Chapter 11


At the Sabertooth guild…

Stings POV

"Ah c'mon Lucy, why won't you talk to me?!" I wined. After this mornings…event the blonde decided to give me the silent treatment the whole time we were at Sabertooth and by doing so, she sat herself down at the far end of the bar while she pouted, and drank her smoothie. Hmm…she's pretty cute when she's mad, maybe if I tell her that then she'll get over her anger. I stared at my hand and moved it as though I were groping the air and blushed. Wow. Just then, Minerva and Rogue came walking towards the bar together, which was no surprise since they always seem to get along very well. Probably because he's so quiet, and laid back unlike me.
"Good morning you two." Minerva greeted in a surprisingly happy mood. Lucy's face brightened, as she chirped "Morning" back at her.
"What?!" I yelled. "You speak to them, and not me?!" Lucy ignored me which only made me feel a little more irritated than I already was.
"Well Sting, you kinda deserve the silent treatment after what you did." Lector said with small chuckles in between. I gave him a deadpan look that only rose Minerva, and Rogue's curiosity levels.
"Okay…what's going on?" She tiredly asked while resting her hands on her hips. "I swear it's always something with you Sting."
"What?!" I said. "That is false on so many levels that I can't even get too." Hehehe…Ah….I feel dumb now.
"So." Minerva said. "Spill it."
"Well." Then Lucy's hand slapped me on my mouth, as she held it tight with the other.
"Don't you dare tell her Sting?" She barked. I moved her hands away from my mouth, and gave her my best arrogant smile.
"I thought you were giving me the silent treatment Ms. Nuuuudebie." I sang, which angered the girl even further.
"Nudebie?" Rouge asked. "What is…"
"Well ya'll, this is what happened..." Lector said.


Flashback…

After Lucy's Shower, she walked out of the bathroom with her new hairstyle in place. As she walked out, Sting jumped in front of her, with a bloody-face mask on, which succeeded in making her scream, but made her step back, and slip on leftover shampoo from Cancer's magic. When she fell her towel came completely loose, and exposed her…well...Let's just say that Sting got completely stunned, amazed, and turned on. Once Lucy saw that he was staring at her now fully naked body, she screamed then attempted to slap him. The bad part was he caught her slap, then the two fell down, leaving Sting with an open hand to accidentally grope her now bare bosom, causing her to scream louder, and eventually kick Sting in his…erm…groin once more, but this time harder.

End of flashback…


No One's POV

After Lector finished telling the story, Sting along with Lector burst out laughing.
"Aw man, it's funnier the second time!" Sting hollered which infuriated, and humiliated Lucy once again, and incensed Minerva who gained a newly formed shroud of doom aura.
"Sting…" She said in her scariest, demonic voice sprinkled with a thin layer of her calm voice. Lector, and Sting immediately stopped laughing only to hug each other with fear printed on their bloodless faces. "Come here this instant." Sting, and Lector timidly walked over to the angry Minerva as she took both of their heads and forced them to stare at the humiliated blonde girl.
"Apologize this very minute or I'll snap both of your guilty necks, right off your shoulders." She said chillingly. In response they repeatedly bowed their heads whimpering "We're sorry" to Lucy, who stared at them with delight.
"Oh don't worry." Lucy said deviously. "You'll really be sorry when you see what I'll do to you."


Lucy's POV

Hehehe…that'll have em shaking in their boots.
"Anyway, I actually came over here to ask the two of you if you'd like to accompany me on a job." Minerva said.
"That depends on what the jobs asking." Sting said. She showed Sting, and I the flyer that read, "HELP! HELP! MONSTERS TERRORIZING OUR VILLAGE!" I stared at it with mixed emotions. I was happy to be asked if I wanted to go on a job, and it looked fun, however I felt that I would be a burden on the team. From what I heard from Sting, Minerva's really strong compared to him, and Rouge, and of course…me.
"So what do ya say Newbie?" Minerva asked. "You in or out?" Well, I could start gathering money for the rent, even though it's not due for two months so...
"Sure…why not." I said cheerfully. "Might as well get to work while I can."
"Great, we'll have to go over to the outskirts of Clover town, where the village should be located." Minerva said. "If we leave today then we should be able to get back by at least nightfall."
"Awesome, then let's go!" Sting exclaimed positively then dashed out of the guild with Lector following.
"Is he…always like that?" I ask.
"Yeah, but like always, he rushes out before I could tell him the only way to get there, and that would be…
"By train." I say with a chuckle. "Oh don't worry, I've dealt with these situations back in my old guild."
"Hm…well let's go, so we can see the look on his face once we find him." Minerva said with a bit of enjoyment on her face. Then Minerva, Rouge with Frosch, and I all exited the guild.


