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Day One in Sabertooth
The noise from the train was quieter than Lucy thought, her fingers fiddled with her blue blouse as the train started moving. She was on her way to Sabertooth, her first mission with a tiger.
The stellar mage was sitting with her team when Mira told her that she got a lacrima message from the former rival guild. Her eyebrows frowned, why would they want her? She only shrugged it off when Natsu asked if he would come too but she pushed him off. He had been super clingy as of late and she just wanted him to calm down.
Moving her feet to the back room with the guild communication lacrima, she saw the other celestial mage, Yukino. She waved before sitting down in the chair that squeaked when she moved it back. "Hey, Yukino. How are you?" She asked albeit nervous she was excited.
The silver-haired girl smiled, "I'm good. I wanted to talk to you about something." Looking past the camera while Lucy heard a door close. Yukino pulled up a flyer that looked like a job for Sabertooth, "I have a job request here that wants us to do a job for them,"
Lucy's eyes widened; nobody has ever requested her since she became a Fairy Tail mage. This would be the first time and she got to work with Yukino for the first time since they took down Tartaros. That was the last time she even saw the silver-haired mage. Lucy clasped her hands in front of her, "Oh that's amazing. I would love to do this with you!" The blonde was practically squealing with joy.
The tiger was clapping with joy as well and Lucy could hear a groan from behind the lacrima, "Stop squealing! Both of you!" She could only assume that was Sting. He had become the new guild master when Jiemma was defeated by the blonde dragon slayer.
Yukino glared at the blonde guild master, "Well, maybe you should get out then!" There was sudden movement and the slayer was behind the stellar mage looking straight at the Fairy on the other end of the lacrima with his one earring dangling with a glint.
"Hey there blondie! How's it going?" He was leaning over Yukino and gave her his signature smirk before the girl shoved him away.
The blonde fairy only giggled at the two of them, "I'm fine. I'm excited to be working with you Yukino. When should I go over there?" Lucy shifted in her seat, sitting up more.
Yukino looked back over to Lucy after yelling at Sting some more, "Oh, I was thinking as soon as possible. I'll accept it once you get here then we can go from there," To Lucy her smile was adorable, and she looked a bit shy about it as well.
Her hand grazed over Horologium's key to find that it was almost 4 in the afternoon. Lucy thought that if she made the trip tonight and stayed over with them then the two of them can go in the morning. She opened her mouth to say just that, but then another voice was heard beyond the lacrima and a slamming of the door.
"Sting! Get back to your office! I am not doing all your work this time!" It was a gruff but loud voice that made her shiver. She probably assumed it was Rogue complaining to his new guild master.
Sting on the other hand stuck his feet on the desk in front of Yukino's face, blocking Lucy's view of the other stellar mage. The blonde guild mage shrugged, "Eh, I'll do them later. When Yukino leaves," His feet were kicked off the table by his best friend Rogue. Lucy could only see his back with his black cape bunched up as he held his hands on his hips.
"That won't be until tomorrow, now get going!" Kicking his chair again. Sting groaned loudly and got to his feet, stomping like a 2-year-old out of the room with Rogue following him. Lucy watched Yukino's eyes follow the twin dragon slayers until the door slammed shut again. She let out a long sigh and looked back at the blonde.
Lucy raised an eyebrow at Yukino, "What was that?"
"Huh? Nothing. Nothing happened," She quickly replied averting her eyes and looking everywhere but the blonde stellar mage.
Lucy giggled at her, waving her hand, "It's okay. We can talk about it when I get there," Getting to her feet and leaning towards the lacrima, "Bye Yukino! I'll see you in a few hours," The two girls waved goodbye and the blonde went home to pack.
She walked back out to her team, all of them asking what that was all about. Lucy explained everything, the mission with the tiger and she was leaving as soon as possible. Natsu shouting his concerns while Erza also spoke her worries about the blondes mission. Gray was already drunk with a crying Juvia attached to his arm; neither really hearing what was happening.
Assuring them that she was all right and this would be an easy job, even if she hadn't known what the mission was just yet, and that she can handle it. Ever since the guild got back, they've been concerned about the stellar mage working jobs by herself.
