Chapter 4

Walking through the Jasper Town heading towards the Wolves Pride guild hall was a redheaded girl who looked to be 17, Her red locks were tied in a twintail fashion and reached slightly past her shoulders with her bangs almost covering her bright purple eyes. She was looking at the town with a bit of awe, she had heard stories of the town from her father who was a former mage of Wolves Pride. Her name was Scarlet Collins.

"Geez it took me a while but I made it at last, The Guild my father was in." The redheaded girl said in her mind as she made it to the front door of the gray building. She looked at the big wooden doors it was slightly cracked up and she could hear voices on the other side which meant someone was home. She pushed open the door only to be met something metal hitting her on top of her head. "What the hell it didn't work!" Was all Scarlet heard as she was looking down at her feet, She saw a bucket and a puddle of water there.

"What the hell Isa, you could've hurt someone!" A male voice was now heard. Scarlet looked up to see a black haired girl around her height and age, and a tall male who had to be over 6 foot.

"Calm down Goggle Head, I did everything you said so this is on you." The black haired said to the taller boy as she crossed her arms over her chest and looked away from him. Looking closer at the two she could see that the girl was wearing a red shirt with black pants and a black vest over the shirt, she also had on black boot and fingerless gloves.

"If you did then where is the rope I told you to tie to the bottom?!" Scarlet just stood there not really to sure what just happen, But she did know one thing, She. Was. Pissed.

"Oh... right... I knew I was forgetting something." She sweat dropped slightly and rubbed the back of her head as she realized her mistake. The girl known as Isa turned to Scarlet and was about to say something but with met with the redheads fist to her face sending her falling back. Isadore slowed to a stopped and rubbed her jaw, this got the guilds full attention. "Oh, So that's how it's going to be, Come in here picking a fight!"

"Technically you did start with her by dropping a bucket on her..." The Goggle wearing guy was about to say but was interrupted by a loud "Not Now Jack!" from Isa.

"Me picking a fight, You're the idiot who dropped a bucket on me!" Scarlet yelled back out the black hair girl.

"I'm the Idiot, you're the one who fell for the oldest trick in the book, Red.!"

"Because I didn't think someone was stupid enough to try it at a guild hall, Crow!"

"That's It!" Isa yelled as she reached over her shoulder and pulled her Katana out of it's sheath and rushed at Scarlet. Once Isa started moving Scarlet glowed for a moment re-quipping into one of her modes. "Fighter Change: Ninja Mode!" Her clothes turned into a black silk mini yukata with a red sash tying it all together and two short Katana appeared in her hands as the two clashed feeling the air with the sound of metal.

"Place your bets." Sitting behind a bidding table was none other then Master Sara herself taking the bets from the other members. "Who will win The RedHeaded Fighter or Our Very Own Fire Fox? Place those bets before it's to late."

The two stood at a stalemate as they glared into each other eyes but something that the master said got her attention. "Fire Fox?" And with those words Isadore's blade was let on fire a raging blue fire and not only her blade but also her hair, Isadore stepped back and made more attempted strikes at the redheaded ninja, each one was blocked by her until the reached another stalemate, Scarlet was then able to push her back and then went for a strike of her own with Isa blocked leaving herself open on her right which Scarlet used to make another strike. "Fire Sneak." Scarlet blade connected with a cloud of black smoke of Isa disappeared, Scarlet stood still trying to found her. She quickly moved both her blades to protect her back and again the room was filled with the sound of steel smacking together.

"Wow you're fast, But dressed a little... skimpy for a ninja." Isadore said to her opponent. Scarlet felt the weight of her foe disappear as a blue fox that looked to be on fire are past her then it exploded into a black cloud of smoke as Isa come out of it with a strike ready but was met with Scarlet in a knew outfit she was in gray cargo pants with black boots and a red crop top and her long hair was hidden under her red beret but worse of all she had a shotgun in her hands.

