Chapter 9: Hot Springs it is!
Lucy POV
Ugh, I cant believe this idiot is attacking me! Im not in the mood, especially with my former guild mates that are coming with us. I know I acted like I was totally ok with it BUT I'm not FULLY ok with it.
I put my hands in a form of a circle in front of me "Portal" A mini black hole formed in front of me and it engulfed the roar. Then it disappeared
"Wow you're strong. How did you do that?" Sting said smirking
"It was one of my portals. Besides that, I need to talk to you and Rogue… In private"
"Why?" "Does it matter?" "Yeah if you don't want to get beaten up by me" He said while getting ready to fight
"Sting" Rogue said sitting at the bar. He was reading, yet he didn't look up from his book "Don't go destroying the guild like you did last time. Take it outside."
"Won't be necessary." I walked over to them so I could be heard buy only those 2 and lowered "You guys will come willingly if I told you I know about… Lucy"
Stings eyes softened but then they turned into a glare. Rogue closed his book and put it down. He looked calm, but when he lifted himself from the table he broke a piece of it.
Hahaha they look so mad I cant wait to tell them the truth.
I still had my straight face. "Follow us" They said leading us to a room in the back of Sabertooth.
"Talk. NOW." Sting said turning around facing me, Zeref and Jade
I looked at Zeref and Jade and we all smiled at each other.
"Im back guys" I said giving Rogue and Sting my signature smile
"Wha-?" Sting said while freezing
"I've missed you guys so much" My eyes got watery. I felt arms wrap around me.
"Lucy?!, we were so worried about you. You have no idea" His arms tightened around me as if I was going to disappear.
"Don't hog her!" Rogue said hugging me. This was the first time I saw him like this
"Jade? Zeref?" Sting said
"Yeah, Hi Sting!" Jade said jumping on sting and giving him a hug.
Sting walked over to Zeref next. They stood there staring at each other
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They both held out their hands and gave each other a handshake. "I can tell she got stronger"
"Well… I am the one that helped train her" Zeref told Sting giving a tiny sneer
"But you guys aren't the only ones who got stronger" Sting and Rogue Smirked
"I could tell… That roar was extremely strong" I smiled
"We both trained with godslayers of our element and we also trained with this lady that made us small, we got shrunk down to Frosh and Lectors size, and so our powers decreased. ALOT! We had to train in this strange house in the middle of nowhere. We had to carry weights on us 24/7 in our little form! I swear that old hag was trying to kill us sometimes" Sting explained to us
"Wow you and Rogue sure had it tough!" Jade said looking at both of them
"Haha but we managed. After 6 months we got to our original size and our physical power went up times 3"
"To bad for Sting but physical abilities mean nothing if you don't have a brain" Rogue chuckled
"What was that Rogue" Sting said turning towards Rogue
"Heh, If you only had a brain" Rogue sang and gave a twirl
"Rogue!" Sting yelled while Rogue laughed
"Wow Rogue you opened up a lot more these past years" I giggled
"What? Was I too quiet you last saw me?"
"No, no, that's not what I mean… I'm just saying I think you're a bite cuter than you were before" I smiled at him
"T-T-thanks…Lucy" Rogue said with a tint of pink on his cheeks. On the other side of the room you could see Sting and Zeref fuming.
Zeref coughed "Well, I think it's time we tell you why we are really here."
"Yeah." We all got quiet "We came here to ask you where a good place was to stay while we are here."
"A place?" Sting tilted his head
"Yeah. We want to relax for a while. Just to have fun. You now"
"How long are you guys staying?" Rogue asked
"We are leaving next week"
"I GOT IT!" Sting shouted "There is a hotel a town over and hot springs beside it. It would be the perfect place"
"Sounds great!" I looked at Jade and Zeref "Does that sound ok to you guys?" "Yeah"
"Then it's settled. Will you guys wait for just a couple of more minutes while we pack our stuff" Sting said while walking away
"Wait… Your coming!?" I turned my head to Sting walking away
"Duh, We aren't missing this chance" They both said and walked out of the room completely
"Lucy" Jade said grabbing my shoulder "I think you should tell them who our 'traveling buddies' are"
"Haha yeah I almost forgot!"
