Emil C.: "Hello, mina!" –Shakes hands frantically in front of the camera- "As not many of you know…(because you haven't read my other story "The Rising") Natsu destroyed Gray's house so to make a fund to get enough money to rebuilt his old house…"
Gray: "Yo! Emil has decided to make a T.V. show for 'day-to-day' crisis in which he'll bring people with problems to the show and we'll find a way to solve his or her problems…"
Happy: "Aye sir!" –Comes flying from above- "And all of us will have a role in the show!"
Tenebrae: -Laughing like a psychopath- "Centurion of Darkness, Mischievousness and Knowledge presents himself today as the show's psychologist!" –Everyone glaring at Emil-
Emil C.: "Hey, it's not my fault! We played lotto for that role and the one for make-up artist as well as the one for lawyer…" –shrugs it off-
Happy: "Aye! Happy-sensei today presenting as…." –Drums roll- "Happy-sensei Ph.D. Lawyer Extraordinaire!" –Happy changes into a black suit and puts up some glasses-
Luke: "Emil-kun!" –Comes angrily- "Why do we have to share the hostler's position with that exhibitionist?" –Points at Gray taking of his shirt…again…-
Emil C.: "Would you rather me sending you to finances with Anise?" –points at the girl in the phone looking at Luke with hungry eyes-
Anise: "Money, money, money! Makes the world go round-and-round!" –Sings as she smiles at Luke- "Caching-sama! I-I mean... Luke-sama! Marry me and turn me into a RICH princess!" –Starts going delusional again- "And then I'll poison you and take all the money and rule the world! Ahahahaha!"
Luke: "You know what?" –Hugs Gray who punches him away- "I think Gray-san isn't that bad of a co-host!"
Lucas and Jude: "Fire! The set is on fire!" –Comes two guys screaming-
Emil C.: "Oh, audience meet our very own medical field set doctors… Lucas Milda and Jude Mathis!" –pulls the running pair and makes them present themselves to the audience.
Lucas: "Hello everyone, we would like to stay and chat but…" –turns to the fire on the background-
Jude: "But our special effects advisor went bananas!" –Points at Natsu who is setting the set on fire-
Happy: "Emil-kun! Call security!" –Starts running away from the set-
Gray: "No need for that right, guys?" –Turns to Luke and me-
Luke: "Right! Make-up Squad team!" –Luke calls from an interphone-
Emil C.: "Assemble now!" –Suddenly Erza Scarlet, Marta Lualdi, Sheena Fujibayashi, Tear Grants and Millia Maxwell appear-
Luke: "Holy Crap they're more dangerous than Natsu!" –Points at them-
All the other guys: "Heck yeah! But they sure are hot!" –Whistling at the girls- "Except Marta she's plain!"
Marta: "WHAT DID YOU ALL SAID?" –Points out at everyone with her sharp spinner-
Emil C.: "Plain gorgeous, honey!" –winks at her-
Marta: "Oh, Emil… I don't know what to say…!" –Blushes madly-
Genis: "Anyhow people, the show begins in five more minutes get moving girls! Get moving and tame the dragon!" –Genis comes in with another walky-talkie-
Gray: "Everyone, meet our producer… Genis Sage!" –A pink haired girl on the background applauds-
Genis: "P-Pre...Prese-…Presea…h…h. …!" –Starts stuttering when noticing the girl-
Emil C.: "Anyhow the show begins in THREE…."
Luke: "Two…."
Gray: "ONE!" –Opening Music of Code Lyoko starts playing on the background-
Happy: "Today's guest…. Melia Antiqua! So for that reason today's disclaimer will be…"
Melia: "Good day, my dear public!" –bows down with decorum- "I am Melia Antiqua, ruler of the High Entia and Alcamoth, my father died in a terrible fight as well as the life of my only brother…" –starts crying on the set- "Yet, that is not the reason why I'm here with you today… The reason is because my only love Shulk has used me as long as he thought that her ex-girlfriend was dead, but when it turned out that she was alive he left me alone…"
Luke: "Soooo sad!" –Crying with Melia-
Gray and Tenebrae: "Better luck next time…!" –Chuckling-
Emil C.: "Daaaaaamn girl!" –mouth totally open-
Happy: "Maybe doing the disclaimer will make you feel better…!"
Melia: "Perhaps…" –sighs- "Emil C. Does not owns Xenoblade Chronicles, Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Symphonia 2: Dawn of The New World, Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Innocence, Tales of Xillia nor he has ever or will ever own Fairy Tail…"
Emil C.: "Damn right I don't own them! But if I did….!" –Starts fantasizing- "Melia you would've stayed with Shulk, Gray you would marry Lucy, Luke you could've ended up with Natalia instead of Tear and Jude I would've give you enough balls to tell Millia what you feel for her… Oh, and I would've killed Natsu and Lloyd…!"
Natsu & Lloyd: "Hey!"
Moonlight Butler and Midnight Secretary
Chapter 2
"By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day."
Robert Frost
The redheaded woman approached the room. Her demeanor full of conviction as she stared in awe at the elegant pictures on the eastern wall; the soft light that crossed through the windows gave those majestic works of art an ominous presence to the young secretary as she finally turned her sight back to a gleeful blonde girl sitting on a white Victorian sofa with a cup of tea on her right hand.
"Good afternoon, Ms. Fernandez…" The stiff secretary bowed her head while the latter nodded and kindly asked her to take a seat beside her. Erza slowly made her way towards the unknown woman, still a little weary at her unfaltering smile.
"Just call me Lucy, ne?" She gently stretched her hand to the woman beside her. "I mean, I don't see any of the people who work for me as anything more than family…" She giggled while handing a cup of chamomile tea to the redheaded.
"Thank you, Lucy." Erza's shoulders finally relaxed as she drew in her lungs some of the exquisite aroma from the freshly brewed tea inside.
"Sugar?" Lucy asked her guest as she called for a maid with a small bell placed beside the tea-tray.
"Yes, hime?" A pink haired maid appeared from nowhere, carrying a small recipient filled with sugar cubes. "Is it time for my punishment, hime?" She inquired, placing her butt in front a very distraught Lucy.
"What are you saying, Virgo?" The blonde girl jolted as she ordered the maid to leave them alone.
"So Lucy," the redheaded woman placed her cup on the table, "when is the interview going to start?"
"Or more precisely, when am I going to meet my new boss?" She gently turned to find a sweaty Lucy who was eagerly trying to avoid making eye contact.
"Well," she coughed, "he really doesn't know that I hired someone to help him as a personal assistant…" She mumbled under her breath as the secretary's face turned from her gentle self to something between a ravenous demon and a dangerous beast.
