A/N: I luffle Mana Khemia ever since I started playing it. I reckon to have more movie cut scenes for it but… oh well! I do hope you readers will like this fic though.
And I was thinking of switching POV right after this chapter. I do warn you that I might not be able to update this regularly. (sad face) I only had extra time now. Next week will be HELL.
In any case, enjoy! Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis is fuuun!
Disclaimer: Me no owns anything.
Just when Roxis Rozenkrantz, certified trouble-evader, thought he'd have a peaceful day of alchemy-studying and training, Fate just seemed to enjoy playing with him instead – in the form of a love-poisoned Vayne Aurelius!
Happy Jessica took out what possibly looked like a concotion, explosion-free this time, and grinned like a madman (err, woman) . She smiled, pure victory written all over her face as she squealed, "IT'S DONE! I can't believe it's finally done! Three sleepless nights and restless researching and I've done the perfect lo—
Then came a bubbling sound from the used cauldron. Not long after, a very loud blast shook the surrounding area. Everyone in Al-Revis Academy couldn't ignore that sudden shake. And no one in Al-Revis Academy who didn't know where the blast came from.
Or who did it.
"Jessica! Are you okay?!" Nikki immediately barged inside the workshop, her nose covered with her furry hand to block any black smoke to seep inside her lungs. She frantically looked around, and found a swirly-eyed pig-tailed girl covered in soot. "Jessica!"
"N-Nikki…?" The pink-haired girl cough, rubbing away soot from her eyes. "Wait, where's my masterpiece?!"
Soon after, Anna, the young sword-wielder with Muppy came barging inside the now-destroyed workshop. "What happened here?!" The freshman exclaimed exasperatedly, eyeing every broken glass tubes and ruined alchemy books. "And I just had those arranged alphabetically early this morning!"
"Found it!" Jessica danced in delight and held the bottle like her own child. She then turned to her worried, not to mention baffled audience and announced, "I JUST MADE THE LOVE POTION FOR VALENTINE'S DAY!"
Nikki and Anna's faces paled. This wasn't good, especially a mixture made by Jessica spelled t-r-o-u-b-l-e.
Or worse, danger.
Muppy glided away, avoiding whatever they claim as dangerous. Hell, he already knew the woman was danger itself.
"You were asked by the Sempais to make love potions?! But Valentine's not until two weeks!" Nikki held the broom firmly on her hands and continued sweeping away glass shards. Jessica could only laugh awkwardly at the statement.
"How can you accept such a task, sempai?" Anna asked half-curious and half-upset with the fact that it was the upperclassmen's fault that their workshop was destroyed again. How were they gonna explain to the vice principal now?
Oh, they were dead again.
"You see…" Jessica fumbled her fingers, appearing to be sorting out the details in one concise statement in her mind. "They want new activities for Valentines! And they said that if I were able to make love potions with short span-effect, they'd allow me to use new ingredients for explosives!"
"What?"
The pink-haired girl placed her hands on her hips, stating more of her point. "Ingredients founded by superiors are rare! I wanna try new bombs!"
Nikki sighed. "But this doesn't give you any permission to go blasting the room. If Flaya saw this, he'd flipped!" The beast girl paused at the realization of her statement. "Speaking of which, WHERE is he?"
Then the door swung open hard, almost at the verge of being torned apart from the wall. Vayne, covered with sweat, hurriedly ran inside. "If he expects me to WEAR and SAY and FIGHT that thing, then forget being an ally of justice!"
The females looked at him. The bleached-hair young boy had bruises and scratches all over. Part of his clothes were already torn. The funny thing was, he still had his "mask" hanging on the bridge of his nose. Nikki couldn't help but snicker at this.
"It's not funny!" Vayne threw his mask away. The angry teen stomped his way further inside the work shop, oblivious to its ruined state. He was too busy cursing the existence of supposedly a training of heroic deeds, much to his dismay, coordinated by Flay.
Why did I ever agree with this in the beginning? Great.
And this was Flay who Vayne was talking about – a student who was supposedly graduated from the academy eons ago! Just how did Flay manage to stay a student after all this years?!
Then again, just how OLD was Flay anyway?
Vayne was too pissed off, exhausted as well, and angrily took what looked to be a cold refreshment. He didn't care what it was; he just chugged it down.
"Anou… Sempai? Where's the potion…?" The young sword-wielder gulped. Jessica and Nikki swiveled their heads and shock took their bodies over.
The young male just drank the last drop of the supposedly perfect concoction for a certain celebration.
"VAYNE! NOT THE POTION!!"
"…what…?"
The girls immediately mauled their innocent member, grabbed him by the arms. Jessica went behind him and covered the clueless boy with her soot-covered hands.
Poor Vayne squirmed at the grasps of his female teammates. "What's going on…?"
The pink-haired girl turned to her fellow female alchemists. "The potion will start to take effect when Vayne looks at the first person he sees in the eye. We can't let him look at anyone! He'd fall for anyone right away!"
Nikki's face-faulted, her hands still holding firm on the boy's shoulders. "Maa, I can't believe you made that!" But instead of continuing her criticism, she pondered loudly. "But I don't mind using that for hubby-searching, you know?"
"Nikki-sempai!"
Unbeknownst to everyone, a large figure quietly loomed behind them; a crazy grin plastered across the unrecognized person's lips. And in one quick scoop, took Vayne by the waist and laughed "Ho ho ho!"
"Flay-sempai!"
"Flaya, no!"
"And so we continue our journey to justice, Vayne! Put on your mask, listen to the voices of distressed victims and jump to their aid!" The senior announced triumphantly as he carried the young teen like a rag doll on his strong arm – with Vayne facing downwards.
"Sempai, what are yo—!!
For the first time, Flay decided to fashionably take their exit route at the workshop door. He was about to reach for the knob when the door opened by itself and revealed a clueless Roxis entering from the opposite side.
"Hey, the blast just earlier, was it fro… What's going on?" Roxis stood from his place, looked at Flay first, then the females who were yelling "Don't look at Vayne! Look at anything but him!!" They threw their hands around like a couple of distressed monkeys, Roxis told himself.
Still, what were they talking about?
Don't look at Vayne?
Inevitable as it was (mix with blatant curiosity), Roxis' gaze slowly fell to the young man. The teen eyed how rugged-looking his teammate was – with clothes ruined like that and his disheveled hair – figured out the reason why they didn't want Roxis to look at Vayne was solely because the latter looked like a complete mess. The latter just looked like he came back from wrestling a hurricane.
Uh, oh… The long-haired teen finally sensed the upcoming danger warned before. Just as he was about to conclude that looking at Vayne was indeed a grave mistake, Vayne threw himself to Roxis and trapped the latter in a killing hug.
"Roxis! Roxis! Roxis!" The younger teen chirped happily; his arms wrapped tightly around the defenseless victim. "I heart you, Roxis! Be mine!" Vayne, now out-of character, beamed at the person below. Where was the once quiet and poised Vayne, no one knew.
Roxis felt his blood draining away instantly when he heard the confession.
Flay could only whistle obliviously. "Oh, I didn't know they were like that."
Anna gasped and turned beet red.
Nikki shared the same expression with Anna, only sans-blushing.
And Jessica shook her head in disbelief. Oh, this would be a lot of explaining to do later.
This was yet, another typical adventure turned wrong for Flay's Workshop party. Rather, it was only the beginning of Hell for poor Roxis.
"…w-w-WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME, IDIOT?!"
"I LOVE YOOOU!"
Oh, crap.
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