The first one that woke up that day was Capensis, or so he thought. Today was to enjoy the festival and for him, the day to get that mage and most importantly, Elisa's love.

"Today is the day I get you," Capensis said to himself as he rose from bed.

"Sure it is." Baron entered the room wearing some traditional clothing consisting of baggy pants and a jacket that covered his upper body and his arms. " We were debating on leaving you behind."

"Come on Baron! Let's go already!" Ixia paused when she saw that Capensis was awake. "And I was so ready to leave him behind too…" She taaoo was wearing traditional clothing. She wore a blouse that covered her upper body and a wrap around skirt that went down to her knees.

"Hey! I'm right here!" He said pointing to himself.

"Yeah we know." Baron face palmed at the obvious statement Capensis made.

"Are you guys ready?" Zya asked Baron.

"Yeah, it's just Capensis now," Baron sighed. "He just woke up."

"Is that so." Zya walked in the room and threw some traditional clothing similar to what Baron was wearing at him. "Now hurry up and change because you are not going behind me looking like that." She turns to face Baron. "You four will have to pay me back for the money I spent on these."

"So they are like-"

"Yes they are yours, to keep and it cost me 20'000 gold for all of it. Split it however you choose but I need my money back."

"Wow… it's actually mine?" Ixia asked. Zya nodded.

"Thank you." Ixia then turned and ran to find Ryunmei.

"Now, you better not hold us up much longer or you may find yourself walking to the festival," Zya scolds before leaving the room. Capensis sighs in defeat as he starts to get ready. Once outside everyone was on the cart, which was starting to leave without him.

"Hey! Hey! I'm here, wait up!" Capensis called out after them. Zya slowly stopped the cart to allow Capensis on and soon they were on the way.

"I can't wait to get those tips today!" Ixia excitedly told her party members.

"I just want to try as much food as possible," Baron grinned. Ryunmei nodded in agreement.

'I wan da big dagon' read Karla's note which she held above her head.

"Just don't get yourself lost again, alright?" Zya told her as she continued to steer the horses pulling the cart. Karla nodded, earning herself a pat on the head that she quite enjoyed.

"Oh and you better get my money back," Ixia reminded Capensis. "I really want to keep this dress!"

"I will, I will. I just need a new plan." Capensis reassured her. She quickly turned away and started asking Zya about what would be there and the games she could play. He needed a really good plan and fast. The mage was certainly no pushover in intelligence and in skill so the only way to get him was to either outsmart him, seeing that he's still a child, or to blackmail him, but in order to blackmail he would need to know who he is; that, on his part, would require some research and a lot of it. This was going to be a huge pain.

"Is he always like this?" Zya asked as she started unloading her produce from her cart.

"As of late… yes," Ryunmei sighed. Zya frowned, holding the same disappointment as Ryunmei.

"Capensis, we're here…" Ixia said monotonously.

"I knew that." Capensis said quickly as he, finally, got off the cart.

"You just had to bring him along…" Elisa sighed in disappointment as she and her party members came over to see their friends.

"And that's the best greeting I've ever heard," Gia commented sarcastically.

"Give me a break! It's not like you had to deal with the-"

"Elisa!" Capensis almost looked like he was floating towards her until the fated tranquilizer dart poked his backside, causing him to suddenly fall flat on his face. Everyone just sighed in response.

"Come on! I want to go to Shouta's so I could see the mage person." Alena reminded her sister as she tugged on her sleeve. Gia sighed.

"If you really wanted to go see this person, you wouldn't be clinging to me."

"But I don't want to go by myself…"

"You could come with me." Ixia suggested. "I am going there too." Alena didn't take a glance back at her sister as she skipped over to Ixia.

"Let's go Ixia, let's go!" Alena then proceeded to drag Ixia down the street in the direction of the restaurant.

"She looks excited," Ryunmei commented.

"When she's going along with someone else…" Gia sighed. Ryunmei turned to see Baron already spending his share on food for himself.

"Ryunmei, this stuff is amazing." He said between mouthfuls. "You should try some."

"Well I better get started, seeing that someone decided to start without me." Ryunmei sighed, turning around with a wave before going to get some herself. Once again Capensis was left to lie on the floor, this time to be run over by a horse and cart full of people.


