Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

DocSlendy; Aah, thanks for the vote! Well, he can eat anything that's earth based, like the ground, dirt, things like that.

maxbrevan; Aah, thank you! And yeah, I had ideas either way, so I could see them bonding over things like that. Thank you for the vote!

Allan Von'Skoon; I like that~ The wheel turns huh~ I suppose it does~ Exactly, and it will be shown in this chapter too how distrustful he is, and also shows why he needs some human friends too, even Mavis mentions why he needs to try and spend time with humans. They are quite good friends now, at least they are to the point where they share a bed together, though that's Mavis' idea more than Kazu's idea. That joke will appear here and there, not to the point where it gets overused though. I always liked adding things like that, Aquarius has seen the light, to her sadism and Virgo's showing her reasons why she wants to call Kazu Princess. Aah, there will be more scenes with the spirit girls, in the future. We have indeed, and when that plot line starts, it is going to be interesting on where it goes. Erza appeared, and is guiding the ways of the harem. And thank you! I'm glad that you're enjoying it! Yeah, cliff's are always good when spread out, not if they appear one after the other...though sometimes that happens. Yeah, it does seem like it won in the end, but it doesn't mean that it won't be cool to use too. Star Suits is going to be a fun idea, especially with some girls as his spirits, maybe like a butler outfit corresponding to Virgo's maid outfit. And thanks for the vote! It does seem like Erza is gonna be in the harem based off the reviews, and such.

Skull Flame; It is going to be quite a fun thing. You never know, it could be something like that. Virgo might have that master plan to become something like that. Erza's tapped into some kind of force, hasn't she? Lets see where she goes with that...God knows, what is going to happen with that. Cool, thanks for the vote! That would be a pretty fun scene to do, I cannot deny something like that, thanks for suggesting it. She's found her something something hasn't she? I suppose that she could be like that huh. Well, they are meeting someone next. And thanks!

hellspam; I'm glad that you did! Yeah, Virgo is...Virgo, and awesome too. I was actually thinking about Erza doing something like that, it is going to be fun when she fully comes into the story. They are indeed meeting their first companion this chapter, and it is going to be a rocky road, but a road that is worth the travel too. And yeah, I don't see why not, it would be fun to do, huh. And cool, thanks for the vote! Yeah, I could totally see that happening. Hisui huh, that would be interesting.

T-B-R; Basically anything earthy based, rocks, soil, things like that. Something to do with the earth.

Anime PJ; Thanks! Glad that you're enjoying it! I suppose so yeah. Erza is pretty awesome, she's funny, cute, and powerful too, my kind of anime female honestly.

Ragna; Cool, thanks for the vote! I suppose you're right there, and Ultear will play a role during that arc, can't say what that is yet though. Hmmmm, it will be revealed who actually does, and how he obtains it, and such. And cool suggestions!

Guest 1; Aah thanks! Yeah, she will do when she meets Kazu, they'll be happy together.

Guest 2; Indeed! KaZa would be what it is huh.

KeisukeDragneel; Aah, well that means a lot to me actually~ Oh, no need to stress, I always update on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, those are the days I usually update. If there's a reason it isn't updated on one of those days, then it will be something strong why I didn't update. Those two meeting...only God knows what is going to happen. That would be awesome, and I can't say much, but Kazuya's brother is...going to be seen, how that is, I can't say. In flashbacks, or whatever, we'll have to wait, and see. And thank you!

ShadowUzumaki55; He surely is! Well, he did know her in his dreams, so it is a little believable that he'd like her on the outside world too. Yeah, I thought that it would be fun to add something of that nature. Exactly, just wait until she finally does become his spirit, fun and antics will be ensued. Hmmmm, that's gonna be a little mystery for a little while. Can't say how, but it is an important connection as Mavis said herself. She's training him alright~ So he can defend himself, with some powerful magic's. Hmmm, it won't be hard to discern who it is from the beginning of this chapter.

Tritan; Cool, thanks for the vote! No, she isn't going to be, but she's going to be apart of Kazuya's life, in someway, can't say how just yet though.

Guest 3; He's gonna be kicking ass sooner or later.

Silver crow; Aah, I am glad that you did! Hehe, they are pretty cute together, aren't they? Yeah, those two, when reuniting will be quite, the sight to behold. There shall be trips over there from time to time. It seems like everyone likes the Kazuya and Erza pairing, honestly didn't see it coming. Yeah, I have seen it done before once, probably has been done more than that, but that's what I have seen, and thought it might be fun. Yup! We'll find out who is going to be revealed soon enough! Yeah, they were some good suggestions! Yeah, with the things she did during that, can label a character a class A bitch, but she did have a harsh childhood, so it can be said it might excuse some of the actions she pulled. Maybe he could, and here's the next update!

Tohka123; Aah thank you very much! They've met one another yeah, and are getting along quite well~ He has to be in his kind of life, he isn't a doctor, but he knows how to patch himself up and others if they need to have something like that happening. She was, but she'll meet up with him eventually~ That's Mavis for you, she can't be seen, and becomes sad when people call her a ghost or a demon. Aries is quite worried for Kazuya, and would do anything for him, so to think that he'd be in danger, in pain or anything else like that, then it would be a worry. Aquarius certainly helped her back to reality, didn't she? It surely does break through her emotionally, when she's called a ghost. He's been through a lot, so he has to be brave, and quite grown up for his own age. Mavis, I guess could be called his emotional support right now. And she even got to kiss him on the cheek. Erza's connected to such a force, that it allows her to acknowledge such things. I'm glad that you liked it, don't steal from Kazuya, or he's gonna Fairy Law you. We'll wait, and see who that is~ Cool, thanks for the vote! Jerza was that kind of pairing I was mutual about, not really hating it, but not really liking it save for some moments here and there. Hehe, he could have a thing for bluenettes huh. And thanks!

Neonlight01; Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed it! Hehe, that's gonna be fun to have in the story sometimes~ Well, she did have a reason to be quite worried for him, the last time she saw him was when a large Dragon was going to kill him, so she rightly was worried about him being killed. But, she had her friends right beside her, and wanting to protect him. We'll have to wait, and see huh~? Cool, thanks for voting.

Primevere; Yeah, I know of your name~ Aah thank you for your continued support! Fairy Tail is one of those manga's/anime's that has a community divided, but I always liked it. Cool, thanks for the vote! It seems Erza is quite popular with everyone that has voted so far...well, most people anyway.

ShadeAkami; They have indeed met, and are getting along quite well! Hehe, I could see the conversation going down like that. Mavis surely did suffer a little last chapter with people confusing her for a ghost, and a demon, and other things like that. Well, she has Kazu to make her feel better. Aries is adorable like that though, she's just worried for her master. Aquarius was a savage, wasn't she? Slapping like that all of a sudden. Aquarius won't be, but she'll be important to Kazuya and vice versa. Erza's connection is strong~ And it will be there to stay~ He is indeed gonna learn it, but as stated last chapter, it isn't going to be his finisher all the time. He is indeed gonna be there, just think of the combination. Cool, thanks for the votes! Oh, it will be quite apparent on who it is from the first few lines of text. And thanks!

Guest 4; I would have to actually watch all the series first. I've watched about half of it, and what I've watched so far I do like. That sounds like a cool idea, thanks for the suggestions!

Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it is time to start the chapter!


Unlikely alliance, Kazuya's human companion?

Through the forest, the sun was blazing in the sky. It beamed down onto everyone that was within said forest, and that wasn't the exception for a young girl, who had sweat dripping from her forehead, and was panting.

The girl in question was a blue haired girl young girl, possibly around the ages of 8-10 years old. It was difficult to tell since she was quite small for her age. But, she looked like she wasn't an idiot either, since she had on a peculiar expression.

"Ooh…how much further…?"

She panted, already exhausted.

She had been walking for a long time now, and even though it was still morning, she was tired.

She thought about stopping, but she didn't know where she would actually do that.

Though she wasn't lost, she was far from humanity.

The nearest town was a day away, and that was too far for her to walk in less than that.

She didn't know what she was supposed to do right now.

She didn't know what she was supposed to do.

If she continued walking, she would exhaust herself even more. But, if she stopped, then she wasn't sure if she was going to be able to continue walking.

She took in a deep breath, and took out her map that she had, looking to where she was, estimating that at least. The young girl trailed her finger across the paper, and guessed where she was by the marking's around her, and then she released a heavy sigh.

"…Great, too far for me to even know where I am going huh…"

The young blue haired girl looked around again, wondering where she was supposed to be going now, since she didn't know.

However, she didn't have the luxury of waiting, since as she stood there, contemplating what she was supposed to do, as a large shadow overcame her form.

She didn't even suspect anything until she felt the footsteps of something shaking the ground.

Slowly, fear encompassed her entire being, looking up to see a large ape like creature. The long arms, and long legs, easily dwarfed her own body, making her seem smaller than she actually was, and the way it looked, the way it held itself over her, made her more, and more fearful.

"Amazing, to find a little girl all alone in the woods."

The girl looked up towards him, and bit her bottom lip.

"I erm…y-you're a Vulcan, aren't you?"

"Impressive young one, you know what I am. But, it isn't going to save you. You know, snacking on human girls is something I find very delectable, I simply enjoy myself when I am attending a human girls delicious body. So, why don't you come here, and be my next meal. I am starving after all."

The girl immediately put out her hand, making her eyes widen with some tears.

"N-Now hold on! P-Please, we don't have to go so far all of a sudden! We don't have to do something like that! W-Why don't we all just calm down, and go about our businesses, I'll go to the town of the humans, and you can go back to Vulcan-sans all around, okay? N-No need to try and harm me now, is there…?"

She clearly didn't want to have a fight.

She didn't think that she'd be able to win in a fight.

"Well, I could let you go…but you see, I don't want too. I'm quite hungry, and even though you're small, your bones will make excellent toothpicks, and your meat will also taste good, sliding down my throat."

