Hey guy's I know I'm still working on a few other stories at this current moment in time but my real life is a little hectic right now trying to balance my work and social life, so I'm bringing to you this WHOLE! Brand new story! That me and my fiancé have been talking about and I just can't get the idea out of my head, so this story is brought to you by CureDream90 and Articdragonslayer!
Chapter 10
South Dakota – abandon petrol station
Steve couldn't believe it, standing before him was his best friend, his recently known little sister, she looked….words couldn't describe on how she looked, gently gripping his ribs as he tried to stand he heard a low warning growl coming out of her throat, he knew exactly where that anger was directed and was glad that Lucy was on his side instead of the opposite otherwise he would defiantly be shitting himself.
Looking across the room, he noticed that the man named Ifrit was grinning but he held fear in his eye's the moment that Lucy brought out that blood red key, his mouth curved up into a smile and took a deep breath, "I can assure you Ifrit, that Claudia isn't lying, After all who better to consult then a walking human lie detector?"
The man growled as his hand lit up with flames, "Bastard! I will not go back to the spirit world! I tried to convince the king that he should have made Layla a celestial spirit! But he looked away, he knew she was sick! Becoming a spirit could have saved her from death!" Lucy kept the celestial sphere up, making sure her best friend was protected from the fight she was about to enter.
"Don't you dare! Talk about my mother! I saw the scar you gave her that day! I was only 5 but she told me stories about you in the spirit world! You was contracted to her and yet you almost killed her! Loke was punished because of his actions and if it wasn't for me he would have disappeared for all eternity!" she grabbed 2 gold key's from her leather pouch, gritting her teeth looking around, she could smell a small ounce of petrol in the building meaning that the main system had been shut off but some of it was still on the ground.
One wrong move before getting her best friend out of the place could spell the end for them, so she had to pick wisely on what spirits to use, then it came to her, "OPEN! GATE OF THE MADEIN! OPEN GATE OF THE RAM! VIRGO! ARIES!"
Not a second later, two lights of gold dust brought out two women, one wearing wool covering just the right places, while the second one held chains on her wrist and wearing a maids outfit, "Punishment princess?" "I'm sorry!"
They both noticed the seriousness on Lucy's face, "Get Jinksy out of here Virgo, Aries when I tell you, I need you to create a barrier outside protecting him and 4 others." They both nodded and not a second later, Virgo had Jinksy bridal style in her arms, causing the man to fluster slightly.
"Claudia! You can't stay here alone!" "Virgo, go!" with that the two spirits and Jinksy left the place,
"How noble of you Little Lucy, saving them but not yourself, I wonder how much I can anger the spirit king by, when killing his pupil…" he raised both of his hands in front of him and shouted "HELL'S FIRE!" Lucy's eye's widened the whole place was going to blow. "HEAVENS-"
Outside abandon petrol station
Before Laxus and Gray could enter the building, Virgo and Aries popped out of the ground with a man, he was heavy bleeding and gripping his ribs in pain. "STEVE!" both warehouse agents spoke, but before they could get chance Aries placed her hands up "I…I'M SORRY! WOOL WALL!" instantly a pink fluffy cloud surrounded them as the building in front of them exploded.
"CLAUDIA/LUCY!" shouts filled the air.
Opening his eye's Laxus saw the wool wall disappeared, and smoke was coming from the building that his mate had entered, instantly he grabbed his right arm holding it, Lucy was injured, but it wasn't him to say anything it was the scream of agony from the man that Virgo was holding, "Claudia! He's hurt her!"
Before Laxus could head forward, Gray beat him to it, "ICE MAKE – EXTINGUISE!" instantly the flames that erupted from the building was slowly dying down but the mist it was creating made it hard to see anything.
