Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!

DocSlendy; Cool, thanks for the vote! Yeah, it just seemed, a little to me too. Juvia's reason for joining was obvious, but his was...well, I dunno~

Skull Flame; Yeah, just imagining it sounds fun to me~ Yeah, they were good! And thanks! Juvia time indeed, she's gonna get some love during this story, a little in this chapter in fact, sort of. I suppose that she could be like that yeah. He surely can instill fear if he needs too though huh. Thanks for the vote, and no, it wouldn't be like that. And thanks!

ShadeAkami; Things indeed happened! They still surely are~ Mavis is quite the tactician, this time she's just using it to get a lonely girl and boy together, in a non romantic way, for now. Aries just wants to help her Master to become happier, and interact with humans, so even working with Mavis was okay with her. Juvia's here, and she's going to be, quite interesting to say the least~ Even if it was unintentional on his part, seems like he could do something like that. Aah, that shall be revealed over time. I can't say why just yet though, but there is a reason why Acnologia is after Kazuya. They did, and I think they both needed something like that heart to heart between them. Ah, thanks for the vote. And thanks!

hellspam; Thank you! Juvia is very adorable, in a stalker kind of way! But that's cute too! I wouldn't be shocked about that either. Cool, thanks for the vote!

Allan Von'Skoon; They surely do! Oh, no worries. Though I have had to have several trips to hospital as of late, I am...well, recovering I guess, though it's a slow process. And for support...ehehe, let's say that it is alright. Anyway, onto the answer huh! Juvia's here, and she's ready to do that stuff people love her for~ I thought that would be a good way of doing it, since Gray seemed to cure her sadness quite easily, from what it seemed. I am a Juvia fan too, she's always been one of my favorites since the beginning of the story, canon wise~ I guess it could be seen as a date huh~ Levy's gonna be quite, interesting going forward~ He surely did, acting as a catalyst to get everything that needed to be said, on the table. Oh, did it? I'm glad that it did! He's kind of a Tsundere huh~ Ah cool, thanks for the vote! Yeah, I do have some good plans for him either way~ But yeah, it is gonna be interesting seeing his story too~ And thanks, it was~

ShadowUzumaki55; Thanks! Juvia's here, and she's got her eyes on the blonde haired Mage boy~ Levy's on Kazuya's side for sure now~ Cool, thanks for the vote.

Guest 1; Aah, thanks! Yeah, Juvia's cute huh. Yeah, I thought it would do anyway, thanks for the vote!

Darley the angel; Thank you! Yeah, they have a certain connection between the two of them. I am gonna try my best to do it right, whatever way it goes, so thanks for voting!

Guest 2; Evil Gajeel huh, yeah! Thanks for the vote!

Ragna; Well, there are some ideas on who Levy's partner could be. Bisca's not that old you know? After the first timeskip, she's only around 25 or so. Cool votes for the harem. Well, there is a meme out there that can answer that, it's because she's Erza! It makes sense to have that strength when born from a Dragon.

Primevere; Yeah, I got it~ I thought that it would be cool, and no matter what, they'll have a strong bond between one another. And thans!

Eavise; Hey, yeah, I don't see why not. Yeah, I'll check them~

Neonlight01; Well, as he said, he didn't want to see her being bullied, knowing of how it can hurt himself. He really can scare people if he needs to do that huh. She has indeed, and she'll be following him~ Well, it won't take all that long. If only a little, he'll at least tag along with her for now. And cool, thanks for the vote. Gray will have a new love interest, I already have it worked out.

Lightwave; Yup, she's slowly but surely making her way through his shell alright. Oh, they will be growing quite close. Juvia's just very adorable isn't she~? I love writing for Juvia~ Well, I can't spoil that just yet, but I can say that something's, will be different. Cool, thanks for the vote.

Tohka123; Thank you! Yeah, I have done, and don't worry, I am on the road to recovery now, thanks for showing concern! He surely is, he can tell the women in his life surely do control him. I think anyone would be if a huge black Dragon is chasing them. Aah, Juvia's appeared, I am gonna love writing for her~ For now it is yeah~ A somewhat inspiration, I'd say. He's basically talking to (from everyone who can't see her perspective) air. He does indeed, he wants to slay the Dragon after all, and needs to learn it to face off the Dragon. Little by little, they want him to at least be open to being with people again, and he is trying his best. Well, when he basically said he's gonna sell her, I think I'd be worried too, he just has a dry sense of humor. Mavis really feels like crying sometimes when it is mentioned~ He just didn't want to see anyone get bullied, it wasn't necessarily about Juvia herself, though he's mutual on her right now, he wanted to make sure that bullying didn't go before his eyes. Levy and Kazu bonded with dancing slightly~ It was awkward for the young boy though~ In the end, he just didn't want anyone else to get hurt because of him. Juvia's adorable though~ I love writing for Juvia~ In her own way, she has done yeah. She can somewhat sympathize with his situation, and can bond quite well with him. Aah cool, thanks for the vote! I will indeed make it quite unique, no worries about that~ We shall be yeah~ And thanks, I'll try my best!

Guest 3; I could do, though would the Church even allow a half breed Fallen Angel into the ranks? No matter what, that Sacred Gear would remain. I could see how that would be fun. And yeah, that sounds good to me~

Guest 4; I could see that happening, would be interesting.

With those reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!


Fight for the town part one!

"Alright, everyone. Line up. You know the drill by now. Give me the valuables."

A man in a hooded cloak spoke toward a crowd that consisted of men, women, and children, all looking afraid, besides a certain girl that has white hair, who had an angry look on her face, and looked ready to bathe in their bloods.

"Nee-chan, what are we going to do?"

Another little girl, younger than the first one, wasn't sure what they were going to do, as a rather large boy hid behind her, the eldest girl just staring, and even glaring, towards the enemy that was before them.

"Don't worry Lisanna, you're not going to be hurt."

The eldest female assured as the people had to give their most valuables away.

"Nee-chan, I'm quite scared…"

The newly named Lisanna cowered behind her elder sister as they neared.

The girl glared as they stood before her. She could see a fair few in front of her. Though she was confronted with a few men that were taller, and probably stronger, than she was, she didn't show any fear on her face. She, wasn't going to bow down to them, and she surely wasn't going to stop the fight either.

"You heard us kid, everything. Give us everything you've got that is valuable."

The girl gritted her teeth, shaking her head.

"Piss off."

The girl growled out, as the mans eyes changed.

"What did you just say you little bitch!?"

"I said, piss off!"

"You hateful bitch!"

The mans hand went to strike her across the face, but the girl pulled away at the last second, nailing a powerful fist into his stomach, blowing him away from the girl, and her family, his body hurdling through the air and crashed into a building, causing it to collapse around him. to be fair though, the building wasn't that big, and it was old. Even then, most of the people were astonished by the girls level of strength.

"Leave this town immediately, or suffer my wrath, is that understandable you idiots?"

The men were obviously shocked that a little girl was ordering them around, and none of them liked it at all.

"W-What a cheeky mouth that you have!"

"Hehe, it's only a little girl, what can she do exactly?"

"Even if she punched him away, we'll have to go and fight together, won't we? Let's kick the crap out of her."

The girl stared down all of the men as the enclosed around her…

"Now." A man produced a golden key. "Open, Gate of the…."


Two months…

That's how long Kazuya had been travelling around with Levy.

At first, he didn't plan for it to be that long. He was sure that she'd get sick of it within a week…but no, he was surprised that she wasn't sick of it, and seemed to be enjoying travelling with him, he didn't know why that was though. He didn't think he was good at starting conversations with people, especially people like Levy.

He had learned much about her during the time together, partly because she'd just bring up anything that she wishes to, to pass the time he supposed. But, he himself wasn't really good at talking, and usually just kept smiling to himself and to her too, and in odd occasions talked with her too.

Aries wasn't with them, because she requested not to be summoned that day, saying that she needed to do something. Of course she was extremely timid about it, so he didn't say anything bad, and just allowed it to happen. He also liked the idea that she spent time with her friends too, and now that she could actually do that without feeling guilty about leaving him alone, that's how it was. Though Aries always felt embarrassed about asking for time off. Even then, Kazuya made sure that she knew that he really didn't feel badly about her being with the spirit ladies.

Mavis on the other hand was very excited.

Even though Kazuya didn't speak much to Levy, he at least did make sure that she was okay when they were walking, like he did right now, turning his head towards her.

"Levy-san, if you're tired, we can take a break. We've been walking for about three hours now, I'll be understanding if you want to take a break. Maybe it would be better if we did take a break, and have a drink of water, or something. It is quite warm today."

Mavis was glad that he was like this now.

Even Levy was glad that he was taking her thoughts into his own when walking around. It wasn't much, but it was a start.

