Chapter 10
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Italic is like when the narrator speaks or Lucy's thoughts
Recap -
Rouge suddenly stops talking and pulls me close to him.
"W-What is it?" I ask shocked by Rouge's sudden movement.
"Hide." Rouge whispers to me.
"What? But Erza.." I say.
"She's fine. Whatever you do, don't turn around." Rouge says to me.
I'm not sure what's going on as Rouge takes me over to the shadows.
Chapter 10
~Lucy's P.O.V~
I still don't understand what's going on as Rouge takes me to the shadows.
"What is it?" I asked Rouge.
"It's the guys from last night." Rouge tells me.
"What? The men in black!?" I say shocked.
I peek out and see the men in black robes...approaching Erza.
"What are they talking about?" I ask Rouge.
"Who knows? Can't hear them from here." Rouge says simply.
"Then should we get closer?" I ask.
"No way." Rouge answers me.
We have no choice, but to strain our ears from where we are.
"...Ere...ss?" I hear the robed man says though it's unclear.
"I do...ven...did...n't tell...ou." I hear Erza say something as well.
Are they asking her something? But Erza's shaking her head.
"...Are they asking about me?" I ask Rouge.
"Maybe...But they seem a little"... Rouge trails trying to hear them.
I desperately try to hear, but I can only hear snippets of their conversation. If we could just get closer...
"Idiot! Don't show your face!" Rouge says to me with a serious face.
"!"What's Rouge doing now?
Rouge hugs me tightly to hide me and I'm rendered speechless.
"What if they see you? It'll cause a huge commotion here!" Rouge says a bit annoyed.
"I-I'm sorry..." I apologize to Rouge.
"..." Rouge says nothing.
Oh no... My heart feels like it's going to fly right out of my chest... Rouge's arms feel so strong around my body... I should just stay still. He's protecting me, so I can't ask him to let go. Why is my heart racing at a time like this anyways?
"...I'm such an idiot." I mumbled to myself.
"Did you say something?" Rouge asks me surprise.
"N-No, nothing..." I say back quietly.
Just than one if the men takes off his robe!
"Him!" Rouge says surprised.
Rouge's eyes open wide with surprise.
"No way..." Rouge says angrily.
"What is it?" I asked Rouge suddenly hearing his angry voice.
Huh? Rouge? Rouge suddenly takes off running... And steps in between Erza and the men in black.
"Rouge!...op!" Erza says surprise with Rouge's sudden appearance.
"...er!" Rouge says drawing his sword.
Rouge stares at the mysterious man, sword in hand. Sneering the man draws his sword as well. Are they going to fight here? But there are so many innocent people here... Perhaps sensing the dangerous atmosphere the owner of the pub appears from behind the counter. The mysterious man seathes his sword and turns on his heel. Good...the men in black are leaving, but as he leaves, the man turns towards Rouge.
"The king...s" The mysterious man says.
"!" Rouge just looks angrily at him.
"...I'm...ome.." The mysterious man says to Rouge.
Did he just say King? Are they talking about the king? I wait until the men in black leave and then run over to the two knights.
"Rouge! Erza!" I call over to them.
"Milady Lucy..." Erza says my name.
"He just said something about the King, didn't he? What did he say?" I asked.
"..." Rouge says nothing and walks off.
"Rouge? Wait!" I call out to him.
"You should leave him alone Milady." Erza says to me.
"But..." I say looking at Rouge's back.
"We've discovered where the King is." Erza says.
"!" Really? They found him?
"But first we must return to the inn so I can inform the Commander." Erza tells me.
Everyone except Rouge is gathered in Rufus's room.
"The King is in Fort Biesse?" Rufus asks Erza.
"Yes. Ivan told me directly." Erza answers.
"Ivan!?" Sting says surprised.
"He's still alive!?" Natsu asks.
"Yes." Erza says.
"...Natsu relay this to the messenger immediately. He should be in the inn on the outskirts of town." Rufus says to Natsu.
"Yes Commander." Natsu replies with.
Natsu quickly leaves the room.
"Erza, who is Ivan?" I ask.
"The man you just saw at the pub. He used to be a knight for Gladius Kingdom.." Erza tells me.
"But I thought Rou killed him five years ago?" Gray says surprised.
"Apparently he survived and he wants to cross swords with Rouge again." Says Erza.
"So that's what you were talking about at the pub." I say understanding.
"He was looking for Rouge. So he can put an end to their fight from five years ago." Erza says.
"Ridiculous... I don't care what kind of grudge he has, but to want to fight for personal reasons is a disgrace to all knights." Sting says.
"He's not a knight anymore, though." Gray added.
"Yes, perhaps. He seems like just your average thug now." Erza stated.
"He's not even a mercenary?" Gray says surprised.
"A mercenary would never reveal the King's whereabouts. It would be a violation of contract. All he cares about is defeating Rouge." Erza says to us sighing.
Erza sighs.
"Ivan is very tenacious. He tried to fight Rouge right there in the pub." Erza tells the knights.
"But Rouge didn't take him on.." Sting says asking Erza.
