LOL, well I suppose I will put chapter two up. ORZ, I'm sorry about the lateness, I was busy with huge projects and exams and what not. :c But anyway, I'll try to get more chapters up and I'll like to thank those who are supporting this fanfic. We need more Blazblue Fanfic love. D: anyway, I don't' like this chapter but I refuse to remake. OTL
Chapter Two; Power of the Mist Key
It was morning as the sun was shining brightly. The rays of warmth hit the Reaper's face as he groaned, forcing his eyes to be open. He yawned and realized that he got his coat back but didn't see the girl anywhere at first until he looked out of the cave. Ragna saw her just standing on top of the stick that came out of the ice. She seem to be enjoying herself but he noticed mist surrounding the are which is add but at the same time, quite relaxing.
Rae turned around and saw Ragna was already up. She just grinned at him, "Well, morning to ya, Mr. Ragna the Bloodedge." Her voice was just dripping in sarcasm and sarcasm is something Ragna gets annoyed of easily.
"Hey, why are you being so sarcastic to me, you little brat?" Calling this girl a brat seems easy. She doesn't seem to be all that surprised that Ragna just called her a little brat.
"Oh, why thank you. It's been forever since somebody finally realized that I'm a brat." She gave a delightful sigh but the sarcasm was still just dripping inside her voice. It made Ragna feel somewhat at ease to find someone as sarcastic as he is. It's a rare thing to finally actually. The Reaper man just laughed it off as he pulled his coat on to wear. It was rather chilly in the morning.
"You know, you really remind me of myself. God, it's been a long time since I had fun." He said with a grin on his face as he put his sword behind him. Ragna was certainly feeling relax until a gust of wind came by and there was a sweet scent of roses and tea. Ragna's good mood quickly turned into a foul one. He knows what was going on and he's going to get his hand on that stupid rabbit no matter what.
Soon, their surrounding changed to a large mansion, Rae and Ragna were standing in a middle of a large rose garden with a moon showing it's grace to them. Rae was just standing there, blinking and somewhat lost.
"Hey Ragna, where are we?"
"That damn rabbit teleport us to her place."
"Rabbit?"
"Oh dear, it seems like my servant still hadn't learn his manners on treating his master properly." Footsteps were heard coming from the soles of Rachel's shoes as she stepped down from the stares of the door. She flipped her brilliant blond hair away from her shoulder as she sat down on Nago. "Should I teach you manners again, Ragna?"
"Like I need to learn anything from you, rabbit." He scowled angrily. Why is it so hard to leave and just go to the place where he wanted to go? As he was glaring at Rachel, the vampire was looking over at Rae.
"It's been quite some time, Rae. One hundred years, was it?"
"I think so. Man, you sure have grown up. You were just a little girl wen I met you." Rae said with her trademark grin. Ragna on the other hand, was half impressed. Okay so Rae and Rachel knew each other, it would make sense seeing that Rae was from one hundred years ago and Rachel was a vampire with a long age of unknown amount of years.
"Mist Key.." Rachel said loudly from her lips. Ragna blinked and looked over at Rae who now had a solemn look on her face and it was a rather dark look as well. For some reason, maybe this girl was dangerous. "You know that if you're awake, the other Keys will come gather again. You know it too, a person with such a terrible curse. The curse of immortality." Ragna was shock to hear that. Rae was immortal and what was the Mist Key?
"Rachel..." Rae just gave a soft smile. "Don't provoke me." A wall of fire suddenly shot up of where Rachel was sitting. Gii was now panicking about the princess being on fire. Ragna was freaked out to see that Rae was able to do this to Rachel so easily. He wasn't that short temper to attack somebody that quickly.
"Dear me.." The wall of burning flames disappeared as Rachel stepped out of the pillar, unharmed. "You should learn how to control that temper of yours, Mist. You'll be a bad example to your next Key generation." She continued to taunt at Rae on purpose.
"I am starting to see why Ragna calls you a rabbit. You're too spoiled, Rachel. There will never be a next generation. But..." Rae smiled again. "You didn't have to provoke me if you want to have a fight. I'll gladly accept."
----- Rebel One; Battle with the Queen of Roses
Oh, this fight was just what Rae needed to stretch her muscles perfectly after one hundred years. Her grin was wide as the girl charged forward, swinging her staff so it would hit Rachel but Nago blocked it as he turned into the form of an umbrella. Rae just smirked as vines came out from the ground and wrapped around Rachel, spinning her staff in hand, Rae was going to set out another fire pillar but stopped to hear a frog coming her way. Her combat blue eyes widened as she tried to dodge but couldn't as the frog got her foot, shocking her as she lost focus of the illusion of the vines that were holding Rachel. They faded away just like the mist.
Ragna on the other hand, was just being ignored as Rachel was playing around with Rae. Really, what on Earth was that damn rabbit doing? Saying stuff about Keys and Mist? The girl certainly doesn't look like a Key. Beside, are those flames even real? They don't look painful but Rachel looks like she's getting drained out on energy.
