AN: Okay, I want to make something clear. I completely forgot that I used Meldy in Angel when I used her in Skater. So, if I do something like that again, I am sorry. Just try and go with it. Although, that is another reason why I need you people to review and such. It's so you can point something like that out to me.

"How's it going everyone. Meldy here, and with me is my new good friend, Sorano." Meldy announced as she was doing a live fee with Sorano. "I know you all think there's some bad blood between us, but that's all ancient history now."

"That's right, Meldy. Especially when today is Friendship Day!" Sorano announced. "As you know, those who signed up will be partnered randomly with someone to compete in today's contest."

"You and your partner will work together to find today's celebrity guest, and today's guest is the younger brother of fashion icon Zeref Dragneel: Natsu Dragneel!" Meldy introduced as they both showed him.

"Thanks, girls. I'm actually glad to be here." Natsu said. Today was going to be a lot of fun, a chance to make a new friend. When Lucy heard that Natsu was the prize, she signed up with Erza and Levy joining her. All three of them watched the fee from Lucy's room and they were all looking forward to this.

"This is going to be so much fun." Lucy said as she was excited.

"I get you're excited about Natsu, Lucy, but remember to keep your focus on winning the event." Levy said. "That's the only way you'll be able to hang out with him today."

"Levy's got a point." Erza said. "She and I are not going easy on you. You need to bring your A game if you're going to win. Even if you don't, the point of this is to make a new friend today."

"I know, but I can be happy about both things." Lucy said as she literally has her eyes on the prize.

"Let us explain how the rules work." Meldy said. "As soon as Natsu presses the green button on his tablet, everyone who is competing will be sent a text message with a riddle on it."

"The first riddle you get will lead you to your new friend, and your partner for this event." Sorano said. "Once you find each other, you'll be given a series of tasks. Complete every task until you get the last clue that will lead you to Natsu. First team to make it wins."

"Of course, the main point of this is to make a new friend." Meldy said.

"If you're all ready, you're about to get your first message." Natsu said as he held up the tablet with the green button.

"Three... Two... One..." All three counted down and Natsu pressed the button. When that happened, all the girls were sent text messages that came from the game.

"It's on now." Erza said as she ran out of the room.

"Good luck, Lucy. If we win, we'll try to talk up your good points to Natsu." Levy said as she followed after Levy. Now that the game has begun, Lucy tried getting her focus on the game and read her message.

"With one turn of a handle, I can raise the level." Lucy read, but she was already perplexed by what she got. "What? Who came up with this?"

"It will be okay, Lucy. You'll figure it out." Stella assured with Lucy feeling confident in herself.

...

Kagura

Meanwhile, Kagura was in the middle of a field and was practicing sword fighting with her mother. Her mother embraced the Japanese way with her black hair tied into a bun and wore red and black kimono with symbol for power on the back. The two of them practiced fighting with kendo swords. Kagura kept trying to strike her mother, but her mother blocked all of her attacks.

"Faster, Kagura! Add more power to it!" Mrs. Mikazuchi said. Kagura was getting ready to attack, but her phone went off and sent her a message. She was distracted and that gave her mother an opening. She attacked her daughter and knocked her to the ground. "You were distracted, Kagura. Remember what I taught you about the Onna-Musha."

"I know, Mother." Kagura said.

"The Onna-Musha was a term for females who fought alongside samurai." Mrs. Mikazuchi reminded. "In this day and age, men still ridicule us women. That is why you must be like the sea. The sea is calm and serene, but it becomes a powerful force when it's agitated. Show that women are just as strong as men."

"I know." Kagura said as she's trying her best to meet her mother's expectations.

"Now, what distracted you?" Mrs. Mikazuchi said.

"It was just my phone." Kagura said as she pulled it out. "It's just part of a game that's happening today." From the scowl on her mother's face, she did not approve of this. "It must have been sent by mistake."

"Good. I did not give permission for this." Mrs. Mikazuchi said. "Now, I have other matters to attend to. I'll take you home." Kagura obediently agreed to this, or at least looked that way. They all went in their family car and headed home. once they arrived in front of their building, Kagura stepped outside. "I'll be back in two hours."

"Yes, Mother." Kagura said as she let her mother believe she was going to stay, but waited until her mother was gone. She set a timer on her phone for those two hours. "Let's play." She said as she read the message. "With one turn of a handle, I can raise the level. Child's play." She already figured it out and was on her way to take part in the game.

...