"Excuse me…?" She deadpanned as her cold glare almost froze her on her seat.
"I mean," the blonde heiress to the fortune tried to regain her composure, "the job is real but I don't know if he's going to accept you or even worst just use you for a couple of months and then throw you away as he had done countless of times before…"She finally admitted, very much sulking into a corner of the sofa.
"That's all?" Erza chuckled. "For an instance I thought there was a bigger problem like my salary or something…" She gently smiled at the confused blonde teen.
"Look Lucy," she started placing a hand over her shoulder, "a woman like me won't just fall for a cute face and good abs, nor the money or the charms. A woman such as myself is looking for a job and that is all, I'm looking out for my brother and his future, and with that goal in my head there is no way I'll accept a 'no' for an answer from your brother!" She gallantly stood up on her feet and fixed her glasses a second time.
"Maybe she's what we've been looking for…!" The blonde heiress thought in her mind as her eyes shined with delight at the shimmering secretary.
Suddenly, the great mahogany doors bolted open to a man wearing a long white suit and an electric blue shirt. The said man entered the room with unrivaled poise, carrying with him some papers in his milky white hands, completely ignoring the two girls in the room and passing them as if they didn't even existed and entered through another door to a dark chamber and closed it behind.
"Lucy," the man opened the door once more and with a disgusted look at Erza, he continued, "how many times do I have to tell you to stop giving all our money to those peeves and their supposed charities?" He growled, crossing his shoulders in a haughtily manner, before closing it again.
"Erza-san," Lucy gulped as she turned her head to the fuming redheaded beside her, "meet my brother, your new boss…" She nervously laughed.
"I see…" she sighed, leaving all her anger behind and walking towards the door with Lucy beside her.
"Come on in…" An absent-minded voice answered the knocking of the door.
"Hi, onii-san!" Lucy regally bowed outside the room, signaling the redheaded secretary to follow her example and introduce herself.
"Good afternoon, Fernandez-sama." Erza confidently began making the very much annoyed blue-haired man scoff at her. "My name is Erza, Erza Scarlet, and I've come here to apply for the position as your private secretary…" She stated taking out some papers out of her bag and handing them to the infuriated business man.
"Is that, so…?" He arrogantly took a quick glance at Erza's humble outfit, consisting only in a white long sleeve blouse covering her body all the way to the neck, a pale beige dress suit and a matching long skirt and black heels that made her look older than she actually was.
"Sorry, but I'm looking for someone under the age of forty." He disdainfully threw her curriculum to the trash and turned to his seat behind the table.
"Then I think I'm perfect to this job," Erza faked a kind smile, "as I'm just 23 and still bursting with energy!" She added, sitting on one of the many seats meant for Jellal's guest and clients without invitation, making Lucy gasped in utter terror.
"So you have guts, big deal…" He cackled a little amused by the woman before him. "But still I can't say you're qualified for the job." He pointed towards the door dismissing the couple of ladies out of the room.
"And what makes you think I'm not what you're looking for, Fernandez-sama?" She pushed her seat closer to the man, completely ignoring the man's request for them to leave.
"You, impudent flea!" He stood up his seat and placed his elongated body highly on top of the seated secretary. "The moment I saw you, I knew how insignificant your whole existence is! With those disgusting looks and tasteless clothes, you dare set a foot in this house? And on top of that you dare come over into my office with those hideous glasses of yours and demand a job from me?!" He yelled at her, his brown eyes suddenly bursting into a blood-red color as he held a hand to the woman.
"Brother!" Lucy pushed Jellal away from Erza. "I can't believe you were about to strike the only woman in the whole city who would be kind enough to do you the favor of working and putting up with your stupid pride!" She slapped him across the face as she took a seat beside Erza.
"And we won't leave your office until at least you read Ms. Scarlet's curriculum…" She demanded.
"And make it twice," Erza tautly held her hand making a number two with it, "just to make sure, Fernandez-sama." She chuckled noticing how flustered the man in front of her was reduced from the most prominent figure in the room to their puppet.
"I can't believe we ended up having to take that creepy Juvia girl to the nurse by ourselves…" Laxus growled as he walked beside a very absent minded Gray.
"Don't you agree, Gray?" The man turned to find his companion looking up to the sunset, sighing heavily. "Yo, are you listening?" The blond male motioned his hand to call the latter's attention.
"Yeah, Juvia and how much of a pain it was bringing her, right?" He gently nodded and turned his attention to his watch. "Do you think the school bulletin board is still open?" He asked completely ignoring his mate's conversation.
"What?" He raised an amused eyebrow. "Looking for a job or something?"
"Well yeah." He shamefully scratched the back of his head, "I'm just living with my brother now and my mom is kind of sick, so…" He was stopped by the tall man's strong grip and found him nodding his head.
"Say no more, a child's duty is to help their parents when they need it." He motioned him to follow suit towards the university's main building.
"Here take it." The blond punk shoved a piece of paper in front of Gray's face.
"It might not be the ideal job but it seems to give a good salary and insurance…" Gray reluctantly grabbed the paper and read its contents in utter silence.
Help wanted:
Young male needed. No criminal records, must be an active part of Magnolia's University student body. Must have excellent credentials and outstanding grades in his area of studies, besides a serious attitude towards his future and dependability on his hard work. An impeccable etiquette when directed by his superiors and complete discretion at all times.
If interested in the job, please call the next number: 1-867-495-9023 and ask for Meredy so an appointment can be made for the job. The salary's range can go from 360 to 900 jewels the hour, plus dental and health insurance shall be provided to whoever is accepted for the job.
The raven haired young valedictorian stared at the uncanny ad in his hands, very much confused. "…What kind of ad asks for such specific requirements and gives health insurance on top of that…?"
"Beats me," Laxus yawned. "But I bet this is what you've been looking for, ain't I right?"
"I suppose," he folded the paper, putting it inside his back pocket, "maybe it was destiny for me to be able to fulfill all those requirements!" He chuckled.
"That or just plain luck, kid!" Laxus slapped the frail kid on the back, making the latter lose his breath. "So don't get cheeky, alright?" He teasingly pushed his friend's brother as they went pass the university's gardens and turned towards the park.
"So, Laxus-sempai…" Gray looked at his companion. "Why are you walking me home?" He awkwardly asked, forcing the blond senior to get back to the point.
"Hey don't get any funny ideas," he assured him putting on his headphones, "it just so happens, that I want to catch up with Lyon and see what floats his boat…" He commented, concentrating only in the music playing on his lacrima player and ignoring the black-haired teen.
