Chapter 10: Taking a Tour in the City Part 4

4:45 PM

Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Juvia, and Gray were taking a bus to the apartment. Natsu felt motion sickness due to the sea sick pill's effect finally wearing off. "Damn, how long will it be to our stop?"

"Not too long," Lucy whispered as she couldn't help but glance at some nearby passengers.

"Gee, is that guy going to puke or something?"

"Why would an idiot get on the bus if he gets car sick?"

"Gee, if only they knew," Gray murmured sarcastically.

"If only Natsu brought an extra pill he wouldn't be lying down," Juvia commented. "I hope Wendy remembers to take an extra pill if she goes out."

Happy stared at his best friend. "Either way, we'll just have to wait until we return to the apartment."

Back at the motel where Kanzaki and Stiyl were staying.

Motoharu arrived there. "Well, looks like I missed the party." Stiyl clicked his tongue in annoyance. "No party here, though, I can say that you seemed to have been a little fun."

"Anyway, did you follow Touma?" Kanzaki asked.

Motoharu grinned. "You bet, babe?" He looked at the priestess with a perverted smirk. "I can give you the details by giving me some sugar,"

Slap

Kanzaki gave the blonde spy a good slap on the face. "Pervert..." She muttered feeling flustered.

"To answer your question, I did, I must say Touma's new friends are quite interesting. I was able to detect strong magic power from them." Motoharu described. "I also saw them having a talking cat."

Stiyl couldn't help but scoff at the last detail. "Talking cat, are you kidding me?" Despite the lack of convincing on Index's former protector, Motoharu smirked. "I'm serious, I know it sounds crazy, but I've seen a lot of strange things before."

Before the rune magician could say anything he heard a ringtone from his cell phone. "Did you find any information?" He then nodded after a second. "Alright..."

Knock Knock

"It's open," Marie, Jane, and Mallybath entered the door.

Stiyl got up from his seat. "It's about time that you three arrived." He gave the three magician witches a serious look. "Did you find anything out?"

"Only that they're rough, noisy, and there was talking a cat," Jane chimed casually.

Motoharu chuckled lightly. "Told ya."

"Shut up," Stiyl murmured. "Anyway, was there anything else helpful?"

"Each of them has strong magic power. Nothing like I ever felt before," Jane answered. "Also, one of them spotted us even though we were hiding."

"Only because Mally had a fall," Marie taunted.

"Hey, it was an accident," Mallybath pouted with puff cheeks.

"Anyway, we didn't see Index with him, but, I can assume she and Kami must've met and decided to do a little touring around the city," Motoharu said with his arms crossed. "That, I got a call from Ms. Komoe..." Stiyl remembered the small teacher, despite how much he attempted to avoid her, she would always pop out of nowhere. "She said something about a new student joining our class."

"So, what does a new student have to do with the situation?" Stiyl asked with an annoyed look.

Motoharu smirked. "Ms. Komoe didn't mention this to Touma not yet, but, she feels like the girl is no ordinary girl." This got the attention of the magicians.

"What do you mean by "no ordinary girl"?" Kanzaki asked with a puzzled expression.

Motoharu shrugged his shoulders. "I can't be sure, but one thing is clear, this mystery is getting interesting. As for Kami's new friends, I suggest we keep a close eye on them because I have a feeling they're about to put on a show."

In the Mest's room back at Aiho's apartment, Mest returned with his two teammates.

"Looks like we arrived," Mest said. "We're the first ones back."

"Your teleportation magic is something," Joan commented impressively.

Kovu felt a little bored. "Pity we didn't get to find other enemies."

"Anyway, I'll go check on Usagi," Mest said as he walked out the door. When he entered the hallway, he saw Accelerator and Last Order walking in his direction. "Who are you two?"

The albino-haired man narrowed his eyes suspiciously at the spiky-haired man. "Who are we, don't you think you should introduce yourself first, spiky guy?" Mest didn't like the harsh introduction but resisted talking back. "My name is Mest Gryder, I'm a new neighbor only temporary." He began to remember Aiho mentioning about her looking after two kids. "I would assume that Accelerator and Last Order."

