Warnings: None! :DD
Except that I was too lazy to make a certain description not tedious to read. Don't worry, it's only a paragraph. :/
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Aki crashed down onto Natsu's head, and they crumpled to the floor. "Natsu-nii-chan!"
"Leaf- what's wrong?" Natsu's tone switched instantly from playful annoyance to concern as he looked her over.
She pouted. "What do you mean?"
"You look awful," he answered bluntly. "Zeref said he was going to check on you – you alright?" he added worryingly, patting her head.
Aki blinked, then, disregarding the question, shouted in mirth. "I'd forgotten how bad I looked!" she cackled, rolling off her brother and getting to her feet. She glanced around to find Lucy gaping at her. She waved. "Hey, Lucy!"
"This is my house!" the blonde screeched anxiously, "Are you okay?! Why does no one ask before barging in here?! Can I help?!"
Aki glanced around disorientedly, then bowed. "Sorry, Lucy!" She straightened, rubbing the back of her head. "I teleported to Natsu, I'd no idea he was here."
Lucy took a step back, horrified; Aki's stomach dropped, but-
"You're so precious!" Lucy wailed, rushing forward and glomping her tightly. Aki giggled, and her cries redoubled. "So, so precious!"
Patting her back, Aki asked hesitantly, "Can I use your bath to clean up? Like a shower? Is that okay?"
Lucy seemed about to faint. "You're actually asking me!" she practically sang, much to Aki's and Natsu's bemusement. She grabbed Aki's hands, staring, teary eyed and sniffling, into her own recently puffy eyes. "Of course you can, Aki-chan! Of course you can! You actually asked–!" She broke down, collapsing to her knees and bawling at the ceiling. "In this whole guild of idiots, it's Natsu's twin of all people that's respectful of my property! WAAAHHH!"
"Hey, what do you mean 'my twin of all people?'" Natsu huffed.
Aki interrupted before Lucy could snap back, "Er, where is the bathroom…?"
Positively wailing, Lucy barely managed to show her the curtain door before sinking once more to the ground, incensed by her 'respect.'
Aki frowned, looking from her to Natsu. "Natsu-nii-chan," she started, nodding sideways at the sobbing mess that was moisturizing the carpet, "what is this about?"
He shrugged, linking his hands behind his head. "She always acts like we intrude on her space or something, I don't know-"
"You break into my room, eat my food, use my bed, just show up in my bathroom, all without so much as a warning, let alone permission!" Lucy exploded, tears staining her cheeks as she hopped up to shriek at the dragon slayer. Natsu merely shook his head in a long-suffering sort of way.
"Natsu, is it true that you break in when she isn't even home?" Aki asked blithely, head tilted. "You pop up in her bath without warning?"
"Well, yeah. And she always kicks me in the face, too."
"Really?" Aki said sympathetically, walking forward. "I can't imagine why. How rude of her."
Natsu shrugged, giving a longsuffering sigh. "Yeah, well-"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'HOW RUDE OF HER!?'" Lucy screeched, taking all the points Aki had earned and snapping them in two.
"Luce," Natsu said exasperatedly, waving a hand in circles and shaking his head, "you're just so hot temper-" Aki popped in front of his face, and he paused, blinking expectantly at her. "What?"
"Natsu," —he belatedly noticed the use of his name without his 'brother' name— "I wonder, do you wanna go on a little adventure?"
He beamed, punching a suddenly flaming fist into his palm. "Aw, yeah!" He missed Happy shaking his head frantically behind her.
"Wonderful," Aki said cheerfully, floating back to the ground and turning to Lucy, who was red with rage. "Lucy," —Lucy blinked in surprise, fists lowering slightly as Aki winked— "would you like to join me and Natsu as we go for a fun," —understanding flicked through widening eyes— "adventurous," —Lucy put her hand on her hip, nose in the air as she smirked; she nodded— "little," —Aki spun back to Natsu, revealing a Mira-esque smile— "ride on a toboggan down a very steep mountain?"
Natsu didn't have time for more than a confused squeak, and he and Aki were gone.
Lucy stared at the place they hade vanished as the traces of magic wisped from existence, then grinned. "What about you, Happy?" she asked, crouching beside the trembling cat. Only his eyes moved to look at her sweet smile, the rest of him apparently frozen in fear. "Hmm?" she added, tilting her head and grinning still wider.
