There is a lot of Laxus in this chapter. hohoho...I love Laxus!
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Lisanna walked alone on a street. Her face frowned and she walked with her eyes down on earth. She walked and walked, until she heard a voice. She stopped. She lifted her face up. She saw him, walking her direction. She ran to him. Quickly put her arms around him, hugged him.
Sting shocked. He glanced at his friends. They were shocked too.
"Take me out of here," she whispered.
He glanced at his friend. He knew he heard what she had said.
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
She buried her face in his chest and hugged him tighter.
"They don't want me to see you again…"
"I told you."
"Then take me out of here. I don't want to stay at a place where I can't do anything I want, where I can't see someone I like. Please…"
He harshly pushed her, made her fell on the ground. His cat friend was a bit surprised when he did it.
"Oi!" Natsu came running. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!"
He punched the white dragon slayer with his fiery fist. Sent him onto the ground. The other dragon slayer stepped forward to fight Natsu, but his friend stopped him. Sting climbed back on his feet.
"Is that all you got?" he asked, with a smirk on his face.
"No!" Lisanna quickly stood up. She ran toward them, but Fairy Tail's girls stopped her. They caught her arms and pulled her away from the dragon slayers.
"Stop coming here or I'll send you to your dragon!" Natsu shouted.
"Just come on. We're already here," Sting replied.
"Guys, no! Stop!" Lisanna shouted.
The two dragon slayers fought each other. Lector pulled Rouge's pants, asking him whether they should stop the fight or not. But, as usual, the shadow dragon slayer was a man of few words. When Sting marked the fire dragon slayer with his white dragon's punch like what he did at the Grand Magic Game, Lisanna broke free and ran to them. She transformed into a purple rabbit and covered Natsu, saved him from the attack. They both fell on the ground. Sting stiffed, when he saw his attack hit her.
"Lisanna!" Natsu shook her body.
He glared to the white dragon slayer. Sting quickly turned his face away. His friend touched his shoulder, asked him to leave. Natsu left the white-haired girl to the other girls and quickly stood up, but Erza appeared in front of him.
"Take her back to her home," Erza ordered.
Natsu carefully lifted her unconscious body and walked back to her house.
"And, don't let Mirajane know about this. It will get worse," she reminded.
The girls nodded. And then they followed the fire dragon slayer to Lisanna's house.
Erza turned to the twin dragon of Sabertooth. She stared at Sting.
"You should leave. We'll take care of her."
With that, she left them.
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Bruises appeared on her body. The girls had secretly invited Wendy to look at her. So far, she was fine. She just needed some rest. Lucy stared at the girl who was lying on her bed. They were taking her back to her home but they changed their mind in the middle of the way. Suddenly, her eyelid moved. Lucy leaned closer. Slowly, her eyes opened.
"Lisanna." Lucy smiled widely.
Lisanna tried to sit up despite her bruised body. Lucy helped her. The white-haired girl looked around.
"There's no one here. It's just the two of us," Lucy said.
Lisanna nodded lightly. Then she stared at her fingers. Lucy pulled a nearby chair and sat facing the girl. She was about to touch her hand when the girl spoke, made her stopped halfway.
"Now…everyone hates me. Fairy Tail hates me. Even he hates me."
She hugged her knees and rested her forehead on them.
"Lisanna…" Lucy gently brushed the girl's arm. "No one hates you. We care about you. I think he'll understand."
Lisanna moved her face away from Lucy.
"He understood. Me. It's just me. I didn't understand even though he told me many times. Fairy Tail will never accept him and Fairy Tail will never let me go."
"May I ask something?" Lucy asked. "I thought you like Natsu. Now, why him?"
She heard the girl chuckled.
"I liked Natsu. But I guessed I'm over him. I don't know since when I fell into him. All I know, I want to see him."
"But you said that you didn't remember him after the incident with the animal-soul feeder. As far as I can remember, you only went out for mission twice," Lucy said.
Lisanna turned to her. Her eyes watered and her cheeks wet.
