Bickslow sat on his couch watching Farron examine his book case. Most books were from Freed or Lucy, but there were a few he bought himself on his magic. There was also a few pictures up there, mostly of him and his team or family. Yet there sat one on the fourth shelf that was his favorite. It was of Lucy. She was laying upside down on his couch reading while his babies rested on top of her. That was the day he fell in love with the blonde. She had come over wanting to get away from her team after they found her training without them.

"So Bickslow are you going to tell us why you and Ms. Heartfilia aren't together?" Farron asked looking back at his brothers.

"Well she went through a pretty bad break up, if you could honestly call it that," Bickslow cleared his throat, "After years of chasing her partner around, she finally caught him. Everything was going good for almost a year, until Tartaros. She saved everyone, and to thank her we all left. Everyone knew she did something, but none of us really stopped to ask her exactly what she had to sacrifice. Anyways, before the guild disbanded Natsu left. He didn't tell anyone, just left her with a note saying he would be back in a year. The next day, Gramps said Fairy Tail was disbanded. Everyone scattered, but not Lucy. "

"How exactly did she save everyone?" Kaleb questioned

"You are to never repeat this if I tell you. She doesn't want anyone in the guild knowing. Understand?" Seeing them agree Bickslow sighed, "Well you know that shes a celestial mage? She summoned the Spirit King himself to fight for us."

"WHAT?!" Kaleb and Farron yelled

Seeing that Bickslow was completely serious Kaleb looked into his mind to get the details. What he saw there almost brought him to his knees. What she did was unheard of, but what she sacrificed was beyond words. No wonder his brother was in love with the tiny girl, for her to do what she did must have brought her so much pain. Then to have everyone just leave, he just didn't know if he could forgive anyone.

"Bickslow, how could she do something like that? I've never heard of anyone seeing the Spirit King, let alone summon him." Farron already coming up with ways to research the phenomenon.

"Oh she's seen the Spirit King a lot. She calls him Stache face and the man loves her." Bickslow laughed, "But she had to break one of her keys. Not just any key, but one that she had the deepest bond with."

"Dear Gods" Farron quickly sat down, "I noticed she had a great amount of Zodiac keys, I can only assume it had to be one of those?"

Bickslow looked up at his ceiling, "Yeah, she had to break Aquarius. The mermaid had a habit of washing Lucy away, but Aquarius was like a mother to Lucy."

"And she inherited that key from her mom when she died. I remember seeing it on her mom's key ring once when I went to their estate." Farron looked at Bickslow, "No one thought to ask her what happened? All her friends and family just left her? That's something that changes a person life drastically. Why is she even still working with her team? How can she trust them?"

Sighing Bickslow looked at his brother, "For many reasons none that I agree with but its not my life. She doesn't want to hurt anyone else's feeling. Plus she knows if she tried to go solo, Natsu would burn cities to the ground."

"He cant be all that ba-" Kaleb was interrupted by images of Team Natsu's past missions. "Never mind"

"Exactly. She's the only one who can calm the pyro. I have a feeling that Gramps is going to end up breaking the team apart."

"I would've never let it get that bad. If Natsu was in my guild he wouldn't be going on missions till he got some control on his magic. But I guess that explains Lucy's inner rant on the train. Poor girl was thinking about her rent being late again and how she was going to have to sneak off on a few jobs."

"Shit! I forgot her rent was due this week." Bickslow muttered

"What is that little brother? Trying to keep up with your woman?" Farron laughed

Before Bickslow could deny anything a loud boom rocked across Magnolia. The trio was out Bickslow's door and headed towards Fairy Tail without another word.

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Natsu was feeling pretty good as he walked back to the guild for something to eat. Their latest mission wasn't a success, but he did get a lead on his mate. Now he just had to convince Luce to come with him on another mission. He knew she would probably be at the guild wanting to take another mission so she could pay her rent. He did feel a little guilty about not telling his best friend about him sensing his mate, but he knew she would be happy for him once he found the elusive woman.

Entering the guild he noticed a small group of women near the bar digging through boxes, but he didn't see Lucy there. He could defiantly smell that she was there or somewhere near by.

"Hey Cana. Whatcha got there?" Natsu asked as he walked to the bar.

"Oh hey Natsu. Lucy gave us a bunch of boxes full of her clothes before she left. Told us to keep them." Cana smiled drinking her beer and holding several pieces of lace.

"What do you mean left? And why would she give you her clothes? She hoards them like shes part dragon." Natsu looked inside the box and sure enough there was Luce's clothes.

Mira's head shot up to look at the young slayer, "Lucy didn't tell you she was going on a few solo missions?"

"SHE WHAT?!" Natsu screamed.

"Natsu calmed down," Mira smiled, "She just went on a couple easy missions. Said she needed to get away for awhile. There's nothing wrong with wanting a break from time to time."

"But she's my partner. She's only suppose to go on missions with me. She's suppose to go everywhere with me. Why would she just leave me beh-"

"Like you left her behind Natsu?" Levy interrupted.

