The Hunter Partners
Chapter 1: Cressila and Cressida
Rima's POV
I wake up and sit up in my bed. Another day at school. I get out of bed and change into my school uniform, perfecting my Royal Cape. I'm in the Guardians. A special school council at Seiyo Academy. I start walking to school when I hear Yaya run up to me.
"RIMA-TAN!" Yaya shouts as she tries to tackle me but I dodge it.
"What now, Yaya? We're walking to school." I say.
"But today's alone talk is super special!" Yaya says.
Yaya may act like a child but really she's not. When we're alone, she calls it alone talk or alone time. More like secret time. In truth, Yaya is my hunting partner and we hunt werewolves, vampires, dragons and other mythical creatures. You may not think they're alive but in my world they are.
"What now? Boss want something or what?" I say, slowing down my pace now, too not bothered to walk.
"Boss said that the shape shifter has never been hunted so he wants us to go hunting on extra hours." Yaya says.
"That means we have to search for one doesn't it?" I say, looking at my watch that says 7:50am.
School is 10 minutes away so I quicken up my pace. Usually we're staying in one area and hunting whatever comes across but when boss says he wants us to hunt extra hours, that means we have to search for it.
"Yep!" Yaya says as I grab her arm and quicken up my pace with her, "Rima-tan?"
"We're late." I say as we run to school as the bell rings.
We split ways and I arrive in class, sweating and panting.
"Mashiro-san?" Nikaido sensei says, "You're late."
"Sorry. I woke up late." I say as he excuses me and tells me to sit down.
Amu sits next to me on the right and smiles at me as I smile back. Kusu Kusu pops out from behind me and sits on my desk where I flip out my book and immediately start taking notes on the board.
After lunch, I go to the Royal Garden for the rest of the day, sighing in my chair. I look at the empty seat next to me. Nagihiko comes rushing and sits down on that empty seat.
"Sorry I'm late." Nagihiko says, "The teacher held us up in class."
"It's okay. We've only got a little work to do today." Tadase says.
"YAY!" Yaya shouts in my ear.
Yaya sits to the right of me. Nagihiko is on the left side of me. While I write down things and pass them to Yaya, she stamps them with a bright red stamp.
"Alright, we're all done." I say as Yaya parties around the garden and fountain.
By that time its 4:00 and I tug on Yaya's cape.
"I'm leaving now. See you tomorrow morning." I say as I drag Yaya along with me.
"Wait, Rima!" Amu says as she rushes up to me and Yaya at the school gate.
"What's up, Amu?" I ask.
"Want to go shopping with me?" she asks.
"Sorry, Yaya and I are studying. See you tomorrow." I say as she walks the opposite direction of us.
I know I sound a bit mean but I'm not good at pretending to be friends with people. Even if it works a bit. When I first transferred here, I only talked few words and people thought I was just the silent and cool type.
Yaya does it better, her pretending to be hyper all the time when really, that's her outer character. On the inside, she's silent and cool. She's only serious when she's hunting like me. Though I think she's gotten used to being hyper now so it's part of her inside character too. My outer character is cool and quiet but really on the inside, I love gags, laughing and talking.
Yaya and I walk home together since our parents are dead. That's what Boss said. And then he not really adopted us but made us his best hunters. I walk to my house and quick change into my hunting clothes. I wear a black sleeveless top and black miniskirt with my black shorts under. I wear black knee-high boots and have a gun strapped on my back with my backpack of supplies.
Yaya and I meet up again in the forest, both in our hunting clothes. Yaya wears the same thing as I do since it's the 'girls' hunting clothes. The men obviously don't wear skirts and knee high boots. I quietly step through the forest, quiet and cautious with my gun, ready to fire. I hear a rustle in the bushes and Yaya and I instantly walk backwards, readying our guns. I hear another rustle and turn back to back with Yaya.
"There's more than one." I whisper.
The sun is setting and it gets hard to see in the dim sunlight so I put on my night vision goggles and nudge Yaya, who puts hers on while I cover her. As she signals to me, I cover my own side. I hear a growl and immediately realise.
"It's a werewolf, watch out!" I shout as they all jump out.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! There are 10 werewolves! Nearly a whole pack!
