Chapter 10
"Hey Ruby…stop hogging the mirror!" Kitty shouted as she shoved the red-head out of the way. She immediately took advantage of the free space to finish applying her bright red lipstick, smacking her lips before fluffing her voluminous blonde hair. Before she could check her cleavage she was dragged away from the mirror.
"That's not fair!" Ruby exclaimed as she pulled Kitty away. The red-head had two seconds to check her outfit before someone else pushed her out of the way to use the mirror.
"Girls…girls!" An older voice shouted, followed by the sharp snap of a fan. All the girls in the dressing room immediately turned around to address the older woman who looked around her fifties with long black hair. Though if she ever heard any of them call her old, they'd surely get a scolding. The woman wore a beautiful black dress that accentuated her every curve. "Hurry it up. We're opening soon."
"Hai Mama!" The girls all chanted. They continued their random chatter as they filed into the main lounge. Since the club took over the establishment next door they had expanded the lounge area. Expensive couches were scattered throughout the middle, while all across the outside of the lounge there were rooms, each identifiable with a name. Near the double doored entrance was a reception desk followed by a security room.
The girls were getting their final touches together before the night's shift when suddenly the doors to the club were thrown open and a loud declaration could be heard echoing throughout the lounge.
"I'm baaack."
The girls all turned towards the entrance to see a beautiful blonde woman with her arms spread out in a dramatic fashion. Her lips were curled upwards in flirty smile. Whispers immediately generated from the crowd.
"Impossible…" "Can't be…"
"Who is she?..." "You don't know?"
There was a loud sigh that could be heard from one end of the lounge. "You're much too excited to be returning here. I had no wishes to see you again…Eden."
Lucille smiled as she was greeted by her 'stage' name, before laughing at the older woman's comment. "It's nice to see you too…Mama."
Lucille's return seemed to finally sink in for some of the other girls.
"Eden!" A bunch of them ran over to give Lucille a hug. On the surface it would seem to be a joyous reunion, but you could tell in their eyes that they were saddened to see her return.
"Why did you come back?" Kitty asked. "I thought you had found something better? It's been four years already…"
Lucille smirked as she ruffled Kitty's hair, much to her dismay since it was ruining all the hard work she had put into making it fabulous. "Better question is…why are you still here?"
Kitty huffed. "That's none of your business…"
Lucille raised her brow. "Another greedy boyfriend then?"
Kitty blushed. "T-That's not it! I'm just taking another degree at the college that's all…"
Lucille's jaw dropped slightly. She didn't think the girl had it in her.
Out of the corner of her eye, Lucille noticed a flash of red.
"Who is this?" Lucille asked gesturing to the red-head that was staring at her intently.
"Ah!" Kitty exclaimed, before placing an arm over Ruby's shoulders and pulling her over. "This is Ruby! She's relatively new here. Been here for about a year."
"I'd say its nice to meet you, but it's really not," Lucille commented. It never was nice to see another girl show up on Mama's doorsteps. And judging by the look of the red-head in front of her, she couldn't be much older than 14…not much older than she was when she started…
Ruby seemed to look at her with a worshipper's eyes. "A-Are you the owner of the Paradise room?"
Lucille gave her a solemn smile before giving her a light nod.
Suddenly a loud growl could be heard even above the sound of all the whispering. Everyone turned towards Lucille who only looked sheepishly down at her own stomach.
Mama sighed. "Come on. Let's get you some food shall we? Eat quick and get ready. Doors are opening in an hour."
"Hai!" Lucille exclaimed with a smile. She let out a content sigh as she glanced around the room. It was sad, but here was one of the few places she could even remotely call home. After Mama treated her to the best dinner she's had in ages – and the only dinner she's had in a week – Lucille sat herself down in the dressing room and made herself up. She only put on a hint of dark eyeshadow followed by some gentle eyeliner and light pink lipstick. She didn't use heavy makeup like the other girls, that would go against her image.
Eden. A symbol of innocence and purity. It was an image her customers always ate up.
Lucille glanced down at the Fairy Tail stamp on her chest and immediately covered it up with as much makeup as she could, currently cursing the fact that she had made it black. A couple of minutes later, she watched through the mirror as Mama made her way to stand behind her. Grabbing a brush from the table, the older woman started brushing her hair.