Laxus heart thumped in his chest, he could feel the pain from both, it felt like his heart was being ripped in two not seeing his mate anywhere, that was until, her voice reached his ears, "STARFORCE HAMMER!" looking into the sky he saw Lucy wearing a type of golden armour covering her body, it was similar to Erza's but held a green glow around it as to protect her. Her fist lit up with a silver light and she began heading down to the ground where he was astonished seeing a large red demon, slowly her fist came in contact with the beast.
"METOR BURST!" the demons mouth opened sending a fireball to her, but that was countered by her armour, "Celestial gods….HOWL!" her mouth opened and streams of silver and gold made contact with the fireball, cancelling each other out, dust from the sand swirled up around the two making it hard to see the fight.
Myka couldn't believe it, she was witnessing the battle between two mages, one of them being like a little sister to her, the blonde teenager that they had all let into their hearts was battling away with the monster that had hurt Steve, that's when she remembered she rushed over to Virgo holding him.
"Steve, we need to get you to a hospital!" gritting his teeth, he shook his head, "No I'm not leaving until I know Claudia's safe…" "Steve you need treatment! If your ribs are broken then one could have punctured your lung!"
"I'M NOT LEAVING MY SISTER!" Myka, Laxus and Gray widened at that information, she stepped back slightly and looked to Pete who nodded confirming it, "Mrs Fredrick explained it to us before we met up with you all, that's the reason why the metronome's effect is still activated, not only that, but Claudia is actually Lucy Heartfilia! Remember, Jude Heartfilia came to the states to hire us to look for her? She was right under our nose the whole time!"
Myka's eye's went back to the battle watching the girl fight, she couldn't tell who was winning but with the way Lucy was putting up a fight, then she knew that the girl wasn't going to give up easy.
"Virgo!" eveyone's heads snapped to Laxus, "Blondie would appreciate it if you took her brother to the hospital, Follow the woman and her mate, we will stay here and assist her." Virgo nodded once, "Yes sir Laxus," Before the male could protest Myka began running towards Univille with Virgo following, "Make sure Claudia comes back safely she means a lot to us, just like she does you."
Laxus gave the male a thumbs up, "Blondie's my mate, just like Myka's yours, we protect them now go!"
Lucy and Ifrit's battle
"The king has taught you well in just a short amount of time, he doesn't offer his training to just anyone!" his voice was more deeper and malicious in this form, it had taken Lucy by surprise but with the way his nails was shaped she could easily see the weapon that had injured her mother's side. She could feel blood leaking down her right arm from where he had landed a hit shortly after the blast.
Her eye's hardened she was determind to tame this beast, she had heard the conversation between her friends and mate, Laxus had told Virgo to take Steve to the hospital and that they would assist her.
Landing to the ground in a kneeling position holding her right shoulder, she could hear running footsteps coming towards her, "STOP RIGHT THERE! STAY OUT OF THIS LAXUS!"
"Why should I blondie! He attacked you!" her head turned towards him, making him stop and slowly understood, "This is personal Laxus, I'm not the weak person I was 2 months ago if you both interfere then all my training was for nothing!"
Gritting his teeth, he had no choice "Fine! You better win then!"
She nodded standing up, but heard the deep laughter coming from the beast before her, "how brave of you, this battle is already in my favour." She let her armour drop making the scent of her blood hit Laxus nose. "I don't think so" she held her hand up, "Celestial star JUDGEMENT!"
A beam of silver shot out of her hand encaging Ifrit in a solid cage, a magical circle appeared underneath his feet immobilising him. She stood up grabbing the blood red key from her leather pouch and Ran it across the blood on her shoulder.
"O path to the demon lords, the flames of hell rise up, force open they infernal gates! Consume he who would flee and reclaim the five points! HELL KEY SEAL:- PENTEGRAM GATES!"
