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Taming Lightning
By : kurahieiritrJIO
Category: +. to F > Fairy Tail
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An insistent knock drew Laxus from the dull duty of filling out paperwork. Looking up from the form he was working on, Laxus barked, "Enter!"
Lahar sauntered into the room only to halt inside the door. "Well you're certainly busy. It seems you've spread everything all over the office. At least you've cleared out the window so you can see well enough to do the long ignored paperwork."
Forcing his expression to remain neutral, Laxus grabbed the bar stool Freed was using earlier, and flipped it over his head for the Rune Knight leader to take from his hand to seat himself. "If I'm going to figure out who needs the most rehabilitation, I have to sort out the damage reports by person and teams. The paperwork is stacked by teams and specific members. I can't tally the problems without sorting everything. Or did you come here to tell me the Magic Council decided to renege on their agreement with me? Maybe they sent you here to breathe down my neck in an attempt to intimidate me, or keep me from proving Fairy Tail can change?"
"I'm here to inquire about what kind of disciplinary actions you have in mind for uncontrollable guild members. It is a formality to show the Council that you are committed to our agreement. If you fail, I'll be taking them into custody for the citizens protection. So may I inquire as to your current thoughts on the disciplinary subject?" Lahar snidely responded wearing a blank stare as he dumped a decent sized file on Laxus’ desk. “Here are the agreed upon writs for arrest that you wish to get put on hold for ninety days.”
“Thank you, Lahar. I will assume all the prior signed documents are also included in the file.
“They are, Master Laxus. Of course the Counsel has yet to make your position complete since you are under a deferment for the moment, but the Counsel acknowledges you as the temporary master. Your status will change base don your performance of course.”
Laxus picked up the file and shoved it into a drawer for later use. He thought, 'more like demand to know what I'm up to, you son of a bitch! If you hadn't shown up with paperwork to shut Fairy Tail down when you did, I wouldn't be stuck playing this stupid good guy game. I could have cleaned out the worthless and lazy trash already. I'd be rid of the Phantom trash mages who waltzed in here and got accepted by Gramps. Fucking Magic Council had to get in my way before I could fully take over the Guild. God damned Gramps and his stupid sentimental bullshit! Everything came to a head faster than I thought it would. But, I'm not going to lose my prize after putting so much effort into taking over my guild. Turning things around will pay off if I can just keep up the front for a while longer to get the Magic Council off my back. At least I can take my anger out on the losers and trash that are ruining this guild with the Council’s backing if I plan everything right. I'll even be able to exonerate and reinstate my father if I can stay on the Council's good side. Between us, we can make this a guild worthy of being respected and feared for the right reasons.'
Aloud, Laxus started explaining his plan. "In cases like Erza Scarlet's, where the complaints pinpoint her lack of patience, I'm going to force her to learn patience as part of her punishment. Learning to curb impatience should put an end to her knocking people out before they can respond to questions. I'm planning a training program to teach her to minimize the damage she does to property sue to her anger issues also. Freed and my team are all working with me to figure out how to set up training schedules I want implemented for all trouble makers in Fairy Tail to improve their magical control. Better control should help minimize the destruction problems. Making them learn how to control their emotions and magic better should do wonders for Fairy Tail's reputation, and decrease the Council’s concerns.”
As if conjured by his thoughts, Freed slipped through the door and stopped as he noticed Lahar. Laxus waved his teammate closer as he waited for Lahar’s response.
Lahar nodded his head over the example Laxus had given him. "Not a bad strategy, but I'm not certain the Council will see it as good enough for the amount of complaints they handle, and damages they've had to cover in the last three years. I'm curious as to how you're going to handle your other most troublesome mages specifically."
