I'm so sorry for the really, really, REALLY, late update. I've had a lot going on with school and end of the year projects, especially in Spanish. At least I'm updating now though. So enjoy the chapter. P.S. Thanks for all the reviews guys! Please remember to R&R! P.S.S. None of the missions Lucy takes on will be written up unless you want me too.
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Chapter 8:
Lucy's POV:
I could tell the whole guild was surprised to hear that I was going to be the next Master. When they yelled, 'Wait! What!' Master spoke up again.
"Yes Lani will be the next Master of Fairy Tail. You heard me correctly. We do not know when she will decide to take up up the position, but she is very capable. Lani will also still take part in missions like everybody else, except her's will be harder and mostly from the council. Of course she will attend the meetings for the guild's Masters if there is one while she's not on a mission. Other than that I hope she does a fine job as the next Master of Fairy Tail," he told everybody. The look of surprise was still on their faces though, so I spoke up.
"Don't worry guys I wouldn't change a thing about this place. Fairy Tail is already perfect for me!" They all relaxed and cheered. When they were done Erza, Gray, and Natsu all stood on a different table and shouted.
"To Lani! The next Master of Fairy Tail!" They held up glasses filled with what I presumed was alcohol.
"To Lani!" the guild yelled back holding up their glasses. Wendy and Romeo were drinking water instead of alcohol. I smiled at everybody as they started to celebrate. It was still as rambunctious as when I left 7 years ago. I sat down at one of the bar stools and asked Mira for a mint flavored milkshake (think of the Shamrock Shakes from McDonald's). She made it and handed it to me. My hair and eyes turned light blue, for the first time in a while. I guess I'm relaxed or calm. I turn around in the bar seat while drinking my shake and watch everybody goof off. Erza is eating strawberry cake, while trying not to let it get hit by any flying chairs. Gray and Natsu are fighting with all of the other boys. Tch, figures. Wendy and Lisanna are watching Charles have her visions. Cana, Wakaba, and Macao are once again having a drinking contest and the others are just talking and laughing. I guess I missed the guild quite a bit while I was gone. When I was done with my milkshake I handed the glass back to Mira. I pulled Azure into my arms from my head and held her.
"Thanks Mira," I said to her.
"No problem Lani. See you later," she responded back. I got up and walked over to Erza after I noticed that she was done with her cake.
"What's up Lani?" she asked. I shrugged.
"Not much. I was just wondering if you wanted to do some sword practicing."
"Sure let's head out back." She got up and walked to the back door of the guild, with me following her. By now Azure was out of my arms and following us to watch us practice. When we got out there we walked to the center of the training field and stood facing each other. She re-quipped into her flaming red pants with her chest wrapped in bandages, held two basic swords while in her bare feet. I changed into yoga pants and also took off my shoes. In one hand I held a katana and in the other a small ninja blade, like a smaller version of a katana. Our hair were in ponytails so it would get in our way. My hair and eyes now turned purple. I stood slightly on my tip-toes waiting for her to make the first move. My right side was facing forward with the katana in a defensive position while the ninja blade was held for attacking. She ran towards me and I dodged her attack easily. I made sure that my feet never left the ground, so when I turned around it was in a blur of motion. I lashed out with the smaller blade and cut a slice in her pants as she kicked her foot up to do a back flip. It was a large slice though and went about halfway down her leg. A couple seconds after I hit her with the blade, I saw a 'small' cut well up with blood on her leg. I estimated it to be about 2-3 inches long. She came at me again and I used her shoulders to boost me up over her head in a flip. I landed with my back to her and then I turned around. Erza held her swords up in a X to try to defend herself when I attacked. It didn't work though because this time I used my katana to strike out at her. My katana ended up slicing her swords right in half. By now a small crowd had gathered to watch us and when they saw the battle was over they started clapping. Erza was out of breath slightly, but I wasn't. In fact I felt energized and ready to go on a mission, if I wanted to of course. I walked over to her and quickly healed her cut. As I was doing so her breath returned to normal and she smiled at me.
"That was a great practice round Lani. We should do that again, I'll have to admit it was fun," she told me while we hugged. I let go of her and nodded.
"Yeah I agree. We should do that again it was a great workout too," I responded. When we walked back into the guild I could feel somebody's eyes on me as I was getting ready to leave, since it was around 7:00 now. Even though it was almost 7 people were still celebrating in the guild and I looked around for whoever was staring at me. Surprisingly it was Lisanna's eyes that I could feel watching me. She was glaring at me, but I wondered why. I never did anything to her that I remember or at least know of. I decided to think about it on my way home, but before I left I said goodbye to everyone.
"Bye everybody! See you tomorrow!" I called out waving. Azure had finally come over to land on my head and rest after chasing Happy around and playing hide and seek.
