"Come on hurry up Jim!" I shout to the stiffly moving glaring young man behind me.
"I thought you said I'd be able to walk after 2 days' brat…." he states gruffly slowly walking towards my house with me way ahead of him causing me to chuckle in sadistic amusement at his predicament.
"I said 2 days give or take a few hours actually and you are walking now aren't you? or is that not you moving your legs?" I say sarcastically giggling when he growls at me.
"I never said you would walk normally now did I? The magic pressure still in your body will make it stiff to walk and move normally until the pressure releases enough for you to use magic, and even then you won't be able to do anything strenuous until your magic starts flowing normally again for you to properly access it which will take at least a weak at the most, it's why I offered you to stay at my place until you were fit enough and for me to train you a little in some things for your job" I say skipping to a stop at my homes gate.
"Che! So basically I'm going to be useless for about 2 weeks is that it?" he asks slowing to a stop next to me while I swing the door open.
"Mm…. more like 3 weeks!" I happily exclaim dragging Jim to the guest room on the first floor.
"This is going to be your room! Theirs a bathroom down the hall, you saw where the kitchen and lounge was, the other three rooms on this floor are 2 spare bedrooms and the one on the left is my weapons room and your free to check it out when you can move better" I tell him making him drop his stuff before dragging him up the stairs to the second floor.
"Come on stop growling you're not a dog!" I say laughing at his grumbling at being dragged by a midget.
It's true to he's not a dog! He's my new toy!
"Ok on this floor theirs another bathroom in the last door on the right of us and the other 4 rooms are the library, study/office, storage room and the one on the left is another bedroom." I say giggling at his slightly impressed but not really caring look.
"Yeah and what's upstairs?" he says not really interested.
"The master bedroom with included en-suite and walk in robe, inside Gym and another storage room!" I say proudly making him look at me blandly and instantly start trudging back to his room.
"Heeey! Jim don't be like that!" I whine pouting at his retreating figure before sighing in a small smile, heading to the library I start placing all the books Orion brought for me on my job into the unread pile, sorting them into magic books and non-magic books.
Done with that I skip to the storage room and start placing all the other objects into piles that I can look at later.
An hour later after putting everything else away I hurry down the stairs searching for Jim, finding him in his room asleep I gently close the door again and make my way to the kitchen to make some food for him when he wakes up.
Reaching the guild, I place my emotionless mask back on and walk in to inform Mira of my successful mission.
Seeing no fighting I instantly make my way to my stool by the counter and wave over Mirajane.
"Welcome back Aki! Your job sure went quick! So how did your first mission as a fairy tail mage go?" she's asks happily and with slight well-hidden relief wiping down a glass while passing me a Vanilla milkshake which I nod in thanks to.
"It went well thank you Mira, annoyingly easy in comparison to some others I've done while I was a traveling mage" I say kicking my legs in happiness, though I doubt she or anyone else know that.
"Really? Well I'm glad your mission went well Aki, want anything to eat?" Mira asks getting a mug of something for another member.
"No thank you Mira I'm quite alright, I ate something at home when I arrived"
"Well alright then, excuse me a moment" Mira says scurrying off.
Spinning around in my chair I look for anyone interesting only finding Nab and Loki once again surrounded by even more women, not feeling like talking to Loki because I feel totally OOC around him I walk over to nab to see if he found a job yet and to ask him to keep an eye out for jobs with keys as rewards.
"Afternoon Nab, how are you today" I ask him politely getting a smile from him.
"I'm good thanks Aki, how did your mission go?" he questions me.
"It went very well thank you, the job you selected ended up quite a treat, in fact so well I was wondering if you could keep an eye out for jobs you think I may enjoy and jobs with keys as rewards?" I ask smiling slightly.
"I don't mind Aki, now to find a job that's perfect for me…." he says muttering off again staring intently making me inwardly giggle.
Walking back to my drink I take another sip while looking up searching for Laxus and his groupies and not finding them I inwardly frown, I wanted to finally meet them dammit!
Looking back around I search for either Levi and her boys or a new figure to meet, not finding either I sigh in disappointment,
"What's wrong Aki?" Mira says slightly shocking me since I didn't notice her at all, guess she really was a now ex S class mage for a reason.
