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Miyako sat, mediating, for the rest of the night. She, or He, had decided that it would be best to meditate rather than sleep. Just in case 'Kenta' tried to take over again.

Natsu crawled out of his and Lucy's tent. "Morning..." He yawned, crawling over to the unlit fire. "What's for breakfast?"

Miyako opened an eye, and his mouth twitched. "What ever you want." He settled back, closing his eyes again.

"Your mouth twitched." Natsu said, rummaging through the packs for some sort of food.

Miyako's hand lifted to his mouth, and he felt that, indeed, one corner of his mouth was higher than the other. "Well. This is new." He said, sounding slightly sunned.

"People smile when they are amused or happy." Natsu pointed out, speaking around a mouthful of bread.

"But, I usually don't." Miyako replied. He stood, stretching. 'Well, I won't be able to get any more meditation in, since the camp is starting to wake up...' He thought.

Lucy crawled out of her tent, looking like she was still half asleep. "Morning." She mumbled. She yawned, and blinked, a bit blearily, in the general direction of Miyako. "GAH!" She exclaimed, flailing around for a second. "Who are you!?"

Miyako sweat-dropped. "I thought I already explained this..." He muttered.

"No." Gray replied, returning from wherever he had gone off to. "She was still in the tent." He said, nodding toward said tent.

Miyako blinked. "Lucy, you wondered why I...Miyako was called The Cursed?"

"Yeah..." Lucy replied warily, her hand already resting on the little pouch that held her gate keys.

Miyako inhaled, then said in a rush, "I'mcursedtoliveforaverylongtimewithanevilbeingthatsharesmybodyandmind." He looked away from Lucy, blushing furiously.

"Huh?" Lucy said, giving Miyako a blank look, her head tilting slightly. That mildly funny scene was made even funnier by the fact Happy was making the exact same face.

Erza, who had somehow become a ninja in the past few minutes, cleared her throat. "We should be going, right about now..." She hinted, in the 'Erza' sort-of-way. By that, she was giving everyone a dark look.

"Yes Mam!" Natsu, Gray, and Lucy exclaimed, looking quite afraid for their lives.

Miyako just sighed. "I was waiting for the rest of you..." He muttered.

-later-

Lucy made a very quiet grunting sound as her weight came down on her left foot. Miyako could tell she was injured in some way, but didn't want to say anything.

Obviously in an attempt to distract herself from her pain, Lucy said, "So, Miyako, what type of magics do you use?"

Miyako walked in silence for a few seconds. "Well," He began, "The only magic I can perform, without needing a demon trapped in a lacrama, is a form of capture magic. I can perform a spell that sucks a demon's soul into a completely pure lacrama, but is saps almost all of my magic power. And, in case you were wondering, despite how long I've lived, I do not have access to my 'Second Origin'." Miyako hopped over a fallen tree branch. "Unfortunately, because I'm in Kenta's body, I don't have access to it. Nor can I use any of my captured demons." He sighed.

"So, basically, when Kenta is in control, or you are using his body, you can't use magic." Lucy said. "How does that work? Technically it's the same body, so both of you should be able to use your magic."

"My curse puts my powers on lock-down, whenever my body is in Kenta's form." He explained.

"Oh." Lucy said, wincing when she stood on her aching foot. "Still doesn't make much sense, but it magic. It doesn't really make a whole lot of sense." She shrugged her shoulders and kept walking.

Miyako watched the blond woman head toward where Gray and Erza were walking ahead. 'She is in pain...' He thought.

"She's in pain..." Natsu observed.

"You just now noticed?" Miyako asked, a bit sarcastically.

Natsu shrugged. "I was thinking."

"A dangerous act. Especially for one who rarely uses the gray matter between their ears." Miyako replied, sneaking in a verbal jab.

Natsu scowled. "Try sneaking something like that again, and you'll be six feet under, still breathing." He threatened.

'Change the subject! Now!' Miyako thought, panicking a little bit. "What were you thinking about?"

"Your curse." Natsu replied, resting his hands behind his head as he walked.

"Oof! What prompted those thoughts?" Miyako asked.

"Hey. I may lack some common sense, but I have a brilliant mind for strategy." Natsu pointed out.

"You surprise me, sometimes." Miyako replied, shaking his head.

"Yeah. Sometimes, I actually surprise myself." Natsu said, grinning broadly. "Now, I better go and carry my lovely mate before she twists her ankle." He walked a bit faster.

Miyako watched with an amused smile as Natsu swooped upon his mate and scooped her up in a bridal style hold. Lucy struggled and flailed about. Miyako could actually hear her shouting, "Natsu! Put me down! Just because I'm having a baby doesn't mean I've turned to glass!"

Natsu shifted his mate around so that she was hanging off his back, in the piggy-back way that young children do with their parents. Miyako could guess what Natsu said to calm her down. "Alright. I just don't want you to twist your ankle or worse."

Miyako smiled, 'They are so perfect for each other." He thought, shaking his head.

'...sometimes, I actually surprise myself...'


And, done.

Yup. Still a bit mentally disjointed. . Blame...I can't think of anything to blame. Formal Logic! Why you betray me like this?!

*cough* Anyway, A bit of explaining, and some NaLu moments. This chap is a bit filler-y.

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