Chapter 11:

Beginning of a Fight

January 19th, the first court day for the guardianship of Happy Strauss and Lucy was pacing back and forth as she and Brandish along with everyone else waited for Judge Mavis to enter the court room. "Lucy calm down," Brandish whispered and she pulled on Lucy's gray skirt.

"I can't help it," Lucy mumbled as she turned red, then she glanced over at Natsu and Happy who sat in the first row of seats behind the bar. Natsu leaned against the bar and signed for Lucy to come over.

Lucy walked over to Natsu then he reached over and grabbed her hand as he spoke, "Lucy, relax, you'll be fine and so will Happy. Right Happy?"

"Right," Happy replied with a soft child like smile and Lucy couldn't help but smile back.

"All raise for Judge Mavis," a police officer spoke as Lucy quickly made her way to her seat and Mavis made her way to her stand, "Court is now in session." After Judge Mavis sat down, everyone sat down and Mavis straighten up and banged her gavel.

"Each party may now present their case," Mavis spoke and Zeref gave Lucy a smirk.

After hours in court, Mavis adjourned the court case and said that the case would resume on January 26th were a final decision would be made. Lucy walked behind the bar and picked up Happy and stared Bickslow down. "Bickslow if you care for Happy at all," Lucy spoke, "then you'll drop this case and leave Happy alone. Lisanna did love you and all you did was break her heart. Why would do the same to an innocent child?"

"You know a child can't be innocent forever," Bickslow replied and he laughed as he and Zeref walked off.

"Don't listen to him, Lucy," Natsu whispered in Lucy's ear.

"I know," Lucy spoke and they headed to the car.

It was later that day much later, Brandish sat in her office tapping her fingers on her desk waiting for a special envelope with super important documents inside. "Lady Brandish," Marin spoke, he wore a black and dark purple striped suit, "The papers you requested have arrived, the ones on Bickslow's criminal record."

"Good, everything to put Bickslow as far away from Happy as possible," Brandish spoke and she pulled out a video tape from her VCR player, "And probably put Bickslow back in jail once people see this tape."

Marin read the tape and his eyes went wide as he said, "That shouldn't exist… According to Lucy, Lisanna had no proof that she and Bickslow did it."

"Well technically she didn't lie to Lucy," Brandish replied with a smirk, "Lisanna gave the proof to Natsu long before she told Lucy about what she did and Natsu has been holding it for a special occasion like this one."

"Boy will Bickslow and Zeref be surprised," Marin said and they smiled at each other.

"You know you're super cute when you smile like that," Brandish spoke and Marin blushed.

"Not now Brandish," Marin responded and Brandish grabbed his collar.

"You're right," Brandish whispered into Marin's ear, "Lets go to my house to celebrate this wonderful information."

"Right…," Marin spoke swallowing a lump don't his throat and Brandish laughed as she dragged Marin out of her office and to her car to take her prize home. Brandish and Marin were about to have a exciting night.

Meanwhile Lucy and Natsu laid in bed, panting after some wonderful late night activities. "Natsu… Do you really think I mean we will be able to keep Happy," Lucy asked as she wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"Lucy, Lucy, Lucy… Sweet Luce," Natsu mumbled as he rolled to his side and put his right hand on her cheek and rubbed his thumb across, "How many times must I tell you?"

"I'll keep asking till it happens," Lucy replied as she looked into his jet black eyes.

"Then I will keep telling that it will happen till it does happen," Natsu told Lucy, Lucy nodded her head as she began to fall asleep.

Dear Readers,

Surprise! I'm not done, yet! Nor did I every say I was! And more couples! Who else ships Marin and Brandish? LOL! Sorry for the short chapter but I wanted to get something up since its been like four or five month... Yeah, sorry about that as well. LOL! I hope you guys aren't mad... Anyways, I must respond to the reviewers:
-Deathblade451 aka Gale451 ~ Good to see you reviewing and kicking again! LOL, yes, I have been improving haven't I. Well you know that saying, you learn as you write or something like that. But I must ask you, outside my writing improvement, what do you think of my story so far? I love to know as you are a long time fan of my work. Thanks for the review, hope to hear from you again!
-SleepinBeautyK~ I know! I actually based that chapter off my own childhood christmas memories! I love using my own personal memories to write, it makes me feel good especially when people like it too! Thanks for reviewing and read!
-Koyena chapter 10 . May 19~ Did you really think I would end this story with Christmas? Leaving loose ends? You probably haven't read much of my work. I'm one to do everything I can to finish a story. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter! Thanks for reading and reviewing!
Alright, thats all for the reviews! I'll try to write up the next chapter soon but I make no promises! Anyways thanks for reading and reviewing!
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