8
"Loki, you're here early,"Mira spoke from the bar where Erza, Wendy, and Carla sat.
"Is it early?"Leo/Loki scratched the back of his head,"I was with Lucy-"
"Lucy? Is she here?"Wendy jumped up, she'd only met once but the celestial spirit mage intrigued her.
"She is. She's just outside waiting for me,"Loki answered, then grinned and leaned down to Wendy,"But I'm sure she's lonely out there, so maybe you should go say 'hi'."
"I will!"Wendy walked past him to leave, Carla sighing before she went to fly after Wendy to join her.
"Lucy? The girl from a couple days ago?"Erza asked. Loki nodded, leaning against the bar counter,"She seemed quite nice."
"Well, she'll be here for awhile, through the Grand Magic Games in fact,"Loki informed.
"Why only through the GMGs'?"Mira asked, crossing her arms on the counter top,"Can't she stay longer?"
"That's her decision, she'll be meeting up with someone during the GMGs', then she'll be on her way,"Loki sighed.
"You must really like this Lucy, otherwise you wouldn't have a sigh like that,"Mira smirked,"Are you in love~"
Loki unexpectedly blushed, his ears turning red along with his cheeks. He slapped his hand over his mouth and looked away, not answering.
"What's this~?"Mira leaned over the counter, tilting her head to look at him better,"The Flirt has fallen for someone~?"
"Try telling her that when she already knows of your many flings,"Erza sipped her beverage from the barrel mug she grasped in her hand.
"Th-That doesn't matter!"Loki blurted,"I-I don't like her... in that way..."
"Oh~ I think you do~~"Mira cooed,"You're completely red,"she blew onto his ear making him redder.
"You can't hide it, it's literally all over your face,"Erza spoke bluntly,"I've never seen your face as red as it is now, for any girl."
"It's not red,"Loki grumbled into his hand.
"They're always in denial, it's so Kawaii!!"Mira squealed, putting her hands on each one of her cheeks.
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"Lucy!"Wendy waved to the celestial wizard who leaned against the grey stone gate to the guild hall. Lucy picked up her head to see the Sky Dragon Slayer. She stood up straight as Wendy got up to where she stood, her white exceed following close behind,"You have something different on."
"I hope this outfit is less 'flashy',"Lucy spoke to her.
"Nope, but you looked really pretty in your other wear. But you look good in the this one as well,"Wendy smiled brightly,"You may look good in whatever you where!"
"Thank you,"Lucy blushed a little from her compliments, a bit pleased to hear them from the child's lips. Then she looked at Wendy with a questioning look,"How did you learn of my name, exactly? I do not remember speaking of it."
"Oh, Loki said your name was Lucy and you were his childhood friend,"Wendy said,"He also said you were a celestial spirit mage. I've never met a spirit mage, they're quite rare these days."
"Yes, they are very few now..."Lucy scratched the back of her head, careful not to mess with her side pony tail and displace the ornament clipped onto it,"I believe it was after a clock incident that did such a thing."
"Yes, I think that was it. You know of it?"Wendy questioned.
"She's a celestial spirit mage, child. Of course she would know of the incident,"Carla sighed, crossing her arms.
"Oh, gomen,"Wendy giggled lightly.
"I see you were luckily not stripped of your power during the Clock,"Carla pointed out the obvious.
"It has happened years ago, I was not in the area when it had happened,"Lucy shook her head.
"That's very fortunate, otherwise I don't think I'd be able to meet you,"Wendy smiled again. Lucy smiled back to her. She was so sweet to a stranger such as Lucy, and her exceed suited her quite nice. A stern looking exceed paired with a cheery young girl, opposites did attract.
"While I am here for this moment of time, I am in need to ask you both,"Lucy kneeled down, her feet onto their toes as her legs up to her chest, and her hands on her knees,"What exactly is a 'mage guild'? What are your initiative to be assigned to such a group?"
"You speaking form, is quite proper,"Carla acknowledged, a bit interested.
"Fairy Tail is more like a family than a guild. We get along with each other no matter what our past was like. Some of us don't even remember our parents, some have been apart of some 'evil' groups, but our master stills takes them in and treats them very kindly. But as a guild we participate in stuff like the Grand magic Games, and have ranks like S-Class mages and SS-Class mages to SSS-Class mages and we go on requests that pay jewels. It's kinda like a job I guess, just a bit more involved,"Wendy explained.
"So a guild... is like a family?"Lucy tilted her head, curious.
" Some act like family, like Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale, but then there's other guilds that are mean to their members and are nothing like a family and are bullies like a former dark guild Phantom Lord until Master Makarov marked the leader as an enemy to fairy tail and the guild was disbanded,"Wendy explained,"I wasn't a member when that happened, but I heard about a lot of the tales from Fairy Tail about their past victories."
Lucy nodded. She was happy for the knowledge she was getting of things of their realm. She didn't know that much of the Earthland customs or of it's people. She knew about mages and what types there were, but she didn't know the people who used those spells. The closest thing to mages was the celestial spirits back home in the spirit realm.
Loki smiled at Lucy as he stood at the doors of the guild hall. He watched as she spoke to Wendy and Carla. He fixed his glasses before walking forward, interrupting them.
"Loki,"Lucy spoke his name first, standing up straight.
"Gomen, I didn't mean to interject on a lady's conversation,"Loki said,"but me and Lucy should be leaving for now."
"Already? It has only just turned to the afternoon,"Carla stated.
"We have plans for the rest of the day,"Loki informed.
"Well then, will you be back tomorrow?"Wendy asked eagerly.
"I cannot guarantee, but I can give you a maybe,"Lucy said, turning with Loki to leave.
"Good enough for me, good night!"Wendy waved as they walked away, past the stone archway to the guild. Leaving them to their day.
Loki's hand grasped to Lucy's tightly as he walked quickly,"Leo?"Lucy tilted her head. Hearing his shoes have an echoing tapping noise, overlapping the sound after each step her took. If the noise was a physical thing to see, it would be mess on the floor with how fast he was going.
he stopped in front of a tall building, opening the door and walking past the front counter where a girl smiled at him.
They went up the stairs and he stopped at another door, opening it with a key. He pulled Lucy inside and closed the door, his clothes forming into his celestial attire as a suit. He let out a sigh.
"Leo, why were you in such a hurry to lead me here?"Lucy asked, very confused.
"Gomen,"he walked up to her as she sat on one of the two beds that looked neatly made,"How are you feeling, it's been three hours since we've arrived to Earthland. I didn't want you collapsing while you were over there."
"I feel fine,"she said,"Don't worry so much."
"You're beginning to become pale,"he stated,"You should lay down, I'll be here when you need me."
"Leo, you can't stay all day, otherwise you'll die once you run out of magic to supply you,"Lucy spoke.
"I will leave for the realm when you are asleep and be back when you wake. Or in the morning, which ever come first."
Lucy nodded. He put his hands onto her shoulders, laying her down and pulling the blanket over her,"Now if you get any colder, I can strip you and myself and hug you-"
"On second thought, how about you leave now,"Lucy turned over to face away from him.
"That's just mean~"he whined.
"You better not watch me in my sleep you creep,"she added, pulling the covers up more.
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