Hello everyone!

Well it's troublesome to say but, not many people seemed to have gotten the whole gloves thing, so I guess I'll have to explain it. Mendokuse…

The gloves essentially is…a metaphor.

Yes, gasp! A metaphor. It's actually two different metaphors all rolled up into one beautifully bloody package.

The first metaphor is the whole saying; 'the gloves are off!' You know, when shit gets serious, the person takes their gloves off in order to get serious. So basically, later on in the story (when she's actually strong and has a reputation), people will see Lucy and be all like; 'Oh my sweet Kami! Isn't that Lucy of Fairy Tail?! The red gloves of blood is a dead giveaway! Oh no! She's taking them off! She only takes them off when she gets serious!' Get it?

The second is having a dig at Lucy's apparent innocence. She is said to be so pure even after having so many bad things done to her. Well, it's reverse here. Lucy now has blood on her hands (anger does that), and as such, she's not so innocent anymore. Basically I'm saying that she's not a prissy little girl anymore and she can now beat the crap out of anyone with no remorse.

Huzzah!

Now that that's out of the way, on with the story!

Disclaimer: My owning of this manga is non-existent like the money I wish I had. Also, the OC in this is owned by FairyTailGirl2, I'm just using her as a request!

Warning: Language and maybe some fighting? I dunno

3rd Person P.O.V.

Lucy let out an exasperated sigh and ruffled her unbound hair. "Man, that client was way too edgy. I know that some of his townspeople have gone missing but…"

"Juvia gets what Lucy-san means," said Juvia. "Client-san seemed rather stressed out to Juvia."

Wendy tugged on one of her twin ponytails as she looked up between the two older girls. "The client said we had to meet up with another mage who had taken the job didn't he? He said it was a travelling mage had taken the job, but wasn't able to take down all of the dark mages."

"Yep!" Lucy pumped her arm excitedly. "Let's meet this girl and finish this job successfully! Man, I'm so pumped up for this!"

The trio of girls and one girl-cat made their way along a street towards where their client had told them their other companion for the job could be found. Apparently the other mage had taken the job before the client had found out that it was a bunch of dark mages kidnapping the townspeople, he had believed that they had somehow just gone missing. The girl had been too stubborn to leave, so our group of girls were going to meet her in order to get more information on the situation and to help save the townspeople.

"Lucy-s-Lucy?"

Said blonde looked down at blue-haired girl who was walking beside her nervously. "What is it Wendy?"

"Um…" The girl continued to fiddle with her hair for a bit before drawing up the courage to answer the question. "I was just wondering why you had…blood all of you? I can smell that it's your own blood, but you don't seem to be in discomfort. Do you wish me to heal your wounds?"

"E-eh?!" Lucy looked down at her body and finally realised that her hands were a bright red colour. "What on Earthland?! I don't get it! Where the hell did this blood come from?!" She then turned on the taller blue-haired girl next to her. "Why didn't you tell me Juvia?!"

"Juvia thought Lucy-san was trying out a new fashion." Juvia shrugged in a confused way before continuing to walk. "Juvia thinks that Lucy-san should pay more attention to things."

"Blood on yourself?" Carla tutted. "How unladylike."

Lucy slumped at their casual dismissal of her predicament and tried in vain to rub the blood off her hands. "Damn it! This stuff is dried solid!" She pushed the blood soaked sleeves of her blue shirt up in order to pick at the edge of the gloves which ended near her mid-forearm. "How the hell do I get this off?" The red of the blood began to peel off, but came away in an intact thick sheet that went around her entire arm. "What the…?"

"Ah Lucy." Wendy widened her eyes at the sight of the bloody layer that came off like a normal glove. "What…?"

"I have no idea Wendy." Lucy stared disbelievingly at the perfectly intact glove before beginning to peel the other off. "But if there's one thing I've learnt since joining Fairy Tail, is to get used to the weird things that happen. It's best just to nod at it and continue on."

The younger girl nodded hesitantly at this before walking on. "Okay Lucy…"

The group continued to walk on in companionate silence, Lucy sliding the pair of gloves through her belt as she had no bag to put them in.

"Juvia thinks we are here."

The group stopped in front of the door of a Bed and Breakfast that had a homey feel to it. The client had told them that their companion was temporary staying here in room four, so swinging open the wooden door, the girls made their way into the common room of the place.

