Lucy was sitting in the library looking up medical ninjutsu, it seemed pretty straightforward except for the fact that you needed to know the body inside and out in order to heal it. Lucy grumbled in frustration as she went to look for books on anatomy and made a mental note to get Crux and Capricorn to help her once her spirits break was over. Crux already had enough on his plate with her practically demanding information out of him left and right, he of all spirits deserved time off. Lucy noticed that it was getting dark and hurried back to Kakashi's place before he noticed that she was late, however, luck was not on her side,
"And where do you think you're going?" Lucy heard Kakashi ask from the sitting room as she tried to sneak inside the house and into her room,
"Umm to my room," Lucy said unsure of what to do next,
"Do you realise how late it is?" Kakashi questioned,
"I didn't realise until it started to get dark, I got caught up reading," Lucy tried to explain, but Kakashi was having none of it,
"I told you not to overwork yourself and what do you do?" Kakashi started to lecture and Lucy suddenly got a bored look on her face,
"Look Kakashi I know you're trying to look out for me but my head is full of information and I'm frustrated at how much I'm going to have to do to learn medical ninjutsu. Do you think you can lecture me tomorrow?" Lucy asked not even trying to hide how tired she was, Kakashi was about to relent when he looked at the bags under her eyes but shook his head and continued to lecture her. By the end of it, Lucy was falling asleep where she stood and almost fell over when Kakashi caught her gently and placed the anatomy book that she had borrowed on the table.
He picked her up and took her to her room, feeling bad for being the one to keep her up. Looking at her he frowned slightly and sighed, knowing that she was going to be doing nothing but reading and training for a while. Kakashi also spoke to Inoichi today about Lucy's apparent dojutsu and he confirmed that Lucy's eyes turned a gold colour and seemed to glow for a period of time during the mission. Since Lucy had no knowledge of it he wondered if one of her parents came from a ninja bloodline but Inoichi dismissed his idea when he said that Lucy's last name is Heartfilia.
Kakashi was tempted to speak to the Hokage about it but didn't want to put any extra stress on Lucy not to mention he didn't want something to happen to her. She has been through too much in this past week so he decided to speak with Lucy personally about it later. The Hyuga clan may be able to help but he doubts that they would do so willingly, they were a very conservative clan and didn't even let their side branch members know too much about their abilities. So the likelihood of them allowing Lucy to know even their taijutsu techniques was laughable. However, they could look at her chakra network and see if there is anything that he needs to worry about, Kakashi had already looked over her with the Sharingan but there was nothing amiss but that cloak that she was wearing had a weird aura around it.
Like it was chakra but not, it seemed protective of Lucy, it was surrounding her like a security blanket. Kakashi sighed deeply again before making his way towards his own room dreading how the next few weeks are going to be.
The next day Lucy awoke in her bed and went down to the kitchen to make breakfast. Lucy made spinach and mushroom omelets with a berry protein shake mix, adding in extra strawberries of course. Lucy found that she was needing more food the more she used her body and asked Capricorn for those meal tips that he was always badgering her about on Earth land. Lucy heard Kakashi come downstairs and called up to him,
"Kakashi do you want breakfast?"
"Sure," he called back in his usual monotone voice and he sat down at the table not bothering to put his mask on. Since Lucy has seen his face many times he doesn't usually wear the mask around her unless he already has it on. Lucy placed an omelet in front of his and a glass of her berry protein shake on the side and continued to plate up to her portion.
They ate in silence, Lucy was lost in thought, thinking about what she needed to get done today whilst Kakashi was wondering how he was going to bring up her possible dojutsu and whether she or not she would speak to the Hokage about it,
"Lucy," Kakashi said hesitantly, "I spoke with Inoichi yesterday about your eyes and what they did on your mission and he didn't really have a lot to say but he said that in your memory your eyes turned golden. That could have been when you started being able to see inside people's bodies, other than that there's nothing else I could find. Your last name isn't of a shinobi bloodline so I don't think that it's a kekkei Genkai, at least not one that's known," Kakashi said and Lucy tried to take in what he was saying,
'Of course, it's not a kekkei Genkai I'm not from this world but there's nothing else to explain it. I want to ask Crux about it when he gets off from his break but I doubt there will be much he can tell me. He only has limitless information on the spirit realm, anything else I have to give him the information.' Lucy frowned as she thought this and Kakashi sighed as he looked at her,
"We could ask the Hokage about it and see if he has any information or if he would let us look through some files for it but from the way you described your dojutsu, it's very similar to the byakugan, one of the strongest dojutsu's of the hidden leaf. They can only see the chakra system inside one's body though, not everything else as you can. I don't think that they would help you though, not without the Hokage ordering them to. They are very wary about telling others of their kekkei Genkai," Kakashi explained,
"I don't think that it's a kekkei Genkai, neither of my parents knew much about the ninja world let alone have a kekkei Genkai. My mother only knew how to summon celestial spirits, nothing about ninjutsu or anything like that. I'm the first of my family to actually perform a ninjutsu, the first that I've heard about anyway. Celestial Spirits are what my mother's ancestors focused on and that's hard enough as it is," Lucy explained to Kakashi and he frowned at her explanation,
'If your ancestors focused so intently on celestial spirits then why aren't they common knowledge like the Sharingan or byakugan? Why is it such a secret and why is Lucy so focused on keeping them that way?' Kakashi thought, 'what exactly aren't you telling me about your past Lucy, it's like you're intentionally keeping it secret. Should I worry?'
