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Natsu: "Last time on Fairy Tail: Legend of Roxas"

Both Natsu and Roxas are seen finishing Laxus off with their Unison Raid

Lucy: "The Battle of Fairy Tail finally came to an end."

Laxus' defeated body is shown on the ground.

Ariel: "With an ass kicking, courtesy of Natsu and Roxas."

The moment when Roxas and Natsu were fighting in tandem to defeat Laxus.

Happy: "Fantasia was great, and everyone lived happily ever after."

Laxus is seen waving casually behind him.

Roxas: "But Laxus ended up being expelled..."

Every member of Fairy Tail were pointing their fingers in the air.

Natsu: "That still ain't sitting right with me!"

Happy: "Speaking of which, don't you have bad luck with guys Lucy"

Laxus is walking away with tears falling from his closed eyes

Lucy: "Wait! What are you looking at me for?!"

Happy is teasing Roxas about liking Lucy

Ariel: "Nothing... just forget it."

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A week after the Harvest Festival, everything in Magnolia had returned to normal, with birds flying over the city and people going about their usual business. However inside the Fairy Tail guild, things were not quite as calm.

Natsu, shocked at Laxus' expulsion was trying to get Makarov who was sitting on the bar counter to reconsider his decision. "This ain't right, Gramps! Why did you throw Laxus out!?" he angrily asked. "He's part of our family y'know!" he spat (literally). "Fightin's just part of being a family, right?"

"Enough of this, Natsu!" Erza said.

"I wanna fight him again!" he yelled.

Makarov held his tongue while he folded his arms and had his eyes closed.

"Next time, I'll be strong enough to face him!" Natsu yelled.

Ariel placed a hand on his shoulder "Natsu, calm down. Imagine how the master is feeling right now. Do you think he expelled Laxus because he wanted to?"

"No but..."

Happy appeared on Natsu's shoulder. "It's because it turned out Laxus was a Dragon Slayer like Natsu and Ariel."

"Yeah, I'm still surprised at that." Roxas chimed in. 

"No kidding." Ariel agreed. "I mean, he turned out to be a Dragon Slayer too? I mean seriously, who saw that coming? I certainly didn't."

Makarov who remained silent the whole time finally decided to talk. "No, Laxus was never a real Dragon Slayer."

Natsu, Roxas and Ariel were surprised at this revelation.

"Well then if he is not, what Magic were we seeing?" Roxas asked. "To me, there was no mistaking it, it was definitely looked like Dragon Slayer magic... but if he's not a Dragon Slayer, what gives...?"

"Laxus wasn't very strong a child, so his father, Master Ivan, embedded a lacrima that let his body use Dragon Slayer Magic." He explained.

"Dragon Slayer Magic Lacrima?" Happy asked. "Things like that exist?"

Lucy had now looked at Natsu with some concern.

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It wasn't long before Makarov had a bag full of his things, and he was dragging it across the floor.

"Woah, there Gramps." Ariel said. "What's with the huge sack, you running away or something?"

He lowered his head as the rest of the guild looked towards him. "I must take responsibility for my grandson's actions and step down from being the master..."

"You step down!?" Jet gasped.

"B-but you can't leave." Erza said.

"Yeah, you had nothing to do with this; it was all Laxus' fault!" Gray added.

"From what I gathered, it was only a matter of time. Laxus was a ticking time-bomb. You shouldn't blame yourself for his actions." Droy said.

"But as his grandfather, I must take responsibility... even if it means I leave the guild." Makarov replied.

"Maybe we can work something out..." Roxas said.

Suddenly a figure had come before them. "Don't make Laxus's punishment any worse, please. If Laxus found out that you quit, Master..." This was Freed and he had now cut his hair to the point where it was very short, he did this to signify his repentance.

Soon after this, Freed managed to convince Makarov to stay.

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Even though Laxus was kicked out, the Thunder Legion was allowed to stay, since then they were now opening up to everyone a little.

