Act: 13
The two arrive at the open valley, looking around the plain grassy field they notice a giant pond but no frog to be in sight. Walking around some more getting closer to the pond to see if the frog had resided nearby but only to find nothing. Sitting down by the pond bay they decided to wait and see if it would come out normally.
"So far this has been a bust..? Well, I guess this is the price we pay looking for one frog, what do you think Tila?"
"I think this may take longer than it needs to be.. How about you try and provoke it?"
"What should I do about that? Maybe make it rain Ice, I don't have too many destructive moves yet.. More just in your face..?"
"How about your special move Frozen Prison! That would do the trick, right!?"
Taku glances at Tila with a blank expression on his face.
"..."
"If I were to do that I would be completely useless, not a single ounce of energy will be in my body.."
"Oh yeah? That's right.. heh, you're scared that's all and you know you can't do it."
She stands up, shrugging her shoulders, snickering quietly, and shaking her head in the process.
"I know you did not just say that! I'm far from scared and I will show you!"
Getting up as well he stretches out his arms and summons out his wand.
"Here let's just make a new move on the spot then!"
*crack*
'Ok if I concentrate my Star energy into a thought.. How about a ball? I think that should work..? A ball.. We'll see what happens!'
Mist-like energy forms around his wand and his Star pentagram appears in front and then disappears.
"Ice Ball!"
Raising his wand into the air the Star appears again this time in the sky calling upon tons of spiky balls of Ice falling from where his Star was. The area intensely started to rumble.
Tila and Taku both wobbled as the Ice may have been too extreme for the two.
"You can chill on the Ice! I'm sure the frog got the point!"
Putting both arms down he stops the summoning of the ice looking over at Tila with a smile purposefully to prove his point.
"I get it, but why not change the name for it? Because Ice ball sounds terrible... could you be less generic and give some type of life to that name..?"
"Well miss Ice Queen. What do you have in mind for a name! Hmm, I can't wait to hear it!?"
"Glad you asked."
"..."
"Glacier Bombshell!"
Taku's mouth had dropped out of impression for the name she had given it.
"Glacier Bombshell? You know that actually doesn't sound too bad.. Fine! You win this time, I agree that name is way better than what I had said and envisioned.."
*rumble*
*Screech*
Hopping on over was the angered light blue 9-foot frog that was woken from its slumber. Screeching its battle cry, it looks down at the two jumping up into the air, it attempts to land and only squish Taku. Looking up in the air he stands still watching as the frog glides in his direction getting ready to land on him.
*thud*
*Croak*
The frog opens its mouth and wobbles as it seems to be laughing at smashing Taku underneath him.
"You owe me big time. I have no idea why you stood there unfazed, that thing probably would've broken almost every bone in your body!"
Taku looks at her somewhat lost.
Using her whip, she had quickly saved him before the frog squished him and tossed his body next to her. Taku summoned his wand again, pointing it at the frog.
"I appreciate it. For some reason though I oddly felt mesmerized, unable to move a muscle in my body.. Ey you! Slime-ball you really thought you killed me!"
Tila shakes her head in disappointment, slowly backing up away from Taku as he continues to shout and throw insults at the frog.
The frog stops croaking, closing its mouth, and slowly turns to look at Taku with a threatening small glow around its body.
*Gulp*
"Um- Tila. Do frog's eyes usually change and glow red.. Uh Tila!"
He turns around to see her standing miles away from him with her giving him a thumbs up, indicating he's got it all for himself. Shouting he tries to get her back over to him, but nothing seems to get her to move.
"You really won't move! Please I'm beg-"
*Thud!*
Quickly jumping back in the air Taku avoids the frog from attempting to sit on him once more. While he glides in the air, he can see in the far distance Tila clapping her hands, impressed with his wits.
The frog looks up seeing him hovering over his head and lets out a giggle-sounding croak before sticking its tongue out, firing at him and snapping his body inside its stomach. Tila stopped in shock running over to the frog attempting to save him until another rumbling began. Appearing out of nowhere another frog leaped its way by her but this one had been a red color.
Stopping in place, she slightly backs up, noticing that the frog who had eaten Taku began to shake and then shake intensely.
*Pop!*
The insides of the frog burst out hitting the newly arrived frog and Tila, Guts spilling everywhere Tila closed her mouth holding in the throw-up sensation from the sight and stench that got onto her clothes.
She stood still spacing out and muttering under her breath.
