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Yeah, I want one of them paired with Natsu, and it seems like the Lisanna ship has sailed with all of the reviews. Hehe, indeed he could for Lucy, so she doesn't get so bent out of shape about it all. you've got a point, I know Juvia is pretty wild, and some might say insane some of the time, but she does deserve love too, and not after like, 400 plus chapters or something of one sided affection? It always seemed weird to me. Irene would be a good choice, and she does have pretty rotten luck with men it seems. He won't like it at least, seeing people being imprisoned, and such. That would be pretty funny to see, Kazuya keeping them in check when they try something destructive. And yeah, I don't see why not, those two are quite cute with one another. They all seem pretty cool ideas, I quite like them! Dark/evil girls are always fun to write about though, so I can see the appeal, and most, if not all of them, are very pretty/cute/down right sexy, so yeah, appeal is checked. He is gonna have a nickname, I just haven't decided it. Oberon, that might not be so bad. And yeah, those names are good, I quite like them! And here's the update!
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Life just gets complicated!
"Excuse me, but have you heard of a girl that goes by the name of Ultear?"
Kazuya had asked the tenth person he came across, but he got the usual "Buzz off kid!" or rather, he swore using the f word, but Kazuya didn't want to hear that, and the man himself said it while swiping their hands at him, causing him to move his body backwards, avoiding the persons hand actually touching him.
It had been exactly one year, since Kazuya had escaped hell, as he would call it. During that time, he had wandered around Earthland for different things, mostly to find where Ultear was, since, despite her abandoning him, he wouldn't give up…he didn't have anyone else in the world that would love him, besides…
"I'm sorry Kazuya-sama, it seems like everyone is being bad today…they should be a little nicer to a child…even if they don't have time, they shouldn't use such bad language with you Kazuya-sama, I am sorry that they are doing that…"
Aries.
If it wasn't for her, Kazuya was sure that he wouldn't be around for much longer.
But in the year they had been together, they had grown closer.
If it wasn't for her, he was sure that his sanity would've gone by now, but thankfully it didn't. Though, his hate for humans hadn't dwindled in the year that they had been travelling together, as evidence by the face he made right now.
"Humans are horrible people anyway, so it isn't your fault, never think that I'd blame you for anything, since you're my only friend now. As I said, they abandon, hurt, and always torture. I mean, this town alone is full of liars, people that steal from others, and even do lewd acts on the street and even rip people off too. I'm telling you, I'm sure that I'm not human because I'd never do any of these things that these people do. It is too disgusting what these things do with each other. No matter where I go, it is all the same."
Kazuya spat out as he walked towards the town, Aries following after him.
Aries looked at Kazuya, and couldn't help admiring how he was so tough.
Many probably would've given up by now, but not Kazuya.
He had been through many things in his young life. He wasn't well off either. He only had rags for clothing, and he didn't own anything else. The only thing he did own, was her key, and that was it. Even then, he never stopped going forward, he always seemed to be moving to a new destination, and never surrendered, even if the situation looked bleak.
"Kazuya-sama, please don't give up, I know it seems bad now. But, there are good humans out there…please forgive me! I didn't mean to insinuate that I was right and you're wrong! I-I just want you to see that good humans to exist!"
Aries had become slightly more relaxed in their time together. But, every now and again, she went back to apologizing for basically nothing. At least, nothing that Kazuya could see, and talk about too, when she was probably more right than he was, considering that she knew more of the world than he did.
"Ooh Aries-chan, you're so cute when you're flustered~ You never have to apologize to me~ You're just silly~"
Though he was usually cold to everyone else. He just couldn't be cold with Aries, and always loved having fun with her.
"Mouuuu…Kazuya-sama is teasing me again…"
Aries made a pouty face as they continued going into the town.
The town itself wasn't all that big, it was just big enough for maybe fifty people to live in it comfortably. Though to Kazuya, it seemed that most of the people were bad people anyway. And he wasn't all that excited about it either.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to tease you. I just find it enjoyable to tease my Spirit-chan sometimes~ Is it so bad to do something like that Aries-chan? Does it make me a bad person?"
Even saying the word 'person' just seemed to be a weird thing for him to say.
He didn't like saying it, as he didn't like considering himself a human.
Obviously, he was human, he looked human at least. So, he couldn't say that he was anything else. But, just saying it seemed to put a bad taste in his mouth that wouldn't disappear so quickly, he didn't like it in the slightest.
"No~ Kazuya-sama isn't a bad person at all~ Don't worry about something like that…b-but, it seems that Kazuya-sama wasn't able to find any clues on Ultear-sama this time either…Kazuya-sama, maybe she just doesn't want to be found."
At that…Kazuya developed a cold, and stern face.
"I don't care what she wants." He spoke coldly, Aries however wasn't surprised though, knowing what he was most likely thinking. "She's clearly not thinking right, if she thinks Brain can actually do anything for her. No matter what she thinks, it can't be right if going to that monster is the answer. He must've done something to her that I don't know about…w-why would she ever think that going to him was a good idea? It doesn't make sense to me…"
Kazuya truly didn't know why she did what she did.
Over the year he had been free, he had been trying to figure out why she did what she did.
But he didn't ever get the answer that he wanted. He just didn't understand why she did what she did. Why she left, and why she went back to Brain for power, or whatever she truly wanted. He wished he could've stopped her, and regrets it every single day of his life.
"Kazuya-sama, since it is getting dark soon, maybe we should begin to think about getting you accommodations?"
"Oh, right. Okay…" He looked around, and saw a nearby bench. Walking over to it, he sat down, and got out a makeshift wallet that Aries made for him from her wool powers. "Let's see what's in the old wallet, shall we?"
"Y-Yes! That would be good! B-By the way, where did you get the jewels from…?"
Aries had an idea, but she never truly thought of asking.
He didn't start getting much, the odd one or two, until recently.
"I stole them of course."
He wasn't even ashamed to admit it, he didn't have the concept that it should be something he shouldn't do.
"Kazuya-sama, y-you shouldn't steal…eek! S-Sorry! B-But, even then, s-stealing is a b-bad thing Kazuya-sama! P-Please don't steal anymore!"
"How else am I supposed to get money then?"
At that…Aries was stumped.
He did bring up a good point.
How was he supposed to get money?
It wasn't like he could actually take jobs that Wizards actually did. He knew some magic, but he wasn't a full Wizard. He was still only 8 years old at this point, so he wasn't really qualified to do much. And people usually jumped to conclusions when they saw him, due to the way that he was forced to dress since he was in essence, someone that was quite poor.
"W-Well…erm…you have a good point…"
"Don't worry, I don't just steal everyone's money that I see. Only people that are bad to me personally, or bandits that try something with me on the road. Geez, I don't know which is worse sometimes. Being with Brain, or out here. It seems wherever I go, I'm always going to be tortured. At least here, I can…run away from it all…Ultear…"
He usually thought of her when times were bad.
She always was there for him, since the day that she came to the facility. He remembered quite clearly the day that she actually came to the facility, him having been there longer, and remembered how she talked about her Mother, someone that he wasn't able to find afterwards.
"Kazuya-sama, shouldn't we check the money?"
Snapping him out of his thoughts, Kazuya nodded blindly.
"Yes…let's check the money."
Kazuya opened the wallet, and some jewels could be seen inside.
Aries took them off him, and counted them, as he really didn't know how to do that yet.
He wasn't concerned with that.
He was, quite intelligent for his age, that was true. But, since he was locked in a prison for so long, he had trouble with some subjects, though Aries was doing her best to help with that and he was coming along quite well.
"It seems that Kazuya-sama doesn't have enough for a room for the night." She conceded, giving him the wallet back. "But, it does seem that Kazuya-sama would be able to afford a sandwich and a drink too. So, Kazuya-sama would be able to eat."
"I don't need to eat. I only ate the other day."
He brushed her off, not really wanting to spend the money he had right now, wanting to save it for, something else that they might need.
"B-But, that was four days ago Kazuya-sama. Humans need to eat sometimes too."
"Was it really four days ago?"
Kazuya was genuinely shocked, he didn't think it was so long ago that he had eaten.
He always was just given food, whenever. He, didn't really have a concept of when and where the food was going to come from. Days would go by, and he wouldn't even realize that he needed something to eat.
"Yes, it was four days ago Kazuya-sama. you do need to eat more, you've not got enough…erm, meat on your bones, I think the saying goes…please consider getting something to eat…"
"Hehe, I guess you're right. I'm so used to going days on end without food that I don't even notice it. I'm glad you're here Aries-chan, I seriously think that I would die if you weren't around, I wouldn't be able to survive."