Lucy was staring at Kakashi as he frowned at her in thought, "Why are you looking at me like that?" Kakashi shook himself from his thoughts,
"I was just wondering what else it could be besides a kekkei Genkai but I've come up blank," Kakashi explained quickly and Lucy sighed,
"So have I, I'm just wondering if it was something that could have developed with Orochimaru?" Lucy questioned,
"There have been cases of changing DNA but I've never heard of this kekkei Genkai before, you can't really create a kekkei Genkai out of the blue," Kakashi had another thoughtful look on his face, "have you been able to activate it since the first time?" Lucy shook her head no,
"I don't know how I did it so," Kakashi stared down at her for a moment,
"From my understanding people with dojutsu abilities focus chakra into their eyes, this is only after they activate it though. Activation is usually obtained through excessive emotion, such as fear, distress, excitement. What was happening when you noticed the change?" Kakashi questioned as he finished his breakfast and took both his and Lucy's dishes and placed them in the sink,
"All I can remember thinking was that I needed to get you back to the village, everything else is kind of a blur," Lucy put her hand to her head and looked down for a second, "I remember the tigers and how I made a summoning contract with them, then Axal came and words were exchanged then we started fighting. After I pushed him back we started to make our way back here before you were cut with an arrow, once we found out it was poisoned that's where things start to get hazy," Lucy avoided Kakashi's gaze now and took a deep breath,
"I remember hearing Loke talk to me through his key he was telling me what to do because I was panicking. Then I remember Axal threatening to kill you instantly, I then substituted myself with a clone and stabbed him from behind and I was running back to the village," Lucy explained, "I'm not too sure when I started to see people's insides exactly but I know that it was before Axal threatened you. I think it was around the time that I got a hold of the poison arrows but after Loke started talking to me,"
Kakashi was looking at Lucy intently now, trying to figure out how to recreate a feeling that she couldn't even remember, "can you try moving your chakra into your eyes and see if that works?" Kakashi asked so that he doesn't waste time trying to figure out another way. Lucy nodded and closed her eyes, taking in deep breaths and slowly letting them go. Once Lucy thought that she had enough chakra pushes into her eyes she opened them only to be disappointed with seeing nothing but Kakashi's boring face.
"How disappointing," Lucy mumbled and Kakashi got a tick mark on his forehead,
"Just keep trying," he stresses, "If nothing happens today we can go to the Hokages office tomorrow and discuss it then," Kakashi was still hesitant on going to the Hokage in regards to Lucy but it was the only way he could think of getting results without causing unnecessary problems. Lucy nodded and moved into the sitting room and started to meditate.
Kakashi was watching her from the sitting room entrance with a frown on his face, 'where exactly did you come from Lucy? There are no records of the name Heartfilia in history, what are you keeping from me?' Kakashi silently slipped away and went to the memorial stone where he stood there silently repeating the same names in his head.
'Obito, Rin, Minato-Sensei, what should I do. This little girl has broken down most of my walls and yet I don't really know anything about her. She's keeping something from me, I don't know if it's dangerous or not but I can't help but worry. I worry that I won't be able to save her either,'
Time Skip
It has been two weeks since Lucy and Kakashi have had that conversation at breakfast and Lucy has yet to activate her dojutsu. After the first day of trying Kakashi took Lucy to the Hokages office and let's just say that it was a waste of time.
Flashback two weeks ago.
"Lord Hokage, we are here to discuss a new development with you," Kakashi said as he bowed in front of the Hokage and Lucy gave a slight bow when they came in,
"What is this development?" asked the Hokage politely,
"Lucy has appeared to have unlocked a type of dojutsu in the midst of her last mission, she hasn't been able to activate it since and we were wondering if there was anything in the village that could help with her training," Kakashi explains,
"Yes, Inoichi expressed his interest in the matter once you left the interrogation room a couple days ago. I'm afraid that there's nothing I can do about it right now. You should speak with the Hyuga clan, they have a dojutsu as well," the Hokage said,
"Lord Hokage, you know that the Hyuga clan won't acknowledge an outsider of the clan,"
"Then I'm afraid there is nothing more I can do," Lord Hokage said and dismissed both Kakashi and Lucy.
Flashback end
Lucy grumbled under breath, trying to activate the dojutsu again is taking more time than she anticipated and taking time away from her medical ninjutsu studies. Kakashi is insistent that she get it done though, for whatever reason Lucy doesn't know. All she knows is that she hasn't been able to yet and it was frustrating, everything else has come so easy to her and with a little hard work she can master a technique with nothing but practice but for whatever reason, it's just not happening.
"Maybe we should recreate the emotions that you felt when you activated it," Kakashi said that night as him and Lucy sat down for dinner,
"I can't remember what I was feeling, everything went by so fast it felt more like a dream," Lucy grumbled as she started picking at her food, "I don't know why you're so insistent on this though, I could be studying medical ninjutsu instead of wasting my time with what appears to be a one-off," Lucy tried to persuade Kakashi yet again to leave it alone, Kakashi sighed as he tried to explain himself,
"This is a big deal Lucy, even those born of clans that prioritises a dojutsu not many of them actually activate it. Since you've activated one that no one has any knowledge about its a new opportunity to discover something about your family that you may not have known, or that has been lost for centuries. I don't know why you aren't more excited," Kakashi said sounding exhausted,
"I'm not excited because I've done pretty well so far without it, I don't need a dojutsu to be a strong shinobi that's just a bonus. I want to study medical ninjutsu, it's a lot more useful than trying to activate something that clearly wants to stay hidden," Lucy stated bluntly before sticking her nose up in the air slightly, trying to end the discussion,
"If you're doing fine without it then why are you so anxious to learn something new?" Kakashi questioned,
"Because medical ninjutsu is useful and something that I can actually do, even if I can't perform it yet I can still gain knowledge on the subject. Rather than trying to learn about something that has never been seen before," Lucy said with sass, and this time made it obvious that she was sticking her nose in the air.
