A/N: Since I was reading some NaLu fanfics right before Fairy Tail started airing again I stumbled upon the awesome pairing Sticy and, well fell in love with the pairing. Because I plan to write a lot in the holidays I have in July I'll be uploading the first chapter for this since it's already written. I put up a poll on my profile for what story I should focus on and aside from this story I have a MikuxKaito that's on going, another Sticy with the first chapter up and two HistuKarin ones. Summaries are on my proflie.

Anyway I hope you like the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail as much as I wanted to but it all belong to Mashima Hiro.

She was crying yet again. Recently, she's been crying more and more. The reason? She was always running into trouble while out on missions and who had to save her every single time, just because she was so weak? Natsu, Gray and Erza had to. They always pushed it aside as nothing much, but they were always injured after saving her. She couldn't help it anymore, every time she would feel guilty, and ended up crying once she was alone at home. Then again, she never had that much of privacy in her own house, considering that Natsu liked to come to her house in the middle of the night and sleep next to her, which didn't seem awkward to him at all. Lately she's been thinking, thinking about leaving team Natsu, not wanting to burden her team any longer. So right now, she was walking towards the guild hall.

It's been about three months since Fairy Tail had won the Grand Magic Games and Sabertooth came into second place. Ever since it was over, Fairy Tail had started getting more missions again, thanks to them being the strongest guild in Fiore again. And about since team Natsu started going on missions after the Grand Magic Games again, Lucy started crying after every mission.

She reached the guild and just before she entered she made sure that she didn't look like if she had just been crying.

She stepped into the guild hall, her feet bringing her to her team: "Hey Natsu, Erza, Gray."

"Hey Lucy." They greeted her back.

"Umm, Lucy we need to talk to you." Natsu's seemed to change.

"Sure, what's it about?" She asked taking a seat next to them.

"We wanted to ask you...ask you if you would want to leave team Natsu-" Gray started.

"-You know, since team Natsu is the one team in Fairy Tail that get's into the most trouble and breaks something on every mission they go. Well, and you aren't as strong as us yet and we thought that maybe it would be the best for you if you quit being in our team. We came up with this because we're worried about your safety Lucy, nothing else. We really just want you to be safe." Erza quickly continued.

"Yeah, sure. Actually I was already thinking about that , but I never knew how to bring up the subject, so thanks! If you hadn't asked I would have had to somehow ask you myself. And also, I totally understand you and thank you for thinking about my safety." She answered quite relieved.

"Okay, but one thing Lucy. When you go on missions, make sure you go with someone, like maybe tag along with Shadow Gear or something, or if you want to go soloing try to choose a less difficult mission. 'Cause if not, all this leaving the team would be useless if you run into trouble and no one's even there to help you." Natsu told her.

"Yeah, I'll make sure. So, are you guys going on a mission again? I think I'll go back to my apartment for the day, I've been actually having a headache since this morning." Lucy said.

"Yep we are, we just wanted to tell you this. We're going already so see you Lucy!" They got up and left her there.

She got up shortly after and headed back home again.

It's been four months, since Lucy quit being in team Natsu and started going on solo missions. She went on a mission with Levy and her team Shadow Gear before, but only once. It just wasn't the same, without Gray and Natsu fighting and breaking things while out on missions. Sure it was a hassle sometimes, but it was also fun to watch. There was just something different with going with other teams and with going with team Natsu on missions, so Lucy decided to just do solo missions. Team Natsu was, as always, going on missions as much as they can. Lucy on the other hand, went like once a week or something, and her missions usually took her one or two days to complete.

Just like four months ago, Lucy always felt down but not because she felt like she was being a burden. Because she missed going on missions with Erza, Gray and Natsu. Every since she could come and came to Fairy Tail thanks to Natsu, the only people she ever went on missions with, were those three. Aside from all the Fairy Tail members being friendly she was not as close to anyone, even Levy, as she was to them.

Today was a rainy day with made lucy even more sad. Then again, when the weather was super nice, she would also feel sad because she felt like everyone else on Earthland was happy, except for she herself. She had been in her house for almost two days so she decided to take a stroll around Magnolia.

She just finished cleaning up her breakfast, which was just some bread with butter and jam. So she left her apartment, locked the door. She started walking in the rain without anything covering her head and thought, I wonder what Natsu and the others are doing right now. If I'm right they should have just gotten back from their mission. Slowly streams of tears started to fall down her cheeks. Not like that was anything new to her, and anyway with all this rain it's quite difficult for other people to notice her crying.

