The Shipping Tails
Welcome back fic fans! Nemon0416 is here with chapter ten of The Shipping Tails! A guest attempted to guess what Romeo's magic was and my response is: Oops, I thought you said dragon slayer... my mistake (rubs back of head) you guessed right the first time. I'm doing two ships this time around: Miraxus and Rogura. I can't really see Laxus and Mira getting together in some big and dramatic way, so I'm just pinning that ship onto this one as a kind of prologue. If you guys want to pick a ship for me to do in the next chapter, please post your suggestions in the reviews ASAP. That's all I need to talk about, so on with the fic!
Chapter ten: Miraxus and Rogura (part 2)
Two days after the events of chapter nine
Mirajane Strauss was enjoying an average day at the bar as she watched her guild move around. For reasons beyond her comprehension people saw her as a psychotic shipper, who's only life goal was pairing up her friends. She wasn't even sure where that rumor had started… oh wait, it was probably from when she told Lucy all those years ago that Natsu had a thing for her. But that was just her telling her friend a rumor that she'd heard, didn't mean she was obsessed with shipping. Though she was happy that her guildmates were finding happiness.
Suddenly she heard a thump on the counter. She turned to see Laxus standing there with his hand on a paper, one that appeared to be the request for an S-Class job. "Oi Demon, the Legion an' I are going on this job, could ya sign us up, but first get me a drink?" Asked Laxus. Mira smiled at the dragon slayer. "Of course Dragon." Said Fairy Tail's resident demon woman. She poured Laxus a drink, once poured she handed it to Laxus, who in turn took a seat at the bar and together they watched their guild.
Natsu and Lucy were talking and laughing, Gajeel had Levy on his lap while she read a book, Juvia was holding onto Gray's clothes, waiting for him to notice that he was walking around in his skivvies, and Wendy at that moment was giving Romeo a hug from behind (much to the unhappiness of her overprotective dragon slayer siblings). Laxus grunted. "Call me crazy, but I think this guild is starting to become a little too mushy for my taste." Said the dragon slayer. "I think it's sweet." Said Mira. Laxus rolled his eyes and then turned to look at the woman.
"Hey boss! We gotta go!" Shouted Bickslow. Laxus looked to see his team standing by the door, ready to go. Laxus downed the rest of his drink, then handed his glass to Mira and stood up. "Dragon?" Said Mira Laxus stopped and looked at her. Moving quickly she gave him a quick kiss on the lips, causing everyone in the guild to stop and stare. When she pulled away she gave him a bright smile. "Good luck and have fun!" She said cheerfully. Laxus smirked, then with his team, who were still in a state of shellshock, they head out the door.
Meanwhile, in the hometown of Sabertooth.
Frosch sighed as he watched Sting and Yukino talk, they seemed so happy. Where as Rogue just hung around in the background like, well like a shadow. "Rogue needs a girlfriend." Thought the green exceed. He had seen the perfect person, that Kagura girl, but before he could get his partner and the girl to spend any quality time together the whole Mating Moon ordeal occured, promptly putting any plans the exceed had to a halt, although, Rogue must like her, given that she was the one he went after.
"-sch, Frosch!" Frosch shook his head to see Lector snapping his fingers in front of his face while shouting his name. "Hi Lector." Said the green exceed happily. "You ok? You kinda spaced out there." Asked Lector. "I'm okay, I was just thinking about how I'm going to get Rogue a girlfriend." Chirped Frosch happily. Lector shook his head and sighed. "You still on that?" Asked Lector. Frosch just nodded his head. Lector stroked his chin as he began thinking about what went down three days ago.
"Didn't Rogue go after that Kagura chick?" Asked Lector uncertainly. Frosch simply nodded his head. Suddenly Lector had an idea. Lector leaned over and whispered his plan into Frosch's ear. Now Frosch was a little on the slow side, but the little exceed was learning how to do stuff, he was now able to travel to and from any guildhall to any other guildhall on his own. Upon hearing Lector's plan, Frosch excitedly nodded his head and began his journey, then to avoid panic, Lector told Sting of his plan.
It took some convincing, but Lector got Sting on board with his plan, now all they could do was wait for Rogue to notice Frosch was gone. They didn't wait long because about an hour later Rogue was practically turning the guildhall upside down as he searched for his partner while screaming out the exceeds name. "I just don't know where he could have possibly gone!" Said Rogue frantically. Lector checked the time, hopefully it had been long enough since Frosch had left. "Hey Rogue," Said Lector, the shadow dragon slayer's head whipped around to face the exceed.
"I think I remember Frosch saying something about going to the Mermaid Heel guild hall." Said Lector as he plastered on a fake look of thoughtfulness onto his face. Suddenly he felt a chill run through his body as a large shadow loomed over him. "Why… didn't… you say… something… sooner!?" Demanded Rogue. Lector covered his head in fear. "I'm sorry, I didn't think about it until just now!" Cried Lector. Rogue growled, then momentarily forgetting his motion sickness he turned into a shadow and rocketed off to the nearest train station.
