Chapter 4: Don't judge by appearances...no matter how difficult it is.
'Hold up, we've already done an Arc?'
'That's right, finished off the Macou Arc.'
'That was quick...'
I was having a short mind conversation with Zen about what I'd done so far, and he was teaching me about Dragon Slayers and Celestial Spirits and anything else I'd come across so far.
Me and Lucy had agreed to rent an apartment together, PURELY so that we could easily pay the rent, I'm hoping to find somewhere else so I can get out of her hair. But actually this place is pretty grand for 70,000 Jewels a month (Zen told me 100 Jewels equals $1.), it has two rooms, plenty of space and even a bathroom. Lucy suggested we sleep in the same room but I STRONGLY denied that, a gentleman must never intrude on a ladys personal space. I liked these clothes that Zen made, but I was hoping I could buy some new ones soon.
Anyway, it turns out that that thing I beat was called a Snow Sloth, and it was actually one of the requests! So I just had to show the claw I brought back and I got the 70,000 Jewel reward, first month's rent right there.
But right now I was just relaxing in my room, Zen had come back for a bit, but he said he had to whizz off again soon.
'Hey listen, you'll be happy to know I've already got someone else prepared for travel.' Zen spoke suddenly. 'I'll send her over soon.'
'Really?' I wonder what she was like? I hope she wasn't a jerk or anything. 'So what's the hold up?'
'Hey, I had all of your stuff prepared in advance, I need to start from scratch with this girl! I think I've got her magic sorted out, still working on the clothes, and I'm trying to work on the body. Maybe push her cup size up a bit, work a bit more on the hourglass figure.'
I tic-pulsed. 'You pervert.'
'Hey, you'd rather I'd make her like Wendy?'
'Who?'
'Oh would you look at the time! Gotta go!' Annnnnnd he was gone. Jerk, why did I get stuck with him?
"MY ROOOOM!" I heard a certain blonde yell.
Th scream made me instantly leap to my feet and run to the door to Lucy's room in a panic. I luckily stopped in front of it before I rushed in and was branded a pervert, knocking. "Lucy? You okay?"
The door opened to reveal the gir-She was only wearing a towel! "Alain!" She seized my wrist and pulled my red-faced self inside. "Did you let these two in!?" She showed me...Natsu and Happy!?
"Hey Alain." Natsu waved at me.
"What are you guys doing here!?" I yelled.
"Oh, guess you didn't..." Lucy said.
"Mira said you were here." Natsu said.
"Aye." Happy said as he sharpened his claws on the walls.
"Don't scratch the walls, stupid cat!" Lucy yelled.
"Huh? What's this?" Natsu picked up a group of papers.
"Noooo!" Lucy said as she did a flying grab for them, seizing them from his wrist. "These are private! Me and Alain just moved here! Can't you let us settle in at least!?"
"What is it anyway?" Natsu asked, seemingly uncaring.
"WHO CARES WHAT IT IS!? I MEAN GO HOME ALREADY!" Lucy yelled frantically.
"Don't want to. I came here to visit!" Natsu smiled.
"Your so selfish!" Lucy said with anime tears as I just facepalmed with a sigh. These people were going to drive me mad.
Soon Lucy was (thankfully) dressed as we all had tea, at least I recognised ONE type of beverage here, along with booze.
Lucy talked about her Spirits (which Zen had taught me about) and then remembered she had to make a contract with a new one.
"Does it involve blood seals!?" Happy asked.
"Butt seals? That sounds painful..." Natsu obviously hearing incorrectly.
All of our jaws dropped in disappointed disbelief as a little snowman was summoned from the silver key. This thing!? Really!? Poor little guy looked like he couldn't beat an egg!
"...D-Don't feel too bad." Natsu mumbled whilst sweating.
"IT'S NOT A FAILURE!" Lucy yelled with shark teeth. "He's so cuuuute!"
"Puuuuun!" The little Spirit said as she hugged him.
