BROKEN AND BRUISED

CHAPTER 1

Bruises, scars, scratches, cuts… blood.

That was all Lucy could see in the mirror while she looked at herself. Covering all her body, from top to bottom, scars, bruises, scratches, cuts and a trail of dried blood going down from the inside of her thigh down to her foot.

Water dripped on her feet, reaching a hand to her cheek, she could feel the tears that were flowing from her eyes. 'How did it come to this? I thought he wanted my help!'

But no, that wasn't the case at all, no, not at all.

"You actually believed I wanted your help you blonde bimbo. Ha! You are stupider than I thought."

Ah yes, why did she fall for his trick? She really was stupid, how could she trust this man? She was indeed naïve, for she trusted this man only because they share the same insignia, the same guild, the same… family. She couldn't shake what he said to her out of her head.

"Using you to take over Fairy Tail will be fun, you know? Or better yet, why only restrain to only take you as a hostage, when I can have fun with you?"

She shook her head, trying to forget the evil smirk he sent her way, when he climbed the bed and started stripping her, her pleas and screams for him to stop falling on deaf ears.

She gripped her head, took some few deep breaths to calm down, she can't think about this, not now, she had to leave here, wherever here is. She had a plan and she needed to be stable enough to be able to go through with it.

She has been here for two days, in those two days, she discovered a pattern. Every day, at 2:00 pm, Evergreen would come in and give her food and then after thirty minutes, she would come in again and take the food tray. Even though they took her keys, she wasn't that weak, she was still able to overpower Evergreen at least, physically of course. She also knew that Bickslow and Freed were not here to not raise suspicion in the guild as to why all the Raijinshuu weren't there, and especially since the Fantasia festival is around the corner, all Fairy Tail members were requested back to the guild so all could participate. She wondered why no one from Fairy Tail noticed she was gone, but it could be because they lied about it.

Third day here, she waited for Evergreen to enter her room, not five minutes later, Evergreen entered.

"I brought you some clothes and food, you can take a shower in the bathroom." Evergreen said coldly, and went back out locking the door behind her.

Lucy wasted no time, she ran for the bathroom, took a quick shower, finally relieved to rid herself of the dried blood, the last two days they didn't give her anything to bathe with, not a towel nor the water in the tub was on, she wondered how people could be so cruel. She got out and quickly dressed, finally after two days she was wearing something. She ate her food, took the plate from the tray and hid it behind her back. Just as she did that, the door flew open.

"Glad to see you look somewhat presentable." Evergreen haughtily said as she went to grab the tray, but noticed the missing plate, she started to turn to Lucy "Hey, where is the pla-"

She wasn't able to finish her sentence, Lucy had already smashed the plate on the fairy's mage head, resulting in knocking her out.

She ran out the door, trying to get a feel of the magic her keys emit. Just as she suspected, no one was home. She continued searching for her keys, until she felt their magic and went directly into a room that looked like an office, she felt the magic coming from the desk. She came closer to the desk and tried to open the drawers, only to find them locked.

She could feel the magic from the first drawer, she crouched down next to it and with tears welling in her eyes, stuttered "Loke, please if you hear me, please I am begging you open your gate, please I need you." The tears flowed down her face "Please I need you here, help me." Her desperate voice echoed in all kinds of worlds, being celestial, demonic, a dragon realm, everyone heard the depressed celestial mage, that's why not only did Loke open his gate, all her spirits did, with the permission of the celestial spirit king.

They looked at her, really looked at her, the broken state she was in, the scars that were evident beneath the clothes she wore, her tearful eyes, and they knew, that they have failed her.

Loke rushed forward to catch her as she no longer can stand, and they all circled her, all worried about her, all feeling sorry for her, and all disappointed that they couldn't protect her from what happened to her.

"Please Loke, take me out of here." He didn't hesitate in picking her up, walking towards the door only to be stopped by a barrier 'Only the Raijinshuu and Laxus are allowed to enter and leave'.