Accelerator prepared his battle stance. "How do you know who we are?" Last Order pulled her friend's arm back. "Wait, we don't know he's an enemy "Exclaims Misaka Misaka trying to calm down her friend from doing something stupid!"." Mest was taken aback by the girl's verbal talk. "Why is she talking like that?"

"Mest, what's going on out here?" Kovu asked looking a bit eager.

Accelerator scoffed at the tall tan man's attire. "Great, we got a jungle freak in the apartment." The Last Wild Clan member felt his body twitch with anger. "What was that white-haired boy?"

"Geez, is that the best insult you come up with?" Accelerator questioned the jungle man's lack of insolence.

"That's enough," Usagi appeared in human form. "I suggest we don't do anything that would endanger the other people that live in this apartment. We did such a thing, it would bring great harm." He advised with a calm yet serious expression.

At the Green Mart, outside the parking lot Vanessa, Yuna, Morgan, Nasagi, and Holly were walking.

"So, this is the Green Mart. Looks like a good place to find the extra food we need." Holly spoke looking at the big shop.

"Isn't Maggie getting that for us?" Yuna asked.

"Yes, but it never hurts to have an extra stash considering someone has to pig out on a midnight snack," Vanessa reminded a little upset while trying to keep her cool.

"If you're talking Sanosuke, you hit the nail on the head," Morgan commented.

Vanessa noticed a small little human girl crying holding her little bag. "Mommy...mommy." She cried. "You girls go on ahead, I'll be out here." Her four crewmates went toward the store's entrance.

Erza was pushing the cart with a case of water bottles. On top were different meats, Carrots, Corn, Sweat Peas, and dessert strawberry cakes. Erza was practically drooling at the strawberry cake. "Cake..."

Touma just cringed at the red scarlet's lust for strawberry cake. "Is she always like that?" He asked in a whispering tone.

Elfman decided to answer that. "Mostly, one time Gray accidentally bumped into her causing her to drop her cake." He shivered. "She didn't take it well."

Touma shivered upon that. "I thought Index was scary when she got angry."

"But, besides, that, she acts manly," Elfman chuckled a bit. "Manly..." Touma questioned with a deadpan look.

"It's his way of saying she's a nice person, sorta," Cana summarized.

Touma had his cart. "Well, anyway, I got my stuff ready, I'll meet you guys outside." Cana felt a little disappointed. "Aw, don't you want me to join you, darling?" Touma flinched at that question as nearby high school boys looked envious with disturbing auras. "Rotten luck..." Touma muttered with a sweat drop but quickly shook off aside his thought. "I-I'll be fine, you guys finish your shopping."

Touma arrived at the checkout point and luckily for him, the line wasn't too busy. He then caught a glimpse of familiar girls. "Wait, why are they here?" He thought a little worriedly. He knew they weren't human, and if his right arm made contact with them, it would cause a stir among the customers. Before he could turn his head away, Yuna immediately spotted him. "Huh?" The teenage boy froze as she continued to stare at him with a dreamy expression.

Yuna lunged herself at the teenage boy wrapping her arms around his body. "Touma!" The impact of them falling onto the floor caused Touma to cough out.

Elfman, Erza, and Cana heard the commotion including each checkout point employee and a few customers.

"Touma, I'm glad that you recovered!" Yuna snuggled her cheek against his causing the boy's face to blush red. "Why are you here?"

Holly began to pull her crew member away. "Get off of him, Yuna!" The pink-tailed girl just gave the great white shark Fishman girl a grin. "Jealous that I got to him, first?"

Nasagi pushed the two girls aside wrapped her arm around Touma's shoulder and placed her finger close to his lips. "Wow, you look hot in that uniform."

Morgan was flustered by what she was seeing, though, she felt a bit jealous but she decided to hide it. "Alright, Nasagi, let him go this instant!" Just as she was about to walk forward she stepped on a can of yam and was dropped on the floor causing her to flip over as she landed on top of Touma, but not the way he was expecting.

"Touma, what is the racket over here?" Elfman came running and what he saw seeing made his jaw drop his face deep red.

