Weeks have passed since Muramasa restarted the Battle for Fairy Tail, but it's all over. Fairy Tail has been able to repair any damage that was done and everyone is going on as everything was normal. Orihime was passing by the streets and was so happy that everyone is better and acting like the battle never happened.

'Now that the Battle for Fairy Tail is over, it feels like a distant memory.' Orihime narrated. 'Everything is back to normal and I heard that Muramasa person went to find a guild to join rather than destroy. Now, it feels like there are no more worries. At least until the next crisis.'

"I'm so sorry for the inconvenience, sir. We're doing our best to get Kardia Cathedral restored, but it's going to take time." Orihime looked to see the church was being rebuilt, but there seemed to be a problem between two men.

"This is bad. My wedding was suppose to be in two days."

"I know, but it's going to take time for the church to be rebuilt."

"This is perfect. The best day of my life and now it's going to be postponed." Orihime felt bad since the best day of a person's life is now ruined and it's all because of Fairy Tail.

"I Do, Do I?"

…

The Guild

Orihime headed for the guildhall, but she still felt bad. She didn't admit to the man what happened at the church was Fairy Tail's fault, but she didn't know what she could do.

"Orihime, are you okay?" Orihime brought her head up and saw Lucy.

"Yeah. It's just that I overheard a problem. Sine Kardia Cathedral is ruined, a man's wedding is postponed on such short notice." Orihime said. "I just feel bad since we're the ones responsible for it."

"Is that all? You shouldn't let that bother you." Lucy said. "I was just about to help out and clean the archives. You want to give me a hand? It might take your mind off things."

"Okay. I guess I could try." Orihime said. Both of them went to the archives and it was huge with books and shelves making up the room. "Where do we start?"

"Just restock the shelves and dust around." Lucy said as the two of them got to work. Orihime pulled out a box, but some dust fell off and she breathed it in. Orihime sneezed and caused the whole box to fall out with everything inside it.

"Oops." Orihime said as she tried to clean it up. She looked down and saw a picture with it looking like Lucy and Natsu on their wedding day with all their friends gathered outside the church. "Lucy, is this you on your wedding day?" She asked as she showed the picture.

"I didn't even know that was in here." Lucy said as she smiled and remembered that day.

"Ooh, I bet it was the best moment of your life next to your kids being born." Orihime said. "I bet Natus proposed in such a romantic way with him getting down on one knee with a ring and all that other romantic gestures."

"Well….not exactly." Lucy said.

"What do you mean?" Orihime said.

"I suppose I can tell you now." Lucy said. "Do you remember that guy that hired Grimmjow to kidnap me? Darrien?"

"Yeah." Orihime answered.

"This story involves him as well. It all started about a year after the war with our greatest enemy, the Alvarez Empire." Lucy said and began to tell the story where her life made a drastic change.

…..

Fairy Tail

In the year X793, Fairy Tail has emerged as the victors in the greatest battle they have ever faced. An entire year has passed since that war came to an end. After that, everything seemed to have come normally for them.

"Who are you calling a loser, panty freak?" Natsu said.

"You, you pyro moron." Gray said as the two of them were in another argument over nonsense and making it pointless. Sadly, that's normal with these two.

"Can you two please give it a rest?" Lucy complained as she watched from the bar and was annoyed with them.

"Those two never seem to learn." Levy said as she sat right next to her. "So Lucy, how's that book of yours coming?"

"Great. In fact, I'm just about done with it." Lucy said.

"That's great. I hope I get to read the first copy." Levy said and decided to become serious. "Once you're done with it, what are you going to do? Don't you think it's time for you to become serious in your life?"

"What do you mean by that?" Lucy asked.

"I'm talking about having a little romance in your life." Levy said and caused Lucy to blush. "Find the right guy and actually have a family. Don't you think it's time in your life to start thinking about that kind of stuff?"

