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Lucy is screaming at Virgo, "STAY AWAY FROM ME, YOU PINK-HAIRED FREAK! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, TELLING ME WHAT TO DO? GO DISAPPEAR, BEFORE-"

Lucy suddenly pauses, a confused look on her face. "I'm sorry, what were we talking about, Virgo?"

Virgo gives a forced smile, almost more similar to a grimace. "Oh, nothing important."

Virgo knows that Lucy doesn't mean the things she says during the fits of rage that the coma had left behind, but that doesn't meant that they don't hurt. Even then though, that pain is nothing compared to her continued existence in this plane.

'It's been about a month since I was last in the Celestial World for any significant length of time, and it's only getting worse. How in the world did Loki put up with this for more than two YEARS and STILL think that he hadn't paid enough for his crime?"

The problem with Virgo's condition, though, is that one of the symptoms that the coma left Lucy with was a deep-seated fear of being alone, to the point where she would have a panic attack if at any time she couldn't see or feel any other people. Virgo had done her best to keep Lucy calm, always standing within arm's reach and resting a hand somewhere on Lucy; her shoulder, her hand, even her head. Virgo had spent every night since Lucy "woke up" in bed with her.

Due to this, Virgo had been plenty of sleep. But that sleep did nothing to protect her from the pain of her prolonged stay. To distract herself, Virgo went over the checklist of Lucy's physical issues, and how they were healing. Most of Lucy's bones had completely healed, and some medical magic had fixed the ones in her legs to the point that they could be used, although they were still incredibly fragile, driving Lucy to use a wheelchair in order to minimize the chance of a re-break. Since Lucy tired easily, the wheelchair had the added bonus of converting into a cot, accommodating her frequent naps. Lucy's spine had also mostly healed, so it didn't need a brace anymore, although she still had to be careful with her posture to minimize the amount of stress placed on the bad discs.

As Virgo is thinking, an alarm on Lucy's phone goes off. Lucy and Virgo both go over to the bathroom, where Lucy drops her pants around her ankles and relieves herself, while Virgo does her best to give Lucy some semblance of privacy without being far enough away to trigger a panic attack. You see, the coma had stripped Lucy of the ability to recognize her body's signals that told her when it was time to use the bathroom, so she had taken to simply going every hour, on the hour.

Normally, the combination of Lucy's monophobia (fear of being alone) and her need to consistently use the bathroom would have resulted in frequent panic attacks. However, the coma had also somewhat conveniently – and rather apparently – stripped her of any sense of modesty, so she didn't find it odd or uncomfortable to have Virgo in the room with her while she relieved herself.

"What's wrong, Virgo?"

Virgo looks over her shoulder to see that Lucy was back in her wheelchair, looking at her expectantly.

"Oh, it's nothing." Virgo responds as Lucy wheels herself over to the door, which Virgo holds open for her.

Lucy gives Virgo a stern look. "When was the last time you were in the Celestial World?"

Virgo looks away and mumbles, "A month ago."

"Go."

Virgo looks back at Lucy to protest, but Lucy cuts her off. "At this point, you're probably in worse shape than I am, and with the shape I'm in, that's an impressive feat."

Virgo groans in frustration, "fine, but let me call somebody over to take care of you."

Virgo picks up Lucy's phone and dials the guild hall. Mirajane answers, "Hello, Fairy Tail guild hall, Mirajane speaking."

Virgo tells her, "Hey Mira, this is Virgo. Could you come over and take care of Lucy for a day or two? She wants me to go back to the Celestial World for a few days."

"Sure thing!"

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"She may start screaming at you. Don't worry, she never means anything she says during these outbursts. And she has severe monophobia, so you need to be with her at all times. That includes in the bathroom! Don't worry, she won't care if you're in there with her."

Mirajane asks, "Is there anything else, Virgo?"

"Um… oh, if she randomly goes to sleep, that's ok. She tires easily, so that's expected."

"Are you done yet?" Lucy groans.

"I think that's everything…" Virgo mutters.

"Alright then," Lucy says, "close, gate of the maiden!"

A swirl of light wraps around Virgo, and she disappears.

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One week later…

Virgo is pacing restlessly around the room in the Celestial World that she calls 'home.' "It's been a week! Lucy should have reopened my gate by now!"

Virgo suddenly stops. "That's it, I'm going."

Virgo concentrates, quickly forcing her own gate open. She steps through, only to be greeted by the sight of Lucy Crying.

With Mirajane standing over her.

The Mirajane that she had trusted to take care of Lucy had made her cry.

This… this was unforgivable!

