Woohoo, Chapta 7 baby! Entering a mini arc for you guys to enjoy with first taking a look into Mika's childhood.
Reviews:
PJandLGequalsLove-Very well done and I can see where you are going with some of the pairings it definitely looks very interesting.
Thanks, I'm hoping to work out a few ideas I have and also this chapter will be an explanation for those wondering about Zeref treating her the way he does.
Chapter 7
Third Person POV
Natsu was running around the guild tearing things up, however unlike usual he wasn't fighting, he was searching.
"Natsu? What's wrong?" Erza asked.
"Mika's gone!" He shouted throwing Macao and Wakaba aside.
"Gone?!" Lucy asked.
"She went to bed last night sleeping with Master Mavis, as usual, and this morning she was gone." Natsu said.
"I cannot find her, I even asked Ater-kun and he said he hadn't seen her." Mavis said walking over to Natsu with a worried look on her face.
"Um.. Excuse me?" The group turned and blinked at the elderly woman who stood in the doorway. Her grey hair was tied in a bun and her blue eyes sparkled, she wore a old fashioned blue dress and had an ornate black cane to walk with.
"Yes?" Erza asked.
"I'm sorry but do any of you know this girl, she carries your guild mark?" The woman asked turning,"Come here little one!"
In stepped a girl around 7 maybe 8 years old with familiar wavy, black tipped white hair, large emerald eyes, alabaster skin, and a all black "Gothic" dress that had a star shaped gap in the middle of her chest and long black sleeves each attached to her upper arm via a belt. Her thighs were visible due the dress stopping short of her stomach revealing a Fairy Tail mark made more prominent by the coat tail behind her and several belts were strapped between her ankle and hips, accompanied by a pair of black also wore a pair of black hair clips that kept her hair from falling back completely and a familiar circlet.(A/N: The clothes are similar to those of Yami from To Love Ru, with whatever you think Mika looks like.)
"OJI-SAMA!" The little girl cheered excitedly running forward.
"Mika?!" Natsu asked surprised.
"Thanks Baa-san!" Mika waved.
"Nice to see I could help." The woman said walking away happily.
The group sat there staring at the child who could only be Mika in confusion.
"Mika's been turned into a child?" Erza said confused.
"What could have done this? I mean if she can beat Dragons what can do this to her?" Lucy asked.
"Huh?" Oji-sama, who's this, she's pretty?" Mika asked now beside Erza pulling on her scarlet hair.
"She doesn't remember Erza?" Wendy asked.
"Wendy-tan!" Mika cheered hugging the Sky Dragon Slayer.
"Eh?" She said surprised.
"Wendy-tan, I wanna play!" Mika demanded.
"Mika, stop and sit down." Mavis ordered sternly.
"Y-yes Mama!" She yelled jumping into a chair in fright.
"So she remembers Natsu, Mavis, and Wendy, but not Erza, Mavis is her Kaasan, Natsu is her Ojisan, but why Wendy?" Lucy asked.
"Hmm, well even if we wanted to get her back to normal... We can't leave her alone in this state." Mavis said.
"We can watch her." The group looked to Lisanna and Mika smiled,"Lis-tan!"
"Huh?" The group looked at Mika questioningly, so far since she came to the guild she'd talked to Lisanna only once so what was with such a honorific.
"Why use such a honorific Mika-chan?" Lisanna asked.
"You're Oji-sama's mate aren't you?" She asked in that way children did that made you feel as if you couldn't be mad at them for their innocence.
"M-mate?" Lisanna and Natsu stuttered in unison.
"Yes, you're my Oba-sama." She nodded.
Lisanna looked at Natsu with a smirk.
"Yes, come on Mika-chanm come with Oba-sama and Wendy-tan, we can go shopping and we can play." Lisanna said and soon the trio were walking off Lisanna holding the young She-Devil's hand.
"Now to find out why she was turned into a child." Natsu said blushing.
With Lisanna, Wendy, and Child Mika
Lisanna smiled as Mika looked around Magnolia happily as they walked.
