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Chapter 1 – Healer of Sabertooth

In the bustling city Crocus, at the heart of the city, there lived a girl who helped at a clinic. She was scrawny but tall. Her shoulder length jet-black hair was tied up in a regular ponytail and she wore a blue summer blouse with black shorts. She was a healer who makes use of light. The clinic owner was extremely nice and tutored her. English, Japanese, Literature, Math, she tutored all. Math and Magic practice were her favourite past times and she could spend all year doing that. However, the Grand Magic Games was an obstacle to this grand declaration.

"Celestial. Celestial! CELESTIAL! Goodness Celestial, you really got to get yourself out of that pool of numbers!" Lea, the clinic owner joked as she gestured towards the heap of calculations scribbled on random pieces of paper. Lea handed a piece of paper to Celestial and sent her off to the mart. "She's growing up too fast. She was just 5 back then." Lea smiled as she watched the girl run off. Celestial scowled as she saw everyone getting ready for the Games. She never thought highly of the Games and fighting is really unnecessary!

Celestial entered the mart and looked around for the ingredients written on the paper. She headed for shelves after shelves, picking up the items and softly singing a song. She looked at the last item on the list and headed to a shelf hidden far at the back of the shop. "There it is-" Celestial's sound got cut off as someone covered her mouth and dragged her through the back door. "I got her." A sneaky voice snickered as he reported to his leader. Celestial's vision was getting blurry and she kicked around wildly. She was not one for combat, thus explaining the futile attempts. She briefly saw a guild sign and her heart jumped a little. Raven Tail! What was this, they shouldn't be going around kidnapping people! A foul smell emerged from what looks like a drain and Celestial almost retched. An alley! How evil! Suddenly, a new figure appeared as the footsteps quicken towards her. The grip around her throat loosened. "Let her go, Raven." A low voice growled. A strangled sound came from her Raven Tail kidnapper as his grip fully loosened as he dropped to the ground. Celestial fell onto hard dry ground, and she softly groaned in pain. Celestial inhaled a deep breath and pushed herself into a sitting position.

"Haha, Sabertooth huh." The Raven Tail Mage snickered looking at the guild sign.

"So?" the latter replied, hiding his face in his hood.

"I'll take advantage of you now." The Raven snickered again, more sinisterly this time. The mage whipped out a knife, its silver polished blade glistening, and threw it towards Celestial. Celestial screamed as she saw the blade whizzing towards her. She shut her eyes and waited for the searing pain, but none came. Instead, she heard a low hiss of pain. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the knife sticking out of the arm of the Sabertooth Mage. "Good luck with that wound. It's the games the day after tomorrow. I'll be back for you trash girl." The Raven Tail mage flashed a sickly sadistic smile and ran off. "Damn." The Sabertooth Mage hissed. Celestial crawled over and touched the mage's shoulder. "Hey thanks for saving me. But you're hurt. You need medical attention." The mage put a hand up to silence Celestial. In a hushed voice, he said, "Not here. Someone is watching. Let's go." He stood up without much signs of pain, grabbed Celestial and ran. Finally he reached his destination, which looks like a guild inn. It was then that he let his face be shown. "Rogue of the Twin Dragon Slayers!" Celestial gasped. Rogue opened the door, only to see an annoyed Sting. "Rogue you idiot!" the other mage was about to continue to rant on if the black haired mage did not push him aside and walk in. Rude, Celestial thought. Snapping back, Celestial wondered whether she was to go in or not, till she caught Rogue giving her a beckoning glance. Celestial made her way in, not daring to face the other members of the guild, especially the mean looking girl at the end of the room. Rogue walked past a silver haired girl and told her something. She nodded and walked up to Celestial, smiling. "Hi, I'm Yukino. Please come with me for a while." Celestial nodded, a little relieved that the guild wasn't as scary as she imagined it would be. Celestial made her way into Yukino's room. She sat at the edge of Yukino's bed and watched the other girl rummage around. The other girl finally stood up and handed a nightgown to Celestial. "Here. Take this and go and bathe in the bathroom there." She said to the healer before leaving the room.

