Chapter 26: The Feelings of Loved Ones

A/N: Hello there! Shout-out to brucie86 and sashaXmafuyuFOREVER for their reviews and to Jmart12 for the favorite! Thanks guys! And now onto chapter 26 and THE MAIN EVENT PART ONE! Lucy's turn to fight! Enjoy!

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Start of Battles (Gray POV)

I watch and follow Gildarts, Juvia who had changed from her wedding attire like I had, and Cana run off to the arena, the energy they feel oozing out of them. I follow behind at a much slower pace and see that the arena is literally right in front of me. I sigh and follow after them, until Juvia turns and looks at me and asks, "Is everything alright Gray-sama?"

'No, my wedding just got ruined and now I have to fight a close friend, how are you ok with this?' I wonder to myself, but say instead, "Yeah sorry, just a little miffed about the wedding. That's all." 'I can't let them know about me not wanting to fight, they need me and I need to help them, I must put on a brave face!' I reason to myself.

"Yes Juvia is as well! Now come so we can go home and begin the…" She pauses and blushes and allows me to catch up to her and says, "The night of LOVE!" She says and nearly passes out, as I have to keep her upright and awake. "Juvia is sorry! She just still can't believe that she is married! AH! It's all Juvia's dreams rolled up into one! KYAAAA!"

I smirk at her and can't believe I was lucky enough to marry a woman that loves me this much. "Yes, let's get this over with as quickly as possible."

"Hey love birds! Hurry it up we got a job to do! Talk about sex later!" Gildarts yells and we both blush and hurry it up and catch up to him and Cana. We enter the arena through the door marked Lucy and we rush in. As we enter and we immediately see the field, it is really big and expands the entire arena almost and has no roof. I look around and see Lucy, sitting on a rock waiting for us, her arms crossed and her face smug.

"Oh, so they sent you old man? And the newlyweds? Still a bit sore about ruining your wedding? Come on, it's not like it just happened or anything… oh wait. It did! HAHAHA! Oh and Cana? You're here too, that's really a shame, this a battle between the big guns, you might wanna leave before it gets too rough. Especially since you cant drink and fight, you're not Bacchus." She said and looked directly at Cana her face showing her disdain for her being there, as if an affront to her pride.

"Hey don't underestimate me! I am a Fairy Tail mage and just because I'm drunk half the time doesn't mean shit. You-you-yo…" Cana protested before an enormous amount of magical energy was released, and I looked to see if it was Gildarts. It wasn't and he looked a bit unnerved by how strong it was. I looked to Lucy and immediately saw her face, it was very serious now and I could feel the source of the magic energy being her. I gulp at the pressure and watch as Cana is being crushed simply by her magical energy. She attempts to stand but suddenly Lucy is on her and roundhouse kicks her, at her shoulder, into the ground. The spot where she landed was simply a hole with Cana's feet sticking out.

"CANA!" We all yell as we rush over to her, but are stopped mid charge as Cana is thrown at us like a rag doll. She's bloody and her entire arm is slumped down, meaning her shoulder was badly dislocated and her arm was definitely broken in several places.

"That was half strength and I completely knocked her out and destroyed her left shoulder. Pfft, pathetic. Was that the strength of a Fairy Tail mage nowadays? Well then this fight should be over soon." Lucy said and grabbed two key from her belt, "Open gates of the Bull and the Twins! Taurus and Gemini!" the two spirits she had called out appearing before us and she looks at us and shakes her head, "No this too much, Gemini you can go back." Gemini nods his head and returns to the Spirit world.

'Damn she's cocky now. But still I can't seem to get pumped for this battle… I still see her as a nakama, and I won't hurt her.' "I see that shy and humble girl gig is over now huh?" I ask as she smirks at me and laughs.

"Yup, it ended a long time ago, but not that you would know though, you and everyone else refused to treat me like this so I had to don this persona, so that I could get respect." She said and said nothing more as she suddenly charged in at Gildarts and Taurus came at me. I blocked his axe as he swung at me with a forearm of ice, and then I use my demon slayer magic and freeze his axe. But he just grins and rips his hand apart, shattering the ice as he kicks up at me.

I see it coming and block it, then Juvia comes in and yells, "Water Slicer!" And Taurus who couldn't see it coming is cut badly and is forced to retreat back to the spirit world. "Is Gray-sama ok?" Juvia asks.

