The chapter is out! And it's not that late! Missions are surprisingly difficult to think up.

The Sparkles, as always, belong to Dragon'sHost.

"Mirajane, I can't find anyone to go on a job with me!"

Wendy was in despair. She desperately needed to go on a job, as her Fairy Hills rent was due. But she really didn't want to go alone. Erza had gone on an S-Class job three days ago and taken the rest of Wendy's team with her, but Wendy had been sick and couldn't go with them. Ironically, Wendy had recovered but it seemed that something was going around, as not only was Charle sick, but Juvia, Gajeel, Team Shadowgear, Lisanna, Evergreen, Cana, Bisca, Asuka, and even Master Makarov were all incapacitated. Therefore, anyone Wendy would usually take a request with wasn't able to function.

"Well, I'm sure I can find someone! Hmmm…." Mirajane looked around, still polishing a glass. "Ah! How about Laxus?"

The other girl looked over. Her fellow Dragonslayer was sitting at the other side of the bar, looking irritated and glaring at Mirajane, probably because he had asked her for a drink about twenty minutes ago, and she had agreed to bring him one and promptly got caught up in her shipping fantasies.

Wendy winced a little. "But Laxus-san is….a bit scary."

"Don't be that way!" Mirajane told her brightly, already heading to where Laxus sat. "He's really a lovely person, if you really get to know him. Right, Laxus?"

"Yeah, like you're a lovely person until people get to know you." When Mirajane looked affronted, Laxus just snickered and looked at Wendy. "And I'll go on a job with you, kid, if you want."

Wendy was still a bit scared, but with an encouraging look from Mirajane she slowly nodded. "Well….okay. But I don't know which job to pick." Wendy was quite worried that she'd pick one that was too easy and Laxus wouldn't want to go with her anymore. Luckily for her, he was already heading to the request board.

Wait. The S-Class request board? Seeing her confused look, Laxus shrugged. "Your Fairy Hills rent is pretty expensive, right? One of these will keep you set for years. And this one's got a silver key reward, too, so you can give that to the cosplayer."

"But...aren't these….dangerous?"

"I take these by myself all the time, and this is one of the less dangerous ones. Besides, you're not too bad, kid. In most other guilds you'd almost be S-Class level." Wendy's eyes nearly popped out of her head as she took a closer look at the request. 2.8 million jewels and two silver keys for one of the less dangerous ones?! What the heck did the really dangerous ones pay?

Considering Erza took these all the time, too, no wonder she could afford 500,000 jewels a month. Wendy looked at Mirajane, who just waved. "Don't worry, Wendy! If you're with Laxus, there's no chance of getting hurt! Especially because he won't let you." Mirajane's eyes glowed with the light of Satan Soul. "I'll tell Charle where you've gone! Have fun!" And then she was instantly incredibly cheerful again. Laxus, used to dealing with Mira, just rolled his eyes and walked out the door, Wendy trotting behind him.

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ON A TRAIN

"So what job are we doing anyway, Laxus-san?"

"Well, see," Laxus paused for a second, looking sick, and Wendy internally giggled. Being Wendy, however, she immediately cast Troia, and Laxus looked surprised and then gave her a grateful look(an expression rarely seen on Laxus.) "There's a gang of bandits we've gotta track down and turn into the Council."

"So why's it an S-Class job?" That sounded pretty routine, like something she'd do with her normal team or even by herself.

"The bandits not only have several wyverns under their command, they're trying to steal pieces of the Eclipse Gate to "revive the Dark Lord" or some Zeref related shit like that. That's also why we're going to Crocus."

Oh. Wyverns. Wendy shrank a little in her seat, and Laxus noticed. He wasn't the best at reassuring scared kids, seeing in that he had limited experience in that department. Maybe hanging around Asuka more would be a good idea…..

"Hey, don't worry, kid. Wyverns are a lot like dragons, remember? Natsu used to hunt them down to practice Dragonslaying magic on them, it's super effective(though not to the same extent.) And what are we both?"

