LAXUS - PART 2
You awake to find yourself in a dark room.
Other than yourself, it seems to be completely empty. No windows, just a door on one wall.
The door opens and quickly you close your eyes and pretend you are asleep.
Someone walks in. "Oh... there's someone here."
Heart thumping loudly, you swallow and try to relax your breathing.
A second set of footsteps joins the first. "Another girl? Who is she, leader?"
"Dunno. It's too dark to tell, we'll have to get her out first. She doesn't seem hurt though."
Gulping, you begin to panic as the two people's footsteps move closer. You strain in anticipation for any harm, but instead someone picks you up and you are carried out of the room into a brightly-lit hallway.
As you are carried, you start to feel strange. Those voices... they sound oddly familiar. Where have I heard them...?
A few moments later, a cold breeze chills your exposed skin, and you realize they have carried you outside. Judging from their conversation earlier and the fact that you haven't been harmed yet, it doesn't seem like they are bad people. Tentatively, you are debating whether or not to attempt opening your eyes to see what's going on, but before you can a female voice shrieks.
"L-leader! Freed! That's the girl from today?"
"Eh?" The person carrying me speaks, confused.
It is that moment that you realize who it is.
Oh my gosh. Don't tell me... Laxus Dreyar?!
You are suddenly aware that he is carrying you bridal-style.
Instinctively, you twitch, and voice of the other guy - Freed, you assume - speaks.
"Oh, she's awake."
You inwardly sigh, hesitate, then open your eyes to see Laxus looking back at you.
Noticing you are awake, he smiles awkwardly. "Morning."
Before you can decide how to reply, he turns and looks over at the female.
"Evergreen, you said we met earlier today, but I don't remember. Who is this?"
Wait. He seriously doesn't remember me?!
Despite the situation, you are kind of annoyed.
Freed also shrugs. "Yeah. I don't really remember."
Evergreen sighs. "Seriously, you guys have such terrible memory. She was the girl who was trying to pick a fight with you this afternoon!"
"I wasn't trying to fight!" you blurt out before realizing that even if you hadn't before, THIS could totally start a fight instead.
"Ha!" she smirks. "Then were you trying to get his attention? He was born with pretty good looks, you know."
"W-what?! No! I was distracted! There's no way I would try to get a gang leader's attention!" you protest, your face turning red.
"BWAHAHAHAA!" A fourth person, the guy with the mask from earlier today, bursts into hysterical laughter and you realize he has been sitting on a tree branch above your head all along. "Baaaaby! Didya hear that? The lady just rejected you, leader!"
"S-shut up!" Laxus, to your amazement, actually blushes.
"Are you... blushing?" you ask in awe.
"..." Laxus clears his throat. "Uh, you don't look like you're hurt or anything, so why don't you walk by yourself," he mutters.
He gently but quickly lowers you to the ground and turns away.
"Hehe." Evergreen grins. She turns to you. "Looks like he likes ya?"
You stare at her. "Um." You think quickly and change the subject. "Uh, aren't you guys all gangsters or whatever?"
She smiles. "That's right. We're the famous Raijinshuu."
Yeah. Crap.
"Soo, you must be wonderin' what we're all doing here, babe?"
"That's Bickslow," Evergreen explains. "I'm Evergreen, that guy's Freed, and our leader is Laxus Dreyar. Together we make up Raijinshuu, but we all belong to the mage guild Fairy Tail."
"I see." You had heard of Fairy Tail before, but didn't know that much about it.
"Do you know how mage guilds work?"
"If you mean jobs and stuff, yeah."
Ever nods. "Well, we got a job to track down a minor slave-trade gang. Turns out you and three other girls were kidnapped - today, I suppose, since we saw you earlier today. At any rate, you're really lucky. If we hadn't caught them, you would be shipped off to some perverted saloon or something sooner or later."
"...Thanks. Um, about those other girls, I'm pretty sure I know them," you say.
"Oh?"
"We're all friends. We were going to have a mixer, but when I arrived with my best friend, our two other friends had been tied up and the kidnappers chased us. So if you don't mind, could you tell me where they are?"
Evergreen glances at Laxus. He nods.
She turns back to you. "Well, honestly, we were planning on erasing you four's memories so you wouldn't have to be affected or involved with this event. At any rate, we've already wiped your friends' memories and brought them back to their homes. If you want, we won't do it to you because we've already told you a bunch anyway and you don't seem like you'd tell." She snickered. "Actually, to be honest, I just think you're kinda cute, and I always love teasing cute brats. The more you remember, the funner it'll be, right?"
Laxus interrupted gruffly. "In the end, it's your choice. Do you want to remember or not?"
"Yes!" you blurt out, and are surprised at your own words.
Ever looks surprised, too. "Alright, then." Then she giggled. "Maybe leader's love isn't unrequited.
What?!
You glance at Laxus, who looks just as stunned as you are.
Ever laughs. "What's your name, anyway?"
"Y/N."
Ever smiles. "Well, Y/N, the night's still young. It's only midnight. Wanna come see our guild?"
END OF PART 2