Lucy was inside the Hokages office with a tipsy Tsunade glaring holes through her head, "would you mind explaining to me why you thought that you could take an ANBU mission, unauthorised, while I strictly put you one bed rest for the rest of the week?" Tsunade thundered out at her, Shizune flinched besides her but otherwise didn't say anything and she lightly squeezed Tonton.
"I needed to leave the village for a few hours," Lucy simply stated, "I felt like I was going to destroy something and I needed to get out of the village before I did that,"
"why did you need to leave, how did you know I sent Genin after Sasuke and how did you know that Sasuke even left in the first place?" Tsunade asked,
"to explain properly I need to explain how I got to the village in the first place," Lucy said and Shizune was about to say something but Tsunade stopped her,
"you better get to the point quickly," Tsunade snapped,
"I was a someone that Orochimaru once experimented on," Lucy said, Shizune gasped and Tsunade frowned, "I was in one of his hideouts for 11 months before Anko and Yamato got me out of there. It wasn't long before Inoichi was going through my memories of that place, I'm sure that they're on file if you want to know specifics. Anyway, I'm sure you've heard about what happened between Naruto and Sasuke on top of the hospital a few days ago," when Tsunade nodded Lucy continued, "After that I told Sasuke what happened with Orochimaru, I even showed him how I got captured." Lucy looked down slightly at what she said next.
"I told Sasuke that if he were to join Orochimaru I would never forgive him and I may have implied that I would kill him if I had to," Tsunade's eyes widened at this and Shizune looked shocked,
"would you?" Tsunade asked Lucy and she looked up at the Hokage, "kill him I mean," Lucy took a deep breath,
"if he attacks anyone from the leaf or the leaf itself I won't hold back," Lucy finally said, Tsunade nodded her head slowly, "last night I saw Sasuke as he was leaving the village, after he spoke with Sakura," Lucy sighed, "I let my feelings get the better of me and I threatened him, I told him that I wouldn't stop him because he had already chosen his path, after a few more words were exchanged I came here to get a mission and I left," Lucy explained,
"okay so that explains how you knew that he left, now how did you know that I sent Genin after him?" Tsunade questioned, ignoring for the moment that she let someone betray they village,
"have I ever told you about my spirits?" Lucy asked and bought out her celestial spirit keys. Once Lucy finished explaining how she knew about the Genin Tsunade ran a hand down her face,
"you do realise that you let a valuable member of the village just walk out?" Tsunade groaned, "that boys eyes are valuable not to mention dangerous,"
"then aren't we lucky that he's just a Genin and doesn't know anything valuable," Lucy said sheepishly but looked down when Tsunade frowned at her, "Look I know I should of tried harder to keep him here but the only thing left to do was lock him in a jail cell and that would just make him have a personal issue with the leaf," Lucy tried to explain,
"that doesn't explain why you didn't notify anyone when he did leave," Tsunade scolded,
"look I know, I was just so angry. Sasuke chose to power that he didn't have to work for and my torturer over the bond we used to have," Lucy yelled out, "I'm so sick and tired of not knowing who I can trust," she looked down. Tsunade sighed,
"as punishment you will be on call at the hospital for one month and have to complete 15 d-rank missions," Tsunade said, both Shizune and Lucy looked shocked but instead of questioning it Lucy bowed and walked out.
"Milady, are you sure that's a severe enough punishment? She technically committed treason," Shizune question,
"I'm sure, did you see the notes she made on Lee's condition? I couldn't of done it better myself," then Tsunade let a feral sort of grin take over her features, "not to mention how she handled those elders when I first took over, always left the old bags speechless," Tsunade laughed, "I have plans for that girl and to do that I need her to have full access to everything in the village."
Lucy was outside of the room Naruto was staying in, she just couldn't bring herself to knock on the door. "Lucy, what are you doing outside?" Lucy looked up and saw Sakura standing there,
"oh Sakura, I umm," Lucy stumbled,
"are you okay Lucy?" Sakura asked her worried and Lucy looked away, "is this about Sasuke leaving?" Lucy flinched, "don't worry Lucy, we'll bring him back and everything will be okay," Sakura said and put a hand on Lucy's shoulder before reaching to open the door to Naruto's room,
"actually Sakura, it is about Sasuke leaving but not in the way you think," Lucy said and Sakura looked back at Lucy confused, "I really need to talk you and Naruto," with that Lucy opened the door to Naruto's room and saw him talking to Shikamaru, "Shikamaru, could I have a minute with Naruto and Sakura?" Once Shikamaru left and closed the door Lucy took a deep breath in and told them about the conversation that she had with Sasuke the night before.
