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06| BAD APPLE

The tension in the mansion was horrible now, and a lot less bearable for Lucy. She found herself in the middle of a lot more arguments between the brothers, and found herself in a lot more arguments with the brothers. It was something new to her, being so angry and letting herself just yell at someone just to take it out on a person who wasn't the cause of it.

She could often feel the warmth of her spirit's keys, trying to comfort her but she oddly found herself not wanting them to comfort her. She didn't want comfort, she didn't want Loke trying to tell her everything would be okay, she didn't want Virgo bringing her clothing and tending to her bite wounds. Lucy just didn't want help, she wanted to be left alone now. She was used to being alone.

"Lucy?" Yui's voice called, opening the blonde's door to only find Lucy sitting on the edge of her bed in her pink silk nightgown with her long blonde hair trailing down her back. "Can I come in?"

Lucy nodded her head, not looking over but flinching slightly when Yui sat besides her and grabbed her hand gently. It was rare that the two would get time alone, but sometimes they did get their moments. Yet this was different.

It was the first time Yui had ever seen Lucy cry.

Lucy was silent, her head was bowed and she wiped her tears silently. Yui never thought someone so pretty could cry, or hold such sadness in her eyes. Lucy was always so positive, so full of life and telling the others off. Yui knew then she had interrupted Lucy's alone time, why she wanted to be alone fully time to time.

"Why are you crying?" Yui asked without really thinking of what she was saying.

In turn, Lucy let out a little huff of a laugh. "I don't know anymore, Yui." Lucy said honestly, and softly. It was almost a whisper that Yui struggled to hear. "I'm mad, and then I'm sad. This life, it's a joke."

Yui frowned, and without saying another she pulled Lucy into her arms. The blonde said nothing, but buried her head into Yui's chest and started to sob. Yui's heart broke a bit when she felt Lucy's arms snake around her to hold her tighter. It gave Yui enough room to see how many scars were on Lucy's neck, littering the now pale skin.

It wasn't a secret, Lucy had indeed taken most of the feedings from the brothers. Only recently had they become increasingly aggressive, to the point Yui would hear Lucy cry out in pain and being shoved against a wall. Sometimes Yui wished Lucy wouldn't jump in the way and purposefully piss the brothers off to get them away from her.

Yet now with the Mukami's here, Yui was feed on more, but she noticed that they never truly let Lucy get hurt. The cries of pain were less, and the screams of anger and agony no longer echoed the walls. It gave Yui a sense of peace knowing someone was looking out for Lucy, especially Yuma- who watched the blonde from afar.

"My father used to tell me life works in weird ways. That some days would be horrible, and some of the other days would be perfect, and that some days would be in between." Yui ran her hand through Lucy's hair. "I know I'm not strong, or brave but I want you to stop hurting yourself for me. Protecting me is making your life worse."

Lucy sat up quickly, her tear stained face surprised as she stared at Yui. This girl didn't understand why Lucy did it, hell Lucy didn't even know but there was just something about Yui that Lucy wanted to protect at all costs. "No. That's not even an option Yui, they'll kill you."

"They're killing you." Yui argued back, her words striking a cord within Lucy.

They're killing you. Lucy sat for a moment, taking those words in and she had quickly come to terms with something she didn't know she had a problem with. Something that wasn't even in mind. Grabbing Yui's hand, Lucy lost all the sadness in her eyes and was completely serious. It made Yui a bit uneasy how fast her mood changed.

"Better me than you." Lucy muttered, standing up and looking over at Yui. "It's a full moon  tonight. Last time you almost needed a blood transfusion so Loke will be taking you to the spirit world."

Yui scrunched her eyebrows up, confused. "Where? Are you coming with me?"

Lucy shook her head, "Somewhere they can't physically access even by teleportation, and no, I won't be going. I need to keep an eye on them here and make sure they don't kill any locals in the nearby town."

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Yuma sighed laying in his bed with his hand in his hair, head pounding once again. He wouldn't admit it to anyone, but he lowkey believed Lucy the crazy blonde was right about them being related. He was having too many dreams that were what he knew as memories that he more than likely suppressed when he was turned. Only Ruki was the one that knew the truth at first, along as himself.

"You used to say the name Lucy in your sleep back at the orphanage when we were younger, but always seemed to forget the name when you woke. Never gave the dream a second thought." Ruki said, sitting next to Yuma who looked at the photo of a child Lucy.

