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Chapter 3: Demons
Lucy P.O.V.
We have just arrived at the Sabertooth guildhall and already some members are running out to greet us, like Yukino.
"Lucy-Sama!" She practically throws herself at me. "Where is Natsu-Sama?"
"Um, we had a fight, so he had to stay behind."
"I'd much rather have him here. It's a tough mission, we could really use Natsu-San." Sting walks towards us with his usual grin on his face. "Hello, Gajeel-San, Laxus-San and Wendy-Chan. And stranger."
"Oh wow, Lucy-Sama, who is this cutie? Is he single?"
I simply roll my eyes in annoyance while Erik looks at me with a raised eyebrow. I shake my head and shrug. 'That's typically her. She thinks every guy is handsome.'
He leans into me and whispers low enough for only me to hear: "So you think I'm not handsome, huh?"
I send him a small glare and look away. 'No comment.' All I get is a cocky smirk as a reply.
"This is Erik, Poison Dragon Slayer. Now can we get in and discuss this mission already?" Laxus draws all the attention towards himself and glares at the sabers. Sting nods and we all get inside and towards his office.
"Okay, time for business. There's a town not far from here which is troubled by demons."
"Demons? Like the Tartaros demons?"
Sting nods slowly. "Pretty much yes."
Immediately my heart starts throbbing painfully and a cold sweat breaks out. Images of her face flash through my mind and my hand slips up to the skin just below my collarbones. Aquarius. Her broken key. The infusion with her magic, destroying Jackal.
A hand wrapping around my own pulls me from these thoughts and I see Erik and Gajeel looking at me in worry. Gajeel already knew what happened while they were trapped inside the castle, Alegria. We had talked about the loss of his dragon and my oldest spirit. While Erik found out just now.
I send them a small smile and nod quickly, just to reassure them that I'm fine.
"How long have they been troubling the town?" I ask to change the attention back to the mission.
"A week now, but we alone, are no match for them. They attack at night and kidnap children." Sting says with a frown.
Laxus looks at the Sabertooth members. "Why did you request us specifically?"
"Because you have fought demons before and won."
"Tch. You could easily have asked Titania or the She-Demon. They also fought demons." Gajeel growls uninterested.
"As if none of us have already suffered enough from fighting those demons." The Sabertooth members look at me in shock.
"And what exactly might that be, Lucy-San?"
"More than any of you can imagine."
"We also lost our fathers that day, your Dragon Slayers aren't the only one who've known losses from that situation!"
Laxus stands up and moves behind me, placing both hands on my shoulders in a comforting manner. A low growl from Erik reaches my ears but I decide to ignore it for now.
"It's not just about the dragons. I nearly lost my entire team and my own life was almost taken from me. Even Gajeel was close to dying."
"No, I wasn't."
"Shut it, Rust Bucket. You obviously were. Gray lost his father, Natsu lost his father, Wendy and Carla nearly died from destroying 1 face, Elfman nearly killed everyone in the guild, including himself because he was under a spell, and Lucy is just the worst of all."
My eyes widen marginally and my jaw drops open in shock. 'how did he know?'
"And what might that be?" Sting swallows thickly and looks at us with wide eyes.
"She sacrificed her spirit, her oldest friend, in order to summon the Celestial King himself, just to save us."
Yukino's face shifts into a look of horror. "Lucy-Sama, how could you do that? You don't deserve the call yourself a Celestial Mage! You're nothing more than a disgrace to us. I can't believe I ever looked up to you. You disgust me!"
Tears start streaming down my face immediately.
"Enough! I will not tolerate this kind of behavior. You may say whatever it is you want to say, but she never had a chance. Do you not think she has already suffered enough? You don't even know what she has gone through that day."
My head snaps up towards Erik. He's glaring daggers at the silver haired girl.
"You know what? We will help you with these demons. But after that I will refuse to see you ever again. I don't care what you say, I've had pain worse than your words." I jump to my feet and storm out of the room, followed by my temporary teammates. The Sabertooth are all staring at us in wonder. We leave the guild and check in into a local inn.
"Are you okay, Nee-San?" Wendy reaches out for my hands.
I simply take her hands in my own and nod slowly. "I'm fine, just shocked from the way Yukino acted."
"Don't listen to her, Blondie. What happened that day was not your choice, we all have your back."
"Thanks a lot, Laxus. I kind of needed to hear that I think. I just want to get this mission over with and get back home."
"We will finish this tonight, Bunny." Gajeel comes up to me and ruffles my hair.
"Ahh! Don't do that, you idiot!" I send him a playful glare but can't stop the smile creeping up my face.
