I started daydreaming about this while trying to write my other stories^^
Ch.1
It was another dull day for Brago. He and Sherry had spent the past two weeks traveling the world in search of other demon teams to fight, but hadn't found a single pare. Once they arrived somewhere, Brago would pick up several strong auras, but once they started looking for them, they all seemed to just disappear. Weak cowards that fled at the feel of a stronger presence, or at least that's what Brago would mutter aloud.
After a while, they traveled to Japan. They had been purposefully skipping over it since Sherry felt that Gash and Kiyomaro hadn't had enough time to grow stronger and wouldn't put up a proper fight, after all, it's only been a month since they met. Brago didn't really care since he didn't believe that such a weakling could ever put up a decent fight. Either way, their meeting would be inevitable once they landed in Japan.
Their second day in Japan, having straightened out their sleeping arrangements, they set out to look for some opponents. This search proved to be no different than the others.
Sherry sighed in annoyance "How many times is this going to happen? They have to fight eventually"
Brago's mood was a level higher than hers as he growled in frustration "Darn weaklings. Running once they sense someone stronger nearby"
Sherry turned to head back "Well, the days not even half over. We can go get some lunch before continuing" she reluctantly added that last part to try and cheer up her partner; she didn't really want to continue such a pointless search.
Brago turned slightly so he could glance at her "Hmph, why don't we skip it and just go take care of that lightning brat"
Sherry smiled weakly at his comment "Because I said no. Would it really make you feel better to fight with someone who doesn't even compare with your strength?"
Brago fully turned to face her, ready to comment back when a sudden feeling came over him and his mind went blank.
Sherry noticed this in his eyes and was immediately concerned "Brago? What's wrong?"
"…A demon" he finally murmured, before turning to look at a cluster of buildings "And it's close"
Without another word, he took off running.
Sherry reached out her hand as if that would stop him "Wait Brago, what are…"
"I'm not letting another one get away!" he yelled back to her as he crossed a busy street, ignoring the speeding cars. One was forced to come to a screeching stop so as not to hit him, causing its tailgater to slam into its rear bumper, pushing it into the center of the intersection and causing further traffic problems.
Sherry watched as her partner vanished in the distance before sighing at the trouble he'd managed to cause in a matter of seconds "Baka"
Brago continued running, ignoring everything around him and barely aware of what was in front of him, focusing solely on the presence of the nearing demon. He probably ran down a few unsuspecting humans that just happen to be in front of him, he wouldn't care either way, they shouldn't have been standing in his way. Eventually, he ran into something that did stop him, all he saw was a blur of red and orange before crashing into it and falling to the ground.
After taking a moment to recuperate from his head on collision, he sat up clenching his soar head "…ow"
"Ow!" said the girl he crashed into as she sat up rubbing her soar head. Apparently it literally had been a head on collision. "You should pay more attention to what's in front of you when running that fast" she added once she had comfortably up righted herself.
Brago quickly studied her before continuing any further.
She had orange hair that entwined into several thick sets, each jutting upward in a point before reaching down past her shoulders. He couldn't see her face past the hair, but he could tell from her hand that she had a human complexion as if she had gotten a tan. Her nails were black and pretty similar to Brago's. Her short sleeve dark red shirt allowed him to examine her bare arm, but it strangely stretched down to cover half her thigh. She wore dark blue almost black jeans and a Pearl white bag dangled from her shoulder to her waist.
"You're a demon" Brago said bluntly. He would have probably smirked if not for the throbbing sensation in his head.
The girl finally turned to look at him and Brago noted her emerald green eyes.
"Yes, and so are you" she responded and stuck her face unbearably close to his.
After a moment of sitting like that, she got up and dusted herself off.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, but I have to go. Bye" and with that, she turned and began walking away.
Brago sat quietly in a daze before coming back to his senses. He quickly stood up and grabbed her hand "Wait!"
The girl jumped at his touch and instinctively tugged her arm in an attempt to free it, a failed attempt.
"Huh? Oh, sorry. My name's Stripes. Nice to meet you" she said with a slight bow.