Heaving a sigh, Laxus stared at Lahar as he decided to throw out a plan based on the largest complaint stacks subject matter. "I've only started formulating punishments to appease the Council, Lahar. It will take time to uncover how many bad habits my guild mates have to meet the Council's terms for Fairy Tail’s getting off probation. Rehabilitation will be ongoing as I uncover different members specific problems. Team Natsu is getting dissolved effective immediately. Until Natsu and Gray can behave in public, and get along with each other, they will be forbidden to take any missions because the largest complaint piles directly concern them. Erza loses her composure around them, so it makes sense to keep her separated from them also. Unless there is an extreme emergency handed down from the Council that specifically calls for them to work together, then they will be confined to the guild hall while undergoing magical control and ongoing behavioral training.”
Freed nodded his head and intervened. “Keeping them apart is the first planned damage control step, if we understand the Magic Council's current feelings about those three specific mages. Laxus sama is aware that getting them under control is going to take every drop of skill and backing our team can muster in the meantime. Their rebellious natures are going to require a lot of tough measures to get them to fall into line, but if we have the right support needed in place to make them think twice before they escalate, we can get them to complete their punishments by taking training seriously.”
“If I can't get their cooperation, I'll hand them over to you as I've already promised. The problem members will remain on a short leash until such time as they prove they can be trusted to act responsibly on their own." Laxus added to Freed’s contribution.
Lahar hummed as he stroked his chin. "It does appear you are sincere in your desire to save your guild, which is quite commendable I think. Let's hope I won't have to take back those writs for active arrests. Will you really be able to repay the set amount of guild fines within the ninety days you've been given, Laxus Dreyer?"
"I’ve got every confidence I can get the money so that the Council gets it's first twelve million dollars before the ninety days are up. The Council won't have any reason to disband this guild if I can help it." Laxus answered as he fiddled with his pen, wishing the Rune Knight commander would leave.
Lahar seemed to be thinking over his answer which only annoyed Laxus more. Making matters worse, a knock on the door jarred it open, meaning Freed had not shut the damned thing properly. As the door swung open, it revealed Lucy Heartfilia and her team mates. All of them looked stunned through livid. Laxus kept calm as he began to formulate how best to use the situation to his advantage. Lahar rose from the bar stool, and headed for the now open door with a purposeful stride.
"I hope you can turn things around, Laxus. We came to disband Fairy Tail, and arrest certain mages for showing so much contempt for the Magic Council's laws. The only thing that can save Makarov from being stripped of his title, and doing prison time, is seeing proof that your efforts have cleaned up Fairy Tail's attitude problem. Much as I dislike imprisoning an old man with failing health, or others who have done services to the Magic Council in the past, I'll have no choice if the Council rescinds their current deferral. You have three months to prove Fairy Tail is no longer a threat to Fiore's citizens. You must prove your mages can uphold the Magic Council's rules. I'll be watching over your progress with high expectations for your endeavors, Master Laxus."
Natsu's fists ignited as a chest deep growl rumble into existence. Before Lahar could reach the hot head, Laxus stood, bellowing at the younger Slayer, lightning crackling around his body. "Knock it off, Natsu! Get out of Lahar's way, or I'll fry your sorry ass!"
Erza beat Laxus in subduing Natsu by slamming a metal encased fist onto the younger man's head, grabbing him by the back of his vest to move the wobbling male aside for Lahar to leave. With a nod of his head, Lahar spoke. "Thank you, Miss Scarlet. Good to know some mages in this guild actually understand the value of rules and regulations, even if they find them difficult to uphold at times."
Gray scowled, hands moving to act out also, despite the obvious repercussions. Yet Heartfilia grabbed his wrist and moved between the angry Ice Mage, and the Council lackey before Gray could follow Natsu's bad example. Covered in bandages as she was, the sexy as sin rich girl was standing between a couple of powerful mages to prevent an altercation, without saying a word. As soon as Lahar's boots could be heard on the stairs, Laxus released his magic.
"Get in here and close the door. I know you heard part of that conversation so don't bother acting offended at me. I'm too busy cleaning up the mess to tolerate any self righteous bullshit." Laxus growled as he sat down in the comfortable chair his grandfather had used for decades.
Obeying with obvious reluctance, Team Natsu filed into the room, evading countless paper stacks including those covering all the chairs in the room. Heartfilia closed the door and made sure it was secured. The rest of her team visibly bristled. Natsu was shaking off the earlier smack down Erza delivered. The blond woman stepped between Natsu and Gray to create a subtle block between the two hot headed morons.