"Shower, shower, shower, shower, shower, shower, gross, gross, gross.."
Busting out of the exploded frog he had gotten launched into the air, he sees that Tila had just been standing there, and glancing over to his left he sees another frog heading towards her.
"Tila! Lookout, it's another one of those damn frogs!"
Hearing his voice had snapped her back to reality. Taku points his wand to the other frog getting ready to launch a series of Ice fragments.
"Taku!"
The frog jolts its head over in Taku's direction, red eyes glaring at him in the air.
"Oh shit."
*Fpsst*
The red frog had launched its tongue out at Taku swinging him around in the air before snapping him into its stomach. Tila summons her whip in her right hand ready to help him out this time. Heading towards the frog she winds her arm back launching a single powerful whip at the frog. The frog glared at the whip coming in its direction, and fired its tongue out in return, wrapping it around the whip.
"Uh-oh.."
Holding her ground she tries to pull her whip back taking a small step backward each second. Not making any progress she tries to swing her arms around until the frog suddenly lifts its head up, flinging her upwards causing her to go flying. It Began to swing its head around causing Tila to swing around in the air as well slowly making her lose grip. She had decided to let go of her whip falling back to the ground before she could've taken more damage.
'Honestly what the hell is wrong with these frogs! There is no way that they can be in D class, they have way more intelligence than your average D class.'
"Oh my. Taku! Are you ok!"
*Croak*
"Laugh at me all you want! I hope you enjoy digesting my weapon because here's the price you pay for doing so!"
"Divine Thorn! Eat that you stupid frog!"
Sticking out both arms a teal-colored Star appears over both of her hands. A small glow can also be seen coming from the inside of the frog. The whip inside had begun to change form. Forming thorn-like needles all around the base. Right, when the thorns covered the full whip, they began to eject rapidly then explode right after they had pierced.
The multiple explosions going off in the stomach caused the frog to burst into pieces, flinging Taku out again in the process. She ran over to him making sure that he had been alright.
"Tak-"
"Taku."
"Taku!"
"Ugh... Tila..? Why does my back hurt so badly.. and why was it so loud.."
She looks at his back to notice that a thorn had stuck its way in his back, quickly taking it out and tossing it away, guiltily giggling.
"Don't worry about.. It was nothing too serious.. Let me just attend to your injuries real quick.."
The guts and slime covered Taku falls onto her, also covering her in his slime.
"Ew Ew! Get up, that smells so bad- move!"
Trying to get him up she notices that he was completely knocked out. Sighing, she began to attend to his wounds. Laying him on the ground she had gone and walked over to the half-exploded frogs looting them and securing them a way out.
- - - -
Arriving back to the guild lounge Tila had Taku resting on her shoulders dragging his unconscious body back over to the usual table. Walking by the entrance she had stumbled a bit.
"Would you like some help, miss?"
"Yes please!"
Boss makes his way around his stand, lifting Taku and following her over to their table.
"Thanks, Boss, I appreciate it. Also, the frog Quest is complete. I'll head over for the reward in a minute. I need to rest, there was no way those frogs were in D class."
Boss wipes off the bits of slime on his body and puts his hand on his chin.
"D class frogs..? Oh, that! What was wrong with it?"
"Huh! There were two of them not one and there was no way it was a D!"
"Two?.. I see you must have killed the wrong frog, although it won't be a problem now that you guys killed its buddies.. I hope?"
The boss turns around and heads back over to his stand and waves goodbye. Tila's face looks as if she had seen a ghost. Dropping her head on the table she takes a mini nap.
'I can't believe we did more work than we needed.. to..'
10 minutes later.
"uh.. huh.. Taku..? Taku!"
Tila jolts her way up getting out of her sleepy daze.
"Yea? You alright?
She looks to see him sitting right next to her.
"How long have I been asleep for..?"
"I don't know? When I woke up, I saw your head lying on the table so I tried to clean off the slime on my shoulder so it would be dry for you to lay on, and then you made it wet again by drooling."
'I had drooled on his shoulder! That's way too embarrassing!'
Tila's face turned red.
"No-o no that was just the slime falling off my face!"
"If you say so.. It was drool!"
"Nooo! It wasn't."
The two-start chuckling before deciding on heading out.
"Well, we should probably leave before it gets late, right? And we seriously need to get cleaned."
"Agreed, I'll take you back home."
- - - -
The beginning of school, another week later.