"how could you?" Sakura screamed out at her, Naruto kept silent but didn't look at her, "how could you let him go?" Sakura started crying, "after everything you've ever said to us, preaching about protecting us but you let Orochimaru take Sasuke," Sakura screeched. Lucy was getting a bit angry at Sakura but tried to remain calm because she did in fact let Sasuke leave, Naruto still didn't say anything. "aren't you going to say anything Naruto?" Sakura demanded, "its because of her that Sasuke isn't here and it's because of her that people got hurt, Choji and Neji are in critical condition," she continued,
"why?" Naruto whispered and looked up at Lucy, "this isn't making sense, it's not like you, so why?" Naruto asked her,
"who cares about why?" Sakura screeched,
"Lucy, I want to know why," Naruto demanded,
"I'm not listening to anymore of this," Sakura said and left in tears,
"Lucy," Naruto shouted,
"Orochimaru tortured me and Sasuke knew," Lucy yelled and then put her hand over her mouth in shock,
"what?" Naruto whispered and Lucy sighed,
"it was before I came to the village," Lucy started and explained everything to Naruto,
"and Sasuke knew all of this?" he asked her,
"yeah I told him most of it when I pulled him aside after you two had that fight on the hospital roof," Lucy confirmed, "I was just so mad and upset with him that I didn't really stop to think about anything,"
"I can understand that," Naruto whispered, "don't get me wrong I think you could have done more if you wanted to but you didn't want to," Naruto said to her and Lucy looked down at her feet, "it's okay not to want to Lucy,"
"what do you mean?"
"well do you think it's okay for me to still go after Sasuke?"
"of course I do, I know how much he means to you," Lucy whispered,
"and I know how hard it was for you when you first came to the village," Naruto told her and Lucy looked at him shocked, "you think I didn't notice that most of the smiles were fake? Or how often you got lost in thought only to look ready to fight once you snapped out of it? Or how you flinched when anyone besides Kakashi-sensei would touch you?" Naruto took a deep breath, "I knew, I just never asked, I figured you would tell me when you were ready," Lucy looked down and tried to keep her tears at bay, "so it's okay if you don't want to help me find Sasuke," Lucy suddenly looked up and smirked at him,
"since when did you get so smart?"
"what's that supposed to mean?" Naruto shouted and Lucy's laugh resounded off of the walls throughout the hospital room.
Fairytail's POV
"Okay, so we've established that only Lucy can use the key, that she might be able to make a connection from her side with it and that the Celestial Spirit King probably sent her there," Levy said to herself listing things off in her head and she looked over the information that they all had gathered.
"yes but we've reached another dead end," Yukino muttered as she flipped through another book dejectedly.
"I'm getting tired of not getting anywhere," Nastu suddenly shouted, "why can't old Stash face just tell us where she is and how to get there," he continued, stomping around the guild hall.
Yukino looked down, "I'm sorry, if only I could convince them that it's the right thing to do," she whispered,
"it's not your fault Yukino," Sting said,
"the celestial spirit king seems to have everyone on lock down for this," Rogue said, "no one can get anything out of him,"
"I'm sure Lucy could," Yukino said, "she's always able to convince him somehow,"
"My descendant does seem to have some sway in the spirit realm for some reason," Anna said and sighed, "no human has ever had such an impact,"
"I say we storm into the spirit realm and demand answers," Gajeel growled as he popped up from behind the bar, half way through devouring a spoon,
"stop eating the silverware Gajeel," Mira said sweetly before looking down at him with her blue eyes, "please," she added, her tone left no room for argument. Gajeel not wanting to admit that he was scared casually jumped over the bar top and made his way to Levy, who giggle teasingly at him.
"the only problem with that is that we can't without the help of a spirit," Anna said,
"and none of them seem to be willing to help us," Erza stated,
"so then, how are we going to find out what's going on?" Wendy asked, "if it really was the Spirit King that sent Lucy to wherever she is, then why wouldn't he send all of us so we could help her?"
