CHAPTER 2
Sorry for taking a few days to update, but I had to word this carefully and do a TON of research for the upcoming chapters. ENJOY IT! I worked my tushy off!
DISCLAIMER: HIRO MASHIMA OWNS FAIRYTAIL. I DO NOT OWN ALL SONGS BELOW!
He walked into the guild casually, but was immediately pummeled by the thunder god tribe.
"LAXUS-SAMA!" yelled Freed hugging him ecstatically and crying.
Bixlow was wailing, while Evergreen was clutching onto him for dear life!
"We missed you SO much!" exclaimed Evergreen, while bixlow nodded beside her.
"WHAT?!... It's only been ONE DAY!" Laxus said annoyed. "GET OFF OF ME, WILL YA!"
The thunder god tribe wasn't going anywhere, so Laxus took it upon himself to stand up and throw them all on his back as he made his way to their table on the second floor. Luckily, hardly any of the guild noticed them, except for a certain bar maid.
"Laxus? I didn't notice earlier, buuut… WHERES YOUR SHIRT?!" Freed shouted, concerned.
"Ugh…oh yeah. That's a long story. Excuse me for a second." Laxus said nonchalantly, as he went to his office and grabbed his spare shirt, which was bright yellow and had a huge lightening bolt on it. He never thought he would have to use it, because he didn't really like it. But it was a present from gramps so he kept it in his office to keep the old man happy. Thank God I had this shirt in my office or I'd be getting yelled at like that perverted ice freak. He glimpsed at the papers on his desk and made his way back to the table where his team was.
He sat there for a while listening to his teams conversation, on their recent solo missions, and about one that they were thinking about taking. He got up, told the thunder god tribe bye, and walked to his office to start on gramps' paperwork.
"Shit…. this is gonna take all night." Laxus sighed, turning up the volume on his sound pod, as his favorite song came on.
Animal I have become by Three Days Grace
I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal, this animal)
I can't escape myself
(I can't escape myself)
So many times I've lied
(So many times I've lied)
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell
(This animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal, this animal)
So what if you can see the darkest side of me?
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal
(This animal I have become)
LUCY POV
I finally got my coffee and headed to the guild. I feel so stupid. How could I have bumped into LAXUS! THE LAXUS! And then to take his shirt off?! Oh my god. What was I thinking?! I mean, I shouldn't even be looking at that perv. But his body was…dddaaaammmn! STOP IT LUCY! BAD LUCY! But his muscles are HUGE and I wonder what else is…*evil smirk* "BAD! BAD! BAD!" Lucy mumbles to herself while shaking her head. At least I don't have to deal with him until he asks for his favor, although I hope its something bad…I MEAN…'NOT BAD' (she immediately corrected her naughty train of though)…. MAVIS SAVE ME FROM MYSELF! " Uhhhhh…" she slumped her shoulders as she came to the front doors of the guild. She didn't even feel like kicking open the guild doors like usual. Lucy just casually walked in. For some reason she had the urge to look up and as she did she saw Laxus sitting with the thunder god tribe. Hmm…what a sexy…BAD LUCY! Turning quickly, Lucy scurried over to the bar.
"Hey Mira. I'll take, the usual!" Lucy said plopping down on her favorite bar stool. Just as she was about to sneak a glimpse to the top story, a tap on her shoulder brought her out of her thoughts. Lucy swiveled around in her bar stool to give full attention to the person that was tapping her.
"Oh, hey Natsu!" Lucy gave her signature smile to him, which dissipated a little as she noticed the way he was standing there. Natsu had the tips of two index fingers, twisting, hitting each other and gave a look like he had something to say but couldn't spit it out.
He looked straight into her eyes and asked in one breath, "... isitokifigoonamissionwithlisanna…"
"What? I didn't quite get that?"
"Well, um….I was wondering if it was ok with you if I go on a mission with Lisanna?...pleeeeaase!" Natsu begged.
"Uh, SURE!" she said happily, trying to ignore the small cracks appearing on her heart.
