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Chapter 3
After leaving his grandfather's office, Laxus headed downstairs and sat down with the rest of his team.
"Heeeyyy Laxus!" Bickslow greeted while his tongue hung out of his mouth.
"Good afternoon Laxus-sama. How was your meeting?"
"Fine Freed…but I feel like something is definitely going on... would you look into what Saphira has been up to in the past ten years?"
"Of course Laxus-sama! It will be done." With that said he left the guild to start his research.
"What has you all worried?" Evergreen asked.
"It's probably nothing but I don't like being kept out of things… Ever I need you to keep tabs on Saphira and watch who she interacts with in the guild. And don't get caught!"
"You got it boss!" As she left the table she mumbled something about Laxus being a grouch and having a stick up his ass, and of course with his enhanced hearing he heard it all.
"I heard that!" He shouted after her. She then quickened her pace towards Mira. 'Surely he won't do anything around Mira and risk her wrath,' she thought.
Lastly he turned to Bickslow.
"Here is what I want you to do."
(Line Break)
It was an all-out staring contest. Who would break down first? The silence permeated the room, until Saphira rose out of her seat and pulled her shirt up to just below her chest. As she did she exposed four long, jagged scars that trailed down her toned stomach. Had it not been so serious Makarov surely would've gotten a nose bleed from catching a glimpse of her purple lacy bra.
"Dear child! How did this happen?!"
Saphira put her shirt back in its original position and sat back down.
"First… how did you know I had been injured? I thought my acting was pretty solid."
Makarov chuckled and said, "In all the years I have known you, you have never sat up that straight in your life. I imagine it's still sore."
"Hai… but only a little, I am actually quite happy with the way it has healed. And in response to your previous question… before I came across Acnologia I was able to release my fourth origin."
"WHAT! MY DEAR THIS IS INCREDIBLE!"
"MASTER!"
The office took on an oppressive aura. So much so that even breathing would greatly disturb the atmosphere. And in a dangerously calm voice Saphira said, "Please control the level of your voice. I do wish to keep this between us for now."
If there was any power to be found in a gaze, it would be in the evil, sadistic glare that the master of Fairy Tail was currently on the receiving end of. Surely he would've died 100 times over already.
"O…of course, pl…please continue."
"As I was saying, I was able to practice and train with my fourth release for about a year before he found me… luckily we were away from any towns… the destruction was on a massive scale, practically ruining the forest I had taken refuge in. Acnologia had managed to get me on my back and before he could forcefully mate me I clamped down on his neck and attempted to crush his windpipe. I would've succeeded had he not dragged his claws down my stomach resulting in these scars, neither one of us could continue the fight so he flew south and I went to the nearest village. It took me seven months to recover. There was a lot of internal damage… and that is when Guildarts found me and convinced me to come back. I'm sorry I was unable to join you at the Grand Magic Games, I hadn't fully recovered at the time."
"Do not fret my child. I'm just glad that you are alive and back home. Now should I tell Mira to postpone the party?"
"No, I'm not that tired and I promised Natsu I would fight him," she said as a Cheshire cat like grin spread across her face.
"At least go easy on him."
"You know Natsu wouldn't like that. With him it's all or nothing."
"Then I'm going to ask you to not do anything that will land him in the infirmary."
"Okay, I will agree to that at least."
She got up and made her way out of his office and as his door shut the short master of Fairy Tail couldn't help the swell of pride that he felt for his oldest friend. He went back to his paperwork that he hoped to finish at a decent time tonight.
During their conversation there was another unnoticed listener that you wouldn't be able to see unless you were a mage by the name of Bickslow.
(Line Break)
"Here is what I want you to do," Laxus said.
"Oh yeah!"
"Can you use the soul from one of your dolls to spy on the meeting going on upstairs?"
"Ooooo sneaky! Sure I can! I can just use the soul and not the doll. That way through the soul I can see and hear everything going on in the room," Bickslow answered.
"Great, do it now."
"You got it boss!"
Bickslow then leaned against the back of the booth with his head turned to the side, looking as though he was sleeping. 'Good, now I just have to wait for them to be done.' Laxus thought as he picked up his lager. But after 30 minutes had passed he was beginning to get impatient. 'How much longer could they possibly talk?!' Just as the thought crossed his mind Bickslow stirred and came too. He jolted from his relaxed position and muttered something Laxus couldn't quite catch.
Bickslow on the other hand, had never been so grateful for wearing a mask in his entire life! Surely he had gotten a small nose bleed when Saphira pulled her shirt up. And after 20 minutes the blood had dried. Thankfully it wasn't enough to catch Laxus's attention. 'Thank Mavis for small miracles,' he thought.
"Well? What did you hear?" The impatient lightning dragon slayer asked.
"Shhh! You'll have to wait; she's on her way downstairs right now."
And right on cue Saphira made her way downstairs and walked over to the table Team Natsu currently occupied. Even from all the way across the guild Laxus could still hear what was said.
"Natsu, are you still up for a fight?"
"Hell yeah! I'm all fired up! Hey everyone! I'm going to fight Saphira. Come outside and watch! Yosh!"