Erza arrived at the scene and her face became flushed with redness as she looked away. "I'm not seeing this."

Cana's jaw dropped and envy was written all over her face. "What...is this?"

Morgan's butt landed on Touma's face and things got even more awkward when Touma struggled to move his head which was pressing hard into her bottom. "Stop...moving..." She moaned.

The store manager was almost dumbfounded by the scene he was witnessing. "Hey, you young man, if you want to get all gushy with your girls! Do it somewhere else!"

Stomp

Vanessa returned alone and she was displeased with what she was seeing. "Yuna, Holly, Nasagi, Morgan, get over this now!" She comically roared as the four Fishmen walked over to their vice-captain. She bowed her head. "I apologize for my friend's antics." She got a cart and started to shop.

"She's even scarier than Erza," Cana froze with a gaping mouth.

"She's so manly." Elfman squeaked white as a sheet.

Touma looked at the Whaleshark Fishman before he could get a word in. She stopped and looked at him removing her hands off the cart's handle and crouched down. "I need to ask for a favor in return, I'll explain my history including my crew members when the time is right." Touma wasn't sure how to answer her request. However, he did kinda owe her and his friends for saving him and the pilot. He nodded firmly. "You guys, go on without me, I need to talk to her."

The four wizards were puzzled until they saw a serious look on Touma's face. "Go, guys." They left to check out their food while Touma had a secret conversation with Vanessa.

At the family restaurant.

5:15 PM

Wendy, Misaka, and Carla were leaving and waiting for the bus at the bus pick-up area.

"Today was great, even though, it was only for a few hours," Misaka said stretching out her arms. "You two busy tomorrow?"

Wendy shook her head. "No, why?" Misaka had an idea. "Well, I can show you around the city again, in fact, there is an underground hot spring I can show you." Wendy liked that idea. "Sounds great."

Carla knew this wasn't time to play, however, perhaps, they'll surely find clues. Misaka looked at her watch and jumped. "Whoa, it's almost time to pass curfew, we need to hope the bus will be here soon." The bus was coming their way and they quickly got on it.

Touma met up with Erza. They were taking a walk home since the bus was already gone.

"To think we have to walk back," Cana groaned holding a bag of bottles.

Erza begged to differ. "Well, it's not like we have a choice besides it's not too far."

"Either way, as long as we don't get sidetracked, we'll be able to make it before the sun goes down further," Touma commented holding two bags. His thoughts were on what Vanessa.

F

"As you might have guessed, we're not humans, we can transform into humans which you also summarized that it's magic," Vanessa whispered. "I know this might sound a little out of your area, but, it's the truth. We were lost in this world and a relative of yours saved us."

Touma gasped as his eyes widened a little but before he could ask a question, Vanessa put her finger to her lips. "Shh...not here...not now." She hushed. "But, I can assure you that we are not a threat. We just want to go home and I think someone from our home is here." She stood up and began to walk down to the aisles. "We'll meet again and when the time is right, my crew and I shall explain."

"Okay, what is your favor that you want to ask of me?" Touma asked.

"Do you know a school where Yuna, Morgan, Holly, and Nasagi can attend for the time being until?" Vanessa asked.

Touma thought for a minute. "I can call my teacher Ms. Komoe, you guys can meet her here in this location." He wrote down something on a tissue and gave it to her." Vanessa smiled. "Thank you."

F

"She thinks someone she knows from her home is here." Touma thought. As puzzling as that sounded, he wondered if she was referring to another friend like them. "Either way, I can't worry about that though." He hoped that Vanessa and the others would be safe. He remembered how some of his non-human friends were discriminated against by old enemies.

Gajeel's team returned to Aiho's apartment.

Aiho herself was already there waiting for them. "I presume that you guys have had any luck with what you guys were looking for?"

Levy decided to answer that. "A little, but, we'll make some more progress." Aiho just smiled. "Well, perhaps, you guys should just take it easy tomorrow."

Primo didn't like that idea. "Hold on, we're here on assignment not to vacation. There is no time for take it-" He stopped mid-sentence as he saw Aiho's smile didn't leave her face. "C'mon, you need to loosen up a bit. Take a tour around the city once more, the more you know of the city."

