Juvia was so stunned by what had happened that she didn't know how to respond to Erza's request but she figured that she had said yes because she ended up carrying the unconscious man back to Erza's house. As Erza was lying him down in a bed Juvia took notice of his appearance. Despite his eyes, he looked like a regular man. Dare she say quite handsome like. She also noticed that around his neck he wore a cross.
"I guess now would be a good time to explain the events that have just taken place, yes?" Erza said.
"I...I believe so...So who is this man?"
"Well for starters he's not exactly a man. I mean he is a male and somewhat human to a degree. But he is a devil."
"A devil?" She moved to grab her gun again.
"Put the gun away he won't harm you." Erza told her.
"But he's a devil."
"Let me explain please." She said. "Now then his name is Gray and he is a devil but he's not like the ones you've encountered and read about. For one thing he had human parents and he was raised in the human world under the care of monks from a Church. He is religious much like you are which explains the cross he wears."
"If he's harmless then why shoot him?"
"Because of this." Erza held up a chain which contained a watch pendent on the end. "This is no ordinary watch. It's a trigger."
"A trigger?"
"Gray may have been born of a human parents and raised by humans but he is still a devil and like most devils his feelings are tied to his body and powers. Whenever he gets really angry or emotional his devil nature takes over him and he becomes chaotic and kills impulsively. This special trinket keeps his devil nature locked up inside of him but the seal can only be undone by whoever wears it or if he gets upset enough to break it. Last night something made him get very emotional and dangerously close to breaking the seal. When he gets like that the best option is to knock him out with a very special bullet. It won't kill him but it'll leave him unconscious for hours giving him enough time to calm down and his devil tendencies to subside."
"Won't he be upset that you shot hi, when he wakes up?"
"No. It's very rare that he tries to break the seal. He knows not to get too emotional. That's why his eyes seem soulless and truth be told he's not even the one who gives me the most trouble."
"You have more devils?"
"No just the one, but I do have a vampire. A very reckless and disobedient vampire who really makes my blood pressure go up."
"I see...Well I should probably go now."
"I don't think so. You look too shook up to go home on your own."
"I'm fine really."
"Now Juvia lying is a sin."
Juvia blew but not in frustration.
"Come on it's late. Get some sleep and we'll talk more in the morning." Erza said.
...
That very same evening Lucy discovered that she was missing her favorite brooch. It had belonged to her late mother who had given it to her just before she died. Lucy kept it with her always, when she discovered that it was no longer pinned to her dress she panicked. That brooch was her most prized possession. She just had to find it. She searched her bedroom, her suitcases, and around the house. When she failed to find any trace of it she figured that it must've fallen off somewhere by the train station. She had her driver take her back to the train station where she searched the area for her precious brooch.
"Good evening ma'am."
Lucy was startled by the sudden appearance of a man wearing some sort of uniform. He was very pale and skinny too.
"Oh I'm sorry if I scared you." He said. "What are you doing out this late young lady?"
"I'm just looking for something that I believe that I have dropped around here."
"I see...Well ma'am I wouldn't recommend looking for it here at this hour. You know very dangerous characters tend to come out at the night."
"I'm not afraid."
"You should be after all you don't know what some people are capable of."
She felt him grip her shoulder, she looked up at his face. He looked frightening to her, she didn't know why but she could tell by his eyes that he was definitely someone to be feared. She started to move away from him but he tightened his grip on her and before she knew it she was caught in a choke hold.
"Let me go!" She demanded.
"I'm afraid I can't do that my dear. You see it's been far too long since I've had the pleasure of drinking someone so young, so fresh, so full of life."
"What are you talking about? Let go of me this instant!"
He sniffed her blonde hair.
"You smell nice and your blood smells even better. So thick, ripe, and invigorating like a rich wine."
Lucy told herself to run, to fight, to scream, to do something but it was like she no longer had control over her body. Before she even realized it the man had her pinned to the ground, hovering over her, and showing her his fangs. Just what kind of a man was he?
"Now what should I do after I drain you dry?" He said. "Leave you to die and come back as a ghoul or change into a vampire like me?"
Vampire? Did she hear right? No. No that's impossible because vampires don't exist. They're just myths and stories used to scare people.
