Natsu, Gray and Erza walked back to the guild, all three of them cautiously looking around. Happy sat on Natsu's shoulders, the young exceed still solemn about his fellow celestial friends who are troubled. Natsu's fists clenched tightly as he felt his friend still quivering in fear. The thought of someone trying to attack Lucy AND her celestial spirits made him think of unspeakable punishments towards this "Devil" person. Gray and Erza noticed him become angrier as they walked on, Erza feeling his pain the most.

"Natsu…As soon as we get back, go to Lucy." She spoke with a gentle voice. She knew that she had to go to the Master for help. As far as she knew, this "Devil" person has never been mentioned before anywhere and it shook her soul. The guild finally came into view and two figures stood at its entrance. Gray squinted his eyes to see who it was, "Looks like Levy and Gajeel have come to greet us." He spoke with a rough voice. As they approached, Levy ran up to them with Gajeel by her side, both of them appeared to be anxious, especially Levy.

"Erza! The Master wants to speak with you right now! He said it's urgent!" she cried. Erza nodded and ran back with Levy to the hall. She knew the Master would want to talk to her about this, but why so urgently?

As Erza ran off with Levy, Gajeel stood next to Gray and Natsu. "You should probably go visit the blonde…I heard Wendy finished healing her not too long ago." He directed to Natsu. Natsu's eyes widened with shock and he ran off with Happy holding onto his shoulders to go see Lucy. Gajeel then turned to Gray, "Poor girl…I just took one look at her and knew she would be a tough one to heal." He spoke to Gray, actually showing some concern for Lucy. Gray nodded, "Hey, come with me. There's something I want to check out." Gajeel cocked his eye brow up and shrugged his shoulders, following Gray back in the direction of Lucy's house.

Natsu busted through the infirmary door and saw Wendy and Carla sitting next to Lucy's bed. Elfman was right across from them, he stood up and face Natsu. "Lucy is still weak, but her soul fights like a Man!" he mumbled, trying to hide his sadness. As Elfman left, Natsu slowly walked up to Lucy's side. Happy flew off of his shoulders and rested at the foot of her bed, setting her keys down. He had felt the spirits finally become at ease as they sensed the presence of their healed friend. Carla went over to Happy and put her paw on his back, "They seem okay." She said quietly. Happy nodded and started to swell up with tears again. Wendy looked at the two exceeds and back a Lucy. She was happy that she was able to heal her friend, but pain still lingered in her heart. She looked up at Natsu and saw that he was holding Lucy's hand against his forehead. A small smile broke through onto the young dragon slayer, she knew that Lucy would be safe as long as Natsu was there. She stood up and walked over to Carla, "Let's go, Carla. Maybe we can help Mira prepare something for Lucy to eat when she wakes up." She said picking up her friend. Before they left, Wendy looked back and saw small tears falling down Natsu's cheeks. She gave a small frown and slowly closed the door, "Oh Mavis, please help Natsu and Lucy smile again." Wendy prayed, holding Carla close.

Natsu held Lucy's hand against his forehead, feeling her pulse beat slow and steady. He pulled it away and just looked at his friend, the thought of someone purposely attacking Lucy just couldn't come across his mind. "Why…" he began saying, "Why would someone do this? You would never hurt anyone!" he choked as tears came from his eyes. He felt her fingers start to twinge and move in his hands, Lucy was starting to wake up! Natsu wiped away his tears and sat up, a big smile starting to form on his face. Lucy's eyes slowly opened, she could feel her body ache and also felt her left hand being slightly warm. She moved her head slowly and saw Natsu sitting there with a smile on his face. Lucy smiled slightly and felt her cheeks blush a little, "Natsu…" she mumbled. She tried to lift herself up, but she just didn't have the strength. Natsu placed his hand on her back and helped her sit up, "How you feelin', Luce?" he asked as he examined her. Wendy healed a lot of the bruises, but he could tell that Lucy was still in pain.

"Still in pain, but I'm feeling better. Oh! My keys!" she said as she searched frantically for them.

Happy walked up, trying to hold the tears back, "Here, Lucy. I found them at your house. They seemed scared." he said sniffling.

Lucy smiled and petted Happy's head, "Thank you, Happy." She said giving a small kiss on the head.

Happy ran up and gave Lucy a hug, "WE WERE SO WORRIED, LUCY! Even Natsu was concerned for you!" he cried, letting out all of his emotions. Lucy gave a small giggle and hugged Happy back, she felt bad for making her friends worry, but there was no way she could have predicted what happened to her.

"Hey buddy, why don't you go help Wendy and Carla with Lucy's food?" he said trying to calm his partner down. Happy nodded and flew to the door, tears still streaming down his face as he left the room. Natsu looked back at Lucy and saw that she was looking down at her keys, holding Aries and Aquarius in her hands. Knowing bad Lucy must have felt, he brushed her bangs out of her face and placed his hand on hers as she held her keys. Lucy looked up at him as tears streamed from her face, "Natsu…" she choked, pulling his hand towards her. Surprised, Natsu got up and sat on the edge of Lucy's bed and held her as she cried into his chest. He wrapped his arms around her head and body, embracing her and wishing that he would never let her go. He pulled her away and smiled as her looked at her tear-soaked face, "I promise Lucy, I will find whoever did this to you and burn them to a crisp!" he valiantly declared. Lucy sniffed and smiled at Natsu, giving him a nod of approval.

In the Master's room, Erza and the Master had been discussing what had happened to Lucy and what Erza saw in the apartment. "Master?! Are you sure that's the action we should take?! What would the council think?!" she asked frantically, fear hidden in her strong voice. The Master, staring out his window at the sunset gave a nod. "It is the only way, Erza. In order to protect this guild, we have to take matters into our own hands!" he spoke back, trying to hold in his anger. Erza looked at him with disbelief; she looked at the ground with anger, but then sighed, "Very well. I will prepare the teams in the morning." She said giving a bow and exiting the room. "Erza!" she heard the master call from behind. She turned her head and saw the master standing behind her, his eyes full of sadness.

"Please just know this…Whoever this Devil person is, he intends to do exactly what the Baron planned to execute many years ago. The only way to save the guild and Fiore is to go along with plan. I know it is the last any of us would want, but it is what we must do." The Master spoke trying to hold back his anger, but also try to be sincere towards Erza. But Erza understood, she nodded and left the room. She walked down the hallway a bit and fell against the wall, tears streaming down her face. She punched the wall with anger and slowly fell to the ground whispering the same words over and over again, "Disband….The guild?!"