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Nakama
Lucy POV
What's going on here?! Why is the guild in this state? Team Natsu was definitely as shocked as I was because their eyes were huge and they gritted their teeth. Just where is everyone then?
"Welcome back... Let's get to the basement, I'll explain," Mira said.
We followed the barmaid down the stairs. I didn't even know we had a basement.
"Phantom Lord did this. We were lucky no one got injured, or it would've indeed started an all out war," Mira laughed.
I thought, 'why Phantom Lord? They've already set out for me once... Is this an attempt to get me again?'
From beside me, I can see Natsu's head down and his salmon hair blocking his eyes. I remember this reaction that I hadn't seen in years, his angry reaction.
"Welcome back, Lu chan, Natsu, Erza, and Gray," Levy chan greeted with a smile.
"Tadaima, Levy chan," I replied.
I realized she forgot to greet Happy, so my eyes searched for the blue fur ball, who happened to be in the corner sulking. He mumbled, "I'm nobody to them, they always forget about me, I'm just a cat, or do I even exist? Am I just an illusion?"
"Happy, would you like a fish?" I asked pulling out a fish from out of no where in an attempt to comfort him.
"Aye... Only Lushi knows I'm here. Even Natsu left me here to talk to Master..."
"Now, Happy, that's not true. Every one here knows you're here. You're so small they can't see you, so you have to eat a lot and become big. That'll make them see you!"
"Thank you, Lucy! You know, you're weird," he took the fish in my hand and flew off, leaving me shocked.
"W-weird? I'm weird? How? I'm not weird am I?" Pretty soon, I was sulking at the corner by myself too.
Natsu POV
"Jii chan! Why are you so cool about this?! They attacked our guild! That means war! How can you just sit here and drink beer like nothing happened?!"
"Did you forget that you took off on an S-class mission without permission?" Jii chan asked growing bigger and then, hitting me, Happy, and ice freak in the head. Then, he roamed the room for Lucy only to find her at the corner, so he spanked her butt two times.
"Jeez, what's Lucy doing over there? She's so weird," I whispered to Happy, which Happy "aye"ed to.
Lucy POV
"Natsu just said I was weird... How am I weird?" While wondering, I remembered how he had always said that about me in the past too, which caused an outburst of laughter from me.
"I think Lucy's finally gone bonkers," Happy screamed while panicking in the air. Everyone laughed at his comment.
Throughout the rest of the day, I talked to Levy about books and Mira about her sister. Mira said she was glad to talk about her sister again because no one talks about her anymore. She said it was fun to tell me all about her sister. I learned new thi ngs about Lisanna and I'm kind of glad that Natsu fell for a girl like her. After all, she was kind, loving, energetic, and always happy and smiling. Although I've never seen her, I think we would've been great friends.
Night has finally fell, so I've gone home. I didn't bother to turn the lights on and just headed straight for bed, but I was not expecting to fall over something big and warm, which turned out to be Natsu.
"Natsu, what are you doing I my apartment?!" I shouted angrily.
"Oh, you're back Lucy. We were planning on surprising you," a voice oddly familiar said.
"Erza too?!" I shouted once again.
"Not just slanty eyes and Erza, but me too," Gray said.
I rushed to the lights to see Erza on my bed, Natsu on the ground, Gray at my desk, and Happy sulking in the corner.
"Why are you in my room?! Last time I checked, I didn't have any room mates."
"Lucy, because Phantom Lord attacked the guild, there's a high chance they know where each guild members live, so it would be safer for us to stay together in one house," Erza explained with one finger pointing up.
"Fine... But why does it have to be my house?"
"Your house is the cleanest," Erza replied.
'What does having a clean house have to do with anything?!' I thought in my head. I'll let it pass this time.
"Lucy, can I take a bath. I'm feeling really dirty," Erza asked.
"Sure."
"Would you like to join, Gray and Natsu? Just like the old times."
I blushed at what she said and pretended I didn't hear anything.
"No, I'll pass. I'm hungry, so Lucy's going to cook for me," Natsu answered as Gray waved Erza off.
"Huh? When did I even agree to cook for you?!"
"Pleaseeee?" Natsu pouted.
How can I ignore that face... "Fine."
"Yay! Happy, Lucy's going to cook for us!"
"Really? You're going to make fish?" Happy asked excitedly.