"N-No, I can continue on…"

Even though she said that, Kazuya knew that she was only putting on a front for him to not be bothered by her, though he couldn't actually push her so far, it wouldn't be right.

"Then, we'll continue on for about ten minutes, then have a break."

He could clearly see that she is tired right now, and something inside of him didn't feel like allowing her to exhaust herself, though he didn't know what that thing was, actually.

"A-Are you s-sure that we c-can?"

Kazu nodded to her doubt.

"It's fine, we can plan where to go from here, since we're coming to a fork in the road. We need to discover which way we're going to be going anyway, and there's no point attempting to push yourself so hard."

"O-Oh, okay!"

Though Levy was tired, she still managed to muster up a smile.

Kazuya continued to walk as Levy trailed behind her.

"See this Kazu? Isn't it good?"

Mavis chatted, floating next to him as the three of them walked.

"I don't know…it's been two months and all, but still…I feel uneasy…I know that's not what you want to hear or anything, but that's how it is. I feel…reluctant to say that I am not enjoying this, but I find it…odd that I do feel something like this…"

He didn't speak loud enough for Levy to hear him, who was trailing behind.

She didn't walk as fast as Kazu could, he had been doing it longer after all.

Then the thought of Levy came into his mind again, and what could happen too.

"Either way, I'm glad that you decided to allow her to stay around. When she's around you, she's really a happier person than before, doesn't she?"

Kazuya looked back towards her, seeing Levy giving a smile, despite appearing to be a little tired.

"I suppose." Kazu turned back towards the floating Mavis. "Even then, I feel a little weird about being with a human…I mean, Levy-san is fine and all, but the idea of just travelling around with her…and then there's the fact that I feel like we're being followed…"

"That's the Dragon, and we haven't seen it in two months anyway. Not since that day in the town where Levy-san came with us. I think that this is what is called luck, it is a pretty good deal for us right, Kazu?"

Kazu didn't know if it was luck, or something else entirely.

"I don't know about luck, I call it something like fate or something. I just know how to stay away from the Dragon. Recently, it has been a little easier…say, it's something…I don't know, maybe it is because I've been using less magic…"

"You think that could…wait, it could be a connection…hmmmm, we'll have to think about this deeply…"

Mavis seemed to have a serious expression, and so did Kazuya. Their shared theory did sound good, yet it wasn't like he could stop using magic all together, there were times when he did need to use his magic.

"Either way, we can't think negatively. I am sure that the Dragon wants that…but, you know Mavis-san, as of late, I've been feeling…odd about something inside of myself, about…you know, with the girl that…you know who I'm talking about."

"Yes, but what about her?"

Mavis carefully watched as Kazuya placed a hand on the side of his face, a deep crimson setting in.

"I had the most wonderful dream last night about her~ She really was nice to me, and held me close~ Like the dream that we used to share, I felt like the one I had last night was the same one too~ I enjoyed myself immensely~"

Kazuya didn't see it, but Mavis looked a little jealous.

"S-So, you've been having a dream like that, have you?"

"Well…yes, but not completely. It was more surreal than real like ours. But I remember touching…"

"Touching?"

Mavis' eye twitched as Kazuya blushed bright crimson. He held an innocent expression on his face, and even Mavis couldn't tell just how far it went between the two of them.

"W-We…b-but, she held me tightly, and I fell against her…uuuu, and she said that everything was okay…it was amazing. She…really did want to take care of me, she said so, and even spoke to me beautifully…she really was kind towards me…uuu, it seems like I'm blushing right now…uuu, that's not good…silly dreams…"

"You haven't kissed her have you!?"

Kazuya turned towards her, confusion on his face.

"A kiss is…lip to lip contact, yes?"

"T-That's right…well, it's from the lips anyway…s-so, have you?"

Kazuya turned away, and didn't reveal anything at all.

Mavis' eyes widened in pure shock.

"Y-You have, haven't you!?"

"W-What we do together is none of your business. I-If we kissed or not, is our private secret…y-you don't need to know about something like that…please don't say that I am going to be like that either…she really was good at holding me close though…she gave the best hugs ever…"

Mavis didn't like this at all, and felt like her eyes were going to shed some tears, knowing that this was going to be a long day.

Unknown to them, from a fair distance, but in close distance to know that she was right there, and could see them, Juvia was watching on with a cute expression in her face, and even had her eyes set on Kazuya.

"Mouuu, Juvia hasn't had the chance to present herself towards Kazuya-sama yet…uuuu, Juvia wants to present herself to Kazuya-sama, and then we can enter into a cute relationship, get Juvia and Kazuya-sama in the same room, and give one another cuddles~"

Juvia's thoughts were childish at best, but she was a child, so it had to be like that.

In the end, she wished to talk with Kazuya, she just didn't know how to do so. It was like she couldn't work up the courage to talk with him, despite walking across the world with him, and not with him at the same time.


Ten minutes later, Kazu, and Levy were sat down together, Kazuya having a map out, with Levy having a bottle of water out too, taking large sips. Mavis herself landed on Kazuya's shoulders, like she was riding on him.

"Phew…the sun really is scorching today."

Kazuya couldn't deny that, the sun did seem to be quite hot today.

"It's about that time of year I suppose, and we shouldn't be walking around in it I guess…"

"Right, but we need to at least make it to a town, or city or whatever. We're running low on a few things."

Levy took a gulp of water from her water bottle, Kazuya carefully looking towards it.

"You're not wrong…"

"So, where are we going anyway Kazu-chan?"

Levy asked as he, and Kazuya sat together, with Mavis giving a cheery smile.

"Well…there are different places we could go. There's a town to the left, which I've heard has a different selections of cakes that are made to perfection. In the previous town we were in, I heard that there was a talk about these cakes being the best in all of Fiore."

"Ooh, that sounds really delicious~"

Mavis sang out happily, as Levy smiled.

"Cakes, different selections of cakes sounds pretty good too."

"Yes…but it seems that it would take three days of solid walking, and well we can't do something like that. Even if I was doing it on my own, it would take quite a bit of walking time to get there. I could probably get there in under two days…but even then, it would require not going to sleep for that…well, that's how it is around this part of the world…too bad we don't have any transportation, though I've never tried anything like that so I wouldn't know about such things."

Levy adopted a pout.

"That does sound long…" She looked at the map, and saw a small town. "Look, if we make this little detour, then we can go there for a nights sleep. And there, we can gather some supplies too, we're running out of some foods. Then, we can continue on towards the town we want to go to."

Kazuya went into his pack, and saw that it was indeed the case, along with money too.

"We also need to get money, if we can't, then that means no cakes…but, this town, it seems good. Maybe while there, I can get an odd job or something, just enough to pay for something's to eat…though we've got enough money for a room for the night between us, right?"

Kazuya wasn't the best with money, though he has been learning on how to spend his money wisely.

"I'm sure that we can afford a room at least a cheap place." Levy stated, looking through the jewels they had. "But, a mini job huh…I suppose, since we're both Mage's, we can get a job…maybe like, I don't know, housework or something…I think that would be good, with our magic's together, we could clean things…maybe…."

"Bandit clearing would be good too. I could do that, done plenty before, and could do with a fight right about now."

Kazuya brought up, Mavis just smiling at the pair getting along so well, and how well they clicked together too.

"Hehe, like last week when we did that mini mission…well, large mission to take on that bandit hideout! Phew, that was a really scary thing, but Kazu-chan really did bring down the roof on top of those people."

"That's after you weakened the support beams with some fire, added to my water."

Kazuya remained calm as he reminded Levy about that, the girl adopting a larger smile that before.

"That was a good time~ We really showed our stuff huh~ And Solid Script Magic, I'm sure that's the magic for me."

"In many ways, that magic can be pretty OP if you think about it."

"What's OP mean?"

Levy wore a clueless face, so Kazuya chuckled.

"I'm surprised that a human like you doesn't even know what that means. It means overpowered, meaning such things like that."

Levy adopted an understanding, and embarrassed face too.

"Well, that's how it is, after all. Even then, I think this might be good. Do you think so too?"

"That's right, I think that going towards the town…" Kazuya looked at the town, and saw that it was quite close. "I think that we'd make it in half a day. I wonder if we'll meet anyone interesting there huh?"

"Maybe we'll meet someone there! Who knows!"

With that, Kazuya and Levy took to their feet, and together, walked towards the town.


Meanwhile, within the spirit world, Aries was sat together with Virgo, and Aquarius, this time it seemed like they were calm, though Aries herself was a little sad herself that she hadn't been summoned, despite the fact that she asked not to be summoned too.

"So, Aries. How's it going with the favourite Spirit Mage right now? I mean, that adorable boy that wishes for me to give him an adorable hug, and keep him in my sights forever, and adopt together with Scorpio too. It would be the best thing ever in the entire world."

