Oh what a long Chapter! Sorry, but hope you enjoy it anyway!

Chapter 22

A Mission With Laxus

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters, only my own OC's and ideas

Frea sat down at a table and Lucy, Wendy, Grey, Juvia, Erza and Mira sat down at the table too. It wasn't that long before both Natsu and Gajeel walked into the Guild soaking wet and wearing very annoyed expressions. They sat down at the table with them with a huff and crossed their arms.

"So Frea, tell us what happened." Lucy said and Natsu quirked an eyebrow.

"What?" He asked.

"Frea here is gonna tell us about that mission she went on with Laxus a while ago." Mira told him and he shook off his hurt pride, looking very excited about the story.

"Please, continue." Erza said and Frea sighed.

"Alright..." She muttered. "It started off as a regular day at the Guild..."

FlashBack- (It's going to be in Frea's POV but everybody wont get to hear her thoughts, just the gist of it. But its more interesting to read this way. It takes place about half a year before Frea left the Guild for the span of a year.)

"Frea, the Master wants to see you." Mirajane told the silver-eyed girl who was seated at a table by herself.

Frea's head snapped up and she narrowed her eyes at the white-haired Mage.

"What for?" She asked but Mira just shook her head.

"I don't know." She murmured before heading off. Frea got to her feet and sighed,

"It's probably about some damn complaint the Magic Council has made..." She muttered under breath and walked toward the bar where Master Makarov was seated. As she drew closer his eyes opened an she stopped in front of him. "You wanted to see me?" She said and he nodded.

"There is a special mission that I want you to finish. It's a request from a town, there is no reward. But it's important that they receive assistance as the Magic Council wants to strike a deal with them for business." Makarov told her and she narrowed her eyes as he glanced up toward the second floor. "You'll be going with Laxus for this mission."

Frea's eyes widened for a split second before she gave him an annoyed look. "You can't be serious..." She hissed and he looked at her calmly.

"I'm very serious." He replied.

"Why on earth would you think pairing me up with him is a good idea?!" She demanded.

"This is a very dangerous mission, besides your the only one in this guild who I know will go on a mission with him if I asked you too." He explained and she narrowed her eyes. "Frea, you could easily be an S-Class wizard if you put your full effort into what you do, it's because of that, that I know you'll be able to keep up with Laxus, no matter what happens." Makarov finished and Frea sighed, trying to calm down.

"Fine... I guess I can't put up with him for awhile..." She muttered. Makarov nodded,

"Thank you, you two will be leaving for Gura town tomorrow at noon." Makarov told her and Frea turned, walking toward the guild doors. She knew she looked extremely pissed.

"Hey Frea, what's got you looking so mad?" Wakaba called as she passed a group of her Guild-mates. Alzack, Bisca, Macao, Elfman, Cana, and Mira were there too. Frea didn't stop and kept her eyes on the ground.

"I have to go on a mission with Laxus..." She growled and left the hall without another word. She kept walking toward her home, glaring at the ground in front of her.

There's more to why Master Makarov wants me to go on the mission with Laxus, I'm sure of it.

Frea took a deep breath and managed to calm down a little. Honestly, she hadn't been bothered by Laxus before, well, that was when he was less annoying and arrogant. But that was a time before Master expelled Ivan, Laxus' father. She smiled a little at the memory of Laxus before that time, when he had been nice and easy to get along with.

Frea shook her head to clear it of those thoughts,

There's no way I'm getting out of going on this mission, so I might as well try to get along with him.

She let out a sigh of exasperation, something was telling her that he was probably going to make getting along with him, harder than it should be...

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The next day, Frea leaned up against a pillar at the train station, waiting for Laxus to arrive so they could start their mission. She couldn't help but feel a little annoyed at the situation she was in. She had always put up with Laxus, but she had never had any interest in working with him.

"Damn it... Why do I always get caught up in situations like this?" She muttered under her breath. She cast her attention toward the Wizard she was waiting for, Laxus had just appeared in the station.

No, no... I said I would try to get along with him...

He walked over to her and gave her a frown, "I can't believe I have to work with you, little demon..." He muttered. Frea gave him a glare at the hateful name but refused the urge to smack him.

"Shut it, it's not like I'm any happier about it. Come on." She muttered and lead the way toward the train. She boarded and sat down, Laxus sat opposite her and she ignored him, staring out the window.

The train started moving and she felt that slight twinge of discomfort at the motion, but that was normal. She heard a small and quiet moan, glancing over at Laxus, who looked a little green.

He gets motion sickness?

She thought and turned away again. I suppose that could help prove my suspicions about him.

