I want to thank the people who had followed/favorite or reviewed this story, you guys have given me a smile on my face. Time for chapter 2!
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Prologue – Chapter 2
She gasped for air and her hand went to Loke's key. 'Loke!'
'What can I do…..LUCY! YOU'RE HURT!'
'It's not my blood.'
Loke looked from Lucy to the strange man.
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'It's from Laxus.'
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'How?'
'I found him in the storm falling from the sky and being attacked by wyverns. I have no idea what had happened to him. Can you come through your own gate. I don't have enough power to summon you and Gemini.'
Loke nodded and returned to the Celestial Realm. He returned within seconds using his own gate. Lucy touched her keys and summoned Gemini.
'Piri piri.'
'I know that I don't have enough magic left, but can you turn into Wendy and heal Laxus for me?'
'We can try,' said Gemi
'But it will be difficult,' finished Mini.
The two little blue creatures turned into a small girl with long blue hair. Wendy held her hands up and a light blue glow went from her hands. 'Lucy-sama, I shall begin the emergency treatment. You need to get some water and find something to stop the bleeding.'
'I will get some bandages and a bucket from the Celestial world. Be right back,' said Loke while listening.
Before she knew it Loke had returned with a bucket full with water and some bandages.
Lucy looked at the bucket confused. 'How…?'
'I made a short stop at the lake near the camp.' She almost wanted to hit herself. She couldn't think straight, everything was going too fast. She felt the glares of her spirits and knew that thinking wasn't an option at the moment. Lucy nodded to Gemini, that she was ready.
Lucy and Loke carefully took the messy clothes off. Laxus' breathing was short, his body was almost completely covered in blood. Lucy examined his head and came to the conclusion that he had a fever. She cleaned his body from all the dirt and blood. She noticed a Black Blue Pegasus mark beneath his tattoo, where first the Fairy Tail mark had been. She stared at it for a second before she searched his body further and her eyes widened at the sight of three sharp spikes, which were sticking out of his side. Gemini glanced at it and took action. 'It's infected. We need to pull those things out or he won't make it.'
Loke grabbed the spikes and pulled them out while Gemini was healing the infection. Lucy kept the pressure on the wounds to stop the bleeding with some bandages. She began to breath harder and sweat was crawling from her head. 'Lucy..'
'I know. Just a little bit more, keep healing him Gemini.'
She kept the pressure on the wound, when she noticed more blood was coming out from it. Gemini was bandaging him while Loke raised Laxus heavy body. After some minutes Laxus body was almost fully covered with bandaged. Lucy was still keeping pressure and looked up to Gemini.
'Thanks Gemini, I will call you when I have my magic back.'
Gemini nodded and disappeared. 'Loke can you get some clean towels, bandages and some fresh water.'
In a flash had Loke had returned and he soaked the towel into the fresh water. He laid it under Laxus neck and on his forehead to get his temperature down.
'You need some rest, Lucy. I will keep an eye out for him.'
Lucy said nothing, she was staring at Laxus body while blood was forming under her hands. Loke sighed and went back to the Celestial world to get some blankets. Lucy felt the blanket and saw her body was trembling from the cold. Lucy kept staring at Laxus until her eyes weren't listening anymore. Loke laid a fresh towel over Lucy's hands. 'Let him go, Lucy.'
'He needs me.'
'Everything will be alright. He will be there when you wake up, I promise. Let him go.'
Slowly but with doubt she lifted her trembling hands and leant against a big rock. Her hands were bloody, but she didn't care, she was more fighting against the sleep than worrying about her appearance. It seems to be a lost cause, as before she knew it, her eyes were closed.
Loke kept the pressure on the wound and saw that the bleeding was slowing down. 'Come one Lightning Rod, don't die on us now. I will show you pain personally, if you are going to die now.'
He looked at Lucy and saw a single tear falling from her eye.
'Dammit, she was just finally walking forward. Why did you show up?' Loke whispered desperately in concern of his master.
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'Dammit.'
The next morning Lucy woke up in a rush and looked to Laxus. His breathing was still weak but the fever was going down.
'The loss of all that blood has made him weak, but I think he is gonna make it. We can't be sure until Gemini has looked at him again. How do you feel?' asked Loke with concern in his eyes. Lucy didn't look well. Dark circles were forming under her eyes. Loke, in the contrary, was looking completely normal. Even if Loke had watched Laxus the whole night, this was nothing compared to the three years he had walked on Earthland.
