The next morning hakuryuu and Ja'far took the others to makarov, explaining how they wanted to join, makarov told them they could I'd they wished to. Natsu was happy that Aladdin was joining. Erza liked Morgiana. Kougyoku stayed close to hakuryuu and Ja'far. Nothing important happened for the next couple of years.

It was around when Hakuryuu was 14 that he noticed that he seemed to have caught the attention of laxus. At first he ignored it. Then, when Ja'far noticed it, he decided he should pay more attention to it. One day he noticed laxus following him, Ja'far and kougyoku home (kougyoku now lived with them to be close to hakuryuu, the others found their own house) hakuryuu thought about confronting him, but he decided not to. I just hope he loses interest soon. A couple days later kougyoku and Ja'far had gone on a job together and hakuryuu was walking home alone. Suddenly, laxus appeared in front of him. "hey kid" he said, this annoyed hakuryuu a bit. "I visited some friends from a different guild and I saw this poster on their job board" he held up the poster that showed hakuryuu and hakuei. Makarov had taken those jobs down. Laxus smiled at the surprised look on hakuryuu's face. "why don't you just come here? You know there's a pretty big price over your head, maybe you could tell me where your sister is to" This made hakuryuu very mad. He was demanding that he give himself up, not only that but give him his sisters secret location! Laxus seemed to sense that and sent a bolt of lightning at hakuryuu, hakuryuu dodged. Laxus was surprised at his speed. Hakuryuu then sent his wooden dragon at laxus. Laxus jumped sideways but the dragon turned and hit him, knocking him back a few feet. A vine then grabbed his ankle and threw him into a wall. He threw another bit of lightning at hakuryuu, hakuryuu was sending his wooden dragon at him and couldn't dodge, he got zapped, but he managed to get back up. He sent his wooden dragon back at laxus. This time knocking him back and using the same trick he used on Ja'far 4 years ago. Laxus stumbled into his trap and roots grew up around him, blocking him in.

The next day neither hakuryuu nor laxus mentioned this to anyone, laxus stopped paying attention to hakuryuu. Kougyoku and Ja'far came back and they seemed closer than ever. Hakuryuu had known for a while kougyoku was crushing on Ja'far. Although he wasn't sure about Ja'far's feelings. He knew Ja'far liked kougyoku, but he wasn't sure if he liked her as more than friendship. Meanwhile, hakuryuu had realized that he seemed to have feelings for Morgiana. This actually didn't surprise him much, he had felt something about her, even when he first met her. He had even confessed this to her a few months before, and she had seemed surprised, she told him she'd think about it. Hakuryuu was still waiting for a answer.

Ja'far pov

He and kougyoku were going out shopping, it was a hot, summer day. And kougyoku was excited. Ja'far enjoyed watching kougyoku, at first when they had met she thought she must have been pampered all her life, then he learned she had actually been born on the streets, then found by her brother and judar. They left for the market, every few minutes kougyoku would pause and point something out. When they got to the market she went a lot crazier, stopping every few seconds. Avenchaley Ja'far gave her some money and told her to meet him back here in half an hour. He knew this probably wasn't the smartest thing, but she would be fine… right?

Kougyoku pov

As she wandered from ship to shop looking at jewelry and thinking about what to buy, a group of boys came up to her, probably a year or so older. The leader seemed to have taken a fancy to her. "hey" he said, the other boys laughed "what's a cute little girl like you doing over here by yourself?" he asked, without waiting for a answer he said "how about we be your escorts for today?" the other boys laughed again, it was an annoying, obnoxious laugh that kougyoku uh hated. She turned around and started walking away, head held high. The boys followed her "Where's the little princess going?" asked one of the boys. I can take them to the meeting place and Ja'far will take care of them. Kougyoku thought, she smirked. She went to the meeting place and saw Ja'far already there. She walked up to him and said "Ja'far, be a dear and make these idiots go away" Ja'far looked at them "have they touched you?" he asked "Yes" kougyoku said, this was true, on the way back the leader kept putting his arm over her shoulder and, once, before she shoved his hand away, across her chest. Ja'far went into assassin mode when she told him they had touched her. His eyes seemed to turn red and he glared hard at the boys, the boys were a little frightened, but their leader said "y-you wanna fight little boy?" Ja'far didn't answer instead he kicked the boy in the stomach, knocking him over, he then held a blade to his neck and told him "never come near us again, ever." the boy nodded and Ja'far let him up. The boy growled then turned and walked off. Ja'far turned to kougyoku, who seemed surprised that he was that protective of her. She thought it may be the right time to tell him how she felt… maybe… but, Ja'far grabbed her hand and started taking her home. She sighed. I guess I can't tell him yet. When they got home they got in bed together. Ever since the night kougyoku first asked for him to sleep with her he had done it every night. They drifted off to sleep together...

Yeah… I'm gonna definitely make them a couple. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter! ^-^