Chapter 10: The Fairy
Kagome could see that Laxus was not surprised at all when Erza challenged the 100 monsters. In her opinion it was reckless. After hearing how each monster was classified and such, fighting them would not be so easy, specially at that great of a number. However, that attitude reminded her a little too much of Inuyasha because of it. If he was in some sort of competition like this one, he would be the one calling out all the monsters as well.
Her respect for the red headed requip mage grew more and more the more she continued to fight. Every single injury was just a greater momentum for the guild. She didn't fall with any of the attacks. She was soaring, defeating every single one with her blade.
The amount of tactic and strategy Erza had, it could possibly rival the one of Sesshomaru. He was a force to be reckoned with and she could at least admit that he held a superiority over Inuyasha when it came to fighting.
She hadn't noticed that she was crying as Erza finally stood in pure victory stance, raising her katana high up in the air as the stadium shook with cheers of disbelief. Fairy Tail was gaining more and more that respect that they held back seven years ago.
She was thankful for the distraction and for the amazing display of power that Erza did.
Carla's vision lingered deeply in her head still and because of it, she had not been able to sleep that well. She couldn't even talk to Laxus about it as much as she would have wanted. However, he knew that Naraku clearly terrified her so he was just there for support. The idea of him being in Fiore was making her stomach feel tight and a weird uncomfortable feeling in her chest.
She did not doubt the strength of the guild, but what worried her were the consequences that would follow if that was the case.
Her eyes went back to the field and she nervously laughed, "Hopefully Cana can score something."
Gajeel made a face, "She's completely plastered."
Laxus sighed irritably, "It'll be a miracle if she aims at the meter."
But long and behold, Cana had a trick up her sleeve.
Literally.
Now everyone was digging Fairy Tail even more.
As the battles progressed, for some reason Kagome kept feeling anxious. She wasn't sure why, but she felt like something was about to happen and she wasn't sure what it was. Her eyes kept sweeping through the crowd because she couldn't get the anxiousness out of her head, until suddenly, she heard Laxus' name being called out for the next battle. Against Raven Tail.
She decided to walk with him to the tunnel, in hopes that being just with him it would cease her mind. She was seeing more and more that the more alone time she was with him, that her senses seemed to always calm down more. He brought a strange security to her.
As the light of the arena came into view as they walked, he stopped and looked down at her.
"You've been off ever since the event, what is it?"
His deep baritone voice was gruff as he curiously looked at her. She mentally winced. He could probably smell her uneasiness.
She bit her lip as she looked at him, "I'm not sure. I've been feeling weird," she stopped as her eyes went to the field where the cheering was getting louder as the crowd anticipated the next fight, "But go. I'll be okay."
She looked at him and gave him a soft smile. He still didn't seem convinced. She reached with her tippy toes to grab his face and bring it down, to give him a quick and sweet kiss. She felt his chest rumbling as he wrapped an arm around her waist possessively as he deepened the kiss. She felt her knees buckle a little, but he held her in place. They parted and she could see a softness in his gray eyes that she was starting to notice that he only saved that look for just her. Her heart swelled as she smiled at him.
With one kiss on her forehead, he made his way onto the arena.
Kagome quickly ran back to the closest balcony, which was the guild's, as the fight started and her eyes widened as she saw it.
The entire arena was in a dark purple hue. Laxus and Alexei stood in the middle of it, not moving a muscle. However, she could see that there was another form of Laxus and Alexei that were battling. Or more like, Alexei was beating the crap out of him. She turned wide eyed to the others, but apparently they were believing the fight that was unfolding.
"How could he be losing?!"
"He can't land a punch!"
"Come on Laxus!"
They can't see him… They're seeing his illusion…
She wasn't sure if alerting everyone that the real Laxus was okay would be a good idea. She didn't know what Alexei was planning and the last thing she needed was putting Laxus in danger.
So she stood quiet and watched.
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"The people cannot see us having our little chat or hear us. All they're seeing is the illusion of us fighting."
Laxus' eyebrow rose at what the man in front of him said. He took in the low metallical kind of voice, trying to figure out who was under the mask. His eyes swept to the balcony of the guild. Everyone was in complete distraught to what they were seeing from the illusion. Kagome wasn't. She was directly looking at him.
Realization hit him. He had forgotten that she could see through illusions.
