Luna sat in her room at the inn and wondered how things were going for her friends. They had just entered the sky labyrinth and she had not heard of a winner or what guilds have made it through. She had heard that the elimination round was over with and that the guilds who had made it through would be there.
She grinned as she saw Fairytail had made it out. The other guilds hadn't interested her, until she saw him walk out. "Laxus!" she squealed and he looked up at her and grinned. She took the brown coat that was draped over her shoulders and she threw it out into the arena. He grinned even wider and caught it, draping it over his own shoulders.
They chose the ones to compete in hidden and the rest found a place to sit back and watch. Luna's eyes never left Laxus as he walked away. She smirked; master had put her in a very special place, despite her telling them that she was not going to compete. She made her way to Fairytail team A's entrance and sat there and watched as Erza and the others, all but Lucy, came into the entrance way. She had on a purple halter top that the design matched theirs, black denim shorts, and heels like Cana wore. Daisy cheered for her as she leaned against the wall of the entrance and watched Lucy and Flare.
Luna grit her teeth when she noticed the drain spell they had performed on Lucy. She fisted her hands and made her way to the honeybone hotel. When she got there she changed and sat down to eat. The others came in and they all began talking about how every one of the Fairytail teams lost. The moment Mystogan walked in Luna's punch sent him flying right back out.
"Nani!? What the hell was that!?" Luna yelled and everyone turned to look at her. "How dare you lose Mystogan!? I know you can do better than that!" she yelled and followed him to where he had hit the wall and had begun stomping on him. "G-Gomennasai…" he said and she sighed and turned around, to see Erza giving her a dirty look. "You wanna go too Erza? I will get rid of you as well! I have no quarrels in doing so!" she said and Erza sighed. "Whatever."
Luna strode into the sun bar where everyone had gathered and sighed. Her eyes were drawn to Laxus and she grinned. She stole Macao's beer, chugged it, then ran over to Laxus. "Ano…Laxus..." she called out and Gajeel grinned at her. "Oh…Blondie has come to play?" he asked and she glared at him. "Not with you metal-head!" she snapped and Laxus chuckled, Gajeel's head sagged and he shrugged. He saw Natsu try and start a fight, but Laxus told him not to. The moment Gajeel started patting Laxus' head Luna grit her teeth and shocked him. "Dammit metal-head. Leave him alone." She snapped and Gajeel hit the floor.
Laxus laughed then turned to her. "Do your best, Laxus-kun." She said and smiled. He held a hand out to her and she blinked. She completely ignored his hand and lunged to give him a hug. "Win, Laxus. Show them all what the lightning slayers are made of, ne?" she asked and he nodded. Fried began prattling on about how she shouldn't touch Laxus but she jerked her head to him and glared at him. "Are you sure you want to say any of that to me? Are you absolutely sure you want to tell ME that I can't touch Laxus?" she asked with a dark look and he paled.
Laxus sighed and looked away. "So now you are fighting over me too? I thought they had enough idiocy to fight over me because of us being in a group together, but you as well?" he asked and looked back at her. She was smiling at him. "They have no right to try and fight over you when it comes to trying to take you from me. That's because they can't separate us. I'm always going to be here, right by your side, because without you, I'm nothing. And without me, you are nothing. Everyone knows this, so they have no right to try and tell me to leave you alone." She said quietly looking away from him.
He smirked. "Could it be…that you want to be-"he began but her lips crushed against his and he raised a brow. The drunken Evergreen squealed her congrats, while Bixlow cursed Laxus and Fried spazzed out. She broke the kiss the tossed her legs over his lap and grinned. "Well. Now you no longer want to be mine huh? Because now you are mine." He chuckled and Makarov wiped his eyes. "I may actually get great grandchildren in my lifetime!" he yelled and Luna fell over backwards, with a 'kyaaa' and a deep red blush. Laxus reached to catch her before she fell out of his lap. "And maybe they will actually be worth something, unlike my own child." Makarov said and Laxus dead-panned. "Eh, gramps…could you lay off? You may kill her of embarrassment before the night is up." Laxus said and Makarov squeaked and began yelling I'm sorry's like they were nothing.
Laxus chuckled as Luna hugged herself tightly to him. "Win, for me Laxus." She said and he grinned. "It's obvious I'm going to win. But I have other things planned for you, y'know." He said and her face went red and she squeaked, and then fainted. He chuckled but lifted her up and carried her to her inn. He knocked on the door with his foot and Lucy opened the door. She seemed quite surprised to see Laxus blushing while carrying Luna. "She was drinking again?" Lucy asked with a sigh. He chuckled and shook his head. "Nah…gramps was going on about grandkids and things of the sort. And she kinda fainted because I guess what I said was no better than gramps in her mind." He said as he set Luna on her bed.
