Laxus X Lucy

I don't own Fairy Tail

Chapter 8 : The Master's Decision

(Lucy's POV)

As I followed behind Laxus I could not help but let my mind wander to the kiss that we had shared, and I wondered if he was lying about how he felt. It just didn't make sense, why would he kiss me if their were no feelings between us. I watched as he walked in front of me not saying a word and it almost seemed like he was pretending that I wasn't even near him. I was so strange to see him acting like this right now and I wanted the normal Laxus back, the one that randomly decided that he wanted to train me and help me get stronger. The one thing that I could not explain was why Laxus kissed me and not once, but twice. He didn't give me a reason why he did, in fact he won't even talk about what happened. I thought about bringing it up, but right now my nightmares were more important that what was going on with me and Laxus. This man could drive me crazy and not even know and I don't how it happened. We made it the guild and went straight to the masters offices to talk to him.

"Lucy, Laxus it is always great to see the two of you." Master said with a smile.

"It is good to see you to master." I said with a smile.

"So what brings the two of you here today?" The Master asked.

"Lucy has been having this same recurring dream and it is a very strange dream so I felt that it would be best to come see you and get your advice on it." Laxus said.

"Tell me about your dream Lucy, maybe we can find out what it means. The master said.

"Okay, but the dream is not a pleasant on and it scares me just to think about the dream." I said.

"That is fine my child, just tell me what you can." The master said and I nodded my head.

"My body shook in a fear, but I felt stuck. The figure just keeps coming closer and there was nothing that I could do to stop it from coming to get me. The figure was saying something, but I couldn't make it out. We were in the guild and no one seemed to notice the figure standing there. I tried to scream, and I tried to reach out for my friends that stood around me. It was like they couldn't see me, and I was helpless to do anything but watch. My fear consumed and the darkness that surrounded the figure surrounded me. I was screaming but fell on death ears. I pushed myself to move and found myself running for dear life. I had no idea where I was and didn't know anyone around me. I felt hot salty tears running down my face and my body grow weak. Why was I running and who this person that was after and why were they after me? I came to a halt at the edge of a cliff that I did not recognize and before I knew I was pushed over the cliff. That was what my dream was about." I said.

Master didn't say anything, but I could tell that he was thinking really hard about something. I know that my dream means something, but I can't figure it out, but I know that master can. I looked at Laxus and he seemed to be thinking as well which actually shocked me. I waited for their response but nothing seemed to come out of their mouths and this began to worry me to no end. Finally the master spoke up.

"Lucy your dream is indeed strange but there is meaning to it and this meanings needs to be known." The master said.

"What does my dream mean?" I asked.

"From what I have gathered something is coming for not just you but all of us. You are their main target and they will attempt to cut you off from everyone here at the guild and make you feel alone and scared. They will hunt you down and no matter what they obtain you and use you as a sacrifice." Master said.

"So what do we do to protect Lucy from this ominous threat to her life?" Laxus asked, and I could only feel the fear that was in my body.

"I am not sure yet, but I will definitely want her to be near you at all times. You are the most capable of protecting her. Natsu and the others are just to loud and reckless to the job discreetly." Master said, and at this point I was a little angry. Don't I get any say in who protects me and who don't.

"I am still right here, do I not get to chose who I want protecting me?" I asked.

"No you don't. Flame brain obviously isn't going to be able to get the job done, and Ice Princess would only get in a fight with Natsu. Ezra can be overwhelming at times and that really only leaves me as the most trusted person to do the job." Laxus said.

"It does not matter. They are my friends and I want them protecting me." I said.

"I am sorry, but my orders are for Laxus to protect you and not your friends. Natsu is strong yes, but his feelings always get in the way of what is right and what is not right. Laxus has a level head and while many in the guild do I would feel better if he were the one to protect you for the time being. Your friends are welcome to help though, I have no objections to that." Master said.

"So how will this work then. Is Laxus going to move closer to where I live in case I need him?" I asked.

