Artificialartofficial – Yeah! You're so nice so I think you deserve it! He sure does, who wouldn't love a girl like Lucy?! Haha I would probably be the same if I were in Rogue's place. YOUR BESTFRIEND AND THE GIRL YOU LIKE TOGETHER? ALONE? (Exemption of Lector, well you get the point.) Thank you! You never fail to make me smile in your every comment. I can't even express how thankful I truly am for supporting this story. Thank you, aaaand goodluck! Haha. (Sometimes I think my teacher knows my account here and is keeping me away from updating. Okay, kidding. HAHA)
PikachuPlush – Here it is! Thank you, I'm honored. J Of course he will, he's still just on his denial stage.
Ava Caroline Maxwell – I'm sorry for the delay! Here it is, I hope you enjoy this.
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Warning: COLORFUL words. (Curses, yes.)
Please read A/N at the end. Thank you.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail – Hiro Mashima does.
"Shadow Dragon's roar!" A black haired dragon slayer shouted, attacking a group of men who's blocking the entrance door.
The men layed unconcious as the shadow dragon slayer ran passed them. He stopped abruptly as he smelled Sting's scent, so he followed the trail silently wishing that the two were together where they were held captive. He turned to a shadow as he made his way to Sting's cellar, following the scent of the young man.
When he arrived to where the scent led him, he found Sting binded by chains, shouting curses to the man who's mocking him. Beside him is Lector who also cheered for Sting's insults despite being binded by the tail and body.
Sting became silent when he smelled Rogue's scent.
"What? Ran out of insults, boy?" The man mocked.
"Nah, just felt that I don't need to anymore." He answered with a smirk.
As if on cue, Rogue punched the man straight at the face with his Shadow dragon's slash attack. Knocking out the man in the process.
"Rogue! Thank goodness! Now, let me out of here!" He shouted much to his annoyance.
"Shut up." The shadow dragon slayer said as he picked up the keys and unlock the chamber's doors and also released Sting and Lector from the chains.
"Where's Lucy?" He asked calmly yet in an angry tone.
"I-I don't know. We got knocked out by some awful smell and when I woke up, I'm all alone. But she was screaming, Rogue. They're hurting her. We have to find her, now!"
Without a second more to waste, they began to search for Lucy. Her scent which they are very familiar with led them to the center of the building where a large green orb was slowly beginning to get bigger as a very pale and unconscious blonde mage was tied to.
"Shit." Sting cursed under his breath upon noticing Lucy's state.
"Sting." Rogue said, receiving a nod.
The two prepared for a joint attack but is stopped midway from releasing it.
"Oh? You brought a guest? It's a pleasure to see you. You are?" A voice which Sting learned to hate over the past days said.
"Agotamien..." The blond dragon slayer growled venomously.
"Sting, who is he?" Rogue asked in a low voice, sensing that the man before them isn't one to be taken lightly.
"The bastard who took us." He snarled.
"Now now, Sting. That isn't nice to introduce someone to your friend." The man said with a sickening smile.
"I don't see why I have to say something nice about you." Sting said charging for a punch.
"Very well. But you should at least show some respect. After all, I hold your dear friend's life right now." A smile etched on his face darkly as he blocked Sting's punch as if it's nothing.
"Release her." He growled, his voice dripping with venom.
"Oh? But that would waste her effort, won't it?" Agotamien said mocking him.
"Release. Her." Rogue suddenly gritted between his teeth that sent shivers down Sting's spine. The man before them completely unfazed.
Just as he was about to mock the Twin Dragons once again, they launched themselves at the same time to him, they both released magic with their arms but as they came near him, the magic vanished, making their attack dependent solely on their physical strength which made their punch simple but with force that can knock out other people. Unfortunately, the man before them isn't a mage you can easily defeat. They tried attacking him once again, releasing their attacks with so much speed and accuracy, different attacks in sync with each other, but to no avail. Their attacks only managed to put a scratch on him because every time they attack him, their magic vanish.