"And what exactly did you say?" Erza asked with a glare. "She asked me to win this crap, for her and all I said that I was already going to." He said and Erza gave him an icy glare. "Then I said I had other things planned for her. Pansy ass romance writers." He chuckled and Lucy deadpanned at him. "You realize that you could have worded that a bit differently, right?" Lucy asked and he shrugged. He turned to walk away but Luna had a firm grip on his coat. He shrugged it off and covered her with it.
Lucy was all hearts and stars as she watched him. "Aww kawaii! I wish someone would treat me that way." She squealed and he gave her a weird look. "Lucy you realize, that when you were in the shower today, Natsu wanted to check on you right?" Erza asked. "Huh? That's so…that disgusting pervert!" she screeched. Laxus decided to leave before Lucy killed his eardrums.
\\Day two/
Luna grinned as she watched Elfman fight. He was doing his best. She knew he was going to win; it was obvious, she could feel the power draining from Bacchus. Luna glanced over at raven tail and her eyes went wide and fear overcame her. As if he could feel her fear, Laxus looked over at her. She stepped away from her balcony and made a move to run but Laxus was there in the blink of an eye. "Luna…" he said trying to get her to face him. "Luna, what is it?" he asked and when she glanced up at him, he saw that fear. That fear that she only showed when she had the nightmares of her parent's murderer.
"Who is it, Luna? Who did you see?" he asked and she pointed straight at Ivan Dreyar, his own father. Ivan saw the fear in her eyes and he grinned a sinister grin. "Dragon girl…" he called out and it sounded like a hideous sing song taunt. "Do you recognize me now, dragon girl?" he asked and Luna clung to Laxus like her life was in danger. He wrapped his arms around her and glared at his father, who grinned more. "Oh, so the weak dragon boy cares for the useless dragon girl? What a joke." He laughed and vanished within the crowd.
Laxus took her over to where Fairytail team b stood by to watch. Juvia saw how fearful Luna was and went straight over to comfort her. Luna felt the atmosphere lighten and saw every girl of every other guild follow Mira and Jenny into the arena wearing swimsuits. Juvia decided to follow and encouraged Luna to follow along. Luna glanced at Laxus and he blinked, but nodded anyways.
"Huh? What is this?" the odd guy asked. Yajima's eyebrows shot up. "Seems like lightning Luna is going to join! This is incredible! The lovely Luna sparks is going to show off for us today!" he yelled and Luna dropped into the arena in a very revealing golden swimsuit and trailed her hands up her stomach and over her chest sensually. Laxus gawked for a moment, but regained his composure and looked away, although he still watched her from the corner of his eyes. The guys from quatro Cerberus proceeded to howl and wolf whistle at Luna.
Jenny sent a glare Luna's way but Luna only winked at her. They called for the wedding dress competition and Luna spun and a spaghetti strap dress unfurled around her. She held a hand out and Laxus got the hint. He sighed but jumped down, dressed in a black suit. Fairytail whistled at them and gave approving yells. Loke kidnapped Lucy and proposed to her, although she shot him down. "You realize that I will never agree to this again, correct?" he asked and she bat her eyes at him and thumped him on the nose gently. "Are you sure, Laxus? Are you absolutely sure?" she asked and he grinned at her. "Well if you actually intend on becoming Luna Dreyar, I might agree to something of the sorts." He said and the crowd screamed, Luna grinned at him. "And what if I do plan on becoming a Dreyar someday?" she asked and he smirked. "Then I may just have to do this." He said and crushed his lips to hers. The crowd went wild and she blushed. He pulled away from her and she grinned. "Good luck trying to get me to leave then." She said and spun away from him with a grin.
The old lady showed up in a bathing suit and they dead-panned. No one was dressed normally in as quick a time as they were. And no one was back in the stands faster than they were. "Totally killed the moment." Luna said and Laxus was rubbing his eyes. "I think I may be going blind now." He complained and she nodded. "If I were blind already, I think my eyes would have been gouged out…" Luna said rubbing her own.
After the day was over Laxus went to his inn to change. He then headed to bar sun. What he found there was quite an astonishment. Cana, Luna, and Bacchus were having a drinking contest and Cana just fell from her seat. Luna looked bored with a very faint dusting of pink on her cheeks while Bacchus had a very noticeable slur and a pink blush on his cheeks. "Wild woman!" he said and Luna downed another shot while Bacchus did the same. Laxus was quite shocked when Luna waved at him.
"Eh. Laxus, come sit by us." She said, not a slur, not a faltered movement. Stone cold sober. Laxus hesitantly sat by her. Bacchus grinned. "That's quite the wild woman you got there. If she weren't yours, I'd be all over her like mice on cheese." He said and Laxus gave him a dirty look. "And I would be running away from you faster than a cat runs from a dog." Luna said and downed another shot. Bacchus tried to down another but fell over backwards. "Luna wins!" Lucy said and Luna grinned and downed another shot. She stood and grinned. "Yay for Luna!" she said…then fell backwards onto Laxus and giggled like a child with a secret. He sighed and re adjusted her to where she would not fall.
