She longed to learn who she was and only he had the answer. Problem? He was in Sabertooth and she was in Fairy Tail, two rival guilds. On the road to get answers, she finds herself falling for his partner. [StingxOC] [RoYu] [NaLu] Other pairings inside.
The Shadow's Light
Sting X Nina (OC)
Chapter Thirteen: Reunion and First Round!
She saw a slim, yet muscular, toned young man of average height with spiky blond hair, which is kept in strands jutting outwards in every direction, and a smaller, frontal cowlick of hair partially hanging over his forehead. He has slanted, slit pupil-ed, dark blue eyes; above the right one is a thin, diagonal scar. His left ear is adorned with an earring which, in itself, is attached to by a prominent metal pendant that is crystalline in shape.
He wore a blue vest with golden outer edges and inner edges covered by a prominent trimming of gray fur that appears similar to a feather boa over a short, cream top, leaving his muscular upper abdominals exposed. His arms are covered by dark blue gloves reaching up to his mid-bicep, with their upper edges being adorned by light gray bands hanging down several centimeters. He wears loose, cream-colored pants, similar to Natsu's, but held up by suspenders, which are attached to the pants' loops by square-shaped rings that are gold in color. Over them, he dons distinctive dark blue galosh-esque footwear that reaches up to his thighs and attach to the upper edge of his pants. The prominent soles of the "boots" are distinctive in their own right; it has rectangular protrusions pointing upwards on their front portion, reminiscent of square fangs.
The other man was a slim young man of average height with rather messy black hair, which almost reaches down to his shoulders, along with some strands pointing upwards on top of his head and a prominent tuft obscuring most of his forehead. His hair is later brushed to the right side of his face covering up his right eye. He has red eyes with slit pupils similar to that of a snake's. She noticed he was like her now that she took a look at him. He wore a long, black cape reaching down to his feet, with golden edges, a much lighter collar circling his neck, and a prominent, white ribbon hanging down on his chest. Such cape bears a light guild mark symbol on it, almost in correspondence to his left shoulder. Below it, he seems to wear a plain gray shirt with prominent brown cuffs and what looks like a large metal band circling each of his biceps. From a light sash circling his waist hangs a distinctive, pale blue cloth waistguard, consisting of four long pieces of cloth reaching down below his knees. Each of these pieces is adorned by a large, dark cross with fan-shaped arms. Below such waistguard, he wears a pair of armored boots, which, on the front, bear plates bearing the very same motif which appears on the waistguard.
The two looked to her, the dark-haired one's eyes widened a little bit at the sight of her while the blonde smirked. "Yo, Rogue, lookit this cutie. She must be a fan of yours or somethin'."
"Hmm.." Came the reply from Rogue, who recovered from his surprise and looked at his partner. "She's not Gajeel, so I have no interest in her, Sting."
Rosie shot up and glared. "So, you're the infamous 'Twin Dragons', eh? You have nothing on Gajeel or even Natsu, that's for sure..." She sighed as Natsu caught up.
"Rosie, you just took off, what's up?"He asked.
"It's Natsu, right? Man, have I waited a long time to meet you. Sad that you're in the weakest guild." Sting taunted.
"What did you just say?"
"We're Sting and Rogue, the Twin Dragons of Sabertooth, the strongest guild in Fiore." Sting jeered. "Hard to think you were beaten by a dragon! Me and Rogue could've killed it, no problem, since we're the true Dragon Slayers, being third generations."
"Like Rosie, then?" Natsu smirked. "She's one and even she couldn't do it."
"Gee, thanks, Natsu." She replied. "But, yeah... Four Dragon Slayers couldn't even mark that blasted beast." She stood up and dusted herself off. "I'm not here to talk about that. I wanna know why you changed your name, Ryos..." She said, seeing Rogue go wide-eyed. "What happened in X780? Why did you abandon me?"
"What? Rogue, you know this girl?" Sting asked, seeing his partner blink at the name.
"Oh, he knows me... In fact... I believe it's more... Isn't it?" She asked.
"..." Rogue hadn't replied since she called him Ryos, staring at her before he glanced at the flower behind her ear. "That..."
She inhaled when he seemingly went wide-eyed at it before she spoke. "Do you have the answers I need?"
Natsu whipped his head towards her. "What?! Him?! That's the one Skiadrium was telling you about?"
"I'm guessing so... If not, then who? His scent is familiar, after all.." She replied, glancing his way for a few seconds before looking back at Rogue.
