The Zodiac Demon

Chapter 8 cooperation

After Lucifer ran off to who knows where, Yukio lead everyone to go and see Mephisto after having Bon, Shiemi and the rest of their friends go back to their dorms. While they all walked there, to say the air was tense between everyone was an understatement. Whenever Rin had the chance, he was glaring daggers at Natsu.

"Mephisto, do you have a second?" Yukio said, opening the door to said person's office. He was sitting behind his desk, as usual.

"Ah, the Okumura boys. And you brought some friends along with you." Mephisto said.

"We have a problem, Mephisto." Rin said.

"Really? What happened? Wait a minute, I notice Miss Heartfillia isn't here...I see." Mephisto said.

"...She's gone. The demon in her took over." Rin explained, his face being covered by his bangs.

"Oh my. Sounds like you weren't able to fix her in time then." Mephisto said.

"We would've had more time, if some people didn't come in and ruin everything." Rin said, glaring at the group of Fairy Tail members. Natsu was the only one to glare back while everyone else shifted uncomfortably.

"I see. And who are these people?" Mephisto said.

"These are the people from her guild. And, they're also the reason why she had that demon was in Lucy." Yukio said, actually sparing the Fairy Tail members a glare over his shoulder.

"Enough! We get it!" Natsu finally snapped.

"Get what!? That it's your people's fault Lucy's been possessed by a demon!?" Rin shouted. That lead to Natsu grabbing Rin roughly on the collar.

"You think we're the only one to blame!? You people are supposed to be in charge of dealing with demons, why didn't you do anything about it sooner!?" Natsu shouted.

"Natsu!" Erza said.

"Rin!" Yukio said.

"...Stop it!" Wendy suddenly cried. That made everyone look in her direction, to see her on the brink of tears.

"Lucy...She wouldn't want us fighting." Wendy choked out. Hearing the little girl say that, the tense feeling in the air finally seemed to fade. Natsu let go of Rin and took a step back.

"She's right. We have to figure what we need to do to find Lucy." Erza said.

"I actually don't think that'll be a problem." Yukio said.

"Why's that?" Levy asked.

"Lucifer said herself, she only needs twenty-four hours to regain her full powers. Once she has, Lucifer will definitely make us come to her, or she'll come here." Yukio explained.

"Lucifer?" Mephisto said.

"Yeah. That's the name the demon gave itself since it took over Lucy's body." Gajeel explained.

"...Actually, that's her real name." Mephisto said. That caught everyone's attention.

"Wait, you knew her?" Rin said.

"Yes. Years ago, she served Satan but tried to revolt, resulting in her banishment and later on her sealing." Mephisto said.

"So her story wasn't a lie after all." Gray said.

"But, that's not all there is to her." Mephisto added.

"What else is there then?" Happy said.

"A major reason she revolted is because Satan used all of her fellow familiars, more like servants, as power by taking all of there's. Inevitably killing them." Mephisto said.

"So...she just wanted revenge?" Charla said.

"That's part of it. She originally was planning a revolt to begin with. That's probably still her main intention, but who knows how many people she'll kill to do it." Mephisto said.

"So it really doesn't matter. She still needs to be stopped." Natsu said.

"Since it really is her, then this may be a greater problem than we predicted." Mephisto said.

"How bad is it?" Yukio asked.

"Now that she had a body again, she is just as dangerous as Rin if he went berserk with his flames, maybe closer to Satan's own level. Not too mention the body she picked is a wizard's, just adding to her power." Mephisto explained.

"And it was Lucy's body, no one here is willing to hurt her." Rin added.

"Well, I wouldn't say that." Gajeel said, cracking his knuckles. That earned him an elbow to the gut from Levy.

"The point is, Lucifer is strong, dangerous, and is in a situation where the odds are in her favor. We may need too send our best to deal with her." Mephisto said.

"Mephisto, you have to let us be the ones to go after her." Rin said.

"I don't know. You all have strong connections to her, so you may not be willing to hurt her." Mephisto said.

"Please sir, it has to be us. She needs us more than ever." Erza insisted. After a few moments of silence, Mephisto finally answered.

"Very well. But, all of you must work together if you hope to beat her. She was already one of the strongest demons in Gahanna, who knows how strong she'll be now." Mephisto warned them.

"Thank you." most of them said before leaving the room.

"So, what's going to be our plan?" Wendy asked.

"Like I said, we have only twenty-four hours to prepare. So we'll need everything we can get our hands on that can dispel a demon's presence." Yukio said.

"But nothing that would hurt Lucy?" Levy asked.

"Of course." Yuko answered. After that point, they all walked in silence up until they all left the building.

"Rin, mind of I talk to you for a second?" Erza said.

"Um, alright." Rin said, sounding unsure. The two stepped away from the group that continued walking away.

"Rin, what that demon said, do you any idea if it was true or not?" Erza asked.

"What, you mean Mephisto?" Rin asked. Erza simply shook her head.

"I mean Lucifer. And how she said Lucy had feelings for you." Erza said seriously. Hearing that, Rin really looked through his mind to remember that. When he did, his face became a deep shade of red.

"O-oh yeah. W-well..." Rin mumbled.

"So, does she actually have feelings for you? Or, at the very least, do you have feelings for her?" Erza asked.

He actually didn't know how to fully answer that question. He wanted to say yes, he really did, but Rin didn't know about Lucy's feelings towards him. Sure, they've been together for awhile, but with her memories gone, there was still much to Lucy that he didn't know. After all that thinking, he finally had as best of an answer he could think of.

"...I don't know about Lucy, but...I know I do have feeling." Rin answered. There was a long period of uncomfortable silence between them before Erza let out a sigh.

"Thank you for telling me. I just wanted to know." Erza said.

"Why though?" Rin asked.

"If this all works out, and Lucy comes back to her senses and regains her memories...I just wanted to make sure we wouldn't be hurting her by taking her home." Erza said. Rin froze for a second after hearing that. With that in mind, questions raised through his mind. If Lucy did get her memories back, what would happen?

"What if she doesn't regain her memories?" Rin asked.

"...Then we'll just see what she wants." Erza answered, another long period of silence coming between them.

"We should probably catch up with the others." Rin said, breaking the silence.

"Right. I won't tell the others about this, at least not yet. I want to see if we'll actually be able to save Lucy first." Erza said, walking past Rin.

"Thanks. And we will save her." Rin said, following Erza.