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I was rereading this chapter and I was….wait I rated this story a T…. I was a little bit unsure about some parts if it was appropriate(never really thought about it), so I changed those parts a little bit.
I don't own Fairy Tail, only the extra characters and this plot.
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Prologue – Chapter 3
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 laid in the lake and wasn't surprised to find strawberry shampoo. It took some struggling but he managed to clean his body. He found some new clothes waiting for him. There laid a sleeveless purple shirt and a some black jeans. It were clothes from the celestial world. He dried himself and pulled his clothes on. At some weird reason, were the clothes really comfortable.
He saw Blondie fighting with her goat spirit, when he was returning to camp.
Lucy while wearing Taurus Stardress, used heaven's gate and teleported above Capricorn and attacked him. Capricorn dodged and Lucy punched a crate in the ground. She changed her Stardress into Sagittarius form and aimed with her bow. In this form she wore a dark green sleeveless short dress. Her hair was in a long tail and she wore dark brown knee boots. She shoot star shots at Capricorn. He managed to dodge them with ease. She gnashing her teeth and thought of a plan. Lucy shot multiple arrows and activated heaven's gate after it. The arrows disappeared and reappeared on different locations. Capricorn was barely able to dodge them all and was proud at the speed Lucy-sama was learning. 'Very good Lucy-sama. Your timing is getting better, as your control. Let's see how you respond to this?'
Capricorn was charging to Lucy, she took a defensive position. Her stardress turned into Aries form. Lucy wore a fluffy shorts and top. Her gloves and shoes were also made of pink and cream colored fluffy wool. She wanted to use a wool wall, when she suddenly felt a magic pulse on her right. Loke suddenly appeared and attacked her. She was to slow to react and was pushed into the air. Capricorn was now in front of her, ready to kick her to the ground. Lucy used Heaven's gate to switch position with Loke. Loke hadn't noticed the sudden change and was kicked into the ground instead of Lucy. Lucy stood up on Loke previous place and used the pink wool on Loke. The wool felt sticky and he was struggling to get free, while Capricorn was charging to Lucy again. Lucy blocked or dodged most of his attacks but was punched into a three. She looked up and saw, that Loke had freed himself. Her hand went to her keys. 'Open the gate of the Chamaeleon, Chameleon!'
Cham appeared on her shoulder and hissed. Both him and Lucy became invisible. The spirit Cham had the ability to camouflage things or persons. He wasn't really a fighting spirit, but could give her a big advantage with his camouflage skills in a big fight. 'I hope you don't mind, I summoned Cham for this.'
Loke chuckles. 'Lucy the whole point of being invisible, is to not be detected. It isn't really smart to speak. Regulas Impacto!'
Light in form of a lion came from his fist, charging to Lucy, what she could barely dodge. She changed into Tauros Form and charged to her two spirits. The pressure on the grass was giving away her position and she cursed herself. She looked around and saw some rocks in the field. Perfect just what she needed. She used Heaven's gate on one rock and teleported it above Capricorn and Loke. They dodged it, by the distraction Lucy quickly jumped on a rock. Both spirits looked around and she knew they lost her. This time she used heaven's gate as a decoy. A golden portal moved in a position and disappeared. Both Capricorn and Loke thought she had teleported and waited for another portal for her to come out. A second later another portal came between them and they charged to it. But what they fought was just thin air. While keeping heaven's gate up, Lucy waited for her chance to attack. Loke was getting closer and closer to her and she simply kicked him into Capricorn. Cham camouflage cloak disappeared. The other spirits looked at her amazed.
'Nice one Lucy.' Loke smiled and he returned to the Celestial World.
Capricorn was pleased. 'I will take my leave, you need to rest Lucy-sama. I will see you tomorrow.' He bowed and disappeared in a flash. Cham followed their example and returned as well.
Laxus couldn't believe in what he had seen. This was a completely different level then the grand magic games. 'Not bad Blondie. Where did you learn that?'
'I have made one of my own spell, Stardress is something I have learned when Tartaros had attacked us and Cham ability gives me a lot of advantages, it's difficult to use, though.'