Kakashi groaned and ran a hand down his tired face, "Honestly Lucy I don't know why you're being so difficult all of a sudden, you've had trouble with ninjutsu's before,"
"But even then I was making some progress because I either knew what I was doing wrong or I figured out another way to try it. I'm getting nowhere with this, why are you trying so hard to make it happen?" Lucy questioned, these thoughts have been plaguing her mind for a while and Kakashi always seems to evade them somehow.
"Because this could be a step closer to finding out who you are," Kakashi said trying to be nonchalant about it,
"I know who I am, I am Lucy Heartfilia," a fairytail wizard, she thought the last part to herself, "and no dojutsu is going to change that," Kakashi stayed silent after this and tried to avoid her gaze, "but you don't really believe that do you?" Lucy questioned him quietly, "You think that I knew about the dojutsu and that I'm keeping it from you on purpose," Lucy stated dryly and Kakashi looked up at her but she looked away.
Lucy picked up her plate, put it in the sink and started making her way out of the room, "wait, Lucy where are you going?" She heard Kakashi yell out to her as she slammed the front door closed since Lucy didn't know the teleportation jutsu yet she started running. Lucy ran until she ended up in front of the ramen stand and asked Teuchi for a drink,
"Strawberry milk coming up," Lucy sighed as she waited for her drink,
'What am I going to do now? Kakashi seems to think that knowing what that stupid dojutsu can do will tell him more about my past, but it's not possible for it to be a kekkei Genkai I'm not even from this world how can I have a bloodline limit? Maybe it's just inherited magic from mum or maybe it was a combination of magic power and chakra that created a brand new dojutsu.' Lucy sighed again as she thought of the possibilities all she knows is that it's not a kekkei Genkai, it just can't be.
"Lucy, how are you?" Naruto asked from behind her, Lucy turned to him and smiles before turning back around,
"I've seen better days," she said as her drink got placed down in front of her,
"You always seem to have trouble follow you, Lucy," Naruto stated as he ordered his large number of ramen bowls, "Once I become Hokage I can protect you from it all," he declared with a smile on his face and a light blush coating his cheeks, Lucy smiled at him,
"I'm looking forward to it," Lucy said and turned towards her drink again. Naruto smiled wide at her words knowing that she meant them, "Hey Naruto, do you want to go camping with me tonight?" Lucy suddenly asked she didn't feel like going back to Kakashi's place at the moment.
Naruto, however, looked shocked at Lucy's suggestion, she didn't look like a girl that would like camping all that much. In truth, Lucy doesn't like camping but she's had to do it so many times for missions it doesn't bother her anymore. Naruto shrugged, "sure, it's not like anyone's waiting for me," Lucy frowned a little at what he said but put a smile on her face,
"Alright let's go and pack your stuff, I already have everything I'll need," Lucy said before grabbing Naruto's hand and started dragging him through the town after placing enough money on the counter to pay for the both of them.
"I didn't get to finish," Naruto yelled out but Lucy decided to ignore him. Once they got to Naruto's apartment he unlocked the door and let Lucy in and it took everything in Lucy not to cringe at the smell.
"Naruto I don't mean to sound rude or anything but this place needs to be cleaned," Lucy stated bluntly and Naruto sweatdropped,
"I don't like cleaning," was all he said,
'really I never would have guessed,' Lucy thought to herself,
"Go pack a change of clothes and pajamas as well as a toothbrush okay," Lucy stated and started looking around the room to see where she should start,
"All right, I'll be right back, you know," Naruto yelled out excited before running further into his apartment and Lucy decided to start cleaning the kitchen,
"Shadow clone jutsu," Lucy whispered out and did the correct hand signs, "all right everyone let's clean this place up," Lucy said to her five looks alike, they all nodded and started cleaning different parts of the apartment. One clone would pick up rubbish and put it into bags, another would be washing dishes and putting them away, one would be organising items and so on before eventually, all that was left to do was vacuum and mop the floors. Lucy and one of her clones started to do that just as Naruto came back and was amazed at what he saw.
Before he could say anything though Lucy grabbed him and dragged him out of his door once again, dragging him all the way through town she stopped right before they could get to one of the surrounding forests by one of the training grounds. Naruto looked towards Lucy confused, he didn't know why she was doing all of this, taking him camping and cleaning his apartment but he noticed that she had a lonely look in her eyes. One that he saw every time he looked into the mirror, Lucy may know what it was like to have a family but she also knew what it was like to be alone. Lucy understood him and he was determined to make her smile like she always should.
Lucy started dragging him again this time through the forest until they came into a small clearing and he could see a stream about 100 metres away, "Hey Naruto can you keep a secret?" Lucy asked and turned to look at him,
"S-Sure," Lucy smiled and nodded before turning around and taking a deep breath,
"Open, the gate of the Maiden, Virgo," Lucy called out as Virgo's key appeared in her hand, Naruto was amazed at what he saw next, he saw a pink haired girl in a maid's uniform standing in front of Lucy, she looked to be in her teen years.
"Is it punishment time Princess?" Asked Virgo in her usual monotone voice,
"What no!" Lucy yelled out, "I was just wondering if you could help us set up a camp?"
"Certainly Princess, will that be all?" Asked Virgo as she brought out a tent and supplies to build a small campfire,
"I might need some things to cook with later on," Lucy said as she looked at the supplies that Virgo placed me in front of her. Virgo started setting up the tent while Lucy started setting up a place to start a fire once it got dark and Naruto was still staring shocked at Virgo.
