Chapter 11
"WHAT!" the guild screamed excitedly; after the team had returned they found the guild awake and waiting to bombard them with questions. It had been an hour since they had made it back from the elimination round, and Hikaru had explained to them what had happened.
"Are you serious, you got first place? That's awesome, right Raiden." Madoka said excitedly and tiredly at the same time. Raiden just looked up at Madoka, who was on his back, and shook his head with a slight blush on his face. Raiden was in the middle of taking a slightly tipsy and very tired Madoka to their tent outside.
"That's preeeety coool." A very drunk Ren slurred. He had his arm flung overtop Asuki's shoulders, who was holding him up. "Right Newbieeee." Ren slurred as he pulled on Asuki's check, which caused her to slap him across the face.
"Don't touch me. You're lucky I'm helping you, Moody" Asuki grumbled. Ren, who had a bright red handprint on his face, nodded before going limp. As he went limp he fell and landed on top of Asuki, taking her down to the ground.
"Agh. Get off. Someone help." Asuki wheezed, as she was crushed by an unconscious and heavy Ren. He was suddenly lifted off of her by Ken, who flung Ren over his shoulder, before picking Asuki up by the hood of the yellow jacket she had put on earlier.
"Thanks." Asuki mumbled as Ken placed her on the ground, he in response nodded before turning back to the team.
"That's cool. You must have gotten some pretty easy enemies then." Sumiko said with a large smirk on her face.
"HEY. I resent that." Shinju grumbled before whispering. "Even if it is true."
"Don't worry. I'm sure you guys did great." Suzumu giggled as she stepped forward and gave the brooding Shinju a hug.
"Attention." Emiko said from beside Haine near the bar. "I think everyone should get some sleep. We have a big day tomorrow."
"Master, where are Taki, Sorano and Koi?" Chinami questioned.
"And where's my little Tora?" Shinju asked.
"There up in you room. All of them wanted to stay up and wait, but Taki made them go to sleep when they nearly passed out, and these kids started a drinking game. They were resistant but when she said that they could sleep in your room, they went straight to bed." Emiko explained then yawned. "Excuse me I'm tired, good night." Once she finished, her and Haine walked to the exit of the bar and went upstairs. Chinami soon headed in the same direction.
"Where are you going?" Yumi asked.
"To sleep, as should you." Chinami mumbled before stumbling slightly. Hikaru came up behind her and lifted her up, knowing that when Chinami was tired she was very clumsy and would probably end up hurting herself.
"She's right. Night." Asuki said as she walked past the two and headed to the staircase. "Hey Ken. Can you take care of Moody?" Asuki asked to which she got a grunt in response from the giant, who followed behind her.
"G-good job you guys." Asuki whispered so softly, that only Chinami heard her, before leaving.
"Madoka's almost asleep. See you in the morning." Raiden said as he headed to the bar doors heading outside.
"Why do you guys always sleep outside?" Shinju asked.
"We prefer the outdoor, also Biia gets lonely."
"It's Chiia." Madoka grumbled.
"It's Biia."
"Chi..."
"Would you stop fighting over its name?" Shinju yelled annoyed. "It's a giant ass boar. I don't think it cares." Chiia/Biia was Madoka and Raiden's large pet boar; the two of them were always fighting a name for him, even though they've had him for years. It annoyed the guild a lot, but the two mages didn't seem to care.
"We care! But sorry we'll stop. Say goodnight Madoka." Raiden said.
"Goodnight Madoka." Madoka mumbled before she dropped her head onto Raiden's shoulder, snuggled close to his neck and fell asleep. Soon loud snores came from the girl as she started to drool on Raiden, before they both left.
"Hey, guys. Do you think that Madoka will ever find out that Raiden's hopelessly in love with her?" Yumi asked everyone.
"I do! Night, night." Suzumu shouted as Sumiko dragged her reluctant-to-sleep twin out the door and up the stairs.
"Hey guys." Jun said behind them, causing them to turn towards him. He stood with Haruhi slung over his shoulder. "Can Safire sleep in your room? I can only carry one person at once and I can't take my eyes off of Haruhi, while she's this drunk."