At that…the girl didn't know what to say.

Fear, was constantly on her mind, and nothing was going to stop that fear, it never was going to stop, and she knew that she wouldn't be able to do anything against the creature at all, even if she could fight, she wouldn't be able to do that right now, fear was stopping her.

It was a very real emotion, very powerful, and she didn't know how she was supposed to get out of this alive, or in tact. This time, she truly didn't have anything that was going to save her, nothing was going to be able to save her.

"Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

That's the only thing she could do now, as the creature reached towards her.

She lunged backwards, only to fall on a tree branch.

Her butt landed on the ground as she made a teary expression…

This was it.

This was how she was going to die.

She didn't think that she would end up like this…

But she was.

No one was going to come and help her, she didn't have anyone in the world. No one was going to miss her, and she didn't think that she'd get out of this. There just wasn't any possible way for her to get out of it.

"Please…don't do this…"

She thought that she'd beg one last time.

She knew that it probably wasn't going to succeed, but she had to try once more…

Just one more time, she had to try something, she couldn't just sit around, and do nothing…

She needed to do something, and even if it meant begging, that's how it was going to be.

But the beast didn't seem to care, and just stared down at her hungrily, like it was going to eat her fully, even if it was, she wouldn't be able to do anything against the creature anyway, she was pretty helpless right now.

"Stay still you little brat!"

A loud boorish voice rang out throughout the forest, making the young girl voice cry out again.


Arriving at the scene, just as the young girl was about to get hurt, was Kazuya, with Aries, and Mavis flying nearby.

Kazuya assessed the situation and saw that not only was there a young girl, there also something else.

There was a large ape like creature that had green fur with the lower half being a darker green than the top half. Its pectoral, abdomen, hands, ears, and face are a shape of purple. Usually, a creature has pupils, but this one doesn't. In fact, this one doesn't have the single sight of pupils, and has glowing eyes instead. A funny looking feature of this creature is that it has five hearts going up each outer side of the arms.

The young girl is on the ground, and the big ape like creature has its large leg in the air, ready to crush the young girl.

"You're annoying, I'm just going to crush you!"

"Please don't!"

The girl pleaded with the creature, but the creature just snarled and brought down its large leg.

Kazuya looked on for a few moments, wondering if the girl was going to fight back. But when it was clear that she wasn't going to do that, Kazuya inhaled a deep lung of air, and knew that she would have to do something.

"Hey!"

Using his speed that Kazuya's built up over the last year or so, he rushed towards the girl and faster than the slow moving ape thing could stomp, he grabbed the girl and made a beeline for a nearby tree.

From behind him, Kazu felt the ground shake and a small amount of dust covered the area, making the girl within his arms shiver. Speaking of, when he looked down, he saw that she was crying slightly, showing a desperate look.

"Stay here little girl."

Instructing her, she simply nodded and he put her against the tree.

Mavis looked on, and smiled to herself, knowing that Kazuya wouldn't have trouble against the ape looking creature, knowing that it wouldn't be able to seriously win against him. And even if it did, she wouldn't allow it to harm him.

"I wonder…could this girl be someone that could help Kazu see all humans aren't bad?"

Mavis didn't think that this opportunity to happen, but now that it was, she was interested in what was going to happen.

Kazu turned towards the monster ape thing, and stepped forward a few paces.

The monster eyed Kazu curiously, watching his form move ever closer to him. Kazu on the other hand didn't seem like he had anything that he wished to say other than just glare towards the creature, as Aries walked next to him.

The young girl watched as Kazu points towards the ape creature.

"Kazuya-sama, are we defeating this Vulcan?"

Kazuya didn't know what the ape was called, but to hear that it was called a Vulcan, he held a certain smile on his lips.

"Y-Yes, we need to beat up this bad...Vulcan-san. I know you don't like fighting, but could you please lend me a hand?"

"O-Of course Kazuya-sama! I am your Spirit after all. I will always help you when I can!"

Though it was against her nature to fight, she always did so when Kazuya was concerned, and he was glad that she was around, glad that she would be able to do this for him, and fight with him, as he couldn't choose anyone else better than that.

"Thanks Aries-chan. But we aren't going to kill it, as I don't believe in pointless death and I know you wouldn't want that and I wouldn't want to upset you...like Brain did to me..."

"I-I'm glad! Now, is it me...or both of us...?"

She knows that by now he was not going to send her into battle alone. That's a cowardly thing to do, if you can fight in his eyes. He, was always going to fight with his Spirits, not make them just fight for him. While he understood that it was the main method of how some Mage's act, he himself just couldn't do something like that.

"Both silly~ As if I would send my precious Spirit-chan towards such a nasty looking monster. Now, you go left, and I'll go right!"

"Okay Kazuya-sama!"

With that plan made, both Aries and Kazu rushed the Vulcan. Aries being the more experienced between them was able to go faster than he could, but with his smaller body, he's able to move it in more directions, and bend it into shapes that Aries wouldn't be able to do something like that.

Deciding to go for Aries first, the monster ripped a tree from the ground, tossing it carelessly at her. Kazuya watched as Aries moved her nimble body, letting the tree go past the left side of her, crashing into a tree behind the pink haired Spirit, not near the young blue haired girl.

"Wow…amazing…"

The blue haired girl was in awe as the Vulcan released a howl and swung its arm at Kazuya, changing its tactics.

Using what Aries has told him about fighting and with his own training, he jumped upwards, the arm going under him.

Landing on the ground, he put his hands forward, a magic circle appearing there.

"Take this! Water Ball!"

A sizable ball of water magic shot off from my palms, heading towards the Vulcan. The Vulcan simply waved its hand at his water, snuffing it with its enclosed fist, but that didn't stop Kazuya who simply went forward strongly.

"Hah!"

The monster once again went for Aries, swinging its arm towards her. Aries lifted her body upwards, making the arm go under her. Recoiling the arm, the monster brought its arm back, attempting to hit the airborne Aries.

Kazuya didn't have to worry though as Aries put her palm upwards.

"Wool Rope!"

Pink fluffy wool gathered by her hands, and then shot off to a large tree.

Wrapping around a high branch, Aries pulled herself up, letting the arm go under her again.

In the moment that Aries dodged the attack, the monster Vulcan thing once again picked up a tree. This time however, it aimed the large wood at Kazuya throwing it without a moment to spare.

"Iyaaa!"

The girl let out a cry as Kazuya rolled out of the way, Mavis watching on carefully, making sure that the young girl wasn't harmed in anyway. The tree went over the top of him, smashing into the opposing tree.

Kazuya stood up, and put his hands forward, making a sphere of fire circulate within his palms.

"Take this!"

Shooting off the flame ball, the monster made a straight punch, knocking the flame ball towards the ground, dispelling it. The embers from his attack went near Kazu, but he simply waved his hands in front of his face, making the embers disappear.

Kazuya, felt slightly regretful that he wasn't able to do more damage to the creature as it had done to him.

"Wool Shot!"

From the right, Aries shot off a number of wool balls towards the Vulcan, having come out of the tree. Seeing the attack coming, the large ape ripped off a tree from the very ground, swinging it at the balls of wool.

"That's it Aries-chan!"

The wool balls hit the former tree, wrapping around it like a snuggly blanket. Seeing that, Kazuya gathered flames within his hand and pointed it at the tree. The flames twitched within his hands, building up power.

"Take this!"

Firing off the fire, the Vulcan swung the tree at it...

When the tree and fire neared one another...

"Mistake!"

Saying that, Kazuya gave a smirk. The Vulcan raised its eyebrows, confused by it...but soon developed an annoyed face once seeing the real plan and it opened its eyes very wide.

"Well done Kazuya-sama!"

Because of the wool on the tree, the flames were able to ignite the tree a lot easier and Aries gave a cheer, as pain filled the face of the Vulcan. It was obvious that the burns had become quite severe on its hands.

"Oryaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

It releases a howl, throwing the tree down onto the ground, his hands quite largely singed. Aries shot more wool at the flamed tree, enclosing the flames so they don't spread and destroy this forest.

"Aries-chan!"

Turing towards Aries, Kazuya called out towards her.

Catching his gaze, she gave a nod.

"I've got it Kazuya-sama!"

Capturing that moment, he sped off at it, creating many flame balls around him, turning the air around him hotter by the second.

Aries fired some more wool balls at the monster.

The balls of wool shot out, changing directory and aimed for the monsters hands.

Upon noticing the wool balls, the monster tried to move its hands out of the way...

"Capture!"

Upon her command, the balls of wool wrapped around the targets hands, wrapping around its digits, the palms and encasing those hands completely, making them unusable for the time being, something of Kazuya's plan going ahead, since he was more of a strategic mind than fighting without a plan.

Seeing how it worked, Aries cocked her head towards Kazuya for some answers.

"Kazuya-sama, is now the next part of the plan?"

Nodding at her, she got into second formation. Since they had been together for a year or so, now, they clearly knew how to fight together, and how to work off one another.

"That's right, get ready."

"I am ready Kazuya-sama!"

Cheering that out, he could only let a small smile spread across his face.

But then he became a little serious.

"This is it." Spreading his arms forward, he took aim at the monster, the balls of fire twisting around him. "Try this!"

The fireballs fired at the monster ape. Using his limited knowledge on magic, he somewhat controlled the fireballs. When the monster swung its arm to try and block the fire, it retracted its hands in fear that it will be set on fire, and used its upper arms to try and deflect the flames.

Kazuya flicked his wrists downwards, the fire followed my hand movements. Flicking his wrists upwards, the fireballs all converged on a single spot, its eyes. Even though it saw the attack coming, it couldn't react fast enough and the fire hit the targets eyes.

