AN: I just started writing it, and Witch's Sin has already become one of my three favorite stories to write. You can probably guess the other two. I do take requests, in case you were wondering, but don't expect too much from me. I've got five other ongoing stories to manage, as well as the finale to my trilogy of FMA oneshots. Also, I mentioned some story ideas I had bouncing around in my head in chapter one, so I'd love some feedback on that, if you guys don't mind. Anyhow, I was originally going to have this story involve Erik and Macbeth, because I'd love to have a scene with them just as much as the guest that suggested it, but… this scene kind of made me write it. Say hello to our friends from Saber Tooth, and enjoy the story!
Story the Third: Sisterhood
Minerva Orland had, not too long ago, been a fairly horrible person. Thanks to some words of encouragement (and two or three asskickings) from Erza, a reunion with Sting and Rogue, and a warm 'welcome home' from her guild, Minerva had become much nicer. She and Yukino had developed something that was quickly heading towards a friendship, people did what she said out of respect rather than fear (mostly, anyway), and Saber Tooth was just generally a much more enjoyable place nowadays.
There was, however, one problem. As she found out from a drunken Sting, Rogue had apparently groped Yukino. Granted, it had been accidental, but it was still something Minerva felt that she could not allow to happen again. The trouble was that Minerva did not feel that she had the right to protect her comrade's innocence, especially since she had just stood by and watched as the ex-guild master humiliated the poor girl.
Sorano Agria, on the other hand, was perfectly willing to help.
"HE DID WHAT?" the sort-of-redeemed criminal bellowed, causing her Dragon Slayer teammate to cover his ears in agony.
"Don't kill him!" Minerva yelped, wondering if she'd made a mistake. "I just need you to make sure it doesn't happen again!" Sorano's eye twitched. It didn't look healthy, and it certainly didn't look sane.
"Oh, it won't." she growled. She grabbed Minerva's arm and tugged her over to Macbeth, who was asleep on the table of Crime Sorcière's current temporary base. "Wake up," she snapped, kicking the man formerly known as Midnight in the stomach. "We're going to terrorize people." Macbeth yawned.
"Did you say 'terrorize'?" he asked hopefully. Sorano grinned manically.
"Someone thought he could molest my Yuki-chan and get away with it," she stated. "We're going to make sure he doesn't." For lack of anything better to do, Macbeth agreed.
"Don't kill anyone," Merudy called from where she and Erik were discussing the pros and cons of annoying Jellal (or, at least, they had been before Sorano's shrieking had temporarily deafened the Dragon Slayer).
"We won't," Sorano promised.
"Probably," Macbeth said under his breath. He probably didn't care whether anyone died or not, so long as at least one or two people got traumatized. Minerva led the two fugitives back to Saber Tooth's guildhall, Sorano explaining her plan along the way.
"This sounds like a really bad idea," Minerva said. Macbeth shrugged.
"I like it," he said, looking rather happy. Sorano grinned.
"Commence the plan, minions!" she ordered. Minerva and Macbeth exchanged looks, silently agreeing that the Angel Mage was crazy.
"Yeah, whatever," Minerva decided.
Rogue Cheney walked to the kitchen. He was not sure why Minerva had called him there, as he and Sting had both been banned from any sort of food-related activity after an attempt at a 'welcome home' dinner had gone horribly wrong.
"Rogue, you're here!" Minerva exclaimed happily. Rogue nodded, wondering if he would ever get used to this new Minerva. Granted, he was happy that she was back and had come to terms with herself, but it was still startling every time he saw a genuine smile on her face.
"I left Frosch with Sting," he told her, not really having anything else to say.
"That's fine," Minerva said dismissively. "Anyway, I called you down here to introduce you to someone." Rogue blinked.
"Introduce me to someone," he repeated. "In the kitchen?" Minerva nodded, and a young, slightly girly man with black and white hair stepped out from behind her. It wasn't too surprising that he'd managed to hide behind her, as, though Minerva was in excellent shape, the man wasn't very tall.
"My name is Macbeth," the guy said. Rogue held out his hand.
"I'm Rogue," he replied, mentally hoping that this guy wasn't the Lady's boyfriend. Sting would go berserk. The man smiled. It was rather creepy.
"I know," he said. And then, his eyes turned red, and the world warped.
"What's going on?" Rogue asked, turning to Minerva, who… was no longer there. "Uh, Milady?" Dark shapes began to float around Rogue, who stepped back nervously. Something grabbed him from behind, and Rogue yelled in shock. He spun around, prepared to fight, only to see– "Yukino?" he asked, wondering when her hair had gotten so long. "What exactly is–?"
"SILENCE." The girl, who Rogue was beginning to suspect wasn't actually Yukino, hissed. "YOU TOUCHED MY BABY SISTER." Rogue went white.
"Y-you're Sorano-san?" he asked, terrified. "Wait, that was an accident! And how'd you even know?" Sorano grabbed his shoulders and slammed him against the wall. Her eyes glowed red, though Rogue was fairly certain that this was all just an illusion of some sort.
"YOU. WILL. NEVER. TOUCH. MY. YUKI. CHAN. EVER. AGAIN." Sorano growled at him. "IF YOU DO, NOTHING WILL STOP ME FROM RAINING DOWN FIRE AND BRIMSTONE UPON YOUR DOOMED SOUL. AND NO ONE WILL FIND YOUR CORPSE." And then the room returned to normal, with Minerva and Macbeth staring strangely at him. Sorano was nowhere in sight.
"Are you alright?" Minerva asked, innocently. "You look rather ill."
"I-it's nothing," Rogue told her. "I have to go now." As the Shadow Dragon Slayer left the room, Minerva and Macbeth bumped fists.
"Rogue-sama!" Rogue jumped about a foot in the air as he heard Yukino's call.
"Rogue!" Sting and Yukino raced towards him, Yukino grinning widely and Sting looking just as white as Rogue.
"My sister's here!" Yukino squealed. "She's alive! Come meet her!"
"I–" Rogue began, but Yukino had already seized his wrist and was dragging him along behind her.
Sorano was sitting at one of the tables in the guildhall, chatting with Macbeth and Minerva. She looked up when Yukino burst into the room, smiling sweetly at Sting and Rogue.
"Hello, boys," she said cheerfully. Sting and Rogue both screamed and ran.
"Sting too?" Minerva asked, confused. Sorano shrugged.
"Better safe than sorry," she declared.
"Sora-nee?" Yukino asked. "What's going on?"
"Nothing you need to worry about, my darling, innocent, beautiful little sister," Sorano said, embracing the younger girl. "Nee-san was just setting some ground rules." Yukino blinked. Minerva and Macbeth stifled their laughter.
"O… kay?"
AN: So… Sorano is a bit overprotective, Minerva is an epic friend (kinda), and Macbeth has problems. If you haven't guessed, I'm a pretty big Rogue/Yukino fan (Sting/Yukino is my NOTP), but I think Sorano would probably want to cover all her bases. Better safe than sorry. Oh, and in case you're wondering, Jellal showed up the next day to apologize. Sorano and Macbeth came as well, but they were too busy laughing their asses off to actually apologize. Sting got over it pretty quickly, but Rogue was hiding from Yukino for a few more weeks before he felt it was safe to be out in the open again. Also, Minerva cooked an apology stew that tasted really good, but Rogue thought he saw the words "you've been warned" in his beef, so he spent a while hiding from her as well.