A.N. Once again I would like to thank all of you lovely people out there who have been reading my story and when I say out there I mean out there. There are people from the Philippines, Cuba, Australia, and Japan to name a few. Those countries are really far away from the USA where I am, so it is awesome that there are people practically all over the world reading this. I am sad to say that there are no review responses this time, so make sure to leave a review, that way we can have some for next time. I make sure to read every single one of them because I take your opinions to heart. Quick warning: This is going to be a mildly fluffy chapter, and that means it is not my fault if you implode from the fluff. Now that that is out of the way, let's begin.
P.S. The only thing I own here is the plot. The characters and Fairy Tail franchise itself belong to Hiro Mashima.
Chapter 4: Surprise Partner
3rd Person P.O.V.
"Where the hell is that damned train?" asked a certain blonde Celestial Mage. Although, she was directing her question nobody in particular, somebody heard her. Or perhaps two somebodies that had been following her since she left the Fairy Tail guild hall. They had explicit orders from Master Makarov to watch and protect Lucy, but above all else, not to be seen doing so. The two wizards were currently hiding behind a pillar at the station even though only one of them was supposed to be there. The other had insisted on coming along because Lucy was his best friend.
"Come on, Laxus, please let me come with you" whined the pink haired fire mage. "No way in hell. Gramps gave me the order to watch over Blondie and he told you to stay put at the guild, but you just don't listen do you?" scolded the much larger lightning mage. The fire dragon slayer the proceeded to make an attempt at punching the lightning dragon slayer but was quickly knocked backwards into plain view of the person they were following.
"Natsu..." growled the now very pissed off Lucy who was still waiting for her train to arrive. Luckily, Natsu still had enough brain cells in his head to know that this would be a good time to run back to the guild with Happy. "I'M SORRY, LUCY!" yelled the fire mage as he ran away, terrified at the dark aura emanating from his friend. "Well that seemed to do the trick" said a familiar voice. "Oh, hey, Laxus" greeted the now cheerful girl as though nothing happened. Laxus just blinked in surprise a her sudden change in personality. A second ago she had been as scary as Erza on a bad day, but now she was behaving as spirited as Mira when she found a new OTP.
The train had finally pulled into the station. Laxus had to find some sort of excuse to go with her. " Hey, Laxus?" asked the blonde Celestial mage timidly. "Yeah, what is it?" he responded. She was trying to work up the courage to ask him to go with her but apparently her facial expression was enough to get the message across. "I'll go with you if that's what you're asking" Lucy's face immediately lit up at his understanding of what she wanted to ask. "Really? You would do that? I mean I don't want to be a burden but if it's no trouble-" she was interrupted by his explanation "Calm down, Blondie. It's no trouble at all, plus I've been looking for an excuse to get away from the Thunder God Tribe for a few days." his excuse was flawless. "Now, let's go before we miss the train" he added.
Laxus P.O.V.
Why did it have to be fucking trains? Why couldn't we be on a job somewhere that we could walk to? I could feel my stomach turning from the movement of the train to Rivent. I just put on my sound pods and turned up the music even though I could still hear what people were saying because of my dragon senses. The train made a somewhat sharp turn and I could feel my face turning green. "Laxus, are you alright? You're looking a bit green there" Blondie asked with obvious concern in her voice. "Yeah, it's just the motion sickness. Ya know, from being a dragon slayer" I managed to say between deep breaths. "Come here and take a nap" she suggested with a motherly tone. I couldn't see the harm in taking a little nap. Besides, we were already mostly through the second day of the train ride. I was already dosing off as I laid my head on her shoulder. Then I felt something going through my hair and it was really calming.
I felt my breath hitch as I realized that the very woman whose shoulder I was resting on, was petting me. I could feel myself start to purr. She giggled at my reaction. That damned Blondie and her fucking adorable laugh. Wait, adorable? What the hell am I thinking? Then I heard something that I both was and wasn't expecting. Her heartbeat had sped up and mine was in perfect synchronization with hers. I felt her lean her head against mine and we both dozed off into a contented slumber. Damn, Blondie, what are you doing to me?
As the night progressed I woke up for a few seconds to see that we were laying on the seat and she was curled up on my chest, in my arms. Well, this is unexpected, but not unwelcome. I thought as I drifted back to sleep with Blondie still in my arms.
I woke up the next day facing towards the wall of the compartment and noticed a certain Blondie clinging to me while she was still fast asleep. Then the conductor's voice came over the speakers "Attention all passengers we will be arriving at Rivent Station in approximately 30 minutes. We hope you enjoyed the trip." I decided to detach myself from Blondie and change into a fresh outfit in the bathroom car of the train. As soon as I got back I figured that I should probably wake up Blondie. I then did what anyone would do in my situation. I started to poke her face until she woke up. When she finally did wake up the conductor had just finished announcing that we would arrive in ten minutes. "Good morning, Sleeping Blondie" I said as soon as she looked awake enough to acknowledge speech. "Morning, Laxus" she replied sleepily. I felt like now might be a good time to tell her that we were arriving at the station in ten minutes. Let's just say that her reaction was priceless.