The silence was uncomfortable as Lucy sat in the kitchen, the Letter on the kitchen island, unopened. Lucy felt a little scared looking at the piece of paper and frowned at the handwriting on the envelope. It looked very familiar, yet she could not just place it. She grabbed the letter in her hands and opened it using a knife. She took out the inside material and frowned when her eyes followed the words on the letter, then took the rest of the papers out and her brain tried to understand the situation. It was a thick bundle of papers, well not any papers, but a copy of account. Some account. But what it had to do with her was out of her understanding.
She gathered the stuff and put it back in the envelope before getting a glass of water and walking to her room. She put the letter on her side table for the time being and lay down on the bed. Those few words making it difficult to sleep.
'He would want you to do the right thing.'
Lucy groaned and hit her head on the pillow and sighed. Her thoughts wandered to her neighbour and her whole face turned red. She could not believe she had kissed him on his cheek! But she was also debating in her mind whether the smile she saw on his face was her imagination or his actual reaction. She closed her eyes, her cheeks still blazing and tried to calm her breath. She did hope that it would not come between their friendship though. With another sigh Lucy felt the day's exhaustion take over and she drifted into deep slumber, still dreaming of him.
Meanwhile, Laxus was staring at the ceiling with a grin on his face which refused to leave. She kissed him! on his cheek! If anyone ever accused him of his next actions Laxus was going to thunderbolt their ass to Edolas. He took a pillow to muffle the sound of the squeal that escaped his mouth. Such manliness! But he didn't give a fuck, to be frank. If he didn't pride himself so much he would actually be dancing about his room, hell even jumping on the bed. Never in his 23 years of life had he felt the amount of happiness that he felt now. He couldn't wait for tomorrow morning!
Lucy couldn't shake the blush to leave her face while she got dressed for the morning jog. She wore simple black Yoga pants and a white sports bra and her running shoes. She tied her hair in a ponytail and tried to calm her beating heart but instead, she leaned against the nearest wall and hit her head on it groaning with embarrassment. Why did she do it? .God! She kissed Laxus Dryer! If it wasn't for the doorbell she was sure she would be lying on the floor weeping. She straightened herself and grabbed her jacket and keys and made was towards the door. Taking a deep breath she opened it and smiles a small smile at the Blonde who seemed to be looking at her with such intensity in his eyes.
"Good morning Laxus." she walked out still trying to calm her heart and closed the door behind her. She felt his gaze on the exposed part of her body and shivered under his gaze even if her back was turned towards him but when she turns around a surprised gasp escaped her, finding him inches away from her face and in reflex put her hand on his chest to steady herself. Her cheeks currently were a competition for Erza's hair. She felt his heartbeat under her hand and was surprised to find it matching hers.
"Good morning Lucy." He whispered gently and smiled at her before standing straight and turning around. Lucy puts her cold hands on her cheeks and looks at his retreating figure in shock. 'What was that!?' She quickly puts on her jacket and jog after him but keeping a little distance between them. Is...Is he flirting with her? Or is he mocking her for last night! Lucy looks at him and found him looking over his shoulder before lowering his pace and jogging beside her. A part of her was being very careful trying to make sure that he didn't hurt her. but the bigger part was celebrating that he returned a pinch of her affection.
Laxus, however, was smirking both internally and on the outside. He had decided last night that he was going to make her his and when he heard he heart beating so fast from behind the door she knew that she had been thinking about what happened last night. He saw the smile on her face and he knew that despite everything she still wanted to be around him. He couldn't exactly help himself when he leaned down and tease her to see her blush. He still felt her touch on his body and it made his dragon purr. But when he saw the distance she put between them made him doubt his actions. Had he taken it too far?
Once they finished their jogging, it was almost sunrise and both of the Blondes were sitting in the clearing in a comfortable silence. Laxus looks at his mate and a small smile graced his face when he saw her looking at the sky deep in thoughts. Her scent calmed his dragon and he took deep gulps of it enjoying the feeling it sent through his body. Then he felt his eye twitch at the thought of her scent. He did remember her coming back from the mission, drenching of Natsu's scent. Oh, he was going to enjoy the conversation he was going to have with the fire dragon.
His sadistic thoughts broke when Lucy poked his arm and he looked down at her with a questioning look.
"Um... I was wondering if... if you would help me train. Only if that's okay with you! I already asked Erza but Master wants to send her on a mission tomorrow and Mira is always busy in the mornings." She looked down her lap poking her fingers together and Laxus felt his chest swell up. His mate asked for his help, like hell he was going to turn her away.
