Thank you all for the reviews!
graystripemkc: Laxus really is such a lovable asshole! I'm super happy, if my mistakes have gone down even if just little. Like I wrote in the first chapter English isn't my native language, so I'm not anywhere near perfect in it, but I'm trying to get better. And about those price/praise like mistakes. In my language (Finnish) we write everything like we pronounce them, so when there are words that are pronounced very similarly my brain is like 'Sound right, must be right' and doesn't pay attention to the written form.
aliciacevbra: The future truly seems dark for the Thunder God Tribe. XD
Readingspoons: I like Lucy's and Bickslow's interaction too, and I like to write those scenes too, but sadly in this story they are going to remain as friends. And don't worry l'm sure Lucy is able to get back at Laxus in one form or another one day.
LadyAvaRushi: Thank you so much for the compliments! I'm exited to hear that my story is giving you something new! Hopefully I'm able to keep it interesting and fresh in the future too.
I had the first version of this chapter ready almost a week ago, but then I realized that the interaction between the characters didn't fit the story and I ended up writing the chapter again... Anyway I hope you will like this chapter! And please review!
Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail and I'm just playing with the characters.
Laxus and Lucy, who was still hanging over the man's shoulder, made their way through the town. Laxus had send Bickslow to find the two missing members of the Thunder God Tribe and bring them to his house. The Seith mage had been more than eager to fulfill his boss' command - anything to avoid his anger as long as possible. This had left the two blondes to "enjoy" each other's company. While Laxus though out ways to break his team mates' necks in silence, Lucy tried to fight against the gravitation. It was pulling her head toward the ground and was crushing her internals against Laxus' rock hard shoulder without mercy.
For the moment, however, Lucy had let her arms go completely slack. They swung from side to side in rhythm with Laxus walking, her droopy head and hair between them doing the same. She looked like a lifeless body, carried away by her murderer. It was exactly the image she was going for. She hoped that someone, anyone, who saw her would step up to help her. The sight of a man carrying a woman's body was definitely something that should stir something in someone. But apparently the people of Magnolia were clever enough to see trough her act, or clever enough not to cross their ways with Laxus, especially if he was carrying a dead person. For some reason she believed it was the later one rather than the first one.
Feeling the blood gathering in her head again, Lucy had to lift her head up before it would explode from the pressure. She placed her hands against the leopard fabric and pushed her upper body up the tiny bit her tired arms were able to. Her arms were not the only body parts that were starting to reach their limit. Her neck and head aching, and the constant rocking Laxus' walking caused didn't exactly help. Not forgetting her poor internals, which were probably mash by now. To put it simply, she was feeling horrible. She hadn't done anything so bad that it gave the man the right to treat her like a sack of potatoes. And this was starting to irritate her a great bit. Which in turn made her fear for the things she might say or do, if she wasn't let down soon. The communication between her brain and the rest of her body wasn't the best when she was seriously angered.
"Laxus," Lucy started carefully with a calm voice. She tried to peek over her shoulder, but all she saw was a few blonde strands of the man's hair. "Please, let me down." She begged sincerely. A moment passed, and another, but all she got as an answer was silence. Was he pretending that he hadn't heard her? Lucy's brows moved an inch closer to each other. "Laxus, let me down. Please." She repeated only to be given the same answer. Silence.
Lucy's brows were drawn together by annoyance and before she realized what she was doing the side of her fist smacked against the man's back. This time she got a reply, a nonverbal one. Laxus jerked his shoulder, making it dig deeper in her guts. It wasn't strong enough to make her detach like last time, but it was strong enough to make her hands loose the grip against his back. Lucy grimace in pain, when her face hit the man's hard back. The grimace, however, changed right away into an angry frown. That's it! She just reached the point when brains hand the leash to the emotions and consequences become an irrelevant matter to think. "Let me," She lifted an arm up, rolled her fingers into a tight fist and then brought it down against Laxus's back with double the force she had used in the first hit. "Go!" This time the man stopped.
Laxus let out a long breath through his nose, trying to cool himself down a little. The girl had been relatively calm and quiet so far, so he had let the first hit go, but the second one was just a stupid attempt to try his patience. Which, at the moment, was very thin. Laxus grabbed a hold on Lucy's ankle and pulled. The girl slide off his shoulder like a towel.
Lucy blinked her eyes once, twice, trice. Instead of the now very familiar leopard patter, an upside down street view opened in front of her. Slowly she turned to look up, her neck protesting in pain. There against the blue of the sky were her boots, fingers wrapped around one of her ankles. Lucy blinked again and slide her gaze down, along her legs all the way to the point where her skirt was supposed to be. But all she saw was bare skin covered by nothing. When her eyes landed on the black lacy fabric of her panties, Lucy's cheeks were painted red. With a scream Lucy grabbed the hem of her skirt and pulled it down- Pushed it up? Whatever! To the direction where it would cover the parts it was supposed to cover!
