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Chapter 2: A Mute, a Matchmaker and a Rival
April 3, X792 - Late Morning
"You've gotta be fucking kidding me," Cordelia grumbled as her mouth fell open in shock and disgust as she stared at the master's cabin on the head, white ship. Zinnia and Bones stood with her, both wearing similar looks of shock with their mouths agape.
Within the large cabin that made up the main office for the guild master laid a huge mess of papers, files, artifacts, maps, half filled cups of what they assumed to be beer or wine and even half empty plates of food. It was also dark as the lights didn't work when Cordelia tried to flick them on. A light buzzing could be heard coming from within the cabin, the trio guessing that it was coming from flies.
"No wonder Gordon didn't know about anything that was going on," Zinnia mentioned, "He probably couldn't find anything in here."
Cordelia attempted to take a step forward into the cabin and was promptly met with a waft of one of the most disgusting smells that ever entered her nose. She quickly gagged at the smell and ran from the area to quickly empty her stomach over the side of the ship. After a few good heaves, she made her way back down towards the cabin and stood a few feet from the doorway
"Sweet Jesus! That's worse than Eli's yellow fire," Cordelia said, looking over towards her brunette friend, "What the hell am I supposed to do with that when I can't even step inside?"
"Clean it?" she questioned, laughing at Cordelia's deadpanned stare, "Yeah, I suppose not when you can't even walk in there without gagging. Why not force Gordon to clean it? He was the one that let it get this bad. I mean, we haven't even looked at the bedroom on this ship either. Pretty sure that's not going to be any better."
"Well I am NOT moving any of my personal things onto this ship until it's cleaned properly," Cordelia stated in a firm tone, "But I don't want that metal idiot touching anything. He'd probably take something or mess something up on purpose just to get back at me. I don't trust his judgment right now."
"What to do? What to do?" Zinnia questioned while tapping her index finger onto her chin. A light bulb suddenly appeared above her head, "I've got it! Hagi!"
Cordelia smacked a palm to her forehead, "Why didn't we think of that sooner! Let's go find him!" she said before slamming the door shut tight and ushering them all up where they could breath in some fresh air before leaving to hunt down said mage.
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A rather young girl of fourteen scampered across the main deck of the large, middle vessel after having grabbed food to eat for an early lunch from within the lower realms of said ship. She only stood at 4'4", but she didn't much mind being short since it helped her stay hidden from unwanted attention. Plus, having such a light and thin frame made it easier for her to climb and maneuver around the entirety of the guild. Her dark raven hair was wild and full of bouncy and thick curls. She was pretty sure she felt half of the comb she had broken earlier hanging in her hair somewhere. She really needed to give up trying to brush out her mane of hair since it never worked out. Messy bangs fell in her gray-green eyes which were wide and round, taking in everything around her. Even if she liked to stay hidden most of the time, she enjoyed observing everything around her and she hated to miss anything interesting going on. Her skin was a dark mahogany brown which had her sea green guild mark popping brightly on her right hand. Her dark skin also made it easier to see the scar across her right forearm. She wore a white, sleeveless shirt that was a bit loose on her small frame. She had it tucked into baggy, gray pants that were tied off at her calves. She had a blue sash tied around her waist to not only hold up her pants but a sword as well and she had a rope bracelet on her left wrist. She was currently barefoot like she was most of the time, someone usually having to catch her and force her into shoes if she was required to wear them.
She continued to run across the deck in the direction of the crow's nest, which she had made into her own sanctuary. The only time she was kicked out of that spot was when it was needed during jobs or battles. She was about half way across the long deck when something caught her eye. She looked to see a group of guild members playing music and dancing together. She stopped to watch the scene, enjoying the small and fun moment she managed to catch. She had always enjoyed how happy everyone seemed to be in the guild. After living on the ship for two years, it still always surprised her how energetic everyone seemed to be. In the middle of her observing the scene, she missed the large form approaching her.
"Still watching people like that, Squall?" a gruff voice asked.
The small girl, known only as Squall to most of the guild, looked over to see who had spoken to her only to have her face fall instantly. Right in front of her was Gordon Hawthorne, although she couldn't help the small smirk upon seeing the multiple lumps on his head. She was pretty sure they were gifts from Cordelia after she had to go hunt him down.
