She longed to learn who she was and only he had the answer. Problem? He was in Sabertooth and she was in Fairy Tail, two rival guilds. On the road to get answers, she finds herself falling for his partner. [StingxOC] [RoYu] [NaLu] Other pairings inside.
The Shadow's Light
Sting X Nina (OC)
War and Hope!
Rosana looked and saw the same shock on Natsu's face before she blinked. "Grampa..." That was when black flames landed, a crazy-looking blonde laughing.
"Looks like Master Hades did a number, eh, Makarov?" He cackled, his long and spiky blond hair reaching down to his lower back. He had a psychotic grin on his face as he shows his teeth. His red pupils consisted of several concentric circles, which further enhances his crazed appearance. He wore a yellow and dark blue skirt-like armor with a red waist ribbon that exposes the right side of his chest as well as his right shoulder, where his guild mark tattoo is located.
"He's the one who did this!?" Natsu demanded.
Rosie was still hesitant before she stood with Natsu, glaring at the blonde.
He whistled a little. "What a cutie! I will make it less painful for you, babe~"
Rosana paled and shook her head, growling. "As if! I hate creeps like you!"
"Let it go, my children... Remember what I just said!" Makarov said.
"But, Grampa..."
"I ain't backing down!" Natsu said as both Rosie and Makarov saw him shaking in fear.
"Natsu... He's trembling in fear..." Rosie said quietly.
"Having a hard time, Dragon Hunter?" He said. "I should introduce myself to the babe. I'm Zancrow, one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory! And what are you called?"
"I'm Rosana Dreyer and I am a Dragon Slayer." She said, annoyed that he called them dragon 'hunters'.
"Another one? Wow. That must mean you are just as weak..." Zancrow sighed. "Looks like Pinky is freaking out a bit! There's sweat dripping out of every pour of his body!"
She sat back next to her grandfather, watching as Natsu acknowledged fear for the first time in his life, stunned that he was so scared. For as long as she's known Natsu, he'd always been confident and a little dense. Zancrow's laugh broke her out of her thoughts
"Yup! You got it! I can't say I blame ya! It's gotta be terrifying for a runt like you and a babe like her to face my ultimate power! If I were you, I'd stay there trembling in fear too, runt. And you, babe, I'd surrender and become my girl!"
Rosana's mind went back to that lord that had said she should be his girl as well. Back then she had Laxus. Now... She had no one to keep her safe from those nutjobs. Did she really have no choice? Was she forever going to be stalked by these guys and be torn from her family? Her gaze caught Natsu erupting in flames. "Natsu..."
"He's right. This is fear I feel, but not the fear you think of and not the fear Gildarts was talking about." He clenched his teeth. "You dare speak to Rosie like that... I'm not trembling because of you, idiot. The only thing I am afraid of is Rosie's tears and that someone else will do in the jerk that beat up Gramps before I get the chance to get a few good licks in! I made a promise to protect her long before now." He glared. "Consider it a promise made to Laxus before he was kicked out."
Rosana gasped. "What?" Her brother knew and he wanted Natsu to protect her in his stead?
"Laxus wanted to make sure his little sister was always safe, even when he wasn't around." His face became shadows, with his eyes glowing red. "You're gonna pay! I won't let you guys get away with this! For hurting Gramps, for coming to Fairy Tail's sacred island, but most of all, for making Rosana cry!" He then glared. "I'll take down Master Hades and I'll do it with my own two hands!"
Rosana smiled waterly. "Natsu..." She wiped her tears and stood up. "I'm right with you... I said I was done being the one who needed protecting... And I need to own up to my words... I am a Shadow Dragon Slayer for a reason. I need to stop acting like a crybaby and grow up." She entered her Dragon Force as she spoke. "No more. Master Hades will rue the day he attacked my grandfather. His shadow will consume him and he will learn true fear. Here, today, I make my vow: I will never be the weakling ever again. I will protect my family and friends until I can't move. My strength will come from my family and I will use it to crush enemies of Fairy Tail." Her magic grew as she looked at Zancrow. "I know my path now and know that Laxus wanted me to walk a different one than him. I will. I vow to never cry like a baby. I will fight!"
Makarov and Natsu smiled a little, both knowing a vow from a Dragon Slayer was unbreakable. That was before Natsu's rage returned as they looked at Zancrow.
"You two think you can take down Master Hades?!" He was surrounded in the black flames, similar to Natsu and Rosie being engulfed by red flames and shadows, respectively as he and Natsu hit foreheads. "That is never gonna happen if you can't beat me, punk. I'd learn to not attack me, baby." He got hit by Natsu, his head getting hit down as Rosana kicked him, making him slide back. "I told you your flames have no effect on me!"
"Oh? How about shadows, then?" Rosie asked as she jumped from tree to tree before kicking him, getting blocked. "What?!"
