A/N: Good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gents!
Here we are again, with me not updating in over a week, huzzah!
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I shall be trying my best to at least update every two(2) to three (3) days.
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CHAPTER 9 – OH DEAR
"So, uh, let me get this straight" Asin quirked a brow.
"You took the camera from them, managed to elude us all-" He spoke in a quizzical tone "-And you just want to return it?"
"That is correct" Lass nodded, tossing the camera in the air and catching it with ease.
"And this isn't suicide... how?" The Taoist insisted on the question.
"Because-" Lass smirked, placing the camera inside his right pocket "-This never happened"
"Wha?"
THUD!
"Ei"
"Ye sure e's not ded?"
"Well, he WAS just alive a few hours ago"
"Maybe he died whul sleepin'?"
"Hmm, that could be a possibility"
"Wha...?"
"O, der we go, e's aweek noo"
"Ack, who are you... people?"
"Asin"
"Asin!"
"Huh...?"
"It's time to..."
"Time to... what?"
"Agh, joost give 'im e gud mornin' slap-!"
WHACK!
"AHHH!" Asin screamed while sitting up from his bed, gingerly caressing his right cheek.
"Gud mornin'!" Ryan grinned, standing up from Asin's bed.
"Lunch is ready and you're the only one who wasn't at the mess hall" Ronan smiled "So we took the liberty of waking you up"
"Ehh, what?" Asin blinked owlishly at the two.
"Y'know, we shoodav joost let 'im slip" Ryan turned over to Ronan "Look at 'im, e's a total mess!"
"He wouldn't be like that if you hadn't slapped him" Ronan retorted.
"Well, den der's dat" Ryan shrugged.
" 'Nways, loonch is ready" The elf smiled towards Asin "It's delicious Elben stew!"
"Uhh, okay..." Asin rubbed at his eyes, looking deep in thought.
"We'll wait for you downstairs" Ronan left the room who was shortly followed by Ryan.
Asin blinked a few times, blankly staring at his slightly open door. He stared at his right arm and clenched it into a fist "Was that whole thing... a dream?"
Vivid images flooded Asin's mind, from burnt down doors, cameras, trap doors and naked bodies.
Naked female bodies.
He felt his face heating up a bit and quickly shook his head in response.
"I need to clear my head" He stood up from the bed, and entered the corridor of the male dormitory.
The Taoist quickly glanced to the end of the hall, more specifically at the first door to the left. Much to his surprise, it was still there, not burnt one bit.
He went near it and cautiously placed his hand on the wood, hesitating to place his hand for a split second. Asin breathed heavily and placed his right hand, feeling the familiar sensation of wood, he sighed. But what that sigh signified, he himself did not know.
He trudged down the stairs, his thoughts slowing his pace. The Taoist was quite sure that all of that early morning madness wasn't just a dream. He pushed open the door leading to the hall that lead to the mess hall.
Having this ominous feeling, he slowly approached the large door that lead to their dining hall, as if it were a beast. He audibly gulped and steeled himself for the worst.
Upon opening the doors his senses of hearing, smelling and sight had been filled with a cacophony of different sensations. He was greeted with the Chasers gleefully eating away at their respective seats. With Zero eating peacefully to himself. Arme, Amy and Lime had been animatedly talking while talking small amounts of food to their mouths whilst Jin dreamily watched Amy eat. Ronan reprimanding Sieghart to get off the table while he was making kissing noises towards Elesis, to which the red knight replied with curses and punches. Lire and Ryan cooking more of their native stew (while Ryan was sneakily drinking away while Lire wasn't looking). Dio glaring daggers towards Ley, who was for the first in a while, eating with the rest of the Chasers. She looked quite amused while Jeeves proceeded to serve her food. Rin was looking astonished at the contraption that spoon fed Mari while she was reading a book, it had even skillfully caught a drop of stew that would have fell on her book. The Haros brothers were eating silently, mimicking Zero. When Asin had entered the room only one pair of eyes fell upon him.
Lass.
As soon as the Taoist had noticed that he was being observed, he quickly raised a questioning brow at the Half-demon, to which Lass just replied with a cheeky smirk.
Asin sat down at his chair and fiddled at his thumbs, everything about this scenario was wrong. He knew that what had happened earlier this morning wasn't a dream, judging from Lass' smug expression when he had entered the room.
Ryan and Lire had greeted him when he sat down, the elven woman had then proceeded to pour him a bowl and gave it to Ryan. The Druid placed half a loaf of bread beside the bowl and placed it in front of Asin. He could've sworn he heard the others greet him too, but due to all that had happened he was temporarily deaf from the sudden change of events.
The Taoist blankly stared at his stew, not even bothering to move it, he was shook out of his thoughts when Sieghart had nudged his right shoulder. Asin blankly looked over to his right. He saw the immortal don a smirk, and when the Gladiator had snapped his fingers, Asin was brought back to his senses.
"Good job, bud" The immortal grinned, giving Asin a thumb's up.
He shook his head frantically and looked around the room. Due to his shock he had not even touched his food that was right in front of him, how much more about his surroundings?
The only occupants of the mess hall were the males, and Ronan and Ryan were cleaning up.
Asin massaged his temples "Alright, what just happened?" His voice apparent with exasperation, also with a small tinge of irritation.
"Amnesia potion" Lass butted in, still drinking the stew from his spoon in modest amounts.
"And it's permanent-" Sieghart nodded his head happily "-It means we're all good"
"And I was out cold-" Asin raised a brow "-For how long?"
Ryan laughed "For aboot en hour or soo"
"Sleeping potion" Lass' voice had sounded more smug this time.
"What a surprise-" Asin rolled his eyes "-What else do you have, height increasing potions?"
"Haha, very funny" Lass did the eye rolling this time.
"Now that's the Asin we know!" Sieghart smiled, slapping the Taoist at the back.
"Truth be told-" Dio snorted "-He was quite the handful"
"Ha, like you could've done any better" Sieghart taunted.
"Oh, I could have-" Dio narrowed his eyes "-I wouldn't blindly charge at a mission without knowing everything, and I mean everything there is to know about it"
"Unlike some boorish barbarian that I know of" Dio smirked.
"Psh, you just wanted to see Ley naked" The immortal raised his brows suggestively.
"We've already established this-" Dio placed his right palm at his face and slowly let it slide down "-I am not interseted in her naked body, however appealing"
"Yeah, you aren't interested in it-" The Gladiator suppressed a chuckled "You'd rather ravage it, would ya?"
Dio gritted his teeth and a purple aura emanated from him.
"Oh, you wanna have a go?" Sieghart confidently taunted, emanating a blackish-purple aura of his own.
"Settle down you two" Luxus said calmly, unsheathing his Twin Tooth just in case.
"Don't you dare have a brawl inside of here!" Ronan narrowed his eyes at the three, his tone of voice akin to that of a reprimanding mother.
"But-" Sieghart was cut off when Ronan crossed his arms "-Bah, fine" The Gladiator rubbed the back of his head while his aura dissipated. Dio in turn sighed and his aura vanished as well.
"I bet you're quite curious to what had happened earlier, yes?" Lass' voice rung through their ears, and they all knew that he was talking to a certain Taoist.
"Let's have a recap, shall we?" Lass smiled, placing his spoon inside of the now empty bowl.
Ryan chuckled and sat down on one of the vacant chairs whilst Ronan sighed in disbelief and continued in washing the dishes "Oh dear"
A/N: And that concludes this chapter in another... CLIFFHANGER!
Truth be told, I enjoy making cliffhangers (though I'm sure some of you guys probably detest me because of that. So, mwaha!)
Hope you guys enjoyed!
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