Hey guys, this is my new fanfic. FYI for those who have read my other fanfic, The Cause of Our Scars, I'm not done with it yet. So enjoy this one :)
Tyla twirled her hot pink hair in her fingers which was tied back into a high ponytail. It was the third day of the Grand Magic Games and she had just finished in third place in the event Pandemonium. Her professor Scarlet just came first by defeating all the monsters so the other competitors use the MPF (Magical Power Finder). Tyla came out with a score of 8539, so close to Jura, the wizard saint. Tyla took out her purple hair ribbon and looked at it. She used to wear it as a bandanna. It was given to her by her parents when they were still alive. It gave her so many memories. On her right hand was a small rose crest that was a sort of birth mark but Tyla always thought of it as a tattoo. But now was not the time to think about old memories. It was time to focus. Her plant magic friend Venus Le Rose stood beside her.
"Still thinking about stuff?" She asked.
"Yeah." Tyla nodded. She tied the ribbon back in her hair. "But now I must fight for Winged Python." The guild Tyla and her best friend Naoya Perez founded together. She looked at him and he flashed his emblem on his left eye at her. She nodded and flashed the emblem on her right shoulder, fingered the ten piercings on her right ear and turned back to the arena. Water dragon slayer Annalisa Stone and her exceed Sapphire stood calmly.
"If only there were something worth seeing." Annalisa said soberly. "Innocence in life is disappearing." Rokar Somer behind her played a little guitar riff on his magic guitar.
"If ye wanna a little spice ye know where ta look." He said in his usual demented way.
"Knock it off." Annalisa glared at him. Tyla giggled. She looked around for the Mecha twins who she found standing side by side at the back.
"Winged, Python, shall win, this year's, grand ma-gic games." They said robotically.
"Shut it, you fools. They're about to announce the next battle!" Naoya shushed them all. Tyla walked forward and looked around. There were so many different guilds; Fairy Tail, Mermaid Heel, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, Quatro Puppy, Raven Tail and the strongest of all, Saber Tooth. She looked at the Saber Tooth area. They all looked so arrogant and cocky. She eyed a familiar black haired dragon slayer away from the others looking silent and undisturbed.
"That's him…right?" Tyla thought to herself.
Rogue stood uninterested in the battles that were going on. He was only interested in defeating Gajeel of Fairy Tail. He listened to the crowd cheer as Laxus Dreyar defeated all the members of Raven Tail and got them disqualified.
"Hey Rogue, check it out! Raven Tail got disqualified 'cause their guild master participated in the games!" His comrade Sting Eucliffe said gleefully.
"Not interested." He replied. Exceeds Lector and Frosch cheered along with the rest of the crowd. He looked towards the new guild Winged Python. A familiar hot pink haired girl stood there.
"Could that really be her? No it can't be." Rogue thought to himself. "She always hated magic and thought it could only cause you death." He listened to the Chapeti ready to announce the next battle.
"Next, we have our infamous queen of the serpents…Tyla Selene!" He said excitedly.
"It really is her." Rogue thought to himself.
"Let's see who's ass I shall kick today!" Tyla shouted proudly.
"Versus one of the twin dragons of Saber Tooth… Rogue Cheney!" Chapeti screamed. Rogue froze. He couldn't fight HER, he just couldn't. Tyla bounced her way down to the arena while Rogue solemnly walked his way down. Tyla put her hands on her hips and faced Rogue with an evil grin. Rogue just stared at her with no expression.
"So you're Tyla, the queen of the serpents. Let's see how well you do without your infamous snake stone." Rogue said intensely.
"So you're Rogue Cheney, the cloud of Saber Tooth. Let's see how well you do without your infamous other half and little frog." Tyla managed a gleeful smile but cringed inside. This guy seemed to know her, and he reminded her of someone else. But it couldn't be, right? "By the way, I have the most perfect armor for this specific occasion." Tyla reequipped. "Supernova armor. Produces light and fire. This will burn your puny little shadows to a crisp." she drew her spear.
"Let's see if your more than just big talk." Rogue lunged towards Tyla who blocked the attack with a giant ray of light and fire. Rogue fell back
"See now? I may only be seventeen and expelled from school, but I'm just warming up." Tyla said with an evil grin.
"Well you haven't seen nothing yet." Rogue replied.
"Go Rogue!" Frosch jumped up and down. "Who's gonna win?" he asked Lector.
"Are you really that stupid? Of course Rogue is gonna win. That serpent girl is nothing!" Lector replied. Rogue and Tyla battle long and hard.
"C'mon, Rogue. Just finish her quickly and be done with it." Sting muttered.
"She's doing great out there." Erza said proudly.
"Yeah. I remember when she was only ten and still a member of Fairy Tail." Lucy stated.