Mama was an interesting woman. Just shy of fifty, the older, dark haired woman was the closest thing to a mother she could find. After Tartaros had finally decided that it was too much work to feed her, Lucille had taken to the streets to find enough money for food. After a year of begging, she somehow found herself here. At first Mama refused to take her, stating that she was too young. But by that time Lucille was willing to do anything just to survive. Having too much sympathy for someone from the wrong side of the tracks, Mama had given her menial jobs to do: taking care of the girls, fetching water and drinks for the customers, even cleaning up the rooms afterwards. However, when she was twelve things had changed.
And after four years of doing 'real' work, Lucille had earned a name for herself here.
"We kept your room for you," Mama said absentmindedly.
Ah her room. Aptly named the Paradise room, it was the place where all men's desires came true. Famed for its mystery, each man seemed to boast of a different experience compared to the others that had come and gone before them.
To them it was…like magic.
"You knew I'd be back?" Lucille asked with a raised brow.
Mama only let out a small frown, a small amount of sadness could be seen in her eyes as Lucille watched her from the mirror.
"They always do…"
Mama's doors opened to customers soon after. Dressed in a short, low cut crimson coloured dress with black heels, Lucille found herself sitting next to a wealthy middle aged man, serving him a bottle of red wine and listening to his troubles with his wife. Though the blonde was bored out of her mind, it never showed on her face, keeping an attractive smile throughout the conversation.
She was on her way to grab another bottle of wine from the bar when she noticed the red-head Ruby struggling with one of her customers.
A greasy old man was obviously being too grabby. "Aww come on little girl, you're just my type."
Lucille could tell immediately that the girl was uncomfortable. Who wouldn't be with an ugly man like that?
"N-no I-I don't…let go of me!" Ruby cried out, struggle to take her hand back from the man.
Lucille could tell the man was running out of patience.
"You brat!" The man lifted his hand to strike the red-headed teen. Security was already on the move, but Lucille was faster, instantly grabbing his wrist. Ruby turned towards her with a silent tear filled plea.
The man was about to turn to her with a nasty retort, but Lucille beat him to the punch, flashing him the best business smile she could manage while on the inside she wanted to rip out his insides. "I apologize for her behaviour Master, but she's still new here. How about you come with me instead? I can satisfy you better than any of the other girls here."
The old man ripped his hand back from her grasp before taking a quick scan of her body and giving her a sneer. "You're too old for my tastes you whore." He turned to face Ruby once again, causing the poor girl to flinch in fear. "This one here is more like it."
Lucille balled a hand into a fist behind her back. Her smile grew wider as her tone lowered seductively. "But Master…have you heard of the Paradise room?"
Apparently he had for his mood instantly changed. "You mean…the fabled room of desires?"
"Yes," Lucille flashed him another a flirtatious smile. "And you can be its very first customer in a very long time." She dragged her words out for dramatic effect. Always seemed to work on perverts like this one.
His eyes sparkled and Lucille could practically see the disgusting drool running down his chin.
"Lead the way woman," the man demanded.
Lucille gestured towards the back end of the lounge with an outstretched hand. "Follow me Master." Before she left, she gave Ruby a small nod, silently telling her to hurry off before the man changed his mind. The young girl gave her a watery smile before bowing low and mouthing the words 'thank you' before Lucille left. Lucille inwardly sighed. That girl was too young for this.
As she walked, the greasy old man decided it was alright for him to attempt to grope a feel. Thanks to her quick reflexes honed over the years, Lucille merely slapped it away before telling the man to be patient. She walked them to the end of a hallway that branched off from the back of the lounge, before they reached a dark oak door. On it was a single gold plate with the word 'Paradise' engraved in black.
Inputting the code that she still remembered even after four years of absence into the lock, Lucille pushed open the door.
And with the brightest smile she could conjure up, Lucille once again repeated the vomit-inducing tagline that she has said to each and every customer she's ever had walk through this door.
"Welcome to Paradise, Master."
She let the old man walk by her and into the room, before shutting the heavy oak door behind her, its electronic lock automatically locking shut.
The Paradise room was an exquisite sight, which is expected given the high class status to Mama's Gentleman's Club. The room was large, with a floor to ceiling glass window on one wall, currently covered by curtains. Gentle lights were installed in the ceiling and could be changed by the flick of a switch. Against another wall lay large king sized bed, covered in pure white silk sheets.
The atmosphere to this room was completely different to that of the lounge area. While the lounge had a sexier, more sensual feel equipped with mood lighting and soft music, the Paradise room had an aura of piece and innocence, which was reflective of Eden's image.
It was like a blank slate, where each man's desires could be crafted into reality.
Those who have said that money couldn't buy happiness has definitely never been to this room.