The two then got to work on a contract, which just involved Lucy writing down what days he was free, that simple. Now all that was needed was a name...*cough* POKEMON! *cough*.
"Come, Plue!" On her call the little snowman thing bounded over to her.
"Plue?" Natsu said as he tilted his head...heh, rhyme.
"Doesn't it sound cute? Right Plue?"
"Puuuun." It agreed with her. He then started doing a few weird handsigns and gestures.
"PLUE! THAT'S A GREAT IDEA!" Natsu suddenly yelled.
"He understood it!" Me and Lucy yelled with face-faults.
"Now that I think about it, your both weirdoes, but also reliable good people."...Did he just call me a weirdo? He then stood up. "Alright! I agree with Plue's plan!" He then turned to us with a big toothy smile.
"Let's make a team!"
"...A team?" Lucy said in confusion.
"I seeee!" Happy spoke up. "Aye! All the members of the guild are nakama!" Nakama?...I think that's japanese for friend..."But we make teams with whoever we get along with. If your in a team, difficult requests will be easier."
"Sure sounds convenient." I nodded.
"That's a good idea! Sounds fun!" Lucy cheered.
"ALL RIIGHT! IT'S DECIDEEEEEEEED!" Natsu cheered.
"The contract is sealed." Lucy smiled.
"We'll be unstoppable together!" I nodded.
"Aye-saaaaaa!" Happy agreed.
"Puuuuuun!" Plue finished.
I caan't believe this is happening! Me in this team! I'm going to get stronger and stronger so that I don't let any of them down!
"Let's get to work then!" Natsu practically shouted as he slammed a request sheet down on the table. "Here! I've already decided!"
"My! Your thinking way too faaaaaast." Lucy said happily as she looked at the request. "Okay, let's see..." Uhh, did Natsu just get an evil glint in his eye? "Shirotsume town, huh? It's close!...WOAH! We just need to get a book from the mansion of a guy called the Duke of Everlue!? AND WE GET 200,000 Jewels!?" 200,000!? That's enough for two months and plenty more! Though I guess we'd split it now we're in a team...
"Right! Isn't it an easy job?" Natsu smirked.
Then Lucy's gaze turned from one of glee to one of pur horror. "What's wrong?" I asked as I looked over her shoulder. Dear. God.
The 'Duke' portrayed was the creepiest looking dude ever! That face could curdle milk! And...womanizer, pervert, AND hentai leader!? DID THIS GUY HAVE NO SHAME!? It said he was looking for two maids, preferably blonde and black haired...
...blonde...
...and black haired...?
We both turned to the boy and his cat. "YOU TRICKED US!" We both shouted in rage.
"It's a good thing Celestial Spirit Mages never go back on their word." Natsu used Lucy's own words against her.
"THAT'S SO CRUUUUUUEL!" She yelled.
I stepped forward. "WHY DID YOU THINK I WOULD BE ANY USE!?"...Yes! I achieved shark teeth!
"Isn't it obvious?" Happy said.
"...NO!"
Natsu shrugged. "Your a girl, obviously."
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I slowly tic-pulsed. "What...did you say...?"
Natsu seemed indifferent. "Your a girl, I can tell that much."
My blue flames slowly swirled around me. "...I...am...a...GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUY!" I yelled with pure rage.
"WHAT!?" Both idiots yelled.
"HOW COULD YOU EVER MISTAKE ME FOR A GIRL!?" I roared. "Do I LOOK like a girl to you!?" I gestured over my entire body.
"Your name's Alain." Natsu said plainly.
"Aye, and we just thought you were flat-chested." Happy said with a nervous smile.
"YOUR BOTH IDIOTS!" I yelled. "At least LUCY didn't think I was a girl! Right Lucy?"
...She was twiddling her thumbs. "You didn't..." I said as my jaw dropped.
"I'm sorry Alain!" She said frantically. "I-It's just you have a very feminine face a-and your voice sounds so-"
I raised a hand. "...Say no more..." I then went over to a corner and curled up into a ball with a depressed aura hanging over me. Who ELSE thought I was a girl...?