"But changing you into a ghoul would be such a waste." He continued. "You're such a young and pretty thing, to have you become one of those decaying, mindless atrocity would be so very disappointing...To me that is."
He gave her a sinister chuckle before moving his fangs toward her neck. He was just about to seek his fangs into her soft flesh when suddenly she heard the sound of a pistol going off. Her brown eyes moved to see who had fired. It was another man. This one was younger looking than the one who had her pinned down. He was very strong looking too with a muscular physique and around his neck he wore an ankh.
"I found you, you damn punk!" He said. "Alright step away from the blonde and things won't have to get ugly."
"Who the hell are you?!"
"Someone you really, really, really, don't wanna piss off but knowing creatures like you you're probably going to end up pissing me off anyway."
"Creatures like me?"
"Vampires who slaughter humans and then transform their corpses into mindless drones, not allowing them to have any peace in death. You're disgusting."
"Typical that a mortal man like you would find me repulsive. You are envious of how I am superior to you."
"Envious of you? Don't make me laugh, why would I be envious of filthy parasite like you? And who said that I was a mortal man?"
It wasn't until now that they finally noticed that he had fangs, talons instead of finger nails, and eyes that were blood red color which made anyone who looked into them fill a chill go up their spine. He was a vampire.
"You're...You're a vampire?" The one holding Lucy down said.
"Yes and for the record I'm the one superior to you." The other vampire said. "Now are you going to corporate or am I going to have to get my hands dirty?"
Lucy's captor hissed and lunged for the salmon haired vampire while still holding on to her in the process. But the other vampire moved at a speed so fast that he dodged the attack just when it was one inch away.
"I see so we're gonna have to do this the hard way. Just remember I warned you."
It all happened so fast. Before Lucy even realized it she was being pulled away from her captor and watching as the red eyed vampire cut off the head of the one in uniform.
"Well that takes care of him." He looked over at Lucy who was trembling and looking flushed. She was petrified. She wasn't even sure if what she had seen had actually happened. She just sat there on the ground looking at the men who had saved her.
"You know it's not polite to stare." He said. "I would appreciate it if you would stop."
"Wha...What just happened?"
"Well I think it was fairly obvious but if you need me to dumb it down for you, I decapitated a vampire who was planning to eat you."
"Vampire? No. No. There's no such thing as vampires."
"Hate to tell you this blondie but they're very real and I'm one of them."
"What?"
"Yes I'm a blood sucking creature of the night. Feel free to scream and run that's the usual reaction I get out of people when I tell them that I'm a vampire."
"Who...Who are you?"
"None of your business! Now go on home!"
"Well you're quite rude."
"So? Who cares?"
"Could you please just explain to me what's happening here?"
"I don't have to explain anything to you human! You're alive and you weren't bitten so you're not involved in my business. Now beat it!"
"Wait a minute you can't just leave me here! What if I get attacked by another one of those...Monsters?"
"Then I'll decapitate that one just like I did to the other and if you end up bitten then I'll stake you before you turn into one of them."
"What?!"
"Believe me death is much better than coming back as a vampire or a ghoul."
"Okay you're not making sense! I am freaking out here!"
"And how is that my problem?"
"Well...You saved me so I thought that-"
"That I cared about you? Listen I don't care about humans. I only saved you because it's my job."
"Your job? What are you talking about?"
"Sorry but that's top secret, very hush-hush. Now if you'll excuse me I need to be somewhere and a word of advice don't go out after dark."
"Wait!" She called. "At least walk me home. Don't make me walk back alone in the dark!"
Natsu huffed. women can be such irritating creatures. Always so dramatic and emotional but still he figured that he could help out this human woman just this once.
"Fine but that's all I'm doing. I'm not staying the night with you to keep watch okay?"
"Okay."
So Natsu walked Lucy back home. During the walk there he kept his eyes, ears, and nose open for any sign of other vampires. But the walk back was peaceful and undisturbed. When Lucy arrived at her house she stopped at the door way and gave him one last look before going inside. With his hearing Natsu heard the sound of her locking every door and window in the house. She was safe and secure so he could leave now and he did.