[ Rufus ]

Shortly after they arrive in Magnolia, they are able to see the first storm clouds appearing in the sky. „Yukino, what's wrong?" is Lector right now asking the white-haired young woman as she suddenly slumps to the ground, obviously being in sheer pain. With panic-stricken eyes she's saying enough towards her friends. Orga simply decides to pick up the Celestial Mage and the hurry now to reach Fairy Tail as fast as it is currently possible in their worn out state.

As they achieved half the way towards the guild, they meet now Erza and she is willed to assist him to the guild. „What exactly happened?" is she right now asking him, since she notices Yukinos condition and he bites himself now on the bottom lip. „I explain everything once we arrive at Fairy Tail" is he answering right now her question and Erza only nods shortly. Honestl, he's kind of curious how the actual guild master of Fairy Tail, Laxus Dreyar is going to react on the news, the guild maste rof Sabertooth attacked his own members. He wouldn't believed it at all if he hadn't experianced it first hand.

As he finally arrives with Erzas help the guild, he notices a unexplainable hectic rush. „Yukino, is she allright?" is he now asking as he sees the God Slayer and looks right at him. But before Orga is answering him, are Mirajane and Lisanna appearing with two bundles while both women are beaming all over their faces. The bundle in Lisannas arms is a snow-white new born child, barley opening the ruby-red eyes. The other bundle in Mirajanes arms is pitch-black as a starless night and you were able to gaze into sapphire-blue eyes that give you the immediate feeling, they drill right into your soul. „Don't worry at all, she just needs to rest" is he hearing Mirajane saying right now as he sits down to a close-by table in order to realize their current situation.

How could he not notice at all such a cructial evidence? Immediately he knows, who the father of these children is. But how will Sting react to such news? Suddenly he's stricken with fear. Never before had he felt such emotion before. The way Sting is currently acting, Yukino and her new-born babies are in grave danger. Sting is going to kill them for sure. He bites firmly his lips while thinking how to be of help to her. Though the fact he kept secret infront of the guild master of Sabertooth what he knows, they triggered a storm not easy at all to stop. Right now their entire guild is in grave danger.

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[ Natsu ]

Currently the Fire Dragon Slayer lives secluded from his comrades in the small hut he used to live in with Happy together. During the days he accompanies Lucy and Lisanna on different kind of jobs, he started slowly but surely to notice by himself how strong he'snow drawn towards his childhood friend. But how to exactly explain these kind of emotions to her? Asking Lucy was out of the picture, since he knows the blonde Celestial Mage is right now in quite the difficult situation herself. He honestly isn't daring at all to ask Mirajane for help or otherwise she might try to match him with someone. If Gildarts just were around right now it be easy for him to ask. He could challenge him to a fight and then ask him for an advice.

Struck with the need to go on a job on his own, he heads right now over to the guild. Once he's close to the great hall he picks up a bunch of trusted scents and right as he entres he notices Rufus and Orga from Sabertooth. But there is another scent lingering within the hall he knows very well. But right nor he isn't able at all to recall, where he picked it up before. But he's sure this is the scent of a dragon. Only as he notices the bundles within Mirajanes and Lisannas arms, he's able to pinpoint the source of the scent.

„I know this scent for sure"
„We met them before, Salamander"

is he hearing Gajeel say right now as he finally recognizes what the Iron Dragon Slayer is trying to tell him. During the battle against Tartaros while focusing on stopping FACE. Their dragons appeared right in the nick of time to stop this more than dangerous weapon. „Weisslogia and Skiadrum" is he only saying as Gajeel nods admitting and his gaze is directed on the two newborn babies.

„Mira, where is Yukino?"
„Back in the infirmary. Kinana and Bisca are with her"

is he hearing her say towards him and he runs now towars the infirmary, because he really needs to know what happened in Sabertooth after they won against the dark Alliance.

„It doesn't mind me at all if the darkness is completely swallowing me. Then right now I know, there is a light deep within me no one can take away from me ever again" is Rogue saying right now as he slowly stands up, wiping away the blood from his lips. Nanaki is really tough to beat. Even in his Lightning Fire Mode it is impossible to hit her at all. „Sting, Natsu, keep yourself ready" are now the next word coming from the Shadow Dragon Slayer he's able to pick up right now and he has a hunch what exactly Rogue is planning to do right now.