Aquarius asked for both her, and Virgo, seeing that she was looking towards a book that was about…bondage. She usually did look at something like that when it came to Kazuya too, if he was there…she'd be using these to fuel her own desires.

"Kazuya-sama's currently with the human Levy-san…and the ghost Mavis-san…I asked not to be summoned today so we could hang out…but, I feel complicated not seeing Kazuya-sama today, we always see one another every day."

"Well, that's how it is. But, I'm glad that sweetheart is getting along with humans…but, ooh, I wish that we could meet him here though…I'm sure that he'd love to be here with us sometimes too…I can imagine such things…"

"Also, Kazuya-sama wishes to have a stronger spell too…something like this Fairy Law, Kazuya-sama says that it is a spell that does take a bit of power, and he couldn't use it around Levy-san either…"

"Why's that?"

Virgo questioned, not sure what she was talking about.

Aries however knew what she was supposed to do, and how she was going to say it too.

"Kazuya-sama is a good boy…but, there's also the fact that, while he doesn't want too…the spell is designed to target people who the heart of the enemy thinks is the enemy, and in Kazuya-sama's heart…he perceives humans as enemies…I don't know what he thinks about Levy-san…but at least he told me that he doesn't want to hurt Levy-san…but in his heart, humans are the enemy, so he's worried about hurting her too…"

Aquarius puts her hands to her chin, and gets deep in thought.

"Well, wouldn't the Celestial Spirit King know a strong spell? I am sure that if he knew of Kazuya-kun's condition, and how he has been treated, and his love for the spirits, he'd love to give out a spell towards Kazuya-kun."

"T-The Celestial Spirit King Aquarius-san!? Y-You think he'd want to teach Kazuya-sama like that!?"

Aries wasn't so sure, but Aquarius shrugged her shoulders.

"It's a worthwhile try, isn't it? If he sees humans as enemies, then he'd need a spell that can only target the person he intends to target. I can see it happening anyway, and he's the strongest, I am sure that there is a certain magic, that he could give away towards Kazuya-kun. I mean, it has to be given, doesn't it?"

Aquarius placed a hand on the back of her head, stroking as Virgo placed a hand over her breast.

"If it is for the Princess, then I shall also do my best for him. Since he needs a guiding hand that is myself, I am sure that if I asked, and then if there's a punishment, then I shall do my best to actually do something like that. I shall take all of the punishments that he would receive, only for him to give it me right back in a double dose."

Both girls rolling their eyes as Virgo's face turns upwards.

"Either way, there's no harm in asking about it, is there?"

Aquarius posed the question, and he wasn't sure if he would be able to handle.

"I-I suppose not…b-but even then, I'm worried that he might become angry…I wouldn't be able to take it if he got angry about me asking something like this…b-but, if it is for Kazuya-sama, then I wouldn't mind doing something like that…for Kazuya-sama, I would love to do something like this…"

Aries wished to help Kazuya. But the Celestial Spirit King was a very scary being to her, she didn't think that she actually would be able to talk with this person, she wished that she could do something like that though.

"Aries, can I also say that my love for your Princess is growing day by day?"

"L-Leave my Princess…eeeh! I mean, leave Kazuya-sama alone! He'll surely become a naughty boy if you do something like that!"

Virgo placed a hand on her breast, cupping it as she felt her building desires coming better and better.

"No, I cannot hold back if it comes to my Queen. My Empress is going to take me from behind, I can already feel it. His hand, on my butt. I can hear it, calling me "Naughty slave~" as his hand slaps my butt." Virgo's face turns a little red, her body shaking around. "I can feel it Aries~ I can already feel it deep within my breasts~"

"Every time we talk, I die a little inside."

Virgo placed one of her fingers towards Aquarius, wagging her finger.

"If that's how it is, then I can't say anything bad, but I cannot say anything else about this now. We, are also not going to be angry about this, because this is going to be the future of everything that is going to happen."

"I really am scared of you sometimes."

Aquarius gave judgemental eyes, Aries doing the same thing.

"That is fine, because I know the Princess won't be frightened of me. He'll take care of me, and I will also take care of his needs. Of course, I will also bend my body over, and allow him to take me over, and then we'll have more fun. Chains, whips, and other things. Oh, Aries, have you also given that book to Queen?"

"…It was something of a frightful moment, but I didn't have a choice because you threatened me…"

Aries shivered as she recalled what had been happening with that, and she wouldn't be able to ever say anything about it ever again, she didn't think that she'd be able to do something like that, it was a scary thing.

"Good, I am glad that he has the right material right now. If he didn't have that, then I would be worried. I, also think that when we do begin our activities, he'd also use a nice, soft yet firm, hand on my body. I, would enjoy his touch. Though a picture isn't accurate, I feel as if my heart will also know of this."

Aquarius, and Aries…were scared right now. They, truly didn't want to fight against anything like that anymore.


Once getting there, the sun was setting in the sky. It was around six in the evening now, and of course the sun was going to be going down. The ground itself was paved over, and Kazuya's eyes could see that there was some rocks scattered across the ground, even the building's had been damaged.

The town itself wasn't all that big, but it seemed something was out of place too…

It seemed to be a ghost town.

Mostly, the place just seemed to be out of place, like there should be people there, but there really aren't anything around. And the building's also had something wrong with it. They were damaged, broken and some looked like they had been in a battle too.

Kazuya and Levy looked between one another as Mavis floated around the area, and couldn't really see anyone.

"Damn, Kazu. This town seems deserted from anything…wow, what's going on here I wonder…?"

Kazuya didn't have an answer as he walked forward.

"I didn't expect it to be a ghost town."

Kazuya comment left Levy feeling nervous, and rushed to his side, clinging to his shirt.

"I-I don't know if I can do this Kazu-chan! I-I'm not good with ghosts!"

Kazuya rolled his eyes as she made a cute sad looking face.

"I wasn't actually saying there is a ghost here. Merely that this place was devoid of people, something you'd think wouldn't be happening." Kazuya looked around, and saw someone at a window. "Hey you, what's going on?"

Kazuya tried to speak with the man at the window, but he became frightened, and closed his curtains, Kazuya and Levy staring in wonder, along with Mavis being concerned too about what was going on.

"Well, that was strange…it was almost as if he was frightened of you Kazu."

Mavis commented, Kazuya nodding his head.

"It did seem like he was frightened…and I don't understand why…I've never had normal people frightened of me before…I've had people look at me strangely, but they've never been frightened, and I doubt people here actually know what I am…"

"But why?" Levy posed a question. "We're a bunch of kids, it isn't like we're dangerous people. So, why does it seem like he is frightened of us or something? In fact, why is the streets deserted all of a sudden?"

It was a good question from Levy, but Kazuya simply didn't have the answers at all. He wished that he did have the answers though, but he didn't know what he was going to do with this, and if, there was something going on…maybe he should leave. That's how he honestly felt right at this time.

"I guess something has happened here." Kazuya voiced his concern. "Something is clearly going on here. But, what that something is, I can't be sure. Bandits? Children that have been roughhousing the area? Or, is it something else entirely? I would say the Dragon…but, if it was here, then it would be predicting our movements…no, it isn't the Dragon at all."

If it wasn't the Dragon, then Kazuya didn't know what was going on. The best he could think about was bandits, and even then, it seemed like there were flaws with that too. He, just didn't know what he was supposed to do now.

"If not the Dragon…maybe you're right about bandits, or something-"

"Halt!"

Kazuya and Levy along with Mavis stopped when a girly voice came from behind them.

Turning around, they were brought into sights with a young girl. She has long white hair, that goes down to the middle of her back, tied into a ponytail. Her eyes shone beautifully in the light of the leaving sun, so bright none of them could actually see who it was that was looking at them, at least they couldn't discern the colour of the young girls eyes. On her body, she wore a skin tight outfit, and she appeared to be at least a year older than Kazuya and Levy herself, the pair sharing a look between the two of them.

"Erm…who are you?"

Levy was the one who asked, Kazuya standing by just in case she tried to do something towards Levy, knowing that she isn't able to fight that well, even with her magic.

"Hmph, don't give me that bandit! You've come to steal our supplies again! No, we can't have that happening! I will definitely beat you up before anything else happens! You wanna have a fight with me, is that it!?"

"We never said that we wanted a fight. And we don't intend to fight either. But if you want to fight, then I don't mind…it seems like that I have to do something like that if you try and do something against me, or this girl too."

Kazuya come into the conversation as Levy stood near him, Mavis floating on the right side of Kazuya, and spoke to him.

"Kazu, I don't think that this girl is an enemy."

"How can you tell?"