'You have growing stronger.'
'Are you giving me a compliment?' Lucy asked while have a cheeky grin on her face.
'Don't get used to it Blondie, I'm not easily impressed.'
She chuckled and changed into normal clothes. 'Are you hungry we have rabbit stew today.'
Laxus was chewing on some rabbit meat and looked into the fire.
'Laxus? Where is your team?' asked Lucy while looking a little bit sad.
'Probably at the guild of Blue Pegasus, they are doing just fine.'
'That explains the Blue Pegasus symbol beneath your tattoo…..'
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A sudden silence came between them until Lucy had the feeling to end the uneasy silence. 'Were you on a mission?'
Laxus shrugged. 'Not really. Was just checking something out.'
Lucy sighed at the low response. He wasn't really a talker and she knew it. Only the slightest tens in his muscles could tell his story. She could see disbelief in his eyes and his eyebrow went up. Something she had said had triggered a flow of thoughts and nothing could interrupt him. She didn't care and knew eventually, if it was important he would tell her. She was just glad he was still alive and well. They haven't really spoken much in the time of Fairy Tail and she regretted that. He had his team and she had her own team. But he was her nakama, nothing could change that. She was curious how life would be at the guild if they were friends. She had heard stories about him before the Fantasia event, but she knew he had changed. He cared about his team. He cared about his gramps. He just didn't liked the noise or to talk and would dissociate himself at the second floor of the guild. Watching everyone with a caring eye.
She chew on some food and looked up in the sky. No clouds could be seen and shining stars were lighting the nightly sky. She felt calm but lonely. This wasn't what she wanted. She wanted them all back. She wanted her family back. Her eyes still staring onto the stars, in the hope that her family was watching them to. Laxus looked at her and followed her gaze. The stars, he never used to watch them.
'You really like the stars, don't you?'
She simply nodded. 'They remind me of my mother and mostly remembers me of who I am. I learned celestial magic from my mother before she died. I was always alone, but with my spirits it was manageable. I ran away from home and joined Fairy Tail, where I found new friends, new keys and a new family. The bonds that I have made, the danger that we had stopped, the people we have saved. We are all connected somehow. When I look up at the stars, I wonder if they are also staring at the same stars.'
'You really missed them?'
Tears crawled into her eyes and felt on her cheeks. She looked at Laxus with her warmest smile and the stars shone their light on her hair. She looked like the stars herself and he gnashing his teeth. Jiji where did you go?
'Laxus?' asked Lucy when she noticing him staring at her, while wiping away her tears.
'Blondie…..if I was reforming Fairy Tail again…. would you help me?'
'Huh?'
'I had been thinking about it for some time now, while searching for jiji.'
Lucy glanced to him. She should be happy. Reforming Fairy Tail could give her everything back, her friends, her Nakama…..her team… Why did she felt so insecure.
'Blondie?'
'I…..I….can't.'
'I know that I'm not as good as gramps…'
'THAT'S NOT IT!'
Laxus looked surprised at the sudden outburst from the Celestial mage. She gently laid her hands on his hand. 'That's not it. You would be a wonderful guild master, Laxus. You shouldn't be comparing yourself with your gramps. You aren't gramps, or gramps grandson. You are you, with your own talents. If I was still comparison myself with Team Natsu…. heh what would I be in comparison with three destructive team members….' Lucy chuckled at the thought. Her laugh changed into a fake smile and her hand were trembling against his skin. 'It's just…..I'm…..scared. Scared of them leaving me again.'
Laxus knew how that felt. His father exile from the guild. His own exile from the guild, losing your home and family. Not knowing where to go. Feeling the happiness and warmth of his team embracing him on Tenrou Island. They had waited for him and welcomed him home. Laxus looked straight into Lucy's eye. 'I would stay….'I would stay and make a home, you can return to…..'
Lucy looked away. 'I'm sorry….I don't know.'
'Just think about it….. It's pretty late let's go get some sleep.'
