Author: Hi! Thanks for visiting, having the time to read my story and reviewing it! I'm really happy that people read it. It's better than no one reading it as they say. Sorry it took so long! And sorry the last chapter sucked, it was the only thing I could think of while writing it that and I've been so depressed lately… ENJOY!
Note: Magi. I did not copy or steal it from "Negima! Magister Negi Magi." If you don't believe me check the dictionary. Oh and Wiz stands for wisdom not for that little cute rabbit from DNAngel. Also I couldn't think of any other kind of weapons but theses… Hehe… Enjoy!
Chapter 4: Magi and Message
"Why have our orders change!" Izzy demanded. "It was going according to plan!"
"Oh just deal with it, shrimp."
"Silence you big oaf!"
"Don't you silence me, you piece of shit!"
"It's bad enough to endure the feel of your disgusting presence; I'll not suffer the annoyance of your incessant prattling, as well!"
"You're dead, you cocky self-important little bastard!"
"Oh very clever. Did you come up with that all by yourself?"
"Relax you two or take this argument to Wiz and Leader. Oh by the way, Magi, if you're going to argue about our orders take it up with them."
Izzy scowled knowing not to disturb leader for any concern unless the plan was going into a deep dive and it wasn't able to go back on course any further. None of leader's plans have ever failed, he never doubted not even once. Though this was somewhat different. One thing was that there was no sign of X.a.n.a's whereabouts.
The only two people who he truly feared were Leader and Wiz. Leader was extremely powerful – he was able to delve into the dark abyss of the human mind – it was much worse than torture and would have you begging for death. The happy go lucky Wiz was the most mysterious of them all and no one but Leader knows the real truth about him.
"Now as for our orders. Wiz has ordered you to give the message."
There was no way he could not disobey especially to someone with more power than him. He bowed and made his exit. His footsteps faded through the shadows of the night as he returned to his dorm. He entered the room very cautiously where he found the French boy with the coke-bottle glasses sleeping. Finally.
It was already a month since Izzy was stuck in this hellhole of a school. He couldn't find one night that the blonde haired boy would not go to sleep, causing him to miss his meetings with Sniper, Gaunt, Wiz and Leader. Getting him into massive trouble with Leader whose temper and patience shouldn't be taken lightly. He looked over to the computer that was still on where the boy spent his restless nights talking to the virtual-human Aelita. Though when Jeremie went to sleep, he still talks about her non-stop. In his sleep… "Aelita… I promise to bring you to the real world… Aelita, I won't let anything bad happen to you… I love you, Aelita."
How pathetic. He was in love with her and all his love was irritating the already irritable Izzy. It sickened him to his last bone. Izzy climbed into his bed neither sleepy nor tired to rest but just to find his bed was comfortable to ponder all of past events so they would not happen again.
---History Class---Next Day---Lesson: Legend and Tales of World Cultures---
The day seemed to have gone by as usual. Odd, not sleeping as usual though – his puppy-love gaze had fallen upon Flannery, Ulrich trying to keep up with the lesson but was able to get quick glances of Flannery as well and Jeremie having known the lesson already was trying out different tactics for their new enemy who had appeared the day the twins had entered their first period.
Cedric and Flannery were quite different. Flannery was about ten minutes older than Cedric and she wouldn't let him forget that. She kept control on her brother as to their surprise, was turning out to be a young womanizer. It kept him from hitting on girls but not from his big fat ego. He always thought he was stronger than everyone else. He was right actually. Before 7th period had begun, Mr. Fumet's class door was stuck and somehow with an inhuman power, Cedric pulled the doorknob off its nails. What wasn't surprising to know was that Flannery was the brains (and actually bronze as well) and Cedric was the bronze.
"Now can anyone tell me what a Magi is?" ask Mr. Fumet. Looking around the silent classroom. Cedric broke the silence letting out a huge yawn. "Well I guess we have a volunteer. Mister Willis, what is a Magi?" Cedric sat up quickly, in fear he was going to make a fool of himself again. Though guessing was better than studying.
"Some kind of magician?"
"Half correct."
To his surprise, he was at least half right but that didn't stop him from smirking. "The word magi comes from the word magus…" The lesson went on… and on…. and on…. and on… After fifty-seven long minutes of a pointless lesson on legends of magic and such, the bell rang meaning the day was finally over.
Odd stretched his arms out high yawning loudly as Ulrich, Jeremie and he went to the courtyard to meet up with Yumi. "I'm surprised that you haven't slept through every class this past month, Odd-yssey." Ulrich said, seeing how sleepy his friend was. "Well that surprises me too but I just couldn't get my eyes off Flannery. I can't help it… it's like someone put a spell on me…" he tried to explain as the lovey-dovey look in his eyes were completely gone.