"You laughing at me, little girl?!" he suddenly shouted, gaining the attention of one particular mage that sat near the pair, "You should be cleaning something! You still only have me to thank for taking your pitiful self in!"
Squall simply stood there, but if looks could kill then Gordon would have been dead a thousand times over from the heated look in her eyes. She puffed her cheeks out in annoyance at the thought that the man had been a bit right. Gordon had been the one to take her aboard Storm's Helm two years ago and he never seemed to let her forget it. It wasn't like no one else had been taken in like her, but Gordon just loved to shove this fact in her face more often than not. He had made her work on the ship as compensation for saving her too. She was rather annoyed with this. It's not that she wasn't grateful for being saved, but she could do more than just clean and move things around. She was a mage after all! So every day that passed, Squall came to dislike the man more and more to the point where she had come to ignore the man's demands and simply did as she pleased.
"Are you listening to me?! Go grab a mop and start cleaning!"
Gordon attempted to reach out for the girl, but he was quickly stopped by pale hand grabbing onto his arm in a tight grip. He followed the hand until he came face to face with one of Storm's Helm's S-Class mages. He inwardly sighed at the sight of her, knowing that today was just not his lucky day.
This twenty year old woman was known as Nanami Shiraki. She stood at 5'7" with a thin and fit build with a thin waist and a slightly smaller than average bust. Her purple hair fell all around her head and reached her shoulders with several red highlights in it. Her bangs were cut at her eyebrows so that it would stay out of her face and slanted, icy blue eyes. Normally, those eyes carried a friendly and calm expression, but they currently held a piercing gaze as they stared at Gordon. Her red guild mark was located on her stomach, sitting to the left and a bit above her naval. She wore a short, black tank top that ended just below her chest, exposing her stomach. Over this, she wore a sleeveless, red leather jacket that ended just past her chest and was decorated with a few gold studs along the folded collar. The jacket's main zipper and pocket zippers were also gold in color. She had on a pair of tattered blue jeans that had holes in the knees and a black leather belt around her waist. The jeans were tucked into a pair of black combat boots and she wore a brown rope necklace that had a few gold charms hanging from it. Finally, from a blue cord that hung diagonally across her chest was a long and regal katana that was kept in a curved red sheath that was decorated in gold. The guard on it was gold and shaped like a flower with five petals and the handle was wrapped in a red cloth while paper charms hung from the pommel, reading Swallowtail in kanji.
"Leave her alone," Nanami stated in a firm tone.
"This is none of your business, Shiraki," Gordon snapped in reply, using her last name like most of the guild did, "Beat it!"
"You're only taking your anger out on her because Cordelia-san beat you today," Nanami continued, not backing down from the man, "And with that being said, she doesn't have to listen to you anymore. You're not the guild master anymore."
"You should really learn when to keep your mouth shut, Shiraki!" he shouted, "Take a note from the mute here and close that mouth!" he continued, pointing towards Squall.
"Your impolite attitude is not refreshing in the slightest," Nanami said, her grip on his arm tightening in annoyance, "I, for one, am happy that Cordelia-san won the match today."
Gordon shouted loudly in frustration as he attempted to turn and land a punch on the woman. Nanami easily ducked out of the way before releasing the man and jumping back a few feet. She grabbed onto the hilt of her sword with her left hand, preparing for a fight from the man. Even if Gordon had been the guild master, Cordelia had already roughed him up earlier that morning and he was a bit tactless when it came to battle, so Nanami wasn't worried about a fight against him.
"Metal Make-"
Though, before he could even finish his spell, Nanami beat him to the punch, "Space Cutter: Shadow Chase," she said evenly as she pulled out her katana and slashed it across the front of her. This ripped open a red hole in the air big enough for Nanami to jump through it. She quickly disappeared in it, the hole closing up behind her. In the next instant, another hole opened up directly behind Gordon, "Slash Wave," she said, slashing her blade horizontally at the large man. This sent out a wide wave of red distorted space towards him. When the attack hit him, it easily dropped him to his knees as the magic had a heavy damaging affect on an opponent physically, leaving them feeling weak and disoriented.
Before Gordon could get back up, Squall quickly came up beside him and bopped the handle of her sword hard on his head where he already had a bump. This finished the large man and had him thumping to the ground in an unmoving heap.
"Nice finishing move," Nanami said, smiling over at the young girl as she placed her sword back in its sheath, "Now then," she began as she stood in front of the girl, "Are you all right?"
