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Chapter 7

Saphira had set her alarm to wake her up at 12pm, any later than that she would have a hard time going back to sleep later. So she stretched out almost the length of her queen size bed, popped her back in several places, and relaxed back under the sheets. She wasn't all that willing to leave her warm bed just yet.

"Ahhh… much better. Now what should I do today?"

Then her special lacrima phone lit up and started ringing. 'Laxus?' She thought with a smile as she reached over to pick it up.

(Line Break)

Laxus was dreaming. Dreaming of his night with Saphira. They were back on the bluff, talking like before. Then out of nowhere Acnologia appeared and grabbed Saphira in his claws. He desperately tried to reach her and pull her back to himself, but their fingertips just grazed each others. She shouted his name as she was carried away by the fearsome blue and black dragon. But after touching her hand it felt like his whole body had been lit on fire, and it only last for a second or two. But on his left hand appeared a symbol. It was a snake coiled in a circle with its tail in its mouth, and a sun on the left and moon on the right. He yelled out her name and tried to catch up, but they were too far away.

Laxus woke up and nearly jumped out of his bed. He quickly figured out it was just a dream but that didn't stop him from checking his palm. 'Blank… geez that was a fucking weird ass dream… I need a shower…' Glancing over at his alarm clock he noticed that it was just past 12pm. 'Probably for the best anyway,' he sighed.

His eyes then wandered over to the lacrima phone Saphira had given him. He picked up the thin, rectangular lacrima and ran his fingers over it. 'Well she did say to call after I got some sleep.' So he channeled his magic into it calling Saphira.

"Good afternoon Laxus."

"Hey, good afternoon Saphira."

"So did you get some sleep? Sorry for keeping you up so late last night."

"Uh yea, don't worry about it. I called Gramps when I got home; he actually gave me the whole day off."

"Told you so," she smiled.

"So would you like to go grab lunch? I have more questions, if you don't mind."

"Oh… sure sounds nice, where do you want to meet? I have been gone for ten years so please don't ask me to choose!"

Laxus laughed and said, "How about that small bistro off River Way Street? River View Bistro?"

"Sounds great! I'll meet you there in an hour."

"Cool, see you then."

"Bye!"

They both hung up their lacrima phones with a smile and thought about the great day that was ahead of them.

After hanging up her lacrima, Saphira jumped out of her bed and went over to her walk in closet. 'I'm so excited! What should I wear?' She thought while flinging open her closet doors. Then she heard a voice that had been silent for quite some time now.

'You seem to be excited… care to explain?

It was Saphira's inner dragon. Her inner dragon hadn't bothered to talk to her since the battle with Acnologia. Since then she had been strangely silent. They had never really been on the best of terms anyway. Dragons are ruled by instinct and humans by emotion so they never failed to butt heads.

'So you are talking to me again?' Saphira replied.

'… I could just stop you know. But I'm interested. You are going out with mate, yes?'

'Oh no! Whenever you are interested something bad always happens. And yes I'm going to meet Laxus.'

'You should just mate him now… no sense in waiting.'

'I want to get to know him first.'

'You and your stupid human emotions…'

'Tch, just crawl back in your hole and be quite. I have an outfit to pick out and I'm not going to argue with you.'

After feeling her dragons' presence disappear from the forefront of her mind Saphira went back to browsing the selections in her closet.

'It's hot outside so definitely shorts and…hmmm.' She ran her hand down her section of tops until her fingers grazed a plain black shirt. She pulled it off the hanger and went into her bathroom.

When she came out she had on dark blue jean shorts and her black to, which only reached to just above her bellybutton. All her shirts were cut short so she could show off her guild mark. While she was getting ready she had decided to go all out and even put a little make up on. She did a simple cat-eye eyeliner and mascara with a bold red lip. She pulled on her combat boots and walked over to the dresser and picked up her gloves. 'I guess I can't forget these…' Saphira pulled her long hair into a pony tail and left her house.

(Line Break)

Laxus left his house dressed in his usual purple dress shirt and black pants, opting to leave his cloak at home because of the heat. Upon arriving at the restaurant he found that he was the first one. 'Should I go in and get a table?' He thought as he looked inside, but quickly decided against it seeing the same annoying waitress who usually waits on his team was in fact working today.

'On second thought, I think I'll wait here for Saphira… I really didn't want to have to deal with that waitress's antics today. Hopefully we will get put in another section.' He thought as he leaned against the wall with his hand in his pockets and eyes closed as he waited for Saphira's scent to drift by on the wind.

(Line Break)

As she walked along the streets taking in all the sights, sounds and smells she really started to feel at home. The people here were all so lively and wonderful. A far cry from what she had seen while she was traveling. 'Yea I think I'll stay here for a while… I don't feel the need to run away anymore, and I'm even excited to see Laxus today… Oh!'

When she came around the corner the first thing she saw was Laxus. Her feet immediately stopped working as she saw him leaning against the wall of the restaurant in his tight purple shirt, which she could clearly see because of the absence of his cloak. 'Oh… My… Kami! He looks like some sort of an ancient Greek god statue! Oh man what I wouldn't do to rip of his shirts…Ah no stop! Bad thoughts! You are just here for lunch for fuck's sake! …Wonder if that was the mating mark's influence or if that was really me?' She thought as she got her feet working again and walked over to him.

One of the features Saphira had always loved about Laxus, regardless of his personality, was the color of his eyes. Stormy grey-blue, the color of the sky just before a storm hits…beautiful.

"Hello Laxus! Sorry to keep you waiting," she smiled.

"Hey Saphira, I wasn't waiting long… Let's go inside."