Soon, since she was lost in thought, she didn't pay attention to her surroundings and to where exactly she was walking, just letting her feet carry her wherever they brought her to.

It's been nearly seven months since Sting became the master of Sabertooth, right after the Grand Magic Games came to an end and his guild placed second after Fairy Tail. At that time Jiemma, the last master, killed his exceed Lector after Rogue and he himself lost against Natsu Dragneel. He was so angered that he attacked Jiemma leaving a huge wound there and several days later, Jiemma left the guild along with his daughter, Minerva. Since he became the new master, Sting went on missions a lot less, just staying in Lotus, the city in which Sabertooth's headquarters were, and left Rogue to go on solo missions with Frosch, which didn't seem to bother the shadow dragon slayer at all.

Even though it was raining he was walking to his favourite cafe for brunch. He normally just ate brunch and dinner when he stayed in lotus and didn't go on missions, but normally he'd just eat at the guild headquarters if it was raining. Today though, he just felt like walking in the rain to his favourite cafe.

Surprised he spotted the blond girl from Fairy Tail, that he recognised immediately. Her name is Lucy Heartfilia if I remembered correctly. But I wonder what she's doing here in Lotus, it is next to Magnolia, but still, Sabertooth's located here. Maybe I should ask her. He thought and walked closer to her. As he stepped nearer to her he could see her tears streaming down her face. The hell?! Why is she crying?! Aside from her crying face he thought, Hey, she actually looks quite cute, I didn't really pay attention to her at the Grand Magic Games.

"Heartfilia-san, may I ask you what you're doing here all by yourself? I mean, since Fairy Tail kind of hates Sabertooth." He asked kindly.

Shocked she looked at Sting as if she saw a monster and looked around to look where exactly she was and found a sign that read, Lotus Cafe. Shit! Since when did I cross over to Lotus?! I hope I get out of this alive... She panicked.

"Sorry, I'm so sorry, really. I didn't mean to step into Sabertooth's grounds, I'll leave right away!" She bowed to him while apologising and quickly turned around, however before she could get away Sting grabbed her hand.

"Wait! It's totally fine, and it's not like it's our grounds, it's just the city our guild is located at. But why are you crying so much? Did something happen? Would it...would it help if you told me why you are crying, like you know, just telling to let it out. I promise I won't tell it to anyone if you want. I know, I'm heading to a cafe right now to have brunch, won't you follow me Heartfilia-san? I'll treat you." Somehow Sting just felt like he had to help her.

Maybe I should just follow him. It would help to let it out I guess, but I should probably still stay on my guard, he's a person from Sabertooth after all, She told herself: "Umm, okay, thanks a lot." She followed him into the safe called, Lotus Cafe.

There weren't many people inside the cafe. She followed Sting to a table with two seats further inside of the cafe and sat down. The table was at the side of a wall so one seat was a bench and the other was a chair so Sting let Lucy sit on the bench. Then he ordered two cups of coffee and two french toasts. The waiter took the order and came with the two coffees and french toasts after a few minutes.

"So would you want to tell me what happened Heartfilia-san?" Sting asked.

"Uh...Yeah, but before that, why are you trying to help me? I mean Sabertooth looks down on Fairy Tail right?" She said starting to eat her toast.

"Yeah, they did.,but now not anymore. You have seen our last master Jiemma right?" She nodded her head: "He was always obsessed with having power, losing was disgraceful for him and whoever lost in his guild was expelled from the guild. After I lost against Natsu-san, he scolded me and Rogue for losing. Then my exceed Lector, told him that he thought that Rogue and me did our best to fight Natsu. It seems that until that point, Jiemma never really noticed that Frosch and Lector where in Sabertooth and then...and then he..killed Lector, right in front of my eyes. I got angered and wounded Jiemma badly and after Grand Magic Games finished, he and his daughter Minerva left the guild. It was then, then that I noticed that strenght never came from power alone, but from comrades that help you, protect you and let you protect them. It's just like how Fairy Tail fought for one another. Since then I came to look up at Fairy Tail again, and after I became the master of Sabertooth, I had always wanted to go over to Magnolia and apologise to you people, especially you Heartfilia-san, for all that we did to you during those six days. But I never had the courage to, I was afraid you wouldn't accept the apology." He finished.

Lucy was shocked, that was not what she to hear: "Oh, I'm sorry, for what happened with Lector. And don't worry I'm sure master will accept your apology, and I also accept it. Besides it wasn't you who tortured me, and at that time you weren't the master yet."

