*Lucy's POV*

I was in the forest with Happy, fishing when Natsu joined us. Happy had asked me to go fishing with him so I went fishing. It had been a while since I had gone fishing so I accepted. Plue was sitting on my lap just watching the fish swim around.

"You seem to be enjoying yourself today there Happy." I said.

"Aye!" Happy said.

Natsu burned the fish.

"You ruined it! Fish tastes better if you eat it raw!" Happy said.

"Why would I do that when it only takes a sec to grill it up?" Natsu questioned.

"Because that's how I wanted to eat it!" Happy whined.

"I caught it, so I eat it my way." Natsu stated, "if you're gonna complain go catch your own."

He then ate the fish. Happy was mad and he flew off.

"Aren't you going to follow him?" I asked.

He was pouting.

"Come on Natsu. Just apologize to him." I said. I sighed, "You'll never get a girl if you keep acting like a tough guy."

Plue nodded his head. Natsu got up.

"You okay?" I asked.

He glared at me, "Just shut your mouth for once. You don't know anything" he snarled and walked away.

*Plue's POV*

I was being held by Lucy comfortably until the pink haired fellow glared at her.

"Just shut your mouth for once. You don't know anything." he said.

I felt Lucy squeeze me slightly. "Lucy?" I asked.

I looked up and saw her gaze. She laughed but it was bitter. She pet me on the head and gave me what I knew was a fake smile, "Why don't we go and check on Happy?"

I used my connection to Lucy's other spirits and let them know what had happened. Definitely got Aquarius' attention with it.

"What's wrong Plue?" she asked through the connection.

"Lucy's sad. The pink haired fellow had snarled at her to shut her mouth and that she knew nothing. Her gaze became distant." I said.

Aquarius sighed, "Stay with her. Let her know your still with her okay? At least till she's alone. I'm gonna come when she's alone."

I nodded and cut the connection. I realized that we were now by a lake with Happy.

*Happy's POV*

I was fishing by the lake, still upset about what Natsu did. "Stupid jerk. I'm never speaking to him again."

I heard footsteps approaching and I thought it was Natsu. At least until I felt them rub my head. I looked up to see Lucy, who was smiling down at me with Plue in her other arm.

"You okay Happy?" she asked with a smile. I could tell that her smile was forced.

I looked at her worried, "What's wrong Lucy? Why are you sad?"

She stopped petting me and looked at the lake, "I'm not sad Happy. Just remembering something from a long time ago and I wish I could forget about it."

Plue whined and I looked to him. I asked Plue why Lucy was so upset and he explained.

"That' Jerk. I'm definitely not gonna speak to him now." I said.

Lucy was the best. I liked her even though Natsu kept teasing her and picking on her. She giggled.

"You shouldn't say that Happy. You and Natsu are best friends and best friends forgive each other when they fight." Lucy said.

"But Lucy. He made you sad." I said.

She laid down, "No he didn't. I probably should have just left him alone."

I shook my head, "Lucy, you didn't do anything wrong."

She smiled, "Thanks Happy." she sat up and looked at the lake again, "Happy, if you don't mind me asking. How long have you and Natsu known each other?"

I answered, "I've known Natsu since he hatched me from an egg."

She raised a brow, "Really?"

"Uh-huh. And when I hatched, Natsu acted like the dad while Lisanna acted like the mom." I said.

Lucy had a distant look in her eyes, "Lisanna?"

I looked down sadly, "She used to play with us and took care of me too. She was like a mother to me."

Lucy looked back at the lake, "Mothers are nice...don't you think?"

I looked up at her and saw the distant look in her eyes, "Lucy?"

She smiled at me, "I can tell you miss her very much and so does Natsu." she looked at the sky and told me that Lisanna would rather see us smile instead of fighting. She then caught a big fish for me and I ate it.

"Thanks Lucy! You're the best." I said.

"You're welcome." she got up, "I'm gonna go for a walk. What are you gonna do?"

"I'm gonna go find Natsu." I said and I flew off.

*Plue's POV*

As soon as Happy was out of sight, Lucy lost her smile and her gaze was distant.

"Lucy?" I said.

