Summary: Natsu's bad habit of misremembering people's names had struck again when he first met Laxus….
Pairings: Some general feels.
YouTube Prompt: A tribute to Tartarus Arc to 'Faster' by Within Temptation.
There is a new kid at the guild.
Some wild thing that claimed to have been raised by a Dragon. He was loud, noisy, and annoying. His Grandfather was making introductions, and so Laxus brooded in a dark corner as he privately hoped that his Grandfather would forget his existence so he could be spared with the pleasantries and social niceties.
He was not that lucky.
"…And this is my grandson, Laxus," his Grandfather boomed loudly as he patted Laxus' shoulder. "Laxus," he grinned wildly in reply to Laxus' ing glower. "This is our new member, Natsu Dragneel."
Laxus scanned the beaming, stupidly innocent, face of his new sibling (as his Grandfather was way too keen to call these annoying, brattish, intruders), and scowled fiercely. "Hn," Laxus grunted.
His Grandfather smacked him over the head. "Be nice!" he hissed.
But Natsu didn't seem to be bothered as he held up a hand to Laxus. Laxus grimaced (because honestly it looked filthy, had this kid ever heard of soap before?) as he reluctantly took it and gave it a brisk shook. The beaming idiot, however, didn't let go straight away as he kept shaking Laxus' hand enthusiastically.
"Yo!" Natsu said cheerfully as he kept shaking Laxus' hand. "Nice to meet ya Laxatives!"
There was a beat of silence as Natsu kept grinning stupidly, Laxus glowered furiously in his direction, and his Grandfather gaped at the pink-haired boy in shock.
"…It's Laxus," Laxus growled.
"That's what I said!" Natsu said indignantly. "Laxatives!"
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"Say Laxatives one more bloody time!" Laxus snarled in a feral tone. His mouth was curled back to reveal his sharp canines as he felt those pesky Dragon instincts beginning to kick in. he wanted to kick this punk's arse. "And I will make you wish you never hear that word again in your life, you got it?"
"Sure thing," Natsu nodded solemnly. And for a genuine moment Laxus thought that the stupid brat had enough maturity to drop it and move onto something else, but as soon as he lifted his headphones up to put them back on, a sly smile appeared on Natsu's face. "Laxatives," he smirked.
Laxus didn't even blink let alone hesitate. He simply raised up one arm and shot out a bolt of lightning in Natsu's direction. The boy didn't even get a chance to dodge when he suddenly got struck and his high-pitched squeal was music to Laxus' ears.
But he didn't stop there.
Laxus narrowed his eyes as he channelled all of his magic and continued to shoot out lightning. Natsu's body spasmed repeatedly mid-air as he screamed and screamed, and then…..
He lost control of his bowl movements.
Laxus dropped the magic and Natsu fell to the floor, charred, shaky, and in a definite need to change his underwear. The boy whimpered pathetically before he sat up defiantly and shot Laxus a filthy look.
"I'll get you for that!" he promised. "One day I'm going to kick your jerk-ass so hard that you'll be needing a change of underwear."
"Whatever," Laxus muttered.
"LAXUS!" his Grandfather boomed furiously. "What have I told you about picking on your brothers and sisters? And treating poor Natsu like that," he spat out disgustedly, "consider yourself grounded. FOR ALL ETERNITY! With community service! If I see you abuse your magic like that then I'll make your life a living hell, do you hear me?"
"Whatever."
He then put on his headphones and ignored everyone's outrage for the rest of the day. The smallest, most satisfied, smirks graced his lips as he was certain Natsu would never again call him Laxatives…
Ten years later, Natsu was suffering stomach troubles and was being a pain the arse. Lucy had told him, repeatedly, that his diet wasn't healthy enough and now he was suffering the consequences while still refusing to eat any vegetables or fruit! Honestly!
"Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucy!" he whined pathetically. "It hurts! I keep needing the loo to, you know," he flushed the faintest pink and Lucy was stunned that there was actually a topic that embarrassed him, if she had less manners she would be inclined to make a few toilet jokes, "but nothing comes out!" he hissed in humiliation.
"It sounds like you got constipation," Lucy rolled her eyes, "if you just take a laxative you'll-"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Natsu screamed melodramatically as he suddenly sped out of Lucy's front door…..without opening it and leaving a hideous, Natsu-Shaped, hole in her door. "NOT THAT WORD!"
"….You know what," Lucy muttered to herself, "I'm not even going to ask this time round."