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A/N: Hello, to all of my readers. I'm so happy i could update, so here is the new chapter. Once again, its filled with lots of info..but this time, it includes Loke's story! Be happy! I know you've wanted his story for a while, so here it goes.

Monday

Location Unknown

Magnolia, Fiore

3:00 a.m

"Did you get her to trust you?" The voice was cold, unnerving even. It was filled with a dark lust and passion, which only a few-narrowed people-could understand.

"Yes," Gajeel replied with a long, self-involved smirk. He took that moment to lean against a wall, and prop his foot against it with a lazy, yet cocky aura. His eyes slowly rose to meet his Master's eyes confidently, with a slight chuckle emanating from him as well. "Levy is almost...too easy."

"Good," Master Jose replied shortly. "Now that she's taken care of, I need you to do another favor for me."

"What?" Gajeel growled, licking his teeth. "If it has to do with the butt wiping turds of Fairy Tail I'll-"

"No," Jose interrupted. "We need-sorry-I need you to talk to Ultear about a few things."

"The Princess?" Gajeel asked with a thick layer of sarcasm. "Why? She's just like the other Fairy Tail-"

"I talked to her guild and now we're on track," his Master explained with a deadly look in his eyes. "Since we have such huge…gangs—or guilds you may say—we want to diminish, or ally with small ones before the war starts. Before Fairy Tail finds any allies. That way, we make their torture easy."

"So, who are you targeting first?" Gajeel inquired quietly.

The man grinned. "Blue Pegasus."

Gajeel grinned back.

"Ichiya is strong, no matter how stupid he may seem—which his most common visage is sadly. That's why, with Blue Pegasus, we won't even bother trying to ally our gang with other ones. They need to be destroyed-every last one of them. Even Ichiya's, when it gets to that point. Actually, killing off Blue Pegasus may be an easier job then trying to ally with the fools…" Master Jose closed his eyes thoughtfully.

"Who else should I plan with besides Ultear?" Gajeel questioned.

"Gajeel, you know Leon's gang, correct?" Master Jose glanced back at the young adult and saw him nod. Good. "We're allied with them, so you can speak to people from that guild as well. But once we trick Ultear, let's kill their guild too. They serve no purpose whatsoever. For now, you will talk with Ultear, Leon and Lluvia."

"Lluvia?" Gajeel spat. "Why her?"

"She has a connection with Gray, which will help in the long run," his Master explained swiftly.

"Mmm…" Gajeel murmured. "When should we start?"

"Tomorrow at the latest," Master Jose replied, smiling.

Monday

Location Unknown

Magnolia, Fiore

4:17 p.m

"You needed to talk to me right?" Ultear asked impatiently. "Then just say it already."

Gajeel rolled his eyes. Women. They're all the same-annoying and just…annoying. "We're allies so…just-don't give me any crap OK?"

She frowned. "Whatever. Get on with it already."

"Our first target is Blue Pegasus, which, as you know involves Fairy Tail a lot," he explained. "Most having to do with a redhead called Erza and a dude called Loke."

"Loke and…Erza?" she asked, licking her lips with mild interest. "Why them?"

"A guy called Hibiki, who is in Blue Pegasus, used to be in a relationship with Karen who is supposedly connected to Loke," Gajeel informed boredly. "Also, Ichiya is a principal there who is in love with…Erza. I sware he's a pedophile."

"Hmm…" Ultear muttered with a dark look in her eyes. "What's your plan then?"

"I still haven't thought that far yet princess," he yawned.

"Well you need to then!" she snapped. "Fairy Tail could have allied with them by now! We don't have much time you dimwit!"

"Why don't you do it then?" he asked. "You're the smart one anyway."

Ultear smirked. "No, we need to work together on this one."

Natsu's House (Monday)

"You know, it feels like everything is back on track," Gray mused, while bringing a cold glass of water to his lips.

"Aye!" Happy agreed while biting on another piece of fish.

