Aki regarded the group before him on the train, as he munched on his obvious weren't going to be great for the boys first try, and from the loud crunches, they were more like hard crackers then finishing one and saving the rest for later,he allowed his attention to drift to the group.
The pinkette, who he had learned was Natsu Drageneel, was currently in a semi –conscious state, due to his supposed travel seemed to Aki like an idiot, who only seemed to rely on red head Erza Scarlett seemed more level headed, but after watching her devour a strawberry cake, Aki was reconsidering Fullbuster seemed to be Natsu's rival? He had a strange habit of striping, and was very quiet, which Aki blue cat, happy was currently asleep in the arms of the last member of their Heartfillia. Something about her seemed to draw others in, like she was… warm mentally not like he needed to concern himself, as soon as he met the old man and his sister, they wouldn't want him around and he could get on with his life.
"So Aki, you never answered me before"Aki turned his attention away from the window and turned his attention from the window, as he waited for her to continue
"Why did you kidnap me"Aki turned back to window, and lucy thought he wouldn't answer.
"You seemed… the most about you just emits this sort of light…"Lucy felt herself blush in her embarrassement.
"Sides"Aki added "The stripper was werid"
"OI"
"Pinky would have tried to bite me"
"Urgh"
"And cake devourer over has too much armor"
"…True"
Lucy giggled at this, and she could have sworn that his lip twitched, but she assumed it was her imagination.
The train journery went by too quickly for Aki and had been too long for he had ignored the groups questions about meeting his father, he was hesistant, and maybe it was apparent in some way as he felt a heavy hand on his smiled at him.
"You'll be fine" And with that the heavy wooden door of fairy tail guild opened
The guild was packed as per usual, and Cana was at her usual place, being the had escaped her father's clutches and was currently downing another drink, With Mirajane just watching her and sighing. It was then that the door opened.
"Minna we're back!"
Cana smiled as she heard her blonde friend, lucy.
"GILDARTS!"Natsu yelled for her father and she simply assumed that he wanted another re-match, but then she heard her name called by the also noted that the murmurs of the guild had died down…
"What is it n-"She paused as in the middle of the guild, next to erza was an almost carbon copy of her father. Her eyes widened and her drink was all but forgotten.
"W-what the?"Her father had come to stand next to her and was staring just as she was at the Aki made no effort to introduce himself Lucy took it upon her self to begin for him.
"Cana, is Aki Clive."The Father and Daughter combo blinked, As aki stared at unlike the touching reunion that Lucy had witnessed between Cana and Gildarts on tenru island, there was just an awkward silence.
"L-lucy y-you sure?"Lucy nodded, hoping to salvage the situation.
"That's what I was told." this point Gildarts was in full panic mode
"W-WHOSE CHILD ARE YOU!?"And like with Cana, he began to list the names of his flings, though aki interrupted him and added nonchantly
"Sylvia, my mother was Sylvia"Gildarts paused, noting the past tense.
"Was?"Aki nodded
"Yeah, she… died when I was 9."Gildarts felt his face fall as he watched looked into his matching eyes and found and hollowness within them, that sent a pain into the mage.
Aki looked at Lucy "Anyway, I've repayed you now, so I'm leaving."Aki turned back to gildarts and cana
"I'm not saying I want to play happy familes,I mean who wants some stranger intruding on your life. I've been fine alone for years now so i-"Aki didn't get chance to finish when he was the older mans chest, Aki found himself unable to move, as gildarts hugged him, his hand threading into his auburn locks.
"What do you think your d-"
"Why did you never try to find me?"Gildarts said sadly, ignoring the audience of the closed his couldn't remember the last time he had been hugged, and he savoured the feeling for a moment before realisng that he had to get out of the man's grip, and leave.
"…Let go"
"Why didn't you find me!"He asked the same question again
"…Things just got complicated.I had to leave after mom died.
Sniffles and droplets of water, made Aki realise that the old man was crying
"Why did have you been alone all this time.
"Because it was easier alone. I didn't need anyone. I still don't need anyone"
The cold reply hurt Gildarts, and he tightened his grip on his new found son.
"Well I need you" Aki felt his eyes widen at felt someone hugging him from behind and he realised it was his half-sister cana, who looked like she was about to cry.