"I met him a few times. He was the first thing I saw when I woke up from deathbed. At that time, I didn't know who he was. But he looked very happy."
"He went to your house?" Lisanna nodded. She smiled bitterly.
"Then I met him during my mission with the library."
"The mission that Mira chose for you?" Lucy asked.
She nodded.
"He went to return a book, but he ended up helping me sort all the books. We spent whole night together."
Lucy stared at her. All she could see was a broken-hearted girl with her sweet memories.
"He asked me about my death. He told me that I always said I didn't want to die for the second time." Lisanna continued her story. "Then, I told him about Edolas. He was so excited. He asked about his counterpart, about Sabertooth guild."
"He had his Edolas counterpart? There was Sabertooth guild in Edolas?" Lucy asked, excited too.
Lisanna smiled.
"I don't know. That's what I told him. If he had one, his counterpart might be a little boy."
Lucy nodded.
"I wonder… if his counterpart was a weak little boy, like Natsu and Gajeel."
"Or a badass like Erza's," Lisanna added. They giggled. "For some reasons, he makes me comfortable. He makes me crave for his company."
Lucy caressed the girl's head.
"Can I have some water?"
Lucy nodded. She went into the kitchen. She kept thinking if they should stop her from seeing the one she loved.
"Lisanna…Actually I have no problem with your relationship. If you like…"
Lucy stopped in the middle of her room. Her bed was empty. She ran to the window. But she couldn't find the girl anywhere. There was no way that the girl could disappear so fast.
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Lisanna walked. But she wasn't alone. She was following someone. She saw him heading into the woods. She tried to be as quiet as possible. Then, they reached a small house. She looked around. The house was surrounded by trees. 'Why'd he choose a small house in the middle of the woods?' she thought.
He stopped at the door. Then he turned around. He stared at her with his sharp gaze.
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
She stepped forward.
"I don't want to go home. I don't want to go back to the guild," she said.
"Then, you think I will let you in?" he asked.
She looked down to the ground. Then, she shook her head. She brushed her bruised arm lightly. He opened the door and closed it behind him after he entered the house. Lisanna stared at the door for a moment. Then she entered the house.
"Why did you come in? Did I invite you in?" he asked more.
She ignored him. She walked to a room and then entered it.
"Oi, Lisanna!"
When he entered the room, he saw her lying on a bed. Covered with a thick blanket. He pulled the blanket. She slowly sat up, and looked up to his face.
"This is my bed and this is my house. Get out of here before I kick you out!"
She didn't move. He then grabbed her by the back of her t-shirt and threw her out of his door.
"Laxus-san!" she shouted.
The lightning dragon slayer stopped at the door, stared at her.
"Only one night. I just don't want to go home."
"You can stay at any of the girls' house," he suggested.
She shook her head.
"They hate me," she said, looked down to her feet.
"I don't hate you, you think so?" he asked.
She shook her head again.
"I don't know. But I don't know elsewhere better than here."
Laxus snorted. Then he lifted his arm and let the girl in. The girl muttered 'thank you'.
Lisanna stood in the middle of the house while the dragon slayer disappeared into his room. A few minutes later, he came back shirtless.
"Don't make yourself at home. This is my house," he reminded.
She watched him disappeared into the kitchen. Then she sat on an old sofa. She glanced at the house. It was dark and colourless.
Laxus gave her a glass of water. When taking it from him, he held her face. He examined the bruises on her face.
"What happened to you?" he asked. But then he said, "Don't answer it. I don't want to know."
She watched him sat on the sofa, facing her.
"I caused a fight," she said. His brows rose. "Natsu and Sting."
He put his glass on a table in front of them.
"Who's Sting?" he asked.
"Sabertooth's drag…"
"Who is he to you?" he asked again.
He spread his arms over the sofa.
"It doesn't matter. Fairy Tail won't let me see him anymore. And he's not going to see me anymore," she answered.
