07/16/14 - 12:24 AM

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN FAIRY TAIL

"A Night Off to Run Around"

Lucy hugged a pillow as she sat on Evergreen's bed. She and other friends were in Evergreen's room too.

"This is a serious problem." Erza said when the girls got comfortable.

"No kidding." Jenny said, her image projected on a lacrima. "I could sense so many of those Pawns and Minions all over the place but before the unison raid, half of them retreated back. Just what are the Dealers doing?"

"Hmm..." Levy looked at an old book.

"Um," Imitatia said hesitantly. "I'm sorry!" The girls were confused.

"Explain yourself." Evergreen demanded.

Imitatia looked down. "While I was under the influence of Brain, I can't explain it, but I remember removing my seal off the ruins."

The room went silent. Honestly, they don't blame her since her soul was trapped inside of a doll. Lucy didn't know it was Imitatia since her memories hadn't returned to her yet and when she left the doll back in the attic, Lucy still didn't regain her memories at that age so she forgot about the doll.

"It's okay Imitatia." Bisca broke the silence and put her hand on the dark blonde's shoulder. "It can't be helped since you were trapped. I just can't believe that Brain actually knew that there was a soul in the doll."

Imitatia nodded.

"It's all in the past anyways." Ikaruga said. Ultear, Meredy, and Juvia nodded in agreement. All four have done bad things so now three are in Crime Sorciere to repent while Juvia joined Fairy Tail. They were the ones who could understand Imitatia the most besides the other two who are in the magic prison.

"My. It sure is water under the bridge." Mirajane smiled as she did a tiny and soft clap.

Jenny narrowed her eyes and looked to her right. The other girls saw the action and wondered what she was glaring at.

"Jenny?" Sherry asked, looking at the girl through her lacrima. "Wh-?"

A crash could be heard from Jenny's side before her lacrima screen went blank and disappeared.

"Jenny!"

"It's alright." Mavis said. "I already sent Miki to stop the attack and for her to stay with Jenny. No one's safe being alone. Sherry, you'll be safe as long as you room with Chelia at night. Yukino has Vivienne with her. Remember, do not be alone at all times especially in an area where it's spacious. There will be an 89% chance that you will be attacked."

The girls nodded and quickly disappeared when the door opened to reveal two figures walking in.

A green haired man walked in and looked around. The place looked a bit out of place. "Did you have guests in here earlier, Ever?"

"Yeah." Evergreen said as she filed her nails. "Mira and Lisanna came in to tell me about the new arrangements to the team. Apparently, Laxus, Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Gajeel are the members of the new team. I personally think that Mira should be in it, but oh well."

The fairy woman tuned out Freed's exclamation about the great Laxus. She was too busy thinking about what the Dealers were up to. Before, they were just a huge group of circus people that later turned on humanity. Zeref was framed because he was seen as the devil which he was, but he wasn't a bad guy that most believed.

Flare looked up when she felt two presences in her jail room.

"Evening Flare." Cosmos replied with a smile and a tip of her hat. "Kamika has erased away our presence so no one can see us. She has also created an illusion of you going to bed."

Flare nodded and looked at them with worried eyes. "Yes. . .They're back?"

"First of all, glad to have you back Flare." Kamika said with a small smile then she became serious. "It's a sorrowful thing, but yes. Imitatia has removed her seal off the ruins which they took advantage of to set free. In addition, we also have sources that the time stream has been breached. Two outsiders have entered this time period."

The red head merely listened to the updates. "Do you think Lucy will forgive me?"

Cosmos and Kamika looked at each other.

"Probably." Kamika stated. "She'll be scared that you'll hurt her, but if you tell her that you remember, then I think you'll be fine. She's forgiving, and we all go way back before the disappearances of the dragons."

Cosmos agreed. "However, Bisca is upset that you used her daughter as a hostage."

Flare looked down in shame. She couldn't believe that she put her friends in danger. Even though she didn't remember before, she wasn't taught this way either.

"Cheer up Flare." Cosmos said as she handed a small bouquet of asters, alstroemerias, and lisianthus. "They'll forgive you. I'm sure of it because the bond that we share can't be easily cut like these flowers. We'll last until...well, until our soul disappears I think."

Boink.

Kamika lightly karate chopped Cosmos' head and crossed her arms with one eye closed. "You should've stopped at flowers. But the sentiment is still there. We better leave soon."

Flare smiled and breathed the mixed scents of the flower. When she did, the flowers glowed and turned into dust that circled around her. She felt a new sense of calmness and ambition. "Thanks Cosmos. You too Kamika."

