"What does a girl have to do to get a decent drink around here?"
Vanessa slowly made her way down her path scanning the area for the closest bar. After a few minutes of no luck Vanessa sighed loudly in frustration and planted her face in her palm.
"This is going to take forever!"
Vanessa continues to drag her feet throughout the village until she stops by an old shop off to the side against a wall. By the looks of the scattered wooden stools surrounded by small tables and the high top wooden counter, she struck gold. Her eyes lit up.
"Oh yes! I'm sure boss man wouldn't mind a magic knight took a little incentive for her troubles..."
She began to run towards the counter like a happy child and reaches over behind the counter to try her luck. She doesn't pull back until she feels a big glass bottle in her grasp. Once she found one she popped it open and reached for the nearest glass just to be disgusted by how dirty it was.
"Ugh. Talk about bad service..."
She pushed the dirty glass away from her then took a swig straight from the bottle. After a few gulps she slammed the bottle to the counter took a seat on the nearest stool and was left with a goofy smile on her face.
"Oh yes, that was much needed."
Vanessa turned her attention towards the houses.
Even though its still pretty early you would think I would at least see someone who got up early or something. I wonder if Sister Lily was actually referring to the whole village when she said they were all gone, not just the children from the church... If so, how did Sister Lily manage to survive this whole ordeal on her own. That makes no sense... unless...that wasn't Sister Lily.
A faded dreamlike voice begins to sing her name.
"Oh Vanessa darling..."
She quickly jumps up to her seat to the sound of the mysterious voice.
"Vanessa..."
"Hey asshole." She sung right back with a mischievous smirk on her face. Her Grimoire began to rise and glow beside her.
"If you wanna play, you just have to ask. I don't bite-"
Her thread begins to appear all around her but of course only she could see where she set them in place.
"I promise."
She can hear a childlike boisterous laugh but still no body that it belonged to.
" You seem like fun, better than that little brat from earlier. Didn't put much of a fight though, what a bore."
What little brat is this asshole talking about?
Before Vanessa could open her mouth to ask, her question was answered when a body fell right in front of her. Just hearing the way the body hit the floor had Vanessa wince, afraid to open her eyes. She slowly opened them just to see Noelle. She was laying there, pale skin, dark rings around her neck, and from the looks of the blood spilling out, her head took a pretty bad hit too. Frozen in her tracks Vanessa could only seem to form a loud piercing screech as she fell to her knees. Vanessa couldn't help but weep as she began to grab hold of her body and begins to cradle her in her arms.
"Noelle! Please no no no! This can't be for real..."
"See... now your little friend took a little cat nap after playing with my toys. And that wasn't really nice you know. Next thing you know she walked herself off that building above you there! Ha! She was actually standing right on top of that building you were stealing from, guess she was playing hide or seek or some-"
"Shut the fuck up." Vanessa growled in a stern but loud voice. "Now I don't know who you are or where you're from but this shit ends now. Show your face!"
Vanessa gently rests Noelle's body back down to the ground, she looked down to her dress that was now drenched in Noelle's blood. Horrified she wipes some of the blood off her hands then manages to get back up noticing that her thread has disappeared.
My thread... Little prick probably got rid of them before she fell. But how?
"Hmmm.. I'll only show my face if you play with my toys for a bit."
"Now asshole!"
"But.. my toys." The voice replied sadly.
"Come out now you little shit."
"Fine, if you insist..."
Dark clouds begin to form around Vanessa completely blinding her view around her. She begins to cover her mouth as the clouds thicken. After a few minutes the clouds quickly disperse, and there standing before her stood a man standing there with an oddly wide smile across his face.
He wore a black tank top which showed his many battle scars starting from his shoulders all the down to his finger tips. Despite the scars he was built and toned. He had long grey pants that seemed a bit battered up and he wore black battered up combat boots. He ran his fingers down the middle of his purple sleek short hair showing off his gray eyes that she couldn't help but get lost in for a bit.
Despite this man being a complete psycho, he's not too bad to look at.
"What you think? A real beaut right?"
Angry she made sure to act swiftly. Her Grimoire rose from behind her, she simply rose her hand then made a fist activating her thread to once again do its job; it begins to close in on the man stand before her. With the quick snap of his fingers the thread disappeared. He giggled.
"The names Kai... nice to meet you gorgeous."
"Fuck off creep."
He chuckled.
"I assume your not ready to take me in hand to hand combat..."