Lucy

"Made it!" It took a moment, but Lucy figured out the riddle and arrived at a canal. "Canal Saint-Martin! It has a handle that raises the water level!"

"Very smart, Lucy. Any idea where or who your friend is?" Stella questioned. She looked around to see where her new is. She soon spotted Kagura on the other end of the canal, but was shocked to see it was her.

"Kagura?!" Lucy said as she couldn't believe it. "I got Kagura?! No way! Kagura is incredibly smart, not to mention she might still be upset with me with that whole fencing thing a while back. She'll probably figure everything out, get most of the credit, and Natsu will probably be impressed by her and not me. Also, Erza gave up her spot on the fencing team to Kagura, the same fencing team that Natsu is on. Who knows what has gone on with them. Natsu might already be impressed by her and this might give her the chance to date him."

"She can't be all that bad. Erza likes her." Stella pointed out. As the two were arguing about it, Kagura figured out Lucy was her partner and it looked like she was just talking to herself.

"She's weird." Kagura thought out loud. "However, I can handle this. Besides, Erza spoke highly of her. She can't be all that bad."

"No way, Stella. I can't." Lucy said.

"But that isn't fair to Kagura. The point of this game is to make a new friend." Stella said. "Kagura can't play without you."

"Yeah right. I probably just slow her down." Lucy said. That gave her an idea. "Slow her down... If I slow her down, someone else will win and she can't get closer to Natsu."

"Lucy, that isn't the point." Stella said, but she wasn't listening and already ran off to sabotage Kagura. The two of them walked over to a bridge and met with each other.

"Hi, Kagura." Lucy said.

"Hello. Lucy is your name, right?" Kagura said. "You didn't really seem happy we were partnered for this. I saw you talking to yourself earlier."

"Oh! I was just thinking out loud and wasn't aware I was partnered with you." Lucy said as an excuse to try and act innocent, but it just made things awkward. That was right when their friends went off again and alerted them of another message.

"Congratulations. You have your new friend, here is your first clue." Kagura read. "To get closer to your goal, you must explore further and deeper."

"I wonder what that means." Lucy said as she was about to put her plan into action. "Maybe we should..." "I got it!" Kagura interrupted.

"We must go down to the banks of Seine, which is deeper than this canal." Kagura said as she figured it out quickly. "Let's hurry and win, Lucy." She didn't waste any time and got going. Lucy could see this was harder than she thought. The two of them were on their way and Lucy was trying to figure out what she was going to do. It was then, she got other messages from Erza saying she found her partner, Macbeth, and told her to hurry. They were also telling her to hurry or they'll get Natsu first. She made sure Kagura wasn't looking.

'I got Kagura as my partner. Go for gold. I'm going to try and slow her down.' Lucy typed. 'I know she's your friend, but just trust me on this.' Kagura might be friends with Erza, but that doesn't really mean they need to be friends.

"Lucy! Over here!" Kagura called as she found a box on a bridge for the competition. She opened it up and saw a fishing rod with a magnet on it. "It looks like we have to fish out something made of metal in the water."

"I'll do it." Lucy said as she took the rod and threw the magnet in the water, trying to fish out whatever it is they have to look for. While she was waiting, Kagura looked down at her phone.

"What type of ice cream do you prefer? Chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry?" Kagura asked and tried forcing a smile.

"Uh... I guess I would take vanilla." Lucy said as she thought that was weird to ask with Kagura looking between her and the phone

"What is your favorite yearly season?" Kagura asked, forcing another smile.

"I would have to say...Spring. It's not too hot, not too cold, and nature really wakes up after sleeping through winter." Lucy said.

"Perhaps we could get a nice treat when we're done." Kagura said. Lucy thought she was acting weird, but there wasn't much time to ask about that. Kagura looked and noticed the line wasn't really moving. "I think you have something."

"Oh? Maybe it's just caught." Lucy said.

"No. I'm sure you got something." Kagura said as she did the reeling herself and was able to pull a metal box out of the water that had the competition's symbol on it. "We got it. You did...very well." She said and kept moving. This really is going to be tougher than she thought. Kagura doesn't seem to slow down for anything. They both continued on with the competition. Lucy tried her best to try and slow things down, sabotage their chances of winning, but Kagura appeared to be too smart for her. She figured everything out and just kept moving. Instead of loosing, it looked like they were going to win. "It looks like we made it to the final task. We have to take each other's phones, have them unlocked, and take a selfie in front of historical monuments, then meet back to take a group selfie. Do that and you will find the location of where Natsu is hiding."