Lucille led the drooling old man across the room, before pushing him down onto the bed. She gave him a seductive smile, to which he returned with a leery anticipatory grin. "Wait here, Master. I'll be just a moment."
Lucille walked towards the bathroom which was connected to the main room, swaying her hips gently with each step she took, knowing the man was looking. Closing the bathroom door behind her, she finally let her mask slip, her smile quickly turning into a scowl.
She sighed in frustration. She had forgotten how trying this job was. But she was willing to do whatever it took to survive. Besides, she received really high pay here. Which was expected of Mama's exclusive club. Only those rich enough to afford membership may walk through those large oak doors. Usually that would ensure a higher…quality of customer, but occasionally scum like the one currently sitting on the bed outside were let in. Such was the power of money.
And this one just happened to have a fascination towards the young ones. Lucille let out a short exhale of breath. She had met many a customer like this back when she was younger. And there wasn't always someone to save her like she did with Ruby.
Thankfully she didn't need to be saved.
"Time to get the show on the road," Lucille flashed herself a dangerous smile through the mirror, a dark glint in her eye. After a deep breath, Lucille snapped the clips to her cuffs into place, feeling the familiar sting in her wrists as blood was drawn. Eyes hardening, she envisioned a gate that was coloured black, with rose vines wrapped around its bars. Each rose was of a deep crimson red and she could practically feel the prick of their thorns as she pushed the gates open.
"Open! Demon gate of the Seductress!-"
Lucille paused for a moment as if she was thinking. "…Eden!"
In a puff of black smoke, a demon appeared next to Lucille in the large bathroom.
It spoke with a heady, pouty voice. "Ojou-sama! You picked me today!"
Lucille rolled her eyes as she faced the succubus. The demon's body was just like how Gildart's had described it early this morning. The succubus had an hourglass body covered in dark scales. She had large perky breasts and a long pointed tail that waved happily behind her as if she was a dog. Small horns protruded out of her head of golden hair. Bright red eyes with dark slitted pupils stared at her.
"Well…I haven't called you out in a while so-"
"You're right you haven't!" Eden huffed, her arms crossed over her chest. "It's been soooo boring…"
Lucille scoffed before dragging Eden in front of the mirror and brushing through her hair with her fingers. "Well we have a willing customer today."
"Oh…back to doing this now? It's been a while since we've played this game!" Eden gave Lucille a predatory grin through the mirror.
"Ah, it has," Lucy replied. "Oh before I forget. Our customer today likes the young ones."
Eden immediately scrunched her nose in disgust. "Ugh. I hate those. Couldn't you find me a handsome one? Those ones are tastier. More youthful."
"Hai hai," Lucille sighed. "I'll get you one after this guy alright?"
Eden rolled her eyes. "Fine…" With a quick wisp of smoke, Eden's body had shrunken down to a child's size.
"And don't kill this one this time," Lucille added as a side thought. "We need to get our name out there again. Can't do that without customers to spread the word."
"Hai Ojou-sama…"
And with that Eden stepped out of the room. Lucille smirked to herself as she heard the conversation in the next room. Seeing as he was a normal human…a mundane…the man had fallen for Eden's illusions the moment he laid eyes on her. It would only take a couple of minutes before Eden 'worked her magic' on him.
After five minutes, Lucille exited the bathroom. She walked out to see the man lying on the bed with his eyes closed. She scowled at him. Even unconscious, he had a lecherous smile on his face. Then again they all do. Eden was on her hands and knees over his body, her lips hovering over the man's open ones. Slowly Lucille watched as Eden fed off the sexual energy that slowly left the man's lips in a white wisp.
Eden usually didn't touch the one's she didn't like. It never took long for them to fall under her spell. From there, the men simply fell into a dream filled with their innermost physical desires, allowing them to fulfill their fantasies. There they wallowed, gathering sexual energy before Eden sucked it straight out of them.
For Eden, it was a simple meal. For the men, it was 'the best sex of their life'.
And Lucille didn't even need to lift a finger. She considered it a win-win situation. The day she had contracted with Eden, her first succubus, was the day her life had changed. She was twelve at the time, and finally she had the ability to work without sacrificing her own body. She felt bad for cheating the system like this, but she would never let these kinds of men touch her.
Lucille flopped down on the sofa across the room and reached into the man's jacket which had been draped over the back. Pulling out the man's wallet, she pulled out all the jewel notes that the man had, jewel signs instantly lighting up in her eyes as she counted the notes. Five hundred thousand jewels. It wasn't the most she had taken from a single customer, but it was decent. She was instantly reminded of why she catered to the rich men. They always carried insane amounts of money on their person, always overconfident about their wealth.
