A/N: ....the manga (529)...urg...I spotted something that made me cringe...bleh

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~Where we left off from the last chapter~  She has many other tricks up her sleeves that she could use to defeat this woman. And she will not succumb to the  mercy of the redhead woman that bore no feelings for a life that she had given.

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Lucy stood angrily as she looked at the woman of who spoke badly of her friends, especially Erza. She will never forgive this person.

Irene continued to stand with a smirk as she looked down on a struggling blonde, and continued to stand effortlessly without a single scratch.

"This is fun, don't you think?" Irene droned with a wider smirk of a madman.

Lucy gritted her teeth and silently and quickly healed her bleeding leg, and ignored her bleeding face. She didn't care about her face, but she needed her legs to be able take down this woman in front of her,

"Shut up, you sadistic bitch." The young mage growled.

Irene only chuckled. "Sadistic? No...I prefer the term of...Avenger."

"Avenger?" Lucy questioned as she continued to heal her leg.

"To avenge my life."

Lucy narrowed her eyes. "But you're still alive."

Irene frowned for a moment. "I only got to see you a small child...and that was when I was in a cell, confined for accusation of being part dragon. I don't expect you to know the truth of everything."

"Truth?"

Irene smirked some more. "I could tell you everything...but I'll tell you after I kill you."

"Why not just tell me?"

"Because I want to kill the last Heartfilia...and spill the damn blood that I so much hate. And I want to hear you scream."

Lucy gritted and took a step forward as soon as she had healed her leg. "Then I'll stop you and beat the truth out of you before you kill me. I'm very hard to kill...and I will not let you kill me. I refuse to die. Not yet anyways."

Irene then stared at the young blonde with observatory glaze. "Do you even know why Zeref is gathering an army?"

Lucy was taken aback a little, not expecting that kind of response. "I had limited Intel, and I could only read the mind of a handful, and not all of them have the info that I needed. I was told that Zeref wanted to take over the world and destroy it."

Irene chuckled a little. "Perhaps. But that's only if things doesn't go with the things Zeref had planned."

"Huh?"

"His Majesty has more ambitions than just destroying the world."

Lucy took another step toward the blonde. "And what would this ambition be?"

"I'll tell you after I kill you." Irene grinned raising her staff. "I want to hear your scream now."

As soon as the redheaded woman raised her staff, the ground below Lucy begun shrink before expanding and exploded. Luckily the blonde had jumped away in time from the explosion.

As Lucy jumped to a safe distance, she turned back to toward to where Irene should be, but soon found that she was nowhere to be found. With alert in her eyes, she started to look around. When she turned around, she was met with a fist to her stomach and was sent flying across the ground. Lucy swore she felt a rib cracking from the impact.

Heaving as she sat up, using her celestial powers to heal her broken ribs. She turned to Irene, and saw her just standing there with a smirk. "That was a satisfying crack that I heard." The queen licked her lips.

After Lucy healed her ribs and straightened herself observed the woman, trying to find some way to take her out.

"I can feel it...you're running out magic aren't you?" Irene chuckled a little as she walked toward the struggling blonde.

"I don't have to answer that." Lucy cracked her knuckles and tried to devise another plan.

"It takes a lot of magic to use your celestial magic to heal your wounds, am I right?"

Lucy gritted her teeth and glared at the woman.

Irene took the silence as a yes. "Then I'll give you an injury that you wouldn't be able to heal.

Lucy blinked for a moment, and as soon as she reopened her eyes, Irene disappeared, and before she could look around, she could feel a hot magic gathering close to her stomach. She looked down and saw the staff calling forth a ball of hot energy.

Panicking, Lucy backed away and saw Irene to her side, right next to her. Before Lucy could get to a safe distance from the impending attack, Irene thrusted the ball of hot energy toward the young mage.

Lucy shielded herself with her arms from the attack and soon felt the ball of hot energy colliding against her skin. She soon screamed at the pain that it brought. Additionally, she was kicked backward and started rolling against the ground.

When she stopped skidding against the ground, Lucy found herself on her stomach and she was in immense pain from the burning of her skin. "D-Damn it..."

Irene chuckled and grinned evilly as she heard the screams of the blonde. "That was magnificent." She walked toward the blonde, who were biting her lips to deal with the pain. "So you were able to protect yourself. Just like I would expect from a Heartfilia."

Lucy continued to bite her lips in pain and tried moving her arms. She could move them, but the burning of her skin, her raw skin was too painful. She immediately used her celestial magic to heal her burning arms and turned her head toward the sadistic mage.

Irene stopped in front of the blonde, and the blonde stared back at her with anger. "I love that look. Hate me, resent me, curse me." She grinned before raising her staff and stabbed Lucy on her healing arms with the butt of the staff. "Scream some more for me."

Lucy bit her lips to the point of making them bleed. "Go to hell, bitch."

"I've already been to hell." Irene smirked as she dug the staff deeper in Lucy's healing arm. "I've been there so many times."

Lucy winces in pain and glared at the woman with hatred.

Irene was about to summon another ball of hot energy and hit Lucy with it on her back. But she was soon interrupted by the voice that she knew so well.

