I already explained why I re-updated it in the first chapter, no, there isn't a lot of changes, no need to re-read it if you all don't want to,

For the new readers : Enjoy, then!


Time flows : 1 month in Spirit World, 7 and half years in Earthland

Everything is not what it used to be after Lucy left, yes... Most of the guild member, especially the main member, always talk about how much they miss Lucy or how much the difference if there's no Lucy, like:

"I miss Lu-chaaaaaaaaan" Levy whined, the best friend of the blond-haired girl couldn't take any year of no Lucy around, she misses her best friend so much... She wants someone to talk about Gajeel to... Erza who is sitting next to Levy at the bar and Mira who is wiping her glass look at the blue-haired girl

"All of us do, Levy" Erza said with a sad expression covering her face "But really... The guild feels more... Empty without her presence... Natsu didn't do much fighting too, especially Gray, I wonder why he's the most gloomy one?" She continued and turns her face seeing the oldest of the 'take over siblings'

"But I guess someone is happy when Lucy's gone" Mira said with a beastly expression and holding the glass she was wiping until it cracks, seeing that, Erza feels even more concerned

"How can you say that, Mira? She's your sister!" Erza said, as Mira snapped out from her anger, and throw the glass to the trash bin

"Yeah, I know" Mira takes a deep breath "But, the way she eliminated Lucy, that's unforgivable" Mira said, glaring at Lisanna who is now talking to Natsu

"Whoa, you can say that to your own sister?" Levy looks at Mira looking quite terrified

"I can" Mira said

"Yeah, sometimes, when it comes about Natsu, she can be... What is the word I'm looking for?" Levy said... Thinking what the right word to complete her sentence

"Evil?" Erza suggested

"Yeah, something like that... But more to 'possessive'" Mira and Erza nod. Not long after that, there's a strong aura coming from the door. There's a person with cloak and hood, everyone shivers looking at the guy

"Who are you?!" Erza said, pulling her sword, as everyone look at the guy who is smirking

"Should I tell you who I am?" He has a girly voice, quite embarrassing for a guy with a strong aura like that

"What the heck are you trying to do?!" Natsu shouted, getting ready to attack, but the look on Natsu's face makes the guy smirks even more

"Trying to do? Um... I just have some business here" He said, making Natsu mad, collecting his power, ready for attacking

"If you want a fight then I give you a fight!" Natsu starts to attack him, running toward him, until...

"Wait, Natsu!" Mira shouted, she blocks Natsu from attacking the guy

"What is it Mira?" Natsu whined "You always ruined the funnn"

"But she's not an enemy!" Mira said, looking at the guy

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"She?!" Everyone shouted, yes, who would expect a 'girl' with a really strong aura, except Erza that is...

"Wait... Now that you mentioned it, this smell! You're!" Natsu shouted while pointing at her

"Aww Mira! You ruin the surprise" the guy said, and giggle a bit, Mira smiles really wide, as wide as she met Lisanna back then, looking at Mira's expression, Natsu starts to tremble "Hey, Natsu. You remember my smell? That's freaky, haha" Lucy said

"W-Who are you?!" Lisanna shouted, her voice is shaking, she thought that the guy is as strong as Mira, then, this is the end of the world... The guy smiles

"It's me... I'm glad Natsu and Mira still recognize me..." She opens her cloak, exposing her blonde hair... Yes, she's Lucy "Tadaima, Fairy Tail" Lucy said while smiling as everyone blinked, couldn't believe that she returned

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"Lucyyyyyyy!" Everyone shouted and run to her

"Whoa… whoa!" Lucy gives them a hand signal "I just got back! I'll play tomorrow, I wanna go home today. I come here to get my insignia back" Lucy said, kinda tremble seeing everyone run to her like that...

"Yeah! Lu-chan must be really tired. Just look at her, only for 1 month Spirit World time, she has THAT amazing kind of power" Levy said, defending Lucy "Right, Lu-chan?"

