In the middle of an oven heated desert, Geno is shouting at Kori as loud as she can while Juni was almost ready to take off her white bathrobe and was fanning herself with her hand. "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT YOUR BOARD CAN EXTEND FOR MORE THAN 3 PEOPLE?! I SHOULDN'T HAVE SUFFERED HUGGING YOU ALL THE WAY TO HEION TOWN!-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH! " Geno continued rampaging near Kori and the male just covered his ears. The heat was already torture Geno's outburst adding up is just hell.
"Well you didn't ask now did you! AND I HAVE AMNESIA REMEMBER? I COULDN'T HAVE REMEMBERED THAT FOR AFTER JUST A DAY!" Kori angrily replied at Geno "AND WE WOULDN'T BE STUCK IN THIS DESERT IF YOU DIDN'T FLY OFF AHEAD OF ME!" he added
Geno crossed her arms in defeat and turned to Juni "Any good ideas on how we can survive this heat?"
Juni shook her head in response and lied down the hot sand underneath her, she really liked the beach and getting a tan after all her skin was as white as snow and her blonde hair is making that complexion look nice. She sighed and asked her two companions "Why don't we just fly away here like Geno did this afternoon?" Geno sat back up quickly and turned to Kori "The blonde's right, why don't we just fly out of this desert?"
Kori sighed and replied "I don't know why either but my magic hasn't been working since we got here, it's just like Geno's case yesterday in that black market Lullaby incident. But I'm guessing instead of cancelation this has to do with this deserts geographical location."
Geno grabbed her head and said in an agonizing voice "If you don't ever speak so smart-ish again and I won't blame you for what your magic will do to doom us all" a small smile planted on Juni's face on Geno's comment and Kori laughed at it but his smile disappeared after he spotted something hovering on the horizon.
Pointing at the direction of the smoke he asked the two females "You guys see that?"
"See what?" Geno turned her head towards the direction Kori was pointing at, and a bunch of blue colored spheres came bombing them from above.
Juni immediately stood up and cowered behind Kori who was busy trying to think of something he can do to save them from the attack. He can't use his magic for some reason and now an attack from some blue spherical magic, Kori's eyes widened when he remembered a mage using the same magic. He yelled at Geno who was now trying to materialize some kind of web to save them from the blasts "GENO IT'S MATSUMO FROM YESTERDAY!" Geno's eyes narrowed in rage and her face started to show fatigue.
Before Geno can finish making a barrier a blue sphere managed to make it inside and hit Geno in the head, Geno screamed in pain and Juni quickly went to aid Geno as her strings slowly began to fade. Kori grinded his teeth and said to himself "When I need you… You don't work. Great-"
The hovering figures were now a mile away from them and now instead of blue spheres some kind of rune magic is disabling their movements. Juni who was half way near Geno grunted "What? I-I can't move!" Geno on the other hand was able to move her hand and make it into a fist but after that she was completely immobile "K-KORI DO SOMETHING!" moving her eyes to Kori who was on her right side just behind Juni. His head was facing the sandy dunes of the desert and his hair was covering most of his face.
Juni felt a sweat fall down from her forehead something was off about Kori, unlike the first time she saw the mage battle out with Matsumo he had the same aura he emits whenever they talk normally. Now she could tell something was off about the wind mage and the fact that he isn't surprised about the sudden immobility means he's up to something.
"Well if it isn't the mages from Heion town-" and upon spotting Juni, Matsumo bowed and continued "and it seems Lady Juni went along with the meddlers and hat to get tangled up in their mess now."
Juni ignored Matsumo and asked "What do you want with us Matsumo?"
"Oh I don't know, our guild master wanted the new mages to be part of our guild and basing on the way you are travelling you are headed for Drake Scale. And since your friend here wanted to start a war with our guild, we needed to take precautionary measures" he explained while playing with his fedora.
Geno tried to move his head and spoke up to Matsumo "Was yesterday that dramatic for you? YOU WERE WEAKER THAN I THOUGHT!" she yelled
Matsumo had enough of Geno and as he snapped his fingers again about 5 or more spheres appeared and attacked Geno all the same time, Geno screamed in pain as soon as the spheres hit her. Juni widened her eyes in dismay and shouted for Geno's name making sure she was alright.
"You're here aren't you? Tyler's lackey, you use cancelation magic." Kori said, loud enough for everyone to hear that includes Matsumo's back up Lotus members.
