Hey, dear readers.

I'm super happy that you found this book, and that you enjoy it. Thank you all for your support. I never believed that this story would get this far. I never thought it would break 1000 views, let alone 3000 views. Thank you all for getting me this far.

And you know what? I was going to quit this book. I almost did. Many times. But then I remembered how many people were reading this book, and I thought to myself that hey, I can't quit. I don't want to be one of those authors who start up a really awesome book, only to never finish it.

So, here we are. I am going to finish this book.

For you guys.

I make it sound like this is the end of the book, but we are only merely starting our journey.

So once again, thank you.

Also, expect slow updates. I'm gonna try not to make it as slow as the one you guys just experienced. I should really start an update schedule...

How about at least once a month, because these chapters can be ridiculously long and I'm really starting to lose inspiration here.

"so, everlue, you said you wanted the book, huh?"

Everlue looked up from Lucy's hand and saw the book in Sans'. He instantly dropped Lucy's arms, said Celestial wizard sighing in relief. "Yes, but why would you want to know?" Everlue answered, eyeing the skele- I mean human in suspicion. Sans' Cheshire grin became wider. "i'll give it to ya." Everlue was taken aback. "Eh?! I thought you were with the fairies!" Lucy looked over to Sans. "Sans, what are you doing?!" She whispered to him.

Sans said nothing, his eyes now nonexistent, his empty eye sockets black voids in his skull. His Cheshire grin grew, the dimples gone this time, which just made his already scary face scarier. "Oh, sure I was," Sans said, holding the book tauntingly as Everlue watched it like a cat watching its prey. "But you know, I'm new to the guild. I could have been faking. You know, I might not have been on their side the entire time. Y'know, the guild master was right to not trust me. The flame head is too loud. The cat is too annoying. This Celestial wizard over here keeps nagging on how she's 'sexy', when actually she's about the ugliest I have ever seen a human get." Sans chuckled. "So, I'm gonna ask you one more time." He held out the book towards Everlue. "Do you want the book?" Everlue nodded and greedily reached out for the book. At that moment, Sans immediately moved over to the side as a blue blur flew past. "Happy!" Lucy exclaimed. Happy nodded. "Aye!" Lucy then turned to Sans. "Something's wrong with Sans. Could you take him out for me?" Happy nodded again. "Okay, Lucy!" Then he flew towards Sans, preparing to tackle him. But Sans caught him with blue magic. "ya think you can just interrupt this?" He asked, calmly. The silence that answered him just increased the intensity of the situation. Sans was new, so Lucy didn't know how powerful the short kid could be at his full potential, or what his full potential even was. "heh heh," Sans chuckled. The sudden blue and yellow light came from his eye socket. "sorry kiddo, but that isn't happening." He caught Lucy in blue magic, restraining her movements. Sans then turned back to Everlue. "here ya go." He said, handing Everlue the book. The duke began cackling as he reached for it.

Then, Sans' eye sockets shaded over, and he laughed.

Sans grabbed Everlue by the hand and threw him over. "geeettttttt dunked on!" He yelled to Everlue, said duke frantically struggling in the river of sewage.

Sans wiped his brow, releasing his blue magic on Happy and Lucy. Happy then tackled him, taking Sans by surprise. "Take that!" Happy yelled. Sans got up and glared at the cat. "what was that for?" Happy tried pushing him down again, but Sans dodged. "ya gotta be a good actor if you're gonna dunk somebody." He said, sidestepping as Happy tried tackling him. The small cat almost fell into the sewage, but Sans caught him with blue magic. "sorry for the insults." He said, lifting Happy away from the sewage.

