AN: And here comes a new chapter not much but please do leave a review... thanks!


Lucy lets out a contented sigh, as her body sunk in deeper in the warm welcoming waters of the small tub. The lukewarm water doing it its magic as it soothes and calms her body in time. Her sore muscles relaxing at the welcoming waters, something that she wasn't even aware was that sore. She reached for the sponge and started scrubbing her silky skin, foams of soaps covering her body in the process. She eagerly kept on washing her skin to push away the days awful experience and smell. You could almost see how content and happy the blonde was as she finally gotten her days reward. A warm bath.

It was almost night time when they have arrived at the small town secluded town named Shukaku. It was a small village known for growing crops and maintaining rice fields. It was not a known village as it held almost to none tourist spots. So looking for a vacant inn may be either possible or nearly impossible, if there are any. Once the y had set foot over the village, they quickly ask and look for any hotels or inns they can book for the night, taking them almost an hour and a half before they successfully, thank god, was able to acquire a room with two separate beds. And that led her to taking a bath at their room.

Though the blonde couldn't help but be curious about her new companion, it wasn't every day that she learned something as crazy, but not overly crazy, as that. One minute she was walking at the forest herself, the next minute she has a key at hand then poof; she got a teenager boy wanting to be her brother. It's not that she didn't mind the company, that at least she got someone to travel with her and that would make a whole lot more bearable for this conquest on the search for a specific key. Lucy didn't want to admit to herself, but since the disbandment of the guild, everything became very lonely.

Shaking her head, she stood up dried herself and change to her pajamas. If she were to allow that teenager former spirit turned to human mortal gaining so said freedom , to come with her, then she at least need to know more about the kid and his magic specifically.

Twisting the doorknob in her hand, she walked out of the bathroom and look for the said companion, who was laying on his own bed, his head on the other end of the bed, thoroughly serious at reading a sorcerer weekly magazine. She sigh then walked out and wen t to her own side of the bed, sitting on the side whilst continuing on drying her hair, all the while observing the boy in front of her, who seem to be oblivious of her presence, or that maybe he was just so into what he is reading in the magazine. He was wearing a simple white shirt and black pajamas with small puppy faces, that Lucy was sure is supposed to look like a demon dog, but ended looking like a normal puppy.

She didn't know how to start the conversation, still feeling awkward with the presence of a stranger but not so unfamiliar person. She coughed, awkwardly, her pathetic way of trying to get the attention of the teen, which seemed to have gotten his attention thankfully. Cheering to herself internally for that. Then she suddenly realize her mistake, as the said teen now intently looking at her and waiting for what she was about to say or asks. Slight panic rose, and she tried to muster up all her courage to form the right words to start this conversation with the once immortal spirit.

"Uhhh.. I was uhm… hoping that you could tell me… more about your conditions and your magic. Seeing that we are going to be travelling together and stuff." She cheered once again, as she didn't stumble at the words and that it came out fluently. Not that the blonde has some problems doing that with other strangers before, it's just that she may have never been to talk with anyone recently.

"What else do you want to know?" The boy replied nonchalant, going back to the same position he previously had and continued turning the pages from the magazine.

Lucy then found that the boy was keen at answering her question, so without further ado, she shoots the first of her series of questions "what magic do you use?"

"Good question, never ask me earlier about it. I have two set of magic that I use, but mostly I rely on just one than the other. First is what you would call Spirit Fire magic, nothing fabulous, just the same kind as those fire magic, all kind of concept with fire is applicable on this magic, what differs it though, is the spirit part, it does not just burn any kind of material thing, but can obliterate the spiritual part of the object as well. Surely you know that the difference between the spirit that resides in one's body and just the physique itself. The physical body is one thing the spiritual part is another, it is a source of the life within a living object, and the aspect that allows us to connect to magic around us. If you tried to set a physical object it just burned and still has possibilities for one to be recovered but once you have dealt numerous and enough damage or even just a slight disruption to the spiritual form of a person, it can simply lead to an instant death." The young lad explained in a very dangerous tone, making our young harmless blonde gulp in fear, til the said lad change its face to a happier one and continued "not to worry though, I know how to control it and most likely won't use it if not necessary. Moving in." he cheered happily, now sitting in his bed, in an Indian sit, his hands at his ankle with a goofy grin plastered all over his face

