Lucy P.O.V
I smile at my new friend as she talks adamantly about her journey to Magnolia. Her face is bright and cheery, but I can still see sadness in her. I'll have to talk to her about it later. See if I can help. We've settled into a nice little group. The chatter hasn't stopped since I invited Azalea to live with me. It'll be nice. Hopefully with her there my team will stop breaking into my apartment. I'll have to tell Natsu that he can't be sleeping in my bed anymore. It's inappropriate to begin with, but now that I have Bix, it'd be even worse. I look from Bickslow to Azalea and notice something off.
"Hey Azalea, how come you don't have the same marking as Bickslow?" I question her, loud enough to get her attention.
She smiles sweetly at me. "Oh! I do. We didn't have it when we were younger. It's a sign of our magic! Mines in the same spot I just have it covered in makeup. I had to travel through a town that doesn't like me very much, to get here."
I nod in understanding. I watch as Laxus pulls Azalea into him and kisses the top of her head. There's a squeal from behind us and shouting about blue haired blue eyed babies or blond haired red eyed babies. I giggle.
Azalea raises an eyebrow. "What the hell was that?"
Bix laughs loudly. "That was the resident demon matchmaker, Mira. She was picturing your and Laxus's babies."
Azalea's eyes widen and she blushes bright red. "Oh dear sweet Mavis."
An uproar of laughter is heard from our table throughout the guild at her comment.
There's a loud bang. Signaling someone entering the guild, but I don't look to see who it is. "Lucy!" A loud chorus of shouts are heard. Well…crap.
Within seconds there's a set of arms wrapped around my waist pulling me out of my seat. I scream in shock. The only one who moves from our table is Azalea, she doesn't know what's going on, but everyone else sort of expected some sort of reaction like this from my team. Before I can say anything to Azalea, her eyes start glowing green and two loud pops are heard, revealing a male and a female marionette.
"I don't know who you are but let Lucy go!" Her voice is dark and low. I see a look of fear on Freed and Evergreen's faces. She could be another Erza.
I try to pull out of the arms encasing me but I can't. The heat from them lets me know it's Natsu. "Let me go Natsu!" I yell at him.
"No Lucy! We were looking all over for you! We thought Bickslow hurt you!" The fire dragon slayer whines.
I notice a crestfallen look on Bix and it breaks my damn heart.
"I said let Lucy go!" Azalea shouts again. Her body starts to glow green. I've never seen Bickslow do that. "My brother would never harm her!"
I look to my right at Erza as I hear the sound of her requiping and notice several swords around her pointing at Azalea. "Erza stop it!" I yell at her.
"No Lucy, see her eyes! She's controlling you!" As Erza says that I hear a growl from Laxus and he quickly stands beside Azalea. His body shocking with his lightening.
"Guys stop this!" I plead. "Azalea is a part of this guild now! She wouldn't do that to me!" As Natsu notices Laxus spark with energy, he quickly pushes me behind him for me to be grabbed by Gray. I struggle in his hold. This is all wrong. Bickslow won't even move. This has to be reaffirming his fears that he isn't good enough. Oh Mavis, please stop this.
"If she's anything like Bickslow then of course she'd hurt you Lucy!" Natsu yells. His fists are now covered in flames.
"Bixy-nii would never harm his soul-mate! Let Lucy go!" Azalea shouts again.
Erza lets one of her blades fly towards Azalea. "Azalea!" I scream trying harder to break the hold Gray has on me. Tears start falling from my eyes. Before the sword gets within a foot of Azalea, her male marionette shoots a beam of green light at it, causing the weapon to disintegrate. In a flash Laxus shoots a bolt of electricity at Erza, but she dodges it.
"Don't attack my fucking mate!" He screams in rage.
As Natsu moves to attack, he's stopped by five tiki. They smash right into Natsu. I look over at Bickslow, and see him slowly standing from his seat. His body is shaking. I can almost feel the rage radiating from his body. He turns to face us. His eyes glowing just like Azaleas.
"Do. Not. Attack. My. Sister." He enunciates every word.
"Stop using your magic on Lucy, at once!" Erza seethes.
"Yeah, she'd never hang out with you willingly. What did you do force her to be near you with your magic?" Gray shouts.