"Dragonslayers!" Wendy said excitedly, perking up significantly. Laxus quietly congratulated himself for this. "And as for the bandits, the clients for these jobs often panic and overestimate the enemy, even the kingdom themselves. They probably won't be harder to take then your regular Dark Guild. Heck, they probably are a Dark Guild and our clients just don't know that."

"Does that happen a lot?" Laxus shrugged. "Sometimes. Even the Magic Council can't keep tabs on all the dark guilds popping up. And when they do manage to keep tabs on them, soon or later they self-destruct or a gang of vigilantes/our friends Crime Sorciere take them out."

Wendy snickered. "I take it the Magic Council does all the arresting and none of the fighting?"

"Kid knows something, that's for sure!" Laxus snickered right along with her. Then again, Fairy Tail's always had a thing against the Council. What did we expect?

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AT THE PALACE IN CROCUS, FIORE

"We cannot allow these parts to fall into these vagabond's hands!" King Fiore announced, standing up on his throne so that Laxus wouldn't tower over him. "We have no idea what havoc they could wreak with such artifacts, and we'd rather not find out! Therefore, we ask you to hunt these men and their beasts down and bring them to prison, where they rightfully belong."

Laxus nodded. "I need all the information you can give us about our opponents. We know about the wyverns. Approximately how big is their force?"

The king wrung his hands, looking flustered. "That's the thing!" he cried. "We have no idea! Somehow, they're concealing themselves and their wyverns, and our forces have been unable to track them down. They've been breaking in left and right, they even got into Hell Palace! Luckily, the Garou Knights were able to successfully execute them. Unfortunately, a mysteriously appearing wyvern took them out, and they would have been executed themselves had our rescue team not been fast enough." The rest of the people in the room murmured nervously, apparently the version they'd heard hadn't been so close.

"Alright. Do you have any leads on where they might be?" One of the soldiers stepped forward. "Considering the frequency of the attacks, we've determined that they have to be stationed either somewhere in the town or, more likely, in the surrounding forest. You're probably going to have to do a bit of searching, unfortunately."

"Can't be helped." sighed the older mage. "Ready to do some searching, Wendy?"

"Ah, yes, I forgot. Cosmo asked if she could talk to you, Wendy. Apparently she has a gift for you- something about plums?"

Wendy grabbed Laxus's hand and very quickly and attempting to be politely dragged him out of the palace, muttering under her breath, "Not the plums. Not the plums. NOT THE PLUMS!"

The last part may have been louder than intended.

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IN A GODFORSAKEN FOREST

"Damn, kid, we should of brought that cat of yours," Laxus grumbled, sending another bolt of lighting into a tree in an apparent effort to lure out something to fight. Nothing answered the metaphorical call. "It's been three days and we've been marching around in these woods, with absolutely nothing found."

"The King wasn't kidding when he said they were hard to find. Even neither of our advanced senses can pick up something. Then again, it probably would have helped if I knew what a wyvern smelled like…." Wendy murmured in response.

The woods, for all of Laxus's complaints, were actually quite the lovely place. Light filtered in from the quietly hanging branches, as a slight breeze rustled the tree leaves and gently blew Wendy's hair around. There were little animals everywhere too, foxes and rabbits and other creatures that only lived around Crocus, because of the flowers. Wendy would have been happy to come here, even without the mission, just to see this serene place.

However, she doubted Laxus would, as she once again was forced to gently chide him, "Laxus-san, don't take your anger out on the trees. It isn't their fault Dark Guilds are hard to find."

Her partner sighed and glared at the offending tree. "Fine. You know, I have to wonder whether they're in these woods at all. The kingdom would have spotted wyverns flying through the air, wouldn't they? And it would take mighty concealment or illusion magic to hide those wyverns, especially considering they're like dragons and so magic doesn't work on them very well."

