Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

Linkonpark100; You'll have to wait and see, and why would it exactly?

DocSlendy; Well, that's the majority vote, so I can't really say anything else about it. Indeed, it quite is.

hellspam; Well, we'll have to see if she makes an appearance huh~ Hehe, he did show quite the adorable moment, didn't he?

Allan Von'Skoon; The wheels keep on turning and...eeh, I know there's a song that has that in, but I can't remember what that is lol. Well, either way, let's answer the review! Indeed, a human companion huh, seems strange for Kazu, though he was quite against it, and still is against it too. Kazu to the rescue, with Aries! They work quite well together, don't they~? It had to be done, that's how Kazuya is after all~ She has been indeed, and is gonna be a part of what makes Kazuya see that all humans aren't so bad. I know, Mavis is quite like Kazu's guiding hand huh, along with Aries, wanting him to spend time with humans, though he keeps trying to fight against it. He at least wishes to believe in the kindness of human children at least, if it was an adult, he would've been more dismissive. Hehe, suspicious is right, what's gonna happen with that I wonder~? I suppose that he could pull off both of those huh, a cute Tsundere moment. Aah, no worries, they always bring a smile to my face~ Ah, when I get the chance, I'll check it out, currently recovering from something terrible at the moment.

Guest 1; He sure does do, well sort of anyway~

Guest 2; After what he did to Kazuya, he's surely not going to be walking away from what is gonna happen. Hmmm, I could see that happening actually.

Guest 3; Yeah, it sounds interesting to me~ And that sounds funny yeah~ Love the idea~ I suppose that he could do yeah, playing match maker or something. And cool ideas for the harem too~

Skull Flame; Hmmm, well it is Levy yeah~ Hehe, it just seemed like the obvious joke to make, so I had to put it in there~ He surely did, and he didn't even know about that either. I know, I didn't think that one would actually be so popular, but it was, and I've already got what is gonna happen for that arc planned out now thanks to that. That actually does sound good, I like it~ Thanks for the suggestion~ Those pairing names sound good to me~ I really like Kazevy, I'll use that one if you don't mind?

Guest 4; Levy wouldn't betray him~ And no, not really, he's the height of an average boy his age.

Absolute Mirage; Oh, no worries~ I'm glad that you liked it~ I'm glad that you did! Yeah, Levy's with him now~ It seems like those two surely do want to help him interact with humans, even if he doesn't want to do something like that, though maybe he might have some urges deep down to have connections. Yup, they are gonna be fun to do, can't wait for that~ I know, maybe I might make a joke about it saying he really is attracted to blue haired women. I haven't decided yet, but I guess that it could happen, he'll certainly be making a trip over there sooner or later. And thanks!

Fenrir; Eeh, yeah, I guess so. Just anything to do with the earth I suppose, the umbrella under the earth category. Like, earth itself, soil perhaps, and other things like that. I believe you're right about that yeah, and I could see him eating Jura's magic the most, saying it fills him with the most power or something like that. Iron ore huh, it shouldn't be impossible. Just as long as it is something to do with the earth, like how Sting can eat anything that's white, like when he ate that arrow that was just white, and such.

Primevere; Aah, I've had times in the past when I couldn't remember such things either, don't worry, it happens to all of us. I'm glad that you are liking it! Levy is quite a cool character, and I always liked her. Meredy huh. Hmmm, that's a toss up honestly. I mean, she could be, or I thought about maybe Kazuya being like a father figure to her, like Ultear is a mother figure, and maybe, I dunno, maybe get like overprotective over his 'daughter' and not want her to date or something.

ShadowUzumaki55; Levy's been introduced alright~ And she's here to stay, for the moment anyway~ Well, they convinced him to spend a day with him, but yeah that's how it is huh. Exactly, that gets brought up during this chapter too. I'm glad that you are, and yeah, I'll consider them~

Neonlight01; Yeah, I'm sure some people did too~ So, you were a great predictor! They will be, after a bit of convincing. Bit by bit, she will be helping him, along with the others. And yeah, they surely are gonna be fun to write~

ClyxicRyse; Some as they are, and some rewritten, but I can't tell you which ones, I'd have to go over them first.

Tohka123; Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed it! Indeed, Levy has been introduced last chapter, and someone else is gonna be introduced this chapter too! Because they've been together for a while, they do have quite the good teamwork. Well, that aspect is lost on Kazuya, he takes things quite literally, most of the time anyway, like with Mavis in this chapter too. Glad that you liked it~ It won't happen all of the time, but it will pop up from now and again. She didn't want to cause a problem, already sensing that Kazuya was being quite, distant from her. But, she didn't have to worry, Kazuya's not that bad~ Levy has been, and it will be shown this chapter too. He is quite swayed by them, he even brings it up in this chapter too. Oh yeah, they'll be in for an adventure sooner or later. I'm glad that you do! It makes me want to write more, and more!

Lightwave; She has indeed! She'll be important to Kazuya in the long run. She's one of mine too. She will do yeah, with a little help from the others. She is indeed~ Erza's here, and it is going to be quite, something.

Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time for the chapter! P.s,check out bottom of chapter, important information there regarding future of story.


Unlikely partnership, she's my travelling companion!?

"Wow, it seems like everything is pretty cool, indeed~ Look at everyone going around the area, with a swishing, and a swashing, and everything else~ I can't believe this at all~ I think that I am going to be overjoyed!"

Kazu watched as Levy looked around each of the stalls that they visited.

It wasn't something that Kazu usually did, but thanks to Mavis, and Aries, he pretty much was forced to do something like tag along with her. Though, he did have to admit that humans threw good parties, even if they seemed weird to him personally.

Even though he walked with Mavis, and Aries, they kept trying to push him into standing near Levy. Though he'd resist such things. He didn't want to get close to a human, he didn't think that he actually would be allowed to get close to a human again, it was too much for him to even think about right now.

Up above in the sky, there seemed to be clouds, and a light rain. It wasn't heavy, and it seemed to be away from most people, like it was transfixed into a certain area.

"The rain huh…well, as long as it doesn't downpour, we'll still have fun, right Kazuya-san?"

Levy attempted to make a conversation start with him, but Kazuya just smiled weakly.

Knowing that she probably wasn't going to get an answer, she didn't really take offense to it, she actually enjoyed the fact that she wasn't alone. Though she did wish that she wouldn't have a person that didn't talk before.

"Kazuya-sama, it seems like that you're not having fun?"

Aries brought up as Mavis listened in.

"Yeah…I'm just worried is all."

His reveal came out as a dry sound, something neither Mavis, or Aries seemed to like, since it seemed like Kazuya doesn't want to have fun, like he was trying to distance himself from the fun of everything around.

"About humans?"

Levy was slightly interested in what he was talking about, and tried to listen in, but Kazu spoke quietly, so she wouldn't be able to listen into the conversation at all.

"Nothing like that. No human can do anything to me that they've already done so I can tolerate their presence at best. I'm just worried about what was going to happen when the Dragon catches up with us is all…I know it will come. Don't ask me how, but I feel it tingling down my back, I feel like it is going to come for us…even if others think that it isn't going to come, I know that it is going to come for us now…"

"Kazuya-sama, I know that you're a worried about such things, but maybe the Dragon won't come?"

Aries was being optimistic about it, but Kazuya couldn't be like that.

"Well, if my life has taught me anything, then I know that isn't going to be a sea of sunshine and rainbows. No, he'll come, he always does come…that's why I think that we should leave…but, you and Mavis-san thinks it is a good idea…ugh, is this how women control men…? I've heard rumours that women have power over men…? Is that what is happening to me…? Am I being controlled by the women in my life…?"

Kazuya put on a complicated face as Aries, and Mavis twiddled their thumbs, looking as innocent as anything.

"Geez, cheer up Kazu. You don't have to be such a gloomy Gus."

"Who's Gus?"

Mavis sweatdropped, shaking her head.

"It just means, be a little happier. I mean, this little town party seems fun, doesn't it?"

"I guess…I haven't ever really thought about it before, honestly. I don't know what to think about it Mavis-san. To be honest, this isn't my thing, I don't know what it means to have fun at these times, then I have to think about the Dragon and all…"

"Aah, forget mean and gloomy Dragon for now, and just enjoy yourself. Every child should be able to do something like that~ I mean, that's what we're supposed to do for this kind of thing, isn't it? During a party like this, when we're gonna have some fun or something like that?"

Kazu wished that he could do that.

If he could, his life would be a lot easier than it is now.

"If I could do that, don't you think I would be doing something like that by now?"

Mavis adopted a cute pout on her lips, but Kazu looked away from her. In his mind, he already agreed to spend time with a human, he didn't want anything else to happen that he didn't know about, that's how he felt it was anyway.

Kazuya continued looking around at everything that was going on.

With the party raging on, it seemed like there was a lot of people that were having fun together. And he knew that probably, Levy found him boring since he wasn't talking. He just didn't have anything remarkable to speak about.

As they walked around, Kazuya noticed that the rain seemed to be getting heavier and heavier the further that they were going into the city.

"Gloomy."

A passer-by said, looking at the rain.

"I know what you mean, why does it always have to rain on a parade like this?"

"The rain is something like this, truly terrible."

Kazuya could hear the peoples comments, something that he found confusing since it was a little weird to hate the weather, when he didn't. Hot, or cold. Sunny, or raining. It really didn't matter to him at all. It was something that he didn't really know much about.

"But wow, this rain surely is quite difficult, isn't it? Especially when it rains like this, depressing huh."

