Chapter 38: Master Laxus
A/N: Hello there everyone! So the one-shot shall come tonight, but late tonight! Probably late, maybe earlier if I can write fast but we'll see. Shout out today goes to KitAlbert07 for following not just the story but me as well! Now without much else to say, ENJOY THE CHAPTER!
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Continuing from Last Chapter (Natsu POV)
"I am a Ronin." Juvia said emotionlessly and I nodded.
"Yes, yes you are. Now say it with a smile and some conviction!" I said and looked at her, waiting for her to do so but she never did irritating me. "I said, say it with a smile and conviction! NOW!" I yelled at her causing her to flinch at my volume level.
"I AM A RONIN!" She said as she looked at me with smile, but her eyes betrayed her as they said she was feeling nothing but fear and sadness.
I sighed and said, "Listen Juvia, I know your sad right now, I would be too if my supposed family abandoned me and never even bothered to look for me very hard. But you must turn that sadness into anger! Create an insatiable thirst for revenge! You should want to see them again, especially that moronic husband of yours, so you can show them just how you feel!"
She looked at me and something clicked in her mind that we had altered, and she nodded the sadness leaving her eyes, "YES! Juvia will get her revenge! She will show that Gray who is boss!" She surprised me at how quickly she had changed, first of all her depression was over as she now spoke in third person again, and she called Gray just Gray. No Gray-sama.
I smiled and said, "Good Juvia, good. Now recite for me the motto that Lucy taught you."
She nodded and then yelled very loudly, "THOUGH WE MAY HAVE NO TRUE HOME WE ARE NEVER ALONE! THOUGH NO ONE MAY WANT US WILL DO WHAT IS NEEDED! THOUGH NO ONE MAY APPRECIATE WHAT WE DO WE WILL ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING! WE ARE THE FORSAKEN, THE FORGOTTEN, THE LOST, WE ARE THE RONIN! DEATH TO OUR ENEMIES AND TO THE EVER LASTING GLORY THAT AWAITS US IN THE FUTURE. LIVE! FIGHT! LIVE AND FIGHT FOREVER!" She finished with a smile and I saw that we had done a thorough job in brainwashing her.
"Ok, welcome to the Ronin Juvia. Virgo! I know you're here I can smell you. Show Juvia to her room and get her situated and give her the tour of the mansion, or as we call it 'The Castle'." I said but paused when I heard what sounded like suppressed laughter.
I looked at Lucy who was the culprit and then she burst out laughing as I deadpanned at her. "Natsu, no one call this place that! Just call it home already!"
"Luce! Let me have my fun! Back me up here and I'll let you be on top tonight!" I said and Lucy immediately shut up and nodded her head.
"Sorry, my mistake. He is correct, it is called 'The Castle'." She said seriously as Juvia sweat dropped.
"Good, now after your tour, go get a chore schedule from Kurayami and then find Esoj. You will train with him and his wife everyday until you are the necessary level to truly be considered a Ronin. You are dismissed." I said and she stood upright and saluted, then ran off with Virgo and left us alone. "I still don't get why you wanted to do this to her, I don't see the point and there is no guarantee she will ever become strong enough. There is no real gain or reward from doing this you know." I said and looked at Lucy.
"It's to get revenge on that idiot Gray. He disrespected me and went too far with his actions. He underestimated me in a battle and didn't fight me seriously. We will use Juvia to fight him the next time and have him crumble mentally as he is forced to fight the woman he loves, and that is a revenge that I can't wait to see. Don't give me that look, you know if someone did that you would want some revenge too." She said, looking at me.
"Maybe... Actually, I probably would have just killed him or her, whoever did that to me. But this is a bit much, no?" I asked and looked at her.
"Maybe, but I will not take that from anyone. No one will disrespect me. I will not allow that to happen and will do what needs to be done, and this is necessary to me. Just trust me on this one ok?" She said and looked at me and I thought about and then nodded.
"Ok, I trust you. But tonight I get to be on top, I hate being on bottom and will probably just do it anyways. Now let's get going, we have stuff to plan and people to find and beat." I said and held out my hand so she could take it.
She took it and pulled me to her real quick and kissed me passionately, I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her up so she was gripping my hips tightly. I walked us over to the door and kicked it open, and walked us down to where our room was and kicked open the door and shut it again, 'Man I love her sex drive.'