Virgo strides forward, screaming "What did you do to her, bitch!?"

Mirajane spins around. "Virgo! Thank goodness you're here!"

Or at least that's what she tried to say. What actually happened was Virgo backhanding her through the wall between "thank" and "goodness." Virgo then turns and pulls Lucy into a hug. "Shh… I'm here now, it's all right, everything's all right now."

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Half an hour ago…

A certain injured blonde-haired girl sits up in her bed, stretching and yawning. 'Hm? I feel like there's something missing…'

That's when she notices a familiar white-haired woman in the bed with her. She immediately leaps to her feet, shouting "Who are you and what are you doing in my bed!?"

The woman sits up, rubbing her eyes. "Oh, good morning. Do you need to use the bathroom? I don't think you've gone yet this morning…" This is immediately followed by a yawn.

"Wha…? No! Answer my question!"

The woman has just about finished waking up. "All right, what was the question again?"

The blonde, with obviously forced patience, asks "Who are you and what are you doing in my bed?"

This gets the woman's attention. "You don't remember?"

"Remember what!?"

The woman gets a thoughtful look, "Virgo never mentioned-"

The blonde interrupts her, "What do you know about Virgo?" then realizes what had been "missing" when she had woken up, "Where is she?"

The woman starts to look seriously worried. "What exactly do you remember?"

"I don't remember anything about last night!"

"No, what do you remember about anything? Do you remember your name?"

"Of course I remember my name! It's… it's…" Shock passes over Lucy's face. "I don't remember my name…"

"Your name is Lucy, and my name is Mirajane. What do you remember?"

Lucy shakes her head, "I remember that this is my apartment, and that I live here with my friend Virgo…"

Mirajane asks "What can you tell me about Virgo?"

"She's my friend, and we live here together… that's it…."

"All right, I guess we just have to wait for the memories to come back. In the meantime, you should probably use the bathroom."

Lucy gives her a confused look. "But I don't have to-"

A warm, wet sensation spreads between her legs.

Mirajane sighs. "Come on, let's get you changed out of those. I'll tell you all of the… issues… that you have while we do that."

"But – I didn't have to pee!"

"Issue #1: you can't recognize when you need to use the bathroom."

Lucy nods, "Okay…" and starts towards the bathroom, then freezes, turning bright red. "w-w-wait, let's!?"

Mira nods, "Yes, let's. Issue #2: you have severe monophobia – fear of being alone – so somebody needs to accompany you every-WAIT!"

While Mira had been talking, Lucy had grabbed some spare clothes and run over to the bathroom. "I'm sure I'll be okay for 15 seconds!" Lucy then slams the door shut and locks it. "Okay, now to-"

There's something behind her.

Lucy spins around, screaming. The bathroom is empty. But she can still feel it there. Just waiting for her to let her guard down…

Pounding. Not her heart. Somebody's pounding on the door. Right, Mira. She's saying something. The door? Right, she had locked it. Lucy fumbles with the lock, not taking her eyes off of the rest of the bathroom. Eventually she manages to unlock it. Mira opens the door, and the thing vanishes.

Lucy, panting, asks "what was that?"

Mirajane sighs, "That was your monophobia."

"So that will happen any time I'm alone?"

"Yes."

Lucy stalks back out into the living/bedroom area.

"RAAH!" she yells as she lashes out, kicking one of the legs of her bed.

Pain.

Lucy falls onto the bed, screaming and holding her leg.

Mirajane winces, commenting "Issue #3: the bones in your legs are extremely fragile."

"YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME SOONER!"

A number of minutes later, Lucy is sitting on the edge of her bed, tears streaming down her face from a combination of pain, humiliation, and anger, while Mirajane stands by watching helplessly.

There's a flash of light, and when the two of them look up, Virgo is striding towards them. Mirajane starts talking, "Virgo! Thank-" but is backhanded through the wall mid-sentence. Virgo turns to Lucy and hugs her, murmuring "Shh… I'm here now, it's all right, everything's all right now."

Lucy sniffles, "Thanks. But, tell me… what did Mira do?"

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Weird how Lucy forgot everything but Virgo, huh? The way I see it, those are some of her most precious memories, so she clung to them with everything she had.

So, the list of coma symptoms that have manifested in Lucy so far (both in the last chapter and in this chapter) is:

- Abnormal expressions of sexuality

- Monophobia (feeling "unsafe" while alone)

- Not recognizing the need to use the bathroom

- Outbursts of anger that aren't remembered

- Temporary memory loss

- Temporary relapsing back into a coma

- Tiring easily