"What the..." Bora started, both shocked and confused.
"Let me introduce you to my friends, Gemi and Mini" Lucy said. "They can change form. I summoned them when I noticed your little mist barrier. If you are trying to catch me off-guard, at least do it with some originality."
Bora retorted his face with anger. It was then that Gemini said:
"This one doesn't have much of that, Lucy. Piri-piri."
"The fact that Gemini turned into you is proof that this is now a totally different situation than the one seven years ago" Lucy said. "After all, they can only turn into people that have the same level of magic power or less than mine. I like to think you are the latter."
"You little..." Bora said.
"Gemini, let's end this!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Piri-piri!" Gemini exclaimed, as they used the fire whip to toss Bora to the ground.
They then jumped to Lucy's side and transformed back to their true form.
"What are those things?!"
"Don't know... but did you noticed how they turned into the boss?"
"Don't just stand there" Bora said to his men, as he came back up. "Get her!"
And so the men started to head towards Lucy. But she was not scared one bit.
"Gemini, let's do it" Lucy said, as she took one of her golden keys.
"Piri-piri!" they said, as they changed formed again.
They became Lucy, much to the surprise of Bora and his men. Gemini took also a golden key and they and Lucy went to summon the spirits.
"Open, Gate of the Archer!" Lucy exclaimed. "Sagittarius!"
"Open, Gate of the Golden Bull!" Gemini exclaimed. "Taurus!"
Both Sagittarius and Taurus appeared.
"At your service, my lady" the former said.
"Time to work to get a big smooch from Miss Lucy!" Taurus exclaimed.
Bora's men got very intimidated by the appearance of two more celestial spirits.
"Now, you know what to do!" Lucy told.
And Sagittarius and Taurus started to battle Bora's men, taking them down one by one. The others watched in great amazement. Bora was the one left, but, before their attention could go to him, he used his fire to attack one of the two Lucys, hoping he would hit the real one. But he hit Gemini, who reverted back to their real form.
"Piri-piri!" they exclaimed, before disappearing.
"Gemini!" Lucy called.
Without Gemini, Taurus also disappeared.
"No, Taurus!" Lucy said.
"Looks like you're not as tough as you appear to be" Bora commented. "Now you will feel all my wrath, little girl."
"We need to do something" Natsu said. "Lucy is in trouble."
"Don't you dare interfere, Natsu" Laxus told to the fire wizard.
"We can't just let Lucy..." Natsu started.
"This fight is more than it appears to be" Laxus interrupted. "When I heard those guys had been released during this last seven years and that they were trying to ambush Lucy after they got to know about her return and she would come to Onibus, I went about to find them and give them a warning to stay away. But now I see this is not a battle for me to fight. When Lucy last encountered them, she was a completely different person than she is now, with much less experience and power. She is more than capable of fending for herself against these creeps. Now, it's time for her to settle the score between them."
The group got very surprised by the speech Laxus just gave.
"I didn't know you cared so much about Lucy to give yourself this much work" Erza commented, while making a smile.
But Laxus didn't replied to that comment from his former fellow S-class wizard and just focused in watching the fight.
"Don't worry, lady Lucy, I will do my best to protect you from this rufian" Sagittarius said, as he prepared to take another arrow.
"It's okay, Sagittarius, I can handle this one by myself" Lucy said, as she took Sagittarius' key to close his gate.
"Are you sure, my lady?" the spirit asked.
Lucy nodded with her head.
"Then I wish you good luck" Sagittarius said, before disappearing.
"So you can handle me, hein?" Bora mocked. "Without any spirit to fight for you, you have no chance in defeating me. The best thing you can do now is to run away, but not even that will help you. You will pay for all the troubles you gave me, you little..."
But Lucy was not even paying attention to what Bora was saying, as she prepared to do her next move. When they saw her preparing to do it, her friends realized what she was about to do.
"Don't tell me that..." Gray started.
"She would use that instead of keep using Sagittarius?" Carla asked.
"Urano Metria..." Erza said.
"Oh stars far and wide that embody the heavens... By thy radiance, reveal thy form to me..."
As Lucy recited the chant, Bora saw as his surroundings were covered by a starred night sky and orbs started to appear around Lucy.
"What... What is this?!" Bora asked, not liking what was happening.
