Author's note: So, I have reached chapter 3. A huge accomplishment for me. Usually, I get too bored to actually go ahead and complete a story. By chapter 2, I get bored and lose all my ideas, and just dump the story. But I actually am going on in this one! Yay! Next thing I know, I'm typing novels! (yeah, right)

I think I'll just leave you with the story…

Uncle Carrot

By Chain Assassin

Chapter 3

Carrot and Marron looked at each other then ran out of the room. They had to help that old lady. And find out what has gotten into the town that no one was even bothering to look at her. Running down the stairs skipping two or three steps at a time, Carrot and Marron raced out of the hotel and into the streets. Pushing their way through a tiny crowd of working people, the brothers made it to the woman in need of their help before the bat-like creatures flew away with their prey.

Carrot ran towards the one of the beasts, his fingers tightly wrapped around the grip of his sword. He smiled wickedly as he felt a sudden burst of excitement swell in his body. A side of him that no one except for Marron knew about surfaced. His sadistic side grew inside of him until it burst out of his body. Licking his lips as he got closer to the winged creature, Carrot pulled his sword out of its sheath and cut the beast in half with a single stroke. He stopped, crouching with his sword in hand that was stained with a greenish fluid dripping from its tip. The beast fell into two pieces behind him, immediately letting out a revolting stench.

Marron, on the other hand, had taken out one of his ofuda instead of a deadly sword. Chanting something in a strange language, he hurled the magical strip of paper at one of the talons of the second, slightly bigger creature that had a strong grip on the woman's shoulder. The ofuda stuck to its talon and glowed an eerie green. Then, from the paper grew three blue vines, whipping its way around the talon and the rest of the body of the beast. Surprised, the creature loosened its grip on the old woman and Marron grabbed her and pulled her away into safety. The energy vines wrapped around the bat-like beast and it fell on its side, unable to keep its balance any longer.

Marron put the tiny old woman down and walked over to the beast. Carrot got up and did the same, putting his sword out of the way in its sheath. Carrot walked over to the second, still living beast and put his foot on it, leaning forward to take a closer look at their prisoner.

"Well, you're an ugly bastard, aren't you…" Carrot muttered, his sadistic smile still in place.

Marron glared down at the beast, feeling a little light headed. The amount of energy he put into the vines was too much. And as long as it existed, the more energy it drains out of him. They had better question the creature now before Marron passes out and the vines disappear.

"Who sent you here and why did they tell you to take this poor old woman?" demanded Marron, his eyes slightly drooping.

By now, every person who had seen what the two Glace brothers had done was crowding around the beast, terrified expressions on their faces.

Carrot rolled his eyes. "Yeah. Now you want to see what's going on." He said, in an attempt to make the village people feel guilty for ignoring a senior citizen who desperately needed help.

The Beast looked up at Marron and its face twisted into what Marron thought was its mouth smiling. "I ain't telling you nothing!" it rasped in a throaty, reptilian voice. Suddenly, the beast roared in pain as the blue vines around it tightened.

"Tell me." Demanded Marron, feeling a faint coming on. Carrot noticed that his brother was losing too much energy and ran to his aid before Marron fell on the ground.

The vines around the beast flickered as Marron was being drained dry of his energy. Carrot glared at the beast and set Marron, who still had enough energy to stay conscious, on the ground. Carrot stomped towards the beast and grabbed it on its neck.

"Answer my brother's question." He said in his most threatening voice. The beast didn't show any sign of defeat. Instead, its smile grew as it focused from Marron to Carrot, then back to Marron.

The beast looked up at Carrot and laughed. "Your brother is very talented, creating this indestructible vine." Complimented the beast. Carrot's angry frown deepened.

"WHO SENT YOU!" He screamed, making the crowd take a small step back. Carrot tightened his grip on the beast's neck. The creature hacked.

Marron, who still sat on the ground, looked at the blurry scene before him: A small brown blur on a bigger black blur. Marron smiled and giggled slightly. What a funny picture. It's like two jelly beans, fighting. Marron giggled again. Its funny, what people do when they are so close to unconsciousness…

Carrot turned to looked at his brother. What the heck is Marron laughing about? This is no laughing matter! "Marron, what the heck are you laughing for?" asked Carrot, still gripping onto the beast's neck.

