The Shipping Tails
I'm back for the fourteenth chapter of… The Shipping Tails! So I've yet to accomplish the first request I've been given, and to MasterGildarts: Don't worry, I plan on doing that ship, I just couldn't give hints for it in the first chapter because I was only able to give hints for ships that only included Fairy Tail members, so I wasn't able to include the ship you requested. Anywho, today's ship is none other that: Bixanna! I can't help but notice that Bickslow's name is spelled with a cks in it, but the ship name is spelled with an x. How funny. Well, the funny facts aside we really should get on with the fic...
Chapter fourteen: Bixanna
Six days after chapter thirteen
Lisanna couldn't help but notice that something was missing from Fairy Tail today. Natsu, Lucy, and Happy? Check. Gajeel, Levy, and Lily? Check. Romeo, Wendy, and Carla? Check. "Cobra and Kinana? Check. Mirajane and Elfman? Check. Jet and Droy? Check. The Thunder Legi-... wait… Lisanna noticed that Laxus, Freed, and Evergreen were here, but where was Bickslow? Lisanna let her curiosity lead her over to Evergreen, the only female member of the Thunder Legion.
The white haired girl tapped the honey haired mage's shoulder. Evergreen looked over at Lisanna in surprise. "You need something sweetie?" She asked. Lisanna nodded her head. "I was wondering if you could tell me where Bickslow was today?" Asked the youngest of the Strausses. Evergreen wasn't sure if she should respond, she looked to Laxus for assistance. Laxus was silent for a moment, then he nodded his head. Evergreen sighed and turned back to Lisanna. "You might want to sit down." Said the fairy mage.
Lisanna took a seat next to Evergreen, and Laxus and Freed decided to tune into the conversation, just in case they needed to chime in. "Where should I begin?" Wondered Evergreen. After thinking for a moment she decided on what to say. "As you could probably guess, Laxus wasn't the only member of the Thunder Legion with a miserable past," She said then she pointed to her glasses, or more specifically, the eyes underneath them, "After all, with something like this, we were often disrespected."
"Because of that, no one in the Thunder Legion had very cheerful personality." Said Freed. This confused Lisanna "But… Bickslow's… well Bickslow." Asked the animal take over mage. Laxus chuckled humorlessly at what she said. "That may be true, but he wasn't always like that, not only was he the last member to join Fairy Tail and the Thunder Legion, but he was also incredibly quiet and distant, he barely even spoke to use. It took many months, but he eventually confided us and told us his story." Said the lightning dragon slayer.
"He only told us his story once, but none of us will ever forget it," Said Freed, "He grew up in a circus, he never knew his parents, or any of his biological family for that matter, his circus had a habit of young children, though Bickslow was around seven years older than the rest." "The circus wasn't the richest, nor the most famous," Said Evergreen, "But he was happy there, as was everyone else. He loved his adoptive family with all of his heart. But then… life takes away the things that you love."
"One night when he was sixteen, while he was out at the town market, a fire broke out at the circus, nobody was sure how it started, but by the time he had returned, the worst of fire was over, and every other member of the circus was dead." Said Laxus, Lisanna gasped and put her hands over her mouth. "That fire took the only family he ever had, and it gave him magic in return," Said Freed, "That night, his seith mark appeared, that magic had been a dormant part of him for all his life, not even he knew that he had it."
"But the pain and sorrow he felt finally caused his magic to emerge," Said Evergreen, "The children's memories possessed tiki dolls that one of the performers crafted in his spare time as a hobby, and they stayed behind and became his closest allies. Their souls originally wished to stay behind as well, but he wouldn't let them, so while some people make rumors that he steals souls, it's quite the opposite, no one has more care for souls than Bickslow has."
"And today is the fourteenth year anniversary of that day." Said Laxus. Lisanna was finally beginning to understand what had become of the seith mage. "He wished to spend time alone for today, so we left him be, it's been the same case for the last seven years that he spent which weren't inside of Fairy Sphere." Explained Evergreen. The three of them then took a closer look at Lisanna and their eyes all widened in shock. "Are you… crying?" Asked Laxus.
Lisanna sniffed and wiped her eyes. "Sorry, it's just, he was so lonely, and he lost everyone he had cared about, I lost both of my parents, but I still had Mira and Elfman with me." Said the young Strauss sadly. With a sigh she got to her feet and began walking towards the door. "O-Oi, where are you going!?" Shouted Laxus. But Lisanna didn't respond. She just opened Fairy Tail's doors and then closed them behind her. She sat there for a moment in silence.
Then she accessed her wolf take over. She lifted her nose into the air and began sniffing. It took a moment but she found what she was smelling for. Once the smell she was searching for was found, she took off running. It took awhile, fortunately wolves are nature's marathoners. Once she was within ten yards of her target she returned to her human form and began walking. The person she was looking for was at the top of a small hill. At the top of the hill was a single tree.