But Lucy didn't respond, as she kept reciting the chant:
"I implore you, oh Tetrabiblos, Ruler of the stars... Let your unrestrained rage flow... With the 88 heavenly bodies... Shining!
Open her eyes, she shouted the last part as she directed the attack to Bora:
"URANO METRIA!"
And the orbs surrounding her started to attack Bora, who shouted as he was hit by the force of the spell. At the end, he lied on the ground, completely knocked out.
That victory from Lucy was so great that Natsu simply couldn't stay still.
"That was amazing!"
And he went towards Lucy and hugged her tightly, with her becoming surprised for seeing him:
"Natsu? What are you doing here?"
"Just watching you kicking the butt of these creeps!" he replied, joyfully.
She then noticed all her other teammates, appearing, both smiling.
"You're all here..."
"Of course, and we feel the same as Natsu" Erza said.
"Wow, that was so unlike you, Lucy" Happy said.
"But really inspiring" Wendy added.
"Honestly, I think you could have won with Sagittarius instead of going all out and make a commotion with Urano Metria" Carla commented.
"But that only means she is a true Fairy Tail wizard" Gray added.
Despite being surprised by the presence of her teammates, Lucy couldn't help but feeling a great deal of joy that made her smile.
Laxus remained where he was, watching Lucy being congratulated by her teammates. He couldn't help but smile. After hearing about Bora and his friends and their interest in getting back at Lucy, Laxus had really feared for her. He didn't know why, but he just couldn't help but trying to make sure she would be safe. The urge to jump in the battle was big and he had to use a lot of his energy to restrain himself from doing it.
However, what he just saw was proof what he already knew: Lucy had stopped of being just a pretty face to be one of Fairy Tail's most talented wizards, something that made her even more admirable to his eyes. He could actually feel his heart start racing and a strange feeling inside. All that made him realize that the attraction that he initially had felt for Lucy had evolved. He didn't know exactly the true nature of those feelings, but he knew that Lucy had somehow become more important to him than he had initially expected.
But then he remembered about everything he had done to her: the harassment, having her turned into stone and use her as hostage... Not to mention the cruel betrayal during the Harvest Festival to the entire guild. All that made him understand that maybe it was for the best if he kept his distance... At least for the moment. So, he turned his back and started moving away.
"I don't understand one thing..." Lucy said, after the congratulation. "What are you all doing here exactly?"
That question made her teammates share some uncomfortable looks that Lucy was able to pick on.
"You were following me, right?" she asked, not amused.
"It was Natsu's idea!" Happy quickly said.
"What?!" Natsu exclaimed. "Not it wasn't! You were the one to suggest it!"
"Yeah, but..." Happy said. "But Erza was the first to follow you!"
"I only did that out of concern" Erza said, as Lucy chuckled. "But I guess there wasn't need for that. That was very impressive."
"Thank you, Erza" Lucy replied.
"Well, Erza was not the only one to be impressed" Gray said. "Laxus also had the same reaction."
"Wait... Laxus was here?" Lucy asked, as she felt her heart racing a bit.
"Yeah, he's right..." Wendy started, turning to where they were, but not seeing Laxus. "He was right there."
"He most likely left after the fight was over" Carla told.
"Oh, and here I was thinking in challenging him for a duel" Natsu said, disappointed.
The news that Laxus was there caught Lucy quite off-guard, and she hold her shoulder bag tighter. She felt quite disappointed that she didn't get to see him.
Later on, at the train back to Magnolia (where Natsu was almost passed out due to his motion sickness), Wendy asked Lucy:
"There's one thing I am quite curious about, Lucy?"
"What?"
"Why were you at that shop?" Wendy asked.
"Yeah, what were you trying to fix?" Gray asked.
"Oh, that..." Lucy said, as she looked to her shoulder bag, where the paper bag was. "Let's just say... I went to repair something for a friend..."
Back at her apartment, Lucy took the paper bag and looked at it with a smile that had a bit of sadness and disappointment.
"He was there... I could have given it to him... But I guess I will have to wait for another time."
And that time came when Laxus was challenged by both Natsu and Gajeel, however Lucy simply couldn't find the perfect time to do it. She just needed to wait for the exact moment to do it... whenever that would be...
AN: The incantation used for Urano Metria here comes from the English dub.