"Is there something troubling you?" Virgo asked Naruto as she noticed him staring at her, Naruto shook himself as he tried to think of something to say,
"Wow so you're like a summons of some kind and you can bring Lucy anything she wants?" Naruto yelled out excitedly,
"That's right, her wish is my command. Would you like anything else, my Princess?" Virgo said as she kneeled down in front of Lucy, bowing her head and placing her left hand on her chest. Naruto suddenly got an excited look on his face and Lucy sighed,
"No thanks Virgo and stop messing with Naruto," Virgo got stars in her eyes,
"Does this mean I can get punished?"
"Just go home," Lucy said as she waved Virgo's key and sent her back to the spirit realm. Naruto sweatdropped at Virgo's question but then started asking Lucy questions at a mile a minute.
"How did you do that? Can you teach me? Why does she call you princess? Are you royalty? Why is her name Virgo? Does she really like punishment? What kind of punishment is she talking about?" And the questions kept coming until Lucy stopped him,
"I'll tell you as much as I can once we get set up," Lucy said laughing slightly. Lucy brought out another key and called out, "Open, the gate of the Ram, Aries," and Naruto was once again in awe at the sight of a fluffy pink girl with horns, shyly standing in front of Lucy,
"It's been awhile Miss Lucy, I'm sorry," Aries squeaked out,
"No worries, do you think you could make enough wool to cover the floor of the tent so Naruto and I can sleep on it?" Lucy asked pointing towards the tent,
"Certainly Miss Lucy," Once Aries finished her job she poofed away, "I'm sorry, call me out soon,"
"You have weird summons, Lucy," Naruto said once Aries left and Lucy laughed slightly knowing that it was true,
"Yeah they are but I love each and every one of them just the way they are," Naruto smiled at Lucy's answer and they continued to set up their camp. Once they were done Lucy summoned one of her tigers and asked them if they could watch over their camp and guard them during the night. Lucy lead Naruto towards the stream and told him that they were going to catch fish for dinner,
"We don't have any fishing rods though Lucy," Lucy giggled slightly,
"Watch this," Lucy said an equipped into her Sagittarius star dress and shot an arrow into the water. Lucy picked up the arrow and showed Naruto that it had gone straight through a fish.
"Wow," Naruto awed at Lucy and she blushed before continuing to shoot arrows at fish.
Time skip because I'm lazy :p
Lucy and Naruto were currently eating fish around the fire that they had started and Lucy was telling him about her spirits.
"They are a special summons that only me and a select few can summon, there are twelve golden gate keys in total and a lot of the silver ones. I can summon them from a different world to help me,"
"Wow Lucy that's so cool, I don't really get it but it sounds amazing," Naruto said and Lucy sweatdropped at his words,
'How could he not understand what I just said? What is Iruka teaching him?' Lucy thought to herself slightly frustrated,
"Hey, Lucy can you tell me another story?" Naruto asked as they both sat down in front of the fire to stay warm,
"Sure, what kind?"
"The one with magic, about the people in Fairytail," he exclaimed excitedly. Since Lucy told Naruto about Mira he wanted more stories like that so Lucy decided to tell him about the Fairytail guild in the form of a story.
"Okay, so what have I told you so far?" Lucy asked him although she already knows who she's going to tell him about next,
"You've told me about she-demon and her siblings, Titania, Master Makarov and how guilds work," Naruto said scrunching up his nose in thought trying to remember everything that she's said,
"Do you want me to explain it again?" Naruto nodded his head and Lucy started to tell him about Fiore, "in a land far, far away lies the kingdom of Fiore," Lucy started and immediately Naruto listened to what she was saying, he did remember what Lucy told him but he just liked hearing about how the guilds work and this place that has magic.
"So I think it's about time I tell you about a boy, a boy that goes by the name of Salamander," Lucy said after she finished telling him about Fiore for the millionth time and started talking about how Natsu grew up and found himself at the guild. While also explaining dragon slaying magic and how dragons were thought to be a myth. Naruto was completely entrapped the entire time, he loved it when Lucy told him about the FairyTail guild. A place for orphans to go and be able to call it home, a place where everybody is accepted and nobody is insignificant.
Growing up with no one, Naruto wanted something like that more than anybody and even though he knows that they're not real he likes to dream about a place like that. A place for people like him.
What Lucy didn't know though, was that someone had been listening in to the story, a person that Lucy's summoning tiger new well enough for them not to be considered a threat and this person couldn't stop listening to the story either. Watching at how passionate Lucy was about it and they couldn't help but think that it wasn't just a story but shook the ridiculous thought off once the story ended and left the little campsite.
Lucy woke up to see the sun just about to rise and noticed that she was laying down on Aries soft wool with her hand holding onto something. Looking over she saw that it was actually Naruto's hand holding hers and that he was still fast asleep, snoring his head off, she smiles as she gently took her hand from his and decided to call Virgo out to help her with breakfast. After Virgo left Naruto woke and left the tent to see Lucy cooking something in a pot over the fire and two bowls of rice, "Morning, Lucy," Naruto yawned out as he sat down next to her,
"Good morning, are you hungry?" Lucy asked with a big smile on her face,
"What is it?"
"It's a bit chilly so Virgo helped me make Miso Soup and rice," Lucy said as she placed some soup in a bowl for Naruto and gave him a spoon.
"Thanks for the meal, you know," Naruto said as he put his hands together and dug in. Lucy smiled and did to same,
"I have to get back after we pack up Naruto, but I'll walk you back to your place first okay?" Lucy said, she really should go back to Kakashi's before he sends his ninja dogs out to find her. She was lucky he didn't come and drag her back in the middle of the night. Once Lucy dropped Naruto off at his place she started the longest of walks back to Kakashi's, once she got there she stared at the front door for what seemed like hours before she finally opened it up. Lucy thought about just entering her room through the window but she didn't want to procrastinate any longer, well that and she wanted a strawberry milk that she knew was in the fridge. She had made Kakashi add it to the grocery list not long after she realised that she was their permanently unless stated otherwise.