That's what he thought to be true.
He honestly didn't know what he would've done without Aries.
The world was vast, and he was a tiny spec in that. He didn't know the ways of the world. He never had to deal with jewels in his life before, currency wasn't something he was taught. He didn't know the landscape of different places. He didn't even have many clothing, just the ones on his back, and that was it.
"Hehe, I've never met someone like Kazuya-sama~ He always speaks so weirdly yet sweetly too~"
"Aah, that's me, I suppose. Sweet, yet weird…maybe. Anyway, food huh. Let's go and get some!"
"Y-Yes!"
Together, they jumped off the bench, and went to get some food.
"W-What's this, Aries-chan?"
Kazuya pointed towards a certain sandwich within the shop.
Aries bent over to inspect it, not realizing that the shop keeper was checking her out with a perverted look on his face.
Kazuya though caught it, and shot him a death glare, something that he had to do with most people that kept looking at Aries inappropriately, even if he didn't really know why they stared, he didn't like how bad it looked.
"I believe this is called egg and bacon sandwich. I've heard humans like this one too."
"Oh, I see…hmmmm, maybe there are some more things around…"
Kazuya looked all around the shop, as the store owners eyes were on his form.
Though Aries didn't notice it, Kazuya did notice it, and knew that the eyes were the same as the others who looked upon him, and formed the same opinion that they usually did, and he didn't care to repeat such a process ever again.
He didn't want to really be in the firing line of another verbal onslaught, he had had enough of those things in his life, and wanted to just go to a place where he wouldn't be…bothered.
Though, he still wanted to find her…he wanted to find Ultear. However, that dream seemed to be slipping away longer that he wasn't able to find her. But, he didn't give up, he was going to find her, eventually.
"Oh, then I will get this egg and bacon thingy Aries-chan. And some milk too."
"Kazuya-sama, you surely do love your milk."
"There's nothing wrong with milk." He defended, picking up a carton of milk. "I love milk, it is the best ever. Don't ever say anything bad about milk Aries-chan. It gives you strong bones, and teeth…a-at least, it says that on the bottle…"
"Yes, it does! N-Now, let's go, and pay for these, yes?"
"Yes! That seems good!"
They go towards the shop, and hand the stuff over to the shopkeeper, who just stares at Kazuya.
From his eyes, Aries guessed what the man was thinking about, based on the way that Kazuya was dressed.
Once asking for the money, Kazuya twitched his eyes.
"T-That's a rip off!" He barked, then receded with a timid smile. "O-Or, that's very cheap!" He argued, then turned to Aries, whispering. "W-Which is it exactly? C-Cheap or rip off?"
He didn't know that well of how it would be. He didn't know if it was cheap, or if it was a rip off, he just didn't know.
Aries didn't have a problem with telling him though, she actually liked doing such things.
"Erm…I would say it is the usual amount. So, neither cheap or a r-rip off Kazuya-sama."
"Oh…well, okay then…"
Aries took out the money, handing it to the man, and then took the stuff with him.
However, as they walked, Kazuya heard the man snickering to himself, confusing Kazuya.
"Is something wrong?"
Kazuya turned around and saw that he was looking towards the snickering man.
"I was just wondering where a street rat got money from."
"S-Street rat…"
Those words stung.
He knew that's what he essentially was, but he didn't have any control over there.
"Obviously, that's what you are." He glanced over the boys body. "Your clothes are a dead giveaway. I don't know if I should call someone to come and get you. Perhaps, you're a thieve. I've seen how you've been eyeing up my stuff."
"I just paid for something, didn't I? If I wanted to steal from you, wouldn't I just, you know, do it!?"
His rage was real.
He didn't think that he should be getting this kind of treatment, when he didn't even do anything other than pay for something.
"T-That's right!" Aries defended, not liking how the man was accusing Kazuya. "H-He's a good boy, and wouldn't steal unless it was from bad people! S-So, please don't confuse my Kazuya-sama with a bad person. A-And you know, saying that to customers, paying customers at that who were leaving, is really bad."
"Oh sweetheart, don't worry so much. For the things he stole-"
"I didn't steal anything!"
"-we could work something out?" He ran his disgusting eyes over Aries form, the girl herself feeling embarrassed, Kazuya's eyes turning slowly darker and darker. "Yeah, you're very pretty. Perhaps, you can ditch the brat, and come work here for me?"
"N-No thank you. Kazuya-sama, can we go now?"
Kazuya glared at the man, but nodded his head at Aries.
"Yeah, we can go."
Kazuya agreed, and turned around, intending to leave with Aries.
However, he felt the man coming up from behind him, and a dark aura slowly wrapped around the young boys body. With each step taken, Kazuya was getting more angry, and his magical power was manifesting into something else, something more…sinister looking.
"Now, wait a second girl, you have to pay for the things she-"
"SHE SAID NOOOOOOOO!"
From his body, magic erupted.
He didn't know how to control it properly.
But each time he was truly angry, especially if someone ever tried anything with Aries, this strange aura would surround his body, and be released in a large burst of concentrated power, which this attack seemed to be.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Half of the shop was blown away from his magical power alone, and the man went flying through the air too, crashing against the other side of the shop.
His magic also blew out the windows, shattering them into nothingness, even the glass itself didn't land on the ground, like it was evaporated from his own magical power, and caused the ground to shake around him, and the accompanying shops too, even the street outside was shaking.
"Oh…Aries-chan! We should just go with what we've got before he tries anything else. He looks a little bad to me, he really could be up to something, and I don't want to stay around to see what's going to happen next."
"Good idea Kazuya-sama, let's go."
Taking his hand and the stuff they had paid for, they ran out of the shop, and down the streets, not wanting to be bothered by anyone else.
Elsewhere, the large Dragon slowly crept across the ground, sniffing the air.
It seemed to be searching for something, or someone.
Its large teeth would show every once in a while, and then it's claws would slice through trees, making them look like toothpicks. Thankfully, it seemed like the Dragon was out in the middle of nowhere.
However, that soon seemed to be the new reality, when it felt something…
It felt a spike of magical power, somewhere, and he knew that the magical power, was the one that he was searching for, and that only made a sinister grin to appear on the Dragon's evil looking face, dark intentions being known.
In another place, a young woman walked through a densely wooden area, carrying what appeared to be a basket.
She seemed to be just strolling along, sighing as she stared at the sky.
"It'll be night soon…" She mused to herself. "Kazuya, where are you…? I wish you'd stop moving around and let me find you already…"
It seemed regretful, that the woman couldn't find him.
It almost seemed painful that he wasn't able to find where he was supposed to be going either.
However…it then happened.
A ray of hope dawned upon her as she felt it again…
"That's where you are, Kazuya…stop moving around, so I can find and protect you…you silly boy…"
Taking in a big gulp of air, the girl moved as fast as she possibly could in hopes that she would be able to find him, getting closer and closer each time to when she sensed his power, and she would find him eventually, she knew that she would.
A few hours after that event, Kazuya and Aries found themselves deep within a forest.
Trees surrounded them from all sides, though Aries had just finished making a wall of wool, a thick and dense wall that covered up to a good high degree. It was so thick that not many would be able to get through. Aries even took the precaution that she made it appear above his head too, so it was like his own sealed off little box. Of course though, she left some holes here and there, so air could come in so he didn't die of lack of oxygen. She even left a place where Kazuya would be able to see out, knowing that he liked looking at the trees, and other things at night.
"And, there Kazuya-sama. The wall has been set."
Aries panted as she walked towards the bed that was made of her wool. There was even a pillow, and blanket of wool too. It was the bed that Kazuya would be using for the night. He never really needed to think about getting a bed for the night, because Aries' wool bed always felt the best.
"Aah, thank you Aries-chan, you're the best. I'm sorry for making you do all of this for me."
He truly was grateful to her.
Aries didn't see it as special, and became flustered as she moved to the left of Kazuya, seeing him opening the bag that he had, and took out the sandwich, Aries glad that he was eating regardless, since he seemed to miss doing that sometimes.
"O-Ooh! Please don't be worried Kazuya-sama! I'm just sorry that the mean man jumped to conclusions…"
Aries did regret that.
It just showed Kazuya the dark part of humanity.
She wished that one day, he'd see the good side of it.
Even after a year, they rarely came across anyone that was a good person. And it wasn't like they would go out of their way to show how good they are. Aries wished that she knew more humans so she could show Kazuya what was what and how kind humans actually could be.
"Like I always say, once a disgusting human, always a disgusting human. They are all evil without exception. Spirit's are the best, after all. I wish to meet some more Spirit's in the future…" Aries looked towards him with a cute puppy dog expression. "A-Ah! N-Not to say that Aries-chan isn't the best ever! B-But, if all Spirit's are like Aries-chan, then I know that it would be for the best, don't you think so!?"
