Chapter 4: Nice Bumping Into You

CANA

Cana looked at her cards again, trying to decipher the best course of action. She figured that Erza would be in the shower for a bit, so the brunette laid her head on the pillow and recounted one of the most important times she shared with her big sister.

**FLASHBACK**

"Um, Jenna. I have a question for you" a young fourteen year old Cana asked her friend sitting across the table from her.

"What is it Cana?" Jenna asked as her jet black straight hair was neatly placed in to a high ponytail.

Cana looked nervous so she took Jenna's hand and led the other girl out of the guild hall.

"Whoa, slow down Tricks" she said with a small smile.

"It's kinda important. I don't need Macao or Wakaba looking into my love life" Cana said a bit pouting.

The seventeen year old girl smiled as she ruffled her young friends' hair.

"Your love life huh?" she asked with her hands on her hips. "So tell me, is my darling little sister liking a certain ice wizard or does she have it hot for a little dragon? Oh, tell me, did Elfman do something sweet for you? I always loved the idea of you two" the older girl smiled.

Cana placed her hands in front of her face, waving the ideas off.

"No! It's not them" she said with small flushed cheeks.

"Huh? So who is it then?" Jenna asked as she heard a voice calling for her.

"Hey babe, we have to go. Gramps is giving me a hard time if I don't finish this mission before the S-Class trials" he said with an almost gruff-like voice.

Jenna waved her arm. "Just give me five minutes hun" she said as she turned back to face the young brunette in front of her.

Cana just looked defeated and down to the ground.

"It's him, isn't it Cana? Laxus" she asked as she hugged her sister.

Cana didn't want to speak as she thought Jenna would be mad at her.

The older girl hugged tighter and looked down to Cana's violet eyes, almost matching her greyish-purple hues. "Look Cana, I like Laxus, but I don't love him" she spoke clearly.

"You don't?" the younger one looked up.

"No. I mean I'll always appreciate what he's done for me, but I don't feel for him the same way. It's hard to explain. Maybe someday I will, but as long as Master thinks he makes me happy, I'll go along with it" the older tanned girl said.

"Besides" she smiled, "Gildarts isn't the only one rooting for you to beat him. I'll be wishing for your safe return. And when you get back, we'll have our first celebratory beer, win or lose. Got it?"

"You mean it?" Cana smiled wiping away her tears.

"Of course sis. You, me, and Laxus. The Trifecta. Sparky, Tricks, and Genesis. Nothing can stop us"

**END OF FLASHBACK**

The girls' laughter faded as the brunette slowly woke up.

Cana sat up from her pillow and looked at her cards trying to see a pattern. "Damn it Jenna! What happened to you?" she asked a bit aloud, trying to hold back the tears.

'The big sister I know would have called me as soon as she was in danger' she mentally yelled at herself.

LAXUS:

The blonde haired man kept pounding his fists onto the enchantment barrier, grunting at the pain in his hands. As electric bolts shot up to break the walls, Freed's spell increased. Evergreen and Bickslow looked at him worried and tried to reason with him.

"You're not doing yourself any favors by pounding on the walls man" Bickslow said trying to calm the enraged man in front of him.

"Really? Do you think Jenna would appreciate you hurting yourself? Let Cana handle this. She and Erza know what to do" Evergreen said at him.

The blonde looked at the door and saw Freed coming inside with a compress on his cheek.

The jaded mage looked at his leader with a bit of hurt in his eyes, "What do you want us to Laxus? Do you want the Thunder Legion to go after them?"

Laxus stood there in defeat, trying to hold back the tears. "Sorry guys, but the Thunder Legion can't do anything. This is a job for the Trifecta" he said trying to hold back.

"The Trifecta was disbanded long ago Laxus. Ever since Jenna left, you know this" Freed said. "What could make you say this?"

"No it wasn't" the elder Dreyar said coming in through the door. Master Makarov looked at the rune barrier surrounding his grandson and waved off Evergreen and Bickslow. Looking at Freed, the green haired mage placed a silencing barrier on the door to make the conversation soundproof.

"Master, what do you mean it wasn't disbanded? I thought the whole reason that Jenna couldn't be in the guild was because she didn't possess magical abilities" he asked a bit curiously.

Makarov sighed before letting Laxus speak.

"You idiot! She is a member of the guild. Only a select few of us know this. Cana, myself, Gildarts and Gramps. We told everyone she didn't because she doesn't want to use her powers"

"Powers?" the green haired man asked in disbelief.

*So this is the shortest chapter so far, but I wanted to update and keep everyone in suspense (did it work?)*