Chapter TWENTY ONE

The next day, Lucy woke to the faint sound of...something. She sat up, rubbing her eyes and glanced around. Something shiny caught her eye and she turned to her desk, where the Communication lacrima was glowing. Lucy got out from under her covers and made her way over to it.

'Good morning.'

Lucy nodded. "Good morning." She whispered, careful not to wake Jellal.

Just as she reached her desk, the lacrima swirled one more time before Rogue appeared. Lucy rubbed her eyes one more time.

"Hi Rogue." She greeted him with a smile.

Rogue offered her a small smile. "Hello, Lucy-san." He nodded. "Sorry if I have woken you."

Lucy shook her head. "It's fine." She sat down onto her seat and placed her arms onto her desk, resting her head on her hands. "So, is it okay for me to assume that your ready to give your answer?"

Rogue nodded. "I have discussed this with Sting, and we have agreed that we do want to accept your proposition." He said.

Lucy smiled. "That's great." She said.

'Get them to come over to your apartment. We need to discuss guild plans and other things.'

Lucy nodded to herself. "Rogue, can you please come over to my place with Sting and your exceeds? We need to discuss guild plans-"

"If this is about Saber tooth, you don't have to worry, as me and my partner have already quit." Rogue interrupted her.

Lucy was quite surprised, but quickly shook it of. "Oh, well, that makes things easier for us, then." She said. "Still, come over to our place." She sighed. "I think you've heard about the Council's sudden decision to let Jellal, Cobra and Midnight off the hook." She said.

Rogue nodded, looking quite amused.

"I've left Fairy tail as well," Lucy didn't want to say that she had quit. It didn't sound right. "And we are all guild-less. If you remember, Darque suggested we create our own guild. Now that the criminal problem is out of the way, we can continue along that plan."

Rogue nodded again. "Then, we'll meet you at your apartment, Lucy-san." He said. "We'll bring along only the things we need, until we have sorted out plans on where we're going to locate ourselves." He paused. "We'll eat breakfast on our way."

Lucy nodded. "Okay, we'll be waiting."

Rogue bowed his head and he cut the call.

Lucy stood up and stretched. She stumbled out of her chair and walked over to her closet, where she randomly picked out today's outfit. SHe entered her bathroom to quickly change, then headed over to Jellal's make-shift bed. She crouched and gently shook his shoulder in attempt to wake him up.

Jellal groaned and rolled over, pulling the blankets over his head. Lucy sighed, wondering if she should try to classical dump-cold-water-on-your-head trick, then decided against it as she would be the one to have to clean it up. Instead, she settled to shaking Jellal's shoulder harder.

After a few minutes of wrestling with Jellal's sheets, Lucy finally managed to drag them away from him. Jellal let out a gasp at the sudden loss of contact and he sat up.

Lucy sighed, then dropped the blanket onto his head.

Jellal ripped it of and glanced at her. "Morning." He slurred, sounding still half asleep.

"Morning." Lucy sighed. "Rogue just called us."

Jellal stiffened. "And, what did he say?"

Lucy grinned. "He and Sting are coming over later so that we can discuss future plans." She said.

Jellal sighed in relief, then stood up, stretching. He excused himself to change while Lucy headed for the living room to tell Cobra and Midnight the news.

Just around noon, there was a knock. Lucy stood up from where she had been seated on of the tables and moved to the door.

She opened it and stood aside. "Come in."

Rogue nodded his gratitude, then stepped into the apartment, his exceed, Frosch on his shoulder while Lector hovered over his head. His partner, Sting, followed glancing at Lucy, unsure of what to say.

Lucy led the way into the living room where Midnight was currently seated on the floor, sleeping while Cobra occupied the couch. Jellal looked up from where he had been sitting opposite Lucy on one of the other chairs.

He glanced at the two Dragon slayers, before nodding a greeting.

Lucy gently nudged Midnight to wake him up and Cobra sat up on his own accord, his gaze hovering on the newcomers.

