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Beneath the Southern Cross

Chapter XII – Only Mine

Yajima watched closely as Yukino hugged Sting, to the Dragon Slayer's shock. The girl's eyes were filled up with tears as she smiled softly to him. All the other mages on the room were staring a t him intently. Some disapproved, but others seemed to be glad at least one of them was able to find real happiness in such a short amount of time.

Sting never knew what Fairy Tail had done to Yukino to become such an emotive person. But, then again, he too wasn't the same. That Daimatou Enbu, two years again had changed him forever, and Lucy was the one to finish the work.

"Are you ready to leave, Sting-kun?" Yajima asked him.

"I am, Master." He smiled to the old man.

He took of his coat and shirt, leaving his chest bare, his mark shining white on his left arm.

Rogue stepped in front of him, his face dead serious as his redish eyes met the icy blue of his companion.

"Shall you be marked for leaving Sabertooth, one of the strongest guilds of all Fiore."

Then, Yukino stepped beside Rogue, holding his hand.

"Shall you always be marked as one of us, even though you chose to follow an otherwise path."

"And shall you not dishonour our name, even though the mark of Sabertooth is no longer on your body." He completed.

Together, Rogue and Yukino placed their joined hands over Sting's mark, erasing it with their magic.

Sting never thought he would feel so emotional over something as silly as the renewed Sabertooh's leave ceremony. He wouldn't cry in front of them, of course, but he definitely felt inclined to.

"Thank you." He said as Rogue and Yukino stepped back.

He could see the disapproval on Rufus's face, but he couldn't care less. Rufus didn't know how it felt like to see the woman you love forget you completely while magically belonging to another man.

He put his shirt and coat back on, ignoring all the looks.

"We hope you'll come to visit." Yajima told him, with a smile on his lips.

"I will."

Yukino hugged him once again and, this time, he hugged her back.

"Thank you for not letting me give up, Yukino-chan."

She smiled gently to him.

"You're welcome, Sting-san. Take good care of Lucy-sama."

"I will."

He spent the next twenty minutes saying good-bye to each mage of his beloved guild. Yes, he had enjoyed every single minute he spent there. Even with the old master, even when he was nothing but a cold, sadistic bastard, he had liked Sabertooh. He only had fifteen minutes left to take his train once he had bid farewell to his entire guild. When he was finally out with all his bags, Rogue was standing next to him.

With no words, the Shadow Dragon Slayer took some of his bags and walked beside him to the train station.

"We should keep getting jobs together, you know." Sting said as they stopped in front of the train.

Rogue raised an eyebrow.

"Imagine. We could be the first inter-guild team. We could change the whole Fiore." He grinned.

It took him a minute, but Rogue opened a small smile.

"I think that might be a nice idea."

"Fro thinks so too!" his cute exceed said.

Lecter grinned, almost mimicking his best friend.

"Sting-kun's ideas are always the best!"

Sting smiled to his cat friend.

"You're free to stay if you want to, Lecter. I know you and Fro are quite close, and I noticed you weren't part of the unmarking ceremony."

Lecter looked down, feeling a little bit ashamed.

"My mark disappeared on the lady's world. I never got it back."

Sting never noticed, and it shocked him to gain such knowledge. Was Lecter still that traumatized about having a Sabertooth's mark?

"It's your choice, Lecter."

Lecter was on the verge of tears.

"Does Lucy-san not want me with you?"

"Don't be silly, of course she wants you. I'm asking you what you want to do. If you want to stay, I don't want to force you into Fairy Tail. Going there was my choice."

Lecter held himself together and though about the matter for a minute.

"I want to go with you. I'll show that Happy what a real exceed really is!"

Sting laughed and let him climb on his elbow.

"It's settled, them. We'll contact you once we have a decent job, 'kay?"

Rogue nodded and Fro smiled.

"Come visit once the house is decently done."

"We will."

"Fro will go too!"

Sting entered the train, dragging his belongings along with him.

"See ya!"

"Why do we have to wait?" Happy asked for what seemed like the tenth time of the minute.

Natsu rolled his eyes.

"I told you already. Lucy asked us to pick them up and show the way to their new home."

"But it's still Strawberry Street!"

"Happy, I owe her. I owe Sting too, so please, don't be like that."

"Aye, sir." The blue cat answered, with no enthusiasm at all.

Sting and Lecter were the last ones to disembark. They were carrying two big suitcases and two paper boxes.

"Want some help with that?" Natsu asked.

Sting stared at him for a moment before smirking.

"Sure, wouldn't hurt."

Natsu smiled and took the suitcases.

"Lucy was ridiculously stressed, so she kicked me out to show you the way, while screaming that I was bound to burn something."

Sting laughed.

"Seems like her."

"Levy is helping her finish moving the furniture."

Sting laughed even harder.

