Yori: I'm back!

Neko: finally, stop dissapointing your fans

Yori: I know but latley i've had familly matters to dispute plus I had to keep check in school and make sure my gpa stays above 3.6.

Neko: ^OoO^! When did you turn smart

Yori: Silly Neko I've always been like this but I am told I am empty minded.

Neko: That explains alot then, now get on who won your contest.

Yori: oh yeah! Btw even though I said the hundreth reviews I decided to hand pick. Drum rool please

Neko: No -m-

Yori: Fine, the winners are skymia and Fairedenale! Congrats you two, within the week PM me for info. Now on with the story. Neko

Neko: Yori does not own Fairy tail in any way. Enjoy

Lucy was in the mines looking for stones. It's been over a month since she started her training. All she could say to explain it in one word was brutal.

Lucy dear why don't you take a break, you've been at this all day." Midori put a hand on Lucy's shoulder letting her know that it was okay to stop but she shrugged it off.

"I'm fine Midori-san, thank you for worrying about me but I want to look for a while more." She gave her a tired smile that activated Midori's motherly side.

"Dear please don't overwork yourself. We're in no rush to find your stone." Midori took Lucy's pick axe away from her which Lucy protested to.

Midori grabbed Lucy by the collar of her shirt with only one hand and tossed her outside the cave. She followed behind her, and when Lucy broke out of her daze she saw that the cave was sealed over by a boulder. Confusion came over Lucy wondering what just happened.

"You need a break, there's no use of training if you're too tired." Midori told Lucy in a demanding mother's tone. So knowing there was no use in arguing Lucy agreed to take a break for the day hoping to calm Midori down

She didn't want to return to the hotel so she explored the area for a while and found a nice spot to rest. Lucy found a perfect spot. It over looked the area, and was a spacious meadow shaded with grass.
Leaning my back against the tree I groaned with relief. Over the days the soreness went away from my arms. Her training with Laxus though, was even more crucial.

Every time she trains with him he always makes her carry boulder that gets bigger every day and zaps her for no reason.
He makes it an excuse that it was to build resistance to attacks if I slowed down. Even if that was true she could not help but be mad for every time her hair became a smoking afro.
"Gate of the Lion I open thee, Loke!" she took out his key and called him over.
"What's the matter Princess? You haven't called any of us over and we were worried about you." Loke held Lucy in his embrace. He missed his mistress over the month and was worried after he found out that her team kicked her out.
"Relax Loke nothing's wrong I'm here with L-"
"My lovely Lucy I heard from mother you where on a break from mining so I wanted to have a picnic with just the two of us." His speech slowed at the end when he saw Lucy in the arms of another. He stared at Loke with eyes of hatred; he didn't want another rival with the battle for Lucy.
"Who might you be? You sure are acting friendly to my princess?" Loke gave a growl to match the glare. Lucy saw the two and sighed.
After the event where she ended up sleeping in bed with Laxus Alexander has been trying to separate the two to avoid any bumps in the road. He thinks that Laxus will take advantage of her, he is waiting for him to make the first move before he challenges him.
Lucy on the other hand was Shocked. Usually someone would have crawled in her bed but she never did crawl in bed with someone else.
She gave Laxus her famous Lucy kick and called him a pervert, which in return for that morning; her training was just as bad. Lucy had to carry a boulder up and down thee mountain for a whole day and if she slacked she was electrified.

She shuddered at the nightmare and left the two to their staring contest.
"Oh, Lucy!" Midori called her over.
"Yes Midori-san?" Lucy went to her to see what she wanted.
"I want you to go with Laxus to the village to pick up some stuff" she handed Lucy a list. When she unrolled it the list reached toward the ground.
"Why so long?" she mumbled to herself but Midori heard her.
"Because, it's for everyone who is staying in the hotel." Midori said making Lucy think who else is staying there. She hasn't seen anyone over the month she's been here.
Laxus came over and took the list from Lucy's hands she was in a short daze but recovered when Laxus rolled up the paper and hit the top of her head

"Let's go already" he told the blond.

"Hey Laxus do you know who else is staying at the inn?" Lucy asked in wonder that in the month she's been here on why she saw no one.

"Don't know" He shrugged ignoring her existence and put on his head set. For some reason this hurt her a little whenever he ignored her, but she couldn't guess why.