"Hello dears!" A cheery looking woman popped up in front of them, startling them somewhat. "How can I help you?"

"Ah, hello." Lucy took lead of the conversation after some nudging by an irritated Carla. "We are simply looking for a girl who is staying here right now. A girl called…Jessie, she's currently staying in room four here. Do you mind if we go talk to her?"

"Not at all!" The woman clapped her hands before turning around and bouncing away. "Follow me dears!"

"Juvia thinks that people here have strange attitudes," the Water mage commented as she followed the woman. "Juvia is not sure she likes it."

Wendy, Lucy and Carla followed after her, nodding at her comment. They made their way to the back of the wood panelled room, skirting the random tables that were placed here and there. The woman beckoned them up a narrow flight of stairs before bouncing her own way up it.

"I wonder if this girl is strong." Lucy mused as they came out into a corridor with doors framing them in selected intervals. "It would be a shame if she wasn't."

"She's in here dears." The woman smiled at them before waving goodbye. "I must be off. So many things to do! So many things to do!"

"Why did she repeat it twice?" Asked Carla.

All she got were shrugs in answer.

"Are you going to knock Lucy?" Wendy looked to the blonde who blushed slightly before knocking lightly on the door. "Hello? Is a Jessie Oaks in here? We're mages from Fairy Tail who are here to help you do this job with the dark mages." Lucy winced when she heard a banging noise. "Is anyone there?"

Several scuffling noises echoed from behind the door before it creaked open, a brown eye flashed out, glasses making them shine even more. "Fairy Tail wizards?" The voice sounded young, but not quite as young as Wendy's, almost innocent in a sense.

"Yes," said Carls impatiently. "Now would you hurry up and open the door?"

"Oops." The voice giggled before the door was flung open dramatically. "My name's Jessie Oaks and it's a pleasure to meet you all!"

The girl was cute in a scatterbrained way. Her brown eyes was fringed by hair that was half kept back by a bow, while the rest of the brown-blonde hair fell loose in messy waves. Her midriff grey shirt was simple and nice, but the white tank top underneath kept slipping off her shoulders like she had bought it several sizes too big. Her jeans were simple, but her black and white checked flats had no socks on, like she had hurriedly stuffed them on before she answered the door.

"Hello there." Lucy waved cheerfully at the energetic girl. "My name's Lucy Heartifillia and these are my companions; Wendy Marvell, Juvia Lockser and Carla." She pointed to the respected people before putting out her hand for a handshake. "It's our pleasure to work with you on this job. Do you mind if we come in and discuss the job?"

"Not at all." The girl pumped Lucy's arm up and down excitedly before ushering the group in. "I apologise for the mess in advance."

The simple room looked like a clothes bomb had gone off and Jessie sheepishly began cleaning up the clothes as the Fairy Tail mages sat down on any surface that was clear.

"So what do you want to know about the job?" Jessie asked after she had cleaned the mess away into a deceivingly small bag. "I can tell you now that there is twenty dark mages, ranging from weak to fairly strong and offensive types of magic. They are keeping the group of thirty hostages in the nearby forest, they are doing so as to get as much money from this town as they can. Grahmur may not be a magic-based town, but it is fairly wealthy from its good attractions. The leader of the group of mages is a man called Kasumi, he uses a form of magic simply known as re-quip."

"We know that magic." Lucy chipped in as she tried to process how this seemingly scatterbrained girl had so much information on the situation and how she was delivering it in such a professional way.

"Ah yes, Titania Erza is in your guild is she not?" Asked Jessie as a magic seal formed around her hand.

Lucy tensed her muscles in case of an attack and she could feel Juvia doing the same beside her, but they both relaxed when a screen full of text appeared in front of the girl.

"You used Archive magic?" Wendy asked curiously as she stared at the girl who was scrolling through the text at a ridiculous pace.

"Yes," was all she said in reply. "I believe that we should attack as soon as possible. I can't verify when exactly the mages might turn on the hostages, there are too many variables, and so it's better to attack now in hopes that nobody is hurt yet."

"Quite." Carla nodded in agreement with Jessie. "But what do you propose we do?"

At this, a massive grin burst out across Jessie's face, her glossy lips shimmering as she did so. "Well first I need to know your magic types, then I can easily form a plan. What do you say?"