"Floats his boat…?" He stifled a laugh. "I really think somebody is stuck in the last century speech phrases my grandpa used…"
"Though it really is a pity that Loke couldn't just accompany us due to one of his football practices, right?" Gray sullenly commented to the clueless Laxus, who wasn't paying the slightess bit of attention to his partner.
"Here we are going far to save all that we love," the blonde punk hummed in a very low tone of voice, "if we give what we've got, we will make it thru…"
"Laxus-sempai?" Gray turned, noticing his companion's weird mumbles as they walked through the small stoned pathway in the park. "What are you listening to?"
"Code Lyoko, we'll reset it all!" He jolted on his feet, following the tune, giving Gray a hard attack. The uncomfortable teen could not believe what he was seeing as his weird tall punk friend started singing in the middle of the streets out loud.
"Uhh…" The junior uncomfortably chuckled, pulling his companion from his shirt. "Laxus-senpai, people are staring…" He coughed, leaving the man walk a few steps in front of him.
"Code Lyoko, stronger after all!" He kept on rambling as they went onwards in a very unsettling evening that would be remembered by all the children of Alcamoth Street as the day a creeper started causing horrible nightmares with one of the most popular kid's shows in Fiore.
"God if you want to kill me," Gray cried as he opened the door to his house, "just do it and don't bring so many weird people into my life!" He begged as the door completely opened.
"So this is where you live, huh?" The man mused himself as he took a peak at the spacious two-story house. "Are you sure you need the money, kid?" He joked, causing the latter to smile at him out of pure courtesy. And after a little struggle, Laxus was convinced to wait for Lyon in the living room while he prepared dinner.
"I didn't know you cooked!" He teased the very embarrassed young man as he pointed at Gray's apron and started browsing around the house.
"There's a lot people don't know about each other unless we really want to see it, right?" He retorted, cheekily reminding his guest how such an aggressive looking man such as Laxus could be listening to such cheesy lyrics.
"Well, that's the best part of being alive!" He laughed it off, turning on the living room's television without Gray's permission. "We never know what will happen two minutes from now!" He insightfully commented as Gray gleefully agreed.
"Okaeri!" A cheerful silver-haired lady dressed in a one-piece green dress greeted two sweaty kids that where running towards the apartment's entrance where she patiently awaited.
"Tadaima, Mira-nee!" An equally cheerful girl a few years younger than her answered as she made a little victory dance, before entering the apartment.
"No fair!" An enraged voice yelled from the stairs of the apartment. "You cheated!" The voice claimed as it approached the floor.
"Ara!" The maiden mischievously smiled at the younger girl, "What did you do now, Lisanna?" She giggled.
"I made him take the stairs, whilst I took the elevator!" She said as she bursted into laughter. Her elder sister just sighed dismissively, waiting for the remainder to enter the house.
"I won't let you take the first bite, Lisanna!" The young pink-haired teen swore as he ran towards the apartment, yelling and fuming out of his mouth.
"Ara, ara…" The kind young model chuckled. "He must be very hungry today!" She chimed as the latter finally entered the room.
"You think so?" Lisanna mockingly took the first bite of the risotto pomodore and smiled at the newcomer.
"You devil!" He jolted, jumping over to the table ready to take the next bite off the plate waiting for him.
"Natsu," the ever smiling model pulled the boy from the table, "don't forget to take your shoes off and take a shower before hand!" She told the very anxious teen as she pulled him by force inside the bathroom.
"But my meal!" He whimpered as the lady forced him take a shower, noticing how dirty and battered he looked.
"Don't worry Natsu," she assured the boy locking him inside the bathroom, "the food won't go anywhere!"
"…Crap…" he growled, dragging his body to the bathtub ready to take a shower.
"Hello…?" A voice was heard from outside. "Oh, hi Loke!" A cheerful voice chortled. Natsu could easily tell it was Lisanna talking to her boyfriend on the phone, again.
"Damn are they noisy," Natsu chuckled very much happy for his friend, "I better find myself someone or I'll end like that perverted teacher of ours…"
"Anywho, I should probably think of a way to apologize to that kid after what I said, but what does a nerd like…?" He pondered while he spread the shampoo on his hands all over his head.
"Well, whatever," he sighed washing all the scrub from his body with refreshing hot water, "maybe I'll just talk to him so he won't be alone…" He smiled.
"Yeah, I bet a guy like him surely wants some company!" He chimed proud of his new found duty to help out a guy who was in need of his help.
"So like I was telling you," Laxus continued with his extensive speech over the latest monetary policy created against the imminent flux of this year's income tax.
"Yet, since the huge number of people that have been attacked in other towns, the commerce in places like Magnolia and Hargeon have increased by the cost of so many people losing their jobs in those small villages from the southern border." His eyes fixed on Gray as he carefully tried to clean his nose after sneezing countless times.
"True," he agreed as he chopped some carrots and placed them on the brewing pot, "but if the economy and government here in Magnolia is as stable as you say. Don't you think that the companies that are fructifying by the other people's lost should use some of their money to rebuilt and help the victims of those attacks?" He suggested while pealing some potatoes and chopping them in small squares just to put them on the pot as well.
"Hey, it's not me you should be complaining to!" He gritted his teeth, placing his jacket in one of the chairs on the dining room. "It's that moronic Fernandez Corporation that hasn't done a thing for the people…"
"Fernandez Corporation?" Gray curiously left his stew and came closer to listen to the boisterous blond. "I've never heard of it." He shook his head, taking off his apron and siting on a chair beside him.
"Well, you see…" The blond was interrupted as a noisy yelp came from the door and the sound of somebody trying to force their way into the house.
"Are they trying to break in?" Laxus haughtily raised his fist ready to punch anyone but was stopped as Gray angrily opened the door to reveal a silver-haired man wearing a lab gown smiling back at him with a straight face.
"T-tadaima…?" The man placed a hand on his back and carelessly walked inside the house.
"Don't you go and give me that crap!" Gray lunged on top of the other man as they both landed on the ground. "How many freaking times do I have to tell you not to forget your keys when you go to work, Lyon?" He hissed as the latter completely ignored his brother and started sniffing the meal Gray had prepared.
"That sure smells nice…" Lyon commented, hugging his brother. Gray sighed, unwillingly forgiving his brother's careless mistake as they both stood up from their current position and walked towards the dining table.
"You'll never going to change, are you?" Gray dejectedly asked his older brother as he went to wash his hands.
"Nope!" He heard a voice answering from the bathroom with a chuckle.
"Hey by the way," Gray remembered, "we have guests today, you know?" He announced to his brother just as he arrived to the dining room.
"I noticed…" The eldest of the brothers mumbled, glaring at the blond man with one foot on the table. "Laxus…." He pushed his foot from the table, effectively waking the punk from his little nap.
