Big Brother

9 months after Sting and Rogue join

"C'mon Rogue, why not this one." The complaint came from Sting.

"Because, you must be a fool thinking that we can do this by ourselves, we're going to need to get more people to join and then we need to split the money." Rogue replied in his usual uninterested tone.

"That's perfect, you need to be more social and I love working with people, win win situation Rogue." Sting said to Rogue but now very hyperactive.

"I see you two are getting along as usual." The intruder to the conversation was Mira the bartender.

"Hey Mira. Yeah the Emo Dragon Slayer here doesn't want to have friends in case it ruins his dark and shadowy external shell." Sting replied.

"Shut up light princess, I'm friends with you, Lector and Frosch, I don't see a need to add to the list." The now annoyed Rogue argued.

"God you two remind me of two people from seven years ago." Mira added.

"Who?" The two Dragon Slayers asked in sync which annoyed them even more. Mira all of a sudden became really sad and replied. "Never mind, Fairy Tail hasn't been that way since almost 7 years ago." The statement confused the two and their Exceeds.

At the corner of the guild a red-haired woman and blue Exceed were talking.

"Reminds you a lot of Natsu and Gray. How they would constantly fight." Happy replied.

"Yeah, but I don't know which one would be Natsu or Gray, they have a little bit of both worlds." As Erza said this a tear went down her cheek.

"Fine we'll do the mission, but you have to get the other person and only one person! I don't want to split the reward more than three ways." Rogue said, finally giving into Sting.

"That's easy, Wendy. She's the same age as us, same kind of magic and she is good looking!" Sting replied in his usual excited tone.

"Firstly, okay ask her and secondly, if you trained as much as you checked out girls, you might be stronger than big brother by now." The annoyed Rogue explained.

"Firstly I'm going to go find Wendy, and secondly like I would ever be stronger than big bro at my age, he was super strong probably." Sting replied to Rogue.

Archangel listened closely to his conversation.

"WHAT IS IT WITH BIG BRO, it's always big bro this and big bro that, WHO IS HE!" Lucy screamed out all of a sudden.

"Seriously, who is he. Non stop you have been talking about that guy for 9 months and we don't know the story."

"Even I would like to know this story." The intrigued Gray replied.

"Me too, that is one story I would pay for." An equally intrigued Zancrow joined in the conversation. By the end of people wondering who Sting and Rogue's big brother was, everyone in the guild wanted to know.

"Fine, if everyone wants to hear I don't mind telling the story. It all started about 6 years and 6 months ago." As I take everyone down the road of Rogue's and my memory. "I met Rogue and Frosch after I fought a bunch of assholes that were mean. Well I attracted the attention of Rogue with my amazing skills!" Sting remembered what had happened that day while Rogue rolled his eyes to Sting.

"He came up to me and challenged me to see who was better, light or dark. Well while we were fighting we made the whole town our battleground and this is what caught the eye of our big bro."

...

Flashback starts

"See I told ya Lector. They were all talk and no action, I didn't even need to use my magic on them but it's not like anyone can make me use my magic I'm super strong." A young Sting proclaimed to his cat friend.

"Yeah Sting, you're the best wizard of all time." Lector said adding fuel to the fire of ego.

"I hate egotistical people like you, why don't you put your money where your mouth is." From the front of the alleyway a young Rogue stood and his cat friend said. "Fro thinks so too."

"Well, who do we have here then. Never mind, you won't be conscious long enough for that to matter." Sting replied while both Sting and Rogue got themselves into fighting positions.

They bolted towards each other as the fight started. Sting threw the first punch which Rogue easily sidestepped. Rogue countered with a kick but Sting deflected it with his arm. Blows were dished out and taken from both children as they continued on with their fight.

"Pretty good, I think I will learn your name." Sting said to Rogue in panting breaths.

"Rogue Cheney, you."

"Sting Eucliffe."

As the battle continued, the blows became heavier.

Rogue took a hit straight to the face, but his defeat didn't last long as he used his fall to trip the unsuspecting Sting. Both boys got up and and continued with the harsh battle that had moved into the main streets of the town. Sting kicked Rogue into the air and then kicked him again into the hard cobble stone street. Punches came flying at Rogue, too many to count. Rogue had enough and kneed Sting in the gut getting Sting off him.

It was Rogue's turn to be the puncher. Rogue's speed was impressive as he punched Sting from the ground and jumped up and sent a flurry of kicks into Sting's chest. Sting hit the ground and then Rogue punched him into the air again.

"Now you want to make this serious, fine serious is where we'll go." Sting growled.

**White Dragon Claw**

Rogue took the attack with a surprised look on his face.

"So you're a Dragon Slayer, and white too. Want to see what wins shadow or white." Rogue said with a challenging glare in his eye.

**Shadow Dragon Slicing Attack**

Sting was hit by the attack and had the same surprised look.

