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Betad: by Johnnyroggers248 and AssassinYeti4
Legend:
"Talking"
'Thinking'
*Writing*
Flashback, Time Skip
(Cough and things like that)
Prologue
A white haired boy by the name of Bell Cranel could be seen cowering in the shadow of a large beast. This beast was a minotaur, a creature that belonged in levels far below. Definitely not on the second level. Bell was gripping his dagger tightly as he stared down the red eyed monstrosity that spelled out death itself. The day had started off so well, and now it had gone to hell.
Flashback
Bell woke up in the place Hestia and Bell called home. It wasn't much, it was merely a very run down church, but it was shelter none the less. It had a bathroom, a living room that acted as their bedroom, and a kitchen. Bell woke up on the couch with a small groan. He looked down to see his benefactor, Hestia, who was a small thing that had a very large chest. It was so big on her figure that she was asked on several occasions if they were silicon. She was laying next to him curled up very comfortably, as she had a look of content etched onto her tan face. But he knew he had to leave her comforting warmth to prepare whatever he had to make breakfast for them to start off the day for the both of them.
Bell managed to get out of Hestia's tight embrace without waking her, a feat that most men would think deserved a medal, and headed to the room they called the kitchen. In the room they had a magically powered fridge that held all their food, a small magically powered stove, and to top it off a sink that used a pump for water!
Bell looked inside of the white rectangular prism to see two eggs, a small amount of milk, a small slab of ham and a little bit of cheese. Bell sighed before grabbing the ingredients intending to make breakfast. He took out the eggs, the milk, and the cheese as he started to mix them with proficiency most men didn't have.
He quickly turned the knob on the stove, and the magic flared to life as fire started to heat up the concoction of scrambled eggs. Bell stared at the fire intensely. He had always held a form of dislike for it. He never knew why, he just did. It was just like his thoughts of the sun. He always disliked it all. It all seemed cold to him and ironically he always felt warm whenever it snowed. He never understood it, and never told anyone, not even Hestia. Now the weird thing he always felt was the warmth from being near people asin heat warmth, but it didn't seem to resonate from the sun or fire, yet ice and snow always did.
Bell turned when he heard a whine from behind him. He smiled at Hestia while he put two plates out for him and her, and dished out the eggs.
"Hmm, Bell-kun why'd you leave!" shouted Hestia with a pout as she dug into the scrambled egg she had in front of her.
"Someone has to make us breakfast Kami-sama, and I'll be heading out in a bit to the dungeon." spoke Bell with a happy-go-lucky attitude as he finished his eggs.
"Mou~ I'm off to the store then." spoke Hestia quickly as she tied her blue ribbon around her neck, and headed out. Before exiting she turned to Bell, and lunged at him wrapping him in a bear hug before detaching herself, and rushing off.
Yes, Hestia, a god, worked at the grocery store as a clerk. It allowed them to to actually eat daily, and if Bell could manage to make a bigger catch than usual they could have slightly more than usual. It was a life that worked for them. Now they did have some times in which they would be pressed for funds harder than others, but they managed.
Bell looked at the door as Hestia walked out, he looked around the room for a moment and then sighed. He promised himself at that moment to make his Familia a better one. He vowed he would, and with that Bell set off for the dungeon with a dagger, leather armor with a cloak, a small empty bag for the soul gems, a small waterskin, and a bag carrying a slice of meat.
Bell walked through the large town as he looked around the market area briefly noticing the tavern called the Benevolent Mistress before he walked towards the Tower of Babel to descend into the dungeon that lies beneath the city. Bell descended the stairs of the tower into the first floor. As he walked through the cave's entrance he drew his dagger in a reverse grip, and he sprinted through the halls trying to find monsters.
After several minutes he encountered several goblins with crude short swords that had jagged edges and were dull in certain sections of the blade. Bell tightened his grip on the hilt of his dagger before charging at the group from behind. He lunged at the first one silently as he quickly slit the creature's throat causing it to fall dead alerting the other two monsters of Bell's presence due to the thud of the creature's corpse. The goblins spun around, and gave a battle cry as they charged Bell. Bell quickly took several steps back, and dodged a slash from one of the goblins before he rolled under the creature and through its legs Bell quickly turned as he slashed the goblin's legs. He managed to cut the tendon on both legs that were keeping the goblin upright, and thus leading to the goblin falling and flopping about like a fish out of water.