For the longest time, Frea had believed that Laxus was actually a Dragon Slayer, like Natsu. And because Natsu got severe motion sickness, and apparently so did Laxus, it could be true.

But she wasn't suspecting Laxus to be a Dragon Slayer on a whim, she had used her spell, 'Energy Sense', it allowed her to see the energy signature of anyone, she could actually get a pretty good sense of what the person was like that way. His energy signature was similar to Natsu's in a few ways.

One of those ways was the way their magic worked. Perhaps I should ask him...? She wondered but then decided it wasn't a good idea, he was bound to be in a foul mood.

He's always in a foul mood, she reminded herself.

The train ride passed within about three hours and Frea lead the way off the train, with a rather shaky looking Laxus following. He took a minute to compose himself and gave her a glare.

"Now let me get one thing straight, Little Demon, I'm in charge of this mission, so you need to do whatever I tell you too." He told her with a rather arrogant tone. Frea glared back and sighed,

"Whatever you say..." She muttered. "Stupid arrogant bastard..." She muttered under her breath and Laxus glared as if he had heard but said nothing. He turned away and quickly walked toward the place they would be meeting with the client, Frea stayed close, only a few paces behind him. They arrived in very little time and he slowed down enough to knock on a door and push inside without waiting.

They were lead into a circular room by a very flustered looking butler as she followed behind Laxus. They stood a fair distance apart as the employer came into the room.

"Welcome Fairy Tail Wizards, I do hope that we may be able to strike a deal with the council after our issue is resolved." The tall man who was slightly on the chubby side with combed over black greasy hair and dark eyes wearing fancy attire told them cheerfully. "My name is Sibbi, it is a pleasure to meet you." He said shaking hands with them both.

"So what are we dealing with?" Laxus demanded and Frea sighed quietly at his tone.

"Quiet a large Monster, the people around here have come to call it by the name; Atlas." Sibbi explained and Frea drew his attention over to her.

"Where is Atlas now?" She asked with a calm voice and Sibbi turned his dark gaze on her.

"Atlas usually resides somewhere in the forest near here, he only attacks once a week but the damage is massive." Sibbi explained and eyed them both. "A word of caution to both of you, Atlas is an extremely powerful enemy, many of our local Mages have lost their lives or been seriously injured. For your sakes, I hope you are strong enough." Sibbi told them and Laxus fixed him with an angry glare.

"Are you calling me weak?" He demanded and Sibbi shook his head.

"It was just a warning." Sibbi told him. Laxus turned to leave calling over his shoulder,

"Whatever, that monster will be dead by morning." As he left and Frea hurried after him. He didn't say a word as he swept off toward the trees at the edge of the town and entered the forest. He stopped just inside the trees and faced her. "Why don't you use that sensing spell of yours, little Demon?" He demanded and she fixed him with a cold stare. She was starting to become extremely annoyed with the man, his attitude, the way he thinks he's so much better than anyone, the damn names he called her...

She stayed silent for a little to long to Laxus' liking and he narrowed his eyes. "You listening to me, Little Demon?" He growled and she snapped.

"Why don't you sniff Atlas out, Dragon boy?!" She hissed back and he looked shocked. He fixed her with a mistrustful look and she glared.

"How the hell did you know I'm a Dragon Slayer?!" He asked and she smiled, wanting to mess with him.

"I'm not telling you, Little Lightning Laxus!" She sneered and laughed at his hateful glare.

"Why you, sadistic little demon witch!" He retorted and it was his turn to laugh. Frea fought the urge to simply attack him. She shook her head and sighed, trying to calm down.

"Whatever, we had better get back to the job." She muttered and he looked away from her.

"Better keep up then." He muttered and sped off into the trees. Frea leaped after him and always kept sight of his back as they raced through the trees. You know Laxus, you were a lot nicer before your dad got kicked out of the guild!

They traveled at a fast pace for at least 10 minutes before Laxus stopped out a high roofed cave. His nose twitched and he frowned,

"Sure smells like a monster's in there..." He growled and lead the way inside without hesitation, Frea stepped forward and followed a bit more slowly. She didn't have to use any spell to feel the immense amount of Magic Energy coming from the inside.

Laxus and Frea entered the cave and arrived in the large cavern, the cave didn't have any extra tunnels leading deeper into the forest. Laxus stopped in the middle of the cavern and looked around, Frea stayed close to the entrance.

"I could have sworn that Monster was here..." He muttered. Frea didn't look at him,

"I think it's still here." She told him and he whipped around to glare at her.