"Shadow, fine let the fight begin." The white dragon slayer proclaimed with the same challenging glare in his eye.

White Dragon

Shadow Dragon

ROOOO--

Flashback ends

...

"And Rogue you take it from there." Sting pointed his fingers to Rogue as a sign to continue the story.

Rogue took in a breath and continued the story.

"Big Brother saw us fighting and saw it was getting a little out of control, especially for 12 year olds and their cats. He broke up the fight and then brought us lunch. He asked questions like how old are you, what element do you use, were you raised by a dragon or had a lacrima implanted into your body. We said both to the last question which seemed to confuse him for a bit until he said we were the start of a new generation. Then he asked what the names of the Dragons were and what happened to them. After that he gave us a once in a lifetime opportunity to travel with him and train in the stuff our dragons didn't get to teach us while they were around, we obviously agreed to the idea."

Flashback starts

*The Slayer's attacks were about to be released, when a sudden tag was felt on the back of their necks.*

*"What do you two think you two are doing, you'll destroy the town if you keep this up."*

*A hooded man suddenly appeared and lifted both Sting and Rogue up in the air by their clothes.*

*"Fro thinks so too." A small cat said from behind the cloaked man.*

*"You even have an Exceed to complete the look. How are you, little guy?" The hooded man knelled down, while still lifting the two 12 year old boys.*

*"Let us down, you stupid grown up." Sting said while wrangling in the iron grasp of the hooded man.*

*"Hey is that really the way you should speak to your elders, you stupid brat." The hooded man growled.*

*"I'm sorry sir, can you please let me down." Rogue politely said to the hooded man. The hooded man put Rogue down.*

*"See that's how you talk to your elders, not you ya reckless dragon wannabe." The hooded man said glaring directly at Sting.*

*"Fine, just put me down." Sting grumbled as he was put down.*

*"Now, you four look hungry, maybe I can treat you to lunch." A much kinder voice came from the hooded man as he ruffled the two little boy's heads. Both the dragon slayers and their exceeds looked up at the older person.*

*"Yaaaa!" All four yelled.*

*"Then let's go and get some lunch away from this area because they probably will not serve us." The hooded man happily said to the four. The five walked to the south side of town and stopped at a cafe.*

*"What would you three like to order?" The waiter asked them.*

*"I'll take a burger and a beer." The hooded man said.*

*"Well a burger would be good, and some apple juice and pancakes please." Rogue replied to the waiter.*

*"Yeah a burger and orange juice, oh and celery!" Sting exclaimed.*

*"Why the pancakes and celery, that seems a bit weird." The hooded man questioned the two dragon slayers.*

*"Frosch loves pancakes." Rogue said.*

*"Fro thinks so too."*

*"And for some unknown reason, Lector really likes celery." Sting replied.*

*"Ha ha hah hah ha ha ha, guess that goes for all exceeds then." The hooded man laughed.*

*"So your elements are Shadow and White, interesting. How did you get your dragon slayer magic, by dragon or lacrima." The hooded man said to the two with interest. The two looked at each other and replied, "Both.", "What you too.", "Stop repeating what I s-"*

*"Wait, what do you mean by both?" The hooded man asked.*

*"Well apparently Sting and I are part of a newer generation I like to call the 3rd generation, we were both raised by a dragon and had a lacrima implanted into us." Rogue replied.*

*"3rd generation, I was just calling myself the better generation." Sting exclaimed to Rogue.*

*"Wow, so you two have started a new generation congratulations." The hooded man spoke.*

*"What happened to your dragons? What were their names?" Suddenly the mood became depressing as the two dragon slayers looked to the ground.*

*"Around 7 years ago I had to kill my dragon to prove to Weisslogia that I am a true dragon slayer." A depressed Sting said to the four.*

*"My dragon Skiadrum wanted me to help him commit suicide." Rogue uttered in a depressed tone. "In the end, I hardly learned the basics because I was only five when he died.*

*"Me too." Sting replied.*

*A long silence occurred between the three until the hooded man spoke.*

*"Alright, I'm going to train you in everything you didn't learn from your dragons, I'll even teach you the secret arts of dragon slaying and then we could try to unlock whatever you 3rd generation dragon slayers can do." The hooded man said to both of the dragon slayers. Both of their eyes gleamed with happiness.*

*"Yeah." Both replied to the cloaked man.*

*"But what do we call you?" The happy Rogue asked. The man went over to both Dragon Slayers and ruffled their hair. "Just call me Big Brother."*

Flashback ends

...

"We traveled for 3 months just checking out different areas and training, traveling was the worst part of the trip. Sting and I would always get sick while our big brother was as stoic as ever. But apparently from Frosch and Lector, after the two of us fell asleep big brother would become sick as well. We then came upon a village with a giant flame that was full of giants who worship the flame as the eternal flame deity. Well it turned that in their library there were a bunch of books on dragon slayers that could tell you all the spells and abilities of your respective dragon slaying magic. And Sting you can continue on." Rogue gestured to Sting who was excited to tell the rest of the story.

