Medusa's Second Kid
Welcome once again to another chapter of MSK! I'm your host Tarot! Hunter:Okay no more game shows for you. Tarot: Hey the only one I really ever watch is Wheel of Fortune. So shut it, snakey.
I thought it over, and decided to bring in another Greek mythology reference. You'll find out in this chapter who it is, but the chapter title makes it kinda obvious.
And for those of you who didn't read me and Hunter's little chat in the last chapter, Aura's last name is Hydra. I was thinking of last names last night when I was thinking along the snake theme, when the name Hydra popped in my head, and the whole future scenario played in my head. I could see what what could happen later in the story with her last name. The Hydra is technically a snake, just a four legged, big scary one with many heads.
Anyways, if anyone has any recommendations for the story, just review.
"Nake"- Regular speech
"Snake"- Thought
"Cobra"- Yell
"Cobbra"- Title
"Mamba"- Attack
Chapter 7
Enter the Box Witch Pandora!
A girl rivalry begins?
Hunter and Aura had just returned to Death City, and were going to the Death Room to report in the mission.
Death Room
"Hiya, you two. So how did the mission go?" Death asked with a wave of his giant hand.
The two told him how the mission went, and how they defeated the BWCW (Boy Who Cried Wolf). "Well at least you two are safe. By the way Hunter, could I speak with you for a second?" Lord Death asked.
"Sure thing. Aura can wait for me outside for a minute or two?" Hunter asked his companion, who nodded and walked through the row of guillotines. The teenager and the god waited until the door shut behind her before they started talking.
"What do you need of me, Lord Death?" He asked with a grin. "Well, my boy. I have a question," Lord Death started,
"Are you related to Dr. Franken Stein?" The death god asked.
On the outside Hunter looked calm, but on the inside his mind was going into full blown panic. "Crap, I didn't expect that! Alright, gotta act smooth, calm, cool, collected. Mom could lie without anyone even wondering if it was a lie." Hunter thought in his head.
"Nope. I honestly can say that I'm not related to anyone named Stein. My parents were killed by witches in a attack on a small town," Hunter replied, glad he was able to come up with an alibi so quickly, "and I'm sure that our last name wasn't Stein. Why do you ask?"
Death studies his expression looking for any sign of lying. When he saw none he replied with, "Oh no reason, you two just bare a resemblance. Well, out you go. Don't go keeping your little girlfriend waiting." And at the statement Hunter blushed and power walked to the exit, perturbed by Lord Death's laughing, and hearing the laughing of his uncle Free in the back of his mind.
When he got out he was confronted by Aura standing right next to the door. "Hey what did Lord Death want?" She asked. Hunter just responded with saying, "Nothing of any real importance or significance. He just wanted to know what time it was, cause he doesn't have a clock in there."
Aura believing him, just followed him as they walked back to Vector Mansion, carrying on small talk the whole time. When they arrived however, there was already someone there.
The girl standing in front of the gate, was about 5 foot 5, wore a black and white dress that went down to her feet, a large ribbon in her hair, long gray hair that went down to her back, and stormy gray eyes (imagine a girl like the Mage class from Disgaea 2, 3, and 4 except with gray hair and eyes.). She was carrying a small box, only it looked more like a black cube than a box.
Hunter just looked shocked and said, "Pandora! Why the heck are you here?" This caught both Aura and Pandora's attention. "Hunter you know her?" Aura asked.
"Yeah. We were childhood friends from where I used to live before I came here." Hunter responded as Pandora turned around to see who called her name.
She froze for a second, before growing a smile, and ran in his direction. "Hunter! I knew I'd find you here." Pandora shouted as she kicked up a dust cloud behind her. Hunter then began to sweat profusely as he swore he heard elephants trumpeting as the the thin box witch began running in his direction. "Oh holy hell! There ain't no way in freezing hell I'm gonna get trampled again!" He yelled as he began to run in the opposite direction.
And that's how the running of the box witch began. When she saw that he started to run she yelled, "Why are you running? I just want to hug you!" Seeing as her words had no effect, she decided to play dirty. "Since you won't come by choice, you'll come by force!" She yelled at the running boy.
