I do not own Fairy tail even though I am obsessed with it.

This story is based after Tartaros but the guild did not disband. Sorry but I want it this way. Lol

Clarification just in case if it is needed.

'Thoughts will be in italics'

"speaking of course will be in quotations"

This is a Lalu fan fiction. I will not apologize for not having Lucy date Natsu, Gray or whoever you want her with. I will eventually have fan fictions with other ships with Lucy but right now I am hardcore into Laxus, so that's what I will be writing. If you don't like Lalu that's fine, here is your warning so you can avoid reading it. I will NOT tolerate rude comment just because it's "not your ship". Cool go read those ships. There are awesome writers that write them as I have enjoyed them myself. Thank you!

Also, I apologize ahead of time for any grammatical/spelling errors as I do not have anyone helping me edit and as we all know, we writers tend to read our work as it is in our brain instead of how it was actually written. I do try to catch things, but some do fall through the cracks. Thank you all for still reading it in all its glory and flaws. :) Also sorry for the rush through the fighting scenes. I've realized that I am not very good at attempting to write fights.

Hope you all enjoy the story

When Thunderstorms Light the Night Sky

Chapter 1

Laxus sat in the chair behind his desk waiting for his two guild members to join him. To say he was nervous would be an understatement. He didn't know what to do with some new feelings that have been plaguing him and he needed to speak with the only two people he could trust with something like this. Granted they were definitely not his best friends or teammates; however, they were more like brothers since Alvarez.

Learning a little more every day from his fellow dragon slayers has allowed him to gain more power and strength, along with new customs and accepting he is more than just a normal human mage. He is a dragon slayer and dragon slayers go through their own semi-draconian customs as they age, and their powers become stronger.

He knew that so far of the seven currently known dragon slayers, five have found and been mated to their mates. Himself and Wendy are the only two that have yet to be mated. Wendy isn't physically mature enough to be mated yet, though she already knows who her mate is. Then there is Laxus. The more he trained with his dragon brothers, the more his feelings towards a particular blonde grew to a point he was concerned he was becoming obsessed and wanted to know if this could be related to the mating customs.

He never really knew much since he was not raised by a Dragon himself and there was very little information of dragon slayer customs in the libraries of Fiore. He needed to understand why he would dream most dreams about the celestial mage and crave to be close to her the more he saw her. He would smell her and imagine her soft body pressed against his. The thoughts would not always stay pure. She had played the main feature of his nightly releases for almost a year now. He would feel things like this earlier and he could quash the feelings quickly. Now though it was like he was going through puberty again with a constant hard on every time she wore one of her many micro mini skirts and skin tight tops. Her body on full display for his eyes to eat up every single time.

With her currently on his mind his hardening core was becoming a problem. Being pulled out of his musing with the sound of his office door opening, he readjusted himself and moved closer to his desk. Gajeel and Natsu plopped themselves down into the chairs in front of Laxus.

"So what's up lightning rod? Why were dragged in for a meeting?" Gajeel stated as he crossed his arms across his chest.

Natsu's eyebrows furrowed and he looked between the two slayers, "Wait, this is a meeting? I thought he just wanted to talk?"

Gajeel rolled his eyes, "You idiot salamander. Meetings involve talking."

Understanding flooded Natsu's face, he then turned to look at Laxus. "Oh. Then what is this meeting about?"

Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath to calm his nerves, Laxus reopens his eyes to look back at his brothers. "You're both mated slayers and I need to know how you figured out who your mate was."

A smirk grew across his face, "Gihi. So you've got a hard on for someone and want to know if it's a mating situation or not?"

Laxus grunted his confirmation.

Gajeel's smirk only grew as he thought of who could be his mate. "Let me guess, is it the demon matchmaker?"

Laxus' eyebrows furrowed in irritation. Why the hell would he want to be with the demon. Yes they have been long time friends but they have never been more. "No, she's with Freed. Plus, if I wanted to be with Mira I would just tell her myself. This one, she's different. Even with her flaws all I can see is everything that is amazing about her. It's like her soul speaks to mine."

Laxus thought on the many emotions that he has been feeling and how calm and relaxed and centered that she makes him.

Natsu wanted to know who his mate was already. Does he know her, is he friends with her? Rather than get any more impatient he asks, "Well tell us who she is."

Laxus was getting annoyed. "Why should I tell you who. I just want to understand the rules to this whole mating thing."

Natsu was bouncing around. He really really wanted to know. "Cause, I wanna know. I wanna tell Luce so I can finally have the goose."