"K-Kazuya-sama, d-do you want more Spirits than me…?"
She almost sounded…jealous.
Kazuya though wouldn't believe that Aries ever would be jealous of something like that.
"Erm…w-well, more friends is always a good thing…I don't see why not..."
"Uuu…w-well, please always think of me Kazuya-sama too!"
"Silly." He petted her head, giving her a cute blush on her cheeks. "You are my first Spirit-chan Aries-chan. I wouldn't ever forget you…unlike Ultear forgot me…a-ah well, I guess it doesn't matter now. Aries-chan, I presume you don't want to…" He suddenly paused, when he saw a flash of light. "Wow…d-didn't that come from the town where we were before?"
Kazuya pointed towards the town, and saw that it was engulfed in light.
Aries looked towards the light, becoming suspicious.
"That light…m-maybe they are just light from the lightbulbs and such? Maybe they are having a party or something…?"
She didn't want to alarm Kazuya, as she thought that it was something more…darker than a party.
Kazuya though seemed to be completely relaxed.
"Figures that they'd have a party when I wouldn't be there, huh."
For Kazuya, that was supposed to be a joke, Aries thought that it was funny anyway.
"Seems so, Kazuya-sama. B-But, what are you going to do now Kazuya-sama?"
"Aries-chan, you can go back to the Spirit World if you like? You've been here all day with me, I don't want to always keep you from your home."
"B-But, I don't mind at all! I love staying with Kazuya-sama!"
She expressed her words joyfully, and without any hesitation either besides her natural stutter that sometimes shined through.
"Even then, it seems like I'm always occupying your time…"
"B-But, that's because Kazuya-sama is someone I really care about, and Kazuya-sama doesn't have anyone else around. I don't want Kazuya-sama to be upset, or in pain, or lonely. So, I always want to be around Kazuya-sama, and make his life better than what it is now. Kazuya-sama you'll be okay with me staying around sometimes, yes?"
"Aries-chan…I'm glad that you're around. But, this place…you can't live here indefinitely. But don't worry, I'll see you again soon! Please go and enjoy yourself! Have a good time in the Spirit World Aries-chan, with all your friends!"
"…If you're sure…"
Aries didn't seem like she wanted to leave, but Kazuya reassured her.
"Yes! Please enjoy yourself Aries-chan!"
Kazuya was putting on a brave smile.
He didn't want her to go, of course he didn't.
But he wasn't selfish enough to always keep her around, knowing that she needed to go back and have her own life too, even if it meant being away from him.
"O-Okay then Kazuya-sama. If that's how you feel, then I can't complain…e-even then, I do wish for you to have a good nights sleep, and keep alert…please don't put yourself into any dangerous situations…o-oh! C-Can I also have a picture with you too? I make some of the Spirits jealous with them~"
"You do?"
Aries nodded shyly, poking her fingers together.
"I-I do! Aquarius-san and Virgo-san are always wanting to see Kazuya-sama and how he grows, and such. I-I tell them the tales of our a-adventures, s-since they are my closest friends. I-I'm sorry if I am not allowed to actually do that!"
Kazuya giggled, waving her off.
"Not at all. I'm just glad that the Spirits like me enough to care how I am getting along~"
In the end, that's all Kazuya seemed to love.
The Spirits.
He seemed to really love them, over humans anyway.
He'd rather hang out with a Spirit than a human any day.
He just didn't get along with humans at all. Though, he didn't ever seem to meet nice ones.
"And…one day, you'll meet them Kazuya-sama. You don't know it, but you're quite rare of a Master…I know that you don't like being called that, but that's what you are…and you're just so kind, caring, and loving to us Spirits. It is a breath of fresh air to the usual kind of people that treat us badly. My last Master before your Onii-sama, that person wasn't a nice person, and treated me badly. I am glad that Kazuya-sama was the one that has my key now."
"I'm glad that Aries-chan is my Spirit~ Now, take the picture, and head off home for a good time with your friends~"
"Y-Yes, Kazuya-sama!"
Aries produced a camera (Kazuya didn't know where, since it came from between her breasts, and he was sure they couldn't house things, he believed), and put the pair of them together. smiling towards the camera, she took a picture, and a magical photo was made, it coming out the bottom of the camera as she put it away.
Kazuya watched as Aries smiled happily.
"Is it good Aries-chan?"
"Y-Yes, the best ever! Thank you Kazuya-sama! T-Then, I will take my leave! Goodbye, and have a good night! Please summon me tomorrow!"
"Yes…I shall summon you tomorrow."
Aries held the picture tightly in her hand as she slowly was surrounded by a golden light.
She waved towards Kazuya who did the same, until she disappeared.
Once she did, Kazuya was left alone again…
He was left to his own devices.
Though he knew that it would happen all the time, since he couldn't keep her there forever, it just seemed…almost disheartening that something like this would happen.
Disheartened didn't matter though, Kazuya didn't have the time to do something like that.
"Ultear…why did you…leave…? We…could've been a family…don't you even know that…? Your Okaa-sama might've abandoned you…but, I never would do something like that…I wouldn't abandon you, Ultear…I wouldn't leave you…I would've taken care of you…"
He couldn't show Aries how sad he really was. He just couldn't do it. She already was worried about him, he knew that. But, he couldn't put her through such worry, and fear, he was afraid to make her feel like that, since she already had to worry about him personally.
He allowed his head to fall against the pillow, and slowly, he drifted off to dreamland…
"Geez!" Mavis complained as she bonked Kazuya on the head. "Please stop moving around! It's very difficult to track you down, you know that!? I-It's difficult, y-you're different t-to normal, a-and I can't say t-that I can always track you down like this…please don't move away from me…"
Mavis had a pouty face, and an equally cute look to her.
Her eyes flickered, as he looked around, seeing that he was sat at some large tree. It went into the sky, and he himself was on a weird island. He was sure that he hadn't ever been there before, but he knew that Mavis probably brought him there.
"First of all, ow, that hurt. Second of all, please don't yell at me. Third of all, I can't stay still all of the time. I have a feeling that something is following after me…I always have to keep moving, so I can't ever stop anywhere."
"Yeah, that's me!"
Mavis seemed quite happy about this, but Kazuya didn't know how to say it properly.
"Not just you…I feel like, someone is trying to take me again…I've been hearing rumours that someone has been…following after me, and wants to do something sinister with me…so, I can't just stay where I am all of the time, can I…?"
Mavis didn't look pleased, but she could understand why he felt like that.
"Fine, tell me where you are right now."
"In a forest."
His bland answer wasn't something Mavis actually wanted to hear right now.
"Gwaaah!" Mavis face faulted as Kazuya tilted his head to the side. "I-I meant, which town? City? Village? Do you know where you are right now in the real world?"
"I just said, I'm in a forest. If it has a name, I don't know it. And I don't remember the towns name I was in before. Aries-chan said that to the north of where I am, there is a city there. So, I'll be heading there to see if I can get some money."
Mavis placed a hand to her chin thoughtfully.
"Well…how about, you do me a favour and stay in that city for, two days? Instead of moving on, stay there, give me time to get there. Like, find out the name of the city, slip into dreamy land, so you can tell me, then I'll come rushing right over~"
"Why do you want to find me so badly?"
That question was always on his mind.
He, didn't doubt Mavis per say.
He hadn't met her, that was true. But something about her, just something made him feel safer than normal. He couldn't even explain it at all, but Mavis was safe, he didn't know how he knew that, but he did know that, and that's what he was going to think when thinking of Mavis.
"W-Well, because I want to help you of course~ It isn't like I have an ulterior motive or anything like that."
Mavis seemed to be genuinely, but he didn't know what to do now.
He was worried if something else was going to happen now.
"Say that I do this…how do I know that you aren't trying to kill me or something?"
"I'm not trying to kill you! I, just want to find you so you, aren't alone anymore. I, know what it is like to be all alone. It, isn't a pleasant feeling, so I just wanted to save you the same heartache that I had to go through, that's all. Though, it's been so long already…I just don't want to miss anymore…so, please do something like that for me…okay? Call it, a request from me. After I meet you, I'll definitely do something kind for you."
"I don't know…I don't know what to think right now. If I do stay, and I am attacked…"
"Then that would be my fault. Trust me, just do this for me, find out where you are, and then tell me here, and wait for a little while. If you do something like that, then I will definitely help you anyway that I can."
Kazuya wasn't exactly sure if he should go along with this or not.
