I didn't get to proofread as well as I like to, so I am sorry if there are some places I missed in my quick clean up. I just really wanted to get this online so I could spend time with my husband. I realized I misspelled Tartarus in the last chapter (and maybe before) while doing some research today, so I am sorry for that too. Disclaimer, disclaimer, I don't won anything...now on to Part 2.

Everything was deathly quiet and the entire Guild was facing the back corner. Lights were flickering wildly; the sound and smell of electricity making the hairs on the back of Mira's neck stand up. "No, oh no, Laxus, no," Mira whispered as she pushed her way through the crowd. Master, Natsu, Lucy, Levy and Gajeel were standing in front of a very Tesla Coil looking Laxus and attempting to…reason with him? Levy spotted Mira and waved her over, telling her to get him outside and away from everyone else quickly. "I'll explain after he calms down, just get him out of here. You are the only one he will listen to now! Go!" Levy said. Concern overrode confusion so Mira walked slowly up to Laxus and started calling to him softly. As soon as he realized she was there, Laxus visibly calmed and the lightning storm subsided. Unfortunately, he was back on the offensive a second later as he grabbed Mira and pulled her to his chest while growling at everyone in the Guild. Elfman and Lisanna attempted to step forward to try and help but Natsu warned them off. "Don't get any closer or he will lose it. He won't hurt Mira, so just back away and let them leave," Natsu told them all. Everyone did as Natsu said and created a clear path to the doorway. When Laxus noticed his way was clear he picked Mira up and used his lightning technique to teleport them away from the Guild.

"What was that all about, boy?" Master Makarov asked Natsu as he turned to said fire mage. Gajeel was the one to answer while pulling Levy into his front to hold her close, "It seems Sparky has found his mate, but not finalized the spell. I guess that answers my question as to whether the second generations go through the same process as the first generations." Makarov and the entire Guild just stared at him waiting for a better explanation. Levy figured she had better do so and opened her mouth to speak when Lucy beat her to it. "It seems the slayers, like their dragon counterparts, will choose a mate for life. In the human case, they tend to choose someone they already share a strong bond with and that person's scent will be all but irresistible to them. Once mating has taken place…" Lucy stopped, growing a very pretty pink blush on her face. Levy picked up the narrative here, explaining further. "Once they have mated," she leaning into Gajeel smiling, "then they seem to be able to feel each others emotions. That is probably why Laxus just went berserk on us in here after we upset Mira." Lisanna interrupted saying, "Mira was passed out in the kitchen when I just walked in there. Perhaps not being able to feel her after she had been upset made it worse?" "It very well could have, but that isn't the biggest problem," Levy continued. "If they don't finish the bonding, Laxus is only going to get more and more primal. Next time she may not be able to calm him. They have to finish the bonding process."

Makarov was the first to ask, "How will they do they do that and what will happen when they do?" Natsu answered while walking up behind Lucy and putting his head on her shoulder and holding her from behind, "They have to say they love each other, and mean it…and feel it through the bond." Lucy continued with, "When they do, they will be able to share their magic and be telepathic with each other when they touch their marks," at which point all four of them pointed to their mating bond marks. The whole Guild seemed to be looking at the four of them like they had never seen them before. Somewhere in the back Jet and Droy were bawling like babies, which made Gajeel snort a laugh but caused Levy to elbow him and silently tell him to knock it off through their link. Lisanna spoke up and asked, "So you four have mated then?" The slayers and their mates all nodded. Lucy looked at Levy and then back to Lisanna and said, "…and we'll be getting married sometime soon too." You could hear a pin drop for a few seconds and then a cricket chirped twice. That poor cricket didn't know what he started as the whole Guild burst into the loudest cheers anyone had heard. No one noticed that Jellal and Erza had slipped off together in silence to find a quiet place to be alone.

While everyone at the Guild was partying around them, the slayers and their mates were having an almost silent conversation about the semi bonded pair that had departed the Guild earlier. They had made a pact with each other to check up on the pair and make sure they were going to be alright if they weren't back in a couple of hours. Kinana had walked up to them while they were talking and interrupted them quietly. "I am sorry to interrupt, but that may not be necessary." Levy looked at the former snake and asked, "How do you know that, Kinana?" Kinana pulled aside her top to expose her own mark on the top of her left breast and touched it saying, "Erik followed Jellal and Meredy here. He stays outside of town and away from people so he does not go crazy listening to all of their thoughts. He can hear them from where he is if he concentrates and they are talking calmly, he says. He will let me know if we are needed." Lucy and Levy jumped at this chance to quiz the young girl, both shouting out questions intermittently. "When did this happen?" Lucy yelled. "Why didn't you share any of this information with us when I was trying to get research to help Lucy?"Levy asked. "What was it like?" Lucy asked slyly. "Lucy I don't think that's quite appropriate to be shouting out at the poor girl," Levy admonished Lucy and then whispered to Kinana, "You can tell us about all that stuff later in private." The two slayers just looked at each other and rolled their eyes. Each grabbed their mate and dragged them back to their table, leaving poor Kinana to get back to work.

