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Chapter 7: Truth

There she was hanging there. The only other person in the guild hall was a blonde passed out on the floor bruised from head to toe. Lisanna Strauss was hanging from the pole support in the middle of the room. The majority of the guild gasped and swarmed the girl hanging from the pole. Mira was the first to wake her up and question her.

"What happened to you?" Mira questioned.

"There… there was a bull with an axe and… and it beat me up and I don't remember what happened next." Lisanna said as she passed out again.

"Bull… the only bull with an axe we know is… Lucy's celestial bull Tartus…" Gray stated.

The whole clan glanced over at the passed out Lucy on the floor. Bickslow came from behind the crowd and had surprised the clan.

"It was Lucy," Bickslow said as the crowd turned around, "Lucy got a lot of hits on me but not enough to knock me down. She had tied up Lisanna by then but I had no idea she was tied up in here."

"So is it really true that Lucy beat up Lisanna and hung her there?" Erza questioned.

"Yeah but after I left she probably came back in here to try to hide or something but didn't have the strength to." Bickslow answered.

"So she did this to Lisanna," Mira said as she transformed into Satan Soul. Natsu had just arrived at the scene that everyone was so angry at.

"Did Lucy really do this to Lisanna?"Natsu thought. Lucy slowly got up. She looked over at the tied up Lisanna but before she could inspect the scene that was then the torture began.

Lucy was kicked in the face. The guild was screaming at her for some reason but she didn't know why. She looked around and didn't see master. That's not a good sign. Their screams did not stop as they surrounded her with their harsh words stabbing her in the back like daggers. They accused her of something she didn't do. How could her family do something like that to her!? Then her role model came up to her and gave her, what seemed like, the worst slap of her life.

"You blonde! How could you!" She screamed as her hand slapped the poor girl in the face. The mob stood there ashamed at the blonde when she had the nerve to walk back into the guild hall. She then took her leg back as far as she could and kicked poor Lucy in the chest.

As the foot hit her chest, blood flew out of her mouth. She could barely stand up again and as she did her eyes met other furious eyes.

"You liar, you traitor!" They yelled at her as she slowly backed up the wall, she cried out his name but he didn't respond, just stood there silent then turned away.

"Stop!" she yelled, "Please, I'm innocent!" They did as she told. Lucy Heartfilla could not stop the tears as they streamed down her face. All of them looked down at her with disgust clearly written on their faces. Even he was looking at her with this disgusted yet confused face. A tear rolled down from his left eye as only a word could escape his lips.

"Why?"

Lucy didn't know what to do. She panicked and then ran. The majority of the guild ran after her half of them were worried while the other half was thirsty for revenge. Levy, Erza, Juvia, Gajeel, Gray, Wendy, Carla, Happy, and Natsu stayed in the guild hall. Wendy and Erza took Lisanna down and Wendy healed her and Levy, Erza, Juvia, and Gray watched. Natsu didn't move from the door because he was frozen of shock. The tears didn't stop coming no matter how many times he tried wiping them away. Would his partner really do something like that!?

1 day earlier

Bickslow, Freed, Laxus, and Evergreen were coming back from a mission. All of them were exhausted but still split up when they reached the town of Magnolia to go to their homes. Bickslow had taken the main road past the guild hall when someone had called him. Bickslow looked to his left only to see one of Fairy Tail's sweethearts, Lisanna. She was there with an innocent smile on her face as she asked Bickslow to come with her to a dark alleyway.

"I know you have some secrets to where you got those new dolls of yours so you are going to listen word I say and go through with every command I tell you." Lisanna demanded as her smile turned to a sinister glare.

"I don't know what you are talking about?" Bickslow answered with guilt clearly in his voice.

"Don't play dumb I know where you got your new babies from! You bought them from a dark magic shop!" Lisanna answered.