Wendy caught on to his train of thought. "So they couldn't be stationed in the woods and get those wyverns all over the place. Plus, a wyvern 'mysteriously' appeared in Hell Palace, which is underground. They searched the whole kingdom while that was going on, there's no place that the wyvern could have entered the ground and then come back up to hide again."

Laxus was vigorously in agreement. "So when all that factors in, the only place they could be is…"

"Under Crocus itself!" the two said together, making Wendy giggle and Laxus smile. Just a little bit.

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BACK IN CROCUS

"Wait. Why do you need a bulldozer. You are part of Fairy Tail. We would be insane to give the most destructive guild on the planet a bulldozer."

"They aren't going to give in, are they?"

"Nope. We're just going to have to blast our way- Wendy, what are you doing?"

Wendy had turned around from their audience and seemed to be conjuring up a sniffle. Suddenly, hearts, rose petals, and hundreds of Sparkles swirled around her as she turned, lifting her face up to the light, and with the most amazing, adorable, Sparkliest, puppy dog eyes ever and the sweetest voice of an angel…..

"Can we have a bulldozer?"

Five minutes later, Laxus found himself and Wendy at the helm of a construction crew. She patted the Sparkles on the head and fed them something that looked suspiciously like cyanide. "Good babies!"

The Lightning Dragonslayer decided that he really needed to help Wendy not spend so much time around Mirajane. And to not get on Wendy's bad side. He wasn't sure what those Sparkles were capable of, but they were the ones always around Blue Pegasus and Blue Pegasus was creepy.

Wendy, after saying goodbye to her "friends", was now helping Laxus listen for hollow spots, or dragon roars, or evil laughter, or anything that might point them to their enemies location. It was difficult, but luckily it was a weekday and so the streets of Crocus were mostly clear to let the construction brigade through. Then…

"There! Dig there!" Laxus's partner didn't get the chance to say anything else, as the Dark Guild apparently decided they should make their move first, if anything. At least ten wyverns burst from the ground, followed by tens of members of the Dark Guild.

"Run them over with the bulldozers!" Laxus shouted as he grabbed Wendy and jumped up onto a building. "We'll take care of the wyverns!" His parkour training served him well, as the two climbed higher and higher until they were up enough to stage an ambush on said wyverns. "Wait a second," Wendy said, holding out her hand to pause. "That's a lot of wyverns, so I'll enhance us first." Laxus watched, curious, as the blue-haired girl held out her hands. A sky-blue magic circle appeared over her outstretched palm.

"Arms X Vernier!"

Laxus raised an eyebrow as an aura appeared around the two of them. Instantly, he felt lighter, stronger, and full of power. "Not bad, kid. I was definitely right about your power."

Wendy blushed and grinned a little, happy for the praise from another, extremely powerful Dragonslayer. "Now, what do you say we take these guys down a notch, do you?"

"I say yeah!"

The two jumped off the building and into battle together. Almost immediately, they were faced with the laser-breath(not unlike Sting's) of the wyverns. Wyverns were scary creatures, big with a mouthful of pointy teeth, scales harder than diamond, and spiked tails and wings. They also had a resistance to magic, making them a difficult target to capture. Almost any job where you might be faced with more than two wyverns at a time was generally S-Class. Of course, this didn't account for Dragonslayers and Fairy Tail.

"Sky Dragon's Claw!" "Lightning Dragon's Breakdown Fist!"

The two soon discovered two things- non-physical attacks were much more effective, and if you knocked a mage off their wyvern the wyvern went crazy and ran for the hills. They used these realizations much to their enemies' terrified chagrin.

"Sky Dragon's Wing Attack!" One of the wyverns swung its tail hard and fast, right where Wendy had just finished casting her attack. It hit her full-force, sending her flying into a building and crashing the wall, as the remaining curious citizens evacuated, screaming.

