Lucy's face paled as she saw who it was. No way! It was –

"Sting and…Rogue?" Lucy's face hadn't paled because she was shocked – she paled because they absolutely stank of something so horrific, so disgusting that Lucy couldn't even describe it into words. She scrunched up her face in disgust and the two who had just slumped on the floor due to the fact that they were leaning on her door.

"You two reek," Lucy said through a pinched nose, making her sound slightly retarded. The two just groaned again, their stomachs rumbling and flies buzzing around them.

"Why are you guys even here?" Lucy asked them, still pinching her nose and poking at their half dead bodies.

"I guess you guys aren't in any condition to talk, huh…" Lucy pondered out loud. "Well, be happy that I feel generous today. You guys scared me to death, thought you were Fairy Tail…" Lucy mumbled the last bit, forgetting that the two were dragonslayers. The two half-dead bodies' ears perked up and they stared at each other questioningly.

"Alright, time to give you two a bath," Lucy grumbled, hauling the two over her shoulders like they were sacks of potatos.

"Urghhh…" Sting groaned, holding his mouth.

"You better not barf on me, smelly idiot," Lucy growled at Sting, making him squeak a little 'eep!' and cover his mouth even harder. Rogue just sucked it up. Lucy turned the tap of hot water on, tapping her right foot impatiently on the black mat for the water to fill up the bathtub. When it had finally decided to fill up, Lucy chucked the two inside.

"Oi! That hurt!" Sting complained, soon sighing in relaxation as he bubbled in the hot and spacious bathtub. It was big enough for someone to swim in it!

"Ahh, this feels nice," Rogue mumbled to himself.

"Now strip."

"Ehh?!" Sting yelled, edging away from Lucy.

"You're in a bathtub, you idiots. Don't worry, I'll turn around. I'm keeping an eye on you two for now." Lucy turned around as she said, indicating that she wasn't looking.

"But Princess, they're grown men!" Lucy heard Loke's voice speak out form his keys swishing from her belt.

"Wha?! Who was that?" Sting demanded as Lucy heard drops of water and the sound of clothes rustling.

"My spirits, you dimwit. Don't worry about him. Loke, shut your mouth." Lucy said, crossing her arms.

"Are you guys done yet?" Sting glubbed down so only his head was showing.

"Yessss," he replied, bubbles coming out of his mouth. Lucy looked in the mirror – she was wearing a blue lace cowboy shirt, high waisted shorts with bows on the pockets and brown combat boots.

"Oh well," she shrugged, turning around to see Rogue and Sting bubbling in the water.

"W – woah! Turn around, perv!" Sting yelled, backing away from Lucy and closing his eyes, taking a defensive pose. Rogue just sunk into the water quietly. Lucy grabbed a bottle of shampoo and grabbed a chair, sitting on it behind Sting.

"Arghhh! She's gonna rape me!" Sting screamed as Lucy grabbed his head and pulled it closer towards her. He heard her squirt a small amount of shampoo into his hands.

"Argh no! It's lubricant! She's gonna finger me!" Sting screamed, splashing around.

"Argh! Argh! Ar – mm…" Sting moaned as Lucy waded her fingers through his hair, massaging his head.

"Stupid idiot," what were you thinking?" Lucy growled softly at him. He laid his head on the edge of the marble bathtub, his eyes widening when he saw Lucy blushing. He averted his eyes and moaned again, ending up closing his eyes. Lucy massaged his head a little while longer then pushed his head away, motioning for Rogue to come over.

"..N – no, I'm fine," he declined timidly, sinking away. He was never used to girls wanting his attention. Or physical contact, either.

"C'mon, don't be shy, you little wuss, you know you want it," Lucy teased, giving him a goofy grin.

"Why am I even doing this?" Lucy asked herself for a moment, then pushing the thought away. Rogue took steps forwards slowly and ended up wading towards Lucy and turning around, leaning on the edge of the bathtub like Sting. He also made a noise similar to a moan, though managed to hold it in.

"How do you like THAT, huh?" Lucy pressured into a spot she knew was sensitive, and smirked in success when Rogue made a long, lengthy moan. He blushed scarlet and covered his face, shampoo bubbles floating everywhere. Sting, on the other side of the bathtub, stared at Rogue like he was some crazy man that just broke out of prison.

"You've never made that noise before," Sting smirked, in a teasing mood, as always.

"S – shut up…" Rogue blushed, sinking down into the water. Lucy ruffled his head and washed her hands in the bathtub water.

"Hidake, Leo!" Loke came out with a small poof, in his dazzling brilliance.

"Princess, what would you li-"

"Clothes for these two." Lucy nodded her head towards Rogue and Sting, who were infecting the clean water with their shampooed heads.

