Hi there :D Here is chapter 11 of Pure, I finished it 3 days ago but I had to check for some errors. English is not my mother language so forgive me if I make some mistakes ^^~

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Pure

Chapter 11 - The shady fiancée

"What are you thinking about?" – Rogue asked Sting, they were taking a break at the basketball court. Sting wasn't focus, he couldn't even catch the ball from a simple pass.

"Nothing."

"Really, we've grown up together and you still have to lie to me? It's been written all over your face."

"I'm thinking about moving out." – Sting said quietly and Rogue stared at him. – "I'm gonna stay at the dorm, I guess."

"Is it because of Hazumi?" – That was a statement, not a question. Rogue took Sting's silence as the confirmation.

"Sting, Hazumi is father's fiancée and will be our step-mother sooner or later, are you gonna be like that forever? Get to know her or something."

"It's funny when it's coming from you, you know. You barely even talk to her so don't tell me what to do." – Sting rolled his eyes mockingly.

"Yeah but I'm not the one who has the bigger problem with her. Why are you just keep giving her such a hard time? She looks like our mother, so what? It's time for dad to move on and so do you, she probably could take care of us like mom used to." – Rogue retorted back.

"She-will-never can take care of us like mom used to. That woman is a hypocrite, a gold-digger, and that's all she will ever be. She made me and Lucy fight all the time." – Sting greeted his teeth.

[Flashback]

"Sting my dear, I made some chocolate muffins for you, do you want some?" – Hazumi held a tray full of cakes in front of Sting and he scowled at her.

"Your muffins suck. Stop trying to imitate my mom, please?" – Sting poured himself a glass of water and was about to went upstairs, but Hazumi was faster, she blocked his way, still smiling.

"What are you talking about? I love chocolate muffins too, I'm sure they're more delicious than last time, so try again, c'mon." – She pushed the tray near his face and his scowl deepened.

"No, thanks." – He declined but Hazumi didn't give up, she kept shoving the tray nearer, challenging Sting's composure.

"Oh don't be like that sweetheart, I know you miss them from your mom so I made them for you, it perhaps could be better than hers." - His eyes narrowed at the mere mention about his mom.

"I said I don't want them." – Sting greeted his teeth. He pushed the tray back, but his hand barely touched the metal material because she suddenly fell backward, the tray beat the floor with a loud clang.

"Sting!" – Lucy cried out then rushed at Hazumi who was clutching her wrist.

"Aunt Hazumi are you okay? Sting what did you do?" – Lucy scolded him.

She came out from Rogue's room to see what Sting was doing in the kitchen with Hazumi and saw him pushed her fell on the ground. She knew that Sting didn't like her but that was brutal.

"Excuse me, but I didn't do anything. She fell by herself." – Sting glared at the woman.

"It's okay, Lucy. Sting didn't like my muffins so he pushed me a little, but I'm sure he didn't mean to… I'm fine." – Hazumi smiled at her and rubbed her wrist

"Wha... the hell? That's not true-"

"Sting apologize to her, now." – Lucy was frowning at him while helping her to stand up and he rolled his eyes.

"In your dream." – He said then, walked away, leaving Lucy gaping like a fish out of water.

"Sting, stop right there, don't you dare walk away from me like that! Sting, I'm talking to you, Sting!..."

[End of flashback]

"Hypocrite." – He stated again.

"Okay, maybe you pushed her, but you didn't realize it" – Rogue said and Sting gave him a boring look. – "Really, you trust her more than me?"

"Of course I trust you more than her but... Never mind... What about the gold-digger stuff?" - Rogue sighed.

He didn't like to interact with Hazumi, no particular reason, he just didn't like it. So except dinner and breakfast time when he saw her at dining-table, he usually avoided her and it was really hard when she was home all the time. But luckily, she wasn't interesting in talking to him either, so... it was fine. Weisslogia let her take a break from work to spend time with his two sons but as far as he knew, it didn't get anywhere.

"Well she asked dad to buy her a new car on their wedding day, they haven't got married yet and she's already thought about a new car? I heard them talking when I passed his room."

"That still wasn't enough to prove that she's a gold-digger."

