and the three arrive in Zaban City!
We finally get to meet some characters from the original story!
Guess who they are?
Guess!
Guess!
Read on to find out!
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It was mid afternoon when they got to Zaban City.
"Finally we're here!" Shanii knelt down and started kissing the ground and Layla looked around with a bored expression.
Bella opened Mibra to the next page and read:
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Good afternoon and good job on completing your first task!
I'm so proud of you! :')
Now for your reward!
-A key fell from the sky and landed on Shanii's head...
Ta-da! your reward is a three bedroom luxury apartment in Yorknew City! Hurray!
I hope you'll enjoy it!
...and with that Mibra snapped shut.-
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Then the three of them collapsed onto the ground.
"I'm exausted!" Bella gasped.
"I'm so hungry..." Shanii whined.
"I guess the nen supply Yorebra gave us has run out." Layla said. "And our own 'life energy' stores will be pretty low too, with all the running and swimming we did today"
"Not to mention the fact that WE HAVEN'T EATEN ANYTHING SINCE ARRIVING IN THIS DIMENSION! ... Bella go get us food."
"Do it yourself!"
"No! ... Layla? Make Bella get us food."
"Bella, go get us food."
"Fine." Bella snapped. 'Why is it always me?' She got up and looked around. Even though they were in another dimension, Zaban city looked pretty ordinary to her. They seemed to be in a shopping district, and there were stores all around selling everything from clothes to antiques.
"There's a small dairy over there, I'll go buy something." She left her two friends lying on the ground and set off in the direction of the store, muttering to herself the whole way. "I bet they wont pay me back for the food... hmmph, they're so ungrateful- Why am I even friends with them? Wait..."
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"Should we tell her?" Shanii asked Layla, as they watched Bella walk away.
"No, she'll realise soon enough." Layla put her arms behind her head and closed her eyes. "Three, two, one-"
"WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY! How the hell are we supposed to pay for food! Or anything!"
Bella ran back to her friends, her anger and panic making her forget all of her tiredness.
"Ask Yorebra for some"
Bella picked up Mibra and opened it to a new page. "Mibra! Gives us some money! And I just realised... Why did you give us an apartment in Yorknew when we're in Zaban City!"
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Oh oopsies!
I'm not very good at reading maps you see!
But it is a very nice apartment!
Very good view!
And a big TV!
You want some money?
Well for that you will have to complete a task!
You are here purely for my entertainment remember!
Here is your new task!
One of you must punch an old lady!
Have fun!
:D
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"Punch an old lady? There's no way I would to do that, even if there was a reward for it. Old ladies are so nice!" Shanii said.
"I would even if there wasn't a reward, but then I'd have to get up, and I'd have to find one, which is too much work..."
"Layla, you just ran and swam for twelve hours; is searching for a frail old woman really too much work?"
"She could be hiding..."
All of a sudden Shanii jumped up, with a look of amazement on her face. "Layla! That's the first time I've ever seen you do exercise!"
"Is it?, well good for you 'cause I'm never doing it again."
Shanii stuck her tongue out at her and then turned to Bella, her face full of curiosity. "Bella would you do it? Would you punch an old lady like Layla would?"
"NO! Who do you think I am?"
"Oh, sorry..."
"But I would find one for Layla to punch if there was a reward involved... We need money you see..."
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And so with that said, Bella went off on a search to find an old lady. Five minutes later she had found one and led the poor thing to a spot a few metres from where Shanii and Layla were waiting.
"How did you get her to come?" Shanii asked .
"Layla told me that when I found an old lady I should say to them that I'm a hunter and that they had to come with me."
"What? That's it?"
"Remember what Yorebra wrote? Hunters are very special people. So an ordinary person would probably respect them and do what they say. Now help me up" Layla said, and Shanii and Bella each grabbed one of her arms and hauled her up.
Layla yawned, did a big stretch, and then purposefully walked over to the old lady, rolling around her right shoulder and clenching her fist. The poor oblivious old lady just stood there knitting a sock, back hunched over, wondering what the nice hunter girl who led her here could possibly want.
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A few metres away and hiding behind a bush, three brothers watched as a girl with long curly hair and a rather sadistic gleam in her eye walked up to an old lady knitting a sock. They had followed one of the girl's companions, a blonde girl, as she led the old lady to where they were now.
"Are you sure you heard her say that she was a hunter Imori?" The big brother, Umori asked.
"Y-yeah I'm sure!" 'At least that's what I think I heard... I hope I'm not wrong!' Imori thought. 'Otherwise my big brothers will get mad at me!' (Oh the horror!)
"If she's a hunter then she'll know where the exam site is." Umori said. "Good job Imori! It seems we won't have to keep searching for it any longer."
"What do you think they're doing?" The third brother, Amori asked. "Because it kind of looks like the curly haired girl is going to punch the old lady."
"What? No she wouldn't do that! She's a girl, she wouldn't know how to punch someone" Imori said.
"She and the other girl are probably hunters too" Amori replied.
"It doesn't matter if you're a girl or a hunter: people don't just go around punching old ladies Amori. That's one of the worst things a human could do-" Umori's mouth dropped open.
"She just punched her..."
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After witnessing the horrific act, the brothers decided that they should get as far away as possible from the three girls, as they were clearly not to be messed with.
"How could she do that? The poor old lady was defenceless!" Imori gasped as they quickly shuffled off.
"She's insane. Or evil. Or both." Umori said. "And did you see how far the old lady flew? She didn't hold back her punch at all!"
"Her friends are just as bad, the blonde one led the old lady there despite knowing what would happen, and neither of them even tried to stop her." Amori added.
"Okay, it's decided. Those three aren't human. We have to do our best to never get on their bad side. In fact, lets do our best to never see them again!" And the three brothers ran and ran as fast as they could.
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The old lady sailed in the air for about ten seconds before landing in a tree. Her face hurt like crazy from when the girl had punched her but she didn't mind. After all, she was the first old lady to ever fly!
"Well, in my eighty-six years of living that was the most fun I've ever had!" she cackled, and she got into a more comfortable position in the tree and continued her knitting.
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"Ew I just found some false teeth! Gross gross gross! Why are there false teeth on the ground anyway?"
"They got knocked out of the old lady's mouth when I punched her."
"Layla you didn't have to punch her so hard! and in her face no less! -Shanii DON'T pick up the false teeth! Didn't you just say they were gross?"
"Well I figured that the harder I punched her the more money Yorebra would give us" Layla shrugged.
"That makes sense I suppose... let's ask it."
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Yay you did it!
Hahaha that was very funny don't you think!
She flew a very long way!
And yes, once again Layla was right! A gold star for you!
Layla punched the old lady very very VERY hard so I will give you lots and lots and LOTS of money!
Don't lose it!
Oh! I forgot to tell you!
The hunter exam is today!
You should go there now!
You don't want to be late!
It's over there! -
Good luck!
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To all of the nice old sock-knitting ladies out there: I'm sorry! I couldn't resist! I'm a horrible human being.
To anyone who guessed the Amori brothers: A gold star for you too! (but I kind of hope that no one did guess- this story is supposed to be exciting and unpredictable...)
hehehe poor them... They don't know that their attempt to get away from the girls is doomed to fail!
On a side note, If you saw someone punch and old lady in the face and send her flying what would you do?
I would probably laugh... that makes me as bad as the three girls doesn't it?