A/N: WARNING there is no warning
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The sound of unfamiliar voices forced Rissy to open her eyes, the sudden contrast in light forced her place her for arm over her face, trying to shield her eyes from the light's intensity.
Looking around she found herself in an upright sitting position, instantly alerting her that she had indeed been moved. Her heavy eyelids attempted to close once more, however she forced herself to stay awake.
Turning to her left she met with the unfamiliar face of a blonde man and a brownish coloured exceed who had once been conversing, however at the sight of her now awake and alert both figures suddenly stopped to stare at her.
Suddenly feeling a little uncomfortable Rissy slowly shuffled backwards towards the tree however both sets of eyes remained on her. "You know the starring is a little uncomfortable..." She stated causing the blonde to chuckle and instantly the exceed did the same.
"We were just wondering why you were wearing that..." He said gesturing to her current attire. Rissy glanced down at herself and suddenly realised that she was still in the cat costume.
"Oh this...it's from a previous job..." She explained, suddenly regretted her decision to not change into her new set of clothes.
The blonde nodded "Oh...Lector here thought it was because you were some whore..." He explained, causing Rissy to laugh.
"Do I look like a whore?" She asked causing the cat to shake his head. "So who are you?" She asked whilst turning to face the blonde.
The blonde looked almost disgusted at her question as if expecting Rissy to automatically know him "You're kidding right?" He asked as he turned to Lector as if the exceed would offer some sort of explanation.
Rissy shook her head "No..." she said, just a little confused at the situation.
The blonde turned to face his exceed both wearing the same shocked expressions "I'm Sting...Master of Sabertooth!" He exclaimed
Rissy stared at him blankly for a moment before she suddenly sweat dropped "Oh...Sorry, I never watched the last GMG..." She sighed
"You serious...we were the strongest guild in Fiore...but now Fairy Tail-"
Rissy gasped whilst interrupting the blonde "Fairy Tail is the strongest guild in Fiore...since when?!"
Sting face palmed "Since the last GMG...seriously how can you miss this...were you living under a rock or something?"
Rissy opened her mouth to speak however was cut off by a familiar voice "No...Rissy-Chan is just a little dense..."
Rissy turned to face Lavender with a growl, the small exceed had activated her magic and flew over to sit next to her partner "I am not dense!" Rissy exclaimed as she turned to face the exceed.
Lavender giggled "Of course you are Rissy-Chan...remember that time you tried to put tomatoes into a fruit salad" Lavender said between giggles and even Sting and Lector tried to stifle their own laughter.
"But tomatoes are a fruit..." Rissy stated with confusion
"But they don' belong in a fruit salad" Sting stated whilst trying to stifle his laughter, only to once again fail.
Rissy shrugged her shoulders "Then why make it a fruit?" She asked
Sting opened his mouth to answer however was interrupted by the arrival of his friend "Because they contain seeds" Rogue stated as he suddenly appeared, causing Rissy to jump slightly.
"But that doesn't explain why they can't be in a fruit salad" Rissy said as she turned to face the dragon slayer.
Rogue chuckled slightly before taking a seat next to her, and immediately Sting and Lector exchanged knowing glances. "Well...they don't taste right with fruits..." He answered and Rissy nodded in understanding.
"Well..." Sting sighed loudly whilst smacking his hands together "Now that's sorted do you mind telling us why you out her...alone"
Rissy nodded before gasping "Did he get away?" She asked whilst turning to each dragon slayer for an explanation and they both nodded.
"...Bastard..." Rissy hissed, causing Sting to laugh.
"Hey...that's what Rogue said" He laughed.
Rogue shook his head before turning back to face Rissy "So who was he?" He asked, as Rissy stiffened which didn't go unnoticed by the dragon slayers.
As if not wanting to look either of them in the eyes, Rissy turned to face the opposite direction and her head was resting against the tree's trunk "Just a crazy old friend..." She sighed.
Knowing that they weren't getting a further explanation, both dragon slayers sighed, however sudden movement caught both of their attention.
"What do you think you're doing?" Rogue asked, his statement coming out more aggressive than he had intended.
Rissy turned to face him and Rogue instantly saw the anger and determination in her onyx eyes "To look for a friend" She stated before she turned to walk away.
Rouge quickly stood up "You aren't exactly in the best condition-"
Rissy suddenly turned to face him "My condition is fine..." Rissy spat, causing Rogue to growl.
"Which is why you were out for an hour" he growled
Rissy frowned "I never asked you to help me!" She exclaimed however her frown instantly disappeared as she noticed Rogue stiffen.
"Sting and I were in the area..." Rogue said quietly
"And as soon as he caught your scent he just had to follow" Sting added with a smirk and Rogue instantly gave him a glare, however Sting just innocently shrugged his shoulders.
