Gray's POV

The cold is starting to kick in and rain is starting to beat against my numb skin like acid. I've started to wince at the thought of another step but I have to keep moving. And I have to get away... The group are close in front of me but I'm scared to stop walking... In case they strike me down was a traitor...

Rogue turns his head revealing a a bloody lip and broken nose. Occasionally his hand reaches up to wipe away the stream of blood from his chin. I send him a sympathetic look to which he sighs. I can tell he has started to think the same way as me...he hates Sting. The boy from district 1 is just looking for a punch bag to show of his strength.

"Gray..."I hear the all to familiar voice of the girl who sends shiver in up my spine, with her 'looks' that's bound to turn any heads around. However, she disgusts me... Her voice purrs in my ear as I feel every word come out if her mouth. I stare blankly at her.
"Minerva..."
She smiles slightly and winks.
"Oh don't act like that, we all know he got what he deserved..." My jaw tightens.
"What he deserved? Nobody deserves to be beaten for something so dumb"I feel like saying but my mind tells me not to. Instead I ball my fist in anger. I need to get away and find Juvia... I hear an eruption of laughter from Sting who is walking ahead stabbing his sword into a tree.

"Do you hear that?" His voice twists into a devious grin. A small bubble of laughter can be heard from up ahead. A knot forms in my stomach. It's a laugh of a girl.
"Let's go get her..." My head begins to hurt all over and my heart throbs in my chest from his words. I can't kill again. My mind starts to picture that girls face and the boy beside her... I stole a life, the one thing that you can't get back no matter how much you try.

My feet take a one step forward and two steps back. Sting snaps his head around to face me, pinning me to my own feelings. I wince when his mouth opens to speak.
"How about you get this one too Gray?" I feel my jaw clench. He walk over with the sword in his hand, gleaming in the overhead sunlight. He drops in in my palms. I swallow.

As much as I want to swing the sword at the person in front of me, my subconscious tells me not to.

"Do we have to kill her?" Rogue mutters under his breath. Sting over hears and throws his fist at rogues face.

"YES WE DO ROGUE!" Sting spits. Thankfully Stings attention has gone from me to Rogue. This would be the perfect time to run, I contemplate but my feet don't leave the ground.

"YOU ALL ARE NOTHING BUT COWARDS!" I feel a vein form in my head. Sweat beads all over my face and palms and my vision blurs.

"Pathetic." He laughs looking to Rogue.
"You will all be dead soon anyways." His face turns to me as he smiles.
"Well Gray. Will you take the kill or will I?" Sting looks me, dead in the eyes. I feel the world pause around me and the light diminish from my face. That sickly urge to kill this boy was growing even more, but I know if I did, Minerva or Rogue would take my head and I will never forgive myself for taking more lives... I probably wouldnt be able to kill sting anyway.

"Go on Gray-sama" I hear a voice from behind me whisper, except the voice doesn't fit the name. "Gray-sama." Only one person can call me that, Juvia. I feel my eyes tear up. How could I have been so stupid? I picture her face in my bead. Her. Dark eyes, her pale and beautiful skin, her sweet voice. She is my friend... No she's a lot more. I've probably known for a while now but then girl who would dip her feet in the sea, has a home in my heart. I'm in love with everything she says or does, I'm in love with her eyes and her hands when the hold mine. I'm in love with her smile and the way she can take me away from my thoughts. I'm in love with her face when she gets angry or jealous. I'm in love with her adorable red cheeks or annoying nicknames that I secretly adore... Yet this man thinks he can take all that away from me. This pathetic cowardly boy who's name sparks a nerve. I hate him, I hate him so much.

"I grip tightly onto the sword residing in my palms. I silently scream as its blade marks my skin.

"The only one who should die is you." I say with a blank expression. I quickly close my eyes. To the best of my ability I swing the sword towards Sting.

The sword which is tightly in my grip falls to the ground. Sting let's out a wince in agony, Scarlet spatters across my arms and face.

"What have you done" Minerva says in utter shock. Sting smiles triumphantly.

"You truly are pathetic." That's when I realise he used his arm as a shield. My heart thunders in defeat. I. Have. To. Run.

My feet quickly pick up pace and my chest swells with pain. I can hear Sting run after me and Rogue slightly behind.

"Is that all you've got Fullbuster?" He yells. I dare not turn my head. I dart towards the trees.