Erza dropped a heavy hand on Natsu's shoulder and Lucy did the same to Gray as Erza began speaking. "I was surprised when the Rune Knights were arguing with you and the Thunder Tribe at the end of the Fantasia Parade. I didn't hear much of the argument, but the document on the mission board is legitimate. We owe you our thanks for keeping Fairy Tail open for the next ninety days, but I'm not certain I understand the Rune Knights ongoing presence and threats, Laxus."
Taking a long look at Erza, Laxus considered how he should react to her question. Keeping her under control was necessary. The Magic Council had bought his story without any glitches, and Laxus knew he had to maintain his cover. It galled Laxus to have to explain himself to anyone, but Erza was the one best suited to keeping Gray and Natsu under control if she thought the stakes were high enough to require intervention. If Laxus could convince Erza to cooperate, Natsu and Gray would not be given any choice but fall into line with his plans. As some of the strongest mages in the guild, Laxus would prefer to keep the three around, so long as they obeyed him.
"I already knew the Council was planning on disbanding Fairy Tail soon which is a major reason why I staged the Battle of Fairy Tail's strongest contest.”
Freed leaned forward and gave Laxus a sideways glance. Laxus nodded. “Finding out which Mages are the most destructive before the Council arrived with the disband notice was part of Laxus Sama’s plans to counteract their moves but we almost acted too late. Forcefully taking over before Master Makarov accidentally got Fairy Tail disbanded by being too soft on everyone with a destructive streak is necessary. To prevent his grandfather from going to prison while getting stripped of his status was the only thing we could think of to prevent the Magic Council from following through with their latest threats we overheard.”
Laxus picked up the narrative. “The only thing I failed to account for was how far Gramps had already pushed the Magic Councils' patience. His ignoring the fines owed the Council and the ongoing problems with massive property damages sustained during most missions has cost the Magic Council a rather substantial amount of money."
"I see. Why didn't you say something to the rest of us, Laxus?" Erza demanded.
Laxus glared as he interwove his current cover story within his revised plans to save his newest possession from confiscation. The lies, and half truths tripped off his tongue with practiced ease.
"When have you ever tried to reform your behavior, Scarlet? Your team is considered to be the most destructive in this guild, and nation. Team Natsu's ongoing mass destruction is one of the biggest reasons the Council wants to disband Fairy Tail, Erza. Natsu and Gray refuse to show any self control, and you get too impatient for anyone's good because you can’t cope with their constant bickering. The three of you cause far too much damage every time your team goes on a mission. The twelve million in fines is only part of the actual damages back owed to the Magic Council. It barely covers the damages you three have caused over the last few months. I got the Council to agree that they will accept that portion of the back owed fines in a lump sum so long as I can come up with a valid punishment system based on education and proper training to reform this guild's track record on missions. So to calm the Council down, I am ordering Team Natsu disbanded, and you three are forbidden to work together unless the Magic Council expressly gives permission for you three to work together. The three of you have got so many complaints lodged against you that I've decided you will be learning to control yourselves and your magics consistently in public starting tomorrow."
"Uhm, how are we supposed to come up with twelve million jewels to pay off the Magic Council, Laxus? And how long do we have to raise the money?" Lucy asked as she leaned around one of the taller stacks of complaints in an attempt to see his face.
"Good question, Blondie. I assume that you have the education and experience in fund raising for charities, and book keeping, the same as all the other rich girls in this country get." Laxus responded as he crossed his arms over his chest.
Amusement grew at Lucy's obvious discomfort as Laxus watched the busty woman flinch. Heartfilia truly hated being called rich girl, and yet she was one. The woman's desire to pretend otherwise was quite amusing. Yet Laxus knew it was only a matter of time before the blond woman showed her true upbringing and sought out a wealthy man to take care of her once she got bored with living like regular people.
Natsu snarled, "Leave Luce alone, Laxus. Fight me instead. If you want to take out your anger on someone, I'm right here."