"Switch phones? I don't know if my phone can..." Lucy tried to come up with an excuse, but Kagura just took her phone and gave her phone to Lucy.

"Let's make this quick. No telling how short our lead is. Let's meet back here once we have the selfies" Kagura said and already took off. Lucy doesn't know how she can stop her now, until she thought of something. She has her phone now and wants to see what Kagura is really all about.

"What are you doing?" Stella asked.

"Kagura was looking at her phone a lot. I want to see what her deal is really about." Lucy said.

"Don't do that, Lucy. Kagura trusted you with her phone, but you can't just look through it." Stella said as she was against this.

"Well, she's been acting weird. What is going on with her?" Lucy said as she searched through it, but saw less than she expected. "The only messages she have are the ones from the game? The only contact she has is her mother? You mean she doesn't have Erza's or anyone from the fencing team?" This isn't what Lucy expected. Then, she saw something else: an app she's not familiar with. "How to Make Friends... Oh shoot! That's why Kagura has been asking questions, smiling weirdly, and why she kept looking at her phone."

"She was only trying to be your friend." Stella said with Lucy feeling awful for how she acted.

"That's the whole point of this game in the first place." Lucy said as she felt so guilty. "Oh no! She has my phone! I've been messaging Erza about this! What if she sees them?"

"Do all humans look through each other's phones?" Stella questioned.

"Uh... I don't think Kagura is that kind of person. Still, I should make this fast and find her!" Lucy said as she needed to get to Kagura before Kagura learns the truth.

...

Kagura

As for Kagura, she soon found a monument to take that selfie in front of. Once she got it, she was ready to take the photo until she saw a message came in from Levy. She was about to put it away, but she noticed her own name in it and just had to read it.

"Erza contacted me, saying you got partnered with Kagura and you're trying to lose on purpose. Erza never said anything about Kagura being interested in Natsu, but do what you think you have to. I'm sure you'll find a way to lose." Reading this, Kagura was rather hurt as she failed to do what she needed. She still took the photo, but was rather unhappy.

...

Black Wizard

"What's worst than failing to make a friend? Thinking you were when you were deceived the whole time." Black Wizard said as he could feel Kagura's anger and misery. He took an etherious and filled it with dark power. "Fly, my evil etherious, and evillize her!"

...

Lucy

Lucy was concerned that Kagura already found out what she's been saying on her phone. She soon spotted Kagura, but she could see she was too late and that Kagura already saw her messages.

"Here's your phone back. I believe you didn't even take a photo with mine." Kagura said as she gave Lucy's phone back. "Perhaps we are just simply too different to be friends." Kagura didn't even give her the chance to explain as she just turned away and walked out of there.

"Kagura, wait! Let me explain!" Lucy pleaded, but there was another problem. She saw she still had Kagura's phone with her mother calling her. "Kagura, wait! Your phone!" She called as she chased after her and even answered for Kagura. "Hello?"

"Who is this? You're not my daughter. Where is she?" Mrs. Mikazuchi said.

"Uh... My name is Lucy, Mrs. Mikazuchi. I'm a friend of your daughters. We're even partnered in this game." Lucy said when she caught up to Kagura and Kagura heard her talking, Kagura feeling like she's in trouble.

"My daughter never mentioned you, and she was prohibited from playing some game. What is the meaning of this?" Mrs. Mikazuchi said. "My daughter was suppose to remain at home. She is in very much trouble for disobeying me." She sounded very displeased, but Lucy had to try and do something to help Kagura.

"Wait. It's my fault." Lucy claimed. "Kagura didn't want to disobey you, but I insisted she come out. I'm the one who has been wasting her time." Kagura was rather touched that Lucy was actually defending her, so much that her anger was beginning to disappear just as the etherious arrived. Without those negative emotions, the etherious flew away from her.

...

Black Wizard

"The negative feelings are fading." Black Wizard complained, but he wasn't all that concerned. "I do sense another source rising in anger and frustration. Hurry, my etherious. Go to it before we lose it!" He ordered with the etherious changing directions.

...

Mrs. Mikazuchi

"Return my daughter's phone at once! I wish to speak with her!" Mrs. Mikazuchi claimed with frustration. She had her car parked and was ready to drive, but wasn't going anywhere without knowing where Kagura is. "She knows better than to disobey me." She was furious with her daughter's disobedience that she reached for her kendo sword and gripped it hard. That anger drew the etherious and it went in her sword with her being connected to Black Wizard.

