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Lucy looked at Master Makarov from the corner of her eye, as he drank another cup of sake. Master Makarov was worried, she could tell. She sighed, as she rested her head on her hand that was propped up on the table, where she, Erza, Gray, Happy, Elfman, and Cana were sitting at. The were talking about the current situation.

"Master seems more stressed than usual," Erza said, as they all nodded in agreement. She had been one of the first people to go search for the missing pair, as well as Gray, Max, Elfman, and Gajeel. Lucy was on the second team to look for the pair with Team Shadow Gear.

Mirajane wanted to come along with the searching teams, but Elfman convinced her that the guild needed her instead and "a real man goes and looks for his missing sister!".

"So is nee-san," Elfman said, gesturing to a still-working Mirajane, as she served more sake to Macao and Wakaba, where they told Mirajane something inaudible to Lucy, and Mirajane shook her head. Lucy watched as Mirajane walked away from the pair, and rushed back to the bar. Lucy turned her attention back to the group.

"Well why aren't you worried, Elfman?" Lucy asked, which caught the groups attention.

Elfman stood quiet for a while before answering. "Because he's a man who can take care of her!" He said, which left Lucy confused before she realized he was referring to Natsu.

Gray sighed. "As much as I hate to admit it, Flame-brain may be the most dumbest person I know, but I know that he has the capability to protect Lisanna."

Erza nodded. "Natsu would do anything to protect the ones he cares about. Lisanna has always been the reason for his motivation to fight for his nakama." Erza smiled. "But now that it's actually Lisanna, I bet he would go far and back just for her."

Cana put down the cup that she had drank sake out of minutes ago on the table, and wiped some sake that fallen from her cup to the outside of her mouth with the back of her hand and gave a drunken' smile, "I remember when they first became "parents" after Happy was born."

Erza smiled. "He's was the center of attention. Everyone wanted to look at the 'baby dragon'."

Gray chuckled. "I heard that they even built a hut somewhere in Magnolia where they raised Happy. Apparently Lisanna built it because squinty eyes was too stupid to know how to make one."

"Lisanna was a man even when she was little." Elfman commented.

"Is that true Happy?" Lucy asked, turning her attention to the exceed next to her.

The said cat, who hadn't said anything the whole time, didn't respond. He in a sitting position with his arms crossed, as he looked at his feet. His expression on his face worried.

"Happy..." Lucy said, as she waved her hand in front of his face, which broke Happy out of his trance.

"Eh?" He asked as everyone looked at him worriedly.

"Are you okay Happy?" Erza asked him. Happy nodded.

"Aye! It's just that Natsu better come back home with Lisanna so we can go fishing!" Happy exclaimed, and everyone in the table laughed.

"You only care about Natsu and Lisanna because they give you fish?" Lucy said between laughs, and Happy turned around and flew away while saying, "You're mean Lucy~!"

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Under the island where Natsu and Lisanna were both exploring again, as they tried to find a way home back to Magnolia, a dark room was being lit by small candles. A little girl with green hair around the age of eight, who was wearing a dark purple cloak, hid behind a corner and silently watched as two people were in that room, plotting out the next phase of their plan.

"When will we need the girl?" A man asked, as he sat on a large dark red chair chair. His eyes watching the other man's every movement. He had dark blue hair that covered his left eye, while his right eye was visible, showing black orbs.

"Well," the other man, in a black cloak said as he kneeled down to his master, not looking at him in the eye, "the ritual will be complete in fourteen days, but we will need the girl the tomorrow, if we plan to get a head start."

The man on the chair nodded as listened to this, "Is this just good news, or is there some bad news that you aren't telling me, Koby?"

Koby nodded his head. "There is just one problem, Sir Deliquoro. The girl, Lisanna Strauss, has a companion with her. The Salamander of Fairy Tail, Natsu Dragneel."

Deliquoro looked interested. "What about him?"

"He's a Fire Dragon slayer, sir. And he's most known for destroying Oracion Seis, with the help of three other guilds, Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus, and Cait Shelter." Koby answered, as he stood up. His green eyes staring at his master's black one.

"Kill him while you get the girl." Deliquoro answered. "But one thing, how can we speed up time for the ritual?"

Koby smirked. "Lyora has found a way to speed up time by using her Time-Magic. She will create a big dark bubble, where once we enter inside, each thirty minutes inside, is actually a day in the real world. So we wouldn't have to wait exactly for fourteen days, making this much easier."

Deliquoro listened carefully, "So what you're saying is that we only have to stay in that bubble for 7 hours, and the ritual day will come early?"

Koby nodded. "Exactly, Sir Deliquoro."

Deliquoro evilly smiled. "This is very good news. Thank you, Koby. Looks like she'll come back sooner than expected."