"Aww... You're flattering me" Lucy said

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Lucy's eyes stares emptily... Thinking about, whom else but Natsu? Yes, for your information, when everyone runs toward her, Natsu didn't... Natsu stepped back at that time. She knows Natsu very well, and... He would run toward her the fastest and shout "Welcome back Luceeeee!" like that... But... He remembers herr smell... Can she gets her hopes hig-

"...Cy... Lucy!" There's a voice shouting at the 'was daydreaming' Lucy

"E..Ehhh? Yes!" Lucy snapped put from her daydream and look at Mira who is ready with the insignia

"Where do you want it?" Mira asked

"Huh?" Lucy asked, yes, her head hasn't connected yet

"The insignia, Lucy…" Mira said patiently

"Ah! The same place like before and the same color" Lucy said, finally connected

"Okay!" Mira said, already finish with the insignia "There it is!" Mira said happily, seeing Mira smiles, Lucy smiles back

"Thanks, Mira!" Lucy said

"You're welcome~" Mira said. Lucy looks at her insignia, it feels like when she first came to the guild, back then, the one who brought her, Natsu, that is. At the Spirit World, Natsu, is the person Lucy missed the most. Lucy turns her body to facing Mira now

"By the way Mira... Where's Natsu?" Lucy asked, making Mira almost drops her glass, trembling, just like she saw a ghost, and Mira doesn't scare of any ghost!

"He's... Umm..." Mira is searching for the right word to say it to Lucy. Yes, you all must've known by now what 'happened' to Natsu, no? When Mira searching for the right answer, Gray sits next to Lucy

"Flame head is dating Lisanna" Gray suddenly said, making Mira panics

"G-Gray!" Mira shouted, giving signal that 'you don't suppose to tell her that', but Gray just stay quiet even though he knows what Mira signaling

"Wh-What? When?" Lucy 'a little bit' shocked, but, she already anticipated this

"The night you left" Gray said, Lucy staring at her juice, so that explains why she was with Natsu She thought, Lucy takes a gulp from her orange juice, relaxing herself a bit

"I-I see..." Lucy said after restraining herself a bit... But suddenly, there's a small hand poking Lucy

"Psst! Lu-chan!" It's Levy, whispering to Lucy, but her voice is... To be honest, loud enough for Mira and Gray to her, is she doing this on purpose?

"What is it?" Lucy asked

"Actually Gray is jealous of Natsu, because 2 years ago he fell in love with Lisanna!" Levy said, excitingly, what an unexpected news!

"Really?!" Lucy and Mira said in the same time, making Gray almost falls from his seat

"O-Oi!" Gray said, blushing. Man, he's cute

"Aww Gray" Lucy teased, poking him with her elbow

"Shuddup!" Gray said and leaves with a really red face, making the three girls giggle

"He can be cute sometimes huh? He didn't change much" Lucy said, looking at Gray who's talking to the guys now

"You think so?" Levy asked, and Lucy nods. Lucy looks at her watch, pulling her bag

"Then, I'll be going home. Mira and Levy, thank you for taking care of my room while I'm gone" Lucy said, smiling at the girls who looks said, seeing the time moves so fast when they're together

"Anytime" Mira said, finally finished with her glass

"Sure!" Levy said, sitting on the chair Gray sat on, Lucy waving at the girls, when she's in front of

Lucy goes straight to home. Maybe she acted strong there... But, now, she just can't hold back anymore

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The Next Day

As usual, Lucy just sits at the bar, talking, giggling with Mira and Levy, Lucy drinking a juice, this time is peach. Yes, it's all just like before Lucy left, and this is not changing too:

"Luuuuuuuuce! Let's go on a mission together!" Natsu said, approaching Lucy like he used to, seeing Natsu act like there's nothing happened, makes Lucy glares at him, like he's an enemy or something, for your information, when Lucy's mad, she's as scary as Erza "Whoa! What's happened Luce?"

"NOThing" Lucy said, she's really mad, Yeah, to know that he acts normal after what happened, it's unacceptable

"I-I see... God… Luce, you're getting scarier!" Natsu said, but Lucy keep staring at him, madly

"What's your point?" Lucy said, Natsu smiles hearing Lucy asking him, finally. He pulls out a flyer

"Let's go on an S-class mission!" He said excitingly, making Lucy look at him questionably

"What? Have you asked Erza?" Lucy asked, but Natsu grins

"Fufufu, I'm already an S-class!" Natsu said excitedly, makes Lucy almost choke her juice (again)

"Really?!" Lucy asked, hearing her best friend finally becomes an S-class

"Yup!" Natsu said proudly

"Omedeto! Natsu!" Lucy jumps, almost hug him, but she stops halfway

"Thanks, By the way, let's go!" Natsu said, he's persistent indeed, Natsu pulls Lucy's wrist but Lucy forcefully let her hand go, Natsu looks at Lucy, he's concerned what happened to his best friend