"Hey I don't need to be watched Jun." Haruhi giggled as she lifted up her hand and brought it down onto Jun's ass. All Jun did in response was laugh and continue carrying her out the door and up the stairs.
"I've got Chinami, Can you guys get Safire?" Hikaru asked as he shifted Chinami in his arms.
"Sure, I've got her." Shinju giggled as she walked over to and picked up a drunken Safire; lifted her over her shoulder.
"Your reeeeeeeeally strong, Shin-nee." Safire slurred and giggled with a bright red face.
"I know."
They all then headed up the stairs and once they got to their room they found Koi, Tora, and the exceeds inside, asleep on the beds; which were pushed together creating one large one. In the middle of the bed was Tora, dressed in pink polka dot pajamas', cuddling the two exceeds. Koi was in long black pajamas, across from Tora, with his arm around her.
"How adorable do they look, Hikaru?" Chinami murmured tiredly into Hikaru's chest.
"Very." Hikaru said with a smile, as he placed her next to Koi and kissed her on the forehead. "Night China-nee."
"Night Hikaru-kun." Chinami mumbled as she turned on her side and threw her arm overtop of the Koi, Sorano, Taki and Tora. All of the younger mages cuddled closer to her subconsciously, as she fell asleep with a big smile on her face. Hikaru stared at them and chuckled slightly, before taking off his vest and shirt and walking into the bathroom to take a shower, as the other mages walked in.
Early in the morning Chinami was soaking in the large tub, with Taki and Sorano, after healing the rest of her team, before they headed down for breakfast. Chinami raised her hand so that it was slightly over top of the water, skimming it slightly.
"Water Dragons: Healing Water." she said as she twitched her middle finger down towards the water, this caused a ripple to form and the water to glow. After gently placing her hand back down she slid into the glowing water, so that she was completely submerged.
"Taki, how long can Chinami breath underwater for? I've never really counted." Sorano asked from where she was floating in the water.
"Since she's a Water Dragon Slayer she can breathe underwater for a long time." Taki explained; just as Chinami came back up from under the water, with all of her injuries healed.
"Come on you two you need to be washed. We need to get downstairs soon." Chinami said as she grabbed the shampoo and covered Sorano in it.
"I hate shampoo!" Sorano complained.
"Deal with it, you kind of smell." Taki grumbled as she too was covered in shampoo by Chinami.
After they had all finished washing, Chinami and used her magic to dry herself and the exceeds, before grabbed a tight black tank top and pants, before helping Taki and Sorano dress. Sorano was in a red dress and long wig with her black glasses, while Taki was wearing what she usually wore.
Once they were finished in the hotel room and had headed downstairs, they could hear yelling coming from behind the closed bar door. Once they stepped inside Taki and Sorano sweatdropped as they looked at the scene in front of them. Shinju was wrapped in a green vine and hanging, upside down, from a beam on the roof while yelling at a smirking Yumi, who was sitting on the edge of one of the wooden tables with her one leg crossed over the other and her index finger pointing upward; controlling the vine. Chinami walked over to the wooden table, where several men sat staring at Yumi with heart filled eyes.
"Yumi, what are you doing? You should save your strength for today." Chinami said, completely ignoring the screaming requip mage.
"THAT'S WHAT YOU WORRIED ABOUT, ALL MY BLOODS RUSHING TO MY HEAD!" Shinju yelled to Chinami.
"I was seeing if I could replicate those vines we saw last night. They work, but they won't last long. Next I'm going to try out those banzai trees." Yumi said as she tilted her head over her shoulder, looking at the other mage.
"NO! DON'T LET HER DO IT. I SWEAR I WILL GET YOU BACK. NOW PUT ME DOWN YOU, BIG CHESTED FREAK OF NATURE!" Shinju yelled, infuriated and slightly panicky.
"Are you really scared of those tiny banzai trees? Lame!" Yumi laughed up at Shinju.
"I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. KUKIKA SHIVERS EVERYTIME I'VE METIONED THEM THIS MORNING."
"Well, that's understandable. She got groped by one of them."
"JUST PUT ME DOWN!"
"Yumi-nee can you please put Shinju-nee down?" Tora asked as she came up behind the two.
