Joining Sabertooth! A Luna Nightingale x Sting Eucliffe fanfiction! (BOOK 1)

Getting To The Guild Hall

Walking off the train in Crocus I held Tenroku tightly, my hands shaking a little bit. This was the first time I've ever come home with this much worry and regret. Worried that Minerva would get me kicked out of the guild. Regret that I thought it'd be a good idea to trust her. I wasn't sure how I could be so foolish, I protected my secret for so long on my own and now it's gotten out twice. I feared the worst when I walked into the guild hall since I hadn't known if she told everyone yet. Everyone was acting as normal as ever as I then saw Minerva talking to the guild master. She turned to me for a moment and I could see a smirk tugging at the corners of her lips. I could feel the knots in my stomach form as Dobengal approaches me.
"Hey! Seems the guild master was informed about how skilled you were and has put you in the games!" He says to me.
I'm completely in awe at what he said. So she didn't tell him about my magic, at least not yet. Not only that but she made it so I'm in the games. Guess that trip to Magnolia will have to wait.
"He has?" I ask Dobengal.
"Yeah! Meanwhile I'm just gonna be sitting in the stands," He says rubbing the back of his head.
I look down at Tenroku with a smile of pure relief. I see Sting talking to Rouge, no doubt about the games. I lower my head remembering how he pushed me away. For nothing more than training for the stupid games. I let out a sigh as I turn my head away. I catch him waving at me and I ignore him, turning my gaze somewhere else before I walk out of the guild hall heading home. Suddenly Minerva is in front of me.
"Don't think me putting you in the games means your secret is safe with me. You don't win these games and the whole guild will know that you're a fake," She says with venom laced in each word.
As she's walking away I can feel those sapphire eyes behind me. I hold Tenroku even tighter and I run to my house. Keeping the tears locked away inside, not wanting anyone in the guild to see me lose it. Instead I rush home, I wouldn't want them to think I'm weak so I decided that I'd let myself cry once I was away from the guild. I see Yukino come up behind me.
"Oh, hi Yukino," I say as I keep my head turned to the side.
"Are you ok Luna? I saw Minerva talking to you and then you ran out," She says trying to catch her breath.
As I explain to Yukino what happened being the only one I trust with it other than Sting. She quickly hugs me. Yukino has become a friend that I'd let see me cry, probably the only one in the guild that I'd break down in front of. She had a kind heart and a gentle personality. As she walks with me back to my house I vent about everything. Inviting her to stay the night. She accepted with a smile which made me smile. She explains how she'll be participating in the first day of the games. Saying that Minerva would be taking a leave of absence for the first day. We tell jokes back to my house trying to cheer me up. After cheering me up significantly we start making dinner. Well Yukino mainly makes dinner since it was her idea for chicken parmesan. After eating we head to sleep needing plenty of sleep for training tomorrow.
~Next Morning~
Waking up to the smell of bacon and eggs I look and see Yukino was already up and dressed. Getting myself up and went to my closet to find a tank top and shorts. I then put on running shoes and put my long blonde hair in a high ponytail. I make my way downstairs to eat some breakfast.
"Smells good Yukino," I say licking my lips.
"Thanks," She says with a smile.
After eating I ask her if she'd train with me. She accepted quickly holding her keys. Yukino was a celestial wizard using keys instead of actual magic spells. As we go to the clearing in the woods she summons Libra while I throw water attacks at trees. Yukino tries to summon her other spirit Pieces. After she successfully did it she closed their gates and collapsed to the ground.
"Why don't you go home Yukino I can continue alone," I said with a smile.
As she agrees she heads home. I, however, stay in the forest continuing to train. I prefer to train alone since it gives me time to think. As the thoughts of what went down with Minerva my attacks grow more sloppy and erratic. I take a deep breath.
"I can't focus on what happened. I need to remain focused on training," I say to myself as I continue to throw attacks at a tree.
After about four hours of training I collapse to the ground completely exhausted. My training partner, tree, is beaten up now. Small shards of bark was scattered across the ground, it's wood stripped partly. Lying on my back in the soft grass I look up at the clouds. Still trying to catch my breath I sit up and look at my hands as I then stand up fully. I clench my hand into a fist.
"I can't let my fears make me weak," I say as I then ran back to my house.
I open the door to Tenroku talking to Lector while Sting is on my couch. I can feel the anger form in my brain.
"Why the hell are you in my house?" I ask with a hint of anger.
"Tenroku let us in. I wanted to see if you wanted to train with me?" He says and I slap him.
"After the way you treated me in the guild hall you really think I want to train with you?! That's why you're here? You can get out!" I say as Sting looks shocked while holding his cheek.
"What do you mean how I treated you?" He asks a little mad.
"You pushed me away when I asked if you wanted to travel with me. 'If you're smart you'd train too' Do you not remember those words you said to me?" I ask.
"Is it wrong for me to want you to train?" He says the anger rising.
"No but the way you said it hurt! And now Minerva knows about my magic! Thanks to you! She saw what happened and used it to get me to go on a job with her which wasn't an actual job! And she assaulted me and I didn't have a choice but to use my magic! She would've killed me if I didn't!" I scream finally letting it out to him.
He just stands there completely silent. I finally let the tears fall. He then did something I never expected. He came up and hugged me. For the first time Sting actually hugged me. Once he did, I couldn't stop crying. I tried to push him punch him anything to get my anger out at him. In the end I ended up hugging him back. After calming down, I sat down on my couch.
"I know you have an image to maintain so go ahead and leave. You don't have to socialize with me... It'd just ruin your self image," I say opening the door.
He gives me one last hug not saying anything before he left. Once he left I fell to the floor. Hugging my knees to my chest I just sat there. It had pained me to say those things but it had to be done. If all he was gonna do is work on his self image then I didn't need to socialize with him. I wasn't gonna get hurt again. Making my way to my bedroom I collapse on the bed and quickly dreams fill my head. Softly sleeping as I held onto my pillow. The next three months are going to be a pain. Hopefully my secret stays just that. A secret.
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