WARNING! THIS IS A SEQUEL, HIGHLY SUGGEST READING FIRST STORY!
"Hey Luce," Natsu shouted walking into the guild. "I wanna fight you," he added when I didn't respond.
"But Natsu remember last time you fought me," I said looking up at my pink haired friend. Eyes started to drift over to me and Natsu, confused as to why Natsu would want to fight me.
"That was a year ago," Natsu complained.
"And I was holding back," I replied.
"But you haven't even went on a job with us since you got back, the least you can do is fight me," Natsu begged, his eyes trying to make a puppy dog look.
"Natsu," I said softly, getting to my feet.
"Please," Natsu said holding his hands together as if he was praying.
"Ug, fine, I'll fight you," I said placing my hand on my head.
"YES," Natsu shouted jumping up into the air. I gave a smile which Natsu gladly returned as he ran out of the guild. "Come on Luce, we don't have all day," Natsu called from outside the guild.
"Is Lucy really gonna fight Natsu," someone murmured as I exited the guild. I wasn't surprised to see a large crowd following me when I reached where Natsu was standing, ready to fight.
"No holding back this time," Natsu said smiling.
"You sure about that," I asked sticking one of my hands into my pockets and using the other hand to rub the back of my head.
"No. Holding. Back," Natsu repeated getting into a fighting stance with his legs crouched, and arms up to block any attacks.
"Fine," I said letting my free hand fall to my side. "Come at me," I sighed. As if waiting for my signal Natsu launched off his feet and lunged towards me.
"Fire Dragon Iron Fist," he shouted as his hand was engulfed in flames. I never fought Natsu when he was using magic, but seeing how this was basically how he fought hand to hand I knew I would manage.
I ducked underneath the punch and grabbed Natsu's forearm and used his momentum to throw him to the ground. "Ow," Natsu mumbled when he hit the ground. The crowd around us let out a gasp of amazement. Natsu got back to his feet however, and smiled.
"That's all you," Natsu started, only to be cut off by my fist in his face. I followed up the punch with a kick to his legs and another punch to his stomach. Natsu let out a hard cough at the punch to his stomach and stumbled back several feet.
"Are you sure you don't want me to hold back," I said waiting for Natsu to regain his composure. "Cause that might have been half of my strength," I added.
"No. Holding. Back," Natsu again said, this time fire engulfed his hands, you could easily tell he was started to get mad. I gave him a weak smile and got into a fighting stance.
"Okay," I said. Natsu at once charged at me with his flaming fists. A series of punches and kicks were thrown at me, each one of them blocked. When Natsu decided he should get away before I could counter he was already too late. I stepped forward, and threw a kick with all my strength towards Natsu. My foot landed in the middle of his chest, and sent him flying out of the fighting area.
"She beat Natsu with a single attack," someone said.
"And without magic," another one said. I walked over to where Natsu laid half conscious, and lifted him over my shoulder.
"Wasn't that a bit much," Natsu groaned as I carried him into the guild.
"You told me you didn't want me to hold back," I replied.
"Still, a single blow," Natsu moaned as I set him in a chair.
"Natsu, a lot of people beat you with a single blow," I said letting out a laugh as I plopped into the chair next to him. The spectators of the fight started filing their way back into the guild, murmurs being passed back and forth.
"But those people are S class mages," Gray said pulling up a seat to the table. "Have you still been training since we've gotten back," Gray then asked after a moment of silence.
"Yea, been trying to get faster with my strikes," I answered leaning back into my chair.
"Figured, I bet you could beat Erza," Gray said letting out a small chuckle.
"I have before, don't you remember," murmurs again shot through the guild. Since I've been back no one has seen me fought, or go on jobs with Natsu, Erza, and Gray. They don't even see my spirits that often, even though I have been training with them every day.
"Maybe we should all go on an S class mission," Erza said joining us at the table, a plate with strawberry cake in her hand. "With Lucy maybe we won't completely destroy the town," Erza added with a smile.
"I don't know, Natsu would probably destroy the town anyways," Gray said resulting in all of us laughing.
"I'm gonna go grab a beer, you guys want something," I asked getting up from my seat.
"I'm good," Gray replied, Erza and Natsu shook their heads and returned to talking about my fight against Natsu. I walked to the bar and looked for Mira.
"Hey have you seen Mira," I asked Lisanna who was sitting by Elfman a few feet away.
"Right here, sorry you had to wait Lucy," Mira said hurrying down the stairs of the second floor and getting behind the counter. "Congrats on your fight by the way," Mira said happily.
"Thanks," I replied. "Could I get a beer," I added.
"Actually Lucy, Master asked me to send you up to him," Mira said with a soft laugh. "But I'll be more than happy to make you a beer after you speak to him".
"Okay, do you know what he wants to talk to me about," I asked.
"Nope, just that he needs to talk to you ASAP," Mira said still smiling. I gave a nod and walked up the stair to Master Makarov's office, when I reached his door I gave a rather loud knock.
