"Rouge you shouldn't scare me like that!"
"Sorry Lucy I wasn't sure if it was ok for me to tag along; I just wanted to make sure you were ok." The man in question defended sheepishly, scratching his neck in embarrassment.
Lucy shook her head and sighed. "It's ok Rouge just don't pop out of the shadows, like that, I almost hit you."
Cobra crossed his arms, putting his back against another branch in the tree they were currently sitting in. "Alright but if Rouge is coming with us we better tell him the plan."
"Yeah." Lucy replied, still shaking her head in disbelief.
You see, Cobra and Lucy were on their way through the forest to where the dark guild they needed to 'disband' was, when suddenly a Vulcan appeared from the foliage and went to grab Lucy, only for Rouge to appear from the shadows and basically slap the beasts hand away and subtly beat the poor monkey to a pulp along with Cobra. Lucy just shook her head and continued walking, hoping the two boys would catch up when they could.
The men found Lucy in a tree by the lone log cabin, assuming that it was their target they jumped onto one of the branches to join their team mate.
After Lucy took few minutes to think about a new plan now that rouge was here she whispered "Alright so here is the plan, before we were going to dip Sagittarius's arrows with Cobra's poison and hit them with it, but we might end up killing someone. So instead we could use your shadows as a distraction as Sagittarius shoots each of them men down. After we get the guards from around the building you two should sneak inside and I will create a distraction and on my signal. In the mean time, Virgo will set to work tying everyone up and putting them in a hole so they can't escape. Whoever gets to the guild master first gets the honor taking him down. Agreed?" Lucy said, explaining it in detail without missing a beat.
"There should be around 26 men and women, so we should each get a fair share of fun, six of them are outside though, so be on guard. Let's go." Cobra said, listening closely and figuring it out without much trouble.
"Alright then I'm ready when you are Lucy." Rouge said, bringing his magic to his hands. Willing his magic away from him he brought the shadows to life, giving off an eerie feeling in the clearing where the men were. The guards looked out to the forest in fear, looking to each other for answers.
"Right!" Lucy said, touching Sagittarius's key and mentally calling him forward, having already told him the plan through telepathic link.
"Moshi moshi." Sagittarius whispered, taking his aim at his first three targets. With one more breath he let the arrows fly; giving no hesitation he set his next arrows up and fired at the distracted mages. Rouge did a fabulous job with the distraction, not one of them noticed their comrade's fall.
"Great, Cobra, Rouge you should go in before me, I'll get Virgo and she can start the body count." Lucy said grinning.
Both boys nodded, jumping down from the tree they were currently perched in, sneaking into the building without much fuss, Rouge stayed in his shadows while Cobra decided to hide behind the bar no one was currently occupying. The mages in the log cabin all seemed to be playing a game of poker, so it was easy for them both to slip by the unsuspecting people. Lucy quickly summoned Virgo and she quickly got to work.
Lucy took a breath and waited for the guards to be disposed of, once done she calmly knocked on the brown wooden door and waited.
"What do you-Well hello there." A dark haired man greeted, at first not so kindly, but after seeing the very pretty blond he couldn't help but hope to have a shot with her.
"Hello there I was wondering if you could direct me to the next town by chance? I seem to be lost." Lucy said, scratching the back of her neck nervously and blushing a little, she made sure to look in to his eyes for more effect, trying to seem as innocent as possible.
"Now now no need to be shy, come in, I'm sure you must be tired from the walk." The man said opening the door more for her petite frame.
"Oh, if you insist. What is this place anyway?" Lucy asked walking in calmly; not wanting to seem like there was anything going on.
"Well this is a guild my dear, we take pride in our powerful mages, me being one of them." The man stated boldly, raking his hand through his black locks, and winked his deep green eyes at Lucy.
"I see. What is your guild called?" Lucy asked smiling, trying to not look disgusted.
"The Fallen. Lucy dear, it is a pleasure to finally meet the newest constellation."
Lucy widened and turned to look up at the second floor balcony where a short man was standing...on a foot stool?
"Ugh...why are you on a foot stool?" Lucy asked, disregarding how he knew her name.
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"WhY oF aLl ThInGs DiD yOu PoInT ThAt OuT!" The little angry man yelled, jumping over the railing and stomped his way over to the blond who couldn't stop laughing.
"Oh but you're so cute! I could pick you up and swing you around and-"
Snap.