"I need you too! You're my brother after all"
Lucy smiled as Aki was sandwiched in between them, a blush on his face in embarrassment, but Lucy couldn't help but feel…That the loneliness in Aki's eyes was still there…
The guild had taken it upon themselves to have a party to celebrate the father and son pair, much to Aki's was also much to his annoyance that he was sitting by his old man on one side and Cana on the other, with members of the guild smiling and chatting to of these including an old man, Makarov.
"So son, where do you want you're guild mark?"Gildarts grinned, only for aki to frown, As guildarts chatted happily about once he joined the guild, that they could all go out as a family on missions, just the three of them.
"Pops, I think you've misunderstood, I'm not joining."Gildarts froze at this. And when Aki looked up, his old man had the face of a abandoned puppy, who had just been kicked to the curb.
"B-But y-you c-can't leave"Gildarts then proceeded to give Aki a sidewards hug.
"You- you can't leave"Aki found it hard to believe that this powerhouse of a wizard had resorted to emotional blackmail...
"Look, I'll write you letters or something"
"Letters?"Gildarts screcched in horror, and he recoilied as if he was a vampire exposed to day, and a depressing aura flooded out of him, and he muttered the words letters in went on for some time, before Aki let out a defeated sigh.
"it would be Great if you joined! I mean you can help people like that little boy!"Aki felt himself pale as Lucy told the guild about their mission,So pushing Gildarts off him, Aki made his way to the bar, aware of the stares he was getting from the 2 men at the had been told they were Laxus Dreyer and Gajeel telling the woman, mirajane to get him, a glass of water, he glanced at the pair
"What are you staring at?"He smirked
"Just thinking that you look pretty weak to be the son of hee"Gajeel chopped on his plate iron scraps.
"And your point is?"Aki asked frowned at this lack of response, and it was then that laxus spoke up
"What we're saying is you look like a girl"Laxus, being more observant then the iron dragon slayer, immediately noted his change in demeanor, He went pale slightly and he was grip on his drink tightened, his eyes darkened and he seemed to hesistat slightly when he replied
"Again… your point is?"
"I'm just saying I could beat you in a figh-"Gajeel didn't get chance to finish off his boasting as found himself flying to the back of the guild, knocked out raised his eyebrow hadn't even used any magic.
The members of the guild gaped in amazement at this, with levy rushing over to the fallen dragon slayer.
"OI AKI! FIGHT ME!"Natsu grinned, excited at the strength he had seen come from sighed as natsu rushed towards him.
"I already did, you charged at me and then lost miserably"Natsu shook his head.
"Nah, I wasn't serious then"Natsu began to boast about how powerful he was, not noticing that Aki wasn't paying attention, and was crunching on the remainder of the riceballs he had received.
Natsu sniffed the air at this point and his eyes narrowed onto the riceballs.
"You still have those? Give me some!"Aki sighed and split one of the riceballs in half, ignoring laxus cringing at the cracking sound they from hearing this was having second thoughts, but at this point it was too late as Aki shoved the morsel into his immediately gaged and tried to spit the riceball (if you could call it that) out of his 's hand however still covered his mouth.
"Swallow it."Laxus could only watch, in slight amusement as natss tried to get out of Aki's death Racket from the dragon slayer gained the attention of his guildmates who laughed at natsu's finally gave up and swallowed and gulpled down the water had left looked appalled.
"H-HOW CAN YOU EAT THAT! ITS GROSS!"Aki narrowed his eyes.
"He had burnt hands"Aki muttered
"Huh?"
"He had burnt hands from boiling the rice, he must have tried a lot to make to mention that due to the duke taking their money, the rice he used was probably precious to his he got scolded for wasting the he started to give he began to cry" Aki looked at the bag of rice balls sadly.
"Maybe this rice ball was the thing that gave him that he was one step closer to being a that if he made me the village would be saved, and that he would see his mother and his little sister again."His eyes turned cold and he glared at natsu.
"You may think it tastes bad, but to me that's not whats important. To me, whats important is the feelings he put into making into don't be disrespectful"
The whole guild was silent at this, as they stared in awe at the matter was finished, Aki was about to eat the other half of the rice ball, when it was snatched out of his he noted that the lightening dragon slayer was munching on the riceball silently.
