Part 16 - Goodbye Again

                                    

                                          
"Seems these were the ones looking for me. Pathetic that they tried to go for you girls." Laxus says looking a bit angered.
"Did you take down most of these guys by yourself?" askes Bixlow.
"Well yeah, Evergreen was sleeping the whole time." says Reader.
"That wasn't my choice!" yells Evergreen.
"Let's clean this mess up. From the looks of their emblems, they look like they're from a dark guild." says Freed.
"Wasn't this the guild we took down before? Looks like they recruited." says Bixlow.
Laxus turns around to walk away.
"Where you going?!" The thunder legion say at the same time.
"Back on my journey." says Laxus.
Reader feels sad once she heard his words. The thunder legion also felt this way.
"But you just got here!" says Evergreen.
"Yeah! Can't you stay?" says Bixlow. "Stay! Stay! Stay!"
Laxus stops and turns around.
"I knew it would be a mess once I seen you guys. Don't get me wrong, it was nice seeing you unexpectedly." says Laxus.
"So can you stay a little longer?" askes Freed.
"No, my work here is done, I came to take down these guys, but looks like pretty face took out most of them." says Laxus looking at reader.
Reader is blushing once again but she's glad it's night time so they can't tell. 
"Hey didn't you say her name earlier? You know, before you rushed to her aid?" says Bixlow smiling.
"I don't know what you're taking about." Laxus turns around and had a smile on his face. "See you around!"
Laxus starts walking away.
The thunder legion knew they couldn't stop him so they stayed quiet. Reader went running in front of the thunder legion at yelled towards Laxus.
"You better say my name next time, Laxus!"
Laxus laughs.
"Continue your training and I'll think about it. See ya!" He yells back raising his hand to wave.
Then his body turned into lighting as he teleports out.
                          
Reader turns around and looks at the thunder legion.
"Well, let's clean this up and finish my training."
The thunder legion smile at her then they all start gathering the dark guild members to turn them in.
                          
Later that night they're back at the hotel.
"Who knew we would get a reward for turning those guys in." says reader.
"I would've just left them there turned into stone. It would be a nice decoration for this town." says Evergreen.
"Who would want statues of dark guild as decorations?" says reader then she start laughing with Evergreen.
"I'm glad you stayed by me." says Evergeen.
"You're like an older sister to me, why would I leave you like that?" says reader.
Reader goes quiet, realizing she just told Evergreen that's she's like a sister. Evergreen is looking at her surprised, then it slowly turns into a smile.
"You're like a sister to me too, (Y/N)."
"Okay, don't get all touchy feely." Reader says as she throws a pillow at Evergreen.
Evergreen throws it back to her.
"Get some sleep, brat." says Evergeen.
The girls head to bed.
                          
In the morning at sunrise, the thunder legion and reader are heading towards akane beach.
"Hey, can we head back to the guild after we're done with Akane beach? I'm feeling a little homesick a bit." says reader.
"Yeah sure, think I'm getting used to sticking around the guild more often too." says Evergreen.
"Let's train hard at akane beach as well as have fun." says Freed.
The four are walking towards Akane beach. Then there in the distance Laxus watches over them. Trying his best not to tell all four to come along with him instead, but he knows he should figure things out on his own. He turns away with a smile. They should be fine, they're a strong bunch, he thought as he walked the opposite direction.
                          
After Akane beach, the thunder legion and reader are back in Magnolia.
"We should head back towards Akane beach again sometime. This time to actually have fun." says reader.
"We did have fun, you were the one only training hahaha." says Bixlow.
"Yeah, yeah." says reader. "I feel like I got a lot of my magic under control."
"You do, but still train to maintain your strength." says Freed.
The four walk in to the guild and bunch of the members are around and reader sees Lucy and Levy hugging.
"Hey Lucy! Levy!" says reader.