Foxy Fairy Tails

It had been a big day for Kumiko. First waking up a day after becoming an official mage of Fairy Tail, brushing her hair, doing her morning routine and then moving onto helping the people with cleaning to thank the guild for letting her in despite the clear difference in age from the rest of the guild members. But for now, Kumiko would be wandering back in with her lunch: another burger from that shop nearby whom the kitsune had visited from the other day. Of course, he was understandably upset that the child had flat out told him that she was a part of the guild she wasn't, but seemed to be open to an apology if Kumiko bought another burger and promised not to do it again. Thankfully for him, she took her new duties seriously and would do such while buying the biggest meal he had. The triple decker was about the size of half of her arm, which meant lots of deliciousness flowing into her awaiting maw.

The door opened to the guild hall while Kumiko entered carrying her boxed lunch. Her tail swayed with every step and she even greeted everybody that she passed. Some were kind of mixed about a fox kid but other appeared pretty nonchalant about such a sight, and for good reason. There were far more amazing things in this world than some child with fox ears and a tail using magic. Kumiko was about to sit down at her usual spot near the fireplace when she noticed a new face. One she hadn't met before. This guy was kinda young like Mura, though with blue hair and not being followed around by a dragon and a pervy samurai spirit. Still, he appeared pretty interesting but what drew her attention was that small creature sitting close to him. Kumiko could see spirits, stemming from her yokai heritage, but had never came across anything like him before. Her? It? Whatever the thing was. She had passed the table beforehand and was just about ready to sit down before spinning on her heel and going back the way she came.

"Ohayouuu~"

Zach looked to the side just in time to catch a glimpse of a small girl with fox ears sitting across from him, a grand smile painted over her face. Sitting below her was the burger about the size of a small dinner plate along with fries and some juice. Gotta keep healthy after all. "Is he your friend?" Kumiko pointed at the small being that was resting on the table, her eyes lit with an endless amount of curiosity concerning the new discovery of her world. "I've never seen a yokai like you before." she observed, taking a bite out of her burger while being careful not to pelt the little guy with any remaining pieces flying from her. She was a bit of a messy eater, but Kumiko was always like that. Ever since she could walk, the child had a black hole for a stomach. Maybe it was because of some condition, or how hard her body pushed itself with her magic, but she wouldn't know being a kid and all. That was some adult's job to find out. For now, she'll keep on eating~

"My name's Kumiko. I just joined yesterday." the girl said, bowing her head down for a moment while the tail behind her was frantic with her elated mood. She was like a puppy meeting somebody new. "Are you a mage too? I guess you kind of have to be. What sort of magic do you use? Anything cool?~"

"Astral." Kumiko said, her tone muffled in between bites of her enormous burger while Zachary went on to explain about what he was. Even if brief, Kumiko tilted her head at the correction of him being something other than a yokai. Perhaps it was some kind of strange term for a demon or something, but Kumiko could care less about it. "A Star Fairy?" she repeated, shooting the strange little creature currently nibbling on a cookie a rather strange glance before raising her head back up to Zachary. After another bite of lunch, of course. "What's a Star Fairy? Is that like some kind of pet some something?" The girl appeared to take an interest in the topic as she would look ready to bombard this man with question after question about every individual faucet of information relating to the magic.

"It's nice to meet you though!" Kumiko said, the small orange tail behind her swaying back and forth to a beat unheard by all but her. "I'm from Midi, like the Guildmaster~ Except the lower part. My sisters and I tend to a shrine. I'm not a full miko yet, but I was working on it before I left." Another break to swallow her food, now almost done with it and still looking just as hungry as ever. She ate a few fries in between burger bites and maybe some juice in between. "It's nice you got promoted though! I'm on my way to being the strongest mage ever too. Maybe when I'm there, I can teach you cool stuff one day~"

At the sudden adorable voice ringing true in her mind, Kumiko's ears perked up in surprise while the teeny kitsune's tail stood up straight out of the sheer surprise. Her head turned around to check where the voice that had called her fluffy had originated from. Sure there were people round but nobody was looking directly at her. Well, not any different from how they normally did. Fiore must have not had many kids running around like her. She turned back to the little star filled companion of the boy's and would return the wave offered to her with one of her own. The girl's eyes were filled to the absolute brim with curiosity. Zachary would filled the kid in on the information he probably guessed she was about to bombard him with. She had that reputation for a reason around the guild. Probably Mura who warned everyone of what to do when a hyperactive foxling rushed you and assaulted you with questions about mundane things about you. Zach's point of a spirit did ring true in Kumiko's ever growing mind. It probably was pretty known that spirits couldn't eat anything and by doing so to that cookie, he was obviously much more. But didn't Kyuken get eaten by the guildmaster's other spirit? Could only some spirits eat and others couldn't?

"Whoa...So if Astral's not from our galaxy thing, he's been to all sorts of cool places!~"

Kumiko expressed. She watched as Astral would launch off from the table and move to flutter around her while watching with a keen interest. A grand smile had painted itself on the girl's face while her tail snaked around form left to right out of a great interest. She even moved to try and see if the little familiar had wanted to rest on her head or tail at a couple points. Kumiko couldn't blame them. It was fluffy and she normally used it as an extra pillow for herself when sleeping. This ridiculously cute little thing had gained Kumiko's affection, and boy would be be subjected to many pets and cheers for him. Of course she knew little of what Zachary did, but it was only far being a literal child and all.

"Hm?" Kumiko tilted her head sideways while looking back at Zachary who had just spat out some of his juice. "Is everything okay?" She asked before he signaled that he was fine. "Oh, you know some cool magic too, huh?~ If you can summon cute guys like Astral, then you should be a superr powerful mage." Time to humblebrag! "I dunno any advanced magic like that but I ate a lacrima full of magic when I was a baby. So I'm kind of super powerful myself."

To up the steaks a bit, Zachary reached into his pocket to unveil his best kept secret yet: a keyring. Each held a significantly different intricate golden design. Kumiko seemed interested as her little mind was working on overtime to take in the sight. She looked up at Zachary after a few seconds or so. "Wow! Are you like the janitor or something? Mura and I could really use your help with cleaning." Of course she meant no harm or teasing, that look on her face was genuine. The child seriously didn't even know what magical might she was even looking at. So much so that even when spelled out for her, Kumiko blinked in confusion.

"Celestial Wizard? Is that like a mage? What do you do, make stars all day?"

Zachary's reaction didn't seem to be exactly what Kumiko had been anticipating. Far from it in fact! Her ears pressed flat against her head while the girl would jump at the sudden face-slam into the table. "Ah-Are you okay?" she asked genuinely before he would start to snap at her. Even her orange tail came to a grinding halt and would even shake very little at the tone in his voice. He asked her against of the Celestial Wizards and their keys, a concept that Kumiko hadn't even heard of coming from such a land far away as Midi. "Ah-I didn't mean it! Honest..." she whined, puffing her cheeks out with an apologetic glance. Kumiko said nothing for a moment while looking down, almost as if she was doing her best not to break out into tears. "I don't even know what a Celestial Wizard is...I haven't even heard of them until now. Do they do something like with Astral?" she asked Zachary in a confused manner.