The Celestial star judgement spell broke, just as flames surrounded Ifrit in a large circle, as his mouth opened "NO! HOW DID YOU GET THAT INCANTATION! I …. I WILL NOT BE FORCED!" the amount of power Lucy had flowing into the key was draining her fast, making her grip it with two hands, beads of sweat dripping down her forehead,
"ACCEPT IT IFRIT! I'M NOT FORCING YOU BACK SO THE CELESTIAL KING CAN BANISH YOU! I'M DOING IT TO SAVE YOU!" the beasts eye's shot open, his red eye's connecting with Lucy's, "S…save me?" that's when he saw it, the most gentle smile on her face, it was identical to Layla's "Go Ifrit! Before your time on Earthland ends, Stash face wants his friend back"
Ifrit changed back into a human, his red eye's softened, his black hair tied back in a ponytail, being supported by black leather pants, an a button up red silky shirt, "Thank you Master…. Before I go I must warn you, the man that filled me with darkness, is after destroying your light, now you have cleansed me of his evil, I will be by your side to protect and serve you, call on me when you are healed and we will complete the demon lord's pack." With that he vanished as the flames rose up higher, before dying down.
Lucy held a one sided grin on her face, "Mission….complete…." closing her eye's to the darkness that awaited her. She heard the shouts of her mate and Gray, before she was consumed completely.
2 hours later – univille hospital
Steve had been through the whole hospital check up when that crazy pink haired lady had brought him in, explaining to the receptionist, dropped him off on a gurney and then said she had to return to her princess.
That damn Ram was no help either, sure she had made a bed of wool for him to softly land on after Virgo dropped him, but all that did was make him extremely tired. Then once Myka and Pete caught up with them, the two females vanished in a beautiful light of stardust,
He had been fussed over until a nurse ran into his room saying that there was an injured blonde in the lobby, bleeding from her shoulder and unresponsive, being carried by a man with a lightning bolt scar and a topless male. Immediately Steve gave her name as Claudia Donovan, and she had been the one to save him from his captivity.
So now 2 hours later they had been waiting on the results on Lucy's condition, the two fairy Tail Mages was leaning on his hospital wall, the tall blonde with headphones on, a spike coming out of them, while the raven haired one had his arms crossed. Holding the belt that he had seen Claudia wearing before the battle against that monster.
he didn't like these two males one bit, they had just showed up and ordered them about, hadn't these two helped his best friend like they was supposed to? Why was Claudia stuck in the hospital, he gripped the shits so hard, until the blonde spoke, "You should calm down Jinksy, Blondie will be just fine, she's just magically drained in power after sealing that demon back into the key."
"Calm down? CALM DOWN? you said you was going to help her!" Laxus let out a growl, stepping forward but Gray stopped him, "No magic remember bolts, even in America hospitals here are delicate, they run of electric not Lacrima, Listen Man we tried to help but Luce said it was a personal battle to her, she requested we keep out of it and then she beat that beast, but it's not that I'm worried about, it's what that thing said afterwards I'm more worried about."
That made Myka look to him, "What do you mean Gray?" "he said that now the darkness has been cleansed that the person who caused the evil, will be going after the light destroying it, and Luce….she's the heart of fairy Tail, the light in the guild. I think this person is going to try going after her."
"I thought the same thing Stripper, but that bastard won't be going anywhere near my mate, not if I have anything to do with it!" sliding down the white wall, he sat down, one leg spread out, while the other was close to his chest, leaning arm on it. "Once we get back to the Warehouse I'll get in contact with gramps, I'm not even risking a thought projection while in this hospital"
"You know about that to! How much did Claudia tell these people! She knows that the warehouse agents are sworn to secrecy!" but he felt Pete's hand on his shoulder, "Calm down man, we all know what Claudia's like being in a hospital, she'll soon be discharged but it was her determination and Laxus nose on how we was able to save you."
At them words Laxus raised an eye brow, "what do you mean with her being in a hospital?" Before anyone could answer, they heard a scream jumping up he ran out of the room down the hallway with Gray following, once getting to the person who let out the terrifying scream he looked through the window seeing Lucy, being restrained by 2 doctors and deep fear in her eyes.