"Really? She used dad's credit card to buy a whole new wardrobe, she bragged about her new dresses and shoes with her friend, and about dad let her buy as many clothes as she wanted." – Sting said and pushed back his imaginary long hair, mimicking Hazumi's gesture like when she was on the phone, Rogue chuckled. They weren't poor but Weisslogia was not spendthrift either, so they both knew that he would never let her spend that much money on clothes.

"She always acting like she was the victim in front of dad and Lucy every time we fell out, the poor new mother and the bad son." - He sneered, then continued. - " And the most annoyed thing that she purposely made me look bad in front of Lucy, when the truth is I never did anything seriously injure her, she did all those things to herself, mostly tumble-down and Lucy would get angry at me like I'm the worst-sinner-ever." – He wanted to get out of there, fast. Sting didn't think that he could stand another day at that house.

"Okay, but if she's truly the person like you said, what are you gonna do?"

"I don't know, her look is no longer a problem, the problem is I can't let a person like that walk in my dad's life, but I really don't know what to do." – Sting said and his eyes narrowed at the image of the woman popped in head. Get out of my head, you devil.

"Perhaps you should talk to Lucy."

"Nah, she likes that woman, she won't listen to me." - Sting mumbled.

"She defended her doesn't mean that she likes her, you'll never know what's going on in that girl's little head." - Rogue shrugged.

"Maybe, but I have to move out first before I decide to do anything else." - Sting bit his lip, he now missed his mother than ever.

Mommy...

[At Fiore Academy]

"Yes, Caprico. Yes, find all the information about the woman in the picture I sent you for me, past, present, I don't care, just… take everything you get…. Okay, I'll wait." – Lucy hung up her cell phone.

She just gave Caprico, the butler of the Heartfilia, a call to help her find all she wanted to know about Hazumi, she got a bad feeling about this. She was heading to S1 after school. Rogue just told her that Sting wanted to move out, she wanted to talk to him although she didn't know what she was gonna say yet. Lucy pushed the door of his class open...

"Sting, Rogue told me that-" – Lucy halted, blinking at the scene in front of her eyes. Sting looked at her then quickly let go of Yukino's hand.

She folded her arms and raised her brows – "Am I interrupting something?"

"N-no, of course not, nothing really." – Yukino laughed nervously and scratched her head.

"What are you doing here?" – Sting asked.

It was just an innocent question, but it seemed like Lucy took it too seriously.

"What? I can't even see my friend whenever I want?" – She replied petulantly and Sting narrowed his eyes at her.

"Uhm… you guys go talk, I'll go first." – Yukino could sense the evil aura Lucy was emitting even miles away and she decided that maybe it was time to leave them alone and just go.

"You don't have to-"

"Thank you, Yukino." – Lucy butted in before Sting got a chance to finish his sentence.

Yukino forced a laugh and waved at them awkwardly, Lucy walked in when she had already left.

"Sooo~ ... what were you two doing? – She asked nonchalantly.

"Cleaning, our duty is today." – Sting said then started cleaning the black board, they had finished sweeping the class.

"Cleaning or flirting." – Lucy murmured quietly, but he caught that.

"I can hear you, Luce. I didn't flirt with her, she got a sliver in her finger when she was sweeping, I just helped her get it out." - He grunted.

"Whatever." – She rolled her eyes and grumbled annoyingly.

"Seriously, if you're here to scold me again, then sorry I don't need it." – They were still mad at each other after the argument at Sting's house last night, when Sting called Hazumi an old hag, because she wanted to wear his mother's wedding dress on her wedding day. Weisslogia was really angry and almost gave him a piece of his mind if Rogue wasn't there. She knew that she had doubt for her too, but that was rude. Especially when Hazumi was Weisslogia's fiancée.

"What? You're irritated because I interrupted your 'quality time' with Yukino?" – Lucy knew that she was being a bitch, but she couldn't help it. She was mad at herself for exaggerating the situation and Sting was the only one around for her to vent her anger on. It was just a simple holding hand, but it didn't look okay in her eyes.

"Again? I said I just helped-" – Sting halted, then turned to look at her abruptly.

