Well, here's chapter 14 people! The results of the battles!

Lucy woke up as silence filled the air. No more explosions, battle cries, or any other sign that people were fighting each other.

'Thank God, for that.' she thought. She was getting really concerned of her friends. But her nap helped a lot. She was thinking straight now and she felt refreshed. She sighed as she remembered her previous thoughts. What was she thinking? Of course she shouldn't accept the prince's damn offer. Nothing good will definitely come of it. And who cares if Natsu can't be hers? He can be with Lisanna the rest of his happy life and she just had to live to accept that. Anyway, there was a lot of fish in the sea. Besides, Natsu will come whether she liked it or not. He was already here, anyway.

Lucy shook her head. Maybe it isn't a good idea to think about him right now. She'll just have to wait for Addei to come and unlock her door so she can be distracted from the thoughts of him for at least a while.

And, as if on cue, she suddenly heard the door of her room unlock and open. She snapped her head up and gasped in surprise to see who it was.

It was Addei. She was covered in bandages and looked weak and tired, and her clothes were torn in different places and it only revealed more of her injuries. Lucy immediately ran after the woman and supported her towards her bed.

"Addei-san! What happened? Are you ok?" Lucy cried.

"It's alright, Adora-chan. I'm ok." Addei told her.

"What happened?" Lucy repeated her first question as she felt concern towards the older woman.

"I got into a fight into one of those trespassers. She was pretty tough."

"You fought a girl?" Lucy cocked her head to the side in confusion. She looked so cute right now. "Looks like you practically met your match."

"Yeah. But I still won, of course." Addei boasted which made Adora giggled. But then, Addei's smile faltered as she recalled what had happened after the fight.

FLASHBACK

"STOP!"

Addei lowered the sword and turned around. Her eyes widened as she saw who it was.

"Wh-what are you doing here?"

"Stop this! You can't kill her."

"Wh-what?" Addei stared at him in disbelief.

"You heard me." The man spoke. The person who stopped her from killing the Fairy Tail mage, was none other than Sebastian!

"What do you mean I can't kill her!" Addei asked. "It was the king's orders!"

"No, the king's orders were for you to defeat them." he said, lifting Erza and carried her on his shoulder. "You've done your job."

"So what? We're just going to keep these guys in the dungeons?" she asked.

"Heaven's no." Sebastian said before turning around. "Well, for now they will. But after a few days, his majesty will have all the pleasure of seeing these people suffer such painful deaths. You and the others will be there to witness it as well, including the princess."

FLASHBACK END

'Adora-chan will definitely recognize her friends. But what can she do? She'll just get hurt even more.' Addei thought, feeling uncomfortable. 'Maybe I should've just let that woman win, if only I thought things through. But then again, I didn't know that I couldn't kill her on the spot after I defeated her.'

"Well, are the others alright?" Adora asked, noticing her troubled expression.

"Yeah, probably." she answered. "I don't know."

Adora's gaze softened and became very worried for her friends. "I hope they're alright."

Addei sighed. "Me too, Adora-chan." she shook her head. "Me too."

Natsu was sent tumbling on the ground. But this time, he was far too weak and tired to get back up. Right now, he was covered in injuries, and was coughing up since he took a whiff of some of Kazuki's poisonous scents.

"Dammit." he cursed.

"Natsu!" Happy cried, flying over to him. The fire mage heard laughter at the background.

"Well? What are you going to do now, huh?" Kazuki asked him in a mocking tone. And yet right now, he was bloody and covered in burns, and he's already lost a great deal of his magical power. But still, he was the one standing right now, while his opponent was on the ground unable to get up.

"It seems that the victor of this match has been decided." Kazuki smirked.

Natsu forced himself to stand up. Though he was coughing up blood and his magic power was dangerously low, he still managed to get up on his feet and face his opponent.

It was taking every bit of his energy to stay conscious and keep fighting. His whole body felt numb. His wounds were getting worse by his movements as more blood started coming out of his skin. At every movement he made, his body screamed in pain and his legs quivered.

"Natsu!" Happy cried, worriedly.

He had to continue fighting. Even if all odds were against him. He had to fight. He had to fight for Lucy. The night of that incident, he felt terrible and it practically killed her inside with all the guilt. He regretted everything he said that night of the incident. He hated himself for it. He hated the fact that he wasn't able to protect her. He hated himself for yelling at her that way. He'd rather die than admit it out loud, but Kazuki was right. He was really harsh at Lucy and he did hurt her.

But that fact only gives him a reason to continue fighting. He didn't care if he gets killed fighting this guy. He will either beat this guy, or die trying. At least he'd be able to be of some use. If he beat him, he would find Lucy and bring her home. If he dies, then that would be enough to atone for everything he did to her.

With his resolve, he took a deep breath and started to concentrate on all the remaining magic he had. Kazuki cocked an eyebrow at him.

"It's useless, you can't beat me!"

Natsu ignored him. While concentrating, it gave him time to think. Everything was clear to him now. He finally understood. Lucy was his precious nakama, sure. But that's not what he wants.

Lucy was his mate. The love of his life. The one who he was destined to be with. His future wife and will someday be the mother of his kids.

