Last chapter of this one coming atcha alligators. Expect ficlets in the future of Kyouka and Seilah's adventures in Fairy Tail. A Delicacy was a small taste of this one, actually. Enjoy!

Everyone released the breath they had been holding and looked to the two demons. Kyouka nodded her head to Master. "Thank you. Truthfully, I wanted a place for Seilah to be safe. I think the only place she can be safe is in the same place as the only person to ever defeat her." She glanced at Mira, who nodded in understanding.

"Do you two have a place to stay?" Natsu called.

"I am certain we will find a dungeon or basement somewhere," Kyouka shrugged.

"Why not just crash in ours?" Gray suggested, accepting a pastry from Juvia. "It's not like we're using it."

Erza turned to Master. "Is that allowed?" she asked.

"So long as they help Mira at the bar and maintain the hall, I don't see a problem with it," the old man shrugged, following Mira to get a drink.

"This is sweet!" Natsu cheered. "Two more guild members! It's like having two new sisters!"

"Don't be stupid," Gray huffed. "It's more like having two moms or something. They're, like, a hundred years old."

"Four hundred, thank you," Kyouka sniffed.

A few of the guild members cringed as a blue head shot up. "Do not speak to Gray-sama with such an offensive tone!" Juvia hissed, glaring at Kyouka.

"Watch your tongue when speaking to Kyouka-sama," Seilah warned, her eyes flashing an angry red as she looked to Juvia.

"Gray-sama is a Demon Slayer!" Juvia snapped as she stalked forward. "She should show him respect."

"Kyouka-sama is one of the oldest Etherious," Seilah retorted, walking to meet her. "She owes no respect to a pitiful human man, regardless of his power."

The guild watched as the pair went back and forth, both with bright red eyes. "Wow," Lucy murmured, glancing between them. "I never thought there would be someone in the world that matched Juvia in terms of devotion."

"You should have seen Seilah after Elf embarrassed her in front of Kyouka," Lisanna snickered. "She went berserk on Mira."

"Hm, I wonder how this argument will end then."

Meanwhile, Juvia and Seilah continued their heated debate. Juvia's clearly furious visage was a stark contrast to Seilah's calm exterior. Energy swirled around the both of them, water and books blinking into and out of existence. Clearly, neither wanted to back down until the other submitted.

"Men are the best caretakers!" Juvia spat. "They have strong arms to hold us with."

"Erza Scarlet has larger muscles than your Gray," Seilah pointed out. "And Kyouka-sama can increase her strength at will."

"But have you ever felt the touch of a man?" the rain woman sneered slyly. "They provide the utmost pleasure."

"Your path has not taken you to many women, then," the demoness sniffed in contempt. "Kyouka-sama can increase pleasure to new heights. She is the definition of ecstasy."

"Gray-sama is better than any woman could ever be!" Juvia shrieked.

Seilah turned to walk back to Kyouka. Before she reached her mate, she glanced back with a mischievous smile. "Any human woman." With that, she snuggled into her mate's side, Kyouka's arm going around her waist almost instantly.

Juvia glared at her as she returned to Gray's side. Lucy leaned to Lisanna and whispered, "I think Seilah won that one." The whitette simply nodded.

With the potential confrontation averted, the guild slowly relaxed, devolving back into the cheerful atmosphere it was before the new members arrived. Within moments, more roughhousing had broken out and chatter filled the air. Kyouka listened to Master outline the main rules of the guild as Seilah summoned another book from the storage room to read.

"It's really simple," she murmured. "Much more relaxed than Mard Geer made it seem."

"Just try not to destroy the hall too soon," Master sighed.

Seilah turned to him with a question in mind, but a fireball caught her leg, interrupting her train of thought. Glancing to the flame, she ordered the fire to burn out and her stocking to repair itself before turning fiery eyes to those who were battling. Standing with a calm snap of the book, she called to hand a ball of blue energy, runes appearing around her fingers. Elfman immediately stepped in front of Lisanna, just in case, but Seilah ignored him entirely. With a precise throw, she lobbed the energy right into Natsu's head.

The fighting paused for half a second as the Dragon Slayer glanced to her in confusion. The brunette demon blinked calmly and Natsu's grin widened. "Now, I'm getting fired up," he chuckled, bringing more fire into life around his hands.

More balls of energy appeared around Seilah as she faced the rest of the roughhousers. Gray chuckled as he prepared his Demon Ice and Lucy cheered happily. "See?" she chirped as she summoned her Taurus power. "You're already fitting in so well. Let's see whatcha got!"