"Geez!" she sighed at him "Why can't you ever answer me, you know this gets me mad! And while I'm at it you should make eye contact when speaking to someone it shows respect!" She started lecturing him on manners and respect that was engraved into her mind since she was a child.

"Why would I ever show respect to you, all you do is whine like a child?" He snapped at her. That was her last straw and she went up to him grabbed his music player and separated it from the headphones.

"Stupid Laxus" She threw it far away deep into the mountain's forest. Fear and realization came over her on what she just did when Laxus gave her a hated glare. She ran deep into the woods hoping to get away from him until she found his head set.

"Oye! Get back here!" He shouted at her but she ignored him and ran deeper into the woods.

Meanwhile at the hotel

"Have you seen Lucy anywhere mom?" Alex asked his mother hoping to find the fair Lucy. "Now that the lions gone I was hoping for a romantic meal together."

"Sorry dear you just missed her, I sent her with Laxus to buy some supplies." She looked over her shoulder to see him in a depressed state mumbling why.

"Ha, looks like my plan is working" Midori said in her head with a small smile when she just realized something.

"I forgot to tell them that bandits have been found near the mountains woods." She told her son.

"What!" Alex shrieked at his mother "Why would you send my dear Lucy into the woods filled with vulgar people an-" a punch came to the face as he was sent flying.

"Don't fret to much Laxus is with her" she said

"That's what I'm worried about." That comment sent him flying out side with tears out his face.

Meanwhile At the Forest

"Stupid Laxus, it's his entire fault I'm lost" Lucy cried to herself. She had been wandering around the woods for over an hour trying to look for his head phones. Only thing in sight was trees and darkness.

She wallowed in her sadness that she didn't hear rustling from nearby. What got her attention were the voices she heard.

"Well lookie here." Said a man who looked like he was in command of his small group. Who reeked of more than the taste of a flying fish. "What's a pretty blond like you doing out in these woods at night. Don't you know the big bad wolfs gonna get you." His buddies snickered at the comment but Lucy felt utterly repulsed at these people and wanted nothing more than to get away.

"Hey boss should we take her with us" a small round guy who resembled a plum in his tacky purple outfit.

"Sounds swell, what say you Blondie?" he wrapped an arm around her shoulder, almost in an instant she would of said no but she noticed the familiar shape of head phones in plum man's hand.

"Normally I would have said no but maybe for those headphones I could see what I could do." She used her fake seduction voice that she would usually do these kinds of missions with team Nastu.

"You heard the lady" he had a face like a blushing Vulcan as he snapped orders to the tacky plum. Almost immediately the headphones where in her grasp and the second they were she took out a key.

"Gate of the crab I open thee Cancer!" she yelled out and in a golden flash Cancer appeared.

"Would you like a haircut –ebi" Cancer said in his usual tone toward Lucy holding his scissors ready for action.

"Not today help me defeat these guys" she asked Cancer getting her whip ready.

"Guess I'm gonna have to rough up that pretty face of yours" he glared at Lucy; with a snap of his fingers more men appeared by his side ready for a fight.

"Here we go!" With a snap of her whop Cancer cut of the men's clothing with one cut and Lucy following with a smack from her whip. This tactic went on for a while eventually almost all were knocked out but Lucy's magic was running low and so was her energy. In a silver flash Cancer was gone.

"Seems here you don't have anyone to fight with anymore," Fish breath had a smug look on his face while slowly most of his men got back up with a thirst for revenge.

Lucy trembled in fear but decided to continue to fight back. She brought out a key ready to use all of her magic. She never noticed that she was to be attacked from behind.

"LUCY!" she heard a yell and looked behind to see Laxus full of rage with lighting emitting from his body. In one fell swoop everyone but Lucy was knocked out. "What the hell do you think about running off to the woods at dark!" he yelled in anger.

"Your headphones I thought you would hate me if I lost them." She mumbled out on the verge of tears

"Stupid, what if you got hurt." He said with a sad sigh

"But wouldn't that mean that my training is pointless, I don't want to be shielded forever I want to help." Tears streamed from her face. "I'm always so useless" she covered her face in shame. She felt shame in still needing to be protected; again she was useless in the fight.

"Why would you say something like that? Look how many you took on and compare it to before." He patted her head. Lucy realized what he meant; she was able to protect herself for so long compared with before. Her tears were no longer salty with sadness.