With that Natsu ran out back to get ready and Saphira followed lazily behind everyone else who wanted to watch the fight.
"You'll have to fill me in later Bickslow. I want to watch this fight."
"Yea I figured you would… Afterwards we should head over to Freed's place; I only want to say all this once."
The pair headed outside and stood towards the back of the crowd that had gathered to watch the fight. But with their height it barely mattered, they could see just fine. Natsu and Saphira stood on opposite sides of the training ground. Erza stood off to the side, acting as the referee for the fight.
"Are you ready Natsu? I'm not going to go easy on you." Saphira asked as she got into a defensive position.
"I'm all fired up! I'm going all out too! Bring it on!"
"Alright! This is an anything goes fight! Only rule exists: Do not kill your opponent. This is also not a fight for the position of Alpha. On your marks…Fight!"
Natsu leaped over towards Saphira with flaming hands and started throwing punches at her. All of which she easily dodged. 'Whoa he's gotten fast,' she thought. During Natsu barrage of punches she ignited her own flames on her right hand and caught his fist and threw him over her shoulder. Unlike his flames, Saphira's were bright blue, and said to be the hottest of any flame mage alive. Natsu regained his footing and charged forward again.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
"Elemental Dragon's Adamantine Claw!" Both her arms were then covered in an almost ice like film and her blue flames worked to enhance her defensive capability.
Natsu hit her with full force, trying to break through her armor but he was pushed back.
"Roar of the Flame Dragon!"
Saphira dodged his flame attack and ran alongside it straight towards Natsu and aimed an adamantine punch at his face. But he stopped his roar and dodged her at the last second.
"I'm impressed Natsu. Most would've taken the hit thinking it wouldn't be an issue." She praised.
"Ha no way. My fists still hurt from punching your arms earlier. When I saw the reflection of the sun off your arms, I knew that adamant stuff was still there."
"Indeed, adamant is as hard as diamonds. Some say harder… You were right to dodge."
Off on the side lines Laxus thought back to when he fought her ten years ago. 'So that's what she hit me with… ugh my jaw aches just thinking about it.' Back on the field Saphira had pushed Natsu into close quarters combat, not giving him any more chances to send any more flame magic at her. And he was definitely having a hard time keeping up with her punches. After wearing him out she jumped 50 feet away and sent another magic attack.
"Elemental Dragon's Crushing Wave!" A huge wave of water was sent after him and there was no dodging this one, so he braced himself for the wave of water. Once it had passed the flame dragon slayer was still standing although he was breathing quite harshly.
"Do you yield?" She asked.
"No way in hell!" He panted.
"Thought so," she said as she started to walk towards the water logged fire dragon slayer. "You really have grown in strength. I'm proud of you Natsu… But this is over." She said as she stopped 20 feet from him and crouched near the ground. 'Let's see… a fatal electrical shock is between 0.06 and 0.07 amps, so if I send 0.04 A through the wet ground he should pass out in his current state.' Everyone watched on trying to figure out what she was going to do next. But since she technically wasn't supposed to use lightning magic, she made sure no one saw. So she sent the electrical current through the ground, straight at the flame dragon slayer's feet. The rest of the guild watched as all of a sudden Natsu tensed and then passed out. Erza ran over to check on Natsu and found him out cold.
"Natsu is unable to battle, Saphira wins!"
'What the hell did she do to him?' Laxus thought as he watched Gray carry Natsu inside. Bickslow broke him out of his thought and said they should head over to Freed's place now. He agreed and they left while everyone else went back inside.
(Line Break)
Upon their arrival, they found books all over the floor, chairs, and tables. And Freed was nowhere to be found.
"Geez! The bookworm has been busy!" Bickslow noted.
"Freed! Time to report!" Laxus's voiced boomed throughout the house. 'Surely Freed heard that.'
There was a crash upstairs followed by a gasp. And Freed came down the stairs carrying about five more books.
"Laxus-sama! I have yet to finish researching Saphira. There are a great many more books I must read."
"That's fine. Bickslow has information to tell us. Alright what did you hear?"
"Well for starters, she was majorly injured while she was away. She's got these super long, nasty looking scars down her stomach. She said it happened during her fight with Acnologia. I guess it took her seven months to recover which is why we didn't see her at the Grand Magic Games. Oh! And something about gaining her fourth release."
"Hmmm… fourth release huh? Freed did you find anything mentioning that?"
"I regret deeply that the answer is no. But I will keep looking. I will not let you down Laxus-sama!" With that said he rushed back upstairs and disappeared out of sight.
"So now what?"
"We bide our time and keep our ears open. We still haven't heard from Evergreen yet."
"Alright! Back to the guild then?"
"No, you can but I think I'm going home. It's late anyway."
"You got it boss!"
Laxus used his lightning magic to get himself home in less than a second. And then it was only him and his thoughts. 'Saphira was injured…and it took seven months to heal. Must've been insanely injured for it to take that long even with slayer healing. And this fourth release is annoying. If there is a fourth then what is the first, second, and third release? What a fucking mess…'
