Hello everyone, and thanks for those few of you who actually are reading this. The fight in this scene will not follow FF Tactics procedure. In fact, I think that the only thing that is related to FF Tactics in this story is the title. Wait, wait…I got it…FanFiction Tactics. LOL!
The FF Tactics Story
By Sanoon and friends
Chapter 3: Crap, They Found Us!
The three were walking away from Gilshire. Mage Assassin was walking pretty close to Black Mage, which he found to be very uncomfortable. Every time he tried to take a step away from her, she quickly closed the gap. It didn't help that she kept smiling at him and laughing. He had half the mind to blow her to oblivion right then and there. Rouge, on the other hand, was walking ahead of the group. He had changed out of the mage robes he stole, and was back into his regular outfit. He wanted to get as far away from Gilshire as quick as possible. The more distance from the town, the better. Every now and then, he would turn to Black Mage, and make a comment about him and Mage Assassin. His comments quickly received criticism from Black Mage, and laughter from Mage Assassin.
"Hey, Rouge," Mage Assassin said after they were a mile away from the town. "Why are you walking so fast? Are you trying to get rid of some extra energy?"
"Ahh, no," Rouge said slowly, stopping to face the town behind them. The group was in a small clearing, with a small stream that was connected to one side of the dirt trail.
"Then why are you walking so fast?" Mage Assassin asked.
"It's obvious, isn't it?" Black Mage almost shouted at Mage Assassin. "He's a thief."
"Rouge," Rouge corrected.
"Like it matters," Black Mage said. "He stole from the town," Black Mage said to Mage Assassin, "and they must have caught on. And where did you get those Black Mage robes from?"
"Well, to get away from the guards, I had to get a new disguise," Rouge said as he leaned against a tree. Mage Assassin stared at Rouge in wonder. She looked like this was the most interesting story she had every heard in her life, which is strange, because in her line of work, she should have some stranger stories of her own. "I looked around as I was running through the alleyways, and I found a few Mages who were drinking some powerful liquor." Rouge pulled out a liquor bottle from his vest. "Yeah, this is very powerful stuff."
"You took beer from a group of drunks?" Black Mage asked, somewhat confused at Rouges thinking.
"Liquor, hello? Anyway," Rouge continued, ignoring Black Mages question. "I managed to trick one of them into giving me their clothes. They quickly realized what I did, and started chasing me. That didn't last long though, because they started falling over when they reached the end of the alleyway."
"That was an awesome story, thief-man," Mage Assassin shouted in an almost drunk fashion.
"Say, Black Mage," Rouge said, addressing Black Mages attention to himself. "Who is this girl, and why is she following us?"
"Hell if I know," Black Mage replied as he turned his attention to Mage Assassin. She was sitting down on the ground, observing some flowers. "Hey, Assassin, who are you, and why are you following us.
Mage Assassin looked up from the flowers, jumped up, fell over, jumped up again, and pointed to her chest and announced proudly, "I am the one and only Great Melissa the Mage Assassin. I am following you because of our deal."
"If I remember correctly," Black Mage said, rubbing his chin, "our agreement was to get you past the barrier. That's done, and now I think you should leave."
"We think you should leave," Rouge corrected.
"Why?" Melissa asked sadly. "We can have lots of fun together, and we can kill things together, and loot things together. Plus, who doesn't want a Mage Assassin in their party?"
Black Mage and Rouge looked at each other, and both frowned. They both looked back at Melissa, and Black Mage said in an annoyed tone, "Ohh, I don't know, maybe a party with a MAGE in it."
They would have continued their discussion, but they heard another voice in the distance. "There he is! He's the one who stole from me!"
The group looked at the four figures that were walking into the clearing that the group was in. "Ohh, crap," Rouge said slowly. "They found us. Mage, you're going to have to teleport us out of here."
"You're kidding right?" Black Mage asked, somewhat annoyed. "You KNOW that I can only teleport 50 feet every time. I still need practice with that skill."
"Crap," Rouge replied, drooping his head.
An evil grin made it's way onto Melissa's face. She looked at the four angry people who were dangerously, yet cautiously, making their way towards Black Mage and Rouge. "Since you won't let me be in your party, I guess I can't help you with these mages," Melissa said quite calmly and evilly.
Black Mage growled, and what seemed to be shaking in anger. "Fine!" Black Mage shouted. "You can come with us. Just take care of the mages, I'll concentrate on the guards, and Rouge will-" Black Mage said, stopping himself when he turned to tell Rouge what to do, and finding that he had already vanished. "You little prick," Black Mage muttered under his breath. He looked back to Melissa, and found that she had vanished too. The four were now advancing on him.