And each and every one of them deserved having their wallets drained empty by her. Besides, they never realize that she milks them dry, since Eden's feeding always leaves them slightly light headed, but fully satisfied as they leave.
And they always come back for more.
"How long was this appointment for again?" Eden asked while she lounged casually on the large bed, twiddling her long hair.
"Give him another fifteen minutes. I'm bored already," Lucille said with a yawn. Thankfully it didn't take as much energy to summon a succubus. While she was still a Greater demon, Eden ranked lower on the hierarchy compared to Cerberus. Lucille will consider this magic practice, like Freed had instructed her to do. Though he'd probably flip out if he knew what she was doing.
"Kayy."
As instructed, fifteen minutes later, Eden released the old man from her spell, letting the man come back to consciousness before helping him off the bed and to the door. Giving him a small wave and a smile, Eden tried not to roll her eyes as she said the words, but she asked the man to visit again before closing the door behind her.
She sent Lucille another suggestive smile when the blonde mage walked out of the bathroom. "Next one?"
Lucille sent her a similar smile back before walking out the door to entice another customer.
The rest of the night had flown by and soon the last customer had been sent off.
"Let's call it night, shall we?" Lucille suggested.
Eden, who had returned to her womanly size after the second customer, nodded enthusiastically.
The pair proceeded to make their way to the bathroom, before standing in front of the side wall. Another secret to the Paradise room was the existence of a hidden door, built so perfectly that it melded into the tiles of the bathroom, remaining unseen unless one knew of its existence. This door connected to a smaller, more modest room. It had a cozier looking queen sized bed along with a small bookshelf and a desk.
Lucille hadn't seen this room in years. The Paradise room was the only one in the club with a connecting room through the bathroom, and it was mostly used for her to wait while her succubi did their job. She liked waiting here more than in the main room. Especially when one of them actually liked a customer. When that happened they chose to engage in real sex, which resulted in some disturbing sounds that Lucille didn't wish to hear.
Lucille let out a tired sigh as she went to sit on her bed. She leaned against the wall while Eden sat in between her legs, leaning her back against Lucille's chest with a contented sigh.
Eden stretched her arms out in front of her as she yawned. "That was a productive night! I haven't fed this much in ages!"
Lucille smiled down at the top of Eden's head. "We'll be back tomorrow night."
"Oh! Pick me again please!" Eden exclaimed, turning her head around with a smile. "Or better yet, lets call out Delilah and-"
"No," Lucille cut her off with a flat tone. "Last time I called more of your sisters out you girls fought over the client. You girls ended up sucking him dry."
"But that was the point anyways right?" Eden pointed out.
"That bastard didn't deserve to go with a smile on his," Lucille gritted her teeth. After she had started going on missions, she would occasionally use her succubi to do the job. Especially if the man was prone to falling for sexualized women. And occasionally she'd come across targets that completely repulsed her to the bone. The last target she sent her succubi on…let's just say she wanted to rip out his throat himself.
For some reason, the annoying pervert's words once again flashed through her mind. Yes. She was now able to choose what she did with her demons. But if she had to go back and do everything again, she had a feeling she wouldn't change a thing.
Those bastards deserved everything she dished out to them.
Eden laughed at Lucille's comment, before taking a hold of the mage's right wrist. "Can I?"
"Try not to be messy. I actually like these sheets," Lucille pointed out. Eden nodded, before pulling Lucille's wrist to her mouth and sinking her fangs in, right below where her cuff was. Lucille leaned her head back against the wall, facing out the window while she let Eden feed directly from her. With her free hand, she absentmindedly brushed her fingers through the demon's hair. Eden liked it when she played with her hair.
Somehow Lucille had fallen asleep soon after, Eden returning to underworld when she lost consciousness.
Morning announced its arrival through the bright light streaming through the window, hitting the left side of Lucille's face. Lucille groaned for moment, before instantly sitting up. Panicking, she picked up the alarm clock next to the bed before jumping out of bed.
She's going to be late for class.
Grabbing her things, Lucille ran out through the bathroom and into the main area of the Paradise room before bursting out in the lounge. Quickly leaving Mama half the jewels she had earned the night before, Lucille ran out the double oak doors of the gentleman's club and onto the street. Squinting at the bright sun, Lucille ran past multiple streets and weaved in and out of a couple of alleys before she burst out into the middle of the city center again. Seeing the train tracks, Lucille quickly ran across.