Lucy then flexed her hands. "Dunk? What do you mean?" Sans shrugged as he stomped on Everlue's fingers, which had grabbed onto the ledge in hopes of dragging himself back. The duke screamed in pain and fell back in. "dunking somebody is like fooling them. like, for example, say that somebody..." He looked at Happy for a moment before deciding to reword some things. "hurt a whole group of people you know." He almost cried, suddenly thinking of snowstorms, a red scarf, a golden hallway, a red heart, blood, knives, and blushing, red-eyed kids. He fought the tears and managed to keep his voice steady and calm as he kept his mouth a grin and not a frown. This was why Sans was such a great actor. "and then you're the last of the group. you fight the person, but then, in the middle of the fight, you say that you forgive them. then i'd finally get to have revenge and hurt them back for hurting my friends." Lucy let out a quiet "oh" as Happy nodded. "That's what a dunk is..." Lucy said, trailing off.

Sans spotted Everlue trying to get out again and shoved him back in with blue magic.

"Are you human?" Lucy suddenly blurted out, before realizing what she had said and covered it. "I'm sorry!" She said quickly afterward. Sans shrugged. "i dunno why you would think that." He said. she's catching on. i know it. must've been my wording back there. Sans thought.

During Lucy and Sans'... interesting conversation, Everlue managed to get out of the sewage. "Argh, why did I trust you?!" He yelled. Sans turned behind him and shrugged. "dunno. why did you trust me, puke everlue? because that's what you're gonna make me do in a few seconds." Our sassy punster shot at him. Duke Everlue glared at him. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?" He yelled. Sans shrugged and was about to make another pun when Lucy interjected their little fight and said, "Stop it with the puns, Sans! That isn't going to help!" Then she turned to Everlue. "And Everlue, if you turn over any interest in this book to me, I'll let you go!" She held out a Celestial Key threateningly at the duke. Everlue glared at Lucy. "Me? Give up?!" He began laughing. "Boyoyoyoyo! I think you've got the wrong person, then!" He began digging into the ground. "The addition of a small cat and white-haired runt won't help you defeat my Diver Magic!" Happy stood next to Lucy. "So that was magic..." he said. "And that means that Everlue is a wizard." Everlue disappeared, popping out of the ground near Lucy, aiming a punch at her. She dodged just in time, Everlue missing her by a couple of inches. "It was written right there in the book!" Everlue yelled. "It's a really terrible adventure story with Duke Everlue as the main character!" He said, dancing as he tunneled through the ground, straight at Lucy. Sans threw Everlue into the wall, accidentally sending Happy flying. "What's that mean?" Happy asked as he sailed through the air.

Everlue was still dancing. "The idea of having me as the hero was wonderful! But the execution was the problem! The idea that Kemu Zaleon could pen such a load of dung..." Everlue reached Lucy and tried to kick her. "is insulting to me!!!" She managed to dodge in time but slammed into a wall. "You forced him to write it! Where do you get the nerve to act so high and mighty?!!" Everlue burst out from the grate behind Lucy. "'Act'?!" He said, Sans grabbing him in blue magic and holding him in the air before shifting gravity to the ceiling. Everlue sailed towards the ceiling, yelling, "I am high and mighty! It is an honor to be allowed to write a book for me!" He dug through the ceiling, popping out on the ground and hanging there. Sans released his hold on gravity and let Everlue fall to the ground. When Everlue was stunned by the shock of hitting the ground, Lucy got back up. "You blackmailed him into writing it!!!" She yelled. Happy, having recovered from being launched into who-knows-where from before, asked, "Blackmail?" Everlue held a cheeky grin on his face, one that infuriated Sans.

Suddenly, Sans knew how that monster felt every time they fought him.

"So what if I did?" Everlue said, twirling his mustache. "I'm sure everyone would agree it was his own fault for refusing in the first place!" Lucy frowned. "What kind of reasoning is that?" She asked. Everlue turned his attacks from Lucy to Sans. "A very, very, very, very important person like me ordered him to write a book with me as the hero!" Everlue exclaimed, diving towards the suddenly paler comedian. Sans dodged, although Everlue just dug through the ground where Sans was. Everlue launched behind Sans, hands outstretched. "And the idiot refused!" Sans dodged again, sweat building up on his brow. "i'm not sure if he was an idiot to refuse that book," Sans said, summoning a bone and whacking Everlue on the back with it. Everlue broke his glide, crashing to the floor gracelessly. Everlue immediately stood up. "Of course he was! And once he refused, I was kind enough to inform him..." Everlue dug into the ground once more. Sans tracked Everlue by his magical presence before realizing that Everlue wasn't going for him. "lucy, watch out!" He yelled. Lucy stepped away just in time, as Everlue's hand appeared where she was just standing, reaching out to her. Lucy ran away while Everlue dug his way out. "...that if he didn't write it, I'd simply revoke the rights of citizenship for him and every relative connected to his family!"