"Hmm, it ain't that bad… baka it isn't gross, its just got" Crunch "an interesting texture to it"Natsu growled at this
"I WAS GONNA EAT THAT! OI AKI GIVE ME ONE!"Aki's eyes widened slightly as she took in the pair, but then, his eyes turned back to his emotionless looked at natsu in the eye, and spoke clearly in a monotone voice
"Die"
Gray burst out laughing at this, wiping tears from his eyes as he struggled to of course ignited a fight between the noise from the fight woke the iron dragon slayer up who of course was going to retaliate against the man at the in his haste for revenge he didn't notice the blow to his chin from natsu, who been aiming for the majority of the guild joined in with the fight.
Gildarts ducked, avoiding a chair and smiled as he watched Aki trying to keep his riceballs from the lightening dragon slayer, who had a smirk on his face, that some may even call a smile…something rarely seen on said blonde mans face.
"Your son's grown up well"Makarov regarded "He's wise beyond his years"Makarov chuckled "He reminds me of someone as well,especially with that brute strength he seems to posses"Gildarts grinned, and rubbed his neck sheepishly "Well what can I say? He's my son after all"
The party had gone on till dawn, and everyone had either gone home, or simply passed out at the a note at the bar, Aki readjusted his bag and around the bodies, he spared one last glance at the father and daughter pair.A sad smile creeping across his face before he turned and headed for the door.
"Where do you think your going"The deep voice under his breath he turned to see that the lightening dragon slayer was awake, his dark blue orbs pierced into his dark ones.
"…Go back to sleep."Aki hissed, annoyed at the smirk on his face.
"I asked you, where do you think you're going?" Laxus took in Aki's appearance and the note that had replaced where he had fallen asleep
"You're leaving?"Aki sighed
"Go back to sleep and just forget you ever saw me go" he turned back to the door only to pause again when Laxus spoke again, this time his voice was closer as he walked towards him.
"Baka"Aki frowned at this, angry at the unexpected insult, spinning round he turned to Laxus, only reaching,laxus' chin, Aki looked at the looming figure of the dragon slayer
"What did you say!?"Aki hissed quietly.
"I said you're a Baka"He whispered back "Why are you leaving?"
Aki narrowed his eyes in annoyance
"It's got nothing to do with you."
Laxus scoffed, his hand on the guild door, stopping Aki from opening his escape route
"I think it will have a fit if you 'll be annoying as hell"Aki sweatdropped as he imagined his old man.
"I already told him I'd write him a letter"He snapped "I'm not joining your damn guild, ya got that?"Laxus raised an eye brow as aki continued to rant
"I don't stay in one place, alright? I've made it a personal rule that I don't stick around, so why would stay here? I never planned on playing happy families, I came here to repay that Lucy was move out of my way, before I make you"Laxus couldn't help but think that the guy really did look like a girl at this was scrawny for a guy as well as shook in anger slightly and laxus couldn't help but think he was kinda cute, especially with the freckles across his nose
Laxus what are you thinking! He's a guy! You don't swing that way! Now focus!
"Is that all?"Aki grit his teeth, his eyes darkening
"What do you mean is that all?! Why do you even care!"He spat " Now move out of my way"
Laxus grinned at this
"If you really wanted to leave , you would have hit me already"Aki paused at this, Laxus was didn't want to hated to admit it, but he didn't think Fairy Tail was that bad of a place, sure they were a bunch of idiots, but something about them just felt…like a he was sure he didn't he was finding it harder to dissuade himself and laxus of.
"If I killed you, your screams would wake everyone up"Laxus noted that Aki had averted his glance at this point, causing laxus' smirk to grow.
"Is that so…"Aki felt his anger blonde before him reeked of cockiness, and acting as if he was that much better then he normally calm demeanour was quickly fading.
"Will you just move already?"Aki snapped, his patience wearing thin at this point.
"Why? So you can be a coward and run away?"Aki glared, his fish clenched, trying to resist the urge to punch Laxus for the insult.
"What did you say?"Laxus ignored the dark tone and carried on.
"You're fucking scared so you're fleeing in the night"Aki in his anger at the insult aimed a fist towards the obnoxious caught his fist easily and though he had a lot of strength, laxus couldn't help but think how small his hands actually were.
"I'm not a coward! You don't know anything about me"Laxus smirked
"Then prove you gonna join Fairy Tail or run away?He leaned in closer towards the furious Aki, knowing full well that he had won.
"So what are you going to do?"Aki ripped his fist out of Laxus' grip.
"…Musclehead Bastard."