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A.~

Previously on Key to My Heart

"Well-…." Loke frowned a little. "I'm sorry, have I offended you in some way?" He asked.

"Not you particularly, but I don't really get along with the Celestial Zodiac." She muttered and then turned as Mira came back with her glass of milk. Her bright smile was back in place. "Thank you Mirajane." She smiled and chugged the contents of the glass, licking her lips when she was done. "Well I'll be off now, I'll see you tomorrow." She smiled and hopped off of her stool. Loke finally noticed how small she really was as he watched her walk away.

"So…" Mira said when she was gone. "How did your chat go?"

Now…

Since Loke hadn't fulfilled his end of the deal, Lucy refused to kiss him and sent him back to the spirit world when he started bugging her about a date.

"It's not fair, I tried my hardest, but that Tessa chick was being prejudice towards us." Loke grumbled to Taurus in the spirit world. The bull was only half listening, the other half of him was daydreaming about Lucy's body.

"Open! Gate of the Lion! Leo!" Loke heard Lucy's voice call out before a doorway appeared in front of him. He stepped through and he was in the human world again.

"You called, my love." He purred, mostly just to tease her. She ignored it.

"I just needed you out so I could send Scorpio back." She shuddered.

"I thought Aquarius was okay with you calling one or both of them out?" Loke frowned.

"She's okay with it as long as I call them both out at the same time. But I wanted to send them back. They were totally rubbing their relationship in my face." She huffed.

"Ah." Loke nodded. "So, I'm just out as a magic drain for Kaia?" He asked.

"Yup. Now. Open! Gate of The Maiden! Virgo!" The maid poofed into existence and bowed to Lucy.

"Is it punishment time, Princess?" She asked.

"No, but you and Loke can hang out for a while if you want." Lucy smiled. Loke realized for the first time that they were just outside the guild hall.

"Cool." He nodded. Lucy headed inside the guild and Virgo followed after her but Loke paused when he heard something coming from an alleyway. He frowned and headed over to investigate. What he saw made his eyes widen. The new girl, Tessa was there and she was backed into a corner with about three guys. What really surprised him was the fact that she didn't look scared. She was smiling like the cat that got the canary even though she was completely outnumbered.

"C'mon little kitty, we just wanna have some fun." One of the men cooed.

"Ah, well, unfortunately I'm a little busy at the moment." She said teasingly.

"You look pretty free to me." One of the men grabbed her arms and raised them over her head as he pulled her into his chest. She didn't even try to resist. She just laughed.

"Really? I look free when you're holding me against my will?" She sneered.

"I don't see you fighting." The guy scoffed.

"Well, me telling you to leave me alone should have been enough. But you three just keep pushing!" She stomped on his foot, he let her go, another guy came up behind her to try and grab her and she bent forward while her leg shot out and she kicked him in the jaw, sending him flying up and back. Her leg came down and she spun, tripping the third quickly and then the first guy got up just to tackle her to the floor. Loke moved forward to help but all of the sudden there was a ripping sound and then a powerful roar echoed out.

"What the hell!?" The guys exclaimed when they saw the very large tiger in front of them. It snarled and they scrambled back.

"What's the matter, now you don't want to play?" Tessa asked as the tiger's mouth opened.

"She turns into a tiger apparently." Loke remembered. Well this tiger was massive. She was about the size of a bear. Tessa swiped at one with her paw and caught him in the side, He fell to the ground with a cry of pain and then she tackled the other two at the same time. They were so scared that they passed out. She made a snorting sound and then went over to the last one. He was shaking as he watched her approach.

"This is why when a girl tells you to leave her alone, you leave her alone." She growled. He nodded and tried to scramble back but she was over him in seconds, and then she hit her massive head against his, knocking him out cold. She looked around and huffed. "Damn…"

"That was pretty impressive." Loke found himself saying. Tessa looked up and her golden eyes narrowed slightly.

"Thanks. Now if you could turn around or look away or something, that's be nice." She muttered.

"What, why?"

"Well, unlike a take-over mage, when I transform my clothes don't magically disappear and reappear." It took a second but Loke's eyes widened as he realized.

"The ripping sound was your clothes."

"Ding ding, we have a winner. Now, would you-what are you doing?" She asked backing up a step as he walked further into the alley and took off his suit coat.

"You're petite enough in your human form that this should cover everything." He said as he laid the jacket over her back. She looked up at him for a second and then slowly the tiger shrank ad melted into a girl. The ears and tail were still there though. She quickly pulled the lapels of the coat tightly around herself as she sat up, sitting in the unconscious man's lap.

"Thanks." She mumbled. Loke nodded and offered a hand to help her up. She took it reluctantly and he pulled her to her feet while she still held the jacket tightly closed.

"So what exactly were you doing in this alley with these creeps?" He wondered.

"Eh, they said they wanted to talk. I knew what they wanted but I thought I'd teach them a lesson. I think it turned out alright." She muttered and leaned down to grab the collars of their shirts. She dragged them behind her as she headed out of the alley way and over to a lamp post.

"What are you doing?" Loke asked when he saw her stripping them down to their underwear on the middle of the sidewalk.

"Embarrassing and emasculating them. Then they'll know not to mess with a girl ever again." She muttered and tied all their clothes together before using it to tie them to the lamppost. "Plus, this will hold them until I can get to Mira and get some clothes."

"Why would Mira have clothes?"

"I warned her about this, if I had to turn into a tiger for any reason. I keep a couple spare changes of clothes in the guild for that reason. Hell I have outfits hidden all over the place." She shrugged and finished tying them men up. Then she stood and headed into the guild hall. The second the men started spotting her, they whistled and cat called. "Che…. And here I thought I was the animal." She grumbled. Loke chuckled and followed her over to the bar.

"Tessa! What happened to you?" Mira asked.

"I ran into trouble, had to turn, where'd you put the clothes I gave you?" She asked.

"They're right here." Mira smiled and reached under the bar. She took out a little tub and handed it to Tessa.

"Thanks Mirajane." She smiled and took the tub before heading into the bathroom. She came back out a minute later with her hair up in pigtails, a halter top tank top, and a skirt. When she turned to give the tube back to Mira, Loke noticed that her top was backless aside from two sets of strings holding the top together and up. He also saw the guild mark on her back. She turned to him and held out his suit jacket. "Thanks for letting me borrow it." She said as he took it back. He nodded.

"No problem." He smiled, and noticed Mira looking between them out of the corner of his eye.

"Well, I'm off. Gotta take those guys to the police so they can be punished." She muttered.

"I'll seeya around then." Loke smiled. She turned and walked backwards so she could look at him as she spoke.

"I guess, since your key holder is in the guild." She shrugged. "Seeya later, Leo." She smirked before turning and leaving.

"So… She seems to like you." Mira giggled. Loke whipped around, looking at her like she was insane.

"You kidding me? She acts like she barely tolerates me." He muttered.

"Well she's more friendly to you than the other spirits Lucy's called out…. Well, she gets along with Aries and Aquarius as well." She mumbled.

"She gets along with Aquarius?" He asked in surprise. "No wonder, she's so standoffish." He muttered quietly when she nodded.

"Loke!" Mira scolded, trying not to giggle. He shrugged.

So…. Second chapter is up. Sorry it's so OOC but I can't exactly fit in any Loke the Lady's Man moments right now. Later though lol.

UNTIL NEXT TIME MY LOVELIES!