A.N: What's up ppl?! Happy (belated) New Years! Welcome to the year of 2014! To celebrate, heres a new chapter. And it's chalk filled with LaLu for my blondie loving fans! Well more of "we honor you with views critiques " XD! On to sadder news, following arcs have been deleted because of a crash and could not be restored

-Thunder Palace

-Oracieon Seis

-Edolas

luckily I wrote it down. It just takes me a while to type because I am so viscously slow! GOMEN be SAI! Hopefully you'll forgive me? *insert puppy eyes and bacon*

Anyways: enjoy!

Chapter 49: Enter the Demonic Ranks

-Lucy's PoV-

"Ok so...Juvia and Mirajane are guards now?"

The two women nodded there agreement. Appearently Mirajane was already a guard but was retired, so she's coming back. Juvia on the other hand, read Cobalt's diary— I mean journal and demanded Moka to become one so she could watch over Cobalt.

Gajeel and Laxus were royally pissed.

Why? It's just like asking how many licks does it take to smack a bitch into her place.

The world may never know.

Anyways fast forwarding into the present, I sat and watched as Mira and Laxus trained together. They asked did I want to participate but I declined. I'd rather look back and watch the show.

Scrumptious.

-Regular PoV-

Laxus and Lucy were tottally surrounded.

"Looks like that stunt we pulled wouldn't be ignored. The Magic Council's declaring war. Aernt they?"

Laxus nodded. They were caught off guard. It was their day off and Lucy had decided to go train anyways. Laxus just tagged along to watch since demon partners pretty much stayed together. They had just been talking after a quick spar and now they were surrounded.

"Don't take on to many. Your still not in full control of that Stigma!" Laxus demanded and Lucy just nodded, not promising a thing. She wouldn't let her weakness get Laxus killed. Noticing that she hadn't promised, Laxus's orange eyes narrowed suspiciously. "Blondie, promise." He demanded since she always promised. She just chuckled and drew out her sickles and chain. Calling on her Stigma, her eyes flashed with the sign of the Alpha Stigma, just like Laxus's. She charged with a laugh.

"Sorry Sparky boy! No promises this time!" Hacking at one knight to another Laxus's eyes widened in shock. Blocking a kick from some guard, he shot at another. "Damnit Luce, don't do anything stupid!" Shooting and slicing, the two worked in perfect sync. Protecting the other with all they've got. Lucy was getting arrogant with her newfound skill and she was slowly loosing focus. She was taunting the warriors thinking that nothing could defeat the power of a Stigma. Her sickles were embedding themselves in bodies for split seconds before moving on to their next victim. Laxus cursed and shot at one that got a little to close to the girl for his liking.

That cost him big time.

"SHIT!"

Someone had got him in the left arm. That's his preffered arm for shooting. Lucy snapped out of it then.

Calling upon her celestial magic she used Loke's move, Regulus, to blind them while she teleported the two to another clearing.

"Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!"

Lucy hurridely took off Laxus's long sleeve shirt, pausing for just a moment when she saw his glorious abdominal muscles. She felt her blood rushing but she didn't want to get into Hysteria Mode at the moment.

Laxus left arm was hardly bleeding but there was a bullet set in it. It paralyzed it's victims in a short amount of time. Trying to find away to get it without having to lay down on him she sighed and sucked it up. Laying across him so he wouldn't move while she took it out, she felt her breast mold into his chest and her blood started pumping. Laxus shifted under her and her legs spreaded out a bit by accident and she was practiclly straddling him. She got the bullet out and now Laxus's eyes were open, slightly hazed. She lost it.

Her blood boiled over and her heart paced wildly.

"Blon...die? What's up?"

Lucy suddenly stood up and looked down and away from the fellow blond. He sat up with effort but started to get on his feet. She looked up at him and smirked rather seductively.

"Nothing at all, Pretty Boy." She said with a certain tone to her voice. Sweet like honey. Laxus's eyebrow furrowed in confusion. His guns were at his waist and she stepped up towards him, hearing the rest of the guards. He definently looked confused now, with her pressing herself against him.

"Lucy? What in the hell are you—" At that moment everything seemed to slow. Lucy took Laxus's pistols. His paralysis kicked in. She pushed him to the ground. The guards had arrived.

"Don't worry, Pretty Boy. I'll handle it from here. Just sit back and enjoy the show." Laxus's heartrate sped up tremendously. "Blondie don't you dare!" Lucy obviously wasn't paying him any attention. Playfully winking she went out and... defeated all of the guards.

By. Herself.

Lucy sighed and turned back to Laxus who was watching her with suspicious eyes. Her Hysteria Mode was over. The man's paralysis was over as well and he stood up and walked over to her. Taking his guns back he looked livid.

"Are you out of yer damn mind! You could've gotten killed! Why didn't you go back to Yokai and get Moka or Gajeel?!" The woman flinched and looked away.

"I didn't have time. Besides its my fault, I shouldn't have gotten so cocky."

"Ya damn right! You almost got shot! Don't think just because you've finally gotten some control over the Stigma that your invincible! You acted like a damn child! I THOUGHT I TAUGHT YOU BETTER THAN THAT?!" Lucy gulped and frightfully looked up at the man. She saw anger and dissappointment in his eyes. There was something else there too, though Lucy couldnt pinpoint it. She hugged herself, not being able to continue looking at him. Feeling his rage.

"You did. I'm sorry!"

Laxus sighed, shaking his head. His voice was stone cold when he commanded "Let's go." Lucy didn't argue. Holding her hand to the sky, her sickles and chain flew back to her and they took their place on her waist. She followed a few feet behind, mortified that Laxus thought of her as a child.

'Like he said before' she thought to herself.

'Im nothing but a rich little princess wannabe wizard.'

