Chapter Four

The full moon was high in the sky. Laxus waits but stays extra cautious. He's alone in No Man's Land; no Raijin Tribe, no where is safe for him since he's the son of the most powerful man in the land. But Laxus is not an easy target.

Mirajane walks from the thickets. Laxus stares at her. The moon light made her pale skin look alabaster, her hair glowed. She was clothed in a rouged dress that fell to her ankles. Laxus smirks at the wonder of what she must be wearing underneath.

"Sorry for making you wait, Laxus-san.", she says, pulling him out of his thoughts.

"Not at all.", Laxus says with a charming smile, "I will wait for any pretty girl."

"we are here for business purposes not to seduce each other.", Mirajane says, with a cold glare. "Do you understand why I am doing this?"

"Yes, I do. The same reason as me.", Laxus says.

"Stop the killing, stop the violence, and unite our people. Nothing else.", Mirajane says.

"What will we do with Ivan?", Laxus asks.

"Remove him from power, by any means possible."

"How do you expect to get inside the palace without being discovered?"

"No one knows how I look originally yet but just in case I'll be disguised as one of your personal servants. But when we are alone, out of Ivan's sight, we are two spies."

"So technically by day, you're my humble servant, and by night I'm your servant. Sounds strange but it'll do."

"I wouldn't say 'servant'. You are more like a partner."

"You're going as my sex slave?!", Laxus dramatically asks.

"is that what comes to your head when you hear the word 'partner'?"

"No. I was just messing with you.", Laxus gives her a impish grin.

One part of Mirajane was excited to work with him. But the other part was mumbling Are we seriously going to do this with him? She's been longing for him for what seemed decades, but it was one measly month in reality. But he's acting just as childish as Natsu and Gray can be.

"Can you act your age? I'm already stuck with two men childish as you. And they are younger than you.", Mirajane says. Laxus smirks. He likes seeing her annoyed like this. Something tells him that he's going to have fun working with her.

"I'm sorry Your Highness but you're working with me now. You're just going have to get used to it."

"You are so ignorant!", Mirajane says." Why must you act this way towards me?"

"Because you are easy to annoy. And I know you wont do anything about it.", Laxus says.

"You don't know me, buster.", Mirajane says.

"Oh now we have nicknames? I'm Buster, you can be Wench."

"Do not call me that.", Mirajane says, staring at the ground. She was getting vexed just talking to him. "No nicknames and no joking around."

"Okay, Wench."

"Don't call me wench!", Mirajane snaps. She hates being called that. Laxus thinks for a minute.

"Well, saying 'Mirajane' over and over gets annoying.", he pauses," Can I call you Mira?" Mirajane stiffens. No one calls her that except her close friends and her siblings.

"You didn't earn the respect to call me Mira. Ask me again when you think I can respect you." Mirajane looks up to the sky. "The sun is rising soon we must get to your palace, now."

"I have a horse. Lets go.", Laxus starts walking but Mirajane doesn't follow. He stops once he realized she isn't behind him. He looks at her wondering when will she will move her feet. "You coming?"

"Laxus…. I'm afraid…."

"Of what? There's only me. Come on, you said yourself we must go."

"But what if we were being watched?"

"Trust me I would know if we were being watched. Calm down, okay? We have to go. We don't have time to be so wary.", Laxus walks back over to her and he takes her hand and gives it a light squeeze, "If it was because I was being an ass, I'm sorry. I barely know you but I don't like seeing you like this."

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't be acting like this. Its just that now I have this feeling something bad is going to happen. Laxus are you sure no one followed you?"

"Yes, I am. What about you? Do you have any one that'll worry for your well-being?"

"All of my people. They are always there for me they aren't just my citizens but they are my friends." Mirajane looks down at her feet. Laxus cups her chin and makes her eyes meet his. Mirajane's heart begins to race, she found her self lost in his gaze. They move in for a kiss. Mirajane knew it but she wasn't in a hurry to move away. She can't deny her heart any longer. But suddenly, Laxus pulls back.

"We must go.", his voice low," We don't have time for this." Mirajane looks down once again, disappointed with the outcome of this meeting. They could've kissed but Laxus drew back. She knows he's afraid too. They are enemies in war, but they are falling for each other by the second in each others company. But they also can't fall in love for the sake of their people. They can't afford distractions. None. Maybe when the war is done they can be happy. But the fight's not done yet. They have to make themselves wait for a good end to the story that they had begun.