'Better. I feel a little bit of magic. I will summon Gemini again.'
In a golden flash Gemini had returned and they knew what was asked from them. They turned into Wendy and started to heal again. Lucy started to breathe heavily again and looked at Wendy.
'He is gonna make it. I'm not as good as Wendy, but the infection is gone and his temperature should be back to normal the next day. If he is awake try to give him something to eat. He needs to strengthen up.'
Gemini disappeared and Lucy let out some breath she had been holding. 'Thank the four gods of Ishgar,' said Lucy while tears of joy sprang to her eyes.
'I'm going to find some food, try to clean yourself. You look horrible, Lucy, ' said Loke with a chuckle.
She looked at herself and saw the dried up blood from Laxus on her skin and clothes.
Lucy used the fresh water from the bucket to wash her body. She scrubbed it off roughly until her skin became red itself. Her clothes were a lost cause. Her hand went to her keys. 'Virgo? Can you come through your gate with your own power?'
'Punishment time, Princess?'
'Can you get some fresh clothes for me and do you want to ask Aries if she can make another bed with her wool. We need a big one for our patient. I think it's better to go back to our camp for his and my own health.'
'I will deliver everything to the camp, princess.' Virgo bowed and went back to the Celestial world.
'Thanks Virgo.' Lucy saw the sun rise slowly on the surface. Her eyes closed, when she was concentrating on what little warmth the sun gave her. The wind still carried the scent of the last storm. The world was starting to wake up.
Loke had caught a rabbit this time, after he had skinned it from all the unnecessary parts, he made a fire to roast it. Lucy didn't really feel like eating even if her body was screaming for food. Every bite felt like a struggle and she was glad, when she had finished her plate. Loke extinguished the fire and pulled Laxus gently over his shoulder.
'Loke.'
'Nothing that I can't handle, he is just heavy. Hopefully his wounds won't reopen.'
They walked to the camp where everything stood ready for their arrival. Virgo stood there waiting and helped Loke place Laxus onto Aries wool bed. The tent had been divided into two spaces using a curtain. One with a big bed, specially made for Laxus with another wool chair next to it, and in the other part was another wool bed for Lucy.
Lucy took a quick dive into the lake to wash the remaining blood away, with Virgo as bodyguard, of course. She felt refreshed when she felt her new clothes on her skin. She had been given a day off from her training schedule. There wasn't much to train, with such a low magic level. Back at the tent she noticed that Loke was gone. 'Princess, my brother is taking some rest in the celestial world. I will be here to help you. Punishment?'
'Thank you Virgo, you guys are always here, when I need you the most. Help me remember to thank you all properly.'
Laxus was groaning in pain during his sleep and sweat was forming on his body. Lucy felt on his forehead and felt that the fever had returned. She soaked a fresh towel with water and cleaned his body. With Virgo's help they even managed to give him some water. Lucy kept watching him until sleep had claimed her. She woke up the next day, only from the smell from her breakfast.
The condition of Laxus wasn't getting better. Breathing was again short and his temperature had risen again. Lucy summoned Gemini again. The blue creatures transformed into Wendy, their hands glowed and searched the cause of the backfire in his health. Wendy eyes widened and she removed one of the bandages near his neck to see some purple glow around the wound.
Lucy's hand went to her mouth to hold her gasp. 'What is that?'
'He has been poisoned, probably by a poison Mage.'
'Why haven't we noticed that before?'
'I guess his powers of a dragon slayer had suppressed the poison. But now that it's in such a weak state, it's coming to the light.'
'Can you get the poison out?'
Wendy shook her head. 'It's a complicated spell, I'm sorry Lucy-sama, but I'm not Wendy, I can't heal this. The poison is paralyzing his muscle system, I can't figure it out why his body is reacting in such way. It almost looks like an allergic reaction.'
'Will he die?'
'Time will tell. I'm sorry that I couldn't bring you better news, Lucy-sama.'
'It's ok, Gemini. Just try to heal him up as much as you can.'
Gemini in Wendy's form nodded and started the healing process. Wounds were starting to disappear, only the wound on his side frightened her. That will probably turn into a scar.