It would seem she didn't hear me as she took long strong strides, walking deep into the forest. I followed her to a clearing and tried to get close to her. She didn't let me though. In fact, soon I felt myself disappear and back in the Spirit World. Aquarius came over to me.

"Don't be upset that you couldn't get close. She hasn't been this bad in a while. I gotta go." she said.

Aquarius disappeared.

*Aquarius' POV*

I went to comfort my baby. She was sitting in a clearing and just staring off into space. I could sense the pain radiating off of her. I put a hand on her back and she flinched just slightly. Then she relaxed and leaned into me. I took that and wrapped around her.

"What's wrong?" I asked her.

She took a deep breath and told me what was wrong. I really had to not go blast Jude to smithereens. I held onto my little star tighter. She felt better and so I went back to the Spirit World. I watched from there as she went through a routine that I haven't seen her do in a while. A routine that made her stronger, the one that helped her gain her titles.

*Gajeel's POV*

I was sitting in a corner of my guild. I didn't want to do it. I didn't want to wreck that guild hall. Hell, my dragon was whining in protest. I knew why my dragon was protesting, it was because my kin was there. I could smell it. But Jose's magic was strong. I was made to do it.

I was annoyed with all my other guildmates and told them to shut up. Before even joining Phantom, I was heading towards Fairy Tail as that was where my kin was heading. Unfortunately, I was jumped and being eleven didn't get me anywhere. I was happy that my kin appeared when she did because otherwise I would have been in a different place. She's the only one I could be myself with. Hell, she giggled when I tried to play my guitar. She showed me how to properly play it of course, but it was fun.

Nowadays, I was fighting for food basically, just short of hunting for my own. I knew that something was coming. Someone came to the guild the other day and offered the master a large sum of money to find his daughter. A Heartfilia. I knew who he was looking for and my dragon absolutely protested the idea of handing its kin over to a stranger, even if said stranger proclaimed to be her father.

I knew that eventually I would run into her and I could finally be free of the spell.

*Erza's POV*

Gray, Natsu, Lucy and I finished a job that really only Lucy could have done. We were heading back to the guild and the boys were arguing as usual.

"Uh, why is everyone looking at us like that?" Gray asked.

"It's not the good kind of staring." Happy said.

I looked and saw the guild hall in the distance, "What...why does the guild look so bizarre?" I asked.

We all took off towards the guild. We found that the guild had been punctured with iron rods.

"No way." Gray said.

Natsu was shaking in anger, "Our guild...someone did this to our guild!"

"But who would do such a thing?" I asked.

Mira showed up, "It was Phantom."

Gray looked at her, "Are you serious?"

"You mean...Phantom did this?" Natsu growled.

Mira nodded sadly, "We couldn't do anything to stop them. They got us good."

We followed Mira down to the basement where everyone else was, including Master. I looked to Lucy to see she was quiet. She was thinking about something, I know it cause she had that look in her eye

"Why the heck are you all just siting around down here?" Natsu growled.

Master ignored Natsu and turned to Lucy, "How'd it go Lucy? Finished the job?"

"Yes." Lucy said.

Natsu and I protested his passive stance to all this.

"There's no need to get yourselves all worked up. Its not the end of the world or anything." Master said, "It just goes to show you how cowardly those dunderhead in the Phantom Lord guild really are. They struck when no one was here, is that anything worth bragging about?"

I blinked, "Nobody was here?"

Master nodded and Mira confirmed it.

"We shouldn't trouble ourselves worrying about people who don't even have the guts to face us head on. Forget about those fools." Master said.

Natsu growled, "Ain't gonna happen gramps! We can't just let them trash our place and get away with it."

Master was still calm, "I'm not talking about this any longer. We'll handle job requests down here until the upstairs is repaired."

Natsu scoffed, "We shouldn't be worrying about jobs right no…"

He got bashed into the floor by Lucy and he whimpered at her glare.

"Natsu. Master said to let it go." she growled, "We have to earn the funds to rebuild the guild is all. And for that we need jobs. Laxus and his team are out on their mission. So we've got that covered. Mystogan is somewhere. If we ignore jobs, there won't BE a guild to come home to."