"Besides, guy, girl, what's the difference?" I heard Natsu say.
"MANY DIFFERENCES!" I yelled before returning to my depressed state.
I didn't hear what else they talked about, but I felt my sorry self being dragged out the door.
And then...
Soon we were travelling in a...pig and carriage, with Natsu feeling sick, serves him right. Unfortunately I had been reduced to the 'curl up into a ball and rock back and forth slowly' stage of sadness.
"Are you enjoying your ride, master?" Lucy said with a sadistic smirk, as Natsu could only groan.
"I'm roleplaying as your master!" Happy declared.
"Shut up, cat." Lucy frowned as she turned to me. "You okay Alain?"
"Oh yeah, yeah, fine, just FINE! I was just going to go and get a new DRESS today!" Looking back, I could see I was not taking it well. But it did sound like a pretty easy mission, jyst sneak in and get a book, simples. Plus it was mine and Lucy's first proper mission...why do I have to be a maid though?
"I'm pretty confident in my sexiness you know." Lucy said as she struck a suggestive pose, whoever wrote this story must be a mega-perv. "But I'm not sure about Alain..."
"That's not understandable from a cats point of view." Happy said. "But I think Alain could pass off from cuteness." I shot him an evil glare.
"And since WE'RE gonna be doing most of the work, we'll split the reward 4:4:1:1." Wow, that's generous for me Lucy.
"Oh! Your okay with 1?" Happy asked.
"I'm taking 4! And Alain gets the other 4!" Lucy should have shark teeth permanently.
We soon arrived in Shirotsume, where I'd pretty much gotten over it and walked on with a shadowed face of embarrassment.
"That's the last time I ever ride a carriage..." Natsu groaned.
"You say that every time..." Happy sighed.
"Anyway, I'm hungry! Let's eat!" Natsu cheered, and for once I agreed with him.
"I'm not really hungry." Lucy said. "Why don't you just eat your own fire?"
"Dragon Slayers can't eat their own produced element." I spoke up. "They have to eat alternative sources." Thank you Zen.
"That sounded right!" Natsu grinned as I just sighed.
"Well, you can have a meal whilst I check out the town." Lucy said as she walked off.
"What the...we're a team, it's more fun to eat with everyone." Natsu groaned.
"Aye." Happy nodded.
Nevertheless we found a small restaurant and ordered meat since everything else was irrelevant. And oh man it was so GOOD! I could live off this stuff!
"Let's keep the oily ones for Lucy." Natsu suggested.
"Aye, she does look like she likes oily stuff." Happy nodded.
"Are you sure about that?" I sweatdropped.
"Since when do I like oily foods?" A familiar voice said from behind me, so I turned, and my face flushed red.
Lucy was wearing a proper maid outfit, complete with headpiece with her hair done up into two pigtails. "How do I look?"
"You look the part, Lucy!" I smiled.
"Thanks! Although I'd look good in anything. How is your meal sir? If your still working on it please take your time." She got the part to a T.
And then the two Fairy Tail idiots had to whisper that they were only joking about the outfit idea.
"I CAN HEAR YOU!" Lucy should have shark teeth permanently. "Oh yes, Alain! I got something for you as well!" She pulled something out from behind her back, and my jaw dropped in horror.
She was holding a maid outfit similar to hers, except with bows. White. Frikkin. BOWS! "You've gotta look the part after all! I hope I got your size right! If you just act mute you'll totally pass as a maid!"
I tic-pulsed as two certain idiots were desperately trying to suppress laughter. "...No." I said plainly.
"Huh?"
"I at least want to walk out of this mission with some pride! Not in a dress! I have my dignity you know!" I argued.
"C'mon Alain, wear the dress." Natsu sniggered.
"No means NO!" I practically yelled. "No matter WHAT you say, no matter WHAT you do, I am NOT. GETTING. IN. THAT. DRESS!"
