A/N Wow...threatening to not update really works! I recieved several Pm's and a couple reviews along with a favorite and follow! Thanks! So I felt like typing up the next chapter cause I'm excited for whats going to happen next. Lucifer in between a rock and a hard spot right now and I'd like to get her out of it as soon as possible so HERE'S CHAPTER 12!

Chapter 12: Music and Lyrics

A single purl white scale dangled from the end of the necklace, reflecting the lights from above and catching everyone's eyes as they peered down from every nook and cranny of the bathhouse.
Lucifer's eyes were wide in shock that not only had she forgotten to hide it but Lin had noticed it, 'This woman is incredibly skillful when it comes to these matters...' Lucifer thought as she panicked a bit inside. She didn't have any real excuse that wouldn't come back to bite her in the ass at some point, so her only choice was to reveal another secret or this one and there was no way in HELL she was going to admit to this one.

Lin looked rather proud of herself as she watched the panick run through Lucifer, 'I've got you this time!' she thought as she squealed inside at the awesomeness of her discovery.
"Would you care to explain why a dragon's scale lay around your neck? Or rather to be more specific a Water dragon's scale?."
Lucifer swallowed...she only had a few seconds to think or it would be just to obvious...
"This..." she said snatching the necklace back from Lin and standing back up straight, "is a guitar pick, it also happens to be my favorite and I would prefer not to lose it, thus I wear it around my neck prevent loss..." She tucked it back under her collar, 'That'll have to do for now...but I haven't played the guitar in a few thousand years...not the greatest lie of my career...' she thought as Lin stared at her skeptically.

"Really...is it then?...Then where is this so called guitar to go with your "favorite pick" huh?"
"In Hell that's where, and no before you ask I am not a dancing monkey and will not perform for you losers who have nothing better to do with your time then interrigate someone whom will kill you at first galnce if necessary." She responded eyeing Lin.
Lin decided that it was time to retreat...for now...regroup with a new plan and figure out a way to get the Devil and Dragon boy closer...
"Alright...I'll let this one slide...for now... but you like him! We all know you do!"
Lin turned away and nearly every free yunna in the bathhouse followed.
Lucifer rolled her eyes with an annoyed "Tck!" as she remembered that stupid letter.
...

Haku walked to his bedroom door ignoring the strange quietness of the bathhouse.
His hand reached the cold metal of his door handle but refrained from turning as he stood and looked over towards Lucifer's room.
Recalling the strange file filled with papers that Sebastian had pulled out the night he had explained everything Haku's curiosity was peaked.
'What could be in all those files?...' Haku was tempted beyond rational thinking and walked over to the door of Lucifer's room.
Slowly reaching for the handle he glanced left and right to make sure the cost was clear, then slowly and quiety turned the handle.
He was desperate to learn more about her...he wasn't sure why but he wanted to know everything, understand everything, he wanted to crack and pick at that mask she wore and if it was possible break down the conctrete wall that seperated her from everything.

As his feet pattered with each step along the smooth hard wood of her bedroom he reached her desk, sitting down in the chair he rolled back a little to bend down to reach the filing cabinet. Sliding it open as quielty as possible to avoid the sqeaking of the metal he saw several manilla colored files with sveral lables. Nothing however was document related or anything of that manner. They all had strange names, "Rose" or "Hell" as his fingers went along the tops of the lables he reached the back and the final file's lable read, "Him"...nothing more nothing less.
"Him?" Haku said quietly to himself. Sliding the file up and out of the drawer he placed it gently on the desktop.
Pausing for a moment, he turned the cover of the folder, it wasn't filled with too many papers but a fair amount, the first was blank, simply white.
He removed the page slowly inch by inch, revealing what looked like shading. Quickly lifting the blank piece of paper, his eyes went wide, his lips parted slightly. His emerald eyes were met with a beautiful drawing...of himself...
...

Lucifer was simply walking through the bathouse avoiding the many gossip missiles that targeted her when suddenly something was off...
Her ear twitched slightly at the sound of ruffling paper.
She looked up slowly, glaring at the cieling.
'Someone's where they shoudln't be.' She quickly walked through the crowds pushing and ignoring those in her way.