"if only we could speak to him, we might be able to convince him," Lisanna said down heartedly,
"open gate of bear cub, Polaris," Yukino called out suddenly,
"Miss Yukino," a giant pink bear showed up in the middle of the guild,
"Polaris, I want to see his majesty the Spirit King," Yukino asked him uncertainly,
"I cannot take you there Miss Yukino" Polaris said,
"Polaris, my name is Anna Heartfilia and as a family member of Lucy, I demand to know if she is safe," Anna said firmly, "I know the celestial laws, as a blood relative I have a right to know and if you won't tell me, it is your obligation to take me to someone who will," Polaris didn't say anything but Yukino could tell that he was panicking,
"Please Polaris, take us to see the Spirit King," Yukino pleaded.
Time Skip
"Human friends, for what reason have you demanded my presence?" the Spirit King said as he stood over several members of the Fairytail guild and the three from Sabretooth,
"you know exactly why we are here, where is Lucy?" Erza demanded,
"yeah Stash face, tell us where she is," Natsu yelled out,
"I'm afraid that my old friend is needed where she is and should not be interrupted," the Spirit King,
"why not? Surely you don't like seeing Lucy suffer," Wendy called out,
"It pains me to see my old friend in distress and missing her friends but I had to send her there," the Spirit King said loudly, his voice representing the power he clearly had,
"if it pains you then why not tell her everything? If not us then why not Lucy?" Erza questioned,
"because if I told her then the future might not end up balanced," the King said simply,
"what do you mean?" Wendy spoke up,
"my old friend is essential to the future conflicts of the world she currently resides, she plays a key role in keeping the peace,"
"that doesn't explain why you can't tell her," Mira shouted,
"as you already know the Heartfilia's are not originally from Earth Land, in fact their original clan if from the world that she currently resides, Earth," the King starts, "when the civil war started within the clan, they didn't know that word would get out to another rivalling clan that was experimenting with their own sort of spells, they called them jutsu,"
"wait like a ninja?" Natsu suddenly shouted, "no way Lucy is a descendant from ninja, so cool,"
"she's not just a descendant from ninja, she is one," the King said, "quite a powerful one,"
"no fair, I want to be a ninja," Natsu complained,
"the rivalling clan attacked the Heartfilia's, but since the civil war had just occurred they couldn't defend themselves and were almost completely wiped out. They asked for my help and I told them how to create a key that would teleport them somewhere safe,"
"Fiore," Gray whispered,
"yes," the king said, "but there was a catch, the key could only send one. The woman they ended up sending was Anna's great-great grandmother, who happened to be pregnant," the king finished,
"who trained the Fiore family to use celestial keys and then trained others," Anna continued on, "keeping the keys split up so nothing like what happened on Earth could happen here,"
"okay so Lucy's ancestors are originally from Earth but that still doesn't explain why you sent her there," Sting shouted,
"the Heartfilia's rivalling clan is planning something and in order to created balance I needed to send my old friend to Earth, it's essential to that world's survival," the King stressed,
"then why not tell her?" Yukino asked,
"because my old friend, needs to want to save that world, with everything in her,"
"so you made her a part of that world, letting her care about the people and their ways," Gray figured out,
"because if she knew that there was a way back she wouldn't connect to the people that are there," Erza also figured out,
"yes,"
"why go to such extremes, you know Lucy would help if she had to," Gray said,
"because this upcoming war that my old friend will be a part of will require great sacrifice in order to save Earth," the King said,
"then let us help her," Rogue surprisingly spoke up,
"even if I wanted you to, I could not teleport you all to where she is," the King said,
"then teleport one of us, at least so we can tell her everything we've found out," Yukino said,
"if I did you would not be able to stay there for long because you're not from there, Lucy is the only one who could live there permanently," the King said,
"what about me? Couldn't I stay there?" Anna asked,
"unfortunately not, because of your encounter with the eclipse gate, you wouldn't be able handle the strain of getting used to a new world," the King said and Lucy looked down.
