A/N thank you for being so patient with me minna! Here's the new chapter as promised! Remember to review kay? :D
Disclaimer - Mashima Hiro owns everything but the plot! :))
Loke's P.O.V
Loke sighed as he passed through the gate and into the bedroom of his favorite celestial mage, he heard the water running in the bathroom and came to the conclusion that she was taking a shower before her departure. Virgo had informed all the spirits that they would be leaving Fairy Tail together with Lucy due to previous events. 'If only I was there to save her...' Loke thought to himself
He knocked on the bathroom door 3 times before growing impatient.
'Princess!'
'L-Loke?! Is that you? What are you doing here!'
'Virgo asked me to bring you your clothes, she's looking for your apartment'
'Oh thank you! Can you leave them on my bed? I'll be out in a minute' She said.
True to her words, she came out soon after she had said clad in her towel, she walked over to her bed and picked up her clothes examining them. In front of her was a burgundy cropped corset, blue ripped denim jeans with chains on the right side and burgundy lace up ankle wedged boots. Lucy smiled 'Perfect!' She walked into her bathroom and came out after ten minutes with her hair dry to the touch, it now reached her waist and curled perfectly at the ends. She smiled at Loke but he didn't miss the look of sadness in her eyes. Lucy stared at Loke intently as she sighed.
'Loke if you want, we can end our contract here, i've been thinking about it for a while that if this day came we should end our contract after all, you're a member of Fairy Tail before my spirit.' She looked away as tears poured down her face, she rubbed her eyes gently 'I promised mama i wouldn't cry anymore' She laughed lightly. Loke walked over and pulled her into a tight hug.
'It's alright Lucy, you don't have to pretend around me, you don't have to hold the tears back around me. You don't have to fake a smile you don't have to do anything, just let it all out i'm going to stand behind you every step of the way not just as your spirit but your friend, even if that means leaving Fairy Tail. Lucy whimpered as she shed the rest of her tears. Loke held her tightly when he heard a loud thump on the door, he looked at her and whispered softly 'Go wash your face, you don't want Wendy seeing you like this right? I'll get the door' She smiled meekly before scurrying into the bathroom.
Loke's P.O.V
I watched as Lucy closed the bathroom door behind her with a click. The knocks started getting louder and faster so i walked over to the front door and swung it open.
'Wendy calm down Lucy's oka- NATSU?!'
Natsu stood in front of me with an expressionless face. His shoulders were slumped and he lacked the enthusiasm he almost always had but i was confused as to why this was. He rubbed his arm as he looked past me.
'Is Luce- Lucy here?'
I sighed at him and shook my head 'she doesn't want to see you' i said coldly.
'She needs to apologise, to Lis, she's been giving her nothing but trouble since Lis returned from Edolas' He stated.
'Lucy doesn't have jackshit to apologise for! It's you guys that need to apologise! Do you even know how much pain she's been in? How much she's suffered?'
'What the hell! I haven't done anything!'
'Exactly my point! While she was suffering you, your team, heck the whole guild didn't do anything you all neglected her! But yesterday, yesterday you did do something, you hurt your own nakama not only physically but mentally as well, you're disgusting and a hypocrite. You don't deserve anything but the dirt underneath your feet' i spat.
Natsu clenched his fists and raised them to punch me but before he could land a hit, i punched him square on in the face and slammed the door after saying 'I'm Leo the Lion, spirit specialising in battle and i've been waiting to do that for a very long time.'
I groaned as i flopped down on to Lucy's bed and let out a contented sigh. I covered my eyes with my arm as i waited for Lucy to come out. Thoughts started to run through my mind and i played back the past events, I clenched my fists as I remembered the way the guild treated Lucy and the way they talked about her, I remembered how i couldn't even do anything. I heard the faint click of a door and sat up, Lucy was fully dressed and had blood red lipstick on with a simple smokey eye, she looked different but as soon as she smiled at me i felt at ease, this was still the same Lucy and she was as beautiful as ever. She winked at me playfully before saying.
'Shall we go? Wendy is waiting for us outside Fairy Tail!'
