Mira wished she could say that today was a beautiful day with the warm sun beating down on the colourful flowers. The bees buzzing around and the birds singing and flying around cheerfully. A slight breeze breaking the heat.

But that was not the case...

It was the exact opposite. There were heavy dark clouds in the air and the sky was dark and foreboding, like an evil presence yet to be revealed. However, It was humid and the wind was like a gust from a storm. The bees retreated and the birds were gone.

Soon a storm will beat down on them as well as the unthinkable.

However, Mirajane didn't waver in her friendly facade. She couldn't help feeling like something bad was going to happen, but she didn't allow her uneasiness to display on her face. She only displayed her beautiful smile. A smile that could light up a whole room.

She was one of the first people to arrive at the guild and she positioned herself at her usual spot behind the bar. Cleaning glasses and preparing meals as she watched her guild mates pile into their proud guild hall one member at a time.

The only members missing now is their powerhouses and their troublemakers. She giggled as she saw an exhausted Lucy enter the guild hall behind an overactive Natsu and Happy. Her night terrors were probably worse than normal the night before. After them, Gray entered with Juvia stalking behind him. Next was the thunder legion, minus Laxus, with Evergreen butting heads with Erza.

Mira's siblings came with her so they were already there. Gajeel entered the guild hall followed by Lily. His eyes scanned the guild, but his face fell when his eyes didn't find Levy who was reading a book with Jet and Droy sitting next to her like every other morning. Mira noticed everyone's little habits as they came into the guild hall. Gajeel usually strolled into the guild hall, looked for levy then he would smirk and walk over to her to start teasing her.

Mira found it so cute how he pestered her relentlessly, but it did sometimes cause Jet and Droy to sulk in the corner. They couldn't do anything about Gajeel and they knew it, even if they teamed up against him he would still kick their asses easily. So they reverted to sulking because they knew their shot with Levy was getting slimmer by the day.

However, that routine was quickly broken when the team in Revona came back without Levy. Gajeel settled into a dark corner and crossed his arms as he leant against the wall. There was still tension between Gajeel and Natsu. Mira wondered what happened between them.

However, Mira giggled as she watched the lively guild in front of her. The guild that saved her. She didn't know what she would've done if she hadn't found fairy tail.

"Hi, Mira." A voice greeted her, pulling her out of her daydreaming.

"Oh hi, Freed." Mira said smiling warmly at him.

"Have you seen Laxus?" Freed asked in his formal voice.

So his groupie was looking for him... Mira sweat dropped mentally, Freed was like Juvia and Laxus were his Gray. Except Freed wasn't as aggressive as Juvia was. He worshipped Laxus too much to act like Juvia.

"I can't say that I have, I actually haven't seen him yet." Mira answered tapping her chin in thought.

"Oh okay, thank you, Mira." Freed said politely.

"I hope you find him." Mira replied as he walked off.

Well for Laxus's part she hoped Freed wouldn't find him, she knew he liked his solitude and once Freed found Laxus, he can forget about solitude. Once Freed found him he wouldn't leave his side until Laxus went home and locked his doors. Specifically to keep freed out.

Mira noticed that it started raining, hard. It was probably pouring outside now. Luckily she was inside the guild, she was sorry for the poor suckers that had to walk outside in this storm now.

But Mira did find it strange that she hasn't seen Laxus yet. He was never at the guild before Mira was, but he always stepped through the guilds doors before Natsu did and she knew he wasn't on a mission since she does the admin, she knows exactly who is on missions and when.

In the beginning just when Lucy joined the guild, Mira disliked his dark presence at the guild. But know ever since he joined the guild again after he got expelled she didn't mind his presence at the guild at all. His dark presence turned into a strong independent yet caring presence that demanded respect. She enjoyed his presence at the guild now.

Mira continued to clean glasses as well as serve drinks and food. She was busy walking back to the bar after she gave Erza some cake when her blue eyes caught sight of spiky blond hair. However, something was off and Mira could sense it.

Mira stared at Laxus as he scanned the guild. She even forgot that she was supposed to clean the glass in her hands. However, after a few minutes, Laxus turned his eyes towards her and their eyes met. Mira started blushing and quickly turned her head as she cleaned the glass in her hand and reached for a new one.

She wondered when he arrived at the guild. She would've noticed him if he entered the doors so it only meant that he was at the guild before her. But why?

She turned her eyes to Laxus again. Master was now standing next to him. Laxus had just exited Masters office and was leaning on the railing with his muscular arms crossed while listening to his grandfather's talking. Both their faces were grim and serious.

Mira frowned, Laxus may have improved his relationship with his grandfather, but they still rarely talked to each other. That's why Mira found it strange that he was in master's office, alone, talking to him and was still talking to him.

