Lucy v. Laxus

Lucy snuck into Laxus' bedroom on her tiptoes, keeping her ears and eyes open in case he returned to the house early. After Laxus had charged all of her clothes with static electricity, Lucy was determined to enact revenge against her brother. There was no way that the giant blond lightning rod was going to get away unscathed.

Opening his closet Lucy studied his garments with slight distaste. "He has the worst fashion sense," she mumbled. Turning away from the closet crammed with wild patterned button-down shirts, she took Virgo's key from her ring and summoned the spirit.

"Punishment, Princess?" Virgo appeared in a cloud of pale pink smoke, chains dangling from her wrists.

"No Virgo," Lucy groaned. "I need your help with something."

"Anything for you, Princess." Virgo bowed low.

"Would it be possible to turn all of Laxus' clothes into something that would keep him from making electricity with his magic?" Lucy thought for a few seconds. "Like dryer sheets, or something?"

Virgo seemed completely unfazed by Lucy's request, not even questioning it as she replied. "It shouldn't be a problem, Princess. Would you like that done immediately?"

"Please."

The spirit nodded before disappearing back into the Spirit World, taking the clothes from the closet with her. She reappeared moments later along with the clothes.

"I apologize, Princess," Virgo bowed. "I was unable to change the clothes that Master Laxus is currently wearing."

"It's okay, he never wears the same outfit twice in one week," Lucy assured the spirit.

Virgo nodded impassively. "Will there be anything else, Princess?"

Lucy shook her head and smiled at her spirit. "No, thank you, Virgo."

The maid spirit bowed low before disappearing in a flash of light and cloud of pale pink smoke. As the smoke cleared the front door rattle, startling Lucy. Laxus was back. Lucy dashed from his bedroom and down the stairs, throwing herself on the couch just as the door swung open.

"Hey Blondie," Laxus greeted as he squeezed his large frame through the door. He hung his beloved coat on a peg next to the door and stretched, joints popping.

"Hey Lax," Lucy returned the greeting with a smile. "How was the mission?"

Laxus sighed tiredly. "We finished it of course, but it was exhausting."

"Exhausting how?"

"Bickslow wouldn't stop going on and on about the new baby he got and Freed was practically up my ass the entire time," Laxus groaned.

Lucy laughed at her brother's pitiful expression as the Dragon Slayer flopped down on the couch next to her with his arms over his eyes.

"Well you are his hero," she snickered, poking Laxus with her foot.

Laxus swatted her foot away and stood up, yawning. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. I'm going to sleep, talk to you tomorrow."

"Sleep well, Light Bulb," Lucy chirped happily.

/ / /

The next morning Laxus woke up and dressed, completely unaware of any difference in his clothes. He followed the smell of bacon down the stairs and was greeted by a table full of eggs, bacon, pancakes and toast.

"What's the occasion?" Laxus yawned, sitting down at the table.

Lucy dumped a fresh skillet of scrambled eggs onto a platter in front of him.

"I just felt like you deserved a special breakfast after a tiring mission," she responded in a sing-song voice. She turned the stove off and discarded her apron before sitting across from Laxus.

Laxus grunted appreciatively, piling food onto his plate. He shoveled the steaming food into his mouth.

"I forgot how well you cooked," he mumbled around a mouthful of eggs.

"Well of course I cook well, how many years did I cook for Natsu before he and Lisanna mated?" Lucy picked at her much smaller portioned plate.

"That still freaks me out, you know," Laxus commented. "I've known them both since they were little and now they're all grown up and mated."

"Don't worry, Laxy," Lucy giggled. "You'll have plenty to occupy your thoughts when you finally work up the courage to ask Mira out."

Laxus flung a forkful of eggs across the table, aiming for Lucy's face. But the girl lithely dodged the flying food and twirled away from the table. She dumped her plate in the sink with all the other dishes.

"Do the dishes before you leave, please? I'm going to the guild," she called sweetly. Lucy skipped out the door before Laxus could respond.

/ / /

Laxus pushed open the doors of the guild and strode in, claiming a seat at the bar rather than going to his office upstairs. Mirajane looked up from the sparkling glass she was polishing and gave him her usual angelic smile.

"Good morning, Laxus! Can I get you anything?" She asked sweetly.

Laxus had to force his attention away from how beautiful she was and answer her. "Uh, yeah, gimme a beer."