Hitting the monster in the eyes, it released a wild howl which made his ears hurt and somehow used its superior strength to rip the wool off its hands and it made a straight punch at Kazuya, as Mavis looked on, slightly worried.

But that was unnecessary when Kazuya turned towards Aries.

"Aries-chan!"

Making a call, Aries responded to it.

"You leave Kazuya-sama alone! Wool Wall!"

From the right, Aries appeared in front of him, raising a wall of wool between him and the opponent, blocking its large fist. The fist meant for him was stopped by the wall of wool, and Aries bypassed her own wool wall, going for a direct blow.

"Hya! Take this! Wool Bomb!"

Even surrounding her fist in wool, directly landing a punch on the Vulcan is bad. Because Aries has some good upper body strength, even if she's not known for such a thing, was able to blow back the Vulcan.

In that brief second, Kazu saw out of the corner of his eye that it has brought its arm right back towards him, making a powerful punch towards the ground, intending to crush him.

"Don't think so!"

Jumping back, the fist smashed right into the ground, causing Kazuya to fall to the ground due to the shockwave. In the moment he fell, the monster ape pulled its fist out of the ground, and went to hit him.

"How the hell can it see me when I blinded it!?"

Kazuya's roar didn't gain an answer, Aries on the other hand was extremely worried.

"Kazuya-sama!"

Surrounding him in a rope of wool, Aries pulled him to safety.

At the same time, the monsters other fist went towards them.

But Aries put up that wall of wool again, defending both of them from its attack.

"Kazuya-sama, are you okay?"

Putting out her hand, offering it him, he nodded and grasped her hand.

"I'm okay thank you."

She helped him to his feet, making sure that he doesn't have any wounds.

Once that was done, she looked towards the Vulcan, gathering wool within her palms. He also gathered flames within his palms, and readied himself.

"Kazuya-sama, should I wrap it with my wool?"

"Please do Aries-chan. It's nearly beaten now."

Nodding at his request, she put forth her hands, and the wool responded by twisting around her palms.

"Its time for Wool Wrapper!"

Firing it from her palms, the wool went towards the monster like a snake, slithering across the ground. He tried to stomp out the wool with its large feet, Aries however bent the wool, making the foot crash into solid ground instead. Even from the shockwave from the foot colliding with the ground, the wool didn't lose any of its thickness.

The wool wrapped around the Vulcan's lower body and travelled up to its upper body, capturing the Vulcan in wool. Even if its soft and fluffy, it doesn't mean that its going to be hard to rip it off.

"Now, it's time to start!"

Kazu put his hand near the wool, and strengthened the flames within his palms.

Aries let go of the wool, and laid it on the ground.

"Okay! Here we go!"

Igniting the wool, it travelled all of the way towards the Vulcan. The Vulcan tried to make the wool get off his body, shaking violently and attempting to rip off the wool from his body.

"Oryaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

The Vulcan's body was set aflame from the attack that Aries and he did. Using the wool, he was able to make fire appear all over its body, burning it. He knew that it would be able to extinguish the flames soon, so that's why they have to make a move.

"Kazuya-sama..." Grasping his hand, Aries smiled. "S-Shall we finish off the Vulcan?"

"Yes." Nodding, he grasped her hand right back. "Lets finish off this monster ape thingy and then, maybe…ooh, can we eat this thing? I think that we can. Yeah, let's use this for later for dinner, I think that it wouldn't be so bad, right?"

Confirming with one another, they both ran at the monster.

The monster keeps hitting its body, trying to smack out the flames. Patting its legs, it was able to make the flames go out from there, but it still was spread across his body, and looked like it was going to end up dead soon enough.

Jumping into the air, Aries and Kazuya began to spin in a ball shape, putting their legs towards their chests, and their free hands towards their chest, turning them into a perfect combo, Mavis looking on with a cute smile on her lips.

""Take this! Double Comet Impact!""

BANG!

With their combined strength, they outstretched their legs, burying their feet right into the monsters face, causing the monster to be knocked away by the force. Using the monsters face as a stepping stone, they jumped back, doing a number of flips backwards.

Spinning in the air, they balanced ourselves in the air, turning towards the monster who still had a little fight left him.

"Kazuya-sama, I've got it!" Without him even speaking, Aries gathered a large amount of wool in her left hand, shaping it into a large wool ball. "Wool Ball!"

Shooting it off from her palm, it went towards the monster. The Vulcan, still caught in a daze from our double kick from before, was caught by the wool, bundling up the monster in the fluffy wool.

Pointing his hands at the monster, lightning cracked within his hands. Concentrating, he gathered as much power as he was allowed to use against this monster so it would die, but not enough to make it not eatable.

"Lightning Shock!"

A sizeable bolt of lightning shot off from his hands, travelling towards the Vulcan who's trapped for the moment in the wool. Using the wool as a conductor of sorts, the lightning wrapped around the ape, shocking the monster with as much power as he could muster without turning it to ash.

"Got you Kazuya-sama!"

Landing on the ground, Aries took him within her arms as he was going to fall.


"Thanks Aries-chan, you're the best."

He beamed at her, making her blush a little, shaking her head.

"Hehe, no, that's silly~ You're the best Kazuya-sama. Such good control over magic at such a young age. You really are a special boy!"

Smiling at the compliment, he looked towards the young girl who he saved. Looking her in the eyes, he saw that she was relieved and uninjured as well. In his eyes, that was a good accomplishment that she wasn't hurt.

"It's okay." He soothed, gesturing to the monster. "It's gone now, so you can leave also."

Gesturing her to go, she just stood there, as if she was in a daze or something.

Since she didn't answer, Kazuya didn't know what he was supposed to do.

Looking at Aries, she shrugged her shoulders. He took a brief glance at the Vulcan, seeing that it was dead, and he smiled, glad that he found the meal for the night.

Looking back at the little girl, he just cocked his head at her, in a wondering gaze, wondering why she wasn't moving, when she really should be. It wasn't like she didn't know how, as he could see her clearly standing up now.

"Erm...I'm going to go now...good luck with whatever you do and be safe I guess." Turning to Aries, he smiled at her. "Lets go Aries-chan, if we go now, we might be able to make it near enough to the town by the end of the day."

"Okay Kazuya-sama...but what about that little girl? A-Are you going to l-leave her here?"

"She's not answering me." He replied, dipping his head. "I think she might be in shock or something. Well, she'll be fine, I suppose. Come on Aries-chan, daylight is burning right now."

"O-Okay..."

Clasping hands together, we both walked in the direction of the town, as Kazuya used his strength to grasp the Vulcan by the foot, dragging the dead creature along with him. Mavis on the other hand looked towards the young girl, and looked back towards Kazuya, who seemed to be walking away from her.

Deciding that it wouldn't be good, she flew towards him, and got in front of him.

"What's wrong Mavis-san? I saved the girl, didn't I?"

"You did, but you aren't going to leave her here, are you?"

Kazuya pondered what he was going to say as a response. He knew what she wanted to hear, but he didn't know what he wanted himself.

"Well, what would you have me do?"

"I don't know, maybe take her with us, if she wants too?"

"Why would I do something like that?"

Kazuya wasn't being mean, but because of his distrust in humanity, how was he supposed to know if she was a good person or not? How was he supposed to know if he was anything good, or anything bad, he wasn't supposed to know something like that.

"Because it is a nice thing to do, Kazu."

"When has a human been nice to me? Never, that's when. So, why should I go and show compassion now? I don't understand why I would do something like that."

He wasn't trying to be mean, he just didn't see the point in it.

Humans, weren't his favourite people anyway, so if a human was going to be evil towards him, he didn't think that he would be able to understand such things. He, didn't know what he was supposed to do at this point.

"Kazu…look at her."

Kazu looked towards her, and saw that she looked saddened.

She looked alone, lost, and didn't know what she was supposed to do now.

Kazuya stared at her, as Mavis continued on.

"Once, you were lonely too. Remember, Kazu? You traversed this land all alone, only with Aries-san as a companion. That girl over there, looks like she doesn't have anyone. If it was Ultear-san, Kazu, what would you do?"

"Please don't mention Ultear's name right here, and now Mavis-san."

Kazuya spat out, not liking to think about such things.

Not that he didn't mind discussing her, it was only due to Mavis using Ultear as an example, it just brought back everything that went on between them, and how he had lost her forever, and ever, until he found her, even then he didn't know what he was going to do with her.

"Right…but even then, Kazu. Just think about it. This girl, she's all alone, and she doesn't have anything, or anyone with her. How would you feel if you didn't have Aries-san there? Or me? Or anyone? What if you truly were alone?"

"What if this is…just an act, and she wants to use me, abuse me, like everyone else does? I, don't know if I can take that chance again, Mavis-san. Trusting humans…I've done that too many times, and I don't know if I could do it again."

"Kazuya-sama, it is okay. You don't have to worry, I'll be right here…right with you Kazuya-sama."

Aries hugged Kazuya tightly, not wanting Kazu to be distressed. She didn't get half of the conversation but knew enough to know that Kazuya was getting stressed about something, and she didn't like it one bit, and wished she could tell off Mavis for making him stressed, knowing that she probably was the cause of it.

"Thanks Aries-chan."

Hearing what he said beforehand, Mavis placed a hand on his shoulder, and gently squeezed it.

"Listen to me Kazu. By showing kindness, you'll gain kindness in return. Kindness, is also apart of human nature. I know that you haven't seen a good chunk of morally straight humans and have seen bad parts of humanity, but maybe, this is the time to see the good parts of humanity."

"Ugh…if I don't, you're just going to nag me all the way to the town, aren't you?"

"Yes, that is the plan~"

He knew that she would too. While he didn't know everything about her, he knew at least she'd do something like that, so he really didn't have a choice this time, and did what he needed to do in order to survive.

"Fine, I'll go ask. If she says no, then I can't do anymore, agreed?"