After she made her way to the other side, Lucy froze as she caught sight of someone she wasn't expecting. Immediately hiding herself in a nearby alley, Lucy watched as Laxus and Bickslow walked by. What were they doing here so early in the morning?
"Ah! What a night!" Bickslow half laughed and half yawned, stretching his arms out over his head. "I still can't believe we stayed the night. That club was insane! And those girls! Freed is going to freak when we're late for class."
Laxus snorted as he walked beside Bickslow. "Then stop talking and hurry your ass-" He paused when he suddenly caught a familiar scent of strawberries. Turning in the direction of the smell, he stared into a nearby dark alley, but couldn't quite see anything inside.
Lucy started to panic when she watched Laxus turn towards the alley she was in. She immediately shrunk further into the darkness, hoping he wouldn't be able to see her.
"Laxus?" Bickslow turned towards his friend in confusion.
"It's nothing, let's go," Laxus replied, shaking his head. He must have just been hallucinating since it wasn't likely that the Princess would be here.
Lucy let out the breath she had been holding when the pair finally left. Waiting for a couple minutes longer, she summoned Naberius and had her take her home.
Lucy let out a loud yawn, before her head slightly bobbed and almost fell into the tomato soup she had been eating at lunch. She probably only clocked three hours of sleep the night before so she was currently exhausted.
Natsu stared at his friend with confusion. "Lucy…Why are you so tired?" She had been yawning the entire morning and had fallen asleep at the table twice already. Now that he thought it, Lucy seems to be a little pale, and slightly skinnier than he remembered. Why is that?
Lucy yawned out her answer. "I didn't get much sleep last night."
Natsu furrowed his brow. "Were you out somewhere? Was that why you weren't home this morning?"
Lucy immediately sat up, alert. "What are you talking about?"
Happy butted in. "Well when we went to pick you up this morning you weren't there!"
Lucy panicked internally for a moment before trying to cover for herself. "I must have already left before you came to get me!"
"Why didn't you wait for us?" Natsu frowned. While her explanation made some sense, for some reason, it still hurt his feelings a little bit that she didn't wait for them.
Lucy gave him a flat look. "I don't need intruders in my house every morning."
"Lucyyyy that's mean!" Happy whined, with a frown on his face.
Lucy stared at the pouting combo before sighing. "Fine…but I want notice." That way she'd know which nights she must return to her place.
"Okay!" Natsu and Happy chimed together with bright grins on their faces.
Lucy sighed in relief before concentrating on her lunch again. Unbeknownst to the trio, there was another dragon slayer nearby who had heard their entire conversation. Laxus narrowed his eyes as he studied the blonde. She wasn't home this morning huh…
Guess he had to stop shirking on his babysitting duties tonight.
As the lunch hour continued to pass, Lucy sat there with her head in her palm staring at the people around them. They seem so…happy. Sheltered. As if they haven't experienced even a shred of what the outside world was like. For the past week, she tried to live like them, unknowing, uncaring…happy. But of course that wouldn't last. Last night was a reminder of how she would never escape the chains that tied her down to the cruel world that exists on the other side of the train tracks. The world that doesn't care.
These people know nothing. Her other hand gripped into a fist. It was hard not to start resenting them.
"That's quite an ugly face you're making there."
Lucy turned around just to come face-to-face with a chest full of boob, and dark brown hair. She flinched before moving her eyes back up to the girl's face, and caught deep brown eyes that seemed all-knowing. The girl was wearing a similar uniform to her, except her tie was loosed and her shirt was partially unbuttoned.
"Cana Alberona," the girl introduced before sitting down across from her. Lucy stared at her suspiciously before glancing around the rest of the table. "Don't worry about them. No one else is paying attention to us." She was right. Natsu was off picking a fight with Gray and Erza was too busy trying not to stare at Jellal while they did school council work. It was just them.
"You don't need to hide that face you know," Cana pointed out when Lucy attempted to give her what was supposed to be a friendly smile. "It's fine if you show it here. No one would care. In fact, I think they'd rather that than the fake smiles you've been giving them no? They'd want to know the real you."
"What do you know?" Lucy replied, her voice growing slightly cold.