Marron looked up at Carrot and giggled again. Carrot shivered at the sight of a grown man giggling. "You're not my brother. You're a talking jelly bean!" insisted Marron, falling to the ground and immediately drifted into unconsciousness.

Just then, the blue energy vines that wrapped itself around the bat-like beast flickered then disappeared, giving the creature a chance to escape. Taking that chance, the creature grabbed the distracted Carrot by the arm and threw him aside. Carrot went flying from the beast and hit a wall, falling to the ground with a loud thud. The beast stood up and flexed its muscles as it walked towards the unconscious mage. It stopped in front of the boy, smiling down at him.

'You are a very talented youth, human. It's too bad, though. Because now I would have to take you to the master...' The beast thought as it loomed before the sleeping Marron. Spreading its wings, the creature suspended above the ground and picked up Marron with its talons without care. Carrot slowly looked up, and was just in time to see the creature fly away with his little brother with one beat of its wings.

"NOO! MARRON!" shouted Carrot, his arm outstretched towards the sky as the creature flew away. Carrot, unable to think straight, just stayed in that position, his arm reaching for the slowly fading black and white dot in the sky. He stayed like that as the crowd slowly died, as the people of Italiandishes left the scene and went about to their chores. Some men came over to remove the carcass of the first

creature from the streets.

Carrot didn't notice.

... Somewhere else in town...

Chocolate and Tira roamed the streets, looking at all the happy faces of the people that lived there. Everyone was so relaxed and engrossed in their daily chores, it didn't seem as though there was a sorcerer kidnapping the people one by one and sucking them dry of their lives. Chocolate shivered. She still wasn't used to the idea of how the victims 'die'…and how they could possibly 'die'.

"Chocolate, everyone seems so happy. Are we sure we are in the right place?" asked Tira, walking along side Chocolate as they passed a bakery. The smell of fresh pastries wafted against their faces. They still haven't eaten and they longed for something to eat.

Chocolate nodded, trying to ignore the delicious smell. "Yes. I'm pretty sure we are in the right place." Another warm breeze carrying the aroma of cakes and bread blew on their faces. The sisters stopped to look at the bakery, their stomach tightening in hunger.

"We couldn't. We have to investigate the village." Said Tira, trying to get the words out of her mouth without stuffing it with pastries.

Chocolate looked at Tira and nodded again. "Yeah. We couldn't possibly forget about our mission now." She turned to leave but Tira grabbed her arm. Chocolate looked at her little sister, confused.

"But what if the next victim is in the bakery?" asked Tira, her large sunglasses gleaming slyly. Chocolate smiled.

"I love the way you think." She said, before both sisters ran into the bakery, the glass door left swinging back and forth.

...Sometime later...

Chocolate and Tira sat on the sidewalk, munching on their raisin bread and carrot cake. They smiled happily and their stomachs growled in joy.

"So what's new?" asked Chocolate out of the blue, surprising the other pink haired girl next to her. Tira looked at her sister. It has been a long time since both sisters just sat and talked about something. Just the two of them, without the gang there.

"Uuh…nothing. Nothing's new." Replied Tira, going back to her meal. Just then, she remembered her little 'confession' she made to Marron earlier that day. She also remembered his reaction when she told him. Tira blushed.

"Well, there is one thing, but I don't think it's important." Tira said, munching on her bread. Chocolate looked at Tira and saw the slight blush. Suddenly, her nosy self surfaced as she smiled slyly.

"Come on. You're my sister. Everything is important between us. What is it?" she asked, nudging Tira. Tira smiled.

"It's nothing. Really!" she said, her blush growing from her cheeks to the rest of her face.

Chocolate took this as a sign that she was close to getting the truth out of her sister. "Come on. Tell me! Who is the guy?"

Tira snapped her head in her sister's direction, her mouth hanging open. "What makes you think there is a guy?" she asked.

Chocolate laughed. "We're sisters, ya know. Well, who's the guy?"

Tira looked down at her food in her hand. She muttered an answer but Chocolate wasn't able to hear her. Chocolate repeated her question and Tira answered a bit louder this time.

"He's Marron."

Chocolate leaned back and closed her eyes as if in deep thought. She opened them after a few seconds and smiled. "He is really cute. And very smart. What did he say when you told him? If you told him that is…"

"I did tell him. But he just blushed and stuttered a whole lot." Replied Tira, smiling at the memory of the little conversation she had with the mage.

