I'm back everybody! Sorry I've been away for so long, SO much homework! I'm really really(x10000000) sorry if you read chapter three when I said Gray and Lucy, that will NEVER happen in! I'm sorry if you are a Graylu fan but if you are then why are you reading this? This chapter is pretty long and I had to do so much editing. Thank you all for your wonderful reviews!

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Now please enjoy this really long chapter!

Time skip four days

~Lucy's P.O.V.~

I had been at my training spot for two days. I now had a small camp set up and everything I needed just so. I wasn't too far away from town so that I could get food when I needed it. Now all I had to do was to call out one of my spirits and ask them to help me train. You see, I didn't actually know how to train effectively so I thought I would ask for help. Who I would call out I had no idea, but then it hit me. Loke! He would know exactly what to do as he had been a member of the guild, he had to learn a whole new type of magic too.

I grabbed his key and stood with my arm outstretched, "Open gate of the Lion, Loke!"

In a second he was there standing in front of me. He smiled at me and opened his mouth, most likely about to flirt, so before he could say anything I stopped him.

"Loke I have called you out here for one reason and that is to help me train. I figured you would be the best choice, seeing as you had to learn a new type of magic and you're a combat oriented spirit."

If anything he looked a little disappointed but he didn't go over the top like a certain someone I know would. Ugh stop it, you have to push him out of your mind, concentrate! Thankfully, Loke got over it quickly and smiled graciously at me again, "Of course Lucy, I would do anything that was required of me for such a lovely lady." He finished with a mock bow.

My eyebrow rose and I shook my head, "Loke if you're going to help me with this you have to do it with no flirting okay? Just train me like you would a guy."

It was then his turn to raise an eyebrow and give me a look that said, 'seriously, you want me to do that?' I realised what I had said so I added to it, "Just keep in mind that I am still a girl and I don't want to die after training."

He smiled, "Of course," then his persona completely changed. He went from being a flirting playboy to some macho army commander, I could see why he was the leader of the zodiac spirits. He started pacing back and forth in front of me, then he stopped turned towards me and said, (a little too loudly if you ask me),

"Listen up Lucy, I am going to help you improve on your mortal combat skills, this we will do in the mornings for about two hours. You will then do meditation and learn how to control your magic power with Capricorn, this you will do for an hour." He started pacing again at this point, "Then you will do an agility/aerobics course with Aries and Scorpio, this you will do for two hours as well. You can then break for lunch.

After lunch you will be going over many celestial spells with Crux and trying them out with Gemini and Aquarius." He paused then and muttered to himself, "Wait that's a bad idea" Then he started yelling again, "Aquarius will not be helping you with your spell learning. Your learning will go for one and a half hours. Sagittarius will teach you archery because it is helpful and Virgo will improve your whip skills, this will last for two hours. Then you will have a one hour workout with Aquarius and finish the day with another meditation session with Capricorn for half an hour." He finished with a sigh and then turned and smiled at me, "any questions?"

I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding and began to fire questions at him, "First of all does it seriously have to be that long, I mean, I calculated that I'd have to be ready to start at about seven thirty, eight o'clock which is cool but then I wouldn't be finished until around the same time every night, that is going to be tough." Before he could respond I continued, "Secondly why would I need to learn archery? I don't even have a bow and arrow and 'because it's helpful' is not an answer. And lastly a workout, with Aquarius, are you KIDDING me?! She will kill me!"

He laughed softly at me which caused my brows to pull together in a frown.

"What?" I asked with a lot of attitude and venom lacing my voice. This just made him laugh harder, the jerk. Gees even Natsu isn't that insensitive. My demeanour immediately changed after I remembered my fire breathing partner. I looked down to my feet and I could almost feel a dark cloud surround me. Loke stopped laughing at this point and came and put an arm around me.

He smiled encouragingly at me and said, "Firstly, yes it has to be this long so that you don't have to be here so long, then you'll be able to see them sooner. Secondly, archery is a great thing to learn. It improves your eyesight, arm strength and forces you to focus your mind under pressure. It will also give you another weapon of choice just in case you don't have enough magic energy to call one of us and you don't have your whip for some reason. It is also brilliant for long distance attacks."

I interrupted him here, "yeah that's great and all, but you're forgetting that I don't have a bow and arrow"

He chuckled again and replied, "Yeah I know but we can get you one of Sagittarius' old ones." Seeing my look he hastily continued, "You will still need Sagittarius because he's arrows are magic but this is just like a back-up of sorts. And to answer your last question, yes you have to do your workout with Aquarius because she will work you hard enough that you will improve quickly. You want to get home as fast as possible right?"