He stumbled away from her, nodding furiously.
"How very kind of you," she said sarcastically, standing up.
A few minutes later, the twins reappeared. Natsu, frothing at the mouth, was dropped at Lucy's feet.
Aki saluted, saying, in a soldier-y way, "Lucy-hime," —Lucy's hands flew to her mouth to stifle a snort— "I have disciplined the transgressor. Forgive me for my rudeness in tricking ruffian." She bowed stiffly, hand to her chest, giggling slightly as Lucy's own laughter broke through her attempts at silence. Straightening, she added, austere as ever, "Do you deem the cat's infractions" —she lifted her hand toward Happy as he took off, a shadow snatching him midflight— "severe enough to warrant punishment, as well?"
Lucy choked, trying desperately to contain herself as Natsu whimpered from his place on the floor, his eyes replaced by swirling whirlpools. "Y-yes," she forced out, shaking with mirth. "I d-do." Happy began to scream apologies as Lucy broke into laughter, Aki turning slowly to face him where he writhed.
And they vanished.
A minute later, they returned. "I deemed it prudent, Lucy-hime," she saluted. Lucy, no longer able to help herself, was rolling on the floor, barely able to see through her tears of hilarity as Happy wobbled vaguely into a wall. "-to punish the cat less. I hope that is satisfactory."
She peered down at Lucy, who was hysteric with glee, struggling to hold her serious expression. "Lucy-hime, I do have to wonder if-" Aki snorted, but ploughed on, "if some-" —snort— "thing ails" —snort— "you?"
"Ak-k-ki," Lucy gasped, eyes watering, "I'm die- can't breathe!"
Aki's stiff frown trembled for a moment, then broke, and she, too, crumpled to the floor, shouting gleefully.
Some time later, they had finally calmed down enough to stand. At least, until Aki offered Lucy a hand, saying admiringly, voice low and entranced, "If I may, Hime, help you up?"
Lucy collapsed once more to the floor, but Aki remained where she was. A minute later, Lucy forced herself up, taking Aki's hand. "Y-yes," she choked, "Thank you, my prince-!"
Both girls dropped to the ground, practically screeching with hilarity. Natsu, still a bit green and hugging happy in their shared torment, merely inched further away from them both.
"I-I'm going," Aki hiccoughed, pulling herself shakily to her feet, "to take that bath now, ok-kay?"
Lucy nodded, unable to speak.
Grinning, Aki ducked behind the curtain door. Seeing the tub, she grinned like a fool, calling back through the curtain, "Lucy, can I use your bathtub?"
A gratified "Yes!" answered her.
Chortling like a hamster presented with all the nuts it could possibly fit in its mouth, she turned the nobs on the tub, adjusting until it was the temperature she wanted. While it filled with steamy water, she, first checking with Lucy which of her products she could use, took a shower and washed her hair.
Rubbing the suds through the strands, she felt a pleasurable tingle run up her back and had to shake to stop it, laughing in unadulterated happiness. "I've not had a hot shower since I was last in Alvarez." She sighed. "Dragons, this feels nice."
The tub having filled, she stepped out of the shower. She let out a long breath in satisfaction as she slid into the tub, hot water swirling around her. "Lucy, thank you so much!" she tried to shout, but it came out as a contented mutter, and she wasn't sure she had been heard.
After a few minutes, realizing that she was falling asleep, she forced herself to sit up a little. She took a bottle from the edge of the tub and tipped a bit of it into the water, melting as the aroma wafted through the steamy room.
"Add a bit of the crystals by the sink!" Lucy, who must have noticed the smell, suggested through the door. "They're in the green bottle!"
"Thanks!"
Aki stood and got the little bottle, adding a couple crystals to the now grey water. The smell didn't change, but as she stepped back in, she felt that the water had gained a somehow silky consistency. She felt as though she was being enveloped in sunlight as she stretched out (she was so short that Lucy's tub could, diagonally, accommodate her). "Ohhhhh my drigon…"
She dipped her head below the water, hair spreading around her and tickling her scalp. She came up quickly, not able to hold a very big breath, but immediately sunk again, savoring the heat. Dragnof, I'd forgotten how nice taking a soak was…
After thirty minutes, during which the water turned a very dark grey, an almost watery transparent black, she got out, wrapping her hair up in a towel and picking her clothes up off the floor. She paused, sniffing them, and made a face.
