'Find anything, Tim?' Allen brushed through a thick bush into a glossy clearing that had a lone well at it's centre.
'There it is.' After patting down his shirt for nasty lodged twigs, he strode over to the ancient structure to inspect it.
'Curious, it's only ten feet deep.' There were also harsh markings by the opening and a few crisps surfaces. Allen felt the well under his fingers, tracing over the crevices and dents.
'Umoff!' A sudden gust threw him off his feet to a few metres away.
'Heh, so that's where you guys were.' Allen rubbed his aching side, that was too careless. He'd found himself trapped by a herd of purple ghouls. An unusually high levelled one.
The creatures snarled at him and treaded closer and closer until one decided to charge prompting the others.
'You'd have to do a little more than that!' Allen held his ground with crown clown and pushed them all back in a single circular swipe.
Allen was now clad in a mystical crystal like cape and his right brandished a huge out of proportioned longsword.
He returned to a battle-ready stance and assessed his situation. There were only a dozen of them, and the well was just behind the oddly larger one. Great.
'Haaah!' He leaped and sliced it cleanly in half while he summersaulted next to the well, and began a chant. Through it all, he skilfully cut down all those who continued to battle him. Although, the species were highly notorious, Allen finished them off with ease.
' -banish thy soul to whence thy came!' A great strong light seemed to emanate from the teen and enveloped the entire forest with a great resonance.
The creatures froze on their spot and vanished with the fading light. Relieved, he stretched and sat on the plains. Leaving a sigh.
'Now that's done f-'
'Fucking idiot!' A stray shout pierced through the night along with a flash of silver.
Startled, the albino narrowly leaped away only to find a few...hundred more ghouls resurfacing from the old well. He didn't expect that much. Shit. Along with another particular individual.
'What the heck!? You almost decapitated me!' Allen screeched at the stranger in black.
'Saved you. They were fucking born here, shithead!' A certain ravenhead fumed and was effectively eradicating them at an incredible speed.
Allen ducked from a swipe by the side and sliced the following ghoul. 'You don't have to state the obvious, Jerk!'
Kanda tch'ed and muttered angrily, 'Great, he's stupid and suicidal.'
'I can bloody hear that!' Allen retorted in fury, and he didn't even know the guy! At least he had a plan! No one had made him this angry since Cross! That's saying a lot. Wait, maybe slightly less than Cross. Yea, slightly.
The mage then chanted another incantation, this one to enclose the space around the field.
Kanda seemed to catch on what the albino was doing and slaughtered all who tried to escape the barrier. This was going to be a death ring.
And so the night drone on till the two mutilated every last one of the species.
'This..this should be fine..' Allen breathed, the scent of death would evade others of the kind to breed.
'Tsk.' A faint huff and the barrier was deactivated.
'Never thought that ''the capable travellers who killed off the ghouls'' had this many left behind huh?' Allen started on a light snarky tone.
'Shut up. If you'd known, that town you were in doesn't exist anymore.'
Allen blinked confused.
'Dark magic and remnants of souls.' Was the soft reply. That'd meant it was built on the foundation of lingering memories.
'Oh..' He solemnly restore his left arm with his blade.
'How about you then? Need me to send you off?' Allen joked.
'Tsk. Baka moyashi.' Kanda gathered his stuff and went towards the village, fading through the trees. All was quiet for a while until dawn sparked with the faint howl of the forest.
'I screwed up a bit huh, Tim?' The teen chuckled and slowly stood up and followed the elder.
'Wait, what's a moyahsee?' Allen wondered aloud.
The village was no more than a barren land when the two re-entered it.
'Sir Kanda! The village and everyone just disappeared!' A finder appeared to voice his concerns. He appeared rushed and bore their belongings.
'Idiot..' The raven brushed off the worried finder and continued back to the general direction of the Inn. It wasn't as if Allen was about to stalk him, but he did left his stuff there.
What's left of the inn was a makeshift grave with a single wilted rose on it. Kanda crouched down to read it, silently while Allen managed a peak from behind.
[To all love ones and travellers
Here lies the proud people of the land
Shed no tears for we will be at peace when the saviours pass. ]
Below a slight crevice at the end were vanishing lines, one of thanks.
[Thank you, Travellers]
Behind it however laid Allen's belongings neatly packed and ready to go.
'Stupid old man..' Kanda then got up and curtly walked away, something he'd been doing often.
XX
'Caught another one?' A cheerful lady stated and brought out the payment for his bags of gold.
Allen just smiled sheepishly. It's been a while since he started his job as an adventurer and needless to say, he'd been doing wonderfully. The money was good but of course, he'd never skip out on easier wages-gambling. It was more of something to pass the time.
That and the growing tensions in the hunting forest had been worrisome. Higher variety of ghouls, evil gnomes and other continent spirits have wondered over there. Being an adventurer allows him to scout areas with a liable permit and it was easier to get around.