Walking through the door Lucy felt sweat drip down her face and fall off of her chin and her heart felt like it was in her throat. She wasn't looking forward to the questions that she would have to answer nor did she really know how to answer them. What exactly could she say? 'I don't need to check with you if I want to stay out for the night because I'm really 20 years old and oh, by the way, I can't have a kekkei Genkai because, I'm not even from this planet,' yeah that'll go down well. Lucy thought to herself as she walked through the house and tried to go upstairs to her room hoping that Kakashi wasn't even home. Luck wasn't on her side though as Kakashi revealed himself inside the sitting room doorway with his arms crossed. Lucy just stood there looking at him, waiting for him to say something but he didn't. Kakashi was waiting for an explanation or an answer or something to come from Lucy. The only reason he did not drag her back home by her ear was that he knew that she needed time and space, that and one of the Jonins let him know that she was camping with Naruto last night.
"Lucy, don't you have anything to say?" he asked her trying to keep a stern look on his face but failing considering she could only see one of his eyes,
"Umm, I'm not exactly sure what you mean," Lucy asked genuinely confused if he was angry about her staying out all night then he would have started scolding her by now but it doesn't seem like he's angry about anything. Just expecting an answer for something,
"Don't you have anything to add to our conversation yesterday?" Kakashi asked and Lucy suddenly got angry,
"No, I think I said enough," Lucy said and crossed her arms over her chest and looked away from him,
"What do you mean you've said enough? I expect answers, Lucy," Kakashi expressed angrily,
"Well, I can't exactly give you that because I don't know," Lucy emphasised the last the words,
"You know something, Lucy, I can see that you're keeping something from me," Kakashi said raising his voice,
"I am keeping something from you but I would never lie to you," Lucy was yelling by this time before she looked down and started whispering, "and I thought that you trusted me enough to know that," she then ran up to her room and locked the door,
'I've proven that I'm not working for or with Orochimaru, I went through their interrogations willingly. Aren't I entitled to any privacy, as long as no one finds out, then this secret isn't dangerous in any way and if it came to the point where someone is put in danger because of it I would gladly tell them everything and just hope that they don't throw me into a looney bin,' Lucy couldn't help but think to herself as she summoned Plu to cuddle with as she curled up on her bed. 'I guess this just proves that I really am all alone in this world, Naruto will try but I can't tell him about this. He already has enough to deal with,' Lucy continued to think to herself as a tear rolled down her cheek, 'Natsu, I miss you,' at that thought she finally let that rest of the tears fall and fell asleep cuddling with Plu.
Time Skip
Lucy woke up the hours later and saw that the stars were out and that Plu had gone back to the spirit world. Wiping the hardened sleep from her eyes Lucy tries to sense if anyone was downstairs or not when she couldn't sense anything she unlocked the door and quietly walked down the stairs. Tip-toeing into the kitchen Lucy tried to make something to eat without being noticed but for the second time luck seemed to evade her. This time though it was Gai-Sensei looking at her and Lucy looked back at him confused. She added chakra into her nose and subtly took a deep breath in and confirmed that it was Gai that was standing in front of her,
"I hear that you're going through an unyouthful time my student, shall we go for a walk on this very youthful night?" Gai exclaimed loudly and Lucy frowned before nodding her head, not wanting to be rude.
Lucy had long before finished her sandwich and now Gai and herself were walking through the town quietly, "Kakashi asked you to talk to me didn't he?" Lucy suddenly announced in a low voice as to not wake the sleeping villagers,
"He is just worried about you," Gai tried to explain quickly,
"No, he's trying to get information out of me," Lucy said and she huffed, "this is none of his business, I don't need to explain myself to him," Lucy said haughtily,
"Perhaps not but maybe you should anyway. After all my eternal rival has always stuck up for you against everybody, he went against direct orders and left the village to protect you. I haven't seen Kakashi so emotional since our teen years," Gai tried to persuade and it almost worked,
"This isn't just about me keeping a secret from him Gai, he thinks I'm lying to him. I have never lied to him not once; I've just not told him things. Things that I'm not ready to tell anybody," Lucy expressed and looked down at the ground. Gai sighed and ran a hand through his bowler cut hair,
'These two are so difficult, this is such a youthful challenge to help two of my important people in need,' he thought to himself while internally crying, "You may not know this Lucy but my eternal rival doesn't know how to express himself very well,"
'No really? I thought that he was just like they for laughs,' Lucy sarcastically thought to herself before listening intently to what Gai had to say,
"I probably shouldn't tell you this but Kakashi has been alone from a very young age and doesn't know how to connect with people very well," Lucy stopped him at this point,
"Yeah, I know about his father, the White Fang of the Leaf right?" Gai was shocked at what Lucy said,
"He told you about his father?" he couldn't believe what he was hearing, his eternal rival the one that he's known since his academy days, opened up to a little girl about his first loss and he only just got him to agree to challenges on a good day. Lucy nodded her head,
"Well there is his father but he also lost his first team," Gai said and tried to continue before Lucy stopped him,
"You're right you probably shouldn't be telling me this. Maybe it's best to wait until Kakashi wants to tell me himself," Lucy said firmly, Gai looked down at her in slight surprise,
"Don't you want to know?"
