IMPORTANT NOTICE AGAIN: I've updated the poll again, due to people requesting for another ending, so please go take another look and vote again if you fancy. :)

Also, will be increasing the relationship between Lucy and both men, and will include my own ideas on their pasts, so prepare the kleenex and chocolates, it's going to be a bumpy ride!

Also, the matchmaker wars shall commence between Mira and Master, so look out for the funnys, maybe! ;) xx

As always, thanks a lot for all of your support, this wouldn't be this far along without you all and your opinions shoving me on! Thanks again! xx :)

Mira's POV

I smiled discreetly to myself as I watched the Raijinshuu table carefully. Ever and Freed weren't there, both talking to Lucy animatedly and arguing between themselves as Lucy looked on and laughed at their conversation.

Laxus and Bickslow were both sitting at their usual table, and I could see Bickslow watching her very closely.

My mind was dancing with images of their beautiful babies...

'Laxus! Come to my office!' Master called form the balcony, and I grinned as he finally got up to leave, leaving his empty beer tankard on the table.

I made my way over to their table, and grabbed the beer mug as I smiled down at Bickslow.

'Good to see you back to your usual self Bickslow.' I said, smiling gently and concealing my desperate glee.

He looked at me through his mask and smirked, raising his beer before taking a swig. I sighed animatedly and glanced across to Lucy with a worried look.

'I wish someone would teach her how to fight though, she asked me to find someone to help coach her. I would, but the bar is so busy now, and we're talking about opening it up to the public to help with finances. I would ask Erza, but she's busy with a certain blue headed mage at every spare opportunity... if only someone would just teach her some basic self defence...' Bickslow was pretending to ignore me, but I could tell from his tense body and concentrated look towards Lucy that he hung on my words like a fish on a hook.

Now to reel him in... I sighed again, shrugging my shoulders and smiling at him.

'Ah well. I guess I could ask Natsu, Gray... maybe Hibiki or Loke. They like Lucy enough, and know how to fight. I can book some private sessions in the guild training area for them too; I know Lucy was showing an interest in the new booking system...' I watched him very closely, and didn't miss how he tensed at the mention of the other men's names.

'Lucy would be so grateful for the help. Ah, I can see it now! This will be such a good chance for me to pair her up with someone!' I faked pure excitement and squealed quietly. I saw him frown and glare at some of the men who sat around the guild before coughing and smirking up at me.

'I'll give her some pointers Mira.' I paused and pretended to consider it, frowning slightly.

'Are you sure Bickslow? I wouldn't want to inconvenience you... I'm sure I heard the Trimens were taking a hiatus from jobs... I wouldn't want to take up your time, and with three trainers from such a prestigious team, I'm sure Lucy would improve very quickly-'

'I can handle it Mira. I have savings from jobs with Laxus, so I can take a break to train cosplayer, no problem!' I smiled and nodded at him, thanking him before walking away with Laxus's empty tankard.

Inside my mind though, I was screaming, and couldn't help but grin as I walked back behind the bar.

Mission Accomplished. Now to bet them alone...

Cana's POV

I looked up when I saw Mira walking towards me, and was about to shout out a hello and another order for beer, when I saw the grin she had plastered across her face.

I froze, and quickly lowered my hand, hunching over the bar as I wearily watched her skip behind the bar.

I shuddered as I recalled the last time she'd had such an expression; it was when she thought she'd found her ultimate pairing. That always ended in a disaster.

I groaned, and motioned for Kinana to come over, and asked her for another three barrels of beer, glancing across at the smirking Mira as she washed and dried a tankard.

'Mavis help whoever she has in her sights!' I thought, before grabbing the first barrel from Kinana and began to down it in one.

I needed to hide from that expression in the sweet floaty bliss of alcohol.

Master Makarov's POV

'Laxus! Come to my office!' I shouted from the balcony, and watched as he glanced at Bickslow, draining the last of his beer and walked up the stairs.

I grinned, before bouncing off of the railing and quickly going to sit in my office behind my desk.

I smiled as he entered my office and threw his body into a chair, slumping back and folding his arms, his sound pod at rest around his neck.

I looked at the man before me, and felt pride swelling in my heart. From the small child I'd raised, he'd grown into a fine man with a kind heart, with a few slip ups along the way, he'd become a great man who could be worthy to continue the legacy of Fairy Tail after Gildarts; if that stubborn mage would come and face the responsibility I'd allotted him. After I told him I wanted him to be the next master, he'd promptly ran off on a long S-class mission.

'What's up Gramps?' His voice interrupted my musings, and I snapped back into reality.

I smiled at Laxus slightly before turning serious.