The girl frowned and shook her head, her hoodie moved too. She slowly walked opposite of the room, and was instantly met by a tall young man with orange spiky hair. He was covered in a black cloak just like Koby's, with only his face showing, and a sword strapped on his right hip. His chocolate brown eyes pierced into her shocked blue ones.

"What are you doing here?" The young man hissed, which made the girl flinch. "Do you know what would happen if you got caught?"

"I know that, Damien." The girl whispered back, "But I need to warn them. I don't want anyone to get hurt because of my problems."

Damien sighed, "Even when you're spirit, you're still stopping him from doing something evil."

The girl lightly smiled. "Thanks Damien." As she walked a bit forward, there was a crack in the ceiling, and she transformed into a green butterfly. "You know," the green butterfly whispered in a squeaky voice to Damien, "even when you're still alive, you're still a good best friend." And with that, the butterfly flew away.

Damien smirked. "I know."

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"Ugh. I'm tired Natsu." Lisanna said as she stretch herself while walking back to camp, while Natsu followed closely beside her. Even as they flew over the island, and away from the island, they still found no other island nearby, which was strange for Lisanna.

"I want to beat up more things." Natsu whined, as he kept himself from trying to sit on the ground. As they walked forward, they didn't notice the same green-haired eight year old from before, watching them from atop of a tree, that blended with her hair color.

"Hello..." She softly called out and Natsu and Lisanna instantly stopped walking, while looking around them. Natsu glared at some trees around him around him and Lisanna eyed everything around them carefully, as they braced themselves for any fighting.

"Who are you?!" Natsu yelled, as he tried to find any scent of another person on the island. But he found none.

"We aren't going to hurt you," Lisanna called out, "we just want to know who you are." The girl hesitated for a moment, before slowly turning into a green monkey with blue eyes (A/N. Weird I know.), and swung out the tree. When she reached the bottom, she turned back into her human form, and slowly walked over to the two young mages.

"Hi there." She said, and Natsu and Lisanna instantly jumped. Natsu threw a punch at her, when his hand just passed through.

"Huh?!" Natsu said, obviously confused. Lisanna looked at the girl, frightened. The girl saw Lisanna's expression and quickly waved both of hands in front of her face.

"No no no! I'm not here to hurt you Lisanna!" Wrong move.

"H-How do you know my name?" Lisanna asked, but her fear began to melt away when she saw the little's girls sad expression. Natsu instantly stepped in front of Lisanna and protectively hugged her waist. His hand now ignited in flames, as he glared at the girl.

"What do you want with us?" Natsu asked, as the little girl slowly backed away.

"I-I'm not here to hurt you! Honest!" The little girl whimpered, and Lisanna felt pity for the girl. Lisanna slowly removed Natsu's arm, and slowly walked toward the girl.

"Lisanna?" Natsu said, confused. But when he also saw the eight year old's expression, he put out his flaming hand and lightly smiled. 'Lisanna would never change about caring about other people,' he thought, 'that's what I love about her.' Natsu instantly blushed when he thought that.

"I'm sorry," Lisanna said, as she bent down to her knees so she could be at an eye-to-eye level with her. "We're just a bit cautious of who we meet. My name is Lisanna and Strauss. And this fire-breathing boy," Lisanna giggled as she pointed to Natsu, "is Natsu Dragneel. We're both from Fairy Tail."

"I know that," the girl said quietly, but smiled. "I'm Hikari. I'm a spirit, though I can still use magic, and I sort of live on this island." Her blue eyes looked at the two mages, and asked, "What kind of magic do you use?"

"I'm a Fire Dragon Slayer!" Natsu happily exclaimed, and Lisanna smiled, remembering about how Natsu lit up whenever someone asked him about his type of magic.

'Just like when we were kids.' Lisanna thought, as Natsu explained more about his Dragon-Slayer magic.

"I'm also trying to look Igneel. He's the dragon that raised me." Lisanna could hear a bit of sadness in his voice, and that made her frown a bit. Natsu still missed him. In her mind at that moment, Lisanna made a promise that she would help Natsu find Igneel. If that's would make him happy, she thought, than she would do anything to help find him.

"And what're you Lisanna?"

"Huh?" Lisanna snapped out of her trance, and looked at Hikari. "G-Gomen, I was just thinking about something."

Hikari smirked. "Were you thinking about a special someone?" Lisanna instantly blushed, and covered her burning cheeks.

"N-No!" She said. "Anyway, I'm an animal Take-Over mage." Lisanna said, trying to change the subject.

Hikari's eyes lit up. "Really?!"

"Yup." Lisanna smiled, as Natsu also smiled.

"I'm one too!" Hikari exclaimed, and Lisanna smiled wider.