Outside of town, Laxus landed and dispersed his spell, placing Mira's feet on the ground. They were at the place Mira had just been dream remembering not a half hour ago, where this had all began. Laxus seemed much calmer now and Mira reached up to cup his cheek, making him look at her. "Are you alright now?" she asked him concern in her eyes. "I felt you get upset," Laxus said in his soft baritone while nuzzling into her hand, "then you just disappeared. I could smell you but not see or feel you. When I jumped up to go find you, those idiots got in my way. I lost control at that point. I don't understand all this Mira, it should be better after all this time. I've had you every day that I haven't been on a mission and it only seems to be getting worse! I was ready to take you right there in front of everyone!"

Mira could feel his emotions swirling, so she stepped up to embrace him. It had been strange to be able to feel another person's emotions at first, but she had accepted it very quickly. It had seemed like they had bonded somehow after that first time and she had been happy to know that her calm demeanor had in turn calmed his emotions, helping him regain control of himself and his powers. It made for some of the best sex she had ever had in her life as well. Laxus had kept away from her though as much as possible and she did not seem to feel him when he was away on missions. He kept such a wall up around himself he even blocked her out most of the time. She only felt the full force of his emotions when they were intimate, especially the one time they had fought beforehand. Bad timing and tempers turned into a fight that had been brutal; his primal emotions had caused him to go into a Berserker dragon rage that had in turn sparked her Satan Soul. They had actually fought each other in hand to hand combat on that day. It had been animalistic, but he had eventually gained control and taken her roughly from behind in her full Satan Soul form. She licked her lips thinking about it and Laxus must have felt her lust because his chest rumbled with the chuckle as he still firmly pressed her into his chest.

Laxus leaned back from her embrace and looked at her with hint of lust in his eyes, but then his face softened. "I saw what you were thinking about, and I enjoyed that too, but I think I prefer you like this," he said softly leaning down to kiss her. Mira's emotions exploded over him along with pictures of similar and loving intimate moments. He felt so warm and safe, like he could blanket himself in her emotions and go to sleep for eternity. It scared him a little, but comforted him at the same time. Mira felt the twinge of fear and then his acceptance, but saw a flash of a woman in his mind. The memory was fuzzy and through his eyes, but the emotions were similar to how she felt about him; similar but vastly different. Laxus looked down at her and asked her with a barely audible tremble in his voice, "What is this warmth that only you make me feel and why does it make me think of my mother?" Understanding dawned on Mira then, he really didn't know.

Mira looked at him tenderly, reaching up to cup his cheek and keep his eyes on hers while projecting all of this feeling towards him and explaining, "Love, Laxus. I… love… you; you…and only you, for a very long time now. I wish you would stop hiding behind that wall and just let me in. As the song says, 'Lay your world on me, I can take the weight'." His arms went up around her small frame almost crushing her to him as he embraced her finally in return. A lone tear ran down Laxus' cheek as he fell to his knees, pulling Mira down with him and finally letting the wall crumble. The full weight was almost overbearing as scenes and emotions jumped through her from Laxus. His mother's death, his father implanting dragon lacrima into him, his father and grandfather fighting, his father's betrayal and expulsion from Fairy Tail, Laxus' rage at his father and grandfather for putting him in the middle and sending away his father so he had no parents at all anymore, the shame and anger of living in his grandfather's shadow, the fear of never being good enough and so much more. Mira kept pushing her love at him, keeping him together as he released a lifetime of built up emotions.

Slowly they started to become lighter and freer emotions when he started to remember his times after returning to the Guild…and her. Soon all Mira saw was pictures of herself; smiling, blushing and laughing as she went about her days at the Guild. She could feel how his emotions changed with each image and no one else was even in focus in these memories. Then the full memory of that day, through his eyes; how he had arrived back at the Guild and didn't see her, how her scent completely consumed him and he lost all sense of self following it to the kitchen. When he had seen her standing there alone and unguarded, his 'dragon' had raged that she was unprotected and that he must claim her before any other. His shame when he regained control and fear that she would despise him now for taking such liberties with her, sadness at thinking she would hate him forever when she had come after him to make him explain. Then she felt his overwhelming joy and warmth that she wanted him too, but didn't want to press him for more right then and there. Something else was still hiding though, behind all of these other feelings.

