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Disclaimer: Yes, of course I own it. That's why I'm obsessed with fanfiction and couples that aren't canon! That makes sooo much sense! Yeah, uh, no, I don't own Fairy Tail. Duh. But Nobi is mine, don't steal him!... I don't know if I should tell you this but... The newer people are mine too! You'll understand what I mean!
Ch. 3: I'm Not Just Any Demon, Pengu!
The laughter and hub-bub of Fairy Tail was back to full power and the guild sat drinking and laughing. Surprisingly, no brawls had started in the last ten minutes, maybe people were finally in the Christmas spirit! The only abnormal thing standing in the guild hall, besides the decorations, was an odd aurora coming from the bar. Every girl in the whole guild was avoiding the area like the plague. 'Why?' You ask? Well, because of the one and only Mirajane of course! She had been lurking around smiling darkly as she scribbled on her clipboard. If anyone who knows Mira, they KNOW not to get close to her when she gets... Romantic...ideas or something horribly embarrassing will occur... Except, for the guys, oblivious as ever, drinking and bantering back and forth. The only people who dared venture the perimeter of ten feet away from Mira, okay the guys weren't COMPLETELY stupid, were Alzack and Bisca and all the married men. Mira had a scheme cooking up in that pretty little head and at ten o'clock that night, the girls were all going to end up happy. Well, that is, if 'It' worked.
"Stop it!" cried an anxious voice from among the bundle of girls huddled around a table. Their eyes were all locked on the one who called out.
"St-stooooppp! It-it tickles! Ahaha!" Lucy laughed out trying to push away the little pink tongue.
"But you have icing on your cheek, Pengu!" Nobi said still trying to reach the very high up bit of icing. The girls all were laughing and giggling while huddled around their 'safe zone'. This so far would be the best Christmas Day ever! The Secret Santa this year was all girls to boys pairings. Last year it was the guys who decided on that. The guys had gone and bought all the girls' presents in secret. They had given all the girls gifts while they were giggling when someone got something completely weird. Now it was the girls' turn. Most girls picked who they knew the best out of the guys while others drew the remaining people's names out of a hat. It was going to be fun! Then it was the regular gift exchange and lots of partying and a secret game Mira had planned. That's what the girls were all afraid of. What would happen?
"Lucy! Aren't you the least bit worried about this physical boundary? I mean honestly, licking? Th-that's s-s-so clo-ose, is-isn't it a little b-bit too r-romantic?!" Erza stated crossing her arms over her armor commandingly. No one missed the stutter or the flustered eyes accompanied with a dark blush. Lucy let out a ghost of a laugh as she put Nobi on her lap.
"Erza, he's my spirit! I can't just whip him! I mean, yes, he is in his... Animalistic form right now... B-but that doesn't mean he's not my friend and companion!" Lucy said looking up at the towering red-head in front of her chair.
"You and I might not be able to, but SOMEONE else can and probably will. This fight I can't stop, because it is for true LOVE!" Erza said heroically raising a fist in the air and stepping one foot onto a chair. Lucy cocked her head to the side like a bird. Her eyes were alight with newfound curiosity.
"And who might that be? I don't remember having any love interest..." Lucy trailed off, delicate brows furrowing. At this open statement the girls sighed. Lisanna blinked.
"Wwwhhhhaaaaattttt?! What about Natsu?! You two are ALWAYS around each other! I mean come on! You see how he looks at you! I mean, he's just rolling in jealousy right now! Can't you sense the change in temperature?" Lisanna asked incredulously leaning on her hands that were placed on the round table. Lucy blushed and shook her head furiously.
"Nonononononono, NO! We're partners, best friends, teammates, if anything, he has an interest in you, Lisanna!" Lucy cried out blushing like a red rose. She had noticed the change in temperature and the hot angry glare that seemed to burn a hole through her.
"Lucy, could you put me down, please, Pengu?" Nobi asked looking up at chocolate orbs. Lucy obliged happily. Nobi glared over at the musk-filled pile of men. He admitted, he liked it better over here where it was peaceful and smelled nice. He locked gazes with a glare dark with jealousy, rage, and possessiveness. Nobi bared his pearly teeth and Natsu's pink hair seemed to bristle.
In a puff of smoke, Nobi-guy-demon appeared. He strode over and banged his head together with force on Natsu's. Their foreheads were seemingly locked together as both bared their teeth and snarled at the other beast-like.
"Stay offa, Lucy, Ramhead!" Natsu growled out. Nobi laughed and stepped back forming a small distance between both short-tempered males. He being one of them.
"Jealous are we, Pinky?" Nobi asked crossing his well muscled arms over his equally muscled chest. Natsu snorted. Nobi raised an eyebrow.
"No, I don't wanna sit on, Lucy. I'd probably crush her! So, Doggy, don't test me. Next time I'll get serious when we fight!" Natsu smirked as he copied Nobi's gesture.
"Oh? Do I have to refresh your memory, Peabrain? I was the one who beat you, and this is only my second form. I admit, my third is quite nasty and is only for extremes, but the fourth, oh yes, the fourth could blow this building away with a flick of my finger. Don't threaten the smarter man, Natsu," Nobi said walking over to the males and turning around remembering Lucy.