Let's just say that five minutes later I was wearing the dress with a red slap mark on my face. As the idiots were literally ROTFL.
I tic-pulsed. "If ANY of you, EVER mention this to ANYONE, ANYWHERE, at ANY time, I will personally kill you."
"Hold on! I've got one more thing!" My face grimaced as a big white bow was fitted into my hair, causing the Dragon Slayer and his cat to howl with laughter. This was literally the worst day of my life, and I've only been in this world three days!
Natsu pulled himself off the floor and onto the table. "H-Hey! We should use these as well!" He grabbed two oranges before bursting into laughter once again.
"SHUT UP!" I yelled at them with shark teeth.
One embarassing trip for Alain later...
We were working for a Hitler lookalike.
...Don't say anything, I understand he was terrible, but THAT is what this guy looked like. He had a black toothbrush moustache and distinctly looked similar, just saying.
Anyway, we were now sitting in his mansion, discussing the request, but I was too uncomfortably disturbed to listen, plus I was still wearing the frikkin outfit! First thing he said to me was 'Are you an okama?', if THIS guy could tell I was male I'm doomed!
"Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Kirby Melon, pleased to meet you." He nodded with a smile, at least he seemed nice.
"Did he say melon!?" "Oh wow you have a tasty name!" The dumb duo said...thats it I'm dubbing them that.
"Hey! That's rude!" Me and Lucy glared at them...but his first name was based off of a pink puffball, was nothing about this guy original?
"Ha ha ha! People tell me that often!" Kirby laughed it off.
I started drifting off again until he acknowledged me and Lucy. "Is this both your hobby? Not that I'm complaining hut-"
"I kinda wanna go home now..." Lucy sighed sadly.
"I want to be put out of my misery..." I grimaced.
And then I heard a wolf whistle in my head.
Oh no...please no...
'Daaaaamn! You lookin' fiiiiiine Alain!' Zen's voice annoyingly rang in my head.
'Don't talk to me...I'm humiliated enough as it is...' I internally sighed.
'You know, I could give ya a sex change, just make ya shine brightly for a bit whilst I err-'
'NO! I'll never be able to take a bath again!"
'I'd have thought you'd want to take baths 24/7.'
'Don't drag my name through the mud! What are you here for anyway?'
'Just poppin' in. By the way, your client here's been saying that he wants ya to burn the book hes after.'
'I could have heard that from the person himself if YOU weren't so busy talking!'
'Annnnd he'll also pay you 2,000,000 instead of the original price.'
"TW-!?" Lucy suddenly gasped.
"TWO!" Happy yelled.
"MILLION!?" Natsu extremelly face-faulted.
"JEWELS!?" I finished with an equal face-fault.
"WHAT THE HEEEEEEELL!?" Natsu shouted whilst standing on his chair, and I'm not surprised! Two million! TWO FRIKKIN MILLION! EVEN IF WE WERE SPLITTING IT WE'D STILL PRACTICALLY BE RICH!
"My, you didn't know about the increase?" Kirby asked far too calmly.
2,000,000!? Divided by four of us that's...I can't do Math!" You and me both, Natsu...but I can do that!
"It's 500,000 each under normal distribution." I helped him.
"It's simple! 1,000,000 for you and me, Natsu!" Happy spoke up.
"Wow! Your smart, Happy!" Natsu said.
"THERE'S NONE LEFT FOR US!" Me and Lucy shouted.
"W-Why the sudden increase?" Lucy asked.
Kirby's face became shadowed. "That book must be destroyed. I can't forgive that books existence."
Natsu immediantely flared up and grabbed mine and Lucy's wrists. "Let's go, Lucy! Alain! I'm burning with passion!" He then started running.
"Your gonna tear my arm off!" I yelled.
'Be careful your skirt doesn't flare up.'
'If I could get my hands on you...'
Convenient halfway cutscene!