He threw the rag on the table then approached her, leaning forward and staring at her twisted face.

"What?" – She shrugged and Sting's infamous smirk appeared.

"Are you jealous?" – He cocked his head, looking quite smugly.

Lucy blinked and her cheeks darkened. - "Wha… Pardon me? I'm not jealous."

"Uh huh, not what I'm seeing." – He crossed his arms then stared down at her, her face was burning.

"Hell! I-am-not-jealous, okay? I don't care if you hold hand with anybody because that's not my business." - She pouted.

"Ahh, so you're jealous because you thought I held her hand." – He smirked again and was about to pinch her cheek, but she slapped his hand away.

"I said I-am-not-freaking-jealous." – Oh yeah she was jealous and his smug face was not helping at all.

He grinned then poked her cheeks with his finger repeatedly, although she just kept slapping his hand away.

She's cute.

"Stop it, you moron. What are you? Five?" – She laughed lightly then frowned again, half ticklish and half annoying.

"What? We hold hands all the time and you're still jealous because I held hers? Want me to hold yours right now?" - He chuckled.

"Thanks, but no thanks, I don't need your magical hold." – She mocked, then started to walk away, but he grabbed her hand, still smiling.

"Aw c'mon, don't be like that, your cold hurt me, you know." – He held her hands tightly in his, then hugged her from behind, rocking her back and forth.

"Sting, release me now." – Lucy squirmed in his arms, but he wouldn't let go.

"Never~" - He buried his face in her hair and tightened his arms around her. He pecked her cheeks softly, melting her inside.

"Goshhh, get off me Sting!" - She struggled again, being near him at this time was not good for her heart.

"There's nothing going on between me and Yukino, you know." - Sting smiled, then let her go.

"I know, you don't have to explain that to me." – Lucy murmured, he smiled and she stuck her tongue out at him. This time he was success in pinching her cheeks.

"So? You want to see me?" – He asked after the corner of her lips turned up.

"Yeah, Rogue said that you wanted to move out, is that true?"

"It's true. I don't think I can't stand being near her any longer." – He said and Lucy nodded.

Her plan for them to get along maybe needed to wait until she fully understood who Hazumi really was. Sting was waiting for her response, but got none. He thought that she was gonna protest.

"You're…not gonna say anything?"

Lucy shrugged - "Say what? It's your choice and I respect it, stay at the dorm until you feel comfortable to talk to them again. I just want to ask to see if you're okay." – She stood on her tip-toes and rubbed his hair.

"I'm okay, thank you." – He grinned, Lucy really cared about him and he appreciated it a lot. He didn't know if he could ever find another girl cared about him as much as she did.

"You're welcome." – She beamed.

[Weisslogia's house, after dinner]

"Lucy, are you sure it's okay for us to eavesdrop?" – Rogue asked quietly.

He and Lucy were standing outside of Weisslogia's room with their eaves got close to the door, trying to figure out what Hazumi and him were talking about.

Sting had told his father about his decision and kinda asked his permit to move out. He had tried to be as much polite as he could, although he was really annoyed when Hazumi just kept butting in. That woman really didn't know her boundary, but if Sting wants his father to accept his choice, he can't get on her bad side so he decided to give in. Weisslogia said that he would think about it.

"I need to know what she's gonna tell uncle about what Sting had told them. I think there's something fishy about her." – She whispered.

Sting was taking a shower and this was a good chance to find out something more about Hazumi. She didn't tell Rogue fully about her suspicion yet, she had thought that she perhaps shouldn't involve Sting and Rogue into this mess she was making. But Rogue seemed like he didn't care much about Hazumi so maybe it was okay for her to tell him.

"Fishy? Like what?" - He asked softly.

"Shhhh… Be quiet, I'll tell you later." – She crunched her face in concentration.

'I'm so sorry honey, maybe this marriage is a mistake.' – It was Hazumi voice, there were something sounded like sobs and Lucy wondered if she was really sobbing.

'No, no, no. Don't say something like that Hazumi, Sting is really hard-head, but he'll get around soon.' - No dad, he won't and never will. Rogue thought.

'I-I know he doesn't like me because I look like his mother, although it's not like I can control how I look, maybe I should dye my hair black or something.'