"Very much so, don't worry~ I understand~ If that's her choice, then I don't see a problem with it honestly. Yes, let's go and do that Kazu~ I'm glad that you made the right decision~"

"I think this is more forced than anything."

Mavis just smiled, not bothered by the comment.

Kazuya strolled over to the young girl just stood there, looking like life was going to leave her.

Making it in front of her, he waved his hand to get her attention.

"Hey, young girl."

She looked up towards him, offering a sheepish smile.

"Y-Yes? Is there something wrong?"

"Yeah…you." The girl looks confused. "I mean, staying out here. Apparently, showing kindness is something that I should do with humans too, so, how about you come with us until we make it out of the forest?"

"Wha…? W-Which way are you going?"

Kazuya took out the map, and looked over it, then pointed behind him.

"We're going to the north town, a place called…erm, Flowerain or something like that. The writing is a little faded."

"Ooh! Me too! I'm heading north…well, anywhere truthfully…s-so, north huh?"

"Right, and I was wondering…well, more like Mavis-san than myself…" Mavis stuck out her tongue, but since the girl couldn't see that, she was in the dark on what was going on. "But yeah, do you wish to come with us? I'll…I guess, we could work together until we get out of the forest and into the town. After that, I suppose we'd split up."

"O-Oh! I couldn't do that…I couldn't ask you such things…it would be quite rude of me to suddenly ask something like that…"

The cute expression on her face made Mavis frown, seeing how this girl was quite cute, and she didn't want others to be just as cute as she was in the world that she was in, it didn't seem like it would be fair if she took Kazu with her cuteness.

"Oh well, I tried. See you later. Good luck with your life."

Kazu turned around, and was fully intending to walk away when the girls eyes bulged.

"W-Wait! I was only being modest! Please don't suddenly shoot off! I-I was only trying to be polite!"

Kazu turned around, and faced her again, seeing the desperation on her face.

"So, you do want to come with us then?"

"I-I…y-yes! Please don't go! I'm…I can't fight or anything…please don't go…I-I can do things…I can do things for you…n-not in that way as I've heard…I mean, if you…p-protect me, I'll do something…money, I can pay you what little I have…"

She didn't know what else to say, since she didn't have anything else on her.

"Money huh…" For a brief second, jewels replaced his eyes, only to be stopped when Mavis tapped him on the head. "Eh…no, I don't want jewels…but first of all, introductions. My name…is Kazuya. I sometimes go by Kazu but only Mavis-san does things like that…"

"Hello, and good day, Kazuya-san. My name is Levy McGarden, please call me Levy."

Her name…

Kazuya was shocked that she had a name like that.

At least, in his mind it seemed like that was the name she used, and it was terrible in his mind, he didn't think that he would ever do something

"I-I'm so sorry your parents didn't like you that much."

Aries, and Mavis looked confused as did the newly named Levy.

"E-Eh?" A genuine confused face appeared and she looked taken back. "W-Why would you say that?"

"Well, I'm not saying Lucifer McDonald is a bad name, per-say. But it isn't like you're going to get many friends with such a name...it sounds quite bad, and kind of like an evil clown that's obsessed with giving children junk food. Yeah…maybe you're like that…but, you look like a cute enough girl or something like that…"

"W-Wait, what!? D-Did you say Lucifer McDonald then?"

Cocking his head to the side, seeing her freaked out expression, he gently agreed with her as Mavis' lips curled upwards, even Aries' lips curled upwards, knowing that he didn't intentionally mean to do something like that..

"Erm, that's your name, isn't it? Lucifer McDonald-san? So, I should call you Lucifer-san then? Or maybe Luc-san? Or maybe Ifer-san? Nah, those two don't sound right. Lucifer-san will do. Though maybe don't say your name near holy power, they might become angry."

Musing to himself, Levy's face kept dropping by the second.

"M-My name is Levy!"

She barked at him, getting agitated.

"Okay Lucifer-san, you've told me. I'm not going to make fun of your name or anything. I'm not that bad. I might dislike humans, but I'm not going to make you cry or anything because of the name you were bestowed with since birth. If you have a nickname you have, and want me to use that, then I don't mind using that."

Levy's eyes began watering up, and she felt her body slowly causing her to doubt herself, and make her feel like she would cry even harder than normally.

"B-But, my name is Levy McGarden! Levy McGarden! Levy! McGarden! That's my name! Levy! McGarden! Levy McGarden!"

She's getting really worked up about her name. She's even making grabbing hand gestures which kind of scares him.

Kazuya looked at Aries and got really close to her and whispered in her ear.

(Why does she keep repeating her name? I know that Lucifer McDonald-san isn't the best name, but she doesn't have to get so worked up over it. Is this what weird human girls do?)

Aries' eyes slant slightly, giving him a weird gaze.

(Erm...Kazuya-sama, her name is Levy McGarden-san, not Lucifer McDonald-san.)

Furrowing his eyebrows, he stared at her with slight disbelief.

(Are you sure Aries-chan?)

(Y-Yes...that's her name. It seems that you heard it wrong. Don't worry, it's an easy mistake since you don't usually remember such things about humans.)

That's true...he wasn't being disrespectful towards her, he just doesn't really bother with learning others names, as they usually leave his life anyway. And sometimes, he genuinely doesn't hear what peoples names are, even he didn't know why that was.

He slapped himself in the face, and bowed his head to Levy.

"I'm sorry, I could've sworn that you were saying Lucifer-san, but its Levy-san huh." Nodding with happy tears flowing from her eyes, he stuck out his hand. "Until we're out of this forest, what do you say to us being partners?"

He was sure both Mavis, and Aries would want him to be sociable and he's seen people handshake when they want to be friends. He didn't think he'd be friends with her, but at best, he would try to be at least socially accepting towards this human girl.

Hesitantly, Levy stuck out her own hand, until it met his own. Grasping his hand, we shook and smiled at one another, although his was strained since he doesn't have experience with talking to people his age.

"Y-Yes, until we're out of the forest, partner!"

"Ultear..."

...For a second then...he could've sworn that it was Ultear saying that...but that is impossible. He was taken back by it, and I kept blinking, my heart being faster to the confusion of Levy here.

"Hmmm? Is there something wrong Kazuya-san? Who's Ultear-san?"

He wished that he didn't say that aloud, as he didn't want this girl

"N-No, nothing. Its no one at all!" He lied, backing away slightly. "It's just a noise I make, and I was just...erm, thinking about our partnership, that's all. Yeah…that's all…"

Levy didn't really seem to believe that, and neither did Mavis or Aries, the last two well aware on why his trust in humans was essentially broke now, and it was partly Ultear's fault, even if it wasn't intentionally, or even if it was, neither of them truly knew.

"I-I see. Yes, our partnership is going to be good! I hope that I can be of assistance."

"Then, let's go...Lucifer...Levy-san." She frowned when he called her the incorrect name, but soon developed a happy face. "We've got daylight burning, and you never know what else is in this forest, but first…we've got to have something to eat, don't we Aries-chan?"

Though he didn't really feel hungry, he suspected that Levy would, due to it being around the time of the day where humans ate some food, yet he didn't know what kind of food Levy would want to eat, not that he was all that bothered.

"Y-Yes Kazuya-sama! I'm glad that you remembered!"

"Hey, you're making me sound stupid there~"

His playful tone took Levy by surprise, but not Mavis, knowing that he can be quite playful, and childishly cute when he wants to be, Mavis just wished that he would do the same with Levy now too, wanting him to be more associated with humans.

"I-I'm so sorry Kazuya-sama! I didn't mean too-"

"It's alright." He petted her back, then turned towards Levy. "So, I'm going to go and catch some fish. Do you…are you allergic to fish?"

"Oh, no, I'm not allergic or anything…but, aren't you going to eat that…erm, Vulcan-san? I heard you mention it before…"

Kazu briefly looked towards the Vulcan, and then back to Levy, shaking his head.

"No, save it for later, for dinner, and perhaps supper. It, probably won't keep until tomorrow, so a feast tonight would be better. We'll, have a light lunch, then big feast for dinner. That would be the best way."

"Erm…if that's what you think, then I am all for it."

"I'm glad you see it my way. Now, can you set up a fire?"

Levy was about to answer "Yes!" so she could please her new…she didn't even know what Kazuya was, since she felt a certain distance, but remembered, that she actually couldn't do that, so she shook her head dejectedly.

"No…I can't do that…"

"Right, I see. So…what can you do exactly?"

At the question, Levy stuck out her bottom lip.

"Mouuu…a-are you insulting me…?"

"Why would you think that? I just asked what you can do. If that's offensive, then I suppose I am sorry."

"N-No! Not at all! Sorry for the misunderstanding! Oh erm…what I can do huh…well, I can cook quite well…yes, if you bring the fish, I can cook them, and I have some spices with me too, it could taste good…yeah, I'll do that if you want me too…"

"Then, I'll leave cooking to you." Levy nodded her head strongly, wanting to help, as Kazu turned towards Aries. "Aries-chan, would you be so kind as to set up a fire for us so we can cook the fish I catch…yeah, there should be some fish in the river we passed before."

Aries placed a hand on her chest, nodding strongly.

"Yes Kazuya-sama! I'll prepare the fire, and anything else you might need Kazuya-sama! Please be safe! And don't worry, I'll make sure Levy-san here won't get into danger!"

"I will be, and thank you. Mavis-san, you coming?"

"Sure~ I don't mind~ Not like anyone else can see me here anyway, at least I'd be able to have a conversation with you unlike these two huh."

Levy looked around, but she couldn't see anyone that Kazuya was actually talking with. He seemed to not be talking to Aries in her eyes, but if not her, then just who was he talking with exactly? She didn't know the answer, and she wasn't sure that she needed the answer either.

"I suppose you're right. Well, we'll be leaving Aries-chan, make sure everything is ready."

"Yes Kazuya-sama! It will be ready soon!"

