Arriving at our destroyed guild, I kicked open the doors, causing them to be flung off their hinges while the three of us stepped inside; scanning the insides, I felt relieved when I noticed no blood stains or anything of the sort. "Thankfully, it doesn't look like anyone was hurt." Muttered Lucy with a sigh of relief while I grabbed one of the metal poles before flinging it out of the building, causing it to soar through the sky. Hearing voices, I snapped my head to the ground and stomped the ground, creating a hole in the floor directly to the basement, which I leaped down.
"Who is it!?" Aggressively raising my voice, I was about to flare my magic power, only to be stopped as I was slammed face-first into the ground by a massive hand, causing me to internally smile. "Tsk, can't you see our guild is already destroyed, Cooper!? We don't need you causing any more destruction!" Yelled Gramps angrily while I slowly removed myself from the ground, dusting my face clean. "You good down there, big bro?" "Gray, get your stupid ass down here!" Turning around, I glanced at Natsu, who breathed a fiery breath at Gray, only for Erza to hit him with her sheath. "Did you not just hear, Master, Natsu?"
Shifting my gaze away from Gramps, I observed the basement, spotting everyone was safe and unharmed, well, except for Natsu; however, I did notice Mira and Elfman were missing, along with the Thunder God Tribe, though I wasn't worried about them, not when Laxus was with them. "Where is Mira and Elfman?" Taking a few steps back, I caught Lucy, who had leaped down the hole while eyeing Gramps, though Nab responded in his stead. "They took an S-quest, big bro!" Said Nab as he attacked me from behind, though I simply elbowed his gut, causing him to drop to the ground while coughing.
"Huh, the hell did you say, Natsu!?" Said Gray as he aggressively stood in front of Natsu, successfully provoking him, though unfortunately for them, Erza was there to keep them in check. Ignoring those two, I approached Gramps, who was sitting upon a barrel of wine from which Cana drank. "H-Hey, big bro." Sighing at the drunk Cana, I squatted and rubbed her head while shifting my gaze to Gramps. "Who the hell attacked us?" Narrowing my eyes, Gramps promptly knocked my head with a cup of alcohol, angering me as he'd always do something like this when avoiding answering questions. "You're injured, Cooper; looks like you faced a formidable opponent." "Gramps, don't feed me bullshit." "Okay." With a nod, Gramps took a sip of alcohol while I waited for him to answer my question, yet he never did, causing me to aggressively growl as I subconsciously released my magic power.
However, just as I did so, Gramps heaved a deep sigh while lowering his cup. "I'll tell you when you're healed, Cooper… Don't push me." Said Gramps firmly as he eyed me, causing me to clench my fists. "Big bro, calm down, it's just some wood, we can easily rebuild the Guild." Said Levy softly as she gently grasped my arm, causing me to calm down and glance at her before snorting. "Hmph, I couldn't care less about the building itself; it's the principle of the matter, Levy!" Eyeing Levy, who just softly smiled, I gritted my teeth before turning around and walking away.
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Lucy POV
Watching Cooper silently sit in the corner of the basement, I approached Master. "Master, will big bro be okay? He seemed really furious." To my surprise, Master suddenly laughed, causing me to glance at Cooper, who wasn't the slightest in the laughing mood. "Don't worry about that boy, Lucy… It's not the first time, nor will it be the last time, he's gotten mad at me." Said Gramps with a faint smile as he raised his cup at Cooper, who aggressively growled in response. "He's just very protective of his family, that's all. It can be a bit of an annoyance, but I wouldn't change that about him… If anything, I'd change his short temper; we've got too many of those in Fairy Tail." Said Gramps, and I couldn't help but lightly chuckle despite our situation.
'Yeah, big bro is a bit of a quick fuse, though I would personally change something different about him.' Looking at Cooper, I shook my head once again, ridding my mind of naughty thoughts while leaving Master. I spent the rest of the day with everyone, acting as if our guild hadn't been destroyed above. Once night arrived, hours later, I left the guild, walking with Levy, Jet, Droy, and Cooper, though the latter kept his distance, clearly still upset. "D-Don't laugh, it wasn't funny!" Said Levy with a pout as she stomped her foot, though Jet, Droy, and I continued to laugh.
