AN: Ok, its dinner time! It's Sunday, a day later! Make sure to R&R! I wanna know what you think bout it!

~LolGizzmo55

Chapter Seven- Don't Play With Your Food

The group decided to meet each other for dinner a day later, which meant they had said day to themselves. The 'couples' decided to unpack the rest of their stuff and think about their costumes, and also work on their masks for them as well. Then it was finally time for dinner. They met at a local diner to discus their plans for the upcoming ball.

"Tch. Look who finally decided to show up. What kept you guys?" Laxus growled at Evergreen and Elfman, who were blushing slightly while they sat down next to each other.

"Kyahaha! Looks like they've gone off and banged! Nice, Ever!" Bickslow said, slapping the Fairy mage on the back.

"W-We weren't doing a-anything of the sort!" She stuttered out, exasperated.

"Then what took you so long?" Lisanna wiggled her eyebrows, grinning, playing along with Bickslow.

"She takes too long to get ready! So it would've been UNMANLY of me to not wait." The male Take Over mage grumbled at his younger sister.

"Awww! How sweet! So you do care for each other!" Hesper chimed in, giggling as the late couple shot her a dirty look.

"Hehe! You two even do the same glare! How adorable!" Mira giggled, joining in the fun of tormenting her younger brother.

"Alright, alright. You've guys had you're fun. Now Laxus, will you tell us the plan about the ball?" Evergreen asked her leader, trying to ignore Bickslow's snickers.

"Yeah, that. Well… I was thinking that when I would give the signal (which I need to think of one…), we all attack at once, dealing a surprise attack and hopefully making it so that we'll deal some damage before they do." He said, taking a swig of his drink.

"That's a good idea, but…" Hesper said, and all of the Raijinshuu stared at her with the utmost horror.

"But?! There is not 'buts' to Laxus's plans!" Freed said, incredulous that she would say such a thing.

"That's just like saying you don't respect him!" Evergreen added in.

"His plans are the greatest! Don't you forget it!" Bickslow said, still staring at the pinknette in shock.

"Yeah, it was a great plan… But maybe… Didn't the mayor say that something happened to the guild to make them a dark one?" Hesper asked, hoping to not offend her boss, and apparently her teammates as well. "Maybe we can find out what made them evil, and then eliminate that thing! Then we wouldn't have to kill innocent people by accident." She explained, looking at the blond man, hoping he liked her plan too.

"Hmm… That sounds alright. But how about you also listen to your leader for once and shut up?" Laxus growled at the girl, who looked down at her food in disappointment.

"Its not that your plan wasn't good, because it was great, but I don't want to kill the innocent people at the ball too! I don't think the mayor would like that very much…" She explained some more, trying to get some sort of respect from him.

"Tch. Don't try to sugar coat it. You're making yourself look worse that way." He growled, wondering why the girl hadn't just obeyed him.

"But… Why can't you just listen to me! Does this happen every time someone has another plan? Do you just reject them?" She said while still glaring at her leader.

"No. No one says anything and they agree and they shut up! So why don't you do the same?! Gosh, why are you so annoying?! You're such a little brat! I thought you would be good for this team but really you're nothing!" He yelled at her, banging his fist on the table.

"Well maybe I wanted to be with you guys because you're the only family I've had in a long while!" She yelled, fighting back tears, getting up from her seat, and running out the diner, to angry to eat anymore.

Gosh, she's being a spoiled brat! Here she is, demanding that she be the leader instead of the one they already have, which is me! It's like she's the misfit, the one that's left out of everything. Even if she is in this meeting, she still doesn't know her place. He thought, munching on his food.

"Laxus!" Mira growled at the man. She was mad that this guy that had hurt her friend, who thought she had finally been accepted into a group. "You should listen to people besides yourself for once!" She growled at him, and then stood up and ran after Hesper.

Laxus didn't care though; he just wanted the girl to learn that he would be the one to make the plans, and that he was the leader, not her. He continued eating his food, the others just sitting in the awkward silence, until Bickslow burped again.

"BICKSLOW!" Everyone that was still at the table yelled, holding their noses while he chuckled slightly.

o~o~o~o (Back At The Hotel A Few Hours Later…)

"Guys, I'm worried about Hesper. I haven't found her yet, and I've looked all over the city!" Mira walked into their meeting room, otherwise known as Laxus's and her room.

"Tch. Serves her right. She shouldn't have talked back to me." Laxus said, waking up from his nap on their bed.

"She might have her fairy wings on. We won't be able to find her until she runs out of magic." Lisanna said, remembering about the girl's power. She, amazingly, was sitting on Bickslows lap (they still had to act like a couple, because of the lacrima in the room) reading a book, looking up to say this to her sister.

"I'll look for her." Freed said calmly, looking up from his book. He was sitting on a chair out on the balcony, because there wasn't enough room in the cramped room for an extra person. "Since I am her partner, it is my duty to look for her." He said, standing up and walking towards the door. "Plus, I have an idea as to where she is." He said, smiling slightly as he walked out the door and bid he friends' farewell for a little bit.

o~o~o~o (On The Roof Of The Hotel…)

"I somehow knew you'd be up here." A voice said from behind Hesper. She turned around, seeing the Rune mage with his arms crossed.

"Come here to do some more scolding, have you? Well, go ahead, do it. I don't care." The girl said, her face was puffy from crying, so turning back around, she sat down, facing the beach, so that her fairy wings were facing Freed, glistening in the moonlight.

"I haven't come to scold you. That's Laxus's job." He said sitting down beside her, both pair's of legs hanging off the building, and both of them faced the crashing sea.

