"Mitsuki! Cut it off to the right!" Kaito ordered, swerving to the left.
"Got it," Jumping off the main path, she followed the fleeing.. Thing… From the side.
Dressed in nearly all black, her figure blended in easily with the shadows of the trees, making her nearly invisible to those without a sharp eye.
After a nearly half an hour, the monster slowed, apparently thinking it had lost its pursuers. Rearing up on it hind feet, it let out an ear-splitting howl of triumph.
Of course, Kaito just wouldn't let it have it's moment.
Jumping out of the bushes, he positioned himself directly behind the beast.
"Don't think you've beaten us so easily," A smirk tugging on the sides of his lips.
Before the monster could turn and flee again, Mitsuki quickly moved in front of it.
"Your not going anywhere," She stated.
It backed up, looking like cornered prey.
"Careful, its going to fight back," Kaito warned.
The bear-like creature reared back on it hind legs, charging at Mitsuki with the horn on its head.
Ducking to the side, she cast a magic circle on the ground in front of it. A column of fire erupted from the seal, but the beast wasn't phased.
Charging through it as if it were air, it slashed on oversized paw at her head.
Ducking down and rolling to the side, she avoided it by inches. It dropped down on all fours, going after her with short but powerful swipes and snapping with it canines.
"Damn it," She hissed, dodging its attacks, leaving her no time to retaliate.
"Mitsuki! The cliff!"
Too late.
Avoiding the powerful jaws, she didn't hear him in time and lost her footing, disappearing into the chasm.
Running over, Kaito kicked the unstable monster onto it's back, piercing his sword through its chest.
Turning back to the cliff, he was relieved, although not surprised, to see Mitsuki flying up, unharmed from the fall.
"You could have warned me earlier," She mumbled, a slight wine in her voice as she dropped to the ground. Folding the white wings that sprouted from her back, they glowed yellow and disappeared.
He raised an eyebrow at her. "Weren't you the one who wanted to take it on by yourself?"
She glowered at the smirking figure, not replying.
"You underestimated an S-ranked mission. If I weren't here, you could have been killed. Don't get over-confident just because you took care of that last mission easily."
She looked away, avoiding his criticizing gaze.
"What was that anyway? The client says it came from the cliffs, but something like that… Its not natural."
He shrugged. "The body of a bear, the head of a rhino, and paws like those of a large feline… I've never seen anything like it."
She looked towards the nearly set sun, shivering slightly from the cold. "Who…Who would make something like that?"
He didn't reply.
Heaven's finale shone beautifully, drenching everything in bright orange and crimson red.
"Here." Mitsuki looked up in surprise when a jacket was draped over her shoulders. "Your shivering."
"Oh… Thank you."
She let out a squeak of surprise as he pulled her towards him, ruffling her hair.
"Jeez, that's what you get for wearing a dress out here," He teased.
"L-let go!"She yelped, a light blush on her face.
He chuckled, finally releasing her. "Come on, lets go before we have to spend the night out here."
She nodded, following his brisk pace, subconsciously drawing his jacket tighter around herself.
A.N - I read the last part over and only now realize how much it seems to imply KaitoXMitsuki… Let me just get something straight. Kaito is 24. Mitsuki just blushed because she wasn't used to the contact from him,
Sorry its even shorter than the last, I kinda got writers block on this.(Yes, on the second chapter.) I cant think of how I should make her meet Jellal again… That was suppose to happen in this chapter, but... Yeah…
Tracycanaluver - Thanks! I thought this story would get a bad reception, really.
Fire Princess21 - Thank you! Although I personally don't think I'm that good.