"Is there a way to go there for a short time and come back, kind of like how Lucy and Yukino summon spirits to Earth Land?" Rogue asked, the Celestial Spirit King didn't say anything,
"after everything Lucy has done for you, don't you think you owe her answers?" Gray suddenly shouted,
"I agree," a voice said from behind them and everyone turned around to see Loke,
"Loke," Gray and Natsu shouted,
"Nice to see you man, where you been?" Gray continued and pat Loke on the back,
"sorry that I haven't been able to see all of you, I was ordered not to," Loke said,
"don't worry we get it," Gray said, Loke smiled and then turned to face the Celestial King,
"Lucy is still looking for a way back and she's not going to stop and focus on the world that she's in unless she knows why's she's there," Loke reasoned, "I've had to watch her go through things that she never should have to, watched her change and grow and have her freak out because of it," Loke clenched his fists tight, "she needs to know that she's there for a reason and that there is a way back," Loke pleaded,
"what has she gone through?" Natsu asked quietly,
"a lot, too much to explain now," Loke whispered, knowing Natsu would hear him, "after everything, you have to help her,"
"anyone of you would only last a few years at most," the King said,
"Send me," Rogue spoke up,
"what, no way," Natsu shouted, "I'm going,"
"didn't you say you had something you needed to find for her?" Rogue asked, "don't you want to give it to her when you see her next?" Natsu looked down at this, "I'll go, I can sustain myself with shadows until you can bring me back. In the meantime I can tell Lucy everything we know and bring back everything she knows," Rogue reasoned,
"well, he does seem like the best one to go," Loke spoke up, "he can adapt, he won't say anything unnecessary and he won't burn down a building and get Lucy into trouble,"
"hey," Natsu yelled out,
"fine I will grant this, you have 3 years until you're body can no longer take the strain, use your time wisely," the King said and with that all of them were transported back to the guild besides for Rogue.
Fairytail's POV End
A few days later, Lucy looked up at Jiraiya, "so you think you can loosen this seal I have?" she asked him, "I mean it's been there for years and I've never even felt it,"
"and you wouldn't because you had never felt chakra until a little while later, so this would be the norm for you," Jiraiya explained to her, "and yes I think I can," he continued as he set up a sealing circle, "but first I need to find the seal so start stripping," he announced and clapped his hands together. Lucy recoiled in disgust, "come on, I'm not that bad," Jiraiya complained sulkily,
"I think I would be more comfortable with Kakashi looking for them instead," Lucy said and Jiraiya hunched over dramatically as Lucy walked towards the door of the private hospital room to go and find Kakashi.
Lucy finally found him in a tree reading his disgusting book that she later found out Jiraiya wrote, "yo, you and Jiraiya finished already?"
"ahh actually we've hit a snag, or well I've hit a snag," Lucy said,
"what do you mean?" Kakashi looked up from his book,
"well, Jiraiya said that he needs to find the seal," Lucy started and started to fidget,
"yeah and?"
"well, I was wondering if you would find it instead?" Lucy wondered, Kakashi looked at her incredulously, "what you think I want that pervert to look for it?" she questioned,
"I thought I was also a pervert," Kakashi teased her,
"that's different, you don't go around peeping on girls in the hot springs, you just read porn in public," Lucy pointed out, "please Kakashi, I wouldn't be asking if I was okay with someone else doing it,"
"why don't you ask Shizune?" Kakashi wondered,
"will or won't you do it?" Lucy ignored his other question,
"sure if you want but you do realise that it would be no different if Jiraiya or Shizune checked," Kakashi said and jumped out of the tree and landed in front of her,
"it is different, I don't share a toilet with either of them," Lucy said and turned on her heal to lead him back to her private hospital room. Kakashi rolled his one visible eye and reluctantly followed her back to the hospital.