Brago looked at her questioningly as she slightly bent forward "What are you doing?"
Stripes stood up straight, a light blush on her face "It's a greeting"
"Why'd you do that?" Brago added, still not quiet seeing the point.
"Well, I'm not going to curtsey" she said in a dull tone, the blush now gone.
Before anymore could be said, Sherry arrived, slightly panting from her run. She looked from Brago to Stripes and then back to Brago "So, this is the demon you sensed?" he simply nodded. "Well, let's get started than" she said while pulling his spell book from the white pouch strapped to her waist.
Stripes looked at the book blankly "Oh, you want to fight" she smiled sheepishly "Sorry, I can't right now"
Sherry's expression switched to one indicating surprise while Brago merely crossed hi arms.
"Hmph, so there are still demons that haven't found their book owners yet" Brago said with a hint of discuss.
Stripes's smile became more awkward "No, I've found mine, but she's not here. We kinda got separated"
"So your book isn't in that bag?" Sherry asked while gesturing to it.
Stripes looked down at the bag to make sure it was okay "No, it is…"
Brago held his hand out to her "Than that's enough for me" Stripes looked at him puzzled before realizing what was going on.
"Reis" Sherry said calmly. Stripes barely had time to jump away before a purple gravity bullet shot from Brago's hand. It hit the ground a few feet away from where she had landed.
"What the heck was that for?!" Stripes yelled, still a little startled.
Brago shook his hand to disperse the smoke swarming around it before resting it at his side "It's your own fault for revealing the location of your book"
Stripes "What did you want me to do, lie?!"
Brago "You're too trusting. We're in the middle of a battle to decide the next ruler of our world and you're conversing with your enemy"
Stripes expression dulled at his statement "Yeah, so what. You really want to fight with someone that can't use their spells?"
"At this point, I don't really care. As long as I get to fight" he said before lunging forward with a barrage of punches.
Stripes's lifted her hands in anticipation as he approached and she skillfully began blocking and dodging his attacks. She quickly turned the fight around by sneaking her foot behind his and pushing hard against his chest with her open palm so as not to hurt him too much, causing him to fall back. Brago hit the ground and immediately sat up to keep her from getting the jump on him, but she hadn't moved an inch after the attack.
"There; now if you're satisfied with that, I have to go look my book owner" Stripes said in a calm manner, which somehow fueled Brago's eagerness to fight.
Sherry noted this and sighed. Closing her book, but holding the page with her fingers "Where exactly is your partner anyway?"
Stripes eyes widened from her question "Oh yeah, I forgot" she jumped over Brago and landed right in front of Sherry, who stepped back in surprise, already pumping energy back into the book.
"No!" Brago said while forcing himself to stand up as he began moving towards them.
Stripes ignored both their reactions and looked at Sherry innocently "What land is this?"
Upon hearing her question, Brago's focus on standing up was broken and he immediately fell back to the ground. Sherry stared at her in amazement, the glow of the book quickly fading. "Is she serious?" they both thought.
"This is Japan" Sherry finally replied. "Where is your book owner from?"
Stripes thought about it for a second before scratching the back of her head with a stupid smile stretching across her face "You know, I have no clue"
Sherry felt a sweat drop run down the side of her face, hopefully unnoticed "…well, do you at least know where she is?"
Stripes nodded "Yup. She said we were going to Chicago"
"Chicago!" Sherry couldn't help but yell in surprise. By now, Brago had gotten up and moved to his partner's side. "How on earth did you end up hear?!" she added, her voice slightly cracking.
Stripes's smile died back down to a sheepish one "I guess I got on the wrong flying bird. Why, is that far away?"
"Yeah it's far away! Chicago's all the way in America" She yelled a little lower. Of course her statement meant nothing to her demon company, who knew nothing of earth's geography.
Brago turned back to face Stripes "How could you lose track of your human like that?"
"Hey, there were a lot of people in the airport thing!" Stripes yelled defensively.
Brago argued it no further; he hardly understood the airport maze and would've probably gotten lost a few times if Sherry hadn't insisted on holding his hand.