I didn't even say I was going to make fish... But he sure recovered fast from being forgotten. -.- I didn't even answer and just went to the kitchen to look for fish to cook. When I finished, I went back to call them to eat and found Erza with only a towel on sitting on my bed, Natsu laying on my table, Happy next to Natsu, and Gray reading some papers. 'Wait papers?! My novel!' I grabbed the papers out of his hands and lectured, "don't touch my things without my permission, especially my writing!" Gray backed off and nodded. Then, Natsu was in my drawer and he grabbed out my bra.
"What's this? It's huge! Am I supposed to put this on my head with someone else?" He questioned while he and Happy placed it on their head. Erza grabbed it off their heads and explained, "These are for Lucy's boobs. They keep them in place and cover them." I sweat dropped at her explanation.
"No wonder they're so big," Natsu stated.
I punched him, "pervert!" And grabbed my bra from Erza. I placed it back in my drawer and locked it.
"Ah, food's ready," I forgot, but with the mention of food, Natsu shot straight up and ran for the kitchen along with Happy.
Erza and Gray followed after leaving me in my room by myself.
'They're more comfortable than me and it's my own house...' I thought as I locked my unfinished novel up in my safe. Then, I went after the team. With no surprise, when I got there, the food was gone and I was left to do the dishes. Luckily, Erza offered to do the dishes if I wanted to go bathe. I accepted the offer and went to the restroom, only to find Natsu and Happy already I the bath tub.
"Lucy is a pervert!" Natsu shouted.
"Aye!" Happy agreed.
I just closed the door and left. 'I guess I'm not getting a bath today... So I'll just go read.' I left for my large book room that was silent. It's relaxing here. The wind blows in nicely and the walls are sound proof. I'm glad I bought this apartment. I rummaged through the books to find a book I haven't read yet. When I found one, I sat on my couch and read until I fell asleep.
"When did I fall asleep?" I asked myself. I placed the book titled, "Dreams of Lies" on the book shelf I took it from and turned off the lamp. I went back into my room and saw Natsu sleeping on the carpet with his mouth smiling wide open next to Happy, Gray sleeping far from Natsu, and Erza on my bed. I was about to crawl into bed next to Erza, but didn't when I heard Natsu saying something.
"I- I..." Natsu said.
"You what?" I asked as I got closer to his face.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" He shouted with fire sprouting out of his fists and colliding with my face.
'This idiot! What kind of dream is he having!?'
Then I heard Gray mumble, "I-I..."
I got away cautiously knowing what would be coming next.
"Ice make hammer!" He shouted while a giant ice hammer shot out and destroyed my roof.
'Don't tell me they're having a dream of fighting each other?!'
I put out the little fire Natsu started and headed to bed.
~the next morning~
"Wake up! Someone attacked!" Natsu shouted waking everyone up.
"What happened?" Gray asked.
I swear dropped because they didn't even realize that this was their doing.
"Well, a fire Mage and an ice Mage decided to fight each other in their dreams and ended up casting magic out of their dreams and into my room," I answered.
"Natsu, Gray," Erza death glared, "apologize to Lucy's house, now!" Natsu and Gray started apologizing to the roof.
I sweat dropped again. 'Shouldnt she have told them to apologize to me? It is my house after all...'
"Big trouble!" Happy shouted flying into my room, "The shadow gear tea have been attacked by Phantom Lord! They're in the hospital right now."
The minute I heard that, I rushed out of my apartment grabbing my keys to the hospital. 'Levy chan, please be okay.'
When I got there, Fairy Tail members were surrounding a room. I went there and saw that Master staring through the little window to the team. He was mad.
"To attack the guild building is okay... But to attack my children is not okay! They called for war? We'll give them one! Let's go, Fairy Tail!"
Natsu and the rest had already caught up and were leaving with Master to Phantom Lord. Their faces were beyond angry because steam and tick marks were upon everyone's head. They all gritted their teeth and I thought, 'I'm glad I'm part of this guild because I would hate to feel the wrath of Fairy Tail.'
"I'll stay and watch over them. You guys go ahead," I called out to them and entered the room.
"Levy chan... I'm so sorry," I said while clutching her hands in mine, "this is all my fault. I should just turn myself in so no one else gets hurt, huh? But I'm so selfish... I don't want to leave Fairy Tail. I don't want to separate from Natsu again... What do I do?" I knew she wouldn't be answering because she was still asleep, but I just had to say it out loud, because it is my fault. Phantom Lord is harming Fairy Tail to get to me... I can't lose Natsu again, but what if he dies in this battle? I can't risk that either... I'll turn myself in.