Thinking for a second, she wrapped herself in another towel, teleporting back to Natsu's place. She grabbed, not her dress, which was also filthy thanks to days of sweaty panic, but a pair of Natsu's pants and his other coat. She teleported back and changed into them, doing up the coat – obviously – and pulling his capri pants on, tying the black strips of fabric at the bottom.
Setting the tub to drain and replacing the towels – shaking her hair out – on the hook, she stepped out of the bathroom, saying sincerely, "Thanks so much for that, Lucy." She blinked. Natsu, Happy, and Lucy were all gawking at her. "What?" None of them seemed able to speak, mouths gaping like fishes out of water.
Eventually, it was Natsu who bleated, "Y-your hair!"
Aki puffed a cheek out, hand on hips. "What?" she demanded testily. "Was it really so bad that after washing it it's that shocking?"
"But- but- it's pink!"
She shook her head disparagingly, grabbing a few strands and pulling it forward. "What are you…" she trailed off, seeing the pink strand. "The Edo?"
She dashed back into the bathroom and yelped.
When she didn't reappear, Lucy called through the door, "I'm coming in-"
Aki ploughed over her, tackling Natsu. "It's back!" she cheered from her place on top of him, pumping her hands in the air.
"Whhhyy do you have pink hair?" Natsu asked, bewildered.
"What do you mean, 'back?'" Lucy added, rubbing her head as she sat up.
"We are twins," Aki sniffed loftily, nose in the air.
Lucy laughed. Normally, she'd have been annoyed and offended at her pompous attitude, but now… seeing the ex-Black Mage acting like her younger self again, she couldn't bring herself to be angry. "But it was black?" she asked, watching affectionately as Natsu scruffed her identically pink fluff, an awed expression on his face.
Aki grinned sheepishly. "I, I actually…" She squirmed, glancing at Lucy, before blurting, speaking so fast that Lucy wasn't sure she had even spoken English, "I don't know for sure or how it triggered it but it turned black when Natsu-nii-chan- when he-" She broke off, glancing at Natsu and promptly glomping him, nuzzling into his arms when he happily returned the tight hug.
"I get the idea," Lucy interjected quickly. Remembering the photograph Aki had produced beside a ravaged time portal, she added, "So that's why you had pink hair in that family picture you got from the past?"
Aki's voice was muffled as she nodded. "Mhm. I have no idea why it would come back now of all times, but-" She pulled back from Natsu, beaming more brightly than Lucy could remember her ever doing. "It's back! And I missed it so much, Nii-chan, we match again!"
Natsu grinned his grin. Leaping up and catching her before she could fall to the floor, he tossed her up; she dissolved into childish giggles. "How come I didn't remember that till now?" he wondered, chucking her at the couch. She bounced, hopping back up immediately and lunging at him; he dodged easily, smirking.
"You don't remember anything, though, right?" Lucy asked, distinctly confused.
"I remembered a bit, but she always, always…" He trailed off, frowning in concentration. "Actually, I didn't think about your hair, I guess? Weird."
He shrugged, turning sideways as Aki flew at him, leaving Lucy to wonder if Aki could be any more like Natsu. 'Oh, my hair changed back to a color it was before my twin died, but also didn't turn back when I resurrected him, but also also came back for no reason weeks after being reunited with him. Weird.' That's it?!
Actually, she amended tiredly, grinning as Natsu darted away from his sister's attack, forget Natsu, could she be any more like Fairy Tail?
"Natsu-nii-chan, can we play?" Aki was pleading excitedly, hopping side to side, hands raised like she was lifting a dumbbell. "Lucy, too!"
"Hold on," Lucy blurted, yanked out of her thoughts by an instinct only sensible Fairy Tail mages had – so, just her – "what kind of-" She yelped as Natsu grabbed one of her hands, leaping out the window. "Hold on!" she screeched, trailing behind in the air as they raced down the street.
"Nah, we need your help!" Natsu shouted, Aki laughing like a maniac from her brother's shoulders.
Lucy paled. "I don't like the sound of this…" she objected warily, but both ignored her. Ok, being pretentious is one thing, but if she starts acting like Natsu all the time, she thought fussily, wholly amused.
They dragged her to the guild's pool, ignoring the stares of everyone else.
"Right! Oh, oops," Aki commented, noticing Lucy, who had been catapulted into the pool when they had skidded to a halt. "Sorry, Lucy."