Laxus led the way and held the door open for the dark haired woman behind him, who blushed lightly as she passed him.

"How many?" The hostess asked.

"Two, could we sit in a different section than usual?" Laxus asked.

"Of course, Laxus-sama." The hostess replied with a smile as she led them to their table. It was by the window and had a great view of the street and river. She set down the menus and left.

"The hostess sounded like she knows you… Do you come here often?" She couldn't help but ask, wondering if he had brought other women here. But not wanting to dwell on why that thought bothered her so much.

"Usually, most of the time I come here with the Thunder God Tribe after a job," Laxus replied.

"Oh! So it's kind of like a tradition then?"

"Something like that. Sometimes we are too tired, or it's too late so we don't come every time."

When their server walked over Laxus was relieved that the hostess had listened to him and seated them in a different section than the 'clingy waitress,' as she had been nicknamed. They placed their orders and their conversation started to become easier as they spent more time with each other.

(Line Break)

When Laxus had smelled her wild scent on the breeze and opened his eyes to find her walking towards him he thought there was no way she could get any more beautiful. She had put her hair up, exposing her smooth neck. And for whatever reason he had the biggest urge to bite it, and not just a nibble either. This thought greatly disturbed him so he tried to focus on something else, but with the afternoon sun shining through nearby window and almost forming a halo around her… He was finding it very difficult.

After the waiter took their order, sat down their drinks and walked away Saphira asked,

"So you said you had more questions right?"

"Oh right! I uh noticed the scars on your stomach yesterday… How did that happen?"

"Hmm… good question," she said as she unconsciously rubbed her stomach. "I got them in the fight with Acnologia. As I said last night we fought in our fourth release stage. We both cause a lot of damage, but he managed to drag his claws down my stomach resulting in this. And it's also why I was gone during the Grand Magic Games."

"Wow. What happened to Acnologia?"

"After I nearly crushed his windpipe he flew south. That's all I know unfortunately."

"Hm, no that's plenty of information. With the location of the fight known we could possibly predict where Acnologia may have gone to recuperate, knowing that he flew south is a huge help."

"Great idea! You should tell your idea to master. He has a lot of maps in his office that would be perfect for that sort of tracking." She said as she smiled at him. 'He really has grown a lot… thinking of ways to better help his guild mates and contributing to tactical planning… he has come a long way.'

Laxus smiled back and asked his next question, "So how long did it take to master the third origin?"

"Ummm… about a year. First it was awakening the third origin, which takes a lot of magic build up and the longest amount of time, about six months actually. Then it was four months of getting my actions under my control. Which was awful, my dragon half wanted to rampage and kill. So I secluded myself in deep in the forest and away from any people, but I would still lose control and rampage. That was the hardest. My inner dragon and I still don't see eye to eye. Then two months of flight training, which is so much harder than it looks! I watched birds all the time while trying to figure out the mechanics of flight. But I was also doing it all alone. I plan to train all the slayers in preparation for the fight that is to come. I hope that we can find a faster way."

Their waiter then brought out their food and the two slayers continued their conversation as they ate their sandwiches. As they ate Laxus found Saphira had many questions of her own, mostly about the events at the GMG and the fall out afterwards, but a few about himself as well.

"Wow! I can't believe I missed all that!" Saphira complained after Laxus finished his explanation of the GMG incident. "But this Cobra person interests me. You said he was let out of prison to help and then willingly went back? I have some contacts in the council so maybe I can reach out and meet him. He's a very interesting slayer."

That pissed Laxus off, but he did a very good job of hiding that fact. 'She has no need to meet Cobra! She should just stay here with me…'

His thoughts were cut off as Saphira asked him another question. But this one was different from the others. It was about him.

"What changed Laxus? You have proven that you are indeed a different man but how did this happen?"

'It's now or never,' he thought. "About two and a half years after you left I…I threatened the guild before the Fantasia parade and made everyone fight against each other to decide who would stay and who would be kicked out after I took over the guild. I even set up the Thunder Palace around Magnolia, threatening the townspeople as well. When that failed I used Fairy Law, intending to eliminate everyone. But when that didn't work Freed told me that this magic looks into your heart to determine enemies and that because it didn't work I must still consider Fairy Tail to be allies. As expected of Fairy Tail, everyone pulled through and Natsu and Gajeel beat me senseless." Laxus chuckled as he thought back on the fight.

"Not that I had much sense then… As a result of my actions, Gramps kicked me out of Fairy Tail. But even though he almost died because of my foolish actions Gramps made sure I knew that I always had my family to return to. I wandered around for a while but decided to pay my respects to our first master, so I traveled to Tenrou Island where Fairy Tail was battling Grimoire Heart. And you know the story there, Acnologia showed up and we were asleep for seven years. I was allowed back in the guild when we came back."

Since he had started his story both slayers had left the restaurant and were walking leisurely towards the guild hall.

"I'm happy that you came around Laxus. The guild wouldn't have been the same without you." Saphira said as she turned her head to smile up at him.

Laxus on the other hand turned his head away to hide the blush that crept its way onto his cheeks.

Had Saphira not promised to see Wendy at the guild she would've spent much more time with Laxus. Having completely enjoyed her day with him, but there was other things that had to be done, unfortunately.

So before they opened the doors she turned to the blonde man beside her and said, "I had a great time Laxus. I'll let you know when we can start the training, okay?"

"Alright, then I'll see you later. I'm going to see what Gramps wanted."

"Okay," she replied as they pushed open the doors. She smiled and waved, then headed over to see Wendy. 'Yea I had a great time too,' Laxus thought as he headed upstairs to his grandfather's office.