"Laxus!" Loke gritted his teeth.

"Evergreen is knocked out inside." Breathed Lucy.

"Got it. Virgo." He looked behind his shoulder to the said spirit.

"On it." Virgo disappeared and reappeared with Evergreen thrown on her shoulder, they all passed with Evergreen and then dumped her at the steps.

Arriving home, Loke put Lucy down on her couch, she was in hysterics, sobbing for her dear life, that she didn't think of dear now.
"What happened Princess?" asked Virgo shyly.

"I don't deserve to be called Princess, not after what happened." She hiccupped.

"What happened Lucy?" Aquarius asked, for the first time in her life, softly. She has never seen the blonde like this, never seen her so broken, so tired, as if giving the opportunity, she would give up her life only to be able to rest from this misery.

She relayed to them what happened, she wanted someone to know, because after three days, and after what happened to her, she wanted someone who she can trust, someone she'd be able to lean on, and most importantly, someone not from the guild.

So she told them everything from the beginning, from where Laxus asked for her help, only to find out it was a trap to drive her away from the guild and get her to be alone, then to him telling her his plans, then to him defiling her. By the end of her story, they were all livid, and forbade her to stay alone, and after Loke got the permission from the king that at least one of them stays with her, he volunteered first.

"Master Makarov needs to know."

"No Loke!"

"What why?"

"I don't want anyone to know what happened to me." She said looking away.

"But Lucy-"

"You can go and tell him about his grandson's plans, but not about what he did to me. Please Loke."

"Understood." Loke accepted what she said, he didn't agree on it though, but the broken look on her face made him stay put, he wasn't going to leave her like this, not with so much negativity going through her mind.

"I'll go tomorrow."

"Okay."

He'll go tomorrow, what could happen in a day?

"Let's get you something to eat."

"I'm not hungry, I'm just going to take a shower."

She didn't make room for him to object, rushing to the bathroom and shutting the door behind her. He sighed, all he wanted was to storm to Laxus' place and kick his ass, but he couldn't, because her safety is much more important than revenge at the moment, he sighed again and went to prepare her bed for her, and maybe make a small meal to eat, she hadn't eaten anything except for what Evergreen brought her, and it was usually always a piece of bread. Meanwhile, Lucy was in the bathroom, scrubbing herself really hard that her skin started to bleed, doing so to wash away his scent, the feel of his hands on her body, how he hit her sometimes to make her keep quiet. The tears started again, but can someone blame her?

Meanwhile, back with Laxus, Freed and Bickslow, they all arrived home to the scene of Evergreen lying on the doorstep to the house. Quickly checking if she was alright, Freed and Bickslow carried her back inside, while Laxus searched the whole house for Lucy, but found her nowhere, he searched his desk, found the drawer empty, went into the room she was staying in, found the glass shards on the floor and concluded what happened, she knocked out Evergreen and left.

Storming back to his living room, where the rest were sitting, he looked at Evergreen disapprovingly, like why didn't she give her a plastic plate? He didn't say anything though, because Evergreen looked pissed, and he didn't want to come in her way. Blondie just made some interesting enemies.

"Boss man, what do we do now? She knows everything."

Bickslow was right, she really does. So that only left one choice.

"We give her no time to do anything, I don't think she would be in the mental state to anyway, but we don't risk it. The Battle of Fairy Tail commences tomorrow."

They all nodded and went to prepare for their fights, while Laxus sat in his living room and thought about the events of the last three days, his memory was foggy, sometimes he remembers stuff he could never do, and sometimes he forgets stuff completely. He feels as if he did something terribly wrong, but has no memory of it, and he can't ask the others, they have been giving him the cold shoulder, and he doesn't know why. They still obey what he says though, so he doesn't understand what's wrong. And where does Blondie fit in all of this? He doesn't know. All he remembers was that he kept her captive, because of… 'Because of what exactly did I keep her here?' thought Laxus.