The two smiled before they faded away, leaving her in her cell alone.

She laid down with the covers over her. It was going to take awhile before she was released and be able to make up with her friends. Sighing, she looked at the ceiling.

"What the hell are you guys doing!" Ren yelled just as the rabbit man lifted the head of the costume.

"Wha-" Jenny was cut off when she saw the identity of the rabbit man. She was in the middle of kissing Hibiki when she saw a cat version of Ichiya. "Ooooh...Erza is going to die."

"Hey, pull yourself together!" Gajeel yelled when he caught the fainting Erza.

"Ichiya became two people~" Erza's last words before she was knocked out.

A hooded figure watched from afar. The figure merely smiled but it soon disappeared when she felt something grab her leg. The figure disappeared instantly and those who saw were confused but the attention was quickly back onto the arena.

A scythe was placed right at the figure's jugular. The owner also had on a cloak to hide her identity. "Who are you."

The figure smiled and slowly pulled down her hood. "It's really great to see you again Yukino."

"L-lucy-sama?" Yukino said, shocked and the scythe disappeared. "But how- Unless..."

Lucy shook her head and used her right hand to take out her keys to prove herself.

Yukino gasped a bit but was still uncertain. "How can you be here? You're supposed to be in the infirmary with bandages and bruises."

Lucy let a solemn smile grace her lips and pulled her hood back up. "I was, but that was a while ago. Yukino, I'm the future Lucy from, well I'm not sure, but maybe a month from now. I managed to time travel back here because of the great tragedy. Ev-every-everyone is gone except us Origins. Listen to me carefully Yukino, and don't let anyone else know besides you know, them."

Yukino nodded with a hand on her chest.

The battle between the Twin Dragon Slayers of Sabertooth vs two dragon slayers from Fairy Tail had already started. Natsu and Gajeel were finally counterattacking.

"Go Gajeel!" Levy cheered with a pumped fist in the air and hugging (crushing) Pantherlily with her other arm.

"O-oi...L-levy, c-can't...breathe." Pantherlily breathed out.

"Oh! Sorry Lily." Levy apologized after letting go. The black exceed nodded but flew over to Happy anyways.

Mirajane smiled at Levy who noticed the smile and gulped. "W-what?"

"Nothing." Mirajane smiled and looked back to the match. "Nothing at all Levy."

"M-mira!" Levy blushed at what her friend was implying. "I-it's not like that!"

"I never said anything."

"You were implying something!"

"Whatever you like to think to keep yourself from blushing, but sweetie, it's not working."

"Gyah!" Levy called out exasperated.

"Ahahah." Cana laughed and took a swig from a barrel. "You tease so much Mira."

"And so do you Cana." Mirajane replied back. "I think it is about time they confessed."

Cana didn't comment and continued to look at the battle. She absentmindedly stared while she thought about what the Dealers were up to. It's been about two centuries since they were sealed away. Last night, in the privacy of the bathroom, she activated a card that allows her to have a full view of the room that the Dealers and their subordinates were sealed at. When she saw an empty space in the runes, she figured that it was Imitatia's runes that were supposed to be there, and it was displeasing in that the disappeared runes caused a chain to break and disappear. Imitatia's chain was special in that it constantly drained the required magical force of their enemies and converted it into the power supply that keeps all constrictors intact through the years so that they will never wear down unless the supply source runs out. With one of the main defenses down, it will be easier to break free but at least the supporting chain can enhance the other chains.

The card mage scanned the area once more and was about to deactivate the card when it blinked a red color. She pressed a finger on the card and it zoomed into one of the runes. The ancient language there disappeared slowly and a band from each six pillars tore off. The card blinked red again. Cana frowned and saw that the ruins next to the one that just disappeared were disappearing as well. This resulted in one of the magic rings that circled the room to disappear.

"Damn." Cana thought when one of the defense in keeping intruders out was gone. Waiting a bit, she was relieved to see that the card did not glow red. She deactivated the card and exited the bathroom. "Three defenses down."

"Cana." Levy said knowingly and worriedly when Cana exited the bathroom.

"Already did." Cana informed her. Tired, she crawled into bed.

"Cana!"

Cana widened her eyes since Miki was shaking her like a rag doll and returned her to the current time. "C'mon! The battle ended already. Everyone's leaving."

Cana nodded and felt a heavy hand on her head. She looked up to meet a pair of dark grey-blue eyes.