"Black flames are shadow flames... It won't hurt me if either of you two hit me, babe." He cackled. "Dragon's fire or shadows have nothing on my divine flame! They're on a completely different level!" He swatted her away, into Natsu, who caught her. "Sorry, babe. Can't really hold back, even if you are cute." He swung his hands around. "My flames do more than burn stuff. They become a weapon of fire that can defeat any enemy!"
Rosana melted into the shadows as Natsu lept up to avoid the attack, him hitting a tree onto their target, her getting sent into him as Zancrow punched both of them. She spun to land and see the flames become two clamps. "Well, this is fun... Shadow Dragon's Wing Attack!"
"My flames will eat you puny wizards alive! You're going down!" He said, the clamps knocking Rosana away before she could land a hit and sent her into a tree, facing against Natsu. "Flame God's Supper!" He completely engulfed Natsu with the attack, trapping him in spherically-shaped black flames. "You should quit fightin, cause once my blaze's gotcha, there's no getting out! Not till you've been reduced to ash!"
"NATSU!" Rosie called, crawling closer and reaching out before she got engulfed as well.
"Natsu! Rosie!" Makarov said.
"I can still eat my way outta here to save Ros!"
"There's no way a wizard with dragon's power can ever eat divine flames!" When he failed to eat the flames, he grinned. "Don't say I didn't warn you-Gah!" He found himself in Makarov's grip. "A giant, huh?"
Rosana peeked an eye to see her grandfather gripping onto Zancrow. "Grampa!"
"How dare you... What kind of monster would hurt my children right in front of my very eyes?! Especially the one I took as my granddaughter! Stop or I'll crush you like an insect!" He emphasized it by tightening his grip a little. "And when I'm done, there won't be any trace of you!"
Rosana tried to move, but when she did, the flames licked her side wound, making her yelp in pain before she tried again. The flames were hotter than Natsu's, true, but the pain was ten times worse than that, since Natsu rarely hurt her on purpose, mostly trying to train her and fight her in a friendly way. She went wide eyed as she saw Zancrow engulf himself in the same black flames, intent on burning her grandpa's arm off. "GRANDPA!"
"Are you crazy? Do you want to lose that arm!?"
"If that's what it takes to free my two children, then I'll do it!"
"Please! Just let go of him, Gramps!" Natsu said.
"Let me go!"
"Let him go, Grampa!" Rosana cried.
"I pity you, young man. Because you don't know... THE POWER OF FAMILY!"
At those words, both Rosana and Natsu grew angry, knowing they had family fighting as well and they let their anger make their magic surround them.
"Is it gonna be the Dragon Hunter, the babe, Makarov or me?! Which one will kick the bucket first?" Zancrow asked.
Rosana watched as Natsu's magic seemingly vanished, crushing her heart a little. Natsu.. Was gone?! Her anger erupted in a huge burst of magic, breaking her out of the hold as she rushed at Zancrow. "YOU BASTARD!" She kicked him, his hands still clasped together. Flipping back, she stared when Natsu ate the flames, stunned. "N-Natsu?"
"Impossible! A Dragon Hunter shouldn't be able to eat my flames!"
Rosana felt the suppression of Natsu's own magic, which meant he was a vessel towards the other magic. Her nose picked that up and she wondered why she hadn't used it before. She grinned as she knew Natsu wasn't as dumb as most people thought he was.
"I get it now. I had no clue there was a special trick to eating certain types of fire." He said, wiping his mouth.
"HOW COULD YOU BE SO FOOLISH NATSU?! DO YOU WANNA DIE?!" Makarov demanded, throwing Zancrow in his rage.
Rosana dashed over. "Grampa... Calm down!" She was the only one not really afraid of his temper, having it rubbed off on her so she was more like him some days.
"Of course not, gramps! And I won't let anyone else, either!" Natsu said. "Ros, be ready to guard gramps! No one's dying, at least on my watch anyway! We're all gonna make it back home to Fairy Tail! DRAGON DIVINE FLAMES, COME TOGETHER TO BECOME ONE! DRAGON GOD'S BRILLIANT FLAME!" The moment the Natsu's hands were brought together, a gigantic explosion was generated, which destroys the surrounding area and blew Zancrow a considerable distance away from him.
Rosana used her shadows to block against the explosion, covering her and Makarov. She rushed to Natsu's side, catching him. "That was amazing, Natsu!" Again, she had been on the sidelines, but she had a feeling that she would soon show her might eventually. That was before they both collapsed, exhaustion taking over and making them pass out.
"You are quite a stubborn child... Then again, you've picked that up from your family. You are growing closer to them as you should. You're strength, the strength I failed to see raising you, lies with 'Fairy Tail'. To enter the Dragon Force three times is a miracle." Skiadrium said. "Soon, my child, you will have the answers you seek. There will be one who smells as you do to others: dark and shadowy, yet not like the Dark Mage, more... simple. I have been guiding both of you to this event... I hope it plays out well, my daughter..."