Health Point Value
Black Mage – 4056 HP
Rouge – 4264 HP
Melissa – 4123 HP
First Town Guard – 3424 HP
Second Town Guard – 3452 HP
First Town Mage – 2456 HP
Second Town Mage – 2647 HP
Black Mage started to gather the energy needed to cast a fire spell, and it seemed the other mages were doing the same. The guards were slowly advancing. Before the other mages could cast their spells, a few rocks hit them, directing their attention towards Melissa, who was sitting in the branches of a small tree nearby.
(This may be a bit confusing, so here's the guide. Damage is already deducted from the health bar, so you don't have to figure it out.
Name: Current HP / Max HP - Damage Received)
First Town Mage – 2450 / 2456 HP - 6 HP
Second Town Mage – 2643 / 2647 HP - 5 HP
The two mages fired their fireballs at the tree. It completely lit aflame upon contact. Melissa's great agility was too fast for them though. She quickly jumped out of the tree, and disappeared into another. The two mages ran off into the woods to chase her. Black Mage, however, casted his fire spell at the two guards. The fire glided through the air, and made contact with the guards. They both screamed in pain as the fire engulfed them for a second before extinguishing itself.
First Town Guard – 2869 / 3424 HP - 555 HP
Second Town Guard – 2913 / 3452 HP - 539 HP
The guard recovered quickly, and charged Black Mage. Black Mage quickly pulled out his staff, and prepared to defend himself from the swords that the guards carried. The first guard tried to slice Black Mage in half, but his staff blocked it. The other one tried the same attack, but it had the same outcome. The first guard tried a vertical slice, but Black Mage sidestepped it, and swung his staff at the guard's side. It connected, and started to burn the flesh around the contact point.
First Town Guard – 2809 / 3424 HP – 60 HP
Black Mages staff is a rare staff that he received from a dragon. The staff was appropriately dubbed for its appearance and power, 'The Red Staff of the Dragon'. It amplified all of his flame spells, and gave his rod fire damage. Anything that Black Mage hit would start to feel like it was burning, and the longer the staff was connected, the more it burned.
One of the guards tossed a potion to the other one, and he quickly drank it.
First Town Guard – 3109 / 3424 HP + 300 HP
Black Mage growled in anger and annoyance, and prepared a lightning attack. The guards noticed this, and charged what little distance was between them. Black Mage threw his hands towards the guards, and an electric barrage from Black Mages fingertips quickly flowed through their bodies, causing them to fall over in paralysis. Black Mage took this time to gain a little casting distance from the guards.
First Town Guard – 2753 / 3424 HP – 356 HP
Second Town Guard – 2568 / 3452 HP – 345 HP
The two got up quickly, and pointed their swords at Black Mage. "You guys just don't give up do you?" He asked as they started charging him. They didn't get very far, because they both fell over as Rouge appeared behind them, and stabbed them in the back for an Assassination move.
First Town Guard – 1319 / 3424 HP – 1434 HP
Second Town Guard – 1025 / 3452 HP – 1543 HP
Rouge laughed as he pulled his daggers out of the guard's backs, and ran back into the shadows of the forests around them. They both jumped up, and started cursing wildly. They both pulled out a few potions and started downing them. Black Mage stared in anger at their persistence.
First Town Guard – 3124 / 3424 HP + 1805 HP
Second Town Guard – 2668 / 3452 HP + 1643 HP
"Damn it!" Black Mage shouted at the guards. "How am I supposed to kill you if you keep healing yourselfs?" They both looked at Black Mage, and started laughing at his plight. Or at least that's what they considered it. Black Mage thought differently. His eyes turned a darker shade of yellow, and he jammed his staff into the ground. He threw his hands into the air, and began to chant something. The guards started to charge Black Mage, but they stopped when a bright red light started to form at his hands. They both looked at Black Mage in a worried fashion for a few seconds before they realized that nothing was happening. The looked at each other, shrugged, and continued to charge Black Mage. They didn't go a few feet before they noticed a shadow on the ground, and how it slowly got bigger and bigger. They looked up, and saw a small meteor falling towards them. They didn't have any time to react, as they were crushed under its destructive force.
First Town Guard – 0 / 3424 HP - 3124 HP
Second Town Guard – 0 / 3452 HP - 2668 HP
Black Mage started to laugh and evil, triumphant laugh. Rouge jumped out of one of the nearby trees, and slowly walked over to Black Mage as he stopped laughing. "Great for you to join me," Black Mage muttered sarcastically as Rouge tried to move the small meteor that crushed the guards.
"I try to help whenever I can," Rouge grunted sarcastically as he tried to push the meteor away. After a few more attempts at trying to move the space rock, Rouge gave up and glanced at Black Mage, who seemed to be enjoying Rouge's struggles. "You wanna help me?" Rouge asked, somewhat annoyed.
"Not really. You can handle this," Black Mage murmured. The leaves of the nearby bushes began to move, and a rustling sound could be heard. One of the town mages ran out of the bushes. His blue robe was stained with blood around his arms.
He ran by Rouge, and growled in anger as he stopped by the opposite tree line. He turned, and charged up an ice spell. Rouge darted