Evergreen was offering to be a muse for Reedus. "Go ahead and use me as your model, I don't mind! But don't think of doing anything strange okay... I don't do nudes..." Reedus had a nervous look on his face as he sweatdropped.

Lucy was looking at the spectacle with multiple sweatdrops on her. Suddenly Bickslow sped to her with Happy holding his laughter on Bickslow's shoulder. "So are you and Loke going out?" Bickslow asked. "Happy says you are!"

Bickslow's dolls also were curious. "Are you? Are you? Are you? Tell us!"

"He liiiikes you!" Happy sang.

"He liiiikes you!" Bickslow repeated. His dolls also began to repeat what Bickslow said.

"Ugh." Lucy replied seeming to have little energy for their foolishness. 'As usual I'm mixed up with a bunch of weirdoes.' Lucy thought before looking over at Roxas. 'Besides, I already have my eyes on someone.'

Ariel saw the look Lucy was giving Roxas and smirked. "Ha! Elfman owns 10 hundred jewels!"

Roxas was sitting by himself, thinking back to when he and Erza were talking with Mystogan.

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The results for the Miss Fairy Tail contest came out as a poster, Erza was first, Lucy came in second and Ariel came in third. "Erza is the winner!" the guys who surrounded the poster exclaimed. "I knew it!"

Meanwhile Lucy was anything but pleased with the results. "RENT DENIED!" she cried with her hands on her head.

"How about working?" Natsu bluntly suggested.

"Well that'd be nice and all..." she wailed. "What'll I do?" she asked.

"C'mon Lucy... You and Roxas managed to pay of rent so far... though it would be great to not worry about rent money all the time." Ariel told her.

Cana arrived and sits across from Lucy and Ariel. "I wish I had a boyfriend..." she muttered while drinking from a purple bottle.

"What's with you all of a sudden?" Lucy asked.

"Men... It's men! Go without a boyfriend for a while and I start getting the itch, you know?" Suddenly Lucy and Ariel got red faces. Cana gives her a blank look. "What're you all embarrassed for?"

"Wait... I..." Lucy muttered.

"Yeah...we're not..." Ariel said, blushing as well.

"How many guys have you gone out with?" she asked with a smirk.

"Like... three?" Lucy nervously answered.

"Yup, a total lie... Haven't you two always wanted one?" she asked.

"Well... a little..." Ariel said, rubbing her head.

Lucy was also blushing. "I mean it's not s-something I have sleepless nights over...But... hypothetically... If I did want a boyfriend... which I'm not saying I want... He would be nice, sweet, funny and have a good heart..."

A devilish smile formed on Ariel's face. "So, you've finally came to terms with your feelings for Whiskers, huh?"

"Oh..." Lucy jumped from her seat her face turned red. "Well... I..."

Cana's voice burst out. "You're so dang cute!" she exclaimed. "HEY LISTEN UP ROXAS! YOU'LL LOVE THIS! FAIRY TAIL'S RESIDENT BLONDE HAS A CRUSH ON YOU!" she announced while Lucy was panicking.

She jumped up and covered Cana's mouth with her hand. "DON'T LISTEN TO HER! SHE'S DRUNK!" Lucy began to nervously laugh. She looks around and sees that Roxas wasn't in the guild hall. She gave a sigh of relief.

"C'mon Lucy, everyone knows you like him." Cana said.

"Do we really have to talk about this?" Lucy asked.

"Worry not." Cana said giving Lucy a serious look. "My cards have spoken. You, as well as Roxas will have a fateful encounter." She predicted while holding one of her cards.

"A fateful encounter?" Lucy repeated.

"What could that mean?" Ariel asked.

Suddenly the three girls see Erza running past them while wearing a dress.

"Erza? What's with the dress?" Lucy asked.

"Next up is makeup! I can't stay like this!" she replied. Erza continued to run to another room.

"Well that was weird." Lucy commented.

Almost a second later, Gajeel slid past them in his white suit. "Shooby doo bop!" he said while sliding past the girls.

"That was even weirder." Ariel said.

Lucy was thinking about what was going on. "That's odd. The Harvest Festival is over already, so..."