XXX

The next morning, Loke waited for Virgo to arrive before leaving to the guild to report to Makarov what happened. Once she opened her gate, he went taking the usual route. Just as he reached the guildhall's doors, chaos erupted, and then began the battle of Fairy Tail.

Lucy woke up to the sounds of fighting and yelling outside her apartment and she knew, they were too late. She quickly got up and got dressed, grabbed a hold of her keys and whip before being stopped by Virgo.

"Virgo you need to let me go."

"Hime, I cannot."

"Virgo, you don't understand, this is my fault." Lucy could barely breathe, if she let Loke tell Master yesterday this wouldn't have happened, the fighting right now wouldn't be happening, everything right now woul-

"Hime, it is anything but your fault, you dealt with a very tragic accident last night and you need to rest, so please get back to bed."

The blonde lowered her head, and whispered "I'm sorry Virgo."

Before the said spirit can react, Lucy took out her key and chanted "Force gate closer, Virgo!"

The spirit before her faded, and Lucy ran out the door, just before it closed, she heard a strangled 'Hime!', she ran out crying, this was her fault, she could have prevented it, and she didn't because she only thought of herself, how selfish could she be?

As she ran in the streets, she all but found mages from the guild she loved, mages who call themselves family, fighting each other, knocking out each other, crying while fighting. She felt as if her soul was detached from her.

Just before she rounded the corner, a green beam of light shot her way but she quickly evaded it by jumping away from it, she looked up and breathed "Bickslow".

"Cosplayer" he responded.

"Have you not done enough already, what more do you want?" she raged at him, he was there and he didn't stop Laxus from doing what he did, he simply looked away. A look of shame swam through his eyes, but the blonde couldn't see it because of his visor, he really doesn't want to do this, but to save his boss, he has too, he will do all he could to save Laxus, even fighting this girl in front of him, he was guilty indeed, of a lot of things, but if he could save his friend, he would do the impossible, he has been giving him the cold shoulder when this was not even his fault.

He simply started the fight and didn't say anything, afraid that his voice will crack, that the truth will flow from him in front of her, he couldn't let that happen, so he decided to finish this once and for all, "Baryon Formation."

As the spell made its way towards Lucy, she reached for her keys only to find they weren't there, one of his totems must have took her keys. Just before the spell hit, she felt someone carry her and jump out of the way.

"You are really the stupidest girl I have ever had as a master."

"Thanks Loke."

He put her down and handed her the keys, "Found them flying around. Now is he our opponent?"

"Yes he is."

"Then let me take him out."

"Let's" Lucy cracked her whip beside her, "I'm fighting right beside you."

He looked at her, how can he ever stay mad at her "Let's."

And the fight started, and ended with Lucy coming out of it victorious, then the thunder palace happened, and for whatever reason, the lightning in the lacrima hadn't hurt her one bit. The battle was over with Fairy Tail winning. There were a lot of people injured, mages non mages alike, so for the rest of the day Lucy helped nursing them back to health, helping them with rebuilding their houses, she did all she could to take her mind of what happened just last night.

The next day at the guild, Laxus walked in and went straight for his gramps's office.

His gramps couldn't even look him in the eye, ashamed of him that it was evident from only his aura. The master was really sad that while he was fighting for his life, his only family, his grandson didn't even care about the fact that he was on the brink of death.

"Do you realize what you have done? How many lives you put in danger with this stunt of yours?"

Laxus hang his head low, ashamed, partly because he couldn't remember what he had done, but he knew it was something horrible, he knew from the looks the guild members gave him when he entered that it was his fault, but how can he say that to his grandfather, the master of this guild, the guild he apparently hurt. He knew what his fate was, and he waited for the words.

"You are excommunicated from the guild." His gramps had his back facing him while he said it, and Laxus could smell the scent of salt, right before he walked out the door, he called out to his gramps "Take care of yourself jiji." And left. He heard the strangled cries and sobs coming from his gramps's room but nevertheless continued his way.