"Yeah, he didn't even land a blow on me, but he was definitely stronger than before, I could feel it in his kick. She is definitely stronger herself as well." I say as I see her pushing Gildarts back. She lands a clean kick to his side and he is sent flying our way, landing next to us and blinking up at us.

"Wow, she's strong. Gonna have to get serious now, everyone will." He says as we both nod at him, but I think to myself, 'Why can't get pumped about this? Do I really feel this strongly? That she is still a nakama?'

I don't have time to come up with an answer as I see Lucy charge and at us and yell, "Open gate of the Goat! Capricorn!" and Capricorn appears. They both work together and attack, as she goes high and kicks out us, connecting with my head as I though she wouldn't hit me for some reason. Foolish I know, and I'm sent flying into a wall. The other two had ducked right into Capricorn's attack as he swept their legs out from under them and then Lucy follows up with a hammer-like punch to both Gildarts and Juvia's sides, sending them crashing into the ground, creating a small crater, "Still only fifty percent guys. Come on pick it up." She said mockingly and laughed. "Ok, I'll show you how much sixty percent is. Open Gates of the Lion and the Mermaid! Leo and Aquarius!" the spirits came out and both looked extremely smug.

I watch as Gildarts and Juvia get up and Gildarts looks at me in confusion before yelling, "Oi, Gray! Wake up! We're in the middle of a battle here! Get your head out your ass and get serious!"

I look and nod automatically and shake my head, looking like I was trying to get serious, which I wasn't. 'Why can't I get pumped for this fight? What's wrong with me? Juvia needs me, I have to get serious! Why can't I get serious? Do I really still not see Lucy as an enemy? Juvia does and just this morning she was Juvia's maid of honor. What's wrong with me? Is it because we were on the same team now and do not want to hurt her? What's wrong with me?! Ugh! Focus! Think of the fight we're in not about the fact that you see her as a sister.' I blink once and realize, 'That's it! I see her as a little sister still, and that I need to protect her! Now how to get past that and actually fight her…'

I am broken out of my reverie as suddenly Loke is on me and punches me in the face. He yells "Regulus Impact!" and he punches me again this time in the gut and then follows it with the same attack, this time it's an uppercut and it sends me up in the air. He somehow gets above me and uses his hands like a hammer, crushing me in the gut, and sends me crashing into the ground, I land causing a crater to form. I groan as I get up, not really hurt since he's not that strong compared to others I have faced.

I shake off the invisible dust and sigh annoyed, saying, "You know, that was a pretty dirty move, Loke. Hitting a guy while he's thinking, not cool bro." I look and see him looking at me, then at the ground and then back at me, "What? You didn't hit me that hard you know. That was like a punch from Wendy, barely even felt it." I say smugly and smirk at him. But the smirk didn't feel right and was almost as if I was lying. I really needed to wake the fuck up.

(POV Change to Lucy)

I see the exchange between Loke and Gray and can't help but smile at the reaction Loke has to Gray barely being hurt. 'Not surprising as he probably is at Gildarts' level back in his earlier days. Speaking of him, how is the old man holding up…' I turn and see him finishing off Capricorn and Juvia is still at a deadlock with Aquarius. 'Why are they even fighting? They can't hurt each other and they could literally keep this up for days.' I then look at Gray and see him fighting Loke, but very passively so. Then I realize something, 'He's not going all out! He's been fighting defensively and is extremely distracted… Does he not think I'm strong enough to take seriously? Well let's put this theory to the test.' "Forced Gate Closure! Gates of the Mermaid, the Goat, and the Lion! Thanks for the help guys!"

I look and see them looking at me confused, and I merely shrug before I charge at the pair of fighters. I get close and deliver a kick to Juvia's back so quickly that she has no time to dodge and is sent flying towards Gray. I then move onto Gildarts as I throw a feint at his left knee, which he dodges easily but is now off balance. I had hoped for this and I use my now patented Lucy Kick, yes its actually patented, and I send him to where I sent Juvia, landing there with a crash. I look at them and then open my stance to where I have no guard anymore. "Come at me! I'll give you one free shot! Hit me with your best combo and I won't fight back. Let's see if you guys pose any real threat." I say and look expectantly at them as the three look at each other and form a plan of attack, 'Better prove me wrong Gray, or else. Prove me wrong and there will be hell to pay.'

