DO NOT OWN…man I wish I did XD, about the only thing I own are the crazy things I put characters into.

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The moment that he saw her, something stirred in him. It wasn't the normal lust that he had when he saw a woman that was pleasing to his eyes. This was something deeper. It only grew each time he saw her at the guild.

When she was turned to stone, he felt something in him ache, but he ignored it because he was focused on other things. At the S-class exams and the attack with Grimoire heart, he felt it continue to grow. The GMG had simply made this feeling go into overdrive and he wasn't sure exactly how he was going to deal with it.

He was fairly sure by the way things were that Natsu was going to claim her as his mate, even after Lisanna came back. So he balked when the whole Tartarus affair was over and Nastu up and left.

Looking back, he knew he wasn't much better, but he hoped that he could make things up. Natsu's "announcement" had made him smirk to himself, and at that point, he knew it was time to rebuild the guild. He pulled every string he could to get those he still stayed in touch with back to Magnolia to rebuild the guild. There was plenty that they could get done before Natsu got back.

If Sorcerer Weekly was right, and given that it was Lucy's name as the writer for the article, he was sure of where they were headed. He had to chuckle at the fantastical travel stories that she sent in while they waited for the two to return.

It was months before the two managed to get to Magnolia, going over land instead of actually taking a train – which would have been the smart thing to do. By then, the reconstruction had been finished and the guild was waiting out in the front, watching the road that lead towards it and watching for the two.

He had expected them to stroll up the lane, not the two being chased by..

He Hung his head and put his face in one hand as the two were running, with Happy flying above them, from what appeared to be a mob of people.

"Natsu! This is all your fault!" Lucy yelled as she ran.

Natsu grinned, "oh, come on, Luce!" the pinkette looked over, "how were we to know that those wagons where theirs?! There were bandits in the area!"

"Baka!" Lucy screamed as she put on a bit more speed, looking ahead and grinning as she saw the guild building and then the guild members themselves, "Minna! We're back!"

He couldn't help but laugh as she plowed through the crowd, well more like was launched over it by a set of totems. He knew exactly where that came from, but he decided to not really say anything. The blond stepped forward and then held out his arms, smirking as she landed in them, "really Blondie…if you wanted to be my girl that much…you could have just said so."

Laxus laughed as she turned red and her arms started flailing. For everything he desired about her, desired to be close to her; what he desired most, was to see and learn everything there was to know about her.