After a week Laxus had finally opened his eyes slowly. I'm not dead. He felt the soreness of his muscles and it took some time to get a clear image of his surroundings. He felt something wet on his forehead, while feeling something soft beneath him. Pink wool? He could hear another heartbeat near him and could smell the scent of strawberry, vanilla and pine. A person with long golden blond hair was sleeping, lying on her arms, on his pink wool bed. A little lizard appeared on her shoulder and was hissing to Lucy. She groaned a little at the sudden noise and slowly opened her eyes.
'Blondie?' Laxus said hoarsely. His throat felt dry.
Lucy's eyes flew wide open and she looked straight into Laxus blue/grey eyes. He noticed the dark circles and the red veins in her eyes. Before he knew it, two arms flung around his neck. 'Laxus, you are finally awake!'
He tensed at the sudden hug and didn't know how to respond. What was Blondie doing here? Where is he? What had happened? How long had he been out? Since when does Lucy hug him?
He felt the warm tears flowing onto his shoulder. The smell of salt, strawberry, vanilla and pine was reaching his nose. He noticed the trembling of his arm, when he wanted to move it, pain shot through his body. Lucy looked at him for his sudden shaking, when she noticed the pain on his face.
'I'm so sorry Laxus, I had grabbed you without thinking. Are you hurt?'
'It's ok. I just….I can't move.'
Lucy looked at his trembling arm, the one he was trying to move. She gently grabbed his trembling hand and pushed it down softly. 'Don't try to overdo, you have been fighting some poison inside of your body, with all the other wounds. You….you could have died.' The last words came hard on her.
Past memories were flashing by and a lonely feeling was crawling up. Laxus felt the sudden change in her eyes. The gentle heat from her hands were slowly getting colder. The lizard on her shoulder jumped onto Laxus chest and hissed to Lucy. She shook her head and looked at her little spirit. The coldness was slowly warming up again. Laxus thought he was seeing things by just waking up after a long time, and didn't wanted to think about it. It wasn't normal for a human being to get that kind of change in body temperature in such a short time.
'Who or what is that?' asked Laxus.
'Oh right, sorry. Laxus, this is Cham, my new friend. Cham this is Laxus.' Laxus looked at the little lizard who was resting on his chest. His skin was made of dark green scales and he had yellow eyes. He had seen glances of Lucy's spirits at the grand magic games and didn't know what to think about them. He could see every spirit had his own potentials, what made her magic very diverse. Even if she wasn't as strong as Flamebrain, she had control of her powers and that wasn't something easy to do. Magic could get easily influenced by our emotions. Controlling your emotions is like lying to yourself and your family. And what he had heard about her past, could easily explain her control. The world of the royals wasn't a world where an honest man could survive. You needed to show no weakness and needed to lie to get what you want. Even if Lucy hated that world, those years weren't for nothing. It was a blessing and a curse at the same time. Even if she could control her magic, she needed to learn to trust other with her burdens.
Laxus had seen her fake smile in the guild when she was struggling on her own. She was the light of Fairy Tail and could make everyone smile, but would always forget herself. She was praised by his teammates and his grandfather for her bonds with her spirits. Laxus knew there was one way to make her angry and that was to belittle her spirits.
'You're new friend? So it's a Celestial Spirit?'
Lucy nodded and was rubbing her tears away.
'Where am I? How did I get here. I remember….' Rage filled Laxus head, when he remembered what kind of a bastard had done this to him. Small electricity was sparking around his body.
'That fucking bastard!'
Cham jumped on Ariel wool, to dodge the electricity. Lucy felt little shocks of electricity through her body. She didn't wanted to let go of his hand, afraid that he would disappear in thin air. She just ignored the pain and lowered her head onto Laxus shoulder. He felt warm wet tears and looked at Lucy. Laxus noticed what he had done, all his rage was suddenly replaced by guilt. He didn't mean to hurt her, he wasn't thinking, but why did she hold on to him?
He listened to her sobbing and didn't know what to do. A piercing pain of guilt struck him inside of his chest. 'I'm … sorry.' Was the only thing he could say.
He waited until she had calmed down. She went sitting straight on a fluffily wool chair, while keeping her little hands on his big hand. 'We had almost lost you.' Lucy whispered while looking in his eyes. She saw all kind of emotions in them, guilt, angst, pain and relief.
'Don't think about going anywhere. You stay in bed and rest.'