On his way out, the Raijinshuu tackled him, "Laxus take us with you." Screamed Freed.

"No Freed, you guys need to stay here." They started begging him to let them go with him, and he denied their efforts "You three need to stay here and help the guild." That was the last thing he said before he left, and somehow, his teammates knew, that Laxus was free, and that he will be alright.

Walking out of the Fantasia parade, tears flowing down his face, the image of his gramps and all of Fairy tail doing the sign he created embedded in his mind. All of Fairy tail but one, Blondie.

XXX

Lucy lay on her bed, lifeless.

Her mind would always go back there, back to him, and she didn't know why.

All she wanted to do was forget what happened, forget what he did, what she lost. She didn't notice the tears that cascaded down her face, but a passerby did, and this passerby had a really good nose and good ears too, he could hear the hiccups and sobs coming from her apartment.

What should he do? He of all people, the one who beat her down and tortured her, can he really comfort her? But the way she accepted him in the guild after what happened, the way she would greet him and have small chats with him sometimes, he was still adapting to this kindness, all his life he was treated miserably, and now he was being treated with kindness, not by all the guild though, but from her he is, and at the very least he should repay that kindness that she showed him.

Walking up the stairs he didn't know what to do or say once he reached her door. And once he did, he decided the best thing would be to knock, just as he was about he heard her talking to someone.

"Loke, I feel dirty and used… I can't help but keep seeing him right in front of me, about to force himself again." She cried in his lap.

"Lucy… he is gone, Laxus is gone, was kicked out of the guild."

Gajeel' eyes flew wide open, 'Laxus did WHAT!?' He slowly stepped away from the door and left, he needed to talk with master tomorrow, and if the information he brought before wasn't enough, added to this, the master will likely turn murderous.

It was 2:00 am and Lucy couldn't sleep, she sat by her window, and stared at the night sky, at the stars that shone brighter than usual. Today, she did something she never thought would do, she lied to her team, told them she was still tired and injured from the fight, when really she wasn't at all, the master let her out of the parade and she didn't know why, maybe he could see the despair in her eyes, the pain and sadness.

A tear rolled by and she quickly wiped it away, looked out the window and did the fairy tail sign, sticking her thumb and index finger in the form of an L, pointing it to the stars. They say someone important to the guild invented this sign so she thought it might be the master or the ones before. They say that the meaning of this sign is that wherever you are, you will always be looked over and watched for, and remembered, so she did this sign, for her spirits, that she will always be there for them, just like they are doing to her now. At this moment, the stars shone brighter. She didn't know that the one who invented the sign is the same one who hurt her, and the same one who was watching her right now, as she did what he created, sadness seeped from him at the sight of her broken state. For whatever reason, walking away from her was proven to be the hardest thing to do, and he didn't know why he felt as if he had to see her before he left. He took one last glance, and started walking, feeling as if his soul is being ripped away piece by piece as he walked further.

'I'm sorry Blon-Lucy, for whatever I have seemed to have done to you.'

But Laxus didn't know, that sorry isn't enough for what he did.

XXX

"Are you sure of this?"

"Yes master."

The next day, Gajeel went and relayed all the information he had to the master, except for what he heard about Lucy, deciding that this is her secret and that he would help her through it, if she liked it or not, because no matter how much he denies it, his dragon took her as kin, so she was now more than nakama to him. She was family.

"So you are telling me that my son, Ivan, controlled Laxus, his son by a shadow to overtake Fairy tail from the inside?"

"Yes."

"And that when he evoked Fairy Law, the shadow in Laxus died?"

"Yes, he seemed as if he woke up a bit, but it was too late because the dragon was in control, not him."

"What about the Raijinshuu?"

"They knew but were threatened that if they spilled Laxus would die."

The master took a deep breath in "Are you sure about this?"

