"You shouldn't have followed me… child." The stranger said in a pissed off tone, but then there was a sudden poof of smoke where he stood. As I couldn't see anything but smoke… but then suddenly I could hear some growls at my back, as I was now about to be jumped by a wild hamji… I closed my eyes, about to accept my fate, but then it never came.
"Huh… but ho-." I was stunned to see that the hamji; that was about to jump me… was now stopped and hoisted up in the air by… a kid using just one hand; who looked almost my age and my height, having a lightly tanned skin and had white hair, with red iris… what is going on here?
"As I said… you shouldn't have followed me here kid." The kid said in a monotone voice, as in an instant; the hamji was sucked into his black tattoos.
"no way… y-you're the stranger."
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Back at the sun guild hall
Tamaki's p.o.v
I and Indra had just finished the quest that we took earlier and were heading back to the guild, in which the quest was not what we were expecting. As on the quest sip, it indicated that it was a ferocious hamji; that was terrorizing a village… but to our surprise, it was just little masked boy; who was stealing to get some food for him to eat, by carrying the villages… though who can blame him, we are living in a world of corruption.
'just what is wrong with this capital huh?' I thought, being pissed off by what had occurred during the quest, but that soon cleared, as I ran towards the guild door.
"WE ARE BACK!" I shouted in excitement to be back from my long journey and was excited to introduce kira to the sun guild family; as both him and indra we still at the back and were on their way, but instead of receiving a warm welcoming cheer as always… I was confronted by some strange people dressed in a night black suit of amour… knights. "What's going on here?"
"State your business here, filthy human." The knight at the center of the 5 knight called out in a very menacing tone, which didn't even faze me at all. The knight started to get impatient for me to response, as he immediately brought out his sword from his hoist with killer intent. "Don't test my patient little girl, or I will cut you down to size… now state your business her-."
He was interrupted mid-sentence, by me entering into the guild hall, without even looking towards his direction; ignoring him like as if he was just thin air. He was too enraged by this and had started to run towards me, with his sword in a striking position; just above my head.
"WATCH YOUR MOUTH YOU LIFESTOCK!" He brought his sword down at me, with the intent of finishing me off in one strike. As Indra and kira; who's just entered the guild to see that the knight was about to spilt my head in two.
"BIG SIS! / LADY TAMAKI!" They both shouted in shock and anxiety, as even some of the guild mates had started to run towards us, to stop him for striking me down.
"Sir Axel! We were demanded not to engage but to watch over them!" one of his fellow knights had called out, but to no veil the cry couldn't get through to him.
"enough!" a menacing voice was heard, followed by an ear scattering sound of the knights sword clashing on an invisible force field just above me; though it seems to be casted right over my head, protecting me from the incoming attack… though it wasn't as if I could have easily stopped it, but it seems that someone has already beat me to it. The strange; who had casted the force field over me, seems to have worn the same attire as the rest of the knight but his mana presence was much higher than any of them.
'whoa… this man mana presence is really something, heck its almost higher than sir ray's mana level.' I looked at the man coming towards the other knight that was about to strike me down, with a cold expression on his face; as the other knight; who wore a corky expression on his face… was now wearing one of pure fear. The rest of the other knights and including this one had knelt down as a sign of respect towards him. I noticed the symbol on his right chest plate, looking similar as to that on the guild coat of arm; which was representing a sun, was now that of a omega sign that looked similar to that of the fortia clan. 'but… why would their clan be here in our guild… don't they deal with more confidential activities unlike us… something is wrong here.'
"s-sir alex, I'm very s-sorry for my out of line approac-.ackk…
"you better warn yourself knight… you were given other by our lord to keep watch over the guild members and not to harm them…. So help me, if you can't obey these rule, and dare go against… then you shall be crushed under the pure force of Lord Isaac wrath…. Do I make myself clear." The superior knight had warned the other one; who was now on the verge of fainting due to the massive amount of pressure being released on him, as he was then released, falling to the ground with the weight of his amour forcing more weight onto him. I stood there, being perplexed by these whole scene, as the superior knight had just walked away with no word being altered again.
"tamaki! Whoo! I thought I lost you there, could have come earlier but… I was just admiring the beauty of nature." I heard ruk claim with an innocent smile on his face, as indra and kira had cam to hug me. "oh and it seems that your mission was successful then, and you have brought a new guild member huh quite splendid."
"ruk…. I don't have time…. So just tell us what the crap is going on here, we was only gone for 5days ruk, 5 days!" I shouted at him, which not just made him shake; but had also made the other guild member shake in fear. "you guys have a lot of explaining to do."