Eyes narrowed, Laxus lifted an arm and pointed a hand palm up at the younger, bandage covered Dragon Slayer. A bolt of lightning shot from his palm to knock Natsu into the door. "You’re out of line, Natsu. One more fuck up and you're getting handed over to the Rune Knights the way Lahar is so desperate to see happen. I agreed to their terms. If you can't control yourself, then you will be controlled. I told them I could teach you the necessary control in order to get the damned deferral needed to save the guild. They are determined that you behave, or get locked away for the rest of your life as a dark mage.”
“I’m not a dark mage!” Natsu snarled.
“Stop it, Natsu! Laxus isn’t picking on me. He’s trying to find out if I can be of any help in saving the guild.” Lucy snapped at her teammate.
Laxus unleashed a derisive snort. “You're determined to destroy whole towns and cause trouble, so you actually act like a dark guild mage. I'll be lucky to keep Fairy Tail open for the currently allotted ninety days trial period unless you learn some self control! Gramps’ freedom is on the line because he’s made too many excuses for you, but I sure as hell won't. Either learn how to control yourself or go to prison as the dark mage the Magic Council thinks you are. Your choice."
"How dare you speak to your comrades this way, Laxus! Fairy Tail protects our own! You have no right to sit in the Master's Chair if you intend to sell out any of us, or falsely accuse us of being dark mages!" Erza yelled.
'Thank you, Lahar, for playing into my hand when we were negotiating my take over of the guild to keep from being disbanded. Annoying as it is to know we were getting eaves dropped on, it plays into my favor if I use your presence correctly. Time to add it to the mix to make these morons accept my plans.'
"Oh really?" Laxus opened the central drawer and pulled out the manila file Lahar had given him when he arrived. He threw the new file onto the desk for Erza to see. "Pick it up and read the contents, Erza. Then tell me again who protected everyone and deserves to sit in this chair."
'Convincing Lahar to give me so many arrest writs to hold over my most destructive members heads will pay off handsomely. I've got all of these fools by the throat because I'm smarter. They'll learn to obey me, or I'll get rid of the trash with the Council's generous help. Either way, I win. Getting Lahar to do as requested was too easy when I told him I knew we had troublemakers who would only comply if I had the right paperwork to force them to behave. Good thing certain Council Members like me enough to back date these last minute warrants. The last thing they want to see is a bunch of very destructive mages running around Fiore destroying everything in their path out of spite. The thought of rampaging mages got the Council to issue me exactly what I need to turn these idiots into personal assets.'
Still glaring for all she was worth, Erza picked up the file and flipped it open. Scanning the top sheet for several seconds, Erza's eyes got wider as her complexion leached to bone white. Flipping through other sheets, Erza continued to read, her posture changing, defeat overcoming her normally proud bearing.
"Oy, Erza, what's wrong?" Gray finally spoke, voice breaking into the heavy silence.
"These are arrest decrees. You, me, Natsu, and Master are all listed here. So are other members like Elfman, Gajeel, and Juvia. I don't understand, Laxus. What's going on here? Why is there a signed agreement that you will take responsibility for us sitting with these arrest writs?"
Controlling the urge to laugh at how easy it was to manipulate members of the guild to do his bidding, Laxus released his cockiest smirk. Freed gestured at the folder "Laxus sama made a deal with the Magic Council to keep all of you out of prison and our guild open. Yet the thanks he’s getting is your self righteous drivel. Laxus Sama is the one who is in the Council's sights at the moment. All our most destructive mages have caused enough trouble that the Magic Council wants to arrest you for endangering the citizens of Fiore and give all of you the Dark Mage punishments they believe you deserve.”
Laxus steepled his fingers. “I was nice enough to promise the Council I would find ways to teach you the kind of self control you must learn to keep you out of the Council's Cell blocks. The conditions are very clear as I’m sure you already recognize, Scarlet. If you, or anyone on the names listed in those warrants screw up, or refuse to take your punishments, or refuse to change, I have no choice but hand you over to Lahar for prosecution. If I fail to do that, not only does Fairy Tail get disbanded, I lose everything asset wise that I have personally, and every mage affiliated with this guild goes on the banned mages list. Lahar's staying here in Magnolia to play watchdog over this guild.”