"Thank you Laxus." She looked at him with sincere eyes that could melt the coldest of hearts and tears of happiness tearing down a small happy blush. It made a weird twinge in Laxus' heart.

"Stop giving me such a stupid look." he put a hand over her face and slightly pushed her away. His hand covered her eyes so she couldn't see the small blush on his face. "Besides you were still weak in your fight that means I have to go to the trouble of doubling your training." He regained his composure removing his hand from Lucy's face.

"EH! No way, that's not fair!" she punched his chest repeatedly in complaint.

"Well life aint fair Blondie." He smirked in his arrogance

"You're blond to stupid!" she yelled, calling him stupid set a steak of anger to his head causing him to shock Lucy with his electricity.

"I'm sorry I didn't seem to hear right, what did you say" he said with a fake innocence telling her 'I dare you to say that again'

"Nothing" she puffed out a smoke cloud, electricity sparking out her hair.

"I thought so. Now let's continue our shopping trip shall we?" Lucy nodded in reply and the two left the woods to the town.

Back at the in later-

"Midori we're back" Lucy came to her with her arms full of bags

"Welcome back dear, how was the trip." Midori asked her.

"Lucy!" Alex ran all the way to her giving her a bear hug. "Did Laxus hurt you in any way?" he stared at her noticing the slight burn marks on her hair. "Laxus you bastered! How dare you singe Lucy's precious hair." He held his grip tighter on Lucy almost suffocating her.

"Calm down you." Midori hit the back of his head quite hard Lucy was sure she heard a crack but Lucky for her Alex lost his grip when he was hit. "Mow dear tell me everything that happened."

Over the next ten minutes she told them about everything. "Midori I'm so happy I'm getting stronger!" Lucy squealed.

"Good for you Lucy" Midori clapped for her, like a mother would for her child's first play. "Pretty soon when you find your stone we can strengthen your magic as well." She told Lucy with a cheery smile.

Lucy nodded her head in an excited smile. 'One day I'll come back to the guild and show them how much I improved. Minda wait for me' she told herself waiting the day she will come back home.

"Laxus you're getting softer it seems" Midori told him later that night at the dining table.

"I don't know what you mean. I'm still a lightning god" he said in ignorance swallowing the broth of his soup.

"No not in strength, but in the heart" this response caused Laxus to spit out his soup. Midori chuckled at his attempt to hide his face.

"What are you talking about?!" he caught his composure a short while after he huffed his response. At this moment Lucy entered the kitchen wearing only a short white Yukata with matching slippers.

"Midori-san I'm done with the bath, you can go now." She was drying her hair with a towel and motioned herself to the fridge. She grabbed a milk bottle and started drinking from it.

"Thank you Lucy, help yourself to some soup." Midori said to her, she then whispered to Laxus "Watch yourself young man" then left

Lucy stared at Laxus in a confused after Midori left the room. Laxus took a second to look at Lucy then his mind went to over bored, his head became steamed and confusing emotions and thoughts went over him.

"Thanks for the meal" he got up quickly ready to leave. He was about to make his escape until he felt a tug at his sleeve

"Um Laxus," Lucy said with a blushed embarrassed face, "Thank you for saving me today."

Time seemed to freeze for them for a second but it felt like eternity. Slowly Laxus lent in towards her not knowing why just following an instinct.

"You were so cool when you knocked them out in one strike!" her eyes were filled with admiration. She looked like a grade schooler in front of their favorite super hero. This broke Laxus' trance

"What do you expect from the all mighty lightning god" he smirked with pride and held his face in his chin. He basked in his 'so called' glory.

Right outside the door Alex was watching the two. Midori, already out of the bath dressed in her formal dull purple kimono with a red sash spotted him and made her way to her son.

"Alex, nothing's going on in there." Midori sighed with gloom already knowing the outcome. "The two of them are too dense to notice their feelings for a long time. Their love is blind." She romantically sighed

"My Lucy." he meekly mumbled

"Sweetie you realize it already, you think as her a a sister" she told him this out flat.

"I know but-" he was interrupted

"Excuse me," they heard a soft voice coming from the lobby.

Dun-Dun_DUN! i left this here for a reason. Please review also It might take me a while to update thought i have the basic outline I need to get Back to the Fairy Tail spirit I have missed Some episodes leaving me out of it. Again please review...