Chapter 7: Stay With Me
Well hello again my lovely readers! Sorry it took me a lot longer than expected to update. I started school July 31st. So I've basically been getting stuff the last week. So I'm sorry if it takes me a little longer to update since I'm already back in school. You all are lucky as fuck that your school didn't start as early as mine. Anyways thank you for the follows and favorites, as well as reviews! I love you so much! A special thanks to the following group of people:
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The woman then walked over to me. I knew she was going to hit me with the piece of wood. 'Why the hell didn't I bring my keys?' I knew my keys wouldn't help in this situation since my arms wouldn't be able to move to grab them. 'But at least Loke might open his gate.' I thought, no it's too late for that. *Whack!* and I was out. I felt the blood coming down from my forehead but my body still wouldn't move. I found myself drifting off. If only I was stronger. I'm sorry mother, I failed you. Then the world went black.
CURRENT TIME (LAXUS'S POV):
Once I heard that woman announce she was going to sing I knew something was wrong. Just why in the hell would she tell the entire crowd her name like that? I remembered the manager had said that they didn't know anything about this couple. They only had their pictures. Something was defiantly wrong. After she began to sing I was getting slightly dizzy, almost like when Mistogan would show up in Fairy Tail. Then as she was getting further into the song I felt myself tipping over. I braced myself on the nearby table. As I was trying to keep my focus I felt something lean into me. I looked down and saw it was Lucy. I tried to support her weight but my arms weren't working the way I wanted them to. I then lost my balance when she put her full weight on me and fell onto the floor. Luckily I was able to make sure she landed on top of me. I felt her breathing begin to get stronger and I knew she was struggling to try and move. Once the woman quit singing I heard her jump off the stage and walk over. She must have noticed Lucy struggling. I knew that Lucy wouldn't be able to do anything because I told her to leave her keys since I thought she wouldn't need them. Boy was I wrong. I didn't even think about the fact that we didn't know the mages magic. If I hadn't been so concentrated on Lucy I would have made sure we weren't in this situation. If only I paid more attention. 'No Laxus! Focus on the task in front of you! She's coming straight towards your woman.' I yelled at myself. I looked up at the woman and saw her holding the leg she broke off of the table that I had been leaning on held high in her hands. I felt Lucy's breathing pause and I didn't have enough time to catch the club. It hit Lucy clear in the forehead. 'That bitch! She'll pay for hurting my mate! How fucking dare she!' I roared in my mind. With that thought I felt my control slowly slipping. I was furious. I wanted to crush both this woman and her lover. I hated myself for letting Lucy get hurt, so I knew I had to make them pay. I bolted up making sure that Lucy was behind me. I took off my coat and placed it around Lucy. After checking her over I turned around and glared my eyes at them. I felt the electricity form around my body. 'Die, die, die!' I thought.
"H-how is he awake?!" The man yelled towards his partner feeling fear.
"T-they're mages and by the looks of it, s-strong ones. That must have been how that bitch was able to stay awake." The woman called Aoi said.
"Shit." The man known as Yuji said.
"What the hell did you call her!?" I roared towards them. I then darted towards the woman in my lightning form and punched her in the gut. She flew backwards into the wall. One she hit she gasped for air as she coughed up blood. She then slowly slid to the floor unconscious.
"You bastard! How dare you do that to my lovely Aoi! I thought you were somewhat descent!" He shouted at me.
"Ha you think I care! Look what that whore did to my girl! She deserves to die." I yelled at him launching at him with a fist full of lightning. I hit him square in the face. The man gasped and held his now broken and bleeding nose.
"You'll pay!" Yuji exclaimed attacking me with vines wrapped around his hands. He then began using his vines in a whipping matter trying to strike me. I just kept dodging him waiting for an opening. Once I saw him lift his arm up to prepare his next attack I sucked in a breath and unleashed a lighting dragon roar. I hit him square in the chest. He flew backwards landing next to Aoi. As he coughed up at little blood he looked over and said: "I'm sorry Aoi" and pasted out. I walked over and tied them up with a rope that had been used to tie up a curtain. After they were tied up I immediately turned around and rushed towards Lucy. I looked at her and noticed blood dripping down from her forehead. I ripped off a part of my shirt and used it to dab her head. Once I had the cut cleaned up I heard the doors slam open and in came the owner of Akane Resort.
"Oh my word!" The manager shrieked.
"Don't worry they're all just sleeping. The mages are over there tied up." I told the man pointing to Aoi and Yuji.