"Rogue! Are you mad? You were careless and used your hand to deflect the knife! This is not acceptable!" Sting shouted in the Shadow Dragon Slayer's ear. Rogue shot a death glare saying NONE OF YOUR BUSINES at Sting and rested his arm on the armrest of the couch. Orga came up and peered at the knife cut. Yukino, who just came down from the second floor, gasped as she saw the wound. Avoiding all questions, Rogue looked at Yukino, who, responded by nodding and going up again. Minutes later, she came down with Celestial. Celestial's eyes darted around and surveyed the members of Sabertooth. Yukino brought her in front of Rogue, who rolled up his sleeve and presented the infected wound. "Oi oi girl. Heal him quickly, the games start the day after tomorrow!" Sting said impatiently. "Sting, quiet. " the mean looking girl, Minerva chided. Celestial slowly touched his wound and closed her eyes. "Girl, you'll never make it. No one can heal such a wound in a night. You're not a god." Minerva coldly said. Celestial ignored her and concentrated even harder, eyebrows furrowing. A great light surrounded her and it seems like she was channelling it into the wound. The light was so captivating that soon every single guild member was staring at the girl. Finally after what seemed like 15 minutes, the light died down and Celestial opened her eyes. "It's fine now. That blade was infected with a serious poison." Rogue tested his arm and glanced at his now fully recovered wound. Seemingly satisfied, he stood up and walked off. That rude guy! Celestial gritted her teeth. "Hey!" she shouted. Rogue turned around and looked at her. "Aren't you going to thank me?" Rogue merely raised his eyebrows and walked off. The other guild members backed off, glancing back at the peculiar girl. Celestial was about to explode when Yukino dragged her back into the room. "Celestial-san! What are you thinking? You can't talk back to the core members of Sabertooth! That's like, your death!" Celestial shrugged. Yukino sighed and sat on the bed. "Here, you can have the other bed there. It's an extra." Celestial frowned, "Wait what? I can't stay here, I mean, I need to go back!" Yukino seriously grabbed the girl and told her, "Its 11 now, its dangerous. I don't want to defy my orders." Celestial shook her head and sighed inwardly. She climbed over to the other bed and got into the covers as Yukino switched off the lights.

"Hey Yukino."

"Yes?"

"Who gave you that order?"

"Rogue."

"Why did you listen to him?"

"He sounded serious enough. Go to sleep."

"Oh okay."

Celestial smiled secretly and fell asleep.

In the dead of the night, a hand shook her up. Celestial's eyes shot wide open and looked around frantically. "Shh." She recognised the low voice and relaxed. She lazily got out of bed and followed the figure to something that looks like a balcony. The black haired teen sat down cross-legged on the veranda while Celestial sat beside him, hugging her legs. Silence took over for a while.

"… Thanks for healing my arm." Rogue started. Celestial turned around and smiled, "No problem, glad you actually had manners. Why did you hide it just now?" Rogue looked away and said, "It's my guild. If we are seen thanking anyone or showing any sign of weakness, we are expelled." Celestial nodded gravely and said, "Well then, with me, you can be yourself. Let's introduce ourselves in a more friendly way. I'm Celestial; you can call me Celeste . It's funny being named after Celestial Spirits I'm a healer that makes use of light magic. Its one of the Lost Magics I think. I like math and I'm asthmatic." Rogue could note the strain in her voice as she said she was asthmatic. He sighed, "I'm Rogue Cheney. I'm a Shadow Dragon Slayer and I like math too. I'm not too interested in anything else." Celestial smiled and stuck out her hand, Rogue then awkwardly shook it. "There, we are friends!" Celestial smiled again as she leaned against wooden wall. "Hey Rogue." Rogue hmm-ed in response. "If I'm weak and can't fight, would you still be friends with me?" Rogue almost laughed, but kept his calm. "You are weak. But sometimes, the weak are the best kind of people." Celestial smiled secretly to herself, making a note that she would come and visit Rogue from time to time. She was starting to like him.

The sun rose and bathed the entire Crocus in a rosy glow. Early risers, like the healers and store owners arose and started their daily routine.

In the Sabertooth Inn, Celestial hesitated a little before turning the knob that leads to the Twin Dragon Slayers room. She crept in a kneeled down beside Rogue's bed. "Hey Rogue," she whispered softly, "I'll be going now. Thanks for everything." A little annoyed that somebody disturbed his sleep, Rogue's eyebrows creased and he turned over to back face Celestial. Celestial smiled a little and stroked his hair. "Goodbye." She rose and walked out of the door, silently closing it. She tiptoed out of the main door and headed for the clinic. Never did she expect someone was stalking her.

"Hm, interesting."

Sorry for the cliffhanger :P I'm no good at stories sorry. I'm the more conversation type. Please drop a review thanks!