Me (Shadowninja2000): *faints* She's so fast...
Diana: *pops head in door* New chapter already?!
Me: I just got it. Here, check it out.
Diana: *quickly scans chapter* Uh- I- I...Read please!
Me: Gee hee! REVIEW AT THE END PLEEEAASEEEE!
Kira's POV
Diana rushed over to us, her face rapidly turning a shade of crimson.
"D-did you just h-hear him?!" She demanded. I looked at her from over my shoulder and noticed that she was blushing. Diana was blushing? This I had to see!
"No," I said, looking at her. "Who? And what did he say"
"He called me cute!" she shouted, blushing furiously.
"I-I don't know whether to get angry or-or-I-I- I just don't know!" she shouted, her eyebrows scrunched together and her hands clenching and unclenching nervously.
"How do we respond to that?" Wendy whispered to me. Carla crossed her arms while floating in the air due to her Aera magic.
"Calm down, Diana." The white Exceed commanded sternly. Diana nodded and took a couple deep breaths. Mira walked over to us with a mischievous twinkle in her eye.
"Oh, so the new boy called you cute, Diana?" Mira said.
"He's new and he's already hitting on someone." I said, catching onto what Mira was trying to do. She was trying to get Diana and the white haired boy together! And everyone knows what a matchmaker the demon Mirajane can be when she rises to a challenge!
"He's not hitting on me!" Diana shrieked, tensing.
"But he called you cute. Isn't that hitting on you?" Wendy asked.
"NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Just then, Diana's mentor, Erza Scarlet, walked over.
"Who's hitting on my pupil?" she asked, her long strides carrying her over to us rather quickly. Diana stiffened and turned to face her.
"Mistress!" she bowed and I could swear I saw a hint of a smile on Titania's face. Diana straightened and pointed at the white haired boy with glasses, chilling by the kawaii yellow haired one. I saw the yellow haired one turn to whisper to his partner. The white haired boy nodded thoughtfully and pushed up his glasses.
They must have been talking about Erza, I assumed. I was snapped out of my daze by a tap on my shoulder. I looked up to see Lucy.
"It looks like that yellow haired guy is checking you out." she said. I blushed.
Inazu's POV
I looked at the brown haired girl standing by the job board with Asui's chick, Diana. The brown haired girl actually looked cute, just standing there. Her pink Fairy mark was on her cheek, a rare place for such an outstanding mark.
"You should go talk to her." Asui said, nudging me.
"What?! I wasn't looking at her!" I defended. Asui grinned.
"I never said you were." He said victoriously. I sat in silence, starting at the girl before asking, "Why should I go talk to her?"
"Because you obviously like her." Asui said. He nudged me in the ribs. "Dooo iiittt!"
"You tried talking to Diana. We see how that turned out." I pointed out. Asui shrugged.
"Tweaking the subject," Asui said. "I saw Diana spying on us from the rafters."
"So are you saying that she's spying on me through the rafters?" I asked. I looked up into the rafters. Luckily, I didn't see bright blue eyes staring back at me.
"I never said that! If you would let me finish a sentence...I was going to say that's probably not the case with your girl. All I do know is that she spends time in a dark corner in the guild." Asui said.
"So are you saying that she's spying on me from a dark corner?" I asked.
"Not necessarily." Asui trailed off.
"Then what are you suggesting, Asui?" I asked.
"Are you particularly opposed to the idea of her stalking you?" I blinked. He did not just ask that question.
"Umm..."
"Exactly! You like her!" Asui shouted, standing up and pointing at me.
"Okay, fine, I'll go talk to her." I said. I got up and pushed in my chair then, walked over to the brown haired, blue eyed girl. She was focused on the Job Board but she must have heard my footfall because she turned around.
"Hi!" she said. "I'm Kira. Nice to meet you!" She stuck out her hand.
"I'm Inazu. Friends call me Ina." I said. I shook her hand. It was odd, but I felt electricity course through my body at her touch.
"Lightning," she murmured. Then she shook her head. "So you are a Lightning wizard? I'm a Celestial wizard." Kira said. I smiled. She was really open and not afraid to talk. I liked that in a girl.
"Would you mind if a guy you had a crush on called you cute?" I asked suddenly. She raised an eyebrow at me. "Hypothetically," I added quickly.
"No, I think it would be cute." Kira said.
"Hey, Kira!" a girl with long blue hair rushed up to us. "I found the perfect-Oh." she said once she realized that something was going on.
"Uh, sorry, I better go." Kira said.
"Talk to you later." I said. I turned and walked back to the table. I could see Asui's wide grin from where I stood. What have I done-
"You lllllike her!" he said, rolling his tongue on the L.
Kira's POV
"Do you think I did good?" I asked Wendy.
"Uh... sure!" she said.
"So what did you find?" I asked.
"Here." she said, handing me a piece of paper. It was asking for us to find a lost dog. My eyes nearly popped out of my head at the price.
"Excuse me girls, but did you happen to see a job with 600,000 jewel?" a voice asked. I turned around. It was Levy.
"Oh, you mean this job?" I asked. I handed Levy the job.