Levy gained his attention as people walked by, Kazuya noticing a certain girl that held a weirdly shaped umbrella.

"What's wrong with the rain?"

Levy turned back towards Kazuya who said that.

"Well…that's a good question. Well, I suppose there isn't…"

"Rains just rain, that's it really. There's nothing wrong with the rain. How could it be depressing exactly Levy-san?"

At that, the girl with the oddly shaped umbrella stopped, turning towards Kazuya in a disbelief state.

At the same time, a small ray of sunshine broke through the barrier of the clouds.

It was small, but it was beautiful and bright.

The girl looked up, the foreign light being something she hadn't witnessed before.

"That light…could it be the sun…?"

The girl thought to herself as Levy answered Kazuya while smiling.

"I guess that you're right Kazuya-san, rain is just rain after all~ We all need rain, right~?"

"That's right, rain is just rain. We all need it. I don't think I could think the rain is weird, or odd. I heard some people talking about it, and called it gloomy, I don't think I've ever thought of the rain like that before. Rain isn't depressing, I quite like the rain, I sometimes gather rain water to drink. It is life sustaining for people, and plants, crops, whatever. I just don't understand people when they say weather is bad or good. Weather is just a force of nature, you can't hate anything to do with the weather. Sun, or rain, it is just something that we all need to just like what's around us. Though people tend to take that for granted."

He didn't know it, but the girl with the weird umbrella listened, and couldn't help but smile to herself.

"Kazuya-sama, that's a nice thing to say. Rain is nice after all! I didn't think of it like that before!"

Aries commented as Kazuya nodded.

"Yes, that's how I view the weather, It is just that, weather. You can complain about the heat or the wetness of the rain, but you can't really associate hate with weather. You can't really hate nature, as nature exists for us all to live in, though humans tend to abuse nature and such things like that."

The girl with the weird umbrella attempted to move closer, but people walked past, blocking her path from moving forward.

By the time that they had walked past, the girl looked towards the place that Kazuya and the others were there, but they weren't. She looked left and right, but couldn't see them at all, and didn't know where they went.

Dejection came to the young girl, and she walked off again, keeping her head down as the rain became a little heavier.


While continuing their walk, Levy, trying to gain some kind of connection with Kazuya, turned towards him.

"S-So, Kazuya-san, you can use magic, yes?"

Kazuya blankly looked at her as she felt nervous under his gaze.

He didn't have any kind of expression on his face, and in ways, that seemed to cement how he truly didn't interact with many people in his life, and it was clear right here, that he didn't really trust humans.

"Yes…I can use some magic's, though I'm not an expert or anything. I know a little magic, and it is enough to defend myself."

"Oh, is that so? Well, using magic is pretty cool anyway. I want to use magic one day…but, I don't know what kind of magic I would use…uuu, to think that I could be a great mage one day, I would love to do something like that."

At that, they fell into silence again.

It was, quite awkward, neither could deny that.

Kazuya didn't want to talk, and Levy didn't know what she was supposed to talk about, or how she should get some knowledge out of the young boy.

"Kazu! Say something to her!" Kazu just blankly stared at Mavis. "Hmmmm, like ask about the magic she would want to have…? Yeah, that might be good. Try from there Kazu, and let's see what's gonna happen from there on, okay?"

Kazuya rolled his eyes, nodding his head so Mavis would get off his case.

"Say Levy-san, if you were to have a magic you specified in, what would it be?"

Kazu brought this up, to break the silence we are having on the elbowing from Mavis, who was slowly annoying him.

Levy stopped, just as they were about to enter another shop and she looked at him with a perplexed expression.

"Erm...I honestly don't know. It's really hard deciding what I like the best. It's all about personal preference, or it is with me anyway. There's so many types of magic, that even I don't know all of them..."

He knew how she feels about that. Magic, is a tricky subject, and he's just really picky. He had two goals in mind right now…no, he held three. Kill Brain, save Ultear, and fight off the Dragon, and possibly kill it too.

"Don't worry, you're not on your own. It's also hard for me to decide. But I have an idea, if you will hear me out?"

"Of course, what's the idea?"

She dipped her head, curiously looking at him with those shiny eyes of hers.

"Well, you like books and reading, right?"

He only knew that because she mentioned it when they were walking to town, and by the way that her eyes lit up, seemed like they were really enjoying it together.

"Y-Yes! It's my passion!"

He never heard anyone call such things a passion before, since he wasn't that good at such things himself.

"Then, I've heard of a magic called Letter Magic I think it's called? There's several branches of that type of magic, and I thought that you might like that. Since you read a lot, and you're pretty good with words...it was just an idea, and I think its called Letter Magic, right Aries-chan?"

He looked for confirmation, and she responded with a nod.

"That's exactly it Kazuya-sama. Letter Magic is the magic that you was going to learn, right?"

"It was." He agreed, nodding his head. "But I didn't think it would be the magic for me. And I couldn't find a good book on it." He then turned to Levy. "But if it's you Levy-san, for your love of books, I can see that Letter Magic would be good for you. You could like write 'Fire' in the air and it would burst forth, or however it works..."

He trailed off, seeing the furrowing of her eyebrows. But before she could speak, Mavis voiced her opinions.

"That's right Kazu, that's how it works. I think it's called Solid Script, from what you've been saying, it does sound like it is that anyway…"

"Hmmmmm...Letter Magic huh..."

She pondered aloud, looking at the ground with interest. She isn't really thinking about it, is she? Kazuya didn't think that she actually would take it seriously, but it seemed like she was actually taking it seriously.

"Yeah, you should take it into consideration. It wasn't for me, but maybe it's for you?"

She stayed silent and looked towards the shop they were coming up too. He might've just influenced her into learning Letter Magic. Though he didn't know much about her, he just spoke his mind and said it with a calm expression.


Once making it to the shop, he saw that Levy was looking inside of the shop, and he saw that it was a shop for magic, and such. Since it was something that apparently Levy was interested in, Kazuya inhaled a breath.

"You wanna go in, right?"

"O-Oh, if it isn't too much trouble…"

Kazuya shook his head as Mavis, and Aries glance towards him.

"It's fine, I have to go in anyway."

With that acknowledged, the four of them entered the shop and split off in different directions. He took a look around, seeing many, many books on a wide variety of magic. Lots of magic, something that Kazuya quite liked in books.

Kazuya went towards a book shelf that interested him, Aries went towards some objects and Levy-san went towards a big pile of books while Mavis floated around him, looking over his shoulder.

"Mavis-san, don't touch anything."

Kazuya didn't even have to look at her to know that she was a little offended.

"Ooh come on, I forgot last time that others couldn't see me. I won't even touch anything this time then."

"I'm just saying is all. I don't want people thinking you're a Demon…and people probably see me just talking to myself, don't they?"

"Yeah…you're right about that Kazu…hehehe, people must think you're insane or something like that…well, that's how it is right now, seems like people see you talking to thin air…I'm sorry about that Kazu…"

Kazuya looked around, and saw people looking in his direction.

Kazuya looked around at them and then glared a death glare. The people became shocked suddenly and turned their eyes away from him.

Once seeing him looking at them, Kazu sent daring looks towards them, which made them cry a little bit, and turned away from him, not wanting to deal with Kazuya since he did look a little dangerous look in their eyes.

"It's fine, don't worry about it Mavis-san."

"Then I'm relieved~ But Kazu, you know. I think this really is a good chance, why don't you get to know her?"

"I can't get to know anyone Mavis-san. I thought that it would be obvious that we couldn't get to know one another. You know, people keep saying that I should, but I can't do something like that. I don't have the luxury of having friends."

Mavis shook her head, not believing that would be true.

"Hmmmmm, this book looks interesting..."

Levy was amazed by all of the books. True to what she said, she really is obsessed with books. Kazuya had never seen such a fascination with books before. It's refreshing seeing the world through her eyes. She's even got shiny eyes that are brimmed with tears, of happiness he's sure.

She picked up one book, and gushed at it as if it was alive. She even had a slight red face while looking at it. When putting it down, she looked almost saddened. But then she picked up another book and gushed over it.

She's like a kid in a candy store right now. Hehe, Levy-san is quite the nice girl after all. She's a little mad about books, but she isn't so bad.

"Mouuuuuu~ Look at all of these keys Kazuya-sama~"

Aries gushed at the amount of silver keys.

Kazuya had to admit, that there are quite a number of them. I don't exactly know what does what, but from Aries's expression, she must be having a good time, looking at the keys of her fellow Spirits.

"I know this one, and that and that and this one as well! Oooh, I also know that one and that one! Mouu, that ones also someone I know..."

"H-How can she tell which keys are which individual Spirits? I could understand the gold keys, but they are silver keys, and look the same to me."

Kazuya asked Mavis, who shrugged her shoulders, not sure how Aries could tell.

"Don't ask me. Maybe she can see the different marking's on the keys or something like that."

"I suppose that would make sense. Or, maybe she's just met these people before, and just knows the spirits, and all that goodness."

Kazuya went back to looking through the books, taking in the different types of magic. At this time, Mavis saw an opportunity to talk about some different types of magic that there is in the world, wanting to be quite the educational type of person for him.

"There's Caster Types and Holder Types of magic, Kazu." Mavis began, pointing towards the books. "You see, you use both really. With the Holder, you use Aries-san there, and Caster, that's the magic and such with the water, lightning, and such."

Kazuya turned his eyes towards Mavis, and furrowed his expression.

