A/N:If nobody has noticed, I update every 3 days. There will be a new OC making her first official appearance in this chapter! She will be playing a bigger part in the plot and appearing much more later in the story, so review and tell me if you like her! I will put her profile at the end of the chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail

The demon laid on the grass, dead from the fatal blow it just received. The man who had just saved Lucy's life walked towards her. Lucy looked at man warily, but did not respond as defensively as she had the last time she met him, considering that he just saved her life, Lucy decided that he was not a threat for now. Reaching her, the man crouched by Lucy, his hands went towards her back. Lucy flinched, her back was still throbbing from violent pain and blood was running from the scratches non-stop, she felt uncomfortable about the man touching it. Ignoring Lucy's obvious discomfort, he placed his hands nearer to her back, and began healing her silently. Lucy restrained the urge to groan in relief as she felt the pain gradually ebbing away from her back into a barely noticeable prickle, she was amazed by the efficiency of the healing magic the man performed on her, its works even faster that Wendy's sky healing magic. The mysterious man continued healing her ribs and leg, while Lucy discreetly tried peeking at his face, with no luck as the cloak was pulled down so lowly, it shadowed half of his face.

Lucy turned her attention to the girl who appeared at the clearing out of the blue. The girl looked about seven, her ethereal pale face was streaked with silent tears still streaming out of her obsidian doe orbs from the shock. She had beautiful raven, elbow-length straight hair. She had a thin figure, making her look slightly undernourished and wore a simple, threadbare white dress that was frayed at the edges, muddied, probably from wandering around the clearing. The girl was still clutching tightly onto Lucy's sleeve.

Lucy smiled comfortingly at the beautiful child, "You don't have to be scared anymore, the monster has been beaten up, it can't hurt you now. Stop crying alright?" Lucy comforted her as she wiped the fresh tears on the girl's face with her finger.

Surprisingly, the girl stopped crying after hearing Lucy's words. She sniffled as she gave a tiny smile at Lucy. Lucy's face lighted up at the sight, "That's right, you can stop being scared now!" Lucy said encouragingly.

Just then, the cloaked man had finished healing her. He stood up from his position, striding away towards the woods.

"Wait! Thank yo-" the man disappeared before she could thank him properly.

Lucy stood up, with her leg healed by the man, it was much more easy stand up, although it still stung a little. "What's your name?" she questioned the girl warmly.

"Ku..Kumori." the girl whispered shyly.

"Kumori...that's a lovely name. Come on Kumori, let me take you back to the village and find your parents, alright?" Lucy held out her hand. The little girl shook her head, but clutched Lucy's hand tightly.

"What's wrong Kumori? Don't you want to go back to your parents?" Lucy inquired, concerned by the girl's reaction, but she only shook her head again. Lucy felt that something was wrong, and why the girl appeared at the edge of the woods was still a mystery. The villagers have already been warned to stay away from the area while the mission was ongoing. She decided to take the girl back to the village to find out more.

Lucy and Kumori arrived at the village, but was met with a peculiar sight. The villagers were all gathered around a ring of people Lucy assumed were church deacons, chanting incomprehensibly. They were all wearing white, floor sweeping religious robes, and formed a circle around a gigantic metal vessel, holding ferocious, crimson flames lighting up the entire village with its brilliance as it danced in the night air, casting shadows from the tall hats the deacons were wearing, giving out warmth felt even at quite the distance Lucy and Kumori stood at.

Before the fire vessel, stood the priest of the village church. He wore a dark navy blue robe in contrast with the deacons, face sombre as he chanted prayers with his eyes closed and palms joined. Lucy moved towards the crowd, holding Kumori's hand, who was trailing reluctantly along. All the villagers turned and gaped at the both of them, faces apparent with astonishment, and a few with disgust...?Lucy was taken aback when she spotted the emotion flicker across some of the villagers' faces as they saw Kumori standing beside Lucy. The priest, seemingly noticing the change in his surrounding atmosphere, opened his eyes. He stared straight at Lucy and Kumori, his eyes mirrored those of the villagers, he held up his hand, ceasing the deacons' chanting as they broke the circle.

The intense stares the villagers were giving her and Kumori were seriously unnerving Lucy. Lucy avoided their piercing gazes apprehensively as she trained her eyes on the ground, walking up to a young woman in her twenties.

"Do you know who this girl's parents are?" Lucy asked simply.

The woman opened her mouth, and closed it again, as if trying to find words. Before she could decide to respond, the priest came forward and spoke to Lucy.

"You are one of the mages that was hired by the security headquarters?" he asked, his prominent stare making Lucy feel uncomfortable.

"Yes, I am." Lucy affirmed.

"Seeing that you brought that child back with you, you managed to defeat the demon?" the priest confirmed sceptically, the way the priest questioned Lucy made her feel as if she was being interrogated.

"Well...I didn't exactly defeat it, but I guess you can say that it is subdued. The demon is dead. Wait...what do you mean by saying seeing that Kumori was with me?" Lucy asked abruptly, noticing the strange way the priest phrased the question, referring to Kumori.