A small smile tugged at the corners of Seilah's head as she rushed to join the fighting, dodging the incoming attacks easily. Natsu and Lucy tried to double team her, but Seilah ducked Lucy's punch, allowing it to hit Natsu's head as she blocked his punches. Natsu huffed and ducked low to try swiping her, only for Seilah to jump over his attack and use Lucy's shoulders to get out of his line of fire. Lucy spun quickly and threw a few punches. Seilah deflected some of them, but took one head-on. She grunted and slid a few feet, but smiled, tossing a bright blue ball of energy at Lucy. The Spirit wizard dodged to the side and the energy caught Natsu, sending him into the wall.

The guild watched in wonder as some of their strongest members practically ganged up on the demon and could barely touch her. Natsu used his usual headfirst approach, which ended up with him getting a face full of Lucy's deflected fists. Gray stayed to the back as he wondered what attack would work against Seilah. He summoned a hammer made of Demon Ice and swung it in her direction. Seilah's eyes widened and she swiftly ducked the ice, allowing it to propel Lucy and Natsu across the room. She faced Gray with a concentrated expression and the Ice Mage grinned. He created a mace from his ice and gave it a swing. Seilah reached out and caught the cold weapon, examining it. When Gray tried to pull back, she used Macro to stop him as she pulled her hand back. Blue dripped to the wooden floor and she cocked her head.

"This must be Silver's creation," Seilah whispered. "I will have to take different precautions when dealing with it. Well done for controlling it so easily."

"I've had practice," Gray shrugged as Seilah released his body and he swung his mace again. This time, Seilah summoned a table and used it to deflect the blow, causing Gray to stumble.

"Don't forget us!" Natsu shouted, rushing Seilah from behind. She sniffed and sidestepped his punch, allowing him to run right into the bar counter. Once again, she found herself faced with Lucy.

Gray quickly regained his footing and tossed different random chunks of ice in Seilah's direction to throw her off, but all were deflected in other directions. One caught Natsu in his next charge and broke his concentration, causing him to toss his next fireball into Lucy, who accidentally punched Gray out of reflex and made him stumble into Erza. He gulped slightly as auburn eyes found him and he knew the battle was going to leave him a little sore in the morning.

Taking stock of the battle situation, Erza immediately called several swords into existence, ready to either get the guild back in order or get in on the action. However, all stopped at a panicked gasp and turned to find Seilah staring at Erza, completely still. Everyone watched the black-haired demoness in confusion, wondering what the matter was. Kyouka glanced up and looked about in confusion before striding over to Seilah. Stroking her hair and cooing to her gently, Kyouka slowly calmed her mate a bit before turning to Erza, eyes flashing red momentarily.

"Erza, do you mind putting your swords away until I get Seilah safely downstairs?" she asked with forced calm.

"What's the matter?" the redhead inquired, sending all but one of her swords back to the pocket dimension.

"When she was still young, Seilah's tail was cut off by a Requip wizard," Kyouka explained. "It was a... traumatizing experience for her. Since then, I have killed every Requip wizard that dared to cross paths with us. Except you." The guild tensed at this, waiting to see what Erza's reaction would be.

Auburn eyes turned to Seilah, watching the way the black-haired demoness clung to Kyouka and how her newly regrown tail remained wrapped safely around her leg. Turning her gaze back to Kyouka, Erza asked, "You killed them because they scared her?"

The greenette gave a curt nod. "If it frightened Seilah, it was a threat that needed to be eliminated. I understand that we must take different measures now that we have changed our affiliation, but it is still an issue."

Taking a deep breath, the redhead nodded and strode forward, placing her hand on Seilah's. Slowly, she brought the younger demoness' hand to the hilt of her sword and allowed Seilah to hold it. Everyone held their breath as Seilah grasped the sword tentatively, feeling the power resonating from it.

"You have joined the guild and taken our mark," Erza stated calmly, her voice being heard clearly through the silent room. "That means that regardless of how I use the swords against you during roughhousing, I will not ever aim to hurt you. If necessary, I will help you become more comfortable around my weapons."

"We were enemies," Seilah whispered, still holding onto the sword. "Why are you making such an effort so early in our story together?"

"Because hopefully, your story with the guild will last until you die," Erza smiled and placed her hand on the shorter woman's head, right between her horns. "That means you need to feel comfortable around your new family."

Purple eyes stared up at her in wonder before glancing to the blue smirking at them. Kyouka nodded to her mate and Seilah glanced once more at the sword before swallowing and nodding. "Thank you," she murmured, finally handing the weapon back.

The fighting wound down after that, many of the other Wizards shooting curious looks to Seilah as she resumed her place at Kyouka's side. Her tail settled onto Kyouka's lap and the greenette stroked it soothingly. The Strauss siblings took note of the action and shared a glance.

"I always did think something was off about your Etherious form," Lisanna started conversationally. "Like something was missing."

