18 Years Later

"What the hell is wrong with you?! The mission was simple, protect the villagers and fend off the attackers. Instead, you disobeyed me and took matters into your own hands. Now I have reporters on my ass because you couldn't follow directions. You almost killed someone!" His voice boomed throughout the office. The young man in front of him flinched at the sound of his father's loud voice, these lectures with his father seemed to be an often occurrence the past 6 years.

"I only did what I thought was right." Luke responded with a small hint of guilt, but he still held his tone. He did what he to do. His actions were right, weren't they? His father had never fully trusted him. Did he doubt him that much?

"But you disobeyed me. I gave you clear instructions, and you blatantly ignored them! You know the rules Luke, we don't fight lethaly unless we have no other choice!" Laxus's voice boomed throughout the room and Luke could feel his heart pace quicken.

But it wasn't fear. It wasn't embarrassment. And it wasn't guilt this time. It was anger and frustration. Ever since he could remember, Luke did everything his father asked of him. Whether it was to watch his little sister Lana or to help his Aunt Mira at the bar. So all it took for his father to lose faith in him was to make one mistake? That didnt make sense. Luke was a man know, and he wanted to be treated like one. There was something within him that snapped. Something he had kept hidden for the past 6 years, denial and his right to stand up on his own.

"IT HAPPENED, POPS. NOBODY GOT KILLED!" He shouted out loud. It was so loud that his throat croaked a bit after. What had he done to make his father doubt him? What. Had. He. Done?

Laxus was taken aback for a second from his son's loud outburst. His son's face was red and crunched up in anger, and his fist's were clenched at his sides. Had he just raised his voice? To him? Anger rose from within Laxus. This was his son. He held his expression, stern and angry.

"YOU ALMOST KILLED SOMEONE!" He countered. He did almost kill someone. And that was unacceptable, dangerous. It was unpredicatible. Like Ivan.

"ALMOST! THE GUY'S LUCKY I STOPPED AFTER DAMAGING HIS MONEY MAKER!" Luke said gesturing to his own face to prove a point. The young lightning dragon slayer didn't back down. He wasn't going to, not after 6 years of obeying his father with no questions asked. No. Today, he was going to stand up for himself.

Laxus felt another moment of burning rage. "DON'T YOU DARE RAISE YOUR VOICE AGAINST ME!"

A sudden silence filled the room that Laxus didn't expect. He knew that this was going to be the end. Luke wanted to shout back but he knew it was pointless. His father would never listen, would never understand. After a moment, Laxus sighed as he sat down in his chair in exhaustion. He ran a rough and calloused hand over the blonde stubble on his face and into his graying blonde hair.

Laxus didn't want do this, but Luke didn't give him a choice. He hated saying this, hell even thinking this way made his stomach twist. But he couldn't trust his son, and it hurt like hell to admit. But with the more stubborn and defiant features appearing as Luke grew up, Laxus' worry became more prominent. Cana explained to her husband that their son's hard headed behavior reflected his own. But even though that was true, the behavior that his son reflected reminded him of his father's, and that frightened him.

With a drawn out sigh, Laxus spoke up. "I didn't want to do this, but you didn't give me a choice..."

Laxus strokes his beard, "From now on, you are suspended from taking missions until I say otherwise or in case of an emergency. Every afternoon for the next three months, you will train with Gildarts. And every morning, you will train with me and Titania. When you are not training, you will help Mira at the bar."

"You can't do that. My team needs me."

"I can. I'm the Guild Master, but more importantly I'am your father. You wanted to be treated like a man, right? Well men admit when their wrong and accept their punishments. You should be thankful that I didn't expel you. That's what your Grandpa Makorov did to me when I was about your age, and it took me years to even earn his trust back. You, Nashi, J.T, and Galina are strong together. And they will continue to be strong without you."

"This is total bullshit! I get suspended for almost killing a guy, and what does he get? Arrested by the Council and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He's killed 100 villagers each from different towns, most of them being children!" Luke storms out of the office, he slams the door on his way out. He brushes past Cana and Erza as the two women make their way towards the office.

The card mage and the Queen of Fairies silently enter the office, Laxus gripped his head tightly as he sighed. Cana moved behind him, her small warm hands moved to his tense bulky shoulders. Laxus let out a loud breath as Cana worked her magic, loosening the knots in his shoulders and his back.

"From the look on Luke's face, I'm assuming things didn't go well...?" Cana rubbed a certain spot on Laxus's shoulder, which caused the lightning dragon slayer to moan in pleasure.

"I'd be surprised if it did. Look Thunder, trust me when I say that I didn't want to come to this conclusion..." He turns around to face Cana. His eyes soften in worry, which in turn causes Cana's face to pale a ghostly white. She knows what he's implying.

