"No. Way." Luna's face was completely serious, her deadpan look reminding Kagura of another blonde who'd grown up too fast in his opinion.
"Come on Luna, I swear it'll be worth your while! I mean have you seen Clover these days? He's turned into a great catch!" Kagura's smile practically oozed desperation, he couldn't believe he was having this much trouble convincing the young mage to go on a date with his newfound charge.
"Yeah, cause going out with a living iceberg is exactly the way I wanted to spend my Saturday night." Luna rolled her eyes as she finished, too drained after a day of studying with Nine to deal with the annoying pervert. Sena thought that now would be the best time to throw in his own two cents.
"Luna, I think you have him confused with Jin. Carl's more like a wet blanket. A wet blanket with a prize winning smile who occasionally happens to smell like he just walked out of a scented candle shop." Luna shot her former "roommate" an annoyed look as he smiled in his usual laid back fashion.
"Clover doesn't smile, he smirks. Not even Doctor Litchi or Master Bang can get that guy to give a real smile anymore. I bet he wouldn't even show up anyway unless you dragged him there. Or you dragged his desk with him." Kagura smiled confidently, his positive attitude returning in full swing.
"I can say with complete one hundred-percent certainty that Carl will be there." Luna looked thoughtful for a moment, before sighing and opening her mouth to finally agree…
"How?" Sena gave Kagura a skeptical stare, completely derailing the conversation.
"Damn it Sena don't start asking questions! I shoulda known he'd cause trouble, he never can leave well enough alone when it comes to Luna's love life. I swear, either back off or get the balls to match her up with someone you approve of already! Seriously, how can something this simple be so difficult?!"
"Because he gave me his word that he'd be there!"
"..."
"..."
Both blondes glanced between one another before giving the Black Knight a synchronized blank expression. Sighing in exasperation, Kagura did his best to begin salvaging the situation.
"...Trust me. That's big news coming from a Clover, they never go back on their word."
"Why are you even asking me? I tried giving Carl a shot years ago, but he just couldn't handle all THIS!" Luna closed her eyes and grinned cockily as she motioned to her breasts (B cup) and her supple thighs.
"Can't say I don't envy him, that is a wicked figure your packing there babe. Too bad I can't steal ya myself."
"Wasn't it more like Carl dumped you for his work and politely asked to go separate ways? It's not like either one of you was very serious about your so called "relationship". In fact, I swear I never even saw him even glance at you that way." Sena's cynical smirk reminded Kagura far too much of Hibiki.
"...You really know how to make a girl feel special, Sena." Luna's exasperated look and sarcastic tone conveyed her feelings on the comment perfectly.
"It's one of my talents." Sena's lips quickly formed a shit eating grin that would make Terumi jealous as he reclined on the sofa and rested his crossed ankles on the coffee table.
"Look, would one date be so bad? I really think Carl needs some spark in his life and who has more spark then you?! You're full of spark! It's practically raining spark off of you, Luna!" Kagura gestured wildly to Luna's entire being from head to toe, doing his damndest to brown nose his way into getting his desired answer from the young woman.
"Well, I am pretty amazing." Luna folded her arms behind her head and puffed out her chest in pride (much to Kagura's perverted delight).
"Humble Luna. Remember to be humble." Sena spoke with his grin still in place, his lazily half lidded eyes only adding to the overall smart ass tone that currently enveloped him.
"And maybe Clover is a little good looking." Luna ignored Sena in favor of losing herself in her mind's eye, her face flushing as she put her index finger between her teeth.
"That's not what the chart that Lady Nine found said. According to that you'd, and I quote, "totally pounce and proceed to slam Carl insid-" Luna quickly slapped her hand over Sena's mouth rather harshly, the sound of the action echoing as Kagura briefly winced in sympathy for the younger man.
"You're not allowed to talk anymore!" Luna looked at Sena angrily while Kagura looked on with his trademark smirk.
"...Fine. I guess that I MIGHT be okay with Clov-...Carl. If you can actually get him to go on a date with me then...maybe I'll consider it." Luna gave the Black Knight another flat look, clearly meaning that this was a "take it or leave it" offer.
"Sooooo is that a yes?" Kagura quirked a brow and allowed the hope he felt to manifest in his voice as he stared evenly into her heart shaped green orbs.
"...Fine." Luna sighed once more as the Ikarugan pumped his fist into the air dramatically.
"You're not gonna regret this Plat! You're about to make two men very happy!" Luna smiled contently as Kagura stroked her ego, happy to be the center of attention for anyone… Especially if it was a hotty like Carl.
"Just two? I think Luna's gonna need a whole country if you want to handle her ego-ACK!" Sena's rolling eyes quickly stilled and widened in panic as Luna put him into a rather brutal headlock, Kagura took the opportunity to leave before the irate blonde could change her mind.
"Now look what ya did Sena, ya scared him off before Luna could even ask where the date's gonna be!"
"Hey! It's not my fault that you got so scary, it is part of your "natural charm" after all!"
"Why I oughta!"
"What in tarnation are you kids up to now?" Jubei looked tired and annoyed, obviously the two had roused him from one of his beloved cat naps.
"L-lord Jubei! Luna's SO sorry, but Sena's being a TOTAL jerk and-"
"HEY! Stop blaming me for everything!"
"Well if you di-!" Luna and Sena literally froze into a solid block of ice as an irate Nine walked into view. Sighing tiredly, the sorceress turned her eyes to her husband.
"Mutsuki left a letter for me at the guild, do you have any idea what it means?" She handed the parchment over to the yawning cyclops, who quickly put two and two together.
"Luna was yappin' about a date or something when I came to, maybe it's those details that she wanted." The feline placed the letter on the coffee table in front of the frozen blondes, looking at his wife lovingly.
"So darlin, care to join this old cat for some good ole fashioned cuddlin?" Nine laughed heartily as she scooped her husband into her bosom.
"Mr. Kitty, I would be delighted to cuddle with you. Now children" Nine turned her head briefly to acknowledge the pair, "We do hope that spending some time together will help to "cool" your heads about this whole situation." The two let out a groan at their guardian's lame pun, the mage simply letting out another vigorous snicker as she entered the bedroom that she and her beloved Mr. Kitty shared, shutting the door behind her with a heel.
"…."
"…"
"Luna?"
"Shut it Sena, as soon as we're out, I'm kickin your ass."
"*sigh* I thought as much. So, ya really gonna go on a date with him?"
"Duh! I mean, why wouldn't Luna give that (smoking hot) idiot a second chance? I'm a very considerate woman."
"Suuure you are…" Sena rolled his eyes and smirked as he remembered that only their faces had been left unfrozen (in order for them to breathe).
"Sena, don't you dare…" Luna growled as she saw Sena's smirk transform into another shit eating grin.
"And so it begins…" The spirit of Trinity sighed as she gazed upon her children, slightly concerned as Sena's grin and eagerness to tease his sister was far too reminiscent of his father.
"Kazuma... If only you hadn't been corrupted…I miss you so much…"
AN: I once again thank NoOneImportantHere for his generosity! I needed help with the story and he was kind enough to give me an example of how Luna should be characterized (as well as once again looking over the revisions, thank you my friend). About half of this chapter was his idea, but don't worry I will be working on the next chapter solo. Since I have nothing but troll reviews to respond to this time I say: Zu'u lokaal hi pah! Out of curiosity, are any other authors (or non-trolls in general) reading this? If so, please leave a review (that's getting kinda repetitive, but I always hope for feedback on my work). Until we meet again, Zu'u out!
BTW thank you to NOIH, l3largus and Youmomagon for taking the time to message me, I really appreciate it!