"Actually, you are going to move in with me for the time being. I need to make sure that you don't leave my sight." Laxus said.

"Please don't take this the wrong way, but I don't feel comfortable moving in with you. The is an apartment above mine that just became available, you can move in there." I said.

"That's a great idea. Laxus you will move into that apartment at once, and Lucy should your dream change any at all, inform me or Laxus right away." Master said.

"Great there goes my nice apartment." Laxus grumbled.

"You will be fine." I said with a smile.

"That's easy for you to say though, you get to keep you apartment." He said and I merely grinned at his behavior.

"I do have one request though." I said.

"What is it my dear? I am sure that I can honor a simple request." Master said.

"I want to at least tell all my friends what is going on so they don't worry about me." I said, hoping that the master would be okay with that.

"That should be okay, but they will be sworn to secrecy. Laxus go get Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Wendy." Master said and Laxus left to get them returning only minutes later with them in tow.

"Hey Luce, is everything ok?" Natsu asked.

"Yeah I just wanted to let you guys know that Laxus will be moving in the apartment above me to protect me." I said.

"Why does he have to protect you?" Gray asked.

"Any of us can do the job just fine, and what is he protecting you from?" Ezra said.

"I have been having this strange dream lately, and master fears that I may be in danger and feels that Laxus is the best choice for protecting me." I said.

"What is your dream about?" Wendy asked.

"It's rather complicated, but I will tell you what I told Master." I said and they all stood there quietly and waited for me to tell them about my dream that I had.

" My body shook in a fear, but I felt stuck. The figure just keeps coming closer and there was nothing that I could do to stop it from coming to get me. The figure was saying something, but I couldn't make it out. We were in the guild and no one seemed to notice the figure standing there. I tried to scream, and I tried to reach out for my friends that stood around me. It was like they couldn't see me, and I was helpless to do anything but watch. My fear consumed and the darkness that surrounded the figure surrounded me. I was screaming but fell on death ears. I pushed myself to move and found myself running for dear life. I had no idea where I was and didn't know anyone around me. I felt hot salty tears running down my face and my body grow weak. Why was I running and who this person that was after and why were they after me? I came to a halt at the edge of a cliff that I did not recognize and before I knew I was pushed over the cliff. That was what my dream was about."

"I think that the Master was very wise to have Laxus protect you. The first thing someone would expect was for us to be the ones guarding you and they would be ready for that. They will never expect Laxus to be the one gaurding you." Erza said and could literally see the gears turning in her head.

"I still think that we should be aloud to at least help protect Luce. It shouldn't just be Laxus protecting her." Natsu said with a hint of anger in his voice.

"I understand you concern for you comrade, but you have to understand the situation. We don't know who or what is after Lucy and until we know, Laxus will protect her. I will however allow you to check in her and report any changes to me. Lucy can not be left alone. So unfortunately the games are tomorrow and I feel that may be when they will attack Lucy." Master said. I completely forgot that the games were tomorrow.

"I don't think that we should let Lucy be in the games if it could put her in danger." Gray said.

"All the reason more to put her in. More than likely it will draw her attackers out and we can discover for certain who they are." Laxus said.

"Laxus is right. I don't mind fighting in the games. You guys have taught me so much and we can still train today and teleport over tonight after we have packed." I said with a smile.

"I don't think that you can teleport more than yourself and one other person at the time." Laxus said.

"Oh, well I guess we can take the train." I said with a laugh.

"You go ahead a teleport Luce, we can take the train." Natsu said, with his goofy grin on his face.

"I suppose that settles that then. Lucy we should go to the fields and work on your combat skills." Gray said.

"That sounds like a good idea. I am figuring that you will be joining Laxus!" I stated.

"I pretty sure you that I will be." He said with a grunt.

"Thank you master." I said.

"You are welcome child." He said with his famous smile.