Now, she was so nervous on the train ride there, her hands were very sweaty. Wiping them on her skirt, she lifted her eyes to watch the sunset and the trees blow in the breeze. It was less than an hour now to Crocus and Lucy's heart was beating out of her chest. Her anxiety was getting the best of her as another person passed her to the food cart.
[***]
Putting down her book, that she only read a few paragraphs of, Lucy got up from her seat and grabbed her bag off the bench. Throwing her bag over her shoulder and walking out onto the train station, Lucy found she had no idea where the Sabertooth guild was in Crocus.
Walking up to a map of the town, she searched for the guilds name, "The Gardens, the council, ugh why is it not bigger. Oh! There it is!" Pointing to the big building off to the side of town. It was a few minutes' walk from here.
She made her walk to the big building with a couple things on her mind. One being, the mission and the other being Rogue. The last time she saw the slayer was the banquet at the Kings castle. Although she remembered Future Rogue and what he did to her future self. That still plagued her dreams, but she had forgiven him a long time ago. There was nothing to forgive because that wasn't him at all.
Then the whole thing with Tartaros happened, Lucy couldn't even have a romantic life anymore. She wished she did, not that she wanted a romantic relationship with the slayer. It just felt impossible to stay with someone. After losing Aquarius, she didn't want to just jump into something if it wasn't permanent. Lucy didn't want to lose anymore love in her heart.
Sighing when she passed a few flower vendors. They looked very pretty and wanted to stop to smell them, but she was already running a bit late. Once she spotted the building she had to stop and appreciate it, it was large, very large.
Maybe it was so big and that's where they all stay? She didn't know. They even had scary gargoyles around the top of the guild hall. She would say that this building was very Victorian but she kind of liked it. Every guild hall was always different, depending on their personality.
Suddenly the doors opened, the tall and wide doors, "Lucy! What took you so long?" The silver-haired stellar mage ran out to hug the blonde Fairy.
"Oh, hi Yukino! I kind of got lost. I didn't really know where the guild was," The two stopped hugged and started walking into the large guild hall. "Your guild hall is very big," Lucy commented.
The tiger laughed, "Yeah we all live in the quarters upstairs. It keeps us all together and out of the town's hair. We get a lot of tourists for the gardens, so they need somewhere to stay. So here we are!" She threw her hands up to the guild hall and opened the doors for her and Lucy.
"Wow," Lucy looked around the food hall of the guild. There were long tables with a few people there eating and a long bar at the end of the room. At the bar stood Dobengal with his ninja outfit and a mask covering his mouth.
Several people looked over to Yukino but saw a fairy with her and they all started to whisper. Lucy sighed and continued her conversation with the tiger. Making their way towards the bar, they were making light jokes and giggles through the mostly male guild.
"Yukino! When is blondie getting here? Oh, there you are!" Sting shouted from the second-floor balcony with his best friend and twin dragon slayer, Rogue behind him. Sting jumped over the balcony while Rogue shook his head as he walked down the stairs. "Hey, blondie!" The guild master hugged the Fairy in greeting and Lucy wasn't excepting him to be this nice.
"Hey there Sting," She greeted with a pat on the back. Then her mocha eyes focused on ruby ones. Rogue held a soft smile to her with a head nod in greeting, she, in turn, nodded back. She liked his small smile, it added to his mysterious nature.
She really wanted to get to know him more.
"Hello, Rogue," She added while Yukino was focused on her guild master eating all the snacks she brought for her blonde friend.
Rogue sat in the barstool next to her, "Hello Miss Heartfilia," Looking around probably for his exceed Frosch. Speaking of which, the flying cat with his fellow exceed flew to the bar in front of the mages.
"Frosch wants to say hi to the Fairy!" The green exceed clad in her pink frog costume that she found cute.
Lucy smiled and waved at the cute little cat, "Hey Frosch, how are you?" She wanted to hug the poor thing but that would be rude with Rogue sitting right there.
"Frosch is good! Frosch is very hungry too," Looking over at Rogue who sighed and went to get the precious cat his food.