"Well...thanks" Rissy sighed and both dragon slayer both turned to face her
"Don't worry about it" Rouge said in his emotionless tone as he both him and Rissy stared awkwardly at the ground.
"This is awkward..." Lavender whispered to Lector
"Fro thinks so too..." The small exceed whispered loudly.
Sting looked between both dragon slayers with a sigh; from what Rogue had told him he liked this fairy, so what confused him was why he was so awkward around her. He was surprised about how his friend acted around the woman's unconscious form; how he never left her side and stared at her with a look of determination to protect what was his, and it wasn't until Sting had physically pushed him to get some space that he had left the salmon haired woman. Sting also knew that if the situation where reversed Rouge would have told him to follow his heart and go for it...so why wasn't his friend doing the same.
"We should go with you" Sting stated and he inwardly at both dragon slayers identical shocked expressions.
"What?" Rissy asked as if suddenly finding her voice.
"He doesn't want you going alone...and you probably need help-"
Rissy folded her arms over her chest "I don't need help..." she spat causing Stint to sigh at her stubbornness.
"You may need help...and what better assistance than two dragon slayers" Sting added with a grin.
Rissy shrugged her shoulders before sighing "Fine...but let me change first" She said as she walked over to her bag.
"What's wrong with that?" Sting asked causing Rogue to growl at him in warning.
Rissy glanced down at her current outfit "It's not practical to fight in..." She stated as she started to pull out some pants and a shirt from her bag.
She then proceeded to pull down the straps of her bodysuit, instantly alerting the Sabertooth mages that she was about to change in front of them.
"What are you doing?" Rogue exclaimed, causing Rissy to turn to him confused
She gestured to the clothes in her arms "Um...trying to change clothes" She stated
"In front of us" Rouge stated whilst gesturing to himself and Sting
Rissy nodded "You can't do that..." Rogue said.
"Why...?" Rissy and Sting asked in unison
Rouge once again fund himself growling at his friend, who instantly placed his hands up in mock surrender "You just can't..." He sighed as he ran a hand through his dark hair.
Rissy's eyes widened "Is this like the 'tomatoes in fruit salad thing?'" She asked whilst looking between both dragon slayers for an explanation.
"Um...yeah..." Rogue said as he turned to Sting who shrugged his shoulders.
"Okay" Rissy said with a smile as she turned to change in a secluded area.
Once Sting was certain she was out of earshot he turned to face his friend with a grin "I like this girl"
Rouge sighed "Of course you would"
Sting chuckled "Not because of that...she's sweet and makes you actually smile" He stated causing Rouge to blush.
"W...what?" He asked
Sting laughed once more "Don't worry I won't tell anyone that a girl made the Rogue Cheney smile" He said
"Hey guys...let's go" Rissy stated as she suddenly appeared and no longer dressed as a cat, she started to walk ahead and the dragon slayers and exceed followed behind.
"Think about it" Sting whispered to his friend as he walked ahead to talk with Rissy, leaving Rogue to watch with an ever so faint smile.
Erza was the first to open her eyes, she slowly sat up however all the muscles of her body screamed in pain causing her to grit her teeth together. Glancing around she noticed that she was sat in some sort of cage however upon a second glance she realized that it wasn't a cage but a rather large skeleton of a dragon.
The sound of faint moaning caught her attention and turning to her left she noticed that Natsu was coming to. He suddenly sat up with a loud yawn as he stretched his arms out wide and once he opened his eyes the salmon haired dragon slayer blinked twice at their current surroundings "Hey Erza...why are we in a cage?" He asked.
"It's not a cage...but a skeleton" She corrected
"Skeleton of what?" Gray asked, startling both mages since neither of them knew that he was awake.
"A dragon-" Erza said causing both Happy and Natsu to excitedly gasp
He grabbed the bones that made up its ribs and excitedly ran his hands over it "So cool..."
Happy suddenly shivered once it registered that the droagon was actaually dead "but a shame its dead" He added
Erza tried to re-quip into a set of armour, however she gasped as nothing happened. Again and again she tried to re-quip only to get the same result.
She quickly turned to Gray "Gray...use your magic" She ordered him. Not wanting to be asked twice Gray tried to use his magic to create an ice hammer, however like Erza nothing happened.
Both mages then turned to Natsu who just stared at them blankly "Don't just stare!" Erza shouted as she whacked Natsu over the head "Try and use magic!" She ordered him.
Natsu nodded whilst rubbing the back of his head and tried to do a spell...however nothing happened.
"What's wrong with my magic?" He groaned as he placed his head against the skeletons ribs in sadness.
"Don't worry, Natsu you're magic will come back to you soon but I just can't have you escaping soon" Stated a familiar voice.