Once there Kakashi asked Lucy to turn around and he pulled up his forehead protector to reveal the Sharingan, he scanned her back, looking for abnormalities, "I'm just going to pull up your shirt," Kakashi informed her and pulled her shirt over her shoulders and started scanning her bare back. When he didn't find anything he pulled her shirt back down, "can you take off your tights so I can look at your legs?" Kakashi asked and Lucy turned around and sat on the hospital bed and started to take off her leggings, "so, what exactly do you look like anyway?" Kakashi asked her,
"well, an older version of this," Lucy said and pulled her tights off of her feet,
"well yeah I know that but how tall are you? Is your hair long? That type of stuff," Kakashi asked as he examined her legs,
"do you want me to transform into my natural form? I mean I don't know what I would look like as a 23 year old but I can transform as a 19 year old," Lucy suggested as Kakashi moved onto her left leg,
"I think I found the seal, it looks like it's behind your left knee and you don't have too I mean I'm going to see it eventually anyway," Kakashi said and called Jiraiya back inside, "her seal is difficult to see, I can barely see it with the Sharingan,"
"can you trace over it for me then?" Jiraiya asked, "I need to be able to see which seal it was in order to remove it without any side effects,"
"side effects?" Lucy asked worriedly,
"don't worry Lucy, you heard him, as long as he knows which seals were used he can reverse it no problem," Kakashi assured her as he grabbed a marker and started to draw the seals that were behind her knee,
"but what if you can't see all of the seal and miss something?" Lucy asked and Kakashi stood up again, "what if I come out of this with a tail or frogs legs or something," Lucy freaked out,
"come on, have a little faith," Jiraiya said kind of disheartened,
"in the one that turned Kakashi into a pervert? I don't think so," Lucy said still freaking out,
"hey, I'm not a pervert, it's the plot I like the plot," Kakashi insisted,
"yeah right, I've heard you laugh perversely at that book when you think I'm not listening," Lucy insisted and crossed her arms,
"it wasn't perversely, it was because it was funny," Kakashi defended,
"yeah right," Lucy scoffed at him,
"okay, that's enough you two," Jiraiya cut in, "do you want me to get that seal off or not?" he rhetorically asked,
"please," Lucy said but then worriedly added, "and if a tail pops up can you at least make it so it matches my hair," Lucy ran a hand through her hair and Kakashi rolled his eyes,
"welp that's my cue to leave," Kakashi said and walked out of the room,
"okay, I'm sure you know how the basics of seals work and these looks like they need to be taken off all at once," Jiraiya explained and Lucy groaned as she sat in the middle of the room and Jiraiya started to get to work on a sealing circle.
Lucy was walking through the town with Kakashi after Jiraiya was able to take off the seals that were placed on her, "so do you feel any different?" Kakashi asked her lazily,
"not really, Jiraiya said that it would be gradual and would happen mostly while I'm asleep," Lucy explained, "I've got a bunch of D rank missions that I have to do," Lucy groaned out and started to walk towards the first one on the list,
"okay, have fun," Kakashi teased and teleported home. Lucy grumbled as she dragged herself to do chores that she wasn't allowed to outsource to Haku.
Time Skip
"Rogue?" Lucy stuttered out in surprise, Rogue looked up to see a younger version of the celestial mage that had gone missing all those years ago,
"Miss Lucy?" he whispered, "you're a lot younger than I was expecting you to be," he said, mostly just him thinking out loud though,
"Fro thinks so too," a small voice called out from behind Rogue and Lucy looked to see the little exceed in the frog costume standing there,
"yeah, it's a long story, I'll explain later," Lucy said and rubbed the back of her head, "How did you get here?"
"I'm not too sure, one second I was arguing with the Spirit King and the next I'm here," Rogue shrugged,
"wait, why were you arguing with Stash face?" Lucy asked,
"none of your spirits told you?" Rogue questioned her but looked slightly concerned,
"told me what?"
"Lucy, the Spirit King is the one that sent you here," Rogue said softly and Lucy's breath caught her throat,
"w-what?" she whispered and tears started to crowd in her eyes and her breath started to get heavy. A golden flash was shown out of the corner of her eyes and Loke was suddenly in front of her, "you knew?" she whispered and Loke could only open and close him mouth several times. "you knew," Lucy yelled and it startled Frosch so rogue picked her up, "do the others know?" she questioned him and he looked away, "I want to hear it Leo," Lucy demanded and Loke flinched at the use of his given name coming from her mouth,
"the others knew," he whispered, Lucy looked down and pulled out Loke's key,
"force gate closure," she said forcefully,
"Princess wait" Loke called as he got pushed back into the spirit realm. Lucy pulled her other keys out and pushed magic into her hand as several of then started to glow,
"force gate closure," she yelled and the glowing of the keys slowly died down and she finally let the tears flow down her face. "Come on Rogue, you can stay with me and my roommate for the night and we'll sort everything else out tomorrow," Lucy said and started walking back into the village, her keys clenched tightly in her hands. Rogue silently followed behind her and decided to leave all of his questions for later.