"What's with ya spacing out like that?" Laxus asked. It was quite unusual to see Fairy Tail's heavy drinker not drink, at all since Natsu's and Gajeel's counter attack.

Cana slapped his hand away and replied, "Nothing." She got dragged away by Miki who was talking about a water park.

When the two girls were far away from any prying ears, Miki let go of Cana and gave a small glare. "Cana, you can't be thinking about them right now. You need to be more natural. ACT NATURAL!"

"Geez." Cana scratched her head and took a bottle from who knows where and began to drank. She needed the loose effect alcohol gave to calm her down.

"Be serious Cana. Laxus is getting suspicious." Miki then smirked and went all "Ufufufufu" with a cat like look. "Since he's always paying attention to y-o-u. Ufufufufu."

"Wah?" Cana gave her a weird expression. "Look, it's pretty unusual for me not to drink - only that has caught his attention."

"Whatever you say~" Miki giggled and skipped happily with Cana in tow.

"Blondie." A towering figure shadowed Lucy who was startled to being on all fours.

Lucy looked uncertain as she looked up at Flare. "You're from. . .Raven Tail. I thought...that they put you in jail?"

"We broke the rules, not the law." Flare explained "We only had to answer some questions." She looked away and mumbled, "I'm sorry. . .Lucy...ilia."

Lucy's eyes widened at how the red head referred to her. So she does remember. "Fl-"

"Don't get me wrong Blondie. Just because I apologized doesn't mean I'm exactly like my old self. See ya." Flare walked off.

Nevertheless, Lucy smiled and waved. "I forgive you!"

Flare smiled smally and made her way out of the water park. She had some things to attend to.

Meanwhile, Bisca reprimanded Ichiya for being too old to follow along Natsu's idea. She sweatdropped when the short man crashed into a rock. "There's nothing to be done. . ." She smiled at how Erza said it was okay since Jellal accidentally grabbed her chest.

"Why are you so happy mama?" Asuka asked.

Bisca shook her head and could barely contain a small laugh when she heard Juvia saying, "...boys' love?" from all the way up the Love Love Slider.

Sherry teared up and anime cried. "No~ I wanna go to Ryuuzetsu Land too!"

"I agree nya~" Milliana whined as well. "Ka-gu-ra! Please investigate without me." She cried and began to run away only to have Cosmos' vines constrict her eight feet away. "Meanie!"

Kagura faced palm while Kamika shrugged and shook her head in a manner that says, "What can you do?"

"Please bear with us for this." Ultear said through their minds but she was able to see them through her crystal orb. "Meredy, Jenny, and Kamika keep sensing something dangerous or overpowering. And this year. . .I sense a disturbance in time and what is to come. Future Lucy and Yukino has contacted all of you already, yes?"

They all nodded knowing that Ultear and Meredy could see them.

"But before we continue," Kagura said. "My hatred for Jellal is still in tact. Do not think for a moment that I will hesitate to kill him if I happen to see him. I don't care that he is your friend and guild mate."

Ultear sighed. "What if I tell you that it was all my fault?"

Kagura still had her resolve. "We went over this, it is still his fault that he killed Simon. You may have control over his actions, but this is not one that you forced."

Meredy looked from Ultear to the orb that is currently focused on Kagura. Since she could sense emotions and manipulate them to a certain extent, she was feeling how sad and angry they were. The guilt and desire for revenge was evident respectively to Ultear and Kagura. However, since they were connected through the mind, they all could feel the weight of the mood. "So, this is getting kind of aw–"

A sudden anxiety passed through all of the Origens, both ones on investigation, in Ryuzetsu Land, and anywhere else.

"What's the situation!" Mavis asked through telepathy.

"Yukino is currently chasing after a shadow. I don't fully understand, but I am only aware that Rogue from Sabertooth is the only one capable of using the shadows to travel besides Yukino." Miki reported while she ran on the rooftops to catch up. Luckily for her, Yukino was flying so she could see why they were headed.

"I can see Rogue in his bed with his exceed." Flare reported from behind a tree while concealing her presence.

"Where are you at?" Imitatia asked. She was currently transformed into Yukino in case someone walked into her room.

"They're to your diagonal right. Heading towards the GMG arena and seems to be headed to the plaza where it's highly populated right now." Kamika repleid while leading the girls to where Yukino, Miki, and the shadow were headed. "Stop flying Yukino."

Yukino knew without being told that she couldn't just fly in case anyone saw her. Who was she kidding? She just didn't want anyone to see how she currently looked like.