Lucy looked around to see Yukino still talking with Sting and Dobengal while Frosch sat in front of her with Lector flying next to her, "I remember you fairy! Didn't you lose your first battle in the Games?"
Taking a deep breath was about to retort when Rogue showed back up, "Lector, that's not nice. She would have won if they didn't cheat. Apologize now," The shadow dragon slayer set down a plate of chicken for Frosch while glaring at Lector.
The red-haired cat hung his head down, "I'm sorry Fairy," Lucy looked at his bugged eyes, she softly giggled at him.
It wasn't really a big deal, but the way Rogue stated that she was cheated out of her win, he sounded so angry that had happened. "It's okay, really. I wasn't angry," Moving a piece of hair behind her ear, she sighed. The stellar mage didn't think that she would be having a conversation with the dragon slayer she admired.
Really, she would pick up Sorcerers Weekly and see if he was in it. She admired his quiet demeanor and stoic poise; he was strong but didn't flaunt it. He seemed very intelligent in every interview he did, always a smart and witty response or left everyone wanting to know what exactly he meant.
Lucy wanted to know more about him but also afraid that he was way out of her league. His ruby eyes watched her; oh, he was way out of her league.
"Well, you still deserve an apology. I thought you did great in both battles," He complimented, sitting back in his seat while Yukino and Sting walked over to the two of them. Lucy started to blush at the praise and was about to tell him it was no big deal. "Also, I'm sorry about Aquarius. I know she meant a lot to you," Lucy gave him a sad smile with a short thank you.
Sting threw his arm around his fellow dragon slayer while the other glared at him. The silver-haired stellar mage stood next to Lucy, "So, I called and we are all set for tomorrow morning!"
"Great! I guess I have to get a hotel room or something right?" The blonde tapped the wooden counter thinking if she saw some on the way here.
"What? No, we have plenty of rooms here!" Sting countered, throwing his hands in the air to dramatize how big this place actually is.
Lucy was taken back, "I can't possibly intrude," Waving her hands in front of her.
"Trust us, you aren't intruding. We have plenty of rooms that are unused." Rogue commented, catching the glass that Dobengal made for him. Lucy just laughed, slapping her hands on the counter.
"Okay, how about I get a tour of this giant guild of yours?" The stellar mage asked giving a small smile towards both slayers and the celestial tiger.
Yukino took her hand and started dragging her off the stool before anyone could answer, the twin dragon slayers only laughed but followed the two around the guild showing the fairy around the glorious Sabertooth guild.
They showed her the pool in the back behind the food hall, it was very large. It was also bigger than Fairy Tail's pool with tons of lawn chairs around. Then her eyes gazed to a door that was cracked open, she peeped through to see a large gold chair in a bare room all the way in the back. Looking fully, she saw columns with what looks like dragons crawling up them and several different stones in different colors.
"That's Sting's throne room," Came a voice from behind her, making her yelp and hold a hand to her mouth. Rogue was standing there with a small smirk with his ruby eyes looking at her.
After Lucy had calmed down, she smacked his shoulder, "Don't scare me like that," The blonde giggled, watching as he softly chuckled with her. Turning her head to look at the throne again, "Why does he even have a throne room?"
Walking around the blonde to the gold throne he sat down in it, crossing his legs and holding his chin in his hand; Lucy had to appreciate the sight before her. "I honestly have no idea why he has it," He relaxed his posture and laughed to himself.
Sticking her hands behind her, Lucy stated, "Well, I think it fits you,"
The two gazed at each other until Sting came running in yelling, "That's my chair!" Pushing the Shadow dragon slayer off his chair. He stumbled before actually hitting the ground with the blonde Sabertooth master. The two then started fighting at the foot of the throne while the fairy backed away, almost bumping into Yukino.
"Do they do this often?" Lucy asked, watching Rogue flip them and punched Sting in the jaw.
Yukino giggled behind her hand, "Yeah, Sting always finds something to fight with Rogue about. Even if it's something stupid,"
Once Rogue finally kicked Sting off of him, he stood and walked to the two stellar mages, "Sorry about that. He's immature sometimes,"
Lucy smiled, "Well, it seems that you play into a bit,"
Fixing his cape around himself, "Just to entertain him. That's all,"
"Mhmm." Smugly smiling at him, Yukino pushed Sting off when he threw his arm over him.