"Excuse me?" Lucy called in a seductive tone. "We came to apply for the maid positions?"
We were standing outside a grand manor that was Everlue's, I was only in one state of mind: Get the book, burn it, leave.
'Sex change option still stands.'
I gritted my teeth in annoyance. 'Be...QUIET!'
'Oh come oooon! Just for an hour!'
'NO!'
'Spoilsport.' He pouted.
Just as I thought we were wadting our time, the ground next to us started to bulge, and a-AHHHHHHHH! IT'S A MONSTEEEEEEER!
...Oh wait...that's...a woman...err...no offense to her or anything...but she looked like a gorilla. You must really think I'm a terrible person with these insults but...that was a BIG woman! And...I had to avert my slightly green gaze, I could see her knickers!
"Maid applicants?" She demanded in a gruff voice, before we could answer she turned to the hole. "There are two girls who came for the positions, master!"
Then the creepy weirdo I'd seen on the request popped out. God, he was even more disgusting in person! "Boyoyoyooooon! Did you call me?" Urgh! His voice...! Get me a paper bag! "Let me see..." He said as he sidled creepily close to us, I was breathing the same air as him! I was going to throw up! "...You blonde, are rejected, go home ugly!"
"That's it! Time to go, ugly." Gorilla woman said as she picked Lucy up.
"For someone as greeeeeeat as I am." Creepy continued as more figures rose out of the ground to reveal-SWEET MOTHER OF ALL THINGS! I WAS SURROUNDED BY MONSTERS!?
...Oh no, these were woman...barely...did they get hit by a frikkin train or something!? "Only beautiful woman will do!" He finished-BEAUTIFUL!? I SINCERELY hoped he meant inner beauty!...Or that he was blind!
"As for you..." Oh god he was NEAR me! "...Debatable."...What? "You SEEM quite ugly, but there is a certain...beautiful charm about you."...WAS HE SAYING I WAS UGLY!? "I shall have to have Virgo escourt you inside. Virgo?"
"Yes master." Gorilla woman granted as she grabbed my han-THE PAIIIIIIN! SHE WAS GONNA CRUSH IT! "This way." She said as she pulled me down one of the holes.
I used my other arm to shield myself from dirt as we eventually popped up in a lavish looking garden. "Follow me." Virgo grunted as we started walking.
Now, I'd always been told I should respect a persons inner beauty, guess this applies to Virgo too. So I tried to make small conversation. "So, how long have you worked for Earl Evalue?" She didn't respond, this was going well... "Why do you work for him?" Just kept on walking, charming...
We eventually reached a flight of stairs going downwards which we walked down...into a dungeon, with jail cells and the like.
I turned to her with a half-lidded gaze. "I'm not getting the job, am I?"
She only grunted as she picked me up and threw me into a cell, shutting and locking the door behind me before tunneling her way back underground.
'Well, you screwed that up, didn't you?'
'I know that!' I reached into my pocket and pulled out my folded up regular clothes, I wanted to be out of these as quickly as possible. '...Hey, can you give me some privacy?'
'Gladly...sex change offer still stands.' I tic-pulsed as I felt him leave.
I changed into my baggy armed top and jeans with weird slippers before tugging the bow out of my hair and looking around, now how was I going to get out of here and find that book? What was it called again?
'It's called 'Day Break', and you can try using your magic.' Yay! Zen's being helpful! 'Your welcome.'
I ignited my hands with blue fire as I walked over to the bars and grabbed them, heating them up as much as possible...it was really boring.
I don't know how long it took, but they finally melted away! "Freedom!" I cheered. "Now to find and burn that book!"
I slid out into what looked like a hall, with...there were gold statues of this guy EVERYWHERE...how vain can you get?
BOOM!
"SWEET MEAT IN A BUCKET!" I yelled as Virgo fell in front of me, knocked out, I instinctively ran up the stairs to be met with Natsu, Happy and Lucy.
"We must not be discovered yet...nin nin." Natsu said doing a ninja sign.
