JUPITER-HELLO EVERYONE IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME AND I AM SO SO SORRY. I HAVE BEEN RIDICULOUSLY BUSY WITH SCHOOL, COMPUTER ISSUES, VISITING FAMILY, ILLNESS AND EVEN JUST PLAIN LAZINESS. HOPEFULLY (IF DESTINY PERMITS) I WILL UPDATING ON THE REGULAR FROM NOW ON. I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING MINDLESS AND I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE AS HAPPY AND ENJOYING IT AS MUCH AS I AM. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT FROM EVERYONE WHO'S READ, FOLLOWED, FAVORITED AND REVIEWED SO FAR AND I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ME IN THE FUTURE. *BOWS* NOW SPEAKING OF REVIEWS/FOLLOWS/FAVORITES, I'VE HAD A LOT THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST IF I JUST LIST THEM AND GIVE ONE BIG THANK YOU! NOW THIS IS PROBABLY JUST A ONE TIME THING SO DON'T THINK I'M LEAVING YOU HANGING! NOW HERE WE ARE;

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JUPITER-I WANT TO START OFF BY APOLOGIZING IF I'VE FORGOTTEN A FOLLOWER/FAVORITER (I PROMISE TO GET YOU NEXT CHAPTER!) NOW SHALL WE?

MINERVA-WE SHALL NOT! SURELY YOU DO NOT THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS?! THERE IS NO WAY YOU ARE CANCELING YOUR GUESTSHOW AS SOON AS IT'S MY TURN!

JUPITER-MINERVA!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? I THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T COMING UNTIL NEXT CHAPTER!

MINERVA-WELL YOU THOUGHT WRONG! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY RESPOND TO SOME REVIEWS FOR ONCE!

JUPITER-OH! YEAH YOU'RE RIGHT! SO, SHALL WE GET STARTED?

MINERVA-I'LL GO FIRST. DIGI-FANCATT YOU BEAUTIFUL FELINE YOU! NOW I MAY BE ANTI-FAIRIES BUT I'M DEFINETLY NOT ANTI-BROADSWORD!

JUPITER-SASHA-SAN I TOO AM A PROUD SHIPPER OF NALU (AS IF THAT WEREN'T OBVIOUS.) I'M VERY HAPPY YOU LIKED IT AND I HOPE YOU'LL ENJOY THEIR ROMANCE IN THE FUTURE.

MINERVA-MOO-CHAN YOU ARE A GIFT! I HAVE BEEN RECCOMENDING YOUR FANFICTION (HER STRENGTH) LEFT AND RIGHT! YOU ARE SUCH A TALENTED WRITER AND I AM OVERJOYED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING MINDLESS AND SUPPORTING IT LIKE YOU HAVE. AND OF COURSE THE FAIRY TAIL MEMBERS SMELL MOUTH-WATERING. HAVE YOU SEEN GRAY'S ABS?

JUPITER-MYSTERYDAYDREAMER IS LUCY REALLY SO CREEPY? I GUESS IN THAT WHOLE 'TRAPPED IN YOUR OWN MIND THING' SHE IS BUT HOW ELSE?

MINERVA-GOLDENPIGGY YOUR REVIEW IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. OF COURSE LUCY HEARTFILLIA IS HALF CAKE, THAT EXPLAINS WHY SHE CRUMBLED SO EASILY WHEN I DEFEATED HER IN THE GRAND MAGIC GAMES. *LAUGHS*

JUPITER-THAT WAS A BIT FAR MINERVA. HANASUKI NALU IS MY NAME AND FANFICTION IS MY GAME!

MINERVA-AND FINALLY GUEST! I DON'T KNOW WHAT LOTR IS BUT I'M GOING TO ASSUME IT STANDS FOR 'LADY ORLANDO THE RADIANT!' SO THANK YOU.