"Of course not. We're forbidden from fighting for personal reason." Erza tells Sting.
"So that's why he dropped the information about the King." Sting says.
"Perhaps. Then they could engage in battle under the name of rescuing the King." Erza says.
"And Rouge and Ivan would fight?" I ask.
"I won't let them." Rufus says answering me.
"What..?" I say.
"This time, our duty is solely... to safely deliver the Princess to the castle. No matter what. That is our Priority." Rufus tells me.
"But the King..." I say.
"The search party shall go save His Majesty. Luckily there is a messenger in this town and as soon as he hears the word from Natsu... He shall take the information to the search party." Rufus explains.
"I see.." I say.
Good... So then Rouge won't have to fight...
SLAM!
"Rouge!" I say surprised by Rouge's sudden appearance.
"..." Rouge says nothing.
"Rouge, where have you been?" Sting asks Rouge surprised.
"You weren't chasing after Ivan, were you?" Gray asks.
Rouge doesn't answer either of them.
"Commander. Please allow me to join the search party for the King." Rouge asks Rufus with a serious face.
"Rouge! What are you saying!?" Sting says.
"Please... I want to put an end to my fight with Ivan..." Rouge says.
"Permission denied." Rufus says sternly.
"Commander!" Rouge says a little angry.
"Calm down Rou! Obviously he can't let you!" Gray says to Rouge.
"If I don't kill him, who will!?" Rouge asks angrily.
Surprised everyone falls silent at the menacing tone in Rouge's voice.
"I have a responsibility to defeat Ivan... I owe it to her... I owe it to Yukino..." Rouge says angrily to everyone.
...Yukino?
"Your responsibility is not to defeat Ivan. Nor is it to take revenge for what happened to Yukino. Your responsibility is to deliver Princess Lucy safely to the castle, is it not?" Rufus says to Rouge.
"..." Rouge says nothing, but has a sad look on his face.
"Go cool off your head, Rouge." Rufus says.
"...Gh!" Rufus makes a sound and walks out angrily.
"Rouge, wait!" I call out to him.
"Princess. You should leave him be.." Sting says to me.
"Sting..." I say Sting's name quietly.
"Rou has...gone through a lot." Gray says.
"Gray..." I say his name quietly.
But I want to know why. I've never seen Rouge yell like that...
"What happened to him?" I ask everyone.
"..." Sting says nothing, but has a sad look on his face.
"Who's Yukino? What happened between Rouge and Ivan?" I ask.
"Princess, it is not our place to say..." Sting says sadly.
"Five years ago. Ivan killed one of our comrades. A woman named Ivan." Erza says.
"What..?" I say confused.
"Erza!" Sting calls out her name.
"It's been five years Sting. Rouge already said her name out loud. If he did that, then there's no reason to hide the truth from Milady Lucy." Erza says to Sting.
"..." Sting says nothing.
"Tell me Erza, Please." I say.
"...Yes. Five years ago...We were fighting at the border against Gladius troops and Ivan was their Commander."" Erza tells me.
"He's a cold man, who will stop at nothing to win." Gray added.
"Yes. He tormented us greatly." Erza says.
"And Rou said he was going to defeat him. He said he was going to sneak in alone and shoot Ivan. Rou thought if we killed the commander, the battle would change in our favour." Gray tells me.
Rouge tried to do that alone...?
"Did you accept his plan?" I ask.
"No, our Commander refused. He said no matter how strong Rouge was, there was no way he would succeed." Erza says.
"But Rouge couldn't accept that. So he and Yukino went off together to face Ivan." Sting tells me.
"Oh no.." I say having a bad feeling about what's going to happen.
"And since they were acting without the Commander's approval... They removed all of their knight's armor. They only went in with their swords." Sting tells me.
"In the end, Rouge did defeat Iraval, and the Gladius troops collapsed without their commander. Bringing victory to our soldiers, but we lost one of our comrades in that battle." Erza says sadly.
"...Was it Yukino?" I ask sadly.
"Yes. Ivan stabbed Yukino after she and Rouge snuck in. Rouge tried to go alone, but Yukino refused to let him and said she would follow him no matter what and then..." Erza says sadly, but her voice is trembling now.
Erza's voice begins to tremble.
"...Erza and Yukino were very close friends." Gray says quietly.
"Of course we were. There aren't many female knights, after all... If it was allowed. I would love to avenge Yukino's death." Erza says sadly.
"Rouge feels the most strongly about that. Especially now that he knows that Iraval is still alive." Sting explains.
"Yeah.." Gray says agreeing with Sting.
Rufus refused to give Rouge permission to leave. I don't want Rouge to put himself in danger either. But...
"I'm going to see Rouge." I say to everyone.
"What?" Erza says surprised.
"I want to talk to him." I say.
I find Rouge crouched down on the stone path outside the inn. He's hunched over into a little ball... He looks like a crying child... I go near him and gently touch his back.
"...Princess?" Rouge calls out my name softly and quiet.
"Yes. I came to talk to you. May I sit down?" I ask Rouge.