But he couldn't deny that he was curious about something. To see if she was real or not, he couldn't deny that he wanted to know if she was real or not now. He had been dreaming of her for so long, yet he didn't ever think that she was truly real. But now, if she was, then he was curious about many things, and wanted to know about what was going to happen in the future too.
"Okay…I'm trusting in you, Mavis-san. I'll do as you ask, only because I think that it would be good to know what's going on right now. But, I have to tell you, that if something else happens, then I will have to also take you out too."
Rather than feel threatened, the girl simply giggled to herself adorably.
"That's really cute, actually. I find myself actually finding it funny to hear something like that~ Mouuuu, it seems like I'll just have to earn your trust when I come to meet you, won't I?"
Mavis made a cute expression that only a girl like she would be able to make. To see it, Kazu actually felt his cheeks turn a little red at the thought of Mavis looking so cute. But, that soon dispelled when he shook his head.
"I suppose. Sorry for distrusting you. Honestly, these meeting's keep me kinda sane, besides with Aries-chan that is."
"If it is companionship you're looking for, why don't you head towards Fairy Tail? Didn't you tell me that you wanted to join sometime ago?"
"I'm not joining anymore."
His cold answer…
Mavis slowly looked at him, as he radiated a feeling of betrayal. She knew why he was saying that now, considering everything that he had been through during the past year.
Mavis went next to him, placing a hand on his own hand comfortingly.
"It's okay, Kazu-kun."
"Is it…? I can't go near humans anymore…they just betray you, like Ultear did…they all betray you…"
"No, I don't think that's true."
Mavis attempted to put a positive spin on it, but Kazuya didn't know what to do, and explained some reasons why he thought humans were evil.
"Well, you've probably met better humans than I have. In this year alone, I've seen horrible humans do bad things. Like, men taking advantage of women, attacking for no reason, doing disgusting acts of touching people in no-no places when they didn't want it…"
Mavis adopted a sad face, and nodded her head.
"That's a very dark part of humanity, Kazu. There are great things about humans. Like, friends. You're friends with this Aries, aren't you?"
"She's a Spirit, that's different."
Kazuya blew her off, but Mavis pressed on.
"How is it different?"
"Spirits are always kind, caring. I've never seen Aries-chan do anything bad, she's always a good girl. Even now, she always looks after me, and makes sure that my basic human…my needs are met, like hunger, and such. But, that's just…"
Mavis opened her mouth, and spoke while smiling.
"Humans can be very kind too, you know? I mean, I'm human, and I'm not that bad~ Kuku, I think that I'm actually quite a nice person~"
"Until I meet you, how I am supposed to know if you're a human or not?"
"Hmmmm, fair point. Well, I am human. At least, I was born human. You know, Fairy Tail isn't so bad. There's a few good people there. I haven't been in a while, but I know that the Third Master isn't such a bad guy. I actually named him so I know he isn't a bad guy hehehehe~"
"You…named him?"
She nodded, thrusting her thumb towards him.
"I named him Makarov, after a Prince I once heard about. Wasn't that a cool name? But he's an adorable old man, he's quite small too. Heck, even I am taller…right? I'm taller…I'm sure that I am taller than he is…either way, he's doing a good job, I think!"
Kazuya sweatdropped as Mavis' eyes sparkled.
"There's someone named Macaroni? Isn't that food? I suppose you're going to say that this person has a friend called Cheese…or something."
Mavis didn't know if he was playing with her, or genuinely thought that she said Macaroni.
"Makarov, not Macaroni."
"I'm just hearing you say the same thing at this point. Macaroni-san seems to be something new and interesting if you're talking about him. I wish he had a sidekick called Cheese though…I think that would be a cool thing…"
Mavis resisted the face fault she knew was coming, and she did it quite well.
"W-Well, either way. Wasn't it your Onii-sama's dream to be in Fairy Tail?"
"Well, he's dead, so he can't be."
"That's not how you really feel, I know it isn't."
"What do you know?"
Kazuya answered coldly, so Mavis leaned towards him with a menacing (for her) glare in her eyes, causing him to recede from her.
"I know what it is like to be alone, I know what it feels like to have the world turn their back on you. But, you know, I always had someone that was with me to help me, and that's why I am here for you, of course. See? Just think about it, anyway. Humans, they aren't so bad. It's just the real nasty ones you avoid, or kick the crap out of if they try anything~"
"Oh yeah, I know how to beat up petty thieves, and thugs and such, Aries-chan is teaching me how to do hand to hand. Apparently, she knows how to do it quite well, and I also am learning on how to learn how to use my hands and such to fight."
"Wow, is that so? Sounds good to me. Though, what about magic? Been learning anything?"
Kazuya hugged his knees as he looked into the bright blue sky.
"I haven't been able to really come up with some. I know basics like, a little lightning, water, and wind and such, but nothing concrete just yet. I've only been able to pick up a little bit here and there."
"Oh, if that's the case, then I could teach you some magic~"
"Y-You can? What could you teach me?"
"Well…I know good illusion magic, and I could…ooh! I know, I could teach you how to perform a very ultimate spell from Fairy Tail! Something that I, invented thank you very much."
Suddenly, Kazuya became starry eyed, and looked towards her while drool came from his mouth, Mavis being surprised.
"R-Really!? W-What is it exactly!?"
"Hmmm, interested?"
Mavis held a smirk on her face, glad that she keenly caught his interests.
"Yeah! Heck yeah! Ultimate magic sounds, ultimate!"
"It is indeed. There's a spell called Fairy Law, and I think that you'd be good with that one too. I think that would be the best for you~ It's a spell that targets people who the cast thinks has an evil heart, you know, enemies, and leaving friends and such safe. It is a very special spell, that only like…well, I only believe myself, and one other knows. But who knows if Makarov taught anyone else that move…either way, I wouldn't mind sharing the secrets to you~"
"Y-You wouldn't? It sounds top secret though…"
"Ooh it is. But, you're my friend~ See, that's what friends do for one another~ But, I would have to ask for something in return…"
Kazuya became suspicious.
"What's that thing then?"
"You'd have to kiss me~"
BONK!
"Not gonna happen b-baka!"
Kazuya was flustered, as Mavis pulled away, having a lump on her head.
"T-That's mean…y-you just hit me…"
"Y-You just asked for a kiss! I-I am NOT doing that with you!"
"What's wrong with me…?"
"Y-You're human!"
Mavis felt offended, and balled her hand into a fist.
"Y-You wouldn't kiss me, because I'm a human!? W-What a thing! Geez, humans kissing is something that is natural between humans! A-Are you saying that you wouldn't do that with me? Am I not good enough for you?"
Mavis developed tears in her eyes as she shook her body.
Kazuya placed a hand on his forehead, sighing.
"I-I mean, humans a-are…b-but, y-you aren't s-so bad…e-even if y-you're a human…e-even then t-that would be…h-humans are…" Kazuya looked towards Mavis with an unsure look. "B-By the way, what is kissing?"
"Gwaah!"
Like an arrow to the heart, Mavis grabbed her heart, and fell down from the large tree, crashing into the ground.
Kazuya looked over the edge, wincing.
"Uuu…seems like I've killed her…s-sorry Mavis-san! I'll make it up to you somehow in the future, with what is called a…k-kiss…it's a naughty thing, r-right? I-It sounds a little naughty…doesn't it…? Mavis-san…a-are you dead now…?"
Mavis' body twitched from the ground, she didn't answer.
She could actually believe though, that he didn't know what kissing was. Being raised in a cell would give him very limited knowledge of the world, and it didn't seem like he was actively seeking out information about humanity or connections in general, and presumed Aries didn't bring it up either.
Sitting down in a room, with a book, was a young girl.
She stared at it, not reading it, or anything.
She went to open it, but she seemed…drained of energy.
Like she couldn't be bothered with doing it.
It just seemed like there would be no reason to do something like open the book, she just couldn't be bothered.
"Kazuya…"
She murmured like she was a ghost.
Sighing heavily, the girl placed a hand on the book, sighing even deeper than before.
She had thoughts about a certain day, one year before it was now.
She recalled the bitterness of the snow.
She remembered how cold it was, and how it danced on her skin.
She remembered the rage, anger, and uneasiness of the whole situation. She even remembered who she was with there, she remembered that, and she…hated what happened during that day. She hated what she did, regretting it.
"Kazuya…Kazuya…please don't be dead…okay…?"
She begged for this to be reality.
She didn't know if it ever would be reality, or if he was actually gone.
Since it had been a year, then it would've been difficult to know if he was alive, or dead.
She did go back, eventually, to see if he was there…
But no, he wasn't there.
