HAHA I'm finally doing chapter 14! BANG!

(TEAM LUCY)

"She took Kuro?!" Sting screeched, temporarily deafening poor Rogue who was sat beside him. "Yes, Sting. Akira took Kuro." Rogue replied calmly. Lucy was panicking, when and if she saw Nira, what would she say, 'Oh yeah, this girl who claims to own you came and punched Sting and stole your Exceed lol.' No! How does one explain this situation?!

Lucy took a deep breath. In, she thought, breathing in, out. "Why did Akira choose now of all times to start looking for Nira again?" Sting thought out loud, looking to Rogue. "She obviously knew about Lucy, maybe that's why." Rogue replied. "Fro thinks so too!"

"What is Nira and Akira's relationship?" Lucy suddenly asks. The twins fall silent. They look at each other, then at Lucy, then each other, "It's… complicated…" Rogue breathes out. Sting speaks up, "Akira 'claimed' Nira when they were young. It was all a game at first. But Akira started taking so seriously it became hazardous to Nira's life." Rogue nodded, continuing Sting's thought, "Nira ran away from Akira and that's the last time we saw them together."

Lucy was silent, taking in this new information. After replaying it in her mind, she looked at the two, "What does it mean for a dragon to 'claim' someone?" she spoke slowly, thinking about each word carefully. Rogue spoke up first, "It's sort of like when a dragon chooses a mate, except your more of an eternal servant." Lucy nodded. So Nira was claimed by Akira as her eternal servant… Lucy was lost in her thoughts when there was a tap on the window, "Lu-chan~!" called out a familiar little voice.

"KURO?!" she screeched. It was around this point when Lucy noticed the tiny dragon-like Exceed sitting happily on Kuro's shoulders. "Lu-chan, this is Gallo~!" the panther Exceed exclaimed almost proudly.

(ONE AWKARD INTRODUCTION LATER)

"So you're Akira's exceed, huh?" Lucy said in almost a whisper. Gallo nodded, "Mm~!"

"Ga-chan is my best friend and he helps Aki-chan a lot! Just like I help Ni-chan~!" Kuro stated. Lucy took in the information, letting it process. Was Akira really that bad of a person? Apparently.

(MEANWHILE, WITH AKIRA)

Akira was walking through a valley, following her nose to find her 'dragon'. As she had hoped, Nira was asleep in the middle of the field. Akira smirked, "Welcome back, Niroku."

(BACK WITH THE OTHERS)

After that whole shebang, Lucy and Sting were training together again; with Rogue at hand… just in case Sting did something really stupid. This, luckily for then, hadn't happened yet. The training went well; Lucy learned another attack, as well as some defense. Contrary to popular belief, Sting was a good teacher (That's my head cannon leave me alone ((Rogue would be too awkward)). Lucy kicked Loke's ass again… and again… and again, much to the spirit's irritation.

Sting was actually really impressed with Lucy's progress. She learned quickly and adapted even faster. For those of you wondering, yes, Lucy still wrote letters to her mum, and sometimes her dad. Sting and Rogue didn't know, probably still don't.

Lucy painfully trained on and on day after day until one day she got a letter. It was from Nira. It told her that she was okay and not to worry, there was also an apology in there somewhere. It made Lucy happy. Lucy slept great that night. The next day she got another letter from someone she couldn't identify. It said, "Nira is my dragon." And that's it. Lucy suddenly had a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, Oh no…

FUCK YOU, CLIFF HANGERS. I honestly don't feel bad. Okay maybe a little, sorry. I LOVE YOU PEOPLE AHHHHH 3 DOKI DOKI DESU.

-Yume-Senpai~~