Happy looked stunned at this. "Revoke his rights of citizenship?" The blue cat exclaimed. "But that would mean that they couldn't join any trade guilds or work guilds at all! Does he have the power to do that?" Lucy looked around her, Sans tracking down the duke's magical aura. "There are still areas under feudal rule," Lucy said, scanning the area for any sign of Everlue. "That would mean that this jerk has complete authority over this entire area." Sans' eyes widened. "go right!" He yelled. Lucy followed Sans' command, moving left just as Everlue's hand emerged from the earth. Knowing that he had missed, the duke jumped out of the ground once again. "And in the end, the upstart did write it!" He yelled. Sans summoned another bone and launched it at Everlue. Unlike the other bones, this one was blue, not white. Everlue didn't seem to care, although that changed when the bone hit him. Instead of actually hitting him, it went straight through him, resulting in a massive amount of pain for the duke. "Ack!" Sans didn't mind the duke's pain. He had seen worse things, anyway. Sans then summoned a gaster blaster and obliterated the duke.

Well, not really.

Unlike that creature that called itself a human, Everlue had magic. This made him more resilient to Sans' attacks. Sans decided to do a quick check on Everlue's stats. Everlue was low on HP. This was great. Just one more blast and-

"BOYOYOYOYO!! You think that'll stop me?!" The duke exclaimed. Sans frowned. He was already tired, and if this duke had more up his sleeve, then he may as well be a pile of dust. The duke held out a key. "I COMMAND THE GATE OF THE VIRGIN PALACE TO OPEN!!!" Sans took a step back. He already knew who Everlue was summoning. "nope, i'm out." He said.

Lucy looked back at him. "EH??! AT A TIME LIKE THIS???" But her comment was too late, as Sans was already gone. "WHERE ARE YOU????" She yelled. A sudden gust of wind pulled her back. And right before Everlue stood the big gorilla maid from earlier. "VIRGO!!" He yelled. Lucy panicked. "That's why Sans left!" She muttered in fear. "You called for me, Master?" The giant Celestial Spirit asked. "Virgo, steal that book from them!!" Everlue yelled. Suddenly, Lucy spotted something on Virgo.

A very, very motion-sick Natsu. "EH?!" Lucy, Everlue, and Happy all exclaimed. Natsu only groaned in response. Everlue was dumbstruck. "Why would you be with Virgo?!" Lucy's reaction wasn't very different. "Natsu... how did you...?" The question was unsaid, but Natsu understood. "How else? She started moving, so I decided that I wouldn't let her go without me..." Lucy couldn't believe him. "It doesn't make any sense!! When you say, 'wouldn't let her go'..." It suddenly struck Lucy as to what Natsu meant. "...you mean you wouldn't physically let go??!" Natsu didn't hear her, despite his exceptional hearing. "Lucy, what am I supposed to do up here?!" He yelled. Lucy didn't hesitate with her answer. "Do something about her!" Natsu knew she meant Virgo and punched the spirit in the face before the duke could order her to do anything. Then, Lucy pulled out her whip and used it on Everlue. "You're not going to disappear into the ground this time!" She said through gritted teeth.

A huge fight broke out, although Virgo and Everlue weren't really doing much fighting. Lucy slammed Everlue into the ground one last time, the duke stunned. "You really are as bad as a villain gets!!" She yelled.