No one's POV

"Urrrrrrrrrrrgh." Sting nauseatingly groans. "Why didn't you warn me?!"
"Because you ran out of the guild like all the other times when I wasn't done talking about the job details." Minerva said nonchalantly while sipping a cup of tea she had ordered.
"You could've…stopped…me." Sting said through violent gagging sounds.
"Yeah," Minerva said, "but where's the fun in that?" Lucy chuckled while she held Plue, her celestial spirit dog, in her hand. The second Minerva caught one glimpse at him, she put her cup down on the saucer and gave it a confused stare.
"Newbie." She said. "Can you tell me what in the hell that thing is in your lap?" Lucy frowned a bit, then placed her gentle hand on Plue's white head, while he trembled with fear from Minerva's paralyzing glare.
"He's my celestial spirit." Lucy said impatiently, "And also he's not a thing, he's a canine." Minerva chuckled then gave Lucy a long stare this time.


Minerva's POV

Huh, for a Newbie she's got guts to get impatient like that with me, but I see that she also has a really strong passionate side to her, which is what I like in a female.
"Hmm…my apologies for calling it…err…him a thing." I said. "Newbie…" She sighed then began to smile again.
"It's okay, it's usually like that when people question what this little guy is." She says softly. Wow, is it me or is this girl the sweetest thing a person could have on her team. Not to mention busty, and…pretty. I began to blush a little until she caught me staring at her.
"Minerva…is…something wrong?" I immediately snap back into reality, then continue drinking my tea to distract myself.
"It's nothing..." Then for the rest of the train ride everyone stays silent. Sting thankfully fell asleep, Rouge as teetering on the verge of sleep since he's been silent the whole time, and Newbie stared out the window with…Plue…in her lap, until he vanished in a small ball of light. I was feeling a bit uncomfortable with how silent it got, so I decided to start a new conversation with the Newbie.
"So Newbie, why did you decide to join our guild?" I asked a bit bluntly.
"Well…I uh…" She hesitated. Is she…hiding something? "I just needed to leave the last guild I was in."
"Huh…was it bad or…" Then the train came to a stop, and Sting immediately jumped up well-rested, and looking alive.
"ALRIGHT WE CAN GET OFF THIS MOVING DEATH TRAP!" Sting excitedly exclaimed. The next to get up was Rogue with Frosch in his arms, then Lucy, and finally me. We exited the train, and began to walk through town trying to find the exact place we need to go.


No One's POV

As the group of mages walked through the dirt path, past the urbanized area of Clover, they approached a more rural, and vast area filled with small huts that were kept far from each other. There were also crops on their lawns, but they were dry, and lifeless. What made it worse, was that it was quiet, too quiet for the four mages, including the two exceeds.
"Man…where is everybody?" Sting asked. Then Lucy gawked at something in the dirt located at the first hut's crop.
"You guys…what's that?" She asked nervously. Once the rest of the group caught a look at what Lucy gawked at, they gasped.
"That's a pretty large footprint." Minerva said. "Then you know what that means Sting." He nodded then Lector grabbed him and they both took flight.
"Time to kick some ass!" There were many large tremors after Sting shouted out those words, and once the monsters made their appearance it was time to fight.


Thank you so much for reading this chapter, if you would like than you may leave a review and let me know what you think. BTW sorry for not uploading it on the weekend, I wasn't in my home at the time, but I'm posting it now, and probably around Saturday or Sunday. Trying my very best not to run into a bad writers block. Anyway, thank you so much for reading and as always...Stay beautiful.