"So, you know Mavis-san, I've got to thinking lately, and I need to know something about a certain type of magic."

"Oh?"

Mavis listened intently, as Kazuya faced her seriously.

"I've heard of slaying magic before…is there such a thing as Dragon slaying magic?"

At that, Mavis adopted a serious face.

"Yes there is."

For some reason, Mavis seemed to be getting more serious by the second.

"O-Oh…then, I need to learn that…"

"To fight the Dragon, right?"

Kazuya nodded at her doubting face.

"I have to fight it one day Mavis-san. The last fight we had, it went down badly, but it isn't something that I can honestly say that I am comfortable with. This Dragon, isn't going to stop Mavis-san…I need a way to fight it…"

Mavis nodded herself, looking towards Kazuya with a smile.

"Then, I know that she'd probably be able to help you with that."

"The girl…that wants to find me…Mavis-san, I want to find her too."

Mavis' eyes dipped down.

"So, you want to find her then…"

"Yes, that's right. I wish to have a meeting with her. Don't ask me why, but I feel like I need to meet her, and if she can teach me this magic, then I want to know it…I, don't want to die by the Dragon, and if this girl can help me, then I want to meet her…y-you think that she'd meet me, right?"

"I know that she will, and if that's what you want, then I can happily help you with that. We would be able to do something amazing together, I am sure that we would. Don't worry Kazu, she'd teach you…because she really does care about you."

"Why does she care about me? A-And, why does it feel like I love her?"

Mavis could see the pain on his face, trying to work this out, and she wished that she could help.

"I'm sorry, I wouldn't be able to answer that, only she would be able to answer that. All I can say is that we'd be able to help each other gain knowledge on such things. If you'd like, I can search around this area for her, and meet up with you later on? I don't know if she's here or not, but if she's tracking you, then it would make sense for her to be following you here, wouldn't it?"

Kazuya placed a complicated hand to his chin, and then nodded.

"I'd like you to do that, but please don't leave me alone with Levy-san. Aries-chan is here and all, but I wouldn't be able to handle it…I mean, she's a human and all, it would be…weird if I just hung out with her…"

"She isn't that bad and all, you know?"

"No, I don't know that…"

Mavis shook her head, floating away from Kazuya.

He briefly looked, and saw that she didn't leave the shop, so he just went back to searching.

Mavis herself went towards Aries, who was at a different part of the shop.

Since she had a plan, she needed to converse with Aries, but since Aries couldn't hear her, she picked up a pen, and wrote down a message for her, to which Aries noticed, being slightly freaked out due to the pen floating in the air it seemed.

Aries was, quite freaked out about it, since it wasn't an everyday thing that happened. It just seemed weird to her that a pen would do something like that.

[Hey, Aries-san. It's me, Mavis. You can answer verbally, I just need to talk with you.]

Aries chattered her teeth at first, not sure how she was supposed to respond.

But then she nodded, and breathed out her nose.

"Y-Yes? W-What is it that you want to talk about?"

Aries felt a little embarrassed to speak to essentially a ghost in her eyes.

She then saw the pen moving again, writing down on a piece of paper that was on the nearby counter.

[You see, I wish for Kazu to have time with a human, to see that they aren't bad. I'm scared that he will grow up resenting humans, and I'm sure we both don't want that.]

It was true.

Aries didn't want that for Kazuya. Yet, she didn't know how she was supposed to tackle this kind of situation, it seemed quite difficult to do.

"N-No, Kazuya-sama is a very lovely boy…a-and he has so much to offer, but many bad things have happened in his life, with humans…I don't know how he is supposed to regain his kindness with humans again…"

Aries felt down, but Mavis has a plan.

[The girl, Levy-san, is someone I am sure that Kazu would be able to bond with. But, while we're around, he wouldn't want to talk with her. That's why, I was thinking, for a little while, why don't we leave and allow them to be alone?]

At that, Aries didn't know what to do.

Leaving Kazuya alone, she always felt uneasy about that. Even going to the Spirit World without Kazuya always made her wary, since he was alone in the human world. Even with Mavis by his side, she always felt uneasy about it.

"B-But, if Kazuya-sama…w-well, if I just ask to go to the Spirit World, Kazuya-sama will be suspicious, and worried at the same time. I don't want to worry Kazuya-sama…I do want him to be happy though, I do want him to be happy with the human girl…she doesn't seem so bad…I just don't want Kazuya-sama to be overwhelmed."

That's how she honestly felt.

She didn't want Kazuya to be worried, she didn't want him to be suddenly left alone, and out of his comfort zone. But maybe, it was for the best to push Kazuya to open up to a human girl, even if it meant that they wouldn't be around.

[I know that you care for Kazu, but this is a good way of doing it. A pure child like Levy-san there, a young girl his own age, would be able to help him. I know that it is true, she would be able to help him see it, even if only a little bit.]

Aries felt complicated on the matter.

On one hand, she could see what Mavis was saying, and could agree that it would be good for him.

On the other hand, she was still worried that she wouldn't be able to allow Kazuya to be alone with a girl, not wanting him to feel like he was being ditched by Aries, that was a fear that she had about this.


Back with Kazuya, he kept searching through the books, until he felt a presence behind him.

"Hello and good day young man."

An older gentleman's voice spoke to him. It was a calming voice and he said it with kindness.

When he turned, he saw an older man around the age of...60 maybe. He's got a long white beard, matching hair colour that's down to his shoulders. He's got kind eyes, that are grey and he also has a height issue. Must be due to age. But he's the type of person that you'd think is harmless and you'd want to have around possibly.

Though Kazuya wasn't comfortable with humans and all, he at least could talk to them when he wanted something, and had good enough manners to not throw others off for them to be suspicious of him, at least most of the time anyway.

"G-Good day, Ojii-san. You have a very fine establishment here."

He bowed respectfully towards the older man, like Aries-chan has always told hom to do. When seeing his bow, he looked rather confused by it all.

"My, Ojii-san~ And a boy your age having manners? That's quite unheard of around here. Sounds like I'm really old if a child of six..."

"Well, I'm not really six or anything, but I'm older than someone like that…either way, Ojii-san, do you own this wonderful place?"

"That I do, that I do. Is there something you're looking for in particular?"

He asked while stroking his beard.

At that, the boy thought about it, and maybe, he could splurge on himself once in a while, he never really got to do anything for himself anyway, it wasn't like he always got the chance to have fun for himself anyhow.

Yeah, why not! I will spoil myself! I deserve it sometimes, right?

"Several things actually. I've been looking for a book on Transformation Magic, as well as Telepathy Magic and maybe some books about Elemental Magic please. Particularly Water, Earth and Wind type Magic's but also Fire and Lightning...maybe Ice as well...hmm...just the first ones would be fine."

As he listed them off, he looked impressed with him.

"My, you're certainly a boy who knows what he wants."

"That's exactly right Ojii-san. I know what I want, and I am willing to haggle with you."

Apparently, according to what he knew of humans, that's how it works in the human society. Sometimes, you have to haggle with people to get what you want for a lower price than its set. And he was willing to do that.

"Hehe, what a peculiar child you are."

Kazuya wasn't even bothered by that. He didn't even see a worry about it at all.

"I guess I am. But I would like to know if you have those books?"

"Hmmmmmmm..." He stroked his beard again, contemplating something from the look on his face. "...I might have some books on those subjects."

"Y-You do? That's great! So, could you get them for me please?"

He asked as kindly as he could, and the old man responded with a nod.

"Hmmm, allow me to have a little look...please wait here."

Kazuya waited for the old man to go and get the books that he wished for.

"Kazuya-sama. Can I talk with you for a minute?"

Aries walked close to him, and got him attention.

I turned to face her, and she was bowing her head to me.

"Y-Yeah Aries-chan? Is something wrong?"

"No, not really. But Kazuya-sama, is it okay if I go out on my own? T-There's something that I need t-to get and I wouldn't want to slow you down by going there...I-I understand if its not..."

He grasped her hand, and gently looked up at her.

"Its fine with me Aries-chan. I'm not your Master or anything, like I know you tend to think. Yeah, if you need to go and do something, then please go and do it."

"T-Thank you Kazuya-sama! I'll be back soon! E-Erm, maybe we could meet at the fountain? W-When you're finished, with everything that you wish to do with…erm with anyone that you wish to do things with…y-you can and I can meet there…"

"Yeah, that's fine! Go and have fun Aries-chan! Do what you need to do!"

"Hehe, thank you Kazuya-sama!"

Aries lightly gave me a hug and then ran out of the store with contentment.

He had to wonder though, this was the first time she had ever done something like this.

Shrugging his shoulders of the thoughts, he got back to looking around.

While he was, he noticed that Levy was still looking through books. If anything, he had to admire how she was able to become so giddy and happy about seeing such things, but wondered why she enjoyed it so much.


...Several minutes later, the old man came back with some books.

"Here, I found the books you're looking for."

Handing him the books, I checked each of them...

They were all there. Surely enough, the ones he wanted, he found. He didn't know if he would be reading all of them right now, but he did know that they would come in handy for the future, for whatever he would need to do.

"Thank you very much! Now, how much does that come too...?"

"Follow me."

Walking towards the counter, he started doing whatever shopkeepers do to add up the total while he waited, and glanced at Levy. From the looks of things, she is having a blast with all of these books, and it made Kazuya's lips raise ever so slightly, but then they faded when Mavis flew next to him.

Eventually, the older man came up with the price.

"The total is 30,000."