Natsu POV
We busted through our enemy's guild. The Element four were not here, but we are not going to back down. The enemies surrounded us, but we are stronger. We beat every one of them down, while Jii chan when up to the second floor. After beating so many enemies down, a man appeared. He was a dragon slayer, so he had to be Gajeel. At first, Gajeel fought Elfman, but I interrupted because I had some questions to ask him as well.
"Iron Dragon's Roar!"
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
I was pushed back a little.
"You're not winning. Since you said iron, are you the one who impaled our guild?"
"Geehee. I was also the one who pinned those little fairies to the tree," he answered.
"I'm not letting you get away! Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" I yelled running towards him.
"Iron Dragon's sword!"
I jumped out of the way and was about to attack again, but Master was thrown down from the second floor, so I jumped out to catch him.
"Jii chan! Oi! Wake up! Why are you so green! Jii chan!"
Lucy POV
After I decided to turn myself in, I left the hospital and walked my way to Phantom Lord's head quarters. It was raining heavily so I figured Juvia was here.
"Juvia, you don't need to hide because the rain tells me you're here."
"Very smart Fairy San. Juvia will take you to our head quarters," she said appearing from behind a building with Sol, another part of the Element 4 along with Juvia.
"Long time no see, Heartfilia. Your father has asked us to come get you after hearing about you joining Fairy Tail. To be honest, I didn't think you'd even join a guild because then the news would spread fast, but you did," Sol stated.
"I'll take that as a compliment. Thank you."
"Sorry, Fairy San, but I'll have to be aggressive. Water lock!" Juvia shouted as I was in a water bubble.
"You forgot my keys," I said handing them down gently, but Sol knocked them down.
"Hey! Aquarius is going to yell at me now! Thanks a lot! She hates it when I drop her key," I glared at Sol.
Soon, I was out of breath and passed out.
Natsu POV
All the other members surrounded me and Jii chan.
"Natsu, let's get out of here. We have to take him to the doctor master always goes to," Erza said.
"No! Look what they did to Jii chan! They're going to pay!"
"Natsu... They have Lucy..." Jii chan said before passing out.
"They have Lucy?! How?!"
"Retreat!" Erza commanded.
I didn't want to, but we have no choice if we want to save Jii chan and Lucy. I can't smell her here so she has to be somewhere else.
Lucy POV
I woke up and found myself in a room far above ground with Jose, the master of Phantom Lord.
"Lucy chan! How sly you were to run away last time, but it won't happen again this time! Your father has told us to kidnap you for the return of a whole bunch of Jewels. He said you were going to be married off, how nice!"
"Yeah, very nice," I said sarcastically.
"You know, I should just ask him to let you marry me. You're so pretty."
"Ew, gross. You already have a wife and you're old. I really don't want to go home now."
"I'm not old!"
"Speaking of old, I've been holding onto it for a while, but I really really need to pee."
"Ha! As if, you used that trick on me last time, and I don't plan on falling for the same trick."
"Your shoe's untied," I stated obviously lying, but he fell for it.
He looked down and then realized that he was wearing boots.
"Lu-" he said angrily but it was too late for I had kicked him in the groin and jumped off the building. As I was falling, I can smell Natsu coming closer, so I yelled, "natsuuuuuuuu" in hope he'd catch me on time because I was sure even if I tried to land safely, I'd at least twist my wrist because I was falling head first. When I felt like the ground was too close, I closed my eyes and waited for impact, but instead, I felt Natsu impact me. His head was between my chest and he was trying to stop himself now. When he stopped, I blushed, but I realized Natsu had passed out from lack of air. I had to carry him back to the guild. I carried him through the basement and saw that the guild was in silence.
"What's wrong?"
"It's master... He turned green all of a sudden and now he won't wake up. He usually has this doctor, but I don't know where to find her..." Erza explained.
"It's Aria's Metsu spell... It deprived people of their magic..."
"You know what's wrong with him?"
"Yes, I've been faced with the same problem before... I know the right person you're looking for," I answered as I ran out the guild to look for Porlyusica. She was always in the forest.
"Porlyusica, Master Makarov had his magic deprived from the same man who did it to me. I need your help, no he needs your help. Please, come with me," I yelled knocking on the pink hair's door.
"Makarov? What's he gotten himself into now? Was it because of you again?" She asked opening the door.
"Yeah... It's my fault, but bows not the time to be feeling guilty, he needs your help."
She grabbed a few medicine and herbs and followed me. Soon, we were at the guild and I was huffing and puffing.
"Humans are so weak," she said, "that's why I do t like them."
I dragged her to the basement and yelled, "I brought her!" She skimmed the room for the old man and treated him right away when she spotted him. I sat on a barrel and started worrying and started feeling guilty. I explained the reason for Fairy Tail getting involved and they were all quiet.