I nodded in agreement and walked towards her front door.
'Thank you Loke'
I turned around and winked at her. 'No problem princess' She laughed lightly before grabbing her keys and her whip, she left her house key on her dressing table as well as 70,000 jewels for this months rent. I grabbed her suitcase and we left the room she had been occupying for the last year or so.
I watched as Lucy walked along the edge of the river, laughed and shook my head at her.
'You never learn do you princess' I ran beside her and took her hand in mine. 'Don't tell me you want to fall in just so the handsome Loke can rescue you again?' She snorted and hit my head lightly. She stuck her tongue out at me and blew a raspberry.
'So how's Aries doing?' She said as i blushed and looked away. 'Aha! so you DO like her!' She giggled.
Lucy's P.O.V
I laughed as Loke blushed when Aries was mentioned, despite the fact that I was laughing, Loke could tell I was worried for him and said 'Don't worry Lucy, this is my decision as well, I'm sick of Fairy Tail. They've changed.' I gave him a reassuring smile and ran ahead as I spotted Wendy and Charle waiting outside the guild.
'Ohayo nee-san!' Wendy shouted while waving frantically.
'Hello Wendy-chan! where's all your stuff?' I replied.
'e-ehh i haven't finished packing yet, i was looking into new guilds, there's one in the town where our apartment is, it's called Sabertooth, you'll see it when you get there, we'll meet you there after this okay? I need to finish packing up so you can go first' Wendy said.
'Okay! Shall we go in then?' I looked up at the guild and sighed sadly 'We'd better get this done and over with as fast as possible' I looked at Loke who had made his way by my side and he took my hand in his reassuring me things would be okay. Wendy walked behind me as we pushed open the doors of the guild. Everyone turned to look at us and at once Natsu approached me.
'I don't know who you are but you're way too hot to be with him.' I glared at him and punched him in the face sending him flying across the room. Everyone just looked at me mouth agape. 'Who are you?!'
Anger built up inside me but then i remembered that i had changed my outer appearance. I replied in the calmest voice i could manage 'It's me Lucy Heartfilia.'
'L-Lucy?'
'That's Lucy?!'
I sighed and made my way to the Masters office, my heart sped up and my chest tightened. I squeezed Loke's hand and knocked on his door.
'Master it's me Lucy, Loke, Wendy and Charle are here too' We opened the door and walked in one by one, he looked angry but as soon as he saw me his eyes softened.
'Master I-'
'Don't worry child, i know why you're here' He jumped off his chair and made his way over to us. 'there are 3 rules you must abide by when leaving Fairy Tail. One, you must never reveal sensitive information about Fairy Tail to others for as long as you live' He coughed as his eyes watered up. 'Two, you must never use former contacts met through your being in the guild for personal gain' By the third rule he was crying. 'Th-Three, though out paths may have diverged, you must continue to live out your life with all your might, you must never consider your own life to be something insignificant and you must never forget about your friends who loved you'
Everyone was crying apart from me but i held my head high as i tried to hold back the tears, it would only make leaving harder. 'Thank you Master, for being the fatherly figure i needed in my life, for treating us like your own children, for protecting us over the months or years we have been here' I pulled him into a tight hug and soon we were having a group hug in his office, I laughed lightly as we let go. Master recited a spell and our guild marks faded into nothing.
'you can return any time you please' I nodded at him and smiled. We turned to leave but i turned back and handed Master 3 letters, addressed to Natsu, Levy and Mira. I then handed him his own letter which included contact details. I hugged him one last time and walked out the door meeting Loke and Wendy. I smiled at them. 'Shall we go?' This time I took Wendy's hand as she continued to sniffle. We walked down the stairs onto the first floor, some looked at me with guilty eyes but a larger majority just glared at me. I exchanged glances with Levy for a brief second. It hurt that she as my best friend didn't do anything but I understood her. I left the guild and parted ways with Wendy and Charle. 'we'll meet you there okay Wendy?' She nodded as Charle flew her back to Fairy Hills.
A/N Thank you for reading! 4th chapter will be up ASAP! :D