"O-Oh, I see. Hmmmmm, is there anyway I could persuade you to lower the price, just a little? You know, like a child's discount or something? Since I am only...a child...what do you say to have it a little...less?"

The old man stroked his beard again, and looked at him with a slight smirk.

"Hmmmmmm...no, sorry. Its 30,000."

"I see." Clearly this old man isn't going to let him lower it...but Kazuya have an idea. "Say, do you need an assistant?"

"Are you offering to be my assistant?"

Shaking his head, he gained a confused face.

"No, I'm willing to sell you a slave for 100,000 jewels."

"A-A slave?"

The man wore a perplexed face as Mavis tilts her head, Levy taking this chance to walk closer.

"That's right, she's a young girl, and is in love with books."

Levy looked around and saw that she was the only one within the vicinity.

"Kazuya-san…?"

Levy's voice wasn't heard by Kazu who carried on.

"Yes, she's got blue hair, I'd say she's around 8-10 years old, and she surely does love that reading."

"Kazuya-san, are you talking about me?"

Levy pouted, but Kazu shook his head, Mavis didn't know what he was talking about.

"Not at all." Levy still wasn't sure, as he turned back to the man. "Yes, her name is Levy-san."

"Ooh come on! Y-You just said my name!"

Levy argued, but even then Kazuya didn't want to say anything about that.

"You're not the only Levy in the world."

Levy couldn't refute that, but she still wasn't happy.

"E-Even then, I don't know…h-how many Levy's do you know?"

Kazuya shrugged his shoulders and then pointed at Levy who by now felt like shedding more and more tears.

"Yes, I mean that girl right there. Levy McGarden-san. The girl right there, with the blue hair, and the one who keeps talking and thinks that I'm not talking about her when I truly am. Levy-san, the one who I wish to sell is Levy McGarden-san."

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!? Y-You're attacking me all of a sudden like this!? I don't wanna be sold!"

Kazuya smiled and winked.

"I'm willing to sell Levy-san to you, for 100,000 jewels. She's a good girl, and she's very diligent. You can work her hard, and she wont complain. She can even read at a high grade level. Plus she's like obsessed with books so she might die for them. She's the perfect assistant!"

As he was speaking, Levy-sans eyes got more and more wet and she sobbed to herself.

Levy turned her teary eyes towards him, and she shook her head with Mavis just wondering what he was actually doing.

"Y-You're gonna sell me!? Am I only worth 100,000 jewels!? I thought we were friends! I-I mean, I know that I didn't know you all that long, but still…w-we could do something like…waaaaah! Please don't do something like that!"

Even though she cried, the old man here again stroked his beard.

"Hmmmm...it would be nice having a young girl working around the shop..."

He was stunned that the old was going for it...

...Until Kazu saw him wink at him.

"B-But I don't want to work here! No offence or anything! I wanna travel and learn magic! Waaaaah!"

She burst out crying, tears flowing from her eyes heavily

"Kazu! Y-You couldn't be serious, right!?"

Kazuya shook his head, and turned towards Levy.

"L-Levy-san! I was kidding!" He rushed over and petted her head. "I wouldn't really sell you! I'm not that mean! I was only having a joke, I swear!"

"Y-You promise?"

She gave a hiccup, and clung to him for dear life.

"I promise, I really wouldn't sell you, Levy-san. Y-You know, people say that I should have a sense of humour, but when I try, it comes off like I've done something wrong. I thought that it was funny anyway."

"T-That makes me feel better. Don't ever sell me..."

He petted her head and walked back over to the shopkeeper who had a bemused smile on his face.

"So, I guess that I can't get you to lower it huh."

Kazu said with a sad sigh.

The elder man gave a gentle shake of his head.

"I guess not. But you tried your best."

"I guess...well, please wrap them up for me."

"That I can do."

So while he was wrapping the books for Kazu, he kept looking at Levy who keeps looking between a book in her hand, and the shopkeeper.

After the shopkeeper finished wrapping the books for him, Kazuya handed over the jewels and then went towards the front of the shop with Mavis following after him, but stayed in the shop, to wait for Levy to finish whatever she's doing right now.

"For what it was worth, I knew it was a joke all along!"

Mavis boasted, placing her hands on her hips.

Kazuya though rolled his eyes.

"I suspect that you're lying right now, Casper."

Mavis snapped her head towards Kazuya as he snickered to himself.

"Don't call me Casper! I-I knew that book was something I would regret! It just doesn't make sense to me!"

"Well, you're quite like a ghost, no one can see you, and other things like that. So, you have to be a ghost, don't you?"

Mavis put her head downwards while Levy seemed to be getting excited.

"My, look at this book Kazuya-san!" Levy cooed, bringing my attention to her. "It's got pointers on how to use Letter Magic! Mouu, this might be a good starting point for me...Letter Magic..."

Levy stared at the book with magical letters on the outside. That's the book she was looking at just before.

"Yeah, maybe it is." He walked over, and examined the book. "Do you have enough jewels for it Levy-san?"

"Erm..." She went into her little purse and started counting the jewels. From what he could see, she didn't have many jewels, but it was more than what he's seen other children have. "...I think I have enough. B-By the way, where has Aries-san gone?"

"I don't know~" He sung out with a smile, not caring since he was talking about one of his favourite people, even if it meant for humans himself he had to converse with about her. "I'm sure that if she has something to do, then she'll go and do it. But she wouldn't really say what it was. But if it's important to her, then it's important to me as well."

"Hehe, I guess. So, I'm going to get this and maybe have a once more look around..."

"Kazu, get you and Levy-san here some parfait's, kay?"

Kazuya rolled his eyes, but complied while speaking with Levy.

"Awesome. I'm going to get us some parfait's and I'll wait for you near the large fountain."

"Okay! See you soon! Ooh, I will pay for..."

Before she could finish, he walked out. He knew she was going to say she would pay for her own. But from the looks of her jewels, he didn't think she should be spending jewels on trivial things like that, and it just showed that

He went over to the parfait stand and got three. One for himself, Levy and Mavis. Even though she said that she doesn't really eat, she can, and sometimes she does like to eat too. He would get Aries one, but he didn't know how long she was going to be.

Once he had finished getting the parfaits, Kazuya passed one to Mavis.

"Awww, you shouldn't have~"

"Oh, then I'll take it back."

Kazu went to take it, but Mavis retracted her hand, and just steeled herself.

"Don't worry about something like that. I'll keep it, don't worry. But, I'm also going to go now, and see if I can see the girl of your dreams, that isn't me of course~ That's the last thing that I could ever want to happen~ But, now I am going to go, make sure you wait for Levy-san, kay!?"

Kazuya's eyes widened and went to say something…

But Mavis already flew off into the sky, leaving him alone in the street.


"Damn it, now I'm gonna be left with a human…"

Kazu wasn't exactly thrilled about that, and hated the idea that he was going to be feeling like this now…

However, he suddenly stopped when he felt his shoulder being bumped into.

"Hey, watch where you're…"

He was going to give an earful to the person who bumped into him…

But that stopped when he saw that it was just a young girl around his age with blue hair.

"Sorry…"

The girl apologized, and looked down at the ground with a deep depression.

Kazuya noticed something however, and that it fell down to the ground.

He looked down, and saw that there was a doll on the ground that had a semi large head, and a veil like body. Kazuya knew what it was, since he had made one in the past too when he needed to do it, and smiled as he bent down.

He saw that it was slightly dirty so he brushed it off and presented it towards the young girl who didn't know what was happening.

"Teru teru bozu."

Kazuya handed it back to the young girl, who held it closely.

"It's supposed to stop the rain…but Juvia hasn't seen it work."

The girl, possibly named Juvia, answered as Kazuya nodded.

"That's right, it is. But it doesn't seem like it is stopping this rain huh."

"…Juvia never has the rain stop when she's around. …Everyone thinks that it is gloomy…"

She seemed depressed, and she didn't know what to say about it either, sure that Kazuya would hate the rain like everyone else does.

"Oh, is that so? Well, maybe it will stop eventually. But, there's nothing wrong with the rain either."

Juvia's(?) eyes flickered, gazing upon Kazuya.

"You don't dislike the rain?"

"Not really. The rain is just the rain, it helps quite a lot."

Juvia's(?) mind couldn't comprehend such things.

"Juvia hasn't heard such things before…do you not think the rain is gloomy…?"

"Not at all, the rain isn't gloomy, it is wonderful."

Those words to this girl…truly were shocking to say the least, and took her back, she wasn't even able to think clearly, she felt her chest tighten, and her face gain a small pinkness to her cheeks too, something that she didn't want, but welcomed all the same.

However, as she just stared at him, a few kids walked past, and seemed to recognize the young girl.

"Hey, isn't that Juvia?"

"Yeah, what's she doing here?"

"I thought leaving the town we live, we wouldn't see Juvia at this festival, clearly not…"

"Should've guessed by the rain really…"

A few kids made harsh comments about the newly named Juvia as they walked over.

Juvia looked down, and didn't know how to respond.

Kazuya just watched them walk closer, seeing one of the kids sneering towards the named Juvia.

"Juvia, you're still not trying to make those stupid dolls, are you?"

"Juvia likes the dolls. Juvia's trying to make the rain stop."

"Well, you're not even trying hard enough! And stop referring to yourself as 'Juvia'! Use I instead you moron! Now give me that doll!"

A young boy attempted to snatch the teru teru bozu from Juvia, but before he could…

Kazuya grabbed his wrist, and held him tightly.

"Hey, back off from her right now."