"I think I might go and check on how 'they' are. You know, to make sure that they aren't breaking anything" Zeref said walking out
"I'm gonna go get something to drink. I've been dying of thirst… I'll leave them up to you!"
"I like how those two left me by myself ill make sure to get them later" I smiled and walked out of the room and ended up in the guilds main hall. I saw a few glances at me. I looked around and saw someone familiar, Yukino. I walked over to her.
"Hey Yukino, Where are Sting and Rogue?"
"Why do you ask" She glared
"Cause I need to talk to them"
"And?"
I chanted a spell to make a bubble around us. A sound proof one that also makes puppets of us. I got closer to her and put my finger on her forehead "Level 2 magic drainer"
An intense scream came from Yukino. No one came to help. They couldn't hear her.
"Impede" I said and with that she stopped screaming
"Mind Search" Yukino's eyes glowed blue "Now, where are Sting and Rogues room?"
"Scanning complete: Sting's room 2nd floor room 109 Rogue's room 2nd floor 112"
"Thanks" I removed my finger from her forehead and her eyes went back to normal
She fell on the floor. I waited for a couple of seconds for her to wake up.
"You!" Yukino said "I will get back at you for this. Just wait till my magic is restored"
"Yeah" I said not caring while taking down the bubble. I walked upstairs and I got to Stings room first. I knocked on it and waited for him to come out.
Ugh why is he taking to long to answer the door!
I focused on one of my senses, my hearing. Rose gave us training on meditating so we heightened our senses when we concentrate on them. We can heighten them 3 times more than usual.
I heard him breathing but I also heard… water? It isn't raining though. Oh! I'm so dumb! Haha he's taking a shower. That is why he isn't answering the door. I smiled and opened the door. Oh No!
I saw a cloth pile that was almost my size on the floor. The mattress on the bed was halfway on the floor. His blankets were on the floor. He had a flat screen TV in front of his couch and an Xbox. His Xbox games were scattered on the floor with some CD's out of the cases. On his table he had a half eaten pizza with…. I think…. A bug on it. I saw his kitchen too. He had dirty dishes in the sink and in one of his pots; he had dried up, what looked rotten, rice. The smell was about to make me throw up.
I shrieked at the sight. A door slammed open a couple of rooms down.
I turned my head to the footsteps I heard coming to me. It was Rogue he had a worried look on his face"Lucy!? What happened?" He grabbed me
"S-St-Stings room!"
Rogue sweat dropped at me. "Don't scare me like that" He let go of me. Then we heard another door slam.
"Lucy! What's wrong" Sting ran out of his room and ran towards me, he dodges all of the stuff on the floor like a crash course. When he got to the door I saw that his hair was wet and he didn't have his shirt on. He had his shirt in his left hand and a towel on his head
I blushed and closed my eyes "Sting! Put your shirt on!" With that he put on his shirt
"I have something important to tell you both." I got stern "Natsu, Erza, Gray, Happy, Juvia…. And Lisanna are traveling with us" I looked at them, they had their eyes wide as saucers. Rogue was the first to get back to normal.
"Do they know it's you?"
"No. We didn't tell them our real names. My name is Leila, Jade's name is Jewel, And Zeref's name is Zeff"
"What are they doing even following you?" Sting furiously said
I explained what happened before I came to Sabertooth
"Natsu…" Sting had a killer aura around him along with Rogue
"Anyways you guys can just give us the directions since you guys aren't com-"
"We're coming!" They yelled and went to get their bags in their rooms
Haha that's my favorite thing about those 2
"Why are you guys so loud" A flying cat said "Lector!"
"Frosh ears hurt" Frosh said coming out of Rogues room yawning and rubbing his eye "Frosh!"