After escaping Brain again, this girl, had many regrets in her life, and how she never was able to…apologize for what happened.
"Ultear? What are you doing?"
She stiffened when she heard the voice behind her.
Raising a hand to her cheek, she brushed her face, and danced the fingers she had over her face, getting rid of the wetness that made itself known indifferent to what Ultear really wanted, and didn't want to show the elderly man behind her what she was feeling.
"No…it's nothing at all, don't worry about me Master. I'm just, studying something, is all."
She concealed what she was really doing, and opened the book, pretending to read.
She couldn't really read right now…she just couldn't do anything of the sort.
She, wanted to see what was going to happen with everything, and one day…perhaps she could get what she would want in her life…what she could discover in her life…and if she would ever be able to see the boy that always cared for her more than anyone else…and someone that she loved.
"Kazuya-sama, I didn't think that we would actually stay in the town…"
It had been just over two days since his dream with Mavis.
Since then, he found himself in a new city, and told Mavis where it was.
He couldn't deny that he wanted to know if she was real or not.
If she was, he had many questions.
And if she wasn't, then it wasn't a huge loss on his part.
He would find out either way soon enough where she was, and if she was going to appear before him or not. Whatever was going to happen, it wasn't going to be such a bad thing to see what was going on.
And if she turned out to be evil, then he would have to deal with that. But, he didn't sense evil from her, he sensed…something odd from her.
Something that he didn't think that he would sense…almost as if it was a kinship, like they were…almost friends, or knew one another. But that was impossible, besides the dreams, they hadn't met one another before.
"I promised that Mavis-san that I would wait here, and see what's going to happen. If it doesn't happen, then we'll move on. But, I don't see the mind if we stay together like this. It means we can take to the city, and see what's around in this human place. Isn't that what Aries-chan always wishes for me?"
"I'd wish for Ka-Kazuya-sama to interact with people more…b-but, it seems like you aren't going to do that, Kazuya-sama, are you?"
Kazuya shrugged his shoulders.
"Depends on if my feelings for humans change, but I don't think that I will do something like that."
"Ooh Kazuya-sama…e-either way, this Mavis-san, do you think you can trust this person?"
She had to ask.
It seemed weird that someone talked to him in his dreams, and if they weren't after something, she would have to wonder why they wanted to meet Kazuya so much, that was always a worrying thing that was going on.
"I've known her for quite a number of years now…I suppose anyway. I don't know how long for, I only learned about years and such not long ago, so I don't know how long it was. But, it was for a long time. So, she is actually someone that I've known for longer than you."
"Really? How long has that been…ooh, you don't know…b-but, how did you meet?"
"In my dreams, that's how it was, really. It wasn't anything other than that, Aries-chan."
Kazuya seemed to be avoiding the topic or just genuinely didn't remember how he truly met Mavis.
She always just seemed to be…there.
As long as he could remember, she was there, and now she was there too.
"I see…Kazuya-sama really does seem to know quite interesting people."
"I know you, and Mavis-san, that's it. I suppose, you two are quite interesting. I at least think Aries-chan is the best in the world! Someone I'm never going to replace, okay Aries-chan!? Never ever gonna replace you!"
As he said that, two people came walking by.
One was a beautiful young woman who looked to be in her mid to late twenties, with blonde hair. She was dressed quite beautifully, and she even seemed to be regal, somewhat.
Beside her, was a girl that looked like a mini version of the young woman, and appeared to be around Kazuya's age. She also dressed like a mini Princess would do, her hair being to a place where her shoulders fell.
Without looking, the young girl, and Kazuya crashed against one another, Kazuya turning to give them a scolding, but stopped when he saw the young woman looking down towards him, and his eyes widened slightly.
"An…"
"Hmmm? Is something wrong dear?"
The young woman questioned as the girl stood behind her.
Kazuya blinked, rubbing his eyes and then turned away from her.
"Nothing. Come on Aries-chan, let's go. We've got to think about how we're going to be getting some food, and such…"
"O-Okay Kazuya-sama."
Taking Aries hand, Kazuya was about to leave, when the young woman walked closer, and saw the key by his hip, attached to a piece of string that looked like it had seen better days, and the clothes he wore too looked like they had seen better days.
"That's a Celestial Spirit Key, isn't it? And the woman beside you…you said her name was Aries-san? The Ram key was that? Yes, I believe that's the case."
Kazuya turned towards her, and then clutched his key tightly.
"It's not for sale, and if you think of stealing it, I will knock you down…and I won't have anything to hold back with either…I won't allow this key to be surrendered to anyone…"
He was very distrustful of humans.
He just didn't like being in their company any longer than he had to be.
"Oh, I'm not after your key. That's a very precious thing to you, I wouldn't take it, nor would I ask to buy it. I was just curious, because I am quite like you."
"I'm sure we have nothing in common."
Kazuya blew her off, but the young woman continued to smile.
"Oh, we do. You see, like you, I am also a Celestial Spirit Mage too, or rather I was. I had three keys, three golden keys at that, and one day, they'll get passed onto my daughter here if she so desires such things. I just haven't seen someone like that for a long time, a young person with a golden key. I'm surprised to see that you manage to use it as well as you do. And it seems that your Spirit is happy, and healthy, I can tell by just a look. And one day, you'll probably be able to tell the same thing too."
Listening to her words, Kazuya didn't know what to make of her. If she was a good, or bad person, he didn't know. But, she had keys at one point, and if that was the case, then he couldn't hold back his voice.
"…Well, if you've had Spirits, then you best had looked after them. If you didn't, then you're unfit to hold those keys. Spirits are amazing, our friends, and are the best ever. If you don't look after them, then you can't call yourself a Celestial Spirit Mage."
Kazuya felt very strongly about this, he always felt the same when it came to Spirits, he didn't want anyone to ever abuse Spirits. He had seen people abuse humans, so Spirits were easy targets for abuse since they had to obey their Master, from what he understood.
"That's very true, young man. Holding keys is a very important thing, and looking after them is a very huge part of making bonds between the two of you, it is always a pleasure to have a thing in common between the two of you. But, you yourself. Can I ask your name?"
"No."
Kazuya denied her dryly, not wanting to associate with humans due to what he had been through in the past, as Aries pouted adorably.
"Kazuya-sama, please be kind. A-And I'm sorry for ordering you around! I didn't mean to do that!"
Kazuya couldn't argue against Aries, he couldn't fight her.
"Fine, my name is Kazuya."
"Kazuya-san, my name is Layla Heartfilia, and this is my daughter Lucy."
"Nice to meet you."
The newly named Lucy bowed her head, but Kazuya just rolled his eyes.
"I've got to go now. Bye Layla-san, Laura-san."
Aries giggled sweetly, hoping that Lucy didn't hear the slip of the name, and hoped that his words didn't come off as rude, but that's how Kazuya was with humans, he just couldn't ever trust a human for what they've done to him in the past.
Kazuya was about to turn away when Lucy pipped up.
"L-Laura? Who's Laura? My names Lucy, not Laura."
"I don't know why you said your name twice London-san, it sounds fine to me, honestly. I don't think there's anything wrong with a name like yours though, it just seems like you might now, like it or something?"
"London? What happened to Laura!?"
Lucy growled as Layla put a hand to her mouth, finding it a little funny.
"Look, Larry-san." Lucy put a hand to her mouth, and felt tears prickling her eyes. "I'm saying your name, if you're offended by that, then get a different name or something. I don't know, it sounds like you're displeased with your name, maybe Layla-san didn't like you that much or something…sorry about that by the way, it is a bad thing to happen, isn't it?"
"M-My Mama does love me!"
"Then be proud of your name Lucky-san. I presume that your Okaa-sama is Layla-san, so you should ask her for a new name or something like that."
The girls face contorted into an angry gleam that would be able to penetrate the most stoniest of walls.
"N-No! Y-You can't keep getting my name wrong when you're getting Kaa-chan's name right! W-Who's that!? Please tell me who that is! I need to know! I need to hear it from your lips because I'm surely cracking up now!"
She pointed towards Layla who just had a bemused look on her face, so Kazuya answered blandly.
"That's Layla-san."
Lucy's eyes twitched. Not her eyebrows, but her actual eyes were twitching around wildly.
"A-And, who am I?"
"Libby-san."
Lucy placed her hands on the side of her head, and felt like screaming at this point. But, she somehow managed to keep it together, though she did let out her frustrations towards the young man before her.
"Libby!? How many names do you think I have!?"
"Okay Laura-san, calm down. I'm just saying your name, but it seems like you're getting agitated about something for some weird reasons. And now I must say, bye. Come along Aries-chan, we've gotta go now, got things to do and all that good stuff."
