Chapter 9- The Disband
Sting leaned over Lucy, her eyes began to flutter open.
"Luuuuuuuucccccyyyyyyyy," Sting poked her arm a couple of times.
Lucy's eyes opened properly.
"Hey! Cut it out! LUCY KICK!"
"Ouch! That again? Calm down!"
"Nice to see you've regained your strength so quickly." Intervened Rogue,
"Yeah, so did you get the reward?" asked Lucy
"Yeah 70 000 jewel each. When we told the mayor what it was, he gave us another raise!" said Sting,
"Great! My rents due soon and Mavis I'm starving!... Where am I?" asked Lucy,
"An inn in Montasu," answered Sting.
"Why are we in Montasu?" Lucy demanded.
"Because you've been unconscious for the last two days… After you were an idiot and took that bloody goblin on all by yourself, Rogue and me took you to Lamia Scale before that poison in you killed you and that little god slayer healed you. Then after she explained what happened to you we took you here until you got better." Sting explained.
"What did she say when she 'explained what happened to me'?"
"Well, Cheria healed you and removed as much poison as she could from your blood stream and wounds, however some amounts of poison remain. Because of this while your immune system was low whilst unconscious, you couldn't go on any means of transportation or the poison could spread or react within your body. So since we couldn't get you back to Magnolia we booked this inn." Rogue informed Lucy.
"So you mean I can't ever fall asleep on transport ever again?" asked Lucy,
"I don't know, you wanna test it out?" remarked Sting,
Lucy: "DO YOU THINK I WANT TO DIE! IDIOT YOU ARE!"
Sting: "SAYS THE STUPID, SELFISH IDIOT THAT TOOK ON A CREATION OF ZEREF BY HERSELF! CLOSE ENOUGH TO A SUICIDE!"
Lucy: "OH PLEASE, YOUR ARROGANT ARSE WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME!"
Sting: "BUT AT LEAST MY ARROGANT ARSE ISN'T WEAK! I SLAYED A DRAGON!"
Lucy: "NOW LOOK WHO'S SELFISH!"
Sting: "I'M NOT BEING SELFISH, I'M STATING A FACT!"
Lucy: "UHHH! I'M SO SICK OF YOU!"
Sting: "EEERRHH ME TO, WHY DIDN'T I JUST LEAVE YOU IN THAT CAVE!?"
There was silence.
Sting: "WHY THE HELL DID I EVEN BOTHER SAVING YOU!? NAÏVE, WEAK, STUPID, BLONDE LITTLE BITCH!"
Smack. Lucy's fist collided with Sting's jaw. Green flames engulfed her fist and burnt one half of his face. Sting flew backward smashing into the inn wall. Lucy stood looking down upon him. Lucy had such an angry, evil aura about her… she was like a monster…
"What the?" Sting froze in shock, her fists had flames?
"What! Huh?!" Lucy demanded,
"Your hand…" Sting voice trailed off.
Lucy looked down at her hand it was entirely normal.
"Stop hallucinating! Idiot!" Lucy turned around and began walking away.
"Lucy!" called Sting,
"What?!" Lucy asked sounding pissed off,
"Why are you such a weak, ugly little slu-" Sting stood up finally.
Lucy threw another punch for Sting's face but this time he caught her wrist in his hand with ease.
"Look it at!" Shouted Sting at Lucy holding her hand up in front of her eyes.
Lucy's eyes went wide. Flames? Yes, green flames were dancing on the palm of her hand.
"Ouch." Sting looked at his hand holding her wrist firmly, "That burns!"
"Fire does tend to burn!" Lucy added bitterly as she examined her hand, the flame went out,
"Do you think it's from that poison?" Lucy wondered,
"Triggered by your perpetual anger…" commented Sting.
"Rude asshole!" retorted Lucy,
"What I said before I didn't mean… I'm sorry... I was just trying to prove a point…"
"Well next time I slay a beast I'll be sure to slay you to prove my point okay." Lucy assured him,
"One could call me a 'sexy' beast." Sting smirked,
"And that would be the one that is blind. Tch!" Lucy rolled her eyes.