Ulrich thought he was right. He began to notice how pretty Flannery was and the butterflies in his stomach started to grow since the day of the food fight incident. Headmaster Delmas had blown a fuse that day. Her scent was invigorating and just being near her was like touching an angel. He didn't forget about his feelings for Yumi but his jealousy and hatred was going to explode.
They heard laughter and the presence of an ominous glare up ahead. Yumi was talking to Richard under the shade of the tree and Izzy sitting on a branch above, working on something on his PDA but his icy glare was still seen from behind his small, efficient machine. Jeremie returned the same glare with a small scowl. Yumi spotted the boys and waved them over.
"Hey guys! How's it going?" she greeted. Odd smiled, "Nothing much. Hey Richie! Hey Izzy!" Izzy said nothing and Richard smiled brightly. "Hello there, Odd. Jeremie, Ulrich." Jeremie gave a small hello and Ulrich cracked a weak smile trying to keep cool as all hatred toward Richie was bursting out. "So what were you two lovebirds talking about?" Odd asked teasingly as he sat next to Richard. "Well actually I was just telling Yumi a joke…"
Jeremie took a seat on the other side of the tree, away from Izzy's glare, opening up his laptop and Ulrich sat on Yumi's other side. "I thought you said it was awkward to talk to your own dad's superior." Ulrich whispered only for Yumi to hear. A shade of pink appeared on Yumi's cheeks, "Well it was awkward at first but he wouldn't stop bothering me. Not in a stalking kind of way but for reinsurance. So well he's not a bad guy. He's pretty cool but there's one problem…"
And did that problem come just when it was called.
"Oooooooooohhh Richie!"
Sissy appeared out of nowhere and walked toward Richard in a sort of sluttish way. Richard flinched at the sound of her voice. He gave a weak smile as he turned slightly to see Ulrich's eyebrow raised in question. Odd struck him on his arm with his elbow. "You attract way too much attention from unwanted people." He stated. Richard quickly stood up. "Oh uh um…. Look at the time! I have to meet uh Miss Emily! We're uhh partners in chemistry and uhh we have a project to do! I'll have to talk to you guys later. Good-bye Miss Yumi! Odd. Ulrich. Jeremy. Izzy." He walked off in the other direction.
Ulrich smirked. Yumi and Odd snickered a bit. "Richie where are you going?" shouted Sissy. She paused a moment as she caught them staring. Odd was the first to speak, "What? Ulrich isn't your favorite anymore and where is your two losers you hang out with?" She scowled and crossed her arms. "Hmph. I'll have you know that this is none of your business." She fumed, "Richie!" She ran after to him but he began to pick up his pace and headed to the park. They laughed wondering to help him or not. In Ulrich's opinion, he rather not assist.
"We have to go you guys." Jeremie said out of nowhere.
"Why?"
Jeremie said nothing as he was glancing at the occupied Izzy from the edge of his eye. He did not want to say anything even though he was raising suspicion. Yumi and Ulrich got the message but Odd was still a bit far from the answer.
"Is it the same person?"
"No, it's someone else. I'll explain on the way!"
They ran off into the forest, heading toward the sewer entrance. The day was full of surprises as another came to them and opening new questions. "No way…" came Odd's reply. The manhole of the entrance was cast aside. They climbed down the ladder anyways and went for their skateboards and scooter.
---10 minutes later---
"Transfer Odd. Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Yumi!"
"Scanner Odd. Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Yumi."
"Virtualization!"
Odd landed on the hard ground of the mountain region. He stood there a moment as he looked at his new look and crossbow and arrows that were attached to his back. "Wow, Einstein. You out did yourself with the new weapon." He stretched and ran off. The others followed in agreement. "Yeah, what's with the big change?" asked Yumi, noticing they were wearing armor.
"Just in case they try destroy your powers again. Yumi, I gave you a ninja upgrade. Daggers, a kunai, etc. They run out just like Odd's laser arrows so be careful how you use them. I also made it easier for you to use your telekinesis and your speed has increased."
"Thanks, Jer. Ninja upgrade..."
"No problem. Ulrich, I gave you a samurai upgrade. I also increased your triplicate technique. Now you're able to clone twice as much."