Mira giggled as she approached the duo. "Didn't you two know? A reporter from the Weakly Sorcerer is coming to do an interview here."

Lucy made a loud gasp.

"What!? The Sorce' is coming!?" She exclaimed while putting her hands to her cheeks in a panic.

"He said he was writing a special feature on Fairy Tail."

"Interview... Special Feature... Reporter... Fateful Encounter..." Lucy said as her heartbeat was rising. "Oh my god!"

"Only Lucy would freak out about something like that." Ariel said, and turned to Mira. "And, I heard about what you did, Devil Lady. That was hardcore."

"Oh stop." Mira said, embarrassed.

Lucy was now imaging a scene in her head. 'A magazine reporter will come. My cuteness will knock him right out." She thought as she imagined herself posing to the magazine reporter, he had stars in his eyes. "'Ms. Lucy... Please, allow me to photograph your cute smile...'" she quoted as that is what she thinks the reporter will say. She imagined herself in a red bikini in a photo spread. "I'll have my own photo spread... And then Roxas will be blow away by me!' She then had a mischievous grin on her face. 'If I can get a fee from doing the interview, I'll be able to pay the rent. This is like killing two birds with one stone!'

After Lucy had finished her fantasy, she had dark lines radiating off her body. "I can do this! I can totally do this!" she evilly said. Mira sweatdropped before an evil giggle could be heard from her.

"Wow, evil Lucy is already more funnier than regular Lucy." Ariel commented. "Though this means two things: one she has come up with a plan that will fall drastically, and it is her hope  that this plan will pay her monthly rent without asking Roxas for help."

From a distance away Happy saw what was going on. "Natsu, Lucy's broken."

Natsu had a theory. "Maybe she ate something that went bad."

Gray joined them. "Well it's happened, she's snapped under the pressure of having to pay her rent."

"I can't stay like this!" she exclaimed before running out of the guild, leaving a dust trail in her wake.

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After running out of the guild, she was heading to her apartment in a sprint before bumping into Roxas. She fell on top of him as he was coming out the apartment. Lucy quickly got up and noticed. "Roxas! Sorry... I'm just in a bit of a rush."

Roxas jumped back up to his feet. "It's alright Lu. What's got you in a rush anyway?"

"An interviewer from the Weekly Sorcerer is coming... so I must look my best!" she announced.

"What's the big deal? It's just a magazine right, and didn't you already pose as a model for them?" Roxas asked.

Lucy gave him a flat look. "Yeah, and I remember you and the others destroying the shooting site."

Roxas rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Oh yeah... Sorry about that. Well, I know you'll knock them dead."

Lucy smiled. "Thanks, now I have to get going! I'm going to nail this interview!" she ran towards her apartment.

Roxas shook his head with a smile. "Heh, I bet it's rent related." He hovered off the ground. "Time to go!" He exclaimed before he sped through the city. As he sped through, he sped past many people.

One in particular was a petite girl. One wore a dress with blue and yellow horizontal waves running across it with white, pointed edges on the bottom, she was wearing wing like attachments on her arms and legs. The dress had a white bow on the chest. The girl had light skin with brown eyes and long dark blue hair that reached all the way down to her waist with two bangs on the side of her face that reached her chest.

Roxas' focus dropped for a second and he bumped into the girl forcing her all to recoil into the air. Roxas while falling back saw what he did, so he caught both the girl before she hit the floor, he landed back on his feet and put her down. "That was a close one..." he said to himself. Then he looked over to the girl. "Hey! Are you okay?" he asked. Her vision was starting to return as she started to see double before Roxas settled to a single image. "You look awake? How many fingers am I holding up?"

The girl rose while rubbing her head. "W-what happened?" she asked.

Roxas scratched the back of his head nervously. "Uh haha, I kinda bumped into you. Sorry about that, but it's okay, I caught you in time." The girl noticed that she wasn't hurt, aside from her foreheads which took the full impact of Roxas' head.

"Oh, t-thank you..." the girl shyly thanked.