When Lucy walked into her and Kakashi's place Kakashi came out to greet her, "welcome back," he said but stopped short when he saw her crying, "what happened? Who's that?" he questioned and was startled when Lucy threw her keys at him. Kakashi caught them quickly before they could hit the floor, "wow, what's going on?" he asked,
"just keep them away from me," Lucy cried out,
"maybe I should explain," Rogue said and stepped forward. Lucy nodded her head yes, grabbed Frosch from him and made her way up the stairs to her room. "My names Rogue Cheney and I come from where Lucy comes from," Rogue started, Kakashi looked surprised but motioned him to continue, "I don't know how much Lucy has told you but I think I should tell you the reason why Lucy is so upset first."
Kakashi listened intently and then looked down and the key ring in his hands with surprise, "but they've been helping her try to find a way back, are you saying they've just been feeding her false hope?" Rogue honestly looked confused,
"I have no idea, it seems very likely but I don't understand," Rogue said,
"don't understand what exactly?" Kakashi asked him while stuffing Lucy's keys into his ninja pouch,
"why they would do this, they all love Lucy and I know that the Celestial Spirit King admires her," Rogue wondered out loud, "Lucy has done a lot for her spirits and vice versa, why wouldn't they just tell her,"
"I'm still confused, Lucy told me some things about her magic type and from what I understand there's a lot of laws to follow, she said there was a privacy law in place and that was probably why they wouldn't just contact a Miss Yukino, I think Lucy said her name was," Kakashi told him,
"Yukino is my guild mate and someone that admires Lucy greatly. While that is true, if Lucy was ever in danger her spirits would be allowed to do something about it, it's against the law to put your summoner in danger and that trumps the privacy law," Rogue said with his eyebrows still furrowed, "none of this makes any sense I mean not if they haven't told Lucy,"
"haven't told her what?" Kakashi asked,
"now that is something I should probably explain to Lucy as well," Rogue said and Kakashi looked towards the stairs where Lucy went,
"Maybe you should give me a minute with her first," Kakashi said and started to make his way up the stairs, "oh and I'm Kakashi Hatake by the way," he called out lazily over his shoulder as he continued to walk.
Kakashi knocked on Lucy's door, "Lucy can I come in?" he asked her,
"are you going to convince me to talk to them?" he heard Lucy's muffled voice,
"not if you don't want to,"
"Then you can come in," she said and he opened her door to see her laying down on her bed and Frosch patting her cheek in sympathy,
"can I talk her in private please," Kakashi trailed off and Frosch looked up at him confused, Lucy lifted herself up into a sitting position,
"this is Frosch, she's an exceed, a cat like creature from Edolas, I'll explain the rest later," Lucy said, "Frosch do you want to go find Rogue?" Lucy asked her and Fro nodded her head, "okay," Lucy lifted her up and walked towards the door, "you see those stairs just walk down them and call for him," she said and set Fro down. When Frosch started to slowly make her way down the stairs Lucy walked back into her room and closed the door. Walking back to her bed she sat down and gestured for Kakashi to do the same.
"First I put your keys in my ninja pouch and if you still don't want them by the end of this I'll put them somewhere safe until you do," Kakashi said and Lucy nodded, even though she was mad and hurt she still wanted to know they were okay, that's why she gave them to Kakashi. "Next, Rogue told me what he said to you and I know you feel hurt but don't you want to talk to them?" Kakashi asked her,
"talk? You think I want to talk?" Lucy questioned and took a deep breath so she didn't start yelling, "you know what would've been nice to know? That all of the leads I've ever had on getting home have most likely no chance of working, that they never did and the ones that I have trusted the most knew that and have known more about all of this, than I have the entire time, that I was deliberately put here by someone whom I have risked my life for before," Lucy ranted as she started pacing her room, "that they've all been lying to me and giving me false hope instead of helping do whatever it is they want me to do so I can leave?" she shouted, Kakashi sighed and ran a hand through his hair,
"okay so I'll take that as a no," he whispered to himself, "look Lucy, Rogue has some information that he can tell you about why you are here, if you don't want to talk to your summons maybe talking to him will help," Kakashi put a hand on Lucy's shoulder to stop her from pacing, "I know you feel really betrayed right now but maybe Rogue has some answers for you,"
"yeah, I know, it's just a lot has happened in such a short time," Lucy said and took a deep breath in, "let's go back down stairs," Lucy said and grabbed onto Kakashi's hand to drag him down the stairs. Walking into the living room Lucy saw Rogue holding Frosch, "I don't want to sound rude Rogue, but what exactly do you know?" Lucy asked firmly and Rogue was surprised at how she sounded,
