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I'm back from the dead, by dead— I meant exams. Wah! I'm so lucky consecutive 1 week and 3 days without classes, what could a lazy student like me ever ask for?
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Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does but the crazy hag—er, Aunt Jasmine is mine.
Date Part 1
Chapter 9
Sting and Lucy, still disguised, entered one of the best magic shops in all of Crocus. Everything that a mage can ever ask for can be found in this certain shop
From ancient spell books to magic items, everything can be bought there. And of course, Celestial Spirit keys—the main reason they went to the magic shop to buy a gift for Michelle/Lucy for their first date. Needless to say, the rare platinum key was the apple of Michelle's eye.
"Hey, Sting!" Michelle tugged at his clothes with that excited gleam in her eyes.
Sting sighed knowing that this would happen. It would be better for them to get this over with since they still have at least 50 places to go and it was already noon. "Show me the Platinum Celestial key," he said to the owner of the magic shop.
The cashier nodded as he picked it up and then showed it to his disguised customers (Sting and Lucy) "This is the Gate of the Heavens, Odette. It is an extremely rare key so the price is a bit high."
"How much?" Michelled demanded without hesitation.
"O-Oi..." Sting tried to stop her but to no success.
"Is that how rich people buy things? So Fast..." Lisanna said from the sidelines.
"100,000 Jewels, Miss."
"No w—" Sting was about to reply, until Michelle gave him an intensely cute, pleading puppy dog eyes that only Sting can see from under her cloak hood.
Sting smirked at her, "Are you sure you want to show that face to me? Given, I might eat you."
The others in the room blushed.
"S-Stupid..." Michelle stuttered " I-I just w-want t-the k-k-key..."
Sting looked at her expectantly. They had a deal about these things and this was the time those troublesome deals came up.
Michelle, knowing the drill, muttered, "Fine."
"Excuse me dear customers, how would you like to pay? Ca—" Before the cashier can even finish what he was saying, Sting threw a bundle of 100,000 Jewels to him, effectively shutting him up...literally, since the Jewels had hit his face head-on.
After getting over the quick excruciating pain of being hit right on the face, the man handed them the Celestial key. Michelle was about to snatch it away but Sting hadalready beaten her to it.
"The Deal?" he reminded her.
"Deal?" Team Natsu looked at their clients curiously.
"What do you want?" Michelle sighed in defeat. He had bought her the key she wanted; now it was her turn to fulfill her end of the deal.
Sting came near her giving her a serious look, not the usual goofy Sting, but this look made Michelle's heart beat faster. The little distance they had from each other didn't help one bit. Instead it made her heart beat wilder than before. And if that wasn't enough, then what help would 'Sting whispering inappropriate things in her ear' wouldn't. Michelle looked like a tomato, her face was dyed red all-over.
"Erza-san, what are they doing?" Wendy asked innocently, "And what does make...love...mean?"
That was it, Erza's limit. After what Wendy had said to her, Erza fainted on the magic shop's floor lying in a pool of nosebleed blood. Wendy then turned to Lisanna, asking the same question causing her face to turn beet red.
'How could they do that when there are dragon slayer kids in here?!' Lisanna thought. Yes, kids. Wendy and Natsu. Natsu was as young as Wendy when it came to these things. Without a second to spare, Lisanna had pulled Wendy and Natsu out of the shop to find a crowded and noisy place so the two kids wouldn't hear whatever the couplewas saying. But thinking about it, it felt like she forgot something...Gray! She had left Gray there all alone with the two. One could only hope he didn't decide to do something idiotic like stripping...
"So Mi-chi, you'll do it?" Sting challenged after telling her the deal.
The blushing Michelle, shook her head, "No way!"
"I see." Sting faced the man on the cashier, "Sir, I would like to return this k—"
"No, wait. I'll...do it,"she said hesitantly. As much as she wanted to punch Sting's face for his condition, she wanted—no, needed that key. It was extremely crucial that she gets the key. It's one of a kind, she probably won't get another chance to see one, much less own one.
Sting gave her a taunting smirk that she had known ever since they were young, "Do it."