Lucy was still in her chair chattering with the girls when Nobi approached. Most of the talk dribbled off as he walked toward Lucy's chair. He bent down on one knee beside the chair, that gesture sent the girls squealing and most of the guys' jaws to drop, and looked into her brown eyes framed in blush. "Wh-what is it, Nobi?" Lucy asked.
Nobi took a deep breathe. He said with determination,"May I accompany the males in their play?" What the heck? That was the expressions of most people while others just sat laughing. Lucy and Natsu blinked in unison, though few noticed, and they cocked their head in the same birdlike manner.
"Nobi, you don't need my permission to go have fun, just tell me when your leaving the building or something like that! Oh! What about this form being unstable, will this be okay?" Lucy asked a little worried.
"No, it's perfectly fine. I just hadn't had the need to use this form in a long time so I needed to warm up to it. I like this form better, it's more efficient. I'll be back," Nobi smiled while standing up and patting Lucy's head.
Nobi walked past a bristling Natsu and smiled a bit to himself. This was going to be interesting, especially with HER on his tail. Shoot! Shoot, shoot, shoot! He used to much magic power in the last battle! He shouldn't have even challenged that brat to a fight! Well, no use crying over spilled milk, since he already used this form and already SHE was coming there was no more point in trying to hide. Lucy would just have to help.
Natsu clenched a fist as the tailed-man passed. He couldn't stand him, not after what he felt. Natsu shook from anger at the memory. It was during their battle...
It was after his first attack in the smoke the he saw it. The skin on his forearm had glowed through the bandages wrapped around it. A black cross burned through the fabric and that wasn't what scared him. What freaked him out was that the cross was surrounded by a hook thing and was engulfed by gold flames, so to speak, it was only a drawing or a tattoo but still, that symbol, it seemed evil.
"Jez! Where is that insolent servant?!" a commanding voice echoed through the dark halls. The anxious pitter-patter of running assaulted the marbled walls. The floor was a dark blue stone that shimmered even in the dark. The walls a pearly marble with ghastly paintings aligning them. Large chandeliers hung above engulfed in a dim purple flame. The petite feet skidded to a halt in front of the chamber. A shaky breathe was drawn as the girl stepped into the throne room. Black obsidian walls and a matching tiled floor glowed under the gold flames that shown brightly from a single chandelier over the throne. The chair itself was twisted and mutilated in many different cracks and curves. It was overly huge and the being sitting in the chair hardly covered even a forth of the thing.
"Yes, my lordship?" the girl knelt on one knee in front of the powerful man. His hard purple eyes softened the slightest so only people who knew him well would be able to tell.
"Jez, stand before me and raise your head, child. I have a task at hand and I need my best knight for this," he stated hopping down from the massive thrown. Jez stood up and cocked her head to the side in question.
"Wouldn't Izegel be best then, my liege?" her tone softening as she stood and looked up the stairs leading to the throne. "After all, your highness, he is the most agile and strong warrior compared to a weaker me."
"Don't be silly, child! I need a Straldon like you for this job! Only a Light Maiden of Mephis can finish my request. So far, your qualities best fit this mission."
"What would that be, my lord?" Jez asked bowing slightly. The man smirked and launched himself into the air. In seconds he was on his feet in front of the girl. She looked down.
"Well of course, to find my son! That good-for-nothing brat has been missing for at least five days. We finally got a trail and have now pinpointed that stupid juvenile. So, Jez, are you up for the challenge?" the man asked looking up to make eye contact. He was, after all, only two feet and six and four fifths inches tall. Jez nodded and turned to leave.
"Oh, and one more thing, my dear. I'd prefer you to call me, Lord Satan. It's less formal, for a child I have known since she was popping out of her good mother's tum!" he laughed and patted his small stomach. Jez's steps halted before she could reach for the handle on the large gold doors.
She turned slowly, her blonde hair casting a shadow over her pretty face. Her two black streaks of hair fell over her ears. At once, the girl stood stock straight and jolted her head upright. A dark blush covered her cheeks and her embarrassed scowl would keep the king laughing for hours.
"For the love of the Reaper! You know I do not agree with your informalities with me, Lord Satan! You always teased me about having a crush on the boisterous boy! The only reason I was here was because my parents were trying to prevent the Great Toltec War! I was his young playmate and became a Straldon soldier to assist you while he ultimately did nothing but chase around girls! I was happy to be rid of him! The only reason I shall complete this request is because I swore to follow your orders, Lord Satan! I bid you, GOOD DAY!" and with that Jez slammed the door after defiantly yelling and stomping off. Satan laughed at the childish outburst and returned to his thrown. Business had to be completed and no one else would do it!
"We'll see about that, my dear child. Good luck catching my brat, you'll need it, with the skills I taught him!"
"Oi, Oi! Lucy, Natsu, Gray, Juvia, Levy, Gajeel, and Nobi! Come here!" a voice as strong as steel filled the rambunctious hall. The said people bolted immediately to the table where the redhead sat eating her shortcake.
"Yes, ma'am!" they said saluting Erza. She wiped her mouth daintily with a napkin and looked up.