(POV Change back to Gray)

I wait for the others to say something and finally Gildarts does, "Ok here's the plan, I'll hit her using my disassembly magic and split her person into tiny versions of her. Juvia use your water and sweep her, all of the hers, away with the biggest wave you can muster and sweep her towards Gray. Gray use your ice magic and freeze the wave and make sure it stays frozen, got it?" He asks as we both nod our heads in agreement, and separate to begin the attack. 'Ok you can do this! Just freeze the water and that's it. Thanks for giving me the easiest part Gildarts!' I thought as I watched Gildarts charge at Lucy.

He arrived to where Lucy was and hit her with his magic and she split into tons of versions of mini Lucy. I then see Juvia arrive not a second later and create a hundred foot wave and send it towards me, 'Ok here goes nothing. Remember! All you have to do is freeze her! Yeah you can do that no problem! Yeah it'll be easy and fun!' I think as the wave gets closer, about thirty feet away.

'Yeah, yeah I can do this! It's not like this will hurt her right? Wait will it? What if I freeze her through the water to the point that everything on her insides are frozen? Baka! That won't happen! I'm an ice mage! I can control ice like breathing! I won't hurt her, especially since she's like my sister!' twenty feet and closing.

'But what if, since she's so small right now that I do accidently freeze her organs and don't know it? NO! Stop worrying so damn much, you are Gray Fullbuster, Fairy Tail mage! You won't hurt her! I can't hurt her, she's like my sister, no way I could hurt her.' Ten feet and counting as I get into a stance to freeze the water.

'But what if something happens? What if I accidently kill her?! UGH! What do I do? Should I still freeze her? What do I do?! I can't hurt her, she's like my sister! I won't hurt her… right? No I will not hurt her, now come on just…' Too late. The wave hits me and I hit the deck, trying to not be swept away and feeling extremely ashamed of my inability to act. 'FUCK! I missed my chance!'

As the wave finally washes over me I look and see Juvia and Gildarts looking at me dumbfounded. Gildarts is the first to find his voice and he says, "GRAY! WHAT THE FUCK! YOU RUINED THE PLAN! WHAT THE FUCK?!" He was mad and looked the part as he began walking over to me.

Juvia however was quicker to get to me and looked me up and down, asking, "Are you ok Gray-sama? That wave was very powerful and was meant to really do damage to anyone in the way. Are you alright? AHHH! Juvia is sorry she put her husband through that!" She almost started crying but stopped her hysteria as she saw something, her face of concern causing me to look to where she was looking as I saw what she saw.

Standing there with her fists clenched and a scowl that could have killed if it was any more angry, was Lucy and boy was she mad. She was shaking in rage and was breathing heavily from the force of her anger and the stress it was causing. She looked up and saw us and her scowl somehow deepened even more, adding a murderous tint to her eyes and adding fear into the equation of the battle, fear of her fury. She then pointed at… me?

(POV Change back to Lucy)

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD! YOU STILL HAVEN'T CHANGED AT ALL! YOU STILL THINK I'M SOME DAMSEL IN DISTRESS THAT NEEDS SAVING!" I yelled now thoroughly incensed. Hell was about to be paid. "WHAT, DON'T SEE ME AS A VIABLE THREAT? HUH, IS THAT IT? WELL I'M ABOUT TO SHOW JUST HOW BIG OF A THREAT. AND MAYBE NOW YOU"LL BE MOTIVATED TO FIGHT ME!"

I finish my yell and charge in while yelling, "Celestial Flash!" and a bright light comes from my hand and blinds the three of them and allows me to slip in unnoticed. As they regain their sight, I yell, "Celestial Beam!" and I send Gildarts flying off somewhere. Then I look at Gray and smirk and put my hand up to Juvia chest and yell, "Celestial Beam: TD!" and in a flash of light, Juvia Fullbuster is gone.

(POV Change back to Gray)

I see her smirking and a flash of light, then nothing for a moment before I regain my vision and immediately notice one thing, 'Where's Juvia?' "JUVIA! JUVIA!" I yell and look around Lucy is gone now and so is Juvia. I continue looking around yelling, "JUVIA! JUVIA WHERE ARE YOU?" I start to walk around and take two steps forward before I feel something under my foot, causing me to look down and my face to pale at the sight, "No, no, no, no! NO! NO! NOOOOOOO!" The thing I had stepped on was Juvia's favorite hat nowadays, blue with ice-crystal accents, but no Juvia and immediately I knew what that flash of light was. It was the light that just killed my wife, Juvia Fullbuster, and now I was mad.

