Lucy crossed her arms over her chest and glared at the soaked demon currently standing in her living room. "So, do you mind explaining why I found you floating in the canal outside my house?"

The ears on the demon's head flattened. The look she had on her face could be identified by males everywhere as 'Start talking, I know where it hurts most to kick you.' "Well... I don't know where to go now that Tartaros has been disbanded."

Lucy raised an eyebrow at this. "Which begs the question, how the hell did you survive?" she asked.

Jackal just shrugged at this. "It may not look like it, but I'm pretty resilient. Also, why have you not called the Magic Council yet?

Good question. Why hadn't she done that yet? "It's mostly because I'd be accused of helping you or something. I'm from Fairy Tail after all. Now - how did you end up in the canal?"

Now Jackal looked like he was ready to jump out of window, but the look on the blonde's face kept him rooted in place. "Well... I drank something. It was weird, everything started spinning afterwards."

"Was it alcoholic?" She had personally never gotten drunk enough to know if it made things spin, but being in the same guild as Cana made her suspect as much.

"What?" Jackal looked genuinely confused. "What the hell does that mean?"

Lucy blinked. Once. Twice. Then doubled over laughing. The demon only eyed her as if she was crazy. After a minute or two, she recovered enough to talk. "How much do you know about humans?"

Jackal's ears moved once again and his tail twitched. He looked like he wasn't even aware of it. It was adorable. "Not... A lot. Though I guess I have to learn, since somehow I have to make do without the other demons for a while and blowing stuff up everywhere would only make you fairies come after me again..."

Lucy thought about this for a while. He was prepared to learn about humans? Maybe, just maybe, this demon could change. "I can help you with that."

In response, she received a suspicious glare. "Really? Why? I'm a wanted criminal who hurt you. Why would you help me?"

The celestial mage shrugged. "Jellal, a friend of mine, used to be a criminal too. But now he's trying to make up for what he did and he's helped us before in the past. As long as you do the same, why wouldn't I help you?"

Jackal took a minute or so to think about this. All the while, his tail was swishing back and forth, causing Lucy to try to hold back the giggles that threatened to escape her. "Alright. Can I still blow stuff up though?"

This immediately made Lucy stopped wanting to giggle. She instead gave him a menacing look. "No."

A/N: This is just an idea I randomly had. Should I keep this a one-shot or make it into a multi-chapter story to update with a lower priority than my ongoing RoLu? Please review and tell me if you enjoyed it or not, I always love hearing what people think. Thanks for reading!