WEENESS! Reviews -- okay sry 'bout that. APO CH 3 OH MY! Anyways
To: Satsu's death messenger:
I thought I was the ninja points to pename Anyways keep up with the training.
To: Frost hound
Thank youness (please note the author makes up lots of words, she won't use the words she makes up in her stories but they'll appear in reviews and an author notes a lot)
To: neinajan
I DID I DID! I'm HAPPY ABOUT IT TOO!
To: all
Sorry it took so long, after I finally finished this, my internet stopped working for the longest time. But I had time to brainstorm and even write down a few ideas for all my future chapters. I have chapter 12 all planned out, you'll probably hate me for it, I even have about 7 paragraphs of chapter 4 written to detail and the rest of the chapter all mapped out so there will be absolutely NOOOO writers block. Also I had lots more time to edit this so I think this will be one of the best chappies I put, besides Chapter twelve.
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Anna and the others stayed in the city of Prontera for awhile. Anna had never left Payon before so she never got to come here. She excitedly wandered the town. Though to her disdain they made Alex accompany her. She was always happy and enthusiastic but when she looked at the young assassin she never failed to contort her face into a frown or glare. Of course when she looked away she'd smile and point something she thought looked cool out and go to see it. In the few days they'd been there they had disbanded the No Name Brand and joined up with the Crimson Twilight guild. She listened to the communicator. When one particular voice came up she stopped dead in her tracks and mumbled something that Alex couldn't make out.
Alex was about to comment on her sudden stop when he noticed the look on her face, and how pale her creamy skin had become. Her pink hair looked red in comparison. Anna thought maybe the crowd made it sound like him. She ran into a quiet area followed by Alex who was yelling at her to stay with him.
"So are you coming my friend?" said a boy around the age of 19 on the guild communicator.
"I wouldn't miss you and Lady Cheyenne's wedding for the world." Said the voice of a man only a tad older
"I'm glad." Said the voice of a female around the age of the first voice.
"Why wouldn't I be there?"
"Perhaps you have other things to do." Said the first voice.
By the time Alex got there the conversation had ended. He saw tears form in Anna's eyes and she looked as if she'd just seen a ghost.
"Katsura…"
"Who?" asked Alex
"How do you send messages over the communicator?" Anna asked frantically
Anna wondered if it really was the person that she thought it was. Could it really be her older brother? There was no way, but it sounded exactly like him. She had to know but Alex was of no help.
"Please tell me!" She said, getting irritated.
"You press the red colored button." He answered.
"Hello, is Katsura still on?" She said Shakily
"May I ask who's speaking?" answered the first voice, the one she recognized as her brother.
"Anna." She said Shakily
"Anna!" he exclaimed, "You're still alive? How on earth?"
"You don't seem very happy to see me." She said dryly.
"I'm sorry, I thought you and the family had died in the invasion of Payon, it's why I hadn't returned."
"I thought you'd died on your adventure, I was worried about you when you didn't show up." She said
She wished her brother could be right there next to her, she wanted to have proof this was real, she wanted to give him a hug. She felt someone pat her back and looked behind her. There was Alex trying to cheer her up. She wiped off her tears and shoved his hand off her, although she smiled at him instead of her usual glare before returning to the conversation.
"So who's Anna, another suitor from Payon?" said the female voice with a tint of jealousy.
"No, Cheyenne, she's my little sister."
"But you said your younger sister died."
"I'm very much alive." She but in.
"Anna where are you?"
"I am her escort, she and I are at the corner by the Prontera chivalry." said Alex in a very professional tone.
"I'll be there in a second Anna, there something I'd like to talk to you about."
Alex left and Anna went right next to the door so he wouldn't miss her. Was he going to teach her some new moves? Or teach her how to control the falcon alittle bit like he always did? She already knew all of the archer moves except arrow creation. Perhaps he was about to teach her that. She was so excited; she'd finally be able to go with her brother. She could accompany him on his adventure. She would miss Silver, Ayla, Sarah and Matt, they treated her so kindly. However she couldn't say she wouldn't leave them in a hot second to go with her brother.
Then his crimson hair shown through the crowd. A gorgeous looking assassin came out of the crowd shortly afterward and smiled at the siblings. She had long silky blonde hair and a scarf the flowed behind her assassin's costume as she walked.
"Katsura I missed you so much." She said.
Anna smiled and hugged him. Katsura smiled as well. Cheyenne started to get bored of waiting for their "happy reunion" to end and therefor made the comment:
"Well Katsura isn't there something you wanted to her talk about?"
