Chapter 15: The End of Phantom

A.N: IM BACK BITCHES! Yes! The internet has returned to my home and so that means more chapters for you to read! I already have 15 chapters to upload for this story so I will upload one hopefully every week! Are you guys ready? Kuma Scarlet returning in 3..2...

-Kuma's PoV-

It's been three days since the fight with Phantom Lord. And Cobalt. For some reason I couldnt get him out of my mind.

Something was diffrent about him. He was stronger than I could ever imagine. I would like to fight him again. Some day.

"Bye Mom!" I yelled running out the door for school. "Be careful with your arm!" Momma hollered back as I got my bike racing to Yokai. If I was late Moka would have my head.

"Saved by the bell. Again." Moka sneered when my foot touched the inside of the classroom. Uncounciously I shivered. "Um...well...what had happened was..." I trailed off as my eyes landed on a shock of electric blue. Short light blue hair and peircing phthalo blue eyes. I swear my heart rate picked up.

"You." I say unconsiously. I guess he decided to play dumb because he pointed at himself. "Who? Me?" My legs ran as fast as they could and I start using total girl moves to hurt the boy. "Cobalt! Why. Are. You. HERE?!" The boy laughed and defended against my moves with ease. Technically I wasnt trying my hardest but he probably thought of me as this weak. "This is school dummy! Like any other person I come to learn stuff! I just transfered here. Oh and get this, my mother, Juvia, she's trying to get us to join FairyTail! So we could go on missions together. Doesnt that sound awesome?!" Not answering, I grab some of his hair and pull. Cobalt simply laughs at my antics.

"Kuma Scarlet. Cobalt Lockster. Detention."

"WHAT?!" I practiclly yelled.

"Yes Ma'am." Cobalt murmered with a smile.

After detention I decided to go home. Mom didnt say anything about a mission so I wanted to crash in my room. And then the most annoying thing happened.

Cobalt followed.

"Why are you following me?!" He laughed and jogged to be at my side. Now that he was, his long strides kept up with me easily. "I told you I dont want to fight you. I want to put this whole thing behind us and be friends."

"I dont need to be friends with Phantom!"

"Phantom Lord isnt a guild anymore."

"Ugghhhh!" I growl and he laughs. "Cmom Ill be a complete gentleman. We can go to the movies and the mall. Just one day of hanging out!" Sighing I roll my eyes but tell him that Ill go. Making sure I have my bag and wallet we head out back to the human world.

-Cobalt PoV-

Walking through diffrent stores, Kuma and I goof off in front of mirrors. After the movie she seemed to relax around me and generally enjoyed my company.

When she talked its like being hit with wisdom and then slammened with stupidity, but, Kuma was the biggest ray of sunshine in the world.

When I see the girl smile or laugh it tugs on something inside of me. Was it love at first sight? Or the dragon inside of me?

"...Cobalt? You ok?" Snapping out of my thoughts I see that Kuma held out a milkshake for me to grab. "Oh Im sorry. Thank you." I aplogize and she laughed. There goes that stupid stomach flop thing again. "You looked like you were in denial. Something wrong? Girlfriend problems?" She teased grabbing my hand and dragging me to another store. I have to say she has great taste in clothing, even though she dressess more like a tomboy outside of school.

The outfit that I first saw her in, during our battle, she considered her "school outfit" but on regular days after school, she changed into a purple one sleeved shirt with black capris.

"Hey, Kuma?"

"Yeah?"

"Why do you always cover that arm?" Kuma paused and smiled sadly. She looked up at me with eyes that tried to disguise a dark past.

Im an idiot.

"Oh yeah, alot of people ask that. My left arm just has this weird looking scar." So she actually told me. I think she's on the path towards trusting me. "Is it from our fight?" Her head swung back to look at me. When had she looked down? "What? No! Ive had this scar since I was seven. Geez dont get all sentimental and crap! 'I just wanna get this thing behind us!'" She mimicked my voice. "That was horrible! I dont talk like that!"

"Yes you do! 'Cmon! Just let me take you to the movies and the mall!'" "Get back here!" She laughed when we ran into the store.

Looking around I saw her eyes get distracted by this dress. It looked about knee length and strapless. It was purple and it had a high neckline and appeared to be flowy. Kuma seemed to adore the dress and yet she didnt say anything. Just then my cell beeped. Knowing that she was still staring at the dress, I check the message that popped on my phone.