"Hey…" she said, prodding at his shoulder. He looked at her and she grinned. "What?" he asked gently, so as not to upset her. "Guess what Laxus-kun." She giggled and he sighed. "What is it Luna?" he asked. She turned to him and placed her hands on his cheeks. "A-shi-te-ru." She pronounced happily to him. "I love you." She said once more, then pressed her lips to his then curled up in his lap with her arms around his waist and her head lying on his chest, and she drifted off to sleep. He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Luna…you're going to be a handful, aren't you?" he asked with a chuckle.
"At least she isn't single like Lucy. They act the same but Lucy is never going to get a boyfriend." Happy said and Lucy deadpanned.
\\ Third day/
They called this one pandemonium. Luna snorted. Erza could handle this. Luna grinned as Erza defeated all one hundred. "Eh! You coulda done that three times faster, Erza! Just like I coulda handled that in a mere thirty seconds!" Luna yelled and Laxus shook his head at her brashness.
Erza looked up at her and smirked. "I would like to see you try, lu-na!" she taunted. Luna grinned "when I get my chance, I will blow you out the water, Er-za!" Luna taunted back. Luna couldn't wait for the battle portion of today. Luna grinned as she saw Laxus in the arena. "Go Laxus!" she yelled before anyone else even got the chance to.
\\With Laxus./
He watched as his illusionary self was getting his ass kicked and sniffed arrogantly. He didn't care about the fake battle happening before his eyes. He stared at the man before him, who was trying to get him to reveal the location of some historic thing he knew nothing about. "I can see why gramps washed his hands of you; you're a pain in the ass." Laxus said as the rest of Ivan's guild appeared behind him.
"If you continue to refuse to tell us where the lumen histoire is, you will see the true power of the anti-Fairytail guild, raven tail." Ivan said and his group laughed. Lightning surrounded Laxus and he scowled at his father. "I highly doubt that. My master's enemies are my enemies. And anyone who hurts the ones I love, will pay for their crimes, ten-thousand-fold." Laxus said and his father laughed. "You speak of the dragon girl? She is well on her way of destroying herself, so why would you try to care for a being like her? She is weak, insignificant, and killing herself off every time she uses her magic." Ivan laughed.
Laxus narrowed his eyes. "You killed her parents. You killed her dragon. You stole the lacrima and embedded them in me! You took everything from her!" Laxus growled. "And you dying would repay my debt? Insolent boy." His father scoffed. "Eh. Daisy, seems like we stumbled upon the real party, ne?" her voice echoed around them and Laxus smirked. "You underestimated her." He chuckled. Luna walked around from behind them with Daisy in her battle mode.
"You underestimate Laxus, you idiotic old geezer. Everyone does. They are all like ooh he is the Fairytail poster boy look at him. Ooh he looks tough but I doubt he is. Then wham. They don't know what hit them. If anything, you are the insolent fool. Because now you are stuck in here, with two lightning users and they both use the slayer magic. Hmm…you seem to be at quite the disadvantage." Luna laughed and stood her ground by Laxus.
She laid a hand on his shoulder and he felt nearly have of her energy flow into him. "Exact our revenge, Laxus." She said and the illusionary Luna vanished. Laxus grinned and took them out fast. The hallucination spell was removed and he stood there in the open the raven tail guild unable to fight any longer. The moment the battle was over the real Luna hit the ground right where he was to exit the arena. She ran straight to him and latched herself onto him via wrapping her arms around his neck.
"You did it, Laxus!" She squealed happily and he smirked. "You every have any doubt?" he asked and she shook her head. "Not an ounce. I could tell it was not you getting your butt wiped along the floor. You never do, because you are stronger than anyone I know." She said and he smirked as she released him and ran to get his coat. She handed it to him and grinned. He smiled in thanks and they began to walk out of the arena, but his father spoke to him. Luna's hatred grew every time the man said a word.
"What right do you have, to speak of family or anything like that? My parents were slaughtered by your hand! What right did you have to kill them like that? What right did you have to kill Lunaria-okaa-san? What right did you have to kill my dragon?!" Luna yelled and Laxus tightened his grip on her hand. "I killed your parents, to better my family. I killed your dragon Lunaria, to put his strength above yours." Ivan said and Luna smirked.