"Thanks Jeremie. I think…"
"Odd, you still have your laser arrows but the crossbow is for long-range battles. I got the idea from that sniper. Your arrows have different attributes depending on color." Explained Jeremie as he checked on Aelita's status. Right now she was doing fine, no one was attacking her – possibly her attacker was strategizing or toying with her. "Red will cause an explosion on impact but since its not a monster we're facing it'll only injured them. Blue will freeze. Yellow will paralyze and the black one will send a smokescreen; it's only for emergency. You have 10 red, 10 blue, 10 yellow, and 1 black. Oh yeah. There's a bracelet on your arms. It's your Apparition."
"Our wha?"
"Apparition. You'll be able to summon an animal to protect anyone, that's why I nicknamed it apparition; meaning ghost. Problem is that you're body is paralyzed and leaves you defenseless. Yumi, you have a phoenix, Ulrich, you have a tiger, and Odd, you have a dog pendant "
Odd checked the bracelet with the dog pendant and all his arrows. He picked up one noticing it was white. "Hey Einstein. You forgot about this one."
"Oh…. That one I haven't tested yet so in any case don't use it! You hear me, Odd! I mean it, don't you ever use it!"
"Yeah, I heard! We're kind of busy now!"
Without realizing it, Odd, Ulrich and Yumi had already reached Aelita and were dodging several rocks that struck up from the ground. Odd rolled one side quickly as another almost knocked him over the edge. Yumi tried to look for the opponent but was having a hard time watching for rocks and saving Aelita from them. Above the nearest mountain sat a boy no older than 12 or 13. He was waving a stick around singing a tune.
"I wish I could remember. Remember my sweet memories."
He was wearing a gray wizard hat, which was to big for his head – meaning his eyes were hidden behind the shadows of his bangs and hat. He also wore a gray hood-cloak barely passing his waistline over a black turtleneck and white shorts with what looked like green Batman's utility belt that hung from his waist; crystal phials hung from his belt. He twirled the staff in his black-gloved hand.
"I don't know my own damn name. Not even a flashback in my dreams. Odd was able to spot the intruder and quickly took out a blue arrow – setting it to his crossbow and jumped on top of one of the ragged rocks taking aim – he pulled the trigger. His first choice was a red arrow but he didn't want to destroy boy (not yet anyways) but he figured, they could interrogate him a bit. The arrow was headed straight for the boy, who sang his sad little song. "I am lost forever. Nothing can save me."
"All the precious things…I don't even have my memory."
The arrow was reflected by a strong gust of wind and was sent back with much more speed. Ulrich gasped and had blocked it with his sword but the arrow exploded, consuming Ulrich's entire body. "Great! I'm getting frostbites in places I didn't even know I had!" Ulrich said as he struggled to get free. "Ulrich!" Yumi shouted as she stopped right next to his frozen body. She looked around the ground and picked up a rock the size of a melon. It was pretty heavy her size but she tried her best as she hit the ice several times before the rock broke into pieces.
"It's useless Yumi! I made that indestructible for a reason. I didn't plan for it to be sent back though it'll be gone in 10 minutes! I'm sorry, Ulrich!" Jeremie shouted, rubbing his temples and trying to think.
"Don't worry, Jeremie. I forgive you."
"Yes, Jeremie. Don't worry." Aelita reassured. She touched the ice wondering what she could do to free him. Jeremie couldn't help but feel partly responsible; words couldn't express how thankful he was for having forgiving friends like them. Odd joined them as he took out another arrow, "It was kind of my fault anyways. Sorry 'bout that Ulrich. But you know, if Sissy were here, you would be added to her Ulrich love shrine." He laughed. Ulrich scowled, "This is not the time…"
"It's never the time with you fools…"
The boy was floating in mid-air on top of his staff. He sat crossed-legged on it and his hands rested on his the wood of his staff. His eyes weren't visible but the smirk he had was as clear as day. "People like you just like to chill out don't you, Ulrich? You just want to look cool, I suppose." He laughed. Yumi took out a dagger and went into a defensive position, "You're out numbered! What makes you think you can win." Magi sighed, "I'm not here to fight. I just have a message for you. Besides, I can destroy the lot of you even though I'm a one-man army but that's not why I'm here."
"How can we trust you? Who the hell are you?"
"Yeah, and how the hell do you know my name!"
"Ah yes. The name is Magi. Hmmm… I haven't attacked you ever since kitty cat here froze your samurai friend. And the Japanese girl said his name. How else would have I known? It's called observation and very good listening skills."
"Smart ass…" muttered Odd.
"Wait you said you have a message?" Aelita asked.
"From who?"
"The Zephyr gang. If you get in our way when again… you'll be destroyed."
(continued in chapter 5)