Squall stared up at the woman with wide eyes, having been around her a few times before. She found Nanami to be one of the nicer members of the guild and she spoke to her like a normal person rather than ignore her or quickly write her off as an idiot because she couldn't speak. Because of this, Squall gave her a large smile and poked her stomach a few times in appreciation for what she had done for her.
Time spent with the young girl had taught Nanami on how to pick up on what she was telling her. She smiled warmly at the girl, "You're welcome, Squall-san."
Squall instantly dropped her smile at the suffix that Nanami had used with her name.
"Ah, right, you don't like 'san' added to your name," Nanami replied quickly, "I apologize. It's a form of habit, but I'll try harder, Squall," she said, patting her head gently. That was when she felt the broken comb in the girl's hair, "You broke another comb?"
Squall felt a sweat drop fall down her head as she nodded in answer.
"Well come sit down and I'll help you untangle it. Plus, you need somewhere to sit and eat still, right?" she asked, motioning down to the food in her hands.
Squall looked down to the food, the neatly made sushi looking even more appetizing after being stopped from eating it sooner than she would have liked. She then looked back up at Nanami and with another wide smile, she pushed the plate of sushi up towards her, remembering that the woman really liked it.
"If you're willing to share, then I'll have some. Thank you," she said as she began walking towards the table that she had previously been setting at, "Hopefully I can have a daughter as sweet as you one day," she mumbled more to herself than the small girl.
Squall quickly followed her, but not before taking a moment to jump up high and land hard on Gordon's gut with both feet.
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Amelia Thompson, more affectionately known by Mia, currently stood on the back left corner ship with her arms covered tightly across her chest and a heavy blush on her cheeks. She was rather short for a twenty-four year old, only reaching five feet. Though, her skin was lightly tanned and her body was thin with a bit of curves. Her dark brown hair was thick and wavy and reached the small of her back. Her bangs swooped across her face, showing off dark sapphire eyes. Her crimson red guild mark was located in between her shoulder blades. She wore fitted black jeans with a red sash to keep them in place, the ends of the sash hanging on the left side of her hips. The jeans were tucked into heeled, black knee-high boots, the heels being thicker in nature rather than a stem. She normally wore corset styled tops in various colors with whatever struck her mood. Today she sported a bright red one. Finally, she wore three silver bangles on each wrist.
Why Hagi ever chose to live in the all boys dorms, she would never know, but she had wished that he hadn't asked her to meet him on the top of the ship.
"Really Hagi!" she shouted loudly, "You should have better sense! And what's taking you so long?!" she continued to shout to no one in particular.
The reason for her current embarrassment was due to the several comments made about her more than plentiful chest size. On the back right corner ship that held the women's dorms, she could walk around without having to worry about such comments. Sure, a few of the other women would make a comment or two about how they were envious of her chest size or they just thought they were nice looking, but never comments that made her blush heavily. Even on the back middle ship that held the co-ed dorms, she was left alone most of the time; but here on the boy's dorms, they all stared at her as if they had never seen a woman in their lives. It was like she was on a completely different world and she just wanted to get off!
"Why can't you live in the co-ed dorms, Hagi?!"
"Because the boy's dorms need the most work when it comes to cleanliness and tidiness," a light voice answered.
Amelia looked towards where the voice came from to see a young man walking out from the stairway that led down into the cabins.
To say that Hagi Atairo was a man was to use the term loosely. While Hagi was a boy, he came off more feminine than any normal boy would. Amelia had told him several times that he was prettier than some of the women on the ship, which he never seemed to mind. Hagi came to an understanding a long time ago on what he looked like and had simply embraced it. He was currently nineteen and only reached the height of 5'8". He was fairly certain he wouldn't get any taller than that. His body was lean and athletic, but it was still a rather slim build. It did make him appear attractive, but it almost made it impossible to tell which gender he was. His long, dark blonde hair didn't help his gender case either. It reached down to his waist and was straight, a few long bangs falling across his dark brown eyes. His fair skin also added an air of mystery to his gender and it had a smattering of pale freckles across his nose and cheeks. His pale red guild mark was located on the back of his right hand. He wore a long sleeved sweater with horizontal stripes consisting of every color in the rainbow in faded pastel shades. He paired it with black skinny jeans and black high-tops with white laces.