"Why do we fight like this Luce?" asked Sting,
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?! Did he have to call me Luce?… Just like Natsu! That damn Natsu! Why does Natsu always pop into my head? Especially at a time like this! It's ridiculous! Why does Sting's voice sound better when he says Luce than when Natsu does?! Why am I even asking myself such a pointless question? What does it matter?… It matters because Sting says it sexier than Natsu and you thought you liked Natsu…. Whoa, I did not just think that!
"Because…. I think -" Lucy began,
"You think you what?" asked Sting,
"I think that I-" Lucy tried to find the words to describe how she felt about Sting, "I think that I fight with you because well I …. Think that…
…
….
…..
…..
You're an asshole."
"Really?" asked Sting,
"Why do you even doubt that I mean it when I say it?" Lucy answered.
It was just now that Lucy had realized that Sting still hadn't let go of her wrist which was now by their sides. In fact, Sting's hand had released a little bit of grip on her wrist and slipped into her hand.
"Well that's….. heart-warming…." Sting replied to Lucy's previous remark.
"Where's Rogue?" asked Lucy,
"He probably just left to get away from our arguing…"
Sting could feel Lucy trying to free her hand slightly from his…
"Lucy.."
"What?!"
"How would you feel if…." Sting began..
"If what!?" Lucy demanded, "Spit it out!"
"How would you feel if I said that I..."
"That you what!?"
"Nahh… Don't worry,"
"I DON'T CARE! SAY IT NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE!" screamed Lucy in Sting's face pinning Sting up to the inn wall with two fists of first either side of him.
"Hey now, Miss Heartfilia! I'm always the dominant one!" Sting pushed Lucy back.
"Don't change the subject, say what you were gonna say!"
"Screw this romantic shit!"
"Whaa-"
Lucy couldn't even finish her sentence because some incredibly warm lips had captured hers and she was frozen on the spot.
What is going on!? What is going on!? What is going on!? Why am I kissing him back!? What am I doing!? I never liked Sting! I liked Natsu! No! I don't like Natsu! You don't like Natsu Lucy, you like Sting! No I don't… Then why am I kissing him back? Why are my eye lids getting heavy? Why are my hands creeping around his neck? Why is my tongue in his mouth!? Why! Why! Why! Why! Why! Whyyyyyyyy!? This is so confusing, I like Natsu and Sting! Oh Great!
Sting pulled Lucy closer to him with an arm around her waist. Lucy ran her fingers through his blonde hair. Sting felt Lucy's temperature starting to rise. She could have a fever at this rate. Now she was too hot to handle, like burning point! Sting jumped back and pulled away suddenly.
"What's wrong?" asked Lucy,
"You're just… really hot…. I don't mean like that… well yeah like that to," Sting paused feeling awkward but continued, "But I mean… it's like you're burning me…" Sting explained.
"Huh?" Lucy observed green flames evaporating from around her… "My emotions… These flames are flames of emotions…"
"No fair! A girl like you gets so much power!" whined Sting,
Wack! Punch across the face by Lucy with flames biting his cheek as her fist hit. Lucy laughed at seeing Sting so beaten by the hands of her.
"I'm more powerful than you are last time I checked baby girl!"
"Baby girl!? Who do you think you're talking to!? You're not stronger than me! You're utterly defenceless!"
"Wanna bet!?" Sting growled glaring at Lucy with his forehead against hers,
Lucy leaned in and kissed Sting softly biting his bottom lip. She knew he couldn't help but surrender and kiss her back. Lucy made two fists and they ignited with flames easily, she opened her eyes, (which felt wrong while kissing someone but the prank was just too good to pass by) Lucy punched her fists into his gut. Sting got winded and flew back into the wall she'd previously pinned him up against.
"Well it's nice to see you two are- I mean were, getting along." Commented Rogue at the scene before him.
"You saw that!?" Sting chocked still half winded,
"All of it." Smirked Rogue, Lucy went bright red. "Anyway, Sting, we are leaving, we're going to Sabertooth to find out about our insignia's. Bring your girlfriend if you must, just hurry up."
Sting shot an annoyed at Rogue when he called Lucy his 'girlfriend' and the two headed out the door following Rogue.
When the three eventually arrived at doors leading into the guild doors of Sabertooth which had a notice across them, 'Guild disbanded' it read.