AN: Wow I haven't updated this story for a long time huh? Well it's about time I do so here it is. Enjoy!

Chapter 10

Minerva had a smile on her face. It wasn't the kind of smile that was happy or welcoming. It was the kind that was mischievous.

"I never knew were such a nice person, Sting." Minerva said.

"I'm not!" Sting said.

"From the scene I just watched, it proves otherwise." Minerva said. Sting said nothing. He tried to think of a comback. Minerva had her smile back on. She turned to Lucy. "You must be very special to Sting since he gave up right away. If you were some girl he dated for fun then he would have gotten rid of you a long time ago."

"It's not like that!" Sting said while blushing. Minerva ignored Sting.

"Of course if it was me then he would have obeyed me right away." Minerva said. Lucy glanced at Sting and noticed he was blushing. 'So he does like her.' Lucy thought solemnly. "Well I must be interrupting your date so please continue." Minerva said as she started walking.

"We're not on a date!" Sting shouted at her. Minerva once again ignored Sting. "That deaf woman." Sting grumbled. Lucy was confused about the way Sting treated Minerva. 'He likes her. Doesn't he?' She thought. Lucy punched Sting's arm. "Oww!" Sting said. He glared at Lucy. "What the hell was that for?" Sting asked.

"You shouldn't say awful things behind a person's back." Lucy said.

"Who the heck cares. She's a bitch. You remember how she treated you at the Games." Sting said.

"I also recall you laughing at me when she was brutally tormenting me." Lucy said.

"It's not my fault it was funny with you getting attacked in your bikini." Sting said. A vein popped on Lucy's head.

"You perverted sadist!" Lucy shouted as she uppercut Sting. Lucy was flustered in anger and embarrassment. Sting fell on the ground. "I'll just go to the bookstore by myself." Lucy said as she crossed her arms. She started walking with her head fuming. Sting sat up.

"Geez! You old hag! Where did you get that kind of strength?" Sting said. He got up and started dusting off the dirt on his pants. He turned around to Lucy who was almost out of sight. He frowned. 'You walk fast for an old lady.' Sting thought as he started running after her. "And what did I tell you about going off by yourself? You're pregnant for God's sake." Sting yelled as he continued running.

Behind a building, Minerva was smirking. "I see." She said as she cupped her cheek.

'That stupid perverted jerk.' Lucy thought as she stomped her feet to the bookstore just ahead.

"Wait! Lucy-san!" Sting shouted. Lucy turned around. She saw Sting running towards her.

"It's about time you addressed me by my name." Lucy said. Sting had finally caught up and was out of breath.

"I only did it to get your attention." Sting said between breaths.

"What do want then?" Lucy asked.

"For the last time, I'm telling you not to go anywhere alone. You're probably deaf like the lady." Sting said. He thought for a moment. "Maybe all women are deaf. That must explain why they live longer." Sting said.

"What kind of explanation is that?" Lucy asked.

"What? I'm just guessing." Sting said.

"Like I said before you shouldn't say anything bad about a person especially the one you love." Lucy said, changing the subject. Sting was dumbfounded.

"You think I'm in love with Minerva?" He questioned. Lucy nodded in reply. Sting couldn't hold in his laughter.

"What's wrong?" Lucy asked. Sting just kept laughing. He wiped a tear at the corner of his eye. 'Is it that funny?' Lucy asked herself. After a few seconds Sting had calmed down.

"I don't have any feelings for her. How could you think that?" Sting asked.

"Uhhh." Lucy said. She gasped. 'I forgot to put the papers back in the box!' Lucy thought. "I-I Just had a feeling that you did." Lucy said.

"Then shake that feeling off because that's impossible." Sting said.

"Alright." Lucy said. Sting turned his head and noticed that they were in front of the bookstore.

"Since we're here...Why don't you buy your books now?" Sting said. Lucy stepped back a bit.

"I just remembered I didn't bring any jewels. I better go back and get it." Lucy said, trying to find an excuse to find and excuse to go back to the house. Sting dug in his pocket and pulled out a green pouch. He threw it at Lucy who caught it.

"It's three-fourths of the reward from the mission." Sting said.

"Three-fourths?!" Lucy asked.

"Yeah. Rogue insisted on letting me keep most of it now that you live with me." Sting said. Lucy was touched by Rogue's generosity. 'He's such a good person, but I have to get to the house before Sting does.' Lucy thought. "Aren't you going to go in?" Sting asked. Lucy nodded her head.

They walked in and Lucy's eyes widened. There was a ton of books. It was more like a library than a bookstore. Lucy decided to limit herself at one thousand jewels.

"What are you waiting for? Just by some books." Sting said. Lucy started walking to different sections.

In the end, Lucy had bought six novels that were recommended by Levy before Lucy left Fairy Tail.

It was now evening and Sting and Lucy were headed to the house. On the way there, Sting was just talking about the mission and bragging how knocked out seven guys at once. Lucy had to admit that she was pretty impressed by it.

Right when they reached the steps, Lucy hesitated to get the keys out. She pulled them out and slowly opened the door.

"I forgot!" Sting said out of nowhere. Lucy turned to him.

"What?" She asked as she took the opportunity to stall.

"I have to ask Rogue to do something tomorrow." Sting said.

