Fairy Tail: The Dark Swordsman

14 - Falling Out

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— Start of the Road to Glory arc —

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— Dannis Martell —

When news came out of Laxus and I's falling out, most of the other members just took it with a grain of salt. It wasn't rare for guild members to have spats once in a while. But when it became known that I had officially left the Thunder God Tribe, then people started to take it seriously.

The master tried to make us both apologize and make up, but with how recent the fight was, neither of us wanted to give that olive branch.

Freed ran after me that night, asking what they were supposed to do.

"Look after Laxus. He's not in a good place right now, I'm worried that sooner or later that big head of his will run into more trouble that he could handle."

Freed nodded reluctantly. "And what about you, Dannis-Sama? What will you do?"

I sighed. "I need to get away from all this. It's obvious Laxus and I can't be in the same room as each other or things would escalate. I need to cool down a bit and so does he."

"If you need anything Dannis-sama, please tell us. I don't want it so seem like we're abandoning you for–"

"You're not abandoning me, Freed." I let out a small smile. "If anything, it puts me at ease to know that you three are looking after Laxus. I'll be fine, trust me."

I said nothing else before I turned around and left.

The next day, I came to the guild and grabbed as many mission requests as I could from the mission board. I had it all signed with Makarov before leaving through the guild doors. I felt the eyes of the master and everyone else on the guild at the back of my head as I exited the building.

No one barring the Thunder God Tribe really knew what caused me to leave the team. If I had it my way, no one would know. This was between me and Laxus, something that we had to deal with ourselves.

I'm sure Master Makarov has some semblance of knowledge of what happened. After all, this all started from the fights between him and Laxus. He just didn't know the true cause of it.

And that is Laxus being determined to change Fairy Tail at its core. Like I told him, Fairy Tail is my home. The essence of the guild doesn't come from its strength, but rather its heart. Laxus's sudden mindset of 'might makes right' will not fit in with the guild. If every member knew of this, no one would want him to be the next guildmaster.

It was this reason that I made sure that no one knew the true reason of my and Laxus' fight.

I still believe firmly that he would one day succeed his grandfather as the next master of Fairy Tail. When that day comes, I would stand beside him as his ace. But that day is a long time coming.

For now, the both of us need distance from each other to clear our heads.

I know that one day, we would look back at this moment and laugh at the situation. But until that day comes, my days as a member of the Thunder God Tribe has come to an end.