Going back in time about a half an hour ago…
Frosch hopped off the train in the city that the Mermaid Heel guild was based and began walking to the guildhall. Now the guild did have a 'no boys allowed' policy, but given that Frosch was an (adorable) exceed, they made an exception to the rule. (same goes for the other exceeds) Frosch just walked to the guildhall and let himself in. It took some searching but eventually Frosch found who he was looking for, Kagura Mikazuchi. "Kagura!" Cheered Frosch as he ran to the female gravity mage.
Kagura turned around to see Rogue's partner running towards her. She crouched down so that she was eye level with the little cat. "Why hello Frosch, what brings you here?" Questioned the swordswoman. Frosch beamed at the girl in front of him. Yes, she was perfect for Rogue. "I wanted to see you!" Exclaimed the exceed happily. This caused Kagura to let out an "Awww." Before scooping the adorable cat up into her arms. All Frosch had to do now was wait.
An hour later...
Rogue groaned as he fell off of the train that had brought him to Mermaid Heel's hometown. He lay there for a moment just groaning unhappily before forcing himself to his feet as he began to walk to the guildhall. Once there he kicked the door open while shouting at the top off his lungs, "FROOOOSCH!" Every member of the Mermaid Heel guild turned to look at the shadow dragon slayer, but he didn't care, his eyes began darting around the room, in hopes of finding Frosch.
Eventually his eyes found what he was searching for. The little exceed was sitting on a table having what appeared to be a tea party with… Kagura. Crap. "Rogue!" Squealed Frosch as he ran to the shadow dragon slayer and jumped into his arms. Annoyed that a (non-exceed) boy had entered her guild, Kagura swallowed her embarrassment at seeing the young man again, and strode over to him. Rogue looked up to see Kagura standing near him and glaring at him. Rogue gulped before letting out a weak. "Hi… Kagura."
"What are you doing here, you know Mermaid Heel has a strict, no (human) males policy!?" Demanded Kagura. "I know, and I apologize, but Frosch left without telling me and the moment that I had heard he had come here, well everything else stopped being important to me." Explained Rogue, embarrassed. This made Kagura soften slightly. "I see, you care about Frosch a lot then?" Asked Kagura. Rogue, ignoring his embarrassment for a moment, looked Kagura in the eye.
"Frosch is my best friend, I'd move a mountain if it meant he'd be happy." Stated Rogue. Kagura looked around to see that everyone was staring at them. "Could we perhaps, talk outside?" Requested Kagura, gesturing to her guildmates. Rogue looked at them and then nodded his head, and together the three of them exited the guildhall to continue their conversation. Once they were gone, Millianna decided to speak up. "To quote the precious blue kitty-witty of Fairy Tail: She liiiiiiikes him!"
Outside, Kagura and Rogue were doing there best to keep their conversation from becoming awkward. "So what is it like having someone like Sting as the master of your guild?" Questioned Kagura. "Well, he's had a few bumps along the way, but that goes without saying, no guildmaster is perfect right out of the gate, but now he is a loving and wonderful master, if only he was more responsible about paperwork." Replied Rogue, Kagura couldn't help but smile at that last bit.
"How about your guildmates? What are they like?" Asked Rogue. Kagura thought for a moment. "Well, Millianna is still cat crazy, but other than that our guild is pretty normal." Replied Kagura. Rogue faked gasped at this. "A-a normal guild? But that, that's unheard of!" Said Rogue sarcastically. Kagura rolled her eyes. Then her eyes travelled down to the sword in Rogue's belt. "Oh, are you a swordsman?" Inquired Kagura. Rogue looked down at his sword then back at her.
"I get by, I'm nowhere near the level that you and Erza possess, and I really only have it if I were to run out of magic, but I get by." Explained Rogue. "What is the name that you gave your sword?" Asked Kagura. The shadow dragon slayer raised an eyebrow. "Name?" He said uncertainly. "Yes, your sword's name, like how mine is named Archenemy." Elaborated Kagura. Rogue looked at his sword again. "It doesn't have a name." Said Rogue. Somehow, he knew this wouldn't end well.
"What?" Said Kagura slowly. She had a scary expression her face and Rogue could feel magic energy beginning to ooze out of her. She grabbed the collar of his cloak and began to roughly shake him. "How dare you not give your sword a name?!" She demanded angrily, her pace never faltering. "To not name a sword is to give it a great disrespect!" She continued. "Kagura, I'm gonna hurl!" Groaned out Rogue. Upon hearing his words Kagura released the Sabertooth mage.
Once released he promptly collapsed on the ground. "Rogue!" Said Frosch worriedly as he ran to his best friends side. "Speak to me!" Said the green exceed. "I would, but I'm not sure which of you I should talk to." Said Rogue weakly. Because through his eyes there were three Froschs standing next to him. "My mistake, I appear to have gone overboard." Apologized Kagura. Rogue raised a hand and waved at her. "No, no, it's ok, you're right, I'll make sure to give my sword a name as soon as I come up with a proper one for it." Replied Rogue.