She reached the top of the hill with ease. At the base of the tree lay Bickslow, he appeared to be asleep. She noticed that his mask had been taken off and now laid next to him, she remembered the seith mage once telling her that the one time he tried sleeping with his mask on, it resulted in the worst chafing in his life afterwards. She leaned down and traced the sleeping man's seith mark. She sighed. How on Earthland had she fallen for this guy? Well she started out by loving Natsu, then moved on to this guy.
Maybe she had a thing for party animals. Plus it turned out that she actually really liked tall guys after spending time with Bickslow (something Natsu definitely wasn't) and now she was in love with this lunatic, she was nuts for someone who was nuts, guess that means she was even more nuts. She leaned down and stroked the side of his face. Everyone in Fairy Tail had lost someone before joining Fairy Tail, but Bickslow, he lost everyone. Lisanna sighed. "Well." She said as she began to lean down.
"You have someone now." She said as she pressed her lips against Bickslows. Now the guy was a moderate sleeper, the only reason he hadn't woken up from her touching his face was because he hadn't gotten much sleep the night before and he was out cold. But her kissing him had done the trick. His eyes snapped open and he jolted upright, breaking the kiss, but somehow knocking heads with Lisanna. His Figure Eyes magic activated on instinct and his eyes made contact with Lisanna's
The moment their eyes made contact with Lisanna's, she was put under his mind control. "I am yours to command master." She spoke in a monotone. Bickslow blinked at her in surprise. Then his eyes widened in surprise. "Mirajane and Elfman are going to murder me!" Shrieked Bickslow in terror. Lisanna cocked her head to the side, her eyes glowing a faint green because of Bickslow's magic. "Master?" She asked. "Is there something that you'd like me to do for you?"
"Well…" Said Bickslow, considering her words for a moment. "No!" He shouted shaking his head. He clenched his fists in self-loathing. He remembered falling for her a year or two prior to her "death" when the two shared a brief glance before he and the rest of the Legion left on a mission. He remembered how cute she looked when she smiled and waved at him. That cute expression and wave she gave him made cupid's arrow strike him straight in the heart. Then she "died" and his world crumbled.
He put on a face of maniacal happiness in order to hide how heavily hurt he was by her death. Everyone bought it fortunately, then she returned from Edolas, one hundred percent alive, he didn't understand all the details when it came to that parallel dimension and he didn't really care. He was a little disappointed at first when she showed signs of still liking Natsu, but he also saw that when she saw the way he interacted with Lucy that someone had already won the dim witted dragon over and she moved on.
He clenched his fists. If there is a god up there then he must like spending his time screwing guys like Bickslow over. He was already miserable today, with it being the fourteenth anniversary since the fire that had taken his only family away from him, and now he had screwed up so badly that he wound up possessing Lisanna with his figure eyes. Speaking of which… "Do you need me to make you feel better master?" Asked Lisanna mindlessly as she began to crawl closer to him.
Her question sounded so messed up, especially coming from her and he kind of panicked. "No, get away!" He shouted, pushing her back and getting to his feet, and began running away. He even forgot to grab his mask. After a moment Bickslow got out of the range of his magic and the spell on her was broken. Lisanna sat there for a moment blinking in confusion. Then her eyes widened in surprise as the realization of what had happened struck her. She scrambled to her feet and called after the seith mage.
"Bickslow wait!" Shouted Lisanna running after the blue haired man. She ran as fast as she could in order to catch turned his head over his shoulders to look at her, but just kept running. He looked up and saw the gray clouds above her. He saw something familiar, something he had seen numerous times while he was travelling. He stopped, turned around, and ran towards Lisanna. "Lis, move!" Shouted the seith mage, shoving the girl out of the way just in time to save her from being struck by lightning.
As she fell to the ground, her eyes widened as the blue haired man's body jerked in pain as lightning jolted through his body. She rushed forward and caught him. His skin was burnt in multiple places and if he didn't get medical attention soon, he would surely die. She turned to Bickslow's "babies" which were still floating around. "Babies, I need your help." She said urgently. The babies all babbled in agreement in their shrill voices. She lifted Bickslow up and put him on the five dolls, which gathered around so that they could carry him. Then they began running/flying towards Fairy Tail.
It had been a normal day at Fairy Tail for everyone else. Couples were hanging out, guildmates were brawling, Mira and Kinana were serving drinks, and Master was getting pushed closer and closer to an early grave because his annoying brats kept causing destruction everytime they took a job. The only oddity was the lack of a certain Strauss and member of the Thunder Legion, when the rest of their groups were present at the hall, but Mira and Elfman didn't know where Lisanna was and the Thunder Legion simply feigned ignorance when it came to Bickslow.
