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Three years earlier…
Laxus draped his arm over the unexpecting teen's shoulder. The younger man was attractive enough, according to Evergreen. He had dark brown hair and blue eyes. Laxus had snorted, not believing Natsu when he'd pointed out Lucy's newest boyfriend. The boyfriend looked like a snob, dressed in a polo and expensive-looking jeans. That was compared to everyone else, including Lucy, that were wearing shorts and tank tops or bathing suits.
The boyfriend jumped and tried to move out of Laxus's grip. "You must be Laxus. I've heard a lot about you. I'm-"
"Don't care," Laxus interrupted. "Walk with me for a moment."
Laxus glanced back at Natsu and Gajeel who were keeping Lucy from noticing that Laxus was disappearing with her boyfriend. It was dark so some of the maids were setting up bug-zappers since Lucy couldn't stand the scent of citronella.
"You know what I like about moths?" Laxus said suddenly, stopping in front of a bug-zapper.
"What?" the boyfriend asked. Laxus rolled his eyes at how high he squeaked.
"They're vaguely intelligent. Like that one," he said, pointing to a moth that flied around the zapper before realizing it was dangerous and flying away. "On the other hand." This time he gestured to one of the many that flew directly into the zapper. "So, are you a smart moth or one of the many dead ones?"
The boyfriend gulped and chuckled weakly. "Are you saying Lucy's a bug-zapper?"
"No. Lucy's the light that attracts them. I'm the zapper. I'll give you some time to think about it."
They rejoined the main group when Lucy fussed over how pale her boyfriend looked. Conversely, Laxus, Natsu, and Gajeel were high-fiving each other.
*.*.*
It was a week later that Lucy tore into the Fairy Tail guild. While not a member, everyone knew her well enough to get out of her way when she was on the warpath.
"Laxus Nikita Dreyer, get your ass down here right now?"
"Oh man, Boss," Bickslow teased. "She even used your middle name."
Laxus ignored his best friend and dropped down to the first floor and stalked towards Lucy in a way that was meant to be intimidating. "You're not supposed to use my middle name," he hissed.
"And you're not supposed to terrorize my boyfriend into breaking up with me."
"Hm… That took longer than expected."
"Lucy kick!" she yelled as her kick sent him flying. "Stay out of my love life!" She turned her glare to Bickslow who was cackling from the second floor. "And you're supposed to keep him from doing asinine shit like this."
"He's my best friend."
"Uh huh… Who's scarier?"
"In general or at the moment?" Her glare narrowed and Bickslow heard Evergreen and Freed shuffle out of the way.
"Open! Gate of the Lion, Leo! Open! Gate of the virgin, Virgo!"
"Punishment?"
"Yes, Virgo. One last dragon slayer to deal with. Leo, if you would. Bix needs to be punished as well."
Lucy stomped over to the bar, ignoring the wails coming from Laxus and Bickslow, pulled out her checkbook, and slammed down piece of paper in front of Mira and next to Makarov.
"That's a lot of zeroes," Makarov said, reverently picking up the check. The only thing he ever saw with that many zeroes were S-class jobs and damage reports.
"That should cover the damages. Can I get a strawberry milkshake?"
"Of course. On the house," Mira added before Lucy could pull any cash out.
"We're done, my love," Leo said, trying to embrace her.
"The ropes will disappear in an hour, right?"
"Yes."
"Good. Put them on the stage please."
Her two spirits dropped the hogtied mages onto the stage. She'd sprayed every single perfume that she knew Natsu hated around his house. Virgo and she made a metal from lead and Caesium and contaminated all of Gajeel's stored metals.
Once everyone knew the details of her revenge, the guild learned to fear her.
.~*~.
Present day…
Lucy stood on the terrace. The property was large enough that there were no ambient noises from the city. It was a nice change from the island.
"What are you thinking about?"
She turned to see Zen in the doorway. He'd already been there when she arrived home. His presence, though he never said why he was there, thoroughly intimidated the suitor her father wanted her to meet.
It didn't help that Zen had at least a foot on the man and probably fifty pounds of solid muscle. The suitor had tried to demean Zen as musclebound idiot which only irritated Lucy more.
"Are you a moth?"
"What?"
She gave him a Mona Lisa smile and shook her head. "Nothing. Never mind."
"Nikita" was originally a masculine name, like Courtney or Ashley. It means 'unconquered' which seems like the kind of middle name that Ivan would use. However, Laxus seems like he'd be embarrassed by it because it had become feminine.