Laxus let out an irritable sigh as Alexei continued with his threats, saying how he could manipulate the illusion whichever way he pleased. Laxus glared as he removed his cloak and let it fall on the ground.
Kagome let out a gasp as she saw the rest of the Raven Tail members appearing. She had seen what they had done. If it hadn't been for her, Lucy would've lost her match as well.
She couldn't really make out what they were saying since everybody else was shouting at "Laxus" to fight back. It wasn't until Alexei removed his helmet that she saw the familiar head of Ivan, his father.
Levy kept giving her looks. She wasn't reacting how she thought she would be. She was still, her blue eyes narrowing, like if she was trying to figure something out, like a puzzle. However she wasn't the only one that noticed that. Erza, from her spot, took noticed that Kagome was perfectly still and watching the field with a lot of concentration. Not the reaction she was expecting from her with seeing Laxus being pulverized in the field.
Kagome couldn't try and bother telling everyone else what she was seeing. She didn't want to jeopardize anything, especially now that the rest of Raven Tail were on the field.
They were going to attempt to ambush him. All five of them.
During their talk, Ivan noticed the way Laxus' eyes kept moving towards the guild's balcony. He turned his head slowly and smirked as he saw the raven haired beauty looking at them. He suspected she was seeing the illusion of Laxus losing.
"She's quite interesting boy," he said as his eyes darted back to his son, "After what she did during Flare's fight, she's quite interesting. It would be a shame if something were to happen to her if you don't tell me where the Lumen Histoire is!"
Laxus' eyes turned cold as his deadbeat father brought her into this. One thing was threatening his guild, his family. Another thing was threatening her.
I don't care if he put the sperm, fucking rip his b-
The growl that came out of his body was filled with barely any control, "You're going to wish you had never said that."
Ivan grew irritated, "Then I guess we are going to have to force out of them once we are done with you. You're a good for nothing just like Gajeel, betraying us like that. Obra! Drain his magic!"
Her heart dropped as she caught that part. She slammed her hands on the concrete of the balcony railing and shouted, "Laxus do something!"
The others took her reaction that she finally had enough of seeing him getting beaten.
Laxus was quick with his attacks as he got rid of Obra first. As soon as Nailpudding was on him, Laxus took that opportunity of getting revenge for Gray, by blasting him with a lightning dragon fist. Flare thought she could subdue him by using her hair like whips and take a hold of his arms, but she got gravely injured when he used a roar on her.
One by one, each member of Raven Tail was easily beaten by him.
People probably thought she was insane the moment she started to cheer for him. For them, Laxus was currently losing, being thrown around like a rag doll. Levy had tried talking to her but she wouldn't listen.
She just couldn't help it because she was finally seeing him in action. Which even then, she could tell he was still holding a lot back. She could feel how mad he was at whatever his father had said and he was definitely making them pay. Goosebumps rose in her bare arms as she could feel the ecstatic in the air as his magic increased the moment he finished off Ivan.
The moment he did, the illusion dropped.
Erza had heard the young woman cheering for Laxus, and now seeing him in the field with the unconscious bodies of all of Raven Tail scattered around him, it made sense to her.
She saw the real thing.
The commentators up in the stand were beyond confused and various murmurs could be heard in the entire stadium. But soon after, excited cheers could be heard for his display of power. Kagome immediately slipped away from the guild as they had turned to her to ask her questions. She didn't have time to explain anything.
When she rounded around the corner that would take her to the arena again, she crashed onto someone's solid chest. Just when her mind was wrapping around the fact that she had crashed onto him, she felt his arms wrapping around her and pulling her close. She felt him gripping her tightly and couldn't find the words to ask him what it was. She just let him.
Her scent filled his mind, giving him the opportunity to finally relax. She was safe. She was okay.
That's not the fight he had been expecting, but it had been needed. He could feel his inner dragon settling the moment they had caught her scent, since it was still insisting that Ivan needed another beatdown for just even looking at her.
Oh yeah, it was definitely pissed at his father.
After that incident, he had no intentions on going back to watch the next match. He felt bad because he heard Wendy's name being called out, but after encountering Kagome, some soldiers from the Magic Council wanted to speak to him about what happened. It made him more agitated after all the questions that they were drilling on him.