Vanessa takes another look at his toned scarred arms. Kai tilts his head taking in all of Vanessa's assets.
"Pretty sure you don't wanna end up like your friend over there-"
Before he could finish his sentence Vanessa quickly lifted her knee hitting him right where it hurts. Now in pain, Kai grabs a hold of his jewels between his legs and falls over. She smiles in victory.
"Men hahaa, pathetic."
Vanessa quickly makes her way back to Noelle's body, her Grimoire following not too far behind. She quickly cast a spell that formed a red box enclosing Noelle's body within it before turning her attention back to the man rolling on the floor. He begins to laugh maniacally while still rolling on the floor.
"I like your spirit gorgeous!"
He slowly manages to get back on his feet. He cracks his knuckles.
"Guess you may be ready after all. But lucky for you, seems like I have another friend who'd like to play."
Kai simply puts his right hand up and opened his palm. Within seconds, what looked like a blur seemed to aim straight for him. Vanessa couldn't even see at this point, at the rate that object was going and the amount of dirt that filled the air, she had no choice but to wait. She covered her face with her arm to avoid any of it to get to her eyes. When it finally cleared Vanessa lowered her arm and could see Asta, in his full demon form. He was stopped by Kai's hand. His sword planted in his hand halfway and into his arm almost splitting it in half, while the end of his sword was just inches from Kai's face. Kai looked unaffected by the sword and still wore that oddly wide smile on his face.
What? He was able to stop one of Asta's attack with just one hand. This guy can't be that strong! And plus his sword is supposed to cancel out any spells or magic. He must not be using magic or even have any in this case... This guy can't be the one casting these spells.
"Oh Asta, I've been waiting for you for quite awhile now."
Not answering, Asta quickly pulled his sword out of his hand then flew into the air. He placed both hands on his handle before striking straight down onto Kai. When the dust clears from his attack he looked beneath his sword to see nothing but dirt. He missed. He could hear the man giggle, he turned to the bar behind them to see him lounging on the roof of one of the nearby houses. He began to wave to Asta.
"Yoohoo! Over here guy, looks like you missed!"
Without any hesitation Asta takes flight aiming straight for Kai while pulling his sword back ready to strike once again. Another loud crash occurs causing bricks from the roof to go flying and a large cloud of dirt as well. Once cleared he looked again to see the absence of the nuisance.
"You know, I'm getting real tired of you guys trying to kill me, what'd I do to you?"
Hearing the voice from behind him he quickly swings his sword but feels nothing. He missed again. A low growl comes from Asta before he yells in frustration.
"Aaaaaahhhhh!"
Vanessa shook a bit to the screech.
This guy is only pissing him off even more. This isn't good. I should get a demon recovery spell ready so that demon doesn't completely take over.
Vanessa began to analyze Asta as he stood on the top of the roof scanning the area for his enemy. The whole right side of his body was engulfed in all black. As his rage grew, she began to notice that it began to spread even more than it usually does.
It's spreading even more. I gotta stop it before it completely takes over, and we lose Asta for good.
Vanessa turns to the red casket holding Noelle's body.
For now, I need to keep this to myself. If he found out... then we might as well say our goodbyes to the Asta we know now because ...he would just lose it.
Vanessa looks over to see Zora who looks likes he's out of breath running towards her direction. Once he reached Vanessa he puts one hand up trying to speak but also trying to catch his breath at the same time. Vanessa, unimpressed by how nonathletic her man was stood there with a blank expression.
Really Zora...
Finally catching his breath he stood up straight.
"Hey babe, bad news. The basic shit ain't working anymore. We may need to finally pull out the big stuff. "
Vanessa nods knowing exactly which spell to use.
"The pre-exorcism spell."
"The what?"
"The pre-exorcism spell..."
She continues while the pages in her Grimoire begin to turn to the spell needed.
"This spell is used not as an exorcism but simply to keep the demon dormant as well as the human body it is manipulating. It'll put him out in a second. Do me a favor, make a trap for him. I'll conjure up this spell and trap it inside, once he steps onto it it'll be activated and its lights out for him. "
Zora smiles as his own Grimoire begins to rise and glow behind him.
"And this is why I love you. Brains and beauty. And maybe cus you got a nice ass too."
Vanessa smirks.
A/N: Leave reviews, let me know what you think
Contemplating on which direction I will be taking things for lil Asta and his friends
Stay tuned !