Matsumo laughed and asked Kori who still had his head starring at the dunes "What are you talking about? We don't have any member that is associated with that black market leader Tyler"
"You were smarter than I thought you would be, Wind mage…" a voice came from somewhere in the crowd of mages. "Ryeo's the name and yes I use cancelation magic. Pretty useful huh?"
Kori raised his head and stared at Ryeo who was playing with his green scarf and Geno shouted at Ryeo "YOU! YOU WERE THE ONE WHO DISABLED MY MAGIC?!"
Ryeo nodded and answered "Took the maiden a long time to figure that out now hm?" he tried copying Tyler's way of speaking but to his extent it failed.
"Well anyways looks like Midnight Lotus wanted to end things with you and I have the same plan to so I joined them and handed some help, let's see you try to break free from the runes one of Lotus' mages has to offer- " he turned to Kori and said "and lets how you handle having your magic taken"
Kori was still staring at Ryeo when a sinister smile appeared on his face and he started laughing hysterically "You call this cancelation magic?! You still have a lot to learn Ryeo" once the wind mage finished a gush of wind slashed Ryeo's arm and now it was bleeding. Apparently that was enough to break Ryeo's magic. A green magic circle below Kori started emitting large amounts of wind that was able to send other Midnight Lotus mages to fly elsewhere. And he whispered something breaking the runes almost immediately.
Juni finally able to move ran to Geno and pulled out something from her bathrobe's inner breast pocket and made Geno drink from the bottle. "That was a really pathetic magic, I've seen more cancelation magic that can best yours -" turning to Juni who was holding Geno in her arms he asked "- she alright?"
Juni nodded and said "Give us a minute the potion should work by that time"
Kori gave an assuring smile and gave a thumbs up to Juni and said "I'll leave my board to you follow me to battle field later" Kori ran towards Matsumo who was preparing to send more blue spheres toward him.
"INSOLENT WIND MAGE! HOW DARE YOU DEFEAT HALF OF MY COMARADES?!" Matsumo yelled in anger and he threw a blue sphere towards Kori.
Keeping a focused eye on the blue sphere Kori blocked it and slide underneath Matsumo's pants, the wind mage used his left foot to make a smooth stop from his slide. Clasping his hands together and forming a gun like figure with his finger he said with an innocent smile "Air Descending Arrow". A white figure like arrow shot out of Kori's fingers and headed straight for Matsumo. With a surprising yell Matsumo was sent flying towards the panicking Ryeo who was wrapping his bleeding arm with his scarf.
"That was pretty impressive boy~" a familiar voice whispered behind Kori
Turning around Kori's eyes widened and said in shock "You?!"
[-change scene-]
Back at Juni and Geo, Juni was counting 10 to one waiting for the potion to kick in and when she reached Zero. Geno immediately stood up and made a fist in the air "Juni that potion was amazing! I feel fired up right now!"
Juni giggled that Geno was now alright she pointed at Kori's floating board and said "Kori said we can use that to round up some cows"
Geno smirked and cracked her knuckles "Well then time to get back at those bastards for making me look weak like a fragile princess" Geno ran towards the board and jumped on it flying towards Juni she let out an outstretched hand enough for Juni to reach and grab on.
Juni stood on the board steadily "So am I supposed to fly this thing?" she asked Geno, who was focusing her magic on her hands.
"Yup! Don't worry its easy, like riding a wooden platform on the ground, but instead of stationary it's moving and floating!" Geno replied and spotted a female mage in front of them who was aiming at them with a gun.
"EAT THIS! SNAKE BULLET!" the female yelled and a bullet flew towards Geno and Juni, it moved like a snake and trying to avoid it is going to be hard. Geno motioned the board to dodge the bullet and it did, the purple haired mage positioned her left hand in front of her right and whispered a technique "Sleeping Spider's Abyss" after finishing her move a set of red string pulled the female underneath the sand and was nowhere to be seen anymore. Geno rejoiced but Juni stopped her halfway, the mage's snake bullet was still following them.
Geno glanced behind them and found the bullet still following them, waving her hands a couple of strings tried to trap the snake but no. The snake bullets dodged them all.
'What the hell is with this bullet?' Geno asked herself.
Juni on the other hand had a plan she has been tasked to take care of snake alarms in the hot springs and she knew exactly how to deal with them. "Geno! I need you to jump of the board now!"