Gajeel had to admit that might be helpful. "I suppose we take it easy and explore more of the city. What do you say, Levy?" The Solid Script mage was instantly flustered for a second before she smiled. "Oh, sure."

Lily chuckled a little. "I suppose I can just chill around the apartment."

"Anyway, we should gather in my room and have a big dinner and it'll be on me," Aiho suggested. "The others can join too."

They eventually went inside and saw Accelerator and Last Order. "Oh, look who arrived." Aiho ran toward the two kids, but, saw they weren't alone.

Kovu and Accelerator looked at Usagi, though, there was some tension in the air despite Usagi being able to hold off their fight.

"Excuse me..." Aiho approached the two slowly. "I believe this isn't the time not the place for childish stuff." She had a sudden serious look on her face. "Because if you two cause any damage to this place, I might be forced to lock you guys up."

Kovu and Accelerator backed down as they gave a "hmph". Aiho looked at Usagi and smiled. "I appreciate your help, Usagi-san." The rabbit mink nodded.

"Honestly, Kovu, I find that you're already going to headbutt with one of the neighbors," Lahara sighed annoyingly. "Either way, I'm glad that Aiho has a way of convincing people to stop their childish argument."

Kikyou arrived then. "Aiho, I managed to drop off the other neighbor." This of course got Gajeel's team's attention. "Other new neighbor?"

"I'll tell you guys later," Kikyou said quickly as she saw the puzzled expressions on the wizard's faces. "Anyway, shall we have dinner?"

Natsu and Index's group returned to the apartment.

6:05 PM

"Geez, that was a long walk," Natsu yawned.

"Please, it didn't take us that long," Gray said rolling his eyes. "Getting rusty or something?"

Natsu twitched that comment. "What'd you say, icy boy?!" Gray growled with a vicious glare. "You heard me fire boy!"

"They haven't changed a bit," Lucy groaned while facepalming.

"That's Gray and Natsu for ya," Happy thought not too surprised.

Juvia giggled. "Still, they're as energetic as ever...my darling is amazing!"

Index smiled at their antics. "They're strange, but, they're so lively."

Rufus chuckled while tilting his hat. "I admit, today was a memorable one. I can't wait to make more good memories of our time here in Academy City."

"Yeah, it was a good tour around the city," Mirajane giggled. "That's for sure," Lisanna agreed. Aquapad smirked. "I can hardly wait for tomorrow."

Anna opened her door. "You guys arrived, I see you returned."

Lucy rubbed her head. "Yeah, Erza and the others will be returning with the groceries."

"Anyway, there is something I need to introduce you to our new neighbor," Anna said getting the other's attention.

The young blue sapphire girl appeared behind Anna, more like hiding from behind her. "..." An awkward silence was in the sir.

"She's the new neighbor, huh?" Juvia guessed.

"She's so cute," Lucy thought in a cutesy tone.

Gray and Natsu looked at her sensing the mysterious magic power coming from the new girl. "Her magic is different."

Natsu's sense of smell caught something. "Strange, her scent is different. She has a human appearance, but..." He gasped quietly. "Could she be like Acnologia...no...but, why does this remind me of a story that Igneel told me?"

Index saw the girl and got a little suspicious of her. "Hmm..."

"Guys!" Touma along with Erza, Elfman, and Cana arrived.

The dragon girl's ear twitched at Touma's name.

"We brought the groceries!" Erza raised two bags.

"We even got good drinks," Cana declared.

"I hope she doesn't mean boozes," Lucy thought worriedly.

"Yeah, manly shopping!" Elfman declared holding three groceries in both hands.

"That doesn't make any sense," Lisanna murmured with a sweat drop.

Touma was holding one bag. "Yeah, I got what I need."

"Anyway...we got a new-" Anna began but her words halted as the sapphire-haired girl lunged at Touma. "Touma!" She cried wrapping her arms around his neck.

The others were dumbfounded at the sudden approach the mysterious girl was making to the teenage boy. "Hey!" Touma groaned feeling the girl rubbing her cheek against Touma's cheek affectionately.

