Behind the scenes

Rage

"You're not givin the new guy a hard time, are ya?" It wasn't the geezer, but this new jerk smelled like him. Well, smelled like him if you'd electrocuted the old man. "Laxus..." The groupies muttered.
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"But seein' how this is the punk that tore down the guildhall, I understand how you feel. We've become the laughingstock of the magic community because of you! Every where I've stopped, I've heard people talking about how weak Fairy Tail is. They never would have said that about us before YOU CAME ALONG!" As he yelled this last at me, lightning shot down from the sky and struck me. It was excruciating! Shit! I should have known. That scar on his eye, and those stupid headphones. Who else could he have been? I still didn't fight back, or try to dodge. Honestly, I'm not sure I could have. But even if I could, he had a right to retribution too.

"Now, you're gonna pay!" Laxus growled at me, as he slammed his fists into the ground at his feet. A bolt of lightning shot out from them and propelled me across the park, tearing a trench in my wake.

"Uuuuugh!" I don't think I can even stand right now. I hope this is worth it. My ears are ringing now, and my whole body is numb, but I faintly heard the loser with the crazy hat yell at my attacker.  "You're taking this too far. Calm down, man!"

Even quieter, I hear the fish man mutter, "I know Laxus is strong and all, but something's not right. It seems like Gajeel's going down too easily." Oh, ya finally caught on, did ya?

The bluenette had her hands over her mouth, like she was trying not to scream. Why should she care what happens to me?

"He's letting them get their anger out on him." How is it I can hear her whisper so clearly, but everything else is still muffled? I fixed my eyes on her, "I think he's trying to gain our acceptance."

"You never should have messed with Fairy Tail, punk," Laxus was still coming at me, oblivious to the three standing near him. "'Cause now you're gonna have to deal with ME!" He yelled once again, as he called more lighting down on me. This one's really gonna hurt tomorrow.

I heard over the ringing in my ears, "Give it a rest Laxus, leave him alone!" I can't even tell who it was though. The smell of my hair burning is filling my nose, making me want to hurl.

"I'm not taking orders from you!" In a crazed state, the man whirled around, firing lightning at the group who'd yelled at him. I still don't know how I got there first. I don't even know how I moved. But suddenly I found myself between the lighting and the tiny woman. My arm was a metal pole, pulling the lightning to myself. Somehow I knew if it'd hit her, she wouldn't be getting up again.

"Ya through with me now?" I choked out. "'Cause I got other things to do." With that, I started to limp away, dragging my bag with me.
"Gajeel! I-"
"Just leave me alone." I interrupted her. I didn't want to hear anything else from them. Not for a long time.

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Most of the dialogue in this chapter and last were from the anime. Just not Gajeel's inner dialogue. That was me.