"So your cleaning habits are the reason I have to endure such torture?!" Amelia continued to shout, more out of embarrassment than anger. Normally, Amelia was a fairly happy and motherly type of woman, but any time she felt embarrassed about her chest size she tended to lose her usual composure.
"Really Mia," Hagi replied with a happy smile, "I don't know why you have such problems with your chest. They are rather lovely."
"Don't say that! It makes everything that much worse!" she yelled, tightening her hold across her chest.
"You should really learn how to show them off better. You'd have the boys eating out of the palms of your hands!" he giggled, hearts lighting up in his eyes, "Oh my! All the dates I could set you up on would be wonderful! Please let me match you up with someone already!"
"Hagiiiiiii," she whined, thick streams of tears falling down her cheeks, "Can we please just leave this ship already?!"
"Only if you uncross your arms! Learn how to show those ladies off already!"
"You're so mean! You know I can't do that!"
"Why have them and not show them off a bit? Use them to your advantage!"
"I'm not that type of girl!" she shouted, her blushing growing darker, "You're going to kill me from embarrassment! Please! Can we go?!"
Hagi chuckled before coming up to hug her from the right side, "Yes, yes, let's go. But really, you should let me set you up one of these days."
"Geez Hagi," she sighed as they began to head towards the heavy, metal bridge at the inner corner of the ship that would lead up to the middle vessel, "Just buy me lunch and we'll call it even," she said, finally dropping her arms and wrapping them around the man in a friendly hug as well, "You're lucky you're so cute."
"I think you tell me that at least once a day," he giggled.
The two were half way across the bridge when they suddenly heard a loud shout.
"HAGI!" Cordelia yelled from the back ship they had just been on. She suddenly took off at top speed up the bridge and caught the boy in her arms. She continued running up the bridge and out across the top deck of the middle boat in an almost unseen flash, the thin blonde boy practically waving like a flag in her arms.
"Uhhh…" was all Amelia managed to get out as she stared at the path that Cordelia had just ran down, sweat dropping at the fire trail that had been left behind. Amelia looked behind her when she heard laughter, seeing Zinnia and Bones standing there. She managed to find her voice as she shook her head with a smile, "Looks like becoming guild master hasn't changed her much, has it?"
"Nope," Zinnia answered, now walking in tow with Amelia, Bones trotting ahead of them happily, "But you should come check out why she needed Hagi so badly. It's pretty bad."
Loud shouts and explosions coming from the main deck quickly grabbed the women's attention. They exchanged glances before running the rest of the way up the bridge. Upon coming to the top of the deck, they saw a brawl happening between the brand new guild master and a woman that was the self proclaimed Pirate Queen as well as being Cordelia's number one rival.
"I don't have time for this dumbass bullshit, Ingrid!" Cordelia shouted as she jumped around the ship with Hagi still in one of her arms, the poor boy being flung back and forth like a rag doll in her arms.
Ingrid Eskilsdotter was a woman of twenty-four, but even with being two years younger than Cordelia, she still seemed to command as much attention as the re-quip mage. Her appearance and personality simply wouldn't allow for one to write her off. She was tall at 5'11" with tanned skin and a slender frame with a narrow waist. She had a slightly larger bust and her tanned skin was flawless. Her chestnut brown hair was shoulder length, wavy and voluminous. Her fringe covered her forehead, showing off her dark brown, round cat-like eyes with heavy black eyeliner and eyeshadow. Though it was currently unseen, her black guild mark was located on her left thigh and was about the size of a dinner plate. She wore a Bohemian styled silk dress that ended around her ankles. It was layered and float-y in appearance in a dark blue color with small, golden flower prints across it. An oversized kimono jacket with overly long sleeves was worn over the dress. It was a soft cream color with small sakura petal prints across it. She had on a large, wide-brimmed floppy sunhat that was made of dark red velvet. It was tilted diagonally downwards towards her face, partly covering it. She wore cognac brown, open-toed platform boots that reached up to her knees. She also wore a very expensive and rare looking golden chocker necklace styled with a large red ruby at the center of it. Finally, she had one dangling earring on her right ear made out of various feathers along with various gold, jewel and pearl bracelets along both arms.
"Oh? But I thought you always had time for me?" Ingrid replied, smiling devilishly, "Have you already forgotten about me after becoming the master?"
"I think it's a bit hard to forget someone like you!"