"What?! You can't control this thing yet why the hell am I supposed to let you take of that creepy bullet alone." Geno yelled back
"Just trust me!" Juni insisted and whispered something in Geno's ear.
"That is kind off a good plan…. Alright! In the count of three" Geno positioned herself near the boards edge and was getting ready to jump and give Juni the authority to fly the board.
"One!" Geno yelled
"Two!" Juni replied
And in unison the two females screamed "Three!" Geno jumped off the board and wrapped herself up in her strings to get a safe landing, and it worked she didn't get a scratch. The snake bullet went ahead and followed Juni who was still trying to balance herself on the flying board. 'This better work'; fingers crossed Juni turned around and got her whip from inside her bathrobe and wrapped it in her hands "Ready when you are!" she yelled at Geno who was now running at a fast pace behind the snake.
"Now!" Geno signaled Juni and she swiped her hands downwards making some kind of whip with her strings and was aiming at the snake bullet with matching battle scream she attacked the snake. Juni lashed her whip downwards at the snake and it hits its head making the snake bullet slowly disperse in the sandy planes.
Making a heavy stop, Juni flew farther away than the board and tumbles on the ground. Geno grabed the board and ran after Juni who was still rolling downwards the pit she just fell into. Finally catching up with her Juni coughed a lot of sand and smiled at Geno "That was another version for a carousel… I think."
Geno laughed at Juni and helped her up, "We make a pretty good team!" Juni nodded in agreement and both of them rode the board and went out to look for Kori. But before they can leave the pit they just fell into a wind blade slashed the board and both of them fell again into to the sandy pit.
"Was that a wind?" Juni asked fixing her now ruined hair; doesn't this people know how long she fixes her hair to make it look perfect?
"Or a better question would be was that Kori?" Geno said then spit saliva on the sand, she had enough free sand buffet for the day.
A girl with white hair wearing a maid's costume had her hands in front of her positioned like she was playing a piano walked near the end of the pit and yelled at the two females at the bottom "Did you like my gift?" she asked in a soft childish voice.
Geno and Juni exchanged glances, gift what gift was she talking about?
The little girl laughed and said "My gift~ My gift was your friend hitting you and making you fall loop didoo back in the sandy pit" she moved her hands like a piano player would and Kori was there stading beside her, his eyes showed a different color instead of the usual gray color instead it was a perfect shade of red. And Kori was just their standing emotionless life a doll.
"Kori! What are you doing?! Help us up" Geno shouted but Kori ignored her and the white haired female hugged Kori and replied at Geno's statement.
"Windy can't hear you~ He's my puppet now, he follows my every command and right now I command him to make sure that you two don't live anymore!" once again the female motioned her hands like she was playing a piano and Kori followed the beat of her hands and with hand outstretched he summoned two green magic circles capturing Geno and Juni in the middle of it.
Geno gritted her teeth and clenched her fist 'This is bad…..' she said to herself. It was the same technique Kori used to suck air away from Tyler yesterday. If they don't get out of here she's pretty sure they will die like a fish who got fished out of water. 'Kori you dumbass, Why are you someones puppet now…..' she cursed in her head.
The white haired female laughed with glee as she was already dancing around and around Kori and was still playing her imaginary piano. Geno and Juni on the other hand was already kneeling on the sand gasping for air, "G-Geno…. I-" Juni tried to say something but passed out already.
"JUNI!-" Geno grasped her chest it was hurting really bad, she never felt such longing for air this much and before she passed out Geno was able to glance up the pit and saw Kori, that white haired puppeteer and another person was standing there.
"We need them alive Marcella don't kill them yet" the newly arrived person said at the female with white hair.
Marcella, the white haired imaginary piano player pouted and started punching the male with her tiny fists "But I was already having fun! You are so not fair brother!" without any chose she slide her hand on her imaginary piano and Kori stopped taking the air away from the two mages down at the pit.
"Im not carrying them got it! Come on Windy~" Marcella played her piano again and Kori whistled to get his board where he and Marcella, being carried princess style, rode to get back to the guild. While Marcella's brother had to carry the two mages, after he retrieved the two females and got back up the pit a wind gushed to his face
"Hm? This wind is quite frightening…" he whispered to himself and continued to walk a long distance towards Midnight Lotus guild.
Unknown to the two mages that took Kori and his two female companions, someone was watching them and was ready to take them back by force.