"Touma! Touma!" She cooed continuing to rub her cheek against the boy's.

"Do I know you?" Touma asked with a confused look. The girl just kept hugging and snuggling her face against the boy affectionately. "Touma! Touma! Touma!"

"This is...weird," Lucy muttered with a sweat drop.

Yukino covered her mouth with her hands. "Oh my..."

Gray was a little surprised. "I heard this guy had a knack for picking girls but this is more than I thought."

Juvia felt a little nervous. "Does his harem reel in women..." She began to think about her getting swooned by Touma. "Juvia...are you so beautiful..."

"No...I belong to someone else..."

"Please...miss Juvia...be with me."

Juvia cupped her face with her hands feeling bashful and flushed. "No...Juvia can't fall for another guy!" Lucy, Mirajane, and Lisanna sweat dropped at the girl's imagination antic. "She hasn't grown out of that."

"Once again, this shall be a memorable," Rufus commented.

Aquapad didn't say a word.

Just then Touma and the others felt a disturbing aura coming from a little nun. "Touma...how do you know this girl and why is she hugging you like that?" Touma froze while the girl continued to snuggle him. "Wait, I don't know who she is or how she knows my name! I swear!"

The index was too peeved to listen to her protector's words. "I will kill you, you idiot!"

"She loves you!" Happy chanted casually.

"Shut up!" Touma and Index yelled in unison.

Clap Clap

A clapping sound was heard from Anna, who just had a smile on her face. "We should put our groceries away, they're spoiled if we don't." Everyone agreed, Touma eventually got loose from the girl's embrace and ran into his room with Index chasing him.

The dragon girl tried to follow the teenage boy. Anna placed her hand on the girl's shoulder gently. "Don't worry, you'll see him in the morning." Her words surprisingly calmed the girl down.

Back at Aiho's apartment.

6:35 PM

Gajeel and the others finished their dinner. Mest, Joan, Kovu, and Lahara decided to have a conversation in the living room.

"You guys find anything in the city?" Lahara asked.

"Besides fighting two hijacking thugs. no...but..." Mest trailed off as he cleared his throat. "After Anti-Skills took away the hijackers, Kovu, Joan, and I sensed a power magic presence."

"Same here, thanks to my animal instincts, I spotted our little watcher," Kovu added. "Strange thing is, the person's magic power was nothing like I felt before."

Joan had her own opinion to share. "For me, the magic power felt a little like mine. But, I can't be so sure."

"Like yours, that's unusual," Mest commented. "Though, that I think about, according to that Accelerator guy, he mentioned a boy named Touma defeated some angel being in World War 3."

"Archangel..." Joan began to say a little surprised.

"Not sure if it was the species as yours, but, it was absorbing the ice in the north to destroy the world, luckily, Touma was able to stop her."

Kovu found this hard to believe. "How one teenage boy stop something so powerful?"

"Yeah, what kind of power can the boy possess to be so powerful?" Primo asked a little unconvinced.

"If you two didn't hear from Accelerator, the boy has a power within in his right hand that can cancel out other people's power," Joan answered.

"A power that...cancels other people's abilities?" Lahara questioned. "Is it magic or something?"

"Neither, the boy must be some kind of a different person," Mest guessed putting his finger to his chin in wonder. "Either way, I think those that use transformation magic should avoid contact." He was referring to Usagi's human form. The other agreed, that if his magic were to cancel, his true form would be revealed and it would be more of a problem if that happened in public.

"Well, that's it for today," Lahara stood up from her chair. "We should get a shower and head to bed as soon as we can."

"What about tomorrow?" Mest asked.

"We can decide that tomorrow, now others should return to their rightful rooms," Lahara said waving her hand.

Accelerator and Last Order were back in their room. Accelerator was lying down on the couch with his hands behind his head. "To think we have new neighbors, annoying."

Last Order huffed. "Geez, we should be glad that we made some new friends "Misaka Misaka yells at Accelerator's grumpy attitude"." Last Order chatted with puffed cheeks.

"Last Order, it's time for a shower!" Aiho and Kikyou were wearing towels over their bodies.

