Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or the characters
Well this chapter is gonna be short because it's the other half of chapter 1 but from FT's perspective.
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Lucy smiled happily as she drank her strawberry milkshake at the bar. It was definitely nice to be back in their normal guild since they won the grand magic games but the experience had caused a lot of agony for the mages. Lucy more so than the rest. Her match had been rigged at the end by Raven Tail so that she would lose to Flare. Even though almost everyone knew that someone had sabotaged her the royal family of Fiore that were holding the game did nothing until they broke yet another rule during Laxus's match with his father. Then her torture by Minerva during the naval battle was overlooked and she was laughed at by Sabertooth as it happened. Even now she didn't know what to think of them.
But the worst was what happened afterwards. Lucy would've never guessed that her future self would show up in Crocus during the games to warn them of the impending dragon apocalypse. The fight with the executioners was in the back of their minds as they tried to escape towards the Eclipse Gate to stop what was going to happen. Then with the appearance of future Rogue as an unforeseen obstacle it became a lot more difficult. Unfortunately for her because he wanted to kill Lucy to prevent her from stopping his dragon rampage. When she was protected by her future self and forced to watch her die it had been far more traumatizing than she cared to admit even now. She was eternally grateful to Natsu for defeating the shadow dragon slayer and the fact that the current Rogue swore to never become that person was reassuring to her.
Lucy never blamed Rogue for what happened before or during the attack on Crocus. In all honesty she kind of liked him as a person. He was the only one who didn't laugh when Minerva was attacking her and he didn't rush to her defense afterwards either. In fact, he seemed rather apologetic about what his guild mates had done and that made her forgive him for what happened. But somewhere in the back of her mind she was still a little afraid of what the raven could possibly become in the future.
As she stared at the floor, deep in thought, Mirajane had returned from serving a nearby table and saw the melancholy look on the blonde's face. "What's wrong, Lucy?"
"Huh? Oh, well I was just thinking about how things have been since the game's ended." She answered, gently biting her lower lip. "Do you think I should hate Rogue?"
The barmaid looked surprised by the question. "That's not something anyone else can answer Lucy. Everyone would say something different but you have to ask yourself: Do I want to carry around this grudge over something that could possibly not happen anymore?"
"I don't want to hate him but I'm afraid to be near him." Lucy stated, being honest. "I don't blame him for anything that his future self did but when I see him I see his other self killing my future self and it scares me."
"And that's understandable." Mirajane reassured her, reaching across to grab both her hands. "What you went through was something very traumatizing. You saw yourself die by the hands of someone that you met for the first time that week. It's not wrong to be afraid of that kind of future happening again. But, Rogue seems like a good guy and I'm sure that if you talk with him then you might be able to put all your worries and fears behind you."
The blonde smiled and asked. "Do you really think so?"
"I do." She answered, smiling softly at her friend as she pulled back.
There was a loud clap from above them on the second floor. Every mage in the hall froze immediately and gave their attention to Makarov who was standing at the top of the steps. He had his arms crossed with a serious expression on his face which put every mage on edge. What was happening? Were they being kicked out again? Are they getting in trouble for something? These questions bounced around in everyone's minds as they gave their full undivided attention to the Titan magic user.
"Listen up brats," He shouted. "We're going to be having guests from Sabertooth for the next few days."
Someone asked/shouted. "What the hell are the tigers doing coming to our guild?"
"Sting Eucliffe, Sabertooth's new master, would like to change his guild into one that relies on friendships instead of power. And he wants to learn from us so I extended an invite to visit to observe." Makarov answered, using an authoritative tone.
Another guild member yelled. "Did you forget what they did to Lucy? They almost killed her! And one of their guild members was the one who started the dragon attack!"
"Now listen-" Before the older man could say anything, shouts of agreements went up in the guild hall and droned out his words."
Lucy hopped up onto the bar and yelled. "Shut it! Now everyone listen up, I don't blame Rogue for what happened during the dragon attack. He was helping out with the fighting! And doesn't everyone deserve a second chance? We gave Gajeel and Juvia one so why not Rogue and Minerva?"
Everyone was silent as they took in the blonde's words. After a moment everyone finally quieted down and Makarov gave a proud smile to the celestial spirit mage as she stepped down off the bar. Finishing, the midget master disappeared back into his office to make final preparations for the arrival of the Sabertooth mages. Lucy, having made a decision, made her way across the guild hall and plopped herself down in the seat across from Gajeel. The iron dragon slayer gave her a look and she cleared her throat nervously.
"I have a question that only you can answer." She started, shifting even more uncomfortably. "W-What was Rogue like as a kid?"
Gajeel seemed a little surprised by the question. "A brat. He was always following me around in an attempt to be like me. Kind of annoying but he was a decent kid."
"Do you think he could ever turn into his future self that killed Sting and tried to bring about an apocalypse?"
The raven seemed to ponder this question for a moment before answering. "Never. The brat I know is a quiet kid that loves his friends more than he'll ever admit out loud. He'd never allow himself to fall that far into darkness after he's seen what he could become. That answer your question, bunny girl?"
"Yes it did. Thank you, Gajeel." Lucy beamed at him and skipped back over to the bar.
A few minutes later the sound of a loud crash resounded in the building as a chair went flying into the wall beside the bar. Turning around, Lucy almost facepalmed as she saw Natsu deliver a flaming punch to a wall of ice that shielded the ice make mage. Of course it had to be Gray and Natsu that would start a brawl despite knowing that they would be having visitors from another guild soon. But it didn't stop. Gray was knocked back into Gajeel's table which sent his iron nails scattering to the floor. So he attempted to punch the other raven with an iron covered fist but he dodged and Elfman took the blow to the gut. As he fell backwards, he knocked into Cana's table which sent her alcohol dumping all over the floor and causing a few unlucky mage's to slip. After a moment, a full on brawl was underway.
Lucy ducked behind the bar alongside Wendy and Levy as the tables started flying. The three sighed as the watched the chaos that was enveloping the guild hall. It wasn't like it was abnormal for this to happen but they would of thought that they'd act a little more mature when they found out about the guests from another guild. Although, this had also happened the last time the mages from Blue Pegasus visited so they weren't as surprised. A loud clap resounded once more through the guild and brought them all to a screeching halt. Makarov's hands shrunk down to normal.
"Enough brats!" He motioned to the door where some very gobsmacked Sabertooth mage's stood. "Our guests are here."
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Wow this took forever to write but I hope this was good enough for everyone. Honestly, I had a lot of trouble getting this one out so if it sucks then I'm really sorry. Now please review to tell me what I can either fix or your thoughts on this chapter as a whole.