"You should go ask him now." Lucy encouraged.

"No, I'll just ask him later. Now hurry up and open the door. It's cold." Sting said as he shivered.

"I think you should ask Rogue about whatever you were going to ask. You might forget." Lucy said.

"Are you sure you'll be okay by yourself?" Sting asked.

"I've been fine for the past week and I'm at the house. You did say that I have to stay here. I also got six new books to read." Lucy said. Sting thought about it. 'She does have a point.' Sting thought.

"Fine." Sting said as he faced the path to the guild. "I'll be back."Sting said as he started walking. Lucy smiled, but quickly got inside and went to her room.

She saw that the papers were still in the same place as she left it. Lucy grabbed the scattered papers, organized them and placed them back into the box in a perfect stack. 'Tape. I need tape.' Lucy thought as she looked around. There was none so she checked the whole house and found nothing.

"What should I do?" She asked herself. Lucy studied the boxes and noticed that they looked the same so she decided to mix them up and hide the opened box. Lucy walked out of the room and locked it as it was before. 'I'm safe for now.' Lucy thought as she sighed in relief. She lazily dragged her feet to the living room and lied down on the sofa. 'Those books must weigh ten pounds each.' Lucy thought. She slowly closed her eyes and dazed off to sleep.

Sting had just arrived at the Sabertooth guild. As he opened the door, the mages inside turned their heads to see who it was and continued what they were doing before. Sting strolled down the foyer and began searching for Rogue. He saw Rufus talking to Orga. He approached them and interrupted their conversation.

"Do you guys know where Rogue is?" Sting asked. Orga and Rufus shook their heads.

"According to my memories, the last time I saw Rogue, Lector, and Frosch was just an hour ago." Rufus said.

"Yeah that helps a lot." Sting said sarcastically. He turned back to double check the guild. He scratched his head. 'Looks like I came here for nothing.' Sting thought as gave up looking for Rogue.

"Sting." Rogue said behind Sting. Sting jumped a bit. He turned around.

"What the hell, Rogue! I've been looking for you." Sting said.

"I just got back." Rogue said.

"How's Lector?" Sting asked.

"Frosch and Lector fell asleep." Rogue replied. Sting just nodded.

"I forgot to ask you t-" Sting was cut off when Rogue spoke.

"Minerva wanted to speak with you."

"What?" Sting asked out of disbelief.

"Minerva wanted to speak with you." Rogue repeated.

"I know, but why?" Sting said.

"I have no idea. She told me to tell you to meet at the place." Rogue said. Sting knew immediately what the meeting was going to be about.

"Thanks." Sting said. Before he left, Rogue asked him,

"What were you going to say?"

"Nothing. I changed my mind. I'll do it by myself tomorrow." Sting said as he started making his way to the place.

The distance was short so it took only a few minutes for Sting to reach there. He was now in the forest fighting his way through the bushes until he finally found himself in a wide open space with the grass yellow due to the cold temperatures and cut as though it was mowed. In the center of the field was a tree. Sting saw Minerva beside it.

Sting was overtaken by him memories. Sting watched Minerva cry for the first and last time. For some odd reason she just struck him and ran off. He was pissed so he chased her to get even, despite knowing that she was the daughter of the master. He followed Minerva until he was here on this very spot.

Sting pushed away the memories and advanced towards Minerva.

"It took you long enough." Minerva said with her back facing Sting.

"Yeah so what." Sting said. There was a short silence. "I know you want to talk about Lucy." Sting said. Minerva spun around to face Sting.

"I heard her dirty little secret." Minerva said.

"That she's pregnant? I know." Sting said.

"You shouldn't bother helping her she's from Fairy Tail." Minerva said.

"So you remember her?" Sting asked. Minerva smirked.

" How could I forget the agony on her face when I tortured her. I wonder if I should do it again." She said. Sting gritted his teeth.

"What do you want with her, Minerva?" Sting barked. Minerva was bewildered. Sting would usually call her 'Miss' or 'Lady'. She shook it off.

"Not really anything. I'm just curious about what will happen if I tell the mages in Sabertooth that she was from Fairy Tail. You know how our guild despises Fairies after placing second next to them."Minerva said.

"She's in our guild now. No one should care about being second unless they're conceited idiots that can't accept one loss." Sting said.

"So you're calling me a conceited idiot?" Minerva questioned.

"Yes." Sting replied. "It's getting late and I have to check on Lucy. Now that you're back." Sting had muttered the last part.

"Yes. You should go back to that dumb blonde whore." Minerva said. Sting froze his steps. He clenched his hand until his knuckles were white. He hit the tree with enough force to separate the roots from the ground. It fell down, making the ground shake as if it was the aftershock of an earthquake. He slightly turned his head to Minerva and shot her a deadly glare.

"If you do anything to Lucy or even touch her I'm going to kill you." Sting said. Minerva frowned at him. "Just so you know I'm blond too so I take offense to what you said." Sting said while walking back to his house where the one person he would give his life to and not to mention his heart. Lucy Heartifilia.

AN: I remember in the manga Minerva said that Sting's feelings help boost his strength so I'll use that in this story. I think this is the longest chapter I've written compared to my other stories...Interesting.

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