"Of course I do but it's not my place to decide, it's not my past to tell and I'm not going to force answers just because I'm curious. Despite the fact that he's doing it to me," Lucy grumbled the last bit under her breath and Gai smiled at her,
'Maybe it is a good thing that my eternal rival volunteered to watch over this youthful girl,' he thought to himself and looked towards the roof that Kakashi was currently hiding on top of. "Why don't I take you back home, it's late," Gai suggested and once Lucy nodded they both turned around and walked back the way they came. Lucy not noticing that the transportation jutsu had just been performed not too far from where she's standing. Back at the house, Lucy was sitting on the couch with Plu once again and didn't even look up as Kakashi walked into the room. Blatantly ignoring him as he sat on the other side of the couch,
"Can we talk, please Lucy?" Kakashi asked as he placed his elbows on his thighs and his chin in his hands,
"I don't know Kakashi, are you going to believe what I say?" Lucy said dryly and Kakashi sighed,
"I deserved that," Kakashi sighed, "Lucy I honestly don't know what to tell you and I don't know what to say to make this better but I know that I shouldn't have pressured you to tell me things that you might not have been ready to tell," Lucy looked up at him at that,
"And?" Lucy said drawing out the vowel sound,
"And I should have trusted you not to lie to me," Kakashi said and Lucy smiled slightly but looked down and frowned at the ground once again,
"I didn't mean to make it seem like I was lying to you or that I didn't trust you, it's just I can't tell you at least not yet," Lucy declared and she looked up at him,
"Can I ask; does this have anything to do with your family?"
"Partially but it had nothing to do with the dojutsu,"
"What about the time before Axal?"
"Yes, a big part in fact," Kakashi frowned in thought, trying to connect the dots and Lucy laughed once she figured out what he was trying to do, "trust me on this Kakashi, you won't be able to get it," Kakashi groaned quietly and Lucy laughed,
"You should go to bed, it's late," Kakashi said,
"But I've been sleeping all day,"
"Yeah, probably from exhaustion from overworking yourself, go to sleep Lucy," Kakashi said and sent Lucy up to bed once she was gone he groaned and fell back on the couch. 'Little girls are really hard to handle, I'm lucky that I had Gai come and calm her down. I almost screwed up big time, maybe next time I'll indulge Gai with his next challenge,' he thought to himself before finally going to be himself.
The next morning Lucy was making her way through town when she saw Anko coming her way and knew that she wouldn't be able to escape this time. Lucy just hoped that it didn't ruin her good mood, she didn't want to worry Naruto again when she saw him later,
"Lucy, do you have time to talk now?" Anko asked as she made her way in front of her and Lucy sighed,
"I suppose so," she whispered and quietly followed Anko to her favourite dango shop. Once Lucy was seated on the stool next to Anko she silently stared at the countertop and refused to make eye contact, Anko sighed as she stuffed a stick of dango in her mouth before she started talking,
"I want to explain myself, Lucy," Anko starts, "I want to explain why I did what I did,"
"What did you do exactly?" Lucy questions, she still didn't know precisely what Anko did all she knows is that she knew Orochimaru was involved in the mission. Nothing else has really been explained to her,
"I umm, used you to bait out Orochimaru and to see if you were working with him in any way," Anko said after taking a deep breath, "but I was right to be suspicious, I mean you called one of them sensei," Anko tried to explain herself, "you're close to them and that mission proves it. I don't know how you managed to convince the Hokage otherwise but there must be a reason that you're allowed to roam around the village freely," Anko stated just saying whatever comes to mind not really paying attention to Lucy,
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that while I'm going to be keeping a close eye on you, I would like for us to remain friends," Anko said with a mouthful of food, "It may not seem like it but I do care for you Lucy, I just want everyone to be safe is all," Anko finally looked at Lucy not really noticing that she made her angry, "so can we be friends again?"
Lucy took a deep breath, "you know what Anko I don't think that we can at least not right now, because I'm not the only one who use to be close to them so I don't think it's fair for you to judge me just because I was," Anko looked shocked at what Lucy was saying, "the person that I called sensei, I never realised that he was involved with Orochimaru, in fact, I thought he died the day I got captured. When I saw him again I couldn't believe what I was seeing and when he told me that he gave me to Orochimaru to use I was heartbroken, you see I never willingly stayed with that snake," by this time Lucy eyed Anko accusingly but softened her look as she finished speaking, "I've cut my ties with my previous teacher, to save Kakashi. Which is more than enough to prove my loyalty, it's also more than what you've done to prove yours," Anko looked furious at what Lucy was saying, "I can't really blame you though, it almost killed me to do what I did," Lucy looked down at the countertop with sorrow, "Anko there's nothing else I can say or do to make you believe that I'm loyal to this village, it's up to you to decide whether or not you do but until then we can neither be friends or trusted comrades," Lucy got up from her seat and paid for her single stick of dango, "I should leave you alone to think," with that Lucy left the store only to run into someone she never thought would willingly talk to her.