"You dumb old man." She hissed and Ivan glared at her. "Laxus is strong, but I am just as strong if not still stronger. Witness the power of a dragon slayer!" she yelled and scales formed on her skin, then her skin turned gold, like lightning, her eyes turned white. "This is dragon force. This is the level Laxus is at." Luna said then scaled armor formed all over her body, gauntlets on her hands and feet, horns atop her head, the physically manifested tail, and the wings that sprouted from her back. "This is the power of a true dragon slayer!" Luna yelled and looked at Natsu, Gajeel, Sting, and Rogue, then to Laxus taking in the fearful faces of the majority of them, and capturing the amazed look from Laxus himself. "This is the dragonoid armor. The only thing next is to become a dragon. And if I do, then all is lost. Because then I may become a second Acnologia. Do you now see the error in learning this magic? Your strength gets the better of you…and you lose out on the other path you could have taken…" Luna said and her dragon magic vanished completely. She realized that only the dragon slayers had seen her because the humans were too busy cheering for Wendy and Chelia's match to hurry up.
Laxus tightened his grip on her hand and led her out of there, proud she had faced the man who plagued her nightmares, once and for all. They decided it was time for them to head back to their respective inns. "I'm tired, Laxus, so I will see you later, ok?" she asked and he nodded. "That's if Mavis and gramps don't have anything for me to do. If the girls want to hang out you go with them. Relax. You're stressing out so much I'm getting stressed." He said and she sent him a half-hearted glare. She nodded and went up to her room; she wondered who was going to win between her and the Chelia girl.
Luna bumped into Lucy and Erza once she left the inn. "Oh hey. Where are y'all going?" she asked. "Well there is this water park we are going to. Ryuuzetsuuland, everyone is going." Levy said and Luna grinned. "Laxus did tell me to relax and if yall were going out that I should go too." She said and Levy nodded. "For a brash guy like him he sure does know how to treat a lady." Levy said and glanced sadly at Gajeel. "Mine." Luna jeered as she walked back up to her room to get her swimsuit. Levy held her hands up in surrender. "I didn't mean it like that." Levy dead-panned. Luna came back down and grinned, then stopped mid step. "Where is Laxus?" she asked. Levy shrugged and Erza was the one who spoke up. "He went somewhere, just him and master."
"Laxus and master only? That's rare." Lucy said and Luna blinked. "They may be chatting over how he totally wiped the floor with raven tail without using the magic I lent to him…" Luna said. And Erza and the others stared at her in shock. "How? You didn't even move from the stands." Luna grinned. "I used Ivan's magic against him and made an illusion of myself transfer magic to him, right Daisy?" Luna asked and Daisy nodded. "Oh, Luna-sama. I plan on traversing the park with Levy-sama, Carla, happy, and Lily. Is that ok?" she asked and Luna grinned. "Oh? So little miss forever hates guys likes lily-san?" Luna taunted and Daisy's jaw dropped and her hands covered her eyes. "It's true!" she whimpered. And began to cry.
"Daisy, it is fine! Really it is. Personally I think a little blue cat that travels with Natsu likes a little miss bossy cat that travels with Wendy." Luna said trying to calm the crying cat. Levy grinned and snatched up Daisy. "You are so cute! You can help me separate Gajeel from lily!" she squealed and Daisy looked at her. "You can't separate them either?" Daisy whined. "No. but if we work together we can have some fun, right?" Daisy grinned. "Yes! We can!" Daisy exclaimed and Luna laughed. "I just realized something. I guess it just hit me…But, Luna. Where were you during the phantom guild attack?" Lucy asked offhandedly.
Luna paled and scratched the back of her head nervously. "Uh. I was with Laxus…beating the snot out of him for refusing to help…and I was also trying to choke him for that little comment about you. He said he would help if you would be his girlfriend. He regretted that comment the moment y'all disconnected from him." Luna growled and popped her knuckles with a dark look.
Lucy and Levy paled but Erza laughed. "I guess he finally got over teasing you like that huh?" she asked and Luna grinned. "I believe he had taken one too many hits to the head that day too." Luna laughed and rushed out the door, stopped turned around, then peeked in the doorway. "How are we getting there again?" Luna asked dropping her head. "We have to take the trolley to get there from here." Erza said and Luna whimpered. "I figured as much." Luna said then the next thing she knew there was a punch to the gut and she was out cold.
She woke up as everyone was pointing out the water park. "Oh hey Luna. Wow you don't get motion sickness?" Levy asked as Lucy and Erza tried to get her to stop talking, Luna glanced out the window, and then fell face first into the floor.
"Only if you remind me we are moving…" she whimpered from the floor. Wendy giggled and used her troia. Luna turned and glared at Erza. "Why couldn't you have just allowed her to do that before instead of trying to kill me?" Luna growled. "Oh sorry. I keep forgetting you aren't like Natsu and I don't have to knock you out." Erza said and pointed at Natsu. Luna walked over to him and shocked him awake.