"It's fine if you don't forgive me, but just know that I'm sorry. I didn't know things were going to go this way. I didn't know my father was going to be doing that again. No, forget it, somewhere in my heart I knew, but I was selfish and didn't want to leave you guys... I'm sorry I got you into this mess and I'm sorry for getting you all hurt..." I apologized with my head down.
"We're nakama, aren't we? It doesn't matter that you're the reason for this. We're nakama so we won't be letting them take you away either. We fight for our nakama. We fight by our own choice. There's no need to apologize," Natsu said lifting my head up and looking into my eyes, causing me to be on the verge of tears.
"Uh, Lucy... Here are your keys," Loke said handing me the keys. He thinks I don't know, but I know he's Leo the lion. He got banned from the celestial world, but I'm going to get him back into the spirit world because if he doesn't, he'll disappear.
"What's that!?" Reedus shouted pointing to the flying building coming our way.
"Their headquarters..."
Then, it stopped in the water and my eyes widened knowing what Jose was planning to do.
"He's firing the Magical Convergent Cannon- Jupiter!"
Erza responded to my shout and immediately requipped into her Adamantine Armor. She managed to block the blast, but in return, was injured badly.
"Erza!" Everyone yelled worriedly as Erza fell backwards.
"I'm alright," he answered obviously in pain.
"Ahem! This is Phantom Lord's master, Jose. If you do not want any more trouble, hand over Lucy Heartfilia," Jose said using an intercom to get us to hear.
"Never! We will never give up a comrade, a nakama!" My guildmates shouted.
"Well in that case, I'll fire a bigger and stronger Jupiter in 15 minutes! Enjoy your last 15 minutes fighting with my shades!" He said before turning off the intercom.
Soon, shades appeared and attacked. I got into fighting position, but suddenly, I felt sleepy.
Mira POV
"We can't have Lucy here because they'll get her. Reedus, take her to the guild's secret hideout. Protect her well," I said and took on Lucy's appearance.
Natsu POV
Happy and I flew at full speed to the head quarters. I started trying to stop Jupiter by damaging the outside, but to no avail, so we went on the inside. I thought I was lucky because no one knew I was here yet, but I was wrong. Of course, all the fire banging from the outside gave him away. I found myself in a room with a large Lacrima crystal. Then, a man named Totomaru attacked me to prevent me from getting any closer.
"You can't use fire here because I control all the fire around here," he stated.
"Ha! Not my fire, my fire is a dragon's fire! Fire Dragon's Roar!" I yelled with no fire coming out.
"I told you, you can't use fire and you're already trying to use fire... That's probably why Gajeel said you were all talk and nothing big," Totomaru sighed.
"Gajeel? I'll get to him! Fire dragon's Claw!" Fire escaped his hands, but they died out soon after.
"My turn to use your fire against you," Totomaru smirked as he sent fire out of his hands.
I ate it and swallowed. If it was really my flames, I wouldn't be able to eat it, so these flames aren't even mine.
"Now that I ate, I'm all fired up! Fire dragon's..." Totomaru backed up afraid of what was going to happen, "Roar!"
I spit on him because I already knew my flames weren't going to work with me yet. When he was covered in saliva, I laughed at how he looked.
"Youuuuuu! You tricked me! More like 'Fire Dragon's Spit!'"
"Hey, that's pretty cool! I'll use that next time!" I said back.
"What's with this guy? He's so dumb!" Totomaru accidentally said out loud.
"I'm dumb, but I'm strong."
"Orange fire!" He shouted with fire shooting out.
"That's all? How-" I didn't finish my thought because my nose was stuffed with a nasty smell.
"My fire is a smelly flame. I know how you dragon slayers have this strong sense of smell, but it won't work if something smelly affects it. Hahahhahaha! Now, it's time to end this fight," he said and pulled out his sword while rushing towards me.
"If I can't control my fire, I'll let it out big! Fire dragon's Brilliant Flame!"
It hit him because he came too close. Of course, I didn't control it, I just let the fire out as big as possible. However, now I was able to control it after hitting him.
"Fire dragon's roar!" I hit him straight on and ran to the Lacrima to destroy it. I figured, this is what is firing Jupiter. With one big punch, the Lacrima broke in half.
"How can there be someone so strong in Fairy Tail?" Totomaru asked in fear.
"Since the very beginning. Fairy Tail mages are all strong, though I'm the strongest!" I boasted.
All of a sudden, the building started to shake and I got sick. My face puffed up and turned green.