Haku flipped through the many images some in color while others blak and white, but all of him.
He could feel the smooth textures of the scales, feel the wind, all through looking at the images that lay before him. Some were of him in his other form while others simply portraits of his face both young...and recent. He was too distracted to notice that someone was now leaning on the doorway, someone who wasn't too pleased with his actions.
Haku said to himself, "Incredible..." he was in awe at the talent that lay on the desk. And every single one had a signature in the bottom right corner, "Lucifer..." he whispered quietly but was startled when he gained a response.
"Yes..."
Haku spun around in the chair surprised and terrified of what was to come.
"Uh...um...I was just..."
"Looking throuought MY things...I can see that."
Haku was stumbling over his words, what could he do, it was exactly what it looked like and he had been caught red handed.
Lucifer let out a sigh before slowly walking into the room and laying face down on the bed.
"Whatever, I don't really care...uhh I'm sooooo booooored."
Haku still remained frozen, not only from the shock of being caught but now by her reaction.
"You're not...mad?"
"Not really..." she rolled over looking at the cieling then at him, "You're one curious dragon you know that?" her eyes were soft as they met his.
Haku's espression almost instantly fell from shocked to a pleasant smile. "Yeah I know, these drawings are amazing..."
Lucifer looked over at the desk that stood beside her bed, "Yeah I suppose so." she stood up as Haku sat back in the chair spinning around to rumadge through them once more. "No really, they're incredible, every detail every inch is amazing."
Lucifer stood behind him, before placing her right hand on the edge of the desk leaning in to look over his shoulder.
"They're also of you..."
"Really...I didn't notice..."
"You know you're the only person I've ever drawn?"
Haku's eyebrow raised, "Really...why me?"
"...To be honest not sure, but for some reason I had the urge to draw you nearly from the moment I saw you. So I did...maybe it was your eyes..."
"Heh you're one to talk with those balls of fire you call eyes."
Lucifer chuckled, "Touche. Anyways feel free to rumadge through as many as you like, not like you'll find out anything anyways so it's not my problem." she said as she stood and headed over to the door.
Haku spun around in the chair looking at her with a playfully skeptical expression, "What do you mean nothing, I now know that you're captivated by me, or at least my looks." he held up one of the more recent drawings she had done. of him at his current age.
Lucifer turned around looking back at him directly in the eyes, "Captivated?" She began walking towards him until she was one step away. Bending over and placing a hand on either of the armrests her face grew very close to his, but he didn't budge, this was a game of cat and mouse and both considered themselves the cat. Her lips almost brushed his, her nose tickled his skin and their eyes never lost contact as she spoke, "Don't get cocky..." she remained there for a few seconds before she stood and walked off to the doorway before finishing, "...Haku..." and she walked away quietly to the right.
Haku sat in the chair looking off at the doorway, smirking with a "hmph" as he looked down at the drawing in his hand, "And the game begins..."
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Lucifer walked down the hall with her hands in her pockets, the event still filled her mind as she eventually reached a seemingly dead end. The wall before her was blank, well to everyone else it was blank. She held her hand up to the wall, mumbling a few words and a small green light emitted from the wall as a door emerged. She took hold of the golden door handle and pushed it open stepping inside of the quiet hidden room that only her and Yubaba knew of.
"Huh it really is just how I left it..." Lucifer looked at the large grand piano that sat in the center of the room. It shined darker than black, the bench still sat where she had placed it, she walked up to it and pressed down on the middle C only to here it's sound perfectly tuned.
Her eyes fell closed as she heard the pleasant vibrations of the instrument she longed to play. It was one of the few places that had one, and in a sound proof hidden room no less, but she had requested that one be added the first time she had ever come here, expecting that she would once again have to hide from her father. She sat down on the soft cushioned bench, placing her right foot on the sustaining pedal.
She cracked her fingers and her wrists, then rotating her neck to loosen up before pulling the scale out from under her shirt. Watching it glisten for a few moments she smiled gently before placing her long slender fingers upon the keys.
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Haku continued to flip through as many drawings as he could, through drawings of roses to drawings of what was most likley her house which looked surprisingly modern. And it was true, he was the only person she had ever drawn, not even Sebastian was found in any of the files.
For some reason he felt happy, that he had been special in some way to her no matter how seemingly insignificant the reason may be, he was special. He must have spent hours looking at each of the drawings, each one with a differemt emotion, each from a distinct perspective.
'This is the girl I once knew...' he thought as he had to keep reminding himself that these drawings weren't photographs. He came upon a few drawings of instruments, some of pianos while others of violins, 'Does she play?...I'll have to ask her later though I doubt she'd tell me.'
He began placing the drawings back into their apponted files and into the drawer, closing ir with a clank he stood and stretched.
Walking out into the hallway he heard the bathhouse's usual hustle of the night. Though when he looked over the balcony Lucifer was no where to be found. Heading down stairs for a closer look he still couldn't spot the Devil.

"Hey Lin have you seen Lucifer?" He called out to her from the enterance to the big tub.
Her head peaked over the rim and glared in a mischevious fashion, "Why lookin for your GIRLFRIEND?" she taunted.
Haku almost blushed but kept the heat from reaching his face.
"She's not my girlfriend, now have you seen her or not?"
"Nope sorry Dragon Boy, havn't seen her since what happened this morning."
"This morning? What happened?"
"You didn't hear? She saved one of our more attractive guests from being crushed by a ladder, then experienced a very entertaining interrigation courtesy of moi. Hey did you know she plays guitar? She wheres a very strange pick around her neck, you should ask her about it!"
Haku could tell by her face that she knew something and obviously wanted him to see whatever she really had around her neck. 'Another one of her stupid plans I suppose.' he thought.
"Alright...well get back to work."
"Good Luck!" Lin called out to him as he walked a way and resumed scribbing the sludge off the bath walls.