Kazuya took off through the woods with Mavis following in tow.

Once he was gone, Aries began gathering the equipment that she'd need to make a fire, as Levy just stood there, wondering what she was supposed to do now.

Since Aries seemed to be quite kind, she walked over to Aries, and smiled sweetly.

"Hello…erm, I'm Levy, nice to meet you…officially that is…"

Levy didn't seem to mind the horns coming out of Aries' head, or anything. She didn't exactly know what Aries was, she didn't seem merely as intimidating as Kazuya seemed. While he didn't show aggression, she got the feeling that he didn't want to help her, but did for some weird reason.

"Ooh, my name is Aries, Levy-san! Please call me that!"

Despite usually being shy, Aries wanted to show kindness that Kazuya probably wouldn't due to Levy being a human. Not that he was a cold hearted person, he just couldn't bring himself to feel worry for a human when none have done that for him for so long.

"Erm…d-do you need help Aries-san?"

Not wanting to be a burden, she tried to help in anyway that she could.

But Aries gently shook her head.

"O-Oh! No, it is okay! I can manage! Please relax, you must've been through quite the ordeal, huh."

Trying to connect with her, Aries offered her the best smile that she could, and like Mavis, she thought that this would be a good opportunity to allow Kazuya to see a good human for a change. She didn't know Levy from anyone else, but she didn't seem evil.

"Oh…yes, quite a scary day. I didn't even think Vulcan's were in the forest…I just wanted to get to the other side…I didn't think that I would run into Vulcan's…and then I ran into you guys too. Lucky that you came along, or I would've been a goner huh."

Aries smiled sadly, and thought of something that she knew she would need to bring up.

She didn't know how to do it though without sounding offensive, she didn't want to come off like that. She, in all honesty, just wanted to make Levy see that something's weren't just black and white, sometimes there was a middle ground for the thing that she wanted to talk about.

"Erm…Levy-san, I need to tell you something…"

"Oh, yes?"

"I'm sorry if it seems like…Kazuya-sama…erm, Kazuya-sama is a good person, so if he comes off as rude to you, or anything…then he doesn't mean it, at least not to you personally."

"Oh, is that right?"

Aries allowed her head to bob up and down.

"He's…just had a very bad experience in his life…several actually. I can't go into detail as that would be very disrespectful to Kazuya-sama. But…he doesn't mean to be rude to you…he is…erm, how to say…he's just not very good with humans…I know it seems strange saying that, since Kazuya-sama is basically a human too…it's just, Kazuya-sama has been let down many times during his time with humans…and he finds it difficult trusting them…so, please don't be offended…"

"O-Oh! Not at all!" She waved a hand in front of her face slowly. "I'm just grateful that I am getting this chance to live…I mean, I haven't spoken to anyone my own age since…well, it's been a while now…even though Kazuya-san seems a little distant, a little…erm, cold, he did save me…so, he can't hate me, right?"

Aries truly didn't know how to answer that.

She was sure that Kazuya didn't hate Levy as a person, he only met her so he couldn't hate her. But for people in general, he didn't really like them.

"Erm…no, I don't think that he can do that…"

"That's good, I was worried that he might not like me…" She saw the small shy look on Aries' face. "Something wrong Aries-san?"

"N-No! Nothing at all! It's just…Kazuya-sama is a little…when it comes to humans, like I said before…it might seem like he's being cold…it's just, as I said, someone close to him…someone hurt him very much…and since then, he hasn't trusted another human being since…and then it doesn't help when he only is treated like a street rat too, and with people always doing bad things…I'm afraid Kazuya-sama has only seen the dark part of humanity…"

Levy listened, and did feel sad. If that's how it went for him, then it was truly bad to hear something like that happening.


After lunch was had, Kazu catching the fish, and Levy had cooked them, they were on the road again, walking at a slow pace. Usually, Kazu walked faster, but due to Levy, he wasn't able to walk at his usual pace.

Though since he was dragging the corpse of the Vulcan along, he couldn't really run either. If he could, he'd probably make it out of the forest by nightfall, but now he knew that he wasn't going to make it to town until tomorrow.

"If we continue going west, we should reach the town by just after daybreak next morning, if we keep at this pace that is."

Kazuya explained to the group, Levy merely nodding as she had sweat dripping off her face.

To be fair, they had been walking for a few hours now, and she wasn't used to such things.

Mavis herself noticed this, and wondered what to say.

"Kazu, shouldn't we take a break?"

Noticing the sound of her voice, Kazu also lowered his own to match hers, so Levy wouldn't hear, but Aries still could.

"Why would we do that? We'd be wasting time."

"Well yes…but there's someone who is trailing behind…"

"Who? Aries-chan is right next to me."

At that, Mavis pointed towards Levy.

Kazu looked back, seeing Levy sweating and even was breathing heavily.

It was clear she wasn't used to something like this. While Kazuya was used to it, and didn't even notice it half the time, Levy was a normal human girl, and they had been walking for a while now. Even with the Vulcan dragging behind him with one of his hands, he didn't feel all that tired.

"I see what you mean…"

"Kazuya-sama, maybe we should take a break for Levy-sans sake?"

Aries suggested, Kazuya almost laughing that, despite the fact that Aries couldn't hear Mavis, she said basically the same thing as the young girl herself.

Kazu debated within his mind in what they should do, but he knew in the end, he couldn't overwork the girl, she'd probably drop dead or something else, and he couldn't have her do that, it wouldn't be the right thing to do.

Deciding to do what was right, he looked towards Levy, and called towards her.

"You wanna have a break?"

Despite being exhausted, she looked up towards him, smiling despite her exhaustion, shaking her head.

"N-No, I'm okay thank you…please don't be worried, I'm okay…"

"Quite clearly not. If you want to stop, all you do is have to say. It's…fine, we can take a break."

"I-I don't want to be a burden…w-we should keep g-going…I'll try my best to keep going…"

Levy walked forward, but because she was exhausted, she didn't see the root on the ground and her foot caught it, making her gasp as she went forward, towards the ground.

"See." Kazuya appeared before her with great speed, catching her just before she fell. "You push yourself too far, and you'll only get hurt. There's no point continuing if you're exhausted. Everyone gets tired, and even I do too. You, have to allow yourself to take a break once in a while."

"Nice advice Kazu, you should follow it sometime."

The young boy gritted his teeth, twitching his eyebrows in annoyance.

Levy though, pushed Kazuya away, and tried to stand, but her legs gave way. Just before she could land on the ground, Kazuya caught her, placing heron a nearby stone that was big enough for her to sit on comfortably.

"I-I'm sorry…"

She apologized as her eyes turned teary.

Kazuya took in a breath, and bent down to her level.

"It's fine, don't worry."

"B-But, you're go-going to hate me n-now for being s-so useless, a-and crying like this…"

Kazuya shook his head, as Mavis, and Aries smiled, glad to see that he did have kindness for humans, or maybe he just couldn't stand to see a girl cry, they didn't know.

"Don't cry, there's nothing to cry for. I don't think you're useless, or anything…well, maybe fighting isn't your thing…either way, you don't have to shed tears. People have different bodies, and stamina, I can't expect you to run as fast as I can, or you can't expect me to cook as well as you can. It's all about differences, isn't that what makes people…different?"

Levy continued to cry, but she rubbed her eyes, and smiled.

"Kazuya-san…I'm sorry, would it…be okay if we stop for a little while…?"

Kazuya was about to nod…when he had an idea.

Turning around, he bent down, and looked over his shoulders.

"Get on."

It was a quick order, Kazu clearly wasn't playing around this time, and just wished for her to get onto his back before anything else could happen.

Levy had a question mark above her head, not sure what the heck was going on.

"Kazuya-san? I don't understand…y-you want me to ride on your back?"

It felt…embarrassing to even consider something like that.

"If you're tired, then I'll just carry you. It would be quicker, and more efficient too. So, get on my shoulders."

Levy's face turned red as Mavis' face turned into a cute pout.

"You never ask me to ride on your shoulders…"

"You can fly, I can't. If anything, you should offer to carry me."

Aries and Levy didn't know what was going on, but Mavis adopted an even cuter pout.

"I-I'm not some kind of transportation for you…I'm a person too…"

"Then neither am I. If you want to ride on my shoulders next time, I don't mind."

"Fine then…that's how it is, I'm okay with that…"

Kazu nodded, then turned towards Levy again, seeing that she was blushing, though he wasn't really that bothered by that.

"What's wrong? Get on, I'll carry you."

"B-But, won't you exhaust yourself by doing that…?"

She wanted to say something else too, but she felt more embarrassed about this than anything else, and didn't know what else to say as a response, feeling her cheeks burning more and more red as she thought about what would happen.

Kazuya though was oblivious to everything that was going on, not even knowing that it might be 'weird' for a girl to ride on a guys shoulder that she wasn't dating, and tapped his shoulder again, getting less patient than before.

"No, it's fine. Hurry, we're burning daylight here."

Levy's face turned even more red, sticking out her bottom lip as she nodded her head.

"O-Okay…I'll do it too…"

Kazu bent his body as far down as he could.

Slowly, Levy mounted him from behind, her legs going over his shoulders, and then her butt touched his back. Her face turned even more red as she felt Kazuya's hand grasp her right leg just enough to keep her steady.

"Mmmmm…w-what's with the soft touch…?"

Levy murmured out, Kazuya slanting his eyebrows.

"I'm touching you softly?"

"O-Oh! Nothing! It's nothing! A-Are you sure that this is okay though…?"

"I said it was fine. I'll also get to train my strength this way, though you aren't heavy at all."

He didn't realize it, but that was one of the best things he could ever say to a girl, even a young girl like Levy knew of the things like that, and felt her face heating up even more without even realizing such things.