"So Mika-chan, what do you feeling like doing after we go shopping?" Wendy asked.
"Swimming!" Mika said.
"Maybe we can invite the other guild members to join." Lisanna suggested gauging her reaction.
"Sounds fun!" Mika said.
"Then we're going to the swimsuit section." Lisanna noted not sure the guild had a swimsuit that would fit the short child.
With Natsu and the others
It didn't take long to figure out what happened to Mika, the group immediately found the source. The problem, they couldn't even touch the man.
The man was in his mid twenties with spiky black hair and blue eyes, he wore black robes and boots, and held in his hand a small tome. As he dodged another attack which in reality wasn't even close to hitting him, he smirked,
"I'd love to play more Fairies, but I have more to do, however, I'll give you this, the dragon that you fought and the dragon that defeated Gildarts Clive, were two different dragons, though neither are ones you wish to face if you value your lives." He said cryptically.
"Huh?" Natsu stopped.
"It was fun, as a final gift, this will help you return that cute Devil to her normal state." He said and a page flew from the tome into Natsu's hand.
"Grimoire magic: Teleport." With that he was gone.
"Demonic Reversion Spell." Natsu read.
"A spell?" Erza asked.
"This spell is used to revert a Demon or Devil to state possibly to tame them. If one should ever wish to reverse this you must enter the Demon's memories and learn the true name of the Demon to revert the Demon to normal." Erza read.
"Well we have out way to fix this." Lucy said.
"Can't we keep her like she is? She's so cute!" Mavis said.
"First Master, we have to put her the way she should be." Erza said.
"So we need to enter her memories? How?" Natsu asked.
After some time they found Fairy Tail at a pond not far from Natsu's house and saw the child that was Mika playing with Wendy and Lisanna while some of the other girls watched and the guys, besides a certain blonde Lightning Dragon Slayer who sat on the sidelines smiling at Mika's child form as she and the other two splashed each other.
"Okay, now everyone join hands, I'm putting us you in Mika's memories." Makarov said and began muttering furiously and withing minutes the group turned into bright white lights and floated to Mika entering her mind.
Mika's Memories
As the group steadied themselves Natsu looked on in surprise as he saw Zeref, looking no different then he had on Tenrou, he sat in a ornate rocking chair holding a baby as he looked out the window before him.
"See that Sweet one? This is your home, though I won't be around a lot, I want you to know that you're the sunshine that lights up my darkness." Zeref said softly.
Erza and Lucy were surprised both by the baby being Mika and Zeref, a being believed to be evil, could be so human as to speak so softly to a baby.
Zeref sighed as he rocked once more before standing abruptly.
Then the memory shifted and a 4 year old Mika, wearing exactly what she was wearing after being turned into a child, sat reading a comically large book.
"Well my Beautiful fragrance, I see you're hard at work." Zeref now stood behind the concentrating girl.
Hearing his voice she turned and her face broke out into smile,"PAPA!"
She embrace him and he nodded,"How's my little girl?"
"I'm great, look." Mika said and she held her hand out,"Dark Force."
A ball of black energy formed above her hand and remained so for 30 minutes before she finally dropped it sweating.
"Very interesting, I knew my little prodigy could do it. Your Spriggan magic is wonderful." Zeref said.
"I plan on a Magic similar to that Fairy Law you told me about with this." She said.
Mavis gasped.
"You do that and when we see your Mama, you can show her just how strong you are and she'll throw a party to celebrate having such a prodigy for a daughter." He said encouragingly.
"Spriggan Shield." Mika said and soon a small shield appeared in her hands and she handed it to Zeref.
"For you Papa, it's a pendant." She said smiling.
He smiled back,"You're great, listen I'll be back soon just checking on a few things, I want you to read a bit more and when I get back we can go for target practice." He promised.
He walked away and Mika turned back to her book,"I don't understand it."
She turned and found a boy appearing the same age as her with blonde hair.
"Ototo-sama." She greeted politely.
"I don't understand how he can like you more than he does me!" The boy shouted his earlier calm tone replaced by anger.