It wasn't until he finally cussed out Lahar that Kagome finally intervened. She was used to dealing with temperamental males, however, this temperamental male was proving to be more temperamental and dangerous than an angry half demon dog.
"I think that's enough questions. He just fought a five on one battle, against his father nonetheless. He already told you everything you needed to know! Have some sort of sympathy!"
Lahar had been dumbfounded at her outburst. Laxus looked like he wanted to laugh at his face.
She had led him away and back to their inn where they were staying. She had already cancelled her own room that Makarov had gotten her. There was really no point since Laxus kept stealing her to spend the nights in his room.
She was glad when the room service she had ordered got there while he was in the shower. She doubted Laxus would appreciate a cup of tea to help him relax, so she had ordered a bottle of whiskey. The moment he came back out, he could smell food and alcohol. He took in the small table in the room with everything and then at the raven haired woman who was looking at his arms where various cuts could be seen from the fight.
"You got food and alcohol waiting for me. Where the hell have you been all my life?"
She rolled her eyes as she walked up to him to get a closer look at his cuts, "In another universe hunting down demons and worrying about my math test. Do they hurt?"
He chuckled as he leaned down and kissed her head, "No. The only thing that hurts is my stomach cause of how hungry I am."
She looked up at him with a glare, "Let me heal you first. Then you can stuff your face."
He raised his eyebrow, "But I'm hungry."
Five minutes later, he was indeed stuffing his face with a quadruple cheeseburger while she sat on the bed next to him as he healed his arm.
She saw him wince a few times when she had to touch the cuts to inspect them. So much for not hurting.
As he felt her energy on him, he swallowed the bite he had taken and was just staring at her and at what she was doing. She had healed him once, so it's not like it was new. He was still trying to get used to the feeling. He wasn't sure what it was. If purity could be felt, he was sure that's how it was feeling. It was warm, it was calming. He saw the way her face was in concentration as she kept inspecting each wound carefully and deciding which cuts were worth to heal.
He took in the way her eyes would shift and move as she analyzed his wounds. The way she would scrunch up her nose as she looked at his arms. The glow from her hands was reflecting on her face and he outright thought that there was no one as beautiful as her.
She had been too into her world that when she finally was done and she cleaned with the back of her hand the small drip of sweat that was coming down her forehead, that she noticed he had stopped eating. She tilted her head in confusion but just as she was about to open her mouth, he kissed her.
She was surprised at how sudden and urgent his kiss was, but she wasn't about to complain when she could feel her body growing weak and hot at the same time against his touch.
Next thing she knew, she was right under him on the bed.
His hands were going up and down her body, but careful enough to not be touching her breasts or in between her thighs. She could feel a slight rise of ecstatic in the air and she found her body reacting to it, craving more. The kissing was turning more intense as they were heatedly making out, and it didn't help the fact that she had bitten his bottom lip. She felt his chest rumbling against hers as she felt him growl.
It wasn't until she wrapped her legs around his waist that he finally snapped out of the high he had been feeling the moment they started to kiss.
He placed his forehead against hers, both of them breathing heavily, as he wrapped his arms around her waist, "I think we should probably stop."
Her vision was hazy, but once her mind started being more rational at their current positioning, she found herself deeply blushing.
"That's probably a good idea," she suddenly felt so small.
He took in how her voice quivered and he rose his eyebrow, "Wait, are you-"
She put her hands over her face as she felt herself growing hot with embarrassment, "Yeah… I am."
His eyes widened slightly at that but then there was a small pleasant rumbling in the back of his head knowing she was untainted.
With more reason he had to pull away.
He dreaded moving away from her, and it was screaming at him in his head too, but he wasn't about to take her the same day he dealt with his deadbeat father. Specially now knowing she had never been with another man.
She was still breathing heavily as she sat up and attempted to fix her hair. He looked at her and smirked, "I kind of like that look on you."
She blushed more as she glared, "You're unbelievable."
He laughed, because indeed, he loved riling her up. He put a hand behind her neck and kissed her softly and gently.
When he pulled away, he couldn't help but say it.
"I don't want you to leave."
Those words seemed to dig at her more deeply than what she thought. She was on the same mindset. She was already having doubts the more time she spent with him during those three months of training and the Thunder Legion. However, ever since their kiss a few days prior, she did not want to leave.
