Hiro Mashima own fairy tail and it's characters

Chapter 3

-The black tiger-

"L-L-Laxus !?" Lucy shrieked as she stare wide eyed at laxus

"Geez .. Blondie.. you don't have to scream that loud... "He said as he covered his ears

"s-ss-sorry .."she stuttered

"Tch .. "Laxus mumbled "so ... why are you here any way .. aren't you supposed to be in the guild or somethin?"

Lucy looked away, her face was masked in an emotionless facade, but her eyes told everything that needed to be said, looking at the blonde's expression Laxus was confused at first but then as he looked at her hand he understood whats happening ...

"Oh .. sorry blondie ... " laxus muttered

"No .. its fine .. anyway what are you doing here laxus ?"Lucy said, trying to change the subject.

"nothing much.. "he said nonchalantly, but he wasn't going to let go of the matter just yet. "so.. you quit the guild ? "he asked

Lucy's face once again filled with sadness as tears prickled down her cheeks.

Laxus stared wide eyed at the blonde in front of him, even though he was the mighty Lightning dragon, he was never good dealing with crying women, seeing a girl crying in front of him was his weakness.

"W-w-what the... hey, stop crying.. sorry I ask .. so stop crying now okay ? " he stuttered as he wailed his arms up and down nervously, not knowing what to do to cheer the girl up. "hey .. I said I was sorry didn't I? so stop with the cryin ... !"he plead, anxiety taking control of him

As he stared down at the girl, not knowing what to do, he was dazed as he heard her giggles. It was like little bells ringing through the air, calming him in an instant. His gaze stayed at the girl in front of him as she wiped away her tears and tried to stifle her laugh.'oh .. never knew she had a wonderful laugh..'

"oh .. i never thought that the mighty thunder god is a softy inside ..." she said as her giggles filled the air.

"What ? i aint a softy Blondie!" he yelled

"oh yeah ? didn't you just stuttered ? oh mighty Laxus " she said the last part in an exaggerated way as she pointed her index finger playfully at him

"tch.. what ever .."he said as he turned his head away in an attempt to hide his embarrassment

"any way .. yes is the answer to your question earlier.. i did quit Fairy tail .."she said to him as she looked him straight in the eye, her voice was traced with a hint of sadness at the word fairy tail "now, does my answer satisfies the question?'she asked with a sigh

"kinda-"

"kinda? " she raised an eyebrow at him curiously

"yeah, kinda ... one more thing though ... why are you here ? shouldn't you be at home now, cryin your eyes out ? " it was his turn to mock her

"hey ! I'm not a cry baby you know !" she yelled, trying to defend herself, at that Laxus raised an eyebrow but kept quiet. "tch .. I'm here to train, there's a meadow deep in the forest, the spirits told me that it would be a great place to train and my mother once trained there too.."she trailed off, her eyes becoming dull as she recalled the memory of her mother, the time she spent with her mother before she got an illness and died.

Laxus eyebrows furrowed as he watched the girl in front of him, one minute she was bubbly, the other depressed. After a full minute spent in silence, he snapped his finger right in front of the blonde, but she didn't responded, he tried to clap his hand and calling her name but to no avail. He was getting pissed, no one and not on person may ignore him, with Lightning crackling on his hand and a smirk plastered onto his face, he sent a small spark to Lucy and his smile grew as he heard her yelped in shock .

"Hey ! what was that for Laxus !?"Lucy screamed at him, startling some of the passer by's

Laxus just shrugged, "Well you ignored me,.. No one ignores me .."he stated casually, as if it was a common knowledge

" Tch .. damn you" she glared ice daggers at him, meanwhile he just shrugged. "what an idiot jerk arrogant bastard.."Lucy mumbled quietly, but sadly it was loud enough for the slayer.

"What was that? "'Laxus glared at her, now his attention fully on her

Lucy flinched but stood her ground and played innocent "what was what ? "she said pretending nothing had happened, her expression portrayed nothing but innocent

"oh I think you know what i mean .."he scowled at her, hi eyes glint threateningly, at that Lucy cowered in fear completely intimidated by his glare

"sorry .."she apologized, pouting slightly."But you do deserve it Laxus ! shocking people with electricity for stupid reasons is nonsense! "she told him, her index finger pointed at him in an accusing manner

"tch ..."

she glared at him but then got an idea, a brilliant one. "hey Laxus, you're strong right ? "she said as her eyes glinted mischievously

he raised an eyebrow at her, not sure where this conversation will lead him "yeah so ? what is it to ya blondie ? " he finally said after a moment of silence

"so... train me ..pretty please Laxus .."she said while giving him the puppy dog eyes, those eyes stared at him pleadingly, how could he say no to those eyes? those eyes that mesmerized him so much, to the point that he almost want to do anything for her, just to keep those eyes forever on him

"sure why not? .. but whats in it for me ?" he asked, raising an eyebrow curiously at her, his mind wondering on what he would do to her when he trained her, he would make her carry boulders, run laps and hundreds of push ups ... 'oh this is going to be fun' he smirked inwardly.