He was going to leave, then he saw her out of his eyes.
He saw Layla once again out of the corner of his eyes…
And then looked fully towards her.
Kazuya looked at Layla once more, his eyes lingering on her for a few seconds.
In those seconds, she looked towards him too, and something…seemed to be going on.
Neither knew what it was per-say, but it did seem like something was going on between them, and neither knew what that thing was, honestly. Kazuya felt…odd when looking at Layla, like he was staring at…someone…he didn't know.
"Something wrong, Kazuya-san?"
Layla asked kindly as Kazuya shook his head.
"It's nothing. You just look like…" Suddenly, pain overcame his head. "Aah…nghhh…"
It felt like lightning was shooting through his skull, and he dropped to his knees.
He couldn't explain it, but he felt a pain running through his skull, like something was there, but not there. Like something was pressing against his skull from the inside, trying to be released, but it wouldn't be released.
"Kazuya-sama!? A-Are you alright!?"
Aries bent down as he continued wriggling around with the pain.
He didn't understand why he felt like this.
Layla was just, a normal person. But looking at her gave her something, an intensity like no other.
He usually was indifferent to physical pain, due to the years he had gone through of pain and torture, and even mental pain to a fault. But this time, it seemed like something had overcome him, and he couldn't stop the pain ripping through his body.
Layla bent down as Lucy looks on in worry, others around beginning to notice too.
"Kazuya-san, are you…"
Layla touched his shoulder, but he immediately pulled away, and yelled.
"Don't touch me human! D-Don't ever touch me…no human has the right to touch me again…d-don't even try it…" Kazuya took to his feet, and took Aries' hand. "C-Come on, let's go Aries-chan."
"O-Oh, okay Kazuya-sama."
Though everyone around was confused, Kazuya ran away with Aries in tow, leaving behind a baffled Layla and Lucy too.
When getting far enough, Kazuya sat down at a fence, pushing his back against it. Aries sat down beside him, seeing the distress in his eyes, and how his body convulsed when Layla touched him, wondering why that happened.
He thought about it, and didn't know why he did that.
He didn't know why he felt like he did, and why he seemed to be so distressed, why he seemed like he was going to have so much pain. Why, he felt like that while looking towards Layla, since he hadn't met her before?
"Kazuya-sama, you haven't reacted like that before. Is something wrong? Layla-san was being kind, wasn't she?"
Kazuya ran his fingers through his hair, and then looked towards Aries, trying to collect himself.
"Honestly, I don't know what's wrong with me…just something about her, seems to bring me a bad headache. God knows why that is. She doesn't look out of the ordinary to me…but, there was something that I can't place my finger on…I just think of something…ugh, I've never met her before though…strange, I thought that…well, I guess it doesn't matter now, huh."
"Kazuya-sama, if it matters to you, then it matters."
Aries' reassuring words allowed him to feel better than he had before.
"I guess…I'm sorry, I didn't mean to act like that…I just don't want anyone touching me unless I say it is okay…they always did that there…they always beat me…and other things when I was there without my permission…I didn't want to…I didn't want to be touched…"
"Kazuya-sama, it is okay. You don't have to worry, it is okay. No one will touch Kazuya-sama unless he says it is okay, okay Kazuya-sama?"
"Y-Yeah…I'm not going to ever be a victim again…I'm going to become strong…stronger than anyone else…and then show Brain that he will wish he was never born…more than killing him, I'm going to make him scream and bleed…he's going to pay for all of these years that he has been doing this with me…I won't allow him to win…again."
Aries took to her feet, and allowed a cute smile to appear on her face.
"Please come along Kazuya-sama! S-Since it has been about a year since we've been together, we should go a-and do something fun together!"
Aries offered her hand, which Kazuya took as he smiled up towards her.
"Y-Yes, let's go and do something fun together."
Knowing what she would do her best to make him smile, Kazuya was content with everything that was going on before him.
Walking through the town, Kazuya and Aries took in many different things around the town. Though he wasn't one for spending time with humans, and generally avoided them, he couldn't deny that he found some of the things that humans did to be quite entertaining.
"Aries-chan, do you find humans fun?"
He often wondered that, since she was a Spirit, and humans were a different species.
"Erm…I don't spend time with humans besides Kazuya-sama, and my former master's weren't that nice people, b-besides your Onii-sama. They, weren't that many nice people. But, Kazuya-sama is a very nice person. I love spending time with Kazuya-sama."
Aries spoke truthfully, and even a little passionately too.
Kazuya allowed his face to lift up higher.
"T-Thank you Aries-chan, I'm glad that you like spending time with me…b-because, I don't want to ever have human friends. I only ever want to be friends with Spirits, and possibly Mavis-san if she truly exists…though she is a human…even then, maybe she's something else all together, since she can enter my dreams or I enter hers…I really need to find out how that actually works…hmmmm, I don't know how it happens…either way, Aries-chan! If Mavis-san doesn't show up by tomorrow, we should go east."
"East?" Kazuya nodded at her doubt. "Why east Kazuya-sama?"
She didn't know why he wanted to go that way…actually, she didn't even know what was that way, she just followed wherever Kazuya went. Even if he was a child, he had his wits about him, and knew how to stay away from dangerous places, and how to keep himself safe, and he always seemed to pick nice places that they would go.
"Because, according to this map…" Kazuya pulled out a map he acquired a while ago, and pointed towards a large body of water. "There's a waterfall that way. I wanna see it. I've always been fascinated by water. It is so…free, so…it isn't constricted, like it was bound by nothing, and can do whatever it likes, flow whatever way it goes."
"Kazuya-sama, you really seem to like watery stuff…"
"Indeed! Water is amazing! Though, I do like the earth though…"
"Is that why you don't wear shoes?"
Aries never really understood that.
She had offered to give him some shoes, but he always said no. Even if walking through mud, ground, snow, or anything else. He just seemed to refuse anything to do with shoes. And even clothing to an extent, almost like he was rejecting basic human needs, and desires.
"Partly." He reasoned. "Also, because I don't see the need for them. Never needed them before, and I don't need them now. That's why I don't see the need for clothing sometimes, I barely had it in Hell, so I don't really need it back here too. It just seems to be something unnecessary to even need sometimes…"
"Kazuya-sama! D-Don't take off your clothes!"
Kazuya was then suddenly covered in wool, even though he didn't have any intentions of taking what clothing he had on.
"W-What are you doing Aries-chan!?"
"Please don't allow anyone to see your naked body! Y-You can't have your naked body on display for everyone else! Y-You can't do that Kazuya-sama! P-Please, only do it for people that you feel comfortable around doing that with! N-Not only me though! Please don't do anything too serious and take your clothes off!"
Aries' panicked face did look extremely adorable.
Kazuya couldn't deny that.
"But…I wasn't planning on taking my clothes off though."
"Y-You weren't…?"
Aries poked her fingers together shyly, as Kazuya stared blankly at her.
"Why would I take my clothes off for anyone to see? Humans aren't going to see my naked body, that isn't going to happen." Kazuya slowly peeled away the wool so he would be able to see clearly again. "B-By the way Aries-chan, it seems like your wool is tougher to get out of."
Aries wore a proud smile, placing her hands on her hips, and puffed out her chest.
"Y-Yes! As Kazuya-sama grows in power, I also grow in power! Kazuya-sama has a very strong power for his age, so when he grows bigger, and stronger, I will do the same thing too!"
"Oh…maybe that's because of the experiments and all…"
"Kazuya-sama?"
Aries didn't quite understand, so Kazuya cleared it up slowly.
"Because…back with Brain, I heard them talk about trying to increase my power…so, they could do something…but, I never heard what they would do…perhaps, those experiments increased my magical power or something…"
"I see…that seems very cruel."
Aries gave a sad dejection sigh, as Kazuya shook his head.
"Not gonna dwell on the past, we should go!"
Kazuya continued walking together with Aries through the streets, admiring what was going on around.
It didn't seem like a festival or anything, but it did seem like there were more people out than usual, which he didn't understand either.
"Hey, did you hear about that Dragon that attacked that town to the south?"
"Yeah, apparently it has been appearing again, hasn't it?"
"It's weird, I thought that they were extinct, Dragon's."
Kazuya heard some talking going on between a group of people and it interested him, so he moved closer to listen to the conversation that was going on, not quite believing that people actually witnessed a Dragon coming.
"They were, o-or I thought they were. But, for about a year now, this large black Dragon has been appearing in random towns. It hasn't killed anyone, fortunately, though there have been injuries reported. But, it seems, from reports, to be searching for something."
"Seems scary to me."