"Onna-Musha, I'm Black Wizard. Your daughter has disobeyed you? Well, let's teach her what happens when she does."

...

Lucy and Kagura

"Ma'am, please don't be upset with Kagura." Lucy pleaded. "Ma'am?"

"It shall be done, Black Wizard." Lucy heard on the phone. Hearing Black Wizard meant there was a lot of trouble coming.

"Kagura, you're mother is pretty upset with you. In fact, I think you should hide." Lucy said, but it was too late. Her mother accepted the deal and merged with her care. She turned into a mechanical samurai that was a giant in red armor and carried a katana. She moved fast for her size and was able to catch the two of them in almost no time.

"Kagura!" Onna-Musha called. "You have disobeyed me! You obviously need more discipline, so you shall never leave my side again!" She declared as she swiped her own daughter off the ground.

"No! Mother!" Kagura called as she tried to reason with her, but her own mother swallowed her. Rather than falling inside stomach content, Kagura ended up in a car seat with a seatbelt automatically trapping her in. Seeing how big she messed up, Lucy hurried off to fix this fast as she took cover.

"I've got to save Kagura. Stella, Twinkle!" Lucy wasn't going to mess around anymore. She transformed and hurried after Onna-Musha.

"Stop right there!" Celestria called as she landed on the park's merry-go-round. "Release Kagura at once! You can't keep her as your prisoner!"

"You think you can order me around? You think you can tell me how to raise my daughter?!" Onna-Musha said as she felt offended. "I am own Onna-Musha!" She declared as she swung her katana at her, but Celestria jumped out of the way. "I am as fierce as the raging tide, the mighty sea! You can't stop me!" She tried going after Celestria and stomped after her with her using her katana to strike her. Unless Celestria can figure out a way to slow her down, Celestria is going to have a hard time stopping this raging warrior.

...

The Wax Museum

The museum was where Natsu was hiding out for the competition. Everyone there was just relaxing as a winner didn't show up yet. However, all of them were soon alerted about an attack going on. Jacob was there as well, and hearing about the attack put him in action.

"Natsu?" Jacob said as he looked around with him and soon spotted him. "Come on. I need to make sure you're safe now." Jacob grabbed Natsu and took him away, but he didn't realize that he just took the statue. The real Natsu was hiding and tricked him so he could transform.

"Igneel, Fire Up!"

...

Celestria

Celestria was swinging around to try and put some distance between her and Onna-Musha, but she was fast for someone her size. Celestria tried fighting back as she swung herself up as high as she could. She then swung her whip at her, but Onna-Musha caught it with her katana.

"You clearly lack discipline." Onna-Musha said as she gave Celestria a good throw. Celestria flew across the area and landed in a tree.

"I see you made a new friend yourself, Celestria." Salamondra said as he offered his staff to help her down.

"I wouldn't call her a friend exactly." Celestria said as she was able to get down and looked back to see Onna-Musha looking around for her. "Hang on, Kagura."

"Kagura?" Salamondra questioned.

"I don't have time to explain, but the villain has her own daughter trapped inside herself." Celestria said.

"What's the plan on getting her out?" Salamondra questioned.

"Let's find out. Open the Celestial Gate!" She used her powers and she ended up getting a movie ticket.

"Does this mean you're finally taking me to the movies?" Salamondra joked.

"There's no sign on it." Celestria said. Usually when that happens, there's only one person she can go see. "Try and keep her busy. I'll be back as soon as I can." She said and took off.

"Sure. Leave me a guy to deal with an angry woman. That's always a good idea." Salamondra said with some sarcasm.

...

The Movie Theater

Celestria hurried off to the theaters. That's the only place she can think of to go. She also had to change back into Lucy just in case she was right about this.

"Excuse me. Can someone help me?" Lucy asked.

"Right here." To her surprise, Mavis was right there and looked like she was working there.

"Master Mavis? What are you doing here?" Lucy questioned.

"Now that Black Wizard knows who I am, I'm constantly moving and hiding so he doesn't find me." Mavis said. "I take it your here because of another attack, not for a movie." Knowing the situation, Mavis pulled out the Miracle Box and opened it up. "Lucy, pick an ally you can trust. Once the mission is over, you must bring the miraculous back to me."

"Onna-Musha says she's like the raging sea..." Lucy said as she tried to think of what miraculous take. The villain comparing herself to the sea gave her an idea. "I need someone who can handle the sea." She ended up taking a miraculous that was a gold flexible thin band made to go around the forehead with five blue gems in it.