"That's so amazing! What animals can you change into?!" Hikari excitedly asked.

"A bird, a fish, a rabbit, a huge penguin, a mermaid-" Lisanna counted with her fingers as she named them all off.

"You can change into a mermaid too?!" And that started a conversation.

Unfortunately, that conversation got too long for Natsu's taste and he began to grow bored. Seeing Natsu's expression, Lisanna then decided for the three of them to go back to camp, and have dinner there.

"But there's something I need to tell you guys first though..." Hikari sighed, and began to explain about Deliquoro's plan, as Natsu and Lisanna began to grow serious. When she finished, Natsu began to grow worried.

"Why do they want Lisanna?" Natsu finally asked after the long silence. Lisanna felt scared about everything, and was wondering the same question. To tell the truth, Natsu was worried.

"I don't know." Hikari said, as Natsu clenched his fists. Why would they want Lisanna? His Lisanna. Natsu shook his head at the thought. 'Why do I keep referring Lisanna as mine?' Natsu thought.

"Don't worry you guys," Natsu looked up to see Lisanna lightly smiling, "we'll talk about this later. But for now, let's go eat. I'm starving." And so, the group walked back to camp.

But what was oblivious to both Natsu and Hikari, was that Lisanna felt uneasy about all of this.

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Natsu still stayed awake even after he forced himself to sleep. They had already had dinner, and had gone to sleep over an hour ago. Hikari was sleeping beside Lisanna, her peach arms now covered by her purple cloak, as she was asleep. Natsu slowly sat couldn't stop thinking about how they would hurt Lisanna.

"Are you okay, Natsu?" Natsu instantly turned to his left, where Lisanna sat up while rubbing her eyes and yawning.

"Yea." Natsu answered. "It's nothing to worry about. Go back to sleep."

But being the caring, stubborn Lisanna she was, she didn't.

"Natsu, there is something on your mind that your're not telling me. And I hate it!" Lisanna raised her voice a bit, which shocked Natsu. He'd never seen Lisanna get worked up over something. Lisanna swallowed a lump in her throat before continuing, "You've been ignoring me ever since I came back. You hardly even talk to me anymore!"

"L-Lisanna..."

"I know you're busy with other stuff, and you now have a Team Natsu, but can't you at least consider my feelings?! Do you know how it feels like to be gone away from the people you love for two years?" Lisanna felt tears roll down her cheeks and quickly wiped them. "And when you come back, your best friend acts like nothing happened? Like your unimportant to him? It hurts Natsu. It really does."

Natsu then felt the emotion he didn't ever want to feel. Guilt. How could he have done this to her? How could he have made her cry like this, make her feel like she wasn't important? Make her feel like she was just trash to him. Her sobs grew, and with that, Natsu's guilt.

As Lisanna cried, she felt two arms wrap around her. She slowly looked up to see Natsu looking away from her.

"Natsu..." She said quietly.

"I'm sorry Lisanna. That I made you feel like that." Natsu started, and looked into her eyes, "You're not unimportant to me. You're the most important person in my life. You are the reason why I protect my nakama. You are the reason for everything I do."

Lisanna sniffled and lightly smiled. "So I'm the reason you destroy things?"

Natsu blushed. "N-Not like that!" He sighed when he heard her giggle. But his tone went back to serious. "But don't ever think you're unimportant to me. Because you are important to me. You're my..."

Lisanna waited for him to finish, her heart racing.

"...best friend." Natsu said bluntly, and that killed Lisanna. But she didn't show it.

"O-Oh." She said quietly. She forced herself to smile. "That's nice Natsu."

Natsu nodded, though he noticed the forced smiled and frowned. 'What did I say wrong?' He thought.

"But I want you to remember this," Natsu said seriously, and Lisanna paid attention to Natsu, "if I can't defeat them all Lisanna...I want you to run away and leave the island."

"What?!" Lisanna loudly said, and instantly covered her mouth. She looked at Hikari next to her and saw that she was still asleep. "Natsu I'm not going to leave you-"

"I'm not asking you do it Lisanna, I'm telling you too." Natsu snapped, and Lisanna stood there in shock. "I don't want you to get hurt. So please...just run away."

After a few moments of silence, Lisanna finally nodded. "Alright." She slowly laid down and closed her eyes. Natsu watched as her back faced him, and he felt guilty for snapping at her. But it was for her, he didn't want to see her get hurt, no, scratch that, he'd murder anyone who dared to even try to hurt her. He too laid down and closed his eyes.

"Goodnight Lisanna..." Natsu whispered, but no response came. His heart broke in half. As he fell asleep, he thought about what he wanted to say to her before.

"You're my...

"...wife, remember?"

Aaaand DONE! YES, FINALLY!

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