Gajeel missed Laxus' expression of wide eyes to Natsu's comment. "Fire Dick, it's gossip not goose. Thunder rod, I'm not telling you shit unless you tell me. Gihi"

"You, idiot, you're not telling Lucy shit." He wants to tell her not the stupid flame idiot.

Sagging into his seat, "Come on, Shrimp has been annoying me with her damn guessing game. She said she thinks she knows who but won't give me any hints."

Laxus' eyebrows were in his hairline with this comment. "Wait, your little blue has figured out who my mate is?"

"Yeah, she says she sees the way you look at someone, but fuck I haven't noticed shit. Not like I want to look at your ugly face."

Turning his head to hide his blush from the other slayers, "Well fuck. OK FINE! Mymateisblondie."

A grin grew across Gajeel's face and he put his hand up to his ear. "Oh no, you might want to say that again. I couldn't hear you."

Natsu being the naive man he is looked back at Gajeel as if he was the dumbest person in the room. "How could you not hear him. Are your ears gross or something? He said his mate is Luce. Wait"

Taking the new information into deep thought he finally realizes what Laxus just admitted. He jumped up from his seat pounding his fist to his chest.

"YOUR MATE IS LUCE?! YOU CAN'T HAVE LUCE SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND!"

Rolling his eyes at Natsu's claim to Lucy, "It's not like I have a choice in the matter right?! I mean I already liked her anyways before hand but I mean that had to be the mating right?"

Gajeel decided it was time for him to get serious now that he knows who his mate is and his need to help Laxus move forward with the mating he pulls Natsu back into his seat and looks back at Laxus. "Actually, it's the women that you are attracted to in the first place that gives your dragon the list of potential mates. Then your opinions and "alone time" (Gajeel uses finger parentheses) help weed out the list. The final straw to it is what that person can bring into the mating since the two of you will be what the other needs. For me and shrimp it's her brains and my brawn along with her forgiveness and kindness versus my asshole self that makes us work so well."

Natsu with excitement in his eyes to talk about his mate looks at Laxus to join with his information. "Oh oh mine is my strength and her resourcefulness that make us awesome. Plus she is really good at cooking and cleaning and I am good at making her laugh and taking care of her."

Natsu then gets a blush on his face. "Sex is pretty awesome too."

"Gihi, Yeah. I mean the best sex is with your mate. I mean I've had sex before shrimp but damn with her it's like I've never had. It only gets better and damn do i feel like a teenage boy sometimes."

"I guess I can see why you and Luce would work. She's so nice and you're a jerk most of the time. Plus, she is super quick and smart. You're kinda dumb since you get lost all the time and you're super strong. Luce is a good cook and stuff. She makes the best fire chicken EVER! Man I need her to teach Lizzy how to make it the way I like it"

Laxus Tchd' at Natsu's statement but he couldn't deny it. He is as directionally inept as you can get. It's the whole reason he lightning travels.

"I can see that. Plus she's so damn forgiving and I hold grudges for life if I feel like it. She's like this angel that was graced on this earth. I don't know how to do I go forward with this whole thing?"

Leaning forward towards the desk, "K, so one you've got to tell her. She has a choice, so you better make sure she'll want to say yes before the mating. Once the two of you are mated it's different. You'll always want to be near each other and will be able to feel each other through the bond which makes being together easier. Again though you need to have her agree. Shrimp and I dated for a year before I even mentioned it to her. I was the first to be mated after Cobra so she didn't have any real information that we had mates in the first place. The problem is that bunny girl already knows that there are mates since two of her best friends, Flame breath and shrimp, are mated."

"Lizzy and I grew up together you know that. We have always loved each other and honestly when we thought she died my dragon was on a rampage waiting for her. He knew that she was still alive but I didn't. Honestly when I brought Luce to the guild I thought she would end up being my mate but the feelings never came. It's like she's the sister I never got to have. She means the world to me so you better take damn good care of her."

Laxus sits back in his chair and lets his hands slide down his face. What the hell is he supposed to do. Yeah him and blondie have started hanging out more and they seem to have a great friendship building but does she even have feelings for him.

Thoughts of her small blushes at compliments from him or their hands barely touching come to mind. "There has to be something there right?"

Lost in thought, Laxus doesn't notice when Gajeel and Natsu leave him to think about this new information. His only thoughts are on the blonde celestial bombshell downstairs sitting at the bar. "Might as well go make an appearance. I want to see blondie's face anyways." Laxus gets up from his seat to go sit at the bar to order a beer.