Chapter 6
The events of the great clock arc had passed for the fairy tail guild as the legion platoon had stopped by the guild to apologize for their past transgressions against the guild.
However, the entire time they were there Goku kept asking Byro to spar with him only for either Mirajane or Master Makarov to stop him.
"Aww come on Gramps I don't see why not and besides one spar isn't gonna kill anybody."
Makarov just shook his head at Goku's request.
"I'm sorry Goku my boy no means no."
Goku then sulked for a bit as he sat down at one of the tables next to Cana who was as usual drinking a big barrel of Booze.
Cana stopped her drinking to see Goku who was a bit upset.
"What's the matter Goku?"
"I'm just bored cana I've got nothing to do and Gramps won't let me spar with that Byro guy."
Cana then adopted a sultry smirk as she dropped her barrel and walked behind Goku as she wrapped her slender arms around his neck and pushed her breasts into his back.
"You know Goku I could help relieve your boredom for you~"
"Really?"
Cana smirked as she pushed her chest further into Goku's back hoping for a reaction out of her older guildmate.
"Yeah, Goku I mean it~"
Goku wasn't sure why but as Cana kept on pushing her chest into his back and whisper into his ear he felt his entire body shiver for a reason he could only assume it was from cana doing what she was doing.
However, before anything could escalate mirajane broke up the little interaction between cana and Goku.
Mirajane cutely waved her arms in protest and anger.
"Cana! What're you trying to do?"
"Calm down mira I wasn't doing anything major."
"That's not the point cana I don't want you trying to seduce Goku like that!"
Seeing no point in trying to argue with mira cana unwrapped her arms from his neck and went back to drinking her barrel.
Mira turned back to Goku and flashed her angelic smile.
The relationship between Goku and mirajane was a unique one, to say the least since mira considered Goku to be like a little brother to her even though he was far older than her.
Most people in the guild thought it was funny how mira would at times scold Goku like a sister would scold her younger siblings.
After mira had stopped her cute temper tantrum she saw Goku was still feeling down since the legion platoon had left a while ago and Goku never got a chance to spar with byro.
"Hey, Goku, why don't you come to the bar I'll make you something to eat."
Upon hearing this Goku immediately brightened up after hearing mira was going to treat him to lunch.
"Really thanks mira you really are an angel."
Mira then smiled at Goku as she went behind the bar.
"My, my Goku you know just what to say to a girl to make her feel special I bet your wife must be a pretty lucky woman to have a guy like you."
Goku's eyes then became a downcast as the look on his face and his eyes showed pain and regret.
Seeing this mirajane leaned down on the counter and tried to talk to him.
"Goku you okay?"
Goku looked up at Mirajane with a smile on his face like most always did but mira could tell his hiding the pain he'd felt earlier behind that smile of his.
"Goku don't lie to me."
"I'm not mira. Can I please get something to eat?"
Goku then did his best puppy dog eyes and Mira's defenses crumbled after that.
Mira just smiled at Goku before she went in the back and prepped up a meal for the loveable saiyan.
As Goku began munching on the plate of food mira gave him a moment ago he had noticed that both Gramps and Gildarts had left since he couldn't find them in the guild but he was positive they'd come back.
Goku had just finished clearing his plate when he heard a discussion about how fairy tail used to be the strongest guild until a different guild named sabertooth took their title as the strongest.
Hearing this Goku inwardly got excited at the thought of there being a guild that had members that were stronger got him very excited.
With his belly still, full Goku decided he was going to go for a walk to burn off his meal.
Outside the guild
Goku had walked outside the guild only to see the finish of brawl between Natsu and max.
Goku smirked at the fight between the two mages before he took off running into the woods for his after meal jog.
Goku had been running through the woods for about a couple minutes when he finally stopped and patted his stomach with contempt as his food had finally digested as he was ready to head back to the guild until he saw laxus walking out of the clearing looked bored.
"Oh hey laxus."
Laxus looked up to see Goku happy as always.
"Hey, Goku what're you doing out here? I figured you'd be at the guild."
Goku smiled as he flexed his bicep.
"Yeah, I just came out here for a run to burn off my meal."
"Oh yeah, laxus how was your doctor's trip?"
Laxus just sighed for a moment before he turned to face Goku.
"Not all bad my injuries weren't that severe."
Goku looked at him skeptically.
"You sure Laxus I mean your injuries looked pretty bad."
"I told you I'm fine quit worrying about me like your my mom."
"Hehe sorry."
A loud groan was heard from laxus's stomach obvious that the lightning dragon slayer hadn't eaten in a while.
"Hey, laxus why don't you come back to the guild with me. I'm sure Mira wouldn't mind fixing you up something to eat."
Laxus rubbed his temples in annoyance.
"I'm expelled from the guild Goku I can't go back even if I wanted to."
"Don't worry about it laxus besides I don't think gramps will mind if you have something to eat."
Laxus seeing no point in arguing with Goku since he knew Goku wouldn't take no for an answer.
"Fine, I'll go with you just stop bugging me."
"Alright, Laxus let's get going!"
"Anyone ever tell you're too happy sometimes Goku?"