He sat up looked around and rubbed his eyes. "What was that for?" he asked. "It's a wakeup call." Luna said and he looked at her then looked outside…then hit the floor. But he was over dramatizing things. Luna laughed. "I didn't actually think it would work. "She laughed as Natsu sat up. "Is it permanent?" he asked and she shook her head. "No sorry. If it was you notice I wouldn't get motion sickness all the time. I'm resistant to my own powers. It used to be really bad like yours, but if I get reminded that the vehicle is moving, wham on the floor I go. Wendy was kind enough to hit me with a troia so I'm good at the moment. Come on! Let's go!" Luna said and they all started getting off the trolley.
Luna ran in and changed. Her swim suit was black. It had a strapless top with a golden ring in the front and it tied in the back. The bottom had the same golden rings on the sides. It showed her curves perfectly and showed off her tattoos. "Where to adventure to first?" she pondered out loud. She saw Juvia, Gray, and Lyon and she shook her head. "Love triangles. I don't have them." She laughed and headed for the food stand. She looked at the menu and ordered the barbeque roasted pork. A blonde sat on her left while a dark haired guy sat to her right. She began eating her food the moment it arrived. "How about you come with a real dragon slayer for a while, instead of the second generation guy?" the blonde asked and she turned to see it was Sting Eucliffe.
"I have no interest in you, that Orga guy on the other hand, his magic interests me." She said and Sting's jaw dropped a bit. "You only want to eat his magic." Rogue sighed and Luna grinned. "Bingo. He ain't anything decent to the eyes." She said and Rogue actually chuckled. "How do you get to the dragonoid armor?" Sting asked. "My dragon taught me how. Lunaria wanted something special to become of me." Luna said and Sting gave up the dragon talk. He scooted closer and rested a hand on her hip. "Are you sure you wouldn't want to hang out with me?" Sting asked his voice completely flirtatious. Luna turned towards him with a smile and rested a hand on his leg, then smirked. He never knew what hit him. She released a large amount of electric energy into him then stood and walked away, leaving him on the ground in shock. Rogue's stifled laughter echoed behind her.
/ elsewhere \\
Laxus felt electric energy permeate the air and he smirked. "Hey, gramps, the rest of the guild is here." Laxus said and Makarov raised a brow. "How can you tell?" Makarov asked. "I think Luna just gave someone the shock of a lifetime." He chuckled and Makarov laughed too. "That girl is really something isn't she?" he asked and Laxus nodded, then a grimace found its way to his face. "What is it Laxus?" Makarov asked. "Someone stole her food, said something bad about Fairytail, or was flirting with her. And I highly doubt she is here in her normal clothes." Laxus said and Makarov laughed. "What? You worried about competition?" Makarov asked and Laxus glared at him. Mavis giggled as well. "That's cute, Laxus-kun!" she giggled and he frowned and looked the other way. "No, not at all. She may destroy the park if she finds someone worth fighting."
\\ Back with Luna/
Luna bumped into someone and was going to make a move to apologize when she realized who it was. "Orga nanagear." She greeted and he looked at her uninterested. "You're the black lightning user, right?" she asked and he looked down at her. "Yeah, so?" he said and she grit her teeth. "Never mind. No need to be an ass. I did just fry one of your friends, touchy little asshole too." She griped then turned to walk away but he said to wait and she smirked.
"You use lightning too?" he asked and she smirked. "I am the first gen lightning dragon slayer. The one and only Luna sparks." She said and his eyes actually held excitement. "I heard you disappeared seven years ago fighting Acnologia." He said and she nodded. "I was the only one that hadn't been trapped there. I sat by at the guild in my spirit form and watched it fall apart." She said sadly. "Can I have your autograph? I kinda used to worship you when I was younger." He said and she blinked. "Sure, I guess. What could it hurt?" she said and she burned her name into a piece of magic paper. She handed it to him and he began to sing again. Her eye twitched and she smiled. "I have to go, nice meeting you I guess." She said then bumped into Erza and Lucy. They were sun bathing. She pulled up another chair and joined them.
It wasn't long before unwanted company showed up. "Luna, Lucy." Erza said. "Yeah Erza?" the two blondes asked. "These guys are blocking our light." She said and Ichiya began sniffing at them. "Parfum of beauty!" he exclaimed and his minions did the same. Luna stood and decided to walk towards the swimming area. Erza sent the four idiots flying and followed her. Luna had stopped to get something to drink right before the pool area entrance and when she turned and saw Laxus, Makarov, Mavis, and the thunder tribe working out by the pool she began to laugh.
Laxus stopped before the others did and he walked over to her. Jellal and Erza had started walking ahead of them when Laxus and Luna had been swept up and Jellal and Erza hit the water in the water slide behind them. Laxus looked up to see Natsu was the reasoning for this. "Damn you Natsu." He growled. "Ano…Laxus…I feel sick." Luna said and Laxus held her as tightly as he could but he fell backwards and his face paled. "I don't feel so good either…"he managed to reply, then he caught a glimpse of a piece of metal that flew off. "Luna, your swim suit just broke." He said and her face went really red. She looked down at her hip and saw that the metal piece on the right side had hit the slide and broke. Her eyebrow twitched and lightning crackled around her.
