The Guardian and The Priestess

The Merchant

She relaxed under my touched.

She's different from all the other girls here.

"It's nice to meet you, Lucy-sa" she spoke up, bowing down but I cut her off.

"Lucy is enough, and please Mira-san we're friends." I smiled.

"I've heard so much about you, Lucy." She smiled, but not like seductive smiles the other demon gives.

This one, I know, is a real smile.

I've seen that, she was through a lot in her life.

She lost her sister and couldn't join her brother, since he's a man.

"Can you help us find the others?" I asked, cautiously, and she nods.

"Of course. I prepared myself for this, for the longest time." She responded, evenly.

"Thank you so much!" I smiled and hugged her.

"Oh my. I already heard that you were kind. And, honestly, it still took me by surprise how you could just casually hold a demon like me, like this." She softened and hugged me back.

Then, the door banged open.

A salmon haired idiot appeared, looking all over the pub.

He constricted his sight on me, and grabbed me from Mira then...

Hugged me?

"Stupid! How dare you, make me worry like that!" He scolded, tightening his hold and I blushed.

Everyone inside the pub, bowed down to Natsu, even Mira-san.

Levy-chan, Gajeel and Erza walked in breathing heavily.

They must've ran to catch up with him.

Natsu pulled away and pinched my ears.

"Natsu, you idiot! That hurts!" I fought, and it caught every devil's attention.

"That's your punishment for making me worry!" he growled, then his eyes softened.

"Just don't do that again!" He ordered but pulled me in for a hug, afterwards.

Then, we noticed every eyes were on us and he pushed me off of him, awkwardly.

"Oh. Everyone, rise." Natsu cleared his throat.

"Natsu! I found our very own succubus!" I bragged and he smiled brightly.

"Job well done!" He complimented, placing a hand on top of my head.

Silence followed after that.

Then before we knew it, all hell breaks loose just because of a small gesture.

"The prince... smiled!" someone gasped from inside the pub.

"Yeah. The prince who's known to not show any emotions, just smiled!" someone agreed.

"That smile! That was sexy!" someone purred.

Natsu immediately went back to being unreadable and expressionless.

"Alright shows over, demons. We won't let you lay a hand on our priestess and prince." Erza declared, defensively.

The demons hissed as soon as the angel came to their sight.

"Minna." Mira-san smiled sweetly.

With one word, I could've sworn I saw everyone twitched, and they hushed down.

Then she turned towards us with apologizing smile, and gave me a light squeeze.

"You remind me of my little sister." She simply stated, and released herself from the hug.