The Rogue & The Alpha

Chapter 26 - Attack of the Sabertooth Wolves!

Natsu's POV

As we were in the middle of a certain...ahem 'activity', we heard a wolf howl in the distance about another pack attacking from the south. Lucy and I ran towards the howl and found our friends fighting Sabertooth wolves. Either they're mad that I embarrassed them at the Solstice, or they've figured out Lucy's identity. Hopefully, it wasn't the latter.

Standing in the centre, big and powerful, was Jiemma. The only wolves beside him, who haven't joined the fight yet, were Minerva, Sting, Rogue, Yukino, Rufus and Orga. I stepped forward to protect Lucy and then Erza and Gray immediately joined me on either side. "You have something that is mine" Jiemma said as he looked at Lucy behind me. Damn, they did figure out her identity, but it doesn't matter, I'm not letting them take my mate.

"My mate doesn't belong to you! She's a proud member of the Fairy Tail pack!" I growled and both Erza and Gray had a proud smirk on their faces like they knew this would happen. Jiemma's eyes widened in surprise before glaring daggers at me. "Kill him" Jiemma ordered and without hesitation Sting ran at me. He tackled me to the ground and growled. "Round two?" he joked, and I growled back before kicking him off me.

While Sting was pushed back, Rouge leapt to attack me but Gajeel clashed with him. I rolled onto my feet and crouched down into a fighting stance. With a quick glance, I found Erza fighting Minerva, Gray fighting Rufus, Laxus fighting Orga and Lucy fighting Yukino around me. Jiemma was the only one on the battlefield sitting back like the coward and dictator that he is. Once I take down Sting, I'm going to put him down.

I turned my focus back to Sting and snarled at him. He charged at me and we clashed in a flurry of bites and scratches. With a whip of my head, I landed a strong bite on the back of his neck and he howled in pain. He reached down and bit my leg. I yelped as I let go of his neck and then smacked his head off my leg with my other paw. My claws scratched across his cheeks and he growled as he glared at me.

I crouched down and then pounced on him, pushing him onto his back. He pushed his front paws against my chest as I tried to bite down at his throat. With a quick side push, he rolled us over, so he was on top. We both growled and then, using my back legs, I flipped him over my head and onto his back. While keeping eye contact, we rolled in the same direction onto our paws. We growled at each other and crouched down ready for the next round of attacks.

Suddenly a loud cry distracted me from my fight with Sting. I recognised the cry, it was Lucy's! I whipped my head to where I heard her cry and found her pinned down by Jiemma with Yukino standing submissively nearby. Lucy was struggling to escape under Jiemma's paws. "Lucy!" I exclaimed and tried to run to her aid but Sting jumped onto my back and pushed me down on the ground when I was a few steps away from her. He laid a paw on my head and pushed my head to the ground. I growled as he lowered his head to mine.

"After we kill you, your mate will belong to Sabertooth. Imagine all the powerful pups she will produce for us" he said with a smirk and I snarled. Like I would ever let that happen! The only puppies she'll ever produce are going to be my own, no one else's. Suddenly Jiemma leaned his head down close to Lucy and sniffed her. His snout immediately creased as he snarled furiously. "You're already pregnant" he growled and then turned to look at me. "With his pups" he added with a feral growl as he glared at me. My eyes widened in surprised. 'Lucy's pregnant with my pups?' I thought and joy beamed through my chest. I'm going to be a father!

Jiemma stepped off of Lucy and walked over to me. "Watch her" he ordered Yukino, without taking his eyes off me. I tried pushing Sting off of me while Jiemma was coming but Sting pushed my head back down to the ground. Jiemma stopped a few centimetres from my face so I had to look up to his face. "Any final words?" he asked and I growled defiantly. I refuse to die here by his claws. I have my friends, Lucy and my future pups to live for.

As he was about to attack, a golden wolf and a pale blue wolf leapt at him from behind and bit each side of his neck. He howled in pain and stumbled backwards. His blood started to stained his white fur. Sting's and my eyes widened seeing the two wolves teaming together to attack Jiemma. "Yukino! What are you doing?!" Sting exclaimed as we watched the two female wolves take on the large white Alpha. Jiemma twisted and bucked but struggled to shake both females off of him. With one sharp buck, both Lucy and Yukino were thrown off. Jiemma turned to Yukino and walked towards her, probably to kill her for betraying him.

Looking up, I saw Sting hesitant to step in. Yukino's scent is all over him so I expect she's his mate, but I can understand why he's hesitant. Even though he wants to run in and save her, going against an Alpha, especially an aggressive one like Jiemma, could lead to death as an act of betrayal. Yukino looked up at Jiemma scared but raised to her paws to fight. "Oi, are you just going to stand back and let Jiemma kill your mate?" I asked. Sting looked down at me before looked back up at Jiemma with a newfound resolve. He leapt off of me and ran at Jiemma. If Sting manages to kill Jiemma then he will become the new Alpha and I pray that he does. Sabertooth might finally become a proper pack.