We made it down to the gym where I showed them earlier and set up the mat. It was red with flames on it and I smiled. "Woa, Luce, you like flames? I love flames!" I glared at Natsu. "Did I ask to get to know you? We barely know each other, so you can stop acting like we are best friends, I haven't forgotten the bullying..." I said stretching. He looked down for a moment, and then brightened up again. This boy… "Well, if we don't know each other now, why don't we all share something about us that nobody knows!" Everyone seemed to agree except for me. "I am good, besides I don't have any secrets..." I said obviously lying. Everyone looked at me with the "Yeah right Lucy" face and I gave in. "Fine, I will do this, but then we have to train!" I yelled and sat down next to Gray and Natsu. We were all in a circle, and it seemed nobody wanted to start the secret telling until someone spoke up.

"My brother and I ran away from home at a young age to get away from our abusive mother," Gray said casually and Juvia gasped. "I had no idea..." she said looking down. "Never judge a book by it's cover you know?" Gray said leaning back on the wall looking around. Juvia sat to the left of him and she spoke up. "I guess we will go clockwise. I have been bullied my whole life, since I seem to always bring bad weather. I hate swimming, but my parents hate me, so if I can make them proud in any way I can..." she trailed off looking at the ceiling. Gray put a hand on her shoulder and consoled her. They would make a cute couple.

"I live on my own without anyone, and I don't have a home," Gajeel said and Levy stared wide eyed at him. "I would never be able to do something like that..." she said and they whispered about how living on the streets is hard. "My parents tried to kill me" Jellal said and Erza went next. "My parents were murdered right in front of my eyes,"

"My brother killed my baby sister," "My Mother left me for dead," "My father died saving me from 20 villains on the street" Romeo finished and it was Levy's turn. She sighed. "My home is about to be taken away..." I jumped up. "What!? Why don't your parents do something about it?" She got up as well. "Open your eyes Lucy, my parents don't exist! I mean they did at one time, but they left me without a care and told me to kill myself. Haven't you noticed you have never seen my parents. I see how happy you are with your parents, and how you have a perfect family and I guess I wanted one as well, so I made up my parents… My jobs aren't enough anymore, and now the Home Owners Association is going to take away my house..." I stared at her as she held tears in her eyes. I had no idea that everyone here is having a problem…

After a while, everyone calmed down and we sat down. Next was Natsu. "My dad left me, as you all know. He told me he didn't want me. But I will find him and prove to him how strong I have become!" He said smiling. I smiled too. That's the one thing that has never changed about Natsu. He always sees the bright side of things, even when it seems impossible to do so. Oh no… I am next.

"Alright Luce, you are up, and then we can train!" Natsu said and I realized that everyone had problems, so I shouldn't bring them into it. "My uh, cat died… Yesterday..." I said lying. I was a really bad liar, but I didn't want to bother everyone with my problems, especially when everyone was going through much worse things than I was. "Lucy, you are terrible at lying, it is fine, you can tell us anything." Erza said. She is right… Alright, here goes nothing… "My mom has cancer… It is very strong, and she is losing hair. She tells me it's old age, but I went into her bathroom since mine was being cleaned, and I saw a doctor's note on the counter. I got curious, and...and, she has lung cancer..." I had tears in my eyes but I kept going. "I found out about a week ago, but you all had your own problems, and I didn't want to bother you with my life..." A single tear rolled down my cheek and I felt a hand wipe it away. Natsu…

"It is alright Luce, look around you, we are all here to help, and yeah we all have problems, but that only makes us better people to tell since we know what you are going through." I looked up to see everyone smiling at me with nothing but love. "You're right! Alright Fairy Tail! Let's get started!" I yelled throwing hand in the air with my pointer finger and thumb sticking out. "Yeah Lu!" Levy did the same with her hands, and soon everyone was doing it. I had a feeling this was going to be our thing now.

I ended up training the girls, and surprisingly Natsu was doing really well teaching the boys. We decided to switch in a couple days, so everyone could get both sides of teaching. Natsu was going to fight the girls, and I was going to fight the guys, and we were going to grade on how well the other taught. Obviously he made it into a competition, but I wasn't complaining.

"Alright ladies, I have showed you the basic moves, and now I want you to spar one another. I paired you up based on your strengths. Erza, you will fight Wendy, and Mira, you will fight Levy. Juvia will fight one of the boys since it is an odd number. GRAY GET OVER HERE NOW!" All the girls looked at me wide eyed. "U-uh Lu, d-don't you want me to f-fight Wendy, since s-she and I are m-more on the s-same level?" Levy said shaking. She looked at Mira who was smiling sweetly at her. This only made Levy more scared. "Trust me, you guys will do fine," I said and then winked at Levy and Wendy. They seemed to calm down a bit and Wendy now only shook a little.

I know it seems like Erza and Mira will crush Levy and Wendy, but they have strengths that they don't even know about. They haven't fought yet, but agility is something Levy and Wendy have. Sure Erza and Mira are powerhouses, but I am sure it will be fine.

I got the mat set up, and it looks like not only Gray came, but all of the boys. I called up Levy and Mira first. They got into stance and I walked over to where Natsu was. "Nice pairing Luce, you are a smart one," he said. So he knows what I did. "Seeing as you know my plan, it seems you are just as smart." I said looking at him through the corner of my eye. He looked at me with a face of 'I want to fight you' and I rolled my eyes focusing on the fight. "Begin!" I said and they looked at each other in stance, waiting for who was going to make the first move. "If you won't start, then I will!" Mira yelled maneuvering into a palm heel strike. This is when you thrust your palm into your opponent, usually the nose or throat. Obviously it wasn't that hard, but it still looked painful as it headed for Levy's throat.

"Kyaa!" Levy said easily dodging it. She looked shocked as did everyone else, except Natsu and I. "Nice job Levy, but you have to attack as well," I said casually and she nodded. She took this moment of Mira being shocked and did a front elbow strike to Mira's face. Mira stumbled back and smiled. "Nicely done, but it is my turn now!" Mira ran forward and did a roundhouse kick. Levy dodged, but Mira saw this coming and punch Levy in the face. Levy hit the ground, but quickly got back up. I watched with interested eyes as the fight went on, punch after kick, block after block, and it seemed Levy enjoyed sparing. She got used to the ruled and started going on offense. She landed many good hits, as did Mira. Soon they were both tired, throwing sloppy punches, and I decided the fight was over.

"Nicely done girls, it is a tie, but you are both learning well! Now go get some water, and enjoy the next fight!" I said and gave them a small towel and a bottle of water. The smiled gratefully, and it seemed they talked about how good the other one was in fighting for the rest of the break. "Wendy and Erza, you guys are next!"