"Fine, but only for you little one." Yumi said as she patted Tora on the head, before turning to Shinju and raising her arm. "Evaporate." As she said this, the vines disappeared in a puff of green smoke and Shinju fell from the tall roof, through the smoke, and landed on her head; all before she sat up and shook her head. Just as Shinju leapt at Yumi, Ken came up from behind her and caught her around the waist, not letting her attack the other mage.
"No." Ken said in his deep voice, as he held onto a flaring Shinju, who was still trying to get at the God Slayer. Yumi in return reached up and pulled down the bottom lid of her right eye, before sticking her tongue out at Shinju. Shinju's left eye then started to twitch as she turned red with rage.
"LET ME AT HER. LET ME AT HER!" Shinju yelled, struggling against Ken.
"Please don't be so loud." a small voice said in pain. Everyone watched as a ruffled and hung-over Safire walked past them, with her head hung down towards the ground; clutching it in pain. They continued to watch her as she shuffled past them towards a table behind the group; before sitting next to Kukika and Hikaru.
"Is she ok?" Shinju asked as she hung limply in Ken's arms.
"Let's go see." Yumi said as she grabbed Chinami and dragged her towards the table.
"Uh Ken, can you put me down now?" Shinju asked as she looked up at him.
"Sure." he said as he released her, allowing her to follow the others and sit at the table in between Chinami, who was beside Safire, and Yumi.
"Safire-chan, are you ok?" Shinju asked, but all she got in reply was a small whimper from the girl, who had laid her head on her folded arms, which were on the table top.
"Of course she's not ok." Asuki said as she came into the bar and sat down, slamming her glass onto the table, causing Safire to yelp in pain before she wept slightly. "Miss. sweet and innocent is experiencing her first hang over. She didn't even know she was drinking, Sumiko told her she was drinking juice but it was just fruity sake. Once she had one glass she kept ordering more and more, she almost won our little drinking competition."
"Poor Safire-chan." Kukika mumbled as she looked at Safire with pity. Kukika remember when Sumiko did the same thing to her, it was not a pleasant experience.
"Yeah, that's ruff. She did the same thing to me when I was 13." Hikaru said as he rubbed Safire's back comfortingly.
"Here let me help." Chinami said as she turned to Asuki and grabbed her drink.
"That's my water." Asuki complained as she stood and walked towards the bar, off to get a new drink knowing she wouldn't get hers back. Chinami placed her hand over the cup and water flew out, before surrounding her hand.
"Water Dragon's: Healing Water. Here this will make the hangover stop." Chinami said, as the water glowed; before she tilted Safire's head up, by her chin, and placed her hand onto Safire's forehead. Safire closed her eyes her eyes and sighed as the pain completely left her head, and Chinami's hand slid from her forehead.
"Thanks Chinami-nee. I should probably head upstairs to change before we leave soon." Safire said as stood up and headed up to her room.
"Why would we have to leave soon?" Shinju asked as the guild master and Haine walked up behind them.
"Are you all forgetting that you have to be getting ready for the GMG? You should all be at the arena getting prepared by now." Emiko said to the mages in front of her.
"Oh yeah, I forgot." Shinju said sheepishly as she rubbed the back of her neck.
"Don't just sit there. GO." Haine demanded, and with that the mages quickly scattered from the table quickly and left with Sorano and Taki behind them.
A half hour later the group was at The Domus Flau and in a large gray bricked room, with a large wooden door. Inside the team was waiting and getting dressed, as the loud cheering coming from the arena echoed throughout the room.
"Yumi, I don't complement you much, but I must say these outfits fit us perfectly. I love them!" Shinju exclaimed as she stared down at her outfit.
"Of course, I made them to fit our different styles. For example look at Hikaru's clothes." Yumi explained and pointed to Hikaru.
Hikaru was wearing loose, black pants that were tucked into his black boots and were held up by white bandages; that wrapped around his waist and reached just under his navel. His upper half was completely bare, except for his black fingerless gloves.
"See, since Hikaru prefers to fight without a shirt I didn't give him one. Also with his beautiful and muscular body he might get some wanted attention." Yumi said as she nudged a slightly red faced Hikaru.