"Rae, can't you do anything better than illusions? I thought you were suppose to be strong."
"Now now, Rachel. Don't except so much out of me. I'm doing my best too you know." A fox smile appeared on her lips. "You really aren't trying hard enough to push me to full strength." The ground started to trembled, a huge gigantic snake formed from out of the ground. Rachel was trying to move however, she couldn't move for some reason. Rachel just stood there and waited. Rae's smile just grew wider and wider. "See ya, rabbit." The snake dived in to eat Rachel up but the shaking on the ground stopped and soon there was no snake.
The vampire was trembling slightly but she clutch her fist together. Everything around them was completely unharmed. Rae was just standing a few feet away from Rachel, crossing her arms across her chest and smirking. She won, she won and felt really good about it.
"Rachel, don't tell me that you're already done. I was barely warming up."
"Silence, you cheap illusionist. Everything from the start was fake wasn't it?"
"The moment I got you wrapped up in my vines, pretty much."
"How cheap."
"Nothings in this world is fair, milady. You should know that. Beside, how many times have you been waiting?" Rachel blinked at the question. Ragna on the other hand just hit the girls on the head with his hand balled up in a fist. His temper was now over his white head.
"Hold up, hold up. What the hell was that? Illusions? I really don't get it and I don't like it either. Now, rabbit and Rae, you better explain what the hell is going on."
"Ragna, it wouldn't matter to you and you woul-" Rae was cut off by Rachel.
"On the contrary, Rae. The stars moved, the wheel is turning, time has moved on now. The Seven Keys are involved now, that includes you. You might as well explain yourself." Rae's eyes were cold as ice as she stared at Rachel. It wasn't anybody's problem to know about. It was private business. Sighing, she guessed she didn't have much of a choice now.
"Fine, I'll explain it to him about the Keys but it looks like I can't talk about that now can I?"
"You know that nobody is allow to talk about it, Rae. I would cost too much damage to people if they were to know about it. It is best to let them figure it out themselves."
"Of course." Rae's voice sounded oh so very sarcastic as she turned around, grabbing Ragna's arm. "Well, we're leaving." She could see Rachel's ruby eyes twitching slightly and a bit of redness onto the blond's vampire pale cheeks. Oh, was Rachel jealous of Rae just grabbing onto Ragna's arm? How very cute, in some way. The illusionist just gave a cheerful grin before taking her staff and hitting the ground, hard before Rae and Ragna were in view of Kagutsuchi.
"Ah, looks like I don't have to make such a long trip after all." Ragna was glad that they were near Kagutsuchi. Now he's going to need a map for his next Library Branch to find and destroy. He noticed that Rae was staring up at the city. Oh yeah, she must have never seen them before.
"So they finally managed to build cities in the air, huh?"
"Yeah, it said that the six hero-"
"Made cities in the air because it was better for people to breath and so they don't' have to breath in Seiter off the ground. I know that." She said, looking at him with an expression that just say, she wasn't dumb. She sighed as she put her hands on her hips and waited on Ragna, he still had more to say.
".....geez, is there ever going to be a chance where I get to sound smart?" Rae just laughed at Ragna as he glared at her harshly. Oh! Oops, he was being serious about it. Putting a hand over her mouth, Rae was really trying hard not to laugh hard.
Oh wow....I guess I shouldn't have said anything.
But Rae just smiled, seems like following Ragna around would be lot of fun. But, now she wonders if Ragna would just willingly let her follow him like the lost little puppy she is? So the little illusionist then asked the question,
"Hey, Ragna. Would you mind me following you around?"
This made Ragna turned around to look at the girl. His brow raised up in questioning, he wasn't really excepting that. The white hair man planned on taking the girl with him until they made it into the city and then would go on their separate ways. He doesn't want anybody getting into his affairs, but that was just some sort of excuse to not let people getting in danger or trouble. But, maybe having this girl around will be a nice change of pace. It has been a while since he had a good conversation with. Beside, Rae was as short temper as he was so it would be nice to have somebody who had a similar personality with, but Ragna being the softie that he is, didn't' want to bring this girl into danger of any sorts. Then again, she did had a pretty good stand off battle with Rachel and her illusions can be helpful to Ragna as well too. She was a very benefit friend.
"Um....how about you let me think about it for a while. I'm not used having somebody following me around, I mean, I"m used of being chased and all but I'm not used of having a companion." Okay, this girl was just a brat, by nature, a pure brat. Her attitude itself just tells that she's a brat. Beside, she doesn't seem to mind it at all. He did recall Rae calling herself a brat proudly, which is strange, not like Ragna wasn't used to strange things before in his life.
"Oh I see." She gave a cheeky yet sly grin. "Then hopefully I can pressure you enough to let me follow you." She joked as the oddly black and red duo headed to Kagutsuchi. A cheerful one hundred year old illusionist and a not so happy bounty. However, will his pair live to see through the day?
-Chapter Two; The Power of the Mist Key END
- The wheel of fate is turning...