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Two cloaked figures walked into a dark room. A scarlet chair was the only thing visible. The chair had its back turned to the door and the shadowy outline of a human figure could be seen.
"You both better have a good update if you came in so soon." The figure in the chair snarled.
"Y-Yes ma'am. The twins have returned to Magnolia." One of the cloaked figures stuttered while shivering in fear.
"WHAT!?" The figure yelled, standing up. The first cloaked figure shook in fear and cried, while the other stood in his place, unfazed by the menacing tone their boss had.
"Bren! Calm yourself." The unfazed figure mentioned.
"I'm surprised you haven't put out your flames with those water works." The figure said as she sat back in her chair.
"Now, Bren, Iye, I need you to keep a close eye on the twins. We'll be making our move on them soon enough." The seated figure ordered.
"Yes, Master Bacia." Iye bowed. Iye disappeared in a cloud of smoke, Bren following close behind.
Kadyn's POV
We all made our way up the snowy mountain in search of the criminal and his hideout. Nothing suspicious caught my eye. I was sure this mission would be quite boring. Just the thought of bringing one criminal to justice was enough to put me to sleep. I know, I know. A wanted criminal needs to be brought to justice, but the thought didn't really appeal to me.
"Why are we all going on this one easy task? Don't you think one or two people will be plenty for this job." I questioned.
"I just wanted all four of us to hang out. Plus, it's easy money so you can buy some food and furniture for your apartment." Nuri stated simply. I couldn't help but sigh.
"Then why couldn't you choose a more difficult job? Or at least one where the weather isn't so bitter cold?!"
"Why didn't you say you were cold? You have two Fire Dragon Slayers on your side!" Fia exclaimed with a flame in hand.
"You are very fortunate that this cold temperature soothed my headache, otherwise there would only be one Fire Dragon Slayer accompanying Kane and I on this mission." I glared.
"I was just offering some warmth." Fia sulked silently. I looked to the corner of my eye and saw Nuri was intimidated by my comment and walked silently next to Kane to hide from my view.
"Let's set up camp there and get warm, eat, and then get back to searching. Sound good?" Nuri asked while pointing to a cave.
"Sounds good to me!" Kane agreed.
Kane and I gathered some wood we found, which was soaked by the snow.
"Are you sure this will light?" I asked.
"Yup! Our Fire breath won't burn the wet wood, but we can easily dry them." Fia smiled. Kane and I set the piles of wood we gathered right next to Nuri and Fia. They began to blow small flames on each piece of wood. "Look." Fia said while handing me a piece of wood. It was dry and felt really warm!
"Wow. You weren't kidding." I chuckled while handing her the wood. Nuri had already begun to set some pieces of wood on fire and set them in a pit he dug up. Soon, all of the wood was dry and the fire was huge! The area was warm as we all sat around the flames.
"Ugh! I'm so HOT!" Nuri whined. I turned in his direction only to find him shirtless and in the snow.
"What the...?" I questioned while looking in Fia's direction as to why her brother was crazy enough as to be half naked in the snow, but found her in a pile of snow herself.
"Tell me about it!" She groaned.
"You guys are going to catch a cold!" I warned while inching myself closer to the flame.
"Don't worry about us. Just get yourselves warm and tell us when you guys are ready to go." Nuri said while diving deeper into the snow. His whole body soon disappeared into the steaming snow pile. The snow quickly melted and Nuri became visible again.
"If you think it's hot, why use your fire magic in the cold snow?" I groaned.
"I'm not! My body just gives off warmth. Look!" Nuri got up and reached underneath my hood and touched my neck. It was actually really warm, but as much as I wanted him to warm up the rest of my body, I quickly grabbed his hand and pulled it out of my cloak.
"Woah. You really are warm." I replied.
"Perks of being a Fire Dragon Slayer." He smiled a toothy grin. I got up and looked towards the cave's entrance.
"We better start leaving. The sooner we catch this criminal, the sooner we get off of this damn freezing mountain."
Fia's POV
We left the cave and made out on a path.
"RaiRai is probably really worried about me!" I exclaimed with tears in my eyes.
"Blah, Blah, Blah! Just cause you two slept together last night, doesn't mean you have to talk about him all day!" Nuri snapped.
"You're just jealous cause you don't have a girl worrying about you like I do Rai." I retorted.
"Am not!" He yelled back.
"Are too!" I yelled.
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"AM NOT!"
"ARE TOO!"
"Enough!" Kane exclaimed.