"Hey Sis, what's with that frown?" Lisanna asked curiously as she plopped herself on one of the barstools.

"Oh, nothing I was just thinking." Mira said as she tore her gaze from Laxus and smiled at her little sister.

However, Lisanna followed her gaze before Mira redirected it to her. Lisanna caught sight of what her sister was frowning at then turned her gaze back to her older sister, adopting a sly look. Mira sighed mentally.

"Thinking about Laxus?" She asked with amusement.

"Not exactly." Mira said with a sweat drop.

"You two dated in Edolas." Lisanna said leaning her head on her hand with a smile.

"What?!" Mira squealed with a furious blush, almost dropping the glass in her hand.

"Just kidding." Lisanna said laughing, making Mira glare at her slightly.

"In all the years I spent in Edolas, I never really saw Laxus. However I did see him occasionally passing by in the streets, but I have no idea how his personality is like or what he did for a living." Lisanna continued as she rubbed her chin in thought.

"That's strange." Mira said taking the next dirty glass to clean.

"Yeah, however, Laxus has turned quite handsome since the last time I saw him before I went to Edolas." Lisanna said with a wink.

"Lisanna! Stop it!" Mira exclaimed smacking her with the cloth she was using to wash the dishes with while Lisanna laughed, her little sister is going to make her blush again.

"Talking about me ladies?" Bickslow suddenly asked as he slid into a barstool next to Lisanna.

"Uhhmm no." Lisanna said bluntly as they sweat dropped.

"Anyway, don't you find it strange that Laxus is having such a long conversation with master." Mira commented as her eyes drifted to Laxus again

"Stalking our boss I see." Bickslow said slyly making Mira snap her gaze back at him.

"Stalking my little sister I see." Mira retorted back with a smirk.

"I'll keep quiet now..." Bickslow said awkwardly as he slumped slightly.

"Yeah." Mira said amused.

"You're right Sus." Lisanna said referring to her previous comment before Bickslow tried to tease Mira.

"I wonder what they're talking about." Bickslow pondered.

"By the looks of it, it's not good." Mira said seriously.

Mira kept them in her sight as she continued with what she was doing while Bickslow returned to the Thunder Legion and Lisanna went to talk with Natsu and their group. However Laxus and master didn't talk for much longer before their conversation ended and Laxus walked away. Master watched him as he left before he scowled and returned to his office.

Laxus walked down the steps with his hands in his pockets. He passed the bar without a word or looking back.

"Going somewhere?" Mira asked hiding her suspicion with a smile while setting the glass in her hand down.

"Mmm, I have some business to attend to." Laxus replied as he stopped and turned back to the bar.

"Sounds interesting, is it a job?" Mira asked curiously.

"You can say that." Laxus said turning back to the door.

"Need help?" Mira asked she didn't like his answers.

He wasn't giving her straight answers, he was hiding something.

"Not this time, Mira." Laxus said with the slightest of smiles.

He turned his head back to Mira and she saw the smile that tugged at his face just before he turned his face back around and walked to the guild doors.

"Wait, where are you going?" Mira called out.

"I'll be gone for a while, take care Mirajane." Laxus said before the Thunder Legion started pestering him, but he shrugged them off and disappeared out the doors.

Stupid lighting bastard. Mira scowled at the door, she didn't like this. She was going to get some answers. Mira left the bar and walked over to the Thunder Legion.

"Freed, did Laxus tell you where he's going or why?" Mira asked gaining their attention.

"Stalking our boss again, Mira." Bickslow started again.

"I'm not in the mood and that is getting old Bickslow." Mira said as she glared at a grinning Bickslow.

"Grumpy because he didn't tell you where he's going?" Evergreen said smugly as she adjusted her glasses.

"I'm going to ask this one more time. Did he tell you or not?" Mira asked threateningly as a dark aura surrounded her.

Bickslow and Evergreen cowered behind Freed because they knew he was innocent so he'll be spared. Freed may not have cowered, but he did look nervous.

"He didn't tell us anything. He left with a simple goodbye." Freed replied sounding half depressed that Laxus left them behind.

"Thank you Freed." Mira smiled as the dark aura dissipated in an instance.

Mira turned around and walked towards the master's office making the thunder legion sigh in relieve. She stopped in front of Master's door and knocked gently.

"Come in." She heard him say as she opened the door and entered, closing the door after her.

"Mira, what can I help you with?" Master asked surprised.

"I'm just curious as to where Laxus is heading to and what business he has to attend to, so I was hoping you could tell me." Mira smiled at the master who's expression turned grim.

"He's just going to some measly place to clean up a predicament." Master answered.

"What measly place and what predicament?" Mira asked.

"Why are you asking, Mira?" Master asked.