'No honey, I like your hair natural like that, it looks beautiful, like sunshine.' -Weisslogia cooed.

'Aw, thank you honey.'

Rogue and Lucy stared at each other until Rogue made his face look like he was about to puke, Lucy had to cover her mouth to restrain herself from giggling too loud.

"They make me want to throw up." - He muttered and Lucy laughed silently.

You'll be like him someday, too, Rogue.

'Weisslogia, I think you shouldn't let him move out. I promise I'll try my best for him to like me, although he's very aggressive to me. He rushed me all the time, but I know that-'

'Wait, Sting rushed you? When?'

"That's not true." – Rogue mumbled.

This is not good. Lucy thought.

'Okay, I have to talk to him'

'No, no, no, no, no, he just slipped his hands or something, honey. It's no big deal really, I'm fine, don't tell him about this.' - Hazumi pleaded and Lucy made a face.

'How could I do that? That's harsh and disrespected, I didn't teach him to be a man like that.'

'No, no, please, it's fine, just let it go this time. You could do whatever you want next time, but this time just… let it be okay? I'll try to get along with him.'

"She's a good actress." – Rogue commented and Lucy nodded. She heard Weisslogia's sigh loudly.

'Okay, just this time. But next time, you have to tell me okay? That kid needs to learn some manners.' - He gave in - 'I'm thinking about taking the whole family to the hot spring after the kids finish their exams, to knit our family together, what do you think?'

'Really? That's great, hon, you're the perfect husband.'

'Really?'

'Really.' – Hazumi said, then Lucy and Rogue heard some kissing sounds...

Then came some whinnies

Then… some moans

Then… some whimpers…

'Ewww' – The duo outside the door mouthed, then both hastily ran clean off. They blushed slightly, the mere thought of what they were doing made her shiver and Rogue had to shake his head to clean his thought. He then turned to look at Lucy.

"So? What is that fishy thing that you were talking about?" – He opened the refrigerator to take out a bar of chocolate then handed her half of it.

Lucy bit a piece, then started to tell him what she had already told Natsu, Erza and Gray. Maybe he could help her with it somehow. Rogue listened carefully, but suddenly gaped like a dying fish when he heard... - "WHAT? She was holding a knife while chasing Frosh around the house to feed it? It could have been killed!" - Okay, nobody messed with his cat, even that was his soon-to-be-stepmother.

"I think we need a little chit-chat." – Rogue gritted his teeth and stormed off to find Hazumi, but luckily Lucy stopped him.

"Woaaa, easy there Tiger. I can ensure you that it was the first and the last time I saw her fed Frosh so don't worry, I told her to have you or me feed it. If something like that happen again, I'll tell uncle." - She cooled him, trying to calm him down.

Rogue sighed then nodded.

"Fine."

He then told her what Sting had said to him. Lucy frowned slightly, so from Sting and Lucy's perspectives, Hazumi was really shady.

"So what should we do?" - He asked.

"I told Caprico to find all the information about her for me, we just need to be patient, but don't tell Sting yet. We have to be sure before we bring out any conclusion. If we do anything wrong, it can make the situation between them worse." – She said then picked up the cat who was hanging around her legs from the moment she walked in the living room.

Rogue looked at her petting his cat and couldn't help but smiling at them. Frosh used to be an alley cat 4 years ago. It was beaten by some dogs back then and almost died. But fortunately, Lucy and him found it near a dumpster. Frosh was very sweet, it loved Rogue and Lucy so much and got along really well with Lector. Rogue remembered the time before she went to America, she'd gone to their house to study with them all the time and usually dropped off on the couch with Frosh lying on her stomach. He decided to take a picture of them like that and stored it inside his wallet, it was really cute.

He heard her whispering sweet nothings to his cat and he chuckled.

"You know it doesn't understand you, right?"

"Of course it understands me, right Frosh?" - She lifted the cat and it licked her nose, making her giggle. - "See."

"Those words could be better used if you said it to a human being." - He smiled and she arched her brows at him.

"Oooh, like you? I didn't know you like to hear people said that you're cute and adorable? - Rogue rolled his eyes playfully.

