Ah, multi-chapter stories. I really suck at those.
Natsu was late to the guild.
"Hey, Mirajane!" called Lucy, waving. She sat down, expecting to see Natsu, but he wasn't around, and Gray seemed to be bored, even going as far as to pick a fight with Gajeel.
"Where's Natsu?"
"Missing your boyfriend?" Mira teased. At the look on Lucy's face, she laughed. "I'm kidding, Lucy. He hasn't come yet."
The doors burst open.
"Ah, speak of the devil and he will appear. There he is. Go give him a kiss," said Mirajane deviously.
"What the heck, Mira!" Lucy complained, blushing.
He ran to where Lucy was sitting, Happy following him. Natsu was holding a flyer.
"Look what I found! It says that there are new kinds of keys out there!" said Natsu. "I thought that you'd find this interesting so I picked it up."
She snatched the flyer, scanning over the pages.
Soon, Erza, Wendy, Gray, and Carla joined them, and Lucy read it aloud.
"It says, 'Recent studies have shown that there are more than constellation keys, and they are able to opened by only Celestial Spirit mages. Only a few have been found and are incredibly powerful. These keys are known as Shinigami Keys. The spirits within the key have the ability to go through the gate on their own power. Additionally, these keys are instantly attached to their masters. They will always appear near the Celestial Spirit mage. Additionally, each Shinigami Key has the ability to decline the portal.'"
"Wow, that's cool!" said Wendy, smiling. "Maybe we could go find some for Lucy!"
"What is up with the job board?" They turned to see Nab—standing at the job board—pointing at the board. "Everything here's like: 'Your reward is one Shinigami Key and blah, blah, blah jewels!'"
"Perfect! Let's go do a mission!" said Erza.
(PAGE BREAK)
Their job was to defeat a monster that was ravaging the woods. The key that they were to be given was hidden in the cave that the monster guarded, and the incantation to open it was "I summon thee, Shinigami!"
They entered the cave carefully, finding that it was mainly empty. Suddenly, a screeching cry rang out through the cave.
"What is that?" Wendy said timidly.
"Let's go find out," said Natsu. They soon arrived at a crossroads, with four different paths.
"We'd better split up," said Erza. "Come one."
Erza took the left, Gray took the one nearest to Erza's, Natsu took the right, and Wendy, Lucy, Happy, and Carla took the remaining path.
"Why does it always have to be me," whimpered Lucy when she realized she stumbled upon the monster—and the key.
The monster was large and had a strange mask obscuring its face. It had a reptilian body and a long thin tail like a whip. The monster was a shade of dark green and claws protruded from its paws while spikes lined its spine.
It roared and quickly, it lunged at Lucy's keys, hooking them and throwing them away. Oh, Aquarius was going to kill her. She yelped, but picked up her whip when she noticed the black key in the back of the room.
"Sky Dragon's Roar!" Wendy shouted, releasing wind from her mouth. A swirling tornado enveloped the monster, but when it faded, the monster was relatively unharmed.
Lucy extended her whip to grab on to the key, dragging it back. She grabbed it and gulped, wondering what her new key was like.
"I summon thee, Shinigami!" she said, her voice strong and completely unlike what she felt.
A swirling portal appeared, and a childlike male tumbled out, landing on his feet haughtily. He had spiky and snowy white hair, accompanied by teal eyes, and wore a white haori with a black kimono underneath. The first thing she noticed was his height. But the strangest thing was that the key took none of her strength.
"Who the hell are you, and why did you summon me?" the child asked, irritated. "That key you're holding used to be for Isshin Shiba. How the hell did you even get that?" Then he glanced at the monster and sighed.
Drawing a long and curved sword—which she totally noticed earlier—the boy jumped at the monster, slicing at the mask with his sword. It disintegrated.
"Enjoy Soul Society, you poor abused soul."
He landed in front of Lucy and Wendy.
"I assume that you," he said, pointing at Lucy, "are the one who summoned me. I really hate disappearing at random times, you know. Especially when I'm at a Captain's meeting. I'll have to explain to old man Yamamoto. Shunsui's key was recently found and is being used. Not like that old geezer even cares."
He paused. "I'm being rude. My name is Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya of the Tenth Squad in Seireitei. You are?"
"L-lucy Heartphilia," she stuttered. "Lucy Heartphilia. I recently found this key." Toshiro shrugged and went to go pick up the keys the creature had flung out of her grasp and tossed them to her.
He glanced at Wendy—much to his chagrin, she was taller than him—and asked, "Who might you be?"
"W-wendy, Wendy Marvel," she squeaked.
"Your friends are coming. I will be taking my leave." Toshiro vanished.
"That was strange…" Lucy muttered.
(PAGE BREAK)
At the guild, all of her guildmates were excited to see her new key. It was pitch black and shiny, along with a skull made of pearl set at the top. It had an intricate blue dragon wrapped around the item.
"Um, I summon thee, Shinigami!" she called. The portal opened again, and a very annoyed Toshiro Hitsugaya fell out.
"What the hell? You do realize that I have a life and I have paperwork to do? And Matsumoto won't even help me!" he complained, getting up and dusting himself off. "Besides, I'm not an item that you can just showcase."
He glared at Lucy. "If you're wondering, you are not allowed to call me at seven PM to five AM unless it's an emergency. I do not appreciate being naked in front of others and I have a life. I also have a specific training time at four to five PM and I'm quite busy. I will decline anything around this time, but considering that you do not know this, I will tolerate it one time." Toshiro's teal eyes bored into hers. "Got that?"
"H-hai, Toshiro."
"Normally I would reprimand you for calling me such, but considering that you are my 'master', I'll allow it. I prefer Captain Hitsugaya but Hitsugaya is okay."
He snorted. "I've wasted enough time already. Bye." Toshiro disappeared.
"Well he was nice," said Cana, taking a swig from her barrel.
"I can't blame him though," said Lucy. "Earlier, he mentioned that a person called Matsumoto always left her paperwork for him to do."
"Paperwork!" exclaimed Makarov. "He's just a child!"
Lucy smiled. "Say that to his face."
Ah, my Shiro-chan! I LURVE HIM! XD
I'm surprised that I actually made this Lucy's point of view, considering that I don't like her that much as a character. I actually do think that Wendy is taller than Shiro-chan.
Toshiro: STOP CALLING ME THAT! IT'S CAPTAIN HITSUGAYA TO YOU!
Me: Screw that. I'm gonna call you Shiro-chan, and that's final!
Toshiro: Argh, I'm going to kill you!
Me: Remember, I am the author.
Toshiro: *pales* Oh shit.
Me: Here's some candy. Bye!
*the lights are turned off*
Toshiro: I demand that you turn the lights back on!