Mira was positive she knew what Laxus was hiding and why. They had been exclusively intimate for a long time now and she could read him well even when he hid his emotions, so she tried to coax it out of him gently. "I'm not going anywhere, Laxus. I highly doubt this bond will let us be apart; but even if I could ever possibly leave you, Fairy Tail is my only home. My siblings are here and everyone else is like extended family. You know what our past was like and what happened after we all thought Lisanna died. I'm not the same person I was then and you are not the same person you where years ago either. We have grown up and figured out what is most important to us in this life. Your internal 'dragon' knew your feelings before you did and pushed you to do something you denied to yourself for a long time. We claimed each other here in this very field and I was happy. I will always be here when you need me and I will be anything you need me to be. I love you."

Her declaration seemed to be just what Laxus needed to hear and ease his abandonment issues and his heart opened up to her at that moment. Laxus had his face buried in her neck and she could feel the wetness from his tears that he was still trying to hide, but he took in a shuttering breath and started to talk to her. "Thank you…Mira. I don't know how you can say you love me after all I have done, but thank you. I don't really know what this kind of love is, but I know I don't want to be without you in my life. I want protect you and I want to keep being intimate with you, only you. You make me feel happy and content, I don't know what I would do if you no longer wanted me around." Throughout his speech, Mira felt warmth start to ravel its way around her that made her feel comfortable and happy. Mira pushed on Laxus chest to make him lean back and look at her. "So you love me too?" she asked while feeding him more of her emotion to get her point across. His tear stained face softened as he looked at her, feeling her love for him through the bond and returning it as he said, "Yes, Mira. I love you as well."

As Laxus leaned forward to kiss her, his magic moved out to cage them in his lightning. When their lips touched, her purple and black magic joined his and turned the lightning to a light purple. Erik watched from his vantage point as the two magic's combined and shot up towards the sky like a laser beam and then dissipated. He smiled, remembering his own bonding with Kinana out in this very same field over a year ago now. He touched his mark and relayed to his mate that the other slayers could relax and all was well. He turned and walked away from the intimate scene that was beginning behind him and implored his mate to meet him in a certain spot he had found for them outside of town as soon as she could. Erik had been away for a long time and missed Kinana terribly. They needed to do a little 'bonding' of their own tonight.

The two S class mages opened their eyes after the bonding was done, studying each other intently and looking for any changes. Laxus spotted the mark on Mira at the same time that she noticed his, each of them reaching out to touch the others mark. Mira bore a dark purple lightning bolt with a black outline and Laxus mark was now nestled within his black tattoo, a bright yellow bolt with a white outline. When they both made contact, their powers shot upwards again like it had during their bonding and formed a giant magic circle above them reminiscent of a Unison Raid. They both recoiled from touching the others mark like a spark had zapped them and held their heads. The magic had been allowing them to share each other's memories, but it had been so fast it made them both feel dizzy and sick. "I think it may take some time to get used to that," Mira panted, trying to regain her equilibrium. The pair glanced at each other and both started laughing, like they hadn't done since they were young and carefree children. Their pasts we moot now and their futures were bound by a magic they had never imagined.

Laxus reached out to run his thumb over Mira's mark and heard her say, "He really is such a beautiful man," to which he snorted a response of, "Beautiful?" Mira started and brushed his hand away saying, "I didn't say that out loud!" Laxus pulled back shocked at her announcement, but Mira reached out to touch his mark thinking 'Jerk'. Laxus growled at her, "That wasn't called for." "I wonder what happens if I touch my own mark?" Mira said as she touched hers and heard, "crazy little witch if she wasn't so damned hot I'd…" "LAXUS!" Mira yelled at him. "You heard THAT too?" Laxus threw his hands up in the air to emphasize his frustration, even though she could already feel it. Mira giggled at him and Laxus glared at her, although his emotions gave him away and they both started laughing like grade school kids again. Laxus touched his own mark as they both calmed down from their laughing fit and thought, 'YOU are the one that is beautiful, especially when you laugh like that. You make me want to do…things to you.' That stopped Mira's giggling fit immediately and her lust hit him like a brick wall, in emotion and scent. 'Then by all means, do,' Mira thought at him while touching her own mark. Laxus definitely did not have to be told twice.

Clothes were strewn all over the grass as the newly bonded mates enjoyed each other in ways they had not yet imagined. Not only could they feel everything from the other, but a simple touch to ones mark let both know exactly what the other wanted before they could even put a voice to it. Foreplay had turned into a competition to make Mira orgasm as many times as possible before Laxus could no longer contain himself and had to drive himself deep inside her. Finally being interlocked like puzzle pieces, the mad scramble for release turned into their first time of truly making love. Their joined emotions were so heavy that they almost brought Mira to tears from the beauty of them. Laxus leaned down to kiss and lick her mark, silently begging her as he continued to piston in and out of her wet warmth, 'Please, don't ever leave me.' Mira pulled his head from her mark to look at her and told him firmly, "Never, I love you…forever." She then pulled his face to hers and kissed him soundly, snapping him out of his slow pace and driving them both to their end together mere moments later.

