Note: I'm trying to make this part as long as I can! I have so many ideas swarming in my head that it's difficult to actually get something I love and want people to read. When I get an idea I write it in Word then save it so that maybe I can use it later! I hope you guys like it! I'll try to update one more time before Friday, but if I don't. It might not be awhile until I update. My best friend who is in the Navy is coming home on the 16th for two weeks! I'll do my best to keep updating within those two weeks! Thanks :D
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The Blonde beauty was completely content with the thought of sleeping in. She was extremely warm and didn't feel like putting her toes on the hard wood floor that was bound to be cold. Yet, she peeked one eye open and noticed the sunflower had stretched towards the window as if silently begging for the sunlight. Attempting to turn over, she stopped. Something so warm and familiar was missing altogether.

Natsu.

He hadn't come back. He had broken his first promise to her. Lifting the blanket back over her head, Lucy disappeared into the warmth of her blankets. After finally drifting to sleep the night before, she convinced herself that Natsu would be next to her in the morning, like nothing happened, but as she continued to become more aware of the morning streaming through the windows, Lucy let the pain sink in, she felt pathetic. The Celestial Mage was unsure if he even loved her like that, yet lately it had started hurting a lot more than usual. Now, even more so since he broke a promise. It was so Un-Natsu like. Nonetheless she grumbled under the covers, having a mental war with herself to get out of bed and do something productive instead of moping around. Who knows, perhaps he had been kept late cleaning up for Mira.

Time to blow off some steam.

Changing into some capris and a t-shirt, She grabbed her Celestial Keys, Fleuve d'étoiles, slipped on shoes, and hesitated at the door. She felt a slight ping in her head telling her to rest, that the fever was still there, but Lucy being Lucy ignored it and jogged through the newly melted mid-morning snow, up through the mountains outside of Magnolia, and to an open patch of forest. She felt heated; ready to move, ready to fight, ready to ignore the slight pinch of the cold breeze.

"Open the Gate of the Lion! Leo!"

The ramblings hard started before the body fully appeared, "Lucy, I'm so sorry about last night. I should've been there. I felt something off, but my senses were all fucked up. I'm so so sorry Lucy.." Loki was grimacing over the fact that he had let his master walk alone, at night, in snow, and intoxicated. His misery hung over his head, "I promise I'll be better at taking care of you."

"It's okay Loki! It wasn't just your fault. I was being reckless." She reassured him with one of her infamous smiles. He huffed dealing with that answer, for now. "I want to get back into training though, but this time I want you to throw in some hand to hand combat." Loki glanced at her wondering what had peeked the sudden interest in hand to hand, but without question he accepted it. Glancing a fiery determination ablaze in her dark brown eyes, preparing himself for what was going to be hours of sparring.


"Natsu!" Lisanna lunged and hung onto Natsu's neck as she burst through the doors mid-afternoon ready to take on a mission. She hugged him and wished him a good morning, "Are we going on our mission today?" Natsu had promised her a mission with just the three of them last night while he was helping clean. Lisanna convinced him that it would help her get back into the groove of missions and it would help her grow stronger, something she could really use.

Natsu grumbled and stood up dazed. Bags had formed under his eyes from a lack of sleep.

He had been stuck in the guild last night after helping Mira and Lisanna clean everything up. By the time he had been ready to leave, so much snow had fallen it blockedthe doors. Mira knew he could've just burned it all away, but insisted he stayed in the Guild for the night so he wouldn't get sick or lost out in such a blizzard. Bad things just kept racking up, one after another.

One: He had to leave Lucy behind not feeling well. He was stuck worrying all night.
Two: He promised to go on a mission with just Lisanna and Happy because Mira was right there and Natsu didn't want to get a scolding from her. Leaving Lucy, one of his official team mates behind.
Three: The snow had caked the guild by 4 in the morning, there was no way out. So indefinitely Natsu gave up his escape plan and was stuck inside with Mira. Lisanna had gone home before the snow had picked up. No keeping Lucy warm tonight.. Forgive me Lucy. What a night to miss, a night when his abnormal body heat would have helped her.

But worst of all was when realization struck that a promise to return had been made. Now, Lucy would have been waking up shivering and upset that Natsu Dragneel had broken his first promise to his teammate. Great... He was sure that Lucy was pretty level headed and stayed hopeful that she would understand him having to stay for cleanup.

All in all it was an extremely restless night in a guest room upstairs. The room was lonely without his blonde. No matter how many times he tried, he couldn't stay away from her place. It was welcoming and it felt like he belonged there. The best thing about being at Lucy's was waking up the next morning having that cute little nose, and soft hands resting on his chest, snuggling closer for more warmth. A laugh escaped his lips as the memory resurfaced to the forefront of the salamander's thoughts.

Slight confusion spread a crossed the Take Over mage's face when she vaguely caught his laugh. What was so funny to Natsu? What was running through his mind as he was waiting for Happy to pick a mission that just struck his funny bone? It hadn't needed another question before it slammed Lisanna in the face.

