Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. This story was made for fun, and not for cash. (How unfortunate.)
Notes: Drum roll, please. For those of you who have been wondering, you shall wonder no longer. Some members of Team Sabertooth appear in this chapter, and it looks like Hellia made a mistake from the previous chapter. Anyway, enjoy!
Sting Eucliffe was bored out of his mind at the Sabertooth guild because there weren't any good jobs that involved fighting powerful opponents. The large chain of errand and delivery jobs most likely did not involve any kind of combat for Sting to improve his strength. Remembering his rival, Natsu, Sting decided to walk through the forest to the Fairy Tail guild since the Magnet Train was not running due to reports of sudden shortages of electricity occurring throughout Fiore.
As the white dragon slayer walked out of the guild, he noticed a strange display of nine fireballs in the air. The caster had shot one giant spinning ball of red fire into the air, and eight fireballs that were half its size came out of it and they had struck eight different areas of the town that was below the mountains where the Sabertooth guild was located.
"I only know one dragon slayer that's dense enough to be reckless with fireballs! He came here to fight me! Well, it saves me trip of going through the forest to track him down! This time, I'll defeat Natsu!" Sting thought with an excited look on his face, as his body trembled with overconfidence while he jumped down to the town that stood below.
Of course, he had to question Natsu's motives for being here. Did he plan to challenge Minerva, so she could know the pain she caused Lucy in the Naval Battle? Sting remembered how Natsu had invaded Sabertooth's lodgings in Crocus to avenge Yukino because she got excommunicated from the guild, but did the fire dragon slayer care about his friends this much to keep holding a grudge?
When he reached the center of the luxurious looking town, Sting's eyes widened in disbelief. What he saw would probably shock Natsu, too. Lucy stood in front of an elegantly flowing fountain of water, and eight craters surrounded the fountain while they made the shape of an octagon. Lucy's fireball display didn't seem reckless at all to the citizens of Goldenrod Town because every fireball that crashed into the ground brought more spectators to see what was going on.
Lucy had a black suitcase next to her, and many folks in the large crowd that circled around her had put bags of jewels next to Lucy because they mistook her for a powerful Sabertooth mage.
"Ok, people! Out of my way! Stand aside!" Sting yelled sternly, while harshly pushing his way through the crowd. He narrowed his blue eyes at the sight of Lucy, and the white dragon slayer proceeded to start sniffing around the fountain.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked him curiously, as he circled around her with his nostrils taking in her scent. Only Natsu had sniffed her sometimes, but Lucy knew how arrogant Sting could be. He had tried to hit on her during the Grand Magic Games last year, and Lucy repeatedly turned him down because he wasn't her type. However, Sting always loved taking on challenges because he was always happier with great victories.
"All right, Blondie, where's Natsu? To make a scene like this, he must really be trying to get my attention." Sting replied coldly, as he still sniffed the air to detect Natsu's scent. However, Sting couldn't even sense his presence. Natsu wasn't the type of person to hide from a challenging opponent, and he certainly wouldn't leave Lucy alone in Sabertooth's territory.
"He's not here, and don't call me Blondie! You're blonde, too! Also, I'm the one who put on the display of fireballs for these nice people! Let's just say that a voice in my head gave me the idea!" Lucy exclaimed harshly to Sting, as she felt ignored by him focusing his attention to Natsu. Hearing the name of that fire dragon slayer made Lucy's blood boil, her fists clenched tightly in anger. It was bad enough that Natsu cheated on her, but during the fight in Magnolia Town, Lucy just had to have that little piece of mercy that kept her from killing him. However, other than the feeling of anger, sadness was also a feeling that Lucy felt from being manipulated by him. Natsu had always told Lucy he loved her, and he promised to never leave her side. Tears and sniffles escaped Lucy's body, and her body trembled with emotional pain.
