Chapter Twenty Four.

Nakita's lavender eyes were trained on the towering building which was the guild. Over their absence, it seemed it had grown in size, now standing tall at four stories high. She stifled a gasp at the serene feeling of it all. Lucy giggled at the sight whilst Onix just grinned in pure pride.

"Your home is...really nice"

The Celestial Mage smiled, her brown eyes crinkling in amusement, "It's yours as well now" Onix had to admit, maybe she'd been a bit too cautious to the girl but could you blame her? She looked eerily like her. Unnaturally actually. The journey home had helped somewhat to lessen her wariness and had resulted in her offering the orphaned girl a place in their guild. Despite the prickly sensation, the bluette felt drawn to her.

Angelica and Memory tore up the gravel pathway up towards the A Class Mansion impersonator, disappearing through the red, double doors as another woman shot out. Her green hair stuck out at odd angles from her high ponytail. The blonde made her way to the disheveled sixteen year old.

"Are you alright?" Onix beat her friend to the question, sneaking up behind and surprising her in the process. She cocked her head to the side, again, that feeling was back but it wasn't like the one Nakita had given her. The hairs on the back of her neck were up, prickling her hand which had taken refuge there.

"Are you the Mistress'?"

The dorm blocks were present in the back, each room with a circular balcony filled with blooming flowers. It was cut off from the rest of the world by a circle of Sakura trees which blocked out any hope of spying on the three, white bricked homes of the Demons. They circled a pond which had attracted a herd of swans that sat atop, drifting peacefully across the luminous blue water.

"So Gekko, tell me about yourself" Lucy said, breaking the tranquility of the group. Onix stretched upwards on the wood patio that extended from the back of the Guild, where you entered from the glass door of the hangout: a room filled with bean-bag chairs, poker tables as well as darts.

"Well," She started, pink connecting with current yellow as Onix stared back, "I specialize in Remake magic. I heal people" Shrugging, the green haired girl went back to staring at her bare feet as they'd been confiscated at the door.

"Why?" Lucy added, "I mean, why bother learning that?"

Startled by the question, Gekko looked up in alarm before softening into something akin to nostalgia, "As a kid, I had a friend, Hana. We did everything together, until...she got...sick." Something flashed in her expression which was enough.

Nakita took another sip of the fruity beverage, "She didn't make it...Did she?" A shake of the head was all they got, "I'm really sorry Koko"

Raising her eyebrow, Onix shot the newest member an amused look of pride her jaws open in a smirk and tongue pressed against the wall of her mouth. "And you're here because?"

"I wanted to join. They told me to wait until their Mistress' came back so I've been renting an apartment in town for a while now" Again, Gekko shrugged.

Onix jumped off of the wooden chair, beckoning the girl up.

"Where and what colour?"

Fairy Tail had never seen a guild as posh as this. Demon Tear girls filtered through the hallways as they made their way outwards to the backyard where their dorms were. Natsu stared in mild surprise at the smiles of adoration they managed to see thrown at Lucy and Onix as they marched out the glass doors and into the open back. Petals swam in the air as females in red dresses all began to enter the stack of rooms to the left.

"They've been told to share rooms with each other until you've left the premises. We don't take chances here with people like him here" The busty blonde stated, throwing a finger in Gray's direction.

"Basically, no undressing until you're asked by the girls" Onix sent a wink towards him at her hidden meaning, "Also, you are not meant to speak with anyone who doesn't make eye contact with you."

"Another thing-"

"Another? Really?" Natsu's whine caught the bitter side of Lucy's personality.

"Natsu Dragneel, if you are unhappy with the way we run things here, then I suggest you leave!"

As a side note, the blue haired minx pointed at the right dorm, "Those are your quarters and if you want to know where we'll be in the tavern getting our Friday Festival set up"

Onix nudged her in a playful manner before they looked over their shoulders at the group and turned to run.

The guild tavern was quiet.

Nah, I'm kidding.

People bustled in past Memory and Angelica who were stationed at the front door. Men charged at the girls who were unlucky enough to accept the job behind the bar whilst the others scattered around the room collecting orders. Gekko admired the Demon Tears imprint that stood out on the side of her stomach in green. Onix hadn't seemed too hesitant to Nakita either, she'd even gone over the girls mark with silver glitter so that it shimmered. Her slightly curvy frame was well suited to the waitress outfit Lucy had shoved her into only to find out she was a Re-quip Mage.

"We don't look weird do we?" The new girls managed to ask together as the Hex Dispeller and Celestial mage were busy serving beer to a table filled with teenage boys who seemed to be on a hormone high. Grinning wickedly, Lucy and Onix winked at two of them making their cheeks a rosy pink.

The noise of someone turning on the microphone in the kitchen brought the entire population to attention. It was obviously one of the girls from Eden and Iris' sections. The guild was divided into different groups, each one followed two Saints and took their orders from them. It spared Lucy and Onix the tedious jobs of approving jobs for 140 people.

"Welcome to Friday Festival! Today, we'll be starting off with two new additions to our sisterhood: Gekko and Nakita! Accompanied by our very own Mistress'!"

Hey guys! It feels sooo good to be back! :D I hope you enjoyed it and stay tuned!

Love you guys!

-Kaiya-chan!

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