"I don't know if you noticed, Little Demon, but there's-" he hissed but stopped when a giant creature with pointed horns, clawed feet and a long thick tail stepped from the shadows and its tail came swinging toward him. Without stopping to think Frea took a step forward and grabbed Laxus' shirt, pulling him out of the way just in time.

He stumbled and they were suddenly chest to chest, looking up into his face, "What the hell are you doing?!" He snarled and pulled away roughly.

"Saving your ass! What did you want me to do, let you get thrown against a wall!?" She snarled. She was frustrated with herself because she felt like she was blushing, even Laxus had a faint pink blush to his cheeks.

She jumped away from Laxus as Atlas slashed out at them. Frea placed her hands in front of her, "Energy Blast." She growled and a beam of her silver energy shot out toward Atlas and hit it square on. The monster didn't even seem hurt, and she ducked low as his claws sliced above her head.

Frea sidestepped out of the path of Atlas's tail and went on to attack the monster with the help of Laxus. But no matter how many hits the monster took it never seemed to make much of an impact. Frea stopped and caught her breath, maybe I should use a stronger attack..?

She went to dodge Atlas tail but was caught by his claws and flung across the cave, smashing into the wall. She grunted in pain and dropped to her knees, clutching her now bleeding arm. Suddenly Laxus started to glow with the light of his Lightning and Frea got to her feet.

He was giving off a vast amount of magic energy and she narrowed her eyes. "Laxus..? Wait what are you doing?!" She yelled as suddenly the cave was encased with his lightning. Frea put up an Energy Shield to protect herself from the blast.

That damn idiot could have killed me with that attack! What the hell was he thinking?! She thought and glared.

"Oh, that's right. You weren't thinking, it would make no difference to you if I got hurt. Stupid damn bastard...!" She muttered under her breath. Frea got to her feet and dropped the Energy Shield, Atlas defiantly looked hurt but not defeated.

"You gonna stand there, Little Demon, or are you gonna help?!" Laxus yelled at her and she bit her lip in frustration.

"Fine!" She snapped and took a step toward him. "Get out of my," She hissed and gave him a very angry glare. "Way!" He gave her a very hateful look but moved out of the way none-the-less. Frea ignored the sudden pain in her arm as she lifted both of her arms and her silver Energy wrapped around her hands. "Magic Circle: Explosive Rain!" She growled and a large silver magic Circle appeared above Atlas, hundreds of compact energy bombs poured from it and the monster roared in pain, falling to the ground, defeated.

Frea let her hands drop and she sat down on the floor of the cave, clutching her wounded arm and panting. I hate hate hate hate that spell! It really uses too much Magic Energy, and I was so angry I didn't even think about it, I just used it!

Frea slowed her breathing and sighed, there's another thing I have to work on, building a larger supply of magic energy...

Laxus walked over and glared down at her, "You just gonna sit there all day, Little Demon?" He growled and she gave him a glare.

"You know your a real piece of work, you could have killed me with that spell of yours, don't you even care?! I'm your guild mate you know!" She hissed and he looked away.

"Your a Demon, I don't care.." He growled and Frea looked away too. For some reason even though he says that... I think deep down he does care... She shook the thought off, I'm supposed to be mad at him! Frea got to her feet and started walking away.

"Fine, if you feel that way then just go back by yourself." She growled and left the cave by herself, taking time to find a stream in the woods and pull some bandages from the small bag she had strapped to her back. She crouched down and washed the blood off before wrapping the bandages around her arm, she straightened up and breathed the scent of the forest in deeply.

She felt extremely angry toward Laxus' attitude, why do I have to put up with him? Master Makarov, this wasn't a good idea... Well the monsters dead, I can go see Sibbi and head back to Fairy Tail. Frea walked back through the forest and into the town alone, back to the house where Sibbi was waiting.

"I see you've returned..." Sibbi walked in and gave the bandages on her arm a look, "That was quite fast, its only been a couple of hours since you left. Is Atlas dead?" Sibbi asked and Frea nodded.

"Yep, we took care of it." Frea murmured

"But where is your partner?" He asked. Frea sighed,

"Lets just say he and I had a sort of disagreement, were heading back separately." She explained. Sibbi nodded in understanding.

"All right, well we thank you for destroying Atlas, we are sure to strike a business deal with the council. Have a safe trip back." Sibbi told her as he lead her out the door and closed it behind her. Frea walked toward the train station and boarded, sitting down in a seat with no one surrounding her.

"Oh Laxus... Why do you have to be so difficult all the time?" She murmured quietly and closed her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. "I just hope Master Makarov is happy.." She muttered. The train began to move off and she frowned at the twinge of discomfort in her stomach.

