"So, this is the east village your uncle was talking about." Gray said as we approached the east village. "Yeah. Be careful, the people here make a big deal about people they don't know." Kokoro said, holding out her hand. Icefire emanated from her hand, and a sword suddenly appeared. It was a long crystal sword, and it was a blue colour. "Woah!" Natsu exclaimed. "That's awesome." Gray said. "Arigato. Natsu, maybe I can teach you how to do this." Kokoro smiled. "Really?!"
"Sure. It'll take a while though."
"Arigato, Koko-chan!" He said, grinning at her. "It's no problem. I was planning on teaching Lu-chan something as well." Kokoro grinned. "You was?" Lucy asked. "Yeah. It's something Mitsuki taught me a while back." She answered. "Sounds awesome." Natsu said. Suddenly, they heard a rustle. "Who's there?" Kokoro asked, her face turning serious. Icefire began coming out of her sword. "Show yourself." A boy appeared from a bush and glomped Kokoro. "Koko onee-chan!" He exclaimed excitedly, jumping on Kokoro."Kiba?" Kokoro giggled. "You surprised me." "Who's this kid?" Gray asked. "He's a friend of mine. I met him a long time ago." Kokoro said. "Ne, onee-chan, are you gonna be staying here for a while?" Kiba said excitedly. "No you idiot. She's come to help us." A female voice said. "Ria-chan!" Kokoro smiled as a girl came from through the bushes. She looked about 13, with long caramel brown hair that was tied up at the back. She had brown eyes and was wearing a short white kimono. "How've you been, Koko onee-san." She asked. "Good! I joined a guild!" Kokoro pointed to the golden Fairy Tail insignia on her shoulder. "That's awesome!" Kiba exclaimed excitedly. "You joined a guild? The one you were looking for?" Ria asked. "Yeah. Fairy Tail."
"I see. So, this is your team?" Ria smiled. "Yeah. This is actually our first mission together since I joined." Kokoro replied. Ria turned around and began walking away from us. She turned her head and looked at us with a blank expression. "Are you guys coming or what?" She asked, no change in her expression. "Yeah." Kokoro said, running after her. Kiba and the others followed her until they got to the centre of the east village. The village seemed empty, as there was no one in sight. "They're hiding." Kiba said. "From this monster?" Erza asked. "Yes. It's been terrorising is for a while now. They sent us out to find you because they were too scared to come out themselves," Ria said, a slightly annoyed look on her face. "Doesn't that mean you could have been in trouble?" Gray asked. "How irresponsible," Erza said. "We were the only ones brave enough to do it. We're fine though, especially now that you guys are here," Ria answered.
They got to the centre of the village and began to hear loud thumping sounds. "What's that sound?" Lucy asked. "It's here," Kiba said as a huge creature came into sight. It looked like a black lizard, with red markings covering it's body. "Lucy," Kokoro said, not taking her eyes off of the creature. "Yes?" Lucy answered. Kokoro held out Mitsuki's key, the one with the heart. "Summon one of your spirits," she said. Lucy held out Loke's key. "Open! Gate of the lion:Leo!" Lucy shouted. At the same time, Kokoro shouted: "Gate of the crystal key of hearts, Open!" Mitsuki (in her human form) and Loke appeared in front of them. "Yo ho! It's been a while since I was actually summoned! What is it I have to do?" Mitsuki's said cheerfully in her human form, her hair was a pale blue, and was tied into two long pigtails, her fringe falling just above her eyes. Her eyes were a deep blue colour. "What is it, Lucy?" Loke asked, putting a hand through his orange hair. "Mitsuki, I need you to distract that monster from our attacks. Is that okay?" Kokoro asked. "Got it. You helping me, Leo?" Mitsuki's asked as she went over to the giant lizard. "Loke, help distract the monster please," Lucy said. "Sure." Loke went to help Mitsuki. Erza requipped into her heaven's wheel armour. "Blumenblatt!" Erza said, charging for the lizard. The attack cut off it's left leg, and the monster roared in pain. "I'm pretty sure lizards don't roar," Lucy said. "This ain't no ordinary lizard," Kokoro said. Erza cut off the monster's right arm, and it struggled to stand. "Fire Dragon Roar!" Natsu shouted. Flames emerged from Natsu's mouth as usual and the flames roasted the giant lizard's other leg, leaving it making weird squealing noises and it trying to hold itself up with it's arms. Mitsuki and Loke attacked the monster in unison. "Blue Moon:Fox's claw!" Mitsuki shouted, along with Loke who shouted "Regulus Impact!" The two of them weakened the lizard's right arm, and it fell. Gray attacked the monster with Ice Make:Excalibur, and it lay on the floor, unmoving. "I think you got it," Kiba said, walking over to Kokoro. "Not yet," Kokoro muttered. The monster lizard's eyes shot open and it let out a huge roar. "Mitsuki, now!" Kokoro shouted. "Got it!" Mitsuki shouted back, charging for the monster with a strange blue light emanating from her body. This blue light was different to Kokoro's, as it was the same deep blue as Mitsuki's eyes. "Blue Moon:Nine Tails!" Mitsuki jumped above to monster and kicked it hard into the ground, before surrounding it in a blue light. Kicking it in different places on it's body, Mitsuki kicked it exactly nine times, the blue light somehow tearing into it's flesh, creating wounds. "And my work is done," Mitsuki said, cracking her knuckles before disappearing. Loke left too, winking at Lucy before he left. The lizard lay twitching on the ground. "Lucy." Kokoro said. Lucy ran over towards it. "Lucy?! What are you-" Natsu watched as Lucy knocked the monster out again with her signature kick and this time, it wasn't going to wake. Kokoro high fived her as she went over to Lucy. Kokoro placed her hand on the monster. "And now we just have to dispose of it. Natsu. Place your hand on the lizard," she said. Natsu gave her a confused look, but did it anyway. "Burn, dragon fire," Kokoro said. Her blue flames spread from her hands and around the lizard's body. "It's easier with help. You try," she said, looking at Natsu. "Okay...Burn, dragon fire," Natsu muttered. His orange flames spread from his hands and the blue and orange flames swirled around the body. In minutes, there was nothing left of it.