"Yaya, just shoot them all with your fire bullet then shoot them with your normal bullet!" I shout as I change my bullets and point the gun towards 2 of them.
I pull the trigger as a huge flame comes from within the bullet and throws them behind the 3 on my side. I pull the trigger again and then quickly change to my normal bullets. I shoot all 5 of them as blood gushes out and spills across the grass. I collect the blood in case it's a shape shifter and put it through a small device.
"The screen shows that it's normal werewolf blood." I explain as Yaya kills 4 of them.
The last one comes in for a close up surprise attack but I shoot it down. Yaya sighs and thanks me as we walk through the forest again. I hear a rustling again and turn back to back with Yaya until something jumps out on my right.
"Hey! Cressila! What was that for?" a familiar girl says.
"Sorry Cressida but you were the one making sounds!" Cressila says.
"Cressida! Cressila!" I shout as they get up and rub their backs.
Cressida and Cressila are hunting partners like Yaya and I. They're twins but you can tell the difference because Cressila has her dark brown hair tied up in two long pigtails. Cressida ties up her hair in a high ponytail. Sometimes they never stop arguing.
"Cressila, that's no good! You're supposed to be cautious, remember?" a small girl shouts.
"Calm down, Cascade! There's Rima and Yaya to cover for us!" Cressila shouts back.
"She's right. Calm down, Cascade." another small girl replies.
"Shut up, Cassidy (A/N: I couldn't think of any other name!)!" Cascade shouts.
"Calm down, both of you!" Cressida shouts.
Cascade is Cressila's Shugo Chara and is born from Cressila's wish to be stronger and tougher. Cascade has short red hair and wears mini hunting clothes like Cressila. Although Cassidy on the other hand, is the complete opposite. She's Cressida's Shugo Chara and is born from Cressida's wish of being nicer and friendlier. Cassidy has long straight blonde hair and wears a scarf with a T-shirt and jeans. As Cressila and Cressida are both opposites, Cascade and Cassidy were born opposites as well.
"So did Boss send you guys out too?" I ask.
"Extra hunting for a shape shifter." Cressila says.
"Us too." Yaya says quietly.
"When are you guys due to leave?" I ask.
"We have a meeting at 6. You?" Cressida asks.
"We were planning to stop at 6 and grab some dinner." I say honestly.
"It's 3:30pm." Cassidy says.
"2 hours and a half left." Yaya says.
I think Boss also wanted Yaya because of her great potential. Yaya is really good at mathematics and can answer any maths question you throw at her. Not the usual Yaya you'd think of, right? 2 hours pass and there's currently no sign of any shape shifters. We use the last 30 minutes to try and bait out the shape shifter but so far we only manage to kill 3 werewolves at our last 15 minutes.
"Alright, we're going now." Cressida says.
"See ya!" Cressila says.
The 2 leave Yaya and I by ourselves. We grab some fast food dinner and eat in the village outside of the town. We call it the Abandoned Village because 1. It's abandoned and 2. It's the perfect place to chill out alone. I set myself up on my favourite roof, opposite Yaya's favourite roof. Yaya decides to eat by my side today and I take off my goggles and start eating. Yaya eats in silence and I see dark clouds gathering together.
"C'mon, Yaya." I say as I jump down, "It's going to rain."
Yaya jumps down obediently and we go eat inside of the house. Most of the house is broken. There's either a broken window, a cracked staircase, or a wobbly chair. I sometimes sleep here on the torn mattress. The mattress is most definitely not comfortable but I don't really care. There are springs sticking out and torn bits showing the cotton inside.
Some people say Yaya and I act like sisters, since I look after Yaya so much and look out for her while she listens to me. I think they're right. I see Yaya leaning on my shoulder asleep and I lift her to the mattress and give her a pillow. There's only one good comfortable pillow in this whole stinking village. And that's my favourite pillow. I found it in another house one day when I was looking for other things to put in my favourite house. Although it's my favourite, I let Yaya use it and smiled at that cute smiling face of hers.
"Rima-tan…" she says softly in her sleep.
"I'm right here." I say.
"Don't leave me." she says.
"I'll never leave you. I'll never let go and I'll always protect you. It's a promise." I say as I take Yaya's hand and she squeezes it.