The Dark| Freed Justine X Reader Story

9•Like The Good Old Days

It was a little after 8 am and I was seated on the dusty floor of the training room. I could hear Natsu and Gray fighting for a job from up here and sighed. This guild never changes, does it? But it's still home, I reminded myself, bringing a smile to my face.  

My hair was starting to stick to my neck so I pulled out a hair tie and put it up in a messy bun. I had thought a lot about how we would train. And finally we both had a complete schedule ready. 

Freed had gone out to help Bickslow with something and said that he would come back at 6 pm. We had agreed to train everyday at that time for at least about three hours. After a lot of convincing, I finally got Freed to agree that training in the evening would be way better than waking up early in the morning. 

He seemed hesitant at first but then gave in. We would still do our own things, but dedicate three hours of our everyday life for training. 

I looked down at the old book we found in one of the cupboards of the training room. Most of it was empty with only a few words written here and there that didn't really make much sense to me. 

We had written down (more like scribbled) a schedule for ourselves that we would follow for a month. That's how much time I had given myself to train and then I would go after her.  
For a week we would be working on hand to hand combat. He had also given me a page with some kind of specific diet on it. 

"It will help you build your strength," he said. I didn't know if that was true or if he just wanted to torture me with weird tasting food. But I agreed anyway. 

Since he was out for most of the day, I decided to go down to the guild, and spend some time with my good old pals. It had been a long time since we had talked or done anything for that matter. It would be a good relaxation after my previous mission. 

I still had to tell master about it. Honestly, I was ashamed. Even with the Thunder God Tribe, I failed a mission. We lost to a guild that was unknown to almost all of Magnolia! 

I sighed and stood up, dusting the back of my shorts. It was no use thinking about our defeat over and over again. I had to learn from it. And then go back and return victorious. 
But that wasn't all.

I had so many questions. And the dream, it was one I could never forget. The leader- she looked so familiar, yet I had never met her before or even known about her existence. I couldn't even remember her face right now! It was a blurry mental image. The only thing clear was the black tattoo on her right forearm. But I couldn't make out what exactly it was.

I shrugged my shirt on and left it unbuttoned over my tank top. It was 8.11 according to the rusty old clock hanging on the wall, which meant I had about 10 hours. 

I threw open the door and headed down, where I could hear Natsu and Gray yelling. I pushed open another door and ducked as a plate came speeding my way. 

"Oops! I'm so sorry Y/n!" Cana cried with droopy eyes and her hands waving in the air. She had a giddy smile on her face as she walked over with wobbly legs. 

"A bit early for a drink, don't you think?" I looked at her worriedly but she simply giggled, hiccups interrupting her as she talked, "Wow- look at- y-ou! Such- love-ly poetry-y!" She giggled as she chugged down some more of the booze in her bottle. At least it wasn't a barrel. 

I sat her down and patted her head as she continued talking to Macao who looked at her with concern in his eyes. He was always like a father to her- to us all. Little Romeo was like our brother. He loved hanging out with Natsu and I. It was fun, those days. Jeez, I feel old. 

"Be friendly to each other!" A stern voice ordered smacking the two boys and pushing them together. The armored lady turned around and gave me a smile when she saw me.