⚡Lightning Dragon Slayer⚡

Chapter 3

It was deathly quiet in the guild that you could have heard a pin drop. The other mages held their breath, waiting for what their resident celestial mage would do to the two.

Lucy slowly straightened herself up and glared at both mages, oblivious to the fact that she was on a certain dragon slayer's lap. "Natsu....Gray...." she bit out. Natsu and Gray gulped, now worried. Everyone knew how seriously Lucy took her writing. When Lucy found the inspiration to write, she could lock herself up in her apartment for a whole day or two and made sure that no one from her team could disturb her. A few times, she had even asked Freed to place runes on all her doors and windows, even the fireplace, so no one from her team could break in while she was writing. Seeing what was left of what they assumed was her latest writing, both Natsu and Gray knew that she was very much pissed off.

"Lucy, we're real.." Gray started but stopped when Lucy raised her hand up.

"Don't even say you're sorry. How many times have I told you both not to fight over stupid little things?! How many times have we lost half or almost all of our reward money on missions because you were both too destructive and we had to pay for repairs?!" Lucy grounded out between clenched teeth. Her arms were now crossed and a tic had appeared on her left eyebrow. She was seconds away to giving them both her famous Lucy kick.

"But, Luce, we always get the bad guys in the end!" Natsu says unhelpfully.

"You don't get it at all, Natsu! That's it! For the next month, I'm going on missions by myself." Lucy declared resolutely. By the stubborn tilt of her chin, they could see she was set on the idea.

"Lucy, I don't think that's a..." Gray started.

"But, Lucy....!" Natsu whined at the same time.

But she kept on going, "And no barging into my apartment without notice and no sneaking in the middle of the night! I have to rewrite that whole chapter that you just destroyed! It was a really good one too!" Lucy finished in anger.

"I think you going on jobs alone is a stupid idea." Gray continued. "What's going to happen if you get hurt and no one is there to help you? Natsu and I are really sorry about your chapter but I disagree with you going alone. It's too dangerous." Gray worriedly said, looking at Lucy to try and change her mind. But Lucy only huffed in annoyance and glared back.

"I have to agree with Gray, Lucy. It is too dangerous to go on your own. At least wait until Erza gets back and she can go with you. She'll be back in about a week." Mira soothingly offered, trying to placate the angry blonde. 'I don't think I've seen Lucy this upset in a while.'

Lucy turned her body towards Mira, not noticing her chest really close to Laxus's face. Mira answering, "But Mira, I can't wait for Erza. My rent is due in a few days and I was hoping to go on a mission soon." Lucy wanted to make sure her rent was sorted soon. Her landlady was scary and quite strict when it came to paying rent on time. She was lucky to have had a place to go home after she went missing for seven years during the incident on Tenrou Island.

"You can always go with me, Blondie." a deep voice rumbled against Lucy's chest. Lucy stilled, her anger temporarily forgotten, only realizing that it was Laxus that pulled her away from Natsu's fireball.

As if she suddenly developed a fever, her face turned bright red, right from the base of her neck to the tips of her ears. Her heart pounding, Lucy slowly looked down towards Laxus and saw exactly what kind of position they were in. She was snuggly sitting on his lap, her chest directly in front of his face, while his hands were still on her waist and their faces only centimeters apart. They stared into each other's eyes for a few more seconds before Lucy remembered where they were.

"Laxus!" Lucy exclaimed, averting her eyes. "Um.. thank you for saving me earlier." Lucy tried to stand up but Laxus kept his hands where they were, making it impossible for Lucy to move. She found herself looking into his eyes again and this time she couldn't look away. His gray eyes were like bands of steel, locking her within their depths.

"So what do you say, Blondie?" he continued, now smirking at her. "Go on a job with me. I've already got something lined up for tomorrow. Was gonna go by myself but if you need the jewels, I can always help out a fellow guild member."

"I don't know," Lucy replied, still red in the face, from how close they were. She could feel every sculpted muscle on his chest and how firm his thighs were underneath her. 'He's gonna give me a damn heart attack! I need to get up NOW!' Lucy thought, still blushing furiously.

"Hey, Laxus! We can take Lucy on a job, so you don't need to worry about it! We take care of our own team members!" Natsu shouted, upset that Lucy might replace them. Gray merely frowned while Mira and everyone else looked puzzled or surprised that Laxus would offer to take the blonde mage on a job with him. It was only ever solo S-Class missions for Laxus or the occasional ones with the Thunder God Tribe. Fairy Tail knows that Laxus could be counted on when the entire guild is in a pickle, but he was never known to help individual guild members.

"Oh? Like how you nearly hit her with that fireball of yours, you blockhead?" Laxus retaliated, finally breaking eye contact with Lucy. The Celestial mage took a quick shuddering breath, trying to slow down her fast beating heart. Natsu ignored what Laxus said and stomped over towards them. Before he could even get within ten feet of them, Natsu got struck by Laxus' lightning. After the smoke cleared, Natsu could be seen on the ground twitching, looking as burnt as the fish they had caught.

"Next time, watch where you're aiming." Laxus rebuked Natsu, finally letting Lucy stand up and getting up himself. He bent down to whisper softly in Lucy's ear, "If you wanna join me, I'll be at the train station. 8am sharp." Lucy shivered as she felt Laxus' lips touch her ear before he straightened up and walked back upstairs into his office.

'Oh, Mavis. What just happened?' Lucy asked herself in a daze, still staring at the spot where she last saw Laxus.

I like this chapter it wasn't complete trash...Like me.