"Nin nin." Happy copied him.
Not one to pass up a ninja sign I walked over to them, copying them. "Is this what you call being stealthy? Nin nin?"
"Alain! Why aren't you wearing your outfit? Nin nin?" Natsu asked.
"I was captured, but I changed clothes and escaped, nin nin. We must stealthily look for the book, nin nin. I suggest splitting up to cover more ground, nin nin."
"Excellent ninja tactic, nin nin." Natsu nodded.
"Nin nin." Happy mirrored us.
"You guys are all just weird..." Lucy sighed. "Uh-oh! Someone's bound to have heard! Come on!" She dragged all three of us 'ninjas' into a large library. "Phew, that was close." She huffed.
"There are many books in this library." "Aye! Quite many." The Dumb Duo said in ninja mode.
"We must scour them all." I nodded, also still in ninja mode.
"The Duke of Everlue may be a look stupid, but he has a lot of books." Lucy said as we all began searching through them.
I found a lot of good ones actually, a good selection of fiction and non-fiction, though it was hard to tell in this one. And some of them were quite old, yet still perfectly preserved! I wish I had the time to study these-
"Hey! I found a porno!"
...Behold, Natsu, the avid bookworm.
"Hey! This one is gold and sparkly!" Natsu cheered as he held one up.
"Upaaaa!" Happy cheered.
"WILL YOU TWO LOOK SERIOUSLY!?" The terrifying monster known as Lucy yelled. But then when we looked at the cover...
"DAY BREAK!" Natsu yelled.
"WE FOUND IIIIIIT!" Happy cried.
"ARE WE ALLOWED TO FIND IT SO EASILY!?" Lucy yelled.
"Hooray for shortcuts!" I cheered.
"Let's burn it then." Natsu smirked as he ignited his hand.
"That was easy." Happy nodded.
"W-Wait a minute!" Lucy yelled as she snatched the book. "Th-This author...is Kemu Zaleon!"
"Kemu?" I asked curiously.
"He was a mage as well as a writer! I'm a huuuuuuge fan of his! I thought I read all of his titles! Does that meanthis one was unpublished!?" She was going full on sparkly mode.
"Whatever, let's burn it." Natsu said plainly.
"What are you talking about!? This is a cultural heritage! We can't just burn it!" Lucy yelled.
'...Okay, my theory.' I thought.
'Go on.' Yep, still there.
'Kirby Melon is actually a retired Kemu Zaleon! And that book must hold some dark secret of his!'
'Well, it's a theory, I'll give you that.'
As Lucy and Natsu continued to argue, the ground next to me started to bulge. "I see, I see, boyoyoyoyo." And then the creep himself burst out of the floor...wait, we're on the SECOND floor! What the hell!? "So that's what you guys were after! I'm glad to allow you to do whatever! I'm a genius! Boyoyoyoyo!"
"See...all because you were slow!" Natsu accused her.
"S-Sorry." She said guiltily.
I gently rested a hand on her shoulder. "Lucy, it will be disrespectful to the client if we don't do what we're supposed to." She clenched the book closer to her chest.
"Hmph, I was wondering what you mages were looking for so frantically." Mcweirdo said. "And it was that worthless book."
"Worthless book?" Natsu said. It obviously ISN'T, Kirby is willing topay 2,000,000 after all!
"S-So I can keep the book then?" She said hopefully as I groaned.
"No, regardless of how worthless it is, the book still belongs to me." Oh no, he was LOOKING at me again! "Who are you?"
I tic-pulsed. "I was the other maid."
"...WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?" He yelled with a face-fault.
"Is it REALLY so hard to understand!?" I yelled with shark teeth.
"All we have to do is burn it and we're done here." Natsu shrugged.
"NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT!" She shrieked desperately.
"LUCY!" Natsu turned to her with a fierce expression. "It's our JOB!"
"Then at least let me read it." She said as she sat down and opened it.