"Later Lani! Stay safe!" they all yelled back. By now Lisanna was done watching me and she had walked over to the bar to talk with Mira and Elfman. Azure's sleeping on my head as I walk out of the guild, but on my way out I notice Natsu deep in thought. Lately he's seemed lost, or... I don't know, he seems more lost then anything. Especially since he's been staring into space and thinking a lot more than he usually does. Happy is trying to ask him for a fish, but the last thing I see him do before I walk out of the guild is brush Happy away to think even more. I shake my head as the doors shut a little loudly behind me. I walk home and decide to order some pizza when I get there, maybe even call out Loke since I don't see him a lot anymore. When I do get home Loke is already there waiting for me, so I order the pizza after laying Azure down on my bed. I assumed he was using his own magic to stay with me and I guess I was right because I never felt drained once. It was silent at first, but then he broke that while we were waiting for the delivery guy.
"Luuuuuuuucccccccyyyyyyyyy. I missed you! Why didn't you call me out of my key?" he whined trying to lay across my lap. I shoved him off and sat on my couch instead of the floor. He landed with a small thump and I sighed.
"Loke I can't call you out because I don't want anybody to recognize me while I'm using the name Kalani Lunar. If I do call you out somebody will either recognize me right away or think that I killed 'Lucy' which is of course myself. I'm sorry OK?" I explained to him. He smiled.
"OK I forgive you. All of the other spirits were worried to so that's why I came. Don't worry I didn't let anybody see me in your house. Plus now I can tell the others that you're fine and why you can't call them out," he said cheerfully. I just looked at him and smiled slightly.
"Thanks Loke. Tell them I miss them. No wonder why you're my strongest spirit. You really are strong in many ways. You always know how to reassure me if I'm worried, even though you can be a pervert." He started laughing, but then stopped and looked at me.
"Wait what do you mean 'perverted?' I am so not a pervert. How mean Lucy especially when you shoved me," he complained. I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah, yeah yeah, whatever Loke. Now go tell everybody that I miss them. See you later!" I said to him waving. He pouted and reluctantly left back to the spirit world. I remember my first trip there because it was so beautiful. Although what sucked about it is one day there is three months here. Thanks to that little trip, per request of the Celestial Spirit King, we lost our three months of training before the GMG. If it wasn't thanks to Ultear and her Time Ark magic we would never have gotten stronger. Ever since my first GMG I haven't seen her. I wonder how Jellal, Ultear, and Meredy are doing (Crime Sorciere). I should try to track them down some time and catch up. It should be fairly easy, I just need to look for the destruction of dark guilds left in their wake. I walk in my room to get ready for a nice hot shower to calm my nerves and find Azure still sleeping on the bed, but this time something else was with her. It was Natsu and Happy. Both of the exceeds are asleep on his stomach and he is snoring like a water buffalo. I don't have the energy to kick him out right now so I just let him sleep while I grab my PJ's and a towel. I take one last look at him before I walk in the bathroom. 'He looks kinda cute just sleeping there peacefully. Wait! Where the hell did that thought just come from!? I don't like Natsu, no way! Never! Not in a million years! Eeeeeeewwwwwww! Gag me!' I shake my head and walk into my bathroom to start running the water. I get in and quickly wash up so I can get rid of Natsu. I'll let Happy stay considering he's just too cute. Him and Azure could be siblings because there coloring is so similar. Well except for the black that Azure has in her fur and the white that Happy has in his. When I'm done I get dressed in a tank top and sweat pants after drying my hair with a towel and brushing it. I walk out of the stuffy bathroom and into the cool air of my bedroom. When I walk near my bed though it gets warm again. Of course it's because of Natsu. I roll my eyes and carefully pick the two exceeds off of his chest and lay them on the bed at the end of it. Then I shove Natsu off my bed and onto the floor. I sit on my bed in an Indian style position and wait for him to stand up. When he does he looks at me.
"What was that for Lani?" he asks.
"This is my bed not yours. Now go home," I tell him pointing at the window. He moves to get Happy before he leaves, but I shake my head, "No leave him. He's comfy and I don't want him to wake up. He looks so peaceful." Natsu shrugs and jumps out of my window to head to his house. I lay down on my bed and pull a blanket over me after shutting the window. I instantly fall asleep because I'm so tired.
-Timeskip next morning-
Lucy's POV:
I wake up to the two exceeds curled up on either side of me. I smile and carefully move to get up, but then I realize that I can't get out of the bed. Something is pinning me down. Looking at my waist I frown and find what has me pinned. It was an arm? I followed the arm up a little further and found Natsu curled up next to Happy with a small grin on his face. I thought I kicked Natsu out last night. How is he back in here again? I pry his arm off of me and get up so I can make breakfast. Azure gets up with me and follows me to the kitchen.
"Hey Azure? Want to play a prank on Natsu?" I whisper to her. She nods her head in excitement and flies over to the fruit bowl to get an apple for herself. I smile and grab a black permanent from a draw next to the fridge and quietly walk over to Natsu. Trying to be as quiet as I can, I draw a mustache on his face, followed by a uni-brow, and a beard. When I'm done I put the marker away and grab my makeup that I don't use. I first pull out the bright red lipstick and apply that, then I put some mascara and eyeliner on him, after that comes blush, and lastly is bright pink eyeshadow to match his hair. The very last thing I put on his face is some silver glitter. Since he has his shoes off I paint his toes purple and his nails the same color. Its a bright purple so it sticks out too. Oh wait till the guild gets a look at him. First though I wake Happy up so I can strike a bargain with him. Happy's eyes go wide when he sees Natsu.