"What do you think he looks like?" Alena asked Ixia.

"Doesn't matter, I just want to improve my magic." Ixia told her.

"Aww, your no fun," Alena pouted. Ixia sighed.

"Sorry, I just really want to stop messing up, you know. Everything tends to go out of control and I don't want to be the reason everyone gets blown up."

"Oh…"

"So what do you think he'll look like, Alena?" Ixia asked. Alena's ears perked up in excitement.

"Maybe he looks like Capensis but with Jeda's head," Alena chirped. Ixia burst out laughing.

"That'll be hilarious!" Ixia said between gasps. Alena grinned.

"Maybe he looks like Santa Claus, so I could prove Santa is real." Alena was waving around her arms around as Ixia opened the door to enter the restaurant. The floating flames were still going around.

"Or he could look like Elisa and Capensis would chase him instead of her." Alena started impersonating Capensis and a bit of Elisa.

"Wait … a minute," Ixia gasped in between breaths. "Can't… breath." She just couldn't stop laughing.

"Do you need something?" the flame asked in annoyance. The laughter slowly dissolved into a fit of giggles.

"Ah, there you are." Shouta smiled as he came from the kitchen. "Yuuki, get down here!"

"Why?"

"They are…just come down," Shouta sighed in frustration.

"…Fine," the flame sighed in annoyance before vanishing. The others continued floating around the room. A boy suddenly appeared by the staircase. His piercing vermillion eyes gave them a cold glare and other than festival clothes he was wearing, that were purple in hue, he had the same description Hiroto gave about the thief that took his money. Alena immediately hid behind Ixia in fear. Ixia gulped, hoping that he wasn't too angry.

"So, why are they here again?" he asked Shouta after calming himself down.

"I don't remember. How about you ask them?" The mage turned to look at them, again, this time with intense curiosity. Alena continued to hide behind Ixia, however.

"Ixia, and Alena, right?" Yuuki asked the two.

"Yes~, how did you-"

"Why are you here?" he asked. "Shouldn't you be enjoying the festival with your party members?"

Ixia decided to get to the point. "I saw your magic and I was hoping you might give me a few pointers for my own." She was still a bit wary due to the reaction she got earlier.

He watched her for a moment.

"Really?" he asked. "I'm pretty sure lady Shannon of the mage guild would do a better job than me..."

"Lady Shannon?" Ixia repeated.

"You don't know her?" he asked. "Well I guess that does explain you asking me…" He started walking towards them and Alena's trembling increased, clearly representing her fear.

"Ixia… can we go now?" Alena asked quietly.

"You could go if you want…" Ixia told her. "I wanted to get some pointers and that's what I'm going to do."

"So your afraid of me…that's a new one." He was standing in front of them now. "I guess I wouldn't have to worry about getting mugged again-"

"You were mugged?" Alena asked cautiously.

"Embarrassing isn't it. If I were paying attention I wouldn't be here…" He caught a glimpse of Shouta's facial expression "Well it's not like here is bad but, I'd prefer not getting mugged."

"How do you know where the mage guild is if you were in bed and only came to the West Coast recently?"

Yuuki flinched at the question but quickly recomposed himself to answer back.

"That doesn't mean I didn't have the chance to walk around a bit first."

Shouta's eyes narrowed as he crossed his arms. "Did you go out when I wasn't watching?"

"So you believe the Hiroto guy?" Yuuki asked in response.

"I'm trying to figure out who to believe right now." Shouta wasn't pleased with the answer he was coming up with.

"Well you could tell me who later, I got to deal with someone right now." Yuuki waved off Shouta as he walked out the front door and stopping when he realized Ixia wasn't following. "Hey! You are coming right?"

"Yeah!" Ixia hurried after him with Alena, who didn't want to be left behind, following after her.


"Where is the damn kid?" Hiroto grumbled as he walked though the ally ways. Upon turning a right he saw the kid leaving the restaurant closely followed by Ixia and Alena.

"So that's where you are… Just where do you think you are going?" Hiroto quietly started to follow them as he planed his gold pouch recovery.

"What kind of mage are you?" Yuuki asked Ixia attempting to start a conversation, partially out of curiosity but mainly just to satisfy his boredom. "Are you a witch? Elementalist?"

"I actually haven't decided yet," Ixia admitted.