"Not really Laxus."
"Well, you are."
"Hehe."
The duo made it back to the guild with Goku still smiling as laxus followed behind him.
"Hey, guys I'm back!"
Natsu who had been sitting down at the bar saw Goku make an entrance and smiled seeing his friend return as did mirajane and the rest of the guild.
"Welcome back Goku. You burn off your meal?"
"Sure did mira but actually I brought someone here who's actually hungry himself."
When Goku stepped to the side Mira felt her breath hitch as did the rest of the guild.
Seeing laxus here was a surprise to all of them especially mirajane.
Seeing him hear again made her heart skip a single beat as she remembered how the two of them almost had their first kiss back on red dawn but he pushed her away.
"I brought Laxus back to the guild because he was hungry is all mira. You don't mind do you?"
Mira immediately returned to her angelic smile.
"Anything you want in particular laxus?"
Laxus just shook his head no as mira prepared him a meal when laxus felt a group of people tackled him in a hug.
"Laxus!"
"You came back again!"
"We missed you, big guy!"
Laxus tried to get up but the thunder legion kept hugging him on the ground.
"Alright I get it now can you guys get off me!"
Laxus finally got the thunder legion off of him as he sat back down at the bar and ate his lunch until Makarov came through the front doors.
Goku was the first one to greet him.
"Hey, Gramps."
"Hello Goku, my boy. What's going on?"
"Not much Gramps."
Makarov then looked behind Goku to see laxus was eating at the bar contempt and quite.
"I see you brought laxus to the guild."
Goku just smiled and rubbed the back of his head.
"Don't worry about it gramps I just brought him here since he was hungry."
Makarov just sighed for a moment before he stood on the bar and made an announcement to the guild which got everyone's attention.
"Listen up, I've done all I can in service to this guild so allow me to introduce fairy tail's new guild master… Gildarts."
This left everyone in surprise but Goku was smiling.
"Hey, cana you think your dad will let me fight him again?"
Cana just sweatdropped at Goku.
"I don't know, but you need a hobby, Goku. You have too much free time."
Goku just looked at the card mage confused.
"Really cana?"
"Yup."
However, to everyone's surprise, Gildarts wasn't there but he did leave a note which reinstated laxus as a member of fairy tail making the thunder legion very happy and out the corner of Erza's eye she saw mirajane breath a sigh of relief.
Erza just smirked at mira knowing the take over mage had wanted to talk to him ever since the island.
The other thing in the letter that surprised everyone was that Gildarts had also stated that Goku was being promoted to S-Class.
Which left everyone surprised.
"Huh me s-class you sure?"
Erza just smiled as did mira, even laxus cracked a smirk a bit.
"I'd say it fits you Goku."
"Really erza you think so?"
"I do."
"I dunno I mean I'd rather earn the title myself then have someone give it to me."
Makarov nodded as he knew Goku was not the type of person who would take free handouts from someone. He was the type of guy who'd rather work hard to earn his opportunities.
"Goku my boy I understand where you're coming from but I trust gildarts's decision… and besides my boy I'd say after the deeds you've done you more than earned the title in my eyes."
Erza, Mira, and the reinstated laxus agreed with Makarov's decision.
Goku then looked around before confirming that they were all in agreement with the decision to make him S-Class.
Makarov then decided to make it official with a guild announcement.
"Alright then as of this moment it's official. Goku you are hereby promoted to S-Class!"
Goku then received a round of cheers and congrats from his guildmates.
"Congrats."
"Good Job man!"
Goku just smiled as he rubbed the back of his head from all the praise when Natsu and the others came back.
Goku ran up to them and told them the good news.
This, in turn, got surprised reactions from them as Goku had made S-Class by recommendation.
"Goku since your S-Class now… fight me!"
"Hehe, your on Natsu."
However before the two mages could go at it Romeo made the suggestion of fairy tail competing in the grand magic games this year to be number one again.
Goku just smirked as he punched his fist into his open palm with a smirk on his face.
"Gramps, I say we go for it...besides the thought of fighting other guilds to prove which is the strongest. Well, I'm excited."
Goku then flashed back to the tournament of power and all the opponents he had faced as he could still remember the details like it was yesterday.
The tournament arena positioned in the world of void as blackness was all that could be seen in a world of nothing.
He remembered the fights he had been in against all the universes.
He thought back to the sensations he had in his fist during each combat encounter, the vibrations in his head, his saiyan blood boiling to no end like a big pot of boiling water ready to burst from the pot itself.
Goku then reopened his eyes as he had a look of determination on his face.
"Hey Romeo, the Grand Magic Games start in 3 months right?"
Romeo just nodded wondering where goku was going with this.
"That means we've got three months of training before the games start so everyone. Let's get training!"
Everyone in the guild gave a resounding shout of agreement as a fire had been lit underneath them.
As everyone was getting amped up Mirajane asked laxus to follow her outside the guild hall for a moment.
Laxus looking into Mira's eyes for a reason why he couldn't read her so he just shrugged his shoulders and followed her outside.
Mira felt her hands shaking as she and laxus were now alone together.
"I have to tell him. I will tell him."