"Let's get changed and go towards the next time to defeat these demon assholes." We all nod in agreement at Laxus' decision and the guys go to their own room, next to mine and Wendy's room. We change into some more fitting clothes and meet the boys downstairs in the lobby. Considering the amount of Dragon Slayers in the team we decide to walk to the next town.
We're hiding in some bushes at the edge of town. We can already see the demon whom were causing the trouble. So far 5 had met up, each one holding an unconscious child. Pretty much all of them looking quite a lot like Deliora, a Demon from the book of Zeref, just smaller. One of them raises its head and I can hear him taking a sniff before it turns its head towards us.
'It knows we're here.'
Erik nods slowly at me. Laxus, Gajeel and Wendy noticed it as well. All of them get ready in battle stance. I take out Loke's and Scorpio's keys.
"Let's combine your roar with Scorpio's Sand Buster and Loke's Lion brilliance?" As if on command, both Loke and Scorpio appear with their usual golden poof of dust. The Dragon slayers nod and we all stand up to face the demons. Gajeel quickly shifting into his Iron Shadow mode, while Wendy shifts into her dragon force. Both spirits are standing by my side. "Guys, you know what to do."
"Iron Shadow Dragon's…"
"Sky Dragon's…"
"Lightning Dragon's…"
"Poison Dragon's…"
"ROAR!" All four of them release their Dragon Roar. Immediately Loke activates his Lion Brilliance while Scorpio send out his Sand Buster. The Lion Brilliance both blinds the demons and attacks them, while the roars and Sand Buster start spinning around one another, combining one huge attack. We all wait in anticipation as we hear the demons roar out in pain. But when the dust clears, they're all still standing up straight. Trembling, but still standing. Laxus groans out in annoyance while the rest of us sigh deeply.
But suddenly one by one they start falling to the ground. I facepalm when Virgo uses her Digger to jump out of the ground next to the demons while she shackles them with her Magic Cancelling cuffs.
"We did it." A wide smile spreads across my face. As I turn my head, I can see Gajeel looking at the fallen demons with the same victorious smile on his face.
"Good thinking, Blondie. We defeated them thanks to you."
"You're welcome, Sparky."
Laxus chuckles before turning away and grabbing his communications lacrima to inform both Master and the Magic Council. Gajeel slowly walks towards me, Wendy on his back.
"Is she okay?"
"Yeah, she's just tired from the attack, and it's been a long day."
I nod slowly. "What are we going to do about the reward? I mean, originally Sabertooth was hired for the job, but they didn't exactly help out."
"I don't care. We did the job, we get the reward. Simple as that."
I giggle softly at Gajeel's words, when suddenly…
"Hey! We're here to help, hold on."
"You're too late, you blonde bimbo. We already took care of it. And even if you did want to help, you already would've made sure the demons had a chance to escape. Noisy brat."
I cover my mouth to stifle my laughter. Did Erik really just call Sting a blonde bimbo?
"How did you manage to defeat them so easily?" Yukino comes to stand with us and looks at the guys, but not me.
"Easy, Lucy suggested we combined all of our roars along with Scorpio's Sand Buster and Loke's Lion Brilliance. Piece of cake."
A soft 'Hmph' from Yukino makes me glare at her. "I'm surprised your spirits even agree to stay with you after you killed one of them. Or are you keeping them against their will?"
"Shut it, stuck up little…"
I hold up my hand to silence the maroon haired slayer and look Yukino straight in the eyes. "Do you really think I would ever treat my spirits as badly as you're thinking right now? I've always treated my spirits as friends, as equals. Sacrificing Aquarius was not my choice, at all. You don't even know what happened, so what gives you the right to judge me?"
"This." She holds up Aquarius' key. I knew that her key had been remade, but I never thought Yukino would be the one to find her. "Open the Gate of the Water Bearer! Aquarius!"
A bright blue light shines from the key, slowly fading to reveal the blue haired mermaid. At first she looks at Yukino. Or rather, she glares at Yukino. "What do you want, little brat?"
"I want to from a contract with you."
"No.." It's barely a whispers, but Aquarius still hears me. Her eyes widen before she turns her head at me.
"Tch. I see you're still the same crybaby as usual." Her words may sound harsh but I can see the sad smile that accompanies them.
"I missed you." Tears start streaming down my face as I look at my oldest friend.
"I'm sorry, kiddo. But I made a promise to Layla Heartfilia that I would serve her line, until the end."
"Fine, then I'll end it once and for all." An insane look flashes through Yukino's eyes while she looks at me. She almost seems possessed!
"Fight me, Lucy Heartfilia!"
