Lucy was heading back to Magnolia that evening. Levy had called her while she was with Laxus saying that she needed her car back in the morning. Lucy figured it would just be easiest to bring it to her tonight, since tomorrow was the last day of the mission anyway. Even though she was sad that she had to leave Laxus, she was extremely excited that she got to see Levy and tell her about everything that happened.
Lucy: Hey girly! I'm about to leave the hotel and come back to town, I'll bring us some junk food and I'll tell you about my very interesting day ^.^
As she drove back to Magnolia, she thought about everything that had happened within the last 24 hours. She had gotten Laxus to unleash himself in the bedroom. She felt like the most important girl in the world. Although she was extremely sore, none of that mattered to her. She loved every second that he gave himself to her in that way.
Her phone beeping pulled her away from her thoughts of Laxus. She smiled when she saw that it was Levy.
Levy: Okay… Gajeel is over at the moment, but I'll get the tea ready Lu(: I'll kick him out if he starts to interrupt our fun.
Smiling at her reply, Lucy hurried to the closest convenient store, grabbing all of her and Levy's favorite sweet foods. She was surprised to see that Gajeel was over at her house, especially at this time of night, but she was glad that her friend was making progress with the Iron Dragon Slayer. The two of them were practically made for each other. Once she had bags full of sweets, she checked out and went back o the car, trying to get to her best friend as quickly as possible.
Seeing her apartment in sight, Lucy looked at her phone. She knew that Laxus was probably still asleep. He was falling asleep right before she left; maybe she would leave him a voice mail. Once she was parked in the parking lot, Lucy pulled up his number, calling him.
"Hey Princess, everything okay?" He sounded sleepy, like he had just woken up. Lucy smiled softly and ran a hand through her hair. He sounded so sexy when he is just woken up.
"Yea everything's alright. I just wanted to call you and tell you I made it to town." Lucy said sheepishly.
She could hear him chuckle softly, making her smile. "Well I appreciate that. Will I be seeing you tomorrow?" He asks curiously. Lucy smiled before she was about to tell him yes, but she remembered that her rent was due soon. She would have to take a job; although, she already had most of her rent, she would only have to take a small job if she wanted to.
"Uhm… Well I need to take a job within the next couple days. My rent is due in a week and I only need one small job to get it done. You can uhm.. Go along if you like. I wouldn't mind your company on the trip." Lucy said nervously. She knew that they were only friends with benefits, but friends would go on missions together right? Maybe this was the perfect opportunity to get out of the "friend zone."
"Y-yeah I'll go with you… I'll meet you at the guild tomorrow morning and we can find a job?" He sounded nervous on the phone, Lucy began to think that maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
"Okay that's fine. I'll see you tomorrow." Lucy smiled before she grabbed all of the stuff she had bought for the two girls and headed inside.
"Okay Princess. See you tomorrow." He says before hanging up the phone. It didn't matter now many times Laxus called Lucy Princess, she didn't think she would ever get used to it. The blush on her cheeks was nearly as red as Erza's hair. Making her way to the door, she tried her hardest not to think anymore of the Dragon Slayer, but kept her mind preoccupied by the situation at hand.
Walking up the steps to her apartment, the more excited Lucy got to see Levy. The door was already open and ready for her to walk in once she had gotten sight of it. Walking in, she smiled and saw Levy and Gajeel relaxing on the couch with some tea. It looked as though Levy was wearing one of his shirts, but the Celestial Wizard couldn't be sure.
"Hey Lu! So tell me all about your night." Levy smirked lecherously. This caused the Iron Dragon Slayer to look up at Lucy in alarm. She could tell that he was extremely surprised at the scent of which Dragon Slayer was on her.
"You and Sparky huh? I didn't think you'd be able to handle someone like that. " He says in complete alarm.
"Yea… Have been for almost a week now." Lucy blushed a little as she looked at him. She didn't know what else to say to him. Levy looked like she could've started rolling she was laughing so hard at the expression on the Iron Dragon Slayer's face. "It started after the last big Fairy Tail Party." She explained as she looked at him. "We've seen each other every night since." She says smiling a little.
Levy smiles at the two of them. "Come on Lu! Let's go to my room and chat." She said as she looked at Lucy, giving her a smirk before taking her hand and practically dragging her to her bedroom. Shutting and locking the door behind them.