"Yo!" The latter answered with a cocky smile, making Lyon's blood boil in flames.
"Oh boy, this sure is going to be an interesting dinner…" He thought to himself as he placed the plates for everyone and seated in the middle of the two titans ready to clash.
"So I've called all your contacts and read your curriculum twice," the cold blue-haired man scoffed, "and though your experience and abilities might be considered quite remarkable in other places I can hardly see you working for me, Scarlet." He flatly stated as he threw the papers back to her and turned his chair from the two girls.
"So if that would be all I would ask you two to leave…" He ordered to them, making Lucy to growl back at him, while Erza just chuckled.
"If this job is only open to those of fair complexion I won't fight you anymore, Mr. Fernandez," Erza determinately began her speech, "but for you to consider my job less than excellent before even trying is completely pitiful from you!" She taunted the man as he snapped back from his seat and glared at her with cold red eyes.
"You really think you're something, don't you…?" He venomously hissed, closing the gap between the two. "Well I'll have you know that…" The man was interrupted as his phone began to ring.
"What?" He yelled answering the phone. "Really…?" He deviously glared at the redheaded secretary.
"Well, Scarlet it seems that one of our contracts needs to be sign, but the company wants to back down and will only talk to a woman…" He tossed the phone at the woman. "Do something! Let us see your so called impeccable job!" He chuckled knowing better than anyone that the contract was an impossible thing to do... after he slept with the company owner's sister.
"Hello?" She kindly answered the phone. "Yes, this is Fernandez-sama office…" She gently laughed at the man's witty remarks from the other side of the line.
"Oh, no sir I'm not in any way related to that tool…" She chuckled as Jellal's menacing face turned more and more aggressive.
"Yes, I wish to someday become Jellal-sama's new secretary," She sighed, waltzing around with the phone on her hand. "What?" She blushed as an arrogant smile formed on the redhead's face.
"Meet me for dinner, sir?" Lucy could only gap in awe and respect to the redheaded woman. After all, Erza had just made her way around her brother's stubbornness, lading a homerun straight on his manly pride. "I have to decline sir as I just applied to this job I don't think I'll be able to meet you in that dinner party, Sir…" She faked disappointment as the young secretary's true intentions finally seemed to hit Jellal right on his face.
"You want to talk to him?" Erza motioned Jellal with her avid eyes for the man to take the phone. "I think we have the deal in our grasp…" She whispered to the man before he picked up the phone.
"Hello?" The blue-haired business man said. "Yes, next Monday seems great…" He deadpanned, looking up to the secretary and his thrilled sister.
"I'll see you then…" He commented as he placed the phone on the table and sighed deeply in thought.
"Fine, you got it! Now leave." He growled as he turned to his desk frustrated about everything that just happened.
"Thank you, Jellal-nii!" Lucy gleefully walked Erza out of the office. "You did it Erza-san!" The blonde girl chimed as they walked side-by-side towards the manor's entrance.
"I did it!" Erza jolted out of the mansion as she made a run for her home. "Wait for me, Natsu, because this time…"
"I really did it…" Gray desperately groaned as his brother and Laxus started fighting each other about something related to a basketball game or something.
"No, I'm telling ya!" Laxus threw a ball of rice at Lyon's face. "I would've won if you hadn't messed with my shoes!" He accusatively glared at an indignant silver-haired scientist.
"Even if you hadn't trip at that moment I would've still won with my own abilities let me tell you!" He refuted, slapping the blond on the back of his head.
"A perfect meal completely wasted," Gray sullenly muttered as he played with his peas, "I really live with a very mature influence to take care of me!" He sarcastically commented, looking at the two elder guys fighting like little children on the table.
"Hey, what's wrong bro.?" The white-haired man turned to find his younger sibling glaring at him with a murderous aura.
"Oh, nothing…" He faked a smile, walking towards the kitchen. "I just felt like calling back home and tell Ultear you've been mean to me, again…" The raven-haired teen picked up the phone and started dialing a number.
"N-no!" Lyon begged as he sat down on the table and apologized to Laxus.
"What was that all about?" Laxus chuckled, pointing with his finger at the frightened Lyon sitting beside him. It was a sight to be seen, since in a matter of seconds, the whit-haired man had restlessly eaten everything on his plate.
"A little trick my onee-chan taught me!" Gray chuckled, cleaning up his plates from the table.
"Say," Laxus turned to Gray who was still cleaning up the dishes, "what do you think about the job?" At that the silent Lyon turned as well to look at his brother.
"I'll give them a call and see when I'll be interviewed…" The junior remarked as he placed the final plate on a tray to let them dry and walked towards the phone.
"You know you don't have to do it, Gray!" Lyon jolted as he moved closer to his brother. "Don't you trust me that I can support both of us?" He questioned his brother whose eyes showed a little hesitation.
"It's not that I don't trust you," Gray picked up the piece of paper from his pocket, "the truth is that I just want to be of help like you've always been…" At that cue Laxus sulked into a ball and slowly made his way out of the house, leaving behind the two brothers to talk in peace.
"Well if that's your decision I can't do anything to stop you," he handed up the phone to him with a cocky smile, "but you better not screw it up!" Lyon carelessly rubbed his knuckle over Gray's hair, making the latter fume and punch him in the face.
"I told you I hate when you do that!" He yelled, dialing the number on the paper as Lyon covered the nosebleed Gray gave him with his elbow.
"Hello, Fernandez Co. Meredy speaking, how may I help you?" The voice on the other side of the line answered.
"Hello, Ms. Meredy, my name is Gray Fullbuster and I've called about the job opening you offer…?" Gray warily asked the lady, taking note of the woman's name on his pad.
"Oh, thank goodness…!" She sighed. "This job is very important to my superior and I was starting to think it would never be answered."
"So the job is still vacant?" The raven haired teen asked.
"Yes, absolutely." She assured the young man. "The issue is that he needs for you to start working for him right away, no hesitation…"
"Hold on," Gray placed the phone on speaker, "you are telling me that if I want the job I have to start right away?" Lyon shook his head not liking the idea one bit.
"Could you at least tell us what the job is about?" He inquired.
"Didn't the ad say?" She pondered. "Well, it is a job opening as a butler for Ms. Fernandez, heiress to the company…" As the girl stated those facts Lyon's face brightened as he vehemently encouraged his brother to take the part-time job.
"Sure, I would love to work for you guys!" Gray shyly agreed.
"Good, you'll have to present yourself to the Fernandez manor at 6:00 p.m. sharp not a minute late," she told the young teen as she typed something on a computer, "I see you're in Ms. Fernandez's Book Club and are the best in your class…"
"Excuse me?" The teen crossly retorted a little bit phased out of the amount of information the lady had on him.