She was expecting this, heck, she even prepared the answer even before it was asked! As she looked up at Laxus, her eyes glinted in mischief. "Well if you train me, I won't tell other people that you're actually a softy inside those fierce façade ..."She smirked as she saw Laxus wide eyed, shock written all over his face.

"you wouldn't dare!" he finally said after a long minute of silence, he didn't believe that she would do something like that, the bubbly and cheerful mage he once saw in the guild wouldn't do something like that, would she ?

"Try me ... Go on... Don't train me and we'll see what people thinks when they hear that the mighty Laxus Dreyar is actually a softy inside.." she said as she looked him square in the eyes, amusement and determination could be clearly seen on her face. Laxus realized that she wasn't joking, immediately agreed to train her. "I'll train you blondie .. but you do as I say.. ya hear ?"he grunted at her.

"okay .. it's a deal .." Lucy squealed in delight

" it's already midnight lets start training in that meadow of yours tomorrow .. "he said as they walked towards the town, searching for an inn.

The next day Lucy and Laxus woke up early in the morning and headed for the forest. After a couple of hours wondering around the woods aimlessly trying to find the meadow, they finally decided to call Loke, and made him show the way

"Open the gate of the Lion, Leo!" Lucy chanted as she opened the gate

"Yes Princess? Do you miss me? Because I sure do—"Loke started then stopped as he saw who was beside his dear master. "Lucy! Get away from him! He's dangerous..." he told her as he planted himself between Laxus and Lucy, eyeing the lightning mage warily, in a battle stance, ready to attack when needed.

"Loke .. Calm down, Laxus here is going to train me ..."she said softly as she placed a hand on the lion's shoulder, trying to calm him down

"wha-at ?" he stared at Lucy, confused

"yeah .. I'm gonna train her, and its only because blondie there black mailed me ! "he growled at Lucy, meanwhile she just stuck her tongue out and mocked him, as the two of them started in a verbal battle, Loke gawked back and forth from his master to the mage in front of her. After a while the confused Loke chuckled at the 2 blonde's antics, they were acting like a 5 year old, the quarrelling mages looked just like a quarreling husband and wife, they suited each other.

"Umm … guys ..." he started. Trying to break the fight and moved on the next topic

"What?!" Laxus and Lucy answered at the same time, turning their head to the orange haired man. Loke sweat dropped at that, 'wow, they even answered in unison ? ...' hethought to himself

"Sorry to interrupt ... But why did you call me? "He said as he looked at Lucy then to Laxus

"Oh yeah, about that Loke … can you lead the way to the meadow? We're kind of lost ..."Lucy explained as she regained back her composure.

"Sure ... It's this way ..." Loke led them through the forest and pass the bushes. The two mage mocked and made faces at each other as they travel to their destinations. They had walked for a couple of hours through the dark forest when they saw a clearing, as they went through to the clearing, a small breeze blows towards them, the smell of the earth and freshness filled the air. The meadow was a round clearing with cliffs towering over it, it was peaceful place, with green vegetation scattered everywhere, a small river flows at one side of it, and a cave at the other.

"its beautiful !" Lucy said, her expression full of awe and wonder, while Laxus's was one of utter shock, he never knew such a place existed.

"it is isn't it? …"Loke asked. Then suddenly he turned around, facing Laxus, "Laxus .. I now leave her in your care, we, her spirits entrusts you to keep her safe.. You may train her anyway you can ..." his expression turned grim "..But... If you hurt her, I Loke on behalf of all her spirits swore that we will hunt you down till the end of the earth.. Mark our words..For this is your only warning ..."he said... then he faced his Lucy and bowed "Lucy ... I'll take my leave now … take care ..."with that, he shimmered and disappeared.

"Wow ... Some spirits you have there ..."Laxus finally said raising an eyebrow at Lucy moments after Loke left.

"yeah—"Lucy started but was cut by a low growl coming from behind them, as they turned and started to look cautiously towards the dense trees,

a feminine voice called out to them "Humans, why are you here ? "

"who are you ? show yourself !" Lucy said as her hands reached to her keys while Laxus's lightning sparked near her.

"I asked, why are you here humans ..."the voice boomed again, a rustle came from the bushes as the creature revealed itself... There near the trees, behind Laxus, a black tiger watched them cagily, it's golden eyes hostile.

yay ! i finally finished it ... wohooo... anyway guys .. please..please .. review .. i want to know what you thinks .. thanks

- cloudless midnight