I had no idea she was the blonde that he always talked about. I wonder if she knows how much he actually likes her. The Dragon Slayer was lost in thought as the girls snuck away to talk about Blondie's night. All those months of training that they had together, she was the girl that Laxus always talked about. He always called her 'The blonde at the guild' whenever he would refer to her. Since there are so many members of Fairy Tail, Gajeel decided it wouldn't be worth his time or effort to try and figure out who it was.
The only girl that actually made the Laxus Dreyar a complete mess was the little Celestial Wizard. Gajeel could hardly believe what he was hearing. From the stories that he was told by Laxus, she was a hell of a beast in the sack, but that's not what attracted him to her. He began to think about the last time that they trained together, when Laxus had told Gajeel his true feelings.
Today had been an especially tough match for the Iron Dragon Slayer. Gajeel could tell that Laxus was putting everything that he had into this match. What surprised him was that Gajeel was keeping up with the Lightning Dragon Slayer; what was up with him? Normally he never acted like this. After the fourth direct hit in a row, Gajeel looked at him, backing away before sitting on the ground. "What's got your panties in a wad Sparky? If I normally hit you four times in a row you'd beat me to a bloody pulp. "
Laxus chuckled softly and ran a hand through his hair. "Just got a lot on my mind today metal head." The Iron Dragon Slayer looked up at his sparring partner in disbelief. Normally he wouldn't be so nonchalant about being beaten like that, and where the fuck had his cocky attitude gone?
"Alright now what's up? All this bullshit on your mind is making it hard for you to fight, so spill it so I can get back to pounding your ass gihee." Gajeel snickered, loving the look on the other Dragon Slayer's face when he realizes that he's right.
Laxus took a seat on the grass and sighed, knowing with as bad as his fighting was, there was no getting out of this conversation. "So… There's this girl…"
"A girl? That's what's got your panties in a fucking wad? You're fucking Laxus Dreyar, you could have any girl within a 200mile radius from the stories I've heard, why are you worried about a girl?" Gajeel looked at his trainer in shock. In all the years that he had heard things about Laxus, having girl troubles was NEVER on the list of things that he heard. From a lot of the things that he has heard, he was a womanizer. Why was this one girl so different to him?
Seeing the look on the Dragon Slayer's face made him want to take back his words. Laxus looked like he was really having a hard time with his. Gajeel sighs, thinking of something to say to make him feel better. "Alright Sparky, spill it… I know you want to."
Laxus sighs and leans back, thinking of what he was going to say first. He couldn't have everyone finding out that the girl that he fell for was none other than the guilds 'sweet and innocent' Celestial Wizard. "She's in the guild, but that's all you're getting to know on who she is. No one else can know about this." He says to Gajeel.
The Iron Dragon Slayer rolled his eyes impatiently as he looks at his trainer. "Yeah yeah, now just get on with it… And don't you dare think about leaving out any detail. I wanna know everything from the beginning." Gajeel smirked as he looked at Laxus. "I need to know how badly this girl has you under her little spell."
Laxus rolled his eyes and looked at the Iron Dragon Slayer, knowing there was no way out of this. "Alright… It all started when I was reinstated back into the guild by Gildarts. The day that I came back I saw her just sitting at the bar. I'd seen her before because her and I weren't on the best of terms during the whole Phantom Lord raid and everything that happened afterwards. We hadn't spoken to each other since I had left. When I walked in the door, it was like I was seeing her for the first time." Laxus got a daydreaming look on his face. Gajeel knew that he wasn't all there as he was telling the story. Gajeel thought it was kind of cute, not that he would ever admit it to anyone else.
"Okay what do you mean by seeing her for the first time? You said you'd seen her already." Gajeel questioned.
"What I mean is when I saw her for the first time ever, she had no effect on me. Once I was reinstated and I saw her again, it was like… The entire world melted away when I saw her. I have never had that happen before. I didn't know what the fuck to do so I ran and avoided contact with her as much as humanly possible. Since our crowds don't mingle a lot it made it easy." Laxus shrugged, trying to recollect everything.
"There was one mission that she decided to stay behind from. I don't know or care why, but her team was away when the last big Fairy Tail party happened. That's when I took it as my opportunity to strike. We danced at the party and it was like… we were the only two on the dance floor. Once it was over, she looked into my eyes and I was a fucking goner. We've seen each other every night since that party."