"I have to finish what I started," she sadly said as her eyes dropped from his gaze, "I broke the jewel and I have to put it back together. Naraku needs to be destroyed."
He let out an irritated sigh, "I know. I'm just having a little selfish moment."
She looked up at him and placed a hand on his cheek, "It's okay. I was too the moment I wrapped my legs around you."
His eyes snapped back up to look at her, just to find her holding in her giggles. He mentally groaned. She wasn't making it any easier on him.
"Shut up. Now let me eat before I have you as my main course."
"You're the one that started to kiss me!"
He smirked, flashing his fang at her, "I don't recall you pushing me away. I'm pretty sure I heard you moa—"
He was met by a pillow to his face for that one.
That night at the bar, they both learned of how Wendy's fight went. Laxus still felt slightly guilty for missing it, but Kagome had stomped on his foot. She probably guessed what he was feeling. But he needed to step away from the competition after it happened.
He unfortunately had to step away for a bit to talk to his grandfather about whatever his sperm donor had brought up. The Lumen Histoire.
In all reality he could give two shits about what it was as long as it wasn't something weird. It was really none of his business anyways. Mavis had explained what she could to him, and after her breaking down and him being completely freaked out about it alongside the old man, he felt he was back to normal.
As they walked through the empty streets of the city, Makarov eyed his grandson.
"You love her don't you?"
Laxus slightly tripped at the sudden question, "Too soon to say that old man."
Makarov chuckled, "You can continue being in denial boy, but the signs are all there. From her too. She was capable from seeing through the illusion, wasn't she?"
He gruffly put his hands in his pockets as he replied, "Yeah. She was."
"She's remarkable boy. No one in that stadium knew what was going on. A stadium filled with wizards and members of the Magic Council and soldiers could not see it was an illusion. Just her. You would be a damn fool to let her slip away. Besides, I'm getting old and I need some great grandbabies."
Laxus abruptly stopped walking as he suspiciously looked at the short man, "A few months ago, you did not even want me back in the guild. Now you want great grandbabies?"
Makarov laughed, "Back then you didn't have a woman that knew how to handle you."
…
Kagome was laughing alongside Lucy as Natsu, Gray, and Erza rode on top of a wooden board on top of a couple of barrels, using them to surf. They could probably get injured or destroyed the entire place, but their spirits were high that night. Kagome had healed more of Erza's wounds, seeing it necessary to help them any way she could. The more attached she became to Laxus, the more attached she was becoming with everyone in the guild. That came with a price of worrying for everyone as well.
Wendy had been beyond fascinated by her powers, "How do you do it?"
Kagome took a deep breath as she could feel her own energy lowering since she had already used them that day on Laxus' own wounds, "Honestly, I'm not sure. I just have this urge to help and help those around me. I feel the energy traveling down from me onto my hands and onto wounds."
That was the reason why Erza had joined in the fun alongside the guys.
Gray was laughing hysterically, "Come on Kagome, join in!"
She raised her hands and shook her head with a laugh, "No way. I don't want to break a leg!"
Juvia gawked as Gray had asked another woman to join in the fun instead of her.
My love didn't ask me to join!
Gajeel had a tray in his hands with drinks as his eyes settled upon his victims. Mira was currently busy and in all reality, seeing Lucy and Levy drunk was always hilarious to him. He wanted to see Kagome drunk as well again. He had seen the look on Laxus' face last time and he was going to make sure it would happen again.
The raven haired woman hadn't hesitated at all when he offered the drink. She surprised them by chugging the whole cup.
She caught the look Gajeel and Levy were giving her, "Oh! *hiccup* I've gone to some inns with my friends when we would have the money… or Miroku would trick a very wealthy lord that he removed an evil presence from their estate. Dinner was always provided alongside sake. I learned to just chug it instead of drinking it slowly."
She could feel her face warm but she didn't care. She was having so much fun with them. She got a hold of Lucy and Levy as all three of them were laughing hysterically.
However, although she was tipsy, she was still paying attention. She got closer to Lucy's ear and said, "You need to tell Natsu!"
The blonde started stuttering as a deep blush settled. But then Kagome turned to her next target.
"You need to tell Levy already instead of dancing around each other."
