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Hey, Readers!!! I changed my name to fanfictiongoddess123! Well, it wasn't actually me, it was my friend XD (don't hate!)!!! Lol anyhoo, here's Chapter 9, ENJOY!!!!!

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Just Natsu and me.

Alone.

 I stood there awkwardly, twirling my golden hair around my index finger. I haven't really talked to Natsu, or even the other members of Fairy Tail, ever since I left Earthland. The only person I really talked to was Levy because she had that cellphone that Solar gave us, which could call to different worlds. She kept me updated on everything from the beginning to the end. "Natsu, what do you need?" I asked.

"I....I just wanted...I'm sorry." He whispered, not looking at me in the eye.

"Sorry?" I asked, getting closer to him.

"For what I did to you five years ago. In your apartment." He whispered. It took me a while to realize what he meant. The remark at my apartment that night five years ago; his so called "goodbye". "Oh." I said. But I put on a smile and gently placed a hand over his shoulder. He turned his head towards me. "Why are you not angry?" He asked. "I hurt you so much five years ago!"

"Natsu," I smiled, "if there's anything I've learned these past five years, it's forgiveness. Besides, we were kids then; I was eighteen, you were nineteen We're grown ups now."

"Still...I hurt you. About leaving, about Liora..." Natsu whimpered. I looked to see a tear traveling down his face. I chuckled and wiped away the tear with my thumb.  To his surprise , I wrapped my arms around his neck. "I want everything to returned to it way it was back then." I whispered.

"Lucy..." Natsu whispered. I could feel his arms wrap around my back, and I could slowly feel my heart beating faster and faster. "Me too Lucy." Natsu whispered. "Me too."

I positioned myself to where Natsu and I could see each other face to face. Suddenly, we began to softly chuckle. "Hey, when are you gonna let me out! I'm dying in here!" I familiar growl came from my bag.

"Oh God!" I gasped, remembering something I should've never forgotten. I quickly pull out my bag and open it up. Suddenly, a familiar tiny blue-furred fox popped out of my leather bag, gasping for air. "What were you trying to do, kill me!" He yelled.

"Sorry, Wiyah!" I apologized greatly.

"Who's the cat?" Natsu asked.

Wiya's fur turned red as his anger flared. "Cat? You did not just call me a cat!"

"Easy there, tiger." I calmed, sqeezing him tightly. I looked up at Natsu and smiled with embarrassment. "Um, Natsu, this is Muawiyah the Demon Fox; my companion."

"You have a companion?" Natsu asked with disbelief.

"Dragon Slayers aren't the only one who have companions." I winked. Natsu deeply chuckled, which made my heart skip of beat. His voice sure did get deeper during the years, I sighed in my head. "Hey, Lucy, where's Artemis and Hoohoo? I wanna hang out with them." Wiyah hissed, making emphases on the word 'them'.

"Hoohoo?" Natsu asked.

"Artemis's companion; an owl." I explained. "Wiyah, we'll be staying with Natsu for a while."

"Great." Wiyah groaned. He jumped out of my hands and crawled up to my shoulder. His fur turned to his original snow white color. Natsu walked up to me and said, "Let's head over to my place and get you guys suited."

"Um..sure." I smiled. Natsu smiled back and walked towards the door. But just as he was about to touch the gilded door knob, the door suddenly swung open. I gasped at who it was.

Lisanna. And by the looks of it, she was surprised as well.

Lisanna's appearance sure did change. Her hair was now much longer with purple streaks all over. She wore a much to revealing dress that was up to her upper thigh and her breasts were practically revealing. Her icy blue eyes darted straight at mine, then at Natsu's. "So, is this your rebound, Natsu?"

"It's good to see you too, Lisanna." I fake smiled.

"Anyways," Lisanna said, ignoring me, "I was just thinking about Natsu and me going out somewhere. Would you like to go?"

"Lisanna, how many times do I have to tell you this: we're no longer together!" Natsu hissed.

At that moment, my  heart skipped a beat. Broken up? Was it true? I looked up at Natsu to see him annoyed and angered at the same time. Lisanna's face looked angry also. "So you're gonna hang out with her, then!"

"Actually, yes, I am!" He yelled. He suddenly grabbed my arm, jolting me with shock. "Lucy is staying with me for a while!"