A woman commented as Kazuya looked towards something in their hands…
It looked like a newspaper.
Curiously, he went over and inspected it, not really caring by the strange looks from the people around.
"Something wrong kid?"
The child didn't answer the man, and was like a Zombie, just staring at the paper, making a decision that was within the child's young mind.
With sharp speed, he took the paper, and looked at the image snapped of the Dragon…and his eyes turned wide, as he felt cold inside of his body, recalling the same face, the eyes, and even the large body that he had seen before.
"Aries-chan…"
Kazuya strode away from the group of paper, who didn't really say anything about the paper, since they had more. Making it far away from them, and others, he looked towards Aries, who looked right back at him.
"Kazuya-sama, what's wrong? Have you seen a ghost or something?"
Kazuya held the paper up, showing it towards Aries.
She clasped eyes on the Dragon that was pictured, gasping when seeing it.
"B-But, this is the same one…"
Kazuya, as soon as he heard that, knew he wasn't going crazy anymore, and knew that the Dragon was indeed the same one that he saw last year, and had heard about over the cross of his travels, and what had seemed to be happening with him.
"Aries-chan, this thing…it's the same thing that was back at Brain's place…a-and, this thing has appeared in nearly every city or town or village that I've been in…w-what's going on with this Aries-chan? I don't understand, why is it here? And why does it appear where I go?"
Aries didn't know the reason either, taking the paper with permission and read it to Kazuya and herself.
"R-Reports say that the large black Dragon appeared again. As of yet, no name has been released, nor a motive. The Black Dragon, as it has been dubbed, has appeared over the kingdom of Fiore, with no clear motive. No deaths have been reported, but injuries of broken legs, arms, and other injuries have been reported. The Magic Council have sent a man from the Wizard Saints…erm, no name has been given, with some of the King's private forces, to combat this creature, but he came back with a broken body, and was unconscious for weeks, and the forces were also wiped out, but not killed. Fortunately, he is making a swift recovery. But, according to the reports, the man who is unnamed as of now, wasn't able to make a dent in the creature, the Black Dragon, seemed to brush aside the man, focused on something else, as if it was searching for something…"
Aries continued speaking, but it was enough for Kazuya to already know what was going on.
He was…scared.
Of course he was.
He was making the connection, and he didn't like making this connection at all.
"Aries-chan…this thing…i-it couldn't be after me, could it?"
Kazuya didn't want to say that, but it just seemed to coincidental that it had appeared in nearly every place that he had been too.
"But…why would it be after Kazuya-sama?"
Aries spoke her doubt, but Kazuya was too spooked to think clearly.
"I-I don't know!" He was frazzled, and paced back and forth. "It's weird, though. This thing, has appeared in places I've been. All of them. Remember the last papers we've read? And this town, it is the same one we were in last time, yes?"
He pointed to the paper, Aries nodding after checking the towns name.
"Y-Yes, that's right. But, I still don't understand why it would be after Kazuya-sama…"
"I don't know either…but, it was there. On that day that I escaped Brain…it was there, and now it is like…it is following after me…but, how…? How is it tracking me? It, didn't go to all the towns I've been too, and if it is after me, why wouldn't it do something like that…?"
Kazuya just couldn't figure it out in the end.
He didn't know why it was coming after him, or what it could want.
He's just a child, he didn't have any connections to the Dragon…right?
Did he have a connection to the Dragon? And if he did have connections, then what were they?
"Kazuya-sama, I know that it seems bad…b-but, perhaps it doesn't want anything to do with you…? It could be searching for something else…and it is all a coincidence."
"If it is, then it is one huge one. And if it is true that this thing is hunting me down, then I can't stay around for much longer. It probably could be on its way here now…sorry Mavis-san, seems like I won't be able to see if you're real or not."
Kazuya felt regret about that, but he couldn't have himself confront the Dragon.
He didn't know much about the world, but even he had heard of a Wizard Saint, and if that thing could take out one of them, along with a royal guard with ease, then what chance would he have?
No, he didn't have a chance.
And he couldn't stay around for much longer either.
He didn't have a choice but to leave. He, wouldn't be able to fight against the enemy.
"Kazuya-sama, are we really leaving this all behind so suddenly?"
"I have to leave. If not, then this thing is going to kill me, or something. It wants something, and I don't think it wants a cuddle. Remember, it was killing people back at Brain's lab, so it will want to kill me too. I-I am not dying by some big beast that doesn't want me to live…someone else can deal with it, I'm not fighting it, I have to kill Brain after all, before anything else happens."
Aries didn't like the fact that he had to be on the run.
But she did agree that sticking around would be a dangerous thing to be.
"T-Then, what are we going to do, Kazuya-sama?"
"We'll get some supplies, then we're leaving. No need to stay here any longer. I'll apologize to Mavis-san later on."
Aries nodded her head, setting off with Kazuya to get some food, and other necessities that the young man might need for his journey.
Once getting the stuff ready for the journey ahead, Kazuya and Aries walked towards the east, so they would be able to slip out of the town easily, and not deal anything like the Dragon, Kazuya especially didn't want to deal with that.
"Kazuya-sama, are you sure that this is for the best?"
Kazuya nodded his head, as they went towards the east, pushing past a few people, getting out of the main street.
"I do think that this is the best that we leave now. It's better if we leave now."
Aries nodded, and continued walking.
When they made it half way out of the city however…
"U-Up there!"
A bystander shouted, drawing the attention of Kazuya.
"I-It's here! T-The big Dragon's here!"
"N-Noooooooooooooooooo! I-It's come here!"
Kazuya paralyzed in fear as a large looming shadow blanketed the town.
Kazuya daren't move his head, his fear petrified him.
He felt cold inside, he felt ill.
He heard the panics, and screams. He even heard Aries say "Ooh God…" but he couldn't pay attention. He just knew, the Dragon was after him, and he didn't know why that was…he didn't understand why the Dragon was after him.
"Kazuya-sama! W-We need to leave right away! P-Please, we need to leave right now Kazuya-sama!"
Aries pulled on his arm, snapping him back into reality.
"R-Right, let's go!"
Nodding, Kazuya and Aries didn't look back as they ran as fast as they could towards the exit of the town, hoping they would escape the pandemonium that was erupting behind them. Kazuya heard the crashing of building's, and the screams of people crying for salvation.
"Run away! Everyone escape for your lives!"
"Someone call for the guards!"
"No guard can do something like that!"
"Screw the guard, just run away!"
The sea of destruction behind them was immensely terrifying. Building's came down with the swing of a large tail. Blasts of what appeared to be energy crashed through the streets of the city. Though it seemed like the blasts weren't lethal, more like just clearing the area.
Kazuya couldn't look back, he was very frightened right now.
He just knew that he wouldn't be able to look back.
If he did, he would stop and know that he would die.
He didn't want to die, he wanted to live.
But, he didn't know why this was happening. He wasn't a bad person, he didn't do bad things.
But this Dragon…it was after him.
It was.
There wasn't an alternative.
It had to be after him…but why was it after him.
"Kazuya-sama, we're nearly there!"
Aries saw the exit, Kazuya sighing in relief.
"Y-Yeah, let's get goin-"
"Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
A scream…
From behind him, there was a scream.
Kazuya and Aries stopped running, to see what happened.
He saw it…
He then saw it…
It was the young girl from before, trapped with a building slowly falling down towards her, due to the large Dragon crashing through the building, and made it fall down in large chunks. Due to the fact that she was a child, and probably wasn't used to situations like this, she couldn't escape, and was frozen in fear.
"Lucy! Noooooo! Lucy!"
From the side, Layla was desperately trying to get closer to her daughter Lucy, but a large piece of stone falls before her, stopping her from being able to get through to her daughter, crying her eyes out.
Like time was slowing down, Kazuya just watched on…and didn't know what he was supposed to do.
In his young life, no human had ever shown compassion to him.
No human, had ever gone out of the way to save him…besides two people, and one of them was dead, and the other in the end betrayed him and left him for dead.
But now…there was a little girl, in the area where she could die…
And he felt something…odd.
He felt his chest, tightening.
Usually, he'd just say "Forget that human, she's probably evil anyway!" but right now…he didn't know.
In this situation, he didn't know what to do, he didn't know if he should save her, or leave her.
The cruel thing would do is, leave her.
The good thing to do would save her.
But the indecisiveness of the situation was difficult on his young mind. If he had been brought up normally…would this even need to be a choice?
For him, he didn't know what he was supposed to do…
"Kazuya-sama! W-What are we going to do…?"
Aries snapped him out of his thoughts, and as if acting without even thinking, Kazuya went running ahead while yelling "Aaaargh damn it all to hell!" as if he really didn't want to do it, but something inside of him forced him to do it.