"Yes sir!" We replied in unison.
"Look." Kadyn pointed. "It's a forked path."
"Ugh!" Nuri groaned.
"We'll need to split up. Kane and I…" Kadyn started.
"No way in hell am I gonna be paired up with this lunatic! Please take me with you Kadyn!" Nuri begged.
"Hmmm… I suppose that'll work out better since you two might cause a ruckus. Fine. Nuri and I will travel on the right path, and Fia and Kane will travel on the left path. Whoever finds the criminal takes him down, and we'll rendezvous in the cave we settled in before in five days. Got it?" Kadyn asked.
"Got it." I sighed. Even though I did talk about Rai, my mind was never clear of Kadyn. He became more and more interesting to me. He seemed like a polite, yet intimidating person and I couldn't help but think he still has more secrets yet to be discovered. It was soo HOT!
"Let's go Fia!" Kane exclaimed while taking my hand and running down our designated path.
Kane's POV
As I ran with Fia's arm in my hand, I couldn't help but notice her skin was really warm compared to my cold hand. I remember Nuri saying something about their skin being abnormally warm. We made our way up a ledge, and a sudden scream filled the air. It was high pitched scream, so I assumed it was a girl. Fia and I ran to the source to find a girl surrounded by a group of men. She looked to be around our age.
"C'mon girl. Just one peek." The biggest of the men pleaded while gently stroking the girl's face.
"Help! Anyone!" The girl continued to scream.
"Let go of the girl!" Fia yelled. All of the men turned to Fia and simply laughed.
"Or what?" The biggest man questioned.
"Or I'll have to burn you to a crisp." Fia answered, her fist surrounded in flames. All of the men bursted out into laughter. Fia took this chance to attack the men. One by one, each one was punched off of the mountain.
"Are you okay?" I asked the girl.
"Yes. I'm fine." She answered. I gave her a comforting hug, then all of a sudden, she was pushing me off the cliff!
"Fire Dragon, Iron fist!" Fia yelled. The girl fell off the cliff and took me down with her.
I felt an arm grab my flailing arm. I looked to see who it was and found Fia hanging off of the cliff.
"Hold on Kane! I got ya!" One of the rocks she held slipped , causing Fia and I to drop to our deaths.
A huge pile of snow fell down with us. Once we landed, we started to slide down the side of the mountain. We hadn't died!I couldn't help but laugh and raise my arms in the air. I turned to Fia and saw she looked very sick.
"Too… fast…. Stop…. this."
"Do you have motion sickness?" I questioned her with a surprised look on my face. She nodded her head and covered her mouth. The snow soon covered us and my world went black.
Kadyn's POV
"ACHOO!"
"Are you okay?" Nuri asked. I wiped my nose and continued on our path.
"Yes. I'm fine. Let's just keep moving forward so we can get off of this mountain as soon as possible." My nose started to drip and my teeth chattered due to the cold. I couldn't feel my hands, which were now red from the cold, and the stream of wetness running from my nose started to crystallize. My fast breathing could be seen by the fog coming from my mouth. I turned to look at Nuri to see if he was affected by the chilling air, but he seemed unfazed by it all.
"Do y-y-you ever g-g-get c-c-cold?" I shivered.
"Not that often." he said simply, shrugging a bit. I moved closer to him and could feel the warmth his body emitted. I kept a gap between us so he wouldn't notice, but was close enough so that I didn't freeze.
We continued walking on the path and stopped every so often so we could catch our breath in the thin mountain air.
"Are you sure you don't wanna warm up inside of a cave?" Nuri asked as we came to a stop right in front of a cave.
"I-I'll take the offer, s-s-since I don't want any of my fingers to f-f-freeze off." I stated shakily. As soon as we reached the entrance of the cave, I heard Nuri yell, "Watch out!" there was a loud CRACK. I looked up, but my world went black.
Bren's POV
"Nice work, Iye." I congratulated my partner. "This should keep those two busy for a while."
"Thanks!" He grinned, flame still engulfing his body.
"Let's get back to headquarters and plan our next move." I began while walking into a dark cloud of smoke.
"Wait for me!" Bren yelled. A cracking noise echoed across the mountainside.
"The sweet sound of victory." I snickered.
Nuri's POV
Kadyn and I walked towards the cave. I looked up the mountain and saw dark smoke quickly disappear. I rubbed my eyes and looked again, but there wasn't any sign of anything. All of a sudden a pile of snow rushed down the mountain side right above the cave.
