Neko: I'm back! I didn't take so long did I? Haha… the last chappie was probably boring…

Lucy: Thank you! You have to update fast just like this! Or maybe even faster!

Neko: Heh! You do the same thing to Levy!

Lucy: *Death Glare* What'd you say?

Neko: Aha… nothing… nothing… Enjoy this chapter!

Ch21: Gajeel VS Lucy

Lucy POV:

Gajeel and I went outside and the other members soon followed.

"Lu Chan… What are you guys doing?"

"Oh… We're just having a little 'Welcome Back' fight. Can you please watch Nashi for me?"

Levy nodded and stepped away from us. The guild members made a big circle around us, but it wasn't big enough.

"Ehem… just a little farther guys…" They all stepped back a little.

"A little farther… You know what… take 10 more steps back… I don't want anyone getting hurt…"

After they did what I told them to, I started to stretch.

"Heh! You're wide open!" Gajeel leapt at me with his iron fists. I grabbed them and threw him up. It took 5 seconds for him to hit the ground. I could hear gasps from the crowd. Then Gajeel got back up.

"Pretty good, Bunny girl. But you can't block this!" He leapt at me again using the same trick. I grabbed his fists and was about to kick him, but Gajeel attacked before I could do it

"Iron Dragon's Roar!"

His attack hit me and I was sent to the guild wall. 'It would be boring if I end it too fast… How about I put a show on for everyone.' I pretended to cough like I was hurt badly.

"Heh! Don't tell me you're done already! Was all that training for nothing? Well… I've gotta give you credit for what you did when I first attacked you… but other than that, you didn't improve much!"

I was still stuck to the wall and stayed still. I acted as if I fainted. I could hear Gajeel walking closer.

"I'll finish this useless fight!"

He was about to punch me, but then Natsu yelled out to Gajeel.

"What do you think you're doing Metal head!"

"Isn't it obvious? I'm fighting with Bunny girl."

Natsu stormed over to us and stood in front of me.

"You're going to have to get through me first."

"Gladly."

Natsu was about to punch Gajeel, but I interrupted.

"Natsu… don't interrupt our fight. It was only beginning…"

Natsu turned around and hugged me.

"Lucy! I was so worried! Are you hurt?"

"Did you forget who I am?"

"Ohh… right…"

Natsu went to Levy and took Nashi.

"Heh! Looks like you have enough strength to talk like that."

Gajeel transformed his arm into iron and extended it towards me. I gladly took the hit.

"Gehe! Looks like you're all talk only! You talked like you were so strong that you even got Natsu to back away from the fight."

I smirked and grabbed his arm. "Just kidding…"

I swung him onto the guild. I heard Master freaking out about what I just did to the guild. Gajeel got back up and smirked.

"Gehe… this will be better than I thought… I'm not losing to you… Lucy!"

'He actually used my name… I bet he won't even notice that he called me by my real name.'

He jumped into the air and yelled, "Karma Demon: Iron Spiral!"

Everyone yelled, "Baka! Don't use that here!"

Gajeel came at me with a giant drill from his feet. I dodged and kicked his head into the ground. He got back up. I can tell he doesn't want to lose.

"Heh! That's nothing! Try dodging this! Karma Demon: Iron God Sword!"

A giant sword came swinging down. I caught the sword and bent it.

"Wha… Impossible! No one has ever broken it before!"

"Well I just did…"

"Guess I have no choice then… I'll use my own technique… Iron Dragon's Rainfall!"

I waited and nothing happened. Then, a whole bunch iron daggers started to fall from the sky.

Natsu yelled, "Are you trying to kill everyone!" Everyone was desperately dodging the daggers. One was about to hit Levy, but I pushed her out of the way, which made the dagger stab me.

"Lu Chan!"

"Luce!"

"Lucy-San!"

"Lucy!"

Everybody was trying to get to me, but was still trying to dodge the daggers at the same time. I got up, dodging the daggers, and went over to Gajeel.

"ARE YOU AN IDIOT OR WHAT!? YOU COULD'VE KILLED LEVY! YOU COULD'VE INJURED EVERYONE!"

"Aha… about that… I don't really know how to reverse this… This is my second time trying it only…"

A tick mark appeared on my forehead. I punched Gajeel on the head.

"Aho! Don't ever use this technique ever again!"

I chanted a spell and the daggers soon stopped falling.

"How… how did you stop it?"

"I chanted a spell?"

"I know that! But… like… how did you even know how to cancel my spell?"

"I read it from a book?"

I turned over to the other members and gave them a thumbs up, but then fainted. When I woke up, I saw Wendy, Natsu, and Levy.

"Luce! You're okay!"

"Well yeah… I won't die from that… I just used a spell that took up a lot of energy."

"Lu Chan! Thank goodness! I was afraid you fainted because you bled too much! But… that spell… I've read it from somewhere before… what was that spell?"

"Oh nothing big…"

"Nothing big? You fainted from it! You even said it took a lot of energy!"

"Natsu. Calm down. I was just lying… it doesn't take much energy at all… I was just tired from dodging those daggers." I lied.

"Anyways… why are we outside?"

Master answered, "Because you destroyed the guild! Now we have to build a new one!"

"No we don't… We can just go back to the old guild. You know… the one we all used to party in."

"I don't have enough money to buy that guild back yet! It costs a lot!"

"I've got that covered. Let's just go back to the old guild."

Everyone did as I said. When we got there, our guild logo was on the building.

"See? What'd I say? I had it covered."

Master jumped onto me. "Thank you Lucy!"

"Hai hai…" I slapped him off just as he was about to slap my butt.

We partied for the return of the guild. We partied for the return of me. We also partied for a new guild member, Nashi. We gave her a stamp on the right shoulder too. Just as I was about to admit defeat to Gajeel, he came over.

"You won. I'll ask Levy out."

"I won? But I fainted?"

"Yeah… you fainted because you were protecting Levy from something I did. Thank you."

"Pfttttt! This character doesn't match you at all!"

"U… Urusai!"

"Next time, consider your surroundings."

"Hai hai… I won't ever use that technique again… only if I'm in a tight situation."

"No… just… never use it again…"

"I can't promise you that."

"Anyways… go ask Levy out… and of course… apologize for what you did earlier."

I watched as Gajeel asked Levy out. Levy said yes. It was so sweet! Although Levy punched him for almost killing her earlier.

Neko: Yes… I know… short chapter… I just wanted to separate the parts up. I'm gonna update soon!