"Awe thanks Luce, you're the best!" He rushed to Lisanna and told her the news quickly. Lisanna got really excited and started giggling, dragging Natsu to the Mission board. Lisanna snatched a paper off of it and approached Mira, a couple seats to the right of Lucy. Lucy wasn't paying too much attention but she did manage to hear the mission was about some monsters in the east forest and it would take a few days. She shrugged it off, and began scanning the guild, she realized that gray was preoccupied with Juvia, whom was waving a piece of paper, which Lucy figured to be a mission. Erza of course had left on a solo mission that would take a couple of weeks.
Lucy sighed, making Mira remember what she had forgotten.
"Here Lucy, sorry for the wait." Mira handed Lucy her strawberry-vanilla shake.
"It's fine Mira." Lucy exclaimed.
"Are you going to be here tomorrow night?" asked Mira, while drying a cup.
"For what?" Lucy asked.
"I wanted to sing, so I decided to do a karaoke night!" said an ecstatic Mira.
"OH PLEASE, LU-CHAN!" Screamed levy from across the guild, she began to run to her with Gajeel hot on her heels.
"SING A SONG! SING A SONG! SING A SONG" chanted the guild, eavesdropping into the conversation.
"C'mon bunny girl, you afraid of a little competition?"
"WHAT?!... pfft.. Competition? From who? You? Haha. That's funny!" Lucy laughed while rolling on the floor clutching her stomach. The entire guild was in an uproar, laughing at Gajeels' expense.
"Oh…That…IS…PRICELESS! Lucy choked between laughs and the guild just giggled even more, until receiving a horrible glare from Gajeel.
Gajeel waited until she was done laughing and immediately tried to rebuttal, "Don't be jealous when I take home the cheers and jewels!"
"Huh? Jewels?" Lucy asked with sparkles in her eyes. While the guild was looking like they were going to vomit at the mere thought of his music.
"Yeah…. Tch…didn't anyone tell you bunny girl?" Gajeel questioned annoyingly.
"Yeah, Lu-chan. This is only just for fun and Mira-chan knew nobody would sing, so she had master make a reward to encourage people. " Levy stated as Mira confirmed with a nod.
"How much is it?" Lucy said excitedly.
Gajeel then spoke up, "40,000 jewel AND a three night hotel stay at wherever you want. The hotel will just send the bill to master to pay. But there are rules to the hotel stay, of course."
"I only need the jewels but…. Eh, its fine! I'll still take it!" Lucy shrugged her shoulders. "I'm gonna go home, relax and find a song for tomorrow. K guys?"
"Okay! See you later Lu-chan. I'll be singing tonight too, so you better step up your game." winked levy who began pulling a smirking Gajeel back to their table.
Lucy rolled her eyes at him and left the guild. She walked home on the side of the river. When the men warned her and Plue as always to not fall in. Plue only said "PUUUN! PUUNNN!" and Lucy giggled.
They arrived at Lucy's apartment and for once, it was unoccupied. She let out a sigh of relief and headed to the kitchen to get something to eat. After a much needed meal, she headed to the bathroom, but remembered about the karaoke competition and turned on her radio in her bedroom so she could listen while in the bath. She relaxed in the bath and heard a few songs to her liking, but nothing about how she had been feeling lately towards a certain dense, pink-haired mage. About ten songs had passed and she was getting out of her bath, when she heard it.
The song that she would sing, tomorrow, to HIM.
Thanks guys for the reviews, faves, and follows. I appreciate all the support and keep you guys on my mind constantly as I write. Any suggestions would be extremely helpful, this chapter gave me a bit of writers block! And don't worry, this IS a LALU, but some THINGS have to happen before we can get there. I hope you guys understand and keep following. FYI there will be lots of music through this and I encourage you all to read and listen to the songs as the story flows. Music is what Laxus is about. He wouldn't be the same without his sound pod. Thanks again! And a special thanks to for the lyrics and also to three days grace for their amazing songs!
Just keep fol-low-ing….Just keep fol-low-ing…Just keep fol-low-ing…
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