It was middle of the night, when Laxus woke up by the smell of salt again. Since Laxus was feeling better, he noticed that Loke and Virgo weren't as frequent here as when he was still wounded. He shoved the curtain in the tent and saw Cham hissing to Lucy in a concerned way. Why was Cham always with her when she was sleeping? Has she trouble sleeping alone? Thought Laxus.
I have no right to explain this to you, you need to ask Lucy yourself.
It's just…I'm…scared. Scared of them leaving me again. Words from Loke and Lucy echoed in his head. He saw how Cham looked at him with pleading eyes. Laxus didn't know what to do. He had always trouble with a crying woman when they are awake, let stand if they were asleep. Should I wake her? Laxus touched Lucy's hand and noticed how cold she was. Then he remembered the night what Loke had done and he sighed. Why are woman so troublesome? Having fun with a woman for one evening and then just moving on to the next one, was one of the things he was good at, but holding a woman and cherish her. That is relationship stuff. How would gramps handle this? Never mind that thought. He would properly just have a nosebleed from all his pervert thoughts. You aren't gramps, or gramps grandson. You are you, with your own talents.
Tell me what are my talents Blondie? Claiming you, before even thinking about helping the guild against Phantom lord. Letting friends fight against each other, threatening you, while you were stoned. 'Tch, why did you save me?' he whispered when his past came by.
Laxus sighed and held Lucy softly in his arms and brought her to his bed. He laid her down gently and crawled against her. He used his right arm as a pillow for her head and laid his own head against hers. His left arm laid around her waist. Cham laid between them and noticed Lucy moving closer to the sudden warm source next to her. The tears stopped and Cham gave Laxus a gladly hiss. He disappeared with the knowing that his master would be able to sleep safely tonight. Laxus pulled a blanket over them and felt her breath against his bear skin. With the scent of strawberry in his mind, he felt asleep.
The next morning Lucy opened her eyes, she stiffened when she saw her lying in Laxus bed. She noticed that Cham was gone and felt dried up tears stuck in the corner of her eyes. He probably noticed me crying.
Ever since she had founded Laxus, she had been haunted again by nightmares and memories. It's always the same dream. She was so glad when her nightmares had stopped a couple months ago, but knew she had only been running away from her problems.
She looked at his muscles. She knew every angle of his bare chest, what she had been washing day after day. Now without all the stress, if he was going to die or not, she had finally the time to really look at him. Laxus had a good build and seemed to train allot. He can be very enjoyable if you look around his cheeky arguments. He wasn't as warm as Natsu, thank god not! She would always kick Natsu out of bed, because of his heat.
Fairy Tail…..She looked at her hand at the bare skin, where her Fairy Tail mark had been. Reforming the guild scared her, but made her smile in the same way. Had she really been running away all along? Her sudden thoughts were interrupted by some fresh air crawling in the tent. Lucy could smell a sudden scent of the air before a lightning storm and a sniff of strawberry coming from Laxus body. She needed to hold a chuckle. So he had used her shampoo. It's strange to smell your own favorite scent on a man's body. Light was coming through the sheets of the tent. The light gave his muscular build more curve and she felt her cheeks blushing. His breathing changed and she noticed sudden movement from him. Shit, he is going to wake up.
Lucy concentrated on herself and used heaven's gate to teleport herself out of his arms, she run to her clothes and grabbed them, with some towels. Laxus woke up when his arm suddenly felt to bed and noticed Lucy wasn't there anymore. He relaxed again and laid down on the soft pink wool.
She hadn't freaked out….She was probably used to see someone next to her, if he remembered the night when Loke laid next to her, or the stories from Mirajane, how Lucy had been complaining about her team violating her privacy and how Natsu always crawl next to her in bed. That should explain her fear of sleeping alone in the night. She was so used in having someone around, that the whole thing being alone became difficult for her. Don't leave me. He had felt that way when his father was exiled from the guild. That feeling had been turned into rage against his gramps.
His thoughts were interrupted when he heard some noises near the lake. He looked at her bed and saw her keys lying around. Without thinking he ran outside to the lake in only his boxer shorts.
