August 21, 2015
Fairy Hunters Guild
4:57 p.m.

"There." Silver hands Zeref a bottle of pills, "That should hold you up till Makarov and I can find a stronger dose for you."

Zeref nods, "Thanks..."

"Are you okay, Zeref? You look like you haven't slept in a week."

"It's because I haven't slept in a week. I keep seeing her. I can't stop seeing her whenever I close my eyes."

"I see... What about Zera? How is she liking it here?"

"Zera... She's so much like her mother, it's insane how closely related they are. She seems to be adjusting fine. I am still trying to find a suitable school for her though. Adds to my frustration but, the job of a parent."

"I had to raise Gray. I understand how you feel although, I think boys are more complicated than girls are."

"You don't need to give your child the talk about that time of the month when she gets older."

"Oh... Good luck with that."

"Fuck you, Silver."
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Rogue was cleaning up at the coffee shop. Silver had given him the night shift since he could see rather well in the dark and be able to handle if any robbers decided to bust in. Gajeel was also here earlier but, Rogue insisted that he'd be able to handle the rest of the cleaning so, he went back to the guild.

"To think... Not too long ago, I was still a slave..." he says to himself, stopping mid-mopping to think.

It's been several long years since he saw the faces of his lovers, let alone the person he called his brother. It bothered him that he wasn't able to remember their faces well and yet, he remembered their names so perfectly.

Sting Eucliffe, his first love, his first kiss, his beloved boyfriend who protected him even though he was hurt in the end.

Yukino Aguaria, his second love, his first girlfriend and just an angel who believed that every star shined for a reason.

Kagura Mikazuchi, his third love, his mermaid, his defender and just someone he felt safe around.

They were so important to him. They were his family, his loves, the only other people he let into his heart other than his brother.

And he lost them.

One after the other, taken in those godforsaken games that the bloodsuckers made them suffer through.

Separated, never to see each other again.

Until, he was saved by the girl he thought of as a sister and his big brother.

And now, here he was. Living a somewhat more peaceful live, sweeping the floor of the coffee shop right before closing hours.

He could only hope that the peace around them would remain just for a little while.
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"A tazer?" Rogue was confused when Gildarts handed him the tazer that morning.

"Gajeel told me about your separate personality. We want to see if you can summon him without such drastic measures." Gildarts explained and Rogue began to shout.

"T-This is a tazer, a gigantic stun gun! These aren't drastic measures?!" He was pretty freaked and they couldn't blame him, "How do I know this won't kill me?"

"Just an experiment. Rogue... You have to learn how to control him, have to cooperate and use him to your advantage. Besides, you're an immortal. Something as meger as this won't kill you." Zeref sat in his seat, eyes serious and deadset on Rogue's own.

With a shakey nod, Rogue examines the weapon. It was a simple stun gun, a tazer and with the right circumstances can be used as a deadly weapon.

"Okay..." he was determined to bring him out.

"We're right here if something goes wrong." They attempt to reassure him as he breathes out, holding the gun against his head.

"Come out, come out, wherever you're hiding, Kuro." He whispers under his breath as he pulls the trigger, the discharge going through his entire body.

At first, nothing happened.

"Uh... Are we sure it wouldn't kill him?" Gildarts asked when Rogue hadn't moved from the spot he was in, the silence becoming concerning.

"I know for a fact that this wouldn't have killed him so, suggest you get back, Gildarts." Zeref narrows his eyes when they both saw the vampire smirk, a low chuckle emitting from him.

"Boo." His red eyes were dark, his black hair now pulled back, revealing the scarred side of his face.

"We can assume you are Kuro?" Zeref stands up from his seat as Gildarts backs away from the vampire.

"The esteemed executioner of the bloody Red Queen! Did cha want something with little ol' me, White Queen?" Kuro chuckles, summoning a black scythe from his shadow, flinging it over to rest on his shoulders.

"We have questions that you will answer." Zeref laid his claim and Kuro bursts out in laughter.

"You make it sound like you're a threat to me! You're gonna need to try harder than meger threats!" Kuro wipes away the tears from his eyes as they heard the door to the training room open.

"Zeref-san! There's something wrong with Rogue! My-" it was Levy, whose dark tattoo appeared over her right arm.

"The tattoo reacted to Rogue using the gun on himself... Interesting." Zeref nods as the blunette realized that something was a little off about the aura in the room.

"You... Aren't Rogue, are you?" Levy could tell that Rogue's whole demeanor was nothing as it should be.

"You really are clever, Alice..." Kuro smirks, licking his lips.

"Alice?" She was confused by what he called her.

"Alice in Wonderland is my favorite story. You are just like Alice, dearest Alice..." Kuro smiles, bowing before the blunette exprcist, "I made the wrong impression before. I am Kuro, the executioner."

"Uh... What did you two do to him?" Levy asks as Gildarts begins to nervously rub the back of his neck.

"Experiments?" He answers and Zeref steps up to her.

"We need answers out of him." Zeref explained and Levy looked over at him, the vampire staring at her as if she were dinner.

"What will it take for you to talk?" Zeref asks and Kuro smirks, the dark red of his eye began to glow.

"If I can have just a taste from Alice..." he lips his lips just thinking about her blood, "I'll tell you everything I know, including the memories the hare has..."

"You can access his memories?!" Gildarts was shocked.

"Of course I can! The lonely little hare, the white rabbit and the Hatter might have forgotten, but not I! I remember everything! I even remember those events you tried to erase from us!" Kuro began to shout, the insanity seeping out of him through his mangled shadow.

"Events you tried to erase...?" Levy's eyes widened.

He was talking about those memories. The ones that they all had before, from thirteen years ago to be exact. That was the day their memories was supposedly erased to protect them.

"What does he mean by that?" Levy confronted the two males as they seemed to be avoiding eye contact.

"That day... Is not something you need to remember." Zeref says and Levy furrowed her eyebrows, stepping towards Kuro.

"If I give you my blood, tell me something about our past and who we are up against. As your exorcist." Levy pulls out her wrist and Kuro eyed it in an instant.

"Deal, Alice." Kuro's scythe vanished as he grips onto her tiny wrist and sunk his teeth into her skin.

She winces from the slight pain as it begun to dull into the dizzying sensation from before, as if she were being drugged.

With a light pop, he licked her wound close, the red liquid covering his face.

"Your blood really is filling, Alice. A deal is a deal. I'll tell you anything you want." Kuro smirks, sitting down onto the floor with Levy slowly following him down.

"Alright." Zeref kneeled down to him, his red eyes like targets, "Let's talk."
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"Do you think the rumors are true, White?" She asks as they sat on the roofs, inspecting their prey as they ran out chasing each other from the cafe.

"Which ones, Celestia? There are so many after all." He responds, seeing a man with dark hair step out of the door, seeing him laughing at three other males fighting.

"Is that-" She almost spoke his name when he hisses.

"We don't speak his name! They're dead, Celestia!" He almost screamed and she flinched from it, "We can't fuck this up... We have to continue living for them."

"Right..." she nods, lying her head low in sorrow as they quickly made their way to continue their mission.
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The woman guided her taloned hands through the aisles of experiments, all marked with her symbol of ownership.

She was pissed though. Her favorite toy was nowhere to be found, tamed by an amateur exorcist that happened to have gotten lucky.

She growls, grabbing two silver blades and flinging them into the heart of one of her experiments, satisfied that it didn't scream in pain to add more to her annoyance.

"Just you wait, Tattoo..." she giggles, licking the blood dribbling down the body's chest, "When I have you in my clutches, I'll never let go again."