"normal talk"

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"thoughts"

Notes: Yoma are demons/monsters. Claymores are men or women that have taken yoma flesh and blood into their body. Awakened beings are claymores that have given into their yoma side and became full yoma.

Disclaimer: Madhouse owns the rights of the 26-episode anime series Claymore. Masashi Kishimoto is the owner and writer of Naruto.

(Clare's POV)

It was early in the morning when I woke up Raki so we could move to the next town. We were already a week behind meeting up with our group and I didn't want to get into more trouble than I am already in. We arrived in a town called Lido near the mountain called MT. Paburo around noon. We walked for a little bit before a man in black beckoned us to follow him.

(Normal POV)

"You're the last one to arrive, the rest are already here" the man in black spoke out to Clare and Raki. Moving around to the back of the alleyway the man in black opened a door on the left leading them into a room that was very dark and only lite up by cracks on the ceiling on the right side of the room.

"I see you brought the brat with you, well I'm sure he's not your kid, what'd you do pick up a stray on your way over please don't tell me this little boys going to be fighting with us"? Helen said and questioned Clare. "No I'm going to leave him in town we'll look for an inn after this meeting" responded Clare. "I get it now; he's a little toy you carry around with you". Helen had to grab her sword to stop Clare's from killing her. "Well goodness I guess if you're that pissed off I must have gotten close to the truth huh". Clare turned to her left shocked to see Deneve holding her claymore to Clare's face.

"You know for such a late comer you sure do have an attitude, but I guess we're all on edge because we had to wait an entire week". The man in black suddenly sighed and said "I'll leave this argument to you Miria". "Just perfect just leave us like this" thought Raki. Suddenly Miria said from her spot "Helen and Deneve put them away right now… Unbelievable first you bracingly disobey orders now you arrive late delaying our mission, you lack much needed discipline. However we need to get started, the voracious eater we'll be hunting is on MT. Paburo just to the south of here we'll be heading out tomorrow morning for now I would like everyone to introduce themselves and tell us your rank, it would also help to know any experience you have had with voracious eaters. I am known as Miria I will be your commanding officer on this hunt, I have a ranking of 6 this mission will be my seventh hunt for voracious eater".

"My name is Helen my ranking is 22 and I don't have any experience hunting these creatures." "My name is Deneve my ranking is 15 and I have been on two other hunting's." "They all have rankings I wonder what Clare's is?" wondered Raki. "My name is Clare I have never encountered a voracious eater and am 47 within the organization." continued Clare. "Huh hahahahahaha oh my god did you hear that Deneve this one said she was only a 47 what were they thinking sending a rookie on this mission hahaha" laughed Helen while pointing at Clare. "Shut up what's so damn funny, don't you laugh at Clare she's killed hundreds of yoma" defended Raki for Clare.

Helen responded while in Raikes face "Oh well I guess she didn't tell you did she brat. See I'd pay attention if I were you the way it works with us is that were each assigned a different territory within this continent, sometimes we get killed and occasionally we'll get new members but for the most part our rankings stay the same, this continent has 47 territories and we are assigned a number based on our strengths. If a number says how strong we are and she is 47 then that means, that's right out of all of us your friend here is the weakest one of all hence her ranking at the bottom hahahahah." "Oh no" thought Raki.

"Note: I'm going skip her talking to Raki at the hotel we all know how cliché it is, here's money I'll be back please come back yadda yadda yadda you know how they are."

The next morning was dreary and rainy but they still set out at dawn to make up for lost time from waiting for Clare to show up. Nothing happened until night when they settled down and Helen went out to search for food Miria asked Clare to spar with her to "test out her units' strengths". When they get out there Clare asked for the real reason Miria wanted to spar with her the answer shocked Clare. "The reason for this is back in town I thought that the strongest one of us was standing in front of us. I just want to see if that is true." Miria answered Clare's question. With an unspoken signal Clare dashed at Miria with the intent to show what she was made of to the highest ranked warrior of their group.

To anybody looking in from the outside it would have been a pitiful fight with how easily Miria was blocking Clare. "She's amazing" declared Deneve talking about Miria. "Yeah amazingly bad" responded Helen talking about Clare's form and skills or lack of. It ended when Miria disarmed Clare and Clare herself collapsing from exhaustion just to fall asleep in the rain. Clare was dreaming about Teresa when she was startled awake by a claymore being slammed into the ground near her left shoulder. "Look she made it through the night" said Helen. "Get up and get ready we are leaving" said Miria. "Were going on ahead stay here if you value your life" said Helen to Clare. All Deneve said was "goodbye" to Clare before following the others onto the path. A few hours into the trail they hear what sounds like laughing around the next corner and then an angry scream of "Get back here you bitch" by a voice that didn't sound human, but when they turn the corner they see a beautiful white haired woman dancing around the yoma's attacks.

As the group of claymore's got closer they could distinguish what the girl looked like better. She had flowing white hair that ended at the small of her back beautiful tan skin long legs and she had bright blue eyes that were slit down the middle they had been taught to read a woman's size from a distance so they could tell she was 32, 24, 36 with a body any guy would kill for and looked more fit for a goddess. The yoma on the other hand looked like a human grass hopper with six extra hands on the top.

Even with all the staring they did at her they just now noticed what she was wearing as well as the claymore in her right hand. She was wearing a midnight black kimono shirt with a blood red nine tailed fox lying on the back with its tails surrounding it then she was wearing form fitting black pants that seemed to stretch like a second skin but not hinder her movement if her speed was anything to go by. After about another minute of standing there they both seemed to realize they had an audience "Damn it looks like you got backup, I don't think I can take all five of you at once and leave hear alive" said the yoma that is actually the awakened being that Miria's group was looking for. "You won't leave here alive if I have anything to say about it" the mysterious woman responded before disappearing out of everybody's sight and reappearing on the other side of the yoma with her blade dripping in blood before the yoma exploded in a shower of blood, gore, and limbs.

She calmly turned around and removed all the blood off her blade before sheathing it and in a sudden flip of emotions she smiles brightly and says "So did you enjoy the show"?