This is my first story about a party of four: Yoshiro, a bespectacled gunslinger, Senzo the Fire Wizard, Haru the blind alchemist and Suzuka the Soul Linker.
CHAPTER 1: GOOD MORNING, DESERT SUNSHINE
It was a cold, dark night in the streets of Morroc and four young travelers were shivering in an alley.
"Damn, it's cold…," Yoshiro whispered, "Senzo, can't you light us a fire?"
"Nope," Senzo replied, "Do you really want the police to find us here?"
"We can't afford to show even a shimmer of light, Yoshiro," said Haru, "I can sense that this alley is so dark, even a spark would give us away."
Yoshiro sighed, closed his eyes, and tried to sleep. He kept waking up, though; he's always thinking of something, and that something keeps him up. It's been four hours since Haru and Senzo were asleep.
"…You're still awake?" a girl's voice asked.
"Yeah, Suzuka…" Yoshiro answered.
"Are you still thinking about her?" Suzuka asked, "That was 13 years ago, Yoshiro. When are you gonna move on?"
"Angel may forgive me, but I can never forgive myself." Yoshiro's words almost never matched his expression. Yoshiro was talking mournfully, but he was still smiling. He never understood it, himself.
The next morning, the four wore hoods to hide their faces. Walking along the streets, they stop to see a flyer on the wall of a pub.
WANTED FOR MURDER
Wanted for the murder of Nazamaka Tori, Reward 500,000z each
KUROYA YOSHIRO
TAISEN SENZO
OZAWA HARU
MASAKI SUZUKA
"Nice, our set is worth two million now," said Senzo.
"I can't believe Sensei's murder was pinned on us…," said Suzuka, "Now we're fleeing from authorities for a crime we never committed!"
They walk into the crowd before them, pushing through passers-by. The crowd was full of merchants and dealers, so many people were trading there.
"We best stock up," said Haru, "How much money have we got?"
The four dug through their pockets, but came up with nothing but cheap jellopies.
"Well… all we can afford is… apples," Yoshiro said cheerfully.
The four kept walking, to keep the powerful desert winds of Morroc from blowing their hoods away, they held on tightly. It was bright, sunny and crowded, and blowing their cover now would have pretty messy results. They walked to Prontera, because the heat was already too much for them to handle (Both from the cops and the sun.). However, on the way to Midgard's capital, they ran into an unexpected surprise
"What the hell…," Senzo said, "…was that sound?!"
Haru knelt down and placed his fingertips against the desert sand.
"Hodes… and Sandmen…," He said.
"Umm… Haru?" Suzuka called, "That's not all."
They were surrounded by Desert Wolves. Soon after, the Hodes and Sandmen popped out of the ground. There were probably hundreds of them mobbing this party of four. They closed in…
"Esma!" Suzuka shouted. She pointed her hand, which started to glow red, at one of the enemies. A disc of red energy shot out of her hand and towards a hode.
The hode dropped dead, but 5 sandmen were closing in on Yoshiro.
"Big mistake," Yoshiro said coolly, as he adjusted his glasses, "Desperado!"
Yoshiro held his pistols out to his sides and pummeled the surrounding sandmen with bullets.
"This is hopeless!" Senzo yelled, "This is our last hope! Cover me!"
Senzo held out his staff, chanting a spell that nobody could understand, "Accio aborior... deflagratio hostilis..."
He stopped and looked at his partymates.
"RUN!"
Meteors rained from the sky and they ran for their lives. The meteors were closing in, they won't make it. Suddenly, Suzuka spotted a hole in the ground.
"In here!" she said.
The party jumped into the hole. It wasn't a pleasant hole, either. It was lined with what looked like a creature's ribs. The hole looked similar to a leech's mouth. They quickly fell into the darkness below.
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