I am here! I missed y'all and I know y'all missed me! Thanks to Digi-fanCatt and Pokemon Ranger-Trainer for the reviews. You are too kind to me! :) :) And without further ado, I present to you the ninth chapter!

The truth hurts: I don't own Fairy Tail.

Timeskip~ 2 years later

Normal POV (Lucy)

Lucy finally had enough money to leave Shirotsume Town. She was heading to the train station with her small amount of belongings right now. She carried everything in the bag Natsu had left at the room they stayed in together 2 years and a month ago. She even had most of Natsu's belongings, everything but the clothes.

"Hey, did you hear about that crazy Fairy Tail guild? Well, they overdid it again." Lucy heard someone say to their companion, who was puffing smoke. Both men were wearing long cloaks that hid most of their bodies and all of their faces.

"Yeah, what else is new?" The man said back, uncaring.

"Well, the guild was usually fine until that pink haired young man showed up."

Lucy, who had still been walking, stopped in her tracks. Pink haired young man? I only know two people with pink hair, Virgo and Natsu. But they said man... it must be Natsu!

"I think they're providing a big problem for Magnolia."

Lucy ran to the board, a new skip in her step.

"The closest ticket I can get to Magnolia is Hargeon. It'll have to work, I would sprint the whole way if I had to! I am finally gonna see Natsu again! I knew he was alive!" She beamed.

The next train departing for Hargeon left in an hour. She decided to have a snack before boarding. She went to a cafe, Doughnuts R Us, a Fiore wide industry, and it was her favorite. It reminded her of Natsu for some reason.

"Hi, I will have a chocolate filled chocolate doughnut. Extra chocolatey please." Lucy smiled.

"M'kay. Enjoy your chocolate." The man behind the counter said, immediately handing her a doughnut.

Lucy ate her doughnut quickly, but still barely made it to her train. When she got on the train, she quickly looked through her bag until she found it. A picture of her and Natsu.

Natsu and her were standing in front of the building they were living in and it was decorated for Valentine's day, arm in arm, staring at the camera. Natsu has that mischievous, toothy grin he always had when he was thinking about a perfect prank for Lucy. Lucy had chocolate all over her face and was trying to lick all the chocolate off her face. It made Lucy tear up. That was the week before he disappeared and she would finally see him again.

When she arrived at Hargeon, she jumped off, imagining Natsu kissing the ground. She laughed to herself. She would probably see that again very soon. All she needed right now was a map.

She meandered through the town, occasionally asking someone where a map store would be. The west side of Hargeon. So that's where she ran.

On her way there, she heard screaming. When she followed it, it led her to a dark alleyway ' with nothing but a small family huddled in the corner. In front of them stood a few very burly men, and one held a whip. There was the mother, the father, and the daughter, and they kept whipping the daughter, forcing screams out of her starved body.

"Stop it!" The mother screamed. "Leave her alone!" And finally, Lucy had had enough.

She grabbed her keys, one in particular, and shouted, "Open, gate of the golden bull! Taurus! Let's see your muscles rival these!" Lucy added as an afterthought.

Then the huge cow and bull like spirit rose from the ground, an axe in hand. "Hurting those people is going to be the worst moooooove of your life." He... mooed? and then sprang at the thugs. He was able to take down two, when the last one whipped him.

"I'm in the mood for whipped cream, and it looks like I got my cream and whip right here." He grinned.

"Close, gate of the golden bull! Open, gate of the maiden! Virgo!" She shouted, replacing one golden key with another. A pink haired girl appeared in front of Lucy as Taurus disappeared.

"Yes, Princess?" She asked tentatively.

"I think it's high time these idiots were punished, Virgo, and I thought you'd be perfect for the job." Lucy smiled, remembering the last time Virgo had punished someone. She thought she wouldn't want to see that inflicted on anybody again, but on them, it suited perfectly.

"As you wish." She said, her normally blue eyes turning red. Then she was a blurred, pink and red mess as she quickly punched the living daylights out of each and every one of them.

"Anything else, Princess?" Virgo asked.

Lucy glanced at the young girl and saw her back was a raw bloody mess. "A first aid kit would be nice." She said quietly. Virgo followed her vase and nodded when she found what Lucy was staring at.

"Very well. Be back soon." She said, shimmering, then disappearing back into the spirit world quickly.

Lucy walked over to the family and smiled gently at the young girl. "Y'all right?" She asked.

"I-i-i think so... I don't know." She winced. "Thank you for what you did..."

"Hey, no prob, Kiddo." She smiled ruffling the small girl's hair, who was still in her parents arms.

Then Virgo reappeared with a small medical kit. "Medicine for the young princess." She said in her emotionless tone.

"Thanks Virgo!" A 13-year old Lucy grinned, walking over and grabbing the kit. Virgo then disappeared quickly, and Lucy walked back over to the parents. "Would you like to handle the wounds or should I?" She asked, squatting next to them.

"I will." The father said gently, taking the kit and gently treating his daughter's wounds.

Lucy smiled and backed up, looking at the caring way the father treated his daughter, and being just a little jealous. Her father had given her those wounds and more. Lucy absently started rubbing the scar near her heart like she did when she was jealous.

"Well, I WAS gonna help out, but it looks like you took care of everything, Blondie." A man said from behind her.

She whipped around to see a tall man in a long flowing trench coat and a cat at his feet. Then she looked into his eyes and saw the familiar determination and smile in some onyx eyes. But the most striking figure was his hair. It was PINK!

"Natsu." She whispered.

"Nice to know you remember my name, Luce." He smirked.

"Aye sir!" Happy said, jumping in the air and Natsu slammed his hand into Happy's outstretched paw.