Mavis cocked an eyebrow up, and stared right towards the enemy.

"It's, just something about her…I don't know how to put it, but whatever happens, you can't fight and beat this girl down, okay? Just disable her, alright? That is, if she attacks. Something is wrong in this town, I think we should find out what that thing is."

"If you're saying it, then I have to believe you. So, just fight to disable?"

Even though Levy didn't hear what Mavis said, she nodded along with Mavis herself.

"Right, let's just make sure that she doesn't hurt us, or herself either."

Kazuya nodded as the white haired girl stared on in confusion.

"What are you muttering about over there?!"

"Oh, nothing at all."

Kazuya lied, not seeing why he would have to speak the truth about something like this.

However, the white haired girl didn't accept that, and pushed her body closer and closer, striding across the pavement like she had a mission, and most likely, she wasn't going to give up the mission either.

"Don't lie to me, and just return all our stuff!"

"We haven't stolen anything. Just calm down already."

Kazuya spoke up, Levy nodding in agreement.

"We haven't done anything at all. We have only just arrived, this is just a misunderstanding, please listen to us."

"Shut up!" The girl sparked her rage. "Y-You can't get away with this! All of you idiots! Throwing your weight around here! Just because you've been here to this defenceless city, it doesn't mean that you're going to be able to just take whatever you want! And give my Imouto back her pendant right now! Do you hear me!?"

The girls rage wasn't going to be quelled easily, Kazuya and Mavis knew that. Levy however also wished to get through to the girl.

"Please listen to me, we haven't stolen anything, and we haven't stolen your Imouto's pendant. We just arrived, and we don't really know what's going on around here. All we really wanted was a place for the night, that's all."

Levy tried to get through to the girl, but the white haired girl wasn't having any of it, tightening her hand and showed a dark glare within her eyes, as she strode forward, and sharpened her eyes on Kazuya in particular.

"Hmph, I wouldn't be able to hold back now. Lying, trying to deceive me, when I know that you're apart of that gang! Don't think that you'll be walking away without even getting a beating either! We're not going to lose to you, understand me!?"

"Fine, you wanna fight? Let's-"

"DON'T TOUCH JUVIA'S BELOVED!"

Suddenly, out of literally nowhere to Kazuya and Levy, along with Mavis, Juvia comes shooting out with a wild expression on her face, like she was going to take out anything that was going for Kazuya, especially someone like the white haired girl.

"A-Aaaaaah! D-Don't suddenly attack me!"

The white haired girl jumped back as Juvia released a ball of water from her hand. The water smashed against the ground, drenching it as Juvia stepped over it, the crazed look of a true protector, deep within her eyes.

"Don't run away! Juvia's beloved isn't going to be attacked by you harpy!"

Kazu, Levy and Mavis looked as Juvia attacked the girl again and again, but the white haired girl was surprisingly agile. Juvia didn't stop though, and put her hand forward, launching several streams of hot water towards her, but the white haired girl managed to dodge the attacks quite easily.

"Hey…isn't that Juvia-san from…two months ago?"

Kazuya couldn't help but state the obvious, with the young blue haired girl nodding her head right beside him.

"But, why is she here…?"

"God knows…I knew I felt something following me, I just knew that it was something like that. I should've followed my instincts about this, but it seems like that I didn't think about Juvia-san…so, why is it Juvia-san here now…?"

"And why don't you get her name wrong, but you got my name wrong too…"

Levy slipped in, but Kazuya didn't hear when she said, and turned to her for answers.

"I'm sorry, did you say something?"

"O-Oh, nothing~ But, shouldn't we stop this…?"

She sweatdropped, seeing Juvia trying to slaughter the young white haired girl.

Kazuya sweatdropped also, rolling his eyes.

"Is it bad that I wish to see two humans duke it out until the end…? Especially girls…I've heard of cat fights, is this what that is…? Is it bad that I want to see what's going to happen between the two of these females right now?"

Mavis, and Levy both stared at him, and murmured "Yes…" which made Kazuya's eyebrows drop.


Meanwhile, at a far of distance, Erza was sat in a certain area, drawing on a piece of paper.

What she drew was a quite accurate picture of Juvia, and the white haired females faces. Even the way that they were fighting, Erza knew that she was doing something good.

Even in the background, there was a picture of a faceless Kazuya stood with a faceless Levy and Mavis too. Everything besides the face was accurate to what he was wearing too, and it was the same for Levy and Mavis, it was obvious that it was them.

Erza smiled to herself, as she did some finer detail.

Usually, she wasn't really an artist. But this was quite good too. It was quite fun for her to write about it too. She had made up stories about these people, even though she wasn't sure if they were real, she wished that she did.

"Wow Erza, that looks cool."

One of the girls commented, as Erza nodded.

"This is happening right now."

Erza pointed out, tapping the paper that was before her.

"To who?"

The same girl questioned again, only for Erza to wink towards her friend.

"That's right, I can feel it. Far from here, I can feel it. Future members of the harem fighting one another, is it for love? I do not know, but I wish to feel like it has to happen like this. I can feel it, this white haired girl, is going to be prominent in the harem."

"How do you know that? Can you see the future?"

Erza put on a sly smile, crossing her arms across her bust.

"It's a feeling I get, from the God's up there."

"God's?"

The girl was confused, but Erza knew what she was talking about.

"Of course I know what I am talking about here, it has to be shown through drawn pictures, by myself. You see, I have been chosen to lead this era into the new world. First of all, I have to meet this boy here."

She tapped the pen on the paper to where she drew Kazuya. The girl on the other hand tilted her head.

"Who is he?"

"I don't know." She divulged sadly. "The only thing that I know is that his name starts with a K, beyond that I have no idea. But, this is a task set to me too, to prove my worth as someone who can lead the harem into a new generation. First of all, I have to establish these people, and then make sure that the harem is good. By the way, do you want to join the harem?"

The girl stared strangely at Erza, and Erza just stared back at her, wanting to have an answer from the girl before her.

"I am not really sure what a harem is…"

"But it will make the harem good. You want to make the harem good, yes? That's what you want to do that, don't you? Come on, for Erza now, be good for Erza now. I really want it to happen. As I said, the harem will be good if you join it my friend."

The girl cringed as Erza used her brightest eyes. Even the way sparkles came from her eyes, it made the young girls body cower in fear, not wanting to be frightened of Erza anymore, and she was showing a strange eye movement too, twitching her eyebrows, and other things.

"I-I'm scared…"

"No need to be scared, the harem is a wonderful thing. I mean, it is awesome. I can feel it, the up above people have mapped out my path for me. They've chosen me as their warrior of justice for the harem, I can feel it deep within my bones. I'm going to have to make these people come together. Call me the puppet master of sorts."

"Puppet master, I am frightened."

Erza rolled her eyes, and then got back to drawing her pictures.


Back with Kazuya and the others, they watched as Juvia continued to try and murder the white haired girl. But to her credit, the white haired girl was actually managing to dodge all of the attacks quite amazingly.

Kazuya rolled his sleeves up and clapped his hands together.

"Seems like I'm going to have to get involved."

"Ooh, please be careful Kazu-chan."

Kazuya gave a thumbs up as he walked towards the pair of them.

"Oi, stop fighting right now!"

Kazuya ordered, but neither Juvia, or the girl answered, but this gave the white haired girl the chance, landing a kick against the girls chest, knocking her down to the ground, Kazuya's eyes tightening on the sights before him.

He walked over to Juvia, and bent down, seeing that she had a deep blush on her cheeks.

"Juvia-san, are you alright?"

Kazuya showed slight concern for her, but couldn't see any real injuries on her person.

"K-Kazuya-sama! S-She got on Juvia's wrong side! Juvia couldn't see her coming! Juvia was beaten suddenly! Juvia's unworthy of walking with Kazuya-sama if she couldn't even defeat the enemy that is before her! Please punish Juvia!"

Juvia, showing no signs of injuries, stuck her butt towards Kazuya's way, frightening him immensely.

"W-What are you doing Juvia-san!?"

Not just him, but Levy, Mavis, and the white haired girl were shocked too.

"Juvia couldn't protect Kazuya-sama! Juvia has to be punished this way!"

"Ooh God…erm, well that's…let's just calm down and…"

"Try this!"

The girl with white hair came in with a flying kick towards Kazuya. But before she could actually land a kick against him, Kazuya raised his arm, and blocked her kick, the girl shocked as Kazuya pushed her back with his arm, the girl doing a flip, and landed on the ground.

"You're too slow, I saw your attack coming."

Kazuya raised his fists as he stood in front of Juvia.

Juvia's eyes went towards Kazuya's butt, and bit her bottom lip, looking over each piece of his backside, her face turning redder, and redder. Mavis floated over, and placed a hand on Kazuya's shoulder.