"W-What are you doing!? Don't you know she causes the rain!?"

The boy argued trying to pull his hand.

Kazuya just held him as his friends glared at the young boy.

"She causes the rain…wow, that's amazing." Juvia gasped, as the others glared. "It means, she's got even the power to affect the weather, that's amazing in my eyes. And, what's wrong with the rain anyway?"

"It's gloomy like Juvia is!"

The young boy argued, but Kazuya didn't see the reasoning at all.

"It's gloomy huh…well, it is weather. It can't be anything. Weather, doesn't have feelings, so it can't be gloomy. It might cause you to feel gloomy, but it can't be gloomy. If you'd like to rephrase your words, then take your time, I can wait."

"Grr! Get off me!"

"Okay then."

Kazuya didn't even care, just releasing his wrist.

Because of that, he went tumbling back, falling onto his butt.

"Aaaah! T-That's it! Onii-sama! Onii-sama! Come and deal with him!"

Kazuya looked around for the boy who was this boys older brother.

Juvia did too, and then they both saw a man walking out, around his mid twenties, and looked to be a…someone Kazuya actually had met before.

As soon as he saw the man, Kazuya opened his mouth wide, and placed his hand on his hip.

"Ooh my, a reunion. Bandit-chan, it's been a month now, you don't write, or anything. What's wrong with that?"

"What kind of snot nosed…" The man started, only for him to stop, and sweat when seeing Kazuya. "N-No! I-It's you! T-That child that….aaaaaah! It's the child that…ooh God! Tai! W-Why are starting trouble with this boy!?"

"Onii-chan…w-what's wrong?"

Tai just stared as the man rushed to Kazuya's side, bowing his head again and again.

"I'm sorry for everything! This boy is my Otouto, and sometimes he shoots his mouth off! He won't do it again!"

"Onii-sama! W-What!?"

The bandit turned to the young boy, and looked dangerously towards him.

"Listen to me! You don't mess with this boy! H-He's a freaking Mage that has tremendous powers! He's insanely strong! Now, you apologize to him and his girlfriend for being rude! J-Just do it before he becomes angry!"

Juvia's face heated up by being mistaken for Kazuya's girlfriend, twirling her thumbs.

Kazuya rolled his eyes while thinking "I wouldn't go that far…" but he appreciated the value of his words all the same.

"Onii-sama…"

"Do it!"

Ordering the younger boy, said child bowed his head towards Kazuya along with the others, and then attempted to go, but Kazuya put his hand out, stopping them from leaving his sights for the moment.

"One second, apologize to this girl here, I believe her name is Juvia-san. You said rude things, so apologize before…I become upset, and you wouldn't like me when I'm upset, so please apologize before anything bad happens kay?"

[Yes sir!]

Apparently afraid due to the bandit boss being frightened, they all complied and went towards Juvia, bowing their heads.

"Sorry Juvia!"

"We love the rain really!"

"Y-Yeah, you're the best Juvia!"

"T-Thank you for the rain Juvia! Y-You're great!"

Juvia blinked as they cried, and ran off, even the bandit boss ran off too, not wanting to be near Kazuya anymore, being frightened of the young boy too.

Once they were gone, Kazuya turned towards Juvia.

"Don't worry, they're gone now. Stupid bullies, no matter where you go, someone's always gotta have a dig at you."

"Y…Yes, that's right…erm…"

Kazuya himself just bowed his head.

"Well, goodbye. Don't listen to what others say, they just clearly only like hurting people for the sake of it. If they give you more trouble, just say you'll contact me. It seems like they are frightened of me, so it should work. And if not, ignore them, they aren't worth thinking about if they hate you because you can summon rain. What's wrong with that exactly? I think it isn't so bad actually. The rain is good."

Though he didn't realize it, the sun above Juvia beamed down. A hint of rain drizzled down from the sky, but nothing really like it was before.

Juvia's eyes cast upwards, and for the first time in a long time, if ever, Juvia saw a beautiful sun that wouldn't disappear, and it even brought her to tears.

"Hey…don't cry, just feel good, kay?"

Kazuya bowed his head and walked away from the girl.

She watched on as he merely waded through the crowds, and she felt…weird, she didn't know what she was supposed to feel right now.

Kazuya sighed, and then went over to the large fountain, sitting on the edge to wait for Levy, since he was essentially alone now, not realizing that he was being watched on from someone else, someone's eyes forever on his being.


...About ten minutes later, Levy showed up, carrying a bag with her book in it.

"I'm sorry for the long wait." She apologized, sitting down. "I also found something else that I wanted, but I couldn't choose which one. So, I ended up asking the Ojii-san which was the best."

"Here."

He offered the parfait to her, and she took it with a "Thanks." in a low soft voice. They both then began eating the parfaits in a comfortable silence. Occasionally, she would take glances at him, and he did the same. But when he opened his mouth to speak, she would turn away from him.

"S-So, we're alone, then?"

Levy broke the ice, to which Kazuya nodded at.

"Mavis-san has gone on an adventure, and Aries-chan said that she needed to get something. Though, I don't know what I am supposed to do now with…eeh, with…erm…with you and all…b-because I've never really…spent time with humans before…"

It was true.

Besides the time that he was imprisoned, he hadn't spent more than ten minutes in company with another human, at least as far as he could remember anyway.

"Well, if that's the case, then I don't see why we couldn't have fun with one another! D-Don't you think so Kazuya-san…? Just think, we could have fun together with one another in this city…yeah, that sounds good, right?"

Kazuya didn't know, he held reservations about it all, but he knew that she'd want to do something like having fun, since they were both humans and all that, and that's what humans did with one another, so he took this opportunity to do so.

"Well…I guess that you're right. Okay, let's go then Levy-san."

"Awesome!" Levy jumped up, and took his hand, something Kazuya didn't like. "Let's go!"

"H-Hey, you're holding my hand here!"

She didn't hear him nor care either, and left the area with Kazuya with a certain person following after them.

Going deeper into the area of the city, Kazuya was the unwilling partner of Levy who was enjoying everything that was around.

"Isn't it jam packed Kazuya-san?"

"More than I like it honestly…"

Levy just giggled, and continued holding onto him, despite him not liking it.

"Well, I think this is good." Levy turned and saw that there was a large stage set up. "Ooh, I wonder what they are doing over there? Singing?"

"Karaoke."

Kazuya spoke up, Levy becoming confused.

"How do you know that?"

Kazuya pointed his finger outwards towards the sign.

"Karaoke, one day only."

Levy felt a little embarrassed now, lowering her head in a dejected look.

"Ooh right, that makes sense…it seems like fun though, wanna dance to the singers Kazuya-san?"

"I'm…not that good at dancing."

"Ooh don't worry! Let's just have fun!"

Before he could protest, Kazuya was dragged onto the onset crowd, with a certain girl following, and watched as Kazu and Levy danced with one another.

It was awkward for him, and for Levy, it seemed like she was enjoying it too.

"Yahoo! This is fun, isn't it Kazuya-san!?"

"It's…something. I like the music at least."

Kazuya awkwardly moved his body, not sure really how to dance.

Levy though appreciated the effort all the same, seeing how uncomfortable he really was.

"It is good music! I like the music anyway! It's good!"

As Kazuya watched Levy danced.

He didn't know why, but something…

Something about just dancing, seemed weird, yet right at the same time.

Was it right to dance just like this when a Dragon was coming for him?

He didn't know the answer to that, but he felt…

He just felt.

He hadn't felt with a human in a long time.

Not since Ultear, had he felt…like it wasn't so bad that a human was around him.

He didn't love them by all means, but he didn't exactly hate the human he was with right now. But he knew that it wasn't going to last, how would it last when it wasn't supposed to? He, couldn't make the thing last…he knew that soon, they'd be parting ways, and he thought that it would be for the best.


Kazuya and Levy sat in silence at the fountain as Aries, and Mavis had disappeared, and they had finished doing what they could around the festival. Kazuya was sure that the pair of them were doing this to hurt him, but did have to wonder why they had just left all of a sudden, when he didn't know anything in front of him.

They had finally had a…fun day.

Kazuya didn't know if it was fun or not, but it seemed to be from what Levy was talking about. Even though he didn't know what was going on with it, he was, at least somewhat glad that she didn't have to suddenly be saddened, and seemed to enjoy herself.

After a number of minutes, Levy finally turned to him, looking straight in his eyes.

"Kazuya-san...can I ask you a question?"

"Yeah, what is it?"

He cocked his head slightly, looking into her eyes, matching her gaze.

"Kazuya-san...your journey...I want to know...have you ever thought about, erm...have you ever thought about having someone along...like a travelling companion or something...along those lines?"

"A... A travelling companion huh...why do you ask?"

He didn't exactly want this to happen, since it was quite frightened to say the least.

Not because it was Levy, but because if he was right, then he didn't want to have to say this.

Even though his opinions on humans as a whole hadn't changed, at least Levy didn't seem to be evil. At least, he found someone for a day that wasn't such a bad person. But, that's all it ever could be, for a single day.

"I-I just..." She stuttered, gripping the side of her skirt. "...I wanted to know what your thoughts are on it, that's all. Do you...want to have someone along with you, while you do what you do?"

It was pretty clear what she was asking, but Kazuya couldn't say yes to it.

"Look, coming with me is very dangerous. Even if I did want one, I couldn't have anyone with me."

"Oh? Why's that?"