Last Order was flushed with red cheeks. "Hey, you two shouldn't be wearing a towel in front of the boy, "Says Misaka Misaka applauded by the two older women's shameless antics"." That earned a headlock by Aiho and Kikyou. "Ow! Ow! I take it back!"

Accelerator scoffed in annoyance. "Idiots as ever." He rolled over to turn away from the half-naked ladies.

At the underground lab.

7:05 PM

Zira was in another laboratory room where cyborg technology was used to create something unique and dangerous. Further in the room, was a massive cyborg-like machine that resembled a hornet.

Nikka appeared behind Zeref's clone. "Will it be ready for resting?"

"Yes, it shall give Academy City the scare of their lives," Zira answered with a sinister chuckle. "Who knew my Life Magic and the intellect mind of mine would be able to create something so powerful."

"Are you creating any more cyborg warriors?" Nikka asked.

Zira looked in another part of the room. "Yes, but, they're not quite ready yet, but, I will have them done eventually, perhaps tomorrow."

Natsu and Gray were checking out their school outfits.

"White shirt..." Gray grumbled. "Not my kind of color."

Natsu was already checking his. "Not bad, though, I hope I can wear my scarf," Gray begged to differ.

"Anyway, I'll be hitting the shower." Gray was about to walk toward the bathroom when he was suddenly shoved causing him to crash.

"Sorry, the bathroom is mine first!" Natsu quickly got inside and closed the bathroom door.

"No fair, you got a head start!" Gray complained.

Happy could just sweat drop. "That's Natsu for ya."

Lucy was just done taking her shower wearing only a towel. "That was quite the shower." She sighed in relaxation.

"Well, it's my turn," Erza said accidentally swiping Lucy's towel leaving her in the nude. "Hey!" The blonde girl exclaimed as she crouched down covering her chest. "Oops..." Erza whispered.

Lucy managed to get her towel back and sit down on her bed. "Man, what a day." She began to ponder about their new neighbor. "Touma...that guy has drawn the attention of a young girl." She wondered how she knew Touma and noticed something else about the girl. "The girl doesn't talk much, besides saying Touma's name."

Elfman was checking out his school uniform. "Such a manly school uniform." He said.

Mirajane was already in hers. "My, it suits me well."

"Uhh...you realize you have to take a shower first before you try your new uniform, right?" Elfman said with a sweat drop. Mirajane smiled for a second before she started to weep. "Wahhhhhh..." Leaving Elfman with a gaping mouth. "What did I say?"

Aquapad was flipping channels on the TV. "So far nothing good yet." He said once he got on the news channel. "We report some recent robbery in old laboratories. Not sure what was stolen, but, scientists that lost whatever they had got them in a bind."

Lisanna was a bit intrigued. "Robbing labs, how strange, but, could these robberies be linked to the enemies that kidnapped the two former Spriggan Twelve? Perhaps, it's just coincidence."

Anna was already taking her shower. The dragon girl was already staying with her and Yukino.

Yukino begins to bond with the mysterious girl. "She's so cute." She did have a thought of her own. "Strange, how she knows Touma, but he doesn't know her." She recalled what Index told her and the others at the restaurant. "Hmm, it is possible that Touma met her sometime in the past, and due to losing his memories he forgot who she is." She then looked back at the girl. "I'm sure Touma will remember, I hope."

Juvia was in the shower as the water soaked her body. "..." She kept getting Touma's image in her mind. "No...Gray is my soulmate...not that scrawny little pervert!"

Cana was sitting on her bed feeling envious of the other girls including the new female neighbor. "Those chicks will not ruin my chance of getting a man." She declared.

Rufus watching some funny tv shows on the funny show channel. Two actors were doing funny acts. Rufus was laughing his head off. "These shows are funny that!" He practically was about to fall off his chair. "I wish Sting and the others were here."

Kuroko arrived back at Tokiwadai Middle School just in time.