"Aria calm down! Riko shot you!"

Aria jumped out of the bed in shock and stared at her partner with disbelieving eyes. "No way." After the initial shock she shouted "RIKOOO!" and ran over to the nightstand where her guns lay. Grabbing them she headed for the door with a war cry. Her partner, Kinji, intercepted her and grabbed her wrists.

"Wait! Calm down! Try to think. You can't take her head on."

Aria looked Kinji in the eyes, determination quite clear.

"I don't care about that! LET GOOO!" She tried fighting him off but Kinji had a good grip.

Lucy thought about what would happen next. No one knew she was the creator of Aria the Scarlet Ammo. The hit new T.V. show that Kuma and Shinra were the lead actors in. Episode 5 was due tomorrow and she had plenty of time to write now scince Laxus was pissed. She always envisioned herself as Aria, and right now she was letting the emotions run wild.

"Keep your voice down!" Kinji demanded and Aria growled. "I won't! I can handle Riko all by myself! I didn't ask you to come and save me! And I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!"

Continuing to struggle, Kinji had no idea what to do. He knew his temporary partner was stubborn but something was off about her. He couldn't pinpoint what it was.

Lucy's door opened and Juvia stepped in for a peak.

"Lucy. Gajeel and Juvia are heading out on their rounds. Are you going to be all right by yourself?" Lucy realized that meant Laxus left Yokai completely and she smiled, feeling her heart crack. "Yeah! Be careful you two!"

Juvia nodded and closed the door. Lucy turned back to her story, feeling tears come to her eyes. They fell free as she wrote down how she felt, using her charecter, Aria, as her disguise.

"Besides you despise me, don't you?! You said that to me when we went out looking for that stupid cat! Forget it! I could never forgive that!"

Kinji summed it up to the shot working a little to well. But maybe...this was really how she felt.

"You told me to my face that you really hated me!" Aria looked on the verge of tears as she shook her head. "I pretended like I didn't care but it really hurt me! IT BROKE MY HEART WHEN YOU SAID THAT! And now I can't get it out of my head!" Kinji was entering Hysteria Mode listning to the girl talk. He was finally considering her feelings. For once, it wasn't about him wanting to quit being a Butei. He was thinking and caring about the girl in front of him.

Aria...started crying.

"So forget it!" She snapped and looked away from him, pink locks falling into her face to cover her.

"If you hate me forget it! JUST GET OUT OF HERE! IF YOU HATE ME SO MUCH WHY DON'T YOU JUST DISSAPPEAR?! GET OUT OF MY LIFE I—"

Kinji's lips stopped Aria from her ranting.

Lucy heard a rough knock on her door and she silently wiped her eyes, making sure her hair was covering her face unless that person decided to walk in. Continuing to write, she said a soft 'come in.'

"Blondie. Dinner's ready."

Lucy didn't even look up at Laxus as she glanced at the clock. 8:45. Everyone should probably be back from their rounds with the exception of Gajeel and Juvia. She continued to write saying a soft "Not hungry."

Laxus stood at the door for awhile feeling a little conflicted. Did he seriously put her out that bad?! Watching her as she turned her notebook page to write on the back he sighed and quietly closed the door. She would probably be getting in the shower after that last page so he rushed down to grab a plate for her.

Kuma was already at the end of the stair way, holding it out. She smiled and walked away as he headed back up to her room. Indeed she was in the shower and so he sat it on the dresser and walked back out, whispering a tired "Good night."

And when Lucy stepped out of the shower and saw the food she sighed and smirked tiredly, giving thanks, and ate.

Later on that night, Lucy was asleep in her Yokai dorm.

Laxus hearing her labored breathing, walked inside and quietly moved over to her dresser to pick up the dish. Why did he care? He didn't know but he did know that he was also intrested in the notebook beside it.

Flipping through it he realized that Lucy was the mastermind of Aria the Scarlet Ammo. It only had four episodes but the reason why everyone was so obsessed over it was that no one knew who the creator was. Laxus turned to episode 5 and began reading.

After a few paragraphs he noticed little droplets here and there and realized she was crying when she wrote this. Looking over at the young writer, he saw that she was asleep.

After he was done reading he returned it to its designated place. Deciding to just forget the plate, the lightning mage made way to the door.

"Did you like the chapter, Laxus?" Lucy questioned quietly. Laxus froze and turned back to the girl who was sitting up with frizzled blonde hair and hazy brown eyes.

"Yeah. Ya did good, Blondie." Lucy smiled softly at Laxus and the man shook his head. And then he thought of a question.

"Hey Blondie. Rumors say that the creator of Aria the Scarlet Ammo has Hysteria Mode. Is that true?" Lucy got up and cut on the lights so she wouldn't have to strain her eyes. "I wouldn't just tell you, Sparky Boy. You'd have to figure it out yourself." Laxus groaned but then smirked.

Removing his tshirt, Lucy gulped but stayed quiet. A blush dusted her cheeks. "Seriously? You think t-that'll put me in Hysteria Mode?" Laxus chuckled and walked over to her in three easy strides. He had so many muscles! 'There should be a limit. I mean his muscles have muscles.' Lucy thought scarily.

The man easily brought her close to him and put a hand on each of her thighs. He lifted her up and had her straddle him while he sat back down on the bed. Lucy's heart was racing, and she shook her head a little to clear it. Laxus's assault wasn't done though. His calloused hand moved under her pink nightie and cupped a breast. He could see on her face she was wanting to freak out as he kneaded her bare left breast. Her head suddenly dipped away from his sight.

Hysteria mode took over.

"Well well, Pretty boy. I had know idea you could be so naughty. If you wanted a better feel why not just tell me to take this off?" Laxus gulped at Lucy's sudden vixen change.

Yep. Hysteria Mode was real.