"Fine what do you want,"

"Well…"

One year later

Bickslow couldn't take it anymore! The people of his guild were affected in so many ways because he actually let Lisanna go through with that horrible deed a year ago. She beat up one of his guild mates while she was unconscious. Bickslow still doesn't know what her motifs were to hurt the innocent Lucy but he guessed it was for revenge or jealousy. What did Lucy do to deserve this?

The 6th master walked up to Bickslow.

"You obviously know something that the rest of us don't know about this incident that occurred today so you need to speak now."

"But ho-" Bickslow started but Master continued.

"Child you have 3 seconds to spit out what you know or else the clan print will be removed faster than you can blink," 6th master demanded.

"Okay, I'll spill." Bickslow stated as he what told really happened that day.

Master stood at the bridge as she watched a stampede of Fairy Tail members and other spectators march towards the bridge where he was standing. He turned into his giant form as the mob and running Lucy stopped in their place.

"WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?" Makarvo demanded as he looked down on his 'children.'

"Lucy betrayed us!" One of them yelled as tons more continued to yell.

"Lucy is this true?" Makarvo demanded as she breathed heavily as blood spit out of her mouth as she spoke.

"I didn't but if they w- want me to g- go that badly then I'll go." Lucy stated as she tried to stand her ground.

"If you leave the clan you have to listen to these 3 rules. 1. You must never reveal sensitive information about Fairy Tail to others for as long as you live. 2. You must never use former contacts met through your being in the guild for personal gain. 3. Though our paths may have diverged, you must continue to live out your life with all your might, you must never consider your own life to be something insignificant, and you must never forget about your friends for as long as you live."

Tears poured down Lucy's cheeks as she agreed to these rules and her right hand lost its guild mark.

Lisanna looked through almost the whole capital.

"Where could she be?" Lisanna thought as she looked up at the fight tower, 'Tomorrow's the big fight I should get back."

Natsu's eyes eventually shut from exhaustion as he leaned against window. Most of the guild members were asleep including Mavis but Master and Bickslow were still awake. The door opened only to reveal Lisanna, the member of Fairy Tail who betrayed her fellow clan mate.

"Lisanna come here." Master instructed as the girl closed the door.

"Yes, Master," Lisanna answered as she walked up to face Master and Bickslow. Lisanna gulped.

"He must know," Lisanna thought.

"On the night of June 4, 791, what did you do to Lucy Heartfilla," Master asked.

"Nothing she had abused me and tied me up," Lisanna answered blandly

"Lisanna Strauss I will ask this question one more time on the name of your guild tell the truth by saying what you truly doing June 4, 791."

"I, well I," Lisanna couldn't hold it anymore so she blurted out the truth and Master just sat there as she explained the whole thing.

That morning was a sad one. Before the games began, Lucy was requested to meet at the Fairy Tail bar. When she arrived, she was swarmed by the whole guild crowded into one bar. In the middle stood two Fairy Tail members that had lied about her in the past, Lisanna and Bickslow. Both of them had glum faces as 3 words left the guilds mouth in unison.

"I am sorry."

"I have never should have tricked the guild into thinking that you were a threat," Lisanna stated, "nor should I have included Bickslow in helping me. My punishment is to be banished from the guild."

Lucy hesitated but then stated "I accept your apology, -but"

"But," Lisanna echoed.

"There is no way that Lisanna will be banished. I WILL NOT REJOIN FAIRY TAIL UNTIL LISANNA IS STILL ALLOWED TO BE IN FAIRY TAIL." She demanded at the 6th master

Lucy could had never lived with herself if she was responsible for removing a friend of hers which shows the difference between Lucy. She was a forgiving person which was obvious after forgiving, Gajeel, her dad, and now Lisanna. Natsu couldn't help but smile at that remark. He wanted to cry tears of joy. He should have been there for her but now that she's here, he could forget about his past mistake but be happy that his partner was with him again.

"Fine, fine she can stay," Master gave in after tons of pleading.

"Also don't expect me to just back down from this battle. Now during the battle rounds I won't be holding back because I have a commitment and I am not backing down." Most of Fairy Tail's jaw dropped. Erza just shook her head to approve her speech.

