Kaede was in town looking around at all the sights and scenery that were around her. "Nyu." she said, looking at some pretty ribbons that were located at the front window of a dress shop. Kaede didn't know if she should go in and take it or not, but didn't because of a gut feeling she had deep inside.

Kaede turned away from the window and continued walking. She didn't know where she was at, but all she knew that she was happy to be where she is now.

She saw two boys her age talking to one another in an alleyway. She couldn't understand what they were talking about, but she went over anyways. "Nyu!" She said, waving hello to them. The boys looked over at Kaede who spoke.

"What do you want cutie?" Travis, the first boy asked.

"Nyu?" Kaede said.

"It seems that she's sort of a retard." Jason, the second boy laughed. Jason then noticed the horns on Kaede's head and said to Travis. "I think this retard is some sort of demon."

"You think?" Travis asked, looking at Kaede's horns as well. He went up to her and felt them. "They sure are hard. I'll wonder what'll happen if I pull on one of these?" He smirked while pulling harshly on the horn causing Kaede to cry out in pain.

"Nyu!" Kaede shouted, but as she did, she felt a sharp burning sensation on her right cheek. She looked in fear at Jason, who slapped her right across the face.

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"Where is she?!" Sting yelled out in frustration looking all over the guild. 'Wait, she couldn't have gone outside in her condition'

"Did you find any clues to where she might be at, Sting?" Yukino asked.

"I think she might've gone outside."

"Outside? What for! Does she know how dangerous it is out there nowadays?"

"How could she? She just got here." Sting said. "Come on, let's go into the town and see if we can find her."

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Kaede tried to run away from Travis and Jason, but Travis simply grabbed her. He was holding her in a full on nelson. Kaede struggled to get out of his grip, but he only held on tighter. "N-Nyu!" she yelled out.

"No one's going to help you. Not in this dark alley." Jason said as he brought out a knife. He then placed it near her neck where it drew a thin line of blood.

"Nyu." Kaede said scared out of her mind. She wanted out of here. She wanted Sting to come and save her. However, he couldn't, because he was not there.

"Be quiet if you know what's good for you." Travis whispered in her ear.

"We might go gentle on you if you shut up." Jason said roughly massaging her breast through her already torn up black dress.

"Nyu!" Kaede shouted out in pain, but as soon as she did the knife cut across her chest destroying the dress and causing her to bleed.

Kaede looked terrified at the two attackers and tried to get away again, but the knife simply just cut her skin again. This time on her left arm.

Kaede was then forced to lie on the ground on her back.

Jason then was on top of her destroying her black dress even further. He then noticed the bra and panties she was wearing. It was as pink as her hair. "Pink, huh? That's cute."

He then kissed her on the mouth while forcing his tongue inside.

Kaede on instinct bit his tongue causing it to bleed. That forced Jason to release her from the kiss and spit out the blood in his mouth.

"You, bitch!" Jason yelled out and stabbed her in the leg. He then dragged the knife along her leg, causing a deep, long gash to appear.

"NYU!" Kaede shouted out in agonizing pain.

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While in town, Sting and Yukino began looking desperately for Kaede. They looked inside shops asking if anyone had seen her. However, they all said "No."

They were stumped. They both had no idea where Kaede went. "She must be so scared on her own." Sting said with worry.

"It'll be okay, Sting. We just have to keep looking." Yukino said comforting him.

Sting and Yukino heard a loud shout and noticed that it was Kaede who was screaming.

"Kaede!" Sting shouted and ran towards where he heard the voice. He appeared in a dark alleyway where he saw Kaede being molested and attacked by two boys.

Sting looked at the site in anger and shock as he saw one of them on top of her. He ran up to them and punched Travis hard in the face, causing him to release Kaede from his hold.

Travis and Jason looked at Sting, who had punched Travis.

"What did you two do to her?" Sting seethed as he saw the state Kaede was in. Her black dress was destroyed and all she was left in was her bra and panties.

Sting walked up to Travis and Jason getting ready to use Holy Ray on the two, but before he could even make a move fire shot out of Kaede's mouth and burned Jason knocking him out.

Travis however, didn't go unscathed either. He was burnt on both his arms. Sting was surprised at the sudden attack that Kaede had made. 'I didn't know she was a dragon slayer.' he thought as he saw Travis try to move Jason to get out of there. They didn't want to be killed by the two dragon slayers. Sting, the Light Dragon Slayer and Kaede, the Fire Dragon Slayer.

"You two better run before I kill you. I'm not so merciful when it comes to people, injuring my friends." Sting angrily said glaring daggers at Travis and Jason.

Travis gulped before running off, leaving Jason behind. It seemed that he didn't care if he left his friend to die.

"People who leave their friends to die are scum." Sting said as he walked over towards Kaede. He knelt down and checked for injuries. She had a cut across her neck, some gashes along her stomach and chest, but the deepest wound was on her left leg.

"Those bastards!" Sting said, holding the now unconscious Kaede in his arms.

"We have to find a way to get her back to the Guild, Sting." Yukino's tone was that of concern. Besides, Kaede had only her bra and underwear on and needed some care and clothing.

"Yes," Sting went to agree with her, but soon added his own thoughts. "But we need to find a blanket to cover her so she won't get cold. The weather is supposed to get cold by this afternoon, most likely due to a cold front coming through."