"She's more than likely my only blood relative, as crazy as it sounds. Plus it's not like I'll let her know that. I don't remember her fully, but I know for damn sure she isn't going to marry a damn Sakamaki." Yuma growled.

Ruki stood, putting a hand on Yuma's shoulder. "Then we'll protect her like we protect each other. Lucy will become a Mukami instead of a damn Sakamaki, even if that means she has to wed Kou."

It was an idea Yuma wasn't sure how he felt about, Lucy marrying his idiotic brother Kou. Ruki was too invested in the idea of becoming Adam with Yui, who was Eve and completing the Adam and Eve project. Yuma couldn't marry her for obvious reasons, and Azusa was out of the question. It left Kou as the only option.

Yuma knew the objective was to protect the blonde, Karl Heinz made that clear that Lucy was not to be harmed more then usual or allowed to die, due to the fact that she was extremely valuable. Ruki had looked into the deal more, seeing that in the fine print of Lucy's contract he stole from Reiji's library that it only said Lucy had to marry one of Karl Heinz's sons of her choosing. Meaning it was not a son related by blood she had to wed, and that it would extend out to Kou as well.

The blonde vampire had been made aware of the situation, admitting that he had taken an interest in the blonde mage. There was just something off about her, and Yuma knew it was because those damn Sakamaki's were tainting her.

Now he just had to get them and . her away from one another.

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In the attic of the new Sakamaki Manor, Lucy Heartfilia was going through old boxes of her childhood. The reasoning was unknown to even herself, feeling a bit nolgastic for photos of her childhood. Or what little photos there was of that time period in her life before her mother passed. After that, Jude Heartfilia was not a man for photos.

"There's not a reason you need to be laying here and watching my every move, Shuu." Lucy muttered as she rummaged through a box, smiling slightly finding the single old photo album she had growing up in this hellhole.

"You fake the smiles." Shuu pointed out as Lucy looked through the old photo album in her hands. "When we first came here, you had so much more fire in you, more defiance. Yet now months after, something's changed in you."

It was surprising that Shuu was up and with her during the daylight hours, well as up as he could be more than usual. Yet, Lucy didn't look up from the photo album, her long blonde hair sweeping to one side as a sad smile formed on her lips. These were the only photos she had with her mother and father, were they were a family and were actually happy.

Before Layla gotten sick and Jude became a workaholic, always busy with the family business he eventually lost. With the tips of her fingers, she lightly touched the last family portrait they ever took, the very one her father had framed and hanged.

"It's simple." Lucy says softly, looking up at Shuu with sad brown eyes. "When I was younger, I was alone in these very walls. I lost my mother here, and eventually I lost my father here as well. I had no friends, but I had the maids and servants that my father hired to care for me since he was emotionally and physically unavailable. I was forced to do etiquette classes, taught to be a lady and a businesswoman. My father wanted me to marry a man for money and to have a son, but I wanted to be in love. To have that same love my mother and father once had, the very love my mother told me stories of."

Closing the photo album, Lucy stood straight and gave Shuu her complete attention. "In order to escape this life I have now, I ran away when I was sixteen, to the very guild I dreamed of joined that saved me as a child. It was meeting Natsu and Happy that took me to Fairy Tail, gave me a family that was full of warmth, laughter, and love that I yearned for."

Shuu realized that for once Lucy was opening up. Him and his brothers weren't warm, they didn't have love growing up. They treated humans as nothing, and as much as they tried with Lucy- biting her, abusing her verbally but never physically as of yet, she didn't break. The look in her eyes gave the reason why, it was because she was already broken. It was now only Shuu realized seeing her raw vulnerability.

"Since the time I joined the guild, we have been through so much together. Hardships, battles, saving this very kingdom and world we live in, so many adventures that I wouldn't trade for the world. We protected each other, fought for each other, held each other in hardship, but in the end we all left each other. I have my spirits, and I love each and everyone of them dearly, but after my last battle I can't ever forgive myself." Lucy whispered the last part, finally letting out what she had kept pent up all this time.

"Last battle?" Shuu questioned, knowing she fought with her magic, which still seemed unrealistic but in this world, her world, it was life.