Maybe tomorrow will be a better day...

"That's the story, is it what you were expecting?" Frea murmured as she glanced at all the shocked faces facing her.

"Damn Silver, you sure have a lot of patience to put up with that guy. I would have knocked him out!" Gajeel muttered and Frea sighed,

"Indeed." Erza nodded in agreement. Lucy let out an exasperated sigh,

"He sounds even worse back then..." Lucy mumbled.

"I cant believe he would be so mean to you.." Mira murmured and Frea noticed that Mira looked as if she was thinking about something entirely different.

Frea sighed and gave them all a small smile, "Don't worry about it guys, it was just some stupid mission."

"Juvia wonders," Juvia started. "What was the one reason for your fight with Laxus here at the Guild?" The rain-woman asked and Frea hesitated, her mind quickly flashing back to the day after the fight against Atlas.

Frea walked slowly into the Guild, a frown spread across her face. Today had not been a better day, it was worse. Who needs to be woken up by a grumpy Laxus yelling insults at you? She clenched her fist in anger, I would like to kill him... She didn't even glance over as she passed a table full of her fellow guild mates.

"Hey Frea, how was your mission with Laxus?" Wakaba asked with a smile on his face from the table surrounded by him, Macao, Grey, Elfman and Mirajane. She didn't glance at them as she headed toward Master's office.

"He's a bull-headed, arrogant, fool-hardy bastard. Does that answer your question?" She hissed and kept walking. She knocked on the office door and stepped inside.

"Welcome back Frea, how did the mission go?" Master Makarov asked.

"We took care of the problem, the town is planning on making that deal with the council." Frea explained and Master Makarov nodded.

"What about Laxus?" He asked and she stayed silent for a moment before answering.

"I'm not going to lie, he's an idiot. He has no regard for anyone other than himself. He came out and admitted to me that he didn't care if I got hurt, even if I am his Guild-mate. Dragon boy was in such a bad mood that he came and woke me up this morning by yelling insults through my door.." Frea said the last sentence with a rather hateful tone.

Makarov looked her over for a minute, "You said 'Dragon boy'." He pointed out and Frea nodded.

"Yeah, I used Energy Sense on him at one time and noticed his magic was similar to Natsu's and he admitted to me he's a Dragon Slayer on the mission." Frea explained.

"I see, then I must tell you that Laxus is not a true Dragon Slayer. He was frail and sickly as a child, so his father Ivan implanted a dragon slayer lacrima in his body." Master said and Frea nodded. "Naturally this is something Laxus doesn't want the whole Guild knowing so I would ask you to keep it quiet."

"Sure," Frea told him and he gestured a hand at her bandaged arm.

"Are you alright?" He asked and she gave him a small smile.

"Yeah, just a few scratches." She promised and paused. "About Laxus... He used to be a nice guy before you expelled Ivan... I think you already know this but Laxus might hold those hard feelings for a long time, and what he'll do with those feelings might be a problem." She told him quietly and Master sighed.

"I think the same, I'm just thankful that there's someone like you in the Guild who can put up with my Grandson, in time I hope he will work out those feelings." Master told her. Frea nodded, that sounded more like he was asking me to try to get along with Laxus then just a statement...

I guess all I can do is try..

She walked out into the Main part of the guild again and sat down with a huff at an empty table. She glanced over as someone walked in to the Guild and she narrowed her eyes in utter anger...

Frea frowned, looking at Juvia.

"The real reason for the Fight with Laxus, here at the Guild?" She echoed and closed her eyes tight, even thinking about it mad her angry. "After I made the report to Makarov the Damn bastard had the gall to call me 'The Shade Demon'." She opened them again. "I hate that stupid name the council gave me, not to mention the fact that he woke me up that morning too. I sort of snapped," Frea growled and Mira smiled nervously.

"That's when you punched him through the back wall, right?" Mira asked and Frea nodded. Gajeel, Lucy, Juvia and Wendy's eyes all went rather wide at the statement.

"Yeah, still cant believe I couldn't beat the damn bastard though..." She grumbled.

"Silver you cant be serious, you just mopped the floor with us and you couldn't beat that guy?!" Gajeel said in disbelief, Frea gave him a clam stare.

"I never said I lost, it was a draw." Frea replied, Erza smiled a little.

"Yes, it was quite close." The red-head murmured and Natsu, Grey and Mira all nodded. Frea sighed, but smiled a little.

Maybe now I could beat Laxus!

Sorry for the really long chapter again guys!