"...Sure." Rouge says quietly.
Rouge nods so I sit down next to him.
"I heard about Ivan and about Yukino." I tell Rouge.
"..." Rouge says nothing.
"You want to avenge her death, don't you?" I ask.
"..." Rouge still says nothing.
"Then I don't care if you withdraw from being my guardian." I say looking at Rouge.
"What..?" Rouge says shocked.
Rouge looks up in shock.
"I've been thinking about it. For example...If someone ever killed Grandma.. and the murderer was right in front of me. I might want to get revenge." I say truthfully.
"..." Rouge says nothing.
"So if you cannot forgive Ivan for what he's done... Do what you must. Yukino was that important to you wasn't she?" I ask.
"Important? It's not that simple. The reason I want to kill Ivan is, because it's a responsibility I must bear." Rouge says to me.
...Responsibility?
"Back then, I overestimated my own power. I think I let it get to my head when everyone called me 'Silent Rouge'." Rouge continues saying.
"..." I say nothing and listen to Rouge.
"And I let down my guard. When Yukino and I snuck into the enemy's camp and I attacked Ivan...I turned my back to him without confirming that he was dead. And that's when he tried to kill me." Rouge says to me.
"Don't tell me Yukino..." I say trailing off sadly.
"She saw what was happening and protected me. I got away with just the wound on my side, but he slashed her right across her back." Rouge says sadly.
"Her back..." I say sadly.
I remember what Rouge had told me once before. When knights get wounded on their backs. It's because they've either let down their guard or they protected someone. And that almost no knight survives being wounded there...
"I should have said no... When she told me she was going to come along. I should have just turned her down right then and then she wouldn't have died!" Rouge says sadly to me.
"No Rouge! Even if you would have said no, she would have followed you anyway! No matter what you said. She would have followed you..." I say looking at him.
Because Erza said.. That Yukino said she couldn't let Rouge go alone. That must mean...
"You must have meant a lot to her Rouge." I say.
"..." Rouge says nothing.
"If she threw herself on you to protect you... she must have loved you." I say.
The moment I say this Rouge's face contorts.
"...I knew." Rouge says sadly and quietly.
"What..?" I say surprised.
"I knew how she felt about me, but I pretended I didn't know." Rouge says to me.
"But...Why..?" I ask.
"Because I thought it was a pain and, because I was afraid that something would change between us if I accepted it." Rouge tells me with a sad voice.
"..." This is so sad, what can I say at a time like this?
"When something becomes important to me. I feel like it dulls my sword.." Rouge says
His voice is full of sadness and regret... Before I realize what I'm doing. I reach out and hug Rouge.
"You regret it so much, don't you?" I say still hugging Rouge.
"..." Rogue says nothing.
"You've regretted it this whole time... Not responding to Yukino's feelings for you." I say quietly.
"...Yes." Rouge says sadly.
I stroke his back to comfort him, and then I feel him slowly wrap his arms around me.
"I should have held her in my arms like this... I should have done everything she wanted me to do." Rouge says while hugging me.
"..." I can't speak surprised by Rouge's sudden movement.
"Can you believe it? The first time I hugged her was when she was dying..." Rouge says painfully.
"..." I keep quiet and listen to Rouge talk.
"She grew cold... in my arms.. That's too cruel... it's too much.." Rouge says.
I start piecing together the truth from what he's saying. Oh...I understand now...
"You loved Yukino too, didn't you Rouge?" I ask.
Next Chapter - "I'm sorry about yesterday." Rouge says to me apologizing. I can still feel Rouge's touch on my back... "Sometimes you only realize what's precious after you lose it." Erza says. Rouge's sad past.. "And she loved Rou." Gray tells me. Our love takes a surprisingly turn!
Sorry to make Kanon as Yukino. I mean I don't know who to us as Yukino. I mean I like Rouge and Yukino too. Sorry that I choose Yukino as Kanon since she died here. Don't misunderstand me I like Yukino too, but I just choose it to fit the story here. So sorry Yukino fans I didn't mean it. This chapter is just soo sad ):
I'm sure you guys all know who Ivan is right!? If you don't he's Laxus's father. I was going to make it Gajeel instead, but then there's a reason why I didn't choose Gajeel. So sorry for the people who like Ivan.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Notice - All characters will be OC, to fit the characters in the game.
Characters -
MC - Lucy
Lute - Sting
Haku - Gray
Ken - Natsu
Shion - Rouge
Gaia - Rufus
Sylvia - Erza
Kanon - Yukino
Iraval - Ivan
Votes -
Votings had end and well Sting and Lucy has the most votes for this story.
10 Days With My Devil - s/9875067/1/
Sting x Lucy - 9 - s/9875067/2/10-Days-With-My-Devil
Gray x Lucy - 4
Rouge x Lucy - 8
Loki x Lucy - 2
My Forged Wedding - s/9875077/1/
I guess Rouge and Lucy has the most votes here.
Sting x Lucy - 2
Rouge x Lucy - 3 - s/9875077/2/My-Forged-Wedding