"Kazu, remember. Don't beat her too hard."

"I'm only going to make it a submission. After that, we'll be fine."

Mavis nodded as Kazuya looked towards the girl having her hands in a fighting stance.

If nothing else, he could praise her stance being good for her age, guessing that she was self taught, due to the way that she held herself, and since he was somewhat the same, he could see this was going to be not a bad fight.

"Listen…do we have to fight?"

"What?" The girl looked on, shocked. "Of course we do! You stole my Imouto's pendant!"

"No, we didn't…but, you see. I don't like hitting girls…yeah, so could you just kind of stop fighting already because…I don't want to hit you. At least…if I hit a girl, I think it might be bad, so could we not do anything like that?"

"No! We have to fight! Come on, I am not going to lose to a bastard like you!"

"Well, I don't have an Otou-sama so you're right there…but because I don't have an Otou-sama, maybe it doesn't mean that I will lose necessarily, I could win the fight, we'll just have to wait, and see won't we?"

The girls eyebrows twitch as Levy and Mavis showed smirks at the defusing he gave of her crude words.

"Grrrr! No, I meant…ooh shut up! I'm coming for you!"

The girl didn't waste time, rushing forward with a good speed, and threw a punch for Kazuya's face.

Kazuya tossed his head to the side, sending a punch right towards the middle section of her body, the girl seeing that and brought up her knee, only wishing she didn't when she felt the full impact from his fist, causing her to let out a cry.

"Aagh! J-Just what the hell!?"

The girl spun on her leg, and then swung her foot for Kazuya's face, the young boy dodging the attack and then sent his own foot towards her midsection, but the young girl jumped backwards, avoiding the attack.

"Well, you know how to dodge, don't you?"

The girl smirked and came at him with a flurry of attacks.

Kazuya moved out of the way of all of the fists, using his speed to get out of the way easily. Kazuya watched as a smirk appeared on the girls face as he dodged one of the punches that she sent, and it hit something behind him, not realizing that he was near a building, unconsciously moving back.

"Nowhere to run now!"

She pulled back one of her fists, and looked excited towards Kazuya who didn't even bat an eyelid.

"I guess so."

He seemed quite nonchalant about it, which worked perfectly for the young girl, wanting him to have a false sense of security, not realizing that he was actually having the same type of thing going on.

"Don't get cocky with me!"

The girls rage boiled over, thrusting it towards his face.

Kazu himself ducked the punch which cracked the stone behind him, and opened his palm, sending it for her chest.

"Hah!"

The girl matched it, and threw her fist at his palm, colliding with one another. Because of her strength, Kazu was surprised when he felt a slight tingling sensation from her fist. But, it wasn't enough to distract him, so he smirked, and grabbed her hand with his own, encasing it with his own hand.

"Got you."

The girls eyes changed, trying to pull her fist away from him.

"L-Let go!"

She demanded, but he didn't stop, and kept a tight hold of her hand.

"Sorry, but I can't lose now, because I haven't done anything to you. Perhaps, there's something that you've done? I don't know, but we'll have to figure that out eventually, won't we young white haired girl?"

The girl didn't like that, growling and tried to dislodge from his hand, but he wouldn't let go of her.

However, he then threw her over his shoulder, and she landed on her back.

"Aah, you bastard!"

"Try this!"

Kazuya at the same time she went down, did a single hand chest thrust to her chest, causing her to cough up bile as a wave of wind erupted from behind the girl, Kazuya using her as a stand, flipping over her, and landed on the ground a few feet away from her.

The girl laid on the ground, not in real pain. It did hurt, but not enough to cause her to feel sick, Kazuya made sure of that. But, she hadn't met someone her own age who could fight her like this before.

He turned towards the girl, and gave a devilish smile.

"I was wondering, why haven't you used your magic yet?"

"W-What are you talking about?"

Kazuya genuinely didn't know what she was talking about, when she didn't know.

"Your magical power, I can sense a high level being inside of you. High for our age group anyway, are you telling me that you don't even know how to use magic? It isn't something like that, is it young girl?"

"Tch, I don't want pity from you. Just give me my Imouto's pendant back, which you and your awful gang stole from her! Don't think I don't know you evil scum! Don't pretend to try and get away with something like this!"

"Look, I don't know what you're talking about at all."

Kazuya walked towards the dazzled and downed girl, but then, two people shot out towards her, standing in front of her, with their arms stretched outwards. One was a girl with white hair, shorter than the other, and then there was a quite large boy that also had white hair.

Kazuya blinked as they both began crying.

"D-Don't hurt Mira-nee!"

"Nee-chan, we'll protect you!"

The girl and boy said respectably, wanting to protect their presumed elder sister.

Said girl, possibly named Mira, had sad eyes.

"Lisanna, Elfman…get out of here, I'll keep this guy busy."

"Mira-nee! Don't worry, we'll keep you safe too!"

The girl, Lisanna cried, as did the boy too.

"Don't worry Onee-chan, even if it is frightening, we'll do our best that we can! I'm sorry but we can't leave Onee-chan here with this guy! He might kill Onee-chan! We can't have Onee-chan be in danger like that!"

Kazuya looked on as the siblings defended their elder sister.

Kazuya himself also saw Levy, Juvia, and Mavis come over towards them.

"Seems like you won Kazu-chan."

Levy was about to touch his shoulder, when Juvia's eyes radiated scary thoughts towards her, so she didn't end up doing it, and put her hand towards her thigh, keeping it away from Kazuya as Juvia nodded her head.

"I guess, but I feel like this was…a hollow victory at best."

"A hollow victory Kazuya-sama? Juvia doesn't understand."

Juvia leaned closer towards Kazuya, only for Mavis to push her head. She gasped, and looked around for the source, but because she couldn't see Mavis, Juvia grimaced, and made a sad looking face, and even had some fear in her face too.

"It's just…well, it seems like they've got us mixed up for someone else. Ugh God…go on and say it Mavis-san. I know what you're going to say, since you're like my conscience or something like that. So go on, tell me what's going on, and say something to me, go on and say it to me Mavis-san. I'm waiting for it, I'm really waiting for it."

Levy and Juvia didn't know what he was talking about, but Mavis held a dazzling smile on her face.

"That's right Kazu~ I think this is the time for us to get involved too~ I would call Fairy Tail…but, we're no where near Fairy Tail…and if it gets too dangerous, I'm here~ And I'm not that bad of a fighter either~ So, let's do this and see what's going on, okay?"

Kazuya expected something like that from the young girl, and knew that he'd also have to do something like this eventually, and if it meant something like this, then he probably would have to get involved too.

"Whatever you say Mavis-san…I should've known as soon as we found out they had a problem…well, I guess we'll be getting involved…" Kazuya walked over to Mira, as the siblings stood in front of her, Mavis smiling enchantingly. "Hey, young girl, who's probably older than me, wanna tell us what's going on? Because, attacking innocents isn't going to get your own way going, do you understand something like that?"

"Tch, for people that come and ransack the lands, it seems like that you have a heart."

The young Mira was distrustful of Kazuya, so he sighed deeply.

"Look, we're trying to help you here you idiot. Now, tell us what's going on, understand?"

"Hmph, how can I understand something like that? You've come here, and you've come to take all our stuff too, I can't stand it. I really cannot stand something like that."

"As I said, we're not trying to have a fight with you, so, why don't you just stop trying to attack us, and why don't we have a talk about what's going on. You see, my conscious really doesn't want me to just leave…damn Mavis-san, always making me feel bad about these types of things…I really can't stand something like that honestly…I really don't think that I'll be able to stand it, so what the heck is going on?"

Mira looked at her siblings, and then sighed openly.


A little while later, Kazuya, Levy, Juvia, and Mavis all sat around a coffee like table, with Mira, who's real name is Mirajane, something that they found out on the way to her supposed home, along with Lisanna, and Elfman, all looking a little serious.

"Look, the only reason we allowed you in here is because I've seen that you aren't such a bad fighter. If you aren't, and you're not with the enemy, then you can surely help us with what is going on, okay?"

Mira spoke with a slight hesitant look to her face, so Kazuya just rolled his eyes.

"Sure, whatever. So, what's going on? You assumed that we were bandits, or something like that?"

"Yes…because, recently, over the last month or so…we've been getting raids from bandits, that live in the nearby mountains."

Mirajane gave an explanation, so Kazuya called forth a certain something.

"Why don't you use magic?"

"I said it before, didn't I? We don't know any magic!"

"But, you've got a great flow of it going through your body."

Kazuya pointed towards Mirajane, who blinked in surprise.

"W-What are you talking about?"