"Eh? That can't be, Papa could never care for me more than he does you Ototo-sama, I'm not that great." She said modestly.
"Don't lie to me!" He growled and was covered in a white aura, Mika hunched over and began letting out pained coughs and was coughing up blood.
"O-ototo-s-sama s-stop." She coughed.
"Tch, not worth my time." He said and she quickly ran from the room and the scene shifted to show the same boy still appearing to be a similar age roughly shoving a 10 year old Mika against a wall.
"I'm tired of it! Why doesn't he care about me more than a worthless brat like you!" He growled.
"S-stop I-it!" Mika yelled crying.
"ENOUGH!" The boy turned to see Zeref covered in a black aura, his eyes crimson with a black ring within them.
"Mika, to your room, Larcade come with me now." He ordered.
Soon Mika returned to her room and you could hear Zeref and Larcade in the neighboring room.
"I will not tolerate you treating her like that!" Zeref yelled.
"Why do you care more about her than you do me?!" Larcade snapped.
"Because I can actually act like I care about her! If it wasn't for-" Zeref was cut off as the scene shifted.
Mika sat in her room which was decorated with all kinds of papers detailing Black Magic, Devil Magic, Fairy Magic, and Dragon Slayer Magic.
"Mika, I'm surprised you haven't checked God Slayer Magic yet." Mika smiled and hugged her father happy with his presence.
"I haven't found the one I want in that version so I'm going to search more later." Mika informed.
"That's fine, listen Mika, I love you but it's time I told you that I'm not going to be around for a while, a decade maybe." He said.
The group stared at him in shock.
"Okay, I'll wait to see you, any amount of time is worth waiting to be with you Papa." Mika said happily.
"While I'm gone I want you on your best behavior and you are not allowed to leave the grounds except for the requests of the Minister." He said sternly.
She nodded and soon was back in the library once more.
"So, in the library once again." A voice asked.
Once again the boy stood not far away, though he seemed calm.
"Hello Ototo-sama." She said devoid of emotion.
"Oh, being a "Papa's girl" are you?" He asked condescendingly.
"I'm doing as I was asked." She stated.
"Don't act all high and mighty with me!" He snapped rushing forward and shoving her from her seat.
"Larcade-sama stop!" A maid said walking over to stop him only to drop dead,"Don't try and stop me!"
"Shadow Devil's Rage!" He was blasted back by the breath attack and a sobbing Mika grabbed the book she and and was running away to her room.
The scene shifted and the group saw Mika, appearing somewhere between 5 to 7 years old, walking around the grounds of what seemed to be a palace. As she walked a group of men were following her weapons at he ready and within seconds a bunch of men jumped out attacking her, each bore a familiar symbol.
"The symbol of Aurus?" Erza said confused.
"Aurus?" Lucy asked.
"A nation neighboring Alvarez and Fiore who made up a full 30% of all mages in the world during its existence. It was conquered by Alvarez a few decades ago." Mavis answered.
The group watched as the men made to attack only for Mika to turn her tail visible and her eyes held an emotionless and bored expression.
"Die!" The men yelled.
"Know your place." She said, her voice sounded foreign due to the tone she used, this was not the cheerful girl whom they knew and loved, this was a uncaring, unfeeling Devil.
"Death Magic: Hades Wave." She said and a dome of death magic surrounded her before shooting outward killing them all at once.
"Your place is trash." She said walking away.
"Mika!" Zeref was running toward her and she turned giving a polite bow,"Otou-sama."
The group blinked at the formal adress of her father.
Zeref frowned but began looking over her,"Are you okay?" He asked.
"Hai Otou-sama." She said standing absolutely still under his gaze.
"Why are you treating me so formally?" Zeref asked.
"Kasumi-san told me you were the Empreror so I thought you'd want to be addressed formally." She said.
"Why do you speak in such an uncaring tone?" He asked.
"I haven't actually felt anything besides bored before." Mika replied.
"Enough of that, your name means beautiful fragrance, show the beauty that you hold with happiness, Mika I want you to make me proud so show me you can be happy, I want you to feel all the best emotions and be one of the happiest people to ever exist." Zeref said.