'I'm glad Lucy is back, thank you for your help in that endeavour.' He jerked his head upwards in acknowledgment, and narrowed his eyes.

'That's not all you've got to tell me, is it old man?' I smirked at his suspicious look and chuckled slightly.

'Very observant Laxus.' I said as I sobered up my cheerful demeanour to try to appear the slightest bit serious.

'As you know, Lucy absorbed a lot of magic from Tenroujima. I'll skip the details, but a portion of that magic she absorbed from Tenrou has fused with her own magic, and has become part of her. Obviously, this has made her magic far more powerful than she's used to.' Laxus was now leaning forward and frowning, as he took in my words, before leaning back and smiling.

'So blondie's stronger now huh?' He asked, laughing slightly before cutting himself off as he saw the seriousness on my face.

'Lucy isn't used to the great increase in power this has given her. If she's not careful, she could hurt herself or others around her. We have no idea whether this has given her new abilities, or if it's only strengthened her celestial magic.' I saw him frown and he began to fiddle with the controls of his sound pod beneath his cloak, a sure sign that he was bothered, and thinking. I felt excitement and joy well up in my stomach, but repressed it desperately.

'I'm not sure how we're going to help her. I was thinking of asking Hibiki to come and teach her more about what this could mean for her using his Archive magic, and then asking Natsu or Gray to help her learn how to control her magic properly.' Laxus scoffed and folded his arms across his chest one again, looking at me in disbelief.

YES! I thought as I knew what he was about to say.

'Why involve another guild? We don't want them learning of any new abilities she has till she can control them; and really Gramps? Natsu or Gray teach control? Natsu and the word control don't belong in the same universe, let alone the same sentence. It's the same way for Ice boy; their just as bad as a rampaging Vulcan in a hot springs. I'll teach blondie how to control her damn magic; how you could even think those two would help is beyond me old man. They'd probably make it worse. Are you going senile already Gramps?' He rambled on continuously about how they would lower Lucy's IQ if they spent more time with her than they already did, and about how they were useless where control was concerned. In my head I was whooping and planning the wedding already, seeing my great-grandkids big brown eyes and perfect golden hair, of course, I kept my stoic expression on my face as Laxus kept on bashing Gray and Natsu's abilities.

'Okay Laxus. You do realise that you will have to get to know her if you are to train her. You need to know her magic and how her mood affects her output. Also, I don't want her to know about my worries; you'll need to pass it off as you asking her to train with you.' He nodded before getting up and walking out.

'See ya gramps; I got a blondie to train.' As soon as the door shut, I felt my grin stretch across my face and I leapt up onto my desk, knocking over the mountains of paperwork, but not caring as I threw my fists into the air yelling.

YES! Guaranteed beautiful great-grandchildren!

Lucy's POV

I looked around, sensing a pair of eyes digging into me, only to see Mira cleaning up a tankard and smiling kindly at me as she gave me a wave. I grinned at her and waved back, before listening to Freed and Ever argue some more.

Man, it's so good to be back! I thought to myself, smiling as I watched them argue, reminding me a lot of how Natsu and Gray argued all the time, but with less fire, ice and fists.

Suddenly, Bix sat next to me, his babies hovering to touch my shoulder before squealing my name and laughing as Bix lifted his mask from over his eyes to grin at me.

'Hey cosplayer, heard from Mira you want some combat training. Fancy learning some moves from me, eh?' He waggled his eyebrows suggestively, and I glared as I playfully slapped him on the arm.

'What kind of "moves" are we talking about here?' I asked, narrowing my eyes as I tried to hold back my smile at his flirtatious play.

'Well, I know all the basic martial arts, bit of everything really. Considering you're small, could probably teach you some Judo, bit of Karate maybe. Fancy it cosplayer?' I laughed at him as he flexed his muscles. He was wearing a sleeveless top today with his usual armour, and his muscular arms bulged as he tensed. I felt my heart speed up, and started toughing to try and hold back my flush.

Why are you reacting like this? It's just Bix! Stop it Lucy! I ignored the thoughts zooming around my head, and the implications behind them as I smiled up at Bix.

'Hm. Sounds interesting; learning Judo and Karate, not the pervy advances.' I grinned as he winked at me.

'You know you love it cosplayer!' He whispered huskily as he leaned in. I felt my body freeze and my hearts skip a beat, before I narrowed my eyes and shoved him away, unable to hide my blush this time around. He chuckled quietly before walking over to Mira.

'I'll book us a time tomorrow. Be here by 10 tomorrow morning cosplayer, got it?' I nodded and grinned at him as his babies repeated his words around my head.