They walk to Laxus' horse. He helps her up and he too mounts. He grabs hold of the reins and soon they were running in the wind. Mirajane holds tightly to Laxus, hoping they can make it back on time. They need all the time they can get.

Mirajane found herself staring at the magnificent palace. Never in her life would she imagine that the castle would be this grand. This building would dwarf the size of her own palace greatly. Laxus caught her staring and he smiles. She was so cute when she was in awe. He watches her as she questions herself if she could touch the gold plated walls.

"What is this brilliant yellow stuff on the walls?", she asks.

"You never seen gold before?", Laxus asks in disbelief. She's a queen she must've seen gold plenty of times.

"I seen it in stories but not in person. So this is gold?", she touches the walls, gingerly. She looked like a child, full of curiosity and wonder. She would probably soon run up and down the halls if she were really that young.

"So you never seen the luxuries of a queen?"

"Queen is just a title. I like to live a nice simple life alongside my friends."

Laxus was still watching her. She may say its only a title, but to him, who lived in royalty his whole life, she seems more like a queen by the minute. The way she walks, the way she talks, and the way she looks is full of grace and tranquility. She was the most graceful person he seen. She was full of it and she had the things he could simply see. Kindness, love, beauty that's inside and out, and the loyalty to anyone she comes across. He was madly in love with her but he couldn't show her the way he feels. They were partners to overthrow Ivan. They cant let their feelings interfere. But how he longed to touch her, feel her, and make her feel like she's all his. He wanted to make her his, and he knows she wants that, too. But feelings cannot interfere. But they wanted it badly. They want to be each others badly. But Ivan stands in the way. They needed him gone. His elimination comes first.

They hear someone coming. They run behind a pillar. Once they realized that it was just a kitchen maid, they start giggling. But they were right to hide. Mirajane was not in her disguise yet. Laxus walked her to his bedroom for her to change. She goes to his bathroom, while he sits on his bed.

There was a knock at the door.

"Your Highness?", It's just a foot soldier." His majesty would like to see you in the briefing room."

"Laxus, who is that?", Mirajane asks, loudly.

"oh…Um, sorry for disturbing you…I didn't know…The king would like to see you though.", the solider sounded like he was a jumbled mess, after hearing Mirajane's voice.

"You know you didn't have to speak up.", Laxus says.

"So?", Mirajane shrugs, "It's all part of the fun."

"You are unbelievable. You know that?", Mirajane smiles brightly at him.

"You are, too. We're perfect together.", Laxus chuckles, with a slight blush in his cheeks.

"What are you going to do with your hair?", he asks.

"Just with a wave of my hand, I'm a brunette.", Mirajane says, frivolously,

waving her hands in his face. Laxus takes them into his and gives them a light kiss, then another, then another…..

Mirajane stood there, her face becoming red as a rose. She pulls them back, quickly. Laxus sits there, smirking. Mirajane slaps him in the face, "Don't do that."

"Then, don't wave them in my face and I wont.", Laxus says, rubbing his cheek she just slapped.

"Ignorant bastard…", she grumbles. She continues mumbling insults, as she went back to the bathroom to do her hair. Laxus sits there, still smirking like an idiot.

She comes back out, her hair deep brown now. Laxus pouts. Brown hair doesn't suit her.

"Ready to meet the old man?", Laxus asks.

"Absolutely not.", her determination glinted in her eyes though. She really was.

"Okay, lets go.", Laxus opens the door for Mirajane. She walks out and they walk down the hall to their first test of the plan.

Hey, everyone. I got some romancing in here now. Truth be told halfway thru I forgot what I was even typing, lol. I'm sorry if you have to wait a bit for my updates, but it's a long process for me. My laptop is practically a dinosaur so it cant connect to the internet anymore so I transfer my document to my flash drive and post it at the school library. To me it's a pain in the butt. Thank you for the reviews everyone. You guys catch the stuff I miss. I tend to ramble when I'm writing my stories so I'll either forget a word or spell things wrong. Or like I said before I'll forget what I'm typing. It's probably a imperfection of me(heck, I'm turning sixteen next month, I'm still young so I have time to fix that.). Okay, now I'm rambling again! Enough talk now I got to start on chapter five. Thanks again and stay tuned!

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