"Wait, Skiadrium? Rogue, didn't you tell me you killed him?" Sting asked.
"I... We did.." He said, sighing. "So, it's true.. You are still alive, Nina..."
"Nina? That's my name?" Rosana asked.
"Yes..." Rogue nodded before the two noticed that Natsu and Sting were arguing. "Is he always that?"
"Mhm. Natsu'll always start fights if anyone bad talks Fairy Tail... Same here..." She sighed before heading over. "Natsu, calm down. Save it for the Games... How about a wager, Rogue? If Fairy Tail wins the Games, you answer all my questions about our past. If we lose, I'll leave you alone and never mention this again."
Sting chuckled. "Better get ready to leave him alone... Cause Sabertooth hasn't lost ever."
Rogue gave a tiny smile. "Alright, I agree."
Rosie nodded and the two shook hands before she noticed Sting was still grinning. "What's your problem?"
"Just finally got to look at ya. Pretty, for a girl in the enemy guild." He shrugged slightly before the two left.
"Ros, why'd ya bet that?" Natsu asked, raising an eyebrow as they made their way to the Honey Bone Lodge.
"I want to prove that he is the one I can't recognize. Just because he smells familiar doesn't mean much... Well, it's gonna be fun to say the least for the next few days. I have hope we can and will win this." She eeped when the pinkette threw an arm around her shoulders.
"Course we're gonna win, we're Fairy Tail. We don't really know the meaning of losing when we do it for our family." He said, grinning.
The day after, the Grand Magic Games finally began, now that there were eight teams. Rosana was with Lucy and Erza getting the outfits her grandfather picked out, all were purple with the Fairy Tail emblem on the left breast for their entire team.
Hers was a square neck and shark-bite hemmed shirt with a long ruffle back blazer and black leggings that went under her purple knee boots, which had the Fairy Tail emblem on the back. Her hair was up in two buns, with the flower she had as a child tucked securely in the left one. [[A/N: CURSE MY INTERNET! I can't ever catch a break! I had it up to where they were about to find out the first place team (which is the obvious one), when my internet died RIGHT AS I WAS ABOUT TO SAVE IT! D:{ DISHONOR MY INTERNET! Well, I'll pick up where I remember, since there is a few lines that are still fresh in my mind.]]
Lyon looked at Rosana, who was talking to Laxus, and blushed a little. "Beautiful."
Sherria puffed her cheeks out a little at that and glared at Rosana. "So, she's the one you've been fawning over."
Rosana shivered and glanced to see Sherria's glare. 'What's her problem?' She sighed and looked up at Laxus. "Brother, I have an issue." She pointed at Lyon then Eve. "Those dimwits are 'wanting' me..."
The Ice-Make Lamia Scale wizard seemed slightly unfazed by the glare sent his way whereas Eve hid behind Ren. "You two must have a death wish..." He said lowly, patting her lightly on the head. "I'll keep an eye on them from now on. Hey, Gray."
"Y-Yeah?"
"I thought I told you to prevent that?"
"W-Well, I did... Kinda... I can't say anything for Eve, but apparently Lyon is love-sick for her." He said, sweating bullets from the look while the officials explained why they had two teams instead of one before they argued over how unfair it really was.
Rosie grabbed her brother's arm. "Brother, calm down... He tried. In fact, he did a great job until now." She said, smiling weakly at him, unknowingly making Lyon blush more.
"THIS IS A BIG LOAD OF CRAP!" Natsu exploded, nearly making Rosie lose her footing but holding onto her brother. "Being in the same guild don't mean jack. If I fight against any of you, I'm not pulling any punches! As long as we're in this tournament, you're my enemies and I ain't gonna lose to any of you!"
Gajeel smirked. "I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm looking forward to making you eat dirt, Salamander."
Rosie sighed before giggling and slapping her brother playfully. "I'll prove that you're training hasn't fallen on deaf ears, brother."
He smirked. "Alright, Rosana. I look forward to it." That was before he put an arm around 'Mystogan'. "Besides, we're all friends here. Right? Kiss and make up."
Hearing those words, Rosie hid a blush behind her hands. 'He said that?! To ERZA and.. by the smell of it, Jellal?!'
"By the way, 'Mystogan', you're not usually this much of a chatty Cathy. Keep it in mind." Laxus warned before he went back to talk to his sister.
"Hey, brother... That guy there... He kinda smells like you.." She pointed to the middle man in Team Raven Tail. "Does that mean..."