"…W-What a lovely compliment, thank you…"

Kazu didn't know if she was being sarcastic or not, but the looks on both Aries, and Mavis' face said that she wasn't being sarcastic, and was being genuine.

"Right, then let's get going."

With little warning, Kazuya stood up, shocking Levy by the sudden increase in height, so much so that she dropped her bag by mistake.

"Ooh! My bag!"

Kazuya looked down at the bag, and rolled his eyes.

But before he could reach to get it, Mavis flew down and spoke "I'll get it~" which she did, grasping it by the strap and then flew upwards.

As she watched, Levy felt her throat no longer allowing air to go in and out.

She felt her chest tighten, and her head dripped with nervous sweat. Her eyes were scared, displaying fear among everything else. Aries was quite used to it by now, but even she sometimes felt worried about things like that happening.

"Here you go~"

Mavis didn't even realize for a second that Levy couldn't hear her, and all she could do is watch as the bag floated closer to her.

"…Kazuya-san…"

She wept, tears streaming down her face.

"What is it?"

Kazuya asked as Aries had a sweatdrop falling down her face.

"T-This bag…is moving on its own…m-magic…? R-Right?"

"Oh, that's just Casper the friendly ghost."

Mavis' eyebrows twitched as Levy giggled through her tears, taking the bag, and placed it over her shoulder.

"D-Don't call me Casper! I knew Aries-san shouldn't of read that book to you!"

Kazu snickered as Levy shook her body.

"Kazuya-san…t-this ghost girl…boy, whatever, isn't going to kill us right…?"

"Nah, she's fine. She isn't a murderer as far as I am aware."

Mavis adopted a pout, and walked on ahead of them.

"To think Kazu would say such things, how cruel is destiny…?"

Kazu rolled his eyes, and walked forward. Levy was a little unsteady, so her legs naturally wrapped around Kazu's neck, but not enough to strangle him.

"Kazuya-sama, shall I grab the Vulcan-sans body?"

Kazu waved his hand and then grasped the Vulcan while walking past, dragging the body along.

"You be on look out Aries-chan, just in case something comes for us, okay? This thing might look big, but it is barely above a normal humans weight, so it is fine. I suspect that thing one is a young one, though still evil anyway due to wanting to kill a young girl."

"Y-Yes Kazuya-sama! I'll be on look out!"

"Good, then here we go!"

While dragging the Vulcan, and carrying Levy on his shoulders, everyone began moving again.

While it was embarrassing, Levy was very thankful that she had met someone willing to do something like this with her, where she wouldn't be a burden…or, maybe she was.

She didn't know, if she was or not. But, if she was, she was going to make up for it somehow, she wasn't going to just be a burden she was going to contribute in anyway that she possibly could do.

Though this was a strange situation, Levy couldn't deny that being carried like this…actually was pretty fun.


"Phew, what a meal. That was really good!"

Levy exclaimed happily as she laid on the ground with her eyes turned to the sky.

It was nearing night time now, and after the day they had, Levy was quite exhausted. Though, she didn't walk half of the time due to Kazuya carrying her on his shoulders, she felt bad about that, so she decided to cook everything and even fetched water, among other things, for them to drink and such.

All in all, it was a pretty good meal, even Kazuya seemed to like it, and as for Mavis, she liked it too, though when Levy saw the floating bowl, she wasn't exactly happy about seeing something quite so scary, it did make her squeal a little bit in horror.

"She's right Kazu, that was good."

Mavis commented, the boy nodding.

"It did taste nice, but I think that was because of the spices Levy-san added too."

Levy looked up due to her name being mentioned.

"Oh, you liked them Kazuya-san?"

"I've never tasted such things before. It, enhanced the meats flavour anyway."

"I'm glad that you enjoyed it~!"

Being the kind girl that she was, Levy offered a smile, and if Mavis was mistaken, then she didn't want to be, as she saw that his face was turning upwards slightly.

Kazuya looked towards Aries as Mavis wondered what she should do now, seeing what was going to happen now.

"Aries-chan, could you make the usual for me please?"

"Y-Yes, of course Kazuya-sama!"

Using her wool magic, Aries began making the necessary arrangements for the place for the night. Surrounding them in the wool, a miniature house made of wool was being made around them, Levy sitting up, dazzled by what was happening.

"Wow, look at the wool…s-so, you're making a house for us for the night then?"

"It's protection from anything outside." Kazu explained as Aries extended the wool upwards. "It's better than sleeping with no protection at all."

"That's…quite smart actually. Yes, it would make sense if your…erm, Spirit-san can do something of that nature."

"Yes, I thought it would be a good idea anyway."

"I see…b-but, what if we need the…erm, y-you know…"

Kazuya was in the dark.

"What are you talking about?"

"T-The…y-you know! W-What people d-do alone…w-when…erm…b-bathroom…"

The shyness in her voice was only enhanced by the cute tinge of pink dusting her cheeks.

"Oh, you mean if you need to use the bathroom?" Levy nodded shyly, her face staining red. "Then, there's a door you can exit out of over there." He pointed towards a handle made of wool. "Since it is only on this side, no one will know where the door is. though, if you do need the bathroom, I would suggest waking myself up so I can listen out in case any bandits are nearby. They always seem to pop up at any times."

"Y…Yes, that's a wise precaution. I'll do just that, thank you Kazuya-san."

He nodded his head like a robot would, as Aries finished making the place for the night, and then made Kazuya a bed, and pillows, and even a blanket too.

Levy looked over, and had to admire the look of the bed, and how comfy it must feel.

"Iyaaaa~! Such a comfy bed Aries-chan~!"

Kazuya fell against the bed, as Mavis jumped on too, taking…her side of the bed.

Kazuya was going to settle down on the bed, and was going to tell Aries that she could go back to the Spirit World if she wanted, when he saw that Mavis was giving him a small look, something that he was unsure about.

"Something wrong Mavis-san?"

"Yes…you know, the girl over there…Levy-san, she might want a bed too."

Kazuya looked towards Levy, and saw that she was attempting to set up something to sleep on too.

She didn't even ask Kazu anything about Aries making her one too.

He didn't expect her to expect a bed just made for her, but he was surprised that she didn't even attempt to ask about it at all. It just seemed weird to him that he didn't even get a question from the young girl about it.

"She probably does want one."

Kazuya spoke with a refreshing smile on his lips, confusing Mavis.

"Why…are you smiling right now?"

"It's nothing really, I just smile sometimes when I'm confused."

"It looks more weird than confused."

"Well, maybe I'm weird. I'm cool with that." Kazuya looked towards Aries, and saw how sheepish she looked. "You only look like that when you want me to do something. Can I presume you want me to ask you to make her a bed?"

"Kazuya-sama knows me too well…y-yes, Kazuya-sama. If it isn't too much trouble, we could do something like that…couldn't we…?"

Kazuya didn't even want to fight it this time, knowing that sleeping on the ground wasn't fun, since he had done it for many years, and waved his hand towards her, showing a distant smile on his face.

"Sure, make her a bed if you would Aries-chan."

"Yes, right away Kazuya-sama!"

Getting pumped, Aries made a bed just for Levy, who looked confused.

She didn't really hear the conversation that they had, so she wasn't in the know on what was going on.

"Bed…there, you can…sleep on that bed, if you like…"

"Wha…? R-Really?"

Suddenly, Levy was overcome with emotion, emotions she didn't even want to show right now, but she didn't have a choice in the matter. She shed tears, confusing Kazuya immensely on why she was doing that.

"Y…Yeah, sleep on it if you like, it's all yours."

"Ooh thank you! You don't know how much that means to me!"

Kazuya just waved her off, as he got ready for bed…well, he just got into the bed, he couldn't do anything else, since there were girls around. Even he knew it would be bad if he did anything like get naked, or something akin to that.

Levy didn't waste any time, jumped onto the bed, and sunk against it.

"Ooh wow, this is really soft…I've not felt something so soft in such a long time before…I could really become used to this…"

Continuing to feel the bed with every part of her body, Kazu was intrigued by what she was doing, and why she was so happy.

Since he was used to it, he couldn't remember how he first reacted to gaining a bed. But, he presumed that he looked just like Levy does right now, how happy she is, and how she seems to be gaining such a happy face that it almost was criminal.

"See, Kazuya-sama? A small gesture of kindness can go a long way."

"I suppose you're right…but, that was lost on me for a long time Aries-chan…either way, you can head back if you like?"

Aries tilted her head left.

"A-Are you sure it is okay?"

"It'll be fine, don't worry. I'm going to get to sleep soon anyway."

Aries still wasn't sure, but she was getting tired too, so she didn't have a choice but to accept what he said as truth.

"Y-Yes Kazuya-sama, then I will be heading off now. Goodnight."

"Goodnight Aries-chan."

She bowed her head, then turned to Levy.

"A-Also, goodnight Levy-san."

"Oh, y-you're leaving? Where are you going?"

"Y…You see, Spirits such as myself can't stay in this world indefinitely, so I will be going back to my world. But, Kazuya-sama will summon me again tomorrow morning, so we'll see each other again really soon, please don't worry."

Levy just accepted it, nodding her head.

Aries said her final goodbyes, and then disappeared, leaving the three alone.

While Levy couldn't see Mavis, she heard what was going on, and just snuggled down on Kazuya's bed. Kazuya himself just watched as Levy slowly slid into her sleep, after she said "Goodnight Kazuya-san…" in a tired voice.

Kazuya himself just watched as she drifted to sleep, not aware what the young boy truly was thinking about as of this moment in time.


Later at night, as Levy was asleep in the bed that Kazuya asked Aries to make for her, he couldn't get a thought of his head, and that being about the young girl herself, and what her true intentions really were.

"Kazu, what are you thinking about?"

Mavis, who for some reason, always just slept in his bed now, if she slept at all he didn't actually know, looked towards him with a curious expression on her face, wanting to know what was going on within the young boy.