The rest of the tour went on, showing Lucy the rooms upstairs and where she would be staying. It was right across from Sting and Rogue since no one else wants to stay next to the twin dragons. Yukino was down the hall from them, with her white door with blue stars all over it.
"Why is your door so plain?" Lucy asked Rogue; his door was only painted black and nothing else. While, Sting's door was white with feathered wings at the top and a dragons tail starting from the middle all the way to the bottom; Lucy thought it was quite beautiful as some feathers were placed in different places.
The Shadow dragon slayer scratched the back of his neck, "I just never knew what I wanted to put on it. I just left it blank for now,"
"Nothing?" Running her hand down the painted wood, she had several ideas but none of them fit him, only her.
He shrugged, walking her down after Yukino and Sting, to the food hall to get food. There, they found Orga on stage with an electric guitar, Lucy thought he was better than Gajeel but no too much. The group of four ordered and got their food, sitting at the end of a long table; Lucy and Yukino at one end with Sting and Rogue at the other end.
"Where's Minerva?" Lucy asked, putting her cup back down. She had heard that the former tiger was back in the guild again. She kind of wanted to talk to the Territory mage, hopefully she could be good friends with her.
The other blonde chocked on his chicken leg and started a coughing fit, "She's on a mission until tomorrow." Wiping off the liquid off his chin.
Lucy nodded and continued to eat her food. She wanted to say hello to her and try to make amends with Minerva.
[***}
The blonde stellar mage called out her most trusted spirit to get her bag that she dropped off with her before the guild tour. The room she was staying in was very simple, a lone twin bed in the corner and a small closet.
The rug on the floor was circular and very floral. Off to the side of the room was a small bathroom, just a toilet and a standing shower. All in all, the room was very cute and simple. Dropping her bag at the foot of the bed she started to take off her clothes to get in her pajamas.
Standing in her underwear and unclipping her bra, suddenly the door sprung open. Lucy let out a squeak and covered her chest and spun away from the door.
"Shit sorry Lucy!" A deep voice was heard behind the blonde. She turned her head slightly to see Rogue with his face covered by a thick looking blanket. He was dressed in a black t-shirt and was looked like a plaid pair of pants. "I-I jus-t thought, it get cold in this hallway and I should bring you a blanket," He paused for a bit then quickly stating that he will be outside.
The stellar mage let out a long sigh and let her bra fall to the floor, throwing on a tank top and some pink pajama pants then walked out to find Rogue staring at the floor with a folded blanket in his arms.
"Hey," She whispered and waved slightly.
The shadow slayer looked up quickly and she saw a small blush on his cheeks, "Hey,"
The blonde leaned against the wall close to him, "What did you need?"
Rogue let out a cough and handed her the blanket, "I was just going to give you this blanket because it gets cold in his hallway. I didn't mean to walk in on you, I swear. I didn't see anything."
She giggled, "I know." Taking the blanket from him, holding it to her chest, "Thank you, Rogue," Smiling at the mage. He smiled back at her and then they just stayed like that for a while.
After a few minutes of silence, Rogue chuckled and looked down to the floor, "I should go. You're probably tired,"
Lucy pushed a hair behind her ear and laughed, "Yeah. I do have a mission in the morning," Folding her hands behind her back.
He laughed, "Sure. Yeah. Sorry, goodnight Lucy," He waved and walked off after Lucy waved.
"Night Rogue," And walked back in her room. The stellar mage dropped the blanket on the bed and then plopped herself on the bed, thinking about him. The Shadow Dragon slayer was cute, very cute. He was also very sweet, giving her a blanket, just because he thought it might be too cold for her.
Shaking her head, Lucy laid down in her bad reflecting on her first day at Sabertooth.
Tomorrow will be interesting.
Thank you so much for reading. I just had this thought in my head and I'm not sure where I'm going with it so just stick with me guys, it will be fun. I also love Rolu stories and I've been wanting to write one for a long time. Until next time!