Cratch's Wildlife

Author's Note: Enjoy the story and R&R.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of MAZICA PARTY.

Pairing: Pre-slash Kezuru x Cratch.

Summary:

Kanna is too involved in her classmate and his best friend getting matching magical tattoos.


"A 'K' tattoo?" Kezuru tilted to the side.

"Yes. You know how we get magic temporary tattoos on our cheeks whenever our Mazin Fever Evolve? B for Balnya and J for Jagooja? Well, Cratch is trying to Fever Evolve Komeranian!" Kanna jumped for joy.

"So he can get a 'K' tattoo?"

"Yup!"

"But why K? He already has a W from Wanisuke, yo."

"Why, to show his love for his crush, of course!"

"Seriously? His crush? Cratch has a crush? Who's that? This is the first I'm hearing about this, and he's my best friend!"

Kanna was mystified by Kezuru's ignorance of the situation; also, Kezuru and Cratch each referring to his friend possessively as "My best friend."

She'd argued with Cratch over seniority to call Kezuru her classmate.

"Umm, you're not very smart, huh?"

"Kezuru can be an airhead, regrettably," Fuclock admitted.

"A bigger airhead than me, nya?" Balnya pointed a round paw at himself.

"Shut up, you two!" Kezuru whined toward both his Mazin, though he only retaliated physically against Balnya, who he popped with his Mazica Gear.

"NYA! Kezuru, be careful! I am a balloon and all, nya!"

"So…Who does Cratch have a crush on?" Kezuru ignored him and asked Kanna again.

"Their name starts with a K, Kezuru! That's why Cratch is going for a K tattoo!"

"Starts with a K? Who could it be?"

"Are you for real?" she huffed.

"Probably," Jagooja lamented.

"AHH!" Kezuru had a flash of apparent clarity. "Se-se-se-seriously? The person Cratch has a crush on –!"

"Here we go!" Fuclock flapped his wings eagerly. "I think he's got it!"

"Is Kanna!"

Kanna, Jagooja, and Fuclock fell on the floor. Balnya didn't. He was as empty-headed as Kezuru.

"You dumbo!"

"Completely wrong, de gozaru!" Fuclock served Kezuru several eye-rolling pecks.

"Ow~! That isn't it? Then who?"

"Forget it…" Kanna sighed.

"Forget it? No way! Tell me already!"

"Come with me." Kanna pulled him along.

They found Cratch in Mazica Academy's courtyard, ordering Komeranian to form the largest rice cluster possible. Based on the mass and consistency of the ball relative to Komeranian's small size, they'd been training a while.

"Hey! Hey! Cratch!"

"Ya! Kezuru! Kanna! What's up?"

Giving Kezuru no time to respond, Kanna swung hard and threw Kezuru at Cratch. Kezuru tripped (his shoes were foamy enough), yelping as he hopped on one foot a total of four hops before tipping forward into Cratch.

"Kanna! What was that for?" Cratch barely caught him.

"PHOTO!" she cheered, squeezing her smartphone.

"Photo?"

The boys had no idea what was going on, but they made goofy hand signs into her camera nonetheless.

"Not like that!"

"Then how?"

"Kezuru, put your hands on Cratch's shoulder and arm! And Cratch, you hold Kezuru's tie and put a hand in his hair!"

"Like this?" They assumed Kanna's instructed positions and stared back at her together, remarkably oblivious to how couple-ish they looked doing so.

"Perfect! Anya will freak!"

That wasn't true. Anya never lost her composure. Not even after Kezuru shockingly slapped her when she was unhelpfully "explaining" Legend Fever Evolution to them! ("A Fever Evolution…that's legendary.") Not even when it seemed he might repeat the slight!

OK, maybe not never. She got pretty extreme working memory wipe spells. Can't contest the effectiveness of electrocuting Ron until he had permanent brain damage, could ya?

"Why do we need to pose like this?" Cratch had used up his energy battling, he missed the clues and kicked off an actual innocent question.

Kanna took the shot. "My enjoyment. More importantly, Kezuru came over to ask you about your crush!"

"My crush? Kezuru is?"

"Yeaaaaaaaah! I was wondering who it is! From what I've heard, their name starts with a K?"

Suddenly, Kanna throwing Kezuru at him and insisting they take a photo made a whole lot more sense.

*Bad grin*

Cratch seized on the opportunity to move to the main stage. Let's get party started, right?

"Ke-zuru~!"

"Hm?"

"Nice butt!" Cratch complimented boldly.

Kanna, Jagooja, and Fuclock revisited their fall. The disbelief on Kanna and Jagooja's faces was indistinguishable from the disbelief they displayed watching Silver and Oneknight disco dance.

"Not nyagain!" Balnya remained floating.

"H-haah? Butt? Mine?"

"Aha!"

"Seriously?"

In a normal world, such a bang-on statement would be a source of rising tension.

In a normal world, Kanna wouldn't idle to satisfy the fangirl in her.

Yet to Mazica Academy's seriously stoked, seriously amped-up wizards, tension meant something different. Tension meant your sprit was burning hotter. Tension livened the mood.

"I'm Cratch's crush? Woo! It's-a showtime!" Kezuru OMG'd. "Lucky! Lucky! Happy Birthday to me!"

Kezuru's burst of happiness didn't surprise Cratch (except it not being Kezuru's birthday). The same could not be said for Jagooja and Kanna. He melted into a puddle, while she set her phone's camera to take a burst of follow-up shots.

"Kanna, you're seriously…" Tears of shame could've gone gushing through Jagooja's permeable skin.

CLAP! CLAP! His partner gushed the other way. "I think they're cute!"

"Hm-hm-hm~! Cratch's Rule # 77777: Soulmate-identifying marks are awesome! A decisive one-chance scratch~!"

"Soul identity what?"

"Soulmate-identifying marks, Kezuru. They're a feature in some manga and anime. Marks on the body that join you to your true love!"

"Sounds lame! I vote we call them what's cooler: Magical tattoos!"

Scratch 1!

"You have my vote! Kanna?"

"Oh yeah. I'm comfortable with rebranding!"

Scratch 2!

Kezuru was bummed he didn't have a pact with a Mazin with a name beginning with the letter "C" so he and Cratch could match. He swore he'd get on that.

Scratch 3!

Cratch swore he'd finish powering up Komeranian.

Scratch 4!

"Say, Cratch!"

Scratch 5!

"Say, Kezuru!"

Scratch 6!

"Don't stop me now!"

"You and me? Sorry not sorry!"

Scratch 7!

Kanna felt like singing and dancing. Her classmates struck 77777! Kezuru and Cratch's relationship status Legend Fever Evolved from best friends to boyfriends!