"The Queen of the Serpents." Beth Vanderwood said. "One of the three most powerful women of Winged Python."
"Annalisa the sea serpent, Venus the boa constrictor and Tyla, their queen." Araña Webb said in awe.
The fighters stood apart, exhausted and panting. Rogue took one lunge at her ready for one final blow. Tyla tried to knock him away but accidently threw her spear away. Rogue tried to stop. He couldn't hurt someone already down, especially someone he used to know. He lost his balance and fell on top of Tyla (think Jellal on top of Erza, most epic Jerza moment ever).
"Whoa! Are our competitors having and intimate moment right on the arena!" Chapeti exclaimed.
"What are you doing!" Erza shouted.
"So horrifying." Annalisa said dully.
"Buck up, Ty!" Venus shouted.
"What the hell are you doing out there, Rogue? Finish her!" Sting screamed.
"I can't recall a time Rogue did that." Rufus said calmly. Tyla looked into his eyes. Memories can screaming back at her. But she had to fight for the sake of Winged Python. She put her arms around Rogue's neck kicked him hard in the stomach.
"Yeah! Go Neon Tiger!" Rokar screamed swinging his magic hair around. Tyla pushed him off, got up and grabbed her spear. She couldn't help but cry. She hurt him. She hurt someone who resembles the one she cared about.
"Get up Rogue. Master Jiemma could excommunicate you." Minerva said gleefully. Rogue got up holding his stomach. They faced each other with wet faces.
"Are those two youngsters crying?" Yajima lifted his old brows to get a better look. "Looks like them two have a little history." Tyla wiped her tears and held her spear.
"Who are you? Why do you seem so familiar?" She whispered to him and attacked. He managed to dodge just in time. They fought for long, but the tears just kept coming. The bell rang for a draw.
"Looks like these two competitors are tied!" Chapeti exclaimed. Master Jiemma was angry. The other members of Saber Tooth were disappointed and so were the members of Winged Python.
"Tyla…" Rogue managed.
"You just stay away from me, okay? Just stay away from me." Tyla ran all the way back to the Winged Python section and cried in the corner. Rogue solemnly walked back to face the Saber Tooth members, but was first greeted by Frosch.
"Is that Tyla?" Frosch asked. Rogue nodded. The other members glared at him.
"Master Jiemma won't be too happy with you." Sting stated.
"I know." Rogue disappeared into the shadows. He stayed there until the other members left for the hotel. He followed, staying in the shadows.
At the bar, everyone was celebrating. Winged Python was on it's way to victory. Instead of celebrating with the others, Tyla sat in the corner staring out at the window. Memories were flowing back.
~Flashback~
"Hi Ryos, what are you doing? Why aren't you with your other friends? Where's Frosch?" a five year old Tyla asked a seven year old Ryos.
"Frosch is napping, and I don't have any other friends." he replied.
"Why not?"
"I'm not interested. I'm only interested in defeating Gajeel of Phantom Lord." Tyla looked at Ryos who looked away from her.
"You should find a friend. Maybe they have the same dreams and same feelings as you. When you have a friend, you don't need to hide your feelings. Someone will always be there when you need and then you can always be happy. And that's all I want from you." Tyla took his hand. "Is for you to be happy." Ryos looked at the hand that held his. He blushed and smiled.
"I don't need any other friends. I have you and Frosch. That's all I should need, right?" Ryos smiled at Tyla who blushed.
"Yeah!" Tyla wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a tight hug.
~End Flashback~
Tyla pulled out an old picture from her magic zone. She'd forgotten all about it as the years flew by. It was old and the color was starting to fade, but it still held smiles. Well, only one because he never liked photos. Naoya and Venus noticed Tyla sitting alone.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Naoya bent down to check on her.
"Does it have something to do with today's battle?" Venus asked.
"You acted like someone other than the Tyla we know." Annalisa joined in.
"It's nothing…" Tyla said quietly.
"When the commentator said you two had history, was that true?" Venus asked. Tyla sighed.
"Yes…well, I don't know. He just reminds me of my childhood friend, Ryos."
"I thought I was your childhood friend." Naoya said.
"You still are and you always have been. He left a month before I met you.
~Flashback~
Tyla P.O.V.
On a rainy day twelve years ago, my parents died. Luna and I had to live with our Aunt Zuri. I stayed outside while Luna stayed inside. I didn't want to meet Aunt Zuri because then I'd realize my parents were dead. I cried and ran down a hill while crying and fell. There I met Ryos and Frosch. He carried a bag with him.
"Hey, are you ok?" Ryos held his hand out to me. I took it and stood up. "What happened to you?"
"I just lost some people I truly loved." I replied with tears. "How about you?"