7:30 PM

She was walking down the hallway recalling the day at Judgement headquarters. Her thought was the new guess. First off was Gajeel. "That nail-faced monkey seemed rough and mean." Next was Primo. "That guy was such a stuck-up jerk. He might've praised us, but he didn't even crack a smile. Though, his appearance was odd." Third was the small black cat. "Their cat Lily was strange, he looked liked it was standing up I mean he didn't go on all fours like regular cats."

The fourth person was Levy. "That young lady seemed very polite. She is so patient and kind. Though, I wonder what reason they have to investigate a folktale." She arrived at the room she shared with Misaka. "I'm back after a long day." Just then she saw Misaka up and about. "Oh Kuroko, how are you today? The teleportation Esper saw Misaka have a smile on her face. "..."

"Sorry for acting all mope, but, I'm back on my feet." Misaka rubbed her head feeling a bit bad. "Hey, do you know-" Kuroko leaped at the railgun esper and hugged her in affection. "Sissy! You're smiling again, I'm so happy!"

"Hey cut that out!" Misaka retorted as she delivered a strong punch to her roommate's head knocking them out while still having her dreamy expression on her face.

In the room, Wendy and Carla were in.

Wendy was done taking her bath and Carla was sleeping on her bed. "Well, we got a big day ahead of tomorrow. Misaka promised to show me this underground level where they took a hot bath."

7:45 PM

Primo was settling on the couch as he held the flash drive in his hand. "I wonder what things Zeref was doing in this world. Creating more demons or machines."

Lahara was already wearing her night clothes and was resting in bed. "To think that Zeref was here, the question is, how long was he here to get unwanted attention from the magicians."

Mest was done with his shower and preparing to lie down on his bed. "Well, I'm going to hit the hay for the night." Kovu yawned slightly. "I hope tomorrow will be more entertaining."

"If you mean entertaining, then you're hoping to fight someone strong," Joan's sweat dropped. "Either way, Lahara said that we would talk to decide what to do tomorrow."

Gajeel was done taking his shower. "Levy, are you-" He saw Levy sleeping on the couch. He looked at her seeing how peaceful she was sleeping. "She's...pretty...when she sleeps like that."

"Gajeel..." Lily was behind startling his dragon slayer friend. "Lily, how long have you been standing there?" The black exceed sweat dropped at the nail-pierced man's flushed face. "Not too long, but, anyway, what do you think of those girls that were able to find such legend about Zeref?"

Gajeel rubbed his head. "I admit those brats are smart. Though, that girl was able to get a dropkick on me." He still felt peeved at the pigtailed girl's kick.

"Indeed, I didn't sense any magic from her when she teleported," Lily said looking down at the floor before looking back at iron dragon slayer.

At School District 7

Itsuwa goes the hotel La Mancha to stay.

Saiji and others arrived as soon as she rented a room. Itsuwa explained that she wasn't able to see Touma. However, she didn't realize she was being followed by her friends.

"Where are the rest of the girls?" Itsuwa asked.

"The flights were so booked that they have to wait, I think they'll be in Academy sometime tomorrow afternoon," Saiji answered. "Anyway, let's book a hotel room and get some rest."

Arista and Maggie return to the RV, only to see Vanessa returning looking a bit ticked off. She noticed Morgan, Yuna, Holly, and Nasagi unconscious with red lumps on their heads. "What happened with them?"

"Don't ask, anyway, let's get some rest for the night," Fisher Lily answered. "Tomorrow, we'll have another task, though, I'll explain more in the morning."

The other crew members soon turned in for the night and went to bed. Vanessa was still awake thinking about what she said to Touma. "That boy...he must have luck with the ladies." She knew the boy had a lot of questions, though, she could tell he was a reasonable and understanding person. "Derek Kamijou, your son has raised a good grandson."

8:00 PM

The unknown strange that held a grudge against the Kamijou family was walking through the streets. "Derek Kamijou...your family will pay for your betrayal." She grudgingly spoke as her teeth grinded.

Vanessa manages to Touma to attend four her crew mates at A Certain High School by telling to meet his teacher. Accelerator and Last Order meet Gajeel and others which started rocky until Aiho and Usagi inteverned. Natsu and their allies have spent their day taking a big tour around the city and are resting for the night. What will they do the next free day, find out next time.

End of chapter.