"Mavis-san, I don't know what to think…you told me to trust her, right?"

"I told you to try at least, yes. Why? What are you thinking?"

Kazuya thought about it within his mind, and ultimately, he couldn't just sit around and do nothing at all, so he slowly rose off the bed, looked towards the young Levy sleeping, and saw her bag towards the side.

"I'm going to go and do a little investigation."

Mavis at first didn't know what he was talking about.

But it became clear when he was walking towards her bag.

"Whoa there!" Mavis flew out of the bed, and landed in front of him, putting out her arms. "You can't just go and look through her private stuff! What about if she wanted to do that with you?"

"I don't own anything worth seeing besides Aries-chan's key, and that's about it. Well, there's also some of the leftover stuff Onii-chan left…but, I'm different to you Mavis-san. You might believe in the goodness of humans, but I can't. I just can't accept it until I know. Don't forget, Brain is still out there, and then there's Black Dragon-sama who also wishes for a fight. I can't just sit by, when this girl could be an assassin for all I know."

Mavis had an incredulous look on her face.

"If she's an assassin, then I'll eat a hat."

Deadpanning the young boy, Kazuya slowly released a breath.

"Fine, maybe not assassin, but maybe something else. She could be out to do some serious damage here, and you're thinking that she's just a normal girl, we don't know anything about her. All we know was that she was in the forest, and she doesn't even know how to fight, or anything? Don't you find that at least a little suspicious?"

"I'll admit that it does seem weird that she goes into a forest like this, and she doesn't know how to defend herself, but maybe she didn't have a choice. If you only, I don't know, ask or something, then we'll be able to find out more about her, won't we?"

Kazuya couldn't deny something like that.

But, would Levy even tell the truth? Would he even be able to tell the truth to a strange? If he couldn't do it, then how could he ask someone else to do something like that? It wouldn't be right at all if he couldn't do something of that nature.

"You can't say that she is anything bad for certain Kazu."

"And you can't say she is good for certain either."

Kazu countered, Mavis actually couldn't deny his logic either, it did make sense that technically, he was right that even she didn't know Levy. Mavis didn't think that Levy actually was a bad person, she didn't sense any evil, but she could understand Kazu's hesitation to believe she's a good person.

"Okay…fine. Just because you'd probably not give it up, you're that stubborn, search through her bag then. But, for all of the holy things in this world, don't tell her that you looked through her bag. It would really be bad if she finds out."

"Deal, now I'm going to do it."

Kazuya bypassed Mavis, and walked towards the bag.

Mavis also walked towards the bag, carefully watching Mavis, and attempting to see if Levy would wake up, but she seemed to be quite asleep right now, even though she seemed a little restless at the same time.

Kazuya walked all the way over to the bag, and picked it up.

Using his slender fingers, he prodded through the bag, and saw generic stuff.

A hairbrush, clothes, and other things like spices. All in all, it didn't seem like she had much money either, even less than he had.

"There, I told you she wouldn't have anything dangerous. Just a bunch of clothes, and some food stuff, that's it Kazu. If you had only listened to me before, then we could've saved all of this time and effort."

"Fine, maybe you're…" Something caught Kazuya's eyes, so he went to investigate. "Hmmmm, what's this exactly…?"

"What?"

Mavis was interested to see what he had found…

He saw something at the bottom of the bag, something wrapped up.

Carefully, since it seemed delicate, he unwrapped it, and what he was, was quite surprising to the young boy…

He saw a picture of Levy, with two people. One was a woman that Levy looked awfully alike, and the other was a man, who Kazuya presumed to be Levy's Father, due to the age look that he had, and how Levy seemed to be happily sat between them.

"That must be her family."

Mavis estimated, Kazuya nodding his head.

"Probably yeah."

"I wonder why she's not with them…?"

"Probably, they are dead."

Mavis grimaced as she looked towards Kazuya's face, who traced the image with his eyes.

"That's a real grizzly turn for the worse. You think that it is something like that?"

"Probably. Why else would she be alone like this? If I had my family, I would be with them right now. If Ultear was around, I'd be with her, and if Onii-chan was still alive, then I would still be here with him. But, if she's really here without her family, then the only reason I can think of is that they are dead."

"That's terrible, and she's quite young too…"

Mavis had a sympathy face for Levy as she tossed, and turned, but Kazu looked at the picture again, and saw that Levy was smiling like a child would. Something like that, he didn't know what would happen if he saw something like that.

"That's how the world works, I guess."

"Kazu…you know, if this girls parents are dead, you'd have something in common with her."

Kazuya didn't see it that way, since unlike the girl, he presumed, he also didn't know anything about his parents.

"I don't know if my parents are dead or not. They abandoned me with Brain, so they can be for all I care. It's like, if they wanted to know, they wouldn't of just left me with Brain. But well, it doesn't matter now, I have my own life, and they aren't apart of it. They…don't have the right to be apart of it, since they left me with a monster…they, didn't have to do that…"

Mavis curiously looked on at him for a few moments, then placed a hand on top of his.

"Why don't you put the picture back now? Since you've seen that, it can convince you that she isn't bad, right?"

"It only convinces me that she had a family. It doesn't convince me that she's not evil. It's like me just showing a picture of Ultear, myself, and Onii-sama, it wouldn't change who I am, if I am good or evil. For all we know she is-"

"Kaa-chan…Tou-chan…"

Kazu and Mavis stop their talking, hearing Levy crying out.

Looking towards her, Kazu and Mavis saw that she was wriggling around uncomfortably, and probably was having a nightmare if the look on her face was any indication.

Kazuya placed the picture back as nicely as he could, and then left it in the place at the bottom of the bag where it was before, then placed the stuff back over it, so she wouldn't be the wiser on him actually looking through her stuff.

Placing her bag down near where it was before, Kazuya was going to go to bed…

Then he saw something he didn't think that he ever would see…

He saw that the young girl, actually was shedding a tear in her sleep.

Levy, was crying in her sleep.

At that moment, Kazuya felt bad for her.

He didn't know her, but no one could hide emotions when sleeping. He knew she was asleep, otherwise she would've said something when he was looking through her stuff, and right now, she truly was shedding tears over something that…he wondered, what she would be crying for.

"Poor girl, she's probably all alone in the world, Kazu."

"Yeah…being alone sucks huh…I wonder how long she was…" Realizing what he was saying, Kazu shook his head, not wanting to go down that route. "It doesn't matter, that's what happens in this kind of world. Everyone always ends up alone."

"Like you did when Ultear left, right?"

Kazu bit his lower lip, knowing that she probably was right.

"Yeah…that's right. Ultear…did leave me all alone…she left me to die…huh…but, I don't want to accept that…she, maybe she…had her reasons…and this was…her way of protecting me…"

"Like this girl…she doesn't have anyone Kazu. Probably anyway. We don't know…but, she won't survive all that long if she's going into forests alone, and doesn't even know any magic's or anything like that…"

"And, what do you suggest I do? Take her with us?"

Kazuya wasn't really into that idea.

Not because Levy was a human, but because, something else…he knew that in the long run, it wouldn't be a good thing if that happened. He, couldn't be responsible for someone else's life, and he couldn't just tend to their needs either. He had to fight for himself, and Aries, and Mavis, well she could take care of herself…

Mavis shrugged her shoulders.

"Whatever it is, we'll be in the next town tomorrow, and then a decision will have to be made. Personally, I'd take her with us but, maybe you don't want to do something like that…"

"This isn't me being cold…but remember, I am being chased by a large Dragon. It's probably safer away from me than with me. Even if she doesn't have anyone, if she comes with me, she'll be in constant danger anyway. I can barely look after myself, let alone anyone else. How am I supposed to do something like that, exactly Mavis-san? You, and Aries-chan, can fight for yourselves, fight beside me. If Levy-san here can't fight, then she'd be a liability."

As cold as it sounded, that's how Kazuya saw it.

If this was just a normal setting, in a normal town, in a normal place, he'd at least consider if after hearing the young girls story. But, this was different now. He, didn't have the luxury to do something like take her along with him.

"You wouldn't be looking after her, you'd be working together. People have different skills, and different things about them. Sure, she might not be able to fight like you can, but perhaps, she could be a cook or something? That's what friends do for one another."

"We're not friends though, we hardly know one another, and as I said, danger is always around me. I don't know if you've forgotten or not, but that's how it is, danger and all. We'll be in a dangerous situation, and end up being…God knows what is going to happen Mavis-san…I don't even know why we're having this conversation, it isn't like I can actually take her with me. Maybe, just maybe I'll feel a little sorry for her, but trust me Mavis-san, she'll be safer away from me, everyone would. As long as that thing chases after me, no one can stay around me, or they'll end up dead."

Mavis also thought about that, and even though it was true, she didn't like the idea that Kazu always had to be alone because there wasn't anything that he could do against the Dragon. She just wished that she could do something, but as she was, she wasn't able to do anything.

"Even then, it seems like it is unfair…"

"Life's unfair. Now, I think we should get to bed. Coming?"

Mavis looked towards Levy, and thought about what she could've been doing.

Kazuya on the other hand just wondered what Mavis was thinking about right now. He knew it would be too dangerous for Levy to go with him. It, just wouldn't be right to place anyone in that kind of danger.

Mavis looked towards Kazu, then nodded her head.

"…Yeah, sure, I'm coming now."

Kazu and Mavis went towards the bed, were he laid down immediately, and she just clung to him.

Kazuya didn't have the heart to tell her to get off, since he already seemed like he upset her today, he didn't want to upset her again. He, just was a realistic person, and if that meant he had to stop going around with a human to keep that person safe, then he was okay with that.

"Good night, Kazu."

Mavis spoke brazenly as she continued sinking against his young chest.

Kazu briefly gazed at her, then petted her head.

"Night, Mavis-san."

Mavis felt content, closing her eyes.