Gray's eyebrow twitched dangerously.

"I miss Laxus," Natsu whined pathetically.

When a knock on the door was heard, they all turned towards the door, wondering who it was on a Sunday night. Then the three of them turned towards each other with confused looks adorned upon their faces. It wasn't that late, but it was a little odd knocking and coming to someone's house at that time.

"Natsu you idiot! Go get the door!" Gray yelled when none of them moved towards the door.

"If there are two idiots here, then why isn't the black-haired one getting the door?" Natsu sneered.

"Because this ain't my place," Gray retorted.

"Then show some respect and get the door for your host," Natsu smirked.

"Why you-"Gray started.

"Get the door someone!" Happy shrieked angrily.

"Fine," Natsu huffed as he walked towards the door sulkily. He may have lost this time, but the next time this happens, Gray would be the one to get the door. No exceptions.

As he opened the door his face lit up once he realized who it was. "Lucy! Hey…what's up?" He quickly ran a hand through his hair and grinned.

She smiled at him gently through her eyelashes. "Can I talk to you about something? In private."

"Huh?" Natsu cocked his head, confused. "Are you hurt or sick or-?"

"No," she shook her head with a soft giggle. "I just…um-"

"It's probably your dad again isn't it?" he growled.

"No-"

"What a jerk."

"Um…Natsu-"

"I mean, who would do such a-"

"Natsu!"

He glanced up angrily. "Yeah?"

"Can we please talk?" she asked.

He frowned. "Gray is over and I still haven't kicked his…can we talk later or something?"

She bit her lip, and looked away with hurt reflecting in her eyes. "I understand. Never mind OK? Forget what I asked; all of it OK?"

Before he could say anything she ran off, with tears filling in her eyes.

Natsu closed the door behind him and leaned on it, putting his arms behind his head. His eyes filled with hurt and confusion. He hated to see people cry, but when he saw Lucy cry…it was unexplainable. "Jeez…what did I do?" he asked quietly.

As he walked into his kitchen he saw Gray shaking his head, who had apparently over heard the whole ordeal.

"What?" Natsu snapped, obviously pissed off.

"You really are an idiot," Gray replied seriously.

Heartfilia Mansion (Monday)

"These keys," Lucy said in her room as she ran her hands up and down the golden keys. Her throat tightened while tears began to pool in her eyes once again, now from a different reason. Her mother. "I need to figure them out and find their significance."

"Do you have any ideas?" Erza asked, while she plopped down next to Lucy on the bed. Her eyes were open and caring, willing to her what her sister had to say.

Lucy frowned and her eyes turned downcast. "No. I talked to Loke but-"

"You should find him again," Erza advised tenderly. She reached over and put a comforting hand on Lucy's tense shoulder. "Anyway, about Natsu…"

Lucy's eyes took a sadder look. "I knew it. I mean, I always knew he wasn't interested in me in that way, but I shouldn't have gone to him. He's just…I shouldn't have got my hopes up in that way."

Erza smiled sympathetically. "If you love him then…"

Lucy shook her head and walked out of the room, wiping her eyes in the process.

Erza groaned inwardly. She knew that Natsu cared about Lucy but…this was way too complicated.

Magnolia Library (Monday)

"You called?" Loke asked tiredly.

Lucy took out her keys and Loke gulped; sweat beginning to form on his temples. "Loke, I know this subject is tender to you but…I need to know why you're so nervous around these keys. You're the only one that can tell me. These keys connect me to Mama so…that makes it so much more important to me." Tears filled in her eyes again as well as the raw determination which softened Loke. "I have to know. For my sake but most importantly…hers."

Loke thought about it and drew in a shaky breath. He pondered his options and finally agreed that he would tell her; a decision that he had only made with a few people. Then he looked into her hopeful eyes and smiled weakly, bringing a hand to her cheek and wiping away a stray tear running down her cheek.

"I'll tell you," he said, his eyes so sad and lost that Lucy's heart literally hurt at the sight. "But don't comment until the end…please."

Lucy nodded eagerly, grabbing his hand for support. He squeezed her hand mildly in response.

"A long time ago," Loke began, "I used to live in an orphanage. It consisted of me and all of my friends weirdly named of all the signs in the Zodiac. Me-the strong, proud lion Leon-, Aries, Aquarius, Pisces, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius and Capricorn. Aries and I…we were best friends." A nostalgic look fell upon his face. "She was the one person I could trust the most, and she felt the same. But the things was, we were all close…l-like a family. But one night-I used to sneak out all the time-I met this girl, Karen. I was really young at the time this happened so I was stupid and naïve….she was really beautiful and she used it for men. Including me.

I started to sneak out of the orphanage everyday to see her. At night, early morning…it was an addiction. Soon enough Aries found out and tried to pry me out of the relationship, but I didn't listen to her. The night after she warned me, I sneaked her into the orphanage and we made love for the first time…we truly became lovers. I soon tried to sneak her in as much as I could, not really caring about what would happen to us. I thought…I was in love.

But then, one day Karen found out about Aries and how we were best friends. When I was at school, or around she threatened Aries but Aries wouldn't fall into that. Soon, it turned to physical harassment. I didn't know at first, Aries hid it well. The way Karen abused Aries was wrong…but of course, I was blind then. But then, one night I saw Aries in my room on the bed literally bawling."

He paused and tears began to stream down his face. "Her a-arms were cut u-up and bruised, and her legs were as well…e-even worse. But her eyes. They were so n-naked and so sad that it really killed me i-inside when I-I saw her in that state. I consoled her and demanded what was going on. I was furious. She hesitated…That was the moment I realized I loved her as well. Soon, things spiraled quickly that night and I had sex with Aries…she told me that she reciprocated my feelings towards her. Karen found out and ended our relationship. I wasn't surprised since our relationship was mostly built around sex. But, it was different for Aries and me. I still didn't know what happened, and she hadn't relented.

A few days later, Aries finally told me and I grew incredibly mad. So, I searched for Karen…not caring what the consequences would be. I admit, I still had feelings for her but now…she had changed. She got these keys with the signs and names of the Zodiac each belonging to all of the people in the orphanage. They were locked up, so I didn't know how she got possession over them. They were old too; connecting to the past none of us knew existed. But when some of the keys got stolen, my friends began to disappear. Including Aries. When Karen got my key, she destroyed it; killing herself with it right in front of my eyes. It's been a few years since then. The orphanage got out of business so I left and came here…to Magnolia."

"Loke," Lucy said softly, not knowing how to react. "Did you- Do you still love Aries?"

"Yeah," he grinned sadly. "But it's been years since I last saw her. And…I've come to realize I'm also in love with someone else."

"Who?" Lucy asked curiously.

"We're getting off point here," he said seriously.

"So…what do the keys do?" she asked.

"Oh, I forgot something," he said. "Everyone who was in the orphanage ….well, we all had a hole in our heart. So when Karen got a hold of those keys it felt…odd. Maybe that has to do with something."

"So…" she prompted warily, her voice starting to sound even sadder.

"These keys…I don't know what they do. I think they hold some kind of fate though," he said. "Once the Leo key got destroyed things have gotten really out of balance. The hole in my heart is getting bigger. Truthfully, Lucy, I could die soon."

Her eyes widened. 'Loke die…?' she thought. "We need to find your key then," she sad. "I want you to live and frankly…I think Aries would want that too."

"But my key is destroyed Lucy," he argued.

"They can always be constructed again right?" she winked, although she felt uneasy.

He laughed.

"While we search for your key, we should definitely look for the other ones. And…Aries," she said comfortingly.

"Thank you," he whispered, holding her hand to his chest in a sincere gesture.

She smiled back gently.

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