"Let's play a game. Since Nobi is new here let's say one fact about ourselves and if I don't like it, you'll buy me a cake. Got it?" she said smiling. Everyone gathered around the table nodded furiously at the sugar laced threat. "Alright... Levy! You start! Say anything you want."
"Ummmm... Let's see, I love to read books and my favorite genre is romance, my favorite author is my best friend, and... I'm five foot one," the petite blue haired girl stated tapping her chin with her index finger. Erza nodded and looked sharply at Gajeel.
"Alright, fine! I'll go... My favorite metal piercing is this one," Gajeel said pointing to the first iron nob above his right eye," Cause Metalicana embedded it in my flesh after I tried to eat a rock while he was talking," the iron clad Mage said folding his arms and smirking. Erza smiled.
"That's my first cake!"
"Wha- WHY?!" Gajeel said flabbergasted.
"Because it was strange and I didn't need to know that. Juvia! Continue," Erza stated crossing her arms over her steel armor breast plate.
"J-Juvia will go! Juvia has.. In the past... Followed Gray-sama on missions to make sure he was alright!" Juvia blushed out and Erza looked to Gray.
"Oh? My turn, okay. In my training days,in below zero temperatures, my teacher would make us strip and train in the snow and ice water. Stripping is now an unconscious habit, don't be offended by it," Gray said scratching his head.
"Gray! Buy me two cakes! Go put some clothes on, I don't need to see you boxers!" Erza commanded with a surprised reaction from Gray as he skulked around for his missing articles of clothing. Natsu was the next person in Erza's line of vision.
"I don't like you, even if you got our guild mark, and are Lucy's pet," Natsu scowled. He growled at Nobi. A loud clang resonated as Erza's sword's hilt made contact with Natsu's skull.
"Owowowowow, OOOOWWWWW! What the hell was that for?!" Natsu cried as he hid behind Lucy and rubbed his sore head. There was going to be a bump. "That was a fact!"
"You have to buy me twenty cakes for that!" Erza said standing so her bangs cast an anger shadow over her face. Natsu shrank farther away with an 'Aye!'
"Oh, it's okay. That moronic baboon isn't worth my time of day," Nobi said sitting down on a chair and propping his feet up on the table.
"Um... A fact about me is..." Lucy started,"I'm going to get all the gold keys of the zodiac one day and follow in my mother's footsteps!" Lucy smiled fondly as she register unsaid memories. Nobi grinned.
"I'll tell ya something about myself," Nobi smirked evilly,"I'm not just any demon, or Pengu Demon, I have more power right now than any of my four brothers. I may be the youngest but, being a son of Satan and training as his disciple has it's perks. Stupid baldy..." Nobi said casually finishing with a glare at the floor.
"WHAAAAATTT?!" Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, Lucy, and Erza screamed. They sat wide-eyed for a minute.
"Wait, so let me get this straight. I have the SON of SATAN as a friend and I have a CONTRACT with him?" Lucy asked incredulously. Nobi nodded. Lucy squealed in delight.
"That's amazing! You have to teach me things, now!" Lucy said resting her chin in her hands as she sat down and placed her elbows on the table intrigued. Natsu sat pondering this situation.
"You should fight Gildarts! I bet he'd kick your ass in a second!" Natsu laughed out.
"Oh, I forgot to mention... I'm being hunted down to be brought back to the Under Realm of the Celestial Spirit World. So I need your help," he said and everyone exchanged a glance. They nodded their agreement with smiles and encouragements.
"One more thing, if I have to go back, Lucy's magic will be gone... forever."
"That Satan,'We have a lead on my stupid son, go and take care of him' my ass! What the hell?! Oh, he's on Earthland, uh-huh, like I couldn't deduct that! I mean, I've been flying for hours! Where in the HELL are YOU, PRINCE!?" The girl's voice rang out over the mountain range. Jez had arrived on Earhtland at noon and it was now seven. She sighed and launched herself into the atmosphere. Her white wings fanned out far catching gusts of wind lifting her higher and higher. As she drifted forward, the night sky sparkling above, she smiled a bit. Earthland was beautiful. Over the mountain and down a valley she went and soon a town came into view. She felt an immense heat wave. Her eyes widened. He was here!
"Watch out, prince. You'll regret disappearing when I get my hands on you!" and she swooped down to the brightly lit town and cheerful music.
"Alright! Everyone! May I have your attention please?!" Mira called out from the stage. She held her clipboard in one hand at her side and a microphone to her lips with the other. The guild turned to acknowledge the silver haired maiden as she stood.
"It is time for... The Secret Santa Gift Exchange!" she exclaimed and whistling, clapping, and excited yells were heard. "I'll call out a girl and she'll present her gift to her person. So, first up is... Bisca!" and the green-haired woman began to move...
Author's Note: Hello again! Thank you for you're support and I am sorry for making you wait! I know, so much switching! I'm sorry but it'll pay off in the future... Like next chapter?! I think this is pretty short but hopefully it was good! Oh! Did you find out who the new people are? Review who and I'll give you a sneak peak of Ch. 5 when I update Ch. 4! I don't know how many people read this but, I promise!
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