"Magic, you've got it. All of you, I can sense it from you. Maybe you don't know how to use it right, but you've got it inside of you, all of you have a magical power in you. I don't know if you are aware of it, but you do have magic inside of you, a wellspring wanting to come out, it should be obvious about such things now."

Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna all looked between each other, not having any idea on what he was talking about.

"I don't know if you're having us on or not, but we'd know if we have magic."

"Not really. Magic manifests in different ways. I didn't know I had power at first, but I was able to unlock it too. So, it isn't like you can't use magic, or anything else like that. Don't worry, it isn't that difficult or anything like that."

"…Oh, well I don't know about such things…never thought about using it before…I don't know if I can do something like that…"

Mirajane seemed to be thinking about it, and she didn't know what to say about it.

Levy's eyes twitched, getting back into the conversation from before.

"Bandits…why don't you call the authorities?"

Levy thought that would be the best thing, but Mirajane tightened her hand.

"No…they don't come anyway. We've already tried getting some help, but no one ever tries to come. We can't get in contact with the authorities, and the guilds around here are just shit. They don't want to help if they don't get a good fee."

At that, Mavis' eyes turned downwards.

"It seems like the guilds around here are all money hungry."

Kazuya had to agree with what she said, and it didn't really verify his feelings on humans.

"So, they wouldn't even give your town assistance?" Juvia brought up, moving closer to Kazuya who didn't notice. "That sounds terrible, is that the reason why you attacked Kazuya-sama which you won't ever do again or Juvia will drown you?"

Mirajane tightened her expression on Juvia, nodding her head.

"Whatever. But yeah, that's how it is. We can't get help from guilds, since we don't have anything at all. We've got no money, we've got no people willing to fight…all are cowards. The adults of this town can't even have a backbone, and fighting back, just doesn't do that. I've tried…but they employ magic's, and I simply can't do that…ugh, damn it, I couldn't even fight you either and win…it seems like we'll never be able to do that…and we've lost something important…"

"Important? What have you lost…i-if you don't mind me asking?"

Levy posed the question, Lisanna holding a hand to her chest.

"My pendant was taken just the other day. Mira-nee has been trying to get it back, but she hasn't been able to actually get it back…they are too strong…their magic's is too much for Mira-nee…even though she has tried her best…"

Elfman just held his head down, wishing that he could do something, but knew that he wouldn't be able to do anything now.

"So, they stole your pendant, and have been regularly raiding the village huh…that's quite terrible actually…Juvia didn't think that you had been through something like that…but, this pendant, does it mean that much to you?"

Lisanna nodded her head, looking towards her elder brother, who gave her a pat on the head.

"Elfman-nii saved all his money to buy it for me. It isn't valuable per-say, it doesn't cost a country or anything…but, it has my Elfman-nii, and Mira-nee also have pictures…we placed our family picture inside, and we don't have any replacement for it either…it might not seem like much to you…but, to us…it means a lot…"

Kazuya looked at the group of siblings, seeing that Lisanna was close to tears, Elfman looked as if he was angry that he wasn't able to do anything, and Mirajane, she looked the most pissed off that she wouldn't be able to do anything either.

"Wow, quite a pickle, huh. No money, means no guilds, and the council, or whatever authority aren't sending anyone either. Seems like there's just something that you're going to have to do about it yourselves then aren't you?"

"What can we do?" Mira barked, feeling her depression coming back. "I couldn't even beat you down, never mind a bandit with magic…we're useless, can't you even see that?! We've got nothing! We've not even got a chance!"

Hearing her heartfelt words, Kazuya looked towards Mavis, and quietly talked with her.

"You probably think that we should do something, don't you?"

Kazuya knew Mavis was a kind person at heart, and knew that she'd want to do something about it too.

"Fairy Tail is nowhere near this area, it is literally miles, and miles away, and would take a little while to get here. But, it seems like we don't have the luxury of waiting. From the sounds of it, I think that it isn't impossible that something else might come too. These bandits also worry me, and with the adults seemingly giving up hope, this young girl has tried her best to fight but hasn't been able to get her win either. Kazu, these people seem desperate, and from the sounds of it, I think that the adults also have abandoned hope by fighting. Kazu, I think this might be a chance for us to help these people out."

Kazuya knew she'd say something like that.

"One day, I'd like to go to a town where I don't have to fight, or run away…hmmmm, one day, we'd like to do something like this…"

"Well, you will eventually, Kazu! But this time, we have to do something together on this, I can't say anything more than that. We've got to do something about this now, Kazu. You know what I mean? We can do something like this!"

Kazuya smiled weakly, as Mirajane looked towards them inquisitively.

"Who are you talking too? There's no one there, is it a ghost or something?"

Her joking tone, actually made Mavis sad, and she clung to Kazuya so she couldn't cry out.

"There, there Mavis-san." Kazuya patted the back of Mavis' head, as she hugged him tightly. "Don't worry about it, no one else can see Mavis-san anyway. Well, join Fairy Tail and you can do something like that I suppose…but yeah, you can pretty much ignore such things for now."

Mirajane wasn't sure what to think about this, so she just watched on with a wondering gaze.

He looked towards Levy.

"You are thinking the same thing that I am?"

"Yes…I think we should do anything we can to help…t-though bandits are quite scary…"

"Even then, I know that we'd be able to do something. We both have access to magic, so I don't see why we wouldn't be able to fight together too. I am sure that we can do something together, we're both Mage's and all, even though you haven't been fighting for all that long with magic, and all, your Solid Script can also aid us as well too."

Juvia leaned over, and stared into Kazuya's eyes.

"Juvia will also join in too. She can't have Kazuya-sama be hurt either, so she'll have to use her powers to help Kazuya-sama! Besides, the rain has stopped because of Kazuya-sama, so Juvia will also fight to the best of her ability too!"

"Well, that's surprising Juvia-san…actually why are you here anyway?"

At that, Juvia's face dropped, and so did the colour on her face too.

"W-Well, Juvia was coming this way is all! Juvia didn't do anything else like that!"

Kazuya blankly stared at her, then shook his head.

"Either way, back to these bandits, we'll be helping out against them."

Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman became shocked, but Mira was a little more suspicious than anything else.

"You're really going to help us?"

"I already said that I would, didn't I? That's what we're going to do, together. We'll be working together from now on until we can resolve this. If the adults won't do anything, then we'll just have to do something, won't we?"

"Alright then…but, what do you want exactly?"

Kazuya tilted his head towards Mirajane.

"I don't understand what you're talking about. You already said that you don't have any money, or the town is pretty wrecked anyway, so what could we ask for exactly? I don't know about Levy-san or Juvia-san here, but I don't see the need to gain anything from this, so let's just say we're going to be fighting together."

"Then, let's go right to their hideout and kick the crap out of them!"

Mira was about to stand up, when Kazuya produced a paper fan, lightly tapping her on the head.

"Don't be silly."

"W-What!? I'm not! We've got to take them while the night is young!"

Mira was pumped, and went to stand again, only for Kazuya to bonk her on the head with the paper fan, Juvia, and Levy stifling laughs.

"And, we're all going to fight? Without even preparing? Do you expect us to just waltz up to their front door, and just knock and say "Oi, we're gonna kick crap out of you now!" or something like that? We've got to be smart about it."

"Hey, you insinuating that I'm not smart?"

"Not at all." Kazuya spoke gently. "All I said that it was a stupid decision. We are outnumbered…right?"

"They've got at least twenty members of their gang."

Mirajane spoke dejectedly, so Kazuya nodded his head.

"I see, then we've got…what, us four? Six if you count your siblings? And from the sounds of it, you girls, and boy, can't use magic. If we're going to be fighting, then we have to come up with a plan of attack. So, do these people have like, patterns?"

"Patterns?"

Elfman brought up, confused.

Knowing where he was going with it, Levy coughed into her hand.

"He means like, if there are any thing's that they do over and over again. Like, if they come on certain days or something like that?"

Lisanna clapped her hands together, nodding her head.

"They always come on Fridays! Every Friday, they always come and steal from the town."

"Friday…" Juvia mused, turning towards Kazuya. "That's about three days away now."

"You're right, three days…well, if they come for certain on Friday, then we've got days to plan, and we can make the fight and stand in the town. Going towards the hideout right now is suicide, because let's face it, we're a bunch of kids. No matter how good I think I am, or we are together, it's stupid to go in recklessly, so, let's use this place to our advantage."

Mira, and the others looked confused.

"I don't understand."

"Simply put, you three would know this terrain the best, right? You'd know this area well, more so than them bandits, right?"

Mirajane nodded her head.

"We've lived here practically all our lives, yeah. So, we would…ooooh, I see it now…"

"Mira-nee?"

Lisanna didn't understand, so Mirajane filled them in.