"Ah yes," he broke away from Anna, "Anna, I talked to the leader of the hunters guild. He agreed with me how extraordinary it is for a 14-year-old girl to escape death during Payon's invasion. He has agreed to teach you the ways of the hunter."
"It wasn't only Payon you know, I went to Morroc as well." She said smirking.
Katsura said nothing but anyone with eyes could tell he was proud. So proud infact he would love to brag to anyone that he taught Anna everything she knew. He thought she might even turn out better than him.
"I had never thought a small archer like you would be so strong." Said Cheyenne.
"Well, of course I'm strong, my brother after all is teaching me." Anna replied with a smile making Katsura's grin even broader.
"That's my girl!" he exclaimed messing up her hair with his hand.
"Stop." Anna said slightly annoyed.
"So Anna, what do you say about becoming a hunter." He asked.
"If it's okay I'd much rather become a dancer." She said quietly.
He looked at her with a funny face, and Cheyenne looked as if she was about to burst into fits of laughter. However after a few moments he figured fine, it is after all her choice.
"You certainly have the looks for it." Came a voice no one expected.
There stood Alex, who was ready to recollect her and bring her into the guild's new tanking program, so she could be assigned a partner. Anna first thought it a compliment, however she then realized it was just Alex being a pervert. Despite her thoughts, he was infact trying to compliment her. Normally she wouldn't have let it go with just a glare however because her brother was there she wasn't going to hit him.
"So I guess we can take you to Comodo in two days." Said Katsura
"Thanks Kat, so your wedding is tomorrow, am I invited?" she asked teasingly knowing he hated to be called Kat.
"First, never call my Kat, it's a woman's name, second of course your invited, how could I have it without you?" said Katsura
"And your little friend may come along too." Said Cheyenne pointing to Alex.
"He's not my friend." She said glaring at Alex.
"Excuse me miss but I must escort you to the guild-" he was interrupted by Anna.
"My name is Anna and I preferred to be called by so." She said to him.
"Miss Anna the guild has a program that-" yet again he was interrupted
"Just Anna!" she yelled.
"As I was saying I need to-" Alex tried once more only to notice her start walking away.
"Don't worry, she does that to every boy she meets." Katsura said nudging Alex with his elbow.
"Well I'm afraid that this time it's a matter of hatred. Everything I do she seems to resent." Said Alex
"What did you do?" said Cheyenne noting from the boy's voice that this wasn't the whole truth.
"Well you see my comrade, Sarah, she used Teleport to get us to Morroc, however instead of warping us straight to Morroc she sent us into the Sogat dessert and Anna had passed out from heat stroke. She was getting treated on the very spot we warped." He said nervously only to be interrupted by Katsura
"At which stage was she in being treated?" said Katsura with a Perverted grin.
Cheyenne burst out laughing. She was laughing so hard she had to lean on Katsura for support, meanwhile Alex was blushing from embarrassment and remembering his first encounters with the unconscious Anna.
I Alex, Sarah, Ayla, and Matt were engulfed in a blue light, soon they materialized in the middle of the Sogat dessert. Matt was about to bop Sarah on the back of the head for warping them to the dessert instead of the town, until he noticed that he was standing on something that appeared to be alive. Suddenly they heard the words fire bolt and they were struck with bolts of fire from the sky, hence it was called fire bolt. They turned to see a silver mage, knowing now why it hadn't hurt so much, getting ready to cast again.
"Uh –oh…" muttered Ayla
"RUN!" screamed Sarah.
"FIRE BALL!"
"CRAP!"
"OW! YOU STEPPED ON MY FOOT!"
"SOUL STRIKE!"
"STOP TOUCHING MY ASS IN TIME OF PANIC MATT!"
"Sorry…"
"RUN IDOIT!"
"COLD BOLT!"
"OW!"
"MISS SETTLE DOWN WE WEREN'T TRYIN TO HURT HER!"
"OH MY GOD WE TELEPORTED ON A NAKED WOMAN!"
"NAKED? WHERE?"
"ERRR FIRE BOLT!"
"SHUT UP MATT YOUR ONLY MAKING THINGS WORSE!"
"FUCK THIS SHIT! LORD OF VERMILLION!"
"SILVER RUN FOOL!"
They then noticed a thief had pushed the enraged Mage out of the way of Matt's Lord of Vermillion. It was then that Matt noticed an attractive young female that just so happened to be naked. She was most likely being treated for heat stroke, Alex assumed. Alex couldn't help but look at the girl. He was young for an assassin, around her age, and she was rather pretty. She had silky pink hair and a beautiful face, not to mention a great figure for someone her age. He couldn't help but think to himself /I She'd be a superb dancer I Ayla and Sarah might have caught and scolded him for looking when Matt began to fondle her making Alex come out of his trance. He sighed but knew that in due time Sarah would justly punish him.