Laxus says smirking deviously. "She is one hell of a partner, she can take me nearly at my full power and it doesn't seem to bother her. I've always had to restrain my power around women, but she thinks that it's sexy." He says smirking. "She's perfect."
Gajeel was shocked to say the least at everything that Laxus had said. If he had been with her every night, he was surprised that he didn't smell her scent on Laxus. It could also be possible that the girl hangs out with one or more of the Dragon Slayers in the guild, so keeping the scent off of the both of them would be crucial. The way that he looked up at the sky when he talked about the mystery girl was priceless. It reminded Gajeel of the way that Levy said he looked at her occasionally. "It sounds like someone has found his mate, gihee."
Gajeel laughed at the shocked look on Laxus' face. It was as if he didn't even think of that as a possibility.
"Mate? I thought that was only a first generation Dragon Slayer thing?" Laxus said in disbelief. He didn't know why he hadn't realized that until now.
Gajeel smiled at the Lightning Dragon Slayer. "Exactly how much do you know about Dragon Slayer's Laxus? Whether it be the first or second generation. They both are the exact same when it comes to how a Dragon Slayer finds a mate. As far as I know the only difference between the first and second generations are the way that they become Dragon Slayers."
Now it was Laxus' turn to be shocked. He had never bothered to learn a whole lot about Dragon Slayers because he figured since he just had a lacrima behind his eye he wouldn't need to worry about anything except the magic aspect. "Well now it seems like you have some things to teach me Lightning Rod. Now let's get back to training, we can talk about all this at a later time. I feel like getting back to the ass kicking I should've been giving you." Laxus laughs and stands up, preparing to start their training once again.
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"Gajeel! Hello, Earthland to Gajeel!" Levy yelled as she waved her hands in front of the Iron Dragon Slayer, breaking him from the daydream that he had been having. He looks down at the short script mage and sees that Lucy is already gone. How long had he been there daydreaming?
"Huh? Sorry Shrimp I was a little out of it." He says rubbing the back of his head.
"I could tell, oh well it wasn't super important anyway, just girl talk." She says smiling at the Iron Dragon Slayer. "We can go back to watching the movie now if you'd like.
Gajeel looks at the script mage and sighs softly. "Actually, I think it's time we had a little talk about why Lucy was here." He says looking at her. "You know I've been training with Sparky for a couple of months right?"
Levy nods. "Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything? How did you even know that's who we were talking about?"
Gajeel tries to think of a way to say this without making the little wizard freak out. "You forget Shrimp, I'm a Dragon Slayer, I have a nose just like the rest of them. I smelled his scent all over her. I don't care about what you two talked about, but there may be more to the story that you need to hear." He says as he readjusts himself on the couch. "How much do you know about Dragon Slayers?" He asked her.
"Not a whole lot… Mostly only what I've read in books and watching the four Dragon Slayers at the guild, why?" Levy asks him curiously.
Gajeel sighed, wondering if she knew this little tidbit of information. "Well… Once Dragon Slayers find a partner that is a good fit for them, they mate. When a Dragon Slayer mates, it's for life. There is no break up and then get back with someone when it comes to Dragon Slayers. Once they've found that one person that they're supposed to be with, that's it. I think that Blondie is supposed to be Laxus' mate. Ever since I've been training with Sparky he's been talking about a blonde girl that was in the guild, but that was all the information he ever gave me. If I would've known it was her, I probably would've told you sooner. He likes her a lot more than he is letting on to anyone, even himself."
Levy's eyes widened at the words coming out of the Dragon Slayer's mouth. "You're telling me that Lucy is Laxus' mate? OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" The little script mage squeal in excitement. Gajeel tried to cover his ears quickly, but he wasn't fast enough, the squeal making it into his ears and making them ring.
"Jesus Shrimp! Not so loud!" He says looking at her. Once she had calmed down, he looks at her and smiles a little. "I know you've got something up your sleeve to help them out so you might as well spill it." He says as he looks at the small girl next to him.
"I've got something more than that Mr. Dragon Slayer. I've got the perfect plan to get them together! It'll be fantastic!" She says with a smile plastered right on her happy little face.