"Oh, you guys took it..." Levy sighed. "Oh well, we didn't need the money anyway. You can have it!" Just then Lucy walked up to us.
"Kira, are you ready for your training?" she asked.
"Oh that's right! Today's training day." I said to no one in particular. I looked back at Wendy, whose eyes shined with hope.
"Sorry, Wendy, I have to train." I said. Wendy looked a little disappointed but she nodded and she and Carla held onto the Job.
"Today I will teach you to call out a god friend of mine. His name is Loke," she began, then stopped herself and chuckled. "Uh, Leo the Lion." Lucy said when we got to the training spot.
"Are you sure it will be okay? Leo is yours, right?" I asked.
"I think it will be okay." Lucy said.
"But what if it isn't?" I asked, frightened. I'd heard horrible things about wizards who attempted to summon Spirits that weren't theirs.
"It will be okay." she assured.
"But what if-" I started.
"It will be okay." She insisted, cutting me off.
"If it's not, it will be all your fault." I said.
"And I will take the blame." she said. I looked at the gold key in her hand. So this was Leo's key. It looked nice with morning sunlight glinting off of it.
"Why are you teaching me how to call out a Zodiac?" I asked.
"Because I think you're strong enough." Lucy said. I was shocked. Lucy thought I was strong?!
"Okay. So, you know how to call out a Canis Minor. You'll use that body movement with every key you can get your hands on to call out the key's Spirit. The only difference is that there's a different Spirit for every key." Lucy said.
"Okay, I'll give you an example." she said. Lucy took a deep breath.
"Gate of the Lion, I open thee!" she shouted, swinging the lovely gold key around her body.
"Loke!" She brought it down between her legs.
"Hello, Lucy." An orange haired Spirit with glasses and a tux appeared out of the Spirit Realm. He greeted my mentor with a smile and a slight adjustment of his sunglasses. I couldn't help being reminded of a lion by the prideful way he stood, not to mention the orange spiked hair.
"Hi Loke! This is my student, Kira," She said, gesturing to me. I waved shyly. The Spirit nodded to me.
"Enchanted." He said. I was in awe of the presence of this powerful Spirit.
"Now, I'm teaching Kira how to summon Zodiac Spirits. I thought you would be a good choice." Lucy explained. Loke looked doubtful but agreed, to Lucy's pleasure.
"Are you ready to give it a try?" Lucy asked, turning to me after sending Loke back to the Spirit Realm.
"I guess." I said nervously. Lucy handed me the key.
TIME SKIP: Mid-afternoon
We finished our training for the day. Wendy came over to us.
"I found a job." Wendy said.
"We found a job." Carla corrected. Wendy nodded. Diana plucked the Job from Wendy's hands, being the only one who hadn't seen it yet. Her training starts a little earlier and runs longer than mine does. Also, Diana was the mathematician of our little group, so she calculated how much each of the four of us would get at the end.
"'Please save this dog.' Okay, sounds easy enough. And 600,000 jewel! This is a steal!" Diana praised. Wendy smiled.
"Hey!" a voice called out. We all turned to see Inazu and his white haired friend. Diana stepped in front of us, an instinct she's had for as long as I've known her.
"Inazu, Asui." She greeted. The white haired boy, Asui's, eyes lit up. Diana shifted on her feet uncertainly and her hand twitched. I gulped; that normally meant she was getting ready to requip some boss sword. The boy, whom I wouldn't have taken as shy at all originally, smiled sheepishly.
"Uh, Inazu and I were wondering if you'd let us come on that mission with you. We'll be helpful! I promise!" He added quickly. Diana bit her bottom lip and cat a glance back at me. I called for a girl meeting. We all huddled up.
"Do you think we should let them join?" Diana asked the group.
"I do since they're new and all." I said.
"And we can see if they are good battlers." Carla said, playing to Diana's practical side. Diana was obviously against the idea but with Wendy's agreement following shortly after Carla's, she was outnumbered.
"Fine, but just this once." Diana reluctantly agreed. She turned back to the boys. Asui's deep ocean eyes shone hopefully and even Inazu looked a little anxious to see our answer.
"Okay you can come along. But just this once." Diana said firmly. The boys both leaped up and slapped high fives, Asui going as far as to hug Diana. I was sure she was going to slap him for that but she just stood there awkwardly, not sure what to do. I heard a slight chuckle from next to me. I looked to see a yellow haired lightning wizard.
"Your friends is not the most romance-savvy, is she?" He inquiried. I shook my head.
"I thought not." He said softly, shaking his head. He glanced over at me.
"We'll be ready soon. Until then." He nodded to me and went over to his partner. He grabbed the boy by his collar and whispered something in his ear. Asui suddenly slumped to the floor, looking ready to throw up. Inazu nodded and hoisted the shirtless boy over his shoulder and carried him off. Ifelt alittle bit of ablush on my cheeks.
"Ooh! She llllllikes him!" Wendy exclaimed with a smile. Carla looked down at her partner with disdain.
"Is Happy starting to rub off on you, Wendy?" She asked irritatedly. Wendy shrugged.
Me: Okay, Wendy is hard to write for! You really wouldn't think so, but she is! Hot DANG!