"That's just wonderful to hear, my dear," Ingrid continued, "I was worried that you'd stop our lovely, little spars. Though, I do suppose that would make me the winner. I am ahead of you by three points," she said, motioning over towards a giant blackboard that was hung behind one of the bars located on the top level of the ship. Right down the middle of it was a white chalk line. At the top of each side was one of the their names, Cordelia being on the left and Ingrid on the right. A plethora of ticks filled each side, each tick representing a challenge they had won against each other.
"Like hell you get to win like that!" Cordelia shouted, stomping a foot down. Even just talking to Ingrid always managed to piss Cordelia off to no end. The woman just knew exactly how to get under her skin. Even a sly smirk and stare sent her way from the woman could send Cordelia over the edge. And the damn woman was always just so calm! It made Cordelia so angry that she was always so nonchalant about everything while she was the one that was always getting riled up, "Goddamn! Just thinking about you pisses me off! I'm gonna smack that smirk right off your face!"
"Cordelia, dear," Hagi began, still hanging from her left arm.
"What?!"
"Could please put me down first before you engage in battle with Ingrid?" he asked politely, already knowing that they wouldn't be going anywhere soon, "I'm not one for spars like this and I'd rather not have to go change clothes if I get caught in the line of fire."
"Fine!" she growled, planting him down on his feet, "But don't go anywhere! I need you and your freak of nature cleaning!"
Hagi laughed nervously at her comment, but he didn't seem to take offense to it. He was unsure if what she had said was an insult, as he was never very good at picking up on them, so he simply smiled and inched away from the area.
Cordelia quickly turned back around to send a scowl at a still smiling Ingrid, "There's no way in hell that I'll ever stop winning against you! And I just took out Gordon earlier today and became master! That should count for at least five points!"
"I didn't have the slightest clue that we were battling for that position," Ingrid answered, easily waving off the woman's anger, "But if you really want something in return for that, I'll give you three points. Gordon really isn't worth a full five," she said, walking up to the board and giving Cordelia three new points, "There we are. Now we're tied. Care for a tie breaker?"
"I really don't have time for this today, Ingrid!"
"Oh, but my lovely, little Cordelia," the woman replied, a Cheshire grin crossing her face, "You'll have to make time. Diamond and Pearl having been missing you something awful," she said, calling forth said weapons. In each hand were two identical, white metallic guns with silencer attachments, "How about it ladies?" she asked, talking to the guns, "Want to play with Cordelia again? They just love you so much," she said before pulling both triggers. Bullets flew towards Cordelia, but the woman easily dodged them, causing the people behind her to have to move out of the way quickly.
"Fine! Let's go!" Cordelia shouted before calling forth her own weapon, "Chain Gun!" she announced. Within her hands an EX-34 Chain Gun appeared, the long barrel pointed right at Ingrid. On either shoulder, a belt of bullets appeared for when she needed to reload the gun. The belts were rather long as the gun could shoot off at least five hundred rounds per minute. Without hesitation, Cordelia began to fire the gun, sending out a large amount of bullets towards Ingrid.
The other woman simply continued to smile as she ran towards the bar and jumped up on top of it, making sure to stay ahead of the trail of bullets coming for her. She ran all along the long bar top until she came to the end of it and launched herself in the air. She shot off a few bullets at Cordelia in mid-air. The green haired woman easily moved her head to dodge the first bullets coming from the left, but she had to dip backwards to dodge the bullets coming from the right, watching as they whizzed right across the top of her face. When she pulled herself back up, she was shooting her gun again, aiming it up in the air towards Ingrid. The woman easily pulled her legs in tight to miss the bullets and rolled to the ground, instantly popping up and running again. The chain gun ran out of bullets, Cordelia having to stop to put a new belt of them in. Ingrid took this moment to attempt a few more shots at the woman, but Cordelia had been expecting this.
"Chaos Tanto!" Cordelia shouted, calling forth one of the flew blades she carried in her re-quip space. She caught it in her left hand while her right hand worked to get the chain gun reloaded. Chaos Tanto was a combat knife reaching thirteen and half inches long, the actual blade being seven and half inches, and it was made from a black, high carbon steel. Cordelia waited until the very last moment, like she had been taught from a young age, and quickly blocked the bullets with the knife. Her father had reinforced this knife with hardening magic, so the bullets simply bounced off of the blade with loud pinking noises before they fell to the ground. Cordelia then threw the knife in the air in order to lock the new belt in place with both hands. She picked the gun back up and as soon as she caught her knife with her teeth, she was unleashing another wave of bullets at Ingrid.
