Chapter 4: Cat Fight
-Third Person P. O. V.-
"No! The kitty clearly meant me, Kagura! You don't care about kitties! I'm all about kitties!" Millianna yelled at her guildmate.
Kagura put Frosch down on a table next to them and glared at the cat girl. "I don't care what you say about how much you love exceeds, this one wanted to see me on his birthday and that is final!"
Millianna stood there for a moment, an angry look on her face. The members of Mermaid Heel and the visitors from Sabertooth looked on in worry, some of them trading nervous glances as if they were communicating through telepathy.
"This is bad." Sting whispered to his guildmates.
"What should we do?" Yukino whispered back to the master.
"Someone needs to talk to them. Calm them down." Minerva whispered, slightly louder, but not enough for the cat loving girls to hear her.
"Who should do that?" Rogue asked.
Every single one of his guildmates gave him a look that told him he was an idiot. Even Yukino.
"Seriously!?" the shadow dragonslayer quietly yelled in return. After a moment of nothing but their looks, Rogue sighed and set his present down on a table. He then slowly approached the argument.
"Kagura. Millianna." His voice cracked slightly from the tension he could feel between them. "It doesn't matter if Frosch only wanted to see one of you. I'm sure he would want to spend time with you both, even if he did only remember one of you."
Millianna brought out her claws and slashed Rogue, resulting the dragonslayer to fall backwards onto the ground. The front of his cloak had long scratch marks on it from his left shoulder to his right hip. Kagura's eyes widened as Rogue fell down and her hand gripped angrily around her sword handle. "Shut up! He clearly wants to see me and I'm not letting Kagura use up time that he wants to spend with me!"
Rogue was about to say something, but he was interrupted by Kagura swiping her sword between the two then kicking Millianna away. "Don't you dare hurt him!"
The cat girl staggered, but stayed on her feet. She crouched into a fighting position. "You wouldn't dare!"
Kagura crouched into a position to fight and pulled her sword out, pointing the dangerous weapon at her friend. "I would. Don't you even try to lay your hands on Rogue or you will fall where you stand!"
"Bring it, sister!" The two girls jumped at each other and started to have an enormous fight in the guild hall, jumping and slashing all over.
The guild immediately reacted. Almost every member hid behind a table that was knocked over or under a standing one. The Sabertooth members had run outside, since they still stood by the doors, except for Rogue, who still was lying on the ground trying to stand up, and Yukino, who instinctively went under a table. Under the table with her was Risely and Arana. Beth was under another table a bit away.
"Do they do this often!?" Yukino asked the girls.
"No, they don't." Arana answered. "They usually argue, but Kagura never pulls out Archenemy. She only uses it when she's serious."
"What could have triggered her?" Yukino wondered aloud. Her eyes then fell upon Rogue, attempting to gather his strength to pull himself up. "We have to help Rogue!" She told the mermaids.
"Wait." Risley said, holding her hand up as a sign to wait. Millianna flew into a pillar on the other side of the guild. "Now!"
The three girls ran out towards Rogue, but a strong arm held Yukino back. She turned her head to see Sting holding her by her waist. "S-Sting!?"
"Shh. Look." He told her. The two tigers watched as a table flew in from nowhere, knocking out the two mermaids. "That was close."
"How did you know that would happen?"
He looked into her eyes. "I didn't."
"Then why did you hold me back?"
"In case it did. I didn't want you to get hurt."
The shy girl blushed and looked away. She then noticed Rogue trying to inch his way to the doors. "Sting, we need to help him!"
Kagura's back hit a wall close to where Rogue was. An idea popped into Sting's head. "Hey, Rogue!"
Rogue looked over to where he heard his best friend's voice. "Sting? Help me!"
Kagura suddenly stopped in her tracks. The sound of Rogue's voice snapped her out of her violence. She holstered her sword and looked around. She spotted Frosch, cowering under a table. "Millianna! The kitty is scared! Go help him!"