In front of her stood Ibiki, "let's take a walk Lucy,"
Lucy stared at Ibiki slightly for a moment with a look of disbelief on her face, "Sorry but my talking quota has just been filled but I might be able to squeeze you into an appointment next week, let's say a quarter to never," Lucy said smiling with her voice full of sass before she tried to walk around him,
"Fine don't talk just listen," Ibiki said annoyed before stepping into her path. Lucy took in a deep breath before letting it out slowly,
"You think you can talk while I walk back to Kakashi's?" Lucy asked rhetorically before moving around Ibiki and continued on the path to her current house,
"Inoichi mentioned that he couldn't get into a part of your past, that you had locked him out of it somehow," Lucy tensed at this and prepared to be taken into interrogation once again, "relax, I'm just here to talk you don't have to say anything," this did nothing to change Lucy's posture though and Ibiki cleared his throat before continuing. "He said that he saw a weird symbol, it looked like a winged creature. In fact, the way he described it greatly resembles the symbol on your hand." Ibiki pointed to her right hand, "it's a big part of your past, a part that you've tried very hard to hide," Lucy was trying not to panic and Ibiki could see that she was having trouble controlling her emotions, "I just want to say that I trust that whatever it is that you're hiding won't hurt the village," Ibiki grumbled and Lucy looked up at him in shock,
"I mean if you really wanted to hurt the village then you wouldn't be trying so hard to prove yourself, especially through honest means. You saved my comrade's life at risk of your own, in my book that makes you just as much a part of this village as I am," Ibiki was looking away from Lucy during his explanation, "but that's not all I wanted to say," Lucy looked at him confused before he continued,
"I was going to tell you this yesterday but when I went by Kakashi's you weren't there so I went to look for you, when I found you, you were with the Uzumaki boy so I thought I would wait and I couldn't help but overhear that story you told him," Lucy started to look nervous and Ibiki then knew that the story does mean something to her, "the boy in your story, is actually someone from your past right?" he questioned and Lucy couldn't help but look down and smile,
"Yes, his name is Nastu, Natsu Dragneel," Lucy responded fondly,
"What I don't seem to understand is the part of the story where you said that it took place in a faraway land, where magic exists. That's impossible," Ibiki tried to reason and Lucy looked up at him,
'Her eyes are more open and honest then what I have ever seen them. Until now I never noticed how brown they were or that they were full of light despite everything that she's been through,' Ibiki was thinking to himself,
"Ibiki, I don't want to lie so I'll just say this. I'm not crazy if that's what you're thinking and I don't have any proof other than the fact that I have different abilities and my memories of course," Lucy said as she stared at him, feeling more like herself then what she has felt in a long time, "my name is Lucy Heartfilia and I'm a celestial wizard of the Fairytail guild," Lucy said as she continued to look into his eyes and Ibiki found that he couldn't help but believe every word she said, "if you are able to look into my mind like Inoichi then I can show you that I'm not lying," 'if he can't then I just hope he doesn't lock me in a mental asylum,' Lucy thought the last part to herself,
"I cannot," was all Ibiki was able to say, 'she can't be, that's impossible,'
"Will you listen to what I have to say then? Ibiki?" Lucy asked quietly and Ibiki nodded his head unable to say anything. Lucy leads him into the forest that she took Naruto in yesterday but continued past the campsite and went straight to the river, she walked along the river until they came to a waterfall. In case someone was to come across them they wouldn't hear over the sound of falling water unless they were close enough for one of them to sense them,
"Well I guess I should start with how it's possible, or at least how my world works," Lucy started,
"Your world?" Ibiki questioned and Lucy sighed before nodding,
"Yes, you see there are many worlds and dimensions, this is just one of them. In the world that I come from, there are no ninjas and no one knows about the existence of chakra. Instead, we have wizards and magic power, otherwise known as ethernano. It's a part of everyday life, instead of electricity we use ethernano to power things. Some people use it only for those purposes but some others like me devote their life to practicing magic, magic power and chakra are very similar in many ways. It's very difficult to distinguish the two which is why I'm always practicing my chakra control, anyways, the only way to use magic is if the energy inside of your body and the energy of nature are completely synchronized. Which is why people need to devote their lives to it or they would never get anywhere using it," by this time Lucy looked towards Ibiki and found that he was listening intently, soaking up the information like a sponge,
"Do you understand what magic is so far?" Lucy questioned,
"I think so, basically it's like a more complicated version of chakra, everything and everyone has it but only those that study it can use it effectively," Ibiki responded and Lucy nodded,
"Now here's where things get fun, those that devote their lives to wizardry can join these things called guilds, they're like mini ninja villages. It's a place for people to go to exchange information and get work by completing jobs using their magic, I'll go more into the work later though. Anyway, a lot of guilds are more like a family and I belonged to a guild called Fairytail, the mark on my hand is the Fairytail emblem it's like wearing a villages forehead protector. Fairytail is my family and I'm trying to get back to them somehow, but I haven't figured out how I even got here let alone how to get back," Lucy looked down trying to hold back tears and Ibiki was overwhelmed by the amount of information that he just got told. After Lucy got control of her tears she looked up to see Ibiki trying to process everything, "would you like me to continue or would you like to talk more tomorrow?" Lucy questioned a little worried,
"I would appreciate it off we could pick this up again tomorrow," Ibiki said as he stood up and Lucy nodded before following his actions,
"Ibiki you know why neither of us can say anything about this, right?" Lucy questioned him and Ibiki sighed, ran a hand down his face tiredly before nodding his head, "I'm sorry to put so much pressure on you Ibiki," Lucy apologised, "I've just wanted to tell someone for so long that I jumped at the chance without thinking about the toll it would take on you," Lucy said and sniffed, Ibiki froze not knowing what to do with a crying girl, "I haven't even told you half of what I needed to yet," at this Ibiki started to internally panic,
'There's more and why is she crying? Do I even believe what she's saying? I can't find any traces of lies in her voice or on her face but this can't all be true can it?' Ibiki thought and Lucy sniffed in once again before turning to look at him with a watery smile,
"I'm just so glad that you believe me," Lucy continued to smile even as water was pouring out of her eyes and it looked like the world had been lifted off of her shoulders, Ibiki just looked at her for a moment and couldn't help but eventually smile,
"Of course I do,"
By the time they reached the town Lucy's eyes had dried but her smile was still on her face and she was practically skipping down the street, laughing she turned to Ibiki and said, "you know you look really creepy when you smile Ibiki," after she said that she started running in the direction of Kakashi's house with Ibiki chasing after her yelling about how much of a brat she is. That night she had the most peaceful sleep that she's had in a long time.
Time Skip
A week later Lucy had finally told Ibiki everything up until the point where she fell out of the sky and Ibiki had yet to tell a soul about it, he promised that he wouldn't unless he thought it necessary. Kakashi has gotten suspicious about the time that Lucy has been spending with Ibiki but didn't want to stand in the way of it, Naruto was also concerned about the 'scary man' that he had seen with her lately but Lucy paid no mind to any of it, she had finally told someone everything and had nothing bad happen as of yet.
