The Blood Sorceress (Natsu x reader)

Chapter 21: Yukino

Y/n's POV

The last battle was between Yukino from Sabertooth and Kagura from Mermaid Heel. Yukino used the 13th Key of Ophiuchus but was still badly defeated. And so, the games ended.

I walked to my lodging. I hadn't talked to Natsu but while having dinner, we talked and he offered to drop me. I noticed someone standing outside. To my surprise, it was the white-haired girl from Sabertooth. She looked sad.

"What are you doing here?" Natsu asked with a mean look.

"I-I just wanted to talk to Y/n," she said.

I nodded with a smile.

"So, what'd you wanna talk about?" I asked.

It was a bit awkward as Natsu, Mini and Happy were staring at her and studying her. She felt nervous, I could see that.

"Cut it out!" I yelled at them.

They didn't say anything but fortunately were not looking at her, now.

"After I lost with Kagura from Mermaid Heel, our Master embarrassed me in front of everyone and I was excommunicated from the guild. I won't be in the games anymore, too, so it's okay, you don't have to look at me as an enemy anymore," she said. Even though she was smiling, I could see tears about to fall from her eyes.

"Why would they do that? It's heartbreaking," I said, feeling bad.

"No, it's okay. I knew it would happen when I joined the guild," she answered.

"Still, that's no way to treat a guildmate," Natsu obliged.

"Anyways, I'm not here for that," she said, not wanting to talk about it anymore as she was about to break down any second now. I genuinely felt bad for her.

She went to her purse to take out three keys.

"These are the keys I own. I realized that I wasn't worthy of them the moment I lost. They don't deserve their owner to be a loser like me so I wanted to give it to you. You can either keep it or give it to your blonde friend. She will then have all the zodiac keys," she said, sadly.

"And, why would I do that?" I asked, arching one of my eyebrows.

"Because..." she trailed off.

"There is no reason to give up your keys just because you lost one fight. You may think weak but you seemed strong to me. You were confident you would win and you know how to work together with your spirits. Your opponent was strong, yeah, but that doesn't change the fact that you were remarkable today. Your spirits need you. You care for them and need them, too. I'm sorry for what your guild master did to you, but don't lose hope," I ended with a smile. She politely nodded, taking her leave. I felt sad for her but there was nothing to do for her.

Or so I thought. Natsu ran behind her. I followed him. But it seemed I took a long time as he had already disappeared, leaving a shocked Yukino.

I asked her what happened. She said that he only apologized for his behaviour said he would make things right. I got what he was trying to do.

"That idiot!" I said, running to where I thought or let's say I knew he was at.

Sting's POV

We were all wakened up by a blast. As I went to see what happened, I saw Natsu asked out Master to fight him, though he seemed unfazed. He asked Dobengal to fight him whom Natsu easily defeats. Master then decided to fight him after all. This was going to be interesting.

As they were about to exchange blows, Minerva interrupted a smirk on her face.

"How reckless can you be," she said, looking at Natsu.