Fairy Tail: The Dark Swordsman

7 - Turning Point

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[x772, Fairy Tail guild building]

— Dannis Martell —

"M-My name's Cana... Nice to meet you..."

"H-Hi there! M-My name is Laxus!"

I resisted the urge to laugh as I watched Laxus introduce himself to the newest addition of our guild. Cana had just arrived at the guild a few minutes ago, and the Master agreed to her joining symbolized by the guild mark now on her waist.

Why she wanted the mark to be there in the first place, I have no idea.

One thing I just found out though, was that Laxus was terribly awkward with the opposite gender. He wasn't socially awkward, considering the way he approached me the first day I arrived here.

But apparently, when it concerns girls, he just freezes up and stutters. Which is funny.

"So...uh...nice weather, huh? Haha..."

I burst out laughing. Way to go, Laxus.

"Cana, right?" I asked, to her confirmed nod. "I'm Dannis. It's nice to meet you."

She smiled at me, something that I returned before I looked back to Laxus.

"Come on Laxus. We have a mission to do."

I saved Laxus from further embarrassment by physically dragging him out of the guild. He tried to resist, but it was obviously half-assed as I just pulled him with ease.

"What the hell you damn emo? I was trying to be nice and leave a-"

"Good impression?" I finished with a deadpan look.

"Uhh...maybe it wasn't that good of an impression."

I just rolled my eyes as the edge of my lips visibly twitched to a near smile. Laxus laughed awkwardly at himself before we walked together to the train station.

The two of us went on many missions together as a duo. Despite our young age, we were already starting to make a name for ourselves. Many of our guild members are already starting to run bets on whether we could become S Class mages in the future.

Laxus and I then sat on the train towards our destination. He was listening to music from his recently bought headphones.

As for me, I was sitting by the window side, a freshly burnt cigarette sitting in my mouth as I quietly took puffs and blew the smoke out the window.

Usually, most parental figures would disapprove of a 10 year old smoking. But Wakaba, my official guardian, just encouraged it. He's a cool old man like that.

"Oi Dan, let me handle the vulcans later. I got a new idea I've been waiting to test out."

I looked at Laxus with an eyebrow raised as I leaned an arm on the windowsill. "Sure thing, if that's what you want. What are you planning to do?" I said with a curious tone.

Laxus just smirked. "You'll see."

Laxus had been a little different ever since our training session where we combined our magics. He started to be more creative with his moves and even started to think outside the box on his fights with me.