(POV Change to Levy)

I watch as Mavis runs off after the scoreboard lets us know that the battle Warrod was over and that he had been the one to die most likely. Then I see the scoreboard light up again as it updates itself, and what it says causes my face to pale, "Lu-chan… what did you just do?" The scoreboard now read like this: Score 3 – 0. Death Count: 2. Those Dead: Warrod Sequen and Juvia Fullbuster.

The Exceeds and Doranbolt who were next to me said nothing as their mouths were agape. Then two more men came and joined the five of us, it was Bickslow and Freed who had been gone on a mission for master and Freed asked, "Sorry we're late! We hope we didn't miss too much of the wedd…what's happening?" I looked to him and sighed deep and began to retell the events of the day, and knew it was going to take a while.

(POV Change to Gildarts)

I groan after that vicious kick from Lucy, 'damn was that kick strong. Alright, what's happening? Ummmm, where are they?' I look around and try to find them, thinking that Gray and Juvia were sent elsewhere. But then I look to where I was and see Gray, on his knees, holding something…Blue? 'Wait. Is that…no it can't be.' I rush over to where he is and look at him.

He's crying holding a hat, Juvia's hat I realize, and he is just repeating, "No, Juvia, no this can't be." I leave him like this for a good ten minutes and then I place my hand on my shoulder, and he looks up at me. I had never seen him look so small since the time I first met him in that prison all those years ago, but he was a kid so how else would he have looked? "Gildarts! Where's Juvia have you seen her? I can't find her!" He asks and my heart breaks for him and my stomach tightens.

"Gray…" I start and he knows what I'm about to say.

"NOOO! SHE CAN'T BE… there's no way, she can't be… Juvia…" He says and grabs her hat again and starts crying again.

"Oh, would you get over it already? It's your own fault anyways. You should have fought me with your all, I do not take kindly to being underestimated, those people earn my ire and when that happens, no one is safe." A new voice came and I turn to see Lucy standing there, a scowl firmly in place, the way she looked, she was ready for battle. "Juvia is gone now Gray, and you have no one to blame but…" She began to say but was quickly cut off.

"YOU! I HAVE YOU TO BLAME! I SAW YOU AS A SISTER BEFORE! A SISTER! BUT NOW, I HATE YOU AND AM GOING TO KILL YOU! BRING IT YOU BITCH!" Gray yelled as he quickly entered his demon slayer state and charged at Lucy, an ice sword in hand. 'Where did that sword come from? He didn't have it when Lucy walked up and talked and nor did he have it when he began his rant. Is he really that fast now?' I thought as I watched him and Lucy go back and forth, it was truly an awe inspiring sight that had my jaw dropping so fast it hurt.

(POV Change to Lucy)

'That may have just been a bit over the top but hey it was necessary, it needed to be said.' I thought as Gray continued to come at me with his sword of ice. He lands a clean hit with the hilt of his sword to my gut and slashes my shoulder with the blade itself and cuts me open a bit. 'Damn! He's fast now! And much stronger too, but it's still not enough. That last attack barely did any real damage, just superficial damage., he alone is not enough to win.' As if on cue, Gildarts comes flying in and I am forced to dodge as I don't want to get turned into little me's again. The first time was more than enough for me.

"Open Gate of the Paladin! Arthur!" I yell and summon my second newest spirit form the Spirit World, the Paladin, Arthur. He is the spirit of the one called King Arthur and is a formidable knight. "Arthur, take them out!" I yell and he takes up his sword that is about as long as me, he himself taller than Laxus and Jura combined. He charged them and swung his sword at the two of them causing them both to dodge, at which he brings his sword up and with one hand still holding the sword, he separates his hands and hits both Gray and Gildarts, sending them flying. "Get the older one! I'll take care of the stripper!" I yell as I see Gray, midflight, taking his shirt off. 'Odd, he only just started stripping. What was he really that out of this fight that he forgot his habits? Not that I minded, I preferred him with a shirt on than with it off, especially since I had seen Natsu naked… Let's just say they're not quite evenly matched there.