Ibiki had a theory that the key that transported her here was very similar to that of her gate keys but it was specifically made for certain people, otherwise someone else in the area that she was in would have gotten caught up with her. Lucy didn't like the theory of someone specifically wanting her in this world but it was all she really had to go on.
While she's been trying to activate her dojutsu again, doing more research on medical ninjutsu and filling Ibiki in on everything Lucy hasn't had any time to look into anything else on how to get back to Earth Land or even how to create a link between the two worlds yet, Ibiki said that he would keep an eye out for anything about interdimensional travel but other than that he has to work.
Once again Lucy had her nose in a book, resting after having spent all day trying to use her dojutsu again. This time with the use of her Gale-force glasses and Crux, he had finally finished his break and she requested his help. Because Kakashi knows about her spirits Crux is currently floating in the air above her searching through his archives. Kakashi walked into the lounge room to see her reading at impossible speeds and a cross floating in the air snoring loudly, blinking at the sight before shrugging his shoulders and sitting down on another side of the couch to read his book. As Lucy closed her book Crux woke up with a yell and Kakashi dropped his book in surprise,
"Have you found anything Grampa Crux?" Lucy moved too soon her knees,
"Indeed I have miss Lucy, with all of the readings that I have done on Kekkei Genkai, dojutsu and the knowledge that I have of your family I have concluded that the only way for you to have a dojutsu would be if one of your ancestors had one. I have also concluded that the dojutsu that you described has yet to be recorded in the history of this world, you may be the first one to have one like this," Lucy sighed, she was hoping that her suspicions were wrong,
"Thank you Grampa Crux, is there anything that might be able to help progress my use of the dojutsu?"
"Hmmm, I'm afraid that I have no knowledge that could help you at this time, you'll have to discover the limits of it on your own," Crux said as he started snoring again,
"Looks like he's searching for you again," Kakashi points out after seeing the disappointed look on her face,
"No he's just sleeping," Lucy said nonchalantly and Kakashi's visible eye bulges out,
"Huh?"
Lucy frowned in thought, she was going to need to activate her dojutsu to test its limits but she still hasn't been able to. Kakashi described her eyes as a golden glow when it's activated and not even a speck of gold is taking place,
"Hey Kakashi, would you like to spar with me?" Lucy asked suddenly looking up at him and Kakashi was silent for a moment,
"Spar?"
"Yes, I think it could help with activating my dojutsu," Lucy said,
"Okay but there needs to be a couple of rules, first no equipping your spirits powers, second no summons will be allowed and third no high ranking jutsus," Kakashi said sternly and Lucy sighed at knowing she couldn't try out any of the water jutsus that she's learnt recently,
"Fine, but what exactly do you consider a high-rank jutsu?" Lucy relented to his rules,
"A rank or above," at this Lucy frowned,
"So you're basically telling me that I'm limited to the Academy stuff?" Lucy expressed angrily,
"You can use taijutsu and any weapon that you want," Kakashi tried to reason, "these rules apply to me as well you know,"
"You're just making these rules because you're lazy aren't you?" Lucy accused him angrily as Kakashi for up and walked towards the back door,
"You said it not me," he expressed boredly and Lucy angrily stomped after him as he made his way to the training grounds. On the way Lucy thought about a way to beat Kakashi and activate her dojutsu, killing two birds with one stone. Their fight was mainly going to be taijutsu based as well as tracking and trapping, she couldn't summon Gemini as a distraction and any clone above an illusion was too high a rank. Kakashi would be able to easily see through any illusion that she threw at him, not that she had many, to begin with anyway.
Taijutsu was basically all she had to win this fight and Lucy knew that if she couldn't win against Gai then she wouldn't win against Kakashi, especially if he decided to put in some effort, "damn it," Lucy whispered to herself as she tried to think of a strategy. Kakashi looked down at her as she said this and noticed how hard she was thinking; he couldn't help but smile at how serious she was taking this. Secretly though he set up those rules because if he didn't he probably wouldn't be able to win against Lucy, he's seen her fight first hand and while she wouldn't go full out against him he also knows that she would find some way to make him give in, especially fighting alongside her summons. Lucy has a special connection with them, it's almost like they can read each other's minds.
Once they reached the training grounds Lucy summoned her weapons and strapped then onto her body since she asks Virgo to store them away, technically that would be using her spirits. Quickly scanning the area Lucy started thinking about traps to set up and places to hide, looking back at Kakashi she saw him holding up two bells.
"The fourth rule is that you have to take these bells from me, using anything in your knowledge or arsenal that doesn't break the previous rules that I mentioned earlier," Lucy got into her fighting stance at those words and without another thought, threw several kunai at him but he caught all of them and sent them back to her. Jumping out of the way she didn't notice that he ended up behind her until he started speaking, "I didn't even get to say start yet," he said to her humorously, Lucy turned to look at him with wide eyes before adding chakra to all of her senses, "and begin,"
Lucy jumped back at this and brought her halberd in front of her for defense, she couldn't send a clone out to set up traps and she couldn't have a spirit do it the only way she could possibly catch him off guard would be in hand to hand combat but she just saw how fast he is and she knows he's still holding back. If they had really faced off in the forest of death, there was no way she could have won against him even if she was at full strength. Making a quick decision Lucy took off her weights that she had kept on and watched them fall to the ground, all four of them made small dents in the ground from how much weight has been added into them over the years that she's been in this world.
Kakashi swallowed when he saw the weights land on the ground and realised that she had kept them on during her mission, if she could fight like that with them on how would she fight without them? At this thought, Kakashi put his hand to his forehead protector and pulled up the side that was covering his eye, revealing the Sharingan.