"Hmm... I'll look into that. Don't worry about it, Rose."
"And last, but certainly not least, is the team that came in first place in the preliminaries! That's right! You know them, you love them. Now give a new finished scream for the most powerful guild in all of Fiore, the one and only: SABERTOOTH!"
Rosie's head whipped around and she stared down Rogue as him, Sting and three others walked in to deafening cheers. She tightened a hand as she felt the magic power almost match theirs.
"Hey..." Laxus said, noticing her tension. "What's up?"
"That... Rogue.. He has my answers... He's the misty person in my memories... The one I need to learn of who I was before I was brought to Fairy Tail... His true name is Ryos... And I'm apparently Nina..." She said, not once leaving Rogue, who must've sensed her looking and met her gaze. For a few moments, time seemed frozen as she heard him speak, as if it were just the two of them.
"Nina... Once the games are over, whether or not you win or lose, I will answer any questions you have... Or, should I call you Rosana?" He said.
"Whichever comes natural to you... I might let Ryos slip... I apologize." She replied softly, getting the very faintest of smiles grow on his face, only barely seen by her.
"I am not proud of that name, so, call me Rogue." He said before time seemingly returned to normal.
"Can't wait to bring them down." Natsu said.
Sting waved a finger. "Why so serious? It's just a game."
Rosana felt the anger rise when Gajeel noticed Rogue staring at him longer than normal. "There a reason you keep gawking, pretty boy?"
"Nothing important." Rogue replied simply.
Gray turned serious. "At least we know who our biggest competition is..."
Shina noticed the two other Exceeds, as did Lily and Happy. "Well, Lily, looks like they have an Exceed cheer squad..."
"My thoughts exactly." He agreed.
Shina and Lily had become quick friends once he came to Earthland from Edolas. The two would often pick on Happy, who was pretty much Shina's brother due to them hatching at the same time. She and Carla got along famously and often gossiped like Rosana would with Wendy or Lucy. It was Wendy's idea that she wear a mini-version of whatever Rosie wore.
Looking at her partner, Shina smiled. "She's doing it."
Lily blinked. "Doing what?"
Happy, being Happy, spoke. "Rosie has a fear of crowds! She would pass out sometimes when she would be surrounded by strangers."
Rosie ignored the cat while listening to the rules. Her entire future really hanged on the outcome of the Games and she wanted to win. That was before she heard the first event was something called hidden.
"At this time, we'd like each team to select one member to compete. Once they are chosen, the rules will be explained." He let them take a few moments. "The first challenger has stepped forward. From Quatro Cerberus, it's Jäger!"
"The first one should be easy, I'll go size up our opponents."
"We're counting on you."
"From Mermaid Heel, the adorable Beth Vanderwood!"
"Nalpudding. You go."
"I won't let you down, boss man."
"From Raven Tail, Nalpudding!"
"I'll take this one." Eve stated.
"We're sending you out there in style!" Ichiya said.
"Look out ladies, here comes Eve!" The other two chanted.
"Blue Pegasus sends out Eve Tilm! Gotta love those lively cheers!"
"I shall handle this. I'm feeling inspired by the birds' lovely songs."
"Keep your eyes on this one, folks. From Sabertooth, the minstrel who sings to the red moon: Rufus Lore!"
That earned a lot more cheers, which annoyed Natsu. "They're going nuts for the pretty boy? I don't get it..."
"Whatever the rules, I'm sure the name is a clue. I have a feeling that stealth and guile will be essential to win."
Lucy smiled. "Well, we have our little sneaker here, so..." She stared at Rosie, as did the other three members while even Lamia Scale went about choosing, before Lyon stepped up.
"We shall take the lead from the start." He said. "Just leave it to me."
"From Lamia Scale, Lyon Vastia!"
"Yeah? Well, take our secret weapon, you ready, Rosie?" Gray asked.
Rosie inhaled and, after looking around, smiled. "This should be easy for me."
"From Fairy Tail Team A, the Shadow Mistress herself, Rosana Dreyer!"
"Alright, if Rosie's in, I'll join as well!" Juvia said.
"From Fairy Tail Team B: Juvia Lockser! The competitors have been chosen and the long wait is over! Hold onto your seats, for you won't want to miss a single moment of Hidden."
So yeah, instead of Elfman, Rosie's in the games and takes Gray's spot. That doesn't mean much, though... :3
~~Kiwi~~