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Mirajane had moved on from fighting Erza, so she still wasn't sure how she had gotten into this situation. Laxus was irritated, both his wife and daughter had gotten into a fight with Erza and Jessica respectfully. Ari was just an angry teen, annoyed at her father and Jessica. So all in all, the Dreyar family was not in the best of moods.
What happened is actually a funny story. Ari and Jessica had both wanted to take the same job, though instead of peacefully working it out they got into a fight. This resulted in Mirajane and Erza fighting over who would win. At first it was just words, but at some point the two had started using magic.
Laxus had come back from a job to find two teenage girls pulling each other's hair and two grown women having a full on battel, next to a knocked out Natsu.
As the only person not completely terrified at the moment Laxus was the one to stop the fighting. So he picked up Ari and Mira, threw them over his shoulders and carried them home. That brings back to where we started. Mira being confused, Laxus trying not to kill his family and Ari glaring at her father.
Later that night, after Ari had gone to bed, Laxus and Mira cuddled on the couch talking about all sorts of things. Eventually Laxus brought up the events of the day.
"You know, I really don't know why I started fighting Erza, one moment we were talking about how cute Lucy's baby is going to be and the next we were arguing over whose kid was going to win in their fight."
Laxus just shook his head, a small laugh escaping his lips. "I love you Mira" he said, pulling her closer, the rest of the night being full of pure bliss.