"The mermaid miraculous. That miraculous gives a person the ability to change into the three forms of water: ice, steam, and water itself. Do you know who to give that to?" Mavis questioned.

"I know just the person." Lucy said as she's about to gain a new friend after all.

...

The Fight

Salamondra tried his best to fight off Onna-Musha. She stomped around and tried to crush him, but he kept moving around to avoid her. He extended his staff and tried to strike at her, but she used her katana and knocked him away, sending him flying near some cars.

"I see she's giving you a hard time yourself." Celestria said when she came back. She reached down and helped him up.

"She's one angry mother. Did you get what you needed?" Salamondra questioned.

"Yeah. I just need to figure out how to get it to her." Celestria said as she held up the box with the miraculous in it. "We also need to get Onna-Musha's katana. That has to be where the etherious is."

"But how are we even going to get close enough?" Salamondra said.

"Let's see what I get this time. Open the Celestial Gate!" Celestria used her powers again. This time, she ended up getting a case with the Pieces sign on it. When she opened up, she saw yellow and blue stars on them. Celestria tried figuring out what to do until an idea came to her. "I think I know what to do."

"Enough of your hiding! Come out and fight!" Onna-Musha demanded. Celestria got her plan ready as she placed the miraculous in the box.

"Now, Salamondra!" Celestria called as she tossed the box up. Salamondra hit it as hard as he could like it was a baseball and sent it flying. It went right in Onna-Musha's mouth.

...

Kagura

The box made its way through Onna-Musha and landed right in her lap. Curious as to what it was, she opened it up and spotted the miraculous box. When she opened up that, a little blue kwami with the tail of a mermaid emerged from a light.

"Ahoy. I'm Marissa. My name means "...of the sea" and I'm your kwami."

"A what?" Kagura questioned. Marissa took a moment to explain that she can grant her powers to help her fight while Celestria and Salamondra are doing all that they can to fight off Onna-Musha until their real plan takes action. Kagura apparently got the idea of it as she clasped the head piece around her head with it turning into a simple silver band around her head.

"To use my powers, you just need to say "Marissa, Rouse the Sea" and transform. First, let me explain Celestria's plan." Marissa said.

"Marissa, Rouse the Sea!" Kagura said as she didn't wait around.

"Wait! I haven't explained everything!" Marissa said, but it was too late as she was pulled inside the miraculous. Kagura ended up gaining a blue suit with the gloves and legs a darker shade. Even kept her ribbon in her hair. The legs were even given a scale-like pattern. She also received a gold belt and on the center were three symbols of a cloud, a snowflake, and a wave. As for her mask and weapon, the mask looked like the fin of a mermaid tail with her given a gold spear-like weapon with the edge looking like a tibia shell.

"Evaporate!" She called out a command and she turned into a cloud of steam. When she did that, she easily slipped through the openings in Onna-Musha and was free.

...

Outside

The steam was able to slip out of Onna-Musha easily. When that happened, she emerged and reformed. Her arrival was a surprise to everyone.

"See, Mother? I can be as powerful as the sea as well. In this form, I am now known as Undine." The arrival of a new hero like this was something no one expected. Undine jumped down and joined the heroes as she got her spear ready to to fight. "Thank you for the miraculous, Celestria. A pleasure to meet you, Salamondra."

"What are you doing? This isn't part of the plan." Celestria said.

"What plan?" Undine questioned. The arrival of Undine also alerted Black Wizard, and it didn't take him long to figure out who was under that mask.

"A new hero... Onna-Musha, it would seem that Celestria is turning your daughter against you. Bring me all three of their miraculous as a form of their punishment." Black Wizard insisted.

"Kagura, you disobeyed me yet again. For that, you must be punished!" Onna-Musha declared as she raised her katana and tried strike the three of them, but they all jumped out of the way. Undine wasn't going to just stand around. She charged right in and attacked as she used her newfound physical abilities and tried attacking her own mother.

"Undine, wait!" Celestria called as she tried to get her to stop.

"I can't. This is a personal matter." Undine claimed. She tried attacking her again, but Onna-Musha easily deflected her attacks and caused Undine to crash into the ground. When that happened, Undine tried to scoop her up again. However, Salamondra stepped in and he got grabbed instead with her swallowing him.

"No!" Celestria called with Undine realizing she made a serious mistake. Salamondra fell into her stomach and soon found himself trapped like Undine. Onna-Musha kept going as she was about to stomp down on her, but Celestria used her whip and got her out of the way. "Undine, you can't act impulsively like that. We had a plan, but I needed you to become water for it to work. She soon realized the great error she made in this.

