Chapter 6: Cake

Sorry for the Rin and Gray twin thing… I couldn't help myself. ;)

Natsu groaned and rolled over on the ground. The rain had ceased and the ground around me was already dry from my blue flames, but those had ceased as well. The cat looked at me with wide eyes. He had seen my fight with Amaimon but Natsu, who was knocked out thanks to my half-brother, was spared the sight.

I looked at the cat and spoke quietly, ashamed of my partial insanity, "Hi, my name's Rin what's yours?"

He shook his head slowly then responded, "Happy. What –um- what are you? I mean," He laughed awkwardly, "You're not a demon are you? That would be crazy rig…"

I interrupted Happy, "I am."

He stared at me for a second speechless. Then sat down with a heavy thump, looking dazed he questioned me further, "What kind of demon are you? Goblin or maybe…"

I cut him off again, "The son of Satan himself actually."

Happy gapped at me. Then looked away for a second, when he turned around there was more fear in his eyes than ever before. Then he nodded, and that was it, until Natsu regained consciousness.

He sat up quickly and looked around for a second, his eyes finally landing on me. "What happened?" He questioned us.

"Well after you killed the green haired guy's pet he ran off with his tail between his legs. Isn't that right happy?" I looked at the blue cat making it obvious that I didn't want Natsu to know the truth about me.

Happy nodded quickly and Natsu believed us. I felt kind of bad for lying but I knew that it had to be done. Better him to live in his own reality than to know the truth and face mine. I helped Natsu to his feet, "You alright" I asked him.

"My ribs hurt and I have a headache but besides that I'm great." He gave me a toothy grin and I couldn't help but return the favor. We walked back to the guild hall in silence.

When we returned Gray, still shirtless, glared at Natsu, the pink haired boy looked at me, "Isn't he gross?"

I took a step back, "Look Natsu I don't want to get in the middle of this. I mean I have a tail so I'm not really one to judge."

Happy looked at me like seriously you have a tail… weirdo. Natsu nodded like he understood but the guy with white hair looked at me in suspicion, "You have a tail?" He looked at me in the exact same way as Happy.

I nodded then shrugged, "It's not like it's a big deal or anything."

He raised an eyebrow but said nothing. I finally got a good look around the guild hall. It was large and it had a stair way in the corner leading up to a second floor balcony. On the first floor, the one I was standing on; there was what looked like a bar and a cork board that held quest fliers.

Gray looked at Natsu, "What happened to you?"

"The guy who burst through the wall was a demon king apparently. He did a number on me but Rin here scared him off." Natsu smiled at me innocently when he said that.

Both Gray and Mr. White Hair looked at me with wide eyes. Gray spoke up with a smirk, "You? The guy who was knocked out by a tree scared away a demon king?"

"It was more like Natsu killed his pet. Then I just stood there looking threatening."

"No! He kicked that guys butt! Didn't you Rin you-" Happy trailed off when I shot him a glare that said say more and I will see if there really is more than one way to skin a cat.

White haired dude looked at me then held out his right hand for me to shake, "The name's Elfman by the way."

I shook his hand firmly, "Rin."

He nodded slowly, "Nice manly handshake, I like that." He headed towards the stairs and left the room.

Natsu looked at me with a smile, "How's about I treat you to lunch?"

"Actually could you show me to the kitchen? I'd like to make you lunch." I said slowly. I felt like it was the least I could do since my half-brother nearly killed him today. Also I loved to cook and I missed doing so.

Happy, Gray, and Natsu all started laughing at the same time. "You cook?" said Happy who was now rolling on the floor with a stupid grin on his little blue cat face.

I crossed my arms, "I cook, what's so funny about that? Look I was raised in a church with a bunch of other boys so it was eat good food and cook or eat crappy TV dinners every night."

They continued to laugh. Natsu finally sat up still giggling, "Sorry, it's just that you scared away a terrifying demon king and you cook."

"Where is the kitchen?" I asked.

Gray chuckled, "Go behind the bar, third door on the right."

I stormed over to the bar when Happy called out, "Make a lot of food!"

I nodded quietly and headed towards the kitchens. When I got there my mouth dropped, the kitchen was huge but it was covered in white powder. One sniff and I knew it was flour. I looked around the room and saw a girl crying in the corner. I could see blue hair under the white and her checks were stained with tears. She was completely covered in flour and I thought that I could see several eggshells in her hair.

"Are you okay…?" I asked softly.

She looked up her eyes were red from the tears, "No! I tried to make my beloved a cake but I couldn't!"

"Who is your, uh, beloved?"

"Why Gray of course, he is my dream, my passion, my life!" She shouted as if it was obvious, and then resumed crying a dark storm formed over her head and it started raining on her rinsing the flour away.

I backed up, "I could help you make a cake… if you want. "

She looked up and studied me as if seeing me for the first time, "You look like exactly like Gray… Are you two twins or something?"

I rubbed the back of my neck awkwardly, "No… I mean I have a twin but it's not Gray."

She nodded slowly then blushed, "Are you sure, because, damn."

"Um, ya I'm sure…" I said.

"Could you take your shirt off… you still look like Gray… like a lot." She muttered.

"I…"

She interrupted me, "Please!" her storm cloud grew larger.

I looked at her, what kind of creepy stalker is she? "No."

She huffed, "Fine."

"My name's Rin Okumera, what's yours?"

"Juvia… Fullbuster."

I nodded then asked, "Stop the storm thing okay?"

"I can't."

"Sure you can."

"How would you know?"

"It's emotional right?" I asked.

She nodded. "Look at this," I held out my hand and let a blue flame burst there. "Whenever I get angry, or hurt, or well emotional flames happen, see, I do know what you're going through. The rain starts whenever you get sad right?"

She nodded slowly. "So try to think about something happy."

"Alright," she closed her eyes and her cloud slowly grew smaller until it was gone completely.

I smiled when she opened her eyes again, "What did you think about?"

She looked away and blushed I decided not to ask any more questions on that topic. "So do you want to make that cake?"

She nodded and started helping me clean up the kitchen, later we made a sponge cake with fluffy white frosting. While it was in the oven I made at least a dozen omelets for the guys and I. When we were finished the kitchen looked almost as messy as it did before.

I walked out of the kitchen carrying the omelets and Juvia came out holding the cake. On my way out I started thinking about my run in with Amaimon. It was lucky that Natsu could see his pet… how did Natsu get his temtaint? I stopped in my tracks. Natsu who was now smiling at the sight of food looked at me confused, "What is it Rin?"

"How did you get your temtaint?" I asked a little bit too quickly.

He raised an eyebrow, "What's that?"

My mind was reeling, "It's a scratch or something given to you by a demon. It enables you to see demons, how did you get yours?"

"I was raised by a dragon who might have played with me to roughly… would a dragon count as a demon?" He still looked confused.

Gray nodded, "We've all been in a few fight with monsters that could definitely count as demons. And we've got our fair share of bites and scratches so that might be the case..." He looked at me oddly, "How did you get yours?"

"I was born that way." I said without thinking. My eyes widened when I said that.

Juvia backed up a half step, "That's impossible. I thought that no one was ever born with it. Like you said it has to be given to you by a demon. Unless…" Her eyes widened with realization. She backed up further, Gray and Natsu's mouths dropped.

I walked up to the bar and set the plate of food on there. "It looks like I need to explain some things to you guys." I said quietly as I flopped down on a bar stool.