"Don't worry about it, its protocol background checking!" She giggled heartily. "Anyhow, the address is 1500 Fairy Tail Ave., please be there on time."
"I'll do that, thanks for the opportunity, ma'am!" Gray dismissed the lady on the phone and turned to his brother. "Well, that's that!" He shrugged his shoulders as his brother placed his arm over his shoulder.
"Yeah, let us wish for the best but be prepared for the worst!" Lyon laughed it off walking up the stairs to the room. "Good night little bro.!"
"Night!" The tired teen turned off the lights of the kitchen and went off to his room.
"I guess tomorrow will be the day…" Gray thought as he got into his bed.
"The day?" Lisanna chuckled, recalling a fond childhood memory. "I think it was when we were twelve and you wanted to fly like that guy on the show…" She laughed as she retold for the third time the story of: Natsu, The Cypress Tree, and the Paper Wings.
"Could you stop that?" He munched a huge steak in one gobble as he glared daggers at his friend.
"Oh, Natsu is all grumpy now…" Lisanna gloated as she pecked one of Natsu's cheeks. "You know, you're just like a little child!" She laughed, returning to her own bowl of soup.
"Dang you're nasty when Loke doesn't take you out on a date two days straight!" Natsu deviously reminded his friend, making the latter's face to flush enraged.
"I'll have you know that Loke couldn't take me out tonight," she furiously lunged herself to her best friend, "because he was kind enough to assist a new girl who fainted in his club!" She indignantly pulled out her tongue at the amused Natsu.
"Oh, sure…" Natsu teasingly raised an eyebrow to his friend. "I bet after he finished assisting the girl she was grateful enough to assist him back in his dorm room…"
"You're just a frustrated virgin, who is just jealous that nobody will ever want to assist you…" Lisanna venomously pouted as they both turned their heads and ignored each other's company.
"Ara, ara…!" Mirajane came with another plate full of rice. "It's so great when you to get along so nicely!" Mirajane commented, making the other two burst into laughter at the clueless remarks of the silver-haired model.
"Anyhow, thank you again, Mira!" Natsu toothily grinned at her friend's older sister. "Thanks to you our home is always nice and clean!"
"Don't worry, Natsu, but isn't it about time for Erza to come back from her job interview?" She looked up at the clock almost 11 in the evening by that time.
"You know how she is," Natsu shrugged it off placing on his plate a second round of beef, "always going out at night going wild and berserke like a…" The salmon haired teen's trail of thought was stopped as a black heel came flowing right to his head knocking him out cold.
"Natsu!" The devilish voice of his sister called him. "What were you saying about me?" The redheaded secretary jerked the unconscious body of her younger brother.
"E-Erza, I think Natsu is unconscious!" Lisanna commented as the latter just glared at her brother with further raging hostility.
"Don't you dare go sleeping on me, boy!" She pulled Natsu from the collar slapping him with all her might. "I won't allow you to rest peacefully until you finish what you were about to say, you ungrateful brat!"
"By the way, Erza." Mirajane came back from the kitchen with a cup of coffee. "How was the job interview?" She inquired handing over the cup to her friend.
"Easiest job interview ever!" She chanted as she raised her hand up high making his little brother flow high to the top and fall face down on the floor.
"So after a few drinks and a couple of tracks on the dance floor," the irritated teacher growled, throwing a bunch of papers on the floor, "that woman just left me for another student saying I was old enough to be her father!" He stomped his feet furiously on the floor as the whole class prayed to still be alive at the end of this crusade.
"And who paid for the drinks?" He pointed his finger at every one of his fearful pupils as he asked each and every one of them, "Was it you?"
"No!" Guildarts-sensei huffed exasperated.
"It was all me!" He yelled, making one of the transfer students pee on his pants and another couple of girl shed in tears.
"Now, before we begin the test I prepared for all of you guys since my date finished earlier than I expected…" He sinisterly chuckled.
"I want you," the brunet physics professor motioned with his hand, "and you to help me present today's lesson in 'opposite forces and repulsion'!" He maniacally laughed as the two damned souls made their way to their imminent destiny. Gray just curled into a ball as the two poor boys where launched towards each other with a right hook to their chins and crushed with one another in midair and flew back to the floor. Apparently, with the exact same force to the direct opposite of where they came from.
"... And as you can see the stronger the force placed on the object and depending to the other object in which the force will be deflected," Guildarts-sensei squished the boys' bodies one with the other, "the intensity of the re-bounce shall be the same or less than the original force!"
"Are there any questions?" Every single soul in the classroom shook its head as they turned to see that there were only a couple of minutes left for the class to finish.
"Oh, right!" He mused himself, handing over a test to all of Gray's classmates, except him. "You have approximately 5 minutes to finish these one hundred open answer questions." He deviously cackled as he went back to his desk.
"You may begin…" He placed his timer on top of his desk and turned to his class. "Now, you dimwits!" He ordered, taking out the daily newspaper and turning to his crossword puzzle.
"Seven letter word for prisoner…" The man pondered as he looked up to the teens in front of him.
"I know!" He chimed taking out his pen and writing the word student.
"A perfect fit!" He thought to himself as he took a sip of his hot brew coffee.
"That's it you runts!" The man yelled at the class making half of them faint and others throb their heads on the desk at not being able to complete the test.
"Well, I guess it's finally time to leave…" Gray cautiously made his way to the back exit until a strong gripped pulled him back. "Damn it! He's going to kill me!" Gray squinted up his eyes as he turned to find not the broad frame of his professor, but the slender figure of blue-haired young woman.
"Hello, Gray-sama…" The blushing girl mumbled, letting off of Gray's shirt.
"Good morning, Ms. Locksheart," Gray awkwardly greeted, walking a few steps away of the crazy stalker he met the day before. "So you're in this class to, huh?" The black haired valedictorian commented, making the latter girl nod.
"Juvia wanted to thank Gray-sama for taking her to the hospital after the massive nosebleed Juvia suffered yesterday…" She stuttered, taking out something from her pocket. "Juvia made this lunch especially for Gray-sama as a gift for all your kindness."
"Ms. Juvia, I don't know what to say…" Gray gently took the small container from the lady's hand, making the lady turn three shades of red.
"This is the first time Juvia is called by her first name by Gray-sama!" She squirmed as she happily walked beside Gray outside the class.
"Oi! You ungrateful bastard!" An angry blond teen came dashing from behind the couple. "The moment you get yourself a girlfriend you leave me all by myself to rot!" Loke growled, placing himself between Juvia and Gray.
"Is this flirt molesting Gray-sama?" The girl pulled the jock's arm and twisted from behind.
