Natsu's PoV

I kissed my best friend. I kissed my team mate. I kissed the girl I loved. And the best part:

She kissed me back.

"I told you so," I whispered into her lips. She giggled childishly and stared into my eyes. "Do you believe me now? Do you believe that I love you?" She nodded her head slowly, tears brimming over her eyes and trickling down her cheeks. Suddenly, she gasped.

"You're the one… You went through all my memories, didn't you!?" she gasped. I backed away slowly.

"Come on, Luce! I did it to save you!" I pleaded, knowing where this was going. I was right. Lucy's leg kicked out and her foot made contact with my cheek.

"YOU WENT THROUGH ALL OF MY PERSONAL MEMORIES!" she shrieked. I sailed into the wall, but laughed anyway. Lucy was back to normal again. And she knows what's going on!

"There's one more dream," Lucy said. I took her hand in mine, and together we drifted to the final part of her mind.

Lucy's PoV

All of my spirits gathered around me. Natsu held my hand and faced them with me.

"I hate you! –ebi" Cancer said.

"No you don't. Sometimes you get tired of me calling you out for selfish reasons, but you don't mind too much. And you care for me just as much as I care for you," I said.

"Call on me again, and I'll help kill you. You don't deserve to own my key," Aquarius said.

"You say that, but you don't mean it. You complain so much about how you can't stand me, but you would miss me if I was gone."

"You are a terrible owner. Moshimoshi," Sagittarius said.

"No she isn't. You know that," Natsu answered.

"Get away from here. We all hate you," Loke said. He went to push my back, but a barrier of light separated us.

"You are the biggest liar here, Loke. You are my closest friend in the spirit world. I saved you, and you saved me. That's how it is," Natsu and I answered together.

Loke smiled proudly.

"Are you ready? It's time to test out how you really feel now," Natsu said, facing me.

"It's now or never."

We closed our eyes in unison. As one, our spirits floated upwards, into the sky.

Natsu appeared outside of my body. But what surrounded us was worse than any nightmare Umidjon could have ever created for me.

The town of Magnolia was in chaos. I stood on some random street I've never been on before. Gray, Erza, Happy, Cana and Wendy stood in front of me.

I looked down to see cuts and scrapes all over my body. None of them were life threatening, but I could feel the sting.

"We can't hurt her!" Natsu yelled. "Lucy's in there!"

"And so is Umidjon. Our orders are to take out Umidjon before he can ruin the city.

"Trust me! Just wait," Natsu insisted. The others resigned and focused instead on dodging my attacks. While I was conscious again, I still couldn't control my body. I thought as hard as I could, cleared my mind of everything except getting this thing out of my body. I suddenly felt 10 pounds lighter. My body felt like jelly, and I kneeled on the ground. Umidjon was standing in front of me.

"You may have cast me out of your physical body, but you can't cast me out of your mind! I won't be rid of that easily!" He put a finger onto his temple, and a searing pain shot through my head. I cried out and doubled over.

"Why are you doing this to Lucy?" Happy asked.

"It doesn't matter, because I've won! I have destroyed half of this city! I've hurt all of you! And now, all that pain and suffering of the people of Magnolia will be on Lucy's hands! She will feel this regret forever!" Umidjon threw his head back and laughed. There was nothing I could do but cower beneath him and keep the agony in my mind from knocking me out.

"You can do it, Lucy!" Natsu yelled. "You can beat this guy!

"Wrong again, little dragon. She could never defeat me. She doesn't have the confidence!"

"Come on Lucy! Get up and fight this guy! We believe in you!" Erza cheered.

"You helped me when we were on Tenroujima, so now it's my turn to help you!" Cana called. "Now get off your ass and hit this guy! He deserves it after everything he's done!"

"We love you Lucy! We're your family, and we believe in you!" Gray said.

"Lucy-san is the best!" Happy exclaimed.

"Nice try, fairies. None of what you said has any meaning. Lucy doesn't believe any of you!" Umidjon said.

"You're wrong," I murmured. Umidjon snapped his head to look at me, along with everyone else. "You are wrong. I can do anything, when I have my friends with me. If my friends trust me to do something, then I can do it!"

I pushed up from the ground using my hands. My legs wobbled at first, and Natsu was about to run over and help me. Erza held him back with a shake of her head. "This is something she needs to do alone."

Summoning the last ounce of magical power I had left in my body, I called out Loke. The lion spirit appeared in front of me in his normal suit and tie. His glasses glinted evilly.

"How many times do I have to tell you? Nobody but Lucy can touch me!" Umidjon chuckled. Loke ran up to Umidjon and punched him. His fist sailed right through.

"But I beat you the last time!" Loke complained.

"No you didn't. I was simply tired of you trying to hurt me, so I vanished. I never left Lucy's side. I was always there!"

After a few more failed punches, Loke said, "I'm sorry princess. I failed." He dropped his head in defeat.

"Now that's more like it," Umidjon said. He swung his fist out and sent Loke flying into Cana. She caught him and laid him on the ground. He propped himself onto his elbows so he could watch the scene that was unfolding in front of him. "If you defeat me, you kill me. That's the way my magic works. So take your best shot!" he said, spreading his arms wide.

"If he can't hurt you, then I'll have to," I said weakly. I pulled the whip from my belt and uncoiled it.

"Please. You barely have the strength to stand, let alone fight me," Umidjon scoffed.

"Wrong again," I said, and we started our dance. From the outside, it looked perfectly coordinated, like we'd practiced this hundreds of times before. The whip flew there a second after Umidjon moved, a flash of purple smoke appeared there, a second after Lucy dodged. The people of Fairy Tail watched in awed horror.

This fight was going nowhere, though. I had to use the last option, or else Umidjon would kill me. "Uramo….," I said, compiling all the energy that was inside my body into my heart. This was to save Fairy Tail. To save my town, and to save myself, I had to do this. My friends were silent. They looked scared for their lives. None of them knew I had this power in me. Hell, I barely even remember that Hibiki put this into my mind during my fight with Angel. "METEORA!"

The galaxy appeared before us. It was just me and Umidjon in the middle. My friends had gotten caught up in my attack, so I shoved them to the side with my mind. My back arched, and the power left me, all aimed at the darkness before me. Umidjon screamed. We appeared back on the street in town. Umidjon was lying on his back. I had only the strength left to walk over to Umidjon and stand above him.

"Who's the winner now?" I asked. "Umidjon, you are-,"

"How can you destroy me?" Umidjon asked. He smirked.

"How can you destroy your own brother?"