Kazu didn't know if she slept or not, but he didn't really sleep that night.

He kept looking towards Levy, and wondered, just what he was going to do with the young girl, and what, if anything, could be done with her.


"Fueeeeee, that was some hike huh…"

Levy breathed out as she, Kazu, Mavis, and Aries finally came out of the forest.

With the beaming sun blazing down on them, they saw a large town before them. It couldn't be classed as a city, but it was larger than most normal towns, and from the sounds of it, it seemed like something was going on.

But for Kazu, that didn't matter, as they had come to the town now, and decisions had to be made…and he didn't know what he was supposed to do now. He, actually felt slightly bad if he just left her, but what else could he do?

He couldn't have Levy along, he didn't even know her all that well. And then there was Mavis, guilt tripping him. Sometimes, he wished Mavis wasn't as kind and caring as she was, and even Aries was doing it with the occasional puppy dog eyes which he couldn't fight against either.

"It wasn't so bad, was it…?"

Kazuya, who was used to such things, didn't see a problem with the walking.

Levy adopted a shy face, nodding her head.

"I guess that wasn't so hard for you huh…"

"Not really, just another walking session I suppose. Either way, we should get into town."

"Y-Yes, you're right, we should…and then we're…"

Levy didn't know how to finish that, and just walked forward, Kazuya doing the same with the other two companions that he had.

As they walked, Mavis and Aries kept looking at him, and he knew why that was.

He just didn't know what he was supposed to do, and sometimes wished they didn't have such an influence over him with cuteness. Especially Aries, who was innocent cute, and Mavis was quite innocent looking, though she did have some naughty intentions to her too.

While Kazuya was considering what to do, Levy was considering what she was supposed to do now too.

"I suppose…this is where we part…since that's what Kazuya-san said…I guess he doesn't want other people tagging along with him…well, I will be fine on my own I guess…I do wish that I had someone else to talk with though…"

Levy wished that she had the courage, but she didn't want to become a burden, and even then, if she did go, would she always be distance away from the real Kazu. It was quite clear that he preferred keeping himself to himself, yet something about him…

Just something Levy could see that something was there, and while he didn't show it, it seemed like something familiar was about him, and almost inviting, despite the coldness that he displayed, and even then he didn't know how he was going to handle this.

By the time they got to town, Kazu faced Levy as Mavis, and Aries looked towards him, and he really felt uncomfortable right now, knowing what they really wanted to talk about, though Kazuya wasn't sure on how to even talk about it at this point.

"Well, I guess this is it then."

Kazu spoke, attempting to ignore the cute pout from Aries, and the look from Mavis.

Levy's eyes went downwards.

"I see…y-yes, this is it…s-so, what are you going to do now…?"

"Stay in the town a little while, probably until half the day has gone, and then continue on once getting some supplies...hmmm, seems like rain clouds have gathered over a little bit of the town, and others that haven't done such things...well, that's how it is, weird and all that."

Kazuya noticed the town had some rain over it, yet not all over the town. It was quite weird.

"Really? You aren't going to stay even a day?"

Levy seemed surprise. He just spent a day and a little bit just walking through the forest, and now, it was entirely possible that he was going to go and do the same thing again, and it didn't make sense to her why he was just going to go again.

"No point, can't. Got…places to be, people to…see."

Levy didn't understand, but it seemed to her that Kazu wanted to say something more than he did, and ended up saying something else entirely.

"Oh right…then, good luck on your journey! Please be safe!"

Hearing that, Kazu nodded his head, and turned away from her, Aries, and Mavis looking to see that despite turning away, it seemed like he had a slight smile on his face. Just that small smile, meaned hope to both of them.

"You too, be safe. Aries-chan, Mavis-san, we should be going."

With that, Kazuya walked away as Aries, and Mavis trailed behind him, staring at him with their round eyes, and cute expressions, Levy just watching the place that he walked, wondering what she was going to do next.

As he walked, Mavis, and Aries kept staring at him.

They wouldn't stop.

Their cuteness really was damaging to his mentality, and if he didn't stop it soon, he surely was going to be overtaken by the cuteness that they both were displaying to him, he didn't even want to know what Levy was doing right now.

"Will you both stop trying to guilt me into doing it? Am I the only one remembering the large Dragon that, not one month ago, nearly crushed me, brushed Aries-chan aside, and made her get hurt, with nothing at all? Do I only remember this?"

"Kazuya-sama…"

Aries spoke sombrely, so Kazuya looked towards her, seeing that she had teary eyes, his mental barriers being broken slowly.

"D-Don't Aries-chan, you know that I can't resist such things…"

"But Kazuya-sama…you don't have to walk this world alone…"

"I'm not alone, I've got you and now Mavis-san. That's all I need…well, that other girl too, who's name is…damn, her name is…even then, I can't have her along with me, it's too dangerous, Aries-chan. The Dragon, I couldn't even dent it, I couldn't do anything to it. But now, you're asking me to bring along a girl?"

"I'm only saying, Kazuya-sama is very lonely, and even if you won't admit it Kazuya-sama, you don't mind good people…that girl, Levy-san, wasn't a bad person…she was just like Kazuya-sama, quite alone in this world…"

Kazuya sighed heavily, shaking his head again and again, not wanting to listen to it, physically wishing that he didn't feel so guilty as he did right now. He didn't even understand why he felt guilty, it wasn't like Levy did anything for him, and just got in the way…is what he told himself. But the truth was…even he didn't know the truth deep down.

"She's right Kazu. How about just for today, just one single day, you can just spend a day with a human, in a normal setting. You never spend time with humans, how can your opinion change if you never try and spend time with humans?"

"Because all humans I've met are scumbags. They try and murder people, steal, do naughty things against other's wills, and wishes, and even make others cry. That's why I don't bother spending time with humans, because all of them are the-"

"Levy-san wasn't like that, was she?"

Mavis cut off Kazu's small rant about humans, making him lower his eyes to the ground.

When he didn't say anything, Mavis continued.

"Levy-san never tried to steal from you. She never tried to murder you, and she didn't try anything…eeh, naughty like you said either. She is just a child of this world that doesn't have anyone else…just like you Kazu."

"Well…that's different to me…she doesn't…have a large Dragon chasing her…"

Mavis could see this was her chance, so she gave the final push that she had been wanting to give for a little while now.

"But, she is alone right now, isn't she? Aww, come on. Just one day isn't gonna kill you, and it isn't like she would be able to hurt you either. I mean, come on. A fight between you and her would end in her defeat, so it isn't like she can beat you up or anything, not that she probably would either…"

"Alright! Fine!" Kazuya threw a single finger up, showing it to both Aries, and Mavis. "One day, okay!? One single day! I have to get supplies anyway, but that's it. Just a single day, and then it's bye-bye, see you later, and other words meaning that, okay?"

"Sure! Good choice Kazu!"

"Ooh Kazuya-sama! I'm glad you decided to spend a day with her!"

He felt complicated as the pair hugged him tightly.

In his mind, he was sure that he was going to make a mistake by agreeing to this, but maybe…just maybe he wouldn't make such a huge mistake, perhaps he didn't want to just admit that he didn't want to lose this day, maybe a day wouldn't be so bad.

Turning around, he saw that Levy was slowly walking away.

"Great, now I'm going to have to go and chase her."

"She's not walking that fast. Don't be lazy."

Mavis slightly scolded, only to earn a stare in return from Kazu. It wasn't quite cold enough to be a glare, but a stare was more than anything else that made Mavis feel complicated on the matter.

"Don't worry Kazuya-sama, I'm sure you'll catch her!"

Like she always was, Aries gave her confident cheers towards him, making him smile.

Kazuya threw his head back, and then ran off as Aries, and Mavis followed after her.

As Mavis said, Levy wasn't walking fast, so it wasn't difficult to catch up to her, giving her a startle as he placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Iyaaa!" She let out a scream, and turned her eyes towards Kazu and the gang. "O-Oh, Kazuya-san…w-what's wrong? Did you forget something?"

Kazuya placed his hand on the back of his head, stroking gently.

"Well…you see, since I have to get supplies, and all, I was…erm…I don't know how to say stuff like this…we should…you should just come with me because…erm, technically I said when we get to town, we'd be partners, I didn't say we'd break up after that…until we leave town, in whatever directions we go…we should…just stay together for the day or something…"

Aries, and Mavis found it absolutely adorable in how he basically asked her to go with him, even comparing it to slightly Tsundere, but not really. Even then, it did seem a little Tsundere of Kazuya to speak as he did.

Levy was blown away with shock, but that was replaced with a smile.

"W-Well, you are right…w-we still are in the town…and we did agree until we got to the town, and even though we're in the town and all…I suppose we could extend it to going around together…sure! Let's go around together!"

Kazuya didn't know if he should be doing this.

His mind was screaming at him to not do this, that Levy would just betray him…

But his heart, and Mavis, plus Aries, were basically acting as his conscious at this time…and were telling him that maybe…just maybe all humans aren't so bad…maybe, there could be some good ones in the crowd of humans, and maybe…Levy was a good human after all.


End chapter!

So, we got the introduction of Levy, as his partner for now! As shown, it seems like trust issues are a thing with Kazu, and he'll have them for a little while longer. But, as he travels with Levy, and the group, it will become clear that all humans couldn't be bad. Well, until next time!

From reading the reviews...wow, a lot of people seem to like Erza huh. I was quite surprised by that, and I was even more surprised by the amount people wish to ship Kazuya and Fem Jellal too, I thought that would be something people didn't want, but that's what got the majority vote, so yeah! Seems like both are with Kazuya! I'll have to think of shipping names for all of the girls huh.

Thanks for reading and until next time!

Harem; Zeref (fem), Mavis, Aries, Mirajane, Ultear, Virgo, Lucy, Levy, Wendy (older), Juvia, Erza, Jellal (fem).