"Irene, stop."

Irene immediately withdrew her magic and removed her staff from Lucy's arm and turned to see Zeref standing there, not entirely pleased.

"Your majesty." Irene spoke with admiration.

Lucy gasped angrily as she saw the mage that she was meant to defeat.

"Irene, step away from the girl." Zeref ordered.

Irene obediently stepped away as ordered. "Yes, Your majesty."

Lucy didn't move and glared at the man.

Zeref soon walked toward the blonde with a blank look. "It's been awhile, and I wasn't' hoping to see you until the time was near."

When Lucy saw that Zeref was nearing her, she tried sitting up, ignoring the immense pain her arms and stood up to her feet. "This means I have another chance to kill you, right?"

Zeref stopped meters away from Lucy. "That time will have to wait. And I need you to be alive. I only intervene to stop Irene from killing you."

"You Majesty! This imprudent girl will ruin our plan!" Irene argued.

Zeref turned to the older woman and glared at her. "Do not touch her until the time is near."

Irene took a slight step backwards, and nodded in frustrated. "Of course, Your Majesty."

Zeref then turned back to Lucy. "Until next time, Lucy."

Lucy didn't' move or say anything. She stood silently as both Irene and Zeref teleported away, assumingly back to their base.

After a few second of silence, Lucy fell to the ground, all strength gone, and all adrenaline gone. Lucy couldn't move now.

She was angry. She was disappointed. And she was feeling so hateful. Being saved by the enemy...being given pity by the enemy...she hated it so much. It was a disgrace...

She closed her eyes to regain her strength again.

~End of Flashback~

Minerva continued to stare at the blonde, not relenting on her staring. Sting and Rouge continued to stay at the side, not wanting to be caught up in the fight that may escalate. Jellal and Hisui stood next to them, trying to think of way to calm things down. And Lucy was getting angrier as she had recalled that memory of being given pity.

"We need fairy Tail, Lucy. And I know that you know it too. So stop being so damn stubborn and let them help!" Minerva raised her voice a little and stepped toward the blonde.

Lucy didn't flinch at the tone and gave the woman a blank look of anger and remained unvocal.

Hisui then stepped forward. "You told me there were plenty of reasons. Tell us so that we can understand."

Lucy sighed a little and clenched her fists. "Most of the reasons are personal...but there is one major thing that concern me the most."

"What is it?" Hisui asked.

Lucy turned to look at the Princess. "Zeref is after a weapon...something that Fairy Tail have. So I want to keep them away so Zeref won't be able to possess it"

"Weapon?" Sting perked up.

"Fairy Tail as it?" Jellal frowned a little.

"Then Fairy Tail is already involved in it. You should let them fight then." Minerva spoke.

"No." Lucy replied back.

Minerva stepped closer to Lucy, almost invading her personal bubble. "Fairy Tail should fight with us."

"I will not let them."

Minerva gets a little angry and glared at the blonde. "Whatever the reason is, Fairy Tail will fight, and they are already involved in the fight. Why bother keeping this a secret?"

"Because I said so."

"Lucy, you know we need them. I know you do. What's stopping you?" Hisui spoke up.

Because I don't want to lose them again. Lucy internally spoke within her mind. "They have no business to fight with us."

Minerva, enraged by that answer, raised her hand and slapped Lucy hard in the face, causing Lucy's head to move the side from the impact. "I'm sick of your stubbornness! We need Fairy Tail, so stop saying otherwise!"

Jellal, Hisui, Sting, and Rouge all stepped back and kept the distance between Minerva and a very angry Lucy.

Lucy slowly straightened her head and glared at Minerva. She was about to release her magic to intimate the girl.

But just as she was about to release her magic, there was a voice from the entrance as the door opened. "Hey, I have some bad news."

Heads turned toward the entrance and saw Kagura at the door, and started walking toward the group of people. Lucy didn't move and said nothing.

"What's the bad news?" Jellal asked as he looked at Kagura.

"Tartaros attacked again." Kagura walked deeper into the room, toward Lucy. "And they are targeting all ex-council members."

To this revelation, Lucy turned to face the woman. "Why?"

"I'll get to that part. And it seems that some Fairy Tail members had been abducted as well."

Lucy's eyes widened as she gritted her teeth. "Who?

"Erza and Mira, if my Intel are right." Kagura replied.

Lucy walked toward Kagura and stopped in front of her and placed her hand on her shoulder and quickly read her mind. After reading everything that she wanted and needed to know, she stepped back in anger and worry.

"Lucy?" Kagura looked at Lucy, who was seeping some magic out of her body.

The other mages was silent and remained silent, wondering what Lucy was about to do.

"New mission. We attack Tartaros and save the ones that had been abducted." Lucy droned, clenching her fists in anger.

"What will you do?" Jellal asked.

"I'm going to fight as well." Lucy answered before walking out of the room, making her way of the building.

The other mages soon followed the blonde but remained silent, as to not anger the woman any more than she already is.

A/N: I'm stopping it here, and plz let me know if this was any good or not. Feedbacks are greatly appreciated.

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