"... Crap." Was Isadore's last words before Scarlet shot a round in her chest knocking her back onto the tables, she knocked the wind out of her leaving Scarlet as the winner and most of the guild groining.

"Ha that's what happens when you don't believe in the underdog." Sara said to the guild as most of the bets was for Isa. Only Sara, Jean, Pedro and Nora placed bets for Scarlet.

"Hey if Masters going to bet on the underdog might aswell follow right." Pedro said with a nice sized smile on his face as he was getting his cut of the earnings. Jean and Nora joined him as Sara made her way over to Scarlet.

"That was nicely done Scarlet, So what brings you to my little guild?" Sara asked the young woman as her clothes turned back to normal.

"I've come looking for th... How did you know my name?" She asked her with a confused looked as her name was never said to anyone.

"As the Alpha I remember all those who was in my pack even the pups." She looked down at Scarlet with her normal glare but this time it had more warmth in her eyes. "You might not remember me but I remember you, even watched you play with my grand children over there." She pointed out Jean and Nora to her was have already started arguing with each other and Pedro just laughing at the two.

"It's been about 15 years since your father left my guild and took you with him. When I heard of his passing I came to see if you wanted to come join the but you was nowhere to be found, But I knew you would show up sooner or later and here you are."

"So you're Guild Master Sara?" She was conforming and was answered with a nod. "Then make me apart of your guild." Sara just looked down at the girl.

"You come in and beat one of my members, then you make a demand to join my guild?" Scarlet only stared back at her and nodded slowly, this only caused Sara to chuckle slightly. "You'll fit right in around here. But I can't let you join a family that you're already apart of."

Scarlet looked up with a smile on her face. "Now go get your guildmark Runt. Go talk to Winter she's are barmaid." She nodded as Sara always away to go back to her spot.

"Dad I made, back to a family." Scarlet said to herself as she held her necklace on her hand smiling at it.

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Inside of a building not far from a small town lived a Dark Guild trying to make a name for themselves, sadly for them they were currently being paid a visit by one of Wolves Pride S Class Mages.

"Cal, Are you sure you don't want to partake in this battle?" A large light blue haired man asked his friend who was sitting down at the front door of the dark guild. The was dressed sharp in a white with black pinstrip dress shirt that was tucked into his pants, the sleeves were rolled up nice and neat, his pants were a nice shade of orange with black suspenders holding them up and black dress shoes. In his right hand was his weapon 'Coronet' which is a broadsword with a six barrel chamber on the hilt. Each chamber had its own color, Red, Yellow, Violet, Blue, White and Black, at the moment it was on red. The man was surrounded by about 10 to 20 members of this guild but they had the look of fear on their faces as the man towered over all of them standing at 6'7.

"No Ibias, I'm perfectly fine watching, Also my Violin needs to be tuned a bit." Said the man blocking the exit to the guild. He was dressed just as shape as Ibias as he was wearing a nice gray tweed jacket over his white dress shirt and black tie which was tucked into his gray cord pants and black shoes on his feet. On his face was a black framed eye glasses and in his hands was a Violin that he was carefully tuning to perfection.

"Also remember it is rude to talk to other whiles you are in the middle of a fight." Cal said to his towering friend who only turned to him with a shocked expression. "It is?!"

Callahan only nodded to answer as he looked up at his friend. "Yes, It shows that you are not focusing on you opponent, and/or you believe they are two weak for you full attention." He explained as he tried his violin but it still sounded a bit off to him. "Not that I have a problem with it, as they are being rude by trying to overwhelm you with numbers which might I add, wont work."

Yells then filled the air as one of them was brave enough to try and attack which got others to follow his lead... Sadly they shared the same fate as Ibias swung his sword at the first one knocking him back into the others sending them fly back and through the wall behind them.

"It's rude to interrupt people as they are talking!" Ibias shouted. "You're being rude by not paying attention."