JUPITER-IT'S LORD OF THE RINGS DUMMY. NOW I DON'T OWN FAIRY TAIL, THAT HONOR BELONGS TO HIRO MASHIMA AND FUNIMATION. PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW, FAVORITE AND REVIEW!

MINERVA-AND TELL US IF YOU WOULD WANT US TO RESPOND TO YOUR REVIEWS AS WELL!

JUPITER-WITHOUT FURTHER ADO...LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED!

*PARTIES TO HARD, THE POLICE SHOW UP.*

JUPITER-*WHISPERS* LETS GET THIS "BOOK CLUB" STARTED. WHooOOooOOoo!

CHAPTER TWENTY; RATHAL MAKES HIS MOVE! FAIRY TAIL IN ACTION!

LAXUS'S POV;

Being the stone cold man that he was, Laxus Dreyer was never one for...expressing himself, whether it be towards his fellow guild mates, his grandfather...even to the woman he so desperately desired, the blonde would always have a grimace or a scowl plastered on his face. Now it wasn't that he didn't have any feeling to express, the fact was...the lighting dragon slayer had far to many. Ever since his reinstatement the muscular man was trying his hardest to redeem himself for what he'd done at the Magnolia Festival over seven years ago. In all honesty, Laxus cared far more than he put on. When this whole ordeal began the Fairy Tail mage was beyond pissed...how dare some scum-sucking lowlife(or some scum-sucking lowlifes spell) come waltzing in and hurt one of his precious nakama. Though as time passed his anger settled to mild annoyance, mostly due to the fact he had to stay behind and not help out one of his precious friends. Then annoyance changed to excitement when he was assigned with the task of destroying those Salem Blade bastards and their loser leader Rotholo or whatever his name was. Now when he and his team reached the halfway point he'd never felt such excitement as he and the woman of his dreams were paired up to destroy the East branch of the Salem Blade, hopefully that son of a bitch Roffel was going to be there. Laxus would love to play a part in bringing that guy down.

So now he and Mirajane Strauss were walking through the desert, the sun scorching down their backs. Both he and Mira had changed into their swimsuits in the hopes of keeping cool. Though that didn't help the second generation dragon slayer from staring at Mira's curves. What could he say, they were kind of hard to miss.

"Laxus I think I see the guild." Mirajane announced, peering into the distance. Laxus narrowed his eyes, he could see what he thought to be a giant tower in the distance.

"I think you're right." He agreed, giving the takeover mage a nod.

"Then shall we get going?" She smiled softly. Oh that smile. Whether it be that heavenly smile or the baking heat, Laxus Dreyer's brain became a colossal mass of goop soup as he stared down at her. She was just so breathtakingly beautiful. Her white haired flowed down her back in waves, her long bangs held back in their usual tie. Big blue eyes sparkled like ocean waters, and those full, luscious glossy lips...so kissable. It was awful. If he was telling the truth, he'd loved Mira for a long while. Before she'd become the cover-girl of Sorcerer Weekly and the woman of every man's dreams. No, he'd fallen for her a long time before that...it was when his father had been kicked out of Fairy Tail he believed...when he was nothing more than a teenager.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Laxus's first love~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Gramps I don't understand! How could you kick dad out of Fairy Tail!? He's your son!" A young Laxus bellowed, his eyes burning bright with embroiled rage a betrayal.

"Your father was a danger to this entire guild Laxus. You'll will understand in time."

"I don't want to understand! I'm going with him! I'm going with dad!"

Makarov's eyes opened wide.

"Laxus do you know were Ivan is? Please Laxus you have to tell me!"

"Why should I tell you? You betrayed your own son!"

"Laxus, Ivan has information that could be detrimental to Fairy Tail's safety! If you know anything you have to tell me."

Laxus scoffed, pulling his headphones to his ears, drowning out the old mans pleas with music. He turned his back to his grandfather, pulling open the door.

"Even if I knew where he was, I wouldn't tell you. See ya Gramps." With that he slammed the door behind them.