Haku headed back upstairs and decided to as Yubaba.
"Excuse me but have you seen Lucifer?"
Yubaba looked up then back down at her papers, "Why looking for that girlfriend of yours?"
"Jesus what is it with you people!? She is not my girlfriend!"
Yubaba cackled a bit pleased to here that he was thouroughly getting tortured by the staff on the subject, Lucifer as well was getting her share of attacks. Yubaba wanted to have her fun as well and decided to let a little secret slip from her old chapped lips. 'She'll get me for this later but it's well worth it.' Yubaba thought.
"She's in the music room."
"Music room? We have one of those?"
"Well SHE has one of those. It's hidden at the end of your hallway to the right. She built it the first time she ever came here, her and I were the only ones who knew about it til now. She prefers to keep her hidden gifts a secret. She's been in there for the past few hours. I'll let you discover the rest for yourself. Here's the spell she uses." She handed him a slip of paper that had the image of a seal. "Place this on the center of the wall and you'll be able to get in."
Haku bowed slitley and left with the slip in hand.
Heading down the hall he came to a dead end, placing the slip on the wall as he had been instructed a green light appeared revealing a door that had a small window that he could peak through. He opened the door ever so slightly only to have his ears filled with the pleasant sound of intricate notes.
He saw Lucifer sitting behind the piano, her eyes closed in relaxation as her fingers ran along the keys. Slipping in and closing the door without a sound he leaned against the wall and watched her play. She was so emersed in her music that she hadn't even noticed his presence.

As her fingers played the last few notes and the sustained note came to an end, the room fell silent.
"What song was that?"
Her eyes jerked up to look over the piano at a man who leaned against the wall. "Jeez you can only sneek in so many times in a day. I only have so many secrets to discover." He chuckled slightly and walked over to the piano.
"It was a beautiful piece."
"It was Simple And Clean from Kingdom Hearts."
"Kingdom Hearts?"
"It's a human thing don't worry about it. Now Yubaba's gonna have to pay for telling you about this place."
"Oh yeah she said you built it."
"Yeah with a bit of magic, it's well hidden and sound proof from the outside."
"Hm well I have NO idea why you'd want to keep this secret. Your quite the player."
"Heh well I don't enjoy performing, nor do I want people to discover more things that make me quote on quote "Perfect"."
He smiled leaning on the piano on his forearms on the right. "Well I have yet to acuse you of being perfect, so why not show me your hidden talents?"
"...Because..."
"Because why?"
"...Because then... I'll get close to you, trust you...then lose you. And I'd prefer it if I didn't have to go through so much trouble."
Haku was slightly taken aback, he had once again found out something new that would help him to understand her.
"Is that why you're so "evil", because you don't want to lose anyone so you don't get close to them in the first place?" He sat down beside her on the bench, their shoulders touching.
"What do you know...being "evil" is fun, so I'm "evil" end of story."
"No that's not why, is that also why you left last time, you were afraid of getting too close to me? Or rather you already had."
Haku saw the shift in her eyes, 'Bullseye' he thought with a smirk.
"Shut up..." a tired tone filled her voice.
"Hey would you have snapped my neck if Sebastian hadn't showed up that time?" he was digging deeper and deeper, though he wasn't sure why but he enjoyed being the dominant teaser for once.
She remained silent for a few moments but then to Haku's surprise her head fell and rested on his shoulder and her eyes fell closed, she then mumbled quietly, "...no..."
Haku's heart rate picked up, 'she wouldn't have killed me.' it made him feel a strange emotion, he now knew that at some level she cared for him and that was all he needed...for now. He truly seeked for her to...need him or want him...as he had slowly began to desire her, thought he wasn't sure why he wanted someone who had killed several workers and pushed him away.

Lucifer's breathing has leveled out and it had become apparent that she had fallen asleep.
Haku brushed her bangs to the side gently and remained sitting there quielty thinking to himself as he looked at her gentle expression.
Lin's voice then rang through his thoughts, "She wears a strange pick around her neck." the memory popped up in his head.
He looked down only to have his eyes caught on a shimmering pendant that lay at the end of her necklace.
Gently reaching for the pendant it now lay in his palm, a shimmering white scale, that was undeniably his.
He looked from the scale to Lucifer's sleeping face, then back to the scale. A gentle smile reached his lips as he tucked the necklace under her shirt. He now knew without a doubt the he was special to her, 'I think it's time I get in the game' he thought as he lifted her up bridal style and carried her out the door and into his room. Placing her on the bed she shifted slightly but did not wake. Haku closed the bedroom door behind him, removing his work uniform leaving him in his under shirt and shorts. The sun had started to rise and the bathhouse had closed for the day.

Haku walked over to the bed, sliding in beside her, this time he was concious of the fact that he was spooning her as his eyes fell shut, and he didn't care what any of the workers would say or do. All that mattered was the heat he felt from the back of the one who lay beside him. The one he had loved and may very well still remain under her spell.

A/N I know cheesey ending right. Well same rule 2 REVIEWS OR NO UPDATE! And let me know what you would like to happen next with the two of them and I just might use it! And give you credit of course! Anyways thanks for the new follows, favorites and reviews! Till next time!