Ibias was a bit busy in combat to answer as he was swinging his sword to block and push back on coming attacks, with every swing he would take down 2 to 3 members either knocking them out or pushing them back. Soon with the dark guild losing so many member it's master soon showed himself.

"Enough of this!" The tall white skinned person said as he kicked down the door. "Do you know who you're dealing with. We are Blood Angels the worse dark guild in those parts!" As he was ranting the faint sound of a Violin could be heard. "You dumb little mutts from you stupid legal guild can take us down you have another thing coming!"

The other members of the dark guild was rallying behind their master with him now here they had nothing to fear but the sound of the violin was starting to pick up.

"Now me and my boys are about to show you that we mean... What the bloody hell is the good awful sound!" The master yelled as he got annoyed.

"I don't know boss, but I kind of like it, It's peaceful." One of his minions said.

"Not for long, Flashing Expressivio." Cal said as a magic circle appeared under the dark guild members and a pillar of light shoot up out of it engulfing them all as he kept playing from his chair. As soon as he hit his last note the pillar stopped and all the members were completely knocked out and fell to the ground.

One still had enough energy to say one last thing. "I take it back... It was Painful...Bleh."

"That was amazing Cal, you are one powerful S class." Ibias said as he walked over to his friend who stood up at last and put his violin into it's case.

"Thank you for the compliment but you did do most of the work, All's I did was finish them off." He responded as they left the guild to make their way back to town and get their reward, oh and to called the rune knights to do their job for once.

"So tell me how the Ranking system works in the guild." Ibias asked Cal.

"Oh yes, I do forget you are still new, what has it been 3 months now?" Ibias answered with a small nod and a grunt. Cal rubbed his hand through his long black slick back hair.

"Well it's works like a Pack of Wolves, We have our Alpha Master Sara, Then we have our 5 S Class Mages, I being one of them. Then we have the rest of the guild. Any member may challenge an S Class member but only on Guild Grounds so the fights are fair, If you lose you are not allowed to challenge anyone for 60 days and the person who was challenged is safe for 7 days to rest and rebuild their strength."

"Ohh to stop people from just challenging them in a row until they trier out and lose like that." Ibias wanted to conform.

"Mhm, as for S Class Mages, they can challenge Master Sara for her spot as Alpha only problem there is No one is foolish enough to attempt that."

"Wow is she that powerful? I've never seen her in action before."

"Let's just say she didn't become Master by the one before her stepping down." He looked up at his tall friend as he spoke to see a slightly shocked expression on his face.

"But I heard that her father was the first guild master." He wanted to conform that she beat her own father in combat.

"And know she's the second and she has been Master for a while now."

"I've met Mister Wulf when he came to visit about a month ago, Just the aura off the man was crazy."

"And know you see why no one wants to fight with Master Sara, Only one dumb enough to try was Morrigan." Callahan said with a sigh.

"How did that go?"

"Master Sara is still The Master." Cal gave the simple answer.

"So what if the Master steps down or one of the S Class?"

"Well for the Master it's simple, They all fight to see who will take the spot. S Class though... It gets messy Anyone is able to partake in the battle until one is crowned by defeating as many other members who want's the spot, It's not about being last one standing it's about taking down as many as you can, It's just a bonus if you are Last Man Standing."

"Woah, has it happened before?" He asked his S Class friend. "Yes, only once about two years ago It was also the day Morrigan join and became S Class, and the day right after that she lost to Master Sara."

"What about the other S Class? I haven't met all of you." He asked.

"Well theirs Me, Morrigan, The Twins Mom..."

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Back within Wolves Pride two more new members have shown up to the guild hall after the fight between Scarlet and Isadore. Suta and Nae where sitting at a table looking at their new guild marks, Well Nae was as Suta got hers on the side of her neck so it could always be seen.

"So how are you two liking the guild hall?" The siblings turned to see Jean talking to them. "Oh I'm Jean by the way, Jean Pryde."