She woke up to see Shina, Happy, Carla and Wendy, sitting up and looking around. "Rosie!" Shina hugged herself to her
"Natsu!" Wendy said happily.
"Where's Grampa?" She asked as Lily spoke.
"Here."
"He's not out of the woods yet..."
Rosie nodded before noticing Natsu's scarf. "Hey! It's back to normal!"
"Wendy used her Sky Magic to get the bad gunk out! We also flipped your clothes!" Happy explained.
"I owe ya one, Wendy."
"No problem." She blinked when Natsu sniffed her. "Umm.."
"I recognize this stench."
"Wendy, do you know?" Carla asked.
"There are so many new scents I can't tell who's who..."
"Well, how about Rosana?" Lily asked.
"Mmmm.." She took a few whiffs before shaking her head. "Nothing that different. Perhaps Natsu's talking about something only he smelt before?" She didn't get him to answer, as he had darted off, leaving her and Wendy with the Exceeds, Happy following after Natsu. "Well, this is gonna be difficult... Grampa is down..." She sighed as she helped carry him to where she saw Levy and Lisanna. "Lev! Lis!"
"Rosie!" Lisanna sighed before going pale. "Master... Is he.."
"Badly hurt... Like these guys I guess..." She saw Mira, Ever, Elf, Gajeel all in the same condition. "These Grimoire Heart people are tough..."
"No kidding. You're hurt, Mira's hurt, Elfman's hurt..." Lisanna said, taking time to bandage her wound. "This looks like it hurt."
"I got the better end, considering the one who gave this to me is the same one that has Gajeel that bad." She sighed as she noticed a man appear with a weird lacrima. "Who are you?!" She got to her feet and glared as Lucy, Happy and Natsu arrived. "You guys~ Glad you could find us."
"You're scent was easy to follow, with you bleeding and all." Natsu said. "Who's this guy?"
"I am Doranbolt, of the Magic Council. I've come to save you. The Magic Council might be taking drastic measures."
"Wait... Another Etherion blast?!" Rosana paled and shrunk to hide behind Lucy. "We barely survived the first one..."
"If they fire it while we're all on this island..." Wendy began.
"Who knows what damage it might cause..." Lucy added.
"Then we'll have to take care of business before that happens." Natsu said.
Rosana nodded and walked over to Natsu. "That means getting these Grimoire Heart creeps off our island."
Doranbolt came up to them. "Your master's been defeated! And Grimoire Heart's got incredibly powerful wizards on their side."
"So? Natsu's defeated one already." Rosie countered.
"Actually, two." Lucy corrected. "A doughboy came after me, but, yeah. Two are down."
"See? We've got this."
"There's no way you can beat them!" Doranbolt stated.
"Oh, really?" Rosana glared. "So we should just let our island get blown up, twiddling our thumbs?"
"We can't do that! This island is home to our guild's first master! It's sacred to us!" Lisanna stated.
Wendy teared up. "We have to try and protect it!"
Lucy adopted the glare Rosie had. "Here's a message for the Council: Tell them they better back off. If they don't, they're gonna be sorry."
"Are you... Threatening the Council?" Doranbolt asked. "Some lowly wizards?!"
Rosana cracked her knuckle as a dark look entered her face. "You, pretty boy, have a lot to learn..." She saw Natsu smirk a tiny bit as she got into his face, despite being a foot shorter than him. "Whether it's Grimoire Heart or the Magic Council, Fairy Tail never backs down!" She snarled.
"You attack us, it'll be your last mistake." Natsu added, his glare shocking Doranbolt. "We'll put you deep in the ground!"
Wendy looked up. "Looks like a storm's coming..."
Rosie's glare never left Doranbolt. "I'd leave right now. You are only a pain. We have enough shit and we can't bother to listen to you prattle on, pretty boy. As you can see.." She knelt next to her grandfather as she said this. "I may not be Grampa... But I am his granddaughter... I will act as his voice... Leave before we force you to."
"You're just a chil-"
"You don't wanna finish that sentence." Lisanna warned. "She is our master's granddaughter. When he is unable to give orders, she is the next one to do so."
Natsu smirked. "Better head on back before I get angry."
Doranbolt gulped at the looks before he glared back. "I'm tryi-"
Rosana stood up and punched him in the gut, knocking him out. "Save it, pretty boy..." She said, looking around. "We need to get the injured somewhere safe... But with this rain, I can't smell anywhere... Huh!?" She and the others were suddenly forced down by something, the pressure nearly popping her ears and crushing her nose. "What..." She looked up to see some weird man standing over her. "Who... Are... You?!"