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A bit later we exited the room and I was pouting, "No fair! You used your whip to tie me down so you could be on top! That was so not cool!"
"Sorry, I just really wanted to be on top for once. It doesn't end in me not being able to walk. But I promise tonight I'll do that thing you really like. I promise!" She said and I looked at her, instantly hard again and I grabbed her by the hand and tried to drag her back to the room so we could go again right now. "Not yet! Wait until tonight and you'll get it how you like it! I promise, but now we have some business to take care of first." She said and I sighed.
"Fine, but this better not take too long, I really don't want to wait any longer. Hey, uh Luce, where are we going?" I asked as she sighed.
"I knew you forgot. We're going to the meeting room because Kurayami found something about the guys Fay gave up while we were… busy. Now let's get going." She said and led us to the meeting room.
We arrived soon after and walked inside and saw Kurayami talking to someone via a lacrima and saw us enter. "Natsu come here, I have a guy here who says he knows where Mern is hiding."
"Yes, I do. Name's Karr, and I am a tracker mage like Kurayami's son was. I had been ordered to keep track of this guy by the council but I stopped reporting in since they were able to tell who I worked for. Kurayami here contacted me just when I found out where he is. But there is a catch, he's hiding from Zeref too. Apparently Zeref found out that Mern lost Fay pretty quickly and sent some guys after him. Mern killed them and has been fighting them off here and there, and now he's in hiding in a town called Inpei. It's a place where people go if they want to disappear and not be found. Luckily I did cause I'm staying in the same place he is. This information is legit, I already sent some before and after photos of Mern before he was in shit and now. It's him alright. Better hurry though I can't guarantee he'll stay too long." Karr said and I nodded.
'Hmmmm… this is oddly convenient… I'll have to be careful on this one.. "Ok, thanks for the information, keep tabs on him and I'll be there soon. I know where Inpei is and from here it should take about six hours. I'll leave now." I said and waved goodbye, turning off the lacrima. "Ok, Rai, Lucy, and Gōsuto, your with me. Kurayami your in charge here, hopefully we won't need to interrogate him but just in case, get ready. Esoj, Juvia, and Nena, keep doing what you were doing. Make sure she gets stronger, ok Esoj?" Everyone nodded and saluted. "Ok, break!" I said.
Everyone relaxed before saying the motto, a tradition when we do plans as risky as this, "THOUGH WE MAY HAVE NO TRUE HOME WE ARE NEVER ALONE! THOUGH NO ONE MAY WANT US WILL DO WHAT IS NEEDED! THOUGH NO ONE MAY APPRECIATE WHAT WE DO WE WILL ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING! WE ARE THE FORSAKEN, THE FORGOTTEN, THE LOST, WE ARE THE RONIN! DEATH TO OUR ENEMIES AND TO THE EVER LASTING GLORY THAT AWAITS US IN THE FUTURE. LIVE! FIGHT! LIVE AND FIGHT FOREVER!" And with that, we all left and went our separate ways, hopefully so that we can come back and meet up here again, like a family always does.
(POV Change to Laxus, the day that Gray woke up)
I wake up to a massive commotion from the room next door and I hear a crash and someone crying, "So, I guess someone just found out someone died." I said as I sat up.
"Whoa there sparky. Take it easy. And we're even by the way, sparky." Olive said as she made me lay back down again.
"Even? What did you owe me? Or did I owe you something." I asked and looked at her.
"From our wedding day, when I made you think I had left you. You fucking idiot, you almost died and made me worry for nothing! Come on, how could you do that to me?" She said and I couldn't help but chuckle lightly at her shaking my head. "Oh, and where is Jiji? I haven't seen him yet, although I have spent the entire time holed up in here, and it's been seven days now, yes you were unconscious for a whole week."
I looked at her and saw she really had no clue what had happened. I looked away and felt tears stinging my eyes, before I said very quickly and quietly, almost a whisper that no one could have heard, "Jiji was killed."
"What? What did you say and what's wrong Laxus? Why won't you look me in the eye? What happened?" She asked and I finally felt my restraint on the tears break.