Then she glared at Master, "Hands to yourself old man."

Master just smiled sheepishly. Lucy walked out of the guild and I followed. That night Natsu, Gray and I headed to Lucy's house because Mira wants us all to hole up together. However, only Gray and I made it to the door. Natsu was stopped by a barrier. I heard snarling coming from somewhere and looked to see a wolf standing near the door. It was snarling at us.

However, Lucy, who we didn't even notice, walked by us and to the wolf. The wolf's demeanor changed and was a big pile of floof as Lucy pet it.

"Hello again Luna. Did you have a nice visit?" Lucy asked.

The wolf barked and licked Lucy's face. Lucy giggled.

"Okay okay. Well." Lucy said, "I wanna introduce you to Gray and Erza."

They both came over and the wolf sniffed both of us. Gray was calm and I watched as the wolf just barked a puppy bark. Gray smiled and scratched Luna's head. I did the same and Luna was just a happy pile of floof. Natsu however got growls.

Somehow Lucy managed to get Luna to stop growling at Natsu. But everytime Natsu did anything, Luna was watching him. Natsu made a comment on how we could take on those clowns.

"No. If we were to engage, neither guild would survive. Their strength equals ours." I said. "Phantom's master Jose is one of the Ten Wizard Saints, which means he's on par with Makarov. They also have an elite group of wizards similar to our S-Class known as the element four. However, their biggest threat maybe Black Steel Gajeel."

I heard Lucy gasp before it lowered into a growl. She marched out of the room and I followed her.

*Gajeel's POV*

I knew I was going to be made to do something again. Jose wasn't pleased with the last bit, destroying the guild hall. I could feel the magic as I watched my body take down two Fairy Tail members and was about to take out another. I watched as my own body got ready to attack the blue haired one except I recognized a scent. One that made my dragon go nuts and try to escape the bonds that Jose put on me.

It was my kin. She's here.

"Virgo." it was her. I'd recognize that voice anywhere.

The magic was not pleased, "What the?"

"Up here." she said.

The blue haired chick looked up, "Lucy." she said.

My dragon was roaring in displeasure at being made to attack kin. I watched as my body attacked Lucy. Her eyes flashed in recognition and I saw her nose twitch. I knew I wasn't going to win. Hell, Lucy kicked my ass to hell and back the first time we met. I had tried to be a cocky bastard and tried to woo her but she completely kicked my ass. My dragon was sated and had taken her as kin. So I knew this was going to hurt. I was right when I felt her sword hilt ram into my head.

I was down and I knew Jose would be mad, at this point though, I didn't care. I just wanted to be with my kin.

*Erza's POV*

I watched as Lucy took Jet and Droy to the hospital. Natsu came barging in, which earned him a bashing.

"Quiet Natsu. You're in a hospital." Lucy said with a sideways glare.

"Now why are you guys at the hospital?" Gray asked.

Levy spoke up, "It was Phantom Lord...we were attacked by Black Steel Gajeel."

"What?" Natsu yelled.

"Those cowards! They would stoop that low just to get us to fight them?" I said.

Levy nodded, "He was about to attack me when Lucy showed up and saved us."

"No. Gajeel's under a spell." Lucy said.

Natsu growled at her, "How? That ****** destroyed our guild, attacked our members without remorse. Why are you on his side?"

Lucy growled back at him and it was deeper, more feral sounding than Natsu's, "I've met the Iron Dragon Slayer before this all happened. I know who he is."

"I don't believe you. That bastard has to pay." Natsu growled back.

Lucy's magic flared and she turned away with a growl. Natsu tried to touch her but she snarled.

"Don't touch me." she said.

With that she left. The next morning she was okay. But the Master wanted us to go to war with Phantom. So we did.

*Lucy's POV*

I stayed behind while the others took off. Mira and I stayed to protect Levy, Jet, and Droy. I ditched and took a walk. I found a lady with a rain cloud over her head. I knew who it was and it was Juvia.

"Drip. Drop." she said, "Juvia is the rain woman. It's always with me." She pulled out a pink umbrella and used it to shield herself.