"Don't do it Luna, you will kill everyone here." He said and she nodded and clung to him. She became really mad when she saw the ice coming down the slide. "Gray! Lyon! No!" she screamed but they froze the water anyways. Natsu grinned and covered his fist in flames. Before he could destroy the ice both Luna and Laxus sent their lightning at him. He hit the ground with a thud.
"Gray! Unfreeze the water now!" Luna yelled and the ice mage followed her orders, not wanting to end up like Natsu. Before the water was unfrozen completely Luna and Laxus managed to escape. They landed on the ground below. "Never again, not with the guild. No way no how. We managed to save Fairytail from a bill this huge, but who knows what Natsu will destroy next." Luna sighed. A little frog dressed cat walked over to her with a paper in hand.
An ugly red cat stood beside it. "This is for you Luna sparks." the red cat said and Luna sweat dropped. "What is it?" Laxus asked. "The hospital bill for Sting Eucliffe." She dead panned. "That's who you fried? Why?" Laxus asked. "He put his dirty hands on me." She hissed and Laxus laughed. "That's what I figured happened." He said and she looked at him helplessly. "How did you know?" she whined.
"I felt your energy and I knew that is most likely what had happened." He said and she glared at the small red cat. Daisy walked up and cringed. "My god you're an ugly cat!" she said pointing at lector then she looked at Frosch. "Fro thinks so too." Daisy walked over to him and looked at the cat "aww you're so cute!" she said and fro blushed. "fro…thinks so too." Luna grabbed Daisy before she could become attached to the cute frog cat, and they took off towards their inn, Luna using Laxus' coat to cover herself.
"Hey Luna, are you coming back with us on the trolley or are you going to go gallivanting with your boyfriend?" Cana asked with a hiccup. Luna laughed nervously and grabbed Laxus' hand. "I think I will spend some time with Laxus…" she said and Laxus gave her a version of his own twisted smile. " Ok! Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" Cana hiccupped and Luna's eyebrow twitched. "If you're anything like Gildarts then I doubt there is anything you wouldn't do!" Luna snapped. Cana looked deep in thought, and then she grinned. "You may be right about that." She laughed and Luna sighed.
Luna changed into an outfit she had brought with her. She didn't understand were Laxus got his sense of fashion… she now wore black skinny jeans, a blue tank top, white ankle boots with three inch heels, and she had a black jacket like the one she had taken from Laxus. Her golden blonde hair was in a high ponytail with her bangs framing her face like Lucy's bangs framed her face.
"Would you want to go out to eat somewhere? Then would you like to spar later?" she asked. The first part he just nodded to, the second part his eyebrows shot up and a wicked grin crossed his lips. "When we spar…want to make a bet?" he asked and her eyes narrowed. "Depends. Is it going to be like xxx crap? If it is, then there will be no chance of sparring or a bet." Luna said and he grinned.
"Well now that you mention it, I do have a few ideas like that reserved especially for you. That's not what I had in mind, but if you mention it…" He said leaning close to her. She smirked and her lips hovered close to his and she smirked wider. "If those thoughts come out before there is a ring on my finger, they may never happen." She said and his eyes narrowed. "You're such a damn tease." He huffed and she smirked. "There are plenty of bets you can make. And if you want certain things I want to be a Dreyar, not a sparks." She said and he grinned. "What if that was one thing I had planned for you?" he asked, she smiled at him. "What if I were to say yes?" she asked with a grin. "Then you are coming home with me tonight." He said and her face went red as he hefted her onto his shoulder.
"Ano… Laxus! I'm hungry! Then we were going to spar remember?!" she squealed in embarrassment. He set her down and grinned. "I know, I just wanted to carry you." He said and hefted her back onto his shoulder and transformed them both into lightning and they shot straight to the town.
He set her down and she wobbled on her own feet. "You could warn me before you're going to pull a stunt like that." She hissed. "But what fun would that be; now you can't even walk on your own." He said with a chuckle and he grabbed her hand and pulled her to him. He placed his hand on her him and she leaned into him as they walked. Up ahead she heard Wakaba and Macao. "That Laxus is one Lucky bastard." Macao sighed. Wakaba nodded and waved at them. "We can hear yall you know…" Luna sighed and Laxus grinned. "Y'all old farts never had a chance man. Luna's been mine from the get go." Laxus laughed and Luna raised a brow at him.
"Actually, there was that one time; she agreed to go out with Fried…" Wakaba said and Laxus looked from him to Luna. "What? Why I was not informed of that?" he asked and Luna grinned. "You honestly thing I would agree to date him? I turned him down just like I turned Bixlow down. They don't fit my style. And if I hadn't seen you, then you wouldn't be by my side right now. I would probably be some old crazy nekomander lady. Have an army of them I would." Luna said and Laxus laughed. Daisy hovered over her shoulder with Lily in tow. "Oh, so what did you have to do to get his attention, Daisy?" Luna asked as they continued to walk down the street.