Sherry once more pointed to the white bag "So that's your partner's?" Stripes nodded. "And it only carries your book?" she added.
Stripes shook her head before flipping back the top and digging around "No, it has a bunch of other stuff…oh"
"What?" Sherry asked curiously.
Stripes pulled out a cell phone "This thing is vibrating"
Sherry looked at the screen "Someone named Olivia is calling"
"That's my book owner!" Stripes said with joy.
"Here, this is how you answer it" Sherry clicked the send button and their ears were immediately filled with the garbled yells of a clearly angry girl. It's either the phone was on speaker or she was able to defy logic with how loud she was.
"Stripes, you baka! Where the hell are you?!" Olivia yelled
Stripes tone was low when she replied, probably out of fear or her recent deafness "Hey Oliver. I uh, somehow ended up in Japan"
Olivia was quiet for a second "…how the f…"
Stripes smiled a little "Yeah, It kinda just…happened"
Olivia sighed loudly "Okay, just stay out of trouble until I get there to pick you up"
Stripes wanted to say something reassuring, but Sherry took the phone from her hand.
"I'm sorry Miss Olivia, but your bag will be waiting for you at my hotel, I'll tell you the address later. Right now I have to expunge this demon from our world" she glanced at Brago before hanging up and noticed his small grin.
Stripes's eyes were wide with shock and concern as she caught the phone Sherry threw to her and once again came face to face with Brago's open palm.
"Crud!" she said while quickly placing the phone back in the bag, closing it and moving away.
"Not this time" Brago said, clearly overjoyed as he charged at her and threw a couple of punches and a kick.
Stripes dodged both punches easily and jumped over his kick, leaving her open for his next attack.
"Gigano Reis!" Sherry yelled.
Stripes managed to swirl the bag behind her and put her hands up to block the large gravity bullet. She flew back into a tree and grunted from the pain before sprinting away.
"Not so fast!" Brago growled as he chased after her.
He reached out and grabbed the strap of her bag, unintentionally causing it to fly forward off her shoulder, its contents flying out as well.
"Reis!" Sherry yelled and Brago aimed for her reddish orange book which was just now starting to come out of the bag.
Stripes instinctively jumped in front of it and protected the bag, ignoring her book as it hit the ground. The assault on her back wasn't as bad as the attack to she took before, but it was still enough to bring her to her knees.
"Baka…watch what you're doing" she managed to say in between breathes.
Brago looked at her questioningly "Why did you protect the bag?"
"Because you almost hit it, duh" she responded as she started to pack the strewn about items back into the bag. "You can't just attack other peoples stuff like that"
"Strange girl" Brago muttered as he walked behind her and took aim at her book.
"Reis!" Sherry yelled.
The sound of his spell alerted Stripes and she stuck her hand out to catch the sphere in her hand, not a well thought through plan, since it tore at her skin. She quickly flexed her hand to change its course and dove for her book, grabbing it simultaneously with Brago. They stood up and began fighting over the book.
"Didn't you hear what I just said?" Stripes said through gritted teeth as she pulled the book towards herself.
"Yeah, but I don't care what you have to say to me" Brago responded while pulling the book back towards himself and aiming his free hand down at it.
Stripes quickly grabbed his hand and held it up above their heads, pulling their faces close enough for their noses to brush "You know, you're a real jerk"
Brago only growled at this comment and she growled back. Movement in the corner of her eye caught her attention and Stripes looked over in time to see a man pick Olivia's wallet off the ground.
"Hey!" she yelled, causing the man to look up at her before he took off running. Without a second thought, she spun around, swiping Brago off his feet. While he was down, she tugged the book from his hand, ran past Sherry, who flinched expecting an attack, picked up the bag and took off after the man "Stop!"
Of course her actions served to further irritate Brago, who immediately stood up and chased after her "Get back here!"
"Wait, Brago!" Sherry yelled as she followed as best she could.
Me- Yeah, I'm Stripes since my BFF nicknamed me demon child for some reason
Sub conscious- You know why
Me- .........Anyway, Olivia's one of my buddies, but not the one that gave me the name
Thanks for reading^^