"sure blondie, after jogging we can train here." He smiled at her and Lucy looks at him with the biggest smile and Laxus found her so adorable he chuckled and while Lucy grabbed his hand and squeezed it in appreciation.
"Thankyou Laxus!" Lucy was filled with the familiar warmth she felt when she was with him. She saw him smile and oh how badly she wanted to Kiss him. God, she was smitten
Laxus was leaning against a tree, eyes closed as he waited for his prey. He heard the familiar voice and scent and he opened his eyes to find the Pink haired walking towards him but stopped short as soon as he saw him. His eyes widened as he saw the Lightning dragon glaring at him and standing straight before he walked towards him. The way he moved made Natsu shiver in fear. Natsu was a dragon slayer but he understood the meaning of Alpha male and laxus had all the traits of an Alpha male. Without thinking he grabbed Happy's tail and made a dash for the opposite direction when he felt the static in front of him. Natsu didn't even register it when Laxus stood in front of him and picked him up by his shirt.
"H-Hey L-Laxus." he stammered trying to get out of his hold but when he saw Laxus eyes turn into a slit he froze. Laxus growled at him catching a faint scent of his mate on him.
"Listen carefully salamander, I will say this once. Next time my mate is drenched with your scent i am going to maim you slowly and painfully. .mine!" He let go of the dragon slayer who was still frozen in shock but when he spoke the next words Nastu relaxed a little.
"I am not saying that stay away from her. She values your friendship and i don't want to hurt her feelings but don't rub your scent on her. It makes me want to kill you." He growls the last part and tsks before walking away.
Natsu stayed there, sitting on the ground when happy poked his face. He turned to look at his partner who was looking at him a little scared but deeply concerned.
"It's okay Happy. He would never hurt us or Lucy." Natsu stood up and dusted his clothes before looking at his partner with a very serious expression.
"ListenHappy, this thing stays between the three of us, okay. No telling anyone at the guild." He saw Happy nod his head and Natsu sighed. Man, he almost fainted with fear. He was happy for Lucy tough he would keep her safe. Theneko flew next to him and his serious mood melted once he hears Happy complaint about being hungry.
Lucy sat next to Juvia and Wendy while both Gajeel and Laxus stood behind them. She looked at Sabertooth members who were looking at them or her, to be frank. Minerva seemed to glare at her. Orga, she could not understand what he was thinking. Rufus was looking around the room, memorising and the dragon slayers, the idiot one was smirking at her and the serious one was analysing her.
She looked away from them to where master sat who was reading a piece of paper before he hopped off the table and gave it to Lucy, who quickly read the mission and sharing it with the other two girls beside her, ignoring the scoff of a certain female. Master Makarov gave the copy of the mission to Sabertooth. Lucy gasped reading the request. She passed it to Gajeel so both the male members could read while she explained the importance of the mission.
"The book of Thoth is an ancient lost artefact, said to be stolen from the magic council. This book is said to have immense power and had only two spells which give the caster the ability to understand the minds of Animals and the minds of gods. The book had been sealed with heavy spells and only one person knew the counterspell who was murdered in order to obtain it. Not only that but if anyone were to open this book and cast the spell they would have the ultimate knowledge of the universe, considering they would understand the minds of the gods and they can use that knowledge in the wrong way. But the only thing that would favour in this case is that This spell weakens the soul of the person for tampering with the minds of Gods." Lucy explained the situation to the people in the room and got up looking at the master.
"The last mage who put the spell on the book had been a celestial mage and from what i understand, since the magic is related to the said gods, the closest magic to theirs is celestial magic." She gave the master a knowing look, understanding that it was not the celestial magic that was required in this case but rather her Angel magic.
" The person we are looking for calls himself Tempus. He has been sighted using manipulative dark magic. He has the ability to control minds of people and manipulate their actions. If he is currently in Lucent Hevan then we are looking at an island full of dark guilds. Since the grand magic games was a very recent event i have a feeling they already would be familiar with our faces." Lucy rubbed her chin thinking how to create a fasle identity, missing the look of shock on the Sabertooth mages and the smirks on her friends. Laxus grinned, looking at her with pride. He knew that the rival guild thought that she was a stupid mage who for some reason was accompanying them but what they did not understand was that Lucy was a mastermind and a very strong Mage.
"That would be correct my child. The mission is assigned by Draculous Hyberion, you know the four gods of Ishgar. He was one of the top members of the council when the book was stolen. So You have to travel to Clover town to get full information about the mission before heading to Lucent Hevan." Master sat crossed leg on his table looking at them seriously before he smirked and said.
"Now go pack your bags and get out of my office!" making Lucy chuckle and Laxus roll his eyes. This is going to be one interesting mission.