"The other magic that I used is called Force magic. It almost acts the same as gravity magic, but still loses some of its contents. It allows the bearer to push or pull any physical object at his will even the user itself. I mostly use it as advantage of going around a battle field and disrupting enemies, and lastly I have this!" he suddenly brought out an old black katana from nowhere. "It's called Kusari Muramasa or "chained demon". This blade is not just any ordinary blade as it holds my life force and my heart. So if you wanted to kill me, you just go with the sword. But knowing that I have this blade at my hand meant that I can unleash my full capability as well. Allowing me to transform to what I called, Arcana Force. Or the original demon form that I have." He finishes on that sentence which the blonde, who was still drying her hair regardless of how many minutes it already has been, listened intently on the younger boy. That was a lot to take in, a strong kind of magic and a stronger power when unleash, but a very dissimilar kind of weakness, Lucy felt awe as she stared at the boy who went back to his laying position after that explanation, she was strong as Lucy can sense, and he may be even more powerful than Natsu ever was.

Still staring at the boy, she was about to ask other question, more specifically on what he originally wishes to do, and that if he was really willing to come with her, until he was beaten to it by him with a statement that made Lucy, dumbfounded. "Don't you have the same kind of magic? Taking in the forms of your zodiac spirits and using their power at your will?" Lucy was not sure how to take and answer that question because for once, she was at a lost at what the conversation was about. She was not sure what the boy said, and if she heard him right, that she had the ability to take in different forms with her zodiac spirit. She was not sure about that and does not know how to make of it, at first Lucy thought that maybe he was just making her confuse, pulling up some kind of prank, but the boy had a look of curiosity, and confusion as well, as if he had said something that he shouldn't or she was not aware of. So she asks him back regarding this. "What do you mean by take forms of the zodiac?"

"Sure you're not aware of the king's gift onee-san? The power of the stars, the celestial dress?" He was asking as if to clarify himself so that I would understand what he meant, but Lucy just shook her head, not knowing a single thing about such ability?

"I take that as a no, not even your spirits have told you about this? He inquired.

"Not really, I haven't been talking with much people recently." Lucy said shyly, her cheeks dusting pink about that.

"What?! What have been doing all this time? Trying to make life or feel like you're miserable?" He asks again whilst sitting up this time and staring at the blonde whom just blush a deeper shade of red and looked away, making him look at her coldly. "Really? Okay, let me have you instructed about this properly." He sigh feeling like the adult amongst them, just this once

He looks up again, seriously this time, which made Lucy seat at her bed properly as she awaited his explanation. "The king holds the ability of the stars, and realm beyond mortal. The celestial realm. His powers are quite vague, that it can be used as any other kind of, and one thing the king has with this power is to bestow power to another person, a celestial mage." Stopping for a second to look at his companion, before continuing. "But the king does not give the power freely to anyone, not at least he or she is someone whom the king saw through their heart and is deemed worthy to wield such power. What the king has given you onee-san, is what we all know as the star dress. It has the ability to incorporate the powers of a certain spirit to your body and as indication, a wardrobe change happens." He barely said the last part, but Lucy caught on to it.

"So in short, I can use the same abilities of my spirit and that would happen like requip magic?"

"Something like that.. Yeah." He replied, laying down and continue on finishing the magazine.

"What do I have to do to use this magic? Does it come with its own incantation?"

"No incantations and I can teach you how it may work, one way or another, but mostly it would be you finding out more on it." Then he yawned, hugs a pillow to his chest, said his goodnight and slept. Before could even ask anything he was already sleeping away to lala land, though in this case more like snoring. Lucy just sigh, the revelation of a new kind of magic in her was quite overwhelming to say the least, she did have a long big day, so she just shrugged and let sleep take over. Besides, she still got some legal papers to work on tomorrow.


LUCY'S POV

It was another day, as Lucy had thought. Finishing everything up to have Kain becomes legally a Heartfilia. That kind of took longer than I thought it would but at least she didn't have much trouble processing the papers. So not that that is done, Kain now bears the name of the Heartfilia. She should celebrate this with her new brother also she still had some questions to ask about late last night with her magic and all. I skipped through this small village back on the way to our small inn hugging an envelope to my chest. Maybe I should get breakfast as well. Then my belly grumbled. Lots of food.

As I reach the small inn, I greeted the owner of the said building, the town didn't have much building or houses, but the area was large that the houses and buildings were a few meters apart. And once in I requested to order a large buffet of breakfast, consisting of some of the usual pancakes, eggs and bacon and the house special. When I got back on our room, Kain was still asleep and has quite been for almost some time. But I just shrugged it off, knowing that maybe he has been quite tired or just sleeps that long. Should I ask a few more things about him? I wonder.