Lucy, Wendy, Juvia and Carla exchanged looks before leaning in close. "What do you have for us?"

"Ha ha ha!" A man with dark hair and a large sword on his back was wracked with laughter as he looked down at the scene before him. "You people are so pathetic it makes me laugh!" He kicked out at a young man who lay trembling on the ground in front of him. "Who's going to save you? That little girl from earlier was useless with her stupid Archive magic. I've got a legion of swords and mages at my disposal, so I ask again, who's going to help you?!"

The men around him roared with laughter as they too kicked out at the townspeople who lay defeated at their feet. The continuous beating went on for several minutes, until a glowing blue whip came out of nowhere and wrapped around several of the dark mages, picking them up and throwing them brutally against a tree.

"We are you bastard!"

The leader of the group drew his large sword and held it ready. "Who dares to defy Karumi?!"

"Us!" The loud voice came from a busty blonde dressed in blue and black who slid from the shadows of the surrounding trees. She held the end of the whip that had threw several of Karuni's men, grinning in a victorious way at this fact. Two blue-haired girls flanked her, one a tiny girl in pigtails, the other with hair that ended in curls. Finally a small white cat hovered nearby as another girl with brown-blonde hair came from the forest.

"YOU?!" Karumi burst into laughter again. "A BUNCH OF GIRLS?! ONE WHO I'VE ALREADY DEFEATED?! GIVE ME A BREAK! WHAT ARE YU GUYS GOING TO DO?!"

"First of all," Lucy held up her middle finger at the guy, well away that she was acting a lot like her male teammates. "We're going to beat the crap out of you and these men."

"Secondly," Juvia held her arms up as water flowed from them. "We shall take these townspeople back to their homes. Juvia is already irritated from the walk here, do not push Juvia any further."

"Un!" Wendy clenched her fists and glared determinedly at the men surrounding them. "We are Fairy Tail mages and we won't give up so easily!"

"So cool~!" Jessie giggled delightfully as she watched her fellow mages take up battle stances. "So this is the power of a guild?"

Karumi continued to laugh at them his men joining in. "A bunch of girls aren't going to do anything to the awesome power of my re-quip!"

"Screw your re-quip!" Lucy pulled the gloves from her belt and tugged them on, drawing strength from their now familiar feel. "I've seen better!"

"Grah!" Now Karumi was mad. "Get those useless bitches men! Especially that stupid Archive mage who must've led them here!"

"Eh?" Jessie looked with wide brown eyes at him. "Damn it. Why me?!"

"Don't worry Jessie." Lucy sent her a confident smile. "We'll protect you." The blonde retracted Fleuve d'étoiles from the unconscious men and flicked it at another bunch of attacking men, causing them to leap back if they didn't wish to be slashed. "Plan a go! C'mon team! Let's show these bastards how to go about it!"

"Yeah!" Juvia and Wendy gathered their magic up and went on the attack, Carla scooping Wendy up in order to attack from the sky.

(Juvia vs Kenta)

"Water Slicer!" Juvia slashed her hand at a bunch of men, not flinching when several ribbons of water forced them back. "Juvia will not let anyone here leave. Juvia thinks all of you need to be punished for your behaviour."

"Oh you can punish me all you want girly," purred a man as purple magic began to gather around him. "Come have a play with old Kenta." The man took a deep breath, seemingly inhaling his own magic aura before breathing out thick clouds of fumes. "Deep Poison Mist!"

Juvia tensed at the apparent poison attack, unsure of what exactly to do. "Wendy would be better than Juvia here, but, Juvia can't give up here!"

Kenta continued to breathe out the cloud of poison, unminding to the fact that several of his fellow men were dropping to the ground, scrabbling at their throats with purple veined hands. 'Come and get it…'

"Water Lock!" Majority of the cloud of smoke became trapped in Juvia's ball of water. "But what does Juvia do with this?..." The water began to turn purple as the water absorbed the highly toxic poison. "Juvia knows!"

The Water mage flung her hands out and separated the corrupted water into two thick streams. "Water Cane!" The water lashed out in thick rod-like structures, smashing several of the approaching men and poisoning them wherever it touched them. "Juvia will not let anyone escape!"