"You dare infect my master with your impureness, I'll… I'll-"

"You mean she hasn't even lost her virginity yet?" Sting asked quite rudely, making Lucy shake with anger.

Lucy hit Sting on the head quite hard, making him whine at her.

"O – of course not! I'm only 18!" Lucy yelled at him, her face heated up. She huffed and turned around, hands on hips.

"Anyways, try and get clothes for them. The clothes they were wearing recently were just rags," Lucy frowned, picking at the soaked clothes on the floor.

"Hai, Princess. I'll be back soon."

As said, Loke did come back soon. He threw the clothes on the floor for the two as Lucy rummaged through a draw to find some spare towels.

"Use those. Loke, don't be a dickhead and give them underwear, alright? I'll be in the kitchen. Make sure to change fast or your food will get cold."

"You're giving us food?" Sting's eyes sparkled and his stomach churned out loud.

"Sure, why not. It's not like I was getting lonely by myself anyways." Lucy mumbled the last part, making Rogue and Sting smile.

"We'll be out of the bath soon, mum."

"Shut up, you two idiots."

"Sorry to interrupt this moment, but Prin –"

"Loke! You ruined the moment!" Lucy scowled. She swished her hand at him and he disappeared, leaving Rogue and Sting in a small state of shock as she walked out and closed the door.

"She's Lucy Heartfilia… right?" Sting asked Rogue slowly, thinking about the old days.

"Pretty sure. But didn't the rumours say that she left Fairy Tail and disappeared?" Rogue replied, using the towel to dry down his body, Sting doing the same.

"Oh well. Doesn't involve us, does it? The only thing we are is grateful towards her!" Sting gave Rogue a toothy grin, who smiled back in turn.

Sting looked at his clothes – shocked to see that they were nearly identical to his old clothes. Did Lucy do this on purpose?

He was holding up a blue vest with golden outer edges with a grey fur over the top, a tight grey shirt, black suspenders and baggy grey and black sweatpants. There were also two grey arm wristbands, without the gloves this time. His shoes were probably outside.

Rogue held up his outfit, which was different to his old outfit. He had a muscle-tight black shirt, black sweatpants, a black cape with golden outer edges and a white arm wristband. The two got changed quickly, finding that the clothes fit them perfectly.

"Finally, you guys are finished." Lucy handed the two some plates of food as they strolled in the kitchen, sitting down straight away and getting ready to dig in.

"Say your prayers!" Lucy barked, slapping both of their hands with her chopsticks.

"Itadakimasu!" They chanted, digging into their curry rice straight away.

"So, why are your guild marks gone? I'm not that dumb, you know. I noticed." Lucy looked up to the two sitting opposite of her, who stiffened in surprise.

"Also, Rogue's left leg is fractured, while your right arm is broken. Your heads are about to swell up and it looks like you both have injuries around your chests. Also, I think both of your left arms are slightly fractured. Only a little though."

The two were astounded on how much she had found out in just a short period of time.

"Explanation. NOW."

"Well…" Sting twiddled with his thumbs and looked down.

"I'll heal you later. Just tell me what happened."

"We were….kicked out of Sabertooth."

"What? What for? From what I know, you two are the Twin Dragons of Sabertooth! You're strong… right?"

"Well, we kinda defied our Guild Master so uhh…. yeah."

"And he demanded the whole guild to fight against us. We've been travelling ever since – that was 2 months ago," Rogue mumbled, though it was still audible.

"2 months? With no food or water? Or baths? No wonder you guys reeked." Lucy waved a hand in front of her nose, thinking about the hardships they had been through.

"Hm…" Lucy tapped the table, deep in thought. The two finished eating their food and looked at Lucy to each other, back and forth.

"I've decided that you guys can stay here."

"Yes!" Sting cheered. Rogue grinned a little.

"BUT! I've got conditions."

The latter groaned and sulked.

"First of all, I want to battle you two later." The two looked towards each other and smirked.

"Second of all, you have to tell me about uh… What's been happening around. Particularly around Fairy Tail." Lucy fringe shadowed her eyes for a split second, nearly impossible to notice.

"Third of all, you guys might have to do some jobs with me. Are we all clear?" Lucy stood up and stretched for a bit, looking at the two.

"Yeah, sure," Sting shrugged and leaned on the table, being careful not to hurt his body, as much as it was already hurting.

"Water or ground?" Lucy randomly called out, taking a hair-tie out of her silky blonde hair, letting it cascade down her shoulders slowly.

"Water." Aquarius's voice called out from Lucy's belt, making Lucy nod and walk briskly outside, half-dragging Sting and Rogue with her. They took a moment to awe at the pretty sun and the seagulls flying near the sun, casting pretty sillouhetes.