"To think you'd have motion sickness too. Rainbow-" he stopped talking so I looked up to see what happened. He was frozen, and if he was frozen... That means Ice princess was here.
"Fire brain, looks like you needed help. I beat the opponent you couldn't beat, so that means I'm stronger than you," stripper said.
"Y-you caught h-him o-off guard!" I yelled with pauses in between because of my motion sickness.
"Not having motion sickness is a Man!" Elfman stated behind pervert.
"U-urusai!"
"Erza told us to come help and stop this robot because Jose is casting the Abyss Break spell while we're chatting away, so hurry up and stop laying around," droopy eyes lectured.
I ignored him and ran to search for a way to stop it.
Lucy POV
I can feel myself being held and my head is starting to feel dizzy from bouncing up and down.
"Reedus? Put me down."
"Sorry, Lucy, not until I get you somewhere safe. Those were Mira's orders."
"Put me down! Everyone is getting hurt because of me. Everything is my fault, so the least I can do is-"
"Turn yourself in? We don't want that."
"No! Fight alongside them. Fairy Tail is my new family so I want to fight with them, not hide while everyone is fighting so hard for me."
"I understand," Reedus stated and put me down.
I stared at the direction of the once building that changed into a robot only to see it stop functioning.
"They did it. They stopped it... Thank goodness."
"L-Lucy San..." Reedus struggled to call out.
"Reedus!" I saw the iron dragon slayer laughing while strangling Reedus.
"Gajeel! Stop what you're doing! If you want me, I'll go with you, just let him go."
"Bunny girl, it's been a while since the last time we talked, so why don't we have some fun?"
"Huh? Not this again! Why don't you get it through your thick head that acting like you've had so much experience isn't going to excuse the fact that you're still a virgin!"
"You still have a loud mouth, don't you? Okay, I admit my character is a little fake, but it's just a bad habit."
"You iron eating monkey, why don't you just let him go before I make you regret it!"
"M-monkey?! You're just a bunny girl! You're always alone and you're going to die alone!"
"Geez, you show no mercy with your words. I'll have you know, I found the person I've been looking for and I've found a new family. I'm not alone anymore. I'm not going to let you hurt my nakama! Open, the gate of the maiden, Virgo!"
Virgo popped out, "Punishment, hime?"
"No! Get Reedus out of Gajeel's grasp and take him away to a safe place."
"Yes, hime."
She quickly jumped at Gajeel, grabbed Reedus, and took him underground to who knows where.
"It's okay, he wasn't my target anyway. Bunny girl, you're going to fight me without your spirit?"
"Of course, I can always call one more out, but it won't be necessary because I can beat you still."
"We'll see about that. Iron Dragon's Roar!"
I barely managed to dodge the iron attacks and leap for Gajeel's head to knock him out. Gajeel didn't move though. When I figured why he was doing that, it was too late.
"Iron Dragon's Cage!"
An iron cage trapped me in and with no way out, I surrendered.
"I guess I underestimated you. All big talk from me, but u couldn't even start to attack yet. You got me, let's go. I suggest you take me straight to my father before Fairy Tail finds out, because if they find out, they'll destroy you and your guild."
"That sounds like fun. I'm willing to take the chance."
He handcuffed my wrists together and dragged me out of the cage by my hair.
"Gajeel, I'm a girl you know. At least be a little more gentle. This is why you don't have a girlfriend."
"Hah! You, a girl? I mean, I did say you were a bunny girl, but still. You don't have the looks and you don't even act like a girl. You have to be less tough. Never mind, you are a girl because you lost to me."
"What? I may not dress like a girl or act like one, but I'm still a girl."
"Yeah yeah."
Somehow, we got inside the motionless robot and we were heading straight to a room.
"Where the heck is Gajeel?! The Element Four was taken down and the place is hectic!" Jose shouted.
"I'm right here. I have a present for you. While you were all fighting with the weak, I went to retrieve the person we're supposed to bring back."
He pulled me from my hair once again and threw me into the room.
"I'll announce it to the fairies to make them upset," Jose smirked.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. I think you should just take me before they find out."
"Hah? Are you dumb? That'd be too boring. While we're already at war, we should just destroy the guild."
He kicked my stomach, which caused me to cough in pain. When he heard my cough, he kicked me again and again, while starting to make an announcement on the intercom.
"Ehem! We have succeeded in capturing Lucy Heartfilia and we will now be taking her back. If you want her, why don't you come and get her. Don't worry she's alive. Want to hear?"