"Because he's going to do something dangerous alone and I want to know what." Mira replied.

"What makes you think that?" Master asked crossing his arms.

"Well the two of you were talking for quite some time and you two never talk plus it looked serious. Then he answered my question without giving me an actual answer. He left the Thunder Legion behind, even if he always takes them with him on every job he takes. But lastly, he called me Mirajane, he only calls me by my full name if something bad is going on or if he's being serious." Mira explained seriously.

"You're quite observant, aren't you Mira?" Master sighed.

"Now answer my question, Master." Mira said with a hard expression.

"I can't do that Mira." Master said seriously.

"I've acquired a new demon spirit after the whole Tartaros incident and I've been itching to try it out and since you don't want to answer me we can test it out now." Mira said with a threatening smile as her magic started to spike and surround her while chills ran down Master's spine.

"Fine, fine, I'll tell you. Just don't go demon on me." Master said uncrossing his arms while waving them in front of him.

"Good, that's what I wanted to hear." Mira said as she giggled.

"You're a real demon." Master muttered.

"I know." Mira said while smiling brightly.

"I've asked him to investigate the location of where we believe the dark guild to be and to negotiate for Levy's freedom. If they won't negotiated, I told him to return to the guild." Master said.

"How could you master! How could you send him alone to a dark guild nobody even knew existed until now? We know nothing about them. They could kill him." Mira said angrily.

"That's why he is to negotiate with them first, then call for backup with the communication lacrima." Master said.

"You mean this lacrima?" Mira asked holding the lacrima up she found at the top of the stairs.

"Whaat? That idiot!" Master exclaimed furiously.

"He's not calling for backup. He wants to spare unnecessary casualties that's why he left the Thunder Legion behind." Mira said with a sigh.

"I'm going to kick that punks ass when he gets back. Let's hope he only negotiate with them." Master said with an angry scowl.

"Where is the dark guild?" Mira asked.

"Let's leave it to Laxus first." Master said calmly.

Mira shrouded herself with her dark magic and banged her fist against his table.

"Tell me." Mira threatened in a low voice.

"Okay, okay." Master said as he told her exactly where the dark guild is.

Mira nodded and calmed down as she straightened up then went to the office door. She stopped and turned back to master before exiting.

"Savages don't make deals Master." Mira said before leaving the office and closing the door behind her.

Mira walked to the guild doors so she could get her things from her house. She isn't going to let Laxus fight a dark guild alone.

"Where are you going, Sis?" Elfman asked.

He was standing next to evergreen, how cute...

"I have something to take care off. I'll be gone for a while." Mira smiled at her younger brother.

"She's probably going to stalk Laxus." Bickslow grinned.

"Shut up Bickslow, that's not what I'm doing." Mira exclaimed as she left the guild.

Mira looked at the clouds as she stepped out the guild. It was pouring down on her, soaking her hair and clothes. She headed to her house and gathered her things then left with a bag to the direction she knew Laxus went. She knew he wasn't going to take the train, he was a Dragon slayer after all...

She headed to the train station because she knew she'll arrive before him if she takes a train, since he's a dragon slayer and travelling alone he wouldn't risk missing his stop and being stuck on a train while having motion sickness.

"Hey, could I please have a ticket..." Mira asked politely but was interrupted by the salesman

"Sorry ma'am the trains are out of commission today due to the heavy storm." The ticket salesman said.

"You're kidding me." Mira said bluntly.

"Sorry." The salesman said with a sweat drop.

Great, now Laxus had a big lead on her. Mira sighed then walked out the train station and to the direction of the dark guild. Mira travelled alone for days, she never fully caught up to Laxus. But as she neared the dark guild the clouds grew even angrier.

She was still lagging behind Laxus when she saw furious thunder as she neared the dark guild. Mira knew that only meant one thing... Laxus was fighting already. That ruled out negotiations. Mira was right. Mira started jogging to her desired location.

She jogged through the forest as she dodged trees and bushes while she ran. Finally, she saw the clearing where the lightning was centred around. She burst through the treeline into the clearing and stopped.

It was chaos...

Everything was in slow motion as Mira watched the destruction around her. It was almost too much for her. Almost...

Scattered bodies were screwed everywhere, but Laxus and Mira were still heavily outnumbered. Laxus fried his opponent and as he turned around to demolish another enemy group his eyes caught hers. He froze as his dark eyes stayed on her bright ones.

"Mira..." He said.

"Stay focused Laxus." Mira said as she transformed into her demon soul while laxus electrocuted everyone close to him.

Mira started ripping at the army Laxus faced and slowly lowered their numbers alongside Laxus. After a while of fighting, she came to stand next to Laxus.

"What are you doing here Mirajane?" Laxus asked not looking at her as he still fought.