"The demons of Tartaros." Lucy answered, sitting down on a box and looked down at Shuu who was sprawled out on the floor. "My spirit, Horologium, saved me from a curse called Alegria when we were in the Cube. Alegria was a curse that trapped every other member of Fairy Tail, including Natsu and Happy. I was left to fight alone, and in the end I had to sacrifice my oldest spirit, my first friend and the last thing I had of my mother to summon the Celestial Spirit King. We won the battle, but it cost us everything."

"They left you after you sacrificed someone dear to you?" Shuu asked, his blue eyes look up at her curiously. What he was really hearing from the mage was that they won the battle at her suspense, that it was she who actually paid the price for the victory.

Lucy nodded, "Natsu lost his father, and left me with a letter saying that him and Happy were going away for a year to train to be stronger. Shortly after that the guild was disbanded, and everyone went their separate ways with those closest to them. I was left alone, with my spirits and my grief of the lost of not only my friend but the people I considered family. Blood or not."

Shuu sat up, looking at the woman closely. She loved these people with everything she had, he saw that, even loved this Natsu guy- much to his distaste. Whoever the hell Natsu was, he was truly an idiot for leaving her alone, for letting her come to him and his brothers. He could tell she was hurt, she was mad and she suppressed those inner demons with everything she had instead of accepting them and letting them take over, because she was supposed to be the good guy. The hero. Hell, Shuu wanted Lucy to accept those demons.

"Are you mad at them?" Shuu asked her, actually wondering what he asked for once.

Lucy took a minute, hesitating on the answer. "Yes. I'm mad, I'm mad they left without even asking how I did it. I'm mad that after all these years of talking about nakama, they would leave just like that. I'm mad Erza left. I'm mad Gray left with Juvia. I'm mad Wendy and Carla joined a different guild. I'm angry Natsu left with Happy without taking me. Without even talking to me. We were supposed to be there for each other, as selfish as that sounds I think I earned this one time to be selfish."

"And now you're stuck in this deal your father made with mine." Shuu says, seeing that flare in Lucy's eyes. "Are you angry with that as well?"

"I don't like it, but I accepted it. I guess in the end this was how it was supposed to be, me being married into a deal, because what they said is true. You can't outrun your fate. Maybe prolong it but eventually we would have ended up here." Lucy says, sighing and leaning back against the wall.

Silence filled the room, Lucy's head resting on the wall tilted up as she sat in thought. In her heart she knew it would take time to forgive Fairy Tail, and when she said Fairy Tail it was more her closer nakame. Erza, Wendy, Gray, Levy, Carla, Happy, Natsu, she needed time to distance these emotions, push them away. Everything was different now, and she just had to accept this.

Shuu on the other hand was watch Lucy. Out of all the humans, he knew this one was different. She made him and his brothers act different, and it wasn't just because they could feel her power, but it was because she was a light in the darkness. She didn't interact with them much, but it was how she protected Yui that they somewhat respected her. The blonde was willing to subject herself for all the feedings, the harrassment, and just putting up with them invading her privacy now, which was against Reiji's wishes. Now of course Yuma was protective over his cousin, but he also didn't have much say against their father's wishes.

"There's something about you and your brothers." Lucy broke Shuu from his thoughts as she looked at the roof, muttering whatever it was going on in her head. "Human, spirit or vampire, we are all brought into this world uncompassionate, wanting, taking, but to give to others and to put someone before yourself- that's a learned concept that I know you can grasp, that you have deep down your cold hearts."

"What are you saying now woman?" Shuu sighed, closing his eyes and laying back down on the floor. Back to their regular selves.

Lucy smiled a small smile at the vampire that now laid at her feet. "I believe you and your brothers are a lot more capable of these qualities, and a lot more human than you give yourselves credit for."

It was the first time Shuu felt his heart jump involuntary, and he wasn't sure how he felt about it.

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The loud whistle of the train mixed with the breaking of the transportation contraption had woken Wendy from her nap. The blue haired dragon slayer looked beyond the window, seeing the very same train station she had come back home too multiple times. Home, Fairy Tail, it was no longer home here.

The scents of her comrades was faded from this particular area, including Lucy's. That made her stomach twist slightly with worry. Looking over at Carla, Wendy could see the worry in the white feline's eyes. As hard and cold as Carla could be at times, she did care for the people they had become close with. Wendy knew for a fact Carla missed Happy and Lily, even if she would never admit that out loud.

"Come on Carla, let's get going." Wendy says, grabbing their backpack on the way out of the train with Carla following not to far behind.