"So, what's the fuss?" he asked. "Since you're not going to see him anymore, why do you have to go on sulking, blaming that everyone hates you and bring yourself here?" He took a gulp from his glass. "Stop being so childish."
"I want to see him. I want to meet him again. But Fairy Tail won't let me. The girls even stalked me!"
"So?" he asked. He leaned closer. "So, what's the problem?"
"They hate him," she said, with her eyes down.
"Do you hate him?" he asked.
"They said he's bad. He killed his foster parent."
"I'm bad too." She shook her head. "I tried to kill everyone in Fairy Tail. I even tried to kill my grandfather. Do you think I'm bad?"
Lisanna shook her head.
"They are still afraid of me. Afraid that one day I might strike again." She still shook her head. "You weren't there. You didn't know what happened that day."
"No!" She snapped. "You're not bad. I knew you since I was little. I know you are not bad."
Laxus leaned on his back.
"You knew him more than them. So, what are you afraid of?"
She slowly lifted her head. Her eyes and cheeks were wet. Slowly her lips carved a smile. She jumped off the sofa and ran to the door. However, after a few seconds opened the door, she closed it loudly. She spun around and looked directly into his eyes.
"They are here. What should I do?" she asked.
Laxus stood up.
"Who?" he asked.
Knocks on the door heard, made her moved away from it. She glanced at him and the door simultaneously. She mouthed 'what should I do?' Laxus walked to the door. When he opened the door, he found the reason why she acted strange.
"Laxus Dreyar."
He smirked.
"Twin dragon of Sabertooth. What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Torrent. We need shelter," Sting said.
"Is it written at the door 'free shelter'?" Laxus asked. "Come in." He invited them in before they answered his question.
Lisanna peeked from behind. The four members of Sabertooth quietly entered the house. When he saw her, Sting spontaneously stopped. Lector, who was behind him, hit his leg.
"Inside!" Laxus ordered her to go into his room.
Lisanna paced to the said room while her eyes looked at the white dragon slayer. She waved at him smilingly when their eyes met. Seeing that the girl was far from him, Laxus grabbed her and threw her into the room.
"Stay here," he said, before closed the door.
"But he's here," she said, halting Laxus from closing the door.
"You said you want to stay here for tonight. So stay in this room. Do not go out," he said.
"But I want to meet him." She pulled the door but Laxus pulled it to his direction.
"There are three bad guys out here. So you have to stay in here."
"You're not bad. He's not bad," she replied.
"Stay in here, or I drag you back to Mira," he threatened her.
Lisanna quickly let the door go and let Laxus closed the door. She sat on the bed.
"You'll stay here. Leave once the rain stop," he said to the Sabertooth mages.
The two cats nodded. The shadow dragon slayer too. But not the white dragon slayer. He was staring at the door where behind it was Lisanna. Laxus went and stood between him and the door, with his arms crossed over his chest. He glared at the younger dragon slayer. Sting quickly turned his face away and took a seat on the sofa. He sat next to his cat, facing the room's door.
"Change! You sit here!"
Sting stood up and went to sit on the sofa in front of where he sat before. Then Rouge took his previous seat.
"Good. Leave once the rain stop!"
Laxus went to the room where Lisanna resided after reminded the dragon slayers to leave once the rain stopped. Inside the room, Lisanna was lying on the bed when Laxus entered.
"Why haven't you slept?" he asked.
"Is he alright?" she asked.
Laxus took the only pillow from the bed. Lisanna shrieked.
"Hey, how about me?"
Laxus threw the pillow on the floor.
"You take my bed. Now you want to complain when I take my OWN pillow?" he asked. "Shut up and sleep."
He lied down on the floor and covered his exposed body with his furry jacket.
"Laxus-san, you want your blanket?" she asked.
"Sleep!"
"It's cold, you know. It's raining outside," she said.
"Sleep! Or I send you back to Mira," he threatened.
Lisanna quickly lied back on the bed and closed her eyes. A few seconds later, she opened her eyes back. She looked at where Laxus was sleeping. He slept right in front of the door. He really intended to keep her inside.
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