"But does he feel the same way?" asked Chocolate, leaning towards her sister again, wanting to know more.

"Well, I don't know. He just left the room saying he needed to talk to his brother." Said Tira, frowning. She had really hoped that Marron would like her back.

Chocolate harrumphed and crossed her arms. "Well if he does give you an answer later, and that answer is 'no I don't like you that way', I will personally whip him for you. Marron won't know what hit him." she said, putting an arm around her sister.

Tira laughed. "Thanks, but no thanks. I don't need you to whip him…I am, after all, the one with the whip."

The evil laughter of both girls echoed in the air as they shared their happy mirth.

...Someplace else with Gateau...

Gateau walked down the crowded roads of Italiandishes flexing his muscles, his shirt thrown to the ground for everyone to tread on. Every woman in the streets turned their eyes from their jobs to the shiny biceps and chest of the bulky men. The more flirty women followed him, fixing their hair and throwing compliments and flirts at the young, but beautifully built man. Gateau smiled, pride practically pouring out of him. Women were so easy to attract. Gateau frowned all of a sudden. If only Marron noticed him the same way every woman in the world noticed him. If only Marron had feelings stirred inside of him whenever he looks at him, the same way Gateau's feelings stir when he looks at Marron. Gateau's stride slowed and eventually came to a stop. The women that were following him thought of this action as a sign of acceptance.

The women walked up to him and stroked his hair, caressed his rugged cheek, and pretty much pressed their bodies against his. Gateau looked at all of them, a sad frown still on his face. He looked up at the sky to drown out the giggling and flirting of the women. However, what he saw was totally unexpected. A bat-like beast flew across the sky, flapping its great wings. And hanging from its talons was a smaller white body with a long black cape behind it.

"Marron." Gateau whispered. Pushing the women away from him, Gateau ran in the same direction the beast was flying in but then he stopped.

He must tell the others. He must tell Carrot. They must save Marron.

...Back to the Misu sisters and their evil laughter...

Chocolate and Tira walked on the dirt streets of the town, Italiandishes. They had just fed their stomachs with delicious fresh pastries, had just shared a little mirth, and had just sold their outer-clothing to pay for the food. Both Tira and Chocolate walked down the streets in their sexy fighting-costume-thingy.

Tira hugged herself. "I have never felt so uncomfortable in this costume. Every guy here is staring at me." She said, glancing at a man staring at her with his mouth hanging open and his eyes close to popping out of his head.

"I feel fine." Said Chocolate, slightly waving at this cute guy caring for his horse. The guy blushed and smiled.

Chocolate continued walking along side of her sister. And when they were a good distance from the neighborhood crowded with goggly-eyed men, Tira was sure she heard the cute guy screaming, "She waved at me! She waved at me! I'm in-love!"

Just then, they heard a familiar voice crying out something. Turning around, the saw Gateau running in the streets, pushing aside everything and everyone in his way. Tira and Chocolate looked at him, confused.

"What is it, Gateau?" they asked as soon as the man reached them.

Gateau panted hard and was barely able to speak. But he managed to say a few words. "We—we have to find—Carrot. Marron—Marron—Grave danger!"

Tira and Chocolate looked at each other. "What happened to Marron? Is he with you?" asked Tira, holding Gateau by the shoulders.

"No—no! He got him!"

"Marron is with Carrot?" asked Chocolate confused.

"No! Spaghetti! Spaghetti—kidnapped—Marron!" Gateau spat out, bending over and panting hard.

Chocolate and Tira looked at each other. "We've got to find Carrot and save Marron." Tira said. Chocolate nodded and both girls started running down the street. Stopping, they turned to looked at Gateau.

"Come on!" they called.

Gateau groaned and followed them, jogging while they ran.

Finally. I am done. Man, chapters are getting longer and longer by every passing chapter! Anyway, as usual, I do not revise my fics and I don't know much about Sorcerer Hunters having only watched the anime in a language I don't even understand. So, if you find any mistakes in characterization and any grammatical mistakes, just tell me so in your reviews. Thanks!

Sayonara minna-san! And see you in the next chapter.

Chain Assassin (like you already don't know)