"Damn you bitch!" Kenta growled in his throat before a magic seal appeared on either of his outstretched hands. "Purple snakes!" Long purple ribbons of poison coiled out of his hands and went for Juvia, surrounding her before beginning to try to wrap around her.

"Juvia won't let you!" The corrupted water that Juvia commanded parried the attack before engaging the snake-like poison in battle. "Juvia will defeat you no matter the cost!"

(Wendy vs Tsubasa)

"Higher Carla," Wendy asked her companion who was carrying her. "I want to be able to get a vantage point so I am able to help out as best as I can!"

"Okay Wendy."

The winged cat flapped her wings harder in order to gain more altitude, but found her way blocked by a grinning man with wings of his own.

"Scree! Hello child. I am Tsubasa, and you are my prey."

The man known as Tsubasa tucked in his wings and dive bombed the duo, knocking Wendy from Carla's grip as he did so.

"Wendy!" Carla dived after the girl but was met with the hand of her opponent, spinning out of control from the force of the slap.

"Move kitty cat, this birdy has a date with his prey." Tsubasa dove after the falling Wendy who was struggling to right herself. "Carla?! Where are you?!" Hearing no reply of the cat, Wendy righted herself and drew her magic power up. "I can do this!" She thrust her arms out to the side and drew them down, yelling all the while. "Sky Dragon's Wing Attack!" Twin whirlwinds of air came from her arms, slowing her descent and buffering Tsubasa who had been drawing near.

"Stay still my prey!" Tsubasa twisted out of the way of the majority of Wendy's attack, alighting on the ground after Wendy who had landed with a thump. "Scree! Your death will be swift!"

Wendy squeaked as he rushed her, ducking under his suddenly clawed hands. "Ah! Vernier!" A glow surrounded her and quickly died down, allowing the small girl enhancements in her speed and agility. "Sky Dragon's Roar!"

"Scree?" Tsubasa looked back to see a large tornado of air advancing on him. "This little birdy has her own tricks." He flapped his wings in order to push him out of the way of the attack, narrowly dodging some of the slicing wind. "But you've got to be the biggest bird if you want to survive. Scree!"

"Wendy!" Carla called out to the girl as she dived towards her. "Put your arms up!"

"Uh!" Wendy raised her arms up obligingly and didn't flinch as her partner picked her up. "We can defeat him Carla!"

"Okay!"

"Scree." Tsubasa cocked a shaggy brown head at the figure of the floating girl. "So the little birdy needs the kitty cat in order to fly. Well," his dark wings opened up behind him and stroked down hard, "you will fall in the wrath of my wings!"

Wendy took in a massive gulp of air. "Sky Dragon's…"

Tsubasa drew near to the floating girl and reared his heavily clawed hands back. "Feathered…"

"Roar!"

"Flurry!"

There was an explosion that flattened several men into the ground that were in the blast radius.

Jessie let out a sigh as majority of the henchmen surrounded her. "Why me? Seriously, why me? I have no clue what I did to deserve this, but, I guess I shall have to fight."

"Fight?" One of the men sniggered as he closed in on her. "What are you going to do girly? You're some nerd who uses Archive magic. Everyone knows it's useless!"

"Your mum's useless!" Shot back Jessie as she dropped into a battle position. "And I'll show you what I can do bub." The girl shot forward at unexpected speeds, driving a swinging elbow into the sniggering man's face. "Head shot!"

"Gah!" The man staggered back with a bloody nose as Jessie whirled around and dropped into a low sweeping leg that took out several men. "Don't underestimate me! I know some mad martial arts skills!"

The last bunch of men looked at each other before grinning and advancing on her further. "You're just one girl, how do you hope to defeat all of us?"

"Using my nerd mind of course!" One of Jessie's eyes began to glow a gold colour as she accessed the network that Archive magic was connected to. With her magic software, she could analyse the movements of the men and act in a logical and planned way. "Come at me!"

As soon as the first man leapt at her, she twisted around him and launched a back kick that connected with his head. "Twenty-three degree twist, kick three point two seconds later. Drop and roll to avoid backhanded fist that comes four point nine seconds after that."

The girl continued to mutter to herself as she dropped low and rolled back to avoid the backhand that one of the men aimed at her. Her right leg lashed up in a kick that connected soundly with the man's face and launched him into the crowd.