The cat girl retracted her claws instantly and jumped towards the table. She dove under and hugged Frosch as tight as she could. "I'm sorry I scared you, kitty."
Rogue extended a hand towards Kagura. "Thanks, I guess, for stopping the fight you started. A little help?"
Kagura pulled him up onto his feet. "Yeah. Sorry about that. She had no right to hit you, though. You did nothing. By the way, happy birthday."
Rogue chuckled. "Thanks."
"Umm, guys." Risley said loud enough for those left in the guild could hear. "I don't mean to cause a panic, but..." She pointed to a pillar that had been damaged in the fight. Then to another. Then to a wall that had several cracks running up it. "We need to leave before the guild hall kills us all."
Everyone still inside ran out the doors right before the entire guild collapsed into a pile of rubble. All the members were speechless. Some looked shocked, some looked sad, others just laughed awkwardly to try to lighten the mood. Sting, Yukino, and Rogue joined their guild members.
"Now what do we do?" Rogue asked them.
Minerva gave Rogue the present that he left on the table. "Take this, for starters. Right before we ran outside, I had the common sense to grab it."
Rogue tucked the present under his arm. "Thanks, Minerva. But what do we do about that?" He motioned to the destroyed hall.
Kagura, Millianna, and the others approached the group. Millianna not letting go of Frosch for the time being. "We're really sorry that we ruined your kitty's birthday. And yours, I guess."
"It's fine. What are you guys going to do?" Rogue replied.
"We'll need to find a place to stay while we wait for the rebuild." Arana told him.
"Where's your master?" Yukino asked.
"Our master went to visit some relatives for a month. Some of them got sick and she wants to see if she could help. She put Kagura in charge, due to the power of Archenemy." Risley explained.
"Not an official master. Just a temporary adviser." Kagura added.
"So, where will you guys be staying?" Sting asked.
"I'll see if Fairy Tail could house us. Erza is the only person we need to negotiate with the master for Millianna and I." Kagura answered.
Minerva, Orga, Rufus, and Sting looked at each other for a moment, then got sly smirks on their faces.
Sting spoke up. "Well, since the whole reason you two fought was our fault, how about you guys come stay with us? We're closer than Fairy Tail, so you could still be in the same town."
The girls pondered for a moment. "Will the master be okay with this?" Kagura asked, unsure.
"I am the master."
"Do you have room?"
"We have enough room if each member of Mermaid Heel pairs up in a room."
Kagura went around to each member and talked for a few seconds each. After, they stood in pairs. She went back to Sting.
"They all agree, but there is us. Millianna, Arana, Beth, Risley, and me."
"Simple. Have the four of them pair up and you can stay with Yukino."
Kagura looked over at Yukino. "Don't you share the room with Minerva?"
She shook her head. "When Minerva left, I had a single room. When she came back, she requested her own. I didn't mind. She doesn't like sharing a room with anybody. I don't mind if you bunk with me, Kagura."
Kagura nodded. "Good. Sting, I agree to your terms. The mermaids will live with the tigers."
The two shook hands. "How long will the rebuild take?" Minerva chimed in.
"About a month." Beth answered.
"I remember that that is when your master should return, correct?" Rufus interjected.
"It is. Convenient, I guess. What she doesn't know won't hurt her, I guess." Millianna said.
"Then let's go. This way, guys." Sting started toward Sabertooth, leading the large crowd with him.
Kagura walked next to Millianna. "Can I have a turn with Frosch?"
Millianna hugged him. "Kitty..."
Kagura sighed then saw Lector walking next to Sting. She picked him up and Gave him to Millianna. "Trade?"
"Fine." Millianna took Lector and gave Frosch to Kagura, who hugged him.
"Kagura!" Frosch said, making the girl smile.
"I guess he likes you." Rogue said, appearing next to her.
"He's not the only one, Rogue." Arana said, appearing next to them. "Maybe you two should hug again."
Rogue and Kagura blushed.
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