They returned to the Guild hours later, hand in hand. It was late and not many people were there to witness them return. Surprisingly the other slayers had remained and even more surprisingly their mates were waiting the remaining patrons while the slayers cleaned up the tables that were empty. Kinana was nowhere to be seen. When Lucy saw them come in she touched her mark and Natsu looked up. He looked over to Gajeel and whistled to catch the other slayer's attention, and they both started to walk over slowly. Gajeel had called Levy by touching his mark and she hurried over to join them all as they stopped in front of the newest slayer pair.

Mira looked around the Guild and how clean it looked, asking them, "What are you guys doing and where is Kinana?" Lucy looked a little pink and told her, "Her mate called her a while ago and she asked if we could watch the Guild until you guys got back." "Her mate?" Laxus asked with a quirk to his eyebrow. "Yes," Levy spoke up, "it seems Kinana was the first one to become mates with a slayer around here. She and Eric, that is…Cobra, mated almost a year ago. I guess after all that mess with Tartarus. He is part of Jellal and Meredy's Guild and accompanied them here to spend time with his mate. Seems he stays outside of town so he won't have to listen to everyone's thoughts. He saw you both out there and let her know when you were returning." "Cobra …" Mira asked, "That Poison dragon slayer who has lacrima, like Laxus?" "Yeah," Natsu replied while scratching his head, "we should have seen it coming; Kinana did used to be his flying snake and all." Mira, Laxus, Levy and Gajeel just gaped at him and Lucy shook her head at him. "What, you didn't know?" Natsu said looking at the others in turn. "I guess his wish to hear her voice turned her human, although she may still be able to transform into a giant, flying snake. I'm not really sure." Natsu continued while shrugging his shoulders. Everyone but Lucy did a giant sweat drop at this and decided just to move on from that conversation.

By now everyone had cleared off but them, so they all decided to give Mira a hand and finish cleaning up so that they could all leave to be with their mates as soon as possible. The girls refused to leave it all for Mira to do alone, so the guys were stuck helping or risked the wrath of their mates. Of course, the woman all started discussing the process and how things had gone for each of them. Come to find out, Mira had not gone through a magical coma at being just as strong if not stronger than Laxus. There was no need for the magic to balance them in that way. Mira refused to give them any dirty details and after she gave them her look, they finally stopped pestering her about it. Big girls don't kiss and tell, she thought to herself noticing Laxus touching his mark while chuckling quietly. His thoughts cut across hers as he said, "But in their minds, they're dirty as hell!" Mira turned red and stomped her foot at him and warned him to knock it off through their link, but Laxus just shrugged and said aloud, "What, you know it's true." Everyone sniggered at Mira's obvious embarrassment.

Mira closed up and the couples started to wander off to their homes for the night. She watched her friends walk away with their loved ones and sighed, happily. "What has you so emotional, Mirajane?" Laxus asked her while wrapping his arms around her body and his love around her mind. "It's just nice to see them together, after all they have been through. It almost makes me wish we had figured our own situation out sooner, but I think we still had a lot more growing up to do." Laxus huffed, "Funny how the younger ones can be so much more mature sometimes isn't it?" "Quite," she replied, snuggling into his chest. "Where would you like to sleep tonight, beloved?" Laxus asked her quietly while nuzzling the top of her head. "Yours would be preferable, my siblings will ask way too many questions after what happened earlier and I am too tired to deal with that right now," Mira said, trying her best not to yawn. Laxus picked her up and carried her like a new bride, which essentially she was, back to his home for the night. "We will need to discuss how and where we are going to live together tomorrow though," Laxus told her as he walked. "Of course, my love…"Mira trailed off as she fell asleep in his arms. Laxus smiled and kissed her forehead as he carried her home.

So part two is complete and Mira and Laxus bonding is complete. The song is "Lay our World on Me" by Ozzy Osbourne if you are interested. I think it fit the mood I was portraying completely. I don't have too much more to touch on and this story may be done soon. I think I may go a little more in depth for each in their own separate stories, depending on how things go in the manga. I'll try my best to connect them here and there too. Sorry to those of you who wanted a really smutty lemon, but like Mira said "Big girls don't tell." The other part is definitely true though, Laxus, you dog. Lol. Goodnight all and I'll be back with more as soon as I can. My mate says it's time for bed.