Lucy who supposedly wanted to take a bath into the lake was rudely interrupted by seven Wyverns. She had already punched one wyvern against some trees in her Taurus stardress form, when Laxus came near the lake. He had electricity sparking around his body. Dark clouds were forming in the sky and the sounds of thunder could be heard. 'Lucy! Get out of the water now!'
Lucy felt the electricity in the air and ran to shore. Once on land, she run and stood a hold behind Laxus. A lightning strike was blasted into the lake. The big explosion pushed the water up in the air and had drenched the wyverns. Another lightning strike came behind it and electrocuted them. A small burned scent was now lingering in the air. The creatures flew away after the painful encounter with the sudden mages.
Lucy landed on her knees and sighed in relief. With a golden glow she returned to her only thing she wore that time. A towel was wrapped around her breast and could barely cover her hips. One hand holding the towel up.
'Thanks Laxus.'
'No problem, Blondie.' Lucy looked at him and noticed that he was drenched by the first explosion. Even if they were drenched in water, they weren't electrocuted. If you think away his rage, he had perfect control with his powers.
She could feel the adrenaline leaving her body. She suddenly noticed how undressed Laxus really was. The water was slipping down over his muscles and she saw how he pushed his blond hair out of his face, back in a spiky model.
A slight blush was crawling on her cheeks. This situation felt awkward. Both of them had barely any clothes on. If it was Natsu, Happy or Gray, she would have yelled to go away. She just literally couldn't. Her heartbeat was getting quicker and the flush on her cheek was getting warmer. He seemed very relaxed under it, like he didn't care. Had her body no effect on him at all? Why do I care?
'Relax blondie, this isn't the first time I see you in only a towel, or is your heart beating so fast because of me?' He asked with a cocky grin on his face. Lucy head flushed into a darker color red. 'Of course not!'
Laxus kept smirking and looked at the lake. 'I think you need to find a new bathing spot. I don't think you want to bath in this lake anymore.' Laxus said while watching the blood spots in the lake. He turned around and walked to the camp.
Lucy let out her breath she was holding. In some way she felt disappointed and dried herself and pulled on her clothes. 'Stupid dragon slayer senses.' she cursed between her teeth.
Laxus was smirking. The blush on her cheeks made him wanted to tease her even more.
He had been joking around, about claiming her at the phantom lord attack. He hardly even knew who she was, but ever since the battle with Grimoir Heart, he noticed her scent and her smile. Even Lisanna couldn't stop telling stories about her. She could forgive anyone. You could just be yourself, without any judgements and she would be your friend. People in the guild were still afraid of him, but not her. She just keep smiling like the fantasia event never had happened. Let's just say, that she is weird but also interesting.
He had wanted to have fun with her a long time ago. Only problem was she was a guild mate, and Jiji forbid him very clearly to not play around with guild mates. Laxus agreed, he didn't like the idea of seeing the girl, the next day, crying and screaming like she thought they were a thing. Nothing goods would come out of it, if the girl had any feelings for you, while you were just looking for something fun or just something to satisfy your own desire.
He pulled some clothes on. A black simple jean and a purple dress shirt. He looked into the corner of the tent where he found his coat completely cleaned and repaired.
He laid the coat on his shoulders, fired the fireplace and he sat down on a trump.
Lucy walked into the tent to refresh herself. She grabbed her keys and whip and went sitting next to him. 'Laxus? Don't tell anything what happened near the lake to Loke, please.' Lucy pleaded.
Laxus smirked. 'For what, that I have saved you, instead of the little kitty.'
'I could protect myself just fine. You only finished it faster than I could,' pouted Lucy while crossing her arms under her chest.
'I know you could. I won't tell anything.'
Virgo appeared with breakfast and Lucy was in shock to see what was leaning on her shoulders. A big boar was covered in ropes, it seemed to be tortured.
Lucy didn't wanted to know what kind of punishment the boar had got before the finishing blow. Poor boar, she hoped he would be having a better life in his next life.
Virgo saw Lucy shock in her face. 'Punishment time, Princess.' Asked Virgo excited.
'Why did you capture a boar, Virgo?'
'Laxus, was getting back to normal and out of experience, I thought that dragon slayers ate a lot. A rabbit wouldn't be enough. Punishment?'
