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Chapter 6

Sting's POV

Upon seeing his eyes landed on Lucy, I couldn't help but to clench both of my fists and teeth as I tried to suppressed a growl. I didn't know why I didn't like the sight of it. I just wanted to jump down to the battlefield and plumber the guy down.

I couldn't help but to feel a dark presence coming out from him. So is Tigers Claw really after her? And if they are, for what reasons? I turned my gaze over to Lucy and I saw she was looking at him. After a few seconds, she turned around and started walking away. I presume she was going to head down and I don't know what came over me that I wanted to stop her from going so I grabbed hold of her wrist. That deep big beautiful eyes bore into me as she looked over her shoulders at me.

"Do you really have to go? You're still recovering from yesterday." I managed to cough up a reason, hoping it would stop her from going.

"Yes Sting and I'm fine, trust me." Her eyes were strong and determined. It was no use to stop her so I reluctantly released my hold from her wrist. She smiled at me before turning back to walk away again.

"Sting." Yukino came to my side and placed her hand on my shoulder. "She'll be fine." I just clenched my fists as I tried to calm myself down. The cheers increased so I took that Lucy has reached her destination. I turned back to face the battlefield, not bothering to sit down at all. Worried crept throughout me so I decided to stand up and watch her battle as I leaned against the railings.

"Well, well. Shall we get down to business?" I saw Lucy smirked upon his remark before taking one of her keys out. Thank God dragon slayers have good hearing.

"Don't take me too lightly because I'm a girl." Which caused him to laugh out loud.

"Oh don't worry Lucy Heartifllia, I'm not planning to." And he got his sword out, swinging it at her which she managed to dodge it swiftly.

"Open to the gate of Scorpio!" She shouted as she called her key out.

"We are! How are you Lucy?" Her spirit greeted her as he appeared on the battlefield.

"I'm fine. Let's go!" She ran to the side which gotten her spirit to blast at him with some sand magic, creating a storm. I could see at the corner of my eyes that she sneaked up at this side and gave him a kick, sending him flying back. I couldn't help but smile victoriously. That's my girl.

"Oh my, what a wonderful start by Lucy." I heard the commentator said.

"Of course, after all she was from the powerful guild previously." The other commentator commented back.

She was back with her spirit as they stood side by side of each other. Haru, I managed to get his name from Yukino earlier, slowly stood up and wiped his mouth. He got his sword out and started to swing across which created some powerful magic ray. It was coming at her with full force but she wasn't reacting nor moving.

"Lucy!" I shouted. Just get out of there damn it, what are you doing?! Before I knew it, a blast erupted which caused the whole battlefield to be filled with smoke. I stood my ground as I scanned the whole battle arena, looking for her desperately. Once the smoke was gone, the only person stood there was Haru.

"Oh my, that was a powerful blast by none other than Haru. But wait? Where's Lucy?" I have the same thought. Suddenly, someone emerges from the ground. Lucy was being carried by a girl with pink hair in a maid's outfit. Everyone cheered upon seeing her. I couldn't help but to smirk. She's a damn stubborn girl alright.

"I'll make my way now hime. Just call me again if you need me." She bowed down at Lucy before disappearing.

"You think that can defeat me?" She taunted. "You're way too early to go up against me."

"Don't get ahead of yourself Lucy." Haru replied back as he rested his sword on his shoulder. To be honest, both he and Lucy didn't have an ounce of tiredness displayed on their body or face. "I was just getting started myself too."

"Just one question though before we get serious." I heard Lucy questioned. "Was your guild the one to go after me yesterday?" I saw Haru's lips slowly turned a smirk.

"So what if we were?" So we're right.

"Why?"

"It's just part of our job. No reason."

"So someone send you. Hmph, it will take a lot to break me down." Lucy took two of her keys out. "Come my two best men! Open to the gate of Caprico and the gate of Lion, Leo!"

Two of her spirits appeared, one looked like a normal human being while the other was a man with a goat face. Each of them stood at her side and to be honest, they looked real strong.

"Wow… It seems Lucy has gotten really strong from last time." Yukino commented as she stood at my side.

"How do you know?"

"I can feel it. From one celestial mage to another." I looked back down at the battlefield where Lucy stood, tall and proud. I couldn't help but admire her determination. I guess this is where she got after she struggled to get back on her own two feet when Fairy Tail disbanded. She can beat the crap out of this guy, no sweat.

"GO LUCY!"