I reach where Gray had landed and am forced to immediately roll out of the way as he shoots an arrow at me, an arrow of ice that is. 'Wow, he really is strong, to take a direct hit from Arthur and be more or less unharmed is almost unheard of. This is going to be fun!' I look at Gray and see the anger in his eyes and can't help but feel excited about this fight. 'Man, Natsu is really rubbing off on me. Next thing you know I'll be pounding fists together, yelling YOOOOSH! I'm all fired up! If that happens I might just kill myself.' I get up and catch the next arrow that he fires at me and see his face, shock and annoyance that I caught it. I smirk at him and throw it back at him, his only response him moving his head so that the arrow doesn't hit him in the head. I then charge as he was reacting, and I punch him right in the gut and call upon Loke's powers to help me make the punch extremely painful. I connect and he doubles over in pain from the force of the attack, but I don't give him a chance to recover as I kick him straight in the face, or at least I tried to, but he simply blocked my kick.

He grabs my ankle and pulls my legs from under me, mid fall he punches me in the gut, which sends me crashing into the ground. I quickly get up and yell, "Celestial Arrows!" and arrows appear above me and shoot down at Gray. "Celestial Torrent!" The arrows are then followed by a massive wave of water, both crash into him but only the arrows are a threat as he just freezes the wave. I knew he would and relax for a moment and look at his ice magic, vain idiot. "Celestial Axe! Celestial Sandstorm!" I yell and an axe appears above him that he is forced to dodge, which he does right into the sandstorm that blinds him momentarily. While he cant see I charge in and yell, "Celestial Hole! Celestial Wool!" and a hole appears beneath him which he falls into and wool then appears covering it. The sandstorm subsides as does the frozen waves behind me. I look to the hole and see the wool freezing over. 'Why do I even try? If only I had a true fire spirit, then he couldn't just freeze everything, ugh! How annoying this is getting. Wonder how Arthur is doing…'

Again as if on cue I see Gildarts come flying in and landing on his face, Arthur right on his tail. "Ok, Arthur! That's enough! They know where they stand! I'll take it from here. Tell Spirit King I'll be over soon to have a meeting with him, in a bout a week tell him it's about THAT thing we talked about. He'll know what I mean." I watch as Arthur bows and nods his head and disappear before my eyes. I sigh and look at the two before me, Gray having gotten out of the hole but was breathing heavily as was Gildarts. "You guys are boring. Barely even made me sweat! I expected more out of you two! But oh well, can't have everything now can we? I'll just end this quickly and wait for Natsu, he's still a bit busy, but no one else is so we can hang out and talk! Wow three for three so far, and about to make it four for four, didn't think it would be that easy! But oh well, I still had some fun! Hahaha!"

I look at them as I cackle at them and see their annoyed faces, ready to keep fighting, but I wasn't. These guys weren't even worth my time. I'll just use Metria and be done with it. I begin to recite the spell, "Survey the Heavens, Open the Heavens...All the stars, far and wide...Show me thy appearance...With such shine. Oh Tetrabiblos... I am the ruler of the stars...Aspect become complete...Open thy malevolent gate. Oh 88 Stars of the heaven... Shine! Urano Metria!" And a host of bright lights come down and engulf the two, crushing them with an intense magical force that could only be achieved by being able to use the powers of all eighty eight constellations at once and by one's self. That's what my training with my new type of Celestial magic, Celestial raid or the ability use the main power of a constellation that is also one of your keys, of which I have mastered them all but do not own them all. I was able to do this thanks to the Spirit King.

I watched as the dust settled and I see the two I was just fighting completely unconscious, and badly beaten. 'Whoops… kinda overdid it there… but hey that was full power and Metria can only be done fully at full power so I guess it's just bad luck for them. Oh well time to go and check on the others then.' I turned and walked away, leaving a man who was reaching the decline of his life and a widow.

(POV Change to Levy)

The scoreboard lights up again after only fifteen minutes, right in the middle of my explanation of what had occurred. I see the update and simply sigh as it read what I thought it would say: Winner: Lucy. Score: 4 – 0. Death Count: 2.

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A/N: Whew! What a long chapter! Longest so far! Score is now 4 – 0! Wow that fight was hard/fun to write! Hard in the sense as there is next to nothing useful out there on Gildarts' magic, and Lucy's new variation on her magic was my own creation. And the part about Gildarts meeting Gray in a jail is in Fairy Tail Ice Trail also by Hiro and documents Gray's past as a kid. Well I hope you guys enjoyed it and are ready for the MAIN, MAIN EVENT TOMORROW! LAXUS & MASTER VS NATSU! SO PLEASE READ AND REVIEW WITH YOUR THOUGHTS! ADIOS!