"Watch out!" I yelled. The flowing river of snow threatened to crash down on Kadyn, so I quickly grabbed him and dove inside of the cave.
"Are you alright?" I questioned worriedly. He didn't move. Shit! "Don't die on me!" I yelled. "You just came back! You can't just die after not seeing the guild for that long!" I leaned closer to his mouth and could feel him barely breathing. I went to grab his hand and noticed they were very small and delicate, like a girl's hands. I couldn't help but laugh.
"Wait 'till the guild hears about this! One of the strongest guys in the guild has little girly hands!" I fell back laughing. After I got all of that out of my system, I grabbed his hand and noticed it was really cold. I got up and walked to the exit of the cave, but noticed it was covered with snow.
"Damnit." I whispered. I set my hand on fire and looked around the cave. I found one log of wood and a bunch of sticks and twigs laying around the floor of the cave. I quickly dug a pit before turning to Kadyn. I grabbed Kadyn, who was surprisingly light, and set him by the pit.
"We should probably save this log for later, but I can't dry these twigs 'cause they're too small and would burn up." I wondered while grabbing my chin. "Maybe I could use some of Kadyn's cloak…. No, that's what's keeping him warm." I looked to see Kadyn and saw his breaths in the cold, crisp air. I grabbed all of the twigs and sticks and placed them in the pit. I took off my shirt and looked it over for a bit.
"I'm gonna get hot anyways, so might as well." I mumbled while ripping the shirt and setting the piece of the cloth and wood scraps on fire. I set my back on the snow that covered the entrance and laid there. The snow didn't seem to be melting.
"This is some good snow right here! It's nice and cold!" I smiled while snuggling up to it. It wasn't really cold, but it sure cooled me down.
"Seems like a good time to nap. Once you get warm, we'll get out of this cave and find the criminal." I told the sleeping body beside the fire.
I woke up to the loud sound of coughing. I looked to see the source of the loud noise that woke me up from an amazing dream of food. I could see Kadyn's body fidget in rhythm of the coughing and could hear him gasping for air towards the ending of the loud, obnoxious noise. I walked over to him and touched his forehead. He felt hot.
"Crap! Okay, c'mon Nuri! Think! Maybe he laid by the fire too long!" I exclaimed. I quickly grabbed another piece of my shirt and wrapped some snow inside of it, making a sort of icepack. I slowly pulled back the cloaked figures hood to rest the icepack on his head, only to see something that surprised me. I jumped back a bit, then looked closer at Kadyn.
Behind the hood of the cloak was a blue haired girl with a tattoo above and below her right eye. Her hair was tied into a ponytail with a white ribbon and two locks of hair framed her face. She sure was easy on the eyes and was one of the most beautiful girls I had ever seen. She looked peaceful as she slept. She also had a pink tint to her cheeks.
"I guess this explains the hands." I commented to myself. While I admired her face, she started to cough weakly. I brought the ice pack to her forehead and left it there. I held her in my arms to warm her up away from the flame and continued to look at her beautiful face. I put my hand on her forehead again. She still felt warm, but she had cooled down a tiny bit.
"Achoo!" She sneezed, her hair flying forward onto her face. I lightly brushed the hair from her face. Her eyes fluttered opened and I immediately fell in love. It felt like my heart was about to pop out of my chest. Her big brown eyes stared at me sleepily then, out of nowhere, her eyes turned away like she was ashamed of something.
Kadyn's POV
"So you finally saw what I looked like underneath this cloak." I whispered. It looked like Nuri was going to say something, but he stopped himself. "It's alright. I knew someone would figure out about my identity sooner or later."
"Why would you hide your identity in the first place? You're…." He started.
"You wouldn't understand." I snapped.
"Try me." He stood up with a serious look on his face.
"My identity needs to be secret." I began softly.
"Why?" He asked.
"You wouldn't understand!" I yelled.
"I'm understanding so far!" He yelled back. The cave fell silent and I looked away from Nuri. "Hey, if you don't want me to tell anyone about your identity, fine. Just tell why you're hiding it." Nuri pleaded. I sighed and stood up. I was face to face with Nuri now.
"I didn't lie about my name, in case you were wondering." I started. "I am Kadyn Scarlet, daughter of Erza Scarlet and Jellal Fernandes, The Wanted Criminal and member of Crime Sorcière." I spoke with courage and fearlessness. Nuri's eyes widened. Suddenly the space between us vanished as he pressed his lips to mine.
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