Quickly he threw the doors open and went to her side, "Sir you can't be in her!" he looked to the woman, then saw she held a needle in her hand, "I damn well can when my wife is being scared shitless by people who are meant to help her."
He went to her bed and quickly picked her up, he could hear her heart racing against her chest, the deep panting indicating it was a panic attack, "Shhhh…I'm here now blondie…"
His scent brought her calm, the fresh pine and forest, her breathing began to steady as she gripped his shirt, "L…Laxus… don…don't let them near me… i…I'm scared."
He nodded and whisked her quickly out of the room, Gray grabbed the girls clothing but was stopped by a doctor with white hair, "Miss Donovan hasn't been discharged yet" the icy stare he received from the ice mage made him cower, "well call this being officially discharged. You've done your job now she's coming with us."
With that he walked out down the hallway back to Steve's room.
Once they reached his room, she immediately calmed down fully but kept her head buried in her mates chest, tears threatening to fall feeling old nightmares would return if she closed them, silence was in the room but he just walked over to Steve, "Blondie?" she felt him lean over placing her on a soft bed, then a very familiar scent hit her nose, but didn't release her grip.
"Wonder girl?" she let out a small chuckle, slowly coming out of her mates chest and looked to Steve, that's when the real water works started seeing his bruised face, and his arms holding his ribs, a busted eye brow and lip, "Jinksy!" she leaned forward gripping him into a one armed hug. Nuzzling her head in his neck, he felt his own tears fill his eyes "I can't believe that you're really here Wonder girl, you saved my arse yet again….. thank you." He placed a kiss in her golden hair before resting his chin there, rubbing small circles on her back.
Everyone even Laxus smiled at the small reunion between the two siblings, it felt so warm and gentle, "I'm here Claud…. I'll fight them nightmares away again for you…" he felt her head nod and then he looked to the two mages, "I'm sorry for snapping, but thank you,"
Two days later – South Dakota Leena's B&B
Both Lucy and Steve had been released from the hospital the previous day and for the whole day they just laid on the sofa of Leena's B&B, being lazy and catching up on the past 8 years, Lucy had explained to him on why she was gone for so long and was shocked to find out that he already knew from the file that Ifrit had on her.
He learned the reasons why she left and understood it, telling her that her destiny called for her to be a Mage so she should just follow her heart, the Buddhism in him couldn't ignore it, he had then met Loke, who popped out of nowhere just to check up on his master. He immediately called him a slim ball pervert, but that just made the lion spirit grin and Lucy laugh, "That's just his nature to be a flirt, but he's dating Aries"
Once the news had reached Artie, he had quickly driven home and gave both a lecture then sat down with a gentle look in his eyes "I'm just glad your both ok, Pete and Myka told me about the fight kiddo, you did great."
But there was a few things playing on Steve's mind, he looked over to the chair, Lucy was reading a book, her legs curled up and what looked like a snow man sat on the arm chair, eating a lollypop, she was wearing a light blue t-shirt, making her tattoo stand out, and pink cargo pants, her right shoulder was in a sling, but apparently it won't be there once she gets to her healer Wendy. Her golden hair thrown up into a neat bun, The gentle look on her face made him smile, it was strange to see her reading a book instead of typing on a laptop like he was normally saw her.
"Hey Claud?" a small hmm came from her lips, indicating she was listening, "Are you really leaving again in 2 weeks?"
She looked up from her book, her eye's filled with a loving look, ever since they both found out that they was siblings they had grown closer, "yeah I am, we told master that it would be a month long S-class mission" he sat up lacing his fingers together, his baby blue eye's looking to the coffee table, where his Peru Tea stood.
"why can't you stay? You're finally back….and the Warehouse?" the god slayer placed a green marker in her book and closed it, standing up she walked over and sat down beside her brother.