She popped up grinning and stood with her fists ready in a boxing position. "Show me what you've got." She waved one of her hands in a mocking beckoning gesture.

(Lucy vs Karumi)

"Stay still blondie so I can crush you."

Lucy narrowly dodged the large sword that came crashing into the ground, sprawling out as she did so. "Kyah!"

Karumi smirked as he hefted the ridiculously large sword over his shoulder. "You have no fighting skills blondie, the keys on your belt show that you're a Celestial mage, and everyone knows that Celestial mages just hide behind their spirits."

You always need protecting Lucy Heartifilia! Every time we are in a fight, you hide behind your spirits or I have to save you! You need protecting because you're not strong enough to protect yourself!

Lucy balled her gloved hands together in anger as Natsu's words came back to her. "I'm not weak…"

"Ha ha ha!" Karumi bent over double as he laughed. "Not weak?! Blondie, you the essence of weakness. Your body is soft, I bet my sword will cut you like hot butter." Karumi licked his lips and stalked over to the girl. "I think I'll see just how soft that skin really is by slicing you to tiny pieces."

Just as he reached out to grab the blonde, a booted foot connected soundly with his face, and Karumi could hear something cracking as he staggered back.

"You blonde bitch!" He screeched as he wiped the blood from his face. "You broke my fucking nose!"

Lucy didn't answer as she stood up and planted herself solidly. "I told you that I'm not weak, so come at me like you mean it! I want nothing less!"

Karumi let out a roar and dashed towards Lucy, swinging his sword in a beheading stroke. "Just die you blonde bitch!"

Bending back into a backbend, Lucy barely dodged the sword. "Keh." Her breath huffed as she twisted to the side and righted herself in time to flick her whip out. "I'll take that precious sword from you!" Fleuve d'étoiles wrapped around the gleaming blade of the sword and yanked it free of a surprised Karumi's grip. The whip shrunk in length and handed the sword to Lucy, who then threw it as hard as she could into the forest.

"My sword!" Karumi went to go after it, but found his legs tangled in the glowing length of Lucy's whip. "You stupid-!"

"Bitch?" Lucy finished for him as she reeled the struggling man in. "You need to come up with more original insults than that asshole."

As the man got close to Lucy, his hand glowed a golden colour and Lucy had to dodge the mace that swung towards her, intent on crushing her. "What the-!"

"Re-quip mage blondie." Karumi chuckled as he stood up, free of Fleuve d'étoiles's clutches. "Be good to remember that."

"Damn it," Lucy cursed as she shrunk her whip again. "How could I let myself forget such an important point?!"

"Because you're a stupid blonde."

"When are you going to stop insulting my hair?!" Lucy yelled at the man before slipping a gold key from her key ring. "Screw it, I'm going to bring in backup."

"Of course you are." Karumi smirked at her as he hefted the solid wooden mace to a better position in his hands. "You're some stupid blonde who's probably only alive today due to someone else saving you. Am I right?"

So don't you dare go pointing fingers at me because I'm the only reason you're at this guild. OR EVEN ALIVE!

"ARGHHH!" Lucy let out a scream of rage as she rushed the man, Taurus's key forgotten. Karumi was taken aback at the girls' sudden attack, expecting her to sniffle or to summon the spirit, not to rush him. That's why he didn't do anything as Lucy jumped, reared her fist back and punched him in his already broken nose.

The echoing scream of pain brought Jessie's attention to the battle as she finished off the last of the men. "I hope that isn't Lucy!" A large man dove at her, but was quickly knocked out due to a stomp to the head. "I'll go help her!"

Jumping up in the air, Jessie executed a perfect butterfly kick to the last man's head. She was already on her way towards Lucy when the man hit the ground with an odd cracking noise.

(Juvia vs Kenta)

"Juvia believes you are finished." The Water mage swung her streams of poisoned water around one more time before launching them at Kenta. "Kenta will drown in his own poison."

"I'm immune to all of my poison!" Boasted Kenta as he spread his arms out arrogantly. "Nothing you throw at me could possibly hurt me."

"Kenta seems to forget Juvia is a Water mage," was all Juvia said before a ball of purple water surrounded the other mage. "Water Lock: Poison style!"

Kenta let out a burble of bubbles as he accidentally choked on the poisonous water that was currently surrounding him. He tried to summon more poison to burst the bubble, but found he was just polluting the water more, the water going a solid purple due to this.