"Maybe, but how would I even know if I find the right guy?" Lucy said.

"If you ask me, you already found him. A certain pink haired man." Levy said as she took a glimpse at Natsu.

"Me and Natsu?" Lucy laughed at.

"Lucy, I've never seen people as close as you are." Levy said. "Look at me and Gajeel. When we first met, he pinned me to a tree, but he said that it's thanks to me he thought about things he's never thought of before. That I taught him to love." Levy smiled back at the moment he said that. "At first I didn't think Gajeel was the right guy for me, but I was proven wrong."

"Can you keep a secret?" Lucy said and made sure no one was listening. "Since the war ended, I've done some thinking. I could have lost Natsu forever. I've never been that scared or sad before. I'm not exactly sure what I feel with him."

"I get it. It's all kinds of confusing." Levy said.

"It also doesn't help with people like Mira talking about that kind of stuff almost constantly." Lucy said. "It's just becoming too confusing that it's even hard to be around him alone."

"Try not to push yourself. If you feel it's right, it's right." Levy reassured, but Lucy wasn't sure. Lucy knew Natsu cared for all of her friends, but he isn't the best romantic out in the world. She just wasn't sure of his feelings too her or at all what hers are to him.

…

Lucy

It became late in the day and Lucy decided to head home. After her talk with Levy, she has done a lot of thinking, but the more she thought, the more confusing it was.

"Lucy?" Lucy looked up and saw an older man with black hair and in a fancy suit who was waiting just outside her apartment.

"Uh…who are you?" Lucy said.

"I'm not surprised you don't remember me. The last time we met was when we were children. My name is Darrien Mataro." Lucy thought back and she remembered him.

"Yeah, I remember you. You came and visit when I was a little girl." Lucy said. "We played with each other while our fathers talked about business. I was so happy to have someone my age to play with."

"Yes. It's been a long time since we've last seen each other and so much has changed." Darrien said. Both of them lay back and were catching up with each other. "I thought it was ridiculous, but you haven't really aged in seven years with you being trapped on an island."

"Yeah. That was a surprise to all of us." Lucy said.

"So much has happened since we last saw each other." Darrien said. "I'm so sorry with what happened to your father and that you lost your family home, but I see you've done wonders for yourself by being part of Fairy Tail."

"Fairy Tail really is the best." Lucy said. "Hearing what happened to my Dad was a surprise. It was even harder when I was ready to make amends with him. Losing my home was hard as well since I had so many wonderful memories with my Mom."

"That's right. You're mother died when you were a little girl." Darrien said.

"So what made you stay away for all these years?" Lucy said.

"You should know what it's like. My parents kept me busy to make sure I take over the family business." Darrien said. "Now, they're saying I'm going to need to get married and have an heir. Luckily, they agreed to let me choose whoever I want. Which brings me to the reason I'm here."

"What?" Lucy said as she was starting to feel uncomfortable where this was going.

"Lucy, I loved you since the day we met. I want you to be my wife." Darrien offered. "I can give you anything you could ever want like having your old house back."

"Whoa, you're springing a lot on me." Lucy said.

"We can be married within a few days." Darrien said. "Besides, wouldn't you be happier with a wealthy man like myself rather than someone from your guild."

"I don't know." Lucy said. She really didn't know what to think. It's being too confusing to be around Natsu, but this guy was practically admitting his love for her.

"I realized this is a lot place on you I'll give you some time to think about." Darrien said and let Lucy go back into her apartment. 'Of course, I will have you marry me. After we do, I'll make sure you have nothing to do with that guild ever again and I'll have you all to myself.' He thought. His feelings for her were real, but so were his intentions. Lucy went up to her apartment and was actually expecting something.

