Hey there everyone. I'm all better now, so guess what time it is? Time to continue this story. For those who are wondering when Lucy will join Sabertooth, just wait two more chapters after this oneHere we go!
Chapter 8: Time Freeze
Lucy POV
The next morning I woke up feeling great. Not only was yesterday a lot of fun, but I was refreshed and had a lot of energy for today's training. I was also happy because Laxus had kissed my forehead. He must have thought I was asleep when he did it, but I was actually thinking about how I was looking forward to another day like that where Laxus and I could have fun. After a few minutes of waiting, Laxus came out and after a small good morning, we got to training.
Time skip to after training(Don't feel like actually writing the training)
We had just finished my training when we decided that we would go eat. Neither of us felt like actually cooking, so we decided to go and eat at some restaurant. We ended up deciding on a small diner in the middle of the city. When we got there, we asked for a table for two and after sitting down, we began to talk.
"Hey Laxus?"
"Yea? What is it Lucy?" "I was wondering, what would you be doing if you hadn't found me lying there?" I knew that this a delicate topic for both of us, but this was something that I was curious about. After a few minutes, Laxus finally spoke up, "Honestly, I don't know. I would probably still be roaming the continent. Even though traveling could be fun at some times, it was usually pretty boring, specially if you are traveling alone. Why do you ask?" "No reason, just curious I guess." Then, the waiter finally came over and after taking our orders, went to get our food. The rest of the meal was pretty quiet, probably from my question. After paying and walking out, we saw that it was still pretty early, so we decided to walk around town, since it was something that we have never actually done. We found out pretty fast that there was more to this little city than met the eye. They had about every store one could hope for. It even had one of those designer clothes store, much to Laxus's dismay, since he knew I would force him to take me some time.
After half an hour of walking, we arrived at the edge of town, where we were met with the sight of a beautiful lake. "Look Laxus! Let's go have soak our feet. I'm tired of walking." "Fine. But don't expect me to go swimming of anything, we don't even have any swim wear. Unless you want to swim naked." As he said that, I saw a smirk in his face and I immediately blushed, "Shut Up! Of course I wouldn't want to do that! That's why I suggested we only soak our feet! Shesh." "Alright Lucy, let's go." We spent about two minutes soaking our feet, when a big splash caused us to stand up and alert. What we saw next surprised both of us. In front of us was a giant electric eel swimming around the lake. We were even more surprised when it spoke up. What are you humans doing in my domain?I spoke up before Laxus could say anything, "We're sorry but we were just soaking our feet. We didn't know you live here." I don't care if you didn't know. Anyone that crosses my domain must be punished. The eel suddenly was surrounded by lightning. It threw some lightning at us and before it could reach us, Laxus stood in front of me and opened his mouth to eat the lightning.
Laxus POV
I jumped in front of Lucy to eat the lightning, but was surprised when the lightning tasted like shit. "What the hell?! This lightning tastes like shit. What the hell is this!?" I was pissed off at that damn eel, and decided to send my lightning bullets at it. Not suprisingly, the eel was able to easily deflect them or simply absorb them into its body. "Damn, this is not going to go well. Lucy, go back to the house, I'll catch up to you later." "NO WAY! I don't want to abandon you Laxus. I'll show you how strong I've become." Before Lucy could do anything though, the eel seemed to freeze, as well as everything around it, except for us. A couple of seconds later, the eel was falling towards the ocean and the only sign of a clue as to what happened was the mysterious man in a greek robe and a plant crown on his head. He was about Lucy's size and had medium length hair that reached the back of his head. Currently, he was in a stance that showed that he had done something to the eel.
Lucy POV
I was shocked to see the eel fall to the ocean, but was even more shocked when I saw the man in the greek robes. I immediately thought that he was another god, a thought that was comfirmed to be true when he walked up to me and bowed down. "Hello milady. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kronos, the God of Time. I am here to join my fellow gods." "Please to meet you Kronos, my name is Lucy. I look forward to working with you." Before I could continue though, Laxus interrupted me, "Hey! Where you the one that did that to the eel?" "Of course, who else could it have been, you were having a hard time with it and I got involved before milady could get involved." I felt like I was being underestimated so I spoke up, "I'm sorry Kronos, but I believe that I could've taken care of myself. After all, I've spent the last two months training with Laxus." "Of course milady, my apologies. I did not wish to make it seem as if I doubted your ability, after all we gods know the large amount of potential you have in you milady." "Damn right she does, now tell me, how the hell did you defeat that eel so fast?" "Well Sir…" "Laxus" "Right, well Sir Laxus, as you know already, I am the God of Time, so I simply froze time and stroke the beast with my magic while it was vulnerable." I was amazed at Kronos abilities which was obvious in the expression that I had on my face. "Well Kronos, I look forward to being able to be your friend." "Yes milady. It would be my pleasure. Now to make this partnership official. I, Kronos, God of Time, hereby swear my loyalty and strength to your cause and swear upon my life that I will follow you through any and all obstacles you may face in the life of my new master, Lucy Heartfilia."
After this, he turned into a beautiful silver colored gem and took its place next to my other gems on my necklace. In the middle of the gem, he had a small hourglass that symbolized his power of time.
"Well Laxus, that was interesting. You seem to be getting fond of the gods." Laxus simply grinned and said, "well of course, it feels good to given a title, especially when they talk about you like you're a bad ass knight." "Yeah, anyways mister, try to control that language of yours. I don't want you to have a bad influence to any of my new friends." "Uh… right. Sorry about that. Got too over excited. Come on, it's getting late, let's go home." "Right." I was so tired that I unconsciously leaned onto Laxus and used his shoulder as a support so that I could stay awake. "Uhh… Lucy? What are you doing?" I looked up and blushed and moved away. "Sorry! I'm just tired." We walked a little more but I was begginning to fall asleep. Laxus must have noticed because the next thing I know, he is carrying me bridal style, causing me to blush. "What are you doing Laxus? Put…me…down…" "Just calm down Lucy. You're obviously going to fall over if you keep walking, so go to sleep. I'll take care of the rest." I was no longer listening though, since I was falling asleep to the sound of Laxus's beating heart. I cuddled into his chest and said, "Goodnight Laxus…"
Laxus POV
"Goodnight Laxus…" I heard Lucy mumble to me, and to my surprise, she kissed me on the cheek before completely falling asleep. I just stood there in surprise as I looked at the blond in my arms and decided that she must have done it unconsciously since she was so tired. I walked back home and put her in her bed, before leaning over and giving her a kiss on her forehead and saying, "Goodnight Lucy…"