"Thanks, so would you want to tell me your story? Only if you want to of course." He told her.

"Yeah I want to. In Fairy Tail, I was in team Natsu which consists of Erza, Gray and Natsu. So you know after the Grand Magic Games we went back to going on missions as much as we can, since we had a lot more missions to choose from because we won the games. And team Natsu always went into trouble and had to at least break one building on every mission. So with all that I somehow also always got into trouble and the others had to save me countless of times. Well, so I always felt guilty, because they always had to save me and so one and I kept crying when I was alone after missions. So one day the others asked me if I wanted to leave the team since I always ran into danger, and they said they're only asking this because they care about my safety. I told them that I wanted to leave and was already thinking about that, which was true. So I ended up going on easier solo missions by myself. But every time I would wonder...wonder what they were doing right now, even if it was stupid that they always destroyed stuff it was very fun to go on missions with them. Going with other people on missions is also not the same, so I just tend to cry a lot over the past months." She explained as she started to cry again.

Sting felt helpless, he wanted to help her, but was there anything he could possibly help her with? He had to at least try and calm her down, for now. So stood up from his chair and went over to the bench and sat beside her and hugged her from the side, gently patting her of the head.

"Thanks for telling me, Heartfilia-san. You know what? Even if I had to save you all the time I wouldn't ask you to leave the team if we were in one. Just like you said, it isn't the same anymore without the whole team. That's how I feel without Lector, and as master I don't necessarily need to go on missions so I only go like maybe once a month." He tried to comfort her.

After a while her tears stopped and she hugged him back, showing him that she was alright and then she said: "Thanks for comforting me Sting, I really feel much better. Hey, how about, as thanks for treating me and cheering me up I'll bring you to Fairy Tail's guild hall?"

"Okay, that would be great but let me finish eating first Heartfilia-san." He walked over to his chair again.

"Sure, and just call me Lucy, no need to talk so formerly. I'll just call you Sting too!" She decided.

"Okay, Lucy. You know, after I became master, I've started to respect others more, you know how I used to look down on everyone right?" He told her.

"Yeah, I know. You've really changed Sting, you're also kinder now." She lightly laughed.

Both of them stepped into the as noisy as ever guild hall, Sting just followed Lucy. She walked over to team Natsu as they were back from their last mission.

"Hi guys!" She greeted them.

"Hi Lucy!" They greeted her back.

"Lucy, why is Sting behind you?" Erza asked cautiously.

"Oh, he wanted to apologise to us, he's the master of Sabertooth now. I'll show you where the master is" She explained.

"Hey, wait Lucy! I wanted to say this when you were around. Lisanna is going to join team Natsu! Isn't that great." He announced to everyone.

Lucy's anger was rising at an incredibly high speed, and so was Sting's but he didn't show it. Gray and Erza couldn't believe it, Natsu didn't even ask them if it was okay with them, but that wasn't their only problem.

"Natsu! Didn't you forget what we just did four months ago to Lucy?! We asked her to leave the team because it was dangerous for her and now you're letting Lisanna join?!" Both Gray and Erza screamed at him.

At this point Lucy was clutching Aquarius key tightly: "Sting I think you better apologise to master and the guild and quickly get out of the building before you get wet. Master, could you come out of your office for a sec?!" She told Sting and stouted to master across the whole building.

Soon after Makarov came out of his office and spotted Sting immediately: What is a Saber doing here?"

"Good afternoon Makarov-san. I met Heartfilia-san on the street and she led me here. I came because I wanted to apologise to you and Fairy Tail."At this point everyone was listening: "A lot happened in Sabertooth and I became Sabertooths new master. My exceed was killed by the last master and it was then that I noticed what true strength was and came to look up to Fairy Tail. I have changed ever since and now see the true meaning in fighting for one's comrades. I wanted to apologise on looking down on this great guild before and for causing trouble to you people at the Grand Magic Games. I really hope you understand and accept my apology." He bowed at Makarov.

"Raise your head young one. We gladly accept your apology, and I'm glad your view of fighting changed to the right one. I hope we, Fairy Tail, will get along with Sabertooth from now on." Makarov told him.

"I thank you, Makarov-san. I shall take my leave now." Sting left the building.

After that Lucy sighed, her anger was still there. So she walked to the bar, to where Mira was.

"Mira-san, could I get a glass of water please?" She asked with a fake smile her hand still on Aquarius key.