Though I'm still not happy about it! guess this means more sensory training! I sigh in annoyance at the very thought of adding more hours to my boring sensory training.
"Nothing's really wrong other than the fact I'm bored, where is the normal noise makers?" I ask tilting my head sideways while I curiously wonder why I hear a squeal from somewhere.
"Well Grey, Natsu and team shadow gear are all on different missions and another member named Ezra is on a month-long S-Class mission" she informs thinking on it making me nod in acceptance.
"I see thank you for the information Mira, well I have some shopping to do so I think I'll go, I'm not going to go on any missions for a few weeks so make sure to keep my milkshakes ready!" I happily say finishing my drink and walking off waving in farewell.
"Open gate of the Ram! Aries! Open gate of the harp! Lyra! Open gate of the Chained Lady! Andromeda! Open gate of the Alter! Ara! Open gate of the Little Fox! Vulpecula!" I call out 5 of my spirits, I called out Aries first, then I called 3 silver at the same time, then another silver key 3 seconds afterwards not yet being proficient calling 4 silver keys at once yet.
I can summon 3 silver at once and another 3 five seconds later, I have a little trouble calling out 2 gold keys at once though, I have the magic and stamina for it I just really can't seem to deal with the sudden massive drain of magic with my nutrient and food deprived body. I'm lucky I can summon 3 silver without feeling to drained though I do get slightly tired.
"Sumimasen!" Aries "Yay! You called me! You don't summon me enough!" Lyra "What can I do for you Akira?" Andromeda "Ara, Ara! Sister Brother!" Lora "Doll, finally want to play with me…." Sasha.
They all greet me in their own unique way making me giggle at them which causes Lyra to promptly glomp me.
"Awe~~~ Your so adorable Aki! Why don't you ever call me more often!" she asks pouting to which I raise a brow at her.
"I'm keeping the contract in mind, you only let me summon you 3 times a month and only on a Monday or Wednesday and never on the second week" I remind her knowingly making her blink and laugh at her forgetfulness.
"S-Sumimasen! Is this the girl's day o-out you talked a-about? Imouto…" Aries asks very shyly looking around down the street where all the shops are making me grin at her.
"Yep! I thought we could all go shopping and get a bunch of clothes and jewelry and things we find interesting!" I say spinning in a circle which makes Lora float around in glee.
"Ara, Ara, Yay! Days out! Days out!" Lora chants excited to my own excited smile at her.
"Anything for you Akira" Andromeda says bowing to me with her hand on her heart and a soft gentle smile while I hug her legs tightly almost making her fall.
"Heh…. As long as we get you something sexy ne doll? For you as well Aries dear…." Sasha says smiling coyly to Aries and I making me giggle at Aries now bright red face and panicky expression while saying Sumimasen over and over again.
"Shopping! Let's also get some music ok Aki! Ok, Ok, Ok." Guess who.
"He-he! Sure! I'm paying ok! So get whatever you want!" I exclaim causing Lora and Lyra to cheer and start to float quickly off to the shops while I run after them, the others following suit with light chatter.
Late at night find's myself at home on my large comfy black couch completely surrounded by my own shopping bags, the others having already left with their own large shopping bags with Aries having the most curtesy of Sasha.
Giggling at the reminder of Aries and Sasha's interactions throughout the day I slowly look up to Jim looking at me with amusement.
"Got enough bags their Brat?" he asks teasingly which I grin at him tiredly for.
"Yep! More than enough I believe so! Oh! Next time you should come shopping with me~~ you can carry my bags and I'll get you lots of things too~~~ We could make a game of it!" I exclaim grinning happily at the idea and at him making him roll his eyes.
"Yeah no I don't think so, good night brat" he says walking off making my eyes go a little wide in panic.
"Ah! Wait!" I say sitting up arms outstretched to him making him pause and look at me again.
"U-um…. Well I was wondering…. I-if I could sleep next to you…. tonight" I ask blushing tomato red with my bangs shadowing my face.
It's silent for a few minutes while I fidget nervously before Jim starts chuckling making me duck my head down more in embarrassment and blush harder while I pout.
Suddenly getting picked up and set on his hip I bury my face in his side and pout harder while he continues laughing at me.
"mhi nosh tunny…." I say childishly with my face squished against him making him scoff at me in clear amusement.
