Author's Note: Sorry about the late update, but it's still Friday and the next chapter is up! Thank you for reading and have a fun and safe Halloween!
Though great it was, even the best of weeks had to end. After the camping trip; Lucy, Gray, Natsu and Erza all went on a vacation. Blue went on a mission with Elfmen before returning shortly and then going on another mission with Cana.
Blue wanted to restock her bank account; she had been a little bit frugal with her jewel lately and was running low. After returning from her third consecutive mission she decided to stay in town to take a break and help finish the guild hall. She just finished cleaning up her bedroom when she received a knock at the door.
Blue opened it to see a very irritated looking mail woman. "Finally! Miss Fullbuster please collect your mail from your slot, it's been days since I've been able to fit anything else in. Here!"
She shoved loose mail in my hands and one package.
"The rest is down stairs, please clean it out!" She stomped away.
Blue stared at the top letter and package, both written in Lyon's hand writing. Before she completely lost her senses she apologized to the mail woman and collected the mail in her slot.
She rushed back to her room and stared at the letter and package.
"He wrote to me…" She thought. "Like he said he would-."
She ripped open the corner of the letter but froze half way through. "What if he's still mad?"
Blue swallowed and sighed, setting the letter and package to the side then going through the rest of the mail. Nothing too exciting in there.
Again she was face to face with that letter. Blue smiled lightly and chastised herself, "I won't know anything until I open it. I'm being silly."
She unfolded the letter and read through the words.
Dear Blue,
I hope you are well. I am doing much better and have been looking into joining a guild that Sherry and Yuka were once part of. I haven't decided yet. Which brings me to my next point of conversation topic, I will be in Magnolia for the Fantasia Parade. I have learnt that it is a busy time for your guild so I will wait to see you until the day after the festival. Please meet me in town square in front of the fountain at high noon. I hope to speak with you there. The package contains a necklace I want you to wear. Sherry told me it would be appropriate for our relationship.
Love, Lyon
Blue read the letter over and over until the words sunk in. "Our relationship?" She thought slowly. The blue eyed girl opened the package slowly and held the necklace inside. It was short chained and had a crescent moon pendant on it. The pendant was definitely made out of his ice magic; it was cold to the touch but did not melt. She slowly put it on, trying to calm her frenzied nerves. "It's beautiful, he made this for me?" It hung just above her chest and she looked at it in the mirror.
She tried to think of the last time someone had given her a gift of some sort and came up blank. "Our relationship…what does that mean? Like a couple? He doesn't like me like that…He's like family."
Despite the coolness of her chest, heat flared to her cheeks and she could feel herself becoming red.
"That's crazy; this is just him making up for lost time. We were best friends when we were younger." Blue said aloud. She shook her head and pushed the romanticized thoughts out of her head.
"Even so…" Blue smiled widely. "I'm excited to see him after the parade."
A few days later Blue was playing darts with Wakabah in the game room.
"How're you so good at this?" He asked.
Blue held up a black dart, "These aren't too different than the knives I throw." She reached into her jacket and pulled out a knife. She threw it at the dart board and the blade inserted itself into the bulls eye.
"Ehh…" Wakabah whined and forked over some money, "That's the last time I bet with you."
She giggled and went upstairs; Mira was singing and calming everyone's spirits. It would seem that her brother and his team had returned safe and sound. She sat next to Gray and asked, "How you like the hall? Pretty nice right?"
"Yeah it's great." He replied. "How're you okay with that jerk being here?"
Gray jabbed his thumb towards Gajeel who was sulking in his booth.
"No, Hi dear sister and how are you sister dear?" Blue joked and smiled lightly, "Just straight to the point as always. He hasn't bothered me or any of the others, he mostly keeps to himself."
"But still-." He argued.
Blue grabbed her necklace subconsciously, "You of all people know that mistakes are made. Nobody has forgiven him, but we've accepted to try."
Gray didn't argue after that and listened to the music.
Blue wandered out to Magnolia Park to visit the tree that the metal dragon slayer had attached them to. She had no memory of the incident except the attack, after that it was just waking up in the hospital after the fight had ended.
She ran her hands over the injured bark of the tree then sat beneath it. Blue knew it happened but wasn't bothered by his actions as much as she should have been. The most upsetting part of the whole experience was that she was unable to help her friends throughout the ordeal. "Being conscious probably makes a difference on how to feel about him." She thought.
She sat below the tree for a while before thinking of another dragon slayer, whom she hadn't seen for some time as well.
Laxus hadn't come back since their last training adventure. They left each other on pretty good terms and Blue could feel herself getting more powerful and learning plenty of new things to practice on her own; but even with Laxus being his usual self- it felt strained.
