A/N: Second chapter for today, as promised! Sorry it's a bit short; my creative juices quit flowing halfway through. But don't worry, there are going to be some big chapters in the near future!

Standard Disclaimer applies.


~Recap~

Exchanging glances, the two men quietly followed her.


Now back at the guild, Lucy stomped over to an empty table and sat down. Loke had gone back to his world, leaving Natsu to sit next to Lucy.

"Lucy, where's Dhiren?" Erza asked, taking a place on the other side of Lucy.

"That bastard is gone. Hopefully for good," Lucy grumbled. Erza turned to Natsu for him to explain.

"Apparently, the guy 'claimed her' or something like that. Luce chased him off," Natsu sighed. Erza raised a brow at the nickname but said nothing.

"What do you mean, 'claimed her'?"

Lucy began to explain the concept of the claim again, even telling her how to reverse it. She also told her that no matter how much of a bastard he was, she refused to kill an old friend.

"...Oh," Erza stated after a minute. "That's harsh."

"That's one way to put it. But I can't shake the feeling Ren's going to do something bad," said Lucy, a frown placed on her lips.

Her two friends shrugged but said nothing more on the matter. In fact, Natsu started a fight with Gray and Erza pulled a cake from somewhere (probably a cake requip) and everything in Fairy Tail returned to normal. Well, as normal as it could get when some of the members knew that their favorite Stellar Sprirt mage was a tiger.


As they talked, Dhiren was just a flash of white and black fur as he raced towards the forest he called home. No, it wasn't just his home, it was Lucy's home too. And he wasn't going to let that guild of weaklings keep his mate from him.


A/N: Oh yeah! I almost forgot to mention: Neko-Tiara is writing a story similar to mine, but we already sorted it all out so don't accuse either of us for plagiarism.