Laxus nodded only and wanted to avoid her eyes, looking somewhere else, but something was preventing him. Virgo interrupted their stares, when she came into the tent with a bowl of food. 'Princes, I brought some food for the patient.'
'Thanks Virgo, can you help him sit up?'
'Naturally.'
Virgo helped Laxus sitting up, while Lucy held some spoon with soup in front of his mouth. He didn't know how to respond. 'Please open your mouth. You can't even grab a spoon in the state you are now. I know this will hurt your pride, but you need some food to get your strength back'. Laxus growled as response but knew she was right. He opened his mouth to receive the soup. Lucy put some more soup on the spoon and blew on it. Laxus ate the food until there was no more soup left. Virgo helped him laying down and left to do the dishes.
'Try to get some rest, I'm be right next to you if you need me.'
Laxus didn't understand were the weariness come from, he closed his eyes and felt asleep right away.
Laxus woke up from the smell of salt and noticed that it was getting dark outside. Loke stood next to Lucy's bed, with Lucy asleep in his arms. He had one arm under her knees and one was behind her back. Loke glanced at him.
'I have no right to explain this to you, you need to ask Lucy yourself. I'm glad you are ok,' whispered Loke to Laxus.
He laid her down on her own bed. 'You can rest Cham, I will take it from here.' Loke whispered to the lizard. Laxus eyebrow went up, when he hadn't noticed the little spirit presence, who had been laying on her shoulder. Cham hissed and disappeared to the Celestial world.
Loke crawled next to Lucy and pulled the blanket around them. In a couple minutes Lucy grabbed his shirt, while tears were still falling from her eyes. 'Don't leave me,' she spoke very softly while being asleep. Lucy laid on Loke's left arm, while his left hand rested on her head. His right arm was resting on her waist. He gave her a kiss on the head. 'We will never leave you Lucy.'
Laxus had the feeling he had seen something, he shouldn't have and closed his eyes. The smell of salt was slowly disappearing. What had happened to you, Blondie?
Days went by and it wasn't the feeding he was the most embarrassed about. It was when he needed to take a dump. Loke helped him, but really! He couldn't wait to function normal again. There was only one positive thing about his condition. He wasn't allowed to take a bath because of those annoying bandages. How could that be positive? Well he couldn't ask for any better nurse then Blondie herself.
Lucy would soak a towel in water and clean his naked skin, on the free spots of his body. She gave him a warm feeling from inside. He remembered the words of Master Mavis: You maybe have the strength and the mind to be a guild Master, but you still miss the heart. A heart who can give and receive love. I couldn't understand her. He did love, in his own way, his team and other way around. But now he can finally understand it. The love and care he felt now, was completely different than the love and care from his team. He wanted to hold her, but something was holding him back.
The next morning he felt her fingers on his chest removing the bandages. The softness of her fingers. That's a nice way to wake up. A pink blush came on his cheeks by the thought. He pushed the blush away and grabbed her hand.
'Blondie, that tickles.' Smirked Laxus to her.
'Sorry Laxus, I didn't wanted to wake you up, I'm almost finished.' She chuckled. Her hand removed the last bandages and looked at the wounds. They were almost gone. Gemini had healed him well. Even the wound on the side had healed beautifully into an almost unrecognizable scare.
'The wounds are almost completely healed. How you do feel?'
Laxus moved his arm with ease and sat up. He could feel some pain. But it wasn't that painful to move. 'I'm feeling some slight pain, but next to that. Good.'
'That's good to hear.' Said Lucy while giving him her greatest smile. 'If you want, you can take a bath in the lake. I have some fresh towels here. You can even use my shampoo. I don't have anything else at the moment, sorry.'
'I don't mind. Will you help me bath?'
He saw a red flush on her cheeks and his mouth began to curl on the ends.
'You're strong enough to do it yourself. Or do you want me to ask Loke to help you?'
'I prefer your company, then from the little kitty.'
Lucy didn't know how to respond to his cheeky mouth. It was good sign thought. The old Laxus had returned. She wanted to exit the tent, but stopped at the call for her name.
'Lucy...'
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'….thanks for saving me.' Laxus said while struggling to find the words.
Lucy smiled to him. 'You're welcome.'
Laxus is alive and almost back in action! But who was the bastard that was able to hurt and almost kill Laxus? \(O.O)/
Next chapter will be updated this Tuesday. I want to wish you a great and pleasant weekend.
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