"Whom do you think you are stepping on someone sick like that you fools!" yelled the mage being held back by the thief.
This mage's temper was almost as bad as Sarah's. The young mage had silver hair with bangs curled out and a small hair tie grabbing her hair together at the bottom. She had a pretty face with ivory eyes that matched her apparel and hair color. The thief had long brown hair that looked almost as if it were black, an orange thief's uniform, and browns eyes that always looked angry as well as her facial expression. Alex shuddered to think of how intimidating they'd look on their second jobs.
"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE! THREE GROWN ADULTS AND A TEENAGE BOY STANDING ON A SICK FOURTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL! AND YOU THERE-" yelled the mage.
"-STOP TOUCHING HER BREASTS!" the other girls finished with her.
Sarah went over to Matt and beat him over the head repeatedly with her bible. Alex watched contently while smiling. Alex while thoroughly disgusted that Matt treated women in such ways, always enjoy watching the enraged fiery haired priestess beat him down with a book. Especially since not only did Ayla join in beating him with the broad side of her sword this time, but the thief socked him in the face and the mage used fire wall on the exact spot he was sitting. Alex couldn't have been more satisfied. /I
"It was nothing." He muttered.
Thoroughly embarrassed he walked off to retrieve Anna, seeing as he was supposed to look after her, and tell her about the guilds tanking program. As the boy turned out of hearing distance Katsura and Cheyenne burst into fits of laughter once more.
"I think he's into your sister." Said Cheyenne
"Anna hates people like that though." Said Katsura
"Really? You know I used to think knights and hunters were pansies." Said Cheyenne putting her arms around his neck.
"I proved you wrong didn't I?" Katsura replied his hands on her waist.
Suddenly a young novice popped through the corner holding some candy she bought from a nearby Alchemist, causing the young couple to spilt apart in a fraction of a second. She popped the candy in her mouth and looked at the two awkwardly. For a few seconds the three just stared.
"There you are!" Yelled a priestess with black hair and red apparel.
She ran up to the little girl and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Bridget, don't run off like that."
"Candy." Replied the novice
"So what job are you gonna get?" Katsura asked the little girl.
The girl just looked at him, analyzing everything about him. The priestess nodded and the little girl walked up to Katsura and bit his hand. "Ow!" Katsura just forced a smile to his face and held his finger.
"Bridget!" yelled the priestess.
"Is she going to be an acolyte?" Asked Cheyenne.
"Uh-huh. I wanna be just like mommy," Said the little girl tugging at the priestess' skirt.
Katsura began waving his hand around while smiling as though nothing was wrong. He then grabbed Cheyenne's hand and started off toward Crimson Twilight Castle.
"Well, good bye." Said Katsura eager to leave the cannibalistic child.
He arrived to see Alex beaten up and Anna grudgingly following behind him. They were going before the guild master he assumed, to get Anna and her friends to become certified members of the guild, and be able to join guild siege.
"Master Kasumi, we bring you The Silver mage, A thief and the younger sibling of True Shot." Said Sarah signaling Anna, Silver, and Chiaki to come out.
"Just in time! Come in here girls! We've been in dire need for some new guild members, CATCH!" yelled an assassin with short brown hair and orange attire.
The woman tossed three guild communicators, one hit Sarah in the face, the other landed in someone's cocktail, and the final one hit Alex in the groin. Anna laughed at Alex as he sank to the ground holding "his love", the communicator in the cocktail was ruined, and Sarah handed Silver the one that hit her eye.
"Uhm… sorry." Said the female assassin
The assassin walked over to Alex and picked up the communicator. She then walked over to Anna and gave it to her, she also pulled out another and handed it to Chiaki. When everyone in the guild dispersed the guild master went over to Alex who was still in the fetal position holding himself.
"Sorry 'bout that Alex." She said.
"It's alright master Kasumi." He said in an exasperated tone.
"Why do ya always call me master?" she asked.
"Because you're the guild master." He said.
"Just call me Kasumi kay!" she yelled playfully hitting him on the back alittle hard then intended.
"Ow…"
"Oh sorry Alex. I didn't mean to hurt you, I mean I'd never want to hurt you. I'm sorry." Kasumi said rather fast.
Anna started laughing. She couldn't believe it, the guild master had a crush on Alex. She then noticed that Kasumi was the same age and Alex and herself.
"I'm honored to accept your praise mistress Kasumi," said Alex formally.
' I What a fool /I ' Anna thought to herself.
