Several days had passed where Ashton didn't show up. Laxus expected that, he'd come on a little strong about whatever she was going through and she didn't even know him except by name and meeting him on her first day. She'd been here four months and he'd hardly seen her other than that. He felt a little bad, he's supposed to be the next guild master. Every single member of the guild should be on his priority list. But between the heavy influx of s-class mission lately that needed he and his team, the heavy amount of paperwork that was only what his grandfather couldn't attend to that day. He was lagging for time to even shower, eat and train himself.
He looked over her thin file from the shelf in the main office. She was made into a magic user by a rare accident of being hit by lightning during a thunderstorm. Instead of killing her it melded with her body and bloodstream and forced her to control it early on. She nearly killed a friend right after it happened. He found it odd that her eyes weren't the reaction of the lightning in her body, but he ignored that. Plenty of people were born with strange eyes and hair that didn't have any magic abilities.
Thats why she was at Fairy Tail, to learn how to control her new abilities. She'd only had them a little over a year and she had just enough of a handle on them to not electrocute someone who accidently touched her. That needed fixing, soon. Lightning was a very dangerous element to even think to be playing with on a good day. A powerful mage could possibly deflect a natural bolt but would be even less likely to survive the blow back. It was an element that was close to the mages emotions and body language. If it went unchecked, she could cause some serious damage to not only the guild but everyone near her if she ever released it all accidently.
Which raised another question. She hadn't specified what her magic container was. That was a usual question to a Fairy Tail application form. She wrote that she didn't know because she had no idea how to measure something like that. Perhaps he could suggest she try out the training grounds. They had a dummy somewhere that is used for measuring magic power. So, there was absolutely no telling how much she had stored in her body at any given time. Laxus could scent it on her skin, and the underlying current beneath that skin like a livewire. Another thing to worry about. She had quite a bit stored up, not enough that he could tell to really cause anyone deadly harm but enough that she posed a danger of went pent up inside of her.
Choice made, Laxus grabbed the thin file and left his post at the railing because he was not in fact watching for her the past few days, nope, and made his way into his grandfather's main office.
"Come in." Laxus stepped inside and made sure the door was clicked shut before turning and standing on the other side of the desk from his grandfather. When the small old and looked up at Laxus silence he furrowed his bushy grey brows a set his pen down on eh desk. "What's the matter my Boy?"
"One of the new members, Blitz, lightning mage." raising a brow Makarov glanced at the now open file on his desk and where Laxus had circled parts where she couldn't answer the questions on the application. Quite few of them were unfilled and had to do with her abilities.
"Ah, I wondered if you would look at that for me." Makarov hopped up to stand atop the files and bent a bit to look at them closely for another moment. "I wouldn't have let her join with all of this but for one reason."
"And that is?" with his own raised brow Laxus crossed his arms, biceps bulging with the movement.
"She went to Sabretooth first. Orga refused to train her." Laxus blanched, frozen for a rare moment in surprise. Orga was a bit of an asshole but Laxus didn't figure the man would pass up a pupil with her abilities. Lightning magic was already rare enough to aster, him excluded because of his implanted lacrima. "She came here to ask for training. I told her to acquaint herself with the guild first and then she would come to me when she felt ready to ask for help. She hasn't shown up yet. I fear she may be a bit terrified of asking for help." Makarov smiled sadly.
Laxus pinched the bridge of his nose. "has she taken and jobs at all? Has anyone seen her powers?" Makarov shakes his head slowly. "So, she's got uncontrolled powers, she's completely untrained and no one knows how much of a kick she has behind her? Aare you fucking crazy?! Gramps! What if Natsu fucking challenged her to fight? We don't know what type pf lightning she has exactly, what if she accidently hurts one of the guild?!"
Makarov wanted to smirk behind his mustache at his grandson. The man had come so far form someone who couldn't care less about the weaker members of his guild to wanting to know as much as he could and helping where he was most needed. This would be one of those times where the dragon slayer was really needed for his abilities. "I was waiting for her to come of her own accord. But since she hasn't. I was going to ask you to train her Laxus. No one else has your level of knowledge besides the dragon soul that lives in your lacrima. I fear if her heart might give out the way she holds in so much power."
Laxus groaned and threw his head back as he stared at the ceiling. He desperately did not need more on his plate but what could he do? He couldn't leave an untrained mage with his ability in the guild with no control. And he wouldn't push her to the street like Orga had done, ore to rub it in that assholes face than anything. Sabretooth was lacking members now since Sting had taken over and cleared out the bad seeds. Another lightning mage would have given them a better edge against Fairy Tail. Idiot.
"I'm not doing anymore paperwork until she's trained..." Makarov clapped his hands together and a big grin came across his face as she shooed out Laxus from his office.
So Laxus moved back to the railing and growled low in his throat. He didn't need an apprentice, but she needed a mentor and Laxus was turning into a fucking bleeding heart now. Whatever.