Lucy's POV

I could clearly hear Sting cheering for me. I didn't want to be rude or anything but if I happened to just turn my gaze away to look at him, I might lose my concentration and that would leave me open for Haru to land an attack on me. I just smiled to myself, hoping he saw that. I got my Fleuve d'etoiles out because it was time that I finally battle with my Celestial spirits.

Loke and Caprico did a tag team as they attacked Haru head on. Haru was blocking their attacks with his sword smoothly. I decided to take this opportunity to go for his blind spot since he was fully concentrated fighting against my spirits. I used my celestial whip aiming for his leg which he was caught off guard. I swung him through the air, making sure I gotten enough power and strength to slam him to the other side of the battlefield.

I could hear the whole crowd cheering for me at my dauntless performance. I started walking towards where Haru laid. Caprico and Loke were by my side as I stood in front of him. I could see Haru was trying to get up as he used his sword as a support. Immediately as if he got his strength back, he sprinted towards me at full force. I didn't had time to move onto my next attack so I used my celestial whip to block his attack. He jumped back a few steps leaving space between us again.

His big ass sword started changing to a slim one like a katana but instead of holding one, he held two of them. Does he have the same power like Ezra? I ignored my thought when I saw Loke and Caprico charging towards him. After several blows between the three of them, he managed to cut them down which caused them to disappear back into the celestial world.

"I'm sorry guys." I mumbled softly, hoping they heard. Haru took this opportunity to attack me, landing a hit on me. I screamed as I stumbled backwards. I used my arms to push myself up and I saw Haru was walking towards me slowly, a smirk spread across his face as he licked his lips. I took my last key out, knowing that this will bring me to triumph.

"Open to the gate of Gemini!" I screamed and immediately instead of the twins appearing, another self of myself appeared.

"Oh my, we have two Lucy on the field now. Can this day get any better?" I heard the commentator leaving remarks but I ignored as I stared at Haru, head on.

He positioned himself with his two swords as I could tell he was about to summon some magic power so I also took this chance to cast mine. Gemini and I locked hands as we said the spell for Urano Metria. It looked mine overpowered him because the whole arena started to be encircled in the galaxy and before I knew it, Haru was down on the ground. Gemini disappeared after the spell was a success so I stood there, panting heavily.

Mato came running over to us and when he saw that Haru was hardly able to fight anymore, he announced my victory. The crowd cheered loudly across the palace and I couldn't help but to heave a sigh of relief. I looked up to the sky and thought about Fairy Tail. I hope you guys saw that.

I turned around upon hearing that one voice that I wanted to hear so much right now, Sting. He was running towards me with that big smile of his plastered on his face. I was about to run towards him when suddenly I froze. I felt something horribly pain at my stomach. I looked down and I saw a sword was pierced through my stomach. I looked back to see the culprit and it was none other than Haru who was grinning evilly at me.

"LUCY!" I heard Sting screamed for my name but I couldn't stand anymore. I just fell towards the ground after Haru pulled his sword out. Everything around me was slowly going dark or mute. I was trying to keep my eyes open but the blood loss was making me exhausted. Seconds later, Yukino was by my side as she held onto me, telling me to hold on as tears started to trail down her cheeks. I saw other mages were coming forward and one that I recognized.

"Let me cover up her wound!" Cheria, the god dragon slayer from Lamia Scale exclaimed as she kneel down and focused her healing power at my wound. I looked to my side as I saw Sting cast his white dragon holy breath onto Haru. This time for sure, I know Haru wouldn't be able to get up after facing the wreath from my Sting. I laughed internally. Since when did he became mine? I was about to close my eyes when Sting rushed to my side.

"Oi! Who say you can close your eyes?! Wake up Lucy!" I slowly lifted my hand with much effort before reaching up to touch his cheek. I didn't had any energy to talk so instead, I just smiled at him.

"Okay! I've closed it up. We need to get her to the infirmary now." I heard Cheria announced. I felt myself being lifted up in a very warm pair of arms. I looked up at the source and it was none other than Sting. He carried me close to his chest as he started running. Soon, I let my tiredness win over me as I finally closed my eyes.

A/N: And that's a wrap for this chapter? Hope you enjoyed the battle scene because I did enjoy it while I was writing this chapter up. Sadly, Lucy is down for the count. What do you think will happen? Do you think Sting will be sane? Stay tune! Oh please don't forget to leave a review before you go. Thanks!