"Come in," Master said on the other side of the door. "Ah, Lucy," he said when I entered the office. Master was sitting behind his desk, several papers in his hand.
"You needed to see me," I asked stepping forward.
"Yes, it has come to my attention that you've been going on a lot of jobs recently by yourself," Makarov said his face showing no emotion.
"That's right, is there something wrong," I answered taking a seat in one of the empty chair in front of his desk.
"It's just that those jobs were seen to be very difficult to perform on your own, and were on the border of becoming an S class missions," Makarov said closing his eyes. "How often did you use your magic while on these jobs," Makarov then asked.
"A little, really they would summon themselves if they felt like I was in over my head, but other than that," I replied. Makarov's eyes snapped open at the news of me not using my magic that much.
"You barely used your magic on those jobs," Makarov asked. "I thought Loke was just bluffing," Makarov added.
"You talked to Loke about my past jobs," I asked in a concerned tone.
"Yes, I found it bizarre you were going on so many jobs alone, but seeing how you just fought Natsu, and your performance on your last few jobs," Makarov said, his face starting to show sign of happiness. "I have this job for you," Makarov said with a smile as he passed a paper towards me. I took it and glanced over the jobs details.
"Find, and kill a group of demons that are attacking village, 12 to 15 demons total. They come out every night and attack villagers. Everyone that's taken by them are not seen again," I said summarizing the job. Then my eyes caught the bottom of the job, in a bold red stamp it said S Class Mission.
"I want you to go on this mission alone," Makarov said leaning forward in his chair. "If you find this mission too difficult to complete use this to contact me, Laxus and Mira will be sent to assist you," Makarov explained handing me a lacrima.
"Why am I doing an S class mission," I asked, again reading over what the job asked for.
"That will be explained after the job, but the village is home to a few friends and I would like this to be taken care of as quickly as possible," Makarov said.
"Where's the village, the job doesn't say," I said scanning over the paper once more to ensure I didn't skip it.
"Gefallene Heim," Makarov answered, my eyes widened at the name of the village, or town I should say.
"How long has this been going on," I quickly asked.
"Few months," Makarov replied. "I didn't hear word of it until Zo sent me a letter about it a few days back," Makarov explained. I quickly stood and went to leave the office, but stopped when I grabbed the door knob.
"Who all was taken so far," I asked.
"Few guards who were trying to protect the kids," Makarov answered his voice was soft. "No civilians were taken from what I heard," Makarov added. I left the office and quickly left the guild hall.
"Hey Luce, where you going," Natsu called after me when I reached the guild's doors.
"Home, something came up," I called back, the paper clenched in my fist. I almost ran home, but settled instead for a fast jog. My house was on the edge of Magnolia a medium sized one bedroom, one bathroom house. Once I entered the small house Loke appeared at my side.
"Lucy, are you sure you can do this alone," Loke said leaning on the door frame to my room when I started packing my small bag with clothes.
"But I'm not alone, I have you guys," I said turning towards him when I stuffed the bag with several changes of clothes.
"But you never use us."
"Because I never feel like I have to use you guys."
"Then why do we have to keep summoning ourselves to help you," Loke said, his voice showing his anger.
"Because you aren't used to my fighting style, I've changed who I was when I was with Zo, I fight with my hands and with my magic," I almost shouted.
"But you never use your magic," Loke shouted.
"Yes I do, every single day I train with you and Capricorn, I open your guys' gates, and I fight," I shouted back. "I train everyday to get stronger, to not have to rely on you guys when I'm in trouble," I yelled. "All I want is to protect everyone I care about," I added, my voice becoming soft when I saw Loke cringe away.
"You don't have to protect everyone on your own Lucy," Loke said his voice growing softer as well.
"Yes I do, remember what happened to Levy, and Erza. That was because of me, because I wasn't strong enough to protect them," I said sitting on the bed.
"When they were hurt you weren't around, and the man who hurt them got what he deserved," Loke said softly. "Lucy, we just get worried cause it feels like you're protecting us as well, even though our contracts and Celestial Laws command us to fight along your side and protect you," Loke said calmly as he sat beside me.
"I'm sorry if it feels like that, but in a sense that's what I'm doing, I'm tired of seeing my friends get hurt because of me," I said getting to my feet, slinging the bag over my shoulder.
"Just don't push us away so much on this job, this is going to be a lot harder than our past few ones," Loke said before leaving my side to return to the Celestial World. "Promise me that much."
"Okay," I said softly exiting my house. "I'll call on you guys if I get into trouble," I added as I walked towards the train station.
A year has past since I left Gefallene Heim with Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Wendy. Since I was called Nix instead of Lucy. My time there changed everything about me, I became stronger, got tattoos, and became Lucy Nix Heartfilia. All in the name of protecting my friends. Now I'm going back to where I used to live, to save those same people who helped me learn to protect my friends.
A year since I became who I am now.
Hey everyone, hope you enjoyed the first chapter!
For those didn't read the warning, or ignored it I highly suggest reading Lucy Nix Heartfilia.
The next few chapters will have content that might be harder to understand if you haven't read the first story.
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