"Basically, he's saying that if we work together, and set up traps around this town, we would be able to overcome them. That's what you're saying, isn't it?"

"That's right." Kazuya explained. "We've got home field advantage with your knowledge of this area. We can, for example, use a hole, and disguise it so they fall in, and then take them out with a wide attack, where they can't dodge. Just an example. If we've got three days left, then I am sure that we can learn how to work together…though working with humans is something I don't usually do…Mavis-san will probably just force me anyway…so, why don't we all work together like this?"

"…It seems like you don't want anything though, it's surprising."

Kazuya didn't say anything, and just stared towards her.

When he didn't answer, she felt a bit complicated inside of her body.

"Well, it seems like the atmosphere here is pretty scary…hehehehehe…"

Levy giggled awkwardly, as she placed a hand over Kazuya's own for some comfort…

But what she didn't realize was Juvia was staring at her, like she was going to do something terrible to the young woman, she really wasn't going to hold back if Levy didn't remove her hand from Kazuya's thigh.

"Well, we've got a plan, sort of, and we've got to execute it soon enough. For now, we need to find accommodations."

"They probably won't sell you any rooms…people have closed up shop for the time being due to not wanting to get more jewels, as hiding them too is very difficult from the enemy who knows all of our moves and such..."

Lisanna informed the group, as they sunk their heads downwards dejectedly.

"Well, that means we have to sleep outside or something Kazu-chan."

Levy sighed out, as Kazuya nodded.

"Seems like we've got to set up camp outside somewhere then."

"Don't worry Kazuya-sama! Juvia's watery body shall keep Kazuya-sama's body cool, and warm at the same time!"

Juvia's eyes were starry at this point, frightening the likes of Kazuya and Levy. Even the girls and boy of Mira's family seemed to be frazzled by the second with the way Juvia looked, and even when she twitched her body too aggressively.

"That's…that actually sounds quite scary."

Juvia immediately dropped her face, and a depressed aura overcame her.

"Juvia's body is scary, Kazuya-sama never will…"

Kazuya and the others rolled their eyes towards Juvia, as Lisanna stuck up her hand.

"Stay here you guys…eeh, girls, and guy!"

"Lisanna!" Snapped Mira seriously. "They are strangers, we can't ask them to suddenly just stay here without even a warning or anything like that! T-They can't just stay here-"

"But Mira-nee." Lisanna argued. "They are going to help us. We can't just turn them on the streets. We have to help out this way too. If they are going to get our stuff back, then we also have to try our best too, don't we?"

Mirajane wasn't thrilled about the idea, but Lisanna was right, they couldn't exactly just turn them towards the streets, after they had already agreed to help them, and they didn't even know them either.

"Fine, stay, I don't care. One wrong move though, and I will have to come down on you like a ton of bricks, understand me people? You, boy, and you girls, too. Try anything with my siblings, and I will have to kick the crap out of you."

Juvia was going to say something, but Kazuya beat her to the punch, nodding his head.

"Fine, that's fine with us. You don't have to worry about anything else regarding something like this."

Mirajane nodded her head.

"Good, then I suppose, welcome to our home for the next few days."

Hearing that, Levy felt relaxed, she could relax again, and she was going to do it. Kazuya on the other hand just nodded his head, thinking about what she said, and how they would be there for the next few days.


A while later, Kazuya went to the roof of the house, just sitting back, and watching the stars pass by. Mavis, and the other girls were in the bath, so he came to sit on the roof, and just stare at the sky, and think about what his situation had turned into. He also had to wonder if Mavis was frightening the girls in the bath due to the fact that no one else could actually see her.

He didn't know Elfman enough to call up a conversation, and he didn't want to bother Aries with something so trivial, though he did miss her. He couldn't remember the last time that he had spent without the young looking spirit girl herself, he wished that he could speak with her though…but, he didn't want to use magic right now, he didn't think that he'd be able to use magic this time.

"Oi, it seems like you aren't spying on the girls."

Mirajane hopped onto the roof, and showed a daring smile as she walked closer.

Kazuya cracked his eye upwards with a perplexed face.

"Why would I spy on someone? Especially a girl that are my…well, Levy-san is my companion, I suppose, and the others…I wouldn't want to do something like that. But, why aren't you in the bath anyway? Isn't it a girls thing to bath with someone?"

"No, not always." Mira countered, sitting down next to him. "It's not my scene right now. I'd prefer asking you something, actually."

Kazuya sat up, facing towards Mirajane.

"What's that then?"

He entertained the idea of having a conversation with her for a little while.

"Why are you really helping us?" Kazuya didn't say anything as she continued. "I mean, we're strangers, I attacked you for crying out loud. In my experience, people don't just offer their assistance out of nowhere."

"Well, I'm not like most people."

Kazuya murmured as she looked curiously at him.

"You are certainly right about that. You fight quite well, I was shocked."

"I was shocked a girl my age could fight so well without magic too."

Kazuya spoke with a genuine look on his face of slight happiness.

"Hmph, you're not the type to think girls can't fight, right?"

"Oh no, quite opposite actually. The strongest person I know is an unassuming young girl, so girls and guys, it doesn't matter to me. A fighter is a fighter. Though, I do prefer to not hit girls…just personal preference. But, why are you really here?"

"I already said, because I'm confused on why you're helping us…but maybe, you and your friends, are just genuine people…is that right?"

Kazuya sighed openly, looking towards the sky.

"I actually kinda dislike humans, so this is quite difficult for me."

"Why, what's wrong with humans? Well, besides scum-bags like the bandits and such."

"I've not had good experiences with humans. But, I don't wish to comment on such things right now…either way, there's another reason why you're here, isn't there? You want to talk about something else, right?"

Mirajane was surprised that he actually saw through something like that.

"How did you know?"

"It's written within your eyes. Humans are quite easy to read at times. Especially when they want something. Greed, desire, and other things like that are of humans, of what they are, what makes them up, and rarely, can you truly ever hide your own desires from others. So, what do you want exactly?"

Mirajane didn't know how to ask this…

It was something difficult to ask something of this nature.

She didn't think she'd ever ask something like this, especially from someone that she had just met, she didn't think that it would happen like this, but here she was, ready to ask something that she couldn't get out of her head.

"Well…you fight quite well. Did you learn from someone?"

"I learned from Aries-chan, and myself. But, that's it. I learned to fight to defend myself from this world…but, are you like me too? Does the world reject you too?"

"…The world, rejected my parents at least, and left me like this, taking care of my siblings."

Kazuya looked, and saw that Mirajane's eyes were down towards the roof they were on, like she was mapping out the tiles that were before her.

"It seems like most peoples parents have died in this world."

"Yours also?"

Mirajane guessed, but Kazuya shrugged his shoulders.

"Who knows. I don't know. Either way, you wish to train together with me, right? Is that what you want to do?"

"…It's embarrassing admitting something like this…but yeah, maybe we could train together. At least, we need to be ready, don't we? To fight the bandits I mean…hmph, you'd think that adults would do something."

"Why don't the adults do anything?"

Since Mirajane was from here, he thought that he'd ask for her opinion on the matter about it all.

Mirajane sighed openly, hugging her knees to her chest.

"The adults in this town are all cowards, they didn't even try and resist when they first came. I tried, again and again, but they didn't stop, they always seemed to come and take the things important to us, and the adults, they either left, or just gave into the demands of the bandits. I tried my best…but, I couldn't do anything in the end. They employed magic, I couldn't fight against someone like that, you know what I mean?"

"Fighting against stronger opponents, I understand that quite well, I do that pretty much all the time, and sometimes, a tactical retreat is what you have to do. But clearly, there is no retreat this time, we might as well do it together, right?"

The girl hummed as she thought about it.

"It sounds like you've got your own hardships."

"Everyone does, just some more than others. And it isn't like we haven't gotten anything to gain here either. We get to fight against strong enemies, test ourselves…well, that's more for me than the other two. Juvia-sans motivations, I couldn't tell you. Levy-san is a good person, and as I've witnessed, she likes helping people. So, I guess that's her motivation."

"I see…but, what you said before, about magic…you said that I have a good flow of magic inside of me, is that right? Or where you kidding with me?"

Kazuya shook his head, and then nodded his head.

"I wasn't joking, you do. There's a wellspring of power inside of you screaming to come out again, and wishes to mix together with yourself, and be released. But, you don't know how to use your power, do you?"

"Of course I don't know how to do it. It isn't like I can learn around here anyway."

"So, that's how it is. Well, I can see that clearly. Maybe, if you ask nicely enough, I might teach you."

At first, Mira thought that she was being insulted…

But then she saw the smile on his face, and ended up punching him in the arm, though it wasn't enough to truly hurt him.

"Is that enough to convince you blondie?"