"H-hey, did I say something wrong? I was just shocked that you can do something without your spirits." Sting told her with a concerned look on his face, not knowing how to fix the sudden situation. Sting had never been in the position of comforting a crying female, and he could only wait for Lucy's explanation. In fact, he had mostly been around Minerva and the only comfort she ever needed was to sadistically beat someone to a pulp to express her feelings of anger.
"It's not your fault, Sting. Natsu kicked me off of the team, and everyone said I was just a replacement for Lisanna! Erza called me useless, and all the pain just hurt me so much that I left Fairy Tail! Then, those idiots had the nerve to frame me for destroying the Magnolia Bank! I felt completely humiliated, and I had to move out of my apartment!" Lucy explained while tears made their way from her red puffy eyes to the bottom of her cheeks, as she hugged Sting and continued to hysterically cry with her fists clenched.
Sting looked appalled at what Lucy admitted to him, and he narrowed his blue eyes at the thought of Natsu's stupidity. Her friends had hurt her so much, that she had to move to Goldenrod? Sting also thought Lucy's failure in the Grand Magic Games last year had something to do with this, but he decided to return her hug and pat her on the back gently.
On the corner of his eye, Sting took notice of Lucy's black suitcase and wiped the tears from the eyes of the stellar mage. She simply turned away from him, and began to walk away.
"Hey, wait. That thing you did with the fireballs was really impressive, Blondie! If you've got more of those techniques, you should join Sabertooth! Why waste your talent in pathetic guilds like Fairy Tail or Mermaid Heel?" Sting told Lucy in a calm tone with a smirk on his face.
Lucy was somewhat happy about the thought of joining a new guild, but there was one thing she didn't like about Sabertooth. Her dilemma was Minerva, and they weren't exactly friends. Would she really want to take the risk of getting killed, if Lucy had to join a new guild? She needed a second opinion, so she needed to debate with Hellia.
Inside Lucy's mind…
Lucy's soul stood across from Hellia's soul in a void of darkness, and she needed the opinion of her polar opposite.
"We should join Sabertooth. Didn't you say how Minerva brutally beat the shit out of you? Imagine how good it will feel to finally get revenge for the pain she caused you." Hellia explained with a wicked smirk on her face, as she twirled a piece of her crow-black hair.
"What if I'm not strong enough to face her? What if I get killed? I can't do this alone, Hellia! Every time I think of Minerva, my legs can't stop trembling! I always think of myself winning against her, but in reality, the results would be the same from the Naval Battle!" Lucy shouted while having her head tilted down to hide her ashamed facial expression from her doppelganger.
Hellia knew that she had to push through to give Lucy encouragement, and she remembered their agreement. Hellia walked towards Lucy, and gave her a warm kiss on the lips. Lucy gave in to the kiss, and she smiled while Hellia turned the black aura on her left hand into the form of a sword and sliced off Lucy's clothing.
"When you have trouble making a decision, it gets hot in here. Now, stop crying. In case your memory is bad, you're never alone. For every light, there is darkness. For every act of good, there are acts of evil. You just need to remember that my powers can be accessed anytime. Except, my hellish abilities. You're too pure for those, sweetie." Hellia explained with a calm look in her purple eyes.
To soothe Lucy's stress, Hellia proceeded to lay the stellar mage down on the ground of the dark void and she began to rub Lucy all over while getting on top of her. Hellia planted soft kisses on Lucy's skin, and her soft fingers seductively brushed against Lucy's breasts.
"Ohhhhh…. Hellia, this feels so nice. Keep going, please…" Lucy managed to say while the waves of pleasure took over her body. Lucy blushed happily and kept her hands at her sides, showing no resistance whatsoever to Hellia, as the doppelganger started to lick her breasts in a slow and lovely manner. She even gave Lucy's left nipple the reward of feeling her mouth suck on it with such softness. Lucy let out a slight whisper of something Hellia couldn't make out, and she decided to tease Lucy's other nipple with the cold breath from her passionate lips.
