Out of the Shadows.

Set five years after Lucy, Wendy and Romeo left.

Natsu was out walking when he hears gunshots, so he runs to find out when three hooded figures drop down from nowhere in front of him.

He stares. "Who are you?" He asks. The figures stare at him. "Sky Mar, Flame Con, go finish the fight. I'll deal with fire user here." The leader says.

With that, the other two run off, hoods falling down. 'Wendy? Romeo? Why are you with this strange person, and what happened?' Natsu thinks, confused.

Suddenly, the realisation hits him. 'The leader is Lucy! She's back! With Wendy and Romeo! I can't believe this!' Natsu thought."Lucy? Is that you?" He asks, stepping forward.

Something swishes from the folds of Lucy's cloak, and he sees a flash of silver steel. She points her katana at him. "Not another step, Natsu." She warns.

He stops and stares at her when Wendy and Romeo come running back. "Okay, Sky Mar, Flame Con, let's go." She orders, flipping her hood up. Wendy and Romeo do the same, springing up and out of sight.

Running across the rooftops, they let their hoods down. "Lucy, why are we staying away from Fairy Tail? I kind of want to go back." Wendy asks. Lucy stops and turns, facing her. "Wendy. You know why we're staying away. If you want to go back, that's fine with me, but you can't leave Romeo, remember?

He's your husband. You can't abandon him or your quintuplets, remember? That would be bad. You are an assassin, ruthless and merciless. Don't forget that." Lucy asks gently, looking to the horizon.

"Crap, we have to go. Come! Quick!" She shouts, picking up speed as she tears across the rooftops, Romeo and Wendy following. What they didn't know, was that in two years, they would finally return.

They didn't know how everyone would react to their return home. What would Natsu, Erza, Gray, Happy, Mira, Lisanna, Cana, Macao and Levy think?

They would find out later. But for now, their lives lay on the horizon, waiting. With Wendy pregnant, she, Romeo and Lucy knew she wouldn't leave, due to loyalty.

Laxus, Lucy's husband, knew his wife was an assassin, so he supported her, even keeping her a secret from the rest of the guild, who wanted to know where they were.

Being a married man, with four kids, his life was a confused one. But he didn't mind. In fact, he told Jellal, who had come to visit Erza, before leaving.

Two years later they returned.