"Because Stevie, Fairy Tail and Magnolia is my home, just like you, Fairy Tail is my family, the Warehouse will pick a new caretaker one that will devote themselves to it just like Mrs Fredrick." He sighed taking her hand and placed it over his heart, "I don't want to lose you again Claudia, we just found out that were related…. When you left, and stopped replying to our letters I thought … "
A smile was held on her face, "I know, everyone did I felt so guilty after that time gap with being stuck on Tenoru island, but i can't stay, you know I'm a mage, I use magic I can't stay in a place where I have to hide who I am. You need to understand, also with what Ifrit told me about this Darkness, I need to stop it, I can't just stand by and let it happen"
He stood up looking down to the girl that was no older than when he first met her, "that's…. I can't let you go Claud! I'm not letting you be ripped away from me again," he began pacing the room, she sighed pinching the bridge of her nose, "then come with me"
Steve's eye's widened stopping in his tracks and turned to her, she was rubbing her nose one thing she had found out when Gray was constently stripping yesterday that she would rub her nose when she was getting annoyed, the dark aura everyone had felt off the blonde when she threatened the poor male was something no one wanted to face. "What? Go with you? To a foreign country that I know nothing about?"
She looked up to him and nodded, "You can come and stay with me for a month, if you don't like it in Magnolia you can come back here, Think about it, plus Laxus can't say anything about it, you're kin, and he won't hurt my Kin" she had explained to him what everything meant, between Dragon and God Slayers, he went and sat back down, the offer in his mind and then gave a quick nod turning to her, "Alright, I have vacation time saved up so I'll come with you one month though," he looked back over to the arm chair, seeing the snow man standing up trembling happily, "What do you think Plue?"
"PUUN…PUNN!" the little snow man jumped up and down making both siblings laugh, "so in two weeks be prepared for a long trip, never know Pete and Myka may come also, I have a feeling that even though I'm being separated from the warehouse, it won't be long before I'm reunited with it again." Her words spoke, making him confused but chose to ignore it, he learned a long time ago never to question a caretaker and their instincts with the warehouse.
"Yeah, it's still on the verge of moving to a new location, we just don't know when or where…. I think Mrs Fredrick knows but she's not saying anything" Lucy nodded and leaned into him curling herself up closing her eye's, "she will know….she's the current caretaker…plue… come over here."
The little snow man got down off the arm chair and waddled over to his master, she picked him up and cuddled him, "How about we take a nap with uncle Steve? Tomorrow we are going to be making a new friend…." the snow man nodded and closed his eyes, matching his masters tired body, falling asleep instantly, Steve smiled and kissed her forehead, "sleep well sis…. But who's this new friend?"
With that he leaned back closing his eye's, his arm looped around her waist with Plue slowly crawling into his lap and fell asleep.
When Laxus and Artie entered the room, with a small communications Lacrima in his hand, he looked over to the siblings, and smiled, "We will tell them later about the Warehouse, Don't worry old man, Gramps will protect it till we get there."
Artie patted the blonde on his arm, "I trust that it will, your Grandfather seems a wise man I look forward to meeting him, tomorrow we will get everything packed up and head to Fiora, Pete and Myka are already at the docks, as they took the plane to Florida. Let's just hope…. One of these dark guilds doesn't find out about what the Warehouse holds otherwise the whole world is in danger my boy. You just keep your promise to me that Claudia will be safe…. Once she takes over the position as Caretaker, her connection to the warehouse will be stronger than it already is, meaning she's more prone to being attacked."
Laxus groaned, "Blondie's going to be the death of me…." "I know how you feel Laxus, I know how you feel" With that the man walked upstairs to his room, the blonde dragon slayer walked over to the siblings and took off his fur coat, draping it over them, making sure Plue wouldn't suffocate, and smiled heading off to his bedroom for some sleep himself.
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Awesome! Jinksy is saved! Lucy's small battle was done!
Who's this darkness that wants to destroy Lucy!
What's going to happen with the Warehouse?
Will Steve like Magnolia? Will he be able to handle Team Natsu?
Lucy Wolf Slayer 90 over and out!