"Daisy saved him from Happy and the unhappy army of fish he created." Daisy said with a blush. Luna laughed. "Typical happy, trying to eat the fish." Luna laughed and Laxus smirked. "You want to go here Luna? I heard they have the strongest alcohol in town, and they are a gourmet restaurant." He said and her eye sparkled, then she gave him a dark look. "You aren't trying to make sure you win that bet later are you?" she asked with a look so scary it rivaled Aquarius'. "Nah, I just want to make sure you have a good time, after all you saved me from having to sit with gramps and Mavis. They wanted to work out before they swam and wanted me to join in." Laxus said and Luna gave in. "if you have ulterior motives, I'm going to my own inn tonight." She said and he raised a brow at her. "You don't trust me?" he asked and the most innocent look he could muster crossed his face. "I did, but now I'm not sure." She said flatly.
They walked into the restaurant and they sat in the upper balcony with an overhead window. "Wow! This is awesome." She said and he smirked. "Don't get to intoxicated that you can't fight." He said and she smirked, then that smirk fell when she saw Bacchus walk over. "Wild woman Luna! Have you come here for the booze too?" he asked, he was already drunk. "Not the booze. I came to spend time with Laxus." She said and Bacchus looked at Laxus. "Wild boy…you kicked ass today…" he said and Laxus smirked. "Oh! Luna? Laxus? You came here too? The booze is awesome!" Cana's voice rang out from where the Quatro Cerberus guys sat, their master in the midst.
"Cana…" Luna whined, staring at the woman who hung all over the master of their guild. "Don't make a fool of yourself…" she whined and Laxus laughed. "She's having fun let her be. She has her own way of having fun and we have ours. So while we wait on our food..." he trailed off, setting his arm on their table. "No cheating! You bulk up when you go dragon force." She threatened and grasped his hand with hers. She put her all into getting his arm on his side of the table, but his brute strength was far stronger than hers was. She smirked as her hand neared the table and she let up and sent his arm flying to his side of the table. "That's cheating. "He said and she smirked. "You never set rules, so using speed versus brute force is not cheating." She laughed and he smirked. "You will regret that later." He said and she rolled her eyes.
"What, you going to make me regret being awesome. I could forever remind you that evergreen turned me to STONE because you had a plot to take over the guild." Luna said with a smirk, and he sighed. "Hey, I had no idea she medusa'd you." He said regret in his voice. "Sorry I brought that up…" she said and he grinned. "Well I can make you regret that later too." He said and she smiled at him. "I would love for you to try." She said.
They received their food and they began eating; only pausing to argue when Laxus would steal her food or she would steal his in revenge for stealing hers. They were always amped up for a fight, even if it were over stolen seafood. "Aww kawaii! I wish I had a big hunky man that would fight over food with me!" Cana squealed and Luna sweat dropped. "Well maybe if you would stop drinking every guy to death then you would." Luna yelled back. Cana laughed. "Maybe you're right!" she laughed and Bacchus wandered over to her. He bowed to her drunkenly and grinned at her. "Would you like to eat dinner with me away from these wild mongrels?" he asked. Cana grinned and agreed.
"Wonderful, now we just have to see if he can stand up to Gildarts." Laxus sighed then finished Luna's food while she was dead panning at the two drunken fools. "Hey! Laxus! That's dirty!" she yelled and then stood to chase him out of the restaurant. "Go get him Luna! Avenge your food!" Cana called and Luna laughed.
They found a place outside of the city's range to spar. He set his coat on the ground and she tossed hers aside as well. "So the bet is, if I win, you stay with me tonight. If I lose, you get to do whatever you want with me, like make me a servant or something." He said and she nodded. "The terms are agreeable." She said with a smirk.
He lunged at her, his fist coated in electricity she smacked his hand away and went for a center chest strike. He knocked her hand away and she used his shoulders to propel herself over him and she landed on the ground crouched. He grinned and his dragon force bulked him up. She activated dragon force as well, her muscles became more toned and her movements faster.
Her dragon force was far more advanced than his he noticed as her skin became gold and scales coated her skin and a see through tail formed and glasslike horns sprouted from her skull, her fingernails had become claws. "vicious." He commented and lunged at her. She was fast, but he could pretty much predict her movements. He managed to land a hit on her collarbone and she hit the ground. She struggled to her feet, but she refused to give in. she entered the dragonoid armor and she looked almost like a dragon. He grinned, she figured him a worthy enough opponent to use the dragonoid armor, and he shouldn't disappoint her then.