Two weeks had passed since he parted ways with the strange raven. They never did introduce themselves, did they? For some reason, he can't seem to get that stranger out of his head. There was something about that man. Aside his infuriating temper that is. That's one of his distinct character traits for the story, so the author can't really do anything about it.
'I suppose, I'll get lunch then.' He said to no one in particular and strolled the beautiful streets until he reached a lovely little diner.
''Orderly Good Diner''
It was a lovely place with vas of flowers and small plants lined the windows and counter. The furniture were made from polished oak wood and had brilliant carvings. Allen however strode over to a particular friendly individual.
'Hey, Jerry!' Allen called out to the pink chef with braids. He was a charismatic and a rather ...odd fellow.
'Ah.. Allen, dear! What would you like today?' The chef practically squealed upon his entrance.
'Some Chicken Stew, 2 bowls of Bimbimbab, Ramen, Roti Canai, Nasi Lemak, French Onion Soup, Alfredo Fettuccini, Fish n' Chips, Fried rice, Dimsum, Poutine, Steak, Apple Pie and 8 Mitarashi Dango, please! '
"Right up! Oh, Kanda-kun, would you mind serving him tea?' That was a familiar name...
'Tch, it's the moyashi.' Came a growl from behind that send shivers down his spine.
'It's you!.' Allen was startled and turned to face the man behind him, he was in a tight fit waiter's uniform with a pot of tea in one exactly the image he'd expect. Allen compelled himself not to out right laugh but he was having a real hard time.
'Owww!' Something hard and hot collided on his forehead. 'What was that for!?' Okay, he was in the wrong, but still..
'For being a Moyashi' was the reply.
'What's a 'Moyahsee' anyway?' Allen soothed his sore head with his palm. The question was bugging him for a while now.
To which Kanda just gave a gloating smirk.
'Why're you here anyway? I thought you were a clergy?' He'd visit the restaurant regularly too, and haven't seen hide nor hair of him.
'And I thought you were a third rate mage.' Was the retort.
'Kanda-kun, it's not nice to bother the customers. Kanda's new here because of a little mishap at the guild.' Jerry interjected, as he placed Allen's order on the counter.
'Guild..?''
'This restaurant is run by the Black Order Guild. Kanda accidentally destroyed a few too many items and he's here to pay back his debt.'
'Tch'
'Couldn't he just pay back in cash?' Allen wondered, Kanda doesn't seemed like the type who'd be making less in his line of business?
'Just think of it as a little punishment' A sudden voice add, it was a tall tan Portuguese. 'Been a while, boy.'
'Tyki!' Allen said in bewilderment, he'd never expect to meet him there. Come to think of it, haven't begun his meal.. Ah.. the pain of starvation, but it'd only be polite to have a decent conversation first. He thought as Tyki ordered a latte.
'What happened to you?' Tyki was bandaged up in a few places.
'Protected a love one from a certain homicidal demon.' He shuddered in the harmful memories of keeping Kanda away from his bunny-boy after said bunny angered the raven. Somehow, Allen got the picture of what happened.
'Huh..' Tyki was Allen's victim er..friend from his gambling tendencies. He was the only one who actually continued to get ripped off play with Allen after losing dreadfully.
'Oh, by the way, seeing as you are an adventurer now, why don't you join us on our next expedition? The profits would be shared of course.'
'Whewre tweo?' Allen began munching on his food.
'The dark woods, and I believe there lay a certain something which you were looking for..' His voice lowered to a whisper. This caught Allen's attention.
'Reawlliey noww?' Allen was still eating and hey, what happened to the rest of the food?
'East Gate 5 before dawn tomorrow.' Tyki got up from his seat next to the albino.
'Well, I must be going now, see you soon boy' And off he went.
xx
The low setting moon bathed the plains in its essence, causing it to glow back into a spectacular sight. A certain Portugease was humming a low tune as he strode towards his destination.
'That's a peculiar sight.' Tyki commented to the male in black. 'I never knew you were interested in group expeditions..'
'Fuck off, mole bastard.' In all honesty, Kanda wasn't sure what compelled him to join, it was just this odd nagging feeling at the back of his mind.
'Would I be wrong to assume that it's because of a certain white haired individual?' Tyki smirked, he enjoyed teasing the samurai whenever he could.
'Tch.' A glare was sent his way.
'Hey, hey. This was supposed to be a fun occasion. Don't get your panties in a twist.' Kanda growled at the comment. He never did like the Noah bastard. Always butting into others' business.
A twig snapped which alerted the two.
'Oh, there they are.'
XX
In case you're curious, the whole setting is coming out spontaneously, so there might be some odd bits.
And the spaces and line break I left keep disapearing after I saved it. So, I settled with 'X's I never noticed that before.
Hope it was a bit enjoyable and readable.
