Chapter Two:

Raven was walking down an alleyway with a recently stolen wallet in her hands. After removing the money and placing said money in… a safe place (her cleavage), she took a look inside the wallet and apparently found some interesting pictures (if her widened eyes, nosebleed and slightly perverted laughter were anything to go on). Said pictures were enough reason for her to keep the wallet, if only to look at for herself or use as blackmail material later. The owner of the wallet was a member of the Yggdmillennia family/Black faction, Fiore Forvedge Yggdmillennia.

Jack wasn't far behind her, now wearing some less… revealing clothes. She was currently wearing a few sizes too large black t-shirt with the artwork from the Iron Maiden-album, Powerslave, on the front of the shirt along with a pair of red shorts that Raven had stolen from a nearby clothesline. She still had her original outfit underneath her new clothes though, so that she could remove her new ones in case she would have to fight and her new clothes only got in the way. All n all, she was comfortable in her new clothes, as was her master/big sister.

As the two walked onto a market, they spotted two people that looked a bit out of place. One was a blond green eyed teenage girl wearing a white tube top and a pair of jeans shorts along with a red leather jacket and a pair of leather boots. The other was a man in black leather pants wearing a black leather jacket. He had a few scars next to his right eye, which was covered, along with his left eye, by a pair of very dark sunglasses. His hair kind of looked like the mane of a lion. All and all, he had the look and vibe of a dangerous bounty hunter.

Thankfully, the the two of them didn't pay attention to neither Raven nor Jack, though Jack had the Presence Concealment-skill she gained for being an Assassin-classed Heroic Spirit to thank for that, while Raven used a trick normally used by wizards and witches which basically mimics the Presence Concealment-skill, she had taught herself. While the trick is useful when getting noticed wasn't something you wanted to happen, it put quite the mental strain on the brain, often leading to migraines as a result, which was practically guaranteed when a Sorcerer or Sorceress used it since the mental strain was greater when they used it compared to when a witch or wizard used it.

As what was basically a rule of thumb, whenever a Sorcerer or Sorceress used a spell or ability belonging originally to either Magecraft or Witchcraft, the effects were twice as powerful as it would be normally, but the same was also said for whatever side effects the spell or ability would cause. But it allowed for some… creative uses of certain spells and abilities. Like using the Lumos Maxima-spell like a flashbang, without the bang of course, making its blinding light a very effective escape tool. An ability that only a Sorcerer or Sorceress could use was the ability known as Transmutation, the power to deconstruct and reconstruct matter into any shape the caster desired, as long as they had the necessary ingredients. While it could be used for the deconstruction and reconstruction of matter into relatively simple objects on the fly, the best transmutations usually used more material and more often than not a transmutation-circle.

Once the blond and the lion-guy left, Jack and Raven stopped using their respective Presence concealing abilities, and Raven was promptly struck by a migraine afterwards. It was quite the dreadful experience to say the least.

"Perfect. And I just had to use that trick just as that part of the month was approaching. Next week is gonna be nothing but hell." Complained Raven while holding her head and leaning towards a wall.

"You Okay, big sis?" Asked Jack with a somewhat worried expression on her face.

"Not really, but I'll manage… somehow. Ugh… damn it all, bloody migraines, bloody hormones…" ranted Raven, which was tuned out by Jack rather quickly as something else caught her attention. A quartet of people in nearly identical uniforms and, as a shared trait, red eyes. Homunculi.

"BIG SIS!" Shouted Jack to Raven over their telepathic link, which immediately stopped Ravens ranting. "We're not sure but we think we found something of interest."

"What did you find?"

"Homunculi. Definitely belonging to the Black Faction. Should we follow them and rip their hearts out for a quick snack?"

"If they're still in town at midnight, then go ahead and rip their hearts out, but don't eat them immediately! Save them for when you intend to use your Noble Phantasm, Maria the Ripper. Either that or when you need to extend the duration of your other Noble Phantasm, The Mist. A single Homunculus-heart should have enough Mana for either a free use of Maria the Ripper, or an extra hour of duration for The Mist."

"Why can't we do it now!?"

"Two reasons. One, it's the middle of the day, people will panic. Two, I live by the philosophy of fighting smarter, not harder. While I am aware that since Ether is several times more powerful than Mana, the drain for the use of a Noble Phantasm won't be as large as it would be with Mana, I'd rather be safe than sorry and have enough Ether to not only sustain your existence, but also have enough to be able to fight on my own if needed."

"We understand, big sis. By the way big sis, if we manage to win this, what would you wish for?" Asked Jack, who was genuinely curious.

"My wish? I'd probably wish to have you bound to me as a familiar rather than as a Servant, that way you'll be able to be with big sis till the end of my life. And we end up losing but I still survive, I'll find some other way to make my familiar. Does that satisfy you Jack?"

"Yup! Sounds good enough for us! We'd be happy to be able to stick around with you after all of this big sis!"