"Drip, drip, drop." Juvia waited a minute before releasing the Water Lock, Kenta coming sprawling out, choking a bit before falling unconscious. "Juvia is done here." The girl turned away from the defeated mage and picked her way through other poisoned men, intent on getting to the source of the scream from just before.

(Wendy vs Tsubasa)

"Hiyah!" Wendy's Vernier enhanced punches caught Tsuabsa off balance as she danced around the bird-man. "Sky Dragon's Roar!" The man was sent sailing back at the girls roar, scrabbling uselessly with his claws as he tried to slow himself. A sickening crunch came from the downed mage as he connected with a tree, instantly falling unconscious.

"Oh no!" Wendy let out a gasp and began to run after Tsubasa, a long since exhausted Carla trailing tiredly after her. "Wendy! Leave him be, he's the enemy!"

"No Carla." Wendy knelt at Tsubasa'a side, hands already glowing blue as she ran them over his head and body. "It's my fault he's injured, so I must fix it."

"Honestly…" Carla shook her head in fond exasperation. "You're too good for your own good."

Wendy didn't respond, too intent on healing her ex-opponent.

Several moments passed before Wendy released her magic and slumped back in a boneless way, exhausted from the amount of magic she had used today. "Oh Carla, I hope he's alright."

"Worry about yourself Wendy." Carla helped the small girl to her feet. "Are you okay? You used a lot of magic in that battle."

"I'm fine Carla, we should go see how the others are going. I heard a scream from over there."

"Okay."

(Lucy and Jessie vs Karumi)

"Lucy!"

The blonde didn't spare a glance to the source of the voice as she dodged the heavy blow of a metal staff. "What is it Jessie?! I'm kind of busy here!"

Karumi lifted his staff up, intent on crushing the annoying blonde, but found himself occupied trying to stop himself connecting into any trees as Jessie's flying kick sent him…well, flying.

"Do you know any casting magic Lucy?" Jessie panted as she skidded to a stop next to the equally tired blonde. I know you're a holder type, but if you have any casting spells, my Archive can amplify them."

Lucy kept a wary eye on the figure of Karumi that was struggling upright. "I learnt one spell, Urano Metria, but Hibiki, another Archive magic user, basically downloaded it into my head and I can't remember it!"

"Oh that's awesome!" Jessie cheered before bringing up her Archive screen once more, fingers flying over it as she activated certain software. "My Archive can bring up any memories of magic, like accessing a save file you never knew you had, and can make you use it like you've known it all your life! Do you have enough magic for it though?"

"More than enough, I haven't used any yet!" Grinned Lucy as she clenched her hands in excitement. "Hit me up Jessie!"

"Roger that!"

Karumi watched cautiously as the annoying Archive girl did something to the bitchy blonde girl, blondies' eyes lighting up a gold colour as the Archive girl tapped a button. "What on Earthland are they doing?..." He re-quipped the spear he held for another large sword, wincing slightly as he felt the pull on his magic. "I'll finish them now before they can do anything!" He let another roar and charged at the two girls, mindful of the painful feeling in his nose. "This is revenge you blonde bitch!"

Suddenly, the ground disappeared around him and he stumbled to a halt. There was only blackness around him, but that quickly stopped when stars began to glow ominously around him. "What…what the hell is this?!"

Karumi spun around, intent on finding a way out, but only found the blonde bitch staring at him with glowing golden eyes, the rest of her body also glowing softly. She opened her mouth and began to chant, her voice coming out in an echo.

Survey the Heavens, Open the Heavens...
All the stars, far and wide...
Show me thy appearance...
With such shine.
Oh Tetrabiblos...
I am the ruler of the stars...
Aspect become complete...
Open thy malevolent gate.
Oh 88 Stars of the heaven...
Shine!
Urano Metria!

Glowing orbs of light that had gathered around Lucy shot towards their target, burning Karumi with their holy magic.

"AARRRGGHHHHH!" Karumi screamed out as eighty-eight stars smashed against him, relentless in their quest to defeat him. The last attack hit him, earning one last scream of pain before the re-quip mage dropped to the ground, unconscious.

"Yes!" Lucy yelled out in victory as she high-fived Jessie. "Who's the best now you son of a bitch?!"