"Good idea." The white-haired girl remarked and as Sting now held the unconscious diclonius in his arms, she helped him find something to put on Kaede until they got back to the Guild.

It seemed like forever until she had finally found an abandoned blanket on the streets. Thankfully, it wasn't dirty or old, but the texture was soft when Yukino took a hold it and put it on Kaede, wrapping it around her body.

Sting smiled. "Thank you." He then put his attention on the Guild ahead and then at the citizens walking by. "Let's hope no one gives us stares because of Kaede," he said aside himself. He didn't want people thinking that it was something else instead of the Celestial Wizard and Dragon Slayer getting Kaede to safety.

Yukino assured him that won't be a problem and if people do happen to notice they can just say that she's in need of dire help.

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They eventually got into the Guild and now in the healing room where Sting had first met and taken care of the diclonius. The blanket was no longer on Kaede and was on a table next to her. Sting noticed that Kaede had nothing to wear besides that torn up black dress she had worn over here. 'Oh gosh...' he thought, feeling his cheeks fluster in embarrassment, but it slowly went away. 'I should've realized that sooner...' "Yukino!"

The Celestial Wizard came running in. "Yes, Sting?"

"See I you can find some clothes for Kaede." He informed her. "She didn't come here with any other clothes to put on... just the black dress she wore that was torn up."

"Ah, I see." Yukino didn't have to add anything to that, but turned around and headed to a room in the Guild that she kept some clothes. "I'll see what I can find!"

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Yukino had rested a hand on her chin with the other hand on her elbow. 'Man... I have a lot of clothes in here...' she thought. 'I guess I should get rid of some or end up donating them-A-ha!'

She found a creamy yellow colored turtleneck along with a matching pair of jeans. 'This'll be perfect for Kaede,' she thought and found another pair. It was a regular white T-shirt with a long black skirt.

With a smile she made her way to the healing room.

"I brought her some clothes. I got her a T-shirt and skirt." Yukino said as she came into the room. She noticed that Kaede was now awake and sitting up in the bed.

Kaede eyed the clothes curiously, wondering what Yukino was going to do with them.

"Kaede put these on. Sting and I will go out of the room." Yukino said, placing the clothes on Kaede's lap.

"Nyu?" Kaede said, confused, but before she could actually go up and ask for help, the two were gone from the room.

"Nyu" Kaede said, looking down at the clothes and attempted to put it on. However, the skirt was on her head and she was still in her underwear, because she didn't know how to put on the clothes.

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Rogue, Lector, and Frosch came in Sabertooth from a mission. It was quite easy, because all they had to do was getting rid of a dark guild.

Lector immediately walked up to Sting. "My mission went well. Of course you'll always be the number one dragon slayer in my book"

That comment made Sting smile as he sat down on the couch in the Guild waiting for Kaede to come out from getting dressed. Rogue, Frosch, and Lector decided to follow his example and sat down too. Frosch got onto Rogue's lap and Lector got onto Sting's lap.

Yukino was in the room as well, she was wondering what was taking Kaede so long to get dressed.

"What's taking Kaede, so long?" Yukino asked.

"I don't know. She should've been dressed by now." Sting replied.

"Who's Kaede?" Rogue asked.

"Oh, she's a girl Sting rescued yesterday. She was pretty beat up" Yukino answered.

"Fro thinks Sting's a hero" Frosch said to Sting.

"Of course he's a hero. He's the almighty Sting Eucliffe, The Light Dragon Slayer." Lector said.

However, they heard someone come down from upstairs.

"It must be, Kaede. She ought to be dressed by now." Sting said, looking towards the way that he heard the sound. However, when he did he saw an almost nude Kaede coming down the stairs with only a skirt on her head. Of course she only had her bra and panties on too.

Sting blushed, trying to look away from the sight he was seeing, but he just couldn't tear his eyes off of her.

"Wow!" Frosch yells in excitement with his eyes wide. "Who's the pretty lady?"

"That is Kaede" Sting said finally tearing his eyes away from her. He was still blushing.

Rogue caught on and started to tease Sting. "I think a certain Sabertooth Guild Master has a crush"

"I-I do not!" He yelled. "I mean, I just met her yesterday how could I have a crush on her this early.

"Fro thinks it's love at first sight." Frosch said.

Lector laughed. "It can't be love. Look at those things on her head. She looks freaky"

"That's not very nice Lector" Sting said to his best friend.

"Well, it's the truth" Lector replied.

Kaede heard that, but didn't understand completely. Although it hurt her feelings so she ran in front of everyone and started bawling. "NYU!" she cried her heart and soul out.

Sting glared down at Lector who just insulted his new friend. He took Lector off of his lap and put him down on the couch. He then walked up to Kaede and tried to calm her down.

"Kaede, calm down!" Sting said, trying to calm her, but she only continued to cry.

Lector finally noticed what he did and looked guilty.

Sting patted Kaede's head, but that didn't stop her. 'That usually works' he thought. 'Maybe this will work' Sting than pulled Kaede into a hug.

Kaede's tears turned into sniffles and eventually she stopped crying and hugged Sting back, wrapping her arms around his neck as his hands were around her waist. They were having a tender moment.

"Sting" Kaede said, smiling. She didn't know him well, but she was happy to be with him.