"AKI!"Aki dodged the incoming man as he walked through the guild and ignored his sniffles and his cries of "Why?" It had been 3 had ended up joining the guild, though many would beg to much like his father, was always on a mission and had even taken more than one, claiming that it was easier as they we're in similar Guildarts was seen around the guild more, some thinking that he wanted to spend as much time with Cana and at least that had been Gildart's had returned back to the guild after 2 weeks, and judging by how he was heading towards the requests, it was likely that he wasn't sticking rarely did, and didn't try and get close to the others in the guild

"AKI! Don't ignore me"Aki's lip twitched as he tried to ignore his old man's whining from behind him, but his route to the request board was blocked by the large arm of a blonde annoyance.

"Ah, so the wanderer returns"Aki face was his usual calm façade but laxus noted his eyebrow twitch, the only obvious sign of his annoyance.

"Aki you're back! How was your mission?"Aki turned from one blonde to another, his dark eyes meeting her brown ones, as she sat with the rest of her team.

"…Fine."Lucy's smile faltered slightly at the one worded response,

"I see, are you off on another mission soon?"Aki nodded

"Hey Aki whats the rush?"Natsu grinned

"Yeah, Flame brains right, relax for a bit"Natsu frowned at the insult and once again the pair of rivals began to fight, which was quickly broken up by the redheaded powerhouse.

Aki at this point was staring blankly at them , when he felt an arm rest on his shoulder.

"What's up little bro?You wanna a drink?"Aki wrinkled his nose slightly at the alcoholic beverage

"…I don't drink"Cana's mouth dropped

"Not even a little?"Aki shook his head.

"W-why?"Cana had hoped to bond a little with her new found relative, and had hoped they could have a drink together, although this idea seemed very unlikely at this point.

Aki frowned as he thought of what to say

"Alcohol's a poison"Macao laughed at this with Wakaba spitting out his drink in the process of the horrified expression on Cana's face.

"Alcohol is a slow killing poison which damages the Brain, Heart, Liver, Pancreas and the immune system."Cana frowned

"Whats with the book like answer huh?"Aki sighed as he sat at the bar, with Cana next to him one paused, debating whether or not to speak, until he sighed.

"My upbringing was very strict, I had to remember all the books in the library, as well as listen to my tutor's lectures"Cana blinked slightly, as well as others who we're eavesdropping. It was hard to imagine Aki as you're typical rich boy, and Lucy couldn't help but empathise with how Aki must have felt, her father had been harsh on her studies, but nothing compared to Aki's family.

Cana noted that Aki's normal Neutral expression had darkened slightly, was this why he never spoke of his family?There was a raw pain hidden in his eyes, and though she had only recently met her brother, she felt concern fill her being.

"…what was your family like?"She asked seriously, surprising Aki slightly due to the lack of her usual cheerfulness.

Cana assumed that Aki wasn't going to respond to her question and bought her slow poison to her lips, and it was only then that he spoke.

"...They"He paused and looked at his older sister in the eye "They belong in a darkness that I don't ever want to return to"Cana felt herself frown at his cryptic answer, as well as the sad undertone in his voice that Aki normally hand with his strangely Yellow guildmark clenched and his hair covered his dark orbs.

"What do you-"

"MY TWO CHILDREN!"Guildarts had recovered from earlier and had noticed his two children getting along so well and had rushed toward them and hugged them before they had a chance to resisted but then smirked when she noted that her younger brother had gone slightly red in the was a cute kid after all.

"Oi Get off old man!"Cana screeched.

"Ah I'm so happy!"He then began to twirl his two offspring "I'm some blessed to have a daughter and a son!"Aki who had been silent during this, felt his eyes widen at this and Gildarts and Cana found themselves pushed away, as Aki escaped the was witnessed by the rest of the guild, and noted that Aki had his head was at the bar with Freed and he noted Aki's strange though might not admit it, seemed to secretly enjoy when his father hugged him and even though he would push Gildarts away, He had never done so quite as forcefully as he had just was more perceptive then people tended to give him credit for, so he noticed that Aki was tense, and his fist was you looked really close, you could see him shaking before anyone could say anything he turned away and out of the closet guild door, being the door leading to the training grounds.

Freed frowned

"I wonder whats wrong with him..."When he turned to face laxus he noted that laxus was already gone!

"Laxus-Sama!"Mirajane chuckled at this but then glanced at the back door slightly sad, as she thought of the auburn haired boy .For some reason he reminded Mira of herself. Someone who put up a front, but deep down was actually quite lonely.

Aki's trembles didn't stop as he stood there in there in the desolate darkness that had shrouded was so caught up in his thoughts he had yet to noticed the blonde that watched him in the shadows.

"Dammit"He hissed his fist involuntarily sparking with magic that only Team Natsu had glimpsed at first assumed it was some sort of lightening magic, due to the crackles of the dark energy, but then realized it was raw magic, or you could say it was energy knew this by what Aki did one of the training dummies in what Laxus thought as anger he felt his widen as the dummy was hit so hard that it was tugged out of the ground and collided into another smoke of this impact showed that just from that one punch, a sufficient amount of the dummies had eliminated, and they still fizzled with the spent magic was a loud magic, whilst Aki's energy magic had been quick and was hard to explain, Laxus thought.

After destroying more of the dummies, perhaps Aki finally left his thoughts and noted the presence of the dragon slayer.

"What do you want bastard"Laxus smirked as he walked into the moonlit light, revealing his form.

"Nothing."Aki waited for some sort of trick, but Laxus just stood and watched him, his arms crossed.

"…Spit it out 're annoying me"Again remained silent

"So you're magic… It's energy magic right"Aki frowned at him, knowing full well that was not what he was going to ask, but he nodded anyway.

"Get to the point Laxus."Laxus started to walk closer to the auburn haired boy, who suddenly had a feeling of dread fill laxus was only a few steps away from him, he smirked

"Join my team"