I nodded and put on my best determined face. Loke had reminded me that I was doing this for them, so I needed to get better as fast as I could. I grinned when I thought how shocked everyone would be when I went back. "Let's do this Loke, we need to get back and show everyone in Fairy Tail how strong I can be!"

He nodded at this and said, "Right then before the sun sets, I want to have everyone test you in their fields. So let's get started, get ready to fight Lucy." I panicked, "w-wait now?!" He nodded seriously, "yes now."

I nervously stepped forward and got into a fighting stance. Loke smiled and stood opposite me. He started with a leg sweep that I swiftly jumped over and then ducked as he nearly punched my head with a right hook. I attempted to kick him in the side but he was too quick and jumped to the opposite side. I moved closer to him and aimed a punch at his inner elbow. Yes contact! He stepped back, shocked, "how did you know to punch someone there?" he asked. I smiled smugly as I answered, "watching Natsu and Gray fight teaches you a lot." Loke nodded in understanding. I quickly delivered a hard Lucy kick to his chest when he wasn't prepared or so I thought. Unfortunately he was prepared and grabbed my foot with his hand, so I was stuck. He slowly twisted my leg which made me hop around trying to keep my balance, so he took the opportunity to sweep me off my feet, literally. He delivered a right leg sweep to my standing leg and made me fall flat on my rear.

I stood up rubbing my behind. Loke seemed a little surprised that I was as advanced as I was, which he said but he also said I had a fair bit of work to do. He then promptly disappeared to the spirit world and out came Capricorn. He made me sit down Indian-style much like he did when he was helping me as we trained for the Grand Magic Games. We did the same exercise as back then but this time, I could summon much more magic power and keep it going for much longer than before. The wind that surrounded me, showing my level of magic power summoned, was really fast and covered a vast area. He smiled softly and said that he would help me with that because there was so much more I could achieve. I thanked him and he disappeared.

Aries appeared with a cotton candy puff. I smiled at her, hopefully this wouldn't be too hard, I was already getting tired. She smiled and apologised like always and made me do heaps of stretches and then some running, dodging between the trees in the nearby forest. Suddenly I was being chased by a huge jet of sand. I stumbled as I realised that Scorpio had joined us. It was a good idea though, because it made me run faster. By the end of it I was so tired, it appeared that I was wrong when I thought it would be easy. I thanked her and she left me, apologising profusely. I then thanked Scorpio and he disappeared with a grin and his signature, "Wicked!", while I was left standing catching my breath until Crux and Gemini appeared. I smiled, no running or jumping! Crux asked to see me use any spells I knew and I felt so crestfallen when I realised the only spell I knew was Urano Metria and that used so much of my energy. I tried to explain this to him but he wouldn't let me get out of it. So I sighed and took a deep breath focusing my magic energy, preparing to cast the spell. Gemini, I realised, were there to transform into me in case I needed support. I closed my eyes and focused on a nearby rock.

I began to chant, "O stars far and wide that embody the heavens, by thy radiance reveal thy form to me, I implore you o tetrabiblos ruler of the stars let your unrestrained rage flow, with the 88 heavenly bodies, shining, URANO METRIA!" The air was filled with the starry sky and the shining stars shot forward and with a massive explosion, the rock crumbled. I glanced over at Crux, panting, and he smiled at me saying that he was extremely impressed in my mastery of that spell. He disappeared quickly taking Gemini with him and then Virgo popped up.

Strangely Sagittarius wasn't with her and when I asked her about it she said that he wouldn't need to test me as I didn't know how to shoot an arrow yet. I had to agree with this. For about ten minutes Virgo and I versed each other, the air was filled with the sound of cracking whips. Finally Aquarius appeared, for about ten seconds, just to say that I should be prepared for intense workouts from now on and left me thoroughly scared.

As I got ready for bed, I thought of all my guild mates and what they're reactions would be when we went on a job when I came back. I sighed as I turned in for the night, it was going to be a long four months.

There you go. Sorry if the spell was a little different to what you know, I used the dub version. Also has anyone reading this watched episode 62 of season 2? I need someone to talk to about it! Again thanks for reading and reviewing, I love you all dearly. The next chapter will have some more of Natsu's POV so get ready for some sad Natsu. :( Bye now I'll try to update sooner!