"This child is a demon child. She was born from a cursed bloodline, with dark and evil magic. She should have been exterminated with her parents and cult from the start before she developed her horrific demonic powers. We needed a sacrifice for a religious ritual to exorcise the demon. Naturally, she was to be used as the sacrifice." The priest spoke of Kumori, eyes flashing with hatred, and tone dripping with acid.

Lucy's heart burned with anger at the way the priest talked about Kumori and the unfair treatment and hatred towards an innocent child who had done no harm to anyone from the village, just because of their silly religious superstitions. "You mean all of you sent her there for the demon to devour? How could you do this to an innocent child?!Offering her to the demon wouldn't have been able to stop it anyway!" Lucy shouted furiously at the priest, her eyes brimming up with tears of anger towards the villagers, and sympathy towards Kumori for what she must have went through all her life.

The priest just looked at Lucy indifferently with disdain. "If you care so much about this demon child, take her with you, all of us want her gone anyway."

Lucy left the village angrily, taking Kumori by her hand along with her. Lucy went back to the town, and informed Sam that the mission went successfully. Sam was overjoyed, thanking Lucy profusely. After taking the reward, Lucy decided to head straight back to the guild, since its was nearly dawn, and she really wanted to take Kumori away from Freesia too.

Timeskip

Lucy finally arrived at the guild at late morning. She was completely drained, from a night of battle with the demon and emotional upheaval with no sleep at all. Lucy inhaled deeply, pulling her cloak closely around her, not wanting her guildmates to see the horrible injury on her back that was just healing from the unknown man's treatment.

Lucy pushed opened the guild doors, her eyes met those of her guildmates. Pulling Kumori closer to her, she walked into the guild. Just as she entered, Mira came running up to her. "Why isn't Lisanna with you? Is she hurt? Where is she now?" the she-devil bombarded Lucy with questions anxiously seeing that her sister wasn't back from the mission with Lucy.

"Lisanna? Didn't she come back before me? She should have came back to the guild last night." Lucy asked confused, and also concerned about the fact that Lisanna hasn't gone back to the guild.

"No she didn't! Didn't I tell you so many times to not let Lisanna out of your sight before you went for the mission?!I have already lost her once, I can't handle losing her another time! How will you be responsible for anything that goes wrong!" Mira hollered at Lucy, tears spilling out her eyes from worry. Erza came forward to restrain Mira, who was already emitting a deathly aura.

Lucy recoiled from Mira's outburst, distressed by her accusations. "I...I am sorry Mira, the mission made a turn for the worst and we couldn't handle the demon on our own. Lisanna left to get backup from the guild last night, I have no idea why she isn't back yet!" she defended herself.

"Anyone knows that it is impossible to get backup from the guild in a short time, Freesia is a three hour train ride from Magnolia!" Mira snapped harshly.

"Mira! Lets wait around to see if Lisanna comes back first, it might just be a false alarm. Shouting at Lucy isn't going to solve anything!" Erza intervened, ceasing any further exchange between Mira and Lucy.

Some of the guild members noticed Kumori beside Lucy. "Lucy! Whose child is that?" Cana asked, murmurs of agreement was heard throughout the guild. Everyone looked curiously at Kumori, scrutinizing her from head to toe. Kumori looked down, huddling closer to Lucy bashfully.

"Her name's Kumori, I saved her while I was on the mission, the villagers were trying to use her as a sacrifice for their insane ritual to exorcise the demon, just because they believed she had demonic powers. She is an orphan, so I decided to bring her back to the guild." Lucy explained.

"How could they do that to such an innocent child!" Levy gasped in shock. A chorus of similar comments spread throughout the guild. "Sacrificing a child is not MANLY!" a loud voice obviously belonging to Elfman commented. "She will fit right in to the guild!" Erza was brimming with excitement. Mira glanced at Kumori with interest, but kept quiet, still trying to calm herself down. The girls fawned over Kumori for a while, who hid behind Lucy the entire time. The guild then subsided into tense silence, everyone worried about where Lisanna was.

Hours that felt like eternity passed, finally, the guild doors bursted open. Lisanna stood leaning against the door, looking out of breath, bloody scratches and bruises covered her arms and legs, as she fell exhausted at the guild doors.

"Lisanna! What happened to you?!"Mira cried at the sight of her sister entering the guild in such a state, running towards Lisanna.

"Whoever did that to you is not a MAN!" Elfman growled.

"Lu...Lucy...she just left me there to fend for myself when we couldn't handle the demon...I..I almost died..."Lisanna stuttered out breathlessly.

Lucy was shocked, "That isn't true! She left me with the demon while she went to get backup from the guild!" tears shinning in her eyes, confused about the sudden accusation from Lisanna.

