Alright, it's not long because it's an intro. I hope you all like it. I saw a picture of Lucy and her relationships with all of the guild members, and I thought about the other relationships in the guild. I want to do two, so this is the first one of Gray and Laxus. There are no pairings in this, and of course I don't own Fairy Tail.
Laxus Drayer surveyed the S-class request board. After the Grand Magic Games, a slew of new requests came into the guild, and many of them requested specific mages. He looked over a few of the various requests, but only one caught his eye. It wasn't a huge job, just requesting for two mages to go and take care of a small time thieves guild that was working a small road into a village, not letting travelers in or out without relieving them of their possessions and money. It wasn't to far away, only two days journey, and it wasn't a big job, would take only a day to complete. The problem was it wanted two mages. That meant he couldn't go alone, not that his grandpa would let him anyway, and he couldn't take his team. If he choose any one of them over the other two, he would never hear the end of it. Looking around the guild hall, Laxus realized just how long it had been since he had gone with anyone else on a job. When he was a kid he remembered both Cana and Gray having joined and his grandpa would make him accompany them both on their missions until Erza had joined. That was when he stopped going with others until he formed his own team. It would be a nice change of pace to spend time with another guild member. Now the question remained on who to take. His grandpa would defiantly want him to take an S-class candidate or an S-class mage, so that left only a small selection. Mirajane would be a good choice, but he didn't want to separate her from her siblings. Erza was also out on a job with Natsu and Lucy. Looking around Laxus noticed Gray sitting at the bar. He had almost forgotten that Gray had stayed behind from the job to go out on one with Juvia and they had returned the day before. He smirked, figuring it would be an interesting match up. After all, he hadn't gone out on a job with Gray since he was nine, and after his display in the games, Laxus was interested in seeing just how much the ice-make mage had improved over the past years. He tore the request from the board and went down to the main floor. "Hey Gray," he called, and the ice mage turned to him in surprise, not expecting Laxus to have called him. Laxus stopped in front of him. "when are you going out on your next job?" he asked. Gray thought for a second and shrugged.
"Don't know, why?" he asked. It was odd for Laxus to take an interest in what he was doing. Laxus held the request so Gray could see it.
"Want to go on an S-class job?" he asked. Gray looked surprised, as did Juvia, Freed, Bickslow, and Evergreen. Mirajane just chuckled.
"Why are you inviting him Laxus?!" Freed cried, wondering what he could have done wrong that Laxus wouldn't want him to go with him on a job. Laxus turned to his team.
"Don't take it personal. I can only take one other mage with me, and besides, the three of you were requested for a job anyway. We'll be back the same time as you." Laxus said, trying to show he wasn't picking anyone over his team. Gray nodded.
"Sure, let's go." he agreed. Laxus nodded and slid the paper over to Mirajane who jotted the information down before handing it back to him.
"Got anything you need to get?" Laxus asked. Gray shook his head and Laxus nodded. "Good, then we can just go." he said. With a wave to Mirajane, the two mages stood and went out the door, leaving the entire guild amazed at the unlikely team.
"Lighting and Ice...this will be interesting." Mira mused.