"This is getting quite boring. In fact, I have other important things to handle right now." Turning around, his back facing them. He released his magic. The duo fell on their knees, trying to breathe.
"B-Bastard. Quit doing- this." Sting tried to say despite running out of oxygen.
"I'll—ugh!" He shouted in pain as Rogue continued attacking him.
The magic surrounding Sting vanished, thus he was able to help Rogue to defeat Agotamien.
They continued fighting each other, not giving Agotamien a chance to do anything.
Rogue was able to attack him because he didn't get affected by his magic. Agotamien's magic is dependent on the range between him and his victim, since Sting was close to him, he was able to trap him in his magic but fortunately, for him, he was away from him and instead of jumping to attack him, he waited until he turned around to surprise him; he imitated Sting. The shadow dragon slayer already understood the weaknesses of his magic as they were attacking him earlier. His magic can only attack the people within his radius and could attack people one at a time, being near to each other is an exception, thus he can attack multiple people at once if they are close to each other. If they are far away from each other, he can only trap one.
"R-Rogue?" A tired, raspy voice called out as she managed to catch a glimpse of a very familiar black hair.
Upon hearing her voice, the duo quickened their pace and with a final blow they released their combined dragon's roar, knocking the man unconscious.
"Lucy!" The twin dragons screamed her name in relief and worry for she looked very, very pale.
"I-I'm glad you're safe, Sting." She managed to smile despite the pain she's feeling.
"Damn it, Lucy! Stop worrying about me!" Sting tried attacking the orb but his attacks wasn't even making a scratch.
"R-Rogue, I—I didn't thought you'll come. T-Thank you." She said again.
"Shh.. Stop talking." He said in a stern voice as he was finding ways to untie her from the things that was holding her and were sucking her magic away from her.
"Shit! It's not even budging!" Desperately, Sting tried everything that he could think of.
The ground started to shake, gradually increasing in speed. Lucy's body was struggling against the shackles and the orb started to glow brightly that it was hard to look anywhere.
"I-It's gonna blow!" Sting said, his eyes widening in panic.
"R-Run…" The blonde said in a whisper for she was too tired but it was enough for the dragon slayers to hear.
"We're not leaving you behind!"
"Please, Sting… Sa-save your…self." Fatigue taking over her body.
"Lucy!" It was the last thing that was heard as the orb finally exploded from absorbing too much power.
The orb was supposed to be shut down a while back, but since they were too busy fighting, Agotamien wasn't able to turn it off to stop it since it could only hold an amount of magic that is enough for their ritual. It became overloaded thus, resulting to its explosion.
"L-Lucy? Rogue?" Sting slowly stood up as he released Lector from his embrace. His head was killing him. He felt like he just got off from a train.
He jumped to him the last minute to save him from the impact.
"Are you alright, Sting?" The exceed asked him.
"Yeah. L-Let's go find Lucy and Rogue."
They searched the area looking for the two, it was hard to find their smell for the dust and the magic that the orb released violently was blocking their smell.
"Sting!" Lector called out to him as he jumped up and down.
There laid Lucy and Rogue with the latter embracing the blonde tightly between his arms and shielding her with the use of his cape. The man's eyes tightly shut and the girl unconscious. They gained a lot of wounds but nothing serious.
The two quickly helped them. Sting nudged Rogue to let him know that they're safe now. When Sting made sure that his partner is alright, he left them to turn Agotamien over to the Magic Council, fully knowing that Lucy would be safe with him.
Rogue sat up with Lucy still in his embrace as the blonde's face turned from pain to a more peaceful one. He smiled a little subconsciously and without him realizing it and before being able to stop himself, he kissed the top of her head.
"I'm here, you're safe now."
A/N: Oh gahd. I hate myself for making you guys wait. I'm so sorry! I originally wanted to post this chapter last August 14, as a gift from me because it was my birthday but then things happened and I became too busy. I suck at fighting scenes, I know. Anyway, I'm so sorry for the long wait but here it is! Thank you for everyone who's reading this!