Hellia had a thing for being cold, and she simply kept sending soft breaths of chilling air at Lucy's nipple until it started to feel hard. The blonde mage could only moan in pain and pleasure, as Hellia roughly licked her nipple with force and put two fingers in Lucy's sacred area. An excited smile formed on Hellia's face, her body trembling like it was turned on from all this excitement.
Lucy let out some of her juices from her opening, prompting Hellia to let her entire left hand be covered in her lover's sweet drippings. Lucy took in a few breaths, and she opened her eyes to see Hellia's putting two of her lubricated fingers into Lucy's mouth. Having the instinct to taste her own juices, Lucy's tongue took the wetness from Hellia's fingers in a gentle tone.
"Ahhhhhhhhh…. I've made my decision, Hellia. You're right. I can fight Minerva, and I'm not alone. There's no reason for me to worry, because we're together." Lucy replied with a smile while she watched Hellia use the black aura that formed a sword to slice off her own clothes. The pleasure consumed Lucy so much, that she climaxed in Hellia's face. When some of her own juices ended up covering her body, Lucy simply sighed at how warm and wet they were.
"That's right, sweetie. I've been wondering if you don't fear the darkness. If you spend time training with spells in the dark parts of your mind, you'll get stronger. After all, I know you can improve. If you were to power up my spells, imagine how destructive they'll be in my hands. If you can beat Minerva, then you'll get a taste of me."
"I can't be weak and afraid anymore, you know. I want to show my worth to a guild, and let people realize that I'm not worthless and useless. I have no reason to fear the darkness, Hellia. If that is what will make my spirit help my body become strong, then send me into the darkness."
Realizing that this was Lucy's imagination, Hellia turned the dark void into different scenery where she stood near the edge of a cliff with her. The water was blue and steamy, almost as if the ocean below was a hot spring of tranquility.
Lucy looked somewhat scared at the hot water below, but if she wanted to have the true conviction for power then she needed to summon up her courage. Taking in a deep breath, Lucy slowly took steps towards the edge of the cliff. Hellia followed her, and a devious smirk formed on her face. After exhaling out the air, Lucy turned towards her doppelganger.
"Enjoy your bath, honey." Hellia said evilly while pushing Lucy off of the cliff and sending her plunging into the steaming waters.
"It's so warm and nice… to fall into the darkness." Lucy's soul thought with a smile on her face, as she let herself get farther away from the water's surface while slowly losing consciousness.
"After I'm finished inflicting pain on that bitch named Minerva, I'll rescue Lucy. After all, it will take time for the hellish waters to send power into her soul." Seeing no reason to keep Lucy's body daydreaming like it was, Hellia decided to temporarily take over.
In reality…
Sting snapped his fingers at Lucy, who currently blushed madly while she had a dreamy expression on her face. He had tried to stomp on her feet, but that wasn't working either. Then, he had an idea.
"Hey, Minerva's at the guild. Just don't draw any attention to yourself, and stay close to me. Got it?" Sting instructed sternly, hoping that this would snap Lucy out of her trance-like state.
"Minerva's there? Well, that just means we can finally have a rematch. I remember how she was so sadistic, but stupid. It's time for me to show her that pain isn't something that's meant to be fooled around with." Hellia responded aggressively while her teeth and fingernails became sharp like fangs and claws.
Fashion was Lucy's specialty, but Hellia would normally get a sense of bloodlust when she fought. Had it not been for Lucy's order of showing mercy, Hellia would've shown Natsu the power of hellish flames. She still looked like Lucy because it would be unwise to give away her identity to Sabertooth. The news would spread like wildfire, and that would not be good. If a member of the Magic Council got word of her, a wave of disbelief would be sent throughout Fiore. Basically, her reputation was similar to Zeref's.
Hellia grabbed Lucy's black suitcase by the handle, and she pulled it behind her while following Sting up the mountainous path to the Sabertooth guild.