"By 'Levy' I assume you mean Gajeel-san."

Natsu followed him on the laughter.

"Yep. That's precisely what I meant."

The two dragon Slayers and their exceed talked and walked together, in a very light move. Both Sting and Natsu knew that would only last for a day. That was their truce, giving everything they've been through. Tomorrow would be a new day and everything would go back to normality – that being they fighting over who was the best Dragon Slayer.

Sting smiled when he saw the small but cute house Lucy had chosen for them. Since he had plenty to do before moving into Magnolia, he had let her pick whatever house she find suiting for the money they had available. However, he never thought she would manage to find such a house in her very own street. As all other buildings there, the house was all made of stones with wooden windows and doors.

"No, the other way." They heard while approaching the door.

The loud sound of a wardrobe being left on the floor was heard.

"No, it's just not right."

"Bunny girl, this is the fifth time I moved this damn wardrobe, I won't do it again."

"Please, please, Gajeel!" Lucy asked in a sweet voice.

"That tone is not for me, bunny girl. You go use it with your sorry excuse of fiancé, who should be the one to be putting up you instead of me."

"Oh, come on, Gajeel!" Levy almost meowed to him. "I've already promised you, haven't I?"

The Iron Dragon Slayer went as crimson as Erza's hair and got back to moving the furniture around. Lucy looked wide eyed to her petite friend.

"What, for the twelve zodiacs, have you promised him?" she whispered.

Levy gave her a playful smile.

"I'm sorry, Lu-chan, but that I can't tell you."

"Oh, please, do tell her." Sting suddenly said, walking through the door. "Rogue would love to know what could make the great Kurogane Gajeel blush like that."

Gajeel shot him a nasty look, and Lucy jumped on him, tangling her arms on his neck.

"I'm so glad you're here!" she placed a kiss on his cheek.

He let the boxes fell to the floor as soon as he saw her jumping on his direction, just to be able to hug her back.

"Tadaima." He whispered on her ear.

Lucy loved to hear those words leave his delicious mouth.

"Okaeri."

They didn't even notice the other five sneaking away.

"I missed you." She told him.

"Of course you did." He smirked.

She hit him playfully.

"Master said you and Lecter can get your mark with Mira whenever you like."

His smirk turned into a real smile.

"I'll do that. But first, there's another mark I need to do."

This was Lucy's turn to blush. After all that ridiculously painful incident, she had Levy tell her everything there was to know about a Dragon Slayer's mark.

"Are you sure?"

"Are you kidding me? I asked you to marry me, who else could I possibly know."

She looked up at him, her cheeks still a bit flushed.

"If it's just marriage, you can always change your mind, right? But with this…"

He raised an eyebrow at her.

"I love you, Lucy. You are the one woman who was able to make me love."

She smiled.

"I love you too, Sting. And I would be really honoured to be your mate."

He passed his hand through her cheek, placing a strand of hair behind her ear. Looking intently at her chocolate brown eyes, he kissed her.

Lucy responded eagerly to that kiss. She had spent already too much time without him. Before and after he went back to Sabertooth to get his stuff.

His hands travelled through her body, easily finding the end of her shirt, which was pulled away from her body in the blink of an eye. Lucy did the same, loving to glide her hands through his arms while taking off his coat.

After that, clothes began to pile up, forgotten in a dark corner besides their new couch, which Sting decided to ignore completely. That wasn't about comfort. That was about their connection. That was about losing themselves on the other.

Lucy didn't complain when her back met the carpet of the floor. She just entwined her legs on his torso, bringing his body closer to hers.

"I love you." He whispered on her ear.

She smiled deliciously to him.

"I love you too."

He entered her slowly, enjoying every inch of her. She moaned as he felt him more and more inside of her. A groan left his mouth when he was completely buried inside of her. Lucy smiled. His full of pleasure face was just absolutely gorgeous.

They moved together on a pace that was just theirs. A pace they only knew after they were together. It was their very own perfection.

When she felt her body was on the verge of exploding, Sting's teeth were on her neck, biting her hard enough to draw blood. However, she didn't feel any pain, quite on the contrary. His bite only made her orgasm more intense.

"Sting!" she moaned.

She felt he smile on her neck, but soon he was moaning too, joining her on her orgasm. Lucy knew the warmth that spread all over her body wasn't just due to that amazing feeling. No, it was even better now, it felt even more delicious. That was the power of his magic marking her as his own.

"You're only mine now." He whispered on a way that made her shiver.

"Silly, I was always just yours.

He smiled, letting his body collapse beside her.

"Yes, but now no one can take you away from me again."

She could see the pain in his eyes and it hurt her.

"No, this won't happen ever again."

This time, it was he who was able to see the pain in her eyes.

"Now, we are mates for life."

She nodded, wiping away a small tear that insisted on falling.

"Yes, now we're mates for life."