Without anything else said I followed the others outside to the back of the guildhall, where we could train in peace. Between all my friends and Laxus I will become stronger no matter how hard I have to push myself. This wasn't for the sake of my mother or my father or even my friends anymore. I am tired of not being able to protect myself all the time. To many times I have found myself in danger and I don't have my keys. I will learn to protect myself and be stronger for myself.

Gray started out by going over moves that he felt would be simple enough for me and Erza was my sparring partner. I knew that she was going easy on me because I was still learning everything and she did not want to hurt me. We trained for a couple of hours and only stopped to have lunch and went right back at it. They taught me how to wield a sword even though I wasn't that great at it, but Gray assured me that I would get the hang of it with training and time. Around 3 o'clock we called it quits so everyone can go pack and get on the train.

"See you guys." I said as I headed to my apartment with Laxus in tow.

"When do you plan on renting the apartment above mine?" I asked curious as to when he would be moving in.

"Gramps already took care of everything. All of my stuff should already be there." He replied.

"Well that is great news. Are you going to go up and look at before we leave for the games or are you going to wait till we get back?" I asked.

"I do still have to pack." He commented.

"Oh right." I said with a smile.

We made it to my apartment in no time and I began packing with Laxus watching. Once I was finished I followed him out of my apartment and up to his, where he began packing once inside. Surprisingly the whole place was clean and everything was put away for him. Gramps must have really wanted him to move in right away. I sighed as I sat there and watched him pack without a care in the world and was lost in my own thoughts when he spoke.

"Are you ready to go?" He asked and I looked up.

"What?" I asked.

"I asked if you were ready to go." He said.

"Oh, yeah I am. Will i be teleporting you as well." I asked.

"Yes you will, so you will need to concentrate really good. Don't want to end up somewhere crazy and have to fix it." He grumbled.

I stuck my tongue out at him and he yanked me to him by the waist and I froze. We were so close that I could feel his breath on my cheek and I blushed like crazy and looked down. He lifted my face up so that I was looking at him and he had a smirk on his face and he leaned closer to me so that our lips were just barely touching.

"Say the spell and the name of our hotel." He said.

"Okay." I managed to get out.

Open up the sky and the Galaxies and allow my travels to be free

Take me to the place that I wish to be and let my travels be safe.

Take me to Crocus, Fiore Hotel Lamar.

Before I knew it we were at the hotel that we were going to be staying at and in the room that I would be staying at. I looked around to see a greeting card with the fairy tail symbol on it and there was one King Size bed and a couch. I looked up to see Laxus was still as close as before, but his eyes had a dark stormy look and I moved to back away and before I knew his lips were on mine.

This is the third time he has kissed and every time my knees buckle and my heart races. Something about the way his mouth moved against mine made me want more and made me weak in the knees. I pushed into the kiss more and he circled his arms around my waist and deepened the kiss. His hands made there way down my body and lifted me up by my butt and he pushed me against the door where he kissed me harder.

I pulled away for air and looked up at him, but he pushed me away and walked out the door. He does this every time, and I wonder what he could be thinking. Was it something that I did that caused him to walk away every time or was he afraid to admit his feelings to me. I sighed loudly, probably louder than I should have, and unpacked my things. I picked up the note and read it.

Dear Lucy and Laxus,

At the request of your master the two of you will share this room. Please enjoy it you will find that the couch has a pull out bed and extra bedding has been provided. Please sleep well.

Night Manager.

I crumpled the note and grabbed my pajamas before going into the restroom and taking a shower. After my shower I fell on the bed and into a blissful sleep.

(Laxus's POV)

Dammit I did it again. Why do I keep kissing? I am merely supposed to be training her, but yet I feel this attraction to her all the time, and it is getting worse as time goes one. The more that I spend time around her the more I feel something. Now master is having me protect and share a room with here during the games. How on earth will I be able to deny my feelings. I am just going to have keep pushing her away and hopefully things will go back to normal. I grumbled and made my way back to our room and took and shower and quietly pulled out the sofa bed and went to sleep. Tomorrow was a new day.