Lucy.

It had to be, but just to make sure, Lisanna wanted to test it.. "Hey Nat-"

"I picked one!" The Flying blue Exceed interrupted any private conversation that was about to take place. Holding the mission form excitedly, both Natsu and Lisanna read it. 160,000J were rewarded for finding and taking out a small group of bandits in Hosenka Town. The small town famous for their loving spa had recently been under attack by this group. Kosuki, their leader, had been spotted a few times, but lately the harassment had started picking up and Hosenka wanted them gone. They were known for attacking only women.

"Sounds fun!" Lisanna grinned at the cat, extremely ecstatic that Happy had picked something that would last a few days. A day train ride, a day or two to actually scout them out, and MAYBE a loving night at the spa. The silver haired mage gleefully grabbed the mission from Happy and gave it to Mira, who informed them that the Mayor of Hosenka would be alerted prior to the guild members departure from Magnolia. Lisanna smiled locking with Natsu's arm and pumped her free fist into the air. "Lets go!"

"Aye Sir!" Happy was just about as enthusiastic for the mission as Lisanna.

"Natsu?" voice full of concern, "What's wrong?"

Instantly the joyful face morphed into that of a sickened dog, "We're taking the train… Aren't we?" Dreading the entire ride that lay before him. For an moment, motion sickness had been forgotten. Their new companion laughed and dragged him along with Happy snickering in the background.

"You can just lay on my lap and sleep." She reassured him that everything would be okay, yet she felt a pinch of darkness in her heart. She never wanted to come back, she wanted to leave with Natsu and Happy right now. Immediately she shook those thoughts out of her head. No. She loves Fairy Tail even Lucy, she couldn't live without them. Nodding her head with her decision she laughed her way to the train station with the pink haired Dragon slayer and their flying blue cat.


"Ha!" Lucy shouted loudly as she slung her arm as hard as she could, nailing Loki in the neck with her wrist. He hissed as he knelt down in pain holding his neck where she had managed to land an attack. The lovely mage stepped back a few paces giving Loki some room to recover. Knowing it would take a few moments she became fixated on a few birds taking flight.

"Damn Lucy..." He hadn't even been prepared for her to swing on him like that with that much magic force. Three and half hours ago she was just picking up on the defensive maneuvers, but now she picked up on defensive and offensive. Within the next two hours Loki had noticed how when she prepared her assault; feet locked and ready to launch, she shifted her feet in the direction which she was going to go, so, he used that against her after figuring it out, but his master had out smarted him. That was how she managed to get that hit in. Not once had she hit him in those three and a half hours until now. It all happened so quickly, understanding that he shouldn't have underestimated her, he recapped his mistake.

When she had been ready to launch, her feet said she was going left, as she did, but within two seconds she had managed to hook right, avoiding his arm swing. She instinctively hopped over his second attack, which was a swift damage inflicting kick, and using her strength she latched onto his shoulders to flip over him. Loki felt as if everything was in slow motion as he watched her flip over him with a slight smirk and knew she had just won. As she was in the air she filled her right arm with magic, let go of his shoulder, still holding on with her left hand, and slung her wrist into his neck. Immediately sending him down on one knee, his neck pulsating in agonizing pain as the magic surged and formed a nasty purple bruise.

He knelt there watching her observe the sky. She looked so stunning just standing there with her eyes closed, obviously enjoying the cool breeze that picked up. Catching a glimpse of something he wasn't sure was real or not, he thought he saw Lucy's left leg lose feeling and slightly cause her to kneel, but when he blinked she was standing like nothing happened except now she was looking at him smiling.

"Thanks Loki, I really needed that!" She took confidence in her strength knowing she had grown so strong, strong enough to finally lay a hit on Loki. The strongest of all the celestial spirits.

He smiled at her as he stood and nodded, "Anytime my dear Lucy."

The Celestial Mage held the Lion's key ready to close his gate when her eyes closed and her body went completely limp. Loki stood frozen for a split second trying to comprehend what happened. One second his master was standing there with confidence in her eyes and a brilliant smile on her face. The next he blinked and she was on the ground. Not moving.

"Lucy!" Loki dashed to her side and felt her forehead, he winced. A fever, a deadly fever. He had to get her to the guild, they could do more for her then he could at this moment in time. Lifting Lucy from the moist ground, he dashed off quickly to Fairy Tail knowing he had to hurry to keep the fever down.


Erza was the first to sense something was off as Loki walked through the doors. Setting down her cheesecake she approached and reached out her hand to feel Lucy's forehead, "Get her to the infirmary upstairs. I'll be right behind you with a cold bucket of water and a rag." Already gone.

Gasping, Levy dropped her books taking place at Loki's side, "Is Lu okay?"

"Up here Loki." Mira's voice was stern yet soothing calling up the stairs and down a corridor that led to the infirmary, "Please make way everyone, thank you." Politely as ever she brought Loki to an empty bed, Wendy and Gray filing in before Erza appeared, a bucket and rag in hand, and closing the door. Placing them on the nightstand, Mira promptly took over like a Mother caring for her child.

