Here's another chapter! Enjoy... :D
Lucy, once she had greeted everyone stormed up to Masters office, slamming the door behind her and making the floor vibrate. Everyone looked at each other, confused by the sudden mood swing. Something must be wrong. Erza looked towards the two offended dragonslayers, who were muttering to each other about forgiveness.
Walking over to them, she reequipped a small dagger and pointed it at them. "Did you do something else to Lucy?" she asked. Well, actually, she yelled. The two, fearing death, violently shook their heads. Too violently apparently, as they both went green and almost flew towards the bathrooms.
In Master's office….
Lucy finished her story about her short reign in the celestial world, tears streaming down her face. Once again, she was ridden with overwhelming guild about what she had condemned the guild to. Master however, was not surprised or particularly upset.
"Lucy, how many times have people tried to destroy our guild?" At this, Lucy looked up. "Too many to count. And how many times have they succeeded?" he questioned. With this, he saw a glimmer of hope in Lucy's black eyes and she answered, her voice not quite as miserable. "No one has every destroyed Fairy Tail." She said, proudly.
"Correct. However, I would prefer if you had a bit of extra training before the attack. How long did you say it was away?"
Lucy shrugged. "Two or so weeks I think." Master nodded and thought about his grandson, him being one of the strongest mages in the guild. Nodding to himself, he walked over to the door, leaving Lucy confused. 'What's he doing?' she thought.
"Laxus. My office. Now," Master yelled, grinning as he saw his grandson cover his eyes, glaring at him and muttering obscenities at his grandpa. Seeing Laxus making his way to the office, Master went back in and saw a defiant looking Lucy, still sitting in the same place she had been as before.
"Now Lucy, I expect you and Laxus to work together to complete this training." Seeing Laxus enter in his peripheral vision, he continued. "The aim of this training is purely on you becoming stronger as once the dark guild att-" He got no further.
Laxus fell of the chair he had just lowered himself into, causing Lucy to giggle. Blushing, he picked himself up and looked to see his gramps holding a camera. 'Shoot' he thought. 'Hello new blackmail material.'
"As I was saying, due to the fact that the black guild will be after you, I feel its best if you get trained. And, as Laxus is one of the strongest guild members, I believe he will be the perfect choice for the person who trains you."
Lucy, listening to his reasoning, nodded and smiled at the large man, a warm and comforting smile that made him blush once more. Turning back to Master in an attempt to hide his semi-red face, he managed to splutter out "Which guild and why Lucy."
Master decided to be nice to the lightning dragonslayer and instead of teasing, he began to fill him in. As he reached the end of the tale, electricity was crackling around the room, causing Lucy to look at Laxus.
Immediately, she saw he was angry. Very angry. Deciding he would probably do something stupid if he didn't calm him down, she walked over to him and pulled him into a hug. Whispering in his ear, she told him not to be angry, but to instead focus his energy on her training.
Hearing the now familiar snap of the lacrima camera, the pair looked over at Master, who was smiling and holding up a copy of the picture. Laxus, not wanting to deal with this sent a lone lightning bolt to burn the picture. Luckily, or unluckily for the pair, Gramps pulled out a huge stack of the pictures from bellow his desk.
Shaking her head, Lucy faced back towards Laxus and grinned. "I'm not even going to ask how he got that many copies that quickly. And with this, she and Laxus left the office, both smiling.
At the dark guild….
"Madam, we have some bad news," a small, quivering man said. Seeing his shaking hands, she scoffed, not caring about the fact that a person stood before her. All she saw was a pawn in her elaborate chess game.
"Yes." She said, her tone bored. After all, what could've gone too badly wrong? Thinking over her master plan, she felt like she had missed a crucial detail. Suddenly anxious, she ushered for the man to continue.
"Well, the two brothers and their wife were reported missing after going to the celestial world five months ago (time flow differences) to take down the new queen. Then, we got a report in ten minutes ago when one of the spirits checked the celestial plane hideout. They are all dead and it seems the mage posing as queen escaped."
Sensing there was more, the lady growled at the weak human in front of her and he continued. "However, she is not longer ruling. In fact, none of the spirits we have under our control can find her. We assume she has left the celestial world and entered the Earth plane."
With this, the woman laughed. "You puny beings assume nothing. Only I assume." And with that, she shot a ball of energy at him, stopping his heart. 'Come at me then, Lucy. Let's see how well you fight against your friends.'
Calling in another servant, she told them to summon Alexis. "Tell her she gets some new keys."