"I'm backup." Mirajane answered also focusing on her own fight.

"The old geezer told you everything, didn't he?" Laxus said irritated.

Laxus knew the answer and it irritated him that the old man would talk so easily, but he didn't blame him for telling. Mira can really be threatening if she wants to.

"Yes, he did." Mira said kicking a guys head.

"Damn geezer." Laxus scoffed as he dodged a guy's attack and electrocuted him.

"Mira I want you to go back to the guild." Laxus said seriously.

"Everyone retreat." A woman's voice suddenly yelled sternly making everyone stop fighting.

"You know my terms Laxus. Negotiations after this are going to be quite interesting." A woman called out amused.

Mira looked around as everyone retreated and for the woman who said it, but she never found her. Mira frowned at the wizards as they all disappeared one by one. Laxus and Mira were panting, they used up a lot of magic already.

"Where'd they go and where is their guild?" Mira asked confused, turning back to her normal from.

"Mirajane I need you to go back to the guild now." Laxus said turning to her.

"Why? I came to help you." Mira said angrily as she turned to him as well.

"You're not safe here." Laxus said with a sigh.

"No one is ever safe in battles." Mira said annoyed.

"Just go back to the guild Mira." Laxus sighed exaggerated.

"Not without you." Mira replied stubbornly.

"Then I guess I'll have to force you." Laxus said grimly as electricity crackled around him.

"Why are you doing this?" Mira asked, but instead of an answer, he shot lightning at her.

Mira quickly dodged it and turned into her Satan Soul. Laxus was coming back to the guild whether he liked it or not. She attacked Laxus as they went head to head. Mira got in a few good attacks, but so did he. If this battle went on like this, she'll have to resort to her stronger demons. Mira dodged his lightning fist and swept his feet from beneath him.

Laxus was about to recover, but Mira tackled him. They both fell to the ground with Mira sitting on top of him to pin him down.

"Laxus, come back to the guild. The guild can help you. You don't have to do this alone." Mira said in a soft tired voice.

"Sorry Mira, not this time." Laxus said with slight regret in his voice just before his whole body erupted in lightning.

Mira screamed in pain as the lightning swallowed her as well. The lightning continued to electrocute her until her eyes grew droopy and she fell unconscious. Laxus stopped the lightning as her eyes closed slowly. His dark eyes were the last thing she saw before her vision became black and she lost grip on her consciousness.

Mira fell to the side, but Laxus stopped her from hitting the ground. He stood up with Mira in his arms. She turned back to her normal body with her head resting against his chest.

"So what's your choice Laxus, the lightning dragon slayer?" The red eyed woman asked revealing herself to Laxus again.

However, Laxus ignored her. He turned around and walked into the forest with a limp Mira in his arms. He searched for a safe place he could leave Mira as well as somewhere dry. As soon as he found a safe place he placed her gently on the ground, then left. He returned back to the clearing where the woman stood waiting patiently with a smirk.

"So you've decided?" She asked, but Laxus didn't answer.

He just stood in the rain with his hands in his pockets while he panted.

"You knew my terms dragon slayer." The woman said breaking the silence.

"I didn't like them" Laxus scoffed.

"Too bad. You'll be taking her place then." The woman said her smirk growing vicious.

Laxus suddenly started feeling cold, but he couldn't understand why because the temperature didn't change at all. He looked down at his arms which felt the coldest. He didn't have his coat on because he took it off before the fighting began. His eyes widened as he looked at his arms.

"What the hell is this?" He exclaimed as a glowing dark red abyss crept up his arm.

The eery darkness kept climbing on his arms and he didn't know how to stop it. However, it wasn't long before his mind went foggy and his eyes grew heavy. Laxus smirked with amusement at his situation.

"Are you prepared?" Laxus asked sleepily looking at the woman with a smirk.

"For what?" She asked annoyed as her smirk fell.

"To make an enemy out of fairy tail." Laxus replied as he felt himself falling to the ground.

"Why does every fairy tail member I capture keep saying that?" The woman asked irritated as she rolled her eyes.

Laxus's eyes closed and his consciousness vanished before he could even answer the woman or acquaint himself with the ground…

Sorry Mirajane, it looks like you're going back to the guild alone…


A/N: SO turns out every camp in Namibia has wifi at the reception and I was smart enough to bring my laptop, however at the previous camps I couldn't think of an excuse to take my laptop to reception, but here the fishing competition is going on so my parents let me be :P However what I did is I worked on the like next 5 chapters. So that's done, I just need to check it. I hope you guys liked the chapter, this is actually one of my favourite chapters, I wrote it when I was going through my Miraxus phase. I go through phases with my favourite ships, but gajevy is still my absolure favourite.