"HE DIED OK! HE WAS KILLED BY THAT BASTARD NATSU! I… I could only watch as he was killed by one of the many people he considered his surrogate sons… and I COULD ONLY STAND THERE AND LET HIM DO IT!" I yelled as the tears were flowing freely now, Olive saw this and slapped me.
"Are you sure that this is the Laxus that married me? Are you sure this the Laxus that made me fall madly in love with him? No, this is a Laxus who is being a little whiny bitch." She said and I stared at her. "The Laxus I know would not just cry and complain, sure he would be sad for the loss of his Jiji, the man he truly considered his real father. But he would use it as motivation, already planning how to get back and avenge him. Not whine and complain about being useless. Now which Laxus are you? Are you wittle Waxus, the baby? Or are you Laxus Dreyar? Master of Fairy Tail and the true Ace of this guild!" She asked annoyed and I looked at her.
'Wow, I never thought about like that. She's right! I am being a whiny bitch right now. I will mourn of course, but I must be strong! I will become stronger and I will get my revenge! Natsu Dragneel, you will be defeated, and I will then truly have earned my title as master.' "You're right, my name is LAXUS DREYAR! MASTER OF FAIRY TAIL! And my target will be the head of Natsu Dragneel." I said and gnashed my teeth at the sound of his name.
"Good, now change Maks' diaper, I've been doing it all week and it's your turn now." She said smiling at me. "And there is no escaping it, you owe me for everything that's happened. Now hurry up and change his diaper so we can start the morning process and get the funerals done. Come on, chop chop."
I sighed and stood up and looked around and saw Maks lying down fidgeting on a makeshift bed for him. 'Great, it's gonna be messy. He's lucky I love him more than life itself.' I changed his diaper and looked up when I was done and just burned the dirty one. I sighed at finally being done and watched Maks fall asleep, finally clean and able to rest. Then he surprised me by opening his eyes momentarily and saying as if in a question, "Jiji?"
Olive had gotten up and was now standing next to me, and I looked at her wide eyed. She didn't look up however and instead I heard her begin to cry, and then came the tears n droves. I soon was crying myself, thinking to myself, 'He never even got a chance to really meet Jiji, and now he's never going to have one. Jiji…'
I began crying freely as Olive grabbed me and hugged my torso, barely making it to my chest. I hugged her back and cried even louder than before, loud enough for Porylusica to hear me apparently. "Master Laxus, I will watch the child, go and join the others outside. Your Raijinshū are waiting for their king and queen, their words not mine." She looked at us and nodded, as if encouraging us to leave so we can begin the healing process. I flinched slightly at her use of master but didn't correct her, as it really was my title now.
"Ok, thank you very much." I said quickly in between my sobs, trying to compose myself. I grabbed Olive's hand and walked out the door and saw that the upper level was now a hospital. I looked downstairs and saw everyone waiting for us and I walked down there, doing my job. "Hello everyone." I said and everyone looked at me. "Thank you for coming here and offering your condolences to Olive and I. And we graciously accept them, and there will be a funeral soon, as soon as everyone is able to do so. But after that, we must prepare for our chance at revenge. We will have one whole to prepare, so we must take advantage of it! Those we once considered nakama have forgotten what that word means, as have we for a time. But now, now I think we remember what it means again. It means that the person standing next to you is not just a guild member but a brother, a sister, a family member! We are a family here, and we will prove it! They have killed some of our family, and we must not stand for it! We will rise up again and remind them just who Fairy Tail is!" I said and the guild broke out into a deafening cheer, clearly awoken form their stupor they had been in since the Natsu incident first occurred, 'Huh that was easy enough. Natsu, you have caused this guild a lot of pain, as have others who lied to us, but you have caused a great deal of the pain, and you must take the lion's share of the responsibility. An eye for an eye does not make the world go blind, just one person. That person will be you Natsu.'
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A/N: Whew, I'm done! That was fun to write and Lucy really is pure evil now! But hey so is Natsu so it all balances out. I guess. So, I was wondering, do you guys want the one-shot today or tomorrow? I could post it really late tonight or just post it kind of early tomorrow, but it's up to you guys! If I don't get any responses it will go up tonight, but that will mean late at night so it really is up to when you guys want to read it. Any who, please remember, READ AND REVIEW! ADIOS!