"No-No!" Gray frantically waved his hand. "He's my friend!" He assured the blue-haired girl as she let Loke's arm free.
"Then," Juvia bowed down to the school's quarterback, "please forgive Juvia's insolence!" She placed both palms together and closed her eyes.
"It's alright," the suave blond kissed the girl's hand, "I could never get angry at a beautiful girl like you…"
"Smooth as always…" Gray chuckled as he received a message through his cellphone.
"Sorry you guys," Gray strode away from the group, "I forgot that I had a previous date with somebody else…!" He yelled at the two left behind.
"Gray-sama has a date…?" Juvia sullenly plumed to the ground in tears.
"Damn that guy…" Natsu groaned, reclining back on his seat while watching all the people walking around him on the dim old library.
"I'm so sorry…" Gray huffed out of breath as he lay on his knees exhausted of the long run, just to find that his pupil had fallen asleep.
"Uh, Mr. Dragneel?" The raven-haired teen cautiously walked towards the desk and placed himself beside him. "Oi, are you awake?" Gray sighed as he placed a couple of books on the desk and gently pulled the latter from his shirt, calling his name.
"Oh, you finally came…" The pink-haired teen stretched his arms yawning. "Man, now I get why you love coming to this place it's a very good place to sleep!" He proudly remarked, making the young tutor stare at him with pitiful eyes.
"What's with the superiority face?" Natsu glared daggers at the bored guy beside him, who was quietly regretting ever coming. "Look…" He moaned, pulling something out of his pocket. A smelly cheeseburger, that is.
"Twice in a day, do I look like a homeless guy…?" Gray meditated as he took another look at his outfit.
"Here," Natsu grudgingly held the hamburger to Gray's face, "I didn't want it anyways, besides I thought about what I did yesterday. It was not the right to talk about somebody else's mother like that…" He placed the food on the table with an annoyed face.
"Thank you, Dragneel." Gray picked up the burger and placed it on his mouth while the salmon-haired teen whimpered. "Now, what…?" The annoyed valedictorian glared at Natsu.
"It's just that when I bought that hamburger to apologize for my behavior…" He sheepishly laughed as his stomach grunted in pain, "I used all my money and haven't eaten anything, yet!"
"This was supposed to be a study hour," the black-haired boy rubbed his temples, taking out Juvia's present, "but I guess nobody can focus on simple physics if the chemicals in our system aren't perfectly fit, right?" He chuckled, handing the stuffed meatballs to Natsu.
"Thank you!" Natsu cried out loud, kicking down a chair in the process. And thanks to Natsu's long repertoire of incidents in said place, the twosome were immediately expelled from the library by security. On the other hand, Natsu hungrily ravaged every crump of the meal inside the box, completely oblivious of his partner's distress.
"Unbelievable! I've been kicked out of my sanctuary for the first time ever! And you're still in your own little world eating like a homeless kid…" He glared at the jolly guy beside him, who was only grinning at him with his mouth stuffed with meat.
"Well, the lesson today is over," Gray flatly said, taking a deep breath and walking away from Natsu. "Thank you for the hamburger, Dragneel!" The raven haired teen waved his hand as he left the very confused Natsu behind.
"Hey! Even though you're weird, you ain't a bad person!" Natsu yelled at the latter, swallowing up the last piece of meat.
"Baka! Don't go talking to people with your mouth full!" Gray chuckled, taking out his notebook and looking once again at the address written on the paper. "So now to get ready for the big show…"
5:00 p.m.
Just north of the unbeknownst raven-haired valedictorian, a young lady, Zoe Orimoto, ran through the streets moaning in pain as her body felt like giving into exhaustion. Not that she hadn't run before in her life. But after running all the way from the Aselian Museum of Natural Science to Fairy Tail Ave. street for no less than 4 excruciating hours, she found it difficult to keep herself awake. A howl was heard again from afar, the girl's energy renewed. Oh, how she wished she hadn't witnessed such a horrible act taken place inside that building!
"I knew I shouldn't have listened to Takuya!" She cried as she futilely tried to cleanse her bloody hand with her falling tears. "Oh, JP, I should've just gone to the bakery as we had planned…" She bit her lip, remembering it was her fault she was in this situation.
5:45 p.m.
The excited young teen walked freely through the quiet streets of the unknown neighborhood, getting lost in such beautiful buildings. Of course his house wasn't something to laugh about, but looking back at a house twice as long as the small park he used to cross to get to his house, was still very surprising. He could clearly see how the last rays of light peer from the trees. The long corridors of endless streets made him conscious of the chilly northern wind that was restlessly blowing on his face.
"Damn it," Gray face palmed himself, "If I've known it would be this cold tonight I might have brought a jacket with me…" He shrugged, hugging his arms tightly around his chest.
The resilient noises of nature would've surely brought some peace to Zoe, in any other situation. But right now the only thing she could hear where the cracking of broken branches and shrugging bushes. Even the howling of wind on the trees made her heart throb hard inside her chest as she prayed her good luck that she had finally eluded the beast. Or at least to find someone to help her.
"Why, why can't I just reset everything and make it go away!" She mentally prayed as she made a wrong step on the pavement and fell flat on the floor. "No, please!" The girl turned to see her broken ankle stuck on a tree's root as the bursting noise of the approaching creature could be heard.
5:50 p.m.
"...God, this place is so big!" Gray blinked his eyes amused of the nice new park he found on his way to the Fernandez's household. "I still can't believe such a gorgeous neighbor should be kept for these rich people" He sighed, noticing how the park even had a gorgeous fountain, yet it lacked of illumination.
"Help!" The raven haired boy heard a frightened voice call from within the dark park, followed by a ravenous howl coming from the same place the lady's voice came from. "Coming!" Gray decisively ran to the unknown, throwing away his backpack, going towards the origin of the fading screams for help.
5:59 p.m.
"I'll die alone…" The girl's blue eyes swollen red as she peered into the giant claws of the beast in front of her. "Koji, Takuya, Koichi, Tommy… JP… good…bye…" The blonde abruptly closed her eyes, envisioning the huge monster hauling her up with its giant jaws and throwing her over to the trunk of a tree.
6:00 p.m.
"Get away from her you monster!" The naïve teen yelled as he used the momentum of his speed to jump over the creature in time to push blonde girl out of harm's way. The monster just glared at him, pushing him back with mighty force to the ground. Gray instinctively took his garlic spray and used it on the beast's eyes. To his surprise, the monster ran away in fear, giving him time to walk towards the injured girl.
"Are you, ok?" Gray squirmed not at all concerned for his own safety. The girl slowly help herself back on her feet, groaning in pain.