"Are you alright?" A soft voice inquired, placing a pale and onto the teenagers hand. A few years younger than him stared up into his dark depths, her mouth turned up into a smile.

"Wh-who're you?" He demanded, snatching his hand away from the strange girl.

"Oh! I'm sorry, I'm Mirajane, though my brother and sister call me Mira. You're the master's grandson right?"

This girl...he'd heard of a child called Mira who possessed the magic of a demon. Guess this was her.

"Look I really don't have time to deal with you right now, I've got to go. See you never." He turned his back to her, ready to walk out of Fairy Tail and never look back.

Grab.

"Hey..." He could feel his anger build as the girl held onto the back of his shirt.

"Um...I...I don't think you should leave..."

"Really? And why's that?"

"Because master would be sad..."

"Uh-huh, honestly I don't even care what that old geezer feels-"

"You'd be sad too."

She said those words so clearly and yet so gently, emotion filled every single letter. He could feel her eyes burning into his back, and he swore he could feel her hand tremble.

"You'd miss him. Please stay."

She sounded so desperate...

The girl wrapped her arms delicately around the mages waist, laying her head into his back. His shirt as getting wet...was she crying?

"Laxus, stay...for Master...and for you."

Laxus laced his fingers in hers, wondering why this felt so right. He sighed, looking up to the ceiling. In a just a few short moments...this stranger had somehow managed to quench all his anger. Should he stay?

He heard a soft sniffle and blinked in understanding.

He would stay. For his grandfather...for himself

...and for her...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~Present Day~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Laxus! Earth to Laxus! Are you ready to go?" Mira waved her hand in front of his face, gaining his attention;

It was stupid how much he loved the girl in front of him...if only...he had the guts and the capability to tell her. But, until that time arises, it was time to be kicking asses and taking names.

"Let's get this Larry guy once in for all."

Okay, that time the name wasn't even close.

Rathal's POV;

"Pachi, it would seem that their are two visitors approaching the East branch, identify them for me." A man cloaked in shadow ordered, playing absentmindedly with a wounded butterfly. The insect struggles in vain as tanned fingers dunk the helpless creature into his glass of water, only to pull it out after a few seconds.

An old man types wordlessly on an Archive key board. A blonde man and white haired woman can are shown being scanned on screen.

"Mirajane Strauss...S Class wizard...She-Devil...interesting, she is a member of Fairy Tail. She must be trying to rescue my darling Lucy."

He dunked the butterfly again, chuckling sadistically as the winged creature tried feebly to escape. Pitiful thing, didn't it realize that no matter how much you fight...it's futile.

"Oh, now this is interesting. Laxus Dreyer, Makarov's grandson. That old mans been a thorn in my side for a long time and now his grandson practically falls into my lap! Life's funny sometimes."

The clacking of heals could be heard coming from the hall way, fantastic. She's arrived.

"Good evening Claire, how is my darling Lucy doing?"

The girl paused before getting on one knee and bowing to Salem Blades master.

"I'm very sorry Rathal-sama but after The Titania kicked me out I lost contact with my minions." She craned her neck lowered as Rathal glowered down at her from his throne.

"I see. I'm sure your little infiltrators will be able to handle those pests. Now I have a job for you Claire."

Her head snapped up, brown eyes gleaming with excitement.

"Anything Rathal-sama!"

He grinned, holding the butterfly up by it's wings. The insect seemed to be all tuckered out.

"I want you to head to the East Branch, there are some intruder's trying to foil my plans."

She nodded, blonde hair spilling over her shoulders and onto the floor.

"Of course Rathal-sama, what would you have me do?"

"Bring me Makarov's grandson alive, he may be an excellent bargaining chip in the future. After all, we will have retrieve my beloved Lucy from that retched guild somehow. I think a hostage exchange seems reasonable."

"Yes Rathal-sama. And the She-Devil?"

Rathal grinned, crushing the butterfly in his hand.

"I have no need for her."

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