~Chapter 12 - The Snowman Goes Missing!~
"Thanks for the escort," she smiled. "It was nice talking to you."
"Likewise," he bowed politely. "I'm looking forward the next time we practice, Taiyoura. I do hope that my foot won't get as much pain as what I got earlier."
The wizards laugh together..
Taiyoura and Hibiki exchanged goodbyes and took their separate ways. Taiyoura approached the rented house while Hibiki goes back to the guild house.
The light bluenette was already holding the door knob when it turned by itself. Kaede opened the door for her then said, "Emergency. We all have to talk."
Puzzled because of her teammate's serious face, she asked, "What's the fuss all about?"
"You'll find out."
Taiyoura stepped in then found Lenalee sitting on the right sofa of the living room. The Thunder Art wizard waved the envelope in the air also with a serious looking face, "You must know about this one."
She walked towards her friend as Kaede stomp his way to his room. "What's with him?" she pointed.
"He is going to be on a look for someone."
"Who? And for what?"
"Just read this," Lenalee handed over the envelope.
"Just what are these guys up to? What's with their serious faces? Is it because I was escorted by Hibiki..? Now that won't make sense," she thought before obtaining the item. She was about to open it when the door bell suddenly rang. Both women were startled. Taiyoura took a step to the door but Lenalee stopped her, "I'll take this. You go and read that."
Taiyoura took a deep sigh and settled down on the sofa. She opened the letter than flipped open a folded paper. With her eyes, she silently reads the paper.. Her face turned pale because of fear after reading the threat...
"Beware of us. We want to greet you, dear reader, that whoever you are, we know you.. Tonight, one of your friends will disappear in the dark and be our little play toy. If you cannot do anything to save him, say goodbye and wish him good luck if he'll go up.. or go down!"
"It's freaky right?" Lenalee leans on the wall grasping a package on her hands.
"This is," the dragon slayer shuddered.
"Exactly. A threat.."
"And it seems that it has arrived then," Kaede's voice said, coming down from upstairs. "The communications lacrima they spoke about."
"What do you mean they spoke about. There isn't a single word about that written in here," Taiyoura reviews the letter. It was then that she noticed small writings on a corner of the paper. It had the smallest font size a human can read. "Wait for the communications lacrima. It will be delivered," is what it says.
"Should we open it now?" Lenalee gently placed the package on the dinning table.
"We should!" Taiyoura firmly said. "Whoever that is, I can tell that it's someone we're close with."
"A possible deduction," Kaede complimented.
"Then it's a 'yes' then," Lenalee unwrapped the wrapper. As expected, a cardboard box was wrapped. But, what was unexpected that the culprits wrote a note saying, "Do not open until 9:00 am tomorrow morning."
"Damn these guys!" the black-head scowled.
"Then?" Taiyoura crossed her arms. "What do we do? If they're acting like this then there is a slight chance that they may haven't yet caught their prey.."
"True, but, it's also possible that they have caught whoever it is but is setting their materials. Geez, if these guys are to plan something like this, at least they should have a smoother plan than this. Making us wait and all," Lenalee glanced at the box. "Well anyway, let's put this away until tomorrow. We'll open it at 9:00 sharp. But until then, we could try and see who is missing. It's either from the guild.."
"Or from the clans," Kaede added.
"Exactly. And that's what I fear about."
"Don't worry, guys. If they are to kidnap anyone from either clans, I'm sure the headmaster would eventually notice," Taiyoura assured them positively. "And.. You can't underestimate the girls from the Tsuji clan along with the boys of the Kudo clan, right?"
The others agreed firmly with frowns replaced with slight smiles on their faces.
"Well then, shall we head to bed now? It's better if we get up early tomorrow to have more spare time to figure out this threatening puzzle we have on our shoulders."
"Huh?! Can't we watch movies? Just an hour, pretty please..?" Kaede pleaded.
"I guess it's okay. Anyway it's still around 7. What do you say Lenalee?"
"What's the genre?" the deep bluenette smiled.
In a dash, Kaede ran up to his room bringing with him all sorts of movie lacrimas. He had round more than 10 movies in hand. "We have horror, action, drama, romance, comedy, friendship, hurt/comfort, adventure, and so on," Kaede explained. "So which one are you going to go for?"
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In the hour they spent watching a film, they forgot all their problems. Together they laughed, cried and shrieked during the whole film. But.. is forgetting about their friend's, whoever it is, situation a good thing? Or they'll eventually remember it tomorrow?
A little earlier, before the movie ended, Taiyoura went to bed with sleepy eyes. She was too tired to see more of the action the main protagonist is doing. She mentally suggested to herself to just walk out and crawl into bed. With a gentle close, she walks to her bed. "Hmmm," she hummed. "I wonder if.. Nah! It's impossible. They're strong wizards after all. Nothing to worry." The dragon slayer falls on her bed and covers herself with her blanket. Soon, she fell into a peaceful sleep.
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"AAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH H!" he screamed at the top of his lungs.. The blonde head falls to the ground, hard, and instantly becomes unconscious.
"Boss, we got the target," a young-aged male voice said. "Shall we get going."
Standing on top of a 3-story building, a black-head man smirks. He cuts off the Telepathy, smirking. "Finally, a revenge for my sister.."
"Boss really loves to do that, huh. Cutting off his telepathy to say yes.."
"Don't argue, or else you'll face the same consequences like the kid years ago."
"Tch. Don't worry, I won't. Plus I'm not as stupid as that kiddo."
"We'll see about that."
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The next morning.. Kaede got up early from bed. He didn't wore any top as he walks downstairs. The black-head wizard yawns as he lays both his feet on the living room. "Geez, I forgot the time last night that I fell asleep late," he gently rubs the sleepiness on his eyes. "Geez those girls. Picking a movie for themselves yet they couldn't finish it! Next time they should at least-" His sentence was cut as soon as he heard a knock on the door.
"Whose there?" he asked with caution.
"Oi, I can hear you talking to yourself," Ren said.
"Sheesh, it's Tsunie," he made a disappointed face.
"Don't call me that, it's not my name you idiot!" Ren exclaimed behind the door.
"Oh sorry, it's Renie. Almost forgot, sorry..!"
"You idiot..."
"Then? What's the matter, coming here so early. Don't tell me you want to take my Lenalee away from me."
"Are you serious..?!"
"Look, Kaede," Hibiki's voice suddenly butts in. "We didn't come here to play. We just want to ask you this.. Have you seen Eve?"
Startled by the blonde-head's question, Kaede paused for a moment. Then answers him, "No. Not today. There's no way that Eve would come here early anyway.."
The boys behind the door went silent.. Soon, they were chattering softly. Like they were discussing an important matter. "Oi," Kaede shoved his hands on his pant's pockets. "What are you guys talking about their?"
The Trimens then paused like they were thinking on how to answer.
"I'm asking a question here.."
"Eve is missing," Hibiki firmly announced.
A/N: So sorry for the late update. I had exams earlier this morning and I'm still going to take some tomorrow. Added with tons of clearance requirements, it's a really tight schedule..
Anyway, here is the latest chapter as of Feb. 4, 2013, Philippine time. Please enjoy, read and review. It's highly appreciated, really. Corrections and recommendations are double highly appreciated.
Special PS: Fairy Tail the Movie is now available in RAW! Source: love my anime .net (Remove the spaces to visit the site.)