Chapter THREE

Lucy looked at her. "What?" She asked. Darque shook her head.

"I'm Darque di Daemon, and I use Hell magic, the black elements." She bowed.

Lucy turned to look at Erza, who was still grinning like crazy. "What happened to her?"

Gray sighed. "We met Jellal. He's coming tomorrow to talk to someone about something important." If possible, Erza's grin got bigger.

Darque stiffened. "Jellal Fernandez?" She asked.

Gray nodded. "You know him?"

Darque tilted her head to one side and stuck her tongue out.

Natsu got to her feet after a moment of hesitation. "Luce, fight me!"

Lucy jumped in surprise. "WHAT?!" She gasped.

Natsu grinned. "I said I challenge you to a fight." She said. "You can use all your spirits, and I'll go easy on you."

Lucy placed her hands on her hips. "You'll go easy on me?"

"You know I'm your spirit now, right?" Darque grumbled.

Lucy sighed "What has that got to do with-"

"How do you know? Its been such a long time since I've fought someone. Come on, accept it. If you lose, I'll take responsibility."

Lucy scoffed. "You'll take responsibility." She turned to Natsu. "Sure." She hoped she hadn't made the worst decision of her life.

"Start the match, and I'll help you." Darque giggled, her last few words fading with the wind as she dissolved.

Jellal looked at Merdy's knocked out form, guilt clearly visible on his face. "Sorry." He murmured. He made sure she was laying comfortably on the inn bed, before picking up his belonging and securing his cloak.

After all, he had people to find.

The whole guild gathered behind the guild. Erza, who was acting as referee, cleared an area for the battle. Erza glanced between the two opponents. "Ready, set, GO!"

Natsu stood still, letting Lucy make the first move. Lucy held up Darque's key.

'Just so you know, this isn't my combat mode, so my attack levels aren't very high.'

Lucy's mouth fell open. "What?" Lisanna looked at her weirdly, so Lucy quickly shook her head.

'Hang on. I'm going to download some stuff into your brain.'

Before Lucy could reply, she felt a sudden pain in her head. She lowered her arm and clutched her head. She could faintly hear her guild mates calling out to her but she couldn't reply. Letters, numbers and images flooded into her head. Lucy caught glimps of what she suspected to have been Darque's memories. Lucy gasped, just managing to stay on her feet. Words began to form.

Suddenly, the pain stopped. Without thinking, Lucy raised Darque's key again. "I, Lucy Heartfilla, call upon the gate of the Underworld to summon the afterlife. Open, the Gate of Hell, Darque di Daemon!"

Mist began to seep out of the key, taking form of a human in front of Lucy. Darque appeared, her appearance completely different from her earlier form. A black eye patch covered her left eye. The yin yang sign had replaced her right eye, though ice blue and blood-red instead of black and white.

She was still wearing her goth Lolita dress, but it was now splattered with red which looked suspiciously like blood.

Lucy felt something attached to her fingers and looked down to notice faint strings made of magic attaching Darque to her. Instinctively, Lucy jerked her fingers and Darque leaped back to stand beside her. Lucy glanced at her newest spirit.

"I can move by myself, but you can also control me. It helps when we need to act according to a plan that I don't know. Rely on your instinct, and you'll learn to control me in no time." Darque whispered. Lucy nodded, not knowing what else to do.

Natsu grinned, then began running towards them. "Fire dragon's Iron fist!"

Lucy gasped. "You said you'll go easy!" She watched the Natsu fly towards her and shut her eyes. Instinct. Lucy jerked her fingers and Darque leaped in front of her. She held up her hands and black water began to pool around her fists. Lucy, still with her eyes closed, flicked her fingers again. In the next second, she heard a small explosion and opened her eyes.

Natsu had jumped back to avoid Darque's punch. Her water had managed to repel Natsu's fire. Lucy wanted to collapse in relief, but reminded herself that Natsu looked more 'fired up' than ever.

Natsu leaped forward to attack again. Lucy jerked her fingers and pulled Darque out of the way. Natsu kept attacking, and Lucy didn't have any time to think of a plan. She knew Darque could move on her own but she had a better view of the battle field. She needed a distraction.