"Hmmmm, I suppose. I'm not an expert myself, but I do know how to use some magic's, if it is going to give us a fighting chance, we might as well give our side as much advantages as possible, right?"

"Right…yeah, that's right. We do need all the help we can get…but, Kazuya, there's one thing I don't understand."

"What's that then?"

Kazu answered while having a normal expression on his face.

"It seems like you're quite adamant about avoiding human contact. Just back in there before, I saw how you tried to distance yourself from even your friend. Yet, here you are, helping people like me, and my siblings. It just seems conflicted to someone like me for you to be quite like that."

"Well…honestly, my head tells me that I shouldn't ever try and work with humans, because they've done much to me before…but, my heart tells me that it is right…plus, Mavis-san will just chatter in my ear about it anyway…plus, there's also something that I wish to confirm about too…so, it is something that I have to do like this, you know what I mean?"

Mirajane didn't really know what he meant, since she didn't know what he could go through, and though she wouldn't say it happily, she was glad that he was around to help them through whatever was going to happen next.


At the end of the day, Kazuya ended up in a room all of his own. Since he was a male Kazuya didn't share a room with any of the females. Thankfully, Mira's place had a small room just for him to occupy, and Levy along with Juvia, God knows how that was going.

He was also wondering what they were going to do.

His mind was screaming that he shouldn't be doing this. Associating with humans, it was something that he didn't think he would be able to do. But he was doing it, he was even helping them, and he didn't know why he was doing something like this.

"Kazu, you think that staying is a good idea?"

Mavis stretched her arm as she sat on the bed, Kazuya taking off his shirt.

"You wanted me to help them out."

Kazuya reminded, the girls face turning a cute pink colour.

"E-Even then, I was thinking about it, and the Dragon and all…"

"That's why, we've got to use this chance to see if our theory is correct then, won't we?"

"You mean about it being drawn to your magic?"

Kazuya nodded his head, throwing his shirt onto the ground.

"That's right, we've got to discern if it is that. If we can use this chance to see if it is or not, then…well, honestly, I'd have to limit my use of magic…but then if I did something like that, then I wouldn't be able to see Aries-chan as much…that makes me feel sad…"

Mavis adopted a cute look to her face, and crawling across the bed, and leaned towards him.

"If it is something like that, then we can do something about it…I'm sure that Zeref will…"

The name, immediately made Kazuya's face turn beat red.

"Zeref…"

"Something wrong Kazu?"

Mavis saw the change in his demeanour, and how he was blushing too.

"It…I don't know, just the name I guess…it just seems to be something that I recognize, I don't know how to explain it properly though. That's how I feel about it, I think there's something about the name that I…Zeref…"

Kazuya seemed deep in thought, and wondered what it was about, why he was thinking about such things deeply.


Meanwhile, in Juvia's and Levy's room…Levy was feeling frightened as Juvia just stared right at her.

Juvia's eyes looked hollow, like she wasn't even alive right now. She felt a small sob escape her lips as Juvia twitched on her bed. Just being stared at, really was a frightening experience, she couldn't handle it forever.

"E-Eh, Juvia-san, is something going on?"

Juvia lifts her head, and as fast as lightning, she flashed to Levy's side, Levy's eyes widening as Juvia placed a hand on Levy's shoulder, the girl shaking her body, and her eyes staining the colour of fear, seeing how Juvia looks a little angry.

"Juvia, doesn't want you flirting with Kazuya-sama again."

Juvia gave her a warning, something that Levy gasped at, placing a hand over her mouth in terror.

Levy placed a hand on her face, shaking her head with vigour.

"I-I don't do something like that though!"

"That's a lie. Levy-san always flirts with Kazuya-sama, even calling him 'Kazu-chan' like you have the actual right to do something like that. Could you be, Juvia's rival?! Are you the one who Juvia is supposed to overcome!?"

"No! I-I'm not a rival at all! Please don't! If you want Kazu-chan, then go for it! B-But he doesn't like humans so…"

Levy trailed off, seeing Juvia's eyes blazing with fury.

"Are you insinuating that Juvia is a mere human!? Are you saying Kazuya-sama wouldn't be interested because Juvia is a mere human in your eyes?! Is that how it is Levy-san!? Are you thinking that Juvia, cannot be with Kazuya-sama because he distrusts humans like yourself!? Juvia is nothing like you think Levy-san!"

"Ooh God, I don't know what you are! Please don't hurt me! I'm sorry for whatever I've done!"

Levy cowered on the bed, as Juvia inhaled, and exhaled dramatically.

"Juvia was under the impression that Kazuya-sama gave you permission to call him such titles?"

"Eh…y-yes…he said that he didn't care after I let it slip…"

Levy didn't know what to say.

Juvia was a very scary woman, and right now, seeing how she was staring at her, she didn't know what she was going to do with the blue haired woman.

"Juvia sees. So, Juvia's love rival also has such a closeness towards him too."

"I'm not really a love rival or anything like that…"

"Are you trying to deceive Juvia? Juvia will be able to tell if you're lying. Juvia's life has sun in it again, so Juvia wishes to have a good time with Kazuya-sama, and if Levy-san is going to get in the way of something like that, then Juvia wouldn't be happy…"

"Ooh…that's a very scary thought…w-well, don't worry about such things…d-don't worry Juvia-san, you're not going to get any fight from me, I'm too terrified to actually have a fight against someone like you…n-now, I have to go to the bathroom…"

Levy got off the bed, and went towards the door…

But Juvia's eyes were on her, and she couldn't stop right now, she didn't have the luxury to stop right now.

Juvia gently tapped Levy on the shoulders, and showed a smile that reminded Levy of death.

"Just remember, Kazuya-sama is off limits to you right now."

Levy nodded as she walked towards the bathroom, wanting to have some kind of breather from the girl. Juvia, was a frightening woman, and if she didn't do something soon, Juvia was going to make her life a very scary mess.


Back in Kazuya's room, the young boy had finished disrobing, and got into the bed, Mavis having magically changed to a nightdress. Since she was currently taller than he was, she allowed his head to fall against her chest.

As he laid there, he thought about what was going to happen in a few days time.

He wondered if he would be able to beat them without his magic, and he also wondered if he would be able to beat anything that came for all of them. He was strong, but against twenty people…it seemed like things were going to be difficult, and he wasn't sure how he was going to get through something like this.

"So, Mavis-san…you think that this little experiment is going to work?"

Asking the unseen to most girl for her opinion, Mavis shrugged her shoulders.

"It's the only theory that I can come up with. Even then, if it is, then that means magic limiting and all…but, you seemed to be happy with the name that was mentioned before. Is there something that you wanna talk about?"

The girl gently asked, to which Kazuya shook his head, sighing as he felt himself getting tired.

"Nothing really…I was just thinking about the name Zeref…it just seems so familiar to me, and it makes me happy, and sad at the same time…is it weird that, I've never met this person, yet I'm already in…I think that I love her Mavis-san, is it weird?"

"No…I don't think that it is. If your heart says that you do, then you do, that's all there is too it."

Kazuya smiled as a yawn escaped his mouth.

"Busy day tomorrow…thanks for that by the way."

"Oh, don't say such things. You'd probably have done it anyway, with or without my help."

Kazuya didn't know if he would be able to say something like that…

But maybe, he could've actually done something himself, and if he had been, then he would've done something. But, it seemed difficult in knowing. If he didn't have Mavis, and he didn't know Levy, he wasn't sure if he would've bothered helping them.

"Well, either way, I suppose that we should get to sleep, big day and all…"

"I suppose that we do have a big day…"

"Night Mavis-san."

Mavis nodded, as she saw him close his eyes.

"Yes good night Kazu."

She allowed her hand to go to the top of his head, stroking his hair as he fell deeper into a sleeping state.


End chapter!

So, they've met Mirajane, and siblings! The reason? Shall all be revealed in time! But, neither Mira nor her siblings will travel around with Kazuya and his group for now, they'll only appear for this little bit, obviously they'll be in Fairy Tail later on though. But, we also got to see Juvia being...Juvia. She's fun to write, the same as Virgo who made an appearance this chapter too.

On the Gajeel thing, quite split, actually. I was quite shocked, but not totally unexpected. But it seems that somewhat Evil Gajeel one out in the end. It was quite close, but it came out with evil Gajeel, or rather, semi evil anyway. So, yeah~ That's how it is gonna be~ Sorry for those who wanted Gajeel to join Fairy Tail, but don't worry, as I said last chapter, Gajeel isn't going to be a one note villain, it is going to be good for what I have planned, and he'll have his own story. Though I won't spoil it yet.

Well, with nothing else to say, next chapter, Kazuya is gonna be meeting up with someone quite important to him! Thanks for reading!

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