Lucy dragged herself out, scowling. "Sorry doesn't dry my clothes!"
"I can dry them for you?" Aki offered helpfully.
"Really?"
"Yeah." Aki lit a fist on fire. "Come over here, and you'll be fried- I mean, dried, in no time."
Lucy snorted. "No thanks."
Aki looked crestfallen, but bounced back immediately. "For the best, really," she breezed, hands locked behind her head and grinning, "since I'm not actually sure you wouldn't have gotten burnt."
"WHAT!?" Lucy yawped, taking a step back and promptly falling back into the pool.
By the time she had dragged herself out – only took a few seconds – energetic squirrels that they were, Natsu and Aki were on the patch of lawn bordering the patio. She grimaced. They've already forgotten about me? Why did they even drag me here?
She winced as Aki's entire body was ingulfed in fire, but it flickered out in a second.
"Nah, you got to use your stomach!" Natsu instructed, demonstrating by sucking in a huge breath.
Lucy shook her head in disbelief, turning away from the two hot heads. She took a step forward – into the pool.
"Three-time gag!" Happy sniggered, flying beyond her reach.
"Uhm, Juvia is wondering why there are two Natsu's?"
Lucy turned around in the water (she figured she'd just fall in again, so didn't bother to get out this time) and saw Juvia hesitating at the edge of the grass. Lucy stared for a second. I know she has pink hair now, but is it really that hard to tell? She considered Aki, then realized that she seemed, somehow… bouncier? Lighter?
Lucy hadn't noticed, but now, with the pink hair and a slight, sudden shift in… something, she could see why it might be hard to tell.
"Juvia!" Aki shouted eagerly, dashing forward and grabbing her hand. "Join us!"
"What? W-wait a second," Juvia stammered, startled; Aki paused, looking at her expectantly. "Who are you?"
"It's a surprise!" Aki said cheerfully, winking.
"Juvia isn't sure…"
"Come on, Juvia!" Natsu urged, grabbing her arm and dragging the protesting water mage into the grass.
"Oi, Flame-Brain!" Lucy heard Gray shout, and she sweat-dropped as the ice mage stomped into view.
This is not going to end well…
"What do you think you're doing with her?"
"She's joining us to play with magic!" Natsu retorted. "You're not invited," he added, making shooing gestures.
This is definitely not going to end well.
"Natsu, you shouldn't-" Levy started, approaching the little group, but Aki grinned mischievously and lifted both hands. Spheres of brilliant fire and swirling air materialized above her, tracing through the air. Levy blinked, then, slowly, realization spread over her face. Aki winked at her, and Levy grinned conspiratorially.
"Who are you?" she asked casually, joining them as Gray pulled Juvia away.
"Uhhhhhhhhhhh, Fuyu?" Aki tried, biting back a snigger as Levy flicked a finger on her head. She created a third ball, now of iron, looping it around the other two, the metal bending as easily as clay, followed by a fourth sphere, this time of lightning – lightning that caught somebody's attention from within the guild hall.
"So, what's your magic?" Levy asked, hiding her smirk. Someone had to get the ball rolling.
"I can use every magic that any mage out here uses," Aki breezed.
This caught everyone's interest, and they all, glancing at the tiny little girl, laughed.
Lucy felt her stomach drop even further.
Oh no. Oh no, no, no, no.
Eyes glinting mischievously, Aki pouted, glaring at each of them in turn. Letting the looping elements above her dissipate, she challenged, "Well, if you think I can't, bring me a magic I can't use."
Macao snorted. "There is no way you-"
"Nah, she might be able to." Everyone turned to see Mira positively beaming at Aki. "She has a lot of power, believe me."
"Do you know her?" asked Wakaba.
"That isn't important," dismissed the barmaid. "Point is, didn't you notice that the Lightning Magic she just used was shockingly" —many pun-haters groaned— "similar to Laxus's?"
Evergreen scoffed. "That little ball of static?"
"Just because it was a different volume doesn't mean she can't use it," Mira returned pleasantly.
Bickslow whipped around here, and, spotting Aki, he whooped, jumping to his feet. "I think we should try her!"
"Try her! Try her!" his dolls chanted.
This is so definitely not going to end well!
Wakaba rolled his eyes, turning back in his chair.