"With Shinju's outfit I made it look like her regular gothic look." Yumi explained as she gestured towards Shinju, who was in a thick strapped dress.
Shinju's dress was red and black stripped, which was tight around her waist before flaring out, reaching her mid thighs. She was also wearing tall red and black stripped socks, that reached her knees, and black combat boots that were tied up with red ribbon. She also had on short black flower lace gloves and around her neck was a black chocker with a red cross hanging from it. Her jet black hair was tied, with red ribbon, up into high two pigtails.
"Since red is a better color on her I changed up her regular colors. Also I found this when I was shopping last night and thought it would be great." Yumi said as she pulled out a red lace parasol with a black handle.
"Kawiiiiiii! I don't have one this color. It's perfect." Shinju exclaimed, as she snatched it out of Yumi's hand and fawned over it.
"There's also my outfit. Pretty isn't it." Yumi squealed. "I've been making it for weeks."
Yumi was dressed in a strapless and backless green dress, the skirt of it reached her knees and was white with green lace overtop. Wrapped around her waist, several times, was a vine; she also had thin vines crossing all the way up her leg, leaving her guild mark visible, and a pink colored flower bracelet that was around her right upper arm. Her light green hair was pulled over her shoulder and covered her right eye.
"Also there's Kukika's outfit, it's not her usual style but it fits her perfectly. Don't you think Kuki?"
Kukika was wearing a loose, light blue, long sleeved shirt that had no shoulders and hung loosely from her arms; it was also tied at her wrists with dark blue ribbon. She was also wearing tight black short shorts and large black boots, which stopped at her mid-calf, with tall blue socks. Around her neck was a gold necklace, with their guild mark on it, she also had on her black bag and a black head band, behind her bangs and long hair.
"T-thank you Yumi. I really like it." Kukika mumbled as she played with her necklace.
"And the great thing about it is it hides your flat chest." Yumi exclaimed, and Kukika blushed in embarrassment. "And finally Chinami your outfit fits you perfectly.
Chinami was wearing a white sleeveless shirt, which was tight and stopped just under her breasts, with a low neck line. Overtop of the shirt was a black vest, that stopped at her mid stomach and was un-zipped, with a large hood that was up and covering half of her face; her hair was tied into a tall ponytail and was hidden under the hood. Starting at her mid upper arm were red bell sleeves that stopped at the end of her middle finger, along with tight black pants, that fell slightly low, with tall black boots. Chinami also had on a black chocker necklace with an oval, water filled pendant hanging from it.
"It's nice but I feel slightly uncomfortable with the amount of chest I'm showing, and the pants are kind of low." Chinami said as she tried to lift up her shirt with no luck.
"But it fits you so well and I know how you like to show off your guild mark, so the shirt doesn't have a stomach. Also even though I hate to admit it you're slightly, very slightly, hotter than me and you might be able to distract some of the male mages."
"…That's it, I'm changing!"
"NO, don't... Come on just leave it, you look really nice. Also I know that you like to keep your hands covered and hide your eyes around new people. With that hood you can make the big reveal that you're blind in your first fight, and once they know your blind the other mages may think your weak; it's perfect." Yumi said excited. Chinami gave a sigh in acceptance and annoyance, knowing that she would not be able to change Yumi's mind. As Chinami shook her head she felt a small tug on her pant leg.
"China-chan can we sit with you guys instead of the guild?" Sorano asked as she latched onto Chinami's lower leg and hugged her.
"Sure, but if you're going to sit with us you'll have to head up now." Chinami said with a small chuckle.
"OK!" Sorano said excitedly as she let go of Chinami and ran over to Taki, dragging her out of the room quickly.
"Be careful you two." Chinami shouted after them.
"We will." Chinami heard Taki faintly say from down the hallway.
"Alright you guys ready for this." Chinami said as she stood in the doorway.
"We're ready." They all said in unison before leaving the room and closing the door, leaving their dressing room empty and silent.
I am so sorry it took me so long to update. I've been taking a little break.
I've had writers block so I've been working on other things.
Sorry again.
Hope you favorite and review!