She remembered him getting annoyed at her more often, yelling and pushing her harder. That's how she improved, she yearned for his acceptance. But the past few training sessions he seemed to have all of the strength but none of the passion. "I don't like the change in him…" She thought despondently.
Familiar footsteps approached around the other side of the tree.
"What's the deal? Why'd ya ask me to meet you out here?" Gajeel asked. "Make it fast, I gotta get to work."
Blue stood up to peer around the tree.
Jet said, "We got a bone to pick with you."
"After what you did to us, there's no way you're joining our guild." Droy exclaimed.
Gajeel sighed and said, "C'mon guys can't you just forgive and forget?"
Levy was there too, but she seemed very uncomfortable in this situation. "Maybe he's right." She said. "I mean, now that he's in the guild, he's not going to do it again."
Jet argued with her, "We gotta let him know."
"He can't mess with us." Droy insisted.
Both Jet and Droy attacked the metal dragon slayer.
Blue ran up to them, "Stop!"
She put her hand on Droy's arm and said, "You hit him it's over! Please don't fight over this."
Gajeel glared at the two from his crouched position then spoke to Blue, "I don't need your help."
"What?" Jet exclaimed, "She's just trying to help you! Even though you attacked her, scum!"
Gajeel didn't reply but looked past all of them to see Laxus approaching.
"You're not giving the new guy a hard time, are ya?" He grinned.
"Laxus!" Blue exclaimed and smiled.
Laxus ignored his student and frowned at Gajeel, "But seein' as this is the punk that tore down our guild hall, I understand how you feel. I bet the only reason the old geezer let you join the guild is 'cause he was scared of you wreckin' the place again."
He walked right up to the group and ground his teeth together, "We've become the laughing stock of the magic community because of you!" He glared at him and continued, "On my way back from my last job, I stopped off at a few pubs and I heard some things that really pissed me off."
Jet and Droy stepped back hesitantly to be in front of Levy. Blue stayed with Laxus and Gajeel.
"Everybody was talkin' bout how weak the fairy tail guild is now. No one dared to say that about us before you came along!" Laxus shouted, his electricity crackled around him and sent it to Gajeel.
Gajeel shouted in pain as he was electrocuted on the spot. Laxus continued his attack by punching the ground and sending the lightning through the rocks, slamming him against the ground.
Blue watched in horror as he attacked him.
"You're taking this too far, calm down man!" Jet exclaimed.
"I know Laxus is strong and all but something's not right." Droy said. "It seems like Gajeel's going down too easily."
Jet picked up his head, "He's not fighting back!"
Levy covered her mouth in horror as Laxus continued his beat down.
"You never should have messed with Fairy Tail punk. 'Cause now you're gunna have to deal with me!" He slammed his foot into Gajeel over and over.
Jet exclaimed, "That's enough Laxus! Give it a rest."
Laxus spun around and exclaimed, "I'm not taking orders from you!" He shot a lightning bolt at them.
Frozen in place Blue didn't do anything, but thankfully someone else did.
Gajeel stepped in front of Levy and took the attack.
"You done with me now? 'Cause I got things to do." He muttered and walked off.
"Gajeel." Levy started, "I-."
"Leave me alone." Gajeel grunted and continued out of the park.
Laxus 'tsked' and grabbed Blue. He held her up so she was eye to eye with him, shaking her out of her stupor.
"You lost to him?! How pathetic." He barked at her. Her eyes widened and her lip quivered, prepared to spill thousands of apologies. When no sound came out he continued, "I regret taking you in and training you, waste of my time!"
He threw her to the ground.
"Laxus stop!" Jet growled. "She's your friend!"
"More like disappointment!" He snarled. "Blue was defending that scum, maybe it's not just him making us the laughing stock."
The passion and anger in his words didn't reach the cold eyes he stared at her with. She didn't understand or know what to do. She closed her slack-jawed mouth and grimaced. "Laxus, I can get stronger…"
He turned his back and walked off, "No you can't, and I'm done with you."
Blue stayed on the ground, watching him go.
Droy put a hand on her shoulder, "Blue, he didn't mean that. He'll come back."
Blue didn't respond, just nodded and smiled sadly.
"Do you want to come back to the guild with us?" Levy asked.
Blue looked back at the tree then nodded. "Times like these, I know I can count on fairy tail to be there."
They walked towards the guild together and before reaching it Blue looked towards the tree that over looked magnolia. Laxus' tree. She thought, "I just wish he could count on me. If you let me Laxus, I would always be there for you."
She smiled as she drank with her friends, "And I haven't given up on you!"