"Well we would stay in the village for 8 months, and then pick up some of our dragon books and then travel around Fiore while learning and bonding with big bro. We would return after 2 and a half months and big bro disappeared and left us to self teach ourselves for 2 and a half months and then returned to the village to train us again. He was weird big bro, always talking around the flame as if it could speak and also talking to air saying stuff, weird big bro. But it was cool. Around the last year we were there he got really depressed for some reason."

"But at the end of the training we traveled to Magnolia and he dropped us off here and told us that we completed our training and were true dragon slayers, then he told us to go to this guild and he would come back."

Flashback starts

*"Wow, you two have finally finished your dragon slayer training." Big Brother spoke to the two.*

*"Fro thinks so too."*

*"To celebrate this event, I made the two of you gifts." Big Brother dropped his satchel and took out a little box then looked at Sting.*

*"Sting I got you this. I hope you like it, I did spend a lot of time making it and it is an expensive material there." Big Brother gave the box to Sting and looked on. Sting opened the small box which revealed a earring with a medium sized jewel attached. Sting immediately put the earring into his left ear.*

*"Thanks so much Big Bro, this is exactly what I need to complete the look." Sting proclaimed.*

*"You were a great little brother, keep up the training and don't slack off alright."*

*"Now to my favorite little brother, I got you something a little less gay." This earned a kick straight to the face from Sting, but it only made Big Brother laugh at the attempt and brush Sting off.*

*"But seriously, Rogue I know you've been eyeing my sword for a long time now, so I made you one for yourself." Big Brother then pulled out a Katana from his backpack. "Treat the blade well, keep it polished and sharpened." Rogue took the blade.*

*"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you Big Brother." Rogue replied in a fast flurry of excitement.*

*"And to the partners of my Little Brothers, Lector here is the brand new jacket you've wanted, and to Fro I got you a new frog costume, this one's pink, your favorite color." Big Brother knelled down and gave the exceeds their gifts, and they immediately changed into their new outfits.*

*"To all of you, I'm going to miss you guys. You have been my siblings for almost 6 long years and I've gotten attached to my little brothers. Now I want you guys to travel to a guild called Fairy Tail in this town and join it. That's the way you're going to gain money to live." Big Brother finished his speech and looked at his two younger siblings.*

*All four suddenly dashed towards Big Brother and gave him a hug.*

*"Thank you so much for being there all those times and making us stronger, and showing us the bonds of family." All four proclaimed to their Big Brother. The hug ended and Big Brother walked away from the town, while Sting, Rogue, Lector and Frosch walked towards the town.*

Flashback ends

...

"And then we joined this guild." Sting finished the story.

"Wow, so we have this Big Brother to thank for you joining our great guild. If I ever meet him I will thank him." The voice came from Master Makarov, up on the 2nd floor of the guild.

"Yeah, I used to have a big brother like that. He was always so kind, he helped me adjust to moving to Fairy Tail from my old guild Cait Shelter." Wendy told the pair as she walked up to them. The guild around them became depressed just from the sheer mention of the other big brother.

"Who was he, and why did you say used to have?" Rogue asked in a confused tone.

"I forgot, they've never experienced Fairy Tail depression season." Zancrow muttered to the rest of the guild.

"What? Depression season. What are you guys talking about?" Sting asked, confused by the God Slayer's comment.

"You want to know." Erza stood up and walked towards the two dragon slayers.

"In this guild there used to be a really strong member by the name of Natsu Dragneel or Salamander! He died defeating Acnologia and saving the members of this guild! Gray, Lucy, Mira, Lis, the Thunder Legion, Gajeel, Cana, Levy and more were saved because of his sacrifice!" Erza started to cry and gripped the scale scarf around her neck.

"Every year on the day of the anniversary of his death, the guild goes quiet for the minimum of a week, but sometimes it goes on for even longer, up to a month, you guys came to the guild AT THE END OF THE DEPRESSION SEASON!" Erza screamed at the two and the guild became quiet.

Archangel was staring at Sting and Rogue.

*'Their big brother got sick after traveling. Only Dragon Slayers get sick after-wait, it's gotta be him.'*

The possible identity of Sting and Rogue's big brother dawned on him.

Sting went up to Rogue and whispered, "Wow, whenever we asked big bro about Natsu he would always say that he wasn't strong enough, but I think Big Bro painted the wrong picture of Natsu."

"I know. He sounds even more heroic. But can we seriously just go on this job now, we might be kicked out of the hotel if we don't get money soon." Rogue told Sting.

"Fine, I'll tell Wendy to meet us at the train station tomorrow." Sting went off to tell Wendy and after Wendy said yes the Dragon Slayers and Exceeds walked out to go to bed and prepare for tomorrow.

"So, are you going to finally show yourself."

"Yeah, but I'll wait for my Little Brother's return."