She didn't mean to pry…okay, she did. She truly had the best day, and now she didn't want it to end. She, wanted to spend more time with Kazu. He was the one who saved her, and she wished to spend more time with him. Even if he was a little cold, distant, it didn't mean that he didn't have his moments of fun.

"…I can't really say why. But, it would be in anyone's best interests to get as far away from me as possible. Trust me, no one wants to be around me, and if you think that you want to stay around me, then you'll never be able to have a normal life, trust me."

"Kazuya-san…I understand, you wouldn't want a worthless companion like me huh…"

"It isn't like that at all."

Kazuya shot down the idea that she was thinking about.

He didn't consider her totally useless, she could cook at least better than he would be able to do.

"It isn't?"

"Not at all. It's not you…trust me, no one is safe around me…not Aries-chan…not you, and not Mavis-san either…around me, people…they'll be attacked, and I can't have blood on my hands…I won't allow someone to die just because of being in my presence…you'd be better off without me…"

Levy looked down at the stone flooring, sighing deeply.

"Kazuya-san…you know, being alone isn't good, like…I know how it is to be alone…"

"Because your parents are dead, aren't they?"

Levy gasped at the surprising piece of information Kazuya laid down.

"W-Wha…h-how did you…"

"You've got the same eyes as myself."

Levy blinked, not sure what he was talking about.

"Same eyes?"

"I've been seeing it since yesterday, and I didn't want to admit to it, even as we went around together today. Odds are, your parents are dead. I didn't know for certain, but since a young girl is out on her own like this, I guessed it would be parents. They…should look after their children, and if they don't, then I don't know what to say about it. But, since this seems like a good chance…we might as well talk about it…from the way you reacted, it probably hasn't been even a year yet, right?"

Though he was being a little harsh, he just didn't see the need to conceal the truth, and just go with the flow about everything that was going on, if she truly was going to go with him, or at least that's what she wanted, then there wouldn't be a point to lying.

Levy's eyes became watery, nodding her head.

"…About 7 months ago now…"

"Seven months huh…yeah, I guessed under a year…just by the way you look and such. It must've been hard on you, to lose your parents…right?"

Kazuya had seen it all before.

In the world he's travelled, he had seen all of these things, and he knew how her story went.

It went the same as most. Loving family, but parents died, and the child was left all alone. That's how it went, he presumed anyway. Obviously, there would be differences, but it was quite the same pattern, he guessed.

"Difficult…very difficult yeah…w-what about you? Have you…lost your parents? I-If you don't mind me asking that is…"

"My parents could be alive for all I know, or they could be dead. I don't know, and to be honest, I don't really care much either. They abandoned me a long time ago, I can't even remember their faces, or names, or what they looked like. People passing us on the streets could be my parents, and I wouldn't be the wiser either."

It might've seemed cold, but in Kazuya's mind, his parents left him with Brain, that was unforgivable in his eyes. And the only way that he might be able to forgive them is if they had a truly good reason for doing what they did, and if he didn't get that answer, then he wasn't going to be happy about it, if he ever met them that is.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't know."

"It's fine, my parents don't matter to me. But…well, that's how it is. I guess from that day on, you've been alone, lost in the world. You don't truly have a place in the world, yet you still walk it, trying to find the place where you belong. A place that accepts who you are, and loves you no matter what. Isn't that right?"

Levy nodded, trying to smile despite her eyes attempting to leak tears.

"Yes…that's right…"

"I can understand that. Wanting to belong. I am searching for that too…in a way, I am searching for a place that I belong, and I wish to have a good life too…though, I can't currently have a good life, my life isn't going to be a good one…well, that's how it is after all."

"I-I see…well, you know. I truly did enjoy today. Even though Kazuya-san might seem cold, there were several things that Kazuya-san had done for me, that no one else ever did. Like, carrying me yesterday, and even saving my life. Giving me a parfait, and how you helped people. Kazuya-san says he doesn't like humans, but you seem to care when someone is being bullied."

"Well, I know how it is to feel weak, and scared. I, even if it is with humans, don't like others feeling that way, is all. We, people like you, and people like myself, have different ways of living, and we have different ways of surviving too."

"That's true…Kazuya-san, can I come-"


At that moment, it was like time had stopped.

Immediately, as soon as he felt a tingling down his back, he knew what was happening next.

"D-Dragoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon!"

True to the mans shout, a large Dragon appeared in the sky, the darkness of the Dragon's scales being very real. The wingspan of the Dragon's wings blanketed half the city in darkness, and snarling could be heard coming from above.

"Ooh my God, so the rumours of a Black Dragon are true…"

Levy, next to Kazuya, was flabbergasted by the large Dragon in the sky.

Behind them, a fair distance away, Juvia looked up to the Dragon too, and became shocked by the Dragon too. She felt her insides closing around her, and her eyes felt like ice, her body even felt frozen from the inside out.

"Shit…Mavis-san, Aries-chan, where are…"

He didn't even have to wait long as immediately, Mavis came from the sky, and Aries came rushing over, having seen the commotion around, and even were frightened for Kazuya himself. As soon as making it towards him, Mavis and Aries both relieved themselves with a breath.

"Kazuya-sama, Levy-san! Y-You're both okay!"

Kazuya nodded, while Levy just looked confused.

"We're fine Aries-chan, you're okay too."

"Y-Yes, that's right. I'm okay…Kazuya-sama is okay too, thankfully."

Once Aries stopped talking, Mavis took this time to converse with Kazuya.

"Kazu, you're alright."

"Could you find her?"

Dashing his hopes, Mavis allowed her head to move left and right.

"No…I'm sorry. I was flying here when the Dragon appeared. But for now, let's get out of here. If we leave, it will leave too…well, you already know that."

"Right, let's get going."

Without even realizing, Kazuya grabbed Levy's hand and ran towards the left of the city, zigzagging through the streets, with Aries, and Mavis trailing after him.

"K-Kazuya-san!? W-Where are we going!?"

"Out of the town!"

Kazuya responded as he switched movements, taking Levy, and lifting her over his shoulder. Levy's face turns pink as her face was to his back, and her butt was near his face. Kazuya remembered when he did this with Lucy, and how embarrassed she was about that too, but he didn't care about such things.

"B-But, this way is…"

"You can't run as fast as me, it's easier to carry you like this!"

"He's right Levy-san, Kazuya-sama can carry you!"

Levy just nodded, not wanting to confront the Dragon up there, and allowed herself to be carried by Kazuya, and that's what she did as he ran away with her on his shoulder, making the young girl feel a little weird inside of her chest.

"Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! This is wrong! Juvia can't do this!"

Kazuya heard a cry from behind him, and saw that the girl named Juvia was being pushed around by the humans running away. Because she was just a child, she wasn't able to stand up, and that was the least of her worries.

The Dragon, opened his mouth, and a small ray of energy erupted out of its mouth, crashing through the city. The wind pressure alone blew away most humans, and knocked them against building's, caused glass to shatter, and even some weaker building's to gain some cracks.

"T-This wind is bad!"

Levy complained from Kazuya's shoulder.

"Yeah, no kidding. And the energy attack isn't a good thing either."

"Kazu, we've got to run away now, before big and mean up there sees you."

Mavis warmed, to which Kazuya wasn't going to complain about.

"You're not wrong but…"

"N-Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

The young blue haired girl, named Juvia, called out as she saw something that she didn't want to happen…

She saw that the Dragon had swiped its tail across a few building's and broke them apart. Because of that, the building's rubble fell down towards the young girl named Juvia. Of course the normal reaction would be to run away, but her leg…

It was her leg that was the problem.

She couldn't control her powers fully yet, and she would just use them to get out, but since she couldn't, her leg was trapped under a piece of the roof that she was near, despite her best efforts, she wasn't able to escape.

"Ooh damn it…well, I guess I'm going to help before you two, Aries-chan and Mavis-san, say anything."

Aries, Levy, and Mavis were glad about that, but Mavis put her hand on his shoulder.

"Wait, Kazu. Allow me to go and get its attention."

"How?"

Kazuya was in the dark, so she explained dryly.

"You see, even though I'm like this, I can still use magic. While it wouldn't be enough to beat it, I can at least draw its attention away from you long enough to get the girl, get her safe, and then get out of town, okay?"

"R-Right. Just please be careful."

Mavis saw the care within his eyes, so she winked, and kissed his cheek, something that he felt complicated about.

"Don't worry about me, I'll be alright~ Just wait for him to turn around, and then make your move. Don't worry, I've got this. Besides, he won't be able to see me either, so it isn't like he can actually attack me or anything."

Kazuya didn't like it, but he had to accept it this time for he couldn't fight the Dragon by himself.

He repeated the plan to Levy and Aries as Mavis flew off.

He just hoped she'd be okay.

Once Mavis got towards his back, she placed her hands together, and a small light appeared in her palm. Kazuya watched as Mavis' light power surrounded her hands, the Dragon being unaware due to looking for Kazuya, sniffing the air.

"Try this!"

From her fingers, a burst of pure light erupted.

Kazuya and Levy both were surprised by how dense the magical power was.

"Wow…so, strong…s-so, that ghost friend of yours is this strong…"

"She certainly is stronger than I thought…the feeling of this is unlike anything I've seen before, even from professional wizards…"

The pair commented as Aries stayed silent, wishing for everything to be okay.

The light smashed against the Dragon, the Dragon being quite startled. He wasn't hurt per-say, but the attack was more than enough to knock him off balance from shock. Kazuya watched as the Dragon's eyes went off the city, and went towards the area Mavis was, but it seemed confused.

