Chapter TWENTY THREE

A couple of days had passed since Lucy, Jellal and Darque had gathered their first four recruits. They slowly but surely began bonding, and soon, playful bickering could be heard. Lucy felt completely at ease with former criminals and the two mages formerly from Fairy Tail's rival guild.

Lucy had asked Darque if she could suggest someone to be one of their recruits. She had raised Wendy's name and Darque had agreed. After all, everyone they had so far were most likely to charge into battle without thinking and they could use a healer.

During the next few days, Darque had began teaching Jellal and Lucy the concepts of Black Hole magic. It had come very naturally, to Darque's surprise and the Candidates delight.

In a weeks time, Lucy could control Black Holes as easily as she could summon spirits. So while Darque helped Jellal with it, Lucy decided to talk to a certain Sky Dragon slayer. Sting, who had gotten quite fond of Lucy, calling her 'Blondie' and ruffling her hair every time he saw her, which seemed weird considering the fact Lucy was supposed to be older, decided to tag along. After a sigh, Rogue followed.

Lucy was sure walking into the guild with the former Twin Dragons of Sabertooth would attract lots of attention, as well as start a brawl, but she decided to leave her keys behind. She wanted to test out her new magic, as well as prove to team Natsu that she could defend herself.

The moment Lucy stepped through the door, she was met in the face with a thrown table. Well, almost. After days of training without resting, reflex took over and Lucy quickly opened a Black Hole in front of her. The table was swallowed into the swirl of never ending black.

The rowdy guild suddenly got so quite, you could have heard a pin drop.

Finally, Gray spoke up. "What was...that?"

Lucy winced. Okay, she had wanted to show off her new magic, but she had hoped for at least sometime to think of an excuse.

Lucy didn't know if what happened next could be considered a good thing or a bad thing. Natsu leaped to his feet, sniffing the air. "I smell Sabers."

At once, everyone was on their feet. Lucy sighed, then waved her hand. At once, Sting and Rogue appeared behind her. "I thought I told you to wait outside." She muttered.

Rogue shrug, then jerked his thumb accusingly towards Sting. Sting simply smirked and placed his hand on Lucy's head. "Don't worry, Blondie." He said, ruffling her hair.

Lucy shook off his hand and cleared her throat. "I wasn't worried about you." She said

Natsu stepped up. "Luce, what are you doing with them?" He asked.

"I was worried about that." She said.

Sting raised his hand. "Hello, Natsu-san." He said.

Natsu punched his fists together. "If your here for a fight, I'll gladly-"

Lucy quickly intervened. "Nope. No fighting." She said. "I'm here because-"

Suddenly, Makarov appeared from his office. "Ah, hello Lucy." He said. He eyed Sting and Rogue, but didn't say anything.

Lucy waved in greeting. "Hello, ma-" She froze. She had left the guild, so saying Master would be weird, but calling him Makarov would give her leaving away.

Luckily, Makarov caught onto her thoughts. "Sting, Rogue." He said, greeting the two Dragon slayers. "What can I do for you?"

"We're just accompanying Blondie to pick up the Sk-" Lucy quickly elbowed his rib. Sting yelped. "What was that for?" He whined.

Lucy wanted to hit head head against the wall. Sting opening his mouth always led to a disaster. Even after they had drilled into his head that Fairy tail couldn't know about their plans to recruit Wendy.

Rogue sighed. "Just for the record, we are no longer part of Sabertooth."

"What?" Natsu asked. "Really?" Rogue sighed.

Lucy needed to talk to Wendy, who was sitting at one of the tables. Carla was nowhere to be seen. She quickly thought of something, then turned to Sting, who had recovered from her elbow jab.

"Sting, Rogue." She whispered under her breath, quietly so that not even Natsu could hear. Both Dragon slayers glanced at her from the corners of their eyes, telling her that they had heard, but didn't make any other indication that Lucy had said something.

"I need you guys to start a fight." She whispered. "I'll use the detraction to talk to Wendy."

She caught sight of the grin Sting sent her and she wondered if this was such a good idea.

"Throw Natsu at Erza. Aim for her cake." She added.

Sting's grin widened and he turned to Natsu and threw a mouthful of insults towards him. He grinned to let the guild know that it was just a friendly banter. He spoke so fast that Lucy had no idea what he said, but Natsu took the bait. The two Dragon slayers threw themselves at each other. Sting dodged the first attack and grabbed the Fire Dragon slayer by his scarf. He yanked him forwards, then threw him towards Erza.

The guild held it's breath as Natsu was launched into the air. He stayed there for a split-second before he came crashing down, right onto Erza's new plate of cake. Erza blinked, before she stood up, shaking. Natsu sat up from the ground, the froze, and slowly looked up, just in time to get a fist driven straight into his face. One by one, the guild was dragged into the brawl.

Lucy made her way over to Wendy. "Wendy." She called.

Wendy looked up at her name, then smiled. "Hello, Lucy-san."

Lucy smiled back. "Can I speak to you, it's really important."

Wendy glanced at her curiously, but nodded. Lucy looked at her gratefully, then beckoned to Rogue who had been standing ot the side of the brawl. He quickly made his way over to them. Lucy nodded at him and Rogue leaped into the fray. A few seconds later, he came out with Sting.

Sting smirked. "How was that?" He asked.

Lucy winked at him. "You were great." She raised her hand and a Black Hole appeared in front of her. "We'll return to where the others are." She turned to Wendy. "Don't worry, I'll bring you back after we're done."

Wendy nodded.

"Come on." Lucy stepped through the Back Hole, and the others followed. No one noticed their departure.

New chapter~

We still need recruitee suggestions. For both sides, please.

Also,

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

-Should they {Darque and co} 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?

Darque: By the way, I can't type numbers on my laptop keyboard, apart from 5 and 6. Does anyone know how to fix that?

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