As if on cue, the guild doors burst open, everyone turned to see a frantic and disheveled Lisanna carting a burnt and now bleeding Bickslow in tow. "WENDY!" Screamed/sobbed Lisanna as loudly as she could. The young sky mage jumped in her seat at the sound of her name. She got up and moved over to where the duo of Fairy Tail mages were located. "Help him, please!" She sobbed, pointing to Bickslow. Wendy looked at the older man and put her hands over her mouth at the sight of him.
"What happened?" Asked Wendy as she began to help Lisanna, move Bickslow to the infirmary. "I was running after him, then he saw that I was about to get struck by lightning and pushed me out of the way and ended up getting struck himself." Sobbed out Lisanna. The rest of Bickslow's team stiffened. Struck down by lightning? One of the Thunder Legion? Fate had a cruel sense of humor today. The trio of mages got to their feet and began following the three Fairy Tail mages.
Once in the infirmary, Freed and Laxus helped Wendy tend to Bickslow's injuries in any way they could while Evergreen had Lisanna tell her what happened. Once Lisanna finished, Evergreen was at a loss for words. "You… kissed him?" Asked the fairy mage uncertainly. Lisanna nodded her head. "Which woke him up and caused him to accidentally possess you?" Asked Evergreen. Lisanna nodded once more. "Which caused him to panic and run off, and once the spell broke you chased after him?" Asked the honey haired mage.
"For crying out loud Evergreen! Yes!" Snapped Lisanna angrily. Evergreen put her hands up and backed away. Just then Wendy, Freed, and Laxus, exited the infirmary. "How is he?" She asked worriedly. Wendy sighed and began wiping some of his blood that gotten on her hands while she had been tending to him, off onto a white towel. "He'll live, but he'll most likely be unconscious for a few days, He'll need time and repetitive healing before he can start doing missions again, but give it two weeks and he'll be up and running around again." Explained Wendy.
Lisanna looked at the room he was in. "Can I be with him?" She requested. Wendy nodded her head. Lisanna entered the room that held Bickslow within. "She isn't going to leave until he wakes up, is she?" Asked Freed to no one in particular. "Nope." Said Evergreen flatly. "Someone should tell her brother and sister." Suggested the rune mage. "Already on it." Grunted Laxus as he made his way to the bar. Wendy watched the Thunder Legion sadly. She could only hope for the best now.
The next few days had been morbid ones for Fairy Tail. Lisanna spent almost every moment of every day by Bickslow's side, only leaving for the bathroom and for Wendy to deal Bickslow, both of which usually happened at the same time. Mirajane had made sure to bring food to Lisanna, but more often than not, every time she brought her sister food she would end up carrying back a full plate of food with her that was a couple of hours old, and if the bags under her sisters eyes were any indication, the youngest Strauss hadn't been sleeping much, if at all, either.
Then the day eventually came, Bickslow regained consciousness. It was nothing too eventful, he groaned and opened his eyes to the sight of Lisanna's face, which was equally worried, surprised, and happy, all at the same time. "Are you ok Lisanna?" He groaned out. Lisanna sniffed and blinked back tears, before nodding her head. Bickslow allowed himself a wry smile, ignoring the great deal of pain it brought him. "Good." He murmured out, then returned to the world of dreams.
The next day he woke up and actually managed to stay awake. Once she realized that the seith mage wasn't going back to sleep, she laid into him. "How could you be so foolish Bickslow!" She screeched at the older man, causing him to wince unhappily. "Do you want to die?" She demanded. Bickslow groaned. "No." He muttered. "Then why?" Asked Lisanna. "Because," He groaned, turning to look the white haired girl dead in the eye. "I'm in love with you, you lunatic."
She blinked, once, twice, then she leaned over and kissed him. Now it was his turn to blink. Once, twice. "And I love you too, you big idiot. Just don't do anything that reckless again." She said. Bickslow laughed weakly, ignoring the immense pain it caused. "No promises." He muttered. Lisanna giggled too, then her insomnia vanished and she began to sway back and forth. "How much sleep have you gotten in the last few days?" He asked worriedly. "Umm, none?" She replied weakly. "Sleep idiot." He grunted bluntly. Lisanna smiled at him, then laid her head down on his chest and let sleep take her away.
And that's the Bixanna chapter, sorry for the late update everyone, I've been kinda busy so I didn't write any the first day after chapter thirteen, then I wrote ten paragraphs on each of the days following it, bringing us to here. Start piling the requests, because tomorrow I begin working on my first request, so if there is a possible ship on here that hasn't gotten together yet, suggest it and I'll begin working on making it happen. I have between half to a full dozen of ships left to do, then I'll (probably) be done with this fic, but no promises. Anyway I need to get out of here, so until next time fic fans, Nemon0416 is outta here! (Fairy Tail salute!)