They exchanged blows, hers were getting stronger, and he felt his magic draining. He decided that it was going to be over with one last hit... he dodged her claws and managed to get a hit on her armor that covered her underbelly. The armor shattered and he grinned and went over to help her to her feet. She coughed up blood on his feet and all humor in their little game ended there. Her armor vanished completely and he lifted her into his arms bridal style.
He rushed her to Poluschka. He set her in the bed and hit his knees beside her bed. "what happened?" Poluschka asked and he frowned at her. "We were sparring, I think I hurt her." He said and fisted his hands in her sheets. Poluschka narrowed her eyes at Luna and frowned. "This is nothing you have done…or could have prevented…" she said and Laxus grit his teeth. "Will she be alright?" he asked.
"This is something that has had years to develop. She may have had it when she was a child…You know her better than anyone. Was there anything that occurred when she was a child that stood out to you?" she asked. Laxus was going to say no, but then something occurred to him. "She fainted a lot, and had trouble with the smallest things…" he said and Poluschka nodded. "That's what I thought. She has a bad heart…It has a hole in it and blood leaks through. She is very weak, despite her strength. She would need a heart transplant. But you don't fit the blood type. And there is no one that we could ask to die for her. If she doesn't get a heart transplant, she will never be able to fight again." Poluschka said and Laxus looked at Luna.
"Why would you hide something like this from me?" he asked and he sat on the edge of her bed, holding her hand. Wendy rushed in and her fears were confirmed. "Luna!" she sobbed and hugged the blonde, who cried out in pain, causing the younger dragon slayer to jump back. "Grandine. Is there anything we can do?" Wendy asked. "Don't call me that. And I don't know. Other that a heart transplant, I don't think anything could fix this." Poluschka said and Makarov entered the room. "Luna…is this the thing you said would keep you from participating in the games?" he asked quietly. Wendy tried her hardest to heal her but nothing came of it.
"Well everyone needs to head out. She needs her rest, and you all need yours." Poluschka said and they left, all but Laxus. "I'm staying here, granny." He said sternly with an unwavering determination in his eyes, and she nodded. "I know. There would be nothing I could say that would make you go." She said and his eyes softened as Erza ran in.
"I told her to tone it down…I told her to be careful." She said, her shoulders shaking and her tears spattered the floor. "I'm sorry Laxus. I should have told you but she told me not to tell anyone because she thought they would see her as weak, and would no longer let her go on S-class missions. She wanted to prove her worth…" Erza said and Laxus nodded. "I would have done the same thing, than let everyone think I was weak. Although I would have showed off a little more." He laughed bitterly as the tears fell.
"Look at me…crying like a child who lost a toy." He said and he felt Luna tighten her grip on his hand. "I don't want you to leave me, Laxus. Never, never leave me." She said and he turned to face her. "I won't leave you that is a promise, Luna." he said and she smiled. Erza was told politely to leave by Poluschka and she obeyed, only stopping to glance at the pair one last time. "You may be what she needs to get through this, Laxus." Erza said as she left. Poluschka lay down on a bed across the room and smiled, despite the dire situation. 'Erza may be right.' She thought before she rolled over. Luna scooted over and had given Laxus space to lie next to her. He held her close and she smiled. "Thank you, Laxus." She said and he nodded. "You need to tell me these things…not telling me could be the outcome between life or death. And if I lost you, I would lose everything. I'm not ready to say goodbye to my lifelong friend." He said and she felt the urge to cry. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly. "I'm sorry. I won't keep anything from you, I promise." She said and he nodded.
They had just begun to drift off to sleep when an unfamiliar scent washed over their noses. "I heard you were ill, Miss Luna." a young girl's voice rang out of the darkness. "Who are you? Luna asked, but Laxus stood and glared at the doorway. "Chelia blendy right?" he asked. "Yeah...I thought I could be of assistance." She said and Luna sat up. "How did you find out I was ill?" Luna asked.
"Wendy…she was crying. I asked her why and she said that you had a very serious heart injury. I can heal internal injuries as well as exterior. I helped save obaa-chan; she had a heart injury too. The poor old lady." Chelia said and Luna smiled hopefully. "You would help me?" she asked and Chelia nodded. "Yes. Friends help each other's friends. Wendy was really sad, so if helping you makes her happy; it will make me happy too." The pink haired girl said and Luna began to cry.
"Thank you, so much. You have no idea how much this means to me." Luna sobbed and Laxus smiled slightly and sat by Luna and rested a hand on her back. Chelia held her hands out to Luna's chest and a white glow formed around them. Luna's eyes went wide when the glow became bright. "My heart…it beats normally, just like yours does…" Luna said and placed one hand over his heart and one over hers. The steady rhythms under her hands made her eyes water. "Thank you Chelia, I owe you my life." She said and Laxus hugged her. "I don't want anything from you; helping out a friend is all I was doing." She said and skipped out of the room.