Aries gasped, but smiled at the same time, seeing that despite how humans had treated him, Kazuya still was a kind and compassionate young boy, so she decided to run after him too, to see if she would be able to help.
"Hah! Hah!"
Kazuya danced around some building that fell on him. not an entire building, just some rubble off the building, and kept going forward while moving around them.
"Kazuya-sama! Wool Wall!"
Aries placed her hands forwards, and some pink fluffy looking wool appeared. From her hands, she shot it towards the left hand side of the wall, and it formed a thick slanted wall, catching some of the building that was falling down. Though it seemed difficult to keep it up, the strength of the wool managed to save Lucy from getting crushed for the moment.
"Iyaaaaaaa! Someone help me!"
Lucy cried, trying to move, but her dress was caught on something.
She looked, and saw that it was caught on some rubble, and she simply wasn't strong enough to get the stone off her. She felt herself tearing up, not wanting to die as Layla kept crying "Lucy! Lucy!" but she wasn't in the best of health either.
"Damn, that's horrid!"
Kazuya jumped into the place Lucy was, and looked at her situation.
"I-It's you…"
Lucy remembered him from before, and was shocked.
She was quite shocked that Kazuya was right there, and was looking down at her.
"Don't worry, I'll save you Laura-san."
Lucy looked dryly at him, annoyed.
"It's Lucy."
Ignoring that, Kazuya bent down.
"Here we go, Lucky-san."
"Again, it's Lucy!"
Lucy twitched her eyebrows as Kazuya placed his hands on the stone that held down her dress, lifting it up slowly. She was enamoured by his surprising strength. Though they were the same age, and the piece of rubble wasn't small, he was lifting it with surprisingly ease.
"Wool Ball! Hah! Hah! Hah!"
Using her wool in the shape of balls, she shot them for the small pieces of rubble, shooting them away from Kazuya, and Lucy. Aries was happy, in a way, since it showed that Kazuya genuinely did care for his fellow humans, just in his own way, or perhaps, it was just Lucy herself that he cared for, at least in his own way.
"A-And here we goooooooooooo!"
Kazuya put his strength to the test, and fully lifted the rubble off her dress, throwing it away so no one would be troubled by it. Lucy watched as the stone shattered on the ground from his throw, and then saw that he offered his hand.
She just stared at him blankly, not sure how she was supposed to respond.
"Okay, clearly you're in trauma or something. Here we go!"
Kazuya, having no shame at all, grabbed Lucy by the waist, holding her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, her face to his back, and her butt near his face, and she felt embarrassed when realizing what was going on.
"H-Hey! W-What are you doing!?"
Lucy's face turned red as Kazuya answered.
"I'm saving you Fred-san."
"Now it's Fred!? Ooh come on! That doesn't even start with an L!"
Kazuya didn't even seem concerned as he jumped away. Thankfully in time, as the wall of wool Aries made above them collapsed, falling down to the ground, and would've crushed the pair if they were a few seconds later, Aries chasing after Kazuya.
The young blonde landed with a screaming Lucy, near Layla, and then put her down.
"Lucy! Lucy!"
Layla came rushing over, hugging Lucy tightly between her large chest and petted her head gently.
Kazuya looked on, confused by what was going on.
"They…care about, one another? Why…? Humans…don't care about other humans…do they? But this…human seems to care about her daughter…yet, Ultear's Okaa-san seemed to dismiss her completely…maybe…I don't understand at all…humans don't care about one another…right?"
Kazuya hadn't seen this type of love before.
He'd never receive it, and he never thought he'd witness it.
Aries appeared beside Kazuya and saw that he was…bewildered with what was happening.
"Kazuya-sama, is something wrong?"
"…No, it's nothing…just odd that humans would…do something like this."
Aries immediately understood what he was saying, placing a hand on top of Kazuya's hand, who then grasped it, and turned away, intending to leave the area before the Dragon sees them, and God knows what was going to happen then.
"Wait, please…"
Layla stopped him, Kazuya spun around and looked slightly depressed.
"I suggest running towards the west. If I'm right, then it will head east."
"How do you know that?"
Kazuya didn't answer that, and turned back around.
"Just head west, go home somewhere else, other than east. Because, you'll end up in a situation that you don't want to be in…trust me, you don't want to go east now…come on Aries-chan, we need to leave now!"
Taking up arms, Kazuya and Aries ran towards the east, going as fast as they could.
"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey! Thank yoooooooooooooooooooooooou for saving meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
Kazuya stopped at the shout, and turned around, to see Lucy waving towards him, and looking grateful.
Kazuya stared at her for a few moments, then ran the opposite direction, with Aries, disappearing before the Dragon could find him.
"Kazuya! Kazuya! Where are you!?"
A few minutes after Kazuya had left, Mavis arrived in town, and saw the destruction, so she shouted as loud as she could.
But, he didn't get an answer.
She seemingly took to the sky, flying somehow, without wings, and looked around. Gaining a general scope of the land, she tried to single out Kazuya among the masses, the Dragon currently unaware of her presence, but she couldn't see anyone that looked like him.
"Damn, seems like I've missed him, I can't feel his presence around here...well, I won't give up, I can sense he was here not all that long ago, but it's so hard to track him, I can't follow after him at all...it seems like it is going to get increasingly difficult..."
Clicking her tongue, she felt regretful that she wasn't able to find him this time, and continued her long search for him, unaware that another woman had entered the town, looking for Kazuya herself, and unlike Mavis, wasn't going to stop.
End chapter!
So, we got a little more on Kazuya this chapter, seeing how his faith in humanity is a little…off. Due to his past, he's not going to get over that so easily, though he's been bonding with Aries in the year that they've been together, and, he's still being chased by, pretty much everyone guessed it, Acnologia. But, why is he being chased? Just what could he want? Mavis, also made an appearance, and will be meeting up with Kazuya soon enough. Lucy and Layla also made an appearance, and it seems like a little, something went on between Layla and Kazuya, more on that later on in the story.
Now, looking at the results, it seems pretty much all of you wish for Kazuya/Lucy and Natsu/Lisanna pairing's, and I'm fine with that, so thanks for voting for that! There was a little confusion about Ultear, which is my fault, I thought I had put her down, but I clearly didn't, so yeah, Ultear is with Kazuya, sorry for the misunderstanding there.
Now, onto the magic. I got a lot for Hybrid Theory, honestly thought that would be the least amount of votes, but here we are. So yeah, I'm all for that, and after that, was Water Dragon Slayer, that got the most after that, so, I thought that would be one of them, plus several people mentioned there being a running gag where he could go to Juvia and try and eat her or something. If that is sexual, or frightening, for Juvia, we'll find out after a paragraph.
So yeah, there's gonna be Water Dragon Slayer, and…here's the choices!
Earth Dragon Slayer.
Diamond Dragon Slayer.
Wood Dragon Slayer.
Gold Dragon Slayer.
Ice Dragon Slayer.
Snow Dragon Slayer.
Lightning Dragon Slayer.
Gravity Dragon Slayer.
I thought I'd state them again just for everyone who didn't want to back click to check which ones were eligible. I thought two would be enough, though he might eat another element later on, like some people suggested Light and Water, to make holy water or something, which would be separate, for now, from the other element he'll have from the Hybrid theory.
So yeah, about that Juvia thing. If you all read the last story, then you'd remember Levy tagging along with the main MC during childhood, before he went to Zeref. This story is no different either though for this reason, a minor spoiler I guess, would be to show him that humanity isn't so bad, as of right now, there's no way he'd want to go to Fairy Tail, considering that he pretty much regards humans as evil, and such, though he did save Lucy so there's a little spark in him, plus I have an emotional scene in my head for how they…well, I'll show it later down the line.
So, he's gonna have a companion before going towards Zeref, but their meeting will be different than the one in the last story, the meeting between Kazuya and Zeref that is. So, the choices are Wendy (older, so she'd be around 15-17 when canon starts as opposed to 12 in the original) Levy, or Juvia. Or, Wendy and Juvia, or Juvia and Levy, or Wendy and Levy, or heck, all three of them.
The reasons they are like that, is because he could meet one, or two, or all three of them, and the one's that do get the most votes, will be in the harem. However, before anyone says it, yes Gray and Gajeel will still have pairing's no matter if Juvia or Levy or both are chosen...and I just realized they are all blue haired women. Well, that's fine too, since they are all unique in their own ways.
So yeah, that's it, and please vote, and until next time!
Harem; Zeref (fem), Mavis, Aries, Mirajane, Ultear, Virgo, Lucy.
