Well hello again my lovelies. Sorry I am a day late than what I promised, I ended up getting a really bad dental problem causing my gums to inflame and yeah it wasn't pretty. I couldn't even talk because my mouth was so swollen, but then again I was also on some really heavy sleeping pills so I wouldn't have been able to talk very much anyways. Besides the fact, I am super happy to bring you Chapter 8! Oh and yes I know the chapter title isn't what I said it would be. I decided to change the chapter title, sorry! But don't worry training does begin in this chapter. Also I said it at the end of Chapter 7 but I'm going to say it again for you my dears. If you want a lemon you are going to have to tell me! You can either PM me or Review. So far I only have a few people that do and a few that don't. I however do not have enough 'votes' to decide what to do. I need to know within the next few chapters or else I'm going to change the rating, so please let me know! Also a huge thank you to my amazing followers and reviewers! A special thanks to those who reviewed chapter 7; those people are:
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"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.
CURRENT TIME (LAXUS'S POV):
'Now where would that woman have gone?' I thought to myself. She's smart so I knew they would have ran down to where this huge crowd is. The amount of people has more than tripled in size since Aoi and Yuji were put in jail. She was undoubtedly trying to hide their sent. However, this shows that she clearly underestimates me. I purposely let her take Ryuu with her; I had to ask the manager to bring that cat in here because it's a no animal's hotel. So because she had the little fur ball with her all I had to do was track him down knowing she wouldn't be too far away. The strange thing was that I smelt him coming from some weird roller coaster tunnel ride that a ton of couples where hoping into. 'Definitely a strange place to hide.' I thought. I just brushed off the thought before running down the pathway threw the tunnels. As I made my way through I looked down at the ride and saw that the carts caring people were moving very slow and that they were following a single stream like a train would. I was easily able to pass at least 8 carts with one pair, a man and a woman. I noticed how in every cart the couple would be either cuddling or kissing. Then it dawned on me that this was what was called a 'love tunnel.' That explains why they went in here. They never would have thought I would have followed them into a love ride. 'Hmph, Blondie really misjudges me. I meant it when I told her she would be mine and even if I had to ride on 100 of these dumb ass rides with her I would have done it in a heartbeat. Especially if that meant she would have been mine sooner.' I thought with a smirk. I then realized that Ryuu's sent was getting stronger and started smelling for Lucy. I noticed that they were in the cart right in front of me. They just happened to be getting ready to come out of a dark tunnel. I figured I should mess with them so I caught up to their cart making sure my presence was still unknown and sat down in the cart making as little noise as possible. I looked forward and noticed that we were mere inches from the light ahead.
(REGULAR POV) (A/N: is that what 3rd person POV is called?)
The little cart that was now caring two humans and a small kitten came out through a circle shaped opening. The woman and the kitten were smiling and laughing not even showing any signs that they saw the man sitting right beside them. The cart continued down its normal passageway as Laxus said to the pair, "Hey Blondie! Is this part of the game or your twisted way of a date?" This startled the Lucy and Ryuu causing their smiles and laughter to end rather quickly. They just stared at the man sitting next to them not saying anything to him.
"L-laxus w-when did you get t-there?" Lucy asked him pointing to wear he was sitting.
"Oh not that long ago but please answer my question." He said grinning wildly.
"H-how Mr. Waxus?" the kitten asked Laxus while staring at him in disbelief.
"Haha you both are too predictable, plus you do realize you're the only cat at this hotel right? It was easy to sniff you out" Laxus said answering Ryuu's question.
"Oh… well why didn't you—" Lucy began but was cut off by the ride operator.
"Now ladies and gentleman you are approaching the part of the ride we like to call 'Love Falls' so please hold on tight and check that your seat belts are on tight." The voice of a man announced to them.
"Wait what? Why do we have to hold on? I thought this was just a stream ride?" Lucy said to no one in particular while they all placed on their seat belts.
"U-um I think that's why Miss Wucy." Ryuu said nervously pointing to the huge downwards ramp.
"Oh… my… Mavis." Lucy said nervously.
"Um is this part of the ride?" Laxus asked as they approached the steep edge.
"AHHHHHH!" Lucy and Ryuu yelled as the cart began falling down the edge. While going down the ramp Lucy and Ryuu pushed themselves into Laxus's chest searching for some sort of protection. Apparently, the ride they all were on wasn't just a love ride but also a roller coaster that allowed you to cuddle into your partner as you went down and around the entire park at an extreme speed.
As their cart zipped around the park they all clung to each other. They looked like a young family to anyone that looked up to see where the screams were coming from. After a while Lucy felt a little more comfortable zooming around the amusement park; the ride had only caught her off-guard which was way she had been scared. Lucy then looked at the little kitten clinging to her chest still scared. Who could blame the little one, he was only a child after all. After wrapping her arms around him to calm him down a little she looked up at the man who had his arms wrapped around her waist. Laxus appeared to be content with their current position and had already adjusted to the rides wild turns. He looked down at the blond sitting in his lap and smiled a little. Lucy smiled up at him, glad that Laxus wasn't afraid to show her he was having fun. They both looked down at Ryuu and noticed he was still scared.