Rogue was the first to speak. "I've introduced myself before." He said, then turned to his partner. "This is Sting, the White Dragon slayer." He pointed at the two cats in turn. "This is Frosch, and that's Lector."

Jellal nodded. "I'm Jellal Fernandez."

Cobra narrowed his eyes but nodded nonetheless. "Cobra, and that's Midnight." He pointed his finger at his friend, who had fallen asleep again.

"I'm Lucy Heartfillia." Lucy said. She held up one of her keys and Sting tensed, as if waiting for an attack.

Lucy waved the key. "Open, the Gate of the Devil, Darque!"

Mist seeped out of the key and Lucy wondered if it was just her, or if the mist looked way more creepy than usual.

Darque appeared, and landed gently onto the floor. She bowed towards Lucy and Jellal, then turned to face Rogue and Sting. "How much have you told him?" She asked.

Rogue shrug. "Everything."

Darque nodded. "I am Darque di Daemon." She said, then hesitantly held out her hand.

Sting glanced between his partner and the spirit. He reached out and just as hesitantly, grasped her hand. Once he had deemed that Darque ment no threat, he plastered his usual cocky smirk onto his face. "I'm the Great Sting Eucliffe." He said.

Darque smiled, let go of his hand, then leaped gracefully onto the table scattering some of Jellal's notes.

Before he could say anything, Darque kneeled onto the table and placed her hand in front of her, before lowering her head. "Thank you." She took a deep breath. "For everything you are sacrificing to help me."

Lucy smiled and gently placed a hand onto the spirit's shoulder. "How many times have you thanked us?"

Darque bit her lip in embarrassment. "Well..."

Darque jumped off the table and twirled around to face everybody. "For now, this is all of us, though I wouldn't mind a few more people, especially if we are going to create our own guild." She said. "However, we'll come to that later, as we can recruit new people anytime."

Lucy quickly told Sting and Rogue about their recent mission, where they had faced Lite.

Rogue had instantly noticed something. "Lite can control Kinetic energy, right?" He checked.

Lucy nodded.

"Doesn't being able to control Kinetic energy give the user the ability to control Elements?" Rogue asked.

This time, Darque answered. "Yes." She said. "But I don't control ordinary Elements. The Elements I control come from the darkest parts of hell. Any type of Element I touch, I can convert into black Elements. So even if Lite attacks us with fire, I can touch it and bring it under my command." She said.

Rogue mused over this. "So if Lite uses controls Elements to attack you, you can overtake his control over them?" Darque nodded.

Since the two exceeds looked tired, Lucy had let them rest on her bed. Once everyone had settled themselves around the living room, Darque folded her arms.

"First, we need to solve the base problem." Darque said.

"Base?" Jellal asked.

Darque nodded. "Staying together will cause lot's of suspicion, though staying as a group will offer all of us protection."

Sting scoffed. "I don't need protecting-"

Darque whipped around to face him. "You do not know Lite." She snarled. "I easily defeated Natsu Dragneel earlier on this week, and if he is one of the strongest mages you humans have to offer, I have to say, Lite is way out of your league."

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-Can you guys give us some ideas on Guild names?

-Also, should they enter the GMG? I know with all the Lite VS Darque thing going on, it might be hard but we think it might be interesting.

-And, should Fairy tail notice Lucy's absence and chase after her and find her with Jellal and co?

ALSO, GIVE US SUGGESTIONS FOR DARQUE AND LITE's OTHER RECRUTEES.

So far:

Darque:

Candidate:

-Lucy

-Jellal

Other:

-Cobra

-Midnight

-Rogue

-Sting

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Lite:

Candidates:

-Angel

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Other:

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We put a poll up in order to decide Lite's candidates.

ONE OF THE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN DECIDED:

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ANGEL!

Poll results:

Angel 26

Rustyrose 19

Rufus 18

Natsu 14

Yukino 5

OC 8

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