"Me too. And now me and my best friend have nowhere else to go." He replied. In his arms was a small green cat. I paused. I couldn't just leave him there in the rain to die.
"Then you can stay at my place." I said hastily. Ryos looked at me like I was crazy.
"But you only just met me."
"But I can't leave you homeless." I said with a smile. "I know exactly how you feel, you're not alone." Ryos nodded reluctantly.
"Sure. I'm Ryos. And just so you know, I'm a dragon slayer ." he said.
"My name is Tyla. Why do you use magic when it can only cause death and unhappiness?" I asked. My parents were mages and they died during a job.
"It doesn't." Ryos and I walked back to my place. We became very close friends, Ryos and Frosch and I. Ryos and I even shared the same bed when nights got cold. We were almost like siblings and we were always there for each other when we needed. But after a while, he said he had a quest to go on and had to leave. I told him that all I wanted was him to be happy. We said our goodbyes that day…
~End Flashback~
"…And I never realized how much I missed him until today. After I met Naoya, I completely forgot about Ryos. " Tyla hid her face on her knees. Naoya patted her back.
"I'm guessing you want some time alone." He said.
"Yeah." The others left to party. Tyla equipped on her leather jacket over her bikini top and changed her armored skirt for a normal black short skirt. She put her headphones on and blasted Masayume Chasing as loud as she could to block out the memories from coming back.
"Rogue! What happened out there on the arena!" Jiemma screeched at Rogue who stood in front of the others while being yelled at by and angry guild master.
"I…I just…"
"You just what? Are too weak! You fool!" He beat Rogue hard. Frosch couldn't handle seeing his best friend being beaten. He jumped in between Jiemma and Rogue.
"Please! Don't!" He said weakly.
"Frosch…"
~Flashback~
"You worthless fool. We might as well put you back in the wild!" Aunt Zuri held up her hand to hit Rogue.
"No!" Tyla took the blow and was hit hard across the face.
"That'll teach both of you!" She spat and left them sitting on the hard wooden floor.
"Why did you do that? I deserved it." Rogue said.
"You didn't, and she had no right to hurt you." Tyla said. "Besides, you're my friend. It hurts me to see you're being beaten."
~End flashback~
"Leave him be, father. The poor fool will learn his lesson soon." Minerva stepped in. Jiemma looked at her, then back at Rogue.
"Win the next tournament or you'll be excommunicated. Saber Tooth is no place for losers. Now get out of my sight!" Jiemma screeched. Rogue disappeared into the shadows, leaving Frosch with Sting and Lector. Ashamed and heartbroken, he decided to take a walk around Crocus. Flashbacks flashed into his head like disco lights. The street was dark and empty, everyone was in their hotels. As he crossed the bridge, he met a familiar pinkette walking on the edge of the bridge, oblivious to her surroundings.
"You know walking in high heeled boots on a small surface could hurt your heels." He said. Tyla looked up to see Rogue standing before her.
"I know, and I don't give a crap." She said quietly before jumping down. "And why the hell would you care? You're my enemy aren't you?"
"No, I thought you'd remember me."
"Ok so let's see, I don't think an evil Saber Tooth member named Rogue Cheney crossed paths with me until a few hours ago." She rolled her eyes. Rogue shook his head and looked down. He looked back to Tyla's angry face.
"It's me, Ryos." Rogue said with a crooked smile. Tyla was trying to look unconvinced.
"No you're not." Tyla said.
"Yeah I am."
"You can say you're Ryos all you want but I don't believe you." She started to back away.
"Let me ask you this. Have you met two water dragon slayers? Two fire dragon slayers? Two shadow dragon slayers?" Rogue tried to convince her, but she continued to back away. "Maybe this will help." He pulled her into a hug. Tyla's eyes widened. That feel, that smell.
~Flashback~
Ryos pulled Tyla into a hug.
""Promise me this one thing. Don't get yourself hurt for me again. It's my turn to return the favor."
~End Flashback~
Tyla hugged him back. She finally knew he was him. The Rogue who fought her today was the Ryos who hugged her twelve years ago.
"I'm sorry." He sobbed. "I missed you so much." He buried his face in her soft pink hair. Tyla bit her lip and tried to fight back tears, but couldn't.
"I've never been this happy to show my tears." She sobbed and hugged him back. After a minute of tears and sobbing, they let go of each other. "Maybe we should catch up some other time. It's two a.m. in the morning right now. "
"Yeah." Rogue sniffed. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow."
"Ok. And just so you know, it's gonna take some getting used to, to call you Rogue." And with that, they turned heel and went back to their hotels. That night, neither of them could sleep. Rogue lay there with Frosch by his side while Tyla held on to her pillow and cried. Even though they sorted things out, there were still a few days left.