"Sorry Natsu, but..." Lucy looks at her feet, avoiding eyes contact with Natsu "Natsu... You're Lisanna's boyfriend" Lucy said, making Natsu shock seeing Lucy trembles

"Oh... Oh yea... I'm sorry Luce" Natsu said, Lucy doesn't know why, but Natsu sounds disappointed, isn't he's the one who accept Lisanna to be his girlfriend and new member of Team Natsu? But why when I'm back, he's starting to giving me attention again, what's up with him?! Lucy thought

"Nah, It's alright" Lucy said, forcing herself to smile, Natsu turn back and goes to Lisanna's direction, asking her to go on a mission with him, meanwhile Lucy walk back to the bar

"Haaah... I didn't know about that" Lucy said, sitting back at the bar, Mira looks at Lucy

"Didn't Gray tell you that they're dating?" Mira asked, giving Lucy another peach juice

"Not that! I mean Natsu being an S-class wizard, when did that happen?" Lucy said playing with the straw of her juice

"I forgot when... But, the next trial is next week, wanna join, Lucy?" Mira said, smiling at Lucy who's now stunned because what Mira said me? Becoming an S-Class wizard?! No way! Maybe I can't even win against Romeo! Lucy thought

"Eh? Can I?" Lucy asked, but Mira giggles

"Of course you can, Lu-chan! You have that amazing power upon your body now. I know you can do it!" Levy said

"Really? Thanks a lot Mira! Levy-chan!" Lucy said, smiling at her best friends

"Sure!" Mira and Levy said together

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The Trial

Let me tell you a bit about this year trial, this year, there's no partner, as you can see, if they bring partner, and if something happened like when at X784, the guild still has some main member there, and for the participant, there are Lucy, Levy, Lisanna, Freed and Romeo. There's Wendy for the health care, Mira for helping the Master and for the foods, and for the S-Classes, there are Erza, Natsu, Gajeel and Gray, but they're already in the island

When the boat is on the way to Tenroujima, suddenly it stops and starts leaking

"Attention to everyone, please get out of the boat before it sink and find your way to search for the island"

"WHAAAAT?!" Everyone shouted, panicking, doesn't know what to do anymore

"Hoo~ I like this kind of game. Gate of the water barrier, I open thee Aquarius!" Lucy shouted

"What?!" Levy looks at Lucy who already prepare everything while everyone still panicking

"Take me to Tenroujima!" Lucy commanded

"Which way is it?" Aquarius asked

"Wait… Gate of the compass I open thee... Pyxis!" Pyxis appears "Now Pyxis, tell me where north is!" Then Pyxis pointed at the right side of the boat

"Yosh! Goo!" Lucy shouted

"Hold on tight!" Aquarius commanded, and she started to move the way Pyxis told. Everyone stares at Lucy who just left with her awesome tactic

"Wait... Did Aquarius obey Lu-chan? And did she just summon 2 spirits at once without dripping a sweat or even hesitating?" Levy said, seeing Lucy already nowhere to be seen

"She did improve, Lucy-nee" Romeo said

"Eeh! She's first! Let's chase her!" Levy snapped, as everyone starts panicking again

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Lucy has arrived at Tenroujima

"Thank you Aquarius" Lucy said

"Well this is my thanks for fixing my relationship with Scorpio" Aquarius said and disappears. Lucy looks at the caves, every cave is available... Lucy stops in front of all the caves

"Now... A, B, C, D, or E?" Lucy said... After a while... "Let's take a wild guess, D!" Lucy step in the D cave, not long after she walks straight...

"Hohoho... Who is the lucky guy that has the chance to fight me?" There's a voice coming from the front, Lucy recognize that voice who else but "Me... Natsu Dragneel!" Natsu said, jump in front of the 'now smirking' Lucy

"Guy, huh?" Lucy said, still smirking

"Lucy?! Uuh… I was expecting Romeo" Natsu said in disappointment

"Oh no... Don't go easy on me" Lucy said to Natsu, he smirks back at his best friend

"If that what you wanted, Luce... Then..." Natsu started to moves backward

"LET'S FIGHT!" Lucy and Natsu shouted together


Aaaah! How's the fight? Wanna know? Keep an eye on it!

Who'll win? What are they talking about doing fighting? Hi... Mi... Tsu!

Sincerely,

Keiko Amano