"Are you guys crazy?" I yell at my friends. "They didn't do anything to me! Stop this. You're being ridiculous! Bickslow is my boyfriend! I'm his soul-mate! Natsu you should understand, it's like dragon slayer mates!"
"Eh?" Natsu turns to look at me with confusion. "Don't be silly Luce! You can't be his soul-mate!"
Natsu goes to attack again, aiming for Bix this time.
"Hansel! Gretel!" Azalea yells. Her marionettes dart in front of Bickslow, and a thin green light wraps around him. Natsu smashes his fist into the barrier and bounces backwards. The light had acted as a shield. Erza see's this and goes to attack Azalea again, but a large blast of yellow light hit's her knocking her back as Laxus pulls Azalea into her side.
"Mina!" I shout. "That's enough!" But no one is listening to me. I don't know what to do. I grasp my keys and touch one of them. "Loke!" I shout. In a brilliant yellow light my trusty spirit appears. Leo the lion. He doesn't say his usual lines about his undying love for me. He felt it. The seriousness of the situation.
"Don't worry, Princess." He says softly before charging into the fray. He knocks both Erza and Natsu back with his regulus impact.
"Are you guys stupid?" Loke shouts at my team.
"Step aside Loke." Erza growls.
"I will not! I vowed to protect Lucy for the rest of my life. Protecting her means protecting the people she cares for! Bickslow, Evergreen, Freed, Laxus and Azalea, are people she care for, she doesn't want you to hurt them. Or did you not hear her begging for you to stop?"
"Bickslow and his stupid sister are controlling her!" Natsu shouts. One of Bickslow's tiki smashes into Natsu's head when he calls Azalea stupid.
"Why would you think Bickslow would do that, Natsu?" I call out to him.
"Don't you remember Fantasia?" Natsu questions.
"He's also a huge pervert and probably just wants to fu…" Before Gray can finish his sentence, Azalea launches herself over the table and tackles Gray to the ground, successfully, allowing me to move out of the way when he released me to brace himself.
"My brother would never do that!" She smashes her fist into his face. "He's not a…He is not a rapist! He would never use his magic to force himself on anyone!" She smashes her fist into his face again. My eyes widen in shock. Is…is that what Gray really thinks he would do. How could he? How could he think that about Bickslow? My eyes widen as I look from Gray to Bickslow. Bix looks…destroyed.
Laxus nor Bix move to pull Azalea off of Gray. Loke doesn't ether. Instead, Natsu charges Azalea and knocks her off of Gray. His fists light up and he smashes it into her face. Azalea screams in agony. Laxus and Bickslow rush over to her, but both are stopped by Erza attacking them with her swords. I see a flash of green before Freed and Ever run in front of Laxus and Bix, taking on Erza themselves.
Loke is about to move, but stops when Gray freezes his feet. I hear Azalea yell out again as Natsu hits her once more with his flaming fist. I grab my Fleuve d'etoiles and strike, wrapping it around Natsu's wrist and pulling backwards. Forcing him off of Azalea.
I'm about to snap it again, but Lisanna rushes in front of me and pushes me back. "Don't hurt him Lucy! He's trying to help you!"
"He's hurting a member of our guild!" I shout.
Laxus P.O.V
I let out a roar, as Lucy is distracted from getting Natsu off of Azalea. How dare he hurt my mate! I let my body crackle with lightening. I raise my arm and let a streak of electricity shoot towards Natsu. Right as it's about to impact, I'm doused with water. I hiss in pain as my lighting goes haywire and retracts inside of me. I look to see the short blue haired solid script mage pointing her light pen at me.
"Move Levy!" I growl.
"No! They're trying to help Lucy, Laxus! You can't see it because he's your friend, but Bickslow must be controlling her! Bickslow hurt her! She would never willingly be with him!"
I can't hurt her. She wouldn't be able to handle one of my attacks. I'd rather not piss off Gajeel either, he's become a decent friend. I go to say something but I'm stop when the Iron Dragon slayer roars at the small mage.
"I hurt you shrimp, yet you still cling on me? Why couldn't Lucy do the same for Bickslow? Natsu is hurting Laxus's mate. It's against dragon rules, Shrimp. Leave him be."