"It's a dangerous fever. How long has she been running this temperature?" Mira draped the cool rag over Lucy's forehead, a sigh of alleviation spouted from the sick mage's lips.

"I'll go check my herbal remedies book and see if I can't find something to keep her fever at bay." Levy rushed out ready to tackle whatever challenge her best friend was facing.

Erza approached Loki, resting a hand on his shoulder, "What happened Loki?"

He was sitting down running his fingers through his hair taking a deep breath, "We were sparring. At first it was just her practicing pulling out more than one spirit, then it became physical combat." He shook his head in disbelief as he stared at his Master's body that was shuddering uncontrollably, "We had agreed that if she managed to lay a good hit on me, we'd finish with her training for the day. So, she landed a good one on me," He paused to show them the bruise, "Then she was just standing there ready to let me rest and in a split second... She fell." The image replayed in his head over and over when he closed his eyes.

"None of us knew she was sick. She was drinking last night, but showed no signs of illness." Gray reassured him that none of this was his fault, "Did she show any sign before you guys started practicing?"

Frantically he shook his head, "No, Lucy was perfectly fine. She seemed more determined that I'd seen her in sometime actually. But it is, my fault. I should not have pushed her so hard." Remembering last night he added, "And knowing what happened last night, I should have known something like this was going to happen. I should have been there this morning when she woke up."

Wendy pipped in, "It's okay Loki, we were all being a little reckless last night. As long as she got home safely, which Natsu had shared with us this morning."

"That's not true at all. On her way home she fell into the river. Natsu had to pull her out because..." He winced, "because I was too intoxicated and too far away to sense her distress..." Erza watched as Loki beat himself up on the inside for what happened to his Master. She could only feel sympathy for the poor spirit. "I brought her here because in this condition she couldn't survive at her apartment. She needed more support than a spirit who is draining her energy."

Erza squeezed his shoulder, acknowledging his struggle, "I'm going to help Levy look for an antidote. Don't destroy yourself too much Leo. Lucy's a strong woman and she'll be okay."

While Mira continued to tend to Lucy's cloth, Wendy attempted to heal her, but with such a violent and uncontrollable fever, her powers couldn't really do much. She sulked back into the corner her chair and quietly conversed with the long silver haired mage.

Glancing around the room in a hushed voice, Loki noticed, "Where's Natsu?"

"Flame brain went out on a mission this morning with Lisanna and Happy." Gray heard Loki hiss, "My thoughts exactly." Back when Gray had first met Lucy, he was interested in her, she was new and her determination to complete a task rivaled his at times. He enjoyed a good challenge and that's what she always managed to give him, but looking at the guild's only Celestial Mage he began to view her more as a best friend/sisterly type especially after he discovered her heart was in the hands of his wretched fire breathing rival.

Gray first noticed her feelings for him showed after they all had returned from Edolas. He wasn't quite sure if they started IN Edolas or before, but nonetheless something had happened during Edolas for her to start acknowledging it. They had started to hang out more than usual and even have boisterous fits about Natsu always sneaking into Lucy's house. Gray would even catch her smiling at that stupid dragon in a way the Ice mage hadn't seen before. Then, Lisanna started moving back into his life. Gray saw Lucy's feelings retreat as she started treating him like nothing more than a best friend, but every now and then he saw her slip up. The feelings she had almost confessed to him were still there.

Hot-headed fire breather is to fucking dense to realize what he has. Asshole.

Lucy's breathing sped up drastically prior to falling back into a quiet, uneasy rhythm. Gray had crafted a small Ice block for Loki to place on the huge bruise. The Lion had wrapped it up in another towel and held there while he watched Wendy give the towel another dunk in the water basin.

"We'll keep her here and watch over her." Erza had entered back with Levy right behind her. "She'll just need to rest, eat some soup, keep that towel on her head. We'll have that medicine made that'll help keep her immune system fighting this virus." Levy smiled at Loki as he sighed in relief.

"She's just got a cold, but it could easily get worse if she doesn't rest." Levy put a hand on Loki's shoulder. "Lu will be alright. We promise. Just go rest now." Loki hung his head and proceeded to stand up.

"I'll take up that offer not for my sake, but so our princess can rest without me draining from her, but if anything happens. I'm always listening. Thanks guys." All the mages nodded as he glistened gold and disappeared.

"Carla and I can take shifts in here taking care of the towel if you guys want to go get the medicine ready and the food." Wendy smiled up at the older Mages, happily wanting to be able to help.

Erza laid a hand on the tiny Dragon Slayers shoulder with a smile of gratitude, "Alright, Wendy." Carla flew in with a blanket a pillow for Wendy use while she sat on the chair. Each Fairy Tail member taking up a job got to work on their tasks to help their Blonde Celestial Mage find the path to feeling better.