"Girls!" Jessie spun around in victorious circles, giddy with the feeling of winning. "Girls are the greatest in the world! Aside from cute kitties…" She finished softly.

Lucy laughed at her companions answer before she was tackled in a hug from behind.

"Lucy-san won!"

The victorious blonde twisted around, still laughing, in order to hug an excited Juvia. "Yes I did! And guessing from the fact you're over here, I'll say you've won as well."

Juvia's dark blue eyes blinked up at her before she blushed. "Lucy-san has such faith in Juvia…Juvia doesn't know what to say…"

Lucy was going to answer her friend when an excited cheer distracted her.

"Lucy! Juvia-san! Jessie-san!" Wendy jogged up to them, a bit battered but overall victorious. "Did you guys win your battles as well?"

"Of course we did!" Jessie let out another cheer before scooping up the little girl, putting her on her shoulders and running around some more. "Girls are the best!"

Wendy squealed at the sudden pick up, but it quickly turned to laughter as she got a rare shoulder ride on an elder person.

"I'm glad that's over." Carla straightened her skirt before looking around at the devastated males surrounding the entire area. "What do we do with these men?"

Lucy shrugged in answer as she began to walk over to Jessie and Wendy. "I don't know, but I guess we'll just get the nearest royal guards to pick these guys up and we'll collect our reward." She sighed happily, Carla raising a delicate eyebrow at the action. "I finally get paid the full amount! No more jewels going missing due to damage! I can pay off the rent on my house, even with the divided jewels!"

The blonde let out a giddy laugh before grabbing Juvia's hand as she ran by. "C'mon Juvia! Let's catch up to Jessie and Wendy!"

"O-okay Lucy-san."

"Just Lucy!"

Jessie pouted as she waved at the retreating backs of her new friends. "Bye guys! It was so nice to meet you and to do this job beside you!"

"Bye Jessie-san!" Wendy waved at girl before skipping on the road out of town beside a floating Carla.

"Juvia wishes Jessie-san goodbye." Juvia gave an odd bow before following after Wendy.

Lucy looked back at her companions before dashing forward and grabbing Jessie's hands excitedly. "Thank you so much for today Jessie! It was so cool of you to let me remember Urano Metria. Now I just need to train some more in order to learn it!"

Jessie blushed bashfully at the blonde's gratitude. "I-it was nothing Lucy. Just all in a day's work for the amazing Jessie!"

The brown-blonde-haired girl started as she was suddenly enveloped in a hug from the blonde. "If you ever need a place to stay, just come to Magnolia, I'll be more than happy to help you out there. And you know," Lucy pulled out of the hug to stare seriously into Jessie's brown eyes, "Fairy Tail welcomes anyone and everyone into the guild. Just remember that if you ever want to have a place to stay. Okay?"

Jessie nodded – what was she to say to such a generous offer? – and waved after the blonde as she ran after her friends, all heading for their home.

"A guild huh?" Jessie murmured as she stared after the disappearing blonde hair. "Sounds like fun."

SKFKWEKLCNJ!

What was that?! An OC, a fight scene and Urano Metria?!

Yes well, don't expect two out of those three to be happening often. Can you guess which ones won't happen often? I'll give you a hint; OC's and Urano Metria. They were a one off thing so that we can have Lucy developing as a character. 'Cause you know, why the fuck couldn't Lucy do Urano Metria until the GMG?! I mean, it could've come in a lot handier when her face was getting mashed in by Kain (dude on Tenrōjima) or whenever the fuck she got captured.

Like really? You disappoint me here Hiro Mashima.

The way I set out the fight scenes was different, but I hope it made things clearer for people. I found fight scenes to be occasionally disorientating when they switch quickly and I don't know who exactly is fighting. It's kind of like; 'Wait? Who's fighting who? I know Juvia is fighting some poison dude, but who's Kenta? Is he the poison dude? Who the hell is Tsubasa? Wing? Who is Wing and why's he fighting Wendy? I tought Juvia was fighting some dude called Kenta. Oh, that OC chick is fighting some henchmen...Okay, Lucy's fighting some dude with a sword. Not wait, it's a mace...WHAT IS HAPPENING?!'

Anyways, thanks for y'all reviews! I'll see you soon!

SunMoon.