He put the microphone to my mouth and continued kicking me, but harder this time, causing me to scream. Then, he turned off the microphone.
"I'll be taking care of the fairies. You stay here and watch Lucy," Jose said to Gajeel.
When Jose left, Gajeel locked me on the wall and started throwing knives at me. So far, they've only gave me some scratches, but this next one, won't miss for sure. He threw the last knife and I closed my eyes waiting for the knife to shatter my life, but it didn't. As I opened my eyes, I saw Natsu with the knife in his mouth. He took it our and sighed.
"Phew, that was a close one. Now, Gajeel, let's pick up where we left off last time."
Natsu and Gajeel went all out as Happy untied me off the wall.
"I've never seen Natsu this excited before. He even left me behind. Actually, I'm not sure if it's excitement, anger, or even both. When we heard Jose saying he captured you, Natsu up and left while Erza was still hurt. She told me to come after Natsu. Then, when he heard your scream, he dashed off faster than ever!"
Even though Happy was explaining, I couldn't help but put my attention to Natsu's fight.
"Iron Dragon's Scales," Gajeel said as his body was covered in scale like iron.
Natsu punched and kicked, but his attacks were not affecting Gajeel. Instead, Natsu was the one because the iron was really strong. From the looks of it, Gajeel was gaining the upper hand.
"Iron Dragon's Roar!"
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
The two roars collided against each other, but Natsu was the one injured, or so I thought until Gajeel's iron head starts to crack.
"Tch, looks like I'll have to get really serious," Gajeel mumbled.
They were evenly matched, but them, Gajeel ate the iron floor beneath them, replenishing his stamina and strength. This caused Gajeel to once again, gain the upper hand.
"If Natsu had some fire... He'll be fine and he'll definitely beat him!" Happy claimed.
I didn't hesitate to kick the wooden door and take it.
"Lucy? What are you doing?"
"Making fire. Happy, stay there and make sure Natsu doesn't lose."
"Aye sir!"
I went behind the door and emitted fire out of my palms onto the wood.
'Im not 100% sure this will work because it is after all his fire... But it's worth a shot.'
I threw the burning wood straight at Natsu and he immediately consumed it.
"This is good, Lucy! Thank you! I'm all fired up!"
Gajeel attacked to make sure Natsu didn't have time to defend, but Natsu blocked the attack and started beating Gajeel. To finish him off, Natsu shouted, "Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon's Fist!"
Both Gajeel and Natsu are now laying down and too tired to move, but they continue to talk.
"You win, fire breath. You destroyed my guild back, so now we're even."
"Iron head, where is your dragon?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"Because I want to know!"
"My dragon... Disappeared on-"
"July 7th, X777..."
"How do you know when my old man disappeared?"
"Because my dragon disappeared the same day..."
I guess Natsu remembers Igneel only... But that date seems... Something happened on that day...
Flashback:
Like normal, I was in the cell Ryo placed me in. Then, Ryo dragged me out of the cell and hung my wrists up to a chain. He whipped me and for some reason, I passed out that time. When I passed out, I remember seeing Igneel and my mom.
"Lucy, it's up to you now... I should've been the one to end it all... But I couldn't... I'm sorry to place such a task on you, but you're the only one who can do it. You are half of him and you are Layla's daughter. You were already given a hard task since birth... But now, I'm placing more on... I'm sorry. To make it less painful, do not fall in love with him... Goodbye, until next time we meet," Igneel said and vanished.
Now it was just my mom.
"Lucy, my loving daughter. It looks like Igneel has given you the task of killing E.N.D. We are both sorry. Your fate is indeed too sad... Lucy, listen carefully, I am going to tell you the truth about your magic and your duty. You have obtained my very own magic, Celestial Spirit Magic, but with a little twist. Unlike other celestial spirit mages, you have been assigned the duty to obliterate evil. That magic can only be used once by each person assigned that duty. I've used that magic today. Do you know why we can only use it once? It's because once used, you die... You could've avoided it if you hadn't become a celestial spirit Mage because only celestial spirit mages get chosen. I'm sorry to have passed my magic to you. Like I said, it can only be used once, so choose the time to use it wisely. Also, I've only obliterated evil for now. Zeref for some reason doesn't get affected by this magic, so he'll continue to create evil. It's up to you now... To destroy evil and to kill E.N.D. I'm sorry... Remember, I love you."
With that, mom also disappeared. I was left speechless in a dark place wondering what that magic is and who E.N.D. is. Although I should've been upset about my fate and the magic I had, I wasn't. I was glad to have a connection with my mom. I was glad to be given the same magic my mom had.
