Gray, Mizuki and Yuta entered the guildhall.
"Hey guys, back so soon?" Lucy went up to them.
"We have a theory on how to lift the spell on the dark guild members who were under the influence of Akio." Yuta said in a flat voice.
Lucy frowned slightly at his tone. What got his tail in a knot? She looked to Mizuki who was looking to the floor. "Mizuki-chan? Are you alright?"
Mizuki blinked then nodded. "Yes!"
Mira was at the bar watching them.
"Mira-nee?" Lisanna poked Mira's cheek.
Mira glanced at her younger sister. "Hmm?"
"You're staring at Mizuki-chan and Gray again." She stated. "You haven't even bugged Natsu and Lucy lately."
Mira shrugged. "Natsu and Lucy are finally getting somewhere. Gray and Mizuki-chan are being stubborn." She huffed slightly. "I want pretty little demi-gods and goddesses running around the joint soon." She whined. "Imagine how beautiful they'll be?!"
Lisanna laughed. "I'm sure even if they were together now, that children are the last on their list of things to do."
Mira shrugged. "I know. But I want to tease them when they do get together."
"You already tease them, and they're not together."
"Anyway... I was right when Gray left. He went to her."
Lisanna sighed and looked over to Team Natsu, but there was someone missing from the group. "Where's Erza?"
"She and Jellal are up in the master's office, talking about Jellal joining the guild officially." Mira told her.
"I bet Erza is delighted that he's joining." Lisanna grinned.
"I bet she is." Mira went back to staring at Mizuki and Gray. Then her gaze travelled to Yuta. "Yuta-kun doesn't look too happy."
Lisanna followed her gaze. "I wonder what happened." She mused.
"Probably pissed that Mizuki-chan is taking interest in someone other than him." Mira smirked.
Lisanna sighed, staring at the fox familiar with a sparkle in her eye.
"Lis, how about you take drinks over to them?" Mira winked at the young take-over mage.
Lisanna blushed and nodded. "Sure."
Mira gave her a tray of drinks for the trio.
"So you just have to revoke the order that the other god put onto the dark wizards?" Lucy asked as they sat on the table with Natsu.
"Great! How do you do that?" Natsu asked, grinning ear to ear.
"Well... um..." Mizuki blushed.
Gray looked at her face, she looked very uncomfortable. "Mizuki?"
Yuta sighed. "It was a contract between Akio and the leader of the little group. The leader's close associates were effected by the order through the leader. Mizuki-sama just has to break the contract with the leader, the order will be revoked from his followers after that and then we can find the missing girls... but to break the contract she needs to form one of her own with the leader..."
Gray's eyes widened at the word contract. "So... is the contract a bit like a contract between a god and familiar?" He swallowed.
Yuta gave a stiff nod.
"So that's why you're pissed off since we talked about it..." Mizuki breathed, looking to the man beside her. "You're mad because I have to kiss him?"
"Kiss him?!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Just like a god-familiar contract." Yuta growled a little. "Inari-dono and I were going to try to find an alternative solution but Mizuki just wanted this to be over and done with." Blue fox-fire emitted from his eyes, ears and tail. He really looked like a daemon.
"Here, I've brought you three some soda." Lisanna set the glasses onto the table for Gray, Mizuki and Yuta.
Natsu and Lucy already had full glasses.
Lisanna glanced towards Yuta, her eyes widened at the pure rage radiating from his body. "Yuta-kun?"
He shot her a glare.
She squeaked and scurried away.
"Yuta! There's no need to be rude to her! I knew you were mad at me, why didn't you just tell me when I asked?!" Mizuki snapped.
Now everyone could see her soul waves crackling from her fingertips to her hair.
She stood up and overshadowed the familiar that was sat down. "Do you really expect me to wait around whilst we try to find another solution for this?! How do we know that the order was weakened and any daemon, phantom or wavering archangel isn't planning to use the god's influence to alter the contract to their own advantage?! How do we know that those girls are going to be alive by the time we think about anything other than me kissing a damn mundane and revoking the order that the sick bastard made?! I don't care what I have to do! I answer the prayers of people who believe in me and believe that I can fight and protect the innocent?!" Her voice was growing in volume... as was her magical energy. Many glasses around the room smashed with the sheer volume and rage in the goddess' voice.
In Olympus, Artemis felt something inside her. Mizuki? She glanced down at the moonstone pendent that matched Mizuki's. It was turning indigo blue, rather than the white that it was meant to be. That could only mean one thing. "My darling... you certainly have your father's temper... cool your hell's fire my child. Don't let it take over... Yuta... protect her with all the love in your heart. I beg you!" She felt a tear trickling down her cheek.
Has it really been a year since Mizuki came of age where her true heritage showed..?