Mira noticed where her hand was, she also heard Natsu just now, and said: " Of course Lucy, just try not to flood the whole building."

"I'll try Mira, but I can't promise anything, you know how Aquarius is." She took the glass of water and walked away.

When I was nearer to Natsu, but not near enough for him to notice me I whispered so no one would hear me: "Open the gate of the water bearer, Aquarius." And Aquarius was standing in front of me.

"Please attack Natsu with your most powerful attack, I don't care if you flood the whole building along with him." She whispered to her spirit.

"You know, I would normally flood everything, but I heard what Natsu said just now and I won't forgive him, and only him. So just this one time I'll obey your orders properly." Aquarius whispered back to her.

Aquarius turns towards natsu and used her Giant Wave Attack. Luckily for them Erza and Gray noticed this before already and got away from Natsu and Lisanna. Natsu on the other hand, was too distracted talking to Lisanna that his dragon senses also didn't help him anymore, and so he didn't notice the attack at all. After the attack hit them Aquarius went back and Lucy walked to master.

"Master, I wish to leave Fairy Tail. I don't have a grudge on the guild but on a certain Salamander and wish to leave because of this." Lucy told Makarov.

"I understand, but remember there are three rules to leaving Fairy Tail. First, you must never reveal sensitive information about Fairy Tail to others for as long as you live. Second, you must never use former contacts met through your being in the guild for personal gain. Third, though our paths may have diverged, you must continue to live out your life with all your might, you must never consider your own life to be something insignificant, and you must never forget about your friends for as long as you live." Makarov and the other guild members, excluding a knocked out Natsu and Lisanna, showed Lucy the Fairy Tail hand sign. Lucy showed it to them and Makarov removed her pink Fairy Tail mark.

"Bye, Guys!" Were her last words and she left the building to find Sting waiting for her, much to her surprise.

"Oh, you're still here." She said.

"Yeah, I was wondering if you were feeling alright." He reasoned.

"Are you going back now? I'm fine at the moment by the way." She told him.

"I don't know. There's no one at the guild hall right now as it is. I heard you said you want to leave Fairy Tail, but what are you going to do now?" He asked her curiously.

"Hmm, not sure. I want to somehow get stronger so I can fight Natsu for real one day." She said.

"... Then how about this. In five months the Grand Magic Games are opening again. Why don't you join Sabertooth since they're joining again, and i'm sure Fairy Tail is too, and then I can train you until then." He offered her.

"That'd be great if you don't mind some weak mage like me joining your guild. But can you really train me in such a short time?" Lucy asked happy to accept his offer.

"I told you already right? Sabertooth has changed and me as well. Believe me, over the past few months I've trained a lot, I might just be able to beat Natsu-san now. I'll make sure I'll make you at least as strong as I am now." Sting told her full of confidence.

"Alright then I'll join, do we head to your guild hall first? So I can get the mark." She asked him.

"Yeah, was about to say so, anyways let's go!" And both of them headed back to Lotus.

Lucy was dumbstruck, dumbstruck by how huge the building was, and I thought Fairy Tail had a huge building. Sabertooth's building looked almost like a castle. She followed Sting to his office where he had the stamp.

"This place is huge!" She told him.

"Yeah I know, we renovated it and somehow it became this big. So I take it you would like it on the back of your right hand in pink?" He asked her.

"Yep, exactly. How did you know?" She asked him sarcastically.

"Haha, I wonder." He told her, they both started laughing.

"So where are we going to train?" She asked him while eyeing her new Sabertooth mark.

"I know the perfect place. It's where Weisslogia used to train me when I was young. There's this huge mountain with a height of three thousand meters above sea level... We have to take the train though..." He said.

"Haha, I still remember you during Chariot. It was super hilarious." Lucy was laughing again.

"Anyway go home and pack your things and then let's meet at the train station in two hours." He shoved out of the guild building.

"See ya then!" She made her leave.

Sting didn't know why but he was extremely happy that Lucy joined Sabertooth. On the other hand though he was extremely angry because of Natsu.

Lucy wasn't regretting leaving Fairy Tail. Sure she would miss everyone except for those two but it didn't matter. Sting was going to train her and she was happy that someone cares so much about her.

A/N: Okay, this time i wrote even more than usual. Again I hope you like it. Feel free to follow, favourite and of course review and just tell me your opinion. And don't forget to vote on the poll. If you read my Miku x Kaito story I think you would notice that my writing got a lot better, at least I think so, well but I still think can be quite bad sometimes.