"How is she supposed to use all of our magics, regardless of how well?" Bisca asked skeptically, arms resting on the edge of the pool.
"There's no way this Pipsqueak Natsu-knock-off" —Lucy paled, wondering if she should leave while she still had her limbs— "can do anything of the sort," Evergreen snorted, waving a derisive hand.
Aki raised her eyebrows.
"I, too, fail to see how she could manage all of our magics," Freed agreed, albeit rather more kindly, "regardless of strength; none can master so many magics, and certainly not one so young."
"Oh?"
Lucy shuddered; that word, meant by most as an invitation to explain, gave her a really bad feeling coming from that mouth, only increasing her certainty that this wasn't going to end well.
"Let's test her, then?" Mira suggested.
"Fine, after she gets some other people," was the sentiment expressed by most present.
Mira, Levy, and Bickslow, however, joined Natsu and Aki in the grass, and Lucy dragged herself from the pool to watch, because, at this point, she might as well—she refused to admit her slight curiosity.
Aki eyed Bickslow as he approached, pouting. "Can I not start with you?"
"Why not, lil' troll?" he sniggered, sticking his tongue out.
"Lil' troll! Lil' Troll!"
She grinned, then pointed at Levy. "What's your magic?" she asked assertively. "Some kind of Rune Magic, right?"
Levy snickered, but said in a decently regular voice, "It is. Solid Script."
Aki closed her eyes. Raising her pointer finger, she swiped it around, muttered, "ソリッドスクリプト:ヲーター!" and flicked it down. Water appeared over the swimming Bisca, dumping onto her neatly held up hair.
[Solid Script: Water]
After spluttering in surprise and finding the source of the unceremonious dunk, an easy task as Aki was smirking quite blatantly, Bisca barked, "What was that for?"
Aki tilted her head innocently. "I mean, you're already wet" —she shrugged— "so no collateral damage. If you're bothered," she added, turning away dismissively – though Lucy caught her grin – "do something about it."
Bisca scowled. "Fine, then," she retorted, swimming to the edge of the pool and climbing out, followed by Alzack. "I'd like to see you try my magic – shoot you down a notch."
Aki spun around triumphantly. "Right! So, what magic do you use?"
"Guns Magic."
"Aw, that's no fair!" Aki whined.
Bisca laughed, looking down her nose at the puny girl. "What, can't use it?" she asked, face exaggeratedly sympathetic.
"No," Aki responded coolly, "I just don't have a gun." She flicked her tongue at the 'n,' making it 'nuh.' "That's a holder magic; you can't use it without a Channeler."
Bisca's eyebrows rose. "At least you know what it is," she sighed, pulling a small gun from her reequip dimension. "Here. Knock yourself out. Literally," she added snidely.
"Why, thank you," Aki rolled her eyes, bowing. She tossed the gun from hand to hand a couple times before looking round. "Natsu," she called, grabbing a rock from the edge of the lawn, "throw this in the air for me?"
"'Course." Natsu caught the rock she threw to him. "Ready?"
Aki peered through the scope, tongue sticking out. "Ready." As Natsu chucked the rock high in the air, she muttered, "ガンズマギック:スティンガーショット," and pulled the trigger. Three magic bullets shot through the air, converging on the rock and destroying it. "There!" she said happily, holding the gun back out to Bisca, who took it, impressed despite herself.
[Gun's Magic: Stinger Shot]
"How can you do that?"
Aki shrugged. "I've already said: I can use every magic here."
Mira stepped forward. "What about me, 'Fuyu?'"
"Of course, Hime," Aki replied, sweeping an imaginary hat off as she bowed deeply.
Mira laughed delicately, curled hand over her mouth. "My magic is Take Over: Demon Soul, and Transformation Magic."
"Oooooo." Aki's eyes gleamed excitedly. "Something exciting! But I have an unfortunate side effect with Take Over: Demon Soul Magic, sooooooo…" She deliberated, then hurried away from them, stopping at the fence that ran around the backyard of the guild. "Ready?" she called, then, without waiting for an answer, "Hope so!"
She brought her hands up and placed the tips of her middle fingers and thumbs together, and a wind began swirling gently around her. Sliding her hands together, keeping her fingers stuck to their counterpart, she brought them to her left eye. When her palms were almost together, she opened her left eye, shouting, "セタンソール:スティギアンドーン!"
