Lucy Heartfilia (2) Part I

The next morning, I woke up early in the morning to get some breakfast before I do some training of my own until I start on Lucy's training. Since I didn't want to stagnate on my strength while I chased after Lucy. Wait, no that came out wrong. I meant training Lucy, yeah that's what I meant.

Anyway, I had about three and a half hours of time for myself before Lucy comes so I spent it wisely. I had a light breakfast that gave me energy to go through my morning routine and once I finished I had a bath at the lake nearby and then I just waited for Lucy to come.

While waiting I thought about the canon storyline. While I hadn't done too much to change anything from its course. I understand that things will be slightly different from the canon. Just the fact that I have trained some of Fairy Tail's members makes sure of it since they will be stronger than their canon counterpart. The first few arcs of the series didn't have difficult antagonists even for the canon members. So they will easily steamroll through the bad guys from the first few arcs.

Jellal arc is probably when they will run into some trouble. I have no doubt that they could handle him by themselves but I also know that since Jellal is one of the strongest mages of his generation, their fight with him will be quite even.

I know that I decided to stop caring about changing the future but there will be times when I decide to just let the rest of the guys and girls from the guild handle the fights. Since I am training them to better fight and protect themselves, it would be counterproductive if finished all their problems for them. Of course, there are some fights that I will definitely be taking part in, the ones the others can't take care of themselves.

So, I will definitely be the one taking on Achnologia when he comes to Tenrou Island, I have to convince Marvis to active the Fairy Sphere spell even if it looks like I am winning against him since I want to use the seven year time skip to go recruit guys from other dimension and stuff.

Another battle that I will be handling is the one against Deliora. I already have plans on saving Ur, so I know for a fact that there is only one possible way of doing that and that is to reverse the spell that froze Deliora. In doing so, not only would I be saving Ur, I will also be releasing Deliora back to full health. In the canon, the Iced Shell spell had gone into the blood, bones and muscle of Deliora so when he was finally released, he didn't have any strength remaining and so died.

But even so, as one of Zeref's demons, Deliora is someone who is on another level than the others. Even Ur, who was hailed as someone on the same level as a wizard saint didn't stand a chance against him so don't even mention Gray, Lyon, Natsu and Erza, who are the only real heavy hitters there in that arc.

So all in all, I will be taking him on by myself. This not only helps me save Ur, it also helps me give a good impression in front of her. Of course, getting a small revenge on Zeref for creating those rumors about me by killing one of his toys is also part of the reason.

Thinking 'till here, I heard rustling of grass. As I looked towards the direction of the sound, I saw Lucy making her way towards me in a much more casual outfit that wouldn't hinder her movements while training. I have to say though, she chose a good outfit since anything too constrictive would restrict her movements when we train later on.

"Hey, you're here. Good, let's warm up first and then I'll tell you what to do." I said to her once she saw me and waved her hands at me for a greeting with a huge smile.

"Ok, so what are you going to teach me?" She asked me after reaching a few meters from me and she looked like she was going to burst with excitement. She was bouncing on the ball of her feet as she held her clenched fists in front of her chest.

"Well, starting today I will first build up your physical strength, speed and flexibility. When I deem you good enough, I'll start teaching you some hand to hand combat techniques and maybe teach you how to use a whip for mid to long range fighting skills." I couldn't help but smile at her cuteness as I answered her question and told her of the short term plan and the plan after that.

Once I answered a few more of her questions, we then started on her training. First I had her run some laps around the forest as a warm up and then had her do stretches. Once that was done, I began instructing her on what to do next like push-ups, pull ups, etc.

This continued until three in the afternoon where we see Lucy sprawled on her back from exhaustion. While she was finishing up her last bit of exercises, I was cooking some food for the both of us. I made sure to make enough to fill Lucy up while also giving her the nutrition she needs.

"So what did you tell your caretakers before coming here? I mean when they asked where you are going." After eating, I decided to become closer to Lucy on a much more personal level since only training her would make our relationship become just between trainer and trainee. So I started a casual conversation with her.

"Oh, I just told them that I was going out to exercise. Although they were doubtful at first but they decided to let me go anyways. Of course they tried to have a guard follow me but I was able to sneak away from him." Lucy spoke with pride about her escape from the guard which once again made me doubt the credibility of the guards who let a twelve year old get away from them.

"Hm, that's cool I guess. So, tell me about yourself, I mean we don't really know each other and since we are going to be spending a lot of time together we might as well tell each other about ourselves." Nonetheless, I started to guide the conversation elsewhere in hope of getting her talk about her home issues. Not only did I want her to rely on me when she is upset with her father, I also want to let her vent some of her frustration which she seems to be holding back.

And so we started talking. Lucy never talked about her problems at home and instead chose to talk about herself personally. She talked about things she liked, disliked, her hopes and dreams for the future. And I did the same, I told her my likes, my dislikes and my dream of having a harem. Of course, I didn't explain what exactly a harem is to her which made her want to know even more. But I managed to convince her of telling her about it later.

Like this we spent the remainder of the afternoon just talking to each other. While she didn't talk about her problems to me, I am happy enough knowing that both her and me are much closer to each other now than we were before. I might be the person closest to her after the head servants. The reason for that is mainly because, they help her deal with her issues at home and give her comfort whenever she needs it. Maybe one day soon enough, she would allow me to do the same for her.

I escorted her until her mansion was in view before we said goodbye and separated and I watched her enter her house before getting smothered with concern by the servants about her dirty appearance. I soon left to get some of my own training done once again, except this time, it was a much more intense training.

Once night came, I finished up my training, had a bath once again at the lake, had a hearty meal for dinner and soon enough, headed for bed to get some sleep. It has been a good day for me since not only have I started Lucy's training, I am also much closer to her on a more personal level. Yeah, good day indeed.