The man before him nodded "My resources are trustable." True, Gajeel knew his ways with shady people, and he was the best in obtaining information, with his good hearing.

He signaled Gajeel out, because he felt that if he talked, Magnolia would disappear from existence, his hands were shaking with rage, how could Ivan, treat his son like this? First he shoves a dragon lacrima behind his eye, and now controls him to hurt people. For a split second, he felt a bit happy, because that meant that his grandson was innocent, but maybe it was still early to call him back, he could use the time away to become better.

Master looked out the window 'I'm sorry my boy, I should have known. I hope wherever you are, you are safe.'

XXX

Lucy heard the knock on her door. That's weird she told everyone that she was sick and she wasn't coming, and when Natsu protested and demanded he comes with her, she made him promise to not follow her home if when she felt better she would go on a mission with him. So the person outside the door must not be from the guild, it could only be a random person, so if she kept quiet the person would go away.

"I can smell you, I know that you are here, open up Bunny."

She froze, she knows that voice. The man who tortured her and then a few days later walks in the guild and she welcomes him, because she knew he changed, he never apologized for what he did, but little things he did showed that he wished for forgiveness, such as sometimes buying her milkshakes, talking with her, greeting her. Gajeel didn't do any of this stuff with her guild mates, well except Levy.

She came to the door, held the door knob in her hand, and took a deep breath, 'No, not today.' She retracted her hand from the knob "Sorry Gajeel I'm busy now." She wasn't ready to face anyone who's from the guild, and especially a dragon slayer.

"Bunny… I know."

She looked up quickly, "What do you mean?" she choked out, he couldn't possibly mean about that.

"You know what I mean."

She flung the door open, her tears cascading her face, her red eyes burning from how much she cried, and the bags evident under her eyes "How?"

He came in and she moved from the door to let him, then closed the door behind him.

"Sit down, we have a lot to talk about." Gajeel said looking at her with sorrowful eyes.

After an hour…

"SO YOU ARE TELLING ME I CANNOT EVEN HATE MY RAPIST BECAUSE HE IS AS MUCH OF A VICTIM AS I AM!" the blonde raged. It was just what she needed! she was fine with blaming him, with saying that he was an asshole because that made her feel better, but now how could she when he was just as much of a victim as she was?

And what kind of father does that? Somehow, she pitied him, and now all she could feel was empty, he did what he did, but he wasn't conscious about it, and she couldn't hate him for what happened, because it wasn't his fault. So where does she go from here? How can she heal from this?

For the first time in his life, Gajeel did not know what the hell to do, the girl was crying with her hands covering her face, and he had no idea of how to comfort her, so he did the only thing he could do, he pat her head.

Lucy removed her hands from her face and looked at him, still petting her but looking straight ahead, so she accepted it as a form of comfort and used it to feel better, at least a bit.

"What do I do now Gaj?"

"Who the hell is GAJ?!" he bristled.

The blonde let out a sad giggle and whispered"Your nickname of course, you call me Bunny, it's only fair."

He grumbled something under his breath, but otherwise remained silent. After a while he broke the silence that Lucy was starting to enjoy "I don't know, but I'm here."

She looked at him, couldn't believe her ears. Was she imagining things? He looked at her and chuckled "I can be sorta nice."

"You don't say." The blonde was so shocked she couldn't think straight. But all that though rushed out of her as she felt her stomach churn and she leaped for the bathroom to vomit once again this day. Seriously what was happening to her?

A/N:

I have to say, that rape is not something to take light off. It is a serious crime, and leaves a deep scar on a person, so please if that has ever happened to you, please talk to someone about it, and get help!

I also have to note that this is a fanfiction, not a true story, and in this they were both victims, so please don't think light of the situation.

And for my other story, I just got a new laptop because my old one crashed, and it still has all the data saved on it, and I still haven't gotten it back, the moment I do though, I will continue the other story, and you will know what happened with Bunny Lucy!