"No, Laxus. Our son is not your father. My son is not insane, how could you even remotely think that!"

"I don't think that, okay? I'm just taking certain precautions to ensure his well being. I don't want my father's influence in our lives. I was blinded by his influence and it nearly destroyed me, I don't want that for Luke." Desperation laced within the lightning dragon slayers voice. Cana sighs as she wraps her slender arms around his neck.

"That won't happen, Sparky. Luke is surrounded by so much love. When I was pregnant with him, it had gotten so bad that Lucy and Mira competed for the role as Godmother. Our children have our blood flowing through their veins Laxus, they're meant to be hell raisers."

"Not Lana, she's gonna be my sweet little princess forever."

"Jellal had the same thoughts with Rosemary, he was in for a rude awakening on her 8th birthday." Erza crossed her armored arms as she smirked.

"Your a little too late, Sparky. During the kid's training session today, Lana claimed that Nash was her boyfriend. She even had the bright idea to mark him with an electric jolt. The kid has a scar on his collar bone."

Laxus froze, his muscles tensed up as he glared at the office door. The fact that the little fire breather had the nerve to even be associated with his little girl pissed him off. He made a move to stand up, but was stopped when two surprisingly strong hands pushed his shoulders down, urging him to sit. His heated glare was now directed into a pair of purple eye's.

"Let me go, Cana."

"No." She turns towards Erza.

"I have a lunch date with Gildarts." She then motions towards a fuming Laxus, Erza nods her head in understanding.

"Go ahead, I'll make sure he doesn't leave this room until he calms down." Cana pats Laxus' cheek lovingly before exiting the office. Laxus sighs as Erza blocks the door with her sword.

"You know when I assigned you as my second in command, I didn't picture you being my baby sitter as well."

"I received a mission request from the Council. It requires Team Nashi, all of them."

"Luke can't go, he's grounded. I'll send someone else."

"With all due respect, they don't want anyone else. Apparently, the mission requires our assistance."

He sighs. "Where is this so called mission located? What type of mission is it?"

"A secured warehouse in Hargeon. It is an S-Class mission that requires an investigation."

Laxus sighs.

"What happened this time?" The voice was laced with a large amount of annoyance, which in turn pissed off Luke. It was shocking at how a voice could ignite the raging fire within the lightning dragon slayer.

"I'm already pissed, Nashi. I don't need to hear your dumbass voice right now."

Her face turned red.

"And the fact that your voice is to annoying to hear makes things worse."

The pink haired fire dragon slayer's arms were out in front of her in a crossed position and they were clenched with great strength. She wore a red sleeveless jacket that stopped just above her waist, and a white undershirt that covered her bindings on her chest. Luke could see the twitch of anger in her brown eyes and the madness behind them, as if saying, "If you dare, come fight me."

"Wanna say that again, Asswipe?!"

Luke narrowed his stormy gray eyes in mock anger, masking his amusement. There was always something amusing in Nashi's childish anger. He wouldn't want to waste that amusement now, would he?

"I would love to. But I bet you can't take it."

"YOU LITTLE-" Nashi attempted to throw a right hook to Luke's jaw, but a strong hand pulled her arm back to her side.

"That's enough."

Luke grinned. "The Great J.T Justine! Just in time!"

J.T spared a small glance towards his best friend with a stoic expression, after a few moments he sighed. He didn't want any more trouble. The two were lucky that he had just finished his photo shoot for Sorcerer's Magazine. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and ran his fingers through his curly mop of milky green hair. His arm had moved around Nashi's waist to pull her towards him. Nashi paused her glare match with Luke and turned towards her boyfriend of 3 years, she stared into his blue eye's. She was surprised at how calm she felt whenever she locked eye's with them.

"Babe, why don't you go and hang out with Galina? She's rehearsing a song she's been working on for us to perform this weekend. I'll handle him." J.T recommended, trying to avoid another catastrophe that would occur if Luke fought with her again.

Luckily, Nashi seemed to reconsider. She leaned in to peck J.T on the lips, and then stepped away from him.

"Whatever. Just handle this prick."

Feeling satisfied with the insult, Nashi let out a relieved sigh and smirked at Luke. She strutted away, swaying her hips in the process and letting out a rythmic whistle. J.T's eye's glinted devilishly as they darted towards her waist, watching her hips move from side to side.

Luke pouted childishly. "J.T!"

J.T turned his head towards Luke, ignoring his childish antics. "What happened?"

"Didn't you see? She was going to-"

J.T curtly shook his head and crossed his arms. "No. Not Nashi. What happened with your Dad?"

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