"The granddaughter of Makarov... How nice..." The man reached down and lifted her with gravity, squeezing her when she snarled. "And a Dragon Slayer, too... Interesting.. Where is Mavis Vermillion's grave, brat?"
"Leave her alone!" Lucy called as they were sent down again.
"I... Don't... Know..." She gasped out, screaming when the pressure was added on, opening her wounds again.
"ROSIE!" A familiar voice called, a brown haired Cana slamming him away. "You okay?"
"C-Cana...?" She asked, coughing before seeing the right arm of the card wizard. "You found it?"
"You bet. I'm about to blast this bastard away.."
"Do it then... Make him fear Fairy Tail." Rosie nodded and watched the spell Fairy Glitter be deflected, hitting everyone and sending Cana away. "Cana! Run!" She yelped when she was forced into the ground, a rock deepening the wound from earlier and making her flinch. She watched as Gildarts reappeared, sending the attacker flying away from Cana. "Mister Gildarts.." She sighed happily as the spell wore off and she wobbled over, the others following suit. "I want you... To deal with him... He is the enemy... We'll take my grampa and the other injured away from here... I leave it in your hands."
"Gotcha... After all, you're technically in charge with Makarov out cold." Gildarts grinned slightly before his expression changed at his enemy. "I'll easily deal with him."
She nodded and they all managed to move all injured to a safer place, knowing Gildarts was about to destroy the place going all out with this guy. Her mind smiled as she knew that Gildarts's power was nearly unmatched, thus why he was an S-Class of Fairy Tail, next to Erza and Mirajane. With Mira out, there were only two S-Class left and she wanted her brother here, to make it four. Finding a 'safe' place, she collapsed due to her wounds and leaned on Lisanna. "Man, this hurts..." She grumbled before smiling. "Well, you two took your sweet time... We're about to get a visit..."
"Sorry, Miss Rosana. We just arrived with Gildarts." Freed apologized.
"Yeah, but we're back and ready to kick butt." Bickslow said.
Natsu grinned. "Great! I'm wanting to head back-"
Rosana stared. "You will stay here. Gildarts can handle it. We need all we can get to protect the injured. Especially with him..." She glanced to see a fairly tall and lanky young man.
He had silver-colored hair in a pompadour style. He wore silver designer glasses and a dark purple jacket with a flipped up collar, completed with a fur trimming. He wore a grayish shirt underneath the jacket that has a belt over it that wraps around his waist. He wears long black pants and blue shoes. Finally, he sported a pair of white designer gloves, and his Grimoire Heart member stamp is located on a band around his left arm sleeve. Overall he has somewhat of an androgynous touch to his appearance.
"Who are you?!" She demanded.
"Rustyrose is my name, my dear~" He said.
Rosana sighed. Why was it, every guy hit on her?! She was only eleven! Barely even a teen! She managed to get to her feet. "Lev. Lis, stay here. We'll deal with this guy..."
"But, you're hurt, Miss Rosana." Freed commented.
She shook her head as her vision spun. "I refuse... To be protected again... With Gramps hurt, I'm... The one that... Needs to protect him..." She let her magic surround her as she spoke. "Freed, use your enchantment spell around the wounded. Me and Bick will keep this guy busy." She said, seeing him nod as she and the Seith mage rushed at the attacker. "Shadow Dragon's Talon!" She swung her shadow-engulfed leg at him, going right through him as he dodged, making her use a tree to bounce off, breaking the tree. "Shadow Dragon's Claw!"
"Such childish antics... My wardrum is saddened by this event and must be healed by destroying you!" His arm changed and slapped her away and made Freed catch her.
"Rose!" Lisanna cried as Freed put her down, letting them take over the fight so they could take care of Rustyrose.
Rosana woke up a few moments later, her body using that time to heal as she sat up, seeing the injured were up as well, including her grandfather. "Grampa!" She said.
"You've woke up... I'm glad. You did very well while I was resting, dear." Makarov said, getting a hug from her.
She nodded before noticing her clothes were different and looked to the others, seeing the same thing. "I take it it was Virgo?"
Lucy nodded. "Yeah."
Blinking, her nose picked up on a very familiar scent. "Natsu... I believe we need to deal with someone..."
"I hear ya. Time to show that Master Hades what happens when you piss off Fairy Tail!" He said.
Soon~ Soon the infamous seven years will happen! 8D *giggles crazily before bopped on the the head* Hey! *Sees Sting looking annoyed* Sting-kun!
Sting: Relax with the crazy laughter..
Me *summons Rosie*: But I have to do something~ Besides, here! *Shoves Rosie towards him*
Sting *Catches*: Easy with her!
Rosie *Giggling*: I'm hardly fragile, Sting...
Me: Read and review... Also, Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail and the characters~
~~Kiwi~~