Previously

I get up when I reach for the handle from the door I hear crashing and more screams. I go storming through the door and see the person I never wanted to see again. I haven't seen him since I was a child. That bastard.

It's my DAD.

Chapter 3 – The Uninvited Guests

Laxus' POV

'Why does this not surprise me? Is it because this is something he would do? Or maybe it's because I really can't be bothered to put up with his shit?'

Then I see something move from behind him. It's Lucy, she's trying to get out of the hold around her waist. Suddenly, I'm pissed off. I can't believe he would come into MY guild and then take MY members hostage. I glare at my father. I don't even know why I call him that when all he has done to me my whole entire life has hurt me. Physically, mentally and emotionally. In the background I hear battle cries, screams of torture and the worst of all the crashing knowing that someone in my guild could be getting hurt because of me sends pains straight through to my heart.

'What are you doing here?' I grunt the whole sentence.

'What? No hello, son?'

'I am not your son!' I nearly scream the last word, 'Why are you doing this?'

'Well, I thought you would be happy about this since you have betrayed your guild before, so what's another time, right? And, I thought we could have some father-son bonding torturing this weak guild, if you can call it that.'

'I am not that person anymore!'

'Oh really, then I guess if you want your guild back, then YOU will have to fight me. Since, you are the temporary guild master, right?'

'Okay, but you will stop this attack and we will go outside.'

'Okay, but let's make this interesting since we can all tell you have a little thing for Blondie, over there. If I win, then I get Blondie' He said with a smirk on his disfigured face 'and if you win I will leave your guild alone forever, deal?'

I look at Lucy to see her eyes wide in surprise at what my father said about me liking her. She also looks scared at the thought of me losing but I have beaten him once and he had his strongest fighters on his side at the time. Knowing him he will probably cheat or something, but I have got to make this deal otherwise he will destroy the guild and the master will make me leave Fairy Tail forever. It's worth a shot, I guess.

'Okay I'll do it' I say as confident as possible, but it sounds wavering.

'STOP!' he screams it at the top of his lungs.

Suddenly, everything freezes, everyone stops what they're doing. Everyone is staring at us I know it without even looking around we are on the second floor of the guild hall on the balcony. And everyone has the perfect view of our conversation and hears everything too.

'OUTSIDE, EVERYONE. We have made a deal Laxus and I will fight to the death and if he wins I will leave his guild alone but if I win he has to give blondie to me.'

There is an uproar from Fairy Tail about this deal.

'I know this is not the best deal there has been with Fairy Tail but it's the only option of keeping this guild hall and all its members standing.' I say in a rational voice

'How can you trade Luce? We can beat them I know we can just leave them all to me. I can make them all disappear.' Natsu shouted in disbelief and arrogance.

'No, Natsu. This not to be discussed. Have faith in me, I have beat him before and I will beat him again.' Laxus replied.

Natsu grunted in response, most of the guild members either look disgusted at the deal or surprised that I would actually make a deal like that. Everyone slowly makes their way out of the guild hall doors to the fighting ground from a quiet nothing to a crowd fill to the brim in uproar.

'I have decided that since you are right, I will let someone else take my place to fight you. And I chose my newest member of my guild, Raven.'

'NO, you can't do that. We said that WE would fight to the death.'

'But as you just said, I cannot beat you, so my newest guild member is more up to your level, so it's only far don't you think.'

Then a girl who looked like she was 18 years old with jet black hair and the darkest eyes you would have ever seen in your entire life. She came up to my shoulders, she had the deadliest look on her face. She was wearing a plain black tank top with her pale skin underneath and a pair of black jeans and a pair of black high-top converse.

'You afraid I'll kill you.' She said smirking arrogantly 'Okay, instead of to-the-death the first one to knock the other out wins deal.'

'That's not-' My father was going to continue when I say.

'Deal' I reply cutting him off.

She didn't even say anything before she came right at me punching me in the stomach, I immediately bend over. Then she kneed me in the head which made me jerk back up, she punched me in the nose, so I clutched it. Then my senses started to awaken. She went for enough punch to the stomach I blocked with my left fore-arm. With my right hand I sent a loaded lightning punch to her face she was sent flying into the brick wall of the guild. That's when I heard all the cheering around me, cheering me on or screaming at Raven to get up. When I looked back at her I saw she was running straight at me with what looked like some sort of magic before I even knew what was happening I was flying into the tree 10ft behind me as I was laying on the floor she was saying,

'I'm a fire god slayer, didn't think of that now did you?'

Then I hear Natsu scream, 'What the fuck? When he wins, and she wakes up I'm going to fight her and beat her. She can't me stronger than me. I'm the strongest person in Fairy Tail.'

'Shut up, Natsu!' I hear Erza and Gray scream in unison.

I got up off the tree and stood there and said 'I don't care what magic you use because I am not letting you take away this guild or LUCY. Do you understand me?'

'Let me guess, she's your mate?' she said in a whisper so that only the dragon slayers could hear including myself. Most of the dragon slayers either looked surprised or happy. Mainly Natsu looked about to kill Laxus.

'What?' I said in shock. I couldn't even register her words.

'Oh my god, you don't even know! Ha, that hilarious!'

'So why do you want to fight even though I am fighting for my mate and you know that dragon/god slayers have mates that they would die for?' We were now having a conversation just in whispers while continuously throwing punches at each other while blocking from attacks. I didn't care if the other dragon slayers knew anymore.

'Because I wanted to know if you knew for a start and I didn't exactly I had choice.'

'Everyone has a choice.' I say boldly.

'You're right but not if they threaten your life.'

'Then join Fairy Tail we're not like that and we are your family.' I say surprising everyone in a normal volume and all of Fairy Tail looked as if they were going to protest in disgust and all of my father's guild looked as if they most repulsive thing was just said. She looked as shocked as anyone else.

'What?!' She said shocked while halting mid-punch.

'I said if you want to join Fairy Tail there is a place for you, but you would have to stop this attack right now.'

'Why would you offer me a place in your guild?'

'Because we are family and you need a family. Guilds should me be family to each other not kill each other. So, what's your answer?'

'Okay.' Raven had a look of relief on her face, silently thanking the gods for her luck and hopeful future within a guild.