"You're very much on your game today, my lovely Cordelia," Ingrid smiled while both women ran across the deck and shooting off their bullets.
Cordelia recalled her knife in order to answer the woman, "Yeah, well, you're really pissing me off today!"
"Always such the lady, aren't we?"
"Shove it!"
"Is that any way for a guild master to speak to their members? How do you expect anyone to respect you speaking like that?"
"Like I care what you think!" Cordelia shouted, "If it was up to me, you would have been thrown in prison a long time ago! Why my father ever took in a criminal like you, I'll never know! I hope you know that he made me promise not to kick you out of the guild before I challenged Gordon!"
"Your father is such a sweet man. You ought to take lessons from him, my dear."
As the two women kept shooting bullets at each other, Hagi had managed to sneak his way back over to Amelia and Zinnia. He looked over at the two women with a curious stare, "Is Ingrid really that bad?"
"Uh…well…let's see," Zinnia began, tapping her finger against her chin as she tried to recall the information she knew about Ingrid, "From what Cordelia has told me, Ingrid has a long reputation of trespassing, robbery, blackmailing, bribing, piracy, vandalism, impersonation, and destruction of both public and government property. She managed to do all that before she was twenty-two," she said with a smile as if that list was something to be proud of. She only received looks of complete shock from Amelia and Hagi, "She was actually the captain of a pirate ship that tried to steal from us. She got some information wrong, thinking we were a fleet of merchant ships rather than a guild. Cordelia was the one that actually defeated her back then. I think that's what sparked their rivalry," she explained with a shrug, "But it's always fun to watch them fight."
Amelia and Hagi exchanged glances, unsure if they would use the word 'fun' to describe what was happening now.
"So…how long before they stop?" Amelia asked.
"Mmm, let's see," Zinnia said, watching the paths of both women. She giggled upon seeing at what was about to happen, "Three…two…one!"
Right as Zinnia got to one, Cordelia's loud scream could be heard as she went running off the side of the boat. Since she had been so focused on taking out Ingrid, she forgot to watch where she was going and how much room she had to run. While Ingrid had managed to stop on a dime from falling over, Cordelia kept going over the edge. She barely had time to recall her gun and grab onto a rope that was hanging over the side of the boat. Her hands ran down the rope, burning them a bit in the process. She eventually managed to stop sliding down it right before her feet hit the water, causing her to sigh in relief. She then stared up with another scowl when she heard Ingrid laughing loudly down at her.
"Looks as if you're lucky that I didn't challenge you for the master spot today, my lovely Cordelia."
"Screw you!"
"Oh my, with an attitude like that, I think I'll leave you hanging. I must add a new point for myself before I forget."
"What?! Pull me up! Right now!" she shouted, but Ingrid had already walked off, "INGRID!"
"Need some help?!" Zinnia shouted down at her.
"Yes! Pull me up right now!"
"Pull you up…?"
"PLEASE!"
"There's the magic word," Zinnia laughed as she began pulling the rope up with both Amelia's and Hagi's help. Once Cordelia was standing on the deck again, the woman attempted to go after Ingrid, but Zinnia managed to guide her towards the head boat, reminding her of the mess that still needed cleaned. Ingrid continued to smile at Cordelia's retreating form, the new master pulling Hagi along with her while Amelia followed out of curiosity.
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Hagi and Amelia stared at the main office in disgust and horror, Amelia taking a step back and shoving her nose into Hagi's shoulder when she caught a waft of the horrible smell. Hagi practically felt his entire body twitch at the mess before him, wondering how in the world someone could let a place get this bad.
"Seriously, I would clean it myself," Cordelia began, keeping even farther back from the room than Amelia and Zinnia, Bones hiding behind her legs since his heightened sense of smell made him feel a bit sick at the moment, "But I'll literally throw up if I go in there."
Hagi and Amelia looked back at the other two women to see a Cordelia's face covered in a slightly green color. Then they looked over at Zinnia, the woman laughing lightly, "She really did get sick earlier."
"I don't blame her," Hagi answered, "This is horrible! It's so vile! What lived in here?!"
"Gordon," both Cordelia and Zinnia answered.