Laxus stared down at the screaming girl hanging upside down by her ankle he was holding. Her poor attempts to use her abs to pull her body up was sad to look at. And the way her legs spread apart without any control... Laxus snorted. Apparently all the princess had was skin and fat and not a single fiber of muscle. And she wanted to be a mage? Laughable. But at least the fat had centralized on the right places, like her tits and ass. Laxus huffed amused at the generous sight of the girl's backside he was given. He had to admit, Lucy's ass was very much to his liking. Big, but not too big, nice shape and beautiful milky color. Her cheeks looked like pair of marshmallows asking to be bitten.
"I must say," Laxus started, flashing a fang bearing grin. "I think I like your back even more than your front."
"What?" Lucy blurted out not really concentrating on the man's words. She had more important things to do. Like trying to hold her gravitation loving skirt in place. She fought a moment longer with the annoying piece of clothing, then froze as if by magic. Her brains finally registered what the man had said. Twisting and turning her body, she tried to get an eye contact with Laxus. She had to have heard him wrong! But to her horror, her ears seemed to work perfectly. She succeeded at getting a glimpse of his face, however, the man's eyes were focused on completely different direction from her head. This also made her realize that holding her skirt up only on the front side wouldn't cover her back side. Face turning crimson red, Lucy let out her loudest scream so far. "Pervert!"
What happened next caught both blondes off guard. Lucy pulled her free leg down and with all her might pedaled it back up, making her heel hit Laxus' chin. The man's head jerked back by the power of the impact. He even ended up taking one step back and the hold on her ankle loosened. Lucy had barely time to cover her head, before she fell to ground. Her already aching head would definitely not have liked the collision with the stone pavement. Both blondes froze in to their position for a second. Lucy laying on her back on the ground, arms around her head, and Laxus face toward the sky, eyes wide open from pure shock. What...just happened?
Slowly with the growing pain in her jaw, Laxus' mind returned to the present moment. He slide his tongue across the space between his lower lips and teeth, tasting iron. Then he moved his lower jaw from side to side, making couple circle like movements with it. It hurt like hell, but at least it didn't seem to be broken or dislocated. Laxus slowly slide his eyes down on the girl, his head following after. To say that his expression was murderous was an understatement. It was enough to make a full grown man faint from fear.
Laxus walked next to Lucy's head and crouched down. He stared down at her, his head directly above hers. On the corner of her eye, Lucy saw his fingers twisting, lightning jumping between them and up his arm. "You now," The neutral tone he used was actually more terrifying than any other of his tones so far, when it was added to his outer appearance. "I now a very easy way to get rid of your marriage problems." Lucy's face paled and her breathing halted. If that wasn't a threat to her life, then nothing was.
Laxus glared Lucy a moment longer before standing up. Even if the girl was seriously asking for it, he still tried to hold on to his record of not hitting women or kids. Maybe he should try to turn this around and actually praise the princess. Not only had she got a kick trough his defense, but she had even made him bleed, though only from the inner side of his lip. Still it was more than most are ever able to do. Seems like there was some muscle in those feeble looking legs of her after all. With a bit of training she could actually give pretty nasty kicks.
Without realizing it, Laxus had calmed down a bit and even the lightning around his arms had disappeared. This in turn made Laxus click his tongue annoyed. That he was slightly impressed by the girl didn't mean he was going to forget this humiliation. Or that she was getting away without any kind of consequence. Giving his sore chin a rub, he started to head toward his house's direction. He just had to come up what that 'consequence' would be. He needed a punishment for his team too. This thought in mind Laxus stopped as he didn't hear the girl behind him. With a groan, he turned around. "Get up." He growled at Lucy, who was still laying on the ground like an animal playing dead. If the girl thought it would safe her, she could dream on. It was time for the princess to learn that in the real world every action has its' price.
Laxus' voice made Lucy snap from her paralyzed state. She carefully removed her arms around her head and glanced toward his direction. Laxus, however, had already turned his back at her and was walking away. Lucy let out a sigh, her whole body going completely slack for a moment as the tension left her body with the fear. She let out a shaky laugh of relief. That she was still in one piece after all that was something close to a miracle. But if she was being completely honest, the kick had actually felt pretty good. Even if it was an accident, it was her small revenge for the treatment Laxus had given her. Lucy just had to make sure it would stay as her first and last one. Next time she could end up loosing her neck.
Lucy helped herself up from the ground with trembling arms. She wasn't sure was it because of the fear or was it caused by her overworked muscles,, but her arms were shaking like dry leafs in the wind. She wrapped them around herself and started to walk after Laxus. The man had already gotten quite far, but in this situation she didn't mind it at all. The longer the distance between the two, the better. Sighing Lucy tightened her hold on herself. Today really wasn't her day.