The reason why he saved her instead of Lisanna was because of his instincts. A dragon's mate must always come first. He thought of Lucy above all else and forgotten Lisanna, for a split second. But he became confused on why he didn't save Lisanna instead, so he let his frustration out on Lucy. If only he didn't do that. Then maybe, all this wouldn't have happened. It was his entire fault.

How could he be so stupid? Why in the world did he think Lisanna was his mate? He was so confused at the time, blinded by the fact that his old friend supposedly came back to life. But things were clearer now.

He had to save Lucy.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Before Kazuki could react, he was engulfed in the fire mage's flames and received the full impact of the attack. As the flames died down, Kazuki was seen unconscious and was covered in burns.

"Natsu! You did it! You won!" Happy cheered.

"Yeah, I know, Happy." he grinned. "Now let's go find Lucy and the others."

But not long afterwards, he became too weak and fell unconscious to the cold hard ground.

"Natsu!" Happy cried. "Natsu! Natsu? Are you alright?"

"He won't be for long." Happy looked up and saw the butler that was with the so-called 'princess' Natsu had ran into. On his shoulder was an unconscious Erza.

"E-ERZA!" Happy cried. "What did you do to her?"

"You're coming with me." the butler took Natsu by his vest and started dragging him away, making a trail of blood. "Looks like you were too much for Kazuki-san. But even so, he still did a good job."

"Oi! Let go of Natsu!" Sebastian got annoyed at the blue neko and kicked him towards the wall, hard enough to make him lose consciousness.

"Annoying." he muttered before dragging Natsu towards the dungeon, leaving a trail of blood caused by Natsu's wounds.

Aeschylus was thrown to the wall; he coughed after he landed on the ground with a 'thud'. His eyes showed fear and shock at the same time.

"Tsk. I'm low on magical power!" Artemis told him. "Get up, idiot! You're losing!"

"He's too strong!" He told her.

"Well, I can't attack him right now! You know that!" Artemis snapped. "But seriously, he isn't called a mage saint for nothing. It looks like we underestimated him a bit."

"I-I still can't believe it . . ." Aeschylus mumbled to himself. "H-he escaped the illusion."

"That's right." Jura said. "And I've also figure out your shadow's weakness."

"I-I . . ." Aeschylus trembled.

"And that weakness is you." Jura said. "If you're hurt, then so is your shadow. If you feel weak, even if it's only for a second, then so will your shadow. The key is to attack you and not Artemis."

After telling Aeschylus of what he now knows, Jura then casted a very powerful spell. "Rumbling Mt. Fuji!"

"Gah!" Aeschylus cried. Jura's opponent was immediately struck by an immense release of Magic Power surging from the ground, wreaking havoc on Aechylus and everything near him, including Artemis. It rose up several meters in the air and shattered the earth it emerges from reducing it to small pieces.

The smoke cleared, and it revealed his opponent, unconscious. And his shadow was now his shadow again, and not some dark creature telling Aeschylus what to do.

"I won this battle." Jura simply stated.

"Leo!" Yukino cried. Loke was now severely injured. He was lying on the ground while Gray stood in front of him. He was a little injured, yes. But he seemed fine.

In the end, Loke couldn't battle Gray. He couldn't hurt his comrade. He couldn't save his master, Yukino. And most of all, he wasn't able to avenge Lucy. He failed. He had already let two of his masters die, and now it seemed like it will be followed up by another. Karen, Lucy, and Yukino. He failed them, as well as the whole guild. His job as a spirit was to protect them, since they were his masters. And even though he was the strongest of the twelve golden zodiac keys, he wasn't able to fulfil that duty. He would have been better off disappearing. Nothing would have changed if Lucy had just left him to die next to Karen's grave. At least he won't need to suffer from any more loss.

But he was thankful for Lucy. She was the kindest celestial wizard he ever knew, and she might as well be the strongest. He was thankful for her for saving him and giving him hope. She had done so much for him. And yet, he couldn't protect her nor could he even avenge her. How pathetic can he get? And his hatred for himself only grew as he stared at Yukino, defenseless. He was supposed to be there to protect her, and yet he couldn't do that. She's going to end up like Lucy. And it will all be his fault.

"I'm sorry . . . everyone . ." he coughed. "I'm so sorry . . Lucy . . ."

Loke went back to the spirit world. And at the same time, Kiyomi released Gray from her spell. He flinched and looked around, seemingly confused.

"Wh-what?"

"Gray-san!" Yukino cried. But it was too late. In a split second, Kiyomi knocked him out. The coin body's grip on Yukino's body tightened and she slowly lost oxygen, as well as consciousness.

Both Galan and Gajeel were breathing heavily, they were both bloody and bruised and also low on magical power. But even under the circumstances, Galan seems to have the upper hand. The man stood up and prepared another attack. Noticing this, Gajeel immediately stood up, and Galan immediately jumped to the air. His sleeves extending and started rotating around him at an alarmingly fast rate.

Gajeel quickly transformed his arm into a pole and blocked his attack. But it felt like he was blocking a chainsaw and hurt like hell even though his Iron Dragon's Club was taking the full force of the attack. The pain became unbearable and he was sent flying, but then Galan grabbed him with his sleeve and started crushing him.