"Suta and this is Nae." Suta introduced her and her brother to the young man he looked to be her brothers age. "It's really nice here and it seems so peaceful."

"It does get peaceful around this time but normally during mid day it gets a bit crazy." Jean said to her before he felt someone put their arm around him.

"Flirting with the new girl Jean?" Pedro asked his best friend with a big ol grin on his face this caused Jean to blush red. "Shut up and No! I wanted to say hi to the new members, we haven't had one in months."

"Sure sure, Hello there I'm Pedro Hawkeye, best Maker Mage in the land and may I ask your name beautiful?" He asked with a wink and a smile which caused Suta to roll her eyes.

"Oh now looks who's flirting." Jean retorted to his friend.

"Hey I have no shame in admitting it." He then patted Jean hard on his back. "Unlike some people."

"Ahh Dick!" He rubbed his back lightly and turned to face him. "Dude that freaking hurt!"

"Please that was a love tap." He said with a smirk, this just pissed Jean off more who then cupped his fist.

"Light Make Cannon!" A cannon made of pure yellow light appeared and fired a beam of energy at Pedro who moved out of the beams path. The beam shoot right in front of Nora who was talking to Scarlet and Akira then hit the wall breaking.

The beam didn't faze her like it did Akira who jumped back slightly, Nora slowly turned her head and looked at her brother who was holding his hands up in defense.

"Shadow Make Wolf Pack!" Nora yelled as she cupped her first and released a pack of 7 fully black wolfs with red eyes at her brother.

"Crap! Light Make Wolf Pack!" He summoned his own pack of yellow wolfs with blue eyes to counter his sisters.

As the wolfs attacked each other Nora attacked her brother with her Shadow Make Sword, As Jean was being the best to dodge her attacks the sound of a door slamming open could be heard. "Where is that redheaded newbie! I want a Rematch!" Isadore yelled as she finally woke up from her nap.

"Great now I have to find a place to stay and deal with her." Scarlet said as she was walking towards Isa who changed at her sword. Soon fights where happening through out the whole guild, with only a few people not fighting.

"You know Nae, if you wanted to join in I wouldn't mind." Suta asked her brother who just shook his head no as he wasn't used to the people here yet.

"Hi, you two must be new." They both turned to see Akira sitting down on the other side of the table.

"Yes I'm.." Suta was cut off by Akira "You're Suta and Nae Bureka."

"How did you.." She was cut off again. "Oops sorry I read your mind by mistake, It happen when it's hard to hear. I'm Sorry."

"It... It's okay I guess, you didn't mean to right." She asked.

"Yeah, it happens by mistake.. the guild is pretty much used to it."

"... What else can you do Umm." Nae asked the unknown girl.

"Akira Mizu. It's nice to meet you Nae."

"Hey Kira! You should join in the Fu..." Pedro shouted but was seen met with an Akira Drop Kick to the face sending him back into the mush pit of guild members.

Sara was on the second fall watching then a nice size grin appeared on her face as she knew they were in for it, The doors to the guild hall busted open revealing the Short Redheaded Goddess of War with a little girl and a cat behind. Morrigan had a smile on her face as her eyes glowed red. Everyone was frozen in place as she took only one step into the building.

"No... Please don't stop by my account... Let the Battle Rejoice." She jumped into the mash pit with full force as the guild filled with yells of both fear and joy.

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And thats the end for this one. Well my leg is feeling better which means back to work for me.

I also wanted to thank everyone for the Reviews, Their one of the things that push me to do more and makes me happy knowing you guys like my story.

Also I'm getting back into the groove of making them longer soo yay for that anyways I believe I'm almost done showing off the characters I was sent. I love all them and I can't wait to give them missions and I guess make teams with them and stuff.

Scarlet by Princessatj

Isadore by KyuubiKR8

Jack by pokemonking0924

Callahan by GentlemanLinley

Ibias by Condor-K

I'm out until next time. Bye!