"Then what are you here for? Can't you leave me alone? I'm already forced to sleep with you. Wait that didn't come out right…" She said, blushing at the last remark.

"I understand if you want to be left alone. I like to be alone too. It's the only way to escape the chaos in the world. Nice place to choose by the way, very peaceful." The green haired man said, relaxing and kicking his white boots against the building.

"Mmhmm. I just ran back to our room, since I didn't know where else to go. I opened the balcony doors, and I activated my fairy wings, and came up here. I don't want you guys to worry though. How do you live with him bossing you around like that?! How do you get him to listen to you?!" She said, turning her head to face him with frustration in her eyes.

"Well, I have devoted my life to Laxus, so I must do as he says, no matter how stupid he sounds. I just do it though, how I want to, since he never was specific, so then I'm not disobeying him per-say, just bending the rules I made for myself." He smiled at her, and turned to look back at the ocean.

"Oh. That kinda made no sense whatsoever. But… You're very clever, you know that? Almost like a fox… A very quirky fox…" She said, also facing the ocean.

"Um… Thank you… I guess…" He said, wondering why his face was heating up at the silly comment.

"Maybe that's what you should be! A fox!" She said excitedly, clapping her hands together.

"For the ball?" He asked, starring back at her, and seeing her nod furiously. "What will you be then?" He asked her again.

"You'll just have to wait and see!" She winked at him. "Oh! Do you want to see something I found while I've been up here?" She asked him, holding out her hand out to him for him to hold.

"Uh… I don't see why nooooootAGGGGGH!" He screamed as she grabbed his hand anyway, and jumped off the building, switching to her dragon wings, and soared high above the building, and he clutched onto her arm for dear life, feeling her skin turn to scales beneath his fingers.

"Hahaha! Your fingers are soft for a guy!" She said to him, laughing at his terrified look.

"PUT ME DOWN!" He yelled at her, still clutching to her arm, as if he would never let go.

"Alright, if you say so…" She laughed, and she dropped him.

Aaand he was falling. Great, why was he paired with the crazy one?! He didn't want to die! He still had so many things to say to Laxus! He was still too young! He thought he would die in a great, enormous battle, clutched in Laxus's arms! (He had a lot of time on his hands…) Not because some girl though it was fun to lift people high into the air and then drop them! How much longer before he hit the ground?! He closed his eyes, bracing for the impact of the ground. But it never came. He felt a rush of air, and warmth on his back.

"You really thought I would let you hit the ground? How stupid do you think I am?" The part-dragon girl asked him, laughing some more, holding him so that his back was against her chest, so that he was staring at the city below.

"I-I… I was about to die!" He said, stuttering at the rush of events that happened to him.

"No you weren't. I wouldn't have let you hit the ground. You're too Freed-ish. Now, to show you what I wanted to…" She had stopped to talk and listen for his response, but then she kept flying upwards, higher and farther away from the beach.

"W-Where are we going?" He asked, still stuttering. It was actually kinda cold with the wind rushing at him. She didn't seem affected by it though, she just kept flying, a goofy smile on her face. At least she had stopped crying.

"Now who's the one stuttering? Haha! Don't worry, we're here now! Take a look!" She said, hovering a few feet from the tallest building in the city, and dropping him on the concrete bellow her feet.

He landed on his feet, and looked out from where he stood. There, was the whole city, still alive with the nightlife, little lights twinkling in the night, and the beach and their hotel in the distance.

"How did you have time to find this?" He turned around and asked her.

"Mira apparently isn't good at finding me with my fairy wings… She looked all over the city, but the roof of where we stayed. I decided to fly round above the city. Really pretty during dusk actually… But at night it's pretty too, dontcha think?" She asked, looking back at him and smiling slightly.

"Yes, it is. Don't you think we should go back to the hotel now?" He said, looking back at the beautiful scene.

"Oh! Yeah… I guess… Come on, I'll fly you back." She said, grabbing him, holding him bridal style, and spread her wings before flying.

He liked looking at her with her wings and armor. He thought it suited her, and with the moonlight, she looked… Pretty.

She noticed him staring, and she looked down grinning and said "You like whatcha see? He he!" She laughed, and they both blushed a bit. She launched herself off the building, and she flew them back to the hotel.

"You got that comment for Bickslow, didn't you?" He asked, sweat dropping.

"So what if I did?" She looked down at him questioningly.

o~o~o~o

Everyone was pleased to see them back safely, even Laxus, though he didn't show it. She had landed on the balcony of Laxus's and Mira's room, scarring the crap out of the rest of the group.

"Don't run off again like that! You had us all worried sick!" Mira said to her, mothering her, hugging her while the younger girl deactivated her wings and armor.

"Sorry. Just needed to think for a bit's all…" She said, hugging her back and glaring at Laxus, the man who was at fault here, not her.

"Tch. Aright, everybody out. We need some sleep, cuz tomorrow we have to go to learn how to dance I think…" Laxus growled, and everybody left, going to bed in their own separate rooms. It had only been a few days of this mission and yet, the Raijinshuu almost fell apart…

o~o~o~o

AN: Wow, chapter seven! I never thought it would get this far… But, it's ok! I enjoy writing! It passes the time… And yes, I know the roles were switched in the little 'suppose to be romantic' moment… But damn it Freed you ruined it asking about pervy little Bickslow… Oh well! They'll hopefully be more Bixanna and Miraxus in the next chapter! (Sorry for those of you who really like Elfgreen… But it's super hard writing them…) Oh right! And they have to learn how to dance too! Hehehe…

~LolGizzmo55 loves to type stories!