The mages all turned to see the same cyan haired man from earlier standing outside of the skeleton dragon prison and Natsu instantly growled as he remembered how he gloated on taking Lucy.
"Where's Lucy?" Natsu shouted, causing the cyan haired man to smirk.
"Somewhere" He stated causing Natsu to growl one more
"What kind of stupid answer is that?" He spat
"The kind of answer to give to a stupid person" He stated matter of factly
"That makes no-hey...you calling me stupid?" He shouted causing Gray and Erza to face palm.
Erza gently shoved Natsu out-of-the-way so she could talk to the cyan haired man "What did you do to our magic?" Erza asked
The cyan haired man ran a hand through his hair "I only borrowed some..." He stated as he fished out a lacrima that glowed an icy blue.
"What are you planning to do with that?" Gray asked his eyes narrowing at the sight of his magic now in a lacrima.
"Nothing yet...but don't worry I have many more" He added with a smirk
Erza narrowed her eyes "And what were you planning to do with them...sell them?" She asked.
The cyan haired man laughed "so simple minded...to sell would be child's play...and this Erza-San is the big leagues" he said before he turned to leave
Natsu tilted his head to the side "And what does that mean?" He asked no one in particular
Erza clenched her fists as she watched the cyan haired man walk away "It means that he has a much bigger purpose for the lacrima"
"So he took Lucy?" Sting asked as they continued to walk through the town. Many of the passersby stopped to wave to the mages.
Rissy nodded "Mm...and I can't find my brother or the others..." She stated sadly
"This is Erza..." Sting stated as he remembered what the red-headed mage did whilst at Tartarus.
"That's what I said...but you don't know those guys like I do...the can be..." She paused to find the right word
"Sick sons of bastards?" Sting offered, causing Rissy to smile
"Yeah...that" She said
She came to a sudden stop and the dragon slayers looked up at the large and relatively old building which was Lavender town's museum.
Rissy reached out her hand as if to open the doors, however Rogue stopped her by placing his hand over hers "You say they know you well...then they would expect you to use the front entrance" Rogue stated, causing Rissy's eyes to widen.
"Then what would you suggest?" She asked as she glanced down at where his hand was placed.
Rogue gestured to the museum's roof "Up there?" Rissy asked confused
"We can climb through the air ducts, whilst retaining the element of surprise" He exclaimed
"Wow that's smart.." Lavender said and then turned to face Lector "Guess Sting didn't think of that, huh?" She added with a smirk.
"Neither did Rissy" Lector pointed out
"At least Rissy had a plan" Lavender snapped
"Was it a good one?" Lector asked, smirking at Lavender's silent response
"Fro thinks so too!" Frosch loudly declared causing both Lector and Lavender to sweat drop.
"Quit arguing and fly me up to the roof" Rissy laughed as she scooped up Lavender
Lavender sighed "You could have asked nicely" The lilac exceed stated, causing Rissy to frown.
"Nah" She said as Lavender sprouted wings and began to fly her up to roof behind the other dragon slayers.
"You know I could accidentally drop you" Lavender said with a smirk
"Do that and I will haunt you the rest of your life..." Rissy said
Lavender laughed as she placed Rissy on the flat ground of the museum roof "You would be a terrible ghost" She stated as her wings disappeared
Rissy shook her head "No I would be all whoo I'm a ghost" She stated as she started running around the roof and waving her arms in the air.
The male dragon slayers and their exceeds watched Rissy's display from the side "She's strange..." Lector stated as he continued to watch her ghost impression.
Sting nodded in agreement "Yeah...but if she made him smile I don't care" He stated before he walked over to the air duct with Lector in tow.
"I think I might be claustro...clostro..." I give up Rissy sighed as they walked or crawled through the cramped spaced of the air duct.
"Claustrophobic..." Rogue offered
Rissy turned back to face him with a toothy grin "Yeah that...thanks Rogue" She said
"Will you two hurry up...Rogue may get a nice view up front but I'm stuck looking at his ass" Sting groaned
"Shut up Sting...!" Rissy whispered loudly from her spot at the front "You ruined the moment..."
Since Rissy knew the twins it was decided that she would lead the way through the air ducts, Rouge following behind and Sting and the exceeds in the back.
"I told you I wasn't named after the town" Lavender hissed at Lector
Lector frowned "But you have the same name" He pointed out
Lavender stared blankly at the exceed "So..."
"So Rissy, has no naming skills" Lector concluded
Lavender scowled at the exceed, however it went unnoticed since they were in complete darkness "Yes she does" She snapped back
Lector shook his head "Sting had better naming skills" He stated matter of factly
Lavender scoffed "Then what kind of name is Lector?" She asked
Lector frowned "A better one than Lavender"
Lavender turned to face Frosch who was crawling behind her "Frosch...who has the better name?" She asked
"Fro thinks so too!" it happily declared causing both Lavender and Lector to sweat drop
"That wasn't an answer" Lavender sighed
Rissy suddenly stopped as she glanced down through the metal grating below where large amounts of glowing rocks dotted the ground below narrowing her eyes she gasped upon discovering that the rocks emitted large amounts of magic energy and were indeed lacrima.