"Well thank heavens his position was taken over!" Hagi said, "But this is unacceptable! I must clean this at once!"
"So you'll do it?!" Cordelia asked loudly, surprised that he would take on the job. She knew that he enjoyed cleaning, but even she thought this would be a bit much for him.
"I'll take care of it in a jiffy!" he answered, "Costume Change: Butler!" he announced, causing a flash of bright light to cover him. Since Hagi had a magic called Cosplay Re-Quip, he could change his outfits to different characters that would bring forth different talents that could be extremely useful in many different situations. His current new outfit was that of a fabulous butler that gave him not only impeccable cleaning abilities, but also perfect balance and coordination skills. This outfit also allowed him to wield an army of cleaning supplies that was able to wipe away any and all grime and dirt, "Come back in a few hours and everything on this ship will be the cleanest you've ever seen it. Promise!"
"Hagi, you're the best!" Cordelia cried as she hugged him tightly.
He hugged her back with hearts in his eyes again, "Just let me set you up on a date and we'll call it even! A woman your age shouldn't be single anyways!"
"Uhhhh…" was all Cordelia could reply with while Zinnia and Amelia laughed in response.
A/N: And there we are! I hope you all enjoyed the chapter!
Credits
Squall - CryptozoologyConundrum
Nanami Shiraki - Dreadburner94
Amelia 'Mia' Thompson - Momochan77
Hagi Atairo - Ogrespi
Ingrid Eskilsdotter - Cat the Alien
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And I really, really appreciate you all following that OC form and filling everything out like I asked! It makes things so much easier for me, you have no idea! T.T
So let's head right into those awesome reviews then!
Dreadburner94 - Yes! Everything we worked out definitely paid off! It turned out much better than I thought it would, so a huge thanks again! And I think Cordelia should be interesting too. Definitely a much better choice than Gordon! Glad you enjoyed the first chapter and I hope you enjoy this one!
RansomeNote - Glad you enjoyed the first chapter! And thank you very much for your OC! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
WaterDragonMaverick - Haha! Yep! A guild on the ocean! I'm glad you like the idea so much! And all the characters I've received so fair have been very interesting, so I hope you enjoy them all! And don't worry! I cannot forget about Thunder Stone! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
reven228 - LOL! I'm happy to see how much you liked this idea! I'm having so much fun with it! So I hope you continue to enjoy it as well as the new chapter!
Origm2012 - ^.^ I'm glad that you enjoyed the opening chapter so much! It was so much fun to write! And I thought having her family on the guild would be good. This way we can get some history from them, plus I felt that it added more to Cordelia's character this way. And I tend to like metal type magic quite often (cough*Gajeel*cough), but I'm glad you liked that too. And I'm having way too much fun with Cordelia's magic. I think that's made more apparent in this chapter, lol. And yeah, definitely damages in the future to come! But I'm glad you've enjoyed the start to this! And I hope you enjoy the new chapter!
Joshua1277 - I'm glad to have sparked your interest again with a new story! And yeah, I think it should be interesting without any slayer types too! I hope you enjoy this new chapter!
Cat the Alien - CHA! Glad to hear how much you're liking this idea! And thank you again for Ingrid! I hope I got her character right for you because she was so much fun to write, especially as Cordelia's rival! I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
XLil MEkoX - LOL! Yeah, I know, starting a new story and everything, but the idea just wouldn't leave me alone! It's those plot bunnies! They get me every time! But I'm glad you like this idea and the first characters introduced! I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
frozenwolf94 - I'm glad you're liking the idea of the story! And I hope you enjoy the new chapter!
LightandDarkHeart - Yep, a guild in the ocean! And thank you again for your character! I hope you enjoyed the new chapter!
ThePrinceOfLight - Glad to hear that you enjoyed that first chapter so much! And yeah, we got that first fight scene! And we got more in this chapter! So I hope you enjoyed it all!
Ogrespi - Well I'm always happy to see a new reader! And I'm glad you liked the first chapter! And thank you again for your character. I had so much fun writing him in this chapter and I hope I got him written correctly for you! And I hope you enjoyed the chapter as well!
Once again, thank you all for your submissions! If you don't see your character in this chapter, don't worry, they will be showing up shortly!
I think that's it for now!
So I'll have the next one up soon!
Please remember to review!
Yours Truly,
MyDearWatson