Michelle blushed. She wanted to hide but she also wanted the key. She guessed she had no choice. 'Come on, Lucy...For the KEY! You can punch Sting as much as you want when you get it. Do it.' she thought.
She clenched her fists and took a deep breath before saying " I-I — Can't I just ask Gemini to do this for me?" Michelle huffed.
"Nope," Sting denied. "You better do it, Mi-chi~ I could return the keys anytime now..."
Michelle glared at him.
"That won't do Mi-chi..." Sting taunted.
Michelle sighed in defeat as she tried to say the words she normally wouldn't be caught dead saying. "I...Love...You...Sting-nii, nyaa~," Michelle blushed.
The words flowed out of her mouth like she wanted to say it, not because she was forced to. Her heart was still beating wildly. There must be something wrong with her...there must be.
"I love you too, Neko-chan," Sting kissed her forehead lightly.
"W-What are y-you...~nyaa" she stuttered.
"Shhhh...Your friends are still watching us you know," Sting whispered. "You do know what would happen if they don't believe that we're dating."
"F-Fine...nyaa~" she replied as she caught the key thatSting threw at her. She looked to where her friends were standing—supposed to be standing, but they weren't there anymore. Erza collapsed on the floor, Lisanna, Wendy and Natsu were missing, the only one left is Gray and he was gaping at them.
Sting said, "Friends, but it's more or less friend, singular."
She doubtedthat Sting wouldn't have heard when the others left and when Erza collapse, he was a Dragon slayer for crying out loud. Perhaps he said that because he was...Michelle looked at Sting whose cheeks were slightly red; he was as embarrassedas she was. What a shock!
"What are you looking at? You know the rest of the deal, Neko-chan." Sting barked, but Michelle is pretty sure he was just doing it so he won't get caught red-handed in being embarrassed, typical Sting.
"Yes, Nyaa~" Michelle replied while fiddling with her keys. That was their deal, he would buy her the key, but in turn she had to say the word 'I love you, Sting-nii', and add nyaa~ at the end whenever she spoke for the rest of the day.
"Wait. That was it?" Gray asked, confused. "What about the make...love...thing that Wendy was saying when she accidentally heard you two?"
"Huh?" Sting and Michelle looked at him as if he had grown a second head. When it hit her. " Sting was probably saying—"
"Nooooooooope, Keep it to yourselves. I don't want to hear those things!" Gray covered her ears and ran around the shop...nude. Wait, when did he even…?
"Gray, your clothes! Nyaa~" Lucy yelled, making him stop in his tracks, in front of an innocent child who gave him a silent and awkward stare before running to her Mommy, crying about Godzilla or something.
Sting face-plamed himself, "Cover yourself before you make another kid cry, stripper."
"With what?" Gray demanded.
Sting turned to the owner of the shop, "You sell permanent pants here?"
Michelle hit Sting on the head, "What are you saying? There's no way there's some kind of permane—"
"We do," the man said, earning a shocked expression from Michelle, Sting and Gray. Sting was just kidding when he asked. He never expected them to sell such a thing. Michelle happy since that meant never seeing Gray remove his pants anymore. Gray was just...satisfied? but there was an air of being boastful around him. Michelle bets he can't wait to brag his permanent pants to Lyon who had the same case of stripping habits with him.
"Perfect. Give me one." Gray told the man. The man scurried off to get Gray's order, leaving the three conscious mages in silence.
"Wait...I thought you were a Heavenly Body Mage like Jellal."
"Yes, I am, nyaa~" Michelle replied coolly.
"Wait, how did you know about Jellal?" Gray asked, clearly suspicious.
"I...um...Jellal Fernandes-san was the former Council member who was posing as Siegrain-san, right? The one who fired Etherion? It made a great commotion in Fiore. Nyaa~" Michelle lied. She can't tell him that she knew about him because she was there with them in the Tower of Heaven.
"...right. Still, what's the key for?" Gray asked again, trying to break the ice but it seemed like all he was asking was things that shouldn't be known.