"well not too long ago Levy got a lead as to where you might be, in the cave you disappeared in there were markings all over the walls, well some of those markings were actually stars, constellations to be exact and they were different to the ones on Earthland," Rogue started,
"different?" Lucy questioned,
"they were in the wrong order," Rogue said, "Anyway, Levy asked Yukino for some help when she figured out that they were constellations,"
"and Levy figured out that I was in a different world because of that," Lucy figured out and turned to Kakashi, "during the Edolas incident, the constellations there were also different,"
"there's also something else," Rogue started, "Yukino, Sting, Natsu and myself were going to different celestial wizard temples and basically any place with any information on celestial wizards and we found a way that we might be able to bring you back to Earthland,"
"really?" Lucy shouted excitedly,
"wait, hold on," Kakashi spoke up and Lucy turned to him,
"what is it?" Lucy asked impatiently,
"this way back, is it safe?" Kakashi asked,
"should be the same as getting here," Rogue said, "anyway there's a catch," Lucy waited, "you need all 12 zodiac keys," Rogue said and Lucy's face fell,
"but they won't even let Yukino and I speak to one another let alone transport keys," Lucy said down heartedly,
"Anna told us somethings that you might also want to know," Rogue said and started explaining everything.
"Wait, my ancestors are from here? As in Earth here?" Lucy interrupted Rogue,
"well that makes sense," Kakashi mumbles,
"that means my dojutsu could actually be a kekkei genkai," Lucy figured out,
"Dojutsu? Kekkei Genkai?" Rogue asked,
"oh a dojutsu is a unique eye ability, mine looks like this," Lucy activated her eyes and Rogue marvelled at the golden, starry eyes that were staring back at him. "A Kekkei Genkai also known as a bloodline limit is a hereditary skill, only those from that bloodline can inherit or activate them, there are many different types of kekkei genkai dojutsu is just one of the possibilities," Lucy explained and de-activated her eyes,
"all of them are extremely powerful though," Kakashi added,
"when used right that is," Lucy said, "I haven't explored the limitations of mine as of yet so I don't know everything about them,"
"they are extremely useful in healing though," Kakashi pointed out,
"that's true," Lucy said,
"wait, you can heal people now?" Rogue asked,
"yeah, a lot has happened," Lucy said, "I'll fill you in when we get everything sorted out," Lucy walked over to the couch and sat on it, "you'll need to come with me to the Hokage's office tomorrow so we can sort out your stay in the village, for now I'll sleep on the couch and you can stay in my room."
Time skip
Lucy was walking towards Tsunade's office with Rogue in tow, Frosch was on his head looking around the village and pointing things out. Everyone who knew her was looking at Rogue and Frosch weirdly but no one said anything. Arriving at Tsunade's office Lucy didn't even knock on the door before she walked in, she saw Tsunade sleeping at her desk with slight drool dripping down her face. Lucy sighed before motioning to Rogue to sit down before she walking behind Tsunade's desk and looked over the papers she was signing, to see that it was just settling some formalities with Genin teams.
Taking the papers she walked around the desk to sit beside Rogue and start signing them, by the time Lucy finished the small pile Tsunade was starting to wake up and immediately sat up straighter and the sight of Lucy straightening out papers and a black haired man of about 23 years old she had never met.
"Lucy what's going on, who's this?" Tsunade wondered and wiped the drool that had gathered at her chin, pretending that it was never there,
"This is Rogue Cheney, he's an old acquaintance," Lucy said,
"How old?" Tsunade wondered,
"before the village old," Tsunade's eyebrows lifted slightly and lightly massaged her head, "have you by any chance read my file?" Lucy asked, hopeful that she didn't have to explain all of this yet again,
"yes I have," and Lucy sighed in relief,
"good this will make things easier, Rogue is from a guild called Sabretooth and got here through the Celestial Spirit realm by the Celestial Spirit King because apparently he can do that whenever he wants to," Lucy said snidely and Tsunade just looked tired,
"so you're telling me, that he comes from the world you come from and he's stuck here with you because the leader of your summons sent him here but won't send either of you back?" Tsunade rhetorically asked,
"in a nutshell," Lucy shrugged, "Rogue is a shadow dragon slayer, dragon slayers have naturally heightened senses and magical abilities," Lucy started, "you won't have to do a thing, just give him a forehead protector and assign him to my team and I'll give him a rundown of how things around here work," Lucy said,
"as long as you promise I don't have to do anything else," Tsunade said and opened a draw in her desk, pulled out a forehead protector and threw it at Lucy, "come back tomorrow for a profile photo but in the meantime fill this out," and slapped down a small pile of papers on her desk. Lucy sheepishly gathered them up and ushered Rogue out of Tsunade's office.