"Natsu, listen…." She stopped when she saw she was alone. Natsu always had a habit of breaking into her apartment, but it looked like no one except her was here. Lucy looked over to a picture of her and her parents, but this became harder for her. Lucy went through so much heartache ever since she was little. First, her mother died. Then, her father ignored her and treated like nothing. Soon came the time that she lost the mansion she grew up in. Next, her father died when she was ready to forgive him. There was also this one moment with a young lady named Michelle who acted like her sister, but it was all a lie and she lost her too. Finally, she was forced to destroy a celestial key of one of her beloved spirits and has yet to find the newly forged key. The more she thought about all of it, the more pain she was feeling in her heart and if Natsu doesn't say he loves her, not only will Lucy not have closure, but she couldn't take any more heartache. She went over to her desk and began to right on something.

…

The Next Day

"Hey, Lucy! You ready to get back to work?" Natsu said as he jumped to the window, but he ended up hitting against it with Happy flying next to him.

"Natsu, are you okay? Guess Lucy started to lock her windows from now on." Hapy said. Natsu looked inside and saw the place was empty.

"That's strange. She's not here." Natsu said.

"Natsu, look." Happy said. They saw a letter taped to the outside of the window. "Maybe Lucy left it knowing we would find this here." Natsu took it and opened it up to see what it said. What he read was a complete shock. "No way!"

…

The Guild

Natsu decided to head to the guild and showed the letter to everyone. He gave it to Levy and she read it for everyone to listen.

Dear Fairy Tail,

I'm sorry to say this, but this is goodbye. An old friend of mine came and asked for my hand in marriage and I said yes. I'm not asking for you guys to understand, but this is something I have to do. I'm not sure when I'll see you guys again, but this is also the chance for me to get what I've always dreamed of. My hopes are to see you all again since you're all my family and I love you all.

Love, Lucy.

"I can't believe she's going through with this." Gray said.

"You have to wonder who this friend is." Erza said.

"I don't get it. Why didn't Lucy say anything? This isn't like her at all!" Natsu said. He was practically breathing out puffs of fire and was mad.

"What are you getting so upset about?" Erza said.

"Something doesn't fit right. Some of these letters look different than some of them." Levy said. She pulled out special glasses and started to reread the letter.

"What are you doing?" Gray said.

"Lue and I talked yesterday. She never said anything about this." Levy said. These glasses allowed her to read the whole letter and was starting to see something. "Guys, there's a hidden message. Some of the letters were bolder and others were in invisible ink or something."

"What does it really say?" Erza said.

"I'm sorry but I have to do this." Levy read. "I don't really want to, but I can't take it anymore. It's just too confusing for me to be around Natsu and I'm not sure if I could take any more heartache in my life. Perhaps doing this will help me move on since this man admitted he loves me. I love everyone in Fairy Tail like family, but being around Natsu is just too hard now."

"I don't get it. Why is it so hard to be around me?" Natsu said.

"Lue doesn't really want to do this." Levy said. "Natsu, the truth is, I think Lucy loves you, but she's too confused about how she really feels and being around you is making it harder on her."

"She loves me?" Natsu said.

"Yes. She's saying that she's afraid that you won't love her back." Levy said. "Lucy must think that this man will help her forge the whole thing, but I know she'll be unhappy. She should be with the man she loves and that's you."

"Of course I love Lucy." Natsu said and that caused everyone in the guild to cheer.

"We've been waiting to hear something like that. It was pretty obvious." Gray said.

"We have to get Lucy. If you tell Lucy you love her, she'll come back." Levy said. As we know, that's what happened, but we don't know how it all happened. With Darrien not wanting Lucy to be in Fairy Tail, what will he try to prevent that from happening?

…..

Orihime: It's so romantic when someone objects a marriage and the bride or groom agree to be with that person because they always loved him or her.

Ichigo: Perhaps, but how often does that happen?

Orihime: If it's true love, you make it happen.

Ichigo: What if you're too scared?

Orihime: You just need to find the bravery.

Orihime/Ichigo: Next Time: I Object

Ichigo: Orihime, you sound like a hopeless romantic.