Mavis took this chance to fly right, and then unleashed a few blasts of light, causing the Dragon to release a howl, this time giving Kazuya the chance to go and help out the young girl named Juvia, so he placed Levy on the ground, and turned towards Aries.

"Aries-chan, keep Levy-san here while I help that girl out, okay?"

"Kazuya-sama, a-are you sure…?"

He nodded, placing Levy down, and then rushed towards the young blue haired girl, seeing that Mavis was leading the Dragon away from the city for the moment, but knew that he didn't have the luxury of time so did his best in what he did best.

Making it to the young girl after rushing through the crowd, he placed a hand on the piece of roof that was on her leg.

"Hey, seems like we keep meeting huh."

"Y-Yes…ow…Juvia can't move her leg…"

Kazuya looked, and nodded, strolling over to the roof, placing his hand under it, and attempted to lift it, but it seemed to be heavier than he expected. Actually, it was heavier than the Vulcan he had to carry the other day.

"Don't worry, this should be fine. Your name is…eeh, Juvia-san, right?"

"Juvia's name is Juvia yes. W-What is your name?"

"Kazuya." Juvia's face turned slightly red as Kazuya began lifting up the roof. "I'm going to lift this up, and you can pull yourself out, okay? I'd throw it, but I don't know where since everyone is running around. So, can you do that for me Juvia-san?"

Juvia merely nodded as her face heated up, a piece of the sun peaking out from behind the clouds.

Kazuya took that as an okay, so he put his strength into his arms, and lifted the roof up slowly. Inch by inch, the roof came up from the ground, which Juvia took the chance to wriggle out, feeling the pressure leaving her legs.

"Now, Juvia-san!"

Juvia nodded, pulling her leg out just in time for Kazuya to drop it again.

He rushed to Juvia's side, offering his hand, causing her cheeks to darken red.

"What's wrong Juvia-san? We need to go."

"H-Holding Kazuya-sama's hand already!? Juvia doesn't know if her heart can take it already!"

Kazuya didn't know what she was talking about, so just grasped her hand tightly.

As soon as she did, Juvia's imaginations went wild while her face turned as red as blood…


"Juvia-chan, don't worry. Your Prince has come to save you, now. Because, it is my little rain drop that needs my attention. Don't worry my precious rain drop, I'll never leave your side, and your rain is so precious too, so adorable."

A sparkly Kazuya with bright eyes and even stars around him held Juvia in his arms, the willing participant gaining a wider smile.

"Juvia truly is blessed, Kazuya-sama."

Kazuya's finger went under Juvia's chin, stroking it gently.

"Don't worry Juvia-chan, you're the only girl for me after all, my precious rain drop."

Juvia's felt melted with sparkles around the pair of them, Kazuya's arms embracing Juvia tighter and tighter, something that the young girl couldn't help but love greatly.


But she was then brought back into reality when she felt pain course through her ankle.

"Aah…"

"What's wrong Juvia-san?"

Juvia placed a hand on her ankle, and winced.

"Juvia's ankle hurts."

Kazuya briefly glances at her ankle, then at Juvia's face.

"Then I'll carry you."

"Y-You're going to carry Juvia!?"

Juvia was surprised, and even more so when Kazuya didn't waste time, placing his arm under Juvia's leg, and on her back too. Juvia's face turned a little more red, Kazuya's face remaining normal as he ran away with her.

Juvia looked towards Kazuya's face, her cheeks burning red by the second.

By the time that he made it to Aries, and Levy, he gestured them to follow him which they did without complaint.

Kazuya, once far enough away, and hiding behind a building, placed Juvia down on the ground, leaning her against the building, and trailed his hand down her body.

"K-Kazuya-sama is going to be touching Juvia's body already!? Thinking about Kazuya-sama's hand on Juvia's body, Juvia might exclaim louder than normal!"

Levy and Aries shared a look at the sudden flustered face of Juvia, Kazuya didn't see what was wrong.

"I'm going to examine your ankle, may I remove your boot?"

"Y-Yes…remove Juvia's boot…Kazuya-sama…"

With consent, Kazuya removed Juvia's boot and examined her ankle.

While placing a hand on Kazuya's shoulder, Levy leaned to see Juvia's foot, drawing Juvia's eyes.

"Is she…Juvia's rival…?"

Juvia didn't express her thoughts, but kept her eyes on Levy's form.

"Kazuya-san, do you know what's wrong with her foot or ankle?"

"Not yet, I'll find out answers now."

Levy nodded her head as her hand continued to rest on his shoulder, Juvia wasn't so thrilled about that.

Kazuya felt Juvia's ankle, as Juvia let out a cute "Iyaaaaan~!" but it wasn't in pain…Aries thought it sounded a little more…dirtier than a moan if she was honest with herself.

"I'm sorry, did that hurt you Juvia-san?"

Juvia bit her bottom lip as her blush on her face became darker red.

"N-No, Kazuya-sama's touch on Juvia's foot feels amazing."

"I see…then, let's see." Kazuya ran his fingers across her foot, sending shivers down Juvia's spine. He then cupped her foot, resting it on his knee, feeling it and seeing Juvia's reactions. "I'm not an expert or anything, but I don't think it is broken. It could be sprained though. You're lucky your leg didn't get damaged from the roof."

"Juvia's sprained her ankle…"

"You'd have to see a doctor, but yeah that's what I think. Here, drink this."

Kazuya pulled out a strange looking bottle, and placed some of the liquid into the cap of the bottle, and gave it to her.

"What's that?"

Levy's question was met with an awkward smile.

"Just some medicine to ease pain. I got it just in case I ever got into too much pain. Also, I'll bandage your foot Juvia-san."

Kazuya went into his bag, and asked Aries to keep her foot still as Kazuya wrapped the bandages around her foot.

As he did so, Juvia was just…shocked.

She hadn't seen anyone ever be so kind towards her before, especially only knowing her for a day. Even Levy was surprised that Juvia was receiving such treatment. On her understanding, it seemed like Kazuya detested humans, but here they were, doing what she never thought would happen.

"Kazuya-sama's bandaging Juvia…why would he do this for Juvia…? Juvia doesn't understand…Juvia doesn't get it…why would Juvia receive such things from Kazuya-sama…?"

Juvia couldn't work it out, and didn't know what to think.

But, she was very happy that Kazuya was doing this for her. She couldn't deny that now however.

He was soon done with bandaging her foot, and then rested it down on the ground.

"That should be fine now. You can see a doctor if you like, but this should be alright. I'd advise you staying off your foot for a little while, but if you can't do that then…"

Kazuya went over towards a tree, jumped, and broke off a large branch with his fist infused with some water magic, Juvia's eyes resonating with that.

Then, dragging the branch back, Kazuya fashioned it into a cane of sorts with some help from magic.

"Use this like a cane, a walking stick, whichever. Go, and find your family now since we're going to leave…"

"Juvia doesn't-"

"Kazuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" Mavis called from the sky, gaining his attention. "Run awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! Kazu! It's coming back! Run away nooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!"

Clicking his tongue, Kazuya took to his feet.

"Damn it, come on Aries-chan, let's get going! Bye Juvia-san! Stay safe!"

Kazuya grabbed Aries' hand, and without even realizing, grabbed Levy's hand too, running away with the pair of them.

Juvia watched on, and then shook her head, taking to her foot, and using the cane with the other hand, limped very fast while chanting "Juvia can't lose to her new rival!" in an energetic voice, and a hyper smile too. Since…Juvia didn't have anywhere else to go, she didn't have anything else in her life now, and they headed the same way Juvia was genuinely going to go…she decided to see what was going on.


Once they had escaped the city, and the Dragon, Kazuya and Levy sat on the ground within the woods, deep within the woods at that, panting. Aries did the same, with Mavis looking on with a worried expression on her face, having caught up to them, not wanting to have the others worry too much.

"I told you we should've left before all of this Mavis-san."

Mavis turned her head towards Kazuya, and bowed his head apologetically.

"I'm sorry, I should've listened. I didn't think that it would come honestly…we've got to find out how it is tracking you…if it is doing the same way that I did or in some other way, and even then, I don't know what to do…"

"Either way, we've escaped for another day, and the Dragon will soon leave the city anyway."

Levy, having heard that, was confused.

"Kazuya-san, why is the Dragon chasing you?"

"Why would you think it is?"

He countered, only for Levy to inch closer.

"Because of what you said, and how you sounded when you said that we should've left. Kazuya-san, is this why you didn't want to spend time in the city? Is…the Dragon after you for some reason?"

"Levy-san…"

Aries tried to keep Levy quiet, at least for her to not ask questions, but Kazuya spoke over her, and spoke with a sad face.

"It's none of your business. I told you before, that you shouldn't come with me, now maybe you'll take my warning's as truth. So, if I was you, I'd go in the opposite direction than me, you'll only end up dead staying with me."

"…I don't think I'd end up dead."

Levy spoke with a jarring smile on her face, but Kazuya continued to shake his head, and held a few tears in his eyes.

"You will, you'll die with me. Either that, or you'll only leave anyway. Sooner or later, you'll leave again, and I'll be left alone. That's what humans do. They hurt, abuse, and leave you. They don't have anything good about them."

"I don't think that's true, Kazuya-san…I mean, didn't we have fun today? I had fun, we did lots of things together. We ate together, we played together, we even danced together, and had lots of fun, didn't you have fun with me?"