"Sherry, get ready for a minute blackout at the plaza." Mavis ordered. With the lights off, they could feel free to run after the shadow without being recognized easily. They may have cloaks on, but there was a chance that someone may question what was happening. Less attention is what they are aiming for.

"In 3," Kamika counted since she was the one who could sense how close they were to the plaza. "2. . . . .1. .NOW!"

Citizens as well as some mages were wondering what happened to the lights. Unfortunately, mages could sense them running by but they couldn't see them thanks to Milliana's illusion magic.

"This is going to be a long night." Miki thought as she chased after Yukino. Not only do they not know how long the chase was going to take, but they also had to figure out who or what the shadow was. They hoped it didn't have anything to do with the Dealers.

Levy blushed while being held by Gajeel.

"F-feeling sick . . ." He held back from vomiting because they were going through the Love Love Slider.

"Motion sickness!" Levy exclaimed at her misunderstanding as to why he held her so close. "S-sorry!" She apologized for what she was going to do.

The petite bluette wrote "Sleep" with her index finger. The word popped up and was sent into the iron dragon slayer's forehead. Immediately, he was snoring away.

Seeing as Gray and Lyon were arguing, she could already predict what was going to happen next. "Wings!" She wrote on herself and mechanical like wings appeared on her back. She would carry Gajeel but he was too heavy and that he had already speeded away from her. "Ah! Gajeel!" She flew towards him and followed the slide's path. Thinking about it, was the ride always this long? While chasing Gajeel, Evergreen and an Elfman statue slid by above her. "Ever!"

"Ohohoho! I'm just sliding with a statue!"

Levy yelled exasperated, "Who'd believe that!"

"Nice statue." Natsu mumbled out when he passed the pair.

Levy slapped her forehead. Of course an idiot like Natsu would believe that it was just a statue. "Oh no! I forgot about Gajeel!" She hurriedly flew to where Gajeel was.

"What's wrong Kinana?" Laki asked when she saw the frown on Fairy Tail's current barmaid.

"Huh? Oh nothing much. I'm worried if we can win the games. . ." Kinana nervously lied and luckily Laki fell for it.

Mavis shivered when she sensed the shadow nearing but then Laxus caught her shivering so she had to keep shivering and wrap her arms around herself to seem as though she was cold.

Laxus held out a towel. "You've been in there too long. Come on out. Even ghosts feel–" He saw bright icy blue light coming from his left. "What's that?"

Lyon and Gray, who were still holding onto each other activated their ice magic and froze the whole water park.

"Gray-sama!" Juvia yelled while Lucy just yelled as they met the end of the slide.

"What the hell!" Natsu yelled after slipping on the ice. "You idiot! Don't freeze the damn pool!"

Lucy saw his fists were on fire and panicked. Based on experience, she knew what was going to happen. "Natsu! Don't do that!"

Erza, frozen while hugging Jellal, apologized mentally. "Dear Mavis and third/sixth Master, I will humbly . . . beat the shit out of Natsu when I get out of here!"

Jellal was still heating up and oddly enough, it was slowly melting the ice.

Natsu's fist descended downwards and upon collision, a huge explosion erupted which not only broke the ice, but also Ryuuzetsu Land. After the explosion, Natsu laughed haughtily while everyone was scattered on the ground with gaping faces from the shock.

"He's really done it this time." Happy said, unharmed in the air.

"The shadow's heading towards the water park." Kamika noted.

"Yay!" Sherry and Milliana cheered, thinking that maybe they could still stop by.

Sudden, as they neared the water park along with the shadow still far away from them, the water park exploded and the girls had to take cover. When they couldn't sense the shadow anymore, they knew that the night had ended for them.

"Damn it!" Kagura cursed.

Meanwhile, Imitatia shook her head when she saw the explosion. She knew who was the caused of it. Coincidentally, the water park was between the palace and the arena.

Someplace further away, a young woman smirked before taking a sip of red wine. She didn't want to reveal herself yet but she knew that the only ones who noticed were Mavis and Levy.

"My lady, what has cause such an amused smile on your face? According to my memory, I have yet seen you smiling so amused."

She simply smirked. "I saw a great show just know."

"Great compliments coming from the young lady!? I'm must be the best!" Orga yelled and continued to sing off key, mistaking Minerva's words.

At another place, two girls could be seen sighing. One, they had let the shadow escape and two, the destruction caused by a certain fire dragon slayer had occurred yet again.