"Oh heaven's thank you both… oh my" He said and then looked towards Lucy lying on the floor.
"Is there a doctor anywhere I need to get her checked out?" I asked him picking her up bridal style.
"Ah yes, go up to your room and I'll call him for you. He should be up there shortly. Thank you both so much! I cannot thank you more for catching these two." The short man said. After that I left towards my room. When I made it into the elevator I glanced down at Lucy. She was rather beautiful when sleeping. He face soft and relaxed. Sure the reason she was sleeping was because she was knocked out but at least she was alright. She even had a smile on her face. 'She must be dreaming something nice.' I thought. "I'm so sorry this happened to you Lucy." I said to her sleeping form brushing a stray stand of hair away from her face. This wasn't her fault. I promised I would protect her and she ended up getting hurt. Oh please don't hate me. Please give me the chance to get to know you Lucy. I want to have a real relationship. I want to be serious about someone. 'Give me that chance to be serious about you Luce.' I thought as the elevator opened and I headed towards our room.
1 WEEK TIMESKIP (LUCY'S POV):
"Ow, ow, ow, my head." I said sitting up.
"Whoa take it easy." I heard a voice say that could belong to none other than Laxus.
"Yeah I hear ya. Man my head is ringing." I told him.
"Here take these." He said handing me two red pills and a glass of water.
"Thanks." I said taking the pills and setting the glass on the table besides me.
"The doc said you'll feel better in a couple hours." He told me.
"Hm oh okay. Wait, what happened to Aoi and Yuji!?" I yelled at him.
"Calm down Luce, once you got knocked out I took care of them and then tied them both up. They were put in jail about a week ago." He said stroking my arm to calm me down.
"Oh okay. Wait! A week?! I've been out for a week?" I asked him sitting up more.
"Haha yep. You've been sleeping like a rock." He said laughing.
"It's not funny Laxus!" I said angrily.
"Yea, I'm sorry. Oh that reminds me I got a surprise for ya." He said standing up and smiling.
"A surprise?! What is it?" I asked confused, worried and excited all at the same time.
"Haha yep, I got permission from the manager." He told me walking out of the room. 'Permission? And he had to get it from the manager?! What kind of surprise it this?' I thought in my head. As my mind was pondering ideas of what this surprise was Laxus came into the room holding something.
"What is that?" I asked him.
"Shh, be quite he's sleeping." Laxus said handing me the bundle.
"Oh my Mavis!" I said looking down at the sleeping kitten in front of me.
"Hey I told ya to be quite." He said messing up my hair.
"Sorry. Wow Ryuu is even cuter in person." I told Laxus.
"Ya, he's a pretty smart little guy too. He doesn't have a huge vocabulary but I think we can help him while on this mission." He said to me.
"Yayyy." I said with a smile. "I'm really happy that he's our now." I said with a blush.
"Ours, huh. I knew you would fall for me." He said with a smirk. My blush darkened and made its way all over my face.
"I.. uh.. I don't um.. well.. I have to think Laxus. A lot has happened this mission." I said looking down at the kitten.
"Hm well I was only joking about you already falling for me but it works for me. I'm glad that you're thinking about it. I honestly do care for you. I'm really sorry I didn't keep my promise to you. It's been eating me alive. I should have kept you safe Luce. But please stay with me. I can't bare to watch you leave." He said looking at me with a sorry expression.
"Don't worry I'm not going anywhere. Laxus it's not your fault anyways, it was my own fault for not insisting to bring my only form of defense. Don't worry about it okay. Look at me I'm completely fine." I said reassuring him and waving my arms up and down.
"Thanks Lucy but still I'm sorry." He said reaching over to pet Ryuu. 'Could anything get better than this?' I thought to myself.
"Purr" I heard from the little kitten below me.
"Good Morning Ryuu." Laxus said to the still sleepy bundle in my lap.
"Waxus is this the wady you told me about?" The little exceed asked while stretching out his tiny limbs.
"Yes she is. He name is Lucy remember?" He asked little Ryuu.
"Oh ya Wucy." The kitten said then laughed.
"Nice to meet you Ryuu. Is Laxus treating you well?" I asked him.
"Wes he's really fun and nice. When they told me someone bought me I was nervous but Waxus is weally nice and he's said wots of nice things about you too Miss Wucy." He said happily.
"Well I'm glad you're happy. Are you ready to start training with us Ryuu?" I asked.
"Wes! Waxus has told me a wot about what we are gonna do. I'm weally happy." He said.
