Hey! Otaku-sama again!

Since many of you wanted a Maya/Muu fic as much as the the other prequel, I bring to you the first chapter of "Get the Girl"!

Now, like my other fanfic, "Finding Ranya", the length of this fic will be considerably shorter since I want to focus most of my energy on "Children of Solomon", the main story. The updates on this fic will also be slow and inconsistent. Who knows? You might even get two chapters on a same day if I'm feeling it. ;)

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Magi: Labyrinth of Magic or its characters. All of that belongs to Ohtaka Shinobu. The characters that you don't recognize and the plot belongs to yours truly.

Now, sit back, relax, and enjoy the hilarity of "Get the Girl"!

Onwards!

Get the Girl

Chapter 1: How He Met Her

"Pardon me, but do you mind if I stay in here until the weather clears out?"

On a usual day, Muu Alexius would walk past this little tavern on his way back home without a second glance. It was a small, shabby place, but it was charming enough to attract enough customers to keep it running.

Today, though, was different.

Muu had been held back that day because of a fight that broke out amongst the new recruits of the Reim Military. Of course, being the closest superior, Muu personally went over to put a stop to it. Turned out, the cause of the squabble had been their youngest recruit who, Muu found out after receiving a painful kick to the stomach, had a little bit of Finalis Blood in him.

Muu naturally moved the child to his Finalis Corps. He couldn't allow that raw talent to be wasted in a normal army. Muu expected that paperwork would come with moving this raw talent to his division but he completely underestimated the amount. So, Muu Alexius was forced to work overtime.

Eventually, the good general managed to finish the monstrous amount and make his way home.

That too was interrupted by a storm his subordinates forgot to inform him about. If Muu had been the lesser man, he would have thrown a fit at the universe's multiple attempts in preventing him from going back home.

But Muu was not that lesser man, so he made an uncharacteristic turn and entered into the tavern that he had never given a second glance.

Upon his entrance and polite request, the owner of the small tavern immediately ushered him over to nice table.

"Please sit, Muu-sama! We will have a server sent to you immediately!" The owner ushered the sopping wet Finalis over to a table. Muu tried to explain that – no, he wasn't here to eat. Just to dry off from the storm outside – but the owner was too excited to listen since it was General Muu Alexius who stopped by his little tavern. "Girl! Come out! We have a very important customer!" He barked sharply to the direction of what Muu assumed was the kitchen.

"Coming!" A feminine voice called out, though Muu's sharp ears caught the exhaustion tinted in them. Immediately, he felt guilty. It was late and, without a doubt, it was closing time for this small tavern. The owner had only made an exception since he was General Muu Alexius. A bitter smile formed on the half-Finalis' face. Though he usually wore his title and name with pride, he also was very well aware of the 'special treatment' that came with it. It became annoying at times.

Like this time

"Sir," Muu began politely with a realistic smile that he usually gave to everyone he knew, "It's really not necessary. I just entered to escape the –

A black-haired woman stepped out of the kitchen and quickly made her way toward him, stopping him in mid-sentence. Muu would have picked up from his pause a second after the woman's entrance if she hadn't looked up and met his eyes right then.

Gold. It wasn't a common color in Reim. For hair, yes. But eyes? It was a first for Muu.

Yet, it suited her soft features and accentuated her modest beauty – accentuated it enough to strike Muu completely voiceless.

"Good evening, Customer-san." She greeted him with a dimpled smile that sent something in his chest thrumming with a pitter-patter that knocked against his metal chest plate at an alarmingly fast pace. "Is there anything that you would like?"

For one horrifying moment, Muu lost all control of his jaw and throat. Thankfully, for the sake of his reputation, the two people in front of him didn't really notice this too much.

"Customer-san?"

" – storm." Muu finally finished his sentence lamely.

"Yes, the storm outside is very violent, isn't it?" The woman agreed. Then, her eyes widened when they finally processed the full profile of the man in front of her. Her golden eyes widened, bringing a sense of dread for the Finalis General. Wonderful. She finally recognized just who she was serving.