That hit her cold. She stared at me with more evil than she did before. She stormed off, slamming the door behind her. Both Natsu and I sighed in unison. "Uh oh." Wiyah muttered.. "Her bitch level is fairly high."

"Hush, Wiyah." I hissed. Natsu sighed once more, releasing my arm. "Sorry for putting you in that position."

"It's alright." I smiled softly. "You seemed to be in a jam."

"Alright," Natsu sighed, "let's head out."

As Natsu lead us to his home, Artemis was whispering to me. "So, he's the guy?"

"What are you talking about?" I whispered back.

"Your true love!" She whispered loudly.

"SSSHHH!" I hushed. Natsu looked back for a moment, then he looked away. "Are you out of your mind!"

"Hoohoo!" Hoohoo, Artemis's miniature Celestial Owl who was sitting on her shoulder, cried.

"Your right, Hoohoo! She is madly in love with him!" Artimis silently cried. Before I could say anything else, we finally arrive at Natsu's place.

It looked much bigger than it did last time I was there. It was now two stories and was much bigger. Natsu opened the wooden door and remembered how it use to be so dirty unless I cleaned it. It looked like Natsu learned how to clean up after himself. "The guest room is upstairs." Natsu informed me. "First door to the right."

"Thank you again for your hospitality." Artimis thanked. We both bowed, remembering what we were told from Madam. Natsu nodded, showing us the way upstairs. He showed us the bedroom. The bedroom was quite big and had two twin beds. The wallpaper was of the night sky; something suitable for Artemis and me. "I'll be downstairs if you need me." Natsu informed us and left us in the room. Artemis soon closed the door and ran on top of the bed.  "So, Lucy and her beloved sharing the same home. This should get interestingm right Hohoo?"

"Hoohoo!" Hoohoo cried.

"Well, I do know one thing: the man sure does have lady problems." Wiyah sighed, hopping on the other bed. I sighed and just walked over to the bed. I looked up at the sun clock mounted on the wall.

Ten thirty. I slowly began to strip from my day clothes and into my night gown; a flowing dark blue gown made of silk with no sleeves. Artemis, who changed into her white gown, laid upon the bed. "Don't you have to take your medication before eleven?" Artemis reminded me. I slowly noded and reached towards bag on the bed. In it were a large amount of pill bottles.  "Wiyah, can I have some water?" He nodded. Using his magic, he was able to make water appear from thin air. As I popped several pills into my mouth, I swollowed the air water into my mouth. I began to feel much more relaxed after taking the pills. "That's probably the only downside of being a Celestial-being." Artemis whispered, gently touching her eyes.

I sighed with sorrow. I had learned in the Spirit World that there was a price for becoming a Celestial being. For me, my immune system weakened entirely, making it really hard to stay healthy. I had to take pills all the time. Artemis was actually blind, but it just didn't seem like it from my point of view. She said she uses her sense of smell, touch, and hearing to get by, but I know sometimes she wishes she could see again.

As for Solar, it was much more tragic. Because she uses her Celestial Words, her words are very enchanted.

So enchanted that she can't even talk to her beloved. 

I sighed once more. "Hey, I have a question." Artemis said to me. "Why do you still have feelings for Natsu-san?"

I wonder that myself too. He's hurt me so much, yet I can't resist him. He's  friendly, charming; almost alluring. But all I answered was, "Because he's Natsu."

"Seems fair enough." She sighed. "When are you gonna sleep with him."

Suddenly, my cheeks burned up. "Artemis!"

"What?! Your almost twenty four, and your still a virgin!" Artemis cried.

"Yeah, but there's....the vow!" I whispered, not really wanting to talk about it.

"Still, you should be able to mkae love to someone, and I'm one hundred and seven percent positive it's going to be Natsu!" She cried.

"Hoohoo!" Hoohoo cried.

"Ditto." Wiyah agreed, curling up next to me..

"You're only eighteen! What would you know about this kind of stuff!" I reminded her.

"Whatever." She muttered. She crawled into her sheets and saiad, "Let's just head off to bed."

"Alright. Night." I whispered.

"Night."

As we drifted to sleep, I began to dream of what I had been wishing for a long time:

Being reunited with my sister.

Finding out who took her.

Finding out who wants to take me.

And, of course, me being together with Natsu.