"Fun doesn't have anything to do with this. Look, I'm going to go left, you go right, get as far away from me as you possibly can. It's for your own benefit that you don't come near me. You saw the Dragon, you'll only end up as a toothpick of the creature if you follow me."

"Then, if it gets too much for me, then I could leave anytime that I want…"

"D-Don't you understand me!? I don't want you around me! Go away! You'll die with me! I can't have anyone else die on me! I already lost…I lost everything that ever meant anything to me…having someone else along with me…I can't, you'll only end up dead anyway. You barely know me, just forget me, or remember me as that one guy that you travelled through a wood with once. And move on with your life. Join a guild when you learn magic, do whatever you want. Just, leave me alone, and go and live your life with…whatever you want to do."

By now, Kazuya felt like screaming, but he couldn't.

In the end, he didn't want to hurt a girl.

Despite going through everything that he had been through before, he couldn't, and didn't have the heart to yell at this girl…even if a small yell came out, and he didn't have the heart to hurt her needlessly to just get her to understand that it is dangerous to be with him…

However, what she did next, astounded him.

"B-But I don't want to be alone anymore!"

Kazuya looked down as Mavis, and Aries stayed out of it, knowing that this was between the two of them, and didn't have any right to interfere.

"Well…that's how the world is…"

"No! I…I don't want to be alone anymore…you know about me…you know, my parents are gone…I don't have anything left in this world now…I don't have anybody! A-And…for a short while at least, when I was with Kazuya-san, and the others, even if one is a ghost-"

"I'm not a ghost!"

"-I had fun!" Levy didn't hear Mavis, who had teary eyes herself, and continued on. "Y-You probably don't want me around, maybe you think I'm a burden or something…b-but, if that's really true, why did you grab my hand, and run out of the city with me? If you truly don't want me around, why did you bring me with you? Answer me that Kazuya-san because I'm confused right now!"

Kazuya…didn't have an answer for her.

He, didn't know why he did what he did, it just happened regardless of what was going on with his life, he just did it, he didn't even have a wish to do something like that. He, just didn't know what to do, he just did it and now, something like this has happened.

"…Maybe I did it on instincts, that's probably it."

"Then, what does that say right now? Kazuya-san…you might dislike humans, maybe you even hate them, and I don't know your past so I can't say why that is, but whatever happened in your past, really must've hurt you enough for you to totally despise humans, and I'm sorry about that. And when you said that you could see the loneliness in my eyes…well, I can see it in your eyes too."

"I have Aries-chan and Mavis-san, I don't need anyone else."

Adamant about that, Kazuya just turned away from her.

"Maybe…maybe that's all you need. But, for me personally, I know that having friends is good…look, I'm not asking you to protect me, I'm not asking you to take charity on me, I'm only asking to go with you. So, we could work together to brave this world together. At least, we can try it out and then if it doesn't work, we can go our separate ways."

"I don't even know why you're so obsessed with following me. You already know my dislike of humans yet you keep trying to go with me. I try and push you away, and you're right there…why? Not even Ul…not even my supposed closest friend wanted anything to do with me."

Kazuya just didn't understand it at all, he was confused, and even worried why she was mad about this.

No one ever wanted to be with him, no one ever wanted to stand near him, yet here she was, doing what she was doing, and it just didn't make sense to him at all.

"Well…I can understand being lonely…and Kazuya-san was my friend today…you might've not realized it, but you did friendly things with me…Kazuya-sans been kind to me, and I…maybe I don't want to be alone anymore…"

"But…even if I was okay with this…don't you understand what's going on in my life? I…fine, you wanna know the truth?" Levy didn't say anything, but nodded her head. "Then, the truth is, the Dragon back there, is after me. It's already tried to kill me once before, it broke my arm without even flinching, it doesn't have anything good inside of it at all. It, won't hesitate to kill you, and it won't hesitate to kill me either. It isn't after you, but it is for me. This is my life. Every day, I am moving around, I won't ever be able to stop, and if you're with me…you'll just have the same life, don't you understand that?"

"Kazuya-san…you say that you don't like humans, you say you don't care…but your words right now…you're saying it to me like you really do care about me and you helped Juvia-san…even though you say you hate humans, you rescued Juvia-san when no one asked, when it could've been dangerous, and you even helped Juvia-san with her ankle too, for someone that hates humans, it seems like that you willingly helped one…maybe, Kazuya-san doesn't like humans…maybe, Kazuya-san can like me as me, not as a human…"

Kazuya looked towards Levy, and saw that she held a depressed face, even had some tears streaming from her eyes.

"…Why do you want to come with me…? I still don't understand…"

Levy walked closer, and while crying, she grasped his hand.

"Because I want to be with a friend. Even if it has only been two days…no one else has been with me for that long…ever since Okaa-sama, and Otou-sama disappeared…everyone just thinks I'm the same as a street rat…they just consider me like that because I don't have the nicest of clothes, or anything else…and truthfully, I just don't want to be alone anymore…even if Kazuya-san is being chased by a Dragon-san too…Kazuya-san still is kind, he saved me. Even if you say you were forced, Aries-san couldn't force you, nor could a ghost either." Mavis bit her bottom lip, and shed tears of a comedic effect. "You, didn't have to do anything with me. You're Aries-sans…erm, I guess her contracted partner, or whatever, but if I remember right, then the spirit's have to follow what the humans say, and it isn't like she could force you to do anything. And unless the ghost could force you to do something, then you chose to save me, you didn't have to do that. If you truly were uncaring to everything around you, then you'd just leave me for dead. You didn't know me from the next person, but you put yourself under risk for me, so that was all you, no one else."

"…"

For a long time, he hadn't ever been questioned like this.

He couldn't exactly deny what she was saying, but he didn't want to accept it either.

He felt like if he accepted it, it would hurt him personally, and that wasn't something he wanted to do.

He just stared at her, and thought about what she said.

It wasn't like she was wrong in what she said, and he could make sense of it all, but he didn't want it to make sense, he just didn't want to have to answer such things. This isn't a thing that Kazuya ever thought that he would be dealing with.

"Well…even if you say it like that…I-I'm going to the left, there's a town over that way! I-I have to get supplies anyway, so if you follow me, or need supplies too, then I can't stop you since it is the nearest town! S-So, do what you want! I-I don't care in the slightest!"

Levy raised a hand to her lips, and stifled a giggle.

"Maybe's he's a little of a Tsundere…that's adorable~"

Levy couldn't say it aloud, but she did find it a little cute that he had such a moment.

Aries, and Mavis were surprised Kazuya actually said that.

They expected him to not say something like that. They expected him to honestly just leave…clearly, they didn't know the extent of how Levy's words affected him, and it proved that deep down, Kazuya did want companions, and just didn't know how to say it out loud.

"Yay! So, we're off to the next town then! It's a start of a new adventure Kazuya-san!"

Kazuya looked at her briefly, then looked down and nodded his head.

"…We best make tracks, if you're following me that is. But, last chance…because it will happen, that Dragon will show up again, you know?"

"Oh, as long as we don't stay in the same place for so long, we should be fine, right?"

"That's how I've been avoiding it for a year or so yeah."

Levy was surprised by the amount of time that he had been running away from the Dragon, but nodded regardless.

"Let's get going then!"

Like a real trooper, Levy marched forward, and grasped Kazuya's arm, dragging him along.

"H-Hey, what are you doing!? Unhand me at once!"

"Hehe! Nope!"

Kazuya slammed his palm into his face with Aries, and Mavis smiling as they walked, and in Mavis' case flew, towards them.

Unaware that from behind them, a certain someone was following closely behind.


End chapter!

So yeah, two for the price of one this time. Levy and Juvia are…well, they are certainly gaining something with Kazuya. At least on his side, he doesn't see it as friendship, but at least he helped them out. Kazuya and Levy had quite the back and forth huh, showing such things to one another, and in the end, showed that they aren't so different, and truly are alone, but now at least have one another, somewhat anyway.

Now, truthfully, I've been thinking about it, and I am thinking about having Gajeel remain as an enemy, not joining Fairy Tail, and not a fodder type enemy either, it was a suggestion from a long time friend of mine on him , bringing up some good points for the future of the fic too, and my imagination went with it and could see the points and how it could work, they even kindly outlined how it could come about, so it was thought out quite well by my friend.

He would be a true enemy for the guild, a strong one, and one with depth too, not some kind of fodder to get rid of, Gajeel would have a route to follow too during this hypothetical, and would make logical sense for what I have planned out too. I just thought that it might be fun, different from the normal. His role in the story itself, would be filled by Kazuya doing what he did, like during the Grand Magic Games, Tartaros, and other things, like the S Class arc, though that last one would be filled by someone else other than Kazu for Levy's partner, can't spoil who that is but I do have a good idea for who that could be.

And before anyone says it, no. I don't dislike Gajeel at all as a character, he's actually one of my high tier characters on a favourite list, nor is this because Kazuya and Levy are a thing either, I would've suggested it either way so Levy and Kazuya don't really play a part in it, and since this is fanfiction and all, not canon, exploring different routes is always good in my eyes. Like Ultear's fate for example, that's gonna be different to canon, and this too, could be different.

So, I'll leave it to you my fans! Should Gajeel remain an enemy, joining guilds like, Grimore Heart and maybe more (I'd keep what he would do in the story a secret, don't wanna spoil everyone), or should he just join Fairy Tail anyway?

Either one is fine with me, got plans for either way for Kazuya.

Well, thanks for reading anyway! Next time, a new adventure, and we run across some siblings...how's that gonna turn out? Until next time!

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