Muu mentally readied himself.

"Oh dear! You're soaked to the bone! Did you walk all the way here?" She didn't even give him a moment to answer. "One moment! I will be right back, sir!" She exclaimed and was gone for a brief moment. Then, the woman came back out with a blanket at hand. Before the owner could sharply demand an explanation for her actions, Muu found him body being wrapped with something warm and comfortable.

"I apologize for not noticing earlier, Customer-san." The woman fretted as she did her best to wrap the material around Muu tightly. "Would you like something warm to drink? We have a wide assortment of tea. Though, I personally find that warm, sweetened milk does the trick when I'm cold."

"Tea? Milk?!" The owner scoffed from the side. "Girl, this man is a General, not an infant. You should serve him wine since he came into a tavern."

Muu completely ignored him in favor of the woman in front of him.

"Milk would be wonderful, thank you."

As a response, she smiled at him in a way that made his chest – no, his heart, Muu realized – warm and thrum (at a faster pace!) all over again. He couldn't help but smile back.

"Coming right up. Would you like a warm meal with that too?"

Muu accepted.

Within a quick half-hour, the woman placed both food and drink right in front of Muu. By that time, he had properly dried himself off. He picked up a utensil and smiled at her. "Thank you…um…" He grappled for her name.

"Maya." She supplied with a quick smile that, thankfully, didn't make as great as an affect on Muu as it did the first time. "Just Maya."

"Maya." He repeated and lifted the food to his mouth.

Muu didn't remember much after that. All he knew was that he was sent to heaven for an unknown amount of time and didn't fully come back to his senses until he was halfway out of the door with Maya waving him off with a warm smile. "Do come back next time, Customer-san!"

"Yes…"

Muu discovered two very important things that night.

One: Despite its initially shabby appearance, the small tavern had great service.

And two: Muu was in love.

Hel felt a cold chill run down his spine.

'What was that?' He wondered to himself but refrained in wrapping his around himself to warm the chill. That was a child's action. Today, Hel was no longer a child. He had a proper position now in the Finalis Corps. Now, his mother wouldn't have to take so many shifts in that shabby little tavern.

"Hel! Mother is home!"

Hel's eyes softened at the sound of his mother's voice. He turned around to properly greet her. "Welcome back."

He had to bite back a wince when his mother's golden eyes landed on the bruise over his right eye. "Training accident." He tried to assure her before she could fly into a panic. "It was just a couple of stupid herbivores didn't know how to handle a sword." Or their tongues. The boy mentally added to himself bitterly. Hel's mind briefly flashed back to the event against his will.

"Oi, brat! You're that serving woman's brat, ain't ya?"

"You mean the one at Crassus' Tavern with the nice ass?"

"Yeah, that one. Mind, eh, 'introducing'me to her, kid? Promise I'd be good to her."

Hel's fists clenched. No one got away from speaking about his mother like that. No one. He was completely convinced that there was no man on this earth who was deserving of his mother.

As his mother dabbed at his bruise, she causally asked, "So how was your day?"

Hel smirked and told his mother all about his day. With a few harmless tweaks in the story, of course. And he definitely told her about him being abruptly recruited into the Finalis Corps. His mother's smile was blinding at the news and she gave him an extra-smothering hug to celebrate the occasion.

Right then and there, Hel was content. He finally had a means to support his mother and he had a way to channel his bloodlust for a good cause.

Hel had thought that it was the best thing that ever happened to them.

(It would be about a week or two later that Hel would realize how completely and utterly wrong that thought was.)

And here ends the first chapter of "Get the Girl".

As you can see, though this is supposed to be a Muu/Maya fic, I also think this will clarify the, er, rocky relationship between Hel and Muu. Expect a lot of comedy when Hel comes into the scene. Undoubtedly, there would be many other obstacles to Muu and Maya's relationship...and it hasn't even started yet!

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