It Doesn't Matter || Sting Eucliffe Love Story (Book 1)

~ Chapter 33: I Challenge You! ~

Akiko stared at the rain, sitting with her guildmates. Sting was stuck inside his office doing paperwork again, and she wasn't going to help him. Not today anyway. Orga asks "Is something wrong, Akiko? You've had that frown on your face for awhile now."

She shook her head. "No. Nothing's wrong. But I just can't help think that Natsu's doing something stupid yet smart at the moment."

Rufus asks "Why's that?"

"I don't know. It's just a gut feeling," Akiko replied. "But it would be like him to do something like that."

"I agree," Shiro commented.

Lector said "Yeah, I wouldn't put it past him that he got himself into a heap of trouble by eating something that his stomach didn't agree with," a small smile came to Akiko's lips.

"Yeah, that's just like him."

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Natsu sneezes as he flies around the stomach of a large monster, Happy at his back. "Someone's talking about me, I just know it!" He stated.

Happy exclaimed "Now's not the time to worry about that!"

"Oh right!"

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Her brow twitched as her guildmates laugh at her predicament. Orga asks after he had finished laughing his head off "How the hell did you get yourself in this mess?"

"Don't laugh," she said under her breath as children ran around her like brats.

Shiro hissed "A nursery not too far away had asked her to take care of the children since the nursery needed to be rebuilt. And since the owner and her were good friends, she couldn't refuse the plea of help."

Rufus said "I see, but does it have to be at the guild?"

Shiro replied "She didn't have a place to keep them at, and she didn't want to suffer alone."

"Ahh! Someone help me!" Lector yelled as he ran away from the children that threatened to trample on him.

He jumped into Akiko's arms, saying "These children are crazy!"

"You can say that again," she muttered.

Four of the children laughed - these ones were around 5-7 years old. However, counting all 10 of them, they were the age of around 5-10 in range.

"Oi, you!" A young voice said.

Akiko looked over to see a boy. He had black hair that was very spiky, a buzzcut on one side of his head. His eyes were a dark green colour. He wore a dark green T shirt with a black sleeveless vest with black shorts. He looked like the gangster type. If she remembered, his name was Hiroshi Ventor. He was the oldest out of the ten brats.

Behind him stood four other male children that wore similar clothing to his and slightly altered hairstyles. She asks in a blunt tone "Hmm? What is it?"

Hiroshi pointed his finger at her with a cocky grin on his face. "I challenge you to a fight, old hag!" He declared.

Her brow twitched at the insult, but she didn't budge. Everyone in the guild had shocked faces while the children were cheering for a fight, saying that Hiroshi was going to win. Orga said "Well, this is going to be interesting."

Rufus commented "Agreed. This will be a fight to remember."

He just... Called me... An old hag! Akiko thought to herself, pissed off but her face stayed neutral. She said "You're on, kid. What type of fight do you want?"