"Then, may I call you Papa?" She asked her tone brightening hopefully.
"Yes, you may." He said smiling.
Then the scene shifted once more and now Zeref once again stood in front of the rocking chair with baby Mika but in front of him stood a man with jet black hair tombstone grey eyes, and wore black robes.
"Ankhseram." Zeref growled.
"Yes, Zeref Dragneel, I am Ankhseram, God of Life and Death." He said.
"Why are you here? Going to curse my daughter just because she's mine?" Zeref asked defensively holding Mika away.
"I'm only here to protect an innocent from your curse. Therefore I'll let give her this, Ego Ankhseram hoc detur vobis in nomine meo et possit occidere falsa." He said and placing his finger covered in black and grey energy to the babies forehead.
"There, she's immune to the curse, however this is the only favor I'll give you. After all, I have no right to keep a girl from her Tousan." he informed
"What is her name and titles?" The god asked.
"Mika Eden Dragneel, daughter of Zeref Dragneel and Mavis Vermilion, niece of Natsu Dragneel, Eclipse Devil, and inheritor of all my creations." He said.
"Well she is now also the 'Death God Slayer'." He said.
The scene shifted one final time and they heard what Zeref had said to Larcade.
"-for Ankhseram's blessing she'd be killed by my curse!"
Exit Mika's Memories
The group all stood back in the real world with wide eyes and they stood shell-shocked at their discovery. Mika was a complex person whose actions didn't show anything remotely similar to any normal person who has lived the life she had. Although she seemed cheerful and happy, her father was a man that was believed to be the vilest mage to ever exist, her mother a spirit that she only got to see for the first time recently, her uncle a hotheaded, dense, young man whom she had been told since her birth that he was the most important person she could ever know, and her brother, a jealous, maniac, who believed she was stealing all their father's love. Her father was mostly gone and she rarely saw him, but when she did she treasured it, her brother abused her in his jealousy of her relationship with their father, her mother wasn't around to take care of her and thus she wasn't raised with any real morals as Demon society was simply those with the most strength through their blood were able to do as they wished, and her uncle, her extra father figure, like her mother, he didn't know she existed.
Then there was her younger years, she'd felt no emotions merely felt bored of the world she lived in and the life she had, as if she'd had nothing that she really care about, but with only a single conversation she changed from unfeeling to happy and loving learning.
"So, you've seen it?" The group turned and there stood Mika, now looking normal, though she appeared a few inches taller though still only around Lucy's height instead of closer to Levy's as it was before. She was rubbing her shoulder and looking down guiltily.
"We saw your memories yes." Erza said.
"Did you see, me...?" She trailed off and then the group understood.
"We saw." Mavis nodded.
She nodded.
"Mika." Natsu said.
She looked up worry clear in her eyes.
"You've grown past that, you're not that, you're a kind girl and a member of Fairy Tail, no matter what you do I will be proud to be you Ojisan." Natsu said maturely.
She blinked and smiled engulfing him in a hug.
"What's with the clothes by the way?" Natsu asked.
"Huh, these? I like the feel of them better than what I normally wear so I'm going to wear them instead, besides they're made to be comfortable and for fighting." She said.
"Mika! Anything I should get just in case?" Laxus asked jogging over.
"Lots of first aid supplies and maybe a few camping supplies as well, nothing lacrima, as it is easy to spot." She replied.
"What's going on?" Mavis asked.
"We're taking a trip, we planned it during that ball." She informed.
"Where?" Lucy asked.
"The Underworld, home of Devils and their lesser minions, the Demons." She informed.
That's a wrap, moving on to part 2 of this mini arc in the next chapter.
Suggested Pairings:(I still need these to have some more of you guys and girls to tell me if you guys are okay with these, don't want a certain pairing, or want to suggest your own before I can confirm them.)
Gray/Lucy
Natsu/Lisanna
Juvia/Lyon
Confirmed Pairings:
Zeref/Mavis
Bisca/Alzack
Jellal/Erza
Mika/Laxus