"You okay Mira? You haven't said much since we got out here."
Mira kept on shifting in place as her blue eyes kept looking up at Laxus then back down on the ground before she took a breath and faced the lighting dragon slayer.
"Laxus about what happened on Red Dawn…"
Laxus's eyes widened as he tried to rack his brain for an answer.
He was about to open his mouth in response but mirajane put her finger over his mouth shushing him.
"Let me finish. About what happened on the island I'm truly grateful for you risking your life for me even though you did almost die."
Laxus just rubbed the back of his head before replying to the take-over mage.
"Yeah I did didn't I but look I only did that because…"
Mira shushed him again as she spoke however laxus was getting a bit annoyed by it.
"I'll get to the point laxus. Last time you pushed me away but I'm not keeping my feelings down anymore."
Before he could protest mira wrapped both her arms around the back of his head and brought him in for a kiss.
Laxus's eyes widened in surprise as he never imagined mira would make the first move on him but he then slowly leaned into the kiss as her lips felt soft and warm.
Her scent of vanilla filled his nostrils as he wrapped his muscular arms around her petite waist and pulled her in as the two shared a passionate kiss before they broke apart for air as a thin string of saliva was left as their lips parted. Mira and laxus both had flushed faces as Mira caught her breath and spoke to laxus again as the lighting dragon slayer regained his composure.
"I'm done keeping myself under wraps. I love you laxus dreyar so I want you to be my boyfriend."
Laxus was surprised at first then he calmed down mentally.
"You sure it's gonna work? You've got the guild and your siblings first."
Mirajane knee that as she twiddled her thumbs until laxus's response caused her blue eyes to widened with surprise.
"Your a big girl you can do what you need and if we have time then I say we make the most of it if not well then…"
Laxus just shrugged his shoulders at mirajane which only caused the takeover mage to chuckle as she then jumped at laxus and kissed him a second time.
However as both mages were enjoying each other's glow in the kiss they both heard a cry of someone falling.
"Uwhaaa!"
Both laxus and mira quickly broke apart as they both had embarrassed blushes on their faces.
Goku then picked himself up and dusted himself off only to be greeted by the angry and embarrassed faces of his two guild mates.
"Why're they mad? They shouldn't be all I did was check to make sure everything was okay. Oh man they do look upset though what should I say."
"Goku you have five seconds and I better like what I hear."
Goku quickly waved his hands fast in front of his face as a bead of sweat was rolling down the side of his face.
"Look guys I can explain… you see I just wanted to make sure you two were ok is all."
Mira's eye twitched as laxus then stepped up to question the Saiyan.
"How much did you see?"
Goku then rubbed the back of his head as he had a nervous smile on his face.
"I only saw you two doing that weird thing with your mouths."
Both mages looked at each other then back at goku confused and baffled that then older Saiyan didn't know what a kiss was as Mira got up in his face her blue eyes first full of concern until she had a slick smile on her face that normally didn't end well for most people.
"Goku you can't tell anyone about… 'us' yet."
It was goku's turn to be confused.
"Well why not you two seem happy enough."
Both mages then looked at each other trying to imagine the look on their guild mates faces as well as Mira's siblings and laxus's grandpa Makarov at the two of the dating as the both of them had unsure looks on their faces.
"Goku if you tell anyone and I mean anyone you won't be able to eat at the bar for a month maybe even longer.
At this threat goku immediately went down on his hands and knees and comical tears were streaming down his adult face.
"Please Mira anything but that! Please!"
Mirajane just smiled at her handy work.
"Okay goku but remember keep your mouth closed."
Goku nodded his head rapidly as Mira returned to her angelic smile as she then turned to her new and just recent boyfriend laxus who was surprise at the level she was going to make sure this stayed under wraps until they were ready to tell.
Laxus then faced Mira with a concerned look on his face.
"Look mira how about I take you on a date after we win the grand magic games?"
At that prospect Mira's blue eyes sparkled.
"I'll hold you to it laxus."
The lighting mage just smirked.
Goku just got up an smiled at the two of them.
The saiyan then pumped his fist in the air full of excitement.
"Alright then guys let's go start our 3 month training!"
Goku then ran over to Natsu and the others as laxus walked off with the thunder legion while mira was going with her siblings and cana.
However the take over mage ran into Erza who had a smile on her face.
"So Mira you told him?"
Mira turned to Erza with a bright smile on her face.
"Sure did erza."
Erza just smiled at the take-over mage.
'You feel better now Mira?"
Mirajane just beamed at Erza with smile on her face.
"Yeah I do Erza, now only if you could confess to Jellal."
Erza's face then grew bright red as she was now stuttering and trying to change the subject as mira had a sly smirk on her face.
"That's not important right now Mira."
Erza then took a deep breath as the blush left her face.
"I'm happy for you mirajane."
Both female mages smiled at one another before Erza went off to join Goku,Natsu and the others for their 3 months of training and Mirajane walked off to join her siblings and cana for their training as well.
"Mira I'll see you in three months?"
"Count on it Erza."
With that both mages went off to their respective groups as fairy tail's training for the games had begun.
