Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Demon and the Monster. Enjoy the 1200-word chapter. I do not own any rights to Fairy Tale, Hiro Mashima, Kodansha and a few others that I may write about.

"Who exactly are these friends of yours?" Chente questioned Mirajane who said nothing. She smiled anyway which made the demonic man frown.

Chente enjoyed being around Mirajane. He couldn't enjoy what was happening still. He was afraid that her friends wouldn't accept him. He trusted his childhood friend, but he was still quite offput by the idea at the moment. There was still way too much that he couldn't predict what would happen.

The 5'3 barmaid found it amusing that the hulking 6 foot or so monstrous looking boy… Was scared, it was both precious to her, and yet made her wonder how Chente could be hurt.

"Do you still like fighting?" Mirajane asked which made Chente raise an eyebrow for a moment as he looked to the side.

"Not as much as I used to when we used to wrestle." Chente said while he tilted his head to the side. "Theres nobody on Earthland as tough as you." Chente said with a grin under his hood.

"Theres plenty of people stronger then me." Mirajane stated as they walked to the building Mirajane pointed out.

"They didn't leave scars." Chente stated and pulled up his shirt. "I liked wrestling with you back then. I just grew to only want to fight again if your up for it." Chente pointed out as he turned to the marks on his skin.

Mirajane saw the claw marks she had left on his stomach years ago. She gently pressed a hand to them and sighed. She wished her transformation magic wasn't so unpredictable back then.

"Hey, who's your friend?" Mirajane heard as she turned to see Natsu and Erza walking towards them. "Are those scales?" Natsu questioned while Chente hummed.

"I have similar skills to Janey." Chente responded as he lowered his shirt. "I'm Chente, me and Mirajane are old friends… Did she seriously never talk about the guy she used to wrestle with? We both went through a phase." Chente said before Mirajane elbowed her friend in the ribs.

Chente doubled over slightly while chuckling as Mirajane shook her head back and forth.

"This is Chente…" Mirajane said as she turned to look at Chente who straightened up for a moment. "He used to fight with me when we were kids. I met him at the bar. Chente has dragon magic, he and me used to wonder if it was transformation magic or such." Mirajane put in as Chente nodded and clicked his tongue.

"Still hit as hard as you used to when we were kids." Chente stated which caused Mirajane turned to him.

It caused another memory to come rushing to their heads as they thought of that time when that happened.

(6 years ago)

Chente tossed Mirajane to the ground before she slashed at him. Chente caught her clawed hand in his right arm and then slammed her to the ground.

"That's the third time you tried to tackle me." Chente stated as he rubbed at his arms. "You want to keep fighting?" Chente asked with a big toothed grinned.

Mirajane growled and rolled to the side, dragging Chente with her as the boy slammed into the ground. Chente grunted in pain and chuckled as he used a gust of wind from his wings to throw himself backwards.

"You enjoy this too much." Mirajane said while rubbing her clawed arms.

"How many times do I have to tell you why?" Chente said before cracking his fingers as he threw himself at Mirajane.

Mirajane leapt back only for Chente to slam his wings into her. He continued to flap them, dragging Mirajane along the ground as both dug a ditch through the dirt.

He flipped over and landed in a crouch. It was then Mirajane noticed Chente had grown a tail. A scaly, green, trident tipped like tail, Chente blinked and turned to look at the new limb with interest. He looked at Mirajane who was busy dusting herself off. Chente hummed and looked at his friend who was busy rolling her eyes.

"Do you keep transforming?" Mirajane asked as Chente flexed his clawed hands and climbed to his feet.

"It hasn't done this in a while." Chente stated as he swished his tail back and forth. He frowned for a moment and ran a finger over the new limb. "Maybe my magic is interacting with your magic…. THANKS, JANEY!" Chente said with a giant grin as Mirajane rolled her eyes.

"You're the biggest damned dork I've ever met." Mirajane said while Chente hummed.

"And you're the biggest doofus in a goth uniform I've ever met but I still like playing with you." Chente said which caused Mirajane's eyes to twitch.

She threw herself at the transformed boy in a rage who simply leapt into the air. Mirajane's clawed fingers met empty air.

It was then she felt something tap her head playfully. She turned to see Chente's new tail recoil as he landed in a crouch.

"Like I said… It's fun to play with you." Chente said as Mirajane screeched and started wildly clawing at Chente.

Elfman and Lisanna watched as Chente caught her clawed hands with his one and wrapped his tail around them. He smiled playfully at the girl who was trying to rip him to bloody pieces.

"Should we say something?" Lisanna asked Elfman as he simply shook his head.

"Nope." Elfman said before looking at the duo. "I'm starting to think he ENJOYS him hurting her." Elfman said while Chente hummed.

"Janey, I'm so happy about this new tail!" Chente said and looked at Mirajane who was busy having a meltdown. "Do you need a hug?" Chente asked playfully.

"I'M GOING TO RIP THAT DAMN TAIL OFF AND SHOVE IT…!" Mirajane hissed while she continued to try and claw her sparring partner to death.

Chente simply smiled, knowing she wouldn't overpower him anytime soon and she'd tire out sooner or later. He was as strong as her which meant neither really had an advantage over the other.

Chente looked at his new tail, still curious if his magic was interacting with Mirajane's. It was awesome to him if it was, it meant anything could happen from their fights together.

(Present times)

"I love how I mention Mirajane for years everywhere I go and you don't bring me up once." Chente said which caused Mirajane to shake her head.

"I thought you were dead." Mirajane said which caused Chente to blink.

"Why? I never thought you'd die." Chente said and looked at his friend. "Your my best friend. I've heard of you bearing up everyone." Chente stated while he hummed.

Author Note

Phew. Another chapter done! I want to point out that Chente and Mirajane had a very playful bond… The fighting scenes are just to show how powerful they are. Next chapter will be 1200-1500 words in 2-10 weeks and will show another flashback and Chente and Mirajane talking to Fairy Tail. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!

P.S: Lucy is 1200 words, Erza, 900. I am making a Lisanna story soon along with a Brandish story, DiMaria, Heine story, Hisui, Minerva story, Sorano, Seilah and so on.