"_-CHAN!" A voice cried around the large Sabertooth main hall. You swore that the tiger statues flanking the Master chair shook slightly. You jumped out of bed and sprinted to the top of the balcony, before squealing loudly at who it was.

"LEVY-CHAN! MIRA-CHAN!" You rushed forward and tacklehugged them, spinning them round happily. "I've missed you guys so much!" You hugged the two women tightly. Levy had slight tears in her eyes.

"Hello, _-chan." Mira beamed.

"Hiya!" Levy echoed happily. You suddenly began scowling at them.

"Two weeks, though, guys? Really?" You said with a sigh.

"Well the guild's party finished last night, so..."

"Last night?!" A voice from above you said in shock. Sting had emerged from his room and padded onto the balcony in his slacks, and not much else. Lector was standing on the edge of the balcony, rubbing his eyes and yawning.

"Are you really so surprised?" Mira said with a soft smile.

"No." You said in defeat.

"But we brought everything over! We have your clothes, your books, even your shoes!"

"Oh, fantastic." You grinned. You opened the nearest bag to have a look inside. Your Happy t-shirt was at the top of the pile. "Wait, you found this?"

"Lu-chan helped us pack and Virgo found it. We didn't tell Natsu. We...well it was agreed upon that would inflate his ego too much." Levy said.

"Let me guess...Gray?" You laughed lightly.

"No, actually. Erza. I think it was a strawberry cake related payback."

"Ah."

"How is Natsu-kun?" Sting said, walking across the guild hall to where the three of you were standing together.

"Put something on, Sting." You sighed as Mira replied "He's fine. Destructive as usual."

"You know you like it." He smirked, before calling over his shoulder. "Lector, are you and Frosch ready to go?"

"Yep. Frosch is just getting some money." Sting nodded and turned back to you. "See? No-one has a problem with it."

"Not the point!" You continued. "Even Gray covered up - albeit briefly - whenever there were guests at the guild."

"It's fine, _-chan, really." Mira said.

"Absolutely fine." Levy said. The two women looked Sting up and down and he grinned smugly at the attention.

"I'm taking my things upstairs." You muttered in annoyance, picking up as many of the bags as you could.

"_-chan, we were just kidding!" Levy said, rather flustered.

"Hm. Oh, by the way, Levy," you smirked evilly at her. "How is Gajeel?"

"W-Why should I know?" She puffed up her chest of defiance.

"Levyyyyy, please just get together."

"WE'RE NOT LIKE THAT!" She shrieked.

"Mira, back me up!" You whined.

"I'm staying out of this." She replied, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. You scowled. Mira the matchmaker not helping you?! She was just being mean.

"Gajeel-san and Levy-san are a thing?" Sting whispered to you as Levy continued to blush furiously.

"No." You replied. "But they should be!"

"Isn't she a little..."

"I wouldn't say it, Sting" You cautioned, but he finished the sentence anyway.

"Small?"

Levy looked incredibly put out. Despite her usually calm and sweet demeanour, Levy could probably have electrocuted Sting using her solid script magic at any point during the four second long glaring at him that ensued.

"Levy, can you help me with _-chan's bags?" Mira interrupted.

"Okay." Levy said through gritted teeth.

"Sting, why did you have to say that?" You sighed as the two girls followed Lector up the flight of stairs.

"But she is small!" He protested, and you tried to keep your mind focused on the fact that he had insulted one of your best friends rather than on his blatant lack of shirt.

"I once saw that girl knock out Gajeel with nothing but her handbag." You retorted and Sting's smug smile disappeared immediately. "Don't underestimate her."

"Noted." He said, before trailing off into his own thoughts, evidently trying to picture what that scene would have looked like.

"How's the pool doing this morning?" You asked as you headed back up the stairs with him. You knew it was near completion but weren't sure how it had been coming along. You'd spent most of the two weeks you'd been in Sabertooth getting to know the town and taking on a few simple jobs to pay rent as you got used to your new lifestyle.

"There'll be an announcement at noon. Be wearing your swimsuit. "He said, with a rather serious tone to his voice. "I'll wake up Rogue. It's already 10."

"Wake up Rogue?!" Your eyes widened. The morning before Sting had had to leave early for a guild meeting and you had volunteered to do the task of waking up Rogue and Frosch. You'd woken up Frosch first, who yawned sleepily and got into the frog suit you'd cleaned for him the night before. When you had gone to wake up Rogue, he had shoved you against a wall, shadows gathered around him until he realised who you were and backed off. It had been utterly terrifying and you didn't want to ever have to wake him up again.
"Are you crazy?"

"No..." Sting said, though he didn't sound terribly convinced. "Rogue should be up by now."

"Good luck." You laughed lightly before turning right into your own room, leaving Sting to deal with Rogue. Two minutes later, as you sat happily on your bedroom floor unpacking books with Mira and Levy, a loud screaming came from two doors down.

"Rogue's awake." You grinned, prompting a giggling fit from the two women.