"So you're basically still running in circles," he sighed clearly disappointed.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ixia snapped. "It certainly doesn't look like you decided!"

"I have plans."

"Sure, you do, as what? A bum or a thief?" She panicked upon realizing she just gave away her opinion to her prime suspect. Yuuki faked offence.

"Ouch, that hurts you know. Being accused of being a thief isn't a pleasant gesture of thanks, you know." Ixia simply glared at him but, soon he was revealing a mischievous smirk. "How about we play a little game?"

"Game?" Ixia asked in confusion.

"If you manage to catch me, I'll confirm if your little accusation was true or not. Want to play?"

Ixia hesitated at the sudden request. Did that mean he was the thief or was he just toying with her?

"I want to play!" Alena surprisingly jumped at the opportunity to play a game.

"Alright we have another player! Any more takers?" He seemed almost too excited about this.

"What do you mean by another player?" Ixia asked with a huge amount on concern. "How many people are searching for you?"

"I prefer to call it a highly motivated game of hide and seek, but I'm pretty sure you'll know all of them."

Ixia didn't like the sound of it at all, but she needed to know the truth of what happened to the money she lent Capensis.

"Fine, I'll play," Her mind was protesting. 'You're not going to catch him' is what it was saying and she knew that her intuition was always right.

"Awesome!" He jumped away from them to gain some distance. "Our game starts-"

"You're not getting' away brat!" HIroto interrupted as he rushed at the mage. Yuuki grinned as he moved to the side evading him completely.

"So it was you that was following me?" Yuuki seemed to be enjoying what was occurring, despite the obvious rage coming from the fighter. "Hey now that you're here does it mean the funny guy is here too?" Yuuki asked as he turned around to look behind him.

"Didn't anyone tell ya never turn your back to the en-" Hiroto stopped mid sentence as Yuuki jumped and landed on his arm still facing the same direction.

"Aww he isn't around is he?" Yuuki asked in a disappointed tone. "That's no fun. He literally ran into a wall when trying to catch me yesterday."

Ixia would've face palmed if she was any better off. Meanwhile Hiroto was sweating bullets as he tried to figure out how the heck Yuuki managed to know exactly when he was coming and how in the world he was standing on his arm.

"My turn!" Alena called out as she too jumped on HIroto's arm trying to tag Yuuki. Everyone's jaw dropped. Yuuki himself was shocked by her speed; he even had to use him magic to avoid her.

"Aww," Alena whined. "I almost had him too…"

"Thank the lord for the speedy kid here 'cause I'm getting my gold back!" Hiroto grinned. The mage had finally asked the wrong person to join his 'game' and now it's going to end. Hiroto looked back at the mage only to see him happier than before. "Did I miss something?"

Yuuki laughed. "This is the best game ever! I might actually get caught this time!" Hiroto growled. The kid actually wanted to get caught? That means he was just toying with him the entire time.

"I give up!" Ixia told him suddenly.

"Huh?" Yuuki seemed surprised by her sudden withdrawal "What do you mean you give up? You haven't even tried yet."

"I could tell be just watching that 'll never catch you. Alena was the closest one and that was before you started using magic."

Seeing how he reacted to Ixia's sudden withdrawal Hiroto decided to follow suit.

"Same. You're just too good kid. No one's goin' to get you at this rate." Yuuki began getting frustrated.

"You've got to be kidding me! You're just going to quit?"

"Yep, an' don't say anything about me not trying. I tried for two whole days and I still wasn't even close." Hiroto was internally cheering for his good decision to get him what rightfully belong to him. Yuuki's frustration was becoming evident as well as the fact he was probably toying with them for kicks. His frustration suddenly ended, however, as he appeared to have a realization of what he had.

"Fine, I guess I'll just spend all your money on festival stuff." He smirked as he started walking to a game stand.

"Hah, you wouldn't do that! You're just trying to get your way!" Hiroto mocked.

"What game is this?" Yuuki asked the man running it.

"You just have to knock down all five cup towers with five balls to win the grand prize. I assure you it's a lot harder than it looks."

"How much?"

"It's 20 gold per play."