But the way she said it to Gajeel, it was like she was disregarding the fact that Levy was right next to her. The iron slayer gawked at her, reminding her of a puffer fish as Levy started to blush. Before her or Lucy could tell something to Kagome, the raven haired woman had slipped away.
Laxus was back.
He took notice of how red her face was and the way she was slightly not walking straight and shook his head, "Seriously? Again?"
"Blame Gajeel!" She squealed as she wrapped her arms around him and snuggled on his chest, "I missed you. Don't leave me again."
He had been glaring at Gajeel when she said it was because of him why she was tipsy again, but the moment he heard what came out of her mouth next, his heart skipped a bit.
Aaaaaaand we are fucked, it said defeatedly.
"They need to stop it already!" She cried out as she tried tuning out Lucy's screams from the screens, "We need to do something already!"
She never would have thought that someone as sick as Minerva existed in their world, let alone, participate in what's supposed to be some friendly rivalry competition.
This was too far.
Laxus and Gajeel were beyond pissed and their growls were making their balcony shake. It was torture. It was sick.
Lucy screamed until she couldn't anymore.
The moment that Minerva had tossed her body out when the match was called off by the referee and Gray and Natsu were screaming Lucy's name name to catch her, Kagome didn't think twice. She jumped over the balcony.
A regular human would've gotten badly hurt from the high jump, but no human had gone three years battling demons and being dropped from high places. She rolled her body so she wouldn't injure herself, and ignoring the few scrapes she got, she sprinted to where Lucy laid and quickly got on her knees as Gray kept her head on his lap. She concentrated as she put her hands over her body and they started to glow a bright pink.
Her heartbeat was barely there.
Sherria and Wendy arriving thankfully sped up the process for her heart to beat normal again. She swallowed the emotion she felt. She was covered in so many bruises, cuts. Blood staining her creamy skin.
She could hear Erza telling Natsu to calm down due to their bickering with Sabertooth, but it wasn't until she heard the blonde slayer dragging Lucy's name through the mud that she was pissed.
She got up and she saw Sting getting in Natsu's face, "Maybe your guild should have strong female wizards instead of pin up looking models."
Kagome had slipped between the two of them and she punched Sting. The audience gasped as the newest member of Fairy Tail squared off with one of the Twin Dragons.
"You have got to be the most disgusting human being I have ever laid my eyes upon," she viciously said as she shook, her aura becoming visible and covering her entire body with rage, "Take a look at your guild first before judging others. Your title of being number one means nothing when you're trash for a person! She's got more heart than your entire guild put together!"
His eyes flashed as she was going off on him. He took one step forward, "Listen you-"
"Take one more step goldilocks and I will personally make sure it's your last."
Erza and Natsu turned around as they saw Laxus walking up to them, a serious look on his face as Gajeel walked next to him. Sting haltered his step as he saw the body language of the lightning dragon that was glaring daggers at him. The man was walking tall with cautious but determined steps as he finally stood behind the woman that punched him. The glaring grew worse and Sting could feel alarm bells going off in his head as he made eye contact with him that he retracted his step. Orga cracked his knuckles as he took a step forward, making Laxus growl loudly.
Gajeel snapped at the muscular man, "That goes for you too peanut brain!"
Kagome turned around to see that Lucy had finally been taken away to the infirmary. She felt relieved by that, but now she needed to make sure she was really stable.
She started to walk away, but she stopped. She gave one more glare at Sabertooth as her words echoed through the arena.
"I may have joined Fairy Tail not that long ago, but I can say, you've lost this tournament the moment you turned us into your enemies."
She felt Laxus wrapping an arm around her shoulders and pull her away. She reluctantly did. Her fist was still closed as she was trying to remove the urge to turn around and hit him again. Or preferably, Minerva who had a cocky smirk the entire time.
Laxus tossed a look at them before putting his eyes forward.
Orga grew more annoyed as he took a step, but Rogue's voice cut in from behind him as he made his way to them.
"Keep your mouth shut," His calm voice strongly said, "Unless you wish to die today."
Orga whirled around and gawked at him, "She punched Sting! Those fairies need to learn their place in front of the tigers!"
"You lay a finger on her and Laxus will kill you. Let's go. We are done here."
Orga's eyes widened to what Sting said, but nonetheless, he followed them back to their balcony as the field was prepared for the tag team battles.