"I didn't say that."

"Aww, look at him Frosh. He's shy, how cute." - She teased.

"Don't call me cute, please." - He scrunched his face and her smile stretched, she lifted the cat again and asked it. - "But it's true, right Frosh?"

*meow*

Lucy cackled and he grinned...

[4 days later]

"Uh huh, okay, I'll stop by late… No, no, no, I'll just walk, don't bring a limo to my school, Caprico… Yes, I'm sure… Okay, thank you, see you later…"

"So you kinda asked him to help you, huh?" – Erza asked. Erza, Lucy, and Levi were sitting at the canteen to have a drink. Fuji sensei was sick so they got 2 periods break. The rest of F1 probably was making a fuss somewhere else.

"Yeah, he's got what I need, but he said it was something that we have to talk directly." – Lucy stirred her espresso, then took a sip.

"You must be really care about him to even do this, huh?" – Levi said, smiling.

"Well, he's my friend, isn't he? You would do the same if you were me."

"True, but… Are you sure he's just a friend? Because I can see there's so much more than that." – Lucy blinked, then gulped at her implication and put on her annoying face, her usual mask to cover her nervousness.

"Wha-what are you talking about?" - She stammered.

"I saw the way you looked at him, you know." – Erza remarked.

"Don't lie to us Lucy, we're best friends, aren't we? You can trust us." – Levi stated softly. She liked seeing Lucy with her friends, she could feel a lot of attraction among them. Lucy sighed and regained her composure, putting her hand under her chin.

"Honestly, I really don't know what I'm feeling about him. But… that doesn't matter, he's got someone already." – She pouted then looked out of the windows. The sakura tree started to shed leaves, it was kinda cold outside, the Winter is coming.

"Really? Who?" – Erza and Levi shared a look. They were so sure that he had feeling for Lucy, but now she said that he got someone already?

"Yeah, both of them actually, but they didn't tell me who they were. That's something private." – Lucy sighed again, she really didn't want to talk about that, it made her feel really frustrated. Her friends decided to change the subject.

"Oh... Hey, can I ask you something? Which one is hotter? Sting or Rogue? I'm gonna say Sting, have you seen him without a shirt? Oh my god, those abs urggg…" – Levi said eagerly and Lucy chortled.

"Are you his fangirl or something because you sound exactly like one of them… And don't let Gajeel hear that." - She said, shaking her head.

"Well, I'm gonna vote for Rogue, he's less a jerk than Sting" – Erza deadpanned, then put another piece of her strawberry shortcake in her mouth.

"Sting's not a jerk, Erza. Well... Used to, but… Not anymore. Sting's hotter but Rogue's cooler. They're different from each other, but they're both my friends, both are sweet and both are idiots sometimes." – She commented, her boys were sure the best in her eyes. Levi giggled and Erza smiled.

"So you do have feeling for them?" – Back to the topic.

"I…don't know. I mean I've been having those strange feeling in my mind and my heart lately, but…maybe it's just some stupid crush people usually have on their best friends from time to time. Maybe it'll disappear after a while." – She shrugged.

"It won't go anywhere anytime soon." – Levi murmured to Erza and she nodded.

"I can hear you clearly, Levi." – Lucy narrowed her eyes, Levi just grinned at her best friend.

We'll see about that Lucy. She thought.

"Hime-sama, you're home." – Virgo bowed at Lucy and she shook her head that the girl. She surely doesn't change.

"Nice to meet you, too, Virgo. Where's Caprico? Tell him to come to the study to see me."

"Hai." – She bowed again then ran off to find Caprico.

Lucy went home without telling her father and mother, she didn't see them anywhere so Jude was probably still working and Layla was… somewhere. She sat on the couch, looking around the big room which was full of books. This was the place where she and Rogue usually hid when they played hide and seek with Sting, the blond boy always feeling dizzy when he had to find them among all those bookshelves. She smiled at the memory, Sting would get annoyed after sometimes when he looked around and couldn't find anything or anybody but books and books.