"I'm sorry." Undine said as she felt so bad. "I acted impatient and made things worse."

"It's okay." Celestria assured. "We all make mistakes, but there's still a way to fix this." She whispered the plan to Undine and she was all on board now. Now that she understands the plan, Undine got up and walked right over.

"You were right, Mother. I have a lot to learn." Undine said as she was admitting defeat.

"At last you are willing to listen." Onna-Musha said as she grabbed her daughter and swallowed her whole once again, but that was what Celestria wanted.

...

Inside

Undine made her way down to the stomach, but she was ready for it this time as she landed down and joined Salamondra.

"Hold your breath, and get ready to use your Dragon Fire on her katana." Undine claimed. Salamondra got the message and readied himself. "Melt!" When she gave that command, her body turned to water and began to flood the room. That caused the little balls Celestria got to explode with bubbles.

...

Outside

Now that Onna-Musha swallowed two heroes, she was ready to swallow the third. However she started to feel uneasy in her stomach and it soon began to cramp. She tried to hold it back, but she couldn't and ended up spewing water with the two heroes getting free.

"Dragon Fire!" Salamondra called on his power and touched the katana with it burning and breaking apart, freeing the etherious.

"No more evildoing for you, little etherious." Celestria activated her whip and began twirling it. "Time to de-evillize!" She threw the whip and caught it. "Bye-Bye, little guy." She said when she released it. "Miraculous Starlight!" She threw what was left of her item in the air and unleashed the magic stars, fixing everything that was destroyed with Onna-Musha becoming Mrs. Mikazuchi and her car again.

"Kagura? Where's Kagura?" Mrs. Mikazuchi asked.

"It's okay, ma'am. Your daughter will be here soon." Undine claimed. It was all over now, but Celestria and Salamondra held off on bumping fists so that Undine could join in.

"Pound it!" All three did.

...

Black Wizard

"You may have escaped again, and you might be gaining new friends, but I am still your worst enemy." Black Wizard claimed as he wasn't done yet. Instead of making friends, he just keeps making enemies.

...

Kagura

"Calm the Sea." Now that the battle was over, Undine changed back to Kagura and gave the miraculous back to Celestria where it was safe.

"Thank you, Kagura, but I'm afraid I won't be able to entrust a miraculous to you again." Celestria claimed.

"I understand. I'm not worthy of such power." Kagura claimed.

"No! It's not that, you were great! The problem is that Black Wizard knows your identity." Celestria explained. "There might come a time where I will need Undine again, but it's dangerous for you, your family, and your friends."

"I don't really have many friends." Kagura said.

"That doesn't matter. What does is that you do, and I'm sure they are real friends." Celestria said to make Kagura feel better, and it kind of did. Once that was all done, Kagura went to face her mother, but her mother was still unhappy.

"You disobeyed me, Kagura." Mrs. Mikazuchi said.

"I'm sorry, Mother. I was only trying to make a friend." Kagura said.

"But you have your fencing team." Mrs. Mikazuchi claimed.

"It's not the same." Kagura claimed. Mrs. Mikazuchi is stern, but she does care about her daughter's happiness.

"Just be home for dinner." Mrs. Mikazuchi said as she accepted things, much to Kagura's shock, and just drove off. That was great for Kagura, but there was still one thing that had to be done.

...

Lucy

Lucy had a lot of making up to do to Kagura for what she did. She gave Kagura a message and asked her to meet back at the bridge. She was glad to see when she saw Kagura show herself.

"The contest is over. We lost." Kagura said as she showed that Levy won with her new friend: Cosmo. "So, what shall we do now?"

"Well, I believe someone said something about getting a sweet treat." Lucy joked to break the ice. "Kagura, I'm really sorry. I was unfair to you. I got so caught up in my own desires that I forgot that the point of this was to make a new friend. Erza certainly trusts you and likes you, so I should at least be nice and try to be your friend."

"I was wrong about you, Lucy. I can see why Erza thinks so highly of you." Kagura said as it seemed like they were finally taking a step in the right direction. "Also, I have no interest in Natsu Dragneel. We might fence together, but that's about it. It we don't really have anything in common." Lucy found that reassuring, but she just laughed it off.

"Come on. I'll introduce you to some of my other friends. I'm sure they would all like to get to know you better." Lucy said as she linked her arm with Kagura's and the two started walking like the new friends they were. In the end, they really did do what the contest was meant for. They both made a new friend and that's probably the best prize of all.