"Sorry, I just seem to be running into people today." Roxas sheepishly rubbed his head before he outstretched his hands to the girl. "Need help?" she gave a nod before letting Roxas help her to her feet. He took notice of the blue guild symbol on the dark haired girl's right shoulder that was in the shape of a sitting cat. "You belong to a guild?" he asked.

"Y-yes." The dark haired girl nodded. "It's called Cait Shelter." 

"Cait Shelter? Sorry, I haven't really heard of it. Where is it anyway?" Roxas asked.

"Uh... well... it's..." the girl nervously began. Roxas could see that she was quite shy.

"Hey, you don't have to tell me, it's not really important to me. By the way, My name's Roxas. Is it okay if I asked yours?"

"Oh, right!" The girl spoke up. "My name's Wendy."

Roxas nodded at that and grinned. "Nice name."

Wendy blushed at that. "Um, well...I..."

Roxas chuckled. "I'm just teasing. Anyway, I better get going. It was nice to meet you."

He was about to leave. "Wait! How did you manage to catch me so fast?" Wendy asked.

"Oh, I was using my Flight magic." Roxas replied as he hovered a bit in the air.

"Wow!" Wendy whispered in awe. 'Wait! Sliver hair, whisker markings, and use of Fox-Slaying magic...He couldn't possibly be...' .

"Are you okay?" Roxas asked, tilting his head.

Wendy blushed as she was caught staring. "Well, uh... I didn't mean... It's just..."

Roxas grinned as she struggled to find the words. "Hey, don't worry about it. Anyway I have to go!" Roxas hovered a bit more into the air. "Hope to see you again!" he flew away from the girl while leaving a huge gust making Wendy's hair wave in the wind.

"Could he be the wizard that everyone is talking about... ?" Wendy asked herself. "But I never thought I'd meet him in person...I wonder what Carla with think of this?"

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Inside Lucy and Roxas' apartment, Lucy's celestial spirit, Cancer was styling her hair. Lucy had groaned in front of the mirror. "It's not to your taste-baby?" Cancer asked.

"It's just... maybe something a bit more cutting edge? How can I put it?" Lucy replied.

"Basically, you don't like it-baby."

"Well, it's not that..."

Cancer began walking out of the room, he suddenly had a blue camping bag on his back. "I will go on a journey to train-baby..." he said walking to the door.

"THAT'S NOT IT, OKAY!" Lucy comically yelled. She quickly came up with a suggestion. "How about I go to a bookstore and buy a hairstyle and makeup magazine? Then I'll ask you again!" Lucy ran out the door of her apartment.

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At the Fairy Tail guild, Lucy had just gotten back from the book store. "Oh, welcome back, Erza!" Lucy greeted as Erza noted her presence. "Shoot! I forgot to go buy the magazine, and I came here instead of going home..." she whined with a dark aura emanating off her. Roxas arrived just seconds later. "Roxas, didn't you have somewhere to be?"

"I just went to look around, no big deal, though I did run into two people..." His thoughts were interrupted as he took note of Erza and the dress she was wearing. "Hey, Erza, nice dress! what's the occasion?"

"Oh! Titania!" they heard. "Is right here in the flesh!" the voice yelled. "Cool! Coool! It's Erza herself, right here before me!" the voice was from a man who was wearing a pink shirt with blue pants and had a camera dangled around his neck with a single strapped bag over one shoulder. He had blonde hair that strangely had a pointy tip on it, a kin to a unicorn. This man ran to the three before falling on his knees. "Cooool!" he exclaimed.

Lucy and Roxas sweatdropped. "Who's this high-strung weirdo?" Lucy asked.

"To be fair, he's not the weirdest I've seen." Roxas said.

"That's Mr. Jason from the weekly sorcerer." Mira explained walking to him.

"Wait, he's the guy?" Roxas asked.

Jason heard Roxas's voice and looked to him. "It couldn't be..." he began. "I'm in the presence of Fairy Tail's Fox Slayer!" he exclaimed in an exploding voice with stars in his eyes. "COOOOOL!"

