Chapter 4
After a week, I had gained a few more experiences… and lost a whole lot of patience.
Luffy, who I had started to call Mugiwara-ya, was restless. He was always talking, always moving. He ate much, and most of all, he was clinging to me. Whenever he had the chance to, he wrapped his tail around my arm, or my leg. Occasionally it would wind around my waist, but not as often.
And my damn roommates would always chuckle at the sight.
Now that I knew of them, they started to show off their tails. They had explained to me that touching a demons tail is a taboo. Actually it's a demons weakness, and thus it's an unwritten rule to not touch it without permission of the owner. So, Luffy was obviously marking me as his property and it was nerve wrecking.
After the first week, I had learned a sentence and a few words of Luffy's language: 1)The sentence 'become my mate', which he said at least five times a day, 2) the word 'meat,' and 3)the words 'I'm bored'. All in all that's everything I needed to communicate with the teen.
Still, that didn't stop him from talking. Talking... touching me... fussing over me... and practically doing everything that made me go mad!
Oh, and guess what? Smoker helped me get days off... of practically everything. I'm excused from my few lessons at university and he said that I 'should not start to search for a job, because my life will be upside down soon anyways because of Luffy'.
And I knew he was right. My patience was next to inexistent by now.
I sat down on the couch in our living room with the intention to read a book to calm me down. Unfortunately Kidd, who sometimes helped me look after the straw-hat boy, wasn't there right now. He told me he would meet up with his friend Killer for a bit and go grocery shopping on the way back. So, I was left alone with Hawkins- whatever he was doing- and Luffy.
Who spotted me, came rushing towards me and threw himself on top of my lap, started to talk and... just piss me off!
Ok, that's it! He crossed the line!
I closed the book with a frightening loud boom, laid it away, and glared at Luffy- who seemed totally unaffected. So I stood up abruptly, throwing him off me in the process. With a surprised noise and a little pain, he yelped a bit and pushed himself into an kneeling position.
I made it halfway around the room, putting the couch between him and me, still glaring at him.
"Can you just STOP! You're an annoying teen and you're so... so... so annoying!" Wow. At a loss for insults.
"I don't even care anymore that you can't understand a word I'm saying! I can't do anything without you being around me! I can't sleep alone because you cling to me! I can't take a shower alone anymore, because you follow me! I can't read! I can't relax! I don't get to go to school! I'm not allowed to get a job and you cry every fucking hour for food! At least be a bit reasonable! And don't look so damn...!" I stopped...
…'Seducing'…
"... so damn dumbfounded! I don't care that you don't understand what I'm shouting, at least feel a bit sorry, would you!? To top it off, all the things about demon and mate is driving me crazy! For god's sake, just drop that topic for one fucking day! One day, ok?"
Hawkins had exited his room, looking at me with raised eyebrows. My eyes snapped up to him and Luffy obviously following my gaze.
"And you! How dare you keep all of this a secret! Making me look like an idiot! Just you dare become a patient of mine, because I swear I'll sell your heart to the government! How dare you two do this to me, and then ridicule me! You have some nerve! And stop looking so fucking relieved! I wasn't holding my anger in!"
I was…
We all knew this was the biggest lie I've said so far. But my roommate just gave me this look that he was really relieved that I finally let it out. I noticed Kidd standing in the entrance without looking at him. Don't ask me how. There are many things that those two didn't know about me yet.
"You too! You're the worst! It's you who sends Luffy to me every time!" I pointed at him. By now I was panting heavily from all my shouting. Not to my surprise, Kidd just started laughing.
"Don't laugh!" I cried out in desperation.
"You're all such fuckers!" I glared at Kidd, who was still laughing, but I was starting to feel better.
Somehow I caught my breath again and in the silence, I noticed how ridiculous my outburst just seemed. At least I felt better. I almost smiled.
Until I heard the young teen, who was still kneeling on the floor, apologize. I didn't understand his words, but I still understood him, because he looked really miserable, as if I had blamed him for his mere existence.
I stared at him for a bit, then stared at the ceiling... and sighed.
"No... it's my fault. Don't be sorry... Mugiwara-ya" he looked up at that name.
"It's me that's sorry" I smiled awkwardly. I believe this was the first time in my life I apologized without being beat up to make me say it.
But he understood. Luffy relaxed, the tail swaying around again a bit, and smiled at me. Not the grin I was used to by now. Just... a really happy smile, as if I had given him the world.
And it made me blush heavily. I hid my face in my hands.
Goodness gracious, that teen was dangerous!
Kidd and Hawkins, noticing my reaction just burst out into laughter again. And this time I couldn't blame them.
"Just shut up please..." I whispered in desperation.
Honestly, someone save me from this mess!
I had called Bonney. I didn't say sorry, but I asked her to do me a favor; or more like, doing Luffy a favor. Buy clothes for him. I couldn't confine him in here for much longer. It wasn't fair and I didn't want to provoke another outburst of anger. Honestly, that teen just dragged me into his own pace...
But I was willing to learn. So we sat on the couch, he in the one corner, me in the other. I was surprised how long his tail was… the damn thing was wrapped around my leg. I must confess though… I was used to it now. And somehow it felt reassuring. He wanted me. For what reason I don't know. I was obviously not the nicest person out there.
"What I'm trying to say is... Mugiwara-ya, are you listening?" I asked and he turned his head back to me. He seemed stressed. He really did try to find a way to communicate with me, and I noticed that he was not a person that thought much. We at least were able to come to terms with the word 'comrade'. That of course, he had no problems of understanding. And it seemed he knew the feeling of having close friends, and they were important to him.
Speaking of ... comrade.
"Hey, Basil-ya... didn't you say you also summoned? What happened to that guy?" I turned my head to him. He was sitting at the kitchen table, reading tarot cards again. Only this time they were flying in the air. I even got used to that in the last week.
He flinched at my question, sighed and stopped reading his cards, only to stand up and walk over to us. He leaned down on the backrest of our sofa.
"I don't have the slightest idea, honestly. I called that guy with the task to kill someone." Seeing that I didn't look surprised at that task, he watched me closer.
Well... I was used to killing around me. Not long ago, I would have asked to give me the next job. I mean, my mind is still fucked up, but my reason was back. Thanks to fucking Smoker. As I said before, there were some things those two didn't know yet.
"Well, I would have assumed he would have left by now, but the 'seal of temporary contract' is still on my wrist... so I don't have any idea what he is doing now. I probably summoned someone without any sense of direction." he narrowed his eyes, lifting his arm over the backrest and showing the seal to me. It was black and looked complicated. It consisted of a few overlapping circles, runes and in the middle there was a somewhat unique sign. Without having proof I instantly knew that this very sign was special and varied from demon to demon.
Luffy crawled up and grabbed Hawkins wrist, pulling it nearer. I just watched as he put his index finger and middle finger in the middle of the seal, invoking magic all of a sudden. It was the first time he did it while he was here.
The seal started to shine and both me and Hawkins only stared at Luffy, before covering our eyes as strong winds started to blow in the room, concentrating into a twirling circle right in front of the sofa.
He summoned the demon back to us. Right now. And who knows what will appear right now? Right, I didn't know it, and so I was getting ready.
What for? A fight of course. Don't underestimate me.
In the middle of the vortex, on the floor, there were signs I could read. Re:Summoning? Didn't help me at all.
And then I saw the shadow of a somewhat bulky being. A young man with many muscles, big open wings that flapped and whipping tail appeared. He was covered in blood, all over and without even blinking at us, he dashed forward, three swords with him.
Three swords? Weird number...
I ducked, kicked his stomach, rushed up giving his jaw a blow with my elbow and kicking his feet so he lost his ground, falling on his back. The sword in his mouth fell, making a metallic noise that rang in my ear. His other two swords came slashing at me. I didn't even think about it, I ducked again, hand placed on his chest, following him in falling. He stared at me in surprise.
Well, I can imagine demons think about humans as weak beings, and I confess, he was probably stronger than me; but then again, I knew he was being summoned, but he didn't knew about me. Advantage of surprise saved my ass.
As we fell, I pulled out a scalpel, landing with a knee in his stomach heavily on the ground. The hand on his chest grabbed his bloodied shirt, the weapon pressed against his throat, glaring at him. I felt of his swords equally scratching my neck, and so we stayed in this dangerous position, neither of us backing down. My heart was racing.
It had been a long time since my last kill, but I was pretty sure my blade was still sharp.
And I was thirsting to test it!