After Mira, Levy and yourself had exchanged more hugs, a few stories and some chocolate, the two Fairy Tail mages left with a promise to visit again soon. You'd arranged to come by the guild next time you had a job near Magnolia and vowed that you would bring your guitar. Most of your things had been unpacked now, including your swimsuit, so you had put it on underneath your vest top and shorts. You had been listening to music before you suddenly realised the time and bounded down to the guild hall barefoot as Sting began to give his address. You grinned and stood next to Yukino, Rogue, Orga and Rufus.

"We make the heavens roar, the earth boil and the sea silent." Sting said confidently in the Master's chair. "That is Sabertooth. Take off your clothes." He demanded, addressing seemingly everyone.

"All right. As you wish..." Yukino said calmly next to you, and dropped her cape to reveal a swimming costume. All around the guild hall, people began stripping off their clothing to show their swimming costumes.

"BECAUSE OUR POOL'S COMPLETED!" Sting yelled happily, jumping up out of his seat, taking off his own clothes and opening a door to reveal the completed pool. You stood there slightly frozen as everyone rushed towards the pool cheering. Rogue stood in his swimming shorts to the side putting his hair up into a ponytail. It really suited him, you noted.

"You're a little too excited, Sting." He smiled wryly. You peeped around the door. Most of the guild were already in the pool. Sting was enthusiastically swimming laps and the guild were enjoying the pool. Come to think of it, you thought, you'd barely been swimming since you arrived in Earthland. You'd liked swimming a lot in your old life. You'd even done a summer course in diving once. A giant smile just seemed to overtake your face. You pulled off your vest top and shorts to show your swimming costume, a simple white bikini. The water looked so tempting. Sod it, you thought. You ran straight at the pool.

"Look out below!" You laughed and dived headfirst into the pool. You surfaced, standing up in the pool, and shook out your hair happily with a sigh. It was nice being in water.

You opened your eyes to see most of the guild staring at you. You looked down. Your bikini was in tact. You hadn't hit anybody when you dived in. There was no reason you could think of that people were staring at you.

"Rogue..." Sting muttered, breaking the silence. The rest of the guild went back to "Do you remember...?"

"Yeah." Rogue said, his gaze not leaving you. "I remember."

"Remember what?" You asked.

"Heh. Hehehehe." Sting snickered suddenly. You suddenly realised what he was remembering and crossed your arms over your breasts.

"We agreed never to talk about that, perverts!" You said, blushing profusely.

"What are they talking about, _-sama?" Yukino asked softly.

"The first time I met these two." You murmured. "There was an...er...incident. They saw much more of me than I intended."

"Oh."

You saw Sting go to open his mouth again cheekily and you splashed water in his direction.

"Hey!" He laughed and splashed you back. You gasped as the water hit you.

"Oh it is ON." You said. You quickly went into a splashing war until small tidal waves of water were heading in both directions. You leapt forward and tackled Sting, laughing. Water flew everywhere as the two of you play wrestled.

"Why won't you quit?" You whined with a light laugh.

"Because I'm winning." He replied, picking you up bridal style and kissing you gently. You grinned against his lips but the moment was immediately ruined by Rogue, who drenched the both of you. Sting put you down and went to splash Rogue mercilessly.

"Knock it off. Are you a little kid?" Rogue said grumpily.

"Sting-kun!" A voice echoed down the corridor where the pool connected to the guild hall. Lector appeared, flustered from evidently running lots. "Sting-kun! I mean Master!"

"Forget about the 'Master' thing, Lector. What's the panic about?"

"W-We've got an emergency! W-While we were shopping, Frosch disappeared on me!"

"Seriously?!" Sting cried.

"Frosch-sama!" Yukino said, putting a hand over her mouth.

"What?! Lector!" Rogue said, wading towards the edge of the pool. "How could that happen when he was with you?!"

"I-I'm sorry!" Lector wailed. "I only took my eyes off him for a minute..."

"It's okay, Lector. No-one's blaming you." You soothed, getting out of the pool and sitting next to the distressed Exceed. Sting, on the other hand, was dissatisfied, and grabbed Rogue's shoulder.

"Hey, Rogue! Blaming Lector is barking up the wrong tree!"

"Let me tell you, Frosch...has no sense of direction!"

"That's not Lector's fault!" Sting said defensively. The two both had clenched teeth and fists and had their foreheads pressed together angrily.

"Oh yeah?!"

"Yeah!"

"Both of you, this is no time for fighting!" You and Yukino said simultaneously as the two dragon slayers began to fight, tugging at various parts of each others' faces. Sting had also, to your private disappointment, managed to undo Rogue's adorable ponytail.

"We have to search for Frosch-sama!" Yukino said. You stepped in between the two fighting men, pushing them apart making your right hand 'accidentally' touch Sting's abs. Damn, you thought, before internally cursing yourself about priorities. Your relaxing day was about to become a lot more chaotic, you realised with a sigh.