"Ok-"

"YOU LITTLE BASTARD GET BACK HERE! I'LL TEAR YOU LIM FROM LIM!" Hiroto shouted as he charged at the now grinning mage. He had fell right into his trap. The poor man nearly got run over as Yuuki quickly dodged Hiroto. Unfortunately the stand suffered his horrible wrath and was completely destroyed.

"Hiroto!" Ixia called out, chasing after him. "Calm down! You're going to break everything at this rate!"

"Nooo! The cup game!" Alena cried. "Now I'll never get the big prize! YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!" Alena suddenly disappeared from Ixia's view leaving a gust of wind and dust behind her. Ixia sighed. How will she get those directions now?

"My stand!" the man cried after Hiroto and Alena left, chasing after Yuuki. Ixia quickly apologized and decided to search for Lady Shannon herself.


"Man, everything tastes so good!" Baron said between mouthfuls, as he shoveled food into his mouth. Ryunmei nodded as she took another bite of a moon cake. After finishing what was in her mouth, she put down her cake. Who knew when she would get this chance again?

"Baron, I need to tell you something." Baron looked up from his food, and quickly swallowed whatever was in his mouth.

"What's up?" He asked her.

"We've known each other for quite sometime, " Ryunmei started.

"Yeah, it's been about an year now since we all became a party." Baron smiled.

"Well, I was thinking that… maybe we could take- " Ryunmei was cut off by the sudden screams of stampeding people.

Baron quickly stood up sword in hand. Ryunmei stared in surprise. A huge army of monsters could be seen behind the panicking people.

"Wah ha ha ha , who would've thought that so many humans would be together at this time?" a blood red lugaru laughed.

"Why do you think I'm captain?" A red tau laughed. "I would disappoint if I didn't pick the right day!"

"Look at all the food! They were probably celebrating their harvest!" a goblin chieftain grinned as he and the other goblins started to destroy the stands and grab armfuls of food. Her confession was going to have to wait.


Capensis frowned as he walked through the streets. Not only was there no sign of Elisa but, there was no sign of that mage either. He turned the corner, taking a bit of his ice cream sandwich, and saw everything he was looking for; both in the same place. Hiroto was furious and it seemed as if Alena and Ixia started the chase as well, meanwhile Elisa was enjoying her daifuku dumplings on a stick.

"Cape! Cape!" Capecho started in the direction of the mage.

"Wait, wait, this could be the only chance I have with Elisa!" Capensis whined.

"CAPE!" Capensis sighed. Capecho was right after all. It's nearly impossible to woo a girl without money. To make things worse, that money wasn't even his.

"Alright, alright! The mage- " an axe flew past Capensis nearly hitting Elisa. Everyone suddenly stopped in his or her tracks as a mechanical tau was seen in the distance. Screams followed the running people as they took whatever they possibly can with them. Elisa readied her guns as the tau came closer.

"Humans detected. Initiating offense mode." The tau picked up its axe and swung it at Hiroto, who barely managed to avoid it.

"What is that?" Yuuki asked to no one in particular.

"How about you give me my money back? You little piece of trash!" Hiroto scowled. " And don't think I don't know who you are!"

The mage raised an eyebrow and smiled" Really? Please tell me."

"You're that kid the guy was looking after, and I can't wait to tell him what you've really been doing."

"You don't really know me, do you?" the mage asked.

"I described you perfectly didn't I?"

"You still don't know me all that well."

"Hello we've got a giant mechanical tau here!" Elisa shouted as she dodged the tau's axe, and threw some grenades in its direction.

"I'll deal with you later…" Hiroto grumbled, before running over and kicking the tau square in the face. Alena took this change to jump on it back and pry off a small piece of metal by its neck.

"Moto MOTO!" Lantern breathed fire at the tau.

"Floo!" Florea shot some electricity at the tau, while Ixia sent some magic missiles its way.

The tau blocked their magic with its axe and started to breath fire at the nearest person. Yuuki watched in awe as they fought the giant tau.

"Hey, you get out of here!" Elisa yelled at Yuuki as little robots started to come out of a small compartment of the tau.

"5." The robots started to move away from Elisa, Ixia, Alena, and Hiroto.

"4." Capensis fired his rocket launcher at the tau causing it to stumble backwards.

"3." A laser came from the ground below Ixia. Although it she blocked it using her magic she still took a bit of damage.

