I limped down the stairs and along the corridor, back to the main room. I only hoped that nobody would attack me right now. I wouldn't be able to defend myself. I had no magic power and was badly injured. I was holding the remains of my ribbon in my hand. I stared at it. It reminded me of all the good times I had with my guild mates and team members. The jobs we've been on. Memories. The good times. The bad times. I would easily be able to use another black ribbon for my hair. But this ribbon would always be special.

I sat down on one of the chairs in the main room. That was when I noticed that as my clothes were torn, my Fairy Tail emblem was now showing. I pulled some of the bandage tied around my left rist and used it to cover up the guild mark. I then used the rest of my bandage to tie up my hair. I left the right side of my face out of the pony tail though. Usually, I would have left my hair down. That's how I liked it. But I was Haze, and Haze tied up her hair. I just hoped that Ryos or Lana would come back soon...

Just then, I spotted a blast of magic heading my way. I jumped down to the ground to avoid the attack. I let out a quick yelp of pain as my body collided with the ground. It still was hurting from my fight with Onna. I looked upwards to see a Dark Abyss wizard, about to attack me again. There was no way I could dodge from the ground in this state. Unless I knew teleportation magic... I closed my eyes, waiting for the impact. When I opened them. I didn't feel any pain from the attack. All I could see was a shadow beating up the wizard. When the enemy wizard was unconscious: A black haired, ruby eyed boy slipped out of the shadows. "Rogue!" I called out before I could stop myself. "Sorry, I mean Ryos." Ever since I had heard the Dark Abyss member call him a 'rogue shadow' I had been subconsciously referring to him by the code name. He looked at me. His ruby red eyes staring into my emerald ones. "Rogue... I like it." I felt a smile fall upon my face, "Rogue Cheney. Sounds better than Ryos. From now on I'll be Rogue."

I tried to get up from the ground and ended up wincing in pain. "I would have expected a lot more from a zero generation dragon slayer, what happened to you?"

"I got tortured by the demon guild master and defeated them with my pure will power!" Ryos, I mean Rogue looked at me as if I was weird or something. "I'm telling the truth!" I protested.

"What happened to your hair?" he asked suddenly, staring at my pale blonde hair which was now... Looking really odd most likely.

"Like I said, I was tortured by a demon named Onna the ghoul. She thought my hair was too pretty so did this to it."

"Long hair doesn't suit you." Rogue stated, "I'm just saying - It doesn't suit you." Rogue sighed. "What I mean is, it seems like it belongs to someone else... This is hard to explain"

"I understand what you're saying," I replied. My hair was too much like Mavis's. That was the reason I had grown it long in the first place. I guess he could sense that it wasn't really 'my hair'.

Just then, Lana came running in. "I defeated them!" she called, "Without injuring myself too badly!"

"What do we do now?" Rogue asked, completely ignoring Lana.

"Come with me," I said, "We need to negotiate with their master - If she's conscious." Rogue and Lana followed me down the hallway and up the spiral staircases. When we arrived, the two of them halted in surprise at the sight of the white haired demon laying on the ground. Rogue came out of his shock first. he walked over to the demon and used his magic to swallow her half in the shadows, half out of the shadows - so that we could talk to her. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" she yelled.

"I'll only let you go until you promise to leave this town and take everyone in your guild with you. You also can't come back and you need to disband."

"Never!" Onna yelled through gritted teeth, "If I do I'll betray Lady Zaila. I can't loose to her!" she stared straight at me. As soon as she said that she edged even further into the shadows. "Stop!" she yelled. It reminded me of when she was torturing me. "Stop it." I said firmly. I wasn't going to let this go on. Even if she tortured me, I wouldn't let something like that happen to her. "Stop it Rogue!" I called out, walking towards him. He turned towards me. I placed my hands on his shoulders. "Trust me Haze," He said turning back to Onna, "Her and her guild members will all be scattered across Fiore. Some may even end up in Bosco!" With that, Onna was now somewhere else in Fiore because of Rogue's shadow!

Lana and I sat in the sitting room. Our client was busy collecting our reward. We would be given 150,000 jewel each. She had assured us that she had plenty of savings left for Bosco. She soon returned with the money, splitting it between the two of us. We both said thank you and left. I breathed in the fresh air of Oak town. There were a lot more people than there had been before. It was like a dark cloud had lifted. I spotted Rogue staring at me from across the street. "I'd better get back to Mermaid Heel!" Lana called from halfway down the street, "Bye!" I held my hand up in response. But before I went back to Fairy Tail, there was something I had to do.

I walked across the street and confronted Rogue. As soon as he saw me he looked the other way, probably to pretend that he wasn't watching me. "You were watching me." I stated when I came close enough for him to hear me. Rogue didn't respond. I held out 75,000 jewel. "You earned this just as much as we did," I said. He looked up, "It should be 100,000 but Lana went off before we could all divide it equally."

"Thanks," Rogue muttered taking the money. He stared back at me. There was silence. "Can I ask you something?" Rogue spoke up. I nodded. "What is it?"

"Can I come and join Cait Shelter. I've never heard of it but... It seems like a good guild. I bet I could learn all sorts from you!" Great. How was I supposed to tell him that Cait Shelter didn't exist and I was actually a member of his least favorite guild? I would have to lie even more than I already had. I wanted to take him with me to come and join Fairy Tail. I really did... But... That would prove I was lying to him. I turned so I wasn't facing him. "I don't think Cait Shelter would be the right guild for you," I said, "It's not that I don't want you to join. I'd rather you find the perfect guild for you." I began to walk away. It was the hardest thing I'd ever said. I bit my lip. I wasn't going to cry, not over something as stupid as this...

When I reached my carriage. I let my hair flow loose. My bones still ached. I fingered the right hand side of my hair. It was getting dark. That was when I remembered what Rogue had said: Long hair doesn't suit you.