"You were awesome," Ria said, walking the team to the edge of the village with Kiba. "These guys were awesome. Especially Lucy's kick. People should be terrified of it," Kokoro said. "It's deadly. I've suffered it enough times," Natsu said. "And each time you deserved it," Lucy said. Lucy was holding back a smirk, and Kokoro saw it, making her smile. "What are you smiling at?" Ria asked. "It's nothing," Kokoro replied. When they got to the edge of the village, Kokoro and the other's waves goodbye to Kiba and Ria. "Ne, Ria, Kiba! You guys should come to Fairy Tail one day!" Kokoro shouted. "Maybe we will!" Ria shouted back. "Bye, Koko onee-chan!" Kiba shouted.
When the group got back to the guild, they were greeted with smiles as usual. Erza reported back to Master Makarov. Later, Lucy and Kokoro headed over to Lucy's house again. "That was awesome! I've never fought like that with friends before! It was kinda fun!" Kokoro said. They got to Lucy's house and got into their PJ's. Lucy sat down and began writing more of her novel as usual. "What's that?" Kokoro asked, walking over to her. "You're writing a novel?" Kokoro asked. "Yeah but I haven't finished yet!" Lucy said, covering the paper with her hands. "That's awesome! I love reading," Kokoro says. "You do?" Lucy asked her. "Of course! I love romance novels especially," Kokoro said. "Me too! Me and Levy love reading romance novels!" Lucy said with a smile. "Well then, I'd love to read it when you're done," Kokoro said, walking over to the sofa and sitting down. "Well, I promised Levy I'd let her see it first, but I'll definitely let you read it after," Lucy said. "Sure. Oh, and about that stuff I wanted to show you and Natsu, there's a place I want to take you two. At midnight, you have to wake up okay?" Kokoro said, closing her eyes and laying down on the sofa. "Sure. What is this technique anyway?" Lucy asked, turning around to look at Kokoro. Kokoro was already asleep. Lucy went to sleep also, and in the middle of the night, felt familiar arms around her. 'Natsu..." She thought, too tired to kick him out of bed again. Besides, she liked his arms around her. She felt secure and warm.
"You two! Wake up!" Kokoro shouted loudly before yawning. With a yawn, the pair woke up. "What is it?" Lucy asked, still tired. "You have training to do," Kokoro answered. "And Natsu, you have no right putting your arms around Lucy if you're not her boyfriend. Get out of her bed," Kokoro said. Lucy's eyes snapped open and she kicked Natsu out of bed as usual. "Natsu gave Kokoro a slight glare, and Kokoro smirked in satisfaction. "Anyway, let's go," Kokoro was already in her clothes, a blue and purple tank top with shorts. Lucy went to get dressed, and Kokoro, Natsu and Happy waited for her. "Natsu, what do you think of Lucy?" Kokoro suddenly asked him. "What kind of question is that? Lucy ad Happy are my best friends," Natsu said. An anger mark appeared on Kokoro's head, but she didn't say anything more. "Why did you ask?" Natsu said, looking at Kokoro. She gave him a glare that reminded him of Erza when she was angry. "I have never met such a dense person in my life. I might actually murder you," Kokoro said. Blue lines appeared under Natsu's eyes. 'What exactly have I done...?" He thought. Even Happy looked annoyed with Natsu. Lucy came into the room, dressed and ready, and Kokoro instantly lost her angry expression. "Let's go!" Kokoro said, walking straight out of the door. Happy, Lucy and Natsu followed, and they headed towards the hidden place that she had kept secret for so long. Happy flew in front of Kokoro, already knowing the way, and the others raced after him. "Happy! Wait up!" Natsu called. She was unsure of it at first, but Kokoro had decided that she wasn't going to lie. She wasn't going to keep secrets from them, because last time she did, her friends ended up dead.
They got to the gate, and Kokoro pulled out the key. With a deep breath, Kokoro unlocked the door and slowly opened it. "You guys, I'm back!"