The girl shook her head, pointing at her broken ankle that just wouldn't allow her to get the support she desperately needed. "No, I think I broke something!" She solemnly chuckled.
"But I think that - look out!" The young girl pushed Gray away as the beast hovered over them with a violent shriek.
"What's that thing?" The raven-haired teen finally took a good look at the horrendous beast in front of them...
The creature in front of the uncanny couple was both majestic and terrifying. It's whole frame was at least twice as tall as that of a tiger. It had long, dangerously sharp fangs as white as pearls; they looked like they could effortlessly break any of the surrounding trees in half. Its piercing, hungry, wild dark orbs made their very souls tremble in fear. They still couldn't believe that such a magnificent beast with beautiful black fur, that almost looked like silver under the moon's providence, could also show such intense and senseless rage and evil. It was like nothing either one of them had ever seen before in their life. But right now, they both wished they had never met it in the first place...
The beast furiously lounged itself once again at the girl ignoring Gray's presence. "Why isn't it attacking me?" The young boy growled as he jumped right in time to pick the girl from the monster's dangerous claws. Leaving his thoughts of the beast aside, Gray ran as fast as he could somehow handling the girl's weight pretty well for a guy who had somehow avoided P.E. class to that day.
6:30 p.m.
"There's no way to run or defeat it!" The girl hugged the boy as she noticed the monster's presence from behind them and the weak state in which someone as Gray was passing through as he strained himself to keep carrying the girl. "It's alright, ok?" The girl kindly placed a palm over the sweaty teen's face.
"Whatever do you mean?" He gasped as his feet started lagging off and his strength left his body.
"Isn't it obvious?" The girl's eyes suddenly bright again. "The creature is after me and it has no intention in killing you, so if you would just…"
"Never!" Gray shook his head full of determination. "If I just stand there and let other people suffer and do nothing, I'd be no better than the monster we're running from…" He solemnly glared back at their pursuer and the girl realized that the boy in front of her was actually ready to give his life for her.
The question lingered on the girl's mind, though. "Why would he give everything for someone like me...?"
7:25 p.m.
"Zoe," the girl whispered as they hid inside a bush making the tiresome boy tilt his head confused, "my name is Zoe Orimoto I thought it was important for you to at least know the name of the girl you're about to risk your life for…" She casually shook hands to the still paralyzed black-haired valedictorian who didn't really understand what was happening.
"Call me Gray," he laughed, "and I'll tell you the rest about me if we get away from this place, now be quiet!" He ordered the latter whose subtle blush passed unnoticed to the boy.
8:10 p.m.
The next set of events happened so fast that Gray had not time to react and save the girl when the beast jumped over from behind severely wounding the blonde girl as the sharp claws made a hole in her sternum and pushed her skull onto a rock leaving her unconscious. The beast leaned down, his teeth shining as he did so, to finish his murderous task. The glint from the teeth making Gray reassess the danger those fangs imposed; they probably could even pierce through metal. At the sight before him, the foolish teenager jump to the beast and tried punching him on the jaw just to be caught bare handed by the beast that evilly cackled in a shivering howl.
As the beast threw away the boy and tried to bite his head off another monster as big and terrifying as the latter leaped in front of Gray, right where Zoe still laid unconscious; the new beast pushed the dark-eyed monster away towards a group of sharp rocks. The dark eyed beast yelped in pain and seemingly felt down, it's eyes closed. The new creature instinctively ran towards Gray hurling him to its side, Gray fought back. With an impatient grunt and growl, the new beast thrust its fangs on Grays lower abdomen with its mandibles easily piercing his inside flesh. An anguished scream left the raven-haired teen's lips, yet he didn't felt the same murderous intent coming from this beast. Still, his mind was a jumble as his sight drift off. Was he going to die? Get eaten?
10:11 p.m.
When Gray woke up from the agonizing pain that wouldn't let him drift away, he realized he wasn't dead, yet. Instead, he found himself out of the park with Zoe by her side coughing blood as her open wound reminded him of the severity of her situation. "Don't give up now, Zoe… I'll take you to the hospital, I promise…" The bloody boy squirmed in pain as he somehow managed to pick up the girl from the ground and carried her. It was just too late for him to care about his own health. His mind was blank with only one objective, saving the girl. He had to. His body squirmed and churned, blood pouring from the hole in his own stomach. It didn't matter, he would get her to the hospital.
11:37 p.m.
"Gray…" The dying girl mumbled finally opening her eyes. She could hear the erratic beat of Gray's heart, the forced huffing and puffing as he dragged his feet towards somewhere in the distance. To be honest, she was too far gone to understand what was going on. But she could feel it.
"Hey there Zoe, still hanging ok?" Gray kindly asked the girl trying to alleviate her pain. She smiled, slightly, but she felt some peace to find herself with someone. At that moment, anybody would have done nicely, but she was glad it was someone as caring as Gray.
"Please, stop joking." She painfully said. "I'm dying and you know it, don't you?" She added with a cough. Her bleeding chest's flow intensified. Gray's shirt and eyes suddenly enveloped in the wet and sour liquid gushing from within her. Gray couldn't hold it anymore, they would die. She would die. And his brother would be left all alone.
"Of course not," he carefully touched the girl's forehead, "you'll live on and see your friends: J.P., Takuya, Koji and Koichi, aren't you?" He smiled at the hopeless girl who shook her head. It was futile, it was just wishful thinking of two maimed beasts licking each other wounds.
"Listen," she seriously looked at the raven-haired guy, "before I die I want you tell someone that I love my true feelings. The catch is, you can't tell my other friends as they all fell in love of me. It's ridiculous, I know. And if things were an different, I would have loved to tell you all about it." She shamefully confessed.
"Aha!" Gray teasingly laughed. "Lucky girl! Five guys for you alone!" He enthusiastically shook the drowsy girl. She was leaving, truly leaving. It was hard enough for her just to make up Gray's words, now. The world around her, the noises, colors, everything was like a swirling tornado. She was happy, though. The pain was finally receding, she would be gone soon.
"C'mon, Zoe you can't sleep!" He motioned her fading friend. "You have to make the guys happy and tell the lucky one what you feel for him! You've got to fight!" He begged the blonde girl whose secretive smile could show an inner peace. Gray wouldn't allow it. He couldn't. His own sight going hazy, his walk almost a struggled slump of the body forwards. Less of a human motion and closer to the sidewinding of a snake.
"Look Gray the name of the boy I love is…" Zoe whispered to the raven-haired boy. "And don't you tell anyone else but him, promise before I die you'll tell him?" She asked of the black-haired teen as the light that enveloped the bright emerald orbs of hers left her frail body.