She reached one hand towards her keys, and sent a telepathic image of her plan to her chosen spirit. "Open the Gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!"

Taurus appeared in a bright flash and he immediately raised his labrys. He brought it down full force, creating a fissure. Lucy jerked her hand and yanked Darque out of the way. The ground split open between her and Natsu. Rocks blasted into the air, forcing Natsu to draw back.

Telling Taurus to return, Lucy quickly formed a plan in her head.

Water is effective against fire. Lucy imagined Darque controlling the water so it hit Natsu, then moved her fingers. Darque mirrored Lucy's imaginary moves and sent a stream of water straight at Natsu while a second stream of water creeped around behind him. When Natsu dodged the wave, Darque sent the second stream of water. Natsu heard it but couldn't dodge it in time. He gulped, bracing himself for the attack, but when the water hit him, it didn't hurt. It just soaked him.

Natsu looked confused. Lucy inwardly grinned. She had made sure the water was not strong enough to cause damage. Pretending to be weak would lower Natsu's guard. Or at least, Lucy hoped. Lucy didn't know how she knew, but she knew Natsu's flame could not evaporate Darque's water.

Water conducts electricity well. Lucy pictured Darque sending a bolt of black electricity at Natsu. Darque moved, dodging Natsu's Fire dragon's claw, and summoned black electricity. She molded it into a lightning bolt and at a flick of Lucy's fingers, sent it flying towards Natsu.

Natsu's eyes widened and he quickly jumped out of the way. Darque formed two more lightning bolts and sent them flying. Natsu dodged the first, but before he could move to dodge the second lightning bolt circled around and knocked into him.

Natsu's eyes widened as the electricity traveled through him. Lucy had adjusted the power, making sure no permanent damage was caused. The attack was just about strong enough to paralyze him. He fell to the floor and lay there, twitching.

Lucy moved to stand beside her spirit, who was crouching over Natsu, sticking her tongue out. Lucy smiled and made Darque return to the Spirit world. Of course, the final attack was her classical "Lucy KICK!"

She sent Natsu flying, effectively knocking him out.

Jellal and Rogue Cheney crept deeper into the prison. How long had it taken him to convince the Shadow Dragon Slayer of Sabertooth to sneak into prison? Jellal still couldn't believe he was doing this himself.

Rogue transformed into a shadow and slipped past the guards, knocking them out. Jellal followed him, checking to make sure no other guard were around.

Jellal stopped when he saw Rogue standing outside a cell. He joined him and looked through the bars.

Midnight and Cobra of Oracion Seis were sitting against the prison walls made of Magic sealing stones. They were both wearing magic repressing cuffs. Though they both had their eyes closed, Jellal knew they were awake.

On cue, Cobra opened his eyes and looked up to glare at them. "What do you want?"

Jellal didn't reply. Instead, he examined the prison wall. After a while, he spoke. "I have a proposition for you. Depending on your answer, we will break you out."

Midnight looked up, but neither of the criminals said a word.

Jellal stepped back and Rogue wordlessly took his place. Grabbing the bars, he ripped them apart using his magic. They both stepped through into the prison and Jellal cleared his throat.

Hi guys, new chapter! Yay~

Lisanna is not going to be evil... (As not evil as she can be anyways, cuz I don't really like her)

And... Lucy is going to leave Fairy Tail and create a (temporary?) guild with Jellal, Rogue, Midnight, Cobra and whoever else that joins them.

The poll to decide pairings is up, so go vote at my profile, though I also accept votes through PMs and reviews.

Options:

-Lucy x Jellal

-Lucy x Cobra

-Lucy x Midnight

-Lucy x Rogue

-Lucy x Sting (Not sure about this one, as its pretty common)

-Lucy x Laxus

-Lucy x Gajeel

-Other; PM or review and I'll add them to the pairing options (I don't want to make this fanfic into a Nalu, so no Natsu. Unless lots and Lots and LOTS of people vote for it.)

Don't forget to leave me a review. Ideas for future chapters are welcome!