"Okay but remember we're taking it slow. Lucy is still injured and you're still too small to be fighting." Laxus reminded us making us both sigh at his serious tone.
"You're so stern Laxus." I told him.
"No I'm just using my brain." He said to me.
"Okay Mr. Waxus." Ryuu said and then walked out of the room.
"I'm glad you got him Laxus." I told him.
"Me too. He brightens the mood." He said smiling a little but enough for me to see.
"I can tell you like him." I said smiling.
"I don't just like him Lucy, I love him. He was able to make me smile when you we out. And plus I feel like a real dragon slayer now. I may have not said it but it was strange being the only dragon slayer without a partner. Hell even Cobra has his little snake." He admitted.
"Your right and I'm glad you're opening up to me." I said to him.
"Remember the only person I will ever open up to is you. Now go get yourself all cleaned up. We'll see ya when you're done. " He said then followed after the cat to let me shower and change. Once I was feeling and looking back to normal I exited the bedroom and headed into the kitchen where I smelt food awaiting me.
"Oh Lucy here's your food. I don't know what you like and don't like so I decided to go with a burger and fries. You can't go wrong with that." He said handing me my meal, which I thanked him for and dug in. It was gone in about 5 minutes; I mean I hadn't eaten in a week.
"Well damn haha, you eat crazy fast. But then again you didn't eat for a while. Here, have mine too, I'm not that hungry anyways. Ryuu and I had a big breakfast." Laxus said handing me his food while the little kitten mewed in agreement.
"Thanks Laxus." I said taking the food and eating it, savoring every bite. I then looked over at Ryuu and saw him scarfing down his food.
"Are you hungry little one?" I asked him and got back a "weysh" as a response.
"He been eating like that all week. He has a hell of an appetite." Laxus said laughing.
"Laxus! Language!" I exclaimed.
"Oh calm down, the little guy is practically just like me." He said.
"Oh no, just what I need another Laxus." I said giggling.
"Hey what's that supposed to mean. It sounds to me like a naughty little girl is asking to get tickled." He said grinning.
"You wouldn't." I said probably sweat dropping.
"Why yes I would." He said taking a step closer.
"Ooo, I have an idea! Let's play catch me if you can! It's Waxus versus Wucy and me!" Ryuu said flying with a huge smile on his face.
"Hmm I don't know. I wouldn't want ya to get hurt Ryuu." Laxus said.
"I won't get hurt! It can be a form of training. It will build up speed and stamina. Plus I'll be able to train my wings." Ryuu said with a pout.
"Haha sounds like a good idea to me." I told them both.
"Fine but if you get too tired I want you to stop Ryuu." Laxus said. 'Wow he's acting so much like a father.'
"Deal! Now count to twenty Mr. Waxus! Come on run Miss. Wucy" Ryuu said then landed on my shoulder. With that I took off running. After running down the hallway I made it to the elevator doors and the door that lead to the stairs. I decided to choose the stairs since it would be much fast and efficient for escaping Laxus. I was now holding Ryuu in my arms running down the staircase. Luckily we weren't too high up. Once we landed on the first floor I darted to the double doors that lead to the amusement part of the resort. It was loud here and there were many different smells so I knew it would at least be a little difficult for Laxus to find us. I also knew that the time Ryuu set was up so Laxus would be coming, and fast. We had to come up with a plan quickly otherwise we were sure to be caught. I don't know why I was so determined to hid but I was none the less. Well Laxus did mention that Ryuu was really smart so why not ask him.
"Ryuu, where do you want to hide?" I asked the little exceed while catching my breath.
"Umm, how about that wreally wong river tunnel ride, we could jump on that. It wooks wike a dark and slow ride. Plus there are sidewalks on both side of the ride so in case Waxus catches up we can jump off and run." He told me.
"Wow Laxus was right you are really smart and you are just like him too." I said to Ryuu jumping on one of the small blue boats heading into the cave-like tunnel. It was a love ride so I knew this wouldn't be the first place Laxus would go to look for us. Now all we have to do is wait.
This is the end of Chapter 7! I'm soooo sorry it took me this long! Everything has just been so crazy. But the next chapter will be up this week I swear! I hope you all liked how Lucy and Laxus's relationship is forming. I don't want to rush it. Also if you do want a lemon then let me know! PM me or Review and let me know. I have to know because if you all do want one then I'm thinking that it will be in Chapter 10 or possible sooner or even later. It all depends on your comments. So you must let me know! Otherwise I'm going to change the rating.
Chapter 8: Training Begins