"Your right it's not funny…. it's god damn hilarious!" he says barking another loud laugh causing me to lightly hit his side.
Having him suddenly lie down on his bed with me beside him before he lifts the covers I smile and snuggle into his side some more, before slowly falling into a dreamless sleep, happy that I'd actually be able to sleep tonight.
Jims pov~~~
Looking down at the small sleeping kid snuggled tight beside me I can't help but inwardly frown at her lightness, when I picked her up and held her at my side I could feel a few of her ribs poking out.
Thinking on it I'm actually amazed that she had and has the strength and power to block and counter strike back against me in a battle of pure skill and strength with her being as small and light as she is.
Akira is dangerous I know and I will never again make the same mistake as I did the day I first met her in underestimating her prowess and skill in battle, nor will I do that with anyone else in case it comes back to bit me in the ass like she did.
After we fought and she bested me with her original spell which I know proves just how much of a rare being she is with the clear powerand potentialshe has, that she is literally a magic prodigy that will only ever continue to grow stronger.
It honestly scares me a little to know that the more powerful she grows the more enemies she will have in the near future if she doesn't already have some. Especially with her information network.
Despite only knowing her a few days I have come to see her as like a little annoying sister, she just has that air around her that makes you want to be with her and keep her safe regardless of whether she'll end up leading you to a painful death by either her own hand or an enemy.
She said I was a nice guy and that she wanted me to work for her as a spy, that she trusted me despite knowing nothing about me…. I could have refused but I didn't.
I'm not a nice guy, not by a long shot but the fact she said I was when no one else ever has and said something as kind as that she trusted me to a monster like myself…. When not even my own deceased parents who I myself killed in cold blood has only ever called me a monster's spawn I decided to follow her and give her my undivided loyalty for her kindness and for sparing of my life as well as to see where this new path takes me.
Whether it be to the very fiery gates of hell or having my very soul destroyed I'll follow her and back again, I'll grow stronger to protect her and whoever she considers a friend or as I've come to understand her toy.
Feeling her shift, a little I see her once peaceful face contort into a distressed frown. Quickly wrapping my arms around her small form I hug her tight but gently and stroke her hair while whispering sweet little words of nonsense and comfort.
Smiling in satisfaction as she quickly relaxes and settles down in peaceful sleep again.
I'd never show this much affection to her while she's awake for knowing she'd just tease me endlessly for it later but like this…
Well I'm just happy to finally having something worth it to protect and cherish.
Besides…. I've always wanted a little sister.
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Information on Jim and his character!
Name: Jim Braze.
Age: 24
Race: Human
Gender: male
Magic: Lightning magic through use of his sword.
Weapons: A very powerful magic sword, when magic is channeled into it the sword gains the very properties and essence of lightning. It's one of 5 legendary elemental weapons forged from the very element it represents from a mysterious and legendary blacksmith simply named Shadow, the Swords name is Kuroikazuchi meaning Black lightning. (I don't know if it's correct I just got this from google translate along with many other words in this story)
Appearance: A very tall man with thick and medium sized bulging muscles, usually has no shirt on and wears black combat pants and boots, has a long diagonal scar on his back from his left shoulder to his right hip bone, has shaggy short blond hair and sky blue eyes, he also has a tattoo on his left arm saying Mama's Boy.
Height: 6ft 2
Personality: despite his teasing and over excitement in battle Jim is a very kind and loyal guy despite his criminal past, he respects strength and is very protective of the few friends he manages to gain in his life. Being never shown a true smile or kind word or action said to him he has become incredibly fond of Akira despite only knowing her/him a few days.
Likes: Fighting, Training, his friends, Akira, his sword Kuroikazuchi, children, honest people, strength, Booze and chips.
Dislikes: Liars, people who attack or abuse children, cowards, his twin, evil people, bland food, sour food, tea, traveling by boat and cheap booze.
Family: Mother (Dead) Dad (Dead) Twin brother (Alive)
Past: so far unknown apart from the mention of his killing his own parents and that he once led a bandit group before Akira beat him and offered him a job and friendship in exchange for working for her.
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Andromeda looks sort of like the grudge lady only with chains on her hands and feet and with a black and red kimono and is not nearly as scary as the movie was! (The Japanese version the American version was not in anyway scary)