'No punishment Virgo….. I don't want to know what you have done to that boar.'
'Princess, I first..' Virgo spoke with a glint in her eye.
'I DON'T WANT TO KNOW!'
Virgo skinned the boar and took out all the organs. She made stew from it and gave them a plate. After she was done Virgo returned to the Celestial world. Virgo assumptions were true. Laxus eating habit had returned. Lucy looked at him, while he ate almost the whole boar himself. She was perplexed at his eating manners. In comparison with Natsu or with Gajeel, no food was flying around. Lucy chuckled with the thoughts how Natsu would eat in a restaurant. She was always so embarrassed. This was something else.
'What's so funny, Blondie?'
'Well, you actually have good manners in comparison with Gajeel and Natsu.'
Laxus shrugged. 'Don't compare me with those simple minded fools. Let's just say that Freed and Evergreen like good manners.'
Lucy nodded with understanding. It didn't matter how many times she screamed at Natsu, because of his stupidity. Nothing would get to his thick skull, but that made him Natsu.
'Do you still have some contact with the old guild mates? Lisanna and the blue haired girl…. Hmm Levy right?' Laxus asked when his mouth was empty from any food.
Lucy's expression went from joy to sadness. 'Not really, I call them sometimes on the communication lacrima, but they all seemed so busy. Without knowing it, time flew by. And you, except for your team?'
'I can't contact gramps. He just disappeared from the world without a word. Found Master Mavis on Tenrou Island, though. But the only thing she could say is that he was safe and well.'
'Oh…' Lucy didn't know what to say. Her throat felt dry, the feeling of sadness and loneliness was crawling up.
Laxus laid down his plate and looked into the fire. 'I should properly go back to my team. My health is back to normal and I have much preparing stuff to do. I'll let you know, when the reforming off Fairy Tail will start.'
Lucy knew this was coming, but it didn't made it less hard. He is going to leave me. The feeling of being alone was unbearable. She just smiled and nodded to him. Laxus had noticed the slight emptiness in her eyes and the fake smile she had shown to so many people.
'If you want…. you can join me. Evergreen would be happy to see you again. She hasn't really made friends at Blue Pegasus. Sneering more about how disgusting everyone looks in comparison with her.' Laxus smirked.
Lucy chuckled softly. 'Really something for Evergreen to do. Doesn't she have any contact with Elfman?'
'Almost every day. Sometimes she would just disappear and be gone for days. It wasn't really a secret to begin with.'
Lucy looked around her and knew she didn't wanted to stay here. She needed to find another home, now that this place have memories from the events of the past days. It would remind her to much of Fairy Tail. But Blue Pegasus wasn't really an answer to avoid those memories.
Am I gonna run away again? I properly should fight this. I need to move forward. Maybe it is a good plan to be in another surroundings. I can always leave if it's too much. But the thought about the possibility of seeing Ichiya at the Blue Pegasus was turning those thought into cold ice popsicle.
Her trial of thoughts was interrupted by a calling light from the communication lacrima in the tent. 'That's strange, who could that be? ' Lucy said while walking to the tent to pick her little communication lacrima up. She sent a little bit magic through the lacrima and saw a stressed face of Yukino. 'Yukino? What's going on?'
'Lucy! We need your help. I have been trying to call as many mages as I can, within a couple hour reach.'
Lucy noticed fighting sounds on the background and saw Libra holding down some demon kind creatures on the ground with her gravity spells.
'We went to Sakuta City for a mission but when we entered the city, we saw that all the citizens were lying paralyzed on the ground. We don't know what is going on but demons had been attacking us ever since. They keep regenerating. We can't find the source of it, while trying to protect the villagers.'
'We'll be on our way.' Said Laxus who had been sneaking behind Lucy during the conversation.
'Laxus?' Said Yukino surprised. It wasn't the time for questions and her surprised face went back into seriousness. 'I will try to contact more mages. Please make haste.'
PUm pumm pummm. (O.O)
This chapter was a little filler. Laxus has his strength back and Lucy had time to recover her magic. Next chapter will be updated this Thursday!
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