"Sure thing!" Mirajane poured him a tall mug of beer from the tap and set it on the bar in front of him. "Call me if you need anything!"

Ignoring the beer Laxus watched as Mirajane gracefully wove between tables, attending to other guild members.

"Laxus! Fight me!" Laxus turned his head to find Natsu rushing towards him with flaming fists.

With an exasperated sigh Laxus stood up from his stool, intent on shocking Natsu to a smoking pile of Dragon Slayer. Except when he channeled his magic towards the fast approaching mage, nothing happened.

"Wha-"

Natsu's flaming fist landed against Laxus' cheek with a loud thud, sending Laxus back into the bar. The wood cracked from the force of the collision.

The guild was silent, they never thought they would see the day that Natsu would be able to land a punch on Laxus that wasn't during a serious fight. The members present stared in shock as Laxus groaned against the broken bar.

"I did it!" Natsu cheered ecstatically. He threw his fist in the air with gusto; Happy was flying around him excitedly.

"Natsu is the strongest!" the blue Exceed shouted.

"Hay, Gajeel!" Natsu yelled. "Let's have a fight! I just took down Laxus!"

Laxus shook himself off and stared blankly at his hand. He tried repeatedly to make his magic manifest, but it wouldn't. Sometimes he swore he saw a small spark but then it was gone just as fast as it appeared. What was going on? Why couldn't he use his magic?

"Looks like Bunny got to ya after all, eh?" Gajeel sauntered up to his fellow Dragon Slayer, crunching on metal as usual. He had just finished implanting Natsu's face into the guild wall.

"Bullshit, Blondie couldn't have done something to keep me from using magic," Laxus growled. He refused to believe that Lucy could do something like that, no matter how strong she truly was.

"You do realize that she has like thirteen spirits to do her bidding right?"

Laxus thought about it for a minute. He ran through his memories of each spirit he'd seen and tried to identify which one could possibly have done something to him. No spirit stood out to him.

"I still don't think it was her," he eventually huffed. "Maybe I'm getting sick."

"Sure, that's what it is." Gajeel walked away with a "gihi."

As Laxus pondered the problem of his being unable to use magic, Lucy was sitting at a table with Juvia snickering uncontrollably.

"Lucy-san, what did you do to Laxus-san?" Juvia wondered, slightly alarmed by the girl's behavior.

"I had Virgo turn all of his clothes into dryer sheets so he couldn't make electricity!" Lucy cried louder than intended. She couldn't stop laughing.

She had known that when she sent Natsu to fight Laxus that it would be funny, but she didn't think it would be this funny. Lucy was barely able to breathe; she doubled over holding her middle, howling with laughter. Even Juvia giggled.

But Juvia swallowed her giggles quickly when a large shadow fell over their table.

"Lucy-san!" Juvia shook Lucy's shoulder, trying to get her attention. "Stop laughing, Lucy-san!"

"B-But, J-Juvia...! Lucy snorted with laughter. "Dryer sheets!"

"Oho, so that's what you did," Laxus murmured, arms crossed over his chest.

Lucy stopped laughing when she heard her brother's voice. She looked up.

"Hey, Lax, how's it going?" She could already see the bruise forming on his cheek from Natsu's punch.

Laxus glared at his sister. "I think you know damn well how it's going, Blondie."

"Not really, because I wasn't the one punched out by Natsu," Lucy sniggered.

Juvia slowly inched herself away from the siblings, opting instead to watch with Gajeel.

"What have I done to deserve this behavior from my own little sister?" Laxus sighed dramatically.

"You messed with my clothes," Lucy reminded him. "Nobody messed with my clothes, Laxus, you know that."

"It was a prank!"

"Well," Lucy chirped. She slid out of her seat and patted Laxus' other cheek. "So was this."

Lucy pecked Laxus' cheek and sauntered over to Mirajane, knowing that Laxus would never do something in front of the barmaid. She was grinning cheekily the entire time.

Annoyed Laxus looked around the guild for something to hit. He noticed Natsu peeling himself off the wall.

"Hay, Natsu!" Laxus boomed. "Get over here, it's time for payback!"

The long awaited Lucy v. Laxus! I apologize for the wait but life happened so... yeah. Anyway, I'm not sure how I feel about this. There's just something that irks me? Idk.

As always thanks for reading! I'm always a slut for feedback so feel free to tell me what you think!

With love,

Lau

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