"…. Fine, you win tamaki… so you see.." ruk trailed off while turning back with a serious expression on his face, which caught me off guard. "Our guild have been confined by lord Isaac…. Meaning that we work for him and not as the sun guild anymore… but as the fortia guild."
"WHAT/WHAT!" me and indra shouted in union, by the sudden occurrence that have just taken place in just 5 days.
"well time is flies doesn't it guys…. Guys" ruk called out to us in our shocked state.
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Dante/kami p.o.v:
"so let me get this straight…. You're actually a mercenary, with some curse seal on him." Zero recapped with a confused look on his face. As I was on his back, while in my kid form. "But then how does that explain why you're a kid."
"
"don't worry about it… the feeling is mutual." He replied while stopping, as he then suddenly let me go with a loud and painful thud following fort. "I don't really trust you one bit."
He turned towards me with a threatening glare, as I just return it with a scowl on my face. "Hey! What was that for huh?"
'What was that spark of dark power…. Was it from him?'
"as much as I would love to leave you out here, and let the hamjis comfort you…
'them…. Who are they? And what is this chaotic power rising in him?'
He faced forwards, starting to work away. I stood up from the ground like not had happened but I still felt the ache pain at my back.
"You know…. Sounds to me that your just jealous huh." I said to him with a grin on my face, as zero had stopped walking. He turned his head towards me with a scowl on his face and his glare became even visible. "Are you afraid that I would take her away… are you scared."
'It's growing even more… amazing' I thought in astonishment.
"you bastard…. If you lay a single finger on her or any of the children in orphanage… I will kill you." Zero muttered with so much blood lust… that it even started to radiate in a visible form out of his body, like steam. As the horn, on the right side of his forehead; started to increase in length, little by little…. Just what is he… I need to test something out, hopefully I won't in trying.
"then… try and stop me boy." I said with a menacing tone. he immediate lunged at me with his fist coming toward me.
"DAMN! YOU!" he tried to knock me down, but I just simply moved to my right and setting my foot in front of him, as he tripped and felled to the ground; which just made him even more angry.
"whoa all that shouting for nothing… how weak are you zero." I teased him, making him even more pissed off. He stood up with a blood thirsty grin on his face.
"Y-YOU REALLY WANT TO PISS US OFF DO YA!" he immediately vanished from the floor and then appears right above me in speeds that were too hard to keep track of. "THEN IT'S YOUR FUNERAL MECENARY!"
I quickly appeared out of that place in blinding speed, as he dropped kicked the ground; making a very large crater to appear right in the center…. Such power.
"that's some power you have zero… so it seems like we are quite alike huh…" I said in conclusion, as it seems that his not the only one in control then. "I guess that would be enough zer-ackkk!"
I was stopped mid-sentence by a rib cracking punch to the chest by zero; who's horn was now long and had started to turn black… he is blinded with rage. I was flung back by the shockwave, but was then hammered fist back to the ground by zero… who was now on top me, while punching me harder to the ground.
'DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE!" he kept on repeating die while plummeting me further into the ground, until he then land one last ground breaking attack that created a wide shockwave that destroyed nearby tree and boulders. "THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WHO DARE THREAT ANYONE I LOVE FAC-… WHAT."
His victory was short lived, as the badly beaten me on the ground suddenly turned to smoke and vanished. He started to look fo8r me everywhere like a lost puppy looking for his master.
"W-WHERE ARE YOU? COME OUT NO-…. IT…. CAN'T… BE…." Zero turned back to see me in my grown up form again, while standing at his back. He tried to quickly launch an offensive attack towards me with his fist, but I caught it in my palm; as he stood there in shock. "B-BUT I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT… YOU HAD NO MAGIC SPELL."
"As I said, I don't share all my secrets with anyone…. You are strong zero, but still need to shape up your aurora technique." I said with a stoic expression on my face.
"A-AURORA?" he said, with a confused tone and expression. I brought my hands up above his head.
"Take this as your first lesson in getting stronger zero." I suddenly brought my head down on his head with so force applied to it, making him to fall unconscious into my arms; as a smile creped on my face.
"Never let your anger get the best of you." I carried him in my arms, while heading towards the orphanage home. "Besides…. It has happen to me once… so I won't let it happen to you. And sorry for saying all those things back in the forest… I was just trying to see if you were ready yet, but it seems that you still need more time, just like me…. Zero"