Chapter 12: Forecast Calls for Some Fishiness

3rd POV

"WHAT!" screamed Master Makarov, his eyes unusually large, and his jaw dropped. To say he wasn't expecting what Lucy was going to tell him was quite the understatement. Lucy, however, winced slightly at him tone, and volume of voice, and she also winced because she had a feeling she was going to get a reaction like that out of him.

"It's like I said Master, I am quitting the guild," the blonde beauty repeated, not liking the fact that she had to repeat it.

"… why child," the older mage asked, his eyes filled with pain and sadness. He always felt pain emotionally, and sometimes on rare occasions physically too, whenever his brats got hurt, died, or quit the guild. But he knew that not many have actually quit the guild, more like, retired from doing any kind of magic. But here he saw a beautiful girl, who had so much potential, who gave everyone in the guild happiness and kindness, who he has been with through thick and thin, quitting the guild.

"B-because… well, Team Natsu kicked me out of team, and replaced me with Lisanna, and then most of the guild has been ignoring me, except for a select few. And even though it hurts so much to leave the people I believed is family, a few I still believe are, I know this isn't good for me. It's hurting me and causing me to think badly of myself, and so I need to move forward, which brings me to quitting the guild. That way I can start anew, I can moved forward and no longer be near things that have been causing me pain," Lucy explained, dropping her eyes so that she couldn't see the sadness in the eyes of the man who she felt was like a father to her; no, a grandfather.

"I… I understand child," his voice answered, causing the celestial mage to jerk her head upwards. She stared at the smaller man with wide eyes, but then smiled softly at him. "As much as I am going to miss you, I never want any of my children in pain. And if what's been going on in the guild that's causing you pain, then I want you to do what you think will stop the pain. But Lucy, you must remember: you must never reveal sensitive information about Fairy Tail to others for as long as you live, you must never use former contacts met through your being in the guild for personal gain, and though our 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 for as long as you live." By the end of his speech, more salty droplets poured from his glassy eyes. And although Lucy kept her head down, tears fell from her eyes as well.

"Yes, Mas- Makarov," she said. "See you later," she then chocked, knowing she couldn't force herself to say goodbye, and with that, she left his office. She knew she was defiantly going to miss him, but it was time to move on. She walked down the stairs slowly, and then her pace sped up from her chaotic emotions.

The blonde girl looked around the guild once more trying to find a certain Satan Soul barmaid, but she still couldn't see her white haired friend. Lucy smiled faintly, remembering her times with Mira, and left the guild altogether, not entirely sure if she was ever going to step foot in this building again.

After walked a couple blocks away from the building that gave her happiness, then pain, she decided to call out Virgo to see if she was done packing her necessities. "Open, gate of virgin maid, Virgo!" she called, swiping the golden key out.

"Punishment Hime-sama," she asked, cocking her head to the side with the most innocent expression on her face; just like always.

"No punishment Virgo," Lucy answered, smiling slightly at her pink haired spirit's usual antics. "I just wanted to know if you got my things packed."

"Yes I did, they are being kept in the celestial world. Would you like them now princess?" she asked.

"No, thank you Virgo; that'll be all," Lucy said, but was stopped by her unusual friend.

"Brother and I are worried about you princess." She stated, her eyebrows slightly furrowed which showed just how much concern she felt for the celestial mage.

The blonde beauty smiled at Virgo, and placed a hand on her shoulder, smiling as brightly as she could muster, which wasn't nearly as bright considering she still fetl sadness lingering in her form. But in the end, she pushed it away so she could comfort her friend, and show Virgo she was just fine. "Thank you for worrying Virgo, but I'm fine, really."

The pink haired spirit gave her a unbelieving look before disappearing back to her own world, which let Lucy drop the fake smile off her face. She didn't want her spirit friends to be worried about her, she didn't want to be burden to them too, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt when she lied to them, saying that she was alright.

The blonde took in a deep breath of air, and let it go out slowly, composing herself. She then plastered on a fake smile on her cream colored face, and walked the train station, trying to ignore the unsettling feeling in her stomach, and her heart screaming in at her brain to not leave Gajeel; at least without saying goodbye to the hard-headed iron dragon slayer.

Makarov POV

It had only been mere minutes since Lucy left my office, parting ways with Fairy Tail. And at this time, I finally stopped crying. I always hated it when things like this happened to my brats. Now, the girl that is the "Light of Fairy Tail" is gone, and for reasons I don't even know.

I though back to our conversation, and how Lucy told me about Team Natsu kicking her off of the team, and how the guild has started to ignore her. Something was defiantly wrong with this picture. First off, everyone in Team Natsu would sacrifice anything for their blonde haired celestial mage; they loved her; that was obvious. And then there was the guild. It was hard for me to remember a time before Lucy joined the guild. She has made such an impact, and has cared and treated each and every member with respect. I knew it would be extremely hard for them to start ignoring her, after all the positive impact she has made on our guild.

I then remembered her talking about Lisanna replacing her spot on the team. Even though I was well aware that Team Natsu had made a promise about this team happening when they were younger brats, I knew there was no way they would do that. And even if they did have Lisanna join the team, they would still never kick off Lucy; she was the glue that held them together, she was reason as to why they work so well together. And I was sure if it wasn't for her, the brats would be causing way more damage than they do already; something I am thankful of Lucy for. I could barely stand the piles of bills and complaints as it was.

Now, there was something defiantly wrong with this picture. Unless his brats have been cold, heartless, and no longer who they were, they was something that was defiantly up, and I was going to be to the bottom of it. After all, no one hurts my brats and gets away with it. No one.

To be continued…

A/N: I know, it's a short chapter. Sorry! Thank you for reviewing/following/favorite! Reminder: I don't own Fairy Tail, and if I did, I'm sure you can all guess the canon pairing would be GaLu!

To AiMila: Yeah I agree, if I was in Lucy's shoes I would've left the guild too. I mean, what's the point in staying at a place that causes you suffering?

To SuperPsychoNutcase: Well, it's an awesome name. I hope you enjoy this chapter!

To Avita Life: Yeah she is, but Gajeel is just too clueless about love to notice, and well, Lucy is modest when it comes to these things.