"Happy, I'll make a deal with you. If you keep quiet and don't tell Natsu about what I did to him, I'll give you the best fish you could ever eat for a whole week. Deal?" He nods excitedly. "I will extend it to two weeks if you don't tell anybody what I am about to tell you. Right now your looking at Lucy. Yep I'm back and staying. Just remember not to tell anybody that I'm back. OK? Only the Master knows so you can tell him if you want to." Happy smiles and jumps on me.
"Lucy! Your back! I thought you left us for good!" he whisper yells. He's crying a little so I hush him and hug him.
"It's OK." Right after I said this Natsu woke up. Happy immediately stopped crying and now tried not to laugh.
"Morning guys," he greeted stretching. I rolled my eyes.
"Natsu if you want breakfast you need to go to the guild because I'm not making you any," I said sternly. He sighed.
"Fine. Let's go Happy," he said jumping out the window.
"Aye Sir! Bye Lani! Bye Azure!" he called out following Natsu. When Natsu left Azure and I burst out laughing.
"Wait until the guild gets a look at his face!" she managed to choke out in between laughs. I could only nod. We stopped laughing a couple seconds later. Then we looked at each other and rushed out of the door locking it behind us. I used my speed magic to get us there so I grabbed a hold of Azure. We beat Natsu and Happy by a couple of seconds. When he burst in the door everybody started laughing and falling out of their seats. Erza spit out her cake and Cana dropped her beer barrel. It was the most classic thing ever. Natsu looked around in confusion.
"What's so funny guys?" he asked looking around. "Is something wrong?"
"Look at your face flame-brain. You look like you attempted to put on makeup and epically failed!"
"What'd you say ice princess!?"
"You. Look. Like. A. Fucking. Girl," Gray said slowly, smirking. I walked over to Natsu with a mirror so he could look at himself. I had a smug look on my face.
"Your welcome!" I said cheerfully. Natsu looked up from the mirror with a pissed off face.
"Laniiiiiii. You did this?" he growled.
"Yep! It's what you get for sneaking in my house and sleeping in my bed when I already kicked you out," I shrugged. He glared at me and started stepping slowly towards me. I was backing up slowly towards the back door to the guild to get away. Finally I turned and ran for the door using my speed magic again. When I got to the training field I turned around and faced Natsu who came barreling out of the door.
"You're going to get it Lani," he growled again.
"Nope! Sorry Natsu, but you lose!" I giggled speeding around him and hitting him in the back of the neck and then the gut. I knocked him out and he fell to the ground with a thud. I skipped back inside and all of the guild members looked at me in surprise. I didn't have a scratch on me and I bowed smiling. The whole guild burst out in cheers yelling at the same time.
"Nice job!"
"It's about time somebody knocked some sense into him!"
"Smart Lani! Why didn't I think of that!?"
"That was the best prank ever!"
"I think he deserved it!"
"So where is the little punk now?" I finished bowing and answered the question.
"He's knocked out on the ground outside." A couple minutes later Natsu came inside sulking and dripping wet. I looked at him curiously.
"Why are yo all wet idiot?"
"Well, it started to rain and then I decided to jump in the pool to wash this crap off," he explained shrugging his shoulders like it was no big deal. All of a sudden the Master was standing on the bar holding up his stick thingy or staff. Oh you get my point. The guild looked at him worried he was drunk again.
"Who's up for a trip to Akane Resort!?" he yelled throwing his hands and staff into the air. Everybody burst out in cheers screaming, 'YEAH!' at the same time.
"Alright then pack your bags because we're leaving tomorrow at noon," he finished jumping down from the counter. I walked up to the Master and sat next to him at the bar.
"So where did the free passes from Akane come from this time?" I asked him watching all of the members scramble about to get ready. I felt Master's eyes on me.
"You know that job you took a couple weeks ago before the GMG?" he asked me. I nodded now turning my head to the Master, "Well you didn't know this, but the person that posted the request was the owner of Akane. He thought you did such a good job that he gave us the free tickets."
"Oh OK. Anyways I might as well get home so I can get packed for the trip," I said to the Master waving goodbye, and calling out for Azure. She flew next to me and landed on my head. She was abnormally quiet lately, but I don't want to pry. When we got outside the guild I was surprised to see that it was already dark out. I quickly walked home so I could get some sleep and pack in the morning. As soon as I got inside the house Azure got off my head and flew over to the bed to fall instantly asleep on one of the pillows. I smiled at her and checked to make sure Natsu wasn't in my house. Luckily he wasn't, which I was grateful for. Before heading to bed I got dressed in some leggings and a really baggy t-shirt. Then I crawled under the warm down covers to fall asleep with a dreamless night.
Thanks for reading and don't forget to review guys! Once again I'm really sorry about the late update, it's just been hectic with end of the school year projects and all. One more thing. If you want me to put in details about the missions Lucy takes with the others or on her own, just tell me so and give me a mission for her to do. OK? Thanks! -Gummybears are chasing me