"What are you talking about Levy? I've never left her behind." stated Natsu

"Yes you did," Levy glared at Natsu, "When the guild disbanded you left Lucy behind with nothing but a note. Then Gray and Erza left. Everyone left Lucy behind. I didn't want to leave her but she pushed me away because she was so heartbroken and closed off after you abandoned her."

"I didn't know the guild disbanded or that everyone left. Plus it was too dangerous for her to follow me! You know how she can get into trouble without realizing it." Natsu defended

Gajeel stood up behind Levy, "Don't call Bunny weak, Salamander. She saved everyone in this guild by herself. You know we all would've died when Tartaros has us in their cube. But she saved us somehow. Plus she's been training ever since."

"I'm not saying she's weak damnit! Just that she always finds trouble and where I went she would've gotten hurt or worse. And just because her spirits have been training her doesn't mean anything."

"Her spirits haven't been training her Natsu." Levy said cautiously, taking a few steps back after seeing Natsu's temper flare along with his magic.

"Who?" was all Natsu could get out as he tried to control himself, but upon hearing laughter from the second floor he already could tell he wasn't going to like the answer.

"Me of course," Laxus smirked as he leaned over the second floor railing, "Well me and Bickslow when we can."

With that Natsu lost control. His fire exploded around him and all he could see was red. How dare someone else train his Luce. Did she not trust him anymore? With that train of thought he ran to his best friends apartment.

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Bickslow, Kaleb, and Farron ran as fast as they could to the guild. Seeing Laxus running out the gate in a panic, the trio immediately looked around for a threat and seeing none.

"The hell was that boss man?" Bickslow said slightly out of breath

"Natsu found out we've been training Lucy and he lost control. I assume he took off to her apartment." Laxus answered

"Shit man I thought something was wrong." Bickslow sighed in relief

Laxus looked over at Bickslow, "Lucy left for a couple weeks on some missions and Gramps is at a counsel meeting."

"Fuck me. Lucy's apartment wont stand a chance." Bickslow straightened up and ran his hand through his hair

Kaleb listened for the mind of the dragon slayer but couldn't pick up anything. That worried him, only time a dragon slayer was able to block him out was when Christoff gave into his instincts. Seeing Freed had joined their little group he suddenly said, "I cant read his mind which means he's running on instinct. We are probably going to need to contain him till he calms down."

Bickslow lead the group through the streets of Magnolia till they came to a stop in front of Lucy's apartment. Seeing that everything was quiet Bickslow turned to Laxus.

"He's in there Bicks, but somethings wrong." Laxus stared up at the open window with scorch marks on the frame.

A little round old lady walked out with her broom, "Go get that boy out of the apartment so I can finish cleaning it."

Laxus wasted no time in rushing up the stairs and into Lucy's apartment as he heard a soft whine. He knew the others would follow him up without question. Throwing open the blondes door he froze and looked around.

"Yo boss you going to walk in or just stand in the doorway?" Bickslow questioned

As Laxus slowly walked inside, Bickslow could see why the man suddenly froze. There in the middle of the floor sat a crying Natsu. Bickslow carefully walked up to the dragon slayer to see if he was alright but stopped when he heard sobbing. Looking up, he saw that Freed and his brothers were looking around the apartment. Kaleb shook his head to let Bickslow know that he still couldn't read Natsu.

In the saddest voice Bickslow had ever heard, Natsu cried, "She's gone. She left me."

Looking around Bickslow saw that all of Lucy's stuff was gone. There wasn't anything left but the pink loveseat and the empty bed in the corner. Confused, Bickslow looked to Laxus who shook his head no.

Freed cleared his throat, "Where is all of Lucy's stuff?"

Farron quickly ran back down stairs to find the land lady.

"Did you get him out?" She fussed, "I need to get that apartment cleaned before the new tenet moves in."

"Did Lady Heartfilia move out?" Farron asked

"Heavens no!" the old woman exclaimed, "She was kicked out. Once again her rent was late. I told her last month that I wouldn't tolerate it being late again. She's such a nice girl, I thought she finally got her life together and could pay on time. But doesn't matter now she's gone and I have someone already signing paper to move in. Now the lot of you need to go!"

Quickly walking back up the stair he looked at Bickslow, "The land lady threw her out. She couldn't pay her rent today and the apartment is being cleaned for the next renter."

Natsu was jumping out the window in a flash and headed for the woods. Bickslow stared at the floor as he felt his heart break. She knew she wouldn't have a home when she got back, that's why she asked if she could stay the night. He failed her.

Everyone silently watched as the sadness and heartbreak played on Bickslow's face.

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Thank you to everyone who has taken their time to review! I promise chapter will start getting longer as I get into the groove of everything. I am so happy that yall are loving it so far. Right now I'm trying to figure out exactly how the guild should find out about Lucy's new situation and also her sacrifice to save everyone during Tartaros. So if you want throw me some ideas of what you may want to see happen or not happen.