The town in particular was the same, people bustling around and trying to make ends meet. The same people who walked these streets daily seven months ago were still the same people walking the streets today. It made Wendy more at ease that these people were the same. It gave off a sense of normality Wendy didn't even know she needed until she saw it.

Of course there was the few people who looked over at her and Carla, whispering amongst each other thinking they were being discreet. Yet Wendy could hear every little word. A Fairy Tail mage, are they coming back? It's been months since a member of the guild has been in town. Poor thing, what if she doesn't know the guild is gone?

"Ignore them child." Carla says, walking next to Wendy. "They don't really know what happened with the guild and it's members. They can speculate the reasonings behind Master Makarov's choice of disbandment."

Wendy remembered that day clearly, how there was a frenzy but the choice was made. Everyone had left in the end, and it was because of that last fight. Tartaros had left them all with scars, but there was a huge chunk of the fight Wendy couldn't recall. A big blank spot because she couldn't recall when the Celestial Spirit King had come into the fight. Gray had mentioned Natsu said he felt like Lucy had done something, which was true she had done something because that Celestial being didn't come into their world by themselves.

Yet Lucy never spoke of her part in the battle, not even when it was over. It made Wendy wonder what exactly Lucy lost in that battle.

"Do you think Sheila will be mad we left?" Wendy asked Carla as Lucy's street, Strawberry Street, came into view.

Carla shook her head, "She'll understand why we had to do this."

Walking into the apartment complex the blonde stayed in, Wendy walked that familiar path towards the number Lucy stayed in. It was as if each step she took closer Wendy wanted to run, but came to an abrupt halt when she saw a man leave Lucy's apartment. Why was there a man in her home?

"I didn't think I'd see another member from that guild here so soon."

Wendy looked over at the old women she knew owned the complex. Yet she caught what the lady had said. "Another member?"

"A red head was here a few days ago looking for Lucy as well." She gave a sad smile. "I'll tell you what I told her. Lucy hasn't lived here for nine months, she left with her heart completely broken. It was too hard for her here, I could see her pain clear as day in her eyes."

Wendy felt a sense of surprise, one Lucy left alone and two- Erza was looking for her as well. Now that Wendy thought about it, she did smell Erza's scent more stronger here than outside with the townspeople. Carla frowned on the other hand, something was going on. Erza looking for Lucy? Wasn't Erza working with the royal guards?

"I gave the red head whatever I had left of Lucy's. I didn't have the heart to throw it out, but there's a letter I forgot to give her." The tendent says, coming back with a crinkled but folded piece of paper. Wendy could see the tear stained smudges. "I took this from the trash, and maybe it will mean something to you."

Wendy took the paper, and by now Carla was hovering above her with her wings to read the contents of the paper.

"Happy and I will go on a journey while training, and we'll be back in about a year or so."

Wendy's eyes again, and her heart went out to Lucy- who had been left completely alone here by Natsu, by all of them. If only Wendy knew sooner, but hadn't Lucy said anything? She hates being lonely, it was a known fact about Lucy Heartfilia, even if it meant she had her spirits.

"I sent letters to her, do you knew were they went?" Wendy asked, looking at the elderly lady.

"If you sent letters, they either got trashed or Lucy had them forward to her new address. No, I don't know where that is." With that the lady turned to leave, but she paused and looked over her shoulder. "She would have been happy you and Red came by had she been here."

It was sent between the two of them, Wendy and Carla, who were at a lost at what to say. Only Wendy became determined in that moment, turning to Carla. "We need to go to Crocus."

"Crocus? Why in the world there?" Carla inquired.

Wendy grinned. "Multiple reasons. It's the capital, Erza might have returned back to her station and the Grand Magic Games will be starting in a few days."

"You think Natsu will show up to the GMG's?" Carla asked, but she knew that it was a high possibility.

"I'm willing to bet money Natsu will show up." Wendy grabbed Carla and ran outside towards the train station. "We'll bring Lucy home!"

Carla smiled a bit proudly at Wendy, proud of how much the once meek and clumsy child had grown over the years into a beautiful, strong young woman.

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When night fell that evening, the whole atmosphere changed in the household. As cold as it was usually, it became worse and the hostility increased. Lucy was well aware of the fact that it was a full moon, she kept it marked on the calendar every month and reminded herself the week before so she could begin to prepare herself somewhat mentally.

