Fate [HIATUS]

Chapter 1: Fated Meeting

Chapter 1: Fated Meeting
"You live your own life. You're on your own and you know what you know. You'll decide where to go."(Lucy)

Normal POV
A week after the X791 Grand Magic Games and a week since the Eclipse Project...

In the Sabertooth Guild...

"What!? You're leaving!?" Minerva whisper-shouted at the duo in front of her.

"Yeah, and so what?" the arrogant White Dragon Slayer retorted. His partner just kept his calm and stoic face. Minerva just stared at them while Rufus and Orga bid them goodbye.

"Leave the brats alone, Minerva," the booming voice of Master Jiemma resounded in the room. The five turned to face him. "It's their own decision. And everyone clearly knows the reason behind this."

Awkward silence followed until Sting decided to break it. "Well then, see ya," he waved to his old teammates and made his way out of the room. Rogue and the two Exceeds followed.

When the Dragon Incident arose a week ago during the Games, all Guilds decided to work together to fight off the threat. After the Incident, Sabertooth and Fairy Tail made a friendly pact and their rivalry disappeared right then and there (but Master Jiemma still looked down on the weak). The agreement made the choice of leaving easier for Sting and Rogue. For Rogue, he wanted to find a better guild that would take care of their own nakamas, and for Sting, he wanted to be together with his girlfriend, the one and only celestial mage of Fairy Tail, Lucy Heartfilia.

How did it happen? Well...

FLASHBACK to the week before...

Sting walked around the Fiore's Park. He was bored out of his mind and the 1st day of the games just ended. He looked around looking for something interesting until his eyes landed on a crying blonde celestial mage seated on a bench. Unconsiously, he walked near her, his dragon hearing picking up the words she was muttering.

"Why did I have to be so weak?" 

"If only I trained myself better..." 

"I'm so pathetic."

Sting stopped walking in front of the blonde mage and stared down at her. Sensing someone in front of her, Lucy looked up and their eyes met. 

Sting broke the awkard silence. "What are you doing here crying, Fairy?"

Lucy's eyes widened for a second, and then it turned to a glare. "What are YOU doing here, Tiger?" she challenged.

Sting was surprised at her comeback and smirked. "Not bad, Blondie."

Lucy's eyes narrowed. "You're blonde, too."

Sting chuckled and stood up straight. "You didn't answer my question, yet."

At his words, Lucy tilted her head to the side. "What was your question?"

Sting stared at her, and in his opinion, Lucy looked kind of cute. He mentally smacked himself and replied, "I said, what are you doing here crying?" 

Lucy's lips formed a smile, but Sting could tell it was forced. "N-nothing, really..."

"Is it because of your loss?" Sting questioned. Then tears started forming from Lucy's eyes again. He panicked. "W-what the hell!? Stop cryin' will you?!"

"Y-yeah, I guess I should," Lucy chuckled a bit and wiped her tears with the back of her hand. "I'm just so frustrated. I almost won, but then... Raven Tail just had to interfere... I'm not angry at them. I'm just so angry at myself. Natsu even had to help me. I couldn't do anything by myself and was even tortured by Flare. Why did I have to be so weak? Why did I have to be so pathetic? Why did-"