Roxas gave a sweatdrop. "I'm not that great..."

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Jason was not taking pictures of Erza in her regular armor. "You want me to dress regularly?" she asked with a pout on her face, before she started to blush. "And after I went and got all dressed up..."

"No problem! I want to capture you as you are naturally." Jason began snapping photos of Erza while repeating 'cool' over and over as she had her hands on her hips. "May I ask you a few questions?"

"I don't mind." Erza replied.

"How many different requips can you perform?"

"Over 100." Erza answered.

"Whoa!" Jason said in shock. "And which one of them in your favorite?"

"Hmm, maybe the bunny girl?"

"Bunny!?" Jason said. He suddenly imagined Erza in a black leotard with a black alice-band with bunny ears on them.

"I think they're really cute."

"COOOOL!" Jason replied. "What are your favorite foods?"

"I can't do without cheesecake or soufflé."

Lucy took in the scene in front of her. "My fated person, probably not." She muttered to herself. 'Anyway, no way I'm going to let my chance at getting a photo spread slip by!' So Lucy put on a cute pose accompanied by a slightly higher pitched tone of her normal voice. "My name is Lucy! Erza there is my friend, see!"

Jason looked behind him. "Oh, you didn't think I forgot about you did I?"

Lucy's heart started beating. 'He's coming this way! The days of worrying about rent will finally be over!' she gleefully thought.

"ROXAS ERAGON!" glass shattered in Lucy's mind.

"Huh, me?" Roxas asked pointing at himself as Jason's camera flashes made their way into his vision.

"Yes, this is awesome!" he said in excited glee.

"Ignored!" Lucy yelled with shiver lines all over her before comically falling to the ground

"Can you give me a demonstration of your magic?" Jason asked.

"Uh... okay... sure why not?" he hovered in the air and engulfed his fists in fox-fire. "Uh, is this fine!?"

"You really can fly!? COOOOOL!" Jason exclaimed with his eyes growing wide. "Mind coming back down so I can ask you a few questions?"

"Oh, yeah sure." Roxas jumped back down to the ground.

"How did you obtain this kind of magic?" Jason asked.

Roxas rubbed his head. "Uh... It was taught to me when I was young."

Lucy was looking at the pair. "I knew it! Nobody knows who the heck I am!" Lucy said with an annoyed face. Happy was snickering, covering his mouth with his paws next to her. "I don't wanna hear you laughing about it!" she yelled.

Jason suddenly appeared next to Happy. "Happy! Why are you blue?" he asked.

"Because I'm a cat." He answered.

"I suck!" Lucy said, now fainting.

"Aw come, Lucy. It's not that bad." Ariel said, patting is back.

Suddenly Jason looked in Lucy and Ariel's direction as he looked like he was staring at them. Lucy gives a forced smile while Ariel is looking a different direction.

'Oh no.' Lucy thought. 'He's totally not my type. What'll I do if this is my fateful encounter?'

"IT'S ARIEL!" he exclaimed knocking over Lucy in the process.

"Hey! Do I look invisible to you!?" The blonde exclaimed.

"Hey, aren't you some guy from a magazine coming to interview us or something?" Ariel said with a slightly dull voice.

"So Ariel, what's it like being you?!"

"Hmm, what's it like being me?" she pondered. "Oh I know, Awesome." She finished jerking her thumb to herself while giving a cheeky smile.

"I knew it!" Jason said. He saw Gray and Juvia in the background behind Ariel. "It's Gray!" he ran over to the duo.

"Yet when I think things can't get any weirder, fate still manages to surprise me." Ariel muttered.

Gray and Juvia caught sight of Jason moving towards them.

"Who are you?" Gray asked.

"Maybe he's that magazine reporter?" Juvia guessed.

"Could it be..." he said sliding to their table on his right knee. "...Are you... Juvia? Coooool!" he exclaimed. "Gray, why do you take off your clothes so quickly?"

Gray got mad and immediately jumped on top of the table. "I DO NOT!" he exclaimed. "Stop callin' people perverts!" He said this while he was in a shirt, jacket and boxer shorts.