"Okay, let's go back home and fill these out, Kakashi's on a mission at the moment and will be back later. I also have a small mission to do today so you can come along and maybe get to know some people around town," Lucy said, "I'll answer your questions while we fill out these papers and I'll tell you what you can and cannot say to certain people." Lucy said and Rogue followed her back to Kakashi's house, taking notice that she called it home.
Time Skip
Lucy stood in front of Naruto and Jiraiya as they were saying goodbye to everyone. Naruto was saying goodbye to the rest of the rookies, Jiraiya was saying goodbye to a couple of the Jonin and Tsunade. Naturally Jiraiya finished first and came to stand next to her, "you sure you don't want to come with us?" Jiraiya asked, "you could study sealing techniques all you want,"
"don't worry, I'll come join you two soon but for now there are things that Tsunade and I have to discuss," Lucy said,
"like what?"
"too many things, one of them being implementing first aid into the academy curriculum and changing kunoichi lessens slightly and add a political class to them. Things like that," Lucy answered vaguely,
"you sure got your work cut out for you," Jiraiya said to her and Lucy nodded as Naruto bounced up to her,
"Lucy," he threw his arms around her, "I'm going to miss you," he said to her,
"I'm going to miss you too but don't worry, you'll be seeing me soon enough," she reassured him,
"don't worry Lucy, when I get back I'll be stronger and I'll drag Sasuke back here to apologise to you," he said for everyone to hear, Sakura huffed in the background and turned away but Lucy smiled gently at him,
"even if you did drag him back here, have you ever heard Sasuke apologise before?" she said lightly,
"you're different Lucy, he'll say it to you,"
"I wouldn't be so sure Naruto but I guess we'll wait and see," she said and leaned up to hug him again, "don't let Sasuke consume you're training, remember you have your own dreams to," she whispered,
"I know but Sasuke is top priority," he whispered and she sighed but nodded once they pulled back. Lucy turned and nodded to Jiraiya and then they were off and Lucy was watching after their backs for a minute before Haku came up to her and put a hand on her shoulder,
"come on Lucy, didn't you want to draw up a draft of some plans for Tsunade today?" he gently prodded her and Lucy turned around to face him and saw Rogue standing behind him with Frosch on his shoulder.
"Yes I did but before that I wanted to introduce you to our new teammate," Lucy said and gestured to Rogue, "Haku this is Rogue, I knew him before I came to the village. Rogue this is Haku, he's knew to the village, just arrived over a month ago and I've been keeping an eye on him," they both nodded to one another and she sweat dropped lightly. Lucy had a feeling her new team was going to be quiet considering neither one seemed to be jumping at the opportunity to get to know one another.
Somewhere in Orochimaru's hideout Sasuke was demanding that he be taught something, "be patient Sasuke," Orochimaru slurred out, "I will teach you soon enough," Sasuke tsked loudly,
"there's something else I want to know," Sasuke said darkly and Orochimaru looked at him, "Lucy, you experimented on her," he snarled out.
Orochimaru chuckled, "yes, but do you want to know why?" when Sasuke said nothing Orochimaru continued, "she's not from this world," Sasuke looked shocked but still kept quiet, "her body is naturally stronger than ours, she uses a different type of chakra, one more powerful than regular chakra. I wanted to know her limits," Orochimaru said, "it appears though that the other type of chakra only appears when she wants it to, so when I was done testing her physically I let her go, those leaf ninja took her back to the leaf and Lucy slowly started to use her abilities more and more."
"how did she get here?" Sasuke questioned and Orochimaru pulled out a rusted key,
"I'm almost certain that this is why," he said and put the key back in his pocket, Orochimaru walked away with Sasuke watching after him.