Kasumi just sighed heavily looking rather disappointed, this wasn't the first time Alex would be so dense and probably not the last either. Anna had a very hard time to keep from laughing and getting kicked out of the guild. She decided her best tactic would be to change the subject.
"Why'd they call my brother true shot?" asked Anna.
"Well, that's his title. By the way what one would you like." Asked Kasumi.
"Hmmm, I don't really know." Anna replied.
"May I suggest Flaming Flower, for your temperament and beauty." Said Alex.
Anna immediately wanted to slap him so hard his grand children, if he ever got any with his density, would be born dizzy. But seeing as the guild master was before them and had a futile crush on him, she decided it would be best to ambush him right outside his bedroom door as he went to go to sleep. She took her anger out on her tongue and bit it so hard it began to bleed.
"Um Anna?" asked Kasumi.
Anna glared daggers at Alex. If looks could kill he would have died, been revived, died and been revived again only to die once more. The look somehow sent shivers down Alex's spine. It made Kasumi uncomfortable, and she wasn't even getting it. Anna grabbed Alex by the scruff of his neck and dragged him into the other room. From outside Kasumi could hear bangs, crashes, and an occasional plead for mercy from Alex.
"This guilds going to be oh so happy from now on…" Kasumi said half-sarcastic, half-whining.
Anna walked grudgingly to the church with Alex, as a matter of fact it had been decided that Alex, and his party would accompany her everywhere. She angrily clenched her fist as she rattled off all the things she thought could and would go wrong because of him in her head. Right in the middle of her thoughts he interrupted her and pulled something from his pocket.
"I found this when I was in Lutie. I thought you'd like it." He said
What he had pulled out was a beautiful witherless rose. These were usually expensive and rare, so getting one was almost impossible for a small archer like Anna. She was awe-struck. He put it into her hand and smiled at her.
"You look pretty cute in that dress you know." He said.
Alex walked on while Anna took a few seconds to ponder over it. He thought that maybe his piece offering might have worked. Matt told him the girls love flowers and diamonds, and he didn't have money for diamonds. He used the witherless rose he was saving for someone awhile back instead. That someone couldn't get it now so he figured why not use it as a peace offering. He also thought that perhaps complimenting her on how lovely she looked would add friendliness. On most women it would have worked, however Anna is not most women.
Anna had to put up with perverts for quite awhile. She once again had mistaken a compliment and peace offering for a perverted act. If there was one thing Anna hated it was a pervert. She took a hardcover book she'd been reading from her pack and threw it at Alex's head.
"What did you do that for?" He yelled
"Because you're a nasty pervert!" yelled Anna
"I am not!"
"Flattery and denial of your actions doesn't work on me buddy," she said, "Go find some other girl if you want someone who'll fall for that."
"Why do you think that all men are perverts?" Asked Alex whom now sat up and started rubbing the back of his head.
"That is none of you business." She sharply replied glowering at him.
Finally after quite a bit of pain on Alex's side The situation was sorted out and Anna decided to shoot Matt with an arrow later on. They arrived at the chapel and took their seats. It seemed as though Matt wasn't coming so they began the ceremony. Just as Cheyenne and Katsura were about to kiss Matt barged through the door yelling, "Sorry I'm late" with a rouge chasing after him.
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU MATT!" the rouge yelled throwing daggers at him.
"YIKES!" he yelled dodging them in his tuxedo.
After a few moments and wasted daggers the rouge stopped and looked around. It took a few minutes to register but she then realized she'd interrupted a wedding. Her eyes caught Anna's face and even for such a young female, looking at that scared the rouge half to death. She smiled nervously wanting to leave the room.
"Oh, I guess I'm interrupting something. Sorry 'bout this, and Matt don't think this is the last you'll see of me." Said the rouge jumping out the church window.
For a few seconds all anyone could do was stare at the broken glass where the rouge had last been seen. Matt lay on the floor catching his breath. Anna was about to go after the rouge with one of it's own daggers for ruining her brother's wedding ceremony however Katsura stopped her.
"Let's let it be, besides if Matt hadn't lead her here that never would have happened." Said Katsura
"You're such an instigator." Said Cheyenne
"I know." Replied Katsura smiling.
Anna cracked her knuckles and smirked at Matt whom was contemplating jumping out the window as well. Katsura giggled as he watched his fourteen-year-old sister beat a twenty-year-old wizard to a bloody pulp. Cheyenne rolled her eyes but couldn't help but utter a little giggle every now and then. Seeing this Kasumi couldn't wait till Anna trained as a dancer and begun guild siege.
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You got eight fricken pages ZOMG WOW! It was originally nine pages but I edited out a page. This is probably one of the longest chapters for any story that I've made in a long time. Hope ya'll like it. Please read and review.