She opened the lid on the cube, and a huge twirl of air began to try to pull the boy in. It was like trying to walk away from a tornado! Hunter tried to run, but then he realized he was trying to run while floating a few inches above ground. "I ain't giving up that easily! ANCHOR VECTOR!" He yelled as 4 vectors came out of his back and stuck in the ground.
Aura just watched this with wide eyes and a surprised expression.
Seeing him anchor himself in the ground, Pandora increased the suction and aimed the tornado like funnel at the ground where the anchor vectors were. Hunter was too busy trying to hold on for dear life, to notice the fact that that the ground he was anchored to, was flying towards the Box Witch.
By the time he noticed, Pandora had closed the box before the ground hit her. When he finally had the courage to see what was going on because the noise stopped, he saw Pandora standing over him. And before he could make a Vector Plate to get out of there, the skinny witch grabbed him in a bone crushing hug.
"I missed you so much, and you try to run away? That breaks my poor little heart!" Pandora wals as she tries to rupture his internal organs with her spleen bursting hug. "Poor little heart, my left screw! Why are skinny girls so heavy? Oh right, the whole food going to their boobs thing."
Inside Vector Mansion
Pandora was busy apologizing for nearly causing Hunter to die. "Pandora, while I'm busy trying to find all of my organs, will you please tell me why your here?" Hunter asked feeling around to find his liver.
"I came here to see you silly. You go running off on a mission, and you don't even come to tell me about it. So I asked your aunt and uncle where you were, and so here I am." She explained sipping some tea.
Aura while sipping her tea asked, "What does she mean by mission?"
And before Pandora could say anything, Hunter put a hand over her mouth and said, "Uh, my, uh, life mission! Yes that's it my life mission. To become a meister here at the DWMA. That's what she meant by it, right Pandora?" He asked the box witch with a look that said agree with me or else. She nodded as he took his away. He then whispered into her ear, "Don't reveal anything about the mission! Do you remember that we're in enemy territory, and Box Witch or not, anything you say could make both of us the targets of attack!"
Pandora then nodded again as Hunter went to the bathroom leaving the two girls alone.
Pandora, finally, paying attention to Aura, asked, "So. What are you to him?" This question caused Aura to spit out the tea she was currently drinking. She blushed and asked in return, "Why do you ask?"
Pandora sported a haughty smile and said, "Oho, so the little girl likes him? You poor girl." Aura then blushed a fusion of embarrassment and anger and replied, "Who are you calling little girl? I'm the same age as you! And what does it matter if I do?"
Pandora continues to smirk at this statement, "Why, my dear, it matters plenty. I've already set my eyes on him, and I've known him for longer than you'd even care to know. And some little girl isn't going to beat me to the prize." She explained.
Aura grew even more frustrated. "Who cares how long I've known him? I'll beat you to the prize just despite you! Oh and by the way, I don't think nearly killing him has gotten you any points" Aura smirked at her statement, and the look of rage on Pandora's face.
"Touche, but I already have a lead start? I know everything I need to know about him, and you haven't even seen the real Hunter! Alright! The Cupid's Love Race to Capture the Heart has officially begun! Let the best woman win." Pandora announced.
And Aura agreed in a similarly loud manner, "I ain't gonna lose to some hussy like you! Bring it on!"
And so on that day, the so called "Cupid's Love Race to Capture the Heart", began and would last for some time to come.
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Tarot: Wow Hunter. I'd be watching my back if I were you.
Hunter: -shudder- I do think you're right.
Tarot: Wow, I wonder who will win? Personally I like both the characters, and both have a good chance to win.
Hunter: Please don't talk about this so casually! This may be a story to you, but it's life threatening to me!
Tarot: Would you like me to make the girls, not as life threatening as they could be?
Hunter: Could you please?
Tarot: I could, but I also could not!
Hunter: Why don't you want to help me? Is this about the paint thing? You already experimented on us, and then fixed us again.
Tarot: Because you're a lucky bastard who can get a girl to like him like that! I've only ever dated one girl, and you, who has never had a girlfriend, has two girls pinning after you!
Hunter: Oh come on. It's not that bad, and besides you're only thirteen. That's normal that you've only had one girlfriend, that eventually dumped you...3 times.
Tarot: You had to mention the 3 times you bastard!
Hunter: Uh readers sorry about that. Just ignore him, he's having problems. Read and review.