"Wendy! Lightning Dragon's Roar!" Laxus quickly took revenge, slamming a column of lightning right into the wyvern's underbelly, testament to his aim. The wyvern roared in anger, thrashing and destroying several more buildings and ripping apart the ground. The mage controlling it nearly fell off, clinging desperately to the green monster's wing. He didn't hang for long, though- a well-placed spear sent him right into the hands of the soldiers taking out the ground mages below. "How many is that?"

"We've taken down six!"

Laxus didn't get a chance to respond, as the Dark Guild members had decided he was a bigger threat than the Sky Dragonslayer. Three of the remaining wyverns surrounded him, the mages on them grinning. All of them said a quick incantation, and the three wyverns shot out a white beam of burning fire, only two of which Laxus managed to dodge. The third hit him at point-blank range, only doing minor damage, but it knocked him off his feet and a good yard back. Unfortunately, this gave the other two wyverns an opening to smash their tails into his chest. Laxus, understandably, was not happy.

"Lightning Dragon's Halberd!" One of the offending wyverns went flying, decimating another good two blocks. The other was taken out by Wendy's wyvern, who had seriously underestimated his opponent. And when we say taken out, we mean taken out. She literally sent the other dragon-like creature and its rider shooting into their comrade, causing them to slam their tails into each other and breaking their wings, effectively rendering them useless. The last one got a clue and tried to turn tail and run. It was too late for that, as Laxus and Wendy both cast a breath spell in his direction.

BAM! CRASH BANG BOOM!

And there went that Dark Guild. The two Dragonslayers were pretty sure they crashed the wyverns into the remains of their offensive. Jumping down confirmed this.

Laxus still winced. "Gramps is not going to be happy….."

Buildings destroyed, roads torn up, and possibly-dead-or-not bodies floating in the river….

"Well, at least the kingdom was involved too, so they can't pin it all on us."

"Knowing the kingdom, get the puppy-dog eyes ready."

Luckily, the infamous puppy-dog eyes were unnecessary, as Princess Hisui, still feeling indebted to Fairy Tail for the Eclipse incident, intervened on their behalf. The king eventually gave them the full reward with one silver key taken off. Wendy didn't mind, Christmas was coming up and she was sure Lucy would appreciate the silver key of the Great Bear, Ursa Major.

However, she was still amazed at the sheer amount of money they had received. Laxus had given her a much larger part than half, and insisted she take it, saying that "you need all the money you can get, considering you're on the team with the two most destructive forces in Fairy Tail."

"Natsu and Grey?"

"Natsu and Erza."

Wendy started to protest, and then thought back to the many millions of swords, axes, maces, arrows, and assorted weapons that mysteriously ended up anywhere Erza took a job. Natsu didn't even need to be debated.

"Actually, that makes a lot of sense. I still don't think…."

"Take it, kid." Laxus told her, rolling his eyes in exasperation. "I can go on another S-Class mission anytime. Besides, Erza's going to try and murder me when you get back and probably Mirajane will too, and that'll help my case."

"I didn't get hurt that bad!"

Laxus shook his head. "Any scratch is a gaping wound when it comes to you. And that cat'll claw my eyes out, anyway."

"Don't worry. I'll use my puppy-dog eyes! You know, maybe you were right about that I should use them more often. I don't have that much extra money left for sweets, usually….bet Lucy would buy them for me if I looked at her right…."

As Wendy drifted off into daydreamland, Laxus looked out the window of the train and inwardly smiled. If Bunny-Girl didn't buy Wendy those treats, Laxus might just have to buy them for her. Bixlow's babies were an excellent transport for "mysterious deliveries", after all….

Then again, if he admitted he actually cared for the youngest Dragonslayer, Evergreen and Bixlow would never let him hear the end of it.

I hope my battle scene was somewhat decent(don't have a lot of practice, lol)! I love Laxus and Wendy as a broship, and I've had some eager askers for it, so I hope I did it justice.

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