"You guys feel that?" She asked as she turned to face the others
Rogue nodded however in the darkness she couldn't see Sting's response.
"Yeah what is it?" Sting asked
"Lacrima...and loads of it" Rissy sated
She then proceeded to engulf her hands in the multi coloured light and then punched at the grating.
"Rissy what are you doing!" Sting exclaimed as the air duct started to shake
Rissy punched the grating a third time before she turned to face the blonde "I need to see thee lacrima...the magic it's giving off is somewhat familiar" she stated
"We might get caught" Lector shouted from the back
"Don't worry we w- ah!" Rissy shouted as the grating gave way causing her to fall to the ground below.
Glancing up she noticed that the entire second floor was made out of glass, allowing her a spectacular view of the northern continent exhibit above.
"Whoa nice..." She sighed as she tried to sit up
Rogue instantly jumped down, landing beside Rissy who groaned in pain, he gently placed a hand on her lower back and slowly got her into an upright position.
"Thanks..." She said as she turned to face him
"Don't worry about it..." He said and Rissy smiled as she caught the small flash of smile form on Rogue's lips, however that quickly disappeared as fast as it came once the others climbed down to join them.
"So what's with the lacrimas?" Sting asked
Rissy glanced around the room "Well some feels like the magic energy of my friends" Rissy explained causing the dragon slayers eyes to widen.
Sting walked over to a lacrima that was glowing orangey/red colour similar to fire and started to inspect it by turning it about in his hands "Yeah to think of it...this one reminds me of Natsu's magic.." He said as he continued to turn it about.
Lavender turned to her partner and both exchanged the same worried look "You don't think that he's here?" Lavender asked
Rissy continued to stare at the lacrima in Sting's hands "Well it explains that...but why take their magic energy?"
"That's a question you should ask my brother..." A familiar voice said and all the mages turned around to spot the cyan haired woman who had suddenly appeared.
Rissy growled as Esther walked into the room as if she owned the place, her heels clicking against the floor with every step she took "Still wearing whore outfits, Esther?" Rissy asked with a smirk.
"Still a bitch...I was worried that you went soft..." Esther responded with a smirk
"Only for you Esther" Rissy growled as she clenched her fists.
Esther's gaze suddenly landed on both Sting and Rogue and a smirk suddenly formed on her lips "And you brought two lovely men with you" She said as she walked closer towards them.
Rissy growled, causing Esther to stop mid-step "Hands off" She said through gritted teeth.
"Aw...you can't keep them both for yourself...at least let me have some fun..." She said as she once again tilted her head to the side, her eyes widened causing the dragon slayers to shiver.
"Not with your idea of fun" Rissy sighed
Esther smirked one more "Then I guess you don't want these?" She asked as she dangled Lucy's celestial keys in front of her. Rissy instantly reached for the keys however Esther quickly withdrew her hand with a smirk "You really thought that I would just hand them over to you?" Esther asked as she placed a hand on her hip.
Rissy shrugged her shoulders "For a minute there...yes" She said, causing Esther to shake her head and mutter something about how dense she was.
"No...if you want the keys...your pathetic friends...then you have to fight me" Esther said
Rissy growled and Rogue turned to face her "Rissy..." He said, hoping to change her mind however if she was anything like her brother- which she was, she wasn't going to back down from a challenge.
"You two get to the others..." Rissy ordered Sting and Rogue
Sting turned between Rogue and Rissy "You're not going to let her fight...are you?" He asked his friend.
Rissy turned to face Rogue and he sighed, he knew that she had to do this and he had trust that she would be fine.
"Yeah...I trust her" Rogue said, causing Rissy to smile.
Sting nodded "Then come back in one piece" He said before he left the room with Lector following after him.
"Good luck, Rissy-Chan" Lavender said before she and Frosch followed
Rissy nodded before turning back to Esther, however suddenly she felt a hand around her wrist. She suddenly felt a sudden heat in her cheeks from her contact and glancing up into Rogue's garnet orbs caused the heat to intensify.
"Be careful..." He said.
Rissy opened her mouth to speak however to her surprise no words came out so all she did was nod as the dragon slayer slowly released his grip on her and left with the others.
Staring at the door which he had left through Rissy then turned back to the cyan haired woman who was twirling Lucy's keys around her index finger.
"Now...let's have some fun..." She hissed and Rissy nodded in agreement before she stood in fighting stance.
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