I'm back! I'm sorry for the whole Lemon Tease thing but like I said last chapter, the characters were telling me what to write and apparently it didn't happen then.

Disclaimer: I own nothing except for some awesome sock monkey gloves that my friends gave me along with a matching hat.

Enjoy!

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Previously on Key to My Heart

"Go, if she's calling and she's in trouble, that means you and your key are in trouble." She sighed. He nodded and in a matter of one minute he was standing beside the bed, fully dressed. Tessa was sitting on the edge in just her underwear and bra still. "But…. If she's not in trouble, spank her for me would ya?" She teased as he tail twitched back and forth. Loke chuckled and she grabbed his tie and pulled him down into a kiss. "And, come back to me after you're done with her if you can. You have a promise to keep." She added against his lips. He smirked and kissed her back hard making her moan.

"Yes ma'am." He chuckled as he pulled away and fixed his tie. Then he stepped through his gate and disappeared from her apartment. Tessa sighed and flopped back onto her bed with a groan.

"Damn that Lion…." She sighed.

Now…

Loke came back after dealing with Lucy to see if he could get Tessa to go to the guild and help Kaia with her back since it was troubling her again, but the tiger spirit was nowhere to be found. At least not in the main space or her bedroom. He wandered the apartment and heard the shower going. He knocked on the door and received no answer.

"I know I'm asking for it…" He sighed as he tested the handle. It was unlocked so he opened the door but didn't look inside as steam rolled out of the room. "Tessa?" He asked. No response. "Hello?" He asked moving to peek inside. No one was in the room. The mirror was steamed over and had one word drawn into it.

Sorry

He sighed and cautiously went over to the shower, acting like it held a tub full of poisonous angry snakes. He turned off the water quickly and then left the bathroom to air out since it was like a sauna in there. Then he went back to tell Lucy and Kaia that he couldn't find her, he also met yet another new female member before he left. He went back to the spirit world and from there opened a gate in Tessa's apartment. He resigned to wait for her to get back, if only to see the damage her Key Holder might have inflicted on her.

Tessa…

Tessa watched the opening of the gate from her bed in her home in the Celestial World, waiting for Buask to go to sleep. It was around the time that he rewarded himself a nap after fighting someone, and if Draco and Ritsu's bruised bodies were any indication he had just finished a grueling battle.

"There he goes." She whispered kicking her legs out in front of her boredly as she watched him settle into his bed and fall asleep. She continued to watch him for a couple minutes before she closed her eyes and redirected where the gate opening should be placed. When she looked at the opening again she was right inside Buask's "Prize" room. Where all twelve keys were kept. Made out of Jade, each had the Zodiac's animal form's face carved into the end. Other than that it looked like a normal old fashioned key. And they were inside glass showcases that were alarmed so Buask would know if someone was trying to steal his prizes. His tools. Tessa shook her head quickly as the lion spirit's heated words echoed in her mind.

"You're not a tool! Celestial Spirits are more than just magic tools!"

It was because of him she was going to attempt this suicide mission.

She was going to steal their keys from him and give them back to their Zodiac so they can choose their own key holders like they used to.

Tessa had willingly given her key to Zephyr's daughter Katrina because she was much like her mother accept she didn't fall in love with Tessa and on top of that a rule had been formed that relationships between Spirits and their Key Holders were forbidden after the incident with Zephyr. But after Katrina passed Tessa had given her key to her son. Katrina had also collected six other keys in her time and they also chose to give their keys to him. Marco had collected the other five after Tessa and the others had told them how kind he was to them. She'd fallen in love with him as well because he looked so much like Zephyr, and he acted like her too. He was her second mate, and they kept it secret. She'd only had the two, and when he asked that he be buried with her key after his death she didn't hesitate to agree because she figured she wouldn't be lucky enough to find another person that would care about her as a person.

Slowly she took a breath to calm herself, using the same techniques she had to prepare for a fight. She knew she'd only have a limited amount of time before Buask woke up and got to her, luckily he always locked the door using the high tech security system he bought just for that room. He needed to punch in a complicated password for the door to open, and he believed his spirits would never have to guts to take back their keys. It was a serious breach of contract to take her key, and it wasn't just hers she would be taking back. He would be left without a single key as he only had the Zodiac. He only wanted strong spirits which was good for Tessa.

After she cleared her mind and sped her heart up with adrenaline she stepped through the gateway she'd created to link her world and his world together. The keys were line up with the weakest in the front and the strongest in the back. Her key was the farthest key back as she was the Leader of the Zodiac. She clenched her hand into fist and used all of her strength to punch the glass. It shattered easily and she swiped up the key. The alarm blared the second the glass was touched and her heart leapt in her chest as she moved to the second one.

She'd gotten eleven of them by the time she heard the door open, and she was trying to smash the case that held her key but it wouldn't break, it shattered into a spider web effect but didn't break apart and she was out of time. Cursing she looked back and found Buask charging her, shouting angrily. She vanished from existence in that world before he could catch her.

"Dammit, dammit, dammit." She hissed as she ran from her room, knowing consciously he wasn't able to follow her, but still scared. She went to the living room and pressed her alert button. Her star flared brightly and within seconds all of her fellow Zodiac were pouring into her house.

"Tora, you used the panic button, what's wrong?" Draco asked, flames already sparking over his pointed teeth. She shook her head and smiled at them even though she felt like crying.

"I have something for you guys." She smiled. They gave her weird looks and so she used her magic and rose their keys into the air in an almost complete circle. There was only one space. Multiple people gasped, some cried out in shock, but Draco stayed silent.

"You got them from him!? Oh thank you!" They rushed forward and tried to take their keys.

"I have a suggestion in case you guys want an owner. I know a good Celestial Mage. Her name is Lucy Heartfilia. She's part of the FairyTail guild, and she's so kind to all of her spirits. She's like Marco guys." She admitted. They gasped. "Please, consider giving your keys to her." She pleaded before letting them take their keys. Some nodded, others just took their key and left. Draco stayed behind and just stared at Tessa.

"Draco, take your key and go find someone to give it to, you're free." She smiled, holding the jade key out to him. He looked down at it and then to her.

"What happened to your key?" He asked. She didn't give him any clue that hers had not been taken along with his.

"I've given it to Lucy. You should think about giving yours to her too."

"You're lying. He still has it doesn't he?" He asked.

"I'll be fine, I won't answer him no matter what." She promised.

"You know it's not that easy! He knows how to kill you Tora!" Draco snarled.

"He won't. I'm the only spirit he has now, he wouldn't kill me."

"Not until he can get the other keys back but he'll still hurt you!" He snapped.

"Which is why I won't answer him."

"You won't be able to get your key from him on your own. He's never going to let it go now." He looked terrified for her. She shook her head.

"Just-…. Please, just take your key." She whispered. "Please, call it a dying wish if you want." She tried to joke but it fell flat.

"Do you realize what you've done, Tora?" He asked softly as he took his key from her reluctantly. "You've just killed yourself."

Well…. There we go… DON'T KILL ME! JUST REVIEW!

UNTIL NEXT TIME MY LOVELIES!

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