Story Tags : Humor, occasional ecchi, Romance, Reverse Harem, Language, OOC Behavior (with explanation), Strong!Smart!Lucy, Spoilers
Disclaimer : I hereby declare that I do not own Fairy Tail nor do I own Durarara. Need further proof? If I did own Fairy Tail Lucy would be more badass and if I did own Durarara Izaya would have more screen time
Chapter Three
Amnesiac's First Impression
A blond haired girl wearing a pair of blue jeans and a salmon pink long sleeved shirt stared outside of the taxi cab's window in wonder, "So lively..." she murmured in a trance observing the streets of Ikebukuro, she envied the people who all had something to do and knew themselves. The way those people are probably connected to others while she is all alone.
"Too noisy if you ask me" Shingen, the man who had adopted her, stated earning the amnesiac's attention
"Umm, why are you wearing a gas mask?" she hesitantly asked, in the past few days she learned that the man was insane. Or really crazy. Maybe both.
"The air here in Tokyo is filthy" Shingen answered in a serious tone
"Is that so? I didn't notice..." the amnesiac said, to her the air was the same as back in the U.S, it was foreign, so strange and unfamiliar to her making her lose hope that she'll ever recover her memories.
"I didn't expect you to, just keep reading that book so I can test you later" Shingen ordered pointing at the book on the amnesiac's lap
The girl frowned at the book, she didn't understand why the man wanted her to read a book about myths but she enjoyed the book nonetheless despite knowing that these myths are probably false "Okay Shingen-san.."
"Call me father"
"Eh?"
"I wish my son was obedient like you" Shingen sighed dramatically
The amnesiac had to bite back a witty retort about how she's lucky she isn't his daughter, instead she merely patted the man's shoulder awkwardly "There, there I'm sure he's just going through a phase"
"Well he is going to high school, maybe his friends are a bad influence. But then again my son has always been a like that, so he's probably the bad influence to whatever friend he has. I doubt he even has any"
The amnesiac really was a bit put off at the man's input of his own son and had to wonder if the man was bipolar when it came to being a father. She doubted he was good father material, but she couldn't really judge since she willingly allowed him to adopt her. Maybe she should have chosen to go to an orphanage in the U.S, and as she glanced at the man who was still muttering about how filthy the air was she had to wonder if it was too late.
"Celty-kun probably forced him to make some" the man mused
"Celty-kun?" the amnesiac echoed flipping the page of her book
"One of your new guardians, you'll be meeting her soon"
"Celty? That doesn't sound like a Japanese name" the amnesiac mused tilting her head to the side, in her recent and limited memories she had deduced that it was a habit of her to tilt her head to the side when she's curious or musing.
"She's from Ireland" Shingen shortly said
"Ireland?" the amnesiac questioned, however Shingen didn't divulge her desire to know where exactly Ireland is. She didn't call him out on it or get irritated. Well, the last part was a lie. She had puffed her cheeks out irritation, another habit she learned she probably has, as she decided to visit a library and buy some books from book stores.
Heh, she was going to take full advantage of having her living expenses covered. Alright, that was a lie. The amnesiac played with the idea but decided not to, she would feel too guilty otherwise. It was a mystery how she could forget memories yet remember emotions.
"When do we get there?" she decided to ask, the book she was reading was undeniably interesting to her for some odd reason, but she didn't feel comfortable reading in a car.
"Ten minutes..."
"Celty~" Shinra practically purred as he tried to tackle the headless woman, tried being the keyword as seen by how Celty merely stepped out of the way resulting in the eccentric high school student to hit the floor
[Why did you call to tell me to come home?] Celty typed out a bit irritated, she had a feeling that she was so close to finding her missing head or maybe she was being delusional? Either way, she didn't want to waste her free time.
"That was so mean Celty!" Shinra comically cried before peering up at the phone that was practically shoved to his face "Oh, well my father called and told me to make sure we're home, seems like he has a surprise for us"
[Somehow I'm not really interested in this so called "surprise", your father is a bit...]
Shinra chuckled not in the slightest offended at the jab to his father "Yeah" he nodded in agreement as Celty helped him up, "But frankly I don't care about him, just say the word and I'll ride you off into the s-" he was cut off by a light slap at the back side of his head
"Ouch! Jeez Celty, I was just trying to verbalize my intense and passionate love for you!" Shinra exclaimed prompting Celty to hastily type [I'm not interested] it was blunt, but Celty had to make a point. A human and a dullahan? To her it was impossible, the fact that she considers herself a monster of sorts doesn't help either. Shinra made a show of clutching his chest as if he had been shut by a bullet "Rejected again! You know when you play hard to get it just makes me want you more?"
[I-I'm not p-playing hard to get!] Celty quickly typed out, before Shinra could say anything else there was a knock on the door [Must be your father]
Sighing at the interruption of his Celty time Shinra made his way to the door, he was greeted by the sight of a blond haired girl with brown eyes which just sorta stared at him unblinkingly "Uh, good evening?" it came out more of a question due to his surprise. It wasn't exactly every day he gets a kid knocking at his door
The girl nodded in acknowledgement before blatantly analyzing him, it didn't really unnerve him but she could have been more subtle. Her eyes went to his shoes, to his casual clothes consisting of a pair of jeans and a shirt and then finally to his facial structures. A flicker of recognition flashed through her eyes before she did a customary greeting bow "Good evening, you must be Shinra-san, yes?" there was a slight accent to her way of speaking that you'd have to pay attention to notice, aside from that her Japanese was fluent
"Yeah, is there something you need?" the high school student aspiring underground doctor asked
"I was told that there would be a Celty-san as well..." the girl murmured
"Celty?" Shinra questioned and as if she had perfect timing the headless rider appeared with a newly typed out message [Who's at the door?] before gazing at the girl also radiating an confused aura at the girl's sudden appearance
"Pleased to meet you Celty-san," the girl bowed out of politeness before straightening up "I have a message of sorts along with a folder to deliver for you" she informed eyeing both the teen and the woman
"A message?" Shinra echoed
The girl nodded "From Shingen-san, he said 'I have important business to attend and I'll be home tomorrow or the day after'," she recited in what both suspected to be an impression of Shingen, which was quite good.
[The folder?] Celty prompted, she felt a slight shudder as the girl stared unblinkingly at her yellow helmet or specifically where her eyes should be as if knowing she didn't have a head
"A-ah," the girl eventually responded extending a folder towards the two "Sorry in advance..." they briefly wondered why the girl was apologizing before opening the folder to reveal a guardianship form with their names on it, however there was a blank on the name of the person they were supposed to be guardians for. They looked back at the girl who instantly seemed to understand their silent question "Shingen-san has recently adopted me into the Kishitani household under the guardianship of Shinra-san and Celty-san," here she bowed in apology "Sorry for the rather...unorthodox way of laying down the news, I had asked Shingen-san to inform you beforehand but he was insistent on me being a surprise"
The puzzle piece fell into place in both the newly made guardians' minds, an awkward silence filled the air wherein the girl merely fiddled with her shirt humming slightly.
"W-well first things first, would you like to come inside, uh," Shinra trailed off subtly asking for a name
"I don't remember my name, so call me whatever you want, Shingen-san referred to me as 'blond' and 'amnesiac girl', and yes I'd very much like to come inside."
Shinra blinked and even Celty tilted her head at the weird sentence.