Her first month with the Sakamaki's was the worst, and that was because Lucy hadn't understood what Yui meant about the full moon when the meek girl tried to warn her. The brothers of course were no help with her questionst.

That first full moon was the night Lucy lost a piece of herself and realized she couldn't be so forgiving, so soft and so weak. She had to become harder, grow thicker skin and ignore the jabbing insults at her very being. Ignore the very things that made her Lucy Heartfilia and Lucy of Fairy Tail.

So she did exactly that, and each month became increasingly easy. She accepted the pain of their fangs, and deep down Lucy knew a sick and new found twisted part of her enjoyed it. She enjoyed the dark and twisted game of hiding and not getting caught. Enjoyed the thrill of punishment when she was caught, and it scared her a bit at how dark her mind was becoming.

In her room, Lucy watched as the moon rose to take its rightful place in the sky and knew the time was coming. The sounds of feet hitting the floor echoed around the dark walls of the corridor, the moonlight being the only source of light giving very little insight of what the cause of the commotion was.

"I made sure Yui was placed somewhere safe in the spirit world for now." Loke said softly, coming into Lucy's room.

"Thank you Loke." Lucy whispered, giving him a small smile of gratitude as she stood from her seat by the window.

"I highly advise you come with her, with me, to the spirit world, at least for now. Until the morning." Loke seemed to plead with the stubborn blonde.

She only shook her head at Loke, not wanting to go to the spirit world. She had to deal with them here, and she would. In her head, Yui had endured enough pain but in reality it was because Lucy saw so much of herself in Yui that she felt the need to make sure Yui remained safe.

It was no lie that people thought Lucy was the weakest link in Team Natsu, and sometimes it was true. She was not a caster mage, she was a holder but she made up for the lack of physical strength with her strategies. In all honesty, Lucy could probably plan a war and win it without having to be on the line of fire. Yet she enjoyed training over the years, getting stronger and making a progress that even Natsu could see.

Natsu. She needed to get that damn name out of her head. He wasn't in her life, he left. He made her feel weak for depending on him so much without her realization over the years. It was because of this need to feel powerful and useful that she found a purpose in protecting Yui. For such a selfish reason that Lucy didn't even feel remorse for.

She was using Yui as well and she didn't care.

"I'm staying here Loke, you go back to the spirit world with Yui and bring her back in the morning." Lucy's tone was firm, final. It was a tone she never liked using with her spirits, but it was a tone she'd use to be left alone. A tone Loke personally didn't like.

"MELONS WHERE IS PANCAKE!?"

Ayato's yell was the first thing Lucy was expecting. The red head just had this personality that was rather annoying, more annoying when Lucy took notice he was basically a lot more violent and less dense Natsu. In reality, Lucy knew she hated Ayato for the wrong reasons.

"Fufu, bitch-chan is being naughty tonight. I can't sense Yui anywhere on this property. Who to punish, who to punish you naught girl~"

Laito's voice also echoed off the hallway walls, bouncing around from different areas like Ayato's had. A dark joy filled Lucy, ready to go and hide while they seeked. Loke had seen that quick flash in her eyes, and he was ready to defy her orders and the laws of the Celestial World to break Lucy's contract and just take her somewhere far away. He could deal with her anger for his whole immortal life knowing he saved her from herself and the darkness growing in her heart.

"Loke-" Lucy started, hearing the other voices growing closer. She wanted Loke to go back and away so she could focus on covering her track. Yet this time luck wasn't on her side when she felt a presence directly behind her.

"Found you, you troublesome woman." Shuu's lazy voice lowly whispered into Lucy's ear, pushing her into the wall and sinking his fangs into Lucy without a care for Loke, who stood there with clenched fists as Lucy cried out for the first time that night as she forced his gate closed.

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"You're worried about her." Yui said softly, catching Loke's attention. "Lucy."

Loke sighed, looking over at the human girl from another world that he felt Lucy cared deeply for. Yet her reasonings as of late he wasn't too sure of. It wasn't a lie, and it was well known amongst the other spirits that Loke was worried for his blonde key holder.

"Of course I would be, with those perverted bastards out there touching her wrongly and sinking their teeth into her skin." Loke's fist closed at the idea of all the bruises on her body he had seen before Lucy used her magic to make sure she kept both his and Virgo's gates closed.