It doesn't matter at all how the battle would have ended since one of them would have died anyways against Nanaki. It could have been Sting or even him, but the Shadow Dragon Slayer knew how to avoid this outcome to happen. On the day the guild forming the Alliance were heading back into their hometowns he notice a change within th scent of the White Dragon Slayer, but at that day he simply thought he's imagining things.

With widened eyes he stares at Sting, who was still beat up from their battle against Nanaki just like him. He was carrying Rogues body, who showed no sign of movement at all. A big hole is there suddenly in the chest of the Shadow Dragon Slayer and Sting is covered with Rogues blood.

As he arrives in the infirmary he finds the white-haired Celestial Mage. He's actually shocked to see what kind of injuries she has and immediately he asks himself who could have inflicted them to her. Bisca seems to understand quite well, he wants to talk with her alone, so she leaves with Kinana the room.

„Who did this to you?"
„Natsu-sama, please..."

is he hearing Yukino say right now and he just can't see a woman cry. „Please, Natsu-sama, save Sting-sama, he..." is she saying right now as more tears run down her cheeks and he quickly bites his bottom lip. „Leave this to me, Yukino, I'm going to remind him on Rogues words with my own two hands" is he responding right now with a smile to her and right as he sees her trying to smile even with the tears encourages him even more to challenge the White Dragon Slayer to a fight.

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[ Erza ]

She just returned from a mission, she was able to succeed and she wanted to reward herself with a delicious piece of Strawberry Shortcake as half on the way to the guild he notices Rufus, Orga and Yukino. The Memory Make and the Celestial Mage were quite beat up and immediately she beginns to question herself who could have done this towards them. Just as she asks who's behind the attack, Rufus explains to her, he's going to spill the beans once they reach Fairy Tail. Shortly she nods, supports the blond young man on the way towards the guild and actually she's quite curious to learn who is the culprit behind this vicious attack.

As soon as they arrive at the guild she notices a hectic rush and a tension in the air. Shortly after Mirajane and Lisanna appear with two little bundles from the infirmary and she just couldn't take it to inspect them. „Don't you want to hold it too, Erza?" is she now asked by Lisanna as she goes into shock and looks at the little bundle the younger Strauss handed over to her right now.

Carefully she holds the snow-white newborn baby in her arms, smiles at the baby and actually this feels really nice. If she would one day have a baby on her own? Mentally she is now within her own world, where she just imagines how this baby would look like. Her eyes and wonderful blue hair. Immediately she blushes as she notices in whom she is thinking right now, hands Lisanna the baby back and tries to force herself to stay in the here and now.

„Those two are quite arodable, don't you think so too?" is Lucy asking her right now, who has now the snow-white baby within her arms and with a gentle smile rsting on her lips she has to agree. Especially Lucys best friend Levy looks like, she wants to keep the other baby all for herself and amused she watches how the Solid Script Mage manages for Gajeel to hold the pitch-black baby for a while.

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[ Rufus ]

Orga, Yukino and himself were allowed to stay over night by Laxus. Only in the next morning he decides to go to the infirmary to look after the Celestial Mage. Right as he sits down next to her bed, his gaze rests on the two sleeping babies right next to her.

„Rufus-sama, please forgive me I haven't said anything at all"
„You'll had your reasons to do so"

is his response right now as he lays a hand on her head and smile at her. He wasn't saying the name at all, but as he looks right at her she only nods while blushing and he knows right in this moment, they are all in grave danger.

After visiting Yukino, he heads into the office of the guildmaster, where Team Natsu is already assembled. „To simply describe what happened in the past six months is really difficult. Therefore I'm going to use a form of Memory Make, that is quite complex" is he saying right now towards the gathered mages, closes his eyes and concentrates on his strongest spell. „Memory Make: Memoria" is he saying in a clear voice and Natsu, Erza, Laxus, Lucy and Gray are now able to see th memories of the blond bard.

In this way he could show them how Sting changed and why he had to flee with Yukino from his own guild. Exhausted as he is, he sinks down on his knee since he isn't patched up properly from his fight against Sting and looks now right at Laxus.

„I beg for asylum"
„That is granted"

is he hear Laxus say right now, nods thankfully and he directs his gaze now on Natsu. If someone can truly reason with their guildmaster, then the Salamander from Fairy Tail.