I giggled and let myself be known, "You don't sound very happy with yourself Juvia."

She turned around and looked at me, "And what sor of woman are you prey tell?" she asked.

I smiled and walked closer to her, "The sort of woman who loves the rain."

She looked shocked. I took the umbrella from her and folded it back up.

"I don't know the whole situation with your magic, but I'll say this. The rain can actually be comforting to some people." I said.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

I looked at the sky, "Well, when the rain goes away it creates something really pretty."

Her eyes widened, "Something pretty?"

I took the doll and held it, "Yep, something pretty."

She blushed and I smiled.

"My names Lucy, what's yours?" I said.

"Juvia. Juvia Locktser." she said.

I smiled, "That's a pretty name."

She blushed harder and I felt someone else.

"You can stop hiding now." I said.

Another man came out and he apparently used earth magic. Juvia looked at him.

"What are you doing here Monsieur Sol?" Juvia asked.

He started wiggling, "Juvia, you mustn't forget the task at hand. This madam before us is our target."

I could tell Juvia was panicking so I placed a hand on her shoulder.

"It's alright Juvia." I said and held my hand out, "If it makes you feel better I'll let you hold my hand and you can take me to where your master is. Is that okay?"

She nodded and took my hand. She took me to where Jose was and before I went in, I switched with Gemini. Then I used their power to look like someone else. I left.

*Gemini's POV*

Lucy had us turn into her and she'd explained the plan to us through the connection.

He introduced himself with his full name

"I'm really not interested in knowing your full name, but you attacked my family and I want to know why. It was bad enough that you forced Gajeel to send rods through the guild but to attack a friend of mine and her team? You've gone too far bastard." I growled.

I could feel that the full moon was soon. My wolf magic was acting up.

Jose chuckled, "Now now, that's some language you have there. I wouldn't have expected that from someone of the Heartfilia family."

I felt my eye twitch. "Just now...what did you say?" I asked calmly.

"You are Lucy Heartfilia are you not?" he smirked.

I glared at him, "And you know that how?"

Jose had a stupid smirk on his face, "Your father Jude Heartfilia graciously offered me a great sum of money if I hand you over to him. But this has worked in my favor for I was able to take down Makarov by draining his magic." he laughed.

I growled low, "So..what your saying is that Jude paid you to bring his daughter back home which worked out for you so you could attack Fairy Tail, hurt my master for some stupid rivalry. Is that right?"

He nodded.

Then I escaped the binds and left. I loved it when I heard him scream in rage at being tricked. Lucy is the best master. She likes when we pop out to play. Of course we only do so when the time is right. So we showed up where Lucy was.

"I was going to summon you later." she said with a hint of amusement, "What did you find out?"

"Fairy Tail was not their main objective." we said. "Their true goal is capturing you Lucy."

"Why?" the white haired one said.

"It's about you being the Hearfilia heiress." I said and Lucy's gaze darkened.

"I will murder that man myself!" she spat. "He is no relation to me."

Something happened where Aquarius came out and wrapped her arms and tail around Lucy. Lucy's eyes were different.

"I'm gonna kill him. Now he wants me? Now? NOT 8 YEARS AGO. NOW." Lucy was mad.

I poofed away knowing Aquarius had it handled. All of Lucy's spirits watched as Aquarius calmed her down.

AN: Hey guys, long time no see. So sorry for the late update. I've been busy with college as classes have begun and haven't been able to update. Thankfully, updates will come, just they may be on weekends or every other weekend.

Anyway, what do y'all think about this chapter? I know I'm painting Natsu in a not so nice way but it's for a reason. Honestly, Natsu needs to realize that it isn't all about being strong and powerful to make it to S-Class. Yes, in this story Lucy is around the same level as Laxus but she uses her magic in a way that is a win win. She's a natural strategist due to the nature of Celestial Magic, able to think of a plan on the fly.

Natsu has the power behind an S-Class member, just not the mentality of one. He needs to learn that being an S-Class doesn't just mean a bunch of money, it means taking on jobs that may kill a mage if they aren't careful or aware of their surroundings.

Thanks for sticking around everyone. ~Immortalshark