Yui's pink eyes looked at Loke, holding an innocence in them Loke hadn't seen since first meeting Wendy, and innocence Lucy had lost long ago. "She's strong. A lot stronger than she looks."

Of course Loke knew this, he knew Lucy was strong. She was able to save him and make him a spirit again, able to use lost spells, and Lucy was able summon the Celestial King along with keeping three Zodiac gates open. She was strong enough to bare the burden of breaking Aquarius's key, but Loke could sense the inner turmoil now more than ever. Her control was slipping more often.

His master used to shine so bright, like a radiating star in the night sky. Yet the moment she met the Sakamaki brothers, everything changed. Week by week that shine had gotten dimmer, and there was so much anger and hurt inside the blonde. There were new wounds that Lucy had mentally, emotionally, and physically because of this deal. Scars that Lucy would hold to heart, just like that festering hatred in her chest.

It was a dark feeling they all felt, especially Loke. Lucy hadn't noticed, but she has taken on the mind set and attitudes of the brothers. It only made Loke fear one thing truly, that if Lucy were to turn into a vampire, would she be as vindictive as the brothers around her? As dark and cruel as they were? Would Lucy truly lose touch with humanity?

"She needs her family." Loke says, looking the platinum blonde in the eyes. "Not this make believe crap deal of marriage, but Fairy Tail. Lucy needs Natsu, and her friends. Not whatever this is. I know you know she isn't happy."

Yui looked down, clasping her hands in her lap. It wasn't fair to Lucy to give up her life because of some deal. No, Yui wouldn't let Lucy live like this for the rest of her life. "I want to help Lucy escape her deal, for her to be happy."

Yui could still feel the blonde's tears on her skin from that morning. How out of control her emotions were. She knew Lucy missed them, but she was also concerned about one thing. "What if she doesn't want to go back? To Fairy Tail?"

It was a question Loke hadn't wanted to think of, but it was something that often did cross his mind. What if Lucy truly wanted nothing to do with the guild? Nothing to do with Natsu or Happy. Gray or Erza, hell even Wendy or Carla? As mad as Loke was at them, particularly a certain fire dragon slayer, he wanted them happy. He knew Natsu loved Lucy, and Lucy at least loved Natsu.

"Then I'll personally kill all those bastards who touched a single strand of that brat's blonde hair." Loke's head snapped up to look at Aquarius, who was there with her arms crossed across her chest with the other spirits at her side.

"We can't commit murder." Loke says, frowning. "It's against Celestial rules-"

"Rules that have loopholes." Capricorn reminded. "Miss Heartfilia is in harm's way, her life is in constant danger, not only that- these people are not human nor from this world. They have no place in the rules or guidelines."

"Meaning it's free reign to protect her." Loke muttered.

Aquarius sighed softly at what situation her brat found herself in. Out of any situation Lucy could have found herself in when Aquarius sacrificed herself, this was not one of them. She was supposed to be with that pink haired idiot and his annoying blue cat. If only her key was out there sooner and she was able to talk sense to the blonde. It was a reason she hoped Lucy would have been here with that human girl.

"You have to be willing to break your contract with her." Aquarius reminded Loke, because in order to save her they would make her upset to the point she might consider not continuing thr contract for a while. The blonde was changing, even Aquarius knew that.

"For now, Pieces, Libra, tell Yukino of the situation and see if her and her dragon slayers can do anything." Loke looked at the two said zodiacs, who were surprised because as of up until now, they were told not to say anything.

"The whole situation?" Libra asked.

Loke nodded, "Tell Yukino everything in full but the others only need to know things. Yukino will know what to say to the Twin Dragon Slayers and what to do."

Aquarius hugged Scorpio's arm, one thought in mind about the little girl she watched grow into a powerful young woman. 

If only you were here now Layla. She needs you more than ever.

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Thank you for all the support!! I really hope you like this chapter because it was honestly my favorite one to type so far! We are getting more appearances and gah! Super excited! Please let me know what you thought of this chapter in a comment and tell me who you're most eager to see character interaction with next! 

Also, if Lucy seems OCC that's because I am now trying to take aim on a darker approach of her character that isn't cringe worthy or over powered. Please keep in mind I am trying to keep her original character in tact but adding dark aspect to it with her time with the brothers, which will get more violent in the future. I've noticed they have been a little soft in my chapters but hey, I got things planned.

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