I watched as Bix talked to Mira, before grinning at her and turning to whistle for his babies, who'd hung around my head, and gave me a wave as he left the guild grinning.

'Lucy-sama, would you like another strawberry milkshake?' Freed asked suddenly, looking at me with pure admiration like he did with Laxus. I held my hands up and shook my head.

'No, no, no, I'm fine Freed! Really! I can get it myself if I want another one.' I smiled shakily as Freed's face dropped before turning stony as Ever laughed at him.

'See? I told you she wouldn't want you grovelling around her like you do Laxus!' Freed glared at her before straightening up and resuming his argument with her. Ever gave him her famous haughty look and sneered as he logically set down every single one of her points, before she finally broke and started a screaming fit.

'I'm the true Fairy of Fairy Tail! How dare you go against me!?' I giggled quietly as I slipped away, letting them continue arguing as I took my empty glass over to Mira, who smiled as I approached, ducking a flaming table Natsu had thrown at Gray during one of their usual spats. I saw it smack Erza in the back of the head, and her face smashed into her strawberry cake. For a moment, she was still, before she sat up, cream plastered to her face as she turned with a dark aura to beat up Natsu and Gray.

I laughed as Lisanna scolded Gray and Natsu before Erza could lay her hands on them. Her quick intervention was perfectly timed, and she turned to comfort Erza, offering her another pate of cake she had as backup.

'Hey Mira. Lisanna has a great hold over them three, doesn't she?' I said, grinning as Erza calmed down and took her fresh cake to a corner to eat it without disturbance.

'She sure does.' Mira said, smiling softly at her little sister, before turning to grin at me.

'I told you I'd find you a good trainer, didn't I? Bickslow is seriously great at hand-to-hand combat, despite what Loke said during the Thunder Palace thing, he's really a great fighter. He knew ages ago his magic was mostly long range, and improved on his close combat skills to make up for it.' I smiled at her as she bragged about how good Bix was at fighting, shutting off after the first few minutes of her praise.

If I didn't know any better I'd say she was trying to set me up with him... My thoughts were suddenly interrupted as Laxus shouted out for me.

'Oi, blondie! Tomorrow, 10am, training, here. Don't be later, got it?' Before I could decline, he walked out of the guild and lightning teleported away.

Mira was silent as she stared after him, before glaring for some reason.

'Well, that's going to be awkward.' I muttered, turning to sip on the milkshake Mira had made for me.'

'How dare he just command you like that! I'm going to-' I held up my hand to cut her off and smiled, dispelling her dark, murderous aura that had caused most of the guild members to choke on their drinks or food in fear.

'It's alright Mira. I'll explain it to them both in the morning and I can have two trainers. I'll get stronger quicker this way then.' I grinned as I turned and walked back to my table with Freed and Ever, who had been joined by Lisanna, Gray and Natsu with Happy.

'Lucy-sama! I could have gotten you your drink! There was no need for you to expend your energy on such a menial task!' Freed whined as I sat down between him and Natsu.

'Lucy-sama?' Happy scoffed, giggling as Freed glared at him and fingered the hilt of his sword, eyeing up the flying blue cat.

'Luce, I'm huuunnngryyyy, come feed me!' Natsu whined, throwing an arm over my shoulders and groaning in mock hunger.

'Remove your filthy hands from Lucy-sama! She is far too important to bow to your whims!' I laughed as Freed leapt up, glaring at Natsu, who just looked between me and Freed before laughing, and cutting himself off as his stomach grumbled loudly.

He looked at me pleadingly, his large puppy eyes watering slightly.

I groaned, unable to resist that begging look.

'Fine! Anyone else want to come?' I asked, and wasn't too surprised when Freed and Ever stood, along with Gray, Lisanna and Erza, who'd emerged from her corner after finishing her cake.

'I'm going to have to go shopping.' I muttered, walking out of the guild with my troop of guests following me.

It's going to be far too expensive for me to feed two teams... I groaned in my mind, before accepting the inevitable and calculating the money I had in my bank account and how much I would have left after the meal tonight.

Mira's POV

I glared as Laxus left, but quickly stopped my evil thoughts when Lucy calmed me down. I watched as she grinned and left with her milkshake to sit at her table.

I frowned, before turning my head to face the balcony above me, sensing Master sitting in his office.

He seems very happy for some reason... wait! He just spoke to Laxus! He can't be... oooohhh no he doesn't!

I glared up towards his office, as I realised why Laxus had suddenly asked Lucy to train with him.

HE'S RUINING MY SHIP! I screamed in my head as I felt a glass shatter in my hands.

You shall not win this one Master! Bickslow and Lucy are going to have their black-blue streaked haired babies with brown eyes, and I shall be their godmother!