Juvia had a shocked look while she had a sweatdrop on her faces. "Gray! Your pants!" Gray saw this and began panicking..

Lucy meanwhile was fanning herself with her left hand behind Jason, trying to get his attention. "It's kind of hot in here... I might have to strip down myself..." suddenly a loud yell was heard and Natsu flipped over the table itself and Lucy fell backwards.

"SO YOU'RE THE REPORTER!?" he screamed. While Lucy also screamed as she fell back with the furniture before Roxas caught her.

"Natsu! Natsu, the Salamander!" he exclaimed. "You're the one I wanted to meet most of all!" he excitedly yelled in a psychotic manner.

"Take it down a notch!" Lucy said with a shocked expression.

"Hey!" Natsu started with an angry expression. "You're always writin' nasty stuff about me!"

Jason's reply was still in his cheerful manner. "Yes!"

"Like about the stuff I destroyed, or the stuff I destroyed, or the stuff I destroyed..." Natsu angrily repeated.

"Cool! Cool! Cool!" he exclaimed excitedly. "Whoa! It's really you! This is radical to the max!" Natsu just gave him a blank, serious look. Jason outstretched his hand. "Can I shake your hand?" he asked as he outstretched his arm that was slightly shaking.

"SHUT UP!" Natsu yelled before punching Jason in the face.

"Cooool!" Jason exclaimed as he spun like a top after he took Natsu's punch. "Whoa, he's just to cool..." he exclaimed as he bounced on the floor. "Truly a hero! I've never seen such a cool handshake before."

"What a pro." Happy said popping up.

"Well he has to be if angry Natsu doesn't scare him." Roxas remarked.

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Jason began interviewing members of the guild. "Elfman, what is being a man to you?"

"Being a man." Elfman answered.

"So Cooool!" he yelled.

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He was now by a table where Cana was drinking from a mug of beer with a bowl of soup in front of her. "Cana, do a photo shoot this time, okay?" he asked.

Cana noticed his presence. "Whatever! Have a seat and drink up!" she exclaimed in a slightly excited manner. 'I don't care how desperate I am, this ain't happening.' She thought as she kept up her façade.

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Jason was on his knees in front of Makarov. "Master, what are your aspirations for the guild?"

Makarov had a proud stance though it appeared he was shaking just a little. "Um... To be devoted every day in our hearts to love and justice."

"I smell a lie!" Lucy accused pointing at him.

Jason went over to Bickslow, Freed and Evergreen. "The Thunder God tribe has been dissolved?" he asked. Strangely, Lucy was trying to get his attention, but she was in small chibi form.

"No." Freed simply answered.

"No way in hell!" Bickslow confidently answered.

"We'll work hard to make up for Laxus!" Evergreen added, now making a pose.

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Jason was taking pictures of Wakaba and Macao. "I haven't heard from you two in a while!" Jason said.

"Well, haven't you grown?" Wakaba said.

"Go easy on us, got it?" Macao asked.

Lucy began wailing. "He's not paying any attention to me at all!" She quickly made a serious face. "I have no other choice... It's embarrassing, but it's my only option." Lucy ran into a room to quickly change, next she was on the stage dressed a bunny girl with a purple leotard. "Attention, everyone!" everyone's attention was drawn to the stage! "I'm a cute lil' bunny girl!" she exclaimed, but she was quickly bunted to the side by Gajeel dressed in a white suit and red tie.

"I'll be the one to sing! Shooby doo bop!"

Bickslow, Evergreen, Jet and Droy had scared, but comical expressions. "GAJEEL!?" they all yelled.

"Not his crappy music again!" Jet cried.

"Rock and roll, Metalhead!" Ariel cheered.

Jason began getting excited. "He's here! Iron Gajeel! Coooool!"

Gajeel began playing the harmonica before he began to speak. "In this world, where you look like a fool for doin' what's right... You always looked like a fool, you know?" he stung his guitar once. It was seen that Lucy was still on stage close to his chair but she was shaking with an almost terrified expression. "In other words, it's right to be a fool. So partner... can you hear me. This is a song from my soul..."