Without warning, Lucy felt clawed fingers grasp her neck, pushing her backwards in high speed, crashing her into the wall behind her. Lucy let out a cry at the contact of her healing back against the wall. She looked in front of her, only to see Mira in her Satan Soul form, her blue eyes ablaze with anger. "I told you to look after Lisanna, and you left her to fend for herself against a demon?!I know you weren't as close to Lisanna as the rest of the guild was, but everyone in the guild is nakama! How could you abandon her, knowing that she could possibly lose her life?!You even lied to us, making yourself seem so innocent!" her grip on her neck tightening with every word.

Lucy was terrified, tears streaked her face as her eyes shifted to look at the rest of her guildmates. All she saw was looks of disappointment, disgust and hatred. Lucy's sight fell on Natsu, he was looking at her with a hurt and disappointed expression on his face. Lucy's eyes widened as he clenched his fist in agitation, setting them aflame as he looked away from her gaze, looking down at the ground, his face shadowed. Lucy felt torn apart that her best friend was doubting her, and probably tempted to attack her. She suddenly felt angered at the thought. They all trusted Lisanna's words, no one bothered listening to her explanations. Two years of 'friendship' and that was the end of it.

Just then, a loud voice boomed from the top of the stairs, "Just what do you think all of you are doing?!Let go of Lucy at once, Mira!" Master Makarov bellowed.

Everyone was surprised at the sudden appearance of Master Makarov. Mira loosened her death grip on Lucy's neck, leaving Lucy slumping against the wall down onto the ground, breathless. Kumori's sobs were now loud in Lucy's ears. "Master, Lucy abandoned Lisanna to fend for herself on a dangerous mission! Lisanna almost died!" Mira cried, wanting to justify her actions.

"After knowing Lucy for so long, don't all of you trust her not to do something like that?!She is your nakama, a part of Fairy Tail, she does not deserve to be treated that way when this incident hasn't been thoroughly investigated!" Master Makarov chided the guild furiously.

"But master, are you trying to say that Lisanna lied to us? Look at her injuries! Shouldn't we trust Lisanna's words too?" Gray retorted indignantly.

"What I am saying is that we give this matter a thorough investigation before-"Makarov couldn't finish his sentence.

"Master! Don't waste your breath on them, what they think doesn't matter to me anymore! I am going to leave this sorry excuse for a guild, remove my guild mark now!" Lucy's voice rang across the guild loudly.

Makorov was stunned, "Lucy, we can work this matt-" he got cut off once again. "No, I want to leave this guild. Right now!" Lucy yelled hotly. Makarov looked sadly at one of his most precious children, he sighed, going to retrieve the guild mark remover.

Retrieving the remover, Makorov went towards Lucy and solemnly said, "Before you leave this Fairy Tail, there are three rules you must adhere to for the rest of your life as a former Fairy Tail member. Firstly, you must never reveal sensitive information about Fairy Tail to others as long as you live. Secondly, you must never use former contacts met through your being in the guild for personal gain. Lastly, though our paths may have diverged, you must continue to live out your life with all your might, you must never consider your life as something insignificant, and you must never forget your friends for as long as you live." finishing his words, tears streamed down from Makarov's face, as he placed the guild mark remover over Lucy's right hand, watching her pink guild mark disappear with a sparkle. "Thank you Master...I promise...but I don't have any friends to remember about in this guild, that is why I am leaving." Lucy promised, holding back her own tears.

Lucy turned towards Kumori, she was about the reach out for Kumori when Erza snatched Kumori away, "You are not taking Kumori with you! She will never end up well with someone as evil as you raising her, she is staying in Fairy Tail!"

"No. I found Kumori and took care of her, I will not leave her in this heartless guild! She is leaving with me!" Lucy refused, Kumori was the one thing she could not compromise about. Kumori started crying louder, escaping from Erza's arms she ran towards Lucy, latching onto her cloak.

"I didn't want to have to do this..."Erza said in a low voice as she requiped in to her Heaven's Wheel armour. Lucy scanned the guild to see all her ex-guildmates looking at her with the same determined look in their eyes. Lucy knew she could never fight against everyone in the guild the way she was at the moment, she had no other choice.

Lucy gently dislodged Kumori from her cloak, "Kumori, stay here for now, I promise I will come back for you alright?" she promised her soothingly, petting her head.

"Stop everyone!" Master Makarov protested.

"No, master, I will not allow you to show anymore leniency towards Lucy." Mira shot shortly at Makarov, it was rare for her to disrespect his wishes.

Lucy glared with hatred in her eyes at everyone in the guild. "One day, I will surpass all of you, I will come back for Kumori, and beat each and every one of you in the guild, especially you, Lisanna." she looked straight at Lisanna whose face showed a shadow of amusement before giving her an innocent look. Lucy slammed the guild doors as she left, never looking back.

~New OC~

Name: Kumori(You will find out about her last name in later chapters)

Gender: Female

Age:6

Hair: Raven Black

Eyes: Black

Skin: Pale

Personality: Quiet, shy, protective of those she love

Magic:(To be revealed in later chapters)