Lucy and Rogue stared into each others eyes blushing heavily from the feeling of their lips connecting. Neither knew what to say or do and just stayed on each other, simply staring. Rogue seemed to get his mind under control and quickly apologized.

"I'm sorry, that was completely accidental," he stammered out his face still a bright red. Lucy was still in the same condition as him and got off of him, trying to make sure no more accidents like that happened again. Once she got up, she turned toward Rogue, just starting to notice how his abs were defined underneath the clothes that he wore.

Her hair covered her eyes, and her fists were clenched in anger towards Sting. She looked at the culprit for her anger and breathed in deeply.

"Sting!" She yelled loud enough for everyone within a mile to hear. "You ass! What the hell is wrong with you! I'm going to kill you!" Lucy raised her fist, preparing herself to punch him. Sting backed up a few steps and smirked.

"Don't you remember though Blondie, you promised you wouldn't hit me. I thought you weren't going to go against your word." Lucy growled as she realized that what Sting was saying was true. While she didn't specify it as a promise, her word was her bond, and she wasn't going to go against it.
"You're lucky just this once." She put down her fist and looked back at Rogue. "I'm sorry Rogue, this idiot pushed me into you. I wasn't able to stop myself from falling." Lucy sighed and then realized the state of her outfit. "I need to get some new clothes, how about you two accompany me as your punishment." She said as she glared at Sting.

"Why should i have to do that? It's not my job to take care of your wardrobe problems. Go by yourself." Sting acted arrogantly and didn't think about the consequences of his actions.

Lucy looked at him slyly and raised a hand to cover her mouth. "Oh my, is the great Sting Eucliffe to weak to even go shopping with a little girl such as myself. And here I was thinking that he could do anything. I guess not." Lucy started walking away towards what she assumed was the way to get out of the building.

Sting quickly got Rogue off the floor and ran up to Lucy and put his arm around the girl, ignoring the small growling sound he heard come from behind him. "The great Sting isn't to weak for anything. I can take on anything, including going with you for shopping. It's no big deal anyways." With that the three started walking out to the store.

On the way there, Rogue thought over the incident that happened. His lips still felt warm from hers, and he could still remember how their lips just seemed to fit together perfectly. He felt his heart speed up whenever she touched him or smiled at him, and he couldn't control his urges to keep her safe and not let anyone touch her. He could barely control his rage when Sting had put his arm around her. He had gotten jealous over such a simple thing. It wasn't normal.

Logically he knew he would have no chance with her. Natsu had already laid a claim on the girl even though he didn't know it himself. With Natsu being much stronger than Rogue, he knew it wouldn't be a good idea to go after her, but he couldn't help the feelings he felt when he saw her. Even though they had just seen each other, he was already noticing the sparkle in her eyes when she laughed, and all the small details about her like how she always seemed to get animated over the smallest things.

While Rogue was going over everything in his mind they had arrived at the store. Lucy had immediately gone over to the skirts section, leaving Sting and Rogue in the dust. She was holding up a skirt similar to the one she wore almost all the time at Fairy Tail. It was a blue, pleated skirt, with belt loops. It was short, probably only coming to about mid thigh. She looked at it happily and grabbed two of them, and walked over to the shirts.

Sting groaned at the girls shopping, knowing instinctively that she was going to take a while to find everything that she wanted. "I can't believe you dragged the great Sting Eucliffe here, do you know how many people are going to see me. Think of all the rumors that are going to start." Lucy sighed, but didn't answer him and started walking in a random direction, looking for something of interest.

She gasped in shock when she reached the back corner of the store. Inside of a rectangular glass case, was a bronze key with the shape of a dragon encircling it. She recognized it and had no idea what it was doing in a store like this. She looked at the price tag and her eyes widened even further at how cheap it was. It was only 30,000 jewel which she could actually afford.

She ran back to the front of the store and asked the store clerk for it instantly, completely forgetting about the things she was carrying. Soon, in her hands laid a key from the mystic set, one said to have been forgotten and missing for centuries. Lucy almost made a contract with it in the middle of the store, unable to contain her excitement.


A woman covered in a black cloak looked into a crystal ball, observing the blonde celestial mage and the new key she had just obtained. It wasn't bad, she though, it was just one step further into the plan. Her mouth curved into a smirk as all of her plans were coming to fruition. She could hardly wait as she stared at the man who she would force to kill the blonde. After all, what would hurt more than being killed by the one you love. She laughed at the thought of how broken she would make the girl. She was going to utterly destroy her, emotionally and physically. Everyone ever connected to the girl would suffer. They would all die. The woman started to cackle and threw her head back, wisps of short, silver hair peaking out from the hood of the cloak.