"Wow, I never knew something so peaceful existed here.." Sting mumbled, lying down, using his crossed arms as a pillow. Rogue sat down, his hands preventing him from falling down.

"Mmmm," Rogue replied as thye both closed their eyes. Lucy looked back towards them and smiled – the beach really was a peaceful place, wasn't it?

"Hidake, Aquarius!" Aquarius shimmered in the waved, her urn creating a nice spray that barely missed Lucy, who narrowed her eyes at Aquarius.

"You know what to do."

"Water bearer's embrace!"

Droplets of water glimmered in the sunlight, dissolving into the two dragonslayer's skin, making them both exhale loudly.

"That feels nice…" Sting called out, eyes still clothes.

"It does.." Rogue followed.

"Any news? Spirit King still need a drinking companion?" Lucy laughed, crossing her legs and sitting on the sand while Aquarius swept back her long blue hair.

"Nyeh, not really. Loke went crazy, though. Said something about two men in your bathtub. Presuming it's them?" Aquarius nodded towards the two who were probably sound asleep; Lucy could probably be able to hear their snoring from the other side of the world.

"Mmm…Former members of ah, Sabertooth, I hear."

"What? Fairy Tail's rival guil - " She stopped in the middle of her sentence and glanced over to her master. Aquarius – well, all of Lucy's spirits knew that Fairy Tail was a sensitive topic for Lucy, though they never knew If she was intending to go back to Fairy Tail.

"C'mon you guys, it's okay now. After all, I've gotten over everything," Lucy said with a sad smile on her face, staring off into the distance. "Haha, have I stalled you from your private time with Scorpio? Sorry. You can go back now, if you want," Lucy laughed sadly.

"We are! It's okay, Lucy." Scorpio's voice called out from his key, making Aquarius go lovey-dovey and disappear.

"Well, are you guys finished sleeping? I'm really itching to fight someone." Lucy licked her cracked lips, peering over to the two lying in the sand.

"Oi!" Lucy yelled at them, making them stir in their sleep and wake up.

"What?!" Sting yelled back at her, rubbing his eyes.

"Too scared to fight now, huh?" Lucy checked her nails, giving them a cheeky glance and smiled when she saw Sting swinging his arm around.

"Well, let's get this business started," Sting grinned, Rogue stretching lightly. "We've improved over the years, Princess. So don't think you're going to get away with this."

"We'll see. Since you guys are the guests, you can have the first move." Lucy shifted her weight to one foot, her body language telling them she was uninterested.

"Why you-!"

"Come and get me, kids."

"White dragon's roar!"

"Shadow dragon's roar!" Both roars merged together, hurtling at Lucy. She dodged through the weaved roars and dashed towards Sting, giving him an uppercut on the jaw.

"Shadow dragon's wing slash!" Lucy planted her hand in the ground and leaped, the attack barely missing her. In midair, she posed as a drill and drilled into Rogue's chest, making him step back and groan.

"Oh come on you two, you've got to be better than that," Lucy frowned at them, crossing her arms and yawning.

"Holy white shadow ray!"

"Hidake! Leo!"

"Regulus oblivion beam!"

"Celestial ray!"

While Sting and Rogue were distracted, Lucy sneaked herself towards them, planning to jab him in the side, gasping when a shadow grabbed her leg and dropped her between the two beams, both of them hitting her directly.

"Yes! Did we get her?" Sting asked excitedly, standing on his tippy-toes to try and see Lucy's corpse on the floor, hopefully. Unfortuntely, he was wrong.

"Shit, Sting!" Rogue called out, but it was too late. With a poised hand, Lucy punched Sting in the stomach, dashed up to Rogue, bent his back over and kneed him in the stomach, hard.

"Crap!" They both doubled over, groaning.

"You guys are so out of touch. Your speed is off, your senses, even your agility and strength. You need training," Lucy criticized, each one of her statements stabbing the duo like arrows.

"I'm going to train you guys so hard and push you over the limit to the point of death, so watch out. Welcome to Lucy Heartfilia's first crash course of how to become stronger. This training process will take a long time, since your bodies are so out of shape. And guess what?"

"What?" Rogue asked meekly, still groaning on the ground.

Lucy smirked, hands on hips, towering over the two of them.

"Training starts now."


A/N: So what did you guys think? Were the two mystery people who you thought they were? Tell me who you thought they were in a review!

Alright, here's a question corner! Whoever gets all three characters right gets to choose 1 small thing that happens in the next chapter~ Good luck to all of you!

1. My exceed is female, who am I?

2. I look similar to Shanks from One Piece. Who am I?

3. I'm the Drunken Falcon! Wild Four!

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