"Ryuu, calm down it's a part of the ride. No need to be afraid." Laxus said petting the kitten's head.
"O-oh yeah; it just caught me by surprise that's all, as if something as dumb as this would actually scare me." Ryuu said putting on a brave face.
"Haha Ryuu you're just like Laxus, it's so cute. There's no need to act like you weren't scared, it scared the Great Lightning Dragon Slayer with a giant ego and me too." Lucy said giggling and poking Laxus in the cheek.
"Oi this did NOT scare me Blondie and I don't have a giant ego." Laxus said making an irritated face.
"Sure it didn't" Lucy said then started laughing which made Ryuu join her.
"Hey you two knock it off." Laxus said glaring at the two with no effect. As Lucy and Ryuu kept laughing at Laxus not listening to him telling them to stop, the ride slowed to a stop.
"Oh the rides over." Lucy said noticing the ride had stopped.
LUCY'S POV:
I noticed that the cart had stopped signaling that the ride was over and remembered why we were even on that ride to begin with. We were supposed to be running away from Laxus but now that he had already found us they was no use trying to get away.
"So you caught us now what?" I asked Laxus while picking up Ryuu and exiting the ride.
"Well since the game is over and I won without much effort I believe now we begin actual training." Laxus said following me through the exit of the amusement park.
"Which would be?" I asked confused.
"Come on we have to go clean up the beach, well you two have to clean up the beach since I won and were supposed to be training the two of you." He said with a smirk.
"Fine, it can't be that much of a mess." I said but was clearly proven wrong once we got to the beach. It was completely destroyed. The shacks that served drinks and food to the customers where completely ruined as well as the shacks with swimsuits and other beach supplies. They needed to be rebuilt and cleaned. There were gigantic boulders and broken trees everywhere. The lifeguard chair was laying in piece along the beach sand. There were towels and beach chairs all over the place. The beach was a complete disaster.
"There's no way those two did all of this." I said in shock.
"Oh but they did. Now get cleaning you two. The manager is requesting we get this done tonight so he can re-open it tomorrow." Laxus said grinning while taking a seat in one of the beach chairs that wasn't destroyed.
"There's no way the two of us can so all this by ourselves! You need to help us Laxus." I said slightly pissed that he wasn't going to lift a finger.
"I never said you had to do it yourselves Blondie. I did however say that this was training so you can use your keys. But you have to order out as many spirits as you can and keep them out while you help them fix everything understand? Oh and Ryuu I want you to use your Aera magic for as long as you can, so you'll help Lucy and her spirits with moving things okay. Try and lift the heavy things too." Laxus said lying down in the chair.
"Oh that makes since." I said while summoning out Loke, Capricorn, Gemini, Scorpio, Taurus, and Virgo.
"Woahhh" Ryuu said while gawking at my spirits.
"Cool huh." I said to Ryuu. "Okay you guys I really need your help cleaning up this beach.
"Okay by why do you need all of us hime?" Loke asked.
"Because I'm training to get stronger like Virgo told you and plus I need this cleaned up by tonight." I said to them.
"Yes hime-sama" Virgo said.
"We Are! Yes Lucy we will help." Scorpio said.
"Ah, I just hope Aquarius won't be mad with you being here." I said to Scorpio feeling a chill run down my spine.
"Okay Virgo, you and Loke fix the broken shacks. Taurus and Capricorn you both can move all the boulders and broken trees. Leaving Scorpio, Ryuu and myself to clean up the sand; Ryuu, you can fix the chairs with me while Scorpio cleans up the trash and gathers the towels." I told them all. Then we broke off into our groups to begin fixing up the beach. A few hours later we had the entire beach looking good as new. I of course was exhausted from having 6 spirits out and Ryuu was dead tired from having his wings out for hours. I thanked my spirits and had them all return back to the spirit world. I walked over and picked up Ryuu who had fallen asleep on one of the beach chairs while I was thanking my spirits. I looked up and noticed that it had gotten dark considering that the stars were shining bright. I smiled and then walked over to where Laxus was. He was just sitting there watching us the entire time.
"Laxus were done." I told him.
"Yeah you guys did a good job. Now come on lets go put Ryuu in the room after I want to take you down to go get something to eat okay." He told me while standing up from his chair and walking away.
"W-wait like a date?" I asked catching up to him.
"Yeah, I got reservations for diner and then a surprise after so dress nice." He said while wrapping his arm around my waist. Even though I wouldn't tell him, I was really excited. Laxus Dreyer was taking me out on a date!
The End of Chapter 8! :) I hope you all enjoyed this chapter ! Remember to let me know if you want a lemon or not! Or else I will be changing the rating my loves. Stay tune for the next chapter and thank you for following my story for this long.
Chapter 9: All's Fair In Love and War