"Hey, Kuma. Appearently some of my friends are having a party tonight. Lets get an outfit from here and go!" She looked at me an eyebrow raised. She then crossed her arms and looked at a magazine rack just a few paces away. "I dont do parties. They mean wearing stupid frilly dresses and talking about idiotic things like drinking and boys." Laughing I grab her hand and dragged her towards the dress she was staring at. "Cmon! Itll be fun. Besides if it gets to lame you could always start an earthquake and I could cause a flood. Now go try this on!" Practiclly forcing her to the dressing room she tries to put down her weight to slow us down.

"No way! I HATE dressess! I'll go in jeans but this monstrosity needs to be put out of my sight!" Although she said that I could see the want in her eyes to try it on.

"We're not leaving this store untill you try it on. So I could get comfortable, or we could make this quick and easy. Which will it be?" For a second I actually thought she would fight back. But she just simply and wordlessly took the dress out of my hand and headed for the dressing room. I sighed and smiled. Looking around satisfied I see a cashier lady smirk and give a thumbs up.

She beckoned for me to come over.

"I heard the whole thing. Your such a sweet boy trying to boost that girl's confidence. I heard about the scar too. Ill find a way to get her over here and Ill bring up this concealer. It can hide practiclly anything." Smiling I thank the woman and she just smiles.

"Co…balt?" I heard and I turned around to Kuma's soft and nervous voice.

My jaw dropped.

Kuma stood there with her arms behind her, fidgeting nervously. She kept looking here and there and a soft pink tint appearing on her cheeks. She looked drop dead gorgeous.

The dress which I thought was knee length was actually mid thigh and it didnt flow. It was skin tight and pinched up all around making velvety purple ripples. I couldnt speak, my breath was caught.

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"Wow." Was all I could manage. Her long hair swayed as she kept fidgeting. "You dont like it?" She asked and I still couldnt seem to make my mouth operate correctly.

"I think the cat got his tounge." The makeup/cashier lady murmered with a soft chuckle. The lady was very motherly, around her mid fourties. Kuma smiled and waved to her.

"Come here dear." The woman asked and Kuma grabbed my hand. Dragging me this time, the lady looked Kuma over and smiled. "What a true beauty! You hardly find girls like these. They think makeup is what makes them pretty. Your just confident." Kuma blushed but unconciously rubbed her bare left arm. Looking over her from behind, the dress shows alot of back. Just barely stopping the drapping to not show her butt. I smirked. Little to the imagination. But what caught my attention WAS here back. They were covered in scars, all puffy and white.

"Are you cold deary?" Kuma shook her head with a sad smile. "Old habbits die hard." She murmered ceasing her arm rubbing. The woman held out her hand and Kuma took it almost instinctivley. Looking at the woman I see on her name tag 'Lisao'. Lisao took a makeup brush and started expertly covering Kuma's arm. Making Kuma turn around the woman did Kuma's back. By the time she was done, Kuma was smiling from ear to ear. She kept staring at the mirror.

"No scars..."She murmered and I think I heard her sob.

"...How much?"

"Well Im guessing you would like a little lip stick to go with your transformation and a pretty flower in your hair. So all of that and the dress. 25$" Kuma gasped. "Thats all?" It was confusing. The dress was 25$ itself. The woman nodded and picked out a dangerous colored black lipstick and a pretty purple flower with glitter all about. She put three cases of the concealer inside and a makeup brush. "Will that be all deary?" Lisao asked and Kuma was about to answer yes when I stopped her. "You want to get some shoes?" Kuma shook her head. "No. I dont have enough. Just this 25$ was my allowance for the month."

"Who said you were payin'?" Kuma's mouth dropped and I gave her a cocky smile. I had plenty of money. In Phantom Lord I was considered S Class an went on high paying missions back to back. That way I could support myself and mom didnt have to worry so much about paying bills an sending me to a private school. It helped that I could impress the ladies.

"C-Cobalt...I...you cant..." I laughed at her bashfullness. On the battle field she could lead an army to victory but just talking to one person made her flustered as hell.

"Cmon, go get back dressed and we can get some shoes!" Kuma thanked me quietly and headed back to the dressing rooms.

I didnt notice Lisao's eyes flash red before returning back to there normal state.

A.N:Whats today thursday? Then Ill try to upload every thursday. Until then

Sayonara

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