"I promise, Zoe!" Gray cried as he gazed at the fallen angel in front of him. "But I still won't give up on you!"
"I know you won't…" She assured the latter as she closed her eyes and lay still on the boy's arms. She knew soon they would both be-no- she wanted to believe him. And she would. If not for her sake, but for his. For the man who risked his life. To live on and meet with his friends again. Thanks to Gray, Zoe felt a little bit of hope.
12:00 Midnight
"Help…" Gray whimpered in pain as he held tightly close to his chest the blonde girl as he entered the emergency room of Verct General Hospital.
"Dear Lord…!" A nurse yelled as she ran towards Gray's bloody body. "Here my child let me take you to surgery right away!" She pushed him into a wheelchair.
"No, please!" The boy's gaze tarnished looked up at the nurse, "please safe the girl first!" He stood from the chair and placed Zoe in it.
"Yes dear…." the lady took Zoe into the surgery room vanishing from his sight.
"Zoe, please don't die….." Gray felt on the ground unconscious on a pool of blood. Who's blood was it, he didn't know. He couldn't, as a thousand sounds and voices wrapped around his head. His head slightly slanted to the side of his neck, lying limply on the hospital's cold floor. He felt someone had picked him up, or at least he thought. His gaze fixated on the girl carried away by three nurses inside double doors. He smiled, he had made it, he thought. Gray suddenly cringed and writhed in pain, coughing blood as an overwhelming pain traveled through his veins. His body contorted, tears burst from his eyes, he looked around expectantly. Yearning for something. He felt like a caged beast was trying to take over the mauled left overs of Gray's broken body. For the first time, breaking free from his control hungrily and enraged, but most of all, hungry…
1:00 a.m.
A burst of noise came inside the otherwise taciturn ambience in the emergency room at Verct General Hospital. Everyone in the room turned their heads towards the origin of said noise. "Where is she?" Four young boys around the age of eighteen and seventeen came running inside the hospital doors in burst of cries.
"Have you come for Ms. Orimoto?" The doctor seating on the desk inquired, putting down a chart on the table.
"Yes…!" They all yelled as they came closer to him. The old man, a little overwhelmed at the crowd surrounding him, took a step back and sighed.
"What is her condition, Doctor?" The eldest of the group asked with a quivering lip. Still, it seemed as if he was the most composed from the four.
"Well…" The Doctor was interrupted as another man in a lab robe came desperately into the E.R.
"Gray!" The man called as he looked for someone to talk to in the reception. "Where are you little bro.?" The man aguishly called his brother's name.
"Oh, you're Mr. Fullbuster's brother, Lyon?" The Doctor shook hands with the silver-haired man.
"Nice to meet you, Doctor…" He gasped a little bit relieved to meet someone who knew where Gray was. "Could you tell me how my brother's condition…?" He inquired noticing a group of angry teenagers behind the doctor.
"We were here first!" A brunette boy wearing some really gaudy goggles spurred out.
"Don't be an idiot, Takuya!" A jet black haired boy wearing a bandanna punched the boy known as Takuya. "After all it was your fault Zoe's in this situation!"
"Brother!" A boy with shorter black haired almost identical to the first pushed the two fighting guys apart. "It's nobody's fault, alright?" He glared at the two of them making them sigh in defeat and apologize to each other.
"Please forgive us, sir!" The eldest of the group bowed to the Doctor and Lyon. "I'm Junpei Shibayama, but everyone calls me J.P. for short." He shook hands with both of them.
"Lyon Fullbuster," he greeted the lot, "but now Doctor, if you could tell me about…" Lyon was silenced as the Doctor shook his head motioning everyone to follow him to his office.
"It would be better if you all would sit down for a moment, please…" He gently brought enough chairs for everyone in the office.
Emil C.: "So tell me, Melia…" –Sighs- "Did you ever tell Shulk how you felt about him…?"
Melia: "Well no, but I thought he would…"
Luke: "Yo, girl! We guys can't read girls minds you know?" –All girlishly like-
Gray: "Says the guy who has a crush on our writer…" –Chuckles-
Emil C.: "Says the guy who has a HUGE collection of underwear and…" –evil smirk- "Do you want me to say it…?" –Gray shakes head-
Gray: "Anyhow let us hear what our psychologist thinks we should do about this case…" –points at Tenbrae-
Tenebrae: "Yeah, well I think with your permission Lord Emil that you should make your feelings known…"
Emil C.: "You see tell Shulk what you feel!"
Tenebrae: "No, Lord Emil, you didn't quite understand what I said… What I meant was tell the other woman to back off your man and if you need to fight her!"
Melia: "Excuse me…?"
Natsu: "Yeah, preferable in a tight bikini top! On mud!" –Nosebleed-
Luke: "Men are all pigs…" –glares at everyone with disdain-
Emil C.: "You're a man…" –sweat drop-
Gray: "Are you sure…?" –Starts laughing-
Happy: "I say that when you fight this other woman, I can tape it all in a DVD and sell it!" –Starts getting greedy- "I'll give you 45% of the earnings and get you all the copyrights for production!"
Now, a lot of guys might be asking: "What is Code Lyoko?" It's a French TV show that I used to watch when I was 9 years old... I just found out that they would make another season after 9 years! That made me want to make a tribute to them...
Also, you know this girl Zoe? Yup she's from Digimon Frontier! I thought in this story I'll add tons of characters from different animes, mangas and video games because I'll need a whole cast of people to live in this huge city! Besides, this is a horror/mystery story so lots of people must die... So yeah, I really need the extra characters to make this flow...
Besides, if any of you have any suggestion of a character you want to read about in my small Author's Note I can make it happen! Yeah it can be ANYONE! This time I chose Melia from Xenoblade because I personally thought that Shulk used her as a tissue paper and then threw her away.
So I think she will still be with us in the next chapter until we solve her problem... But then, you can choose whoever you want or I'll pick him/her for you!
And just to finish, I was personally against giving names about who Zoe loved and might or might not give names in the end! Why? Because she was such a confusing character...
Look, JP was in love with her to the extreme of becoming a stalker. Zoe promised Takuya to go on a date with him. In the limited edition of Digimon Frontier Chronicles CD she says that though she thinks that JP really values her and Takuya could always protect her she feels more inclined to Koji's cold attitude and looks as a serious boyfriend...-_-... Yeah, the woman really needs to make up her mind...! _
Oh, did I forgot to say she also complimented Koichi's kind and gentle attitude marking it as the "required needs for a perfect boyfriend"? For a 12 years old girl she sure was a "player", huh? ;D I think that's why I wanted to develop her character and made her have a beautiful moment for her to shine like the star she's always been...!
