Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail! Not I, but enjoy the next chapter of Guilt's Resolve!
Snickering shadows in the background echoed through the prison of Gajeel's home. Unable to tolerate the haunting laughter of the accursed shadows, Gajeel desperately sought for any amount of alcohol to shut up these demons he had foolishly consumed. Opening the usual cabinets, he found not a single bottle, grabbing his throbbing head, the iron dragon slayer tore his brain remembering where he had place his secret stashes. Under the bed, beneath the floor boards, in the crawl space above the kitchen, every where Gajeel searched not a single drop of alcohol was found.
"Lily..." Was the only word that escaped his lips, as the laughing and taunting of the shadows escalated.
Rogue was of no help; that little twerp insisted on ignoring their constant chatter and humiliation until they were silence from boredom, but he had no stinking time for that. He wanted them to shut the hell up and now! The only thing that seemed to work was drinking himself to oblivion, but his beloved cat had become overzealous and dumped his entire liquor store either down the drain or into Cana... either way the iron dragon slayer was not happy.
Aww come on Gajeel, we're not that bad. We'll tease you less if that's what you desire. You're now fully aware of what you did to your precious bunny. The shadows laughed histerically as they faded away to leave Gajeel in the worse company he could ever have, his own guilt plagued mind.
After the laughing finally subsided Gajeel was indeed now alone, leaving himself susceptible to his self loathing and desperate need to see Lucy.
"I gotta ask her again, I gotta see her again." Gajeel whispered to himself quietly against his washing machine, where he had found one half-empty bottle of rum that Lily had missed during his adventurous purging.
Smelling the familiar aroma of the strong ale, his nervous demeanor seemed to calm down, his mind yelled to finish the contents within one gulp. 'This should do the trick bunny, I gotta forget you and be happy with Levy.' Gajeel thought right before he downed the bottle.
Back at Sabertooth, Rogue was furious. Not only had his idol finally called him for advice, but he had to be so damn smug and inform him about what occurred with Lucy.
The bastard's probably on the verge of suicide, let the fool die, then we can keep the child and woman; none will ever be the wiser. Rogue growled loudly at the thought of his former guild mate taking his life because he wanted to flaunt the fact that Lucy had become his mate and none could ever take her from him.
Inhaling and exhaling the thick air, the raven haired man thought on how he could check on Gajeel, and keep Lucy at Sabertooth.
But what about Sting? Swirling darkness asked the tormented youth.
Glaring at the moving void, his scarlet eye shone maliciously and his fangs elongated.
"What about Sting? Do you think he'd be stupid enough to touch my woman?!" He yelled furiously shooting a large shadow ball, shattering the barrier.
Whispering and snickering amongst themselves and fully aware that now their 'master' was fully audible to the rest of the guild, they decided to pester the boy longer.
Intelligence is not his strong point and the blonde is still very appealing. Gajeel might be making his way here, he might take her away. The moving shadows whispered quietly into the shadow dragon's ear.
"To hell with all of them! Lucy is mine and none is taking her away! Wherever either of us go, the other will be there!" Rogue roared possessively, as a certain blushing blonde mage heard his resonating voice down the hallway with her fairy companions.
Evergreen elbowed the strawberry-red-faced blonde on the side as both Wendy and Charle giggled at what seemed to be Rogue's declaration of love. Amongst all the light teasing, Lucy's heart swelled up; everyone in Fairy Tail was pairing up, she was left lonely and then came her hero encircled in darkness. He was young, uncertain of many things, but wise beyond his years and a heart full of so much love that he offered to father her child while still wanting to keep a tainted harlot.
Tears seemed to stream out of her chocolate eyes and the trio of fairies stopped to comfort their beloved friend. "Lucy why are you crying, did we say something wrong?" Wendy said desperately as she took out a napkin from her dress pocket. Evergreen and her knowing sixth sense of love, understood fairly well what was going on and shushed the young girl, while hugging Lucy.
"Everything is going to fine now, don't cry over anything, you have a good partner." The older fairy comforted Lucy who only nodded quietly as more tears cascaded down her face.
With so much raw emotion taking over, a bright light shone from her dangling keys and out came Loke who sweep his beloved master off her swelling feet. Happily he nuzzled his face against the crook of her mated neck and his own set of tears intermingled with hers. Her cinnamon-strawberry scent was so unfamiliar to him, but the warmth of her magic was overwhelming. Ever and Wendy got teary, as Charle rolled her eyes at the over exaggerated scene.
"My princess, I missed you so much, I thought I would never be able to see you again." Loke kissed her golden bangs tenderly as his happy reunion seemed to last forever, but before she could say that he was probably going a tad bit overboard, a vicious whirlwind of shadows stormed in and ripped Lucy away from the arms of her pet lion.
The moment Loke had nuzzled against the mark Rogue made on her neck, his body was filled with jealous rage. The threat of another male taking what was his, was driving him mad, he needed to separate the two before he waxed the guild floor with the blood of all nearby males. His inner dragon shouted 'MINE' over and over again. After gently placing Lucy on her feet next to the unthreatening women, he broke the sound barrier as he quickly approached Loke. Grasping the orange-haired male by the throat, Rogue felt his shadow claws growing, his desire to shed blood strong and his sanity slowly slipping away.
"Rogue no!" Lucy yelled as she hugged him from the back.
"Let him go, he's a friend! He's the one who brought me to you." Lucy desperately tried to reason with him as Loke was moved to tears at the heroism of his beloved master.
Turning his head to the trembling blonde, he saw that she willingly embraced him and then he turned his face to Loke.
"I'm sorry, but you must learn your place, now that Iam her lover." Rogue said he threw Loke on the floor rubbing his hands clean. Still not content with showing the male his place, he slowly waked towards Lucy, embraced her gently as he rubbed his thumb against her bottom lip. Chocolate eyes sparkled with desire as Rogue bent down to close the gap amongst their lips as he stole a forceful, yet relieving kiss.
Her soft lips seemed to calm him, his scarlet eye lost its murder some glint; her warm skin against his usually cold demeanor felt like the summer sun and his overwhelming rage seemed to subside.
Bowing to his master's mate and apologizing for his open display of affection, he disappeared in a mixture of smoke and light.
Evergreen released her hold on Wendy's innocent eyes and laughed nervously as the two finally separated.
"Rogue, I appreciate your possessiveness, but no harming my spirits. Especially Loke... don't you growl at me, he's like my own exceed, like Charle over there or your cutie Frosch." Lucy pointed her index finger as she scolder her 'lover' who still embraced her intimately, as he nodded at her logic, that still didn't change the fact that Loke's scent was all over his woman and mark. Forgetting about everyone around them, the usually level headed teen attacked her neck with his wet hungry tongue.
Wash her clean, she reeks of that stupid over-sized cat. The shadows whispered into his ear, as he enjoyed the taste of her skin, the alluring aroma of her shampoo and the embarrassing sounds her mouth revealed only to him. His hands became adventurous and proceeded to unbutton her top a little lower, when a familiar hand slapped him across the back of the head.
"Rogue, stop trying to shack up with Blondie in front of everyone!" Sting said extremely embarrassed.
Buttoning up his mate's shirt all the way to the last button, he bowed quietly apologizing for his lack of control and escaped to his room to recollect his thoughts and battle plan.
Upon Rogue's sudden departure, Lucy was left rather heated and dizzy as she fainted in Sting's arms. Wendy smacked her forehead as she mentally buried the blond dragon slayer in her mind.