"It's like lightning up my spine that never stops!" Jason excitedly screamed.

Natsu was seen flying towards the stage. "Shut up Gajeel!" he punched him right off the stage before he could play his song. He comically fell near the entrance of the guild after he flipped several times in the air.

Gajeel got up from a hole in the ground he made. "Why you!" he growled.

"Enough with you singin' your crappy songs! I've got business with him!" Natsu yelled.

Natsu was slammed in the gut by an iron pillar sending him across the hall. "I haven't sung yet! Let me sing, you bastard Salamander!" Gajeel was charging towards Natsu.

Natsu was seen flying towards the stage. "Shut up Gajeel!" he punched him right off the stage before he could play his song. He comically fell near the entrance of the guild after he flipped several times in the air.

Gajeel got up from a hole in the ground he made. "Why you!" he growled.

"Enough with you singin' your crappy songs! I've got business with him!" Natsu yelled.

Natsu was slammed in the gut by an iron pillar sending him across the hall. "I haven't sung yet! Let me sing, you bastard Salamander!" Gajeel was charging towards Natsu.

"Take this, you!" both Gajeel and Natsu met in the air and were throwing very swift punches and kicks to each other.

"Come on, you two... we're in the middle of an interview." Mira said trying to stop the fighting.

"I'll handle it!" Roxas jumped into the air and flung Gajeel and Natsu away from each other.

"Mind if I cut in!?" Roxas exclaimed, now itching to fight.

"I'm joining this too!" Ariel shouted and joined the fray

Now the four of them charged to each other and like before Natsu and Gajeel were throwing quick punches and kick towards each other with Roxas and Ariel joining in.

Jason was already engrossed with their fight. "It's a super battle between four powerful Slayers, unfolding before my very eyes! The photo spread for this issue is gonna be a detailed analysis of it, definitely!" he said with a determined face.

He began snapping pictures and it showed Natsu's face getting hit with an iron pillar, Gajeel's face being hit with a flaming punch, Roxas avoiding a fire punch and Ariel avoiding a iron pillar, with Natsu and Gajeel's fists connecting with each other's faces. The four of them were still going at it with Jason trying to get shots of the fight. As he got closer his cheeks were hit with an iron pillar and a flaming fist on both sides, before a waterball slammed into his face and a blue fire kick sent him flying. He weakly fell onto the ground, strangely enough he was still writing on his notepad. "A hands on report... Hands on... cool." He weakly said.

"What a pro." Happy muttered with both his shoulders shrugged.

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After all the chaos, Lucy and Roxas were making their way back to their apartment. "Oh, for Pete's sake!" she muttered.

"That was a mess back there, huh?" Roxas sheepishly asked.

"Yeah, I'm so tired I feel like I could just fall asleep right now." Lucy said as she stiffed a yawn, this definitely had been one of the longest days she had ever had.

"Want me to carry you?" Roxas joked and laughed to himself before feeling Lucy press herself onto his back. "Yes please..." She said tiredly and Roxas blushed. "O-Okay."

Roxas carried Lucy piggyback style as they shared a couple moments of silence. "You feeling okay Lu?" The flustered teen asked, his blush growing deeper when his passenger moved to straighten herself. 

"Yeah, I'm fine. After everything that went down with the reporters, I'm a bit drained."

The fox slayer hummed and they shared another moment of silence.

"Hey, about last week, before the Festival..." Roxas said, breaking the silence. "I want to apologize for what happened at the apartment that night..."

Lucy didn't answer for a moment, and he guessed that maybe she had fallen asleep. That is until she let out a few laughs. "Why are you apologizing about that? It wasn't your fault. I was just excited about the contest." She said and Roxas laughed. "...That was my first kiss you know, you better take responsibility." Lucy joked the last part as they got to the front of the apartment building. Roxas then thought about something.

"Oh one more thing Lu, have you heard of a guild called Cait Shelter?"