There was so much fun back then when they were still kids, they didn't have many things to worry about. No complicated drama or complicated feelings. They fought, then made up. They expressed their feelings to one another freely, never had to worry whether what they said was good for their relationship or not. Because in the end, they would still be friends no matter what. Lucy had once looked at the stars in the sky at night, wishing that things would never change and that their friendship would stay like that, so they could be together forever.

But now… she knew it was impossible. Things were bound to change sooner or later. Her inside was changing, their insides were changing. She admitted that she was scared. She was scared that once they knew about her feelings for them, temporary or not, it would never be the same among them. And she was scared that when they found their true soul-mates, she would be left out with nothing but only her feelings for them. They were still closed, but who knew what was gonna happen tomorrow? When they knew the girls they had their eyes on also had feelings for them, perhaps?

She sighed. I really know how to mess up my mind by myself.

*Knock knock*

"Come in, Caprico." – Caprico walked in and bowed to her.

Really, how many times do I have to tell them to skip those prolix manners?

"What took you so long, Caprico?" - He poured her some tea and she thanked him.

"I'm so sorry, Lucy-sama. I had to take care some of Jude-sama's business, it's very important."

"Oh? Sorry, no problem. Okay, straight to the point, what do you get?"

"Hai, about Hazumi Weisslogia, her real name is Suzuki Yosutora, she lived in Seven 5 months ago." – Lucy nodded, listening carefully.

"Her family was wealthy, but her relationship with her father wasn't very good, because she used her father's money like water for shopping, party, and her boyfriends. Her father declared that he had no daughter like her, after she made her mother fall off the stairs and broke her neck, without even saying apologize. It was 15 years ago." – Caprico said and her eyes widened, that was quite shocking if you asked her.

"What else?"

"You're right about her marriage status, Lucy-sama. She lived together with a man named Hanes Redwood when she were 24, they were kinda married 11 years ago, but without marriage certificate, so according to the law, she's still single."

"And they divorced?" – Lucy frowned.

"No, Lucy-sama. Hanes was killed a year after their wedding." – Her frown deepened. Kill?

"No wonder she doesn't want to tell us. He was robbed, or murdered, or something?" – She asked and Caprico shook his head.

"I think you should see these papers for yourself, Lucy-sama. It's very serious." – He said then handed her a file, she flipped every paper one by one until she caught an old article... She scowled at the picture... Was that...? Her face scrunched in confusion while she was reading it.

What the?... Lucy gulped, her jaw dropped and she felt like the air was leaving her lungs.

"Lucy-sama, are you okay?" - Caprico asked worriedly.

Oh crap. She stood up abruptly, then took the file and ran out of the room. She didn't give Caprico enough time to bow to her, she had to find Rogue or Sting as quickly as possible, but unfortunately, there was someone on her way.

"Lucy? What are you doing here?" – Oh no, not this time. It was her father's voice.

"Good evening, father. I'm sorry, but I have to go now. I'll talk to you later." – She waved to her father, but he didn't let her get away so fast like that.

"Stop right there, Lucy. Don't you have some manners? This is my friend, Celes-san and his son. Go greet them and join us in the living room, we have something to talk about." – Jude said firmly. Lucy quickly bowed to them, but turned to look at her father again.

"Father, please forgive me, but I have to go now. This is an emergency, it's very important, father." – She pleaded, but her father didn't even flinch.

"Important? What could be more important than your future?" - He said calmly.

"Wha.. what do you mean my future, father?" – She blinked and gave him a confuse look.

He sighed then patted the guy with orange hair standing next to him.

"Lucy, I want you to meet your future fiancé." - He said and the guy smiled at her.

"Nice to meet you, Lucy." - He lifted her hand and kissed it, but Lucy was too shocked to react.

"WHAT?"

End of chapter 11

I tried my best to fix all the grammar errors but if they're still there... I'm so sorry.
I got some reviews guessing that Hazumi was some kind of spy or undercover agent, but I'm sorry to tell you guys that she was not, her profile wasn't fancy like that XD But I'm glad that you guy let me know about your theory :D :D

Question: has anyone read the special chapter about Sabertooth? It has completely ruined my image about Rogue that I always had in my mind :)) Now it looks like the Rogue I created was really OOC

Anyway thank you again for reading, I'll see you guys next time :D