"Nothing, My Lil Sis just loves to collect them as designs." Sting stepped in, seeing how hard it was for Lucy to lie to her teammates.
"Oh man, Lucy's gonna flip when she finds out that the remaining Celestial Keys had been used as a collection," Natsu said, clearly he was back from wherever he was from.
Behind him, panting in exhaustion was Wendy and Lisanna. "Lucy-san will be really jealous," Wendy stated.
"Yeah. We should buy her a key too." Erza said, slowly standing up from the pool of blood like a Zombie in World War Z, which may I say is terrifyingly brilliant. But the thought is in the back of Michelle's mind was that she was getting two keys at once. How awesome is that?
"Do you have any more Celestial Keys?" Erza asked the man, who had just returned from fishing out Gray's new permanent pants which cannot be removed, unless Gray is going to change his clothes or is going to do some excreting...there's a microchip in there that connects the pants to Gray's brain, creepy.
"Yes, which one?" The man asked, pointing to the transparent glass table case where the keys were placed.
"Hm, what does this silver key do?" Erza asked.
Michelle can't stop grinning. Two keys at once, it would be perfect! It took everything in her not to jump up in joy telling everyone that she was Lucy and beg for the key from her teammates. But she had to stop or Aunt Jasmine would murder her.
"Calm down, blondie." Sting whispered, only loud enough for the both of them to hear. "How about trying the key I gave you while they do what they're doing?"
Michelle's eyes gleamed, ignoring the fact that Sting called her blondie andforgetting the other fact that their bodyguards are still there. "Open the gate of Heavens, Odette! Nyaa~"
Smoke appeared but there was no celestial being that appeared. In place of the supposed creature was a floating note.
Michelle began to read it.
"Dear Owner,
My Name is Odette. You should feel honored because you're my very first master! I am finally allowed to have one after all those years ofwaiting, so you better not disappoint me. By the way, I am Free to be called from...hm...I'll just come out when you REALLY need me, until then don't call me.
If you need to know more about the perfect me, I guess I HAVE to tell you. Here's my Personal Info:
Name: Odette
Appearance: THE PRETTIEST BEING YOU'LL EVER SEE.
Describe myself: Adorable, Beautiful, Charming, Darling, Exciting, Fabulous, Great, Happy, Idol, Juvenile, Keen, Lovely, Majestic, Notable, Outstanding, Pretty, Quick, Royal, Stupendous, Terrific, Unique, Virtuous, Wise, Young, Zealous
Powers: You guess...
Blood type: Z
Address: Celestial Spirit world
Contact info: USE THE KEY, Idiot.
Hobbies: Music, Dancing, Painting, Fashion, Shopping, Experiment, Gossiping with Aqua-chan, Chatting, Tea, Rock music, Singing, Acting, Playing, Watching, Torturing Taurus, Breathing...
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Love,
Odette
PS. Don't bother me cause I'm visiting Aquarius-chan today. By today, I mean—3 months in human time. Goodbye.
"W-What...?" Michelle sputtered
"That's some conceited Spirit of yours..." Sting commented, in a low volume.
"N-No...that's fine. Nyaa~ " Michelle replied 'Curse you, Sting. You made me say all those things and demanding spirit who isn't even here is what I get? I'll kill you.'
"Fine? Then what are you sputtering there for?" He asked, unaware of Lucy's inward cursing.
Michelle pointed to the the PS part of the letter. "Aquarius-chan! Sting, she's Aquarius' friend! She might even be a lot scarier than Aquarius herself. My life is over. Nyaa~" she whispered back to Sting "I hate this nyaa thing, nyaa~"
"Hey, I thought you weren't a Celestial Mage?" Gray asked.
"Uh...Yes, I'm not. That's why a note appeared saying I shouldn't use the key unless I'm a Celestial mage but that doesn't stop me from collecting it though, nyaa~." Michelle lied again. For the sake of the secret.
"Oh, let's go then. You still have 50 more places to go."
Sting and Michelle let out a groan in unison. Would this torturous date ever come to an end? Nyaa~
Man, I love Odette. I already have a background story for her! I'm so excited. :)
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