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Lucy sighed laying on her bed. 'Tonight was fun' she thought. Pulling the covers up to her chin Lucy started to drift into sleep.

The next morning at the guild she saw Natsu and waved. "Hey Natsu. Ready for that mission today.?" Lucy walked up to the bar and ordered a strawberry milkshake from Mira. She replied with a small 'thanks' and started on her drink.

"Yeah Luce. Just a second. Let me finish beating up this Ice-Prick." Gray went flying across the room and landed in a table causing it to break. "Okay, ya ready?" Natsu asked walking over to Lucy.

"Yup! Let's go! Happy." Lucy called over her shoulder while strolling out of the guild. The request was a simply capture the bandits job that Lucy picked out for quick rent money.

Lucy sighed as she collapsed on her bed. Sure the job was easy but dealing with Natsu the whole time was enough to drive her up a wall. She got up and trudged over to the bathroom to get in the shower. Lucy turned the water on, while it was warming up she got undressed. Stepping in the shower she let the hot water drip down her body while she gave another pleasurable sigh. Soon the hot water started relaxing her aching muscles and she started massaging in her shampoo and conditioner. The shower was always her place to think. She was thinking about leaving the guild for a few months to go train with Capricorn. She wanted to work on her physical power mostly but she also wanted to work on her magical power. She always considered herself pretty strong magically, she had been one of the first Celestial Mages to have most of the zodiac gates, and on top of that she can open more than one of them at a time. Lucy knew that the was a small chance that Natsu and Lisanna were going to break up so that meant less time with Natsu. They can still be partners but they'll eventually go separate ways. She wanted to depend on Natsu less and more on herself, because now Natsu wasn't going to always be right by her side all the time. Lucy turned the water off and stepped out of the shower. Wrapping the towel around herself she looked in the mirror, brushed her teeth, and did her hair. When she was done she got dressed, grabbed her keys and whip and walked out the door. Lucy headed for the guild she called out Plue and started balancing on the ledge of the river. She heard the occasional 'Be careful, Lucy-Chan!' from the fisherman. When she arrived at the guild Lucy decided she was going to train to become more independent. Lucy said all her hellos to the guild members and walked up to Masters office and knocked. She heard a muffled 'come in' so she stepped in the room and sat down in one of the chairs.

"Master..." She called.

"Yes my dear?" Makarov said glancing up from his paperwork.

"Well I wanted to go on a 'vacation' I guess you could call it. I wanted to leave the guild for a few months to go train with Capricorn. I want to get physically stronger, so I'm not so dependent on Natsu, Gray, and Erza. Also it'll help moving on from Natsu." Lucy blushed and looked away.

Chuckling Master looked at the blonde. "No problem. But are you planning on joining another guild on this vacation?"

Lucy looked at Makarov, "What! No way!"

"Good. Then you may keep your guild mark if you want, or you can remove it and when you come back get a new one." He finished with a smile.

"I'll keep it. I like where my mark is." Lucy smiled.

"When do you plan on leaving, My Child?"

"Tomorrow morning."

"Well good luck!"

Lucy reached over his desk and gave him a hug. "It'll be for a couple of months. I will come back." Then she stepped out of the room.

She walked over to Mira and ordered her a strawberry milkshake. When Mira returned with her drink Lucy smiled and told her she was leaving for a few months. Mira gave her a sad look. "Well, Good luck Lucy. And come back soon." Lucy smiled and nodded then walked over to Levy.

"Hey Levy-Chan. I have something to ask you."

"What is it Lu-Chan?" Levy asked looking up from her book.

"Umm. W-well." Lucy stuttered, "Do you like Jett?..." She asked nervously.

"H-how did you know Lu-Chan?" Levy asked surprised.

"Gajeel told me. Why didn't you tell me?" Lucy asked looking hurt.

"Lu-Chan, I meant to tell you. But I was, am, embarrassed about it and I feel bad for Droy. The only reason I told Gajeel before you was because he confessed to me but I don't like him that way so I told him. I'm really sorry Lu-Chan." Levy explained.

"I'm still a little upset but Ill forgive you, you had good intentions. Anyway Levy I also wanted to tell you that I'll be leaving the guild for a few months to go train."

"What!" Levy yelled. "Well be careful."

"I will." Lucy smiled giving Levy a hug. Lucy then walked over to Gajeel who was standing in a corner by himself. "Hey Gajeel. I wanted to tell you something."

"What is it?" Gajeel asked in a gruff voice.

"W-well I'm leaving to train tomorrow morning, and I won't be back for a while. I just came over to say that." Lucy spoke with a little nervousness in her voice.

"By yourself?.." He paused, Lucy shook her head." Uh. No. I don't think so Bunny. It's dangerous I'm coming with you"

Lucy could tell he wasn't going to take 'no for an answer so she nodded before smiling . After her conversation with Gajeel she told Team Natsu. Natsu tried to convince her to stay but she said she was finally doing something for herself so her let her go. Erza gave her a bone-crushing hug before smiling and sending her off. Gray gave her a light hug and a kiss on the forehead in a brotherly manner. Lucy waved before heading out of the guild. When she was saying her good-byes Gajeel went and told master he was leaving with her. When they left the guild Lucy went to pack and her house for what she needed and told Gajeel to meet at the train station at 6am.

'Well.' Lucy thought, 'This is it'. When she was done packing everything she needed she changed into her jammies, climbed in bed and went to sleep.

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