Flashback end.
"Lushi! Let's get out of here! The place is collapsing! Master recovered and is also casting Fairy Law!"
"What about Natsu and Gajeel?"
"They'll survive."
"I'm not leaving without them."
I ran to Natsu's side and helped him up while Happy did the same with Gajeel. Then, I jumped into the water with Natsu while Happy flew Gajeel to a safe place and came back for Natsu. When Happy took Natsu, I swam away from the falling building towards Gajeel.
"I'm not going to thank you, Bunny Girl," Gajeel stated.
"I wasn't expecting one. So, what are you going to do now?"
"Find a new guild to join..."
"Why not join Fairy Tail?"
"After all we did to you? I'm not sure they'll like it."
"You were only like that because of your master. Even though you treated me badly, called me Bunny Girl, said I'd die alone, laughed at me, kidnapped me, pulled my hair, and all that stuff, it was because of the atmosphere of your guild. I believe, you were influenced by the bad atmosphere and bad master, so join Fairy Tail and be influenced by the loving atmosphere and amazing master."
"I'll think about it..."
"You're always welcome to join the guild. You and Juvia aren't bad people, but you ended up in a bad guild, that's all," I said and walked off.
"Thanks, Bunny Girl."
"Can you stop calling me that? I'm not going to die alone."
"I know that, but I can bet you're going to wear a bunny outfit one day, so I'll keep calling you that."
"See ya, Gajeel."
I reunited with the guild and they cheered for our win, but Master was crying as Erza tried to comfort him because Master knew the magic council will be complaining soon. Mira was already beginning to draw how she wanted the next guild building to look. Gray laughed at the drawing asking who drew it causing Mira to cry and Elfman to comfort her, Juvia was off in the distant stalking Gray, Natsu was laughing at how Gray caused Mira to cry, resulting in a fight, and I was watching and smiling.
"Why are you smiling? It's creepy," Happy said.
"You dumb Neko!" I shouted and chased him as he flew away.
When night was upon us, we all went home to relax. I wrote a letter to Mom explaining all the things that happened so far in the guild and the happiness I want to experience with them before doing my duty. Then, I went to shower, wrap my wounds, and sleep.
The next day, my stomach was aching all over. I rolled my shirt up and noticed a big purple bruise on the side and front of my stomach.
"That must hurt," Natsu said while climbing through the window.
"Lucy Kick!" I kicked his face into the wall.
"Ouch Luce, I was just checking up on you... Are you okay?"
"No! You snuck into my room again, and you didn't even use the door!"
I let go of my leg and let it touch the floor again.
"I'm okay, so go home or go to the guild."
His eyes were covered with his bangs and he said, "you're not okay... Just look at your stomach... If I had come sooner..."
"No, even if you had come sooner, it would still be bruised because you didn't know I was captured until you heard the it from the intercom, and I was already getting kicked while Jose was on the intercom. It wouldn't have made a difference, but you came on time, because if you hadn't, I'm pretty sure I would be dead."
"I'm sorry... I couldn't protect you..."
Protect me? Did he remember his promise?
"But I managed to get to you on time... If only I had been able to reach Lisanna on time..."
He's talking about her... I know for sure now that he loved her and still does love her. I'm only here for him to take off some regret for not being able to save Lisanna. I'm just a replacement, aren't I?
"Does that mean you went with Mira and Elfman?" I asked hiding the pain of not being loved.
"No, but I went after them secretly... When I got there, Lisanna was disappearing already. I didn't make it in time."
"I'm sorry..." I said bursting into tears.
"Why are you crying, you weirdo. I couldn't even cry for her, but you're crying?"
"Like I said before, I'm crying for you because you won't cry."
Natsu embraced me and let me cry on him. Though it's true that I'm crying for him because he won't cry for himself, the main reason why I'm crying is because I'm just a replacement, I'm not someone worth remembering to him, and lastly, because he doesn't even know why I'm crying. When my tears stopped running, he let me go and applied medicine on my bruises stomach.
"Thank you, Natsu."
"For what, weirdo? It's natural that I do this because we're nakama, right?"
'It's not normal at all! Only real family would do this... What am I saying, Natsu is real family. Wait, but he doesn't even remember our past... So it isn't normal! Or is it? Ugh! I don't know!'
"What's wrong? You're so weird," Natsu laughed.
"Am not!"
When he finished applying medicine and wrapped it, he made himself at home and dug through my refrigerator. I ended up cooking him breakfast, eating with him, and washing dishes. Natsu, on the other hand, left to the guild.