"HERE!?" Us other four yelled with face-faults, oh god, I don't wanna be compared to weirdo!
"Bullshit!" Weirdy weirdpants yelled. "I don't like this! How dare you touch the book that belongs to the Duke of Everlue!? Come, Vanish Brothers!"
Suddenly two bookcases parted to reveal a secret pathway, and two shadowy figures.
"It's finally time for business." One said.
"If we get paid without doing actual work, mama will get mad at us." The other said.
Finally they were visible. The short one was mostly bold except for a big black ponytail coming out of his head, with markings on his face and a strange spade-like weapon strapped to his back. The taller one had spiky black hair and a big nose, with marks down his arms. I noticed that both of them were wearing clothes with a symbol on it, it looked like a wolf head with a big s behind it.
"Good afternoon." The short one said.
"These brats are the Mages of Fairy Tail?" The taller one said before mumbling about his mama.
"Look at their mark! They're from that mercenary guild, Southern Wolves!" Happy pointed. Mercenary Guilds!? They have those as well?
"He hired guys like that!?" Natsu thought aloud.
"Boyoyoyoyo! Southern Wolves are always hungry! Prepare to die!" Weirdy gloated.
We all intensely glared at each other...except for Lucy who continued to read. "HEY!" All of us yelled at her for ruining the awesome moment.
"What a joke." "They claimed to be Mages of Fairu Tail?" The two brothers said.
"Vanish Brothers! Retrieve the book at once! AND KILL THEM!" Weirdorooni demanded.
I noticed Lucy was trembling as she read. "This..." Why is everybody grabbing my wrist and dragging me along with them? "Natsu! Buy me some time! Alain! nYou come and cover me! This book seems to hold some kind of secret!" Secret?
"Secret!?" Creepo weird yelled in shock.
"Lucy! Where are you and Alain going!?" Natsu called after us.
"Let me read it somewhere!" She said as she slammed the door behind us.
As we ran along Lucy slipped on a pair of red framed glasses. "You wear glasses?" I asked.
"These are Gale Force Reading Glasses." Lucy said. "They allow me to read a whole thick book in just a few minutes."
"Woah!" I sparkled. "That's so COOOOL! You HAVE to lend me those sometime!"
"Yeah, yeah, just get me to a place where I ca-WOAH!" We both put on the brakes as we saw a figure in front of us.
I was expecting another hideous girl, but this one was actually pretty! She had sandy blonde hair in waves and a curvaceous body with an ample chest, and she was obviously wearing a maid outfit.
"...Stop." Was all she said.
"Great, another one." Lucy hissed.
'ALAIN!' AHHH! Damn that Zen!
'Whaty is it!? I'm kinda busy now!' I thought angrily.
"Alain! That woman in front of you...'
'...She's a disturbance!' He finished.
WHAAAAAAT!? I WAS EXPECTING A DRAGON OR SOMETHING! 'HERE!? How can you tell!?'
'She's working here and she's not hideous.'
'...Good point.'
'Now you know what to do, get rid of her.'
I gulped nervously, I actually had to finish off this girl! '...Okay, I can do this...' I turned to Lucy. "Lucy! Keep running! I'll stall her!"
Lucy nodded. "Okay! Good luck!" And she kept running.
We both slipped into a battle stance. "...You know my true identity...traveller..." She said. "I cannot allow you to live...even if you are a fine young woman..."
"I'M A FRIKKIN GUY!" I roared.
New chapteeeer! And poor Alain! Everyone thinks he's a girl! Maybe he should take the sex change option...don't tell him I said that.
Anyway, a few people have been asking about this, and I shall now confirm it. Alain's love interest is...as of yet undecided! It's a really tough decision you know! I could choose a proper Fairy Tail character or another OC, but you should know its done through a very scientific method...
*Draws straw* Welp, she's out. *Throws straw away.*. Now then, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and Alain's humiliation! MWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA! Reviews are ALWAYS appreciated, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
And now, back to my scientific study. "Draws straw.*
