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'Wait for us, Lucy!'

It has taken the whole solid afternoon for Laxus to wake up and in that time, Lucy summoned her spirits one at a time, with the exemption of those she had met earlier, she asked them what are their abilities so that she doesn't have to ask at a later date. After that, she braved the deep forest to find the things they would need. She scouted firewood for the obvious reason of making fire and cooking their dinner, searched for plants and fruits they could eat. Although not sure for herself, Lucy just picked the things the she believed could be somehow edible. She will just ask Laxus for that. And of course, since she will be taking care of a huge bear of a man, she needs to catch at least a dozen or two of a fish in which she doesn't have any idea how. Even before she lost her memories, she had a difficulty in that. So she asked one of her spirits to do just that.

"Open! Gate of the Centaur! Sagittarius!" Lucy shouted as she flicked the key in her hand. A light appeared and died down just as fast as it came and there stood a man in a horse costume.

"Moshi! Moshi! How may I help you, Lucy-sama?"

"Uhmmm…can you catch me a dozen of fish? I really need it to cook." Lucy asked.

""Yes! Moshi! Mosh!" The Centaur said, saluting then, ran off to catch some.

The blonde girl started making fire but since she doesn't have a spirit that can use Fire Magic, she did it the hard way by rubbing two sticks together. 'This feels familiar…' She said to herself but just before she finished that thought, Sagittarius came, holding a dozen or so fish in his hand. She thanked and then dismissed him back. Nightfall came and Laxus began to stir. Oh no, she has yet to cook the food! What will she do?

"A-Are you awake?" Lucy stuttered and turned to him.

"Am now. Hell, you really packed one hell of an attack!" Laxus winced as he tried to get up.

"N-no, I'll…just…Don't stand, okay?" Laxus was clearly taken aback by this woman's tone. Never have the great Laxus be scolded like that. Well, sure there was his Gramps but that man's his grandfather, he was supposed to be respected but this girl? Laxus smiled at that thought.

"Well, chickie, you seem to have a problem starting a fire. I just happen to be in a helping mood today." He announced, smirking. Hearing this, Lucy turned back to what she was doing, she can't help but comment on this guy's cockiness but also can't help the tear rolling down on her face as realization hit as hard as stone. This person has helped her long enough.

"No." She said blankly.

"Why? If you could…" Laxus continued to shuffle and repeatedly tried to stand up to help her. He can just zap the thing and voila, fire! "…just…let me." He managed to stand and saw the girl's face. Tongue-tied, he saw her tears. "O-Oi, Lucy, what are you crying for?" Men aren't really good with crying girls, even the Almighty Laxus proved that.

"Nothing." She looked down, unwilling to let him see her.

"That ain't nothing, blondie. Start talking! Now!" He growled. Lucy winced at this yet kept trying making a fire. When she didn't reply, he zapped the wood with his power and soon, fire started on its own.

"There! Would you start talking now?" Laxus was growing irritated by her actions. First, she was ecstatic training, she did managed to knock him unconscious and now, she was this? Crying? Women.

".." Lucy was starting to cry again.

"What?" He barked, growing more frustrated at the girl. But before he said another word, he was embraced in a tight hug.

"O-Oi, Hearfilia, stop molesting me." He repeatedly tried to scold her but by God, he was blushing madly! Hallelujah! She was really hugging him! 'Oh, come one, Mavis, make this moment last forever. Just this once, please?!' but just before he could stop himself from his reverie, Lucy looked at him straight in the eyes. 'Oh, Lord, those eyes and is she blushing, too?'

"Thank you." Those two simple words made his heart skip a dozen beat. A total knockout. Lucy then buried her face in his chest again as he embraced her. 'Three points for Laxus. A total of five points for Lightning Team. Natsu, still zero.'

"Come on, it's getting late, let's cook." He said, trying to calm the girl down.

Cooking was a total disaster with Laxus around. The food looked nothing near a food. How was that? There was a lot of arguing. Lucy regretted asking Laxus if those plants are edible or not so they just had them discarded. The fish? Oh no, she doesn't even want to get started with that. Laxus wants them fried but with no cooking oil around, he zapped them to ashes! Who on God's green earth would zap a fish with a thousand volt of electricity just to fry them? Men. You could never trust them with cooking. Still, Lucy managed to make a food out of the remaining fish. But, that bear of a man just ate more than his share. Now, she was grumpy but when she looked at the man, eating bare-handed, she can't help but smile as how cute he is. 'Cute? Laxus and cute don't go hand-in-hand but still…'

However, their moment of happiness was short-lived when a blonde haired girl wearing a pink, frilly dress walked in.

"First?" Laxus was surprised.

"You need to go now, that girl is in danger."

A/N: Aaaaaannnndddd here's another chapter, my friends! Thanks for the Follows, Favorites and most especially Holy Angemon and Paname for their Reviews. I got the idea from you, guys. :)