"Oh, I would show you a picture if I had my lacrima on me, Lucy; you just had to see her!" "Oh, you have a picture!? I NEED to see that." Looking at Jet, I firmly grabbed his hand while he nodded, only for Levy to aggressively shake him. "Y-You promised me you deleted those pictures!?" "Eh, well, I lied, sorry." With a mischievous smirk, Jet crossed his fingers, causing Levy to respond with her magic; despite how adorable and lovey Levy was, she was a Fairy Tail mage at the end of the day. "You! I'll beat you up, Jet!" "Hehe, you'll have to catch me first!" Watching Levy chase after Jet, who ran down the street, I lightly chuckled before glancing at Droy. "Welp, looks like I've got to stop them. Bye Lucy, see ya big bro."
As Droy chased after Levy and Jet, I shook my head and continued to my apartment while Cooper followed; entering my apartment building, I took the stairs to the fifth floor and unlocked my door while Cooper entered right behind me. "Haa, finally… Home. I'm going to shower first, big bro." Glancing at Cooper, who lightly nodded, I entered the bathroom, ran the hot water, and removed my clothes before entering the tub. "Ahh, that's the spot." Sinking deeper into the tub, I closed my eyes and enjoyed the hot water, only for my eyes to snap open when I heard Cooper's voice. "Scoot over, Lucy."
Eyeing Cooper with wide eyes, I quickly covered my chest and sat upright, inadvertently allowing Cooper to enter the pool as he sat opposite of me. "W-What the heck, big bro!?" "Hmm, what's the problem?" Cooper asked with a confused expression as he tilted his head, while my face twitched. "I'm bathing!" "So? I've bathed with every one of my little sister's before." I was so shocked at what Cooper said, I didn't know how to respond and just silently stared at him with my mouth agape. "Y-You're not going to do anything naughty, are you, big bro?" "Huh, naughty? No." Said Cooper as he shook his head without an ounce of lust in his gaze, which would've made me question his sexual preference if I hadn't just allowed him to sleep with Aquarius yesterday.
With an awkward sigh, I lowered my arms, freeing my breasts, though other than a passing glance, Cooper paid no heed to my breasts. 'Now I'm sort of offended; I have amazing breasts, didn't he say mine were the biggest in Fairy Tail?' Quietly murmuring, I gazed down at my chest before raising my head, deciding to use this awkward and slightly uncomfortable position to drink up the sight of the sexy chocolate hunk sitting in front of me.
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Levy POV
"G-Get back here, you punk!" Throwing bricks at Jet with my word magic, he dodged each one with his speed magic while Droy tried to stop us. "Oh, you were so close, Levy." Clicking my tongue at Jet's teasing words, I was about to throw a boulder at him, but before I could write it, Jet suddenly ran into a man with long black hair, knocking him onto butt.
"Ugh, dang, it's like I ran into iron. Sorry about that—" Widening my eyes, the man violently kicked Jet, causing him to skid across the ground toward us, nearly hitting us, but Droy created a cushion with his plants. "J-Jet you okay!?" Quickly kneeling beside Jet, I helped him onto his feet while using a cloth to wipe the blood from his mouth. "Y-Yeah, I'm fine… Hey, man, what the hell, I said sorry!" Said Jet with a nod before we shifted our gaze to the long, black haired man, who gazed at us with a sadistic glint that caused me to shiver. 'Wait, I-I think I've seen him from somewhere.'
Before I could deduce where I'd seen this man from, he began to approach us while cracking his knuckles with a wicked grin. "Heh, how did you guys like my little message to Fairy Tail?" "You. You're the one who attacked our Guild!?" Asked Droy with a deep frown as he and Jet furiously stepped forward; while I was also angry, I was a bit more perceptive than they were. "Tch, you shouldn't have ever done that! Now Cooper is going to destroy whatever Guild you're from." "Heh, perfect, that's the plan; we have a whole elaborate plan to kill the 'Beast' as our Master says Phantom Lord can't afford a war with Fairy Tail with Laxus, Cooper, and Makarov, one of them has to go beforehand, and Cooper is the easiest to provoke. So I'll have to improvise. I wonder how he'll react to seeing his precious guild mates beaten in the morning." Said Gajeel with a ferocious expression as he drew closer to us, while I nervously gulped, finally realizing who we were facing.
"Phantom Lord? Y-You're Blacksteel Gajeel!" "Hehe, bingo, I'll reward you by giving you the most attention, little lady."