"Now that's more like it!" Cana gave her a smile. "I know a lot of things actually. I'm Fairy Tail's resident fortune teller you know." Cana pulled out a set of cards and started laying them out. "I've been watching you. The new mysterious girl. The one with the bright, nervous smile and yet strangely polite. Which I do call bullshit on by the way." More cards were laid out in front of Lucy. Cana pointed a card in Lucy's direction. "You're the first one to integrate so seamlessly into Fairy Tail without any issues. Which never happens and which is why I'm here to wake you up."
"What do you mean by that?"
"You don't know?" Cana asked. "Most of the kids here-" She gestured towards the rest of the cafeteria. "-have come to Fairy Tail with their own dirty pasts." Cana laid down her last card. "And this happens to be yours." Lucy stared down at the tarot cards that mean nothing to her. "I've got to admit Lucy, you've had a shitty life. But it's not just you that's been through a lot."
"People here haven't been through what I've been through," Lucy said through gritted teeth. It was getting harder and harder to hide her true feelings about this place the longer this girl talked.
"You're right," Cana said. "But you haven't been through what they've been through either. You don't get to be special here." Cana leaned over the table with a small grunt. "It's not good to hide what makes you ugly." She then proceeded to reach over and loosen Lucy's tie and unbutton the first couple of buttons before messing up Lucy's golden blonde hair. She sat back down and studied Lucy for a moment before giving her a smile. "Now that looks much more like you. Don't you think?"
Lucy sighed as she glanced down at herself before staring back at the girl across from her. This girl was scary. Lucy let out a dark smile. She liked her.
"Now that's what I want to see, Lucy," Cana said when she caught Lucy's real smile. "I'll see you around. Drop by the guild sometime, I'll buy you a drink."
"I'll hold you to it," Lucy said, not turning to see the card mage's smile. Lucy turned back to face the others, this time not holding back the frown she had when she stared at them. She glanced over at Natsu, the one who also seemed much to happy for her tastes. She was curious. Maybe she wasn't the only one who hid behind a bright smile. What sort of past did he have then?
Later that night, Lucy had brushed off another invite to the guild after classes, in favour of heading to Mama's early. Hopefully the woman would be kind enough to gift her with the wonders of her cooking yet again.
Lucy also hoped that with her earnings today, she would make enough to last her until the end of the month. She received a modest number of clients last night, mostly due to her showing up out of the blue after four years. But by tonight, word should have spread that she had returned.
And the Paradise room had been reopened.
Once again throwing on her hooded cloak, Lucy stole away towards the city. When she had reached the train tracks separating the two halves of the city, Lucy once again stopped for a moment, but with less hesitation, she crossed them once again.
Upon reaching the other side, Lucille quickly navigated the streets until she reached the club.
Little did she know that someone else was following her every move that night.
Having posted himself by Lucy's apartment since class had ended, Laxus was very aware of the dark hooded figure that left the apartment around the late evening. It was a similar image to one from the day he first met the blonde. He cursed when she summoned the raven for he had soon lost sight of the girl, but her scent was still in the air, and that was good enough for him.
He tracked the scent of strawberries all the way to the city center until he reached the divide between the two halves of the city. Snarling, he noticed that the scent passed through the train tracks and into the other side of the city. Having been to the darker side of the city on missions prior, the most notable one being the time he tracked down this blonde assassin, he knew what to expect when he passed. Nonetheless, it left a foul taste in his mouth.
Lucy's scent passed by a couple of streets that were lit with myriads of colours advertising strip clubs, dance clubs, bars and more. The typical night scene in the downtown area, but even he could sense that places here were less…tame.
The farther he walked the darker his mood became. Where was this girl headed? Weaving through multiple dark alleys Laxus was already finding himself in a more dangerous part of the city, though he knew this was nothing compared to the territories controlled by the dark guilds.
After a while of tracking, Lucy's scent finally led him to a brightly lit staircase. It was between a blaring night club and a high class bar. He lifted his head towards the lit sign above his head, eyes narrowing when he read the fancy lettering on its front.
Mama's Gentleman's Club.
Laxus gritted his teeth. "You've got to be kidding me."
A/N: Thanks for all the reviews so far! It's nice knowing what you guys think. Also to the Guest (whoever you are) who wrote almost an essay for a review. ~you practically read my mind...its scary but amazing LOL~. But yes I can see how I'm leaning towards Lalu right now, but I still wanna give Natsu a chance, so he'll be a little more prominent in chapters to come. Someone's gotta take Lucy on her first mission right? ;D
There will be times when some chapters are slower than others, I do wanna incorporate some slice-of-life moments into this story as opposed to each chapter being heavy. Anyways, hope you're enjoying this so far!
Until the next chapter!