Bell turned just as the other goblin swung its blade piercing the flimsy leather armor Bell wore. Bell felt liquid drip down from his arm as he saw the blade lightly embedded in his shoulder. It hurt, but he could easily deal with the small slash on his left shoulder. Capitalizing on the beast's stumbling due to the effort said goblin used to reme the blade from Bell's shoulder, the boy lunged ramming his good shoulder into the beast's stomach.
The goblin landed on its back, and dropped its short sword. Bell quickly grabbed the crude single sided blade and slashed at the goblin leaving the blade halfway in the creature's neck as blood seeped out of the large wound, and blood began to seep out of the creature's mouth. Bell saw the creature's eyes go still followed with its flailing body, and so he turned to the goblin who was still trying in vain to stand, and threw the dagger into the creature's throat. The green skinned creature had some blood foam at the mouth before the soul of the creature left its eyes.
Bell sighed before retrieving his dagger and wiped the blood off on the cloak he wore. He then began to carve the goblins in the chest area in search of their soul crystals. Bell got all three small pieces in five minutes and put them in his small pouch. With that done he began walking through the halls once more. He encountered a total of fifteen other goblins with two kobolds on the Beggining Road making a grand total of twenty small soul crystals that were about the size of the boy's pinky and glowed a very dull purplish pink that seemed to flicker black every few moments. Several minutes later and Bell Cranel found the stairs down to the second floor.
And We're Back
Bell was sitting up against the wall as he felt the hot breath from the humanoid bull on his face. Red eyes glared into his own equally red eyes. The beast raised its fist and drew it back. Thinking quickly, Bell rolled out of the way just as the fist impacted where he once was, leaving a crater in his place. The creature howled in pain as Bell was painted crimson.
Bell looked to see a lithe blonde female warrior clad in iron with a bloodied blade in hand. The golden haired girl had her sword extended to the upper right as she had just swung. The minotaur turned while swinging his fist as the blonde girl ducked under the swing, and slashed at the beast's chest. The minotaur fell down against the wall as blood soaked from the long gash across its chest. The woman took one more swing before the beast's red eyes lost their luster.
"Are you alright?" asked the woman to Bell who stared at her with wide eyes. He nodded without thinking before sprinting off in a random direction leaving everyone's favorite airhead confused.
Bell was running through the halls with jumbled thoughts as he didn't notice a hole in the wall that he ran through. He kept on running, not noticing the lights that began to dim before he came upon a small stone pedestal with an open book that had an eerie light upon it. He looked around looking for an owner. He even called out to see if anyone was near. Shrugging, he walked forward, and glanced at the blank page. Intrigued he touched the book, instantly he heard a voice.
"What do you seek?" asked the ominous voice inside of his head. Bell thought for a long moment before deciding.
"I wish to be strong enough to make my Kami-sama have a better life, a life she deserves for all the kindness she has given me." spoke Bell without a second thought.
"What would you do for that power?" asked the voice.
"Whatever it took." spoke Bell without hesitation.
"What is magic to you?"
"Magic….magic is power." responded the white haired boy.
"What is magic to you." stated the voice more than questioned.
"Magic is soothing. It allows one to survive, yet takes lives just as easily. It is devastating yet healing." spoke the boy after a moment of thought.
"And what type of magic would you use, good or bad?" asked the voice with intrigue present in its voice.
"Magic is neither good nor bad. It is not sentient. There is only intention behind the one using it. Magic is like a weapon, it in itself is neither good nor evil." spoke Bell.
"You are the thirteenth person to enter here, yet the first to answer correctly. Think hard on what you want the magic to do, and it shall be done." whispered the voice as it faded with a sudden chilling wind.
Bell thought on the one thing he wanted, to make Hestia happy and to keep her warm. Moments later Bell passed out without seeing the tall black haired beauty who had her hair styled in a hime fashion. She had full crimson lips, and bright alabaster eyes. She smiled as she picked the boy up.
"I will be watching you Bell-kun." whispered the woman as they both disappeared in a flash of white, only to reappear in the church. The woman placed Bell down as he opened his eyes slightly to see the woman.
"Who….are….you?" Bell asked as he started to drift off again.
"I am Shi-" began the woman before the boy passed out again.
AN: Hey everyone, sorry if you all are reading this and getting pissed at me for not uploading the next Naruto chapter. Truth is I'm stumped. I just can't move passed where I'm currently at, so until the block of writing-ness passes I will be updating this, and then do this and The Silent Alpha sporadically. Also this might be a harem story, but I'm still deciding on it, so pm me or leave a review giving ideas for the story, who and how many you want in Bell's harem (or one girl is chill too). Anyways Ja ne!