Animal Girl of Sabertooth. Rogue x OC

Chapter Twenty

"Are you excited, Minerva?" Yukino asks softly, calmly stroking Frosche's head as he purrs sleepily on the table in between the two cushioned booths. Sting at the head of the table, with his back to the window, his head pressed against the pristine clean table-top, cheeks tinted with green and purple causing a slight chuckle to leave my lips every time he comes into my vision.

"It will be an excellent way to bond and build the relationships through calm, and carefully thought-through events." Minerva replies, smiling softly as she taps her chin, probably imagining the upcoming events. Minerva's elbows pressed against the table as she folds her hands underneath her chin, her body sitting beside Yukino.

"Carefully thought out huh? That shall be interesting to see." I pipe in, a smile hinting my lips as both of them look towards me with raised eyebrows. I shrug faintly. "What? It's true."

We sit across from them, we as in me and Rogue. Him sitting at a tilted angle, head tilted back and eyes closed as he holds off the tints to his cheeks, proving he can lock the look of pain and hatred for his motion sickness off his face.

Compared to the holy dragon slayer that is hating every moment, let's not forget the tracks are rickety and making it a slightly bumpy, yet speedy journey.

My back pressed against his chest, arms around my waist holding me in place. My eyes barely open as I nuzzle back even more. My ears flickering constantly as the conversation changes throughout the members of Sabertooth who are all spread out throughout the carriage and the following two of them attached.

A few months since the Tartoros incident. A few months since I was injected, along with Violet with demon particles. A few months since Minerva and us were returned to Sabertooth. And a few months since Fairytail's disbandment. All have led to this moment.

With Fiore slowly beginning to be rebuilt from the destruction of those Face machines, things are beginning to look up... Look up for Sabertooth that is anyways. Even though Fairytail's disbandment is a sad point in history, all the high paying jobs have went to us, giving more money into refurbishment of the guild hall and future events, just like the one that we are currently on this train for.

To strengthen the relationship between each member, we've saved enough to have a... what could you say... vacation at a resort that wasn't destroyed from the months prior. No face machines were built around it.

Money from the town our guild is stationed in was also put towards it for their gratefulness for helping us swiftly, and easily build and fix the structures and houses, cooking and paying for things people lost.

But here we are, getting away from the rough few months, and I couldn't be more happy for it.

The train not stopping at the stations of small towns as it's an express train, but the downfall being that it isn't fully stable... Rogue shifts uncomfortably behind me, my body shifting with his as the carriage of the train slides open.

Lector and Violet wondering in with large trays. Lector struggling with two being balanced on each paw, yet Violet smiles as she balances a tray on either paw, one on her head, in between the ears and a final one on her tail.

Well... We have been waitressing to those who lost their homes in the recent events, she's grown accustomed to it, and even ended up helping in the guild hall. With careful ease, she places a tray on the table opposite us that held Rufus and Dobengal at the booths along with a few others.

Lector doing the same with both his trays to tables out of my view, including Violet before they return, Violet sliding the tray on her tail along the table top. Orga singing some form of 'thanks' from the opposite end of the carriage. An assortment of cakes and drinks littering the tray of different varieties.