Turning to stare down the fire slayer, Laxus continued, “In case you're too stupid to get what's happening, Natsu, the Council will lock you away for the rest of your life if you have one more hot headed outburst in public. Erza may have stopped you from going after Lahar earlier, but I doubt your little stunt is going to be left unreported to the Council. Only one slip up is grounds for instant disbanding of this guild, and arrests for several of our mages, meaning more than just you, Natsu. They will also arrest my grandfather, plus Erza, Gajeel, Juvia, Elfman, and Gray. All this paper work has to be finished and sent back to the Council, plus twelve million in back owed fines paid within ninety days as you've already heard."
Heartfilia's voice interrupted the glare off Laxus was having with Erza and Natsu. "So that's why you told Freed to come speak to me about reporting here in the morning to help sort out paperwork. It also explains your wanting to know if I have experience with fund raising, business management, and book keeping."
"True. Plus I need full time help to get all this paperwork done, filed, and returned to the Council before the deadline. Freed, Bickslow, and Evergreen have to keep track of our members as Lahar has demanded we collectively prove we can change our ways. Until the Magic Council is off my back, and things are cleaned up enough to please them, I need a full time secretary who knows how to handle pompous jackasses such as the Magic Council members.”
Freed cleared his throat and began speaking, “You're the best candidate since you should have the education needed, Lucy San. Plus, you won't have to struggle to pay your rent each month if you take Laxus Sama’s offer. He'll make sure you get a decent salary to help get this disaster fixed."
Laxus watched the girl's expressive face go through a number of emotions in rapid succession while she twiddled her thumbs beside her interlocked fingers. "I understand that you need help with all this paperwork, including legal and contract knowledge. But why would you pay me to work here? My team is in so much trouble with the Magic Council that you could easily make it my punishment so you don't have to pay me." Lucy wrung her hands as she spoke.
"You aren't a destructive trouble maker like Erza, Natsu, and Gray. One of the things I had Freed set up was a status report of battle sights. You did minimum damage in your battles so I don't have any reason to punish you. You also don't have stacks this tall for complaints lodged against you, Blondie." Laxus stood and pointed to three very tall stacks as he explained. "Not one of these stacks of complaints list your name, or your description, Blondie. All three stacks do list Natsu, Erza, and Gray's descriptions and names. Besides, I'm certain Lahar will count your job as punishment for being involved in Team Natsu's destruction, even if you get paid for doing it. You may be friends with these three, but you don't deserve to be punished as harshly as the Council demands they be punished. Working as my secretary insures you can pay your bills, and effectively gets you off the future banned mages listing, unlike several others in this guild if they fail to accept their punishments.
Freed cleared his throat, “Getting this done on time will also go a long way to keeping Fairy Tail open, Miss Lucy. We need your experience with business oversight to get the books sorted and everything fixed." Freed informed the girl Laxus was subtly ogling through narrowed eyes.
'Got'cha, Blondie. Make it sound as if it's all for the sake of the guild, and you'll cave every single time to save your friends. You're already mine and just don't know it yet. Take the bait already so I can start reeling you in.'
Determination bloomed on Lucy's features as she gave a firm nod of agreement. "I'll do my best to help you both, Freed, Laxus. Even if I don't agree with how you acted, I understand your reasons. I studied law so I can probably help with that kind of paperwork also. We'll save Fairy Tail by working together. That includes everyone on my team. I know that we'll all give our best for our comrades because they’re our family."
Laxus felt his lips shift from his normal disdainful smirk to something different, softer and more genuine. Real pleasure thrummed through Laxus as he watched his prey take the bait with all of her heart.
'Soon I'll be enjoying everything you have to offer, Blondie. When I'm done with your delightful body, you'll be crying for me to take you back. Can't wait to see how long you can amuse me before you get boring.'
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Taming Lightning