I asked, "What should I do, Mom? Should I go see Dad, or should I just stay put?"
Of course, there was no answer, so I decided by myself that I should visit my dad one last time. I left a note on my desk saying, "I'm going home." Then, I left in my black leggings, black tank top, and black combat boots.
I was at the Heartfilia mansion again for the first time in 13 years. I met Natsu when I was 4 and was taken by Ryo from my house at that age as well, so yeah, it's been 13 years. Just how do I face him? How does he look now?
I excused my thoughts and walked through the surprisingly opened gate. I saw an old woman who I could never forget: Spetto.
"Is that you, Lucy?" She asked.
"Yes," I answered back.
She jumped into my arms and cried to her hearts content. Then, she announced it loud to everyone, which I'm sure my dad heard. All the workers who knew me surrounded me and cried that they missed me and that it was lonely without me. When they had their thoughts let put, I said to Spetto, "Please take me to my dad." She nodded and led me to my parents room. She told me to change into my mom's dress first. When I did, I looked into the mirror and saw my mom. I looked just like her. Then, Spetto took me to my dad's work office and left.
"You look just like your mother... Makes me fall in love with her all over again."
"Father..."
"You've grown to be such a fine lady, Lucy. You're at that age of marriage, so what do you say about marrying-"
"No, I won't be marrying anyone. I won't tolerate you anymore."
I took the dress off (there was clothes underneath) and continued.
"You know, I've missed you so much these last 13 years. I didn't run away, I was taken by that Ryo guy. He locked me away for 4 years! I was tortured in so many ways possible, but did you bother to look? That I won't know, but I know that, I've found the place where I want to be. I've found my true family who will cherish me. I'm happy at Fairy Tail and I'm sure Mom would be happy with my choice too. She always told me that as long as the choice I make makes me happy, she's happy, so I'm here to tell you that I'm safe and I don't want you to hire people to take me back or harm Fairy Tail because if you do, you will be considered an enemy. I'm telling you that I'm not going to stay here and that I'm leaving this family for good. I'm telling you that, I really do love you, but I love Fairy Tail as well. My days there haven't been long, but they've given me so much memories to cherish. I finally have a place I belong at, so will you allow me to stay there?"
"Do what you want," he said turning away.
Because I know that this might be the last time I see him, I hugged him. He hugged me back as well and whispered, "I'm proud of you," and went back to work. I smiled at him and left.
Jude's POV
"She really has grown into a fine lady, hasn't she, Layla? Not only does she look just like you, but she also acts like you. That's why I fell in love with you. I've made mistakes in the past to her, so does this little act make up for it? Our daughter is really someone to be proud of," I said watching my little Lucky Lucy walk off after visiting Layla's grave.
Lucy POV
After visiting my mom's grave, I was about to say my farewells to everyone until I noticed a pile of smoke coming my way, and then saw five heads pop out.
"Lushiiii!" Happy cried into my chest.
"Lucy, don't leave Fairy Tail! You're a part of our family now, we can't lose you!" Erza stated.
"Lucy, why do you want to leave Fairy Tail?" Gray asked.
Natsu stayed silent and looked into my eyes and Happy flew up saying, "Natsu was sobbing the whole way here."
"Was not! You were the one crying and calling out her name," Natsu retaliated and blushed.
"Minna, I wasn't leaving Fairy Tail."
Everyone looked at me with straight faces and then dropped to the ground.
"But what about that note?!" Natsu questioned.
"I said I was going home. I didn't say I wasn't coming back. I only came home to visit my mom's grave and talk to my dad. Maybe I should've put more details into it."
"Yes, you should have!" Erza death glared me and then laughed. Natsu was angry while Gray sweat dropped.
"Hai hai, Gomenasai," I apologized as we waved goodbye to everyone and left.
"But, you've got a pretty big land. So you own all of this?" Erza asked.
"Huh? Oh that's just the mansion and the garden. My dad owns land all the way to that mountain over there," I pointed to a mountain far from us.
Everyone was silent and then Natsu and Gray bursted out saying, "All hail the Princess!"
"Captain Erza, we need your help! We've lost Natsu and Gray!" Happy shouted.
"Ah, the sky is so blue," Erza said.
"We've lost captain Erza as well!" Happy panicked.
I thought, "To Mama in heaven, I'm happy to be with my nakama and I wouldn't be happier anywhere else."
Well, that was a nice, long chapter right? I just wrote a whole arc in this! But, I did leave a lot out, like the battles. Please review and give me some motivation! I would be happy(:
