" He smiled knowingly to tease me and it was truly frustrating. "Perhaps you should figure that out. Maybe me for example?" I nearly choked on the champagne and he boomed in laughter. "I'm just kidding Blondie. There is someone I have my eye on that I know I can get. Hell, I'm sure I already have." I had to know who! "Who is it?" He just shook his head at me. "No can do. You will know when everyone else finds out. I don't think it will take too long." Trying to be clever I figured I would put my detective work to the test. "Is she in the guild? Do I know her? How well do I know her if I do?" He winked at me and just nodded taking a nice long sip out of his glass. Right before I asked another question our soup came. If you could call it soup that is. It was a chilled puree of strawberries and pineapple. It was like an exotic smoothie in a bowl. So naturally, I loved it.

"Do you wish to become S-Class?" This question caught me by surprise. I would love to be strong enough to be an S-Class, but there was no way I ever could be. "I wish I were that strong." He looked angry with me. "You can be an S-Class! Starting tomorrow you and I are going to start training. You will become an S-Class and if you ever doubt yourself again I will be the one that beats the shit out of you." I knew he wouldn't actually hurt me, but I took his threat seriously and agreed. I was willing to have him train me. It would be amazing. "Thank you Laxus, for everything, not just for that. You've been a great friend and I can't wait to know you more."

"If Natsu get's his way you wont." I had to laugh at this. He was right. My over protective friend didn't think any man should be near me. He hated any time one even looked at me. "He will get over it. It's bad enough I can't get him to stop being one of those perverts. He climbs into my bed at least three nights a week." Laxus arched his eyebrow at my confession automatically making me feel like I shouldn't have said that. "We don't do anything! Hell, I'm asleep when he comes in!" He laughed at me. "That makes it sound worse Luce, I can make that stop though if you'd like." He winked at me and I blushed thinking about the scenarios that his perverted mind could come up with. "How would you do that Sparky?" He chuckled at my nickname for him and just slyly got up and grabbed my hand successfully pulling me up with him. I was confused at first until he pulled me to his chest. We had just finished our soup and had a little time before more food would come. He started to slow dance with me. To say I was surprised would be an understatement. I had no idea that Laxus knew how to dance and rather well!

"I could let him sneak in and my scent could be all over you. Plus I could still be in your bed." He winked at me as my face rivaled the color of Erza's hair. "I thought you had your eye on someone!" I smacked him on the arm and he pretended that it hurt with a pout on his face rubbing his hit arm. "I wouldn't do anything with you, just to play with him. Just think, it would drive him crazy!" That it would. "It would also give people the wrong idea. Natsu can't keep his mouth shut about anything." He spun me around which conveniently took me out of the waiters way as he put scallops and calamari on the table. He nodded to us and walked back down the stairs. "I think it would give Natsu the right idea. He needs to know that he can't horde you away. He treats you like his possession. I can smell him on you all the time. If I didn't know you I would think that he has mated you. He hasn't marked you so I know it's not true, but to other Dragon Slayers, you are already claimed to him and are off limits."

"What do you mean?" I did not like what he was implying. I knew that Natsu spent a lot of time with me and didn't like other men with me, but hording? "I mean exactly what I said. Like Dragons, we Dragon Slayers like to horde treasure, things that we really cherish. He loves you. It may not be romantically, but there is love there and he makes it known. He takes away your chance to be with another man by his forceful manner around you. You reek of him to me. Don't get me wrong, I've come accustomed to all the scents in the guild and they've become the smell of home for me, but he is all over you." He must have known I was getting upset, because he walked me back to the seat and sat down next to me. "We should eat while it's still hot Luce."

I couldn't get what he said out of my head. I ate our appetizer in silence. It didn't take long for our dinner to arrive. My mouth watered and sufficiently made me forget about Natsu as soon as I saw the roasted duck and sweet potato. It looked and smelled amazing and I couldn't wait to dive in. "I don't understand how skinny you are with the way you eat." I glared at him. "This is supposed to be a date mister! You're not supposed to insult me!" He just winked at me and continued to eat his meal. The duck didn't last long. We were back talking within minutes. "Let's talk about your magic. You have the capacity to become an amazing mage. I would like to test your limits with your magic and see if we can increase your power. I also want to work on you physically. No offense, but you're kind of helpless when it comes to having no keys on you." He was right.

"Why do you want to help me?" Maybe he expected this question because he didn't look offended with my lack of understanding, but he did seem a little annoyed that I asked anyway. "Well, sooner or later I will be the Master of this guild and I want everyone in it to be able to handle themselves. Don't give me that look; it's not about the power any more. You're my Nakama, my family. I don't want to lose anyone and if training will help that then why shouldn't I help you get strong. I told Cana this yesterday as well. She will be joining you in physical combat with me. I want you two to be fit and able to defend yourselves in any situation." It was very sweet and I could understand his reasoning. I haven't known Laxus for too long like this, but since the first day that Cana and I had our first shot fest Laxus, Gajeel, Freed, and Bickslow joined in making it pretty spectacular. My team went on a mission and I had ducked out because I had just finished a solo mission to pay my rent. I'm still not sure how I got home.

"You've become a great friend Sparky. I can't wait to ask Cana about your date with her tomorrow. We have a girls lunch and she is going to tell me everything!" He smirked and just nodded. His face turned a slight pink though. He turned away rather quickly so I wouldn't see it, but I did. I let it go for now knowing that he would be a closed book. I bet he was talking about Cana earlier when he said he had his eye on someone. I would even go as far as to say he planned all of this because of her. I knew my brain was in overdrive, but I just couldn't help it. My inner Mira was coming out and I wanted to see them together. They would make a good couple. My thoughts had to end though because the last dish of our fantastic meal was being placed on the table. It looked mouthwateringly delicious too. It was a chocolate cake with cherry syrup over the top and cherries looked to be in it and on top. I am so glad there were two because this was something I would not want to share. He had the same expression as I did because his eyes were glued to that piece of cake. "This right here is the reason I come here." I laughed at his words, but for the next five minutes both of us were silent just eating are amazing cakes.

Once we left the restaurant he used his lightning to bring us back home, more specifically in front of my home. "I do hope you had fun Luce, I know I did." He kissed me on the cheek and went to pull away. "No you don't!" I wanked on his arm and pulled him into a bone-crushing hug. "I had an amazing time with you Lax. Thank you so much for a great night. I guess there are some great guys out there." He pushed my door open and gently nudged me in. "Oh yeah? Does that mean I can stay and we continue this into your bedroom?" My face turned bright red. I knew he was playing with the smile on his face and wink he just gave me, but I still smacked his arm. I kissed his cheek and pushed him back out the door. He chuckled at me. "Have a good night Luce. I will see you tomorrow at the hall. Lets say eight?" I nodded at him and before closing the door I heard a good luck. Why would he say good luck?

As soon as I walked over to my closet to change I notice a very angry Natsu sitting on my bed. He was clearly waiting a while for me to get back home. I didn't tell him about the date with Laxus, he's probably mad about that. "Are you dating him?" It wasn't accusatory or harsh, but just a question, almost rehearsed though. "No, we went out as friends. He was a perfect gentleman though." Natsu didn't seem convinced, but he smiled at me nonetheless and came over to give me a lingering hug. It made me think back to what Laxus said earlier in the night. I told Natsu that I wanted to take a shower and go to sleep so he bid me farewell and jumped out of the window with the promise of seeing me in the morning and maybe picking out a job.

SOOOOOOO...That's chapter 1. I have a few chapters already done right now and no real indication where this story is going to actually go, but yeah. Tell me what you think and if there is something you think I should add. Maybe I will. I'm working on chapter 4 right now. I will most likely add the other 3 chapters soon. I just want to edit them and make sure they aren't too horrible for you. THANKS you guys. :)