"Wait so you intend on taking on the top 7 clans in Fiore BY YOURSELF!" Gray exclaimed

"Yeah did I hesitate?" Lucy retorted, "I have a lot of tricks up my sleeves.

Lucy was swarmed with more questions for her but the fire eater didn't talk to her one bit. He didn't know what to say because of what she had said the other day.

YOU NATSU! She screamed, YOU WERE THAT KEY!

He didn't know how to casually ask her about that statement nor did he know how awkward it would be if he had started a conversation after she had kissed him on the cheek. Wait what was he thinking? When was he ever this thoughtful? Lucy was probably rubbing off on him. But why did Lisanna want to date me after that?

363 days ago.

"Yes Lisanna what do you want,"

"Oh nothing much I just want to play house," Lisanna responded

"You mean that old game? No thanks," Natsu blurted out coldly.

"What you have something better to do?"

"No,"

"But Natsu I… Natsu I really like you for a long time! When I say I like you I mean I love you! I may have never told you but it's true. Please accept my feelings,"

"Um… okay I," Natsu began but was cut off with a sudden kiss on the lips.

"Great, boyfriend!" Lisanna stated as she smiled gleefully. Then she ran off to tell her sister while Natsu sat in bewilderment.

"Boyfriend?" Natsu repeated, "Where did all of this come from? She didn't even give me the chance to respond!"

Bickslow and Lisanna stood outside the bar.

"Why didn't you tell master about me blackmailing you?" Lisanna asked.

"Because I know that you are truly a good person and that before that wasn't you," Bickslow answered.

"What do you mean wasn't me," Lisanna questioned.

"I know Lisanna Strauss and she is not the kind of person who would blackmail someone. She would be there to help a friend in need and brighten up someone's day. That was the Lisanna Strauss that the clan knows and loves."

Flashback to Many Years Ago…

"Mira-nee? What's a soulmate?" 6 year old Lisanna asked.

"Why are you asking me this all of a sudden?" a 9 year old Mira asked, "What got you thinking this crap?"

"Well, I was just wondering after seeing Macao talking about finding his soulmate I was wondering what one was." Lisanna responded.

"Well I think a soulmate is someone who's there for you when times are rough, someone who treasures you more than anything else, and someone who will buy you strawberry cake whenever you want," Erza answered as she cut into the conversation.

"Do you have a soulmate, Erza?" Lisanna asked.

"At a time I thought I did," Erza thought remembering her times in the Tower of Heaven but a punch interrupted those thoughts.

"Please do you really think that ugly here really has a soulmate!?" Mira exclaimed, "Please the last person that would have a soulmate would be you."

"What did you just say!?"

"Did I STUTTER?"

"Oh YOU-"

While Mira and Erza were fighting Makarvo answered her question.

"Erza was partly right. A soulmate is someone who would be there for you when you are down, will be there when you are hurt but most importantly will love you more than anything in the world! Sometimes I would consider you children as my soulmates because I was destined to be here to lead you towards the light! One day you will find your soulmate, someone who is that important to you." Makarvo preached

"Really!" Lisanna exclaimed, "That sounds amazing!"

Lisanna's aqua eyes met Bickslow's bright green ones.

"You mean it?" Lisanna questioned

"Of course," Bickslow answered. Right then Lucy left the bar and smiled at Lisanna. Lisanna froze but then smiled back with the smile that had been long forgotten until now.

"At first, I may have thought that Natsu was my soulmate but obviously when I was gone he must had found his true soulmate. But now I feel like I have found my true soulmate and he is standing right next to me" Lisanna thought still smiling.

How did you guys like it! I'm officially out of school so I will update much more! I am soo sorry about earlier and if you don't know, I made a couple of mistakes and luckily a couple of people caught it! I am 200% grateful that those people caught the mistake that I had made so thank you! Next chapter will be out soon!