Gajeel choked, coughed, and gasped for air while Galan simply stared at him completely emotionless.

"I warned you, didn't I?" he said and his grip on Gajeel tightened. "You don't mess with us."

It was only a matter of time before Gajeel lost consciousness.

"Gah!" Minerva cried as she landed hard on the ground. She was covered with injuries, and so were the others. They just weren't running out of soldiers to battle. They're all low on magic and were hurt really badly.

"I . . . I ran out!" Lisanna cried.

"Miss! What are we going to do?" Rufus asked. They were surrounded by soldiers and they now had no means of defending themselves. Most of them barely had enough energy to stand up.

"I . . . I don't know." she answered honestly. "Dammit, what about the eclipse?"

"It's already way pass midnight." Hibiki told her.

"It can't be! Titania said-" Minerva was cut off when realization hit her.

"Erza was wrong." Lyon spoke gravely. Minerva began to tremble. How is that possible? Damn that Erza! Of all the mistakes she could have made it just had to be something as grave as this.

"Freeze! Don't move!" one of the guards shouted. But it wasn't like they had any energy left in their bodies to even move a muscle. They were all worn out, tired, and hurt. They could only imagine what how their comrades could possibly be doing.

"I . . " Minerva tried to speak but no words were formed from her mouth. It wasn't like she has anything to say anyway, those were her last thoughts before she, as well as the others, lost consciousness.

"Oi! Old man!" Laxus called out. Jura turned around and sighed in relief to finally see at least one of his comrades.

"Laxus-dono. Are you alright?" Jura asked, noticing his injuries.

"Sure I am. What about you? You look like you're in no better shape than I am."

"I'm fine. I just fought one of our enemies."

"Me too. Looks like we both won."

"Thank the heavens." Jura sighed. "We better get going and find the others. They may need our help."

"You should worry more about yourselves." a voice spoke and they turned around to see a man with spiky black hair and bloody red eyes. "Hello there, I'm Hidenori. Prince Hidenori, heir to the kingdom of Visna."

"Th-the prince?" their eyes widened in shock. But before they can react any further, Hidenori already casted a powerful spell, even more powerful than Laxus' Lightning Dragon's Roar or even Jura's Rumbling Mt. Fuji. Huge magic circles formed all around the two. They could see Hidenori's eyes, they were glowing. But one of them was still red, only glowing, while the other was purple. Another magic circle appeared in front of him.

"Satan's Wrath!" He shouted.

Another explosion was heard. Lucy looked around, alarmed.

"Wh-what was that?"

"Adora-chan, please stay here. I'll go check it out." Addei told her.

"No! I'm coming with you!"

"No, this could be dangerous. I can't risk you getting hurt. It's my duty to protect you." Addei's brows furrowed, she couldn't risk Adora finding out about her friends being here. At least not yet.

"But you're really hurt! Even if you did go, there's nothing you could do! It's either you're not going or I'm coming with you!" The older woman was shocked at the girl's sudden outburst. But then her expression softened and she squatted down to meet the Lucy's eyes.

"Adora-chan, I just don't want you to get hurt okay? And I'll be fine. You shouldn't underestimate me, you know. Didn't I tell you that?" she told her in a soft tone, and that seemed to reassure the girl. "Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as possible."

With that said, she left the room leaving Lucy to wallow in depression.

As soon as she closed the door, her expression became deadly serious. She had to talk to the others. They had to talk about their current situation as of now. How are they supposed to tell Adora? She surely didn't want to be the one to break it to her. But they can't let Adora figure it out on her own either. The girl will hate them forever and she'll stop talking to them.

But first thing's first. Do the others even know about any of this? Addei sighed it was going to be a long night.

And that was the night when their worst nightmares came true. The brave mages of Fiore lost the battle with the country of Visna. When they first came to this foreign land, they intended to protect the kingdom, the home they had come to love. As well as to avenge the loss of a wonderful friend's life. But even when their intentions seemed pure, they were outsmarted by the evil men such as Prince Hidenori, heir of the kingdom Visna. Even if they did manage to defeat some of the warriors inside the Visna castle, most of them were still defeated. They were beaten by such cruel men mercilessly, but they didn't go without a fight.

And even with these words said, nothing is over yet. They lost the battle but not the war. They must succeed no matter what. Not only because all their friends from their home are depending on them, but also because another friend is also depending on them. A friend who is actually much closer to them than they thought. And yet the only thing separating the girl from her old friends are the large hallways and the huge double doors of her room.

But it is only a matter of time until they meet. Soon enough, fate will bring them back together. However, the young princess must make a huge sacrifice first. But it's a sacrifice that she's willing to give for the sake of her friends.

Well, I hope you guys enjoyed it! And please review! Sorry if things didn't turn out as you hoped. But things are far from over~! Remember that!

Oh, BTW, I got Hidenori's attack: "Satan's Wrath" from my other fanfic story. Battle of Angels and Fairies. Only here, the attack is much much much stronger!

And for the last part, I just wanted to make this chapter a bit longer so I added that. Sorry!

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