Sting and Rogue walked out of their room with their bags and closed their doors
"Oh Frosh, Lector. This is Lucy."
"Lucy?" "Yeah" "She's our childhood friend, Remember?"
"Oh yeah the celestial mage" Lector said
"Was" I corrected "Was?" "I'm a devil now" "Sounds interesting but you are still no match for Sting"
"Whatever im not in the mood to deal with that cat" I looked over at Frosh, he fell asleep again in Rogues arms
Lector yawned "Your tired as well?" I looked at him
"I'm never tired!" He exclaimed but flew on Stings head and fell asleep he mumbled "You stupid red head"
"Lector…." I glared
"Before we go I need to make sure that you guys 'behave' yourself" I smiled darkly
"Sure" Sting said "I'm serious Sting they can't find out…. And if they do" I ran over to him and requiped a knife. I held it to his neck "I will do some really bad things to you"
"Why aren't you giving Rogue any violent threats" Sting sweat dropped
"Because he knows how to behave himself" I smiled at Rogue and took the knife from Stings neck "Now let's go"
We walked downstairs and Yukino stopped us. "Payback" She said looking at me
"Sting, Rogue, Go outside and tell Zeff and Jewel the description of the town, where it is located and how far it is. They will make a portal so we won't have to wait for the train to come for another 20 min"
"Alright…." They walked outside leaving me and Yukino in Sabertooth. Everyone was watching us. Some people were cheering for Yukino.
"Open the Gate Leo the Lion" The key shined orange. Out came Leo or as I like to call him. Loke. He had on his black suit. His hair was wild but it still looked neat, like a lions main. He glared at me and put his hand on his emerald ring.
"Loke. It's been so long" I had a tear fall down my cheek but quickly wiped it and smiled.
"Leo! Attack her!"
"Yes master!" Leo ran towards me and threw a punch.
I jumped in the air. Loke stopped and jumped up too. He tried to punch me again with his fist lighted up. His punches were really fast, faster than the time I saw him and Zeref fight, to bad for him that I trained too. I grew my devil wings. Everyone awed, Loke just looked surprised. I flew behind him and kicked him to the wall. I flew towards Yukino like a blur and got back to my original place, so it didn't look like I ever moved. Yukino reached for her other keys.
"Looking for this?" I smirked and held up the keys
"YOU… Leo! Get my keys!"
Loke had already been behind me and hit my back.
I let my guard down!
I felt pain shot through my body once again. I was bleeding.
"Loke you will pay for that"
"Loke?" Loke stopped attacking. "How do you know that name?" he glared "Only People I new long ago called me that"
"Haha you mean 2 years ago!" I snicker
"..Yes" "Well that doesn't concern you"
I held out my hand "Kio Jrea" A little ray came from my finger it hit Lokes arm and burned it Loke held on to his arm that was dripping with blood. That still didn't stop him. He ran up to me and took my right hand. His eyes got wide when he saw my ring
"Lucy?"
"You've gotten stronger ever since you've been with Yukino I guess I made the right choice to give my keys to her."
"You still have the ring I gave you" He gave me a hug and tears poured from his eyes
"I've kept it on ever since you gave it to me"
Flashback: 2 years ago (This was a bit after she was done packing to leave)
Normal POV
"Only one more to go" Lucy exhales sadly "Open the Gate! Leo the Lion"
"Princess who are we fighting next?" Loke said pushing up his shades
"N-no Loke. We aren't fighting I just wanted to talk with you" Lucy sweat dropped
"Oh, you missed me that much?" Loke smiled and Lucy giggled lightly but then her face got depressed
"Loke…I'm leaving my keys here"
"Leaving us?!" Loke was taken aback "Lucy! Think this through!"
"I have! I can't stand the fact that I am keeping you guys waiting for me to summon you during battle and I don't want you guys to not get a chance of having the action. I'm giving all of you to Yukino, the one from Sabertooth"
"A Saber? Lucy why are you just throwing us away?"