"2." The tau roared and swung its axe at Hiroto. He dodged to the side and grabbed hold of the tau's axe, preventing it from moving its weapon.

"1." A sudden alarm sound came off of the robots and suddenly turned into monsters. They were surrounded.

"Shoot." Capensis mumbled to himself. "This can't end well." He turned to see the mage still there, watching their every move as if it was all an act in a play. "And why in the world are you still here? Can't you just leave?"

The mage looked around for a bit, as if analyzing the situation he was in. "I could but I thought it'll be more fun to watch. Besides I didn't really think you would need my help. You guys were doing so well too," He sighed, suddenly he became irritated.

"Are you seriously going to stand there?" the mage asked. "You'll get yourselves killed."

"You really are a piece of trash aren't you?" Hiroto grumbled. "Probably a nut case too."

Yuuki ignored him. "I should probably go check on the old man. He should be all right though. I've seen him knock out all kinds of people that decide to give trouble many times so it's not like he's afraid to get dirty..."

"Are you saying that Shouta was a dungeon fighter like Zya?" Ixia asked in surprise.

"It's possible, but I haven't known him long enough… I should probably go. He'll probably have a heart attack before I even get the chance if he starts to worry."

"You're not going anywhere!" Capensis and Hiroto shouted at the same time. "Not until you give me back my money!"

Yuuki laughed. " That's funny! First off, there is no way you could keep me here and that's been proven. Secondly, the money is Ixia's not yours!"

"You KNOW HIM?!" Capensis pointed at the mage.

"Good Luck~" Yuuki waved at the group.

"Wait!" Ixia called out before he disappeared. Ixia began to sulk. "He didn't even show me where Shannon's place is…"

"No time to worry about that now." Elisa reminded.

Everyone readied him or herself as the monsters surrounded them.


"KRASH!" a goblin was sent flying into a building leaving a dent in the wall. The monsters were piling up on the ground but there were still a lot more to deal with. The clash between the monsters and the dungeon fighters was raging on in the streets.

"There's just no end to them!" Baron said cutting down a tau.

"No kidding." Ryunmei kicked another in the face sending it into a group of goblins. "Just where do you think everyone is?"

"No idea." Baron cuts down another goblin.

"Hopefully they're alright," Ryunmei gasped between words as she caught the axe of a tau coming down on her before throwing it away and sending the tau into the clouds. A chain whip flew past them grabbing a goblin and then swinging it at a line of enemies before slamming it into the ground.

"How dare they ruin my shop and put me back in action! Do they realize the trouble they've caused ME? They will PAY!" Zya was furiously attacking the monsters in front of her.

Baron noticed two small hands grab onto his leg. Karla had snuck behind Baron.

"You brought her along?" Baron twitched upon realizing the hands belonged to Karla. She, however, appeared to be in awe of her aunt's skill.

"Of course I did. Do you think I'll leave her behind? She would not stay where I leave her and I don't trust the rookies in the area to protect her."

"You're putting her in harms way!" Baron scolded.

"Then I'll give you the honor of protecting her." Zya pointed at Baron before kicking a goblin in the face. "You fail, you'll end like the goblins. Kapesh?"

Baron swallowed the lump in his throat and nodded to Zya's request. "Yes ma'am."

"Good. Hopefully she will learn a thing or two from you," Zya laughed. Turning around only to give a glare at the monsters coming from behind; causing them to run away. Baron and Ryunmei relaxed themselves as they watched.

"You should start looking for your party members. You know just incase."

"Huh?" Baron turned his head in shock from Zya's sudden response. "Wait you just-"

"Now hurry it up before they decide to come back!" Zya grinned. "I wouldn't be able to focus if you two stick around."

Ryunmei and Baron stared at the woman for a while before turning around to leave.

"And don't you DARE forget my girl! GOT IT?"

"Yes Ma'am!" Ryunmei and Baron nearly jumping at her sudden outburst. Zya laughed.

"Now get going before I start a bloody carnival."

Ryunmei picked up Karla, despite the girl's protests, and soon they were on their way down the street.

"What a scary woman." Baron shuddered.

"Let's focus on finding our party members and keeping Karla safe, alright?" Ryunmei sighed.


Hello Everyone. Its been a while. Once again i updated with a partial chapter. I hope you don't mind too much.

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