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Lucy POV

Everything's been great back at the guild since Lisanna has come back from Edolas. Natsu, along with Elfman and Mira, have been the happiest out of all of us. We partied for days! And the usual Grey stripping and Juvia swooning over him. I walked into the guild this morning carefully maneuvering over my sleeping guildmates, right over to the bar to get my usual from Mira.

"The usual shake this morning, Lucy?" Mira asked with her bright smile.

"Yes, please. How does it feel to have your sister back?"
"Amazing! I'm so happy that she's come back!" Giggling at her joyous aura, I walk over to the mission board. I figured I'd get some spending money on a solo mission, since my rent's been payed for this month.

"What to take, what to take…" I murmur.

"Let's go on this one!" Lisanna beamed at me. Holding a job request for a café in Marigold.

"Are you sure you want to take this one? You just got back!"

"Positive! We should leave before everyone wakes up."

We took the request to Mira and she let us go. Though, not before giving Lisanna a full lecture on being safe and not doing anything dangerous. Laughing our way out of the guild we discussed our travel plans.

"We don't have any dragonslayers to get motion sick, so do you want to take the train?" I asked hoping we could make it there quickly.

"Yea! The request says they'll provide everything for us when we get there. All we need to do is get there. I'll go buy the tickets!" She hurriedly ran off to the ticket counter. Coming back moments later, waving two tickets in my face. "Got 'em. Now let's go!"

"Right!" We hopped on the train and slept the whole way to Marigold.

Natsu POV

"Hey, Happy what in the hell did you do that for!?" He'd woken me up by dropping me from the balcony! What's worse is I don't see Lisanna anywhere.

"You wouldn't have woken up any other way!" Happy yelled as he ran off to hide somewhere.

"Hey, Mira, where's Lisanna?"

"She went off on a job with Lucy for the next three days." Talking cheerfully as she stocked up the drinks that Cana drank away last night. But…. Did I hear her right? Lisanna went off with Lucy? No offense to either of them but how are they going to protect themselves if anything happened?

"She what?!"

"I'm surprised you didn't ask where Lucy was either. You're usually always wondering where she is." Mira giggled at me. "You don't have to be so worried. It's not a dangerous job."

I sunk into the bar stool, holding myself back from running after them. It's only three days….

3 DAYS LATER

Lucy came running in the guild covered in blood.

"Help! We need help!" Getting everyone's attention, we followed her to the forest on the outside of Magnolia. Worry etched on all our faces as we came up to a clearing that looked like a horror scene. Trees were knocked down and some blown to bits, craters spotted the entire area, and blood! Enraged I turned to Lucy.

"What the HELL happened here?! Where's Lisanna?!" Looking around I couldn't find her anywhere!

"She's o-over there!" She stuttered and pointed by an exploded tree trying to stsay up. I ran over and carried her to Wendy to heal. Lucy would have to wait. We'd just gotten Lisanna back and look what she's done! No! I shouldn't think like this.

"How bad is it?" I asked anxiously. Watching Wendy heal her made me a little less worried.

"She'll be fine with some rest. We should get her back to the guild's infirmary." Wendy choked out. She was on the verge of tears. We should help Lucy too, but I can't help to be mad at her for putting Lisanna in this dangerous position. "Is Lucy alright?"

"I'm fine." She put on a weak smile. She was smiling?! This made me extremely mad and I lost my temper. I grabbed her by her tattered gym jacket.

"How can you smile when Lisanna's laying on the floor hurt?! YOU'RE the one who took her on this mission! You know you're too weak to protect anybody!" I was about to throw her as Grey grabbed, my shoulder.

"That's enough! Natsu, Wendy needs to heal Lucy too." I dropped her to the floor and stormed off to the guild.

Lucy POV

I couldn't argue with him… I am weak. No one can argue with that fact.

"Don't let what he said bother you, Lucy. We don't think of you as weak." I know Grey meant to comfort me with those words, but instead it just makes me feel much worse. I just sat there in silence, holding back the tears threatening to fall.

"We really should take you to the guild's infirmary! These injuries are worse than Lisanna's!" Wendy yelled at me.

"No it's fine, Wendy, I can rest up back at my apartment. I don't really feel like getting yelled at by Natsu today…"

"That idiot's probably ranting to the guild right now!" Grey bitterly said.

"Everyone did go back with him and Lisanna. Well, except for us." Levy said sheepishly. She kneeled next to me along with Grey, Wendy, and Lily.

"He's probably yelling at someone to fight him to get rid of his anger." Lilly said as he landed.

"I'm going home. I won't come in today or tomorrow." I stood up to go home but my legs collapsed. Lily caught me and carried me home.

"I'll come see you later Lu-Chan!" Called as she walked out of my apartment.

"I'm staying here to make sure you don't do anything reckless today." Wendy firmly stated. Grey and Lily left with Levy back to the guild.

"I'm really sorry, Wendy. I really am weak." I was sobbing by the end of that sentence.

Wendy hugged me tightly. "It's ok. I don't think, you're weak at all! None of us do!" We sat on my bed for the rest of the day, and Wendy fell asleep in my arms.

I decided to head to the guild to clear the misunderstanding that me and Natsu had about the entire fiasco.

"Stop it right there!" Mira yelled at me as I walked into the guild.
"I need to clear up something with Natsu. Can you please let me get to the infirmary?" Mira looked shocked that I would even ask.

"I'm not letting you anywhere near Lisanna! This is all your fault!" She was going livid! I don't know why she, of all people, is yelling at me. I hoped Levy or one of the others who believed me would help, but they were arguing with some of the other members.

I left the guild and decided I'd try again tomorrow.

3 WEEKS LATER

I've tried! None of them listen to me. It first started with Natsu and Mira yelling at me, but it's spread to almost everyone else. No one will listen when I try to tell them what actually happened. Just another place to run from. If I can't get them to listen to me then I'll wait for them to forgive me.

"Levy, I'm going to leave for a while…"

"What!? You can't!"

"I can't get through to any of them. I'm going out of town for a while and I need you to keep it quiet from everyone. After I talk to Master I'm leaving."

"What about your keys? Are you going to leave those here too?" She sounded hurt.

"I-I'm sorry…" She pulled me into a hug and we stood in tears. "I'm going to tell him." I left my apartment and walked admiring Magnolia, knowing I wouldn't be seeing it for a long while.

Walking through the guild was worse than it had ever been. It was like I didn't exist to them anymore, an exceptional wave from Grey and Lily. I stood at Master's door until I could muster up the courage to open it. Finally, I knocked.

"Come in my child." Tears were streaming down my face as I carefully stepped into his office. "What's wrong!?"

It took a good twenty minutes before I could speak.

"I…. would like to leave…..the guild." I broke into tears once again.

"But why?" He was concerned. "I know they've been angry but I didn't think, it'd gotten so bad!"

"I'm sorry, Master, but could you please not mention this to anyone?"

"If that is what you'd like…" Tears rolling down his face he placed his hand over mine and the guild mark was gone. "I'm sorry my child…."

"Goodbye, Master…"

I left without anyone noticing and boarded the train headed for Tokyo.

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