[Satan Soul: Stygian Dawn]
She exploded.
There were shouts and shrieks from the assembled wizards, those who thought she was but a wee child panicking, but, as the dust cleared, Aki was revealed to be just fine. In fact, most would say, she was more than fine.
Her forearms had overlapping ice shards running up them, and one hand had ice claws, and the other had blackened fingertips fading into purple fingers fading into a blue palm, blue veins running all the way up her arm. A half-width skirt made of large crystalline ice shards wrapped around her waist, chest armor of opaque blue diamond shaped ice, interconnected across her torso. One leg was mostly normal skin, with ice shards embedded sporadically, the foot of which didn't exist; rather, four toes connected by thin skin, one small and sticking out the back and the other three made of one massive shard each. Her other foot was a vaguely rectangular iceberg, fading into her leg before reaching the knee. There was an ice shard for a knee plate that overlapped more ice plates all the way up to her thigh. She was wearing black leggings underneath, though on her claw leg it was in tatters before the knee, and for the iceberg leg it ran down only to the final plate of icy armor on her knee. Her hair was white and down, her bangs slicked backwards. Each of her ears were decorated; one had a black three-quarter sun around it, the rays going above her head; the other had a black, crystal shaped, ice shard on it which also ended past her head. One eye normal, the other had a black sclera and white pupil, eyelashes merged together into almost a mask framing her eyes. Her normal eye side cheek had crystalline ice shards embedded in it as well. Her lips were black, and she had two thin fangs in addition to her normal teeth.
"This one's Stygian Dawn," she said casually, scratching at her face. "Retrieved it from Galuna," she added to Natsu in a whisper.
Anyone who still had been ignoring the 'arrogant' girl, well, stopped.
"What do you mean, 'not good at it?'" Lucy shrieked, goggling at her along with everyone else.
Aki blinked – rather, her normal eye blinked, her black eye remaining wide open. "Well," she started in a tone one would take with a toddler, "it looks all impressive, and it is pretty strong, but I wasn't saying I'm weak at all of the magics I can use, only that I wasn't as good as those who are, you know, competent, and use it as their main magic.
"I rather like my Beast Soul more, though," she added matter of factly, putting a claw to her blackened lips. "Hold on, I'm gonna do that! ビーストソール:ゆきつ!"
[Beast Soul: YuKitsu]
There was a second explosion, this time causing a wave of cold air to rush past them. When the snow like cloud had vanished, everyone looked around eagerly, if a little apprehensively. No matter what the girl said, they could tell that the transformation they had just seen wasn't weak by any means. It had been intimidating, it's presence alone seemed to freeze their blood – deluge them in ice cold water and glaciate them.
But they found nothing.
Nothing, that is, until a voice came from below their line of sight, and they all gaped down at a two-tailed, winged, white fox who was chirping happily, "Isn't it adorable? And it's stronger than Stygian Dawn!"
"This thing is stronger than that demon?" Macao shouted incredulously.
"That's what I said, isn't it?" Aki barked back impatiently.
"Wow!" Natsu ran over to the girl – fox – fox-girl – girl-fox – and picked her up. "Dragons, you're cold," he hissed, dropping her.
"Well, this is a YuKitsu," the fox said, eyes rolling. She leapt in a circle, tails trailing behind her. "Isn't it cool?" she yipped, apparently enjoying their attention. "And it can fly, too, see-" She yelped in surprise as someone picked her up.
Growling, she looked up.
Gray?!
And then he was sprinting, carrying her, leaping over the fence and taking off down a side street.
"Ice-princess!" Natsu could be heard bellowing behind them.
"Gray-sama?!"
Lucy balked after them.
I knew this wasn't going to end well!
"W-what are you doing?" Aki yipped, bewildered.
Gray didn't respond, only clutching her closer to his chest as he glanced over his shoulder.
"GRAAAAAAYYYY!"
He didn't respond to Natsu's roar, instead sending an ice barrier back towards him. Then he threw his hands forward, creating an ice pathway that took them into the air, crumbling behind them.
Making up her mind, Aki twisted her neck around Gray's arm. "'M fine! I'll be back soon!"
"Gray-sama!"
She turned back around, taking in Gray's expression. It was shocked, determined, eyes wide and jaw set. She licked her paw; she might as well find out why the usually cool wizard had kidnapped a two-tailed magical fox-girl right under his entire guild's noses.