With that they continued their walk. With no set destination, the trio found themselves in the center of town. "Rogue?" Said Frosch, tugging at the shadow dragon's pant leg. Rogue crouched down to speak with the exceed. "What is it Frosch?" He asked. "I'm hungry." Said Frosch. "I could go for a bite myself." Said Kagura. Rogue looked around for a restaurant, upon finding one the trio began walking towards it. They went inside, ordered food, then began to eat. While eating Kagura noticed something.
"I was beginning to think that all male dragon slayers had messy eating habits." Joked Kagura. Rogue stopped eating and shrugged his shoulders. "Just because the other guys have a tendency to pig out doesn't mean that I do as well." Was all Rogue had to say. After that they resumed eating in silence. Once finished Rogue rose to his feet. "I'll be right back, I just need to pay for our food." Said the Sabertooth mage. Kagura was surprised by his offer and began to stand as well.
"No, no, you're already paying for Frosch, you should not pay for me as well." Said the Mermaid Hell mage. Rogue put a rare smile on his face. "It's fine Kagura, I have more than enough for all of us." He replied. Sighing in defeat, Kagura sat back down. With that Rogue left to pay for their food. They were making progress, but not enough in Frosch's opinion. "Poor Rogue." Stated Frosch. "Hmmm?" Hummed Kagura raising an eyebrow and looking at the Sabertooth exceed.
"He seems so lonely these days, the only people he ever spent time with was Sting and I, and now that Sting and Yukino are mates, Rogue and Sting don't hang out nearly as much anymore." Explained Frosch. This surprised Kagura, but at the same time it didn't, Rogue was never the most social of people, anyone could tell you that, but still, you think he would spend more time with his own guildmates. "I think Frosch still feels bad about what his future self did, he never met him personally but we heard about how he acted." Continued Frosch.
"Not only did Future Rogue lose himself to a darkness that Present Rogue tries to keep from taking control of him to this day, the only reason it won was because I had been killed, but he then Future Rogue killed his time's Sting and stole his power." This surprised Kagura, Future Rogue had lost the two that mattered most to him and in turn became a monster, that was so sad. "I think he is still scared of becoming that person, and I fear that Sting and I won't be enough to keep him in the light." Finished Frosch.
Kagura was silent until Rogue returned. Once he returned he said, "All paid for, let's go." With that the trio exited the restaurant. They walked silently for a while before Kagura stopped walking and spoke up. "Um Rogue?" Said Kagura nervously. Rogue stopped and turned around to see the now blushing girl behind him. She stood there quietly for a moment, her cheeks becoming redder and redder before she looked at the ground and as quickly as she could, asked him the question on her mind.
"RogueIreallylikeyoucanIpleasebeyourmate!?" Said the female mage quickly. Rogue paused and tried to understand what she said, fortunately due to his dragon slayer super hearing he was able to process what she said. "Rogue I really like you, can I please be your mate!?"... wait… "Rogue I really like you, can I please be your mate"!? She, Kagura Mikazuchi, one of the strongest wizards in the Mermaid Heel guild, liked him, the shadow dragon slayer Rogue Cheney?
"I- uh- I." Stammered Rogue, unable to process the question. Now, he definitely liked her, the actions from three days ago made that part obvious. He just wasn't used to girls being interested in him, they usually went after Sting. Feeling dejected Kagura looked away from him. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything." She said hurriedly and began to walk away. "Don't cry dammit." She told herself. "Kagura wait!" Said Rogue grabbing her wrist. "No, I shouldn't have said anyth-mph!" Said Kagura, but was cut off my Rogue putting his lips against hers.
Frosch, deciding that Rogue probably wouldn't want him to see this, turned around. When they parted, both of them were blushing furiously. "Sorry, I'm just not used to girls being interested in me." Explained Rogue. "So… i-is that a yes?" Stammered Kagura. Rogue kissed her again. "That answer your question?" He asked. Unable to form words, Kagura simply nodded her head. "Do you know what I have to do?" Asked Rogue. With a nod Kagura moved her hair, making an opening for her neck.
Rogue leaned in and but her, marking her as his. She could feel his magic pour into her, she felt an itching on her left shoulder as what she assumed was her mating mark formed there. When he moved away she began to sink and become a shadow. "Whoa!" Said Rogue as he lifted her back up and held onto her until the side effects of the marking wore off. While he held her she gave him a kiss. "Love you." She said. Rogue smiled brightly at her. "Love you too, Kagura." He replied.
That's seven ships down and, (counting off fingers) one, two… a whole lot more to go! Sorry if the Miraxus one was short, but really, they're the type of couple that you write about them during their time as a couple and not really them becoming one. Almost all the dragon slayers have mates (except for Erik/Cobra) So here is my question, should I do another dragon slayer, or a different type of ship, and if so, which ship should I do (I will not be taking any crackship requests, meaning no weird stuff like Macao and Wakaba (ew) or anything like that, just regular ships) Also please post reviews on my story, they're really fun (and funny) to read. So look, I have had fun and all that but I really need to get out of here. So until next time fic fans, Nemon0416 is outta here! (Fairy Tail salute!)