"Cait Shelter? No, is that important?"

"Not really, it was just someone I bumped into."

"We can still talk if you like."

"Sounds great."

As they both headed into the apartment, Wendy walked out of a store behind them with some parcels.

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Natsu, Ariel and Happy were walking from the request board, the two of them saw Lucy and Roxas walking into the guild.

"There you two are!" Happy called out, he flew to the pair with Natsu and Ariel following.

"Hey, guys. What's going on?" Roxas asked.

"We were about to go on a job." Natsu said.

"At this time?" Lucy asked as it was nighttime.

"We have to get to the client's house by tomorrow morning." Ariel explained. 

"So we have to take a night train." Happy said

"What! Couldn't Roxas just fly us there!?" Natsu asked.

"If it's going to take all night, I don't think that would be a good idea." Roxas explained.

"You guys are going right now?" Lucy asked. "I can't."

"Huh? But you're always complaining you don't have any money." Natsu said.

"He does make a good point." Roxas said.

"I can't because... I've had a long day..."

Natsu and Happy were walking away in a depressed, slumped walk with a black circle of depression surrounding them.

"Oh..." Natsu said, disappointed. Happy followed up with a depressed 'Aye'.

"Hey! You don't have to be that depressed!" Lucy exclaimed. "What's with them?"

Mira who was wiping glasses from behind the bar counter was going to explain to Lucy. "After Mr. Jason left, they were all excited about going on a job with you, Lucy."

"Huh, why?"

"They said they found a job that'd be perfect for you two, although it's not much." Ariel explained.

"What about you Roxas?" Happy asked.

"Sure, I'll tag along." Roxas grinned.

Before long Lucy changed her mind. "Wait! I changed my mind! I will come with you!"

"Really?!" Natsu gasped.

"This girl..." Ariel muttered with a smirk.

"What made you change your mind?" Happy asked.

"Let's just say I have my own reasons." She gave a wink to Roxas. "I wanted to go with them, but only if you tagged along."

Roxas' blushed before he grinned at her. So what's this cheap job that is perfect for me?" Lucy asked.

"70 000 jewel, exactly your rent." Happy said.

"Your rent is 70 000 jewel, right?" Natsu asked. "This could last you three months!"

"Uhh... I think you mean one month." Ariel corrected.

"Natsu, don't you know what 'exactly' means?" Happy asked.

"Wait what about your portions?" she asked.

"Without your house, where will we weight train?" Natsu asked.

"Aye!" Happy said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Lucy asked with suspicion.

"It means they'll keep breaking in, as usual." Roxas said with a laugh.

"Thanks you guys." She said.

Soon, they all headed to the train station.

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As the train was moving through the countryside. Wendy was walking through with a lot of parcels.

"Again!" Lucy said.

Natsu could be seen with puffy cheeks, and a shaky expression. "If he hurls, I'm jumping out of this train." Roxas said.

"You and me both." Ariel agreed.

Both Roxas and Lucy noticed Wendy's heads moving through, they could only see the top of her dark blue hair.

Wendy turned and noticed Roxas glancing at her for just a second, she quickly turned her head away and a light blush was seen on her cheeks as she walked forward to find a seat. 

"Happy?" Roxas started. "Have you heard of a guild called Cait Shelter?"

"Cat... shelter?" Natsu muttered in his weakened state.

"A guild with cats?" Happy asked. "Where is this amazing place?"

"That's not what... Never mind." Roxas thought to let the conversation go as both Happy and Natsu haven't heard of it either.

"Why did you ask?" Ariel asked.

"Meh, just curious. But it's not something we should worry about." Roxas replied.

Soon Natsu's groans of displeasure got louder.

"Don't worry! We're almost there." Lucy said.

"Hang in there Natsu." Happy encouraged.

The train continued to move to its destination, Roxas and Lucy both unaware that they have had their fateful encounter.

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Next Time: Power Unleashed

In his sleep, Roxas gets a vision which causes him to have an important conversation with Natsu. Meanwhile, Roxas' dark side begins to make his move.