Gajeel rolled his eyes and put his hands up in the air. "I don't want to be a part of whatever you're thinkin' in that head of yours shrimp.
That's gotten me in nothing but trouble in the past. Besides, Don't you think that you should just leave them alone? I mean it is their relationship after all. I know that I wouldn't want anyone doing this to me. I like things to happen naturally." He says with a smirk on his face, looking at the blushing script mage.
"Oh come on please! It'll be helping the two of them out! Besides, the only thing that I'm going to do is provide them with the perfect opportunity to see that they can't live without each other." She says with a cute smile as she leans closer to him, knowing that he couldn't resist when she looked like that.
"God damn it… Alright fine I'll help you… What do you want me to do?" He asks nervously.
"Your job is easy… "Levy said, a devious smirk on her face. "All you have to do is teach Laxus about Dragon Slayers, so that he understands what he is going though, you just leave the rest to me." She says as she smiles, conjuring up the perfect plan within minutes.
"It's getting late gihee, I think it's time we hit the hay." He says as he looks down at the script mage. Even though he knew good and well that she had the plan already in her head and she wasn't stopping until it was done… Even if it took all night.
It was the wee hours of the morning when Levy finally had everything done for her plan. Gajeel was snoring happily on the couch across the room from her. She had just printed off the flyer before she looked down at her checklist. Everything seemed to be done and ready to go.
The "mission" that Levy was sending her on was simple enough. Find some books for the client and make sure that there are no hidden spells in the books. Levy had called one of her very dear friends, who was constantly looking for new material to read to help her with the task. He gave her five books on his list to read that were in an enormous library outside of town. Once Lucy got the books to him, she would receive her reward.
The job was simple enough, but would require a lot of work from Levy just to make it happen. There was one book that was not on his list that she added. The book was an extremely rare find and had a lot of magic power inside of it. What kind of magic power would be a surprise, since Levy didn't want to give it away (not even to the readers of this story just yet). Everything looked perfect; Even the flyer was convincing. Although this technically was a real job with a real client, there was just a little extra work in there from Levy to get the ball rolling.
Once she was finished with all of her work, she looks at the clock, realizing that she hadn't slept all night. Levy groaned and laid her head on the desk for just a moment. It's not like it mattered too much anyway, she could sleep all day once this task was done. She decided to leave the Dragon Slayer on the couch, better than waking him up this early.
Making her way down the street, Levy began to think about what Gajeel had said last night. When a Dragon Slayer mates, it's for life. There is no break up and then get back with someone when it comes to Dragon Slayers. Once they've found that one person that they're supposed to be with, that's it. She began to wonder who the rest of the Dragon Slayers would mate with. Honestly, she figured that it would've been Natsu to mate with Lucy instead of Laxus. As for Wendy, she felt like she was too young to be even thinking about that kind of thing yet.
Levy's mind began to wander to the last, unmentioned Dragon Slayer, Black Steel Gajeel. Just saying his name in her mind caused shivers to run down her spine. Everyone in the guild knew that Levy had the biggest crush on the Iron Dragon Slayer. She wondered if she would be picked as his mate. They have been getting closer as friends lately, but it seemed like that was all he saw her as.
After I make sure that Lucy is taken care of, I need to work on my own love life, Levy thought with a small smile on her face. Finally reaching the guild hall, Levy went up to the door and unlocked it, thanking Mavis that she had a key. Once inside, she turned on her phone light to get to the request board. She pinned the job onto the board and smiled triumphantly. She could go back home and finally go to sleep.
Except for the fact that there was a Dragon Slayer still on her couch. Levy began to wonder if he had left once he knew she was gone. Walking up the steps to her apartment, she hoped that he had stayed. She wanted to thank him for the information he gave her. Getting her keys out of her pocket, she unlocks the house. A smile crosses her face when she is greeted by Gajeel still sleeping soundly.
She walked over to the Dragon Slayer and grabbed a blanket that was on the couch and covered him in it before kissing his cheek softly. She blushed, not believing that she actually just kissed his cheek. Levy hurried to her room, shutting the door. I can't believe I just did that! But his skin was so soft and warm… I really need to get a grip…Levy thought to herself.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on her bedroom door. Levy's heart stopped as she heard his voice from the other side of the door. "Now I know you're not just gonna give me a kiss and not expect me to want more Shrimp…. Get out here."