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[ Natsu ]

After learning from Rufus, why Yukino was so beat up, he just couldn't await to head out. But first they needed their OK from Laxus. Besdies, he just coulnd't understand at all why Sting suddenly strayed from the path he vowed to take while being a guildmaster of Sabertooth. If he only knew what was happening while he headed out in order to find Wendy in order for her to take care of Rogues deep injuries.

Anger and Grief rise right now within his chest and his fist was shortly engulfed by flames. Almost as if Rogue already knew, this would be his last fight at all while facing Nanaki. „Since we are now asked official for help, I send out Fairy Tails strongest team to take care of this task" is he hearing Laxus say right now and his entire soul is burning eagerly to fight. Finally he has a chance to fight Sting Eucliffe again. He will remind him with these fists the true meaning of friendship and he will simply remind him what the Shadow Dragon Slayer had asked him to do.

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Right above a very inaccessible gorge they were dropped by the Christina and with a stoic expression resting on his face he watches right now the others. He keeps himself distant since he is most likely to be a danger to his surrounding right now. The darkness is like a companion always around him. One more step into it and he's going to end up like his self from the future. Shortly he gazes up as he picks up the trusted scent of his partner and acctually it really hurts inside to see him again.

Between the two of them it becameover the years custom, that they don't need to say any word at all. „I'm really glad you came" is Sting saying right now in a low voice to him, standing now right infront of him, gazing deep into these trusted sapphire-blue orbs and it really takes all the air to breath as he's seeing Sting like this. All these years they lived together he missed the courage to finally tell him what he really sees in the White Dragon Slayer. Now that he's this close being swallowed completely by the dark, he takes this pain as a loss in order to assure himself Sting is fine.

„I'm still a member of Sabertooth, don't forget this at all, Sting" is his response right now in a dry way, closes shortly his eyes, scuff himself from the wall and irritated he gazes right at the White Dragon Slayer, who touches him right now on the arm. There is something within these sapphire-blue orbs that allows his inside to churn even more. Sting is going to say something very important to him, but through his body language he can easily tell, the attractive blond doesn't know at all how to start. „I'm going to listen to your words once we come out victorious from this battle, Sting" is he saying right now towards him as he turns away from him and right now he's in a battle with himself.

At one side he's more than relieved to know, the White Dragon Slayer carried deeper emotions for him than he'd ever expected. But at the other side he's sad to know, he won't be able to listen what Sting has to say to him. Deep inside he already knows the upcoming hours are the last within his life. Then he made a decision, well aware the older one would freak out if he'd know about it. In order to protect those important to him, he's going to sacrifice his own life instead of becoming a vicious man just life his self from the future.

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[ Yukino ]

Long is she gazing at the two new-born boys resting in their cradles. It was overwhelming to know, her sons will never be able to meet their father at all. They are all she has left from being in a relationship with Rogue. Just as Natsu visited her, a spark of hope had been ignited within her chest. Deep isnside she lays all her trust into the Fire Dragon Slayer to bring back Sting on the right path. Because Sabertooth is her home and therefore she won't abandon this guild at all.

„Natsu and the others just left"
„Mira-san..."

is she saying as she notices the white-haired Mage enter that became in some sort of way a big sister towards her, wipes away some upcoming tears and deep inside she's really grateful towards Rufus, who brought her here to Fairy Tail.

„Do you alreay know how you name them?"
„Not quite..."

is her honest response right now while she sits up in the bed and gazes at the ceiling. He hadn't spent a though on naming her children since she had to think on her own safety. But two names are going through her mind. Names of persons, that are important to her and that she truly loves.

„You should have seen Gajeel as he was holding the little one" is Mirajane saying amused as she was handing over her son, who just awoke and she gazes at him. „Natsu and him can already guess who their father is" is Mirajane adding while she gazes deeply at her son. „He said ,Raios', handed him to Mira-nee and then he was gone" is she hearing Lisannas voice say right now and a smile appears on her lips. This is truly a fitting name for Rogues son. Raios.

„Then this will be his name" is she saying right now, gazes at Mirajane and Lisanna and immediately she knows how to name her other son.

„Raios and Hikari"
„These are truly wonderful names, Yukino"

is Mirajane saying right now, clapping her hands together as she smiles towards the older Mage.