Kain woke up a few minutes after I have come back. And another few minutes after that when the food I ordered came in. Kain and I were eating and talking when a sudden knock came into our door. Not expecting such, and maybe it was just the owner, I went up and reached for the door, and was surprised to see someone other than the owner. He was small, a round man, with a gray mustache and hair that was combed back. He was wearing a Jumper and a red checkered shirt on top. His boots were black and a worried expression was found on the man's face.

"I'm so sorry to interrupt you this early in the morning miss. I am Harold, the mayor of the town and I was hoping that I could have at least a minute of your time to discuss something that is important." He said, holding his old cowboy hat to his chest. I just smiled and nodded in understanding, opening the door to let the mayor inside. I saw that Kain was still eating and seem to be confuse at seeing the new visitor. The mayor sat down at a small chair on the dinner table and nodded at Kain who just nodded back and continued eating. I closed the door and headed for my seat.

"First of all, thank you for your time, I would not really come and knock on your door knowing that you are still resting and maybe on vacation or is just passing by, but there is a matter that is happening on this town that we needed the assistance of mages for it." He started. "I know that you are Lucy Heartfilia of the Fairytail and we were eager to know that you have stayed in the town last night. We are hoping that you can look over this request of ours since it has been months that we escalated this concern that no one guild has responded yet. I know that we may not have much to offer but I only want the safety of the town's folks. The longer that this stays unresolved, the more that it becomes dangerous and stressful for us."

"I understand Mayor, but may I know what seems to be causing a problem for you or what is the problem itself?" I ask

"A few months ago, everything at this town was all at peace, up until that day when a group of unknown people came into the center of the town and demanded stuffs. We all were angry at first for having such intruders, disrespect us in our town, until they have shown their magic that we all became scared, they demanded food, money and many more valuably things from us, they even hurt a few of the locals and some were…." He paused and dread seemed to place over the mayor's face. "…were killed. We didn't know what to do, so we sent some request in secret to some guilds and awaited for any responses but we were unsuccessful that is when one day, one of the man I sent to send the letters were tied up in the center of the town all bruises and cuts. I couldn't bear the sight of it. It made me angry and frightened all the same. Since it seems that the last hope that we have has been taken as well." I couldn't help but felt angry, angry at the people who have done such terrible things and sadness for how the locals have felt all about this. I look back at the mayor and he was already in tears. He seemed to be tear upon on what he must be done and shouldn't. He was scared, scared for the life of his own people. I stood up my hands still at the table still bowing and looking at my hands. Then I look back at the mayor then to Kain who had stopped eating and has a glare set up on his face upon hearing the story.

"Don't worry mayor. Let us handle this one for you." I said with much hope and assurance hoping that it would reach out to the man in front of me. He smiled back; somehow it feels like it was the first time that he actually felt happy for months.


"Okay, so what's the plan sis?" Kain asks, his voice was low as to not make any actions that would show our great hiding spot. By that I meant the small bush a few feet away from the said group of mages terrorizing the town, with creepy bugs trying to crawl around my back, as I could feel it, that left me shuddering and trying to hold it to so to not to show much of our hiding place.

"Let me think, I said." Now being immune with said bugs as I think taking my mind off of it for at least a few minutes. "There are at least 7 of them, and each should have their own kind of magic. We need to be at least careful and no –"I cut off as I saw Kain screaming something like freedom before taking out his sword and slashing the first man, falling to the ground after. I sigh, really? This could have gone better if we planned, but oh well, might as well just join in the crazy fun. I cringed as I saw another one flew to a nearby tree besides the bush I am hiding in and fell to the ground. Sighing again I stood up, with a key at hand I summoned, Scorpio.

"We are! Hello there beautiful master. What do we have here?" He smirked looking at the all still confuse group of bandit wizards.

"Can you take care of them, Scorpio?" I ask in neutral. I was so mad at these punks. And Scorpio nodded and his smirked just got even wider if that was even possible. He then readies his tail before saying his signature 'we are' and sends them all flying with the sands. In not less than a few minutes all the bandits are caught and was already being tied down by Virgo.

"That wasn't much fun" Kain said by my side. Looking dissatisfied with the outcome, and yawned, walking away with his hands on the back of his head. Then I remember that I had something to tell him earlier before all this. "Kain" He stopped and looks back at me, a questioning look at his face. He seems bored but I just smiled my biggest smile since the guild. "Welcome to the family" I said and my new little brother just flash that goofy grin of his.