He loses an earring (sort of).

Pain… lots of pain… why the pain?

I blinked my eyes blearily at a ceiling, it was pretty high up… it’s still freaking sore…

Where was I again?

I used my shoulders to leverage myself up, and winched as I felt my jaw ache badly.

Oh yeah, that’s right, that pineapple bastard gave me a cheap one-shot, and then I woke up flat on the ground…

Wait, does that mean he had Lullaby at the time? I would have thought he’d have given it to that Erigor prick by now…

… And I got taken out in one punch? Damn it, that is so lame.

I finally managed to sit up, and took a look around to see…

…

How long was I out?

All around me, several bodies of the dark wizards I saw before piled on top of each other, many f them had unwieldy bumps and bruises perched on their heads and bodies, and a few were actually still conscious, moaning in pain as they did. Strangely enough, a few were actually soaked to the bone, like they had been thrown into a river not too long ago.

“Ah, you’re awake now, good”

I looked up to the voice and was met by Erza, who gave a rather concerned frown down at me.

“Are you able to stand?”

I decided to just try instead of going tough guy, which I don’t think I would be able to say with my jaw unable to move properly, and found myself shakily back on my feet.

“Wha’ happen’?” Yup, I couldn’t move my jaw right, I touched it gently with my hand and found that my jaw was actually disconnected, this was freaking shitty.

“Ah, you’re jaw is not in place? Here, let me get that for you”

What do you mean get tha-

CRACK!

FUCKING HELL!

Erza and not too gently, taken my jaw and set it back in place, very painfully. I grit my teeth at the agonizing pain that shot through the lower half of my face for several seconds.

“Wh- what happened?” I decided to let go off the horrible bedside manner at causing a patient great pain by only slightly glaring at the powerful wizard.

“Well, once you were taken down, Lucy had summoned her spirits and caused half the damage you see here, while I took on the rest” she gestured to the rest of the room and I found my eyes bulging at her words, Lucy did this? I knew she was pretty powerful, but I didn’t think she had it in her.

I looked around.

“Where is Lucy? And Natsu, Happy and Gray for that matter?”

“Natsu and Gray went off to find the broadcast room quickly, while I sent Lucy off to find them as well, Happy went with her”

That’s not good, I need to find her quickly… would I actually be any use however?

I looked around and decided that if Lucy had done this much damage, that she could probably be okay for now, I made a silent note to get some offensive powers next to the ‘don’t leave me behind’ item that I would look for at the futa house.

Plus a helmet, because that punch stunk like a bitch!

“Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to warn the others of this town about Erigor, hopefully they can get away from here before they broadcast Lullaby”

She then ran off; and I was left alone with the **** dark guild.

Well… great.

I looked around and found myself overcome with the amount of people that was taken out; all these guys were assassin wizards, and Erza and Lucy wiped them out. The large part of masculine pride I had shrivelled up as I thought on that.

I’m okay with saying that Erza was tougher than me, she was a freaking S-Class Wizard, the only reason I would be able to take her on is because she doesn’t see me as a threat, that was my one big strength, and when that’s gone…

Well, I get taken out by a one punch K-O like a little bitch.

I sigh in depression, I decide I might as well rest a little and lay down on the floor, putting my hands around the back of my head; I simply wait for something to happen.

I felt my bruised cheek twitch and I rubbed it soothingly to reduce the pain, but as I pulled my hand back, I brushed it over my left ear…

I shot bolt upright.

I clutched at my ear, feeling all around it, and I felt a rising panic at the very unreal possibility happening.

My earring! One of my earrings were gone!

…

The Normal earrings, the one that gave me normality I mean.

I really didn’t mean to find like a rich haughty lady just now.

I quickly crouched to the ground, looking around for the earring, I had to tip several bodies out of the way before I admitted to myself it wasn’t here.

So where could it have gone? It must have few off when that Pineapple bastard hit me…

I then checked up and down the hallway that it could have possibly flew through, but still found nothing.

Fuck, this was not good…

Okay… calm down Najato; think on this for a bit. First of all, is it THAT bad, I still have the other earring, so that must be something?

But actually… did that change something? I didn’t really experiment very much around the earrings; they were more a constant pleasure of my life, and my dad used to always say, do not look a gift horse in the mouth.

… wait, two earrings… two powers…

Does that mean that one earring has the two different powers of normality? If so… which one do I have?

Erza then strutted back into the room, throwing away a loudspeaker and looking slightly distressed, I however, was slightly more so, I decided to immediately use her as a test subject.

“It is normal for Erza bow to me formally” I muttered, I then walked up to the woman and she looked at me…

And didn’t bow.

Okay, just to test, I then took a hold of her dress with one hand and lifted it up, showing her sexy thong, but this time, showing the front side, which was barely covering the essentials.

She didn’t punch me off her anything, so it’s safe to say I have the passive effect.

I let it drop and gave a sigh, although I still have part of the power, I am feeling rather worried about the possibility of the lost earring, who the heck could have picked it up?

---Lucy---

I was currently looking at the earring that had fallen off Najato’s ear when he had been sent flying, I had picked it up when I spotted it running away from Erza, more of an impulse really.

Trying to get my head around the ‘Normality Effect’ that Najato explained was rather hard, but at least it worked out alright, I know that this was the magical item he was talking about.

“Hey Lucy! You should hurry up or Erza might give you the SCARY PUNISHMENT!”

I both shuddered at the possible punishment Erza could dish out, and growled at the infuriating little cat that REALLY needed to shut up at times.

I looked at the earring again for a second, before putting it into the pouch hanging off my belt for the time being.

I’ll give it back later.