Natsu laughed, enjoying the fight. Happy was, err, happy, and Lucy was relieved that the job was over. Finally, after a little while, the adrenaline from the fight was gone, the rush of excitement over. "You really made a show of it, Lucy." She said, hugging the book. "That's just the way a Fairy Tail wizard would handle it!" Happy punctuated that statement with an "Aye!"

.......

"This is the book that Everlue forced Kemu Zaleon to write." Lucy said. "It's an adventure novel with Duke Everlue as the hero." Natsu and Happy were close behind Lucy, the trio walking back to the client's house. "Its structure and style horrible, which isn't a complete loss, but I don't think anyone would think that anyone would believe this was written by Kemu Zaleon." Lucy turned to face the pink haired male and his partner, holding up the book. "That's what made me believe it had a secret hidden inside." Both Natsu and Happy looked confused at the idea.

.......

Lucy handed Daybreak to Kaby. The very non-burnt Daybreak. Kaby was stunned, backing away from Lucy and her companions. "What is the meaning of this?" He asked. "I wanted it destroyed! That was the mission!" Lucy didn't flinch at Kaby's reaction, instead offering the book to him again. "Destroying this book would be very easy. You can do it yourself, Kaby-San." Kaby finally reached forward to accept, ripping it out of her hands. "Th-Then I'll go ahead and burn it! I don't even want to look at this book!" Kaby's expression was firm. "I understand why you despise even the existence of this book." Lucy said, shocking the client. "You're trying to protect the memory of your father." She left a small pause to let the words sink in before continuing. "You are the son of Kemu Zaleon, aren't you?"

This immediately stunned everybody in the room for different reasons, although Natsu and Happy has the biggest reactions by far. "OH?!?" The former yelled, face twisted into a way that a healthy, normal human probably shouldn't be able to do. Of course, we all know that Natsu isn't normal. "YOUR PAPA?!!" Happy exclaimed, face at least normal (unlike his partner). Kaby looked down, shaking and sweating. "How... did you know?" He asked, still shocked by Lucy's statement. "Have you ever read the book?" Lucy asked. Kaby shook his head. "No... I only heard about it from Father. I've never read it..." the client looked down at the book he was holding. His face scrunched up into one of determination. "But there's no need to read it." Beads of sweat began to roll down Kaby's face. "Even father told me that is was a load of dung!!!" Everyone was silent for a bit. Then Natsu broke the silence by asking, "So that's why you want to burn it?" Kaby  nodded shakily. "Yes."

Before Sans could make any pun, Natsu blew up. "JUST BECAUSE IT'S BORING, YOU WANT TO BURN IT?!? THAT'S GOING WAY TOO FAR!!!" This earned a "Huh?!" from Kaby. But the pink-haired dragon slayer would have none of it. "IT WAS WRITTEN BY YOUR OWN FATHER'S HAND!!!!" Lucy and Sans were desperately pulling on the back of Natsu's jacket(?), trying to keep him from burning the man alive. "Natsu! I told you why! It was to protect his father's memory!" Lucy yelled in a futile attempt to calm down the mage. "look, natsu, i know it sounds dumb and all, but please just chill. burning the poor man alive won't help anything."

The world suddenly paused and darkened, Sans being in a spotlight that seemed to some from nowhere. Our favorite comedian suddenly turned to face YOU, the reader. "besides, if natsu torched this man, don't you think he'd be in the hot seat?" The skeleton winked at the fourth wall, therefore winking at any and all readers of this scene. He then turned back towards Natsu, the world returning to normal.

The collaborative effort of Lucy and Sans ended up working in the end, as Natsu stopped pulling against them like some rabid dog on a leash. However, he was still very angry. "Yes. The fact that my father wrote Daybreak brought shame on his name." Kaby stated, looking at them as if nothing had happened. "Thirty one years ago..."

"My father suddenly appeared from a three year absence."

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Okay, guys. I'm (kind of) sorry about the cliffhanger, but I just really wanted to get this chapter out since the huge delay in updates. So yeah. Sorry this took so long.