"I'm not. I will come back for you. All of you. We will be reunited. I will set you guys free"
"Set us free?"
"You will understand when I have grown stronger to complete the spell"
"Lucy what are you-"
"Loke. Thanks for helping me"
"Wait Lucy. Before we part I want to give you something" He pulled out something from his coat pocket. "I've been holding this for you. I got it for your birthday but it was kind of hectic so... I forgot to give it to you right away"
Loke opened his hand to show a golden ring with engraved stars on the outside. On the inside there was writing. It said 'Happy Birthday Lucy – From Loke'.
Loke slipped the ring on Lucy's finger. It was a perfect fit. "Now try adding power to the ring" Loke said as he smiled
In next to no time Lucy's ring glowed. The stars on the ring started to surround her. They looked real, like a mini galaxy. Lucy's eyes sparkled in delight.
"They are real stars. It took a lot of work to get them, but I thought of how happy you would be if you had them. Stars always remind me of you. They always shine so brilliantly, beyond the compare of any light. They are as small but they as the most striking thing when you look up in the sky. They always make people smile even through their hard times. They never give up on shining above, just like you" Loke smiles sincerely "We might not see each other but I want you to remember that we will always be under the same sky"
Lucy smiled while the tears ran down her cheeks. She just stood there crying. Loke already knew what to do and held the shaking Lucy.
"Thanks Loke… Thanks so much!" Lucy said after crying
"I'll be waiting for you Lucy... bye" Loke disappeared
"Later, Loke" Loke's key formed in Lucy's hand along with the others.
"The contracts are all broken"
End of Flashback
"Loke I'm sorry but I'm not ready for everyone to know yet. I will come back in 2 more years. This will be the final time I'm leaving. I'm sorry you guys have had wait so long but it isn't the right time to get cozy yet. If I talk to you anymore than I will not have the strength to leave my family a second time." Before Loke even had the time to talk I Burned him bad enough to make him fall to the floor.
"Gest Zoin" My nails turned purple and I scratched his arm. The spell is used for taking away someone's power "Your power will be gone for 3 days…" I walked gracefully towards Yukino.
"Souls kiss" I kissed her forehead and she dropped to the floor "Easy"
I walked out of the guild while hiding my wings and sealing my powers. The guild was quiet. Everyone was shocked that one of their best was taken down.
When I was out I only saw Gray, Sting, Rogue, and Jade. Jade was holding up the portal for me and on the other side of the portal must be Zeref holding it up.
"Thanks for waiting" I smiled
"Don't mention it" Sting and Rogue said and then glared at each other
"Hurry up guys I don't feel like keeping this up for long" Jade said irritated
"Fine Jewel, we will go then"
It didn't take long for us to get to the other side of the portal and see everyone else. I looked around for my used to be crush. I saw his pink hair. He was laughing with Lisanna
and holding her hand. I felt a pang in my chest. I walked over to Natsu. I was pissed.
"Salamander" I kicked him and his head went straight into the ground, creating a crater. "That is for the mark you left on my back" I took off Zerefs jacket so he could see. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder. It was Natsu again but he stumbled and tripped. He pulled my string.
Time felt like it went by slow. My top fell….. I yelped and covered myself and turned around. I heard Jade laughing. "Don't laugh Jewel!" My face was red like a strawberry
"Requip!"
I had on a loose light blue dress with purple heels. Really original but still very cute and showed off my curves.
I turned around and saw that all the boys had nose bleeds but acted like nothing happened.
"L-l-l-lets g-g-go" I walked off but turned around and stamped on Natsu to make a bigger crater, who was still on the ground and got a perfect view.
Thanks for reading my story! I feel like im getting better at writing but I would like you guys to tell me if I need to work on stuff ^_^ ANYWAYS! PLEASE REVIEW
I DON'T OWN FAIRYTAIL and sorry for spelling corrections. Also tell me who you want Lucy to hang out with in the next chapter. Of course she still ends up with Zeref :P
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