With a loud smack Lucy found herself on the floor holding her cheek. With widened eyes she looked up to the short man. The man had inky dark black hair, and matching cruel looking eyes. He looked a bit bulky because of his height, making him look like a very buff young Makarov but without the beard and grey hair of course. The dark haired man smirked and bent down to look at Lucy closely.
"Now Lucy dear, I'm sure you would be interested in knowing my name right? Well I am the master here, and my name is Jaaku."
Lucy quickly turned her own glare at the man, not backing down in the slightest and bringing her hand to a fist.
"Ah so you have, good I don't have to explain anything to a little child such as yourself." Jaaku taunted, standing up straight and looking around the room to his men.
"Tie her up, I need her alive."
"Now!" the celestial mage called, getting the attention of her team mates and they soon sprung into action. Lucy took her still clenched fist and hurled it into the shocked looking face of Jaaku.
"How could you turn the spirit world into such a chaos!?You selfish little man!" Lucy yelled, giving the now black eyed man a piece of her mind.
"You little girl could never understand!" Jaaku yelled, Raising his hand and grabbing the collar of Lucy's black jump suit and bringing her down to his level.
"At least I'm not as little and pathetic as you..." Lucy spat, her aim true as it hit his eyes and she was thrown to the side so he could wipe his face.
"You're a cruel little man with no judgement for right or wrong. Give back the spirits freedom!"
"Oh? Freedom?" Jaaku asks with mirth, taking his hand and bringing it to his sword on his hip. "You think that having to answer to every beck and call with no choice what so ever? No matter what it is?"
Lucy frowned "Although there are people in this world who should never touch a key, that doesn't mean you have the right to kill off the whole population. Besides, being controlled by your will would be much worse than anything they could do."
"Oh Lucy, if only you knew. Now enough chit chat, I think I have had enough of hiding behind humans, time for me to bid you good day." Jaaku says confidently taking a step towards her "Just remember, I can take control of any star, and constellation. You are no exception."
Jaaku turned and started walking away, taking one last glance behind him, he winked before disappearing in black nothingness where he came from.
Lucy could only watch, bringing her hands to fists she grit her teeth and punched the floor, the sound of breaking wood and a cry of frustration was heard amongst the fighting.
With the mages defeated and taken into custody, the three mages started on their return home back to fairy tail after they picked up their reward from the rune knights. Lucy changed out of her black jump suit and into a black skirt and a light pink top with her regular brown boots and her belt. With her hair up in low pig tails which still ended at her waist, she looked quite cute, but with the frustrated aura around her being, neither man wanted to bother her.
Well that's what they should have done.
"Lucy you know that you did everything you could." Cobra sighed, trying to calm her worried thoughts.
"He was right there!" Lucy said exasperated waving her arms in the air for more effect. "Don't you understand? We could have won! This would all be over!"
"Lucy relax, please. Come on its getting late lets set up camp for the night." Rouge suggested, trying to avoid a fight.
Lucy looked up at the sky and sighed. Nodding to the two, she brought out Virgo to help once again.
With the camp set up, conveniently with only one tent, but was still big enough to fit the three mages. Before Lucy could ask Virgo why there was only one tent, Virgo quickly escaped back to the spirit world.
Damn it Virgo.
"Lucy come on I made soup! It's not that big of a deal." Cobra said, holding up a bowl for Lucy to take. Taking the offered food she sat with a huff beside Rouge.
"So what is your next game plan?" Cobra says, trying to start a conversation.
"Find the short little shit and beat him to a pulp."
"You sound like Natsu." Cobra smirked.
"I do not!"
"Do too!"
Rouge watched the exchange, sweat dropping when they continued their childish argument for a good five minutes.
"Do to!"
"Nope."
"Yep!"
While arguing their foreheads inched closer and closer, with lightning glares they continued their pointless argument without much thought of the shadow mage who was quickly losing his patience.
"Just because you want to beat this ass hole doesn't mean you should rush in blindly!" Cobra argued, leaning back and glaring at the stubborn blond.
Lucy leaned back as well, taking a small sip from her soup. "Don't you think I know that? I have been trying to come up with something but I can't think of anything that could help us."
"Well we all know that he has anger issues from his height, and that he is starting to bring humans into this war as well" Cobra said, recalling how the mages reacted to the man.
"That is true, they did really seem to respect the little shit, and maybe he was controlling them as well?" Lucy huffed.
"It's possible, but what I'm worried about is what he said to you Lucy, how he can control any star or constellation, including you." Rouge pointed out after swallowing his last mouthful of the soup.