While Levy is distracted by Gajeel, I start my way over towards Natsu and Azalea again. They've managed to move a bit farther away from the rest of us. I feel my dragon instincts fly into a fit of uncontrollable rage as I watch Natsu grab Azalea by the neck and fling her into a wall. I gather my magic into my mouth and roar, "Lightening Dragons Roar!" A large blast of Lightning smacks into Natsu, successfully knocking the irritating mage out.
I hear a groan and look over to Azalea, She's standing, but looks beat to shit. I quickly walk over to her and pull her into my arms. "Tell me your okay." I whisper in her ear.
She chuckles lightly. "I'll live." I nod satisfied with her response. I look around the guild, most of the members are standing back, none really knowing what to do. I watch as Elfman grabs Lisanna and drags her away from Lucy. Lucy was doing good, holding her own against the youngest takeover mage. Mira is restraining Erza, while Ever is being cradled in Freed's arms, she unconscious. Loke finally managed to get Gray restrained with the help of Juvia who is yelling about letting her love rival be happy with who she choses. Gajeel is yelling at Levy, clearly pissed at her for trying to intervene. Finally Bickslow, has a crying Lucy wrapped up in his arms, trying to get her to calm down.
"This is a mess." Azalea murmurs as she leans into me for support. I nod my head in agreement.
As everyone starts to calm down, I wonder how gramps didn't hear all of this. He would have put a stop to it immediately. I shake my head realizing he must be passed out drunk in the office. Nothing can wake him up from that. Slowly I lead Azalea back to the mess of mages that were involved.
They're all yelling at each other, causing my head to pound. I'm going to have such a massive headache. I whistle loudly, getting everyone's attention. "If everyone is done beating the shit out of each other. We need to sort this shit out!" Erza and Gray glare at me, trying to get out of the holds Mira, Juvia and Loke have on them.
I speak again. "There will be no more trying to harm your guildmates! Bickslow did not. I repeat, did not, use any sort of magic on Lucy. He knew since he first saw her that she was his soul-mate. He never even planned on telling her. So you can get that shit out of your heads right now! Lucy is not a possession of team Natsu, she is a person who can make her own choices. Erza, Gray, inform Natsu when he wakes up that I will be telling gramps about what you have done, and there is no doubt in my mind that you will be punished. All three of you boast about your love for your family at Fairy Tail, yet you attack them without cause! Azalea here, is Bickslow's twin. She joined Fairy Tail today! Is this any way to welcome a new member into our guild?" Erza and Gray at least have enough decency to look ashamed at that.
Gajeel walks up to me, giving a slight smile and nod to Azalea. He speaks loud enough for only Azalea and I to hear. "You weren't trained by a dragon like Natsu, Wendy and I. So you aren't aware of certain slayer rules that all of us were taught." I nod my head not knowing exactly where he was going with this. He turns away from me and speaks loud enough for the guild to hear. "I fuckin hate making speeches and shit, but you all need to be aware of what will happen when Wendy gets back from her mission. Dragons and Dragon Slayers have a set of laws that they must follow. We have our own set of punishments as well. As a dragon slayer, Natsu broke our highest held law. He attacked another slayers mate. Now I know you fucks are wondering how Natsu could have known that Azalea was Laxus' mate. Simple. We can smell this shit. Natsu broke our law with full knowledge of what he was doing, and because of that, there will be a punishment dealt to him by Laxus, which Wendy and I will discus with Laxus when she returns. None of you, and I mean none of you are to intervene no matter how much you want to. It is how it is with dragon slayers. I will speak to Master myself about this, so he understands the seriousness of the situation. And he will not allow any of you fucksticks to stop it. Now shut the fuck up, calm the fuck down, and don't fucking bother me!" He shouts, walking over to his usual spot and starts munching on his iron. He nods at me, and I return it.
The crowd disperses, Gray and Erza going over to Natsu. Mira goes to tend to Freed, and Elfman scoops up Ever and takes her to the infirmary. I run a hand down my face in frustration. I walk over to Bix, Azalea still pulled into my side. "Bix man, why don't you take Lucy home, and stay there with her. I think you guys are gonna need that. I'll take Azalea to my house. I have a bunch of first aid shit there anyways." Bickslow just nods at me. The man looks absolutely devastated. They need a night with just them. Bickslow's eyes quickly dart to Azalea. Slowly the tension on his face starts to disappear as they have a silent conversation. He nods his head.
Azalea tugs at my shirt. "Let's go Laxus."