"It did confuse me how Zeref expected you to stand, let alone kill him, when your Etherious form didn't even look capable of walking," Mira added in agreement. "It makes sense that it would be because your balance was offset by the lack of tail."

Seilah took deep breaths as she looked at the counter. "Yes, walking is difficult without it. I'm certain Elfman and Lisanna remembered how little I moved when they first met me." Elfman's arm flexed, but otherwise, he simply gave a nod. "And my lack of movement during our battle, Mirajane."

"Hell, when you got to the lab, you were walking slowly." Mira held a finger to her chin. "I thought it was because you were angry, but I imagine that if you'd had your tail at the time, you probably would have been stomping."

"I certainly wouldn't have sacrificed so many of my precious books to fight you if I'd had my tail," the bookworm sniffed.

From there, the conversation devolved into Seilah chatting with the three siblings about their Takeover abilities and her own as an Etherious. Kyouka watched them with a small smile. Certainly, the four would be a bit hesitant around each other for a while, but with time, they would no doubt relax.

As the sun fully set, Kyouka noticed the small shivers beginning down Seilah's spine. Her mate never was one for the cold. Without the sun up, there was little warm enough to keep Seilah from shivering. Without a second thought, the greenette removed her cloak and placed it around Seilah's shoulders, receiving a grateful smile from the horned woman.

"Perhaps we should be settling down for the night," Kyouka murmured gently, bringing Seilah close to share body heat.

"You're right, it's getting pretty late," Master hummed, noting how many of the other guild members were beginning to head out. He turned to the Paint Wizard sitting nearby. "Reedus? Would you be so kind to head down with them to make the area more comfortable?"

"Oui!" Reedus called, saluting as he accompanied Kyouka and Seilah down to the holding cells.

The demonesses looked around appreciatively and Seilah peeked into a few of the cells. "It looks so much like the castle," she sighed blissfully.

"Yes," Kyouka agreed. "Though, all of the cells are far too small for us to live in. We will need to redecorate." She glanced to Reedus. "If that's fine with you?"

"Oui, it's fine," Reedus responded. "I'll be happy to help any way I can."

Kyouka smiled. "Seilah?" she called to her mate. "Choose a cell. Any cell you want."

Seilah blinked before surveying the area. Moving to one cell, she stated, "It feels like this one is beneath one of the windows above, and the floor here is less damaged than in the other cells, indicating that the fighting upstairs rarely makes its way here."

"Perfect," the greenette murmured. "If you both would be kind enough to move across to another cell?"

Once Seilah and Reedus were in the opposite cell, Kyouka used her Strengthen to smash through one of the walls in the cell, opening it into the next cell over. The force also knocked out the partition between the cell doors. "I'll move the bricks to a different cell," Kyouka called. "Why don't you two get started on redecorating?"

For the next hour or so, Seilah instructed Reedus on how to decorate the new cell. Kyouka helped with destruction in any way she could while Seilah helped with creation where she was able. Together, the three of them transformed the dungeon into a living space for the two demons. Once the cells looked suitable, Kyouka smiled with a nod.

"Is that good enough?" Reedus asked, smiling at them from the doorway of what had become their bedroom.

"It is wonderful," Kyouka told him, taking in her surroundings. "Thank you."

"No problem. The others should all be heading home by this time, so there shouldn't be anyone to bother you. Good night, ladies." And with that, he bowed and headed upstairs.

"He's so amicable to ones who destroyed his guild hall and nearly his guild as well," Kyouka murmured curiously, staring at the place where the artist had disappeared.

With a shrug, Kyouka turned to the bed and found Seilah climbing atop it. Her mate lay down, testing the softness of the materials. Purple eyes swiveled in the greenette's direction and Kyouka felt her body temperature spike. That was a look she always reveled in getting from Seilah and now was no exception.

Not wasting a second, Kyouka crossed the cell and crawled onto the bed, hovering above her prone mate. Seilah smiled up at her, that sweet smile that she only allowed Kyouka to see. Silver claws reached up to stroke a pale cheek and Kyouka grinned.

"What do you say we crack open the cover of this new story?" she whispered.

Seilah gave the briefest laugh. "Who better to write it with than you, My Lady?"

That was all the invitation Kyouka needed to swoop in and snag Seilah's lips for herself. Perhaps this wasn't the way they envisioned things with Fairy Tail, but it certainly wasn't a bad way to start off their time with the guild. As she set about lavishing her mate in attention, Kyouka wondered what other unexpected things would come their way now that they'd joined the guild. She would think about it in the morning. Seilah was always more important.

Fuck I love these two. I added that fight scene at the last second. It was gonna be way shorter. Hope ya liked this little fic of mine, alligators!