Lucy was silent for a second; it could be possible considering now that she was half spirit.
"Lucy...if you had a choice to stay in the celestial world...could you?"
Both mages looked at Cobra in confusion, wondering where he was going with this topic.
"I could, I would eventually become a constellation, and have my very own place up in the sky with all of my spirits." Lucy smiled as she looked up at the night's sky with earnest, knowing her family was smiling down at her just the same.
"Wouldn't you be stronger?" Rouge asked, understanding what cobra was getting at.
"I would be yes. I would have an eternal life and have my very own key." Lucy started to explain, still looking up at the stars she loved so much. "I would be able to watch the world from up there, watch how it changes, but I wouldn't be able to be a part of it as I am now. If I were to stay in the spirit world for too long, I would become a star, and have a permanent place in the sky, if I was to stay here on earth land, I would eventually lose my status as a celestial spirit, and turn back into the human I once was."
Taking her eyes off the night's sky, she brought her eyes back to the faces of her companions, giving them a sad smile. "If I ever wanted to live longer, or become stronger then I would have to spend a good amount of time in the celestial realm, I would say about a good ten or so years. If I were to do that, earth land would be taken over by Jaaku, and I would have to watch as each and every person I hold so dear, be snuffed out. Even if I became stronger, there would be no point; there would be nothing to come home to."
Cobra scowled at the ground, knowing now that they didn't have much time.
"How much time do you have if you have your monthly visits to the celestial realm?" Rouge asked, frowning at the thought of being on a time limit.
"I would have the life span of a human; although I have a vast amount of power from being a celestial being, because I am still part human I am able to regenerate on earth land just as you are able, a little bit slower, but not by much." Lucy said smiling "Although I wouldn't want to have to deal with this for too long, or use up all my power. Once I use too much of my magic, I would be sent to the celestial realm, and if I was wounded severely, I wouldn't be able to return." Lucy continued sadly, with a sigh she stood, having enough of this depressing mood.
"We should get to bed, we have to go back to the guild after this, and after that we will be back on the road traveling all over again." Lucy sighed, getting up from her seat by the fire, and crawled into the tent to settle down for the night.
After an awkward morning, and an even more embarrassing walk back, Lucy found herself glad she was back home in Mangolia. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping and there wasn't a bad thought in her mind. The two dragon slayers proved to keep good company, and although they found themselves in an awkward three way cuddle session in the morning, and then Lucy tripped over one of the many roots on the ground on their way back and twisted her ankle. Instead of letting the poor girl use her magic on herself Rouge and Cobra fussed over the blond, making it clear that she would be carried the rest of the trip.
By now the trio were just arriving at the guild, Lucy was still being carried by Cobra piggyback style, who refused to let her down until she got looked at by Wendy.
Stubborn dragon slayers
"I heard that." Cobra snickered, adjusting his hold on Lucy's thighs.
Rouge opened the larger wooden doors and the three entered the guild with warm greetings from around the guild.
"LUCCYYYYY!" Happy screamed as he flew towards Lucy, only for Cobra to glare at him and for Happy to stop dead before hiding behind a grinning Natsu.
"WHYYY DIDD YOOUU LEAAVEEE LUUCEE!" Natsu yelled, forgetting about how Cobra was the only thing keeping her upright and took her off his back, setting her down on a chair and continued to hug her to death.
"Natsu get offfff!" The red faced blond whined, not sure if it was the fact that she was embarrassed, or that she just couldn't breathe.
"Oi! Get off of her flame brain! You're going to kill her with your stupidity!" Gajeel said, walking from across the guild from where his table was.
"What were you saying iron breath!" Natsu let go of Lucy, forgetting the poor blond for the sake of a battle.
The guild swarmed around Lucy after that, asking how her mission went, and what not. Soon the guild was back to normal, and with everything going on Lucy took a deep breath before smiling at her friends. She was happy to be home.
Alright I'm so very sorry for not updating, but I have been debating something that you guys should probably know...
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I think I'm going to rewrite this story...
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Please don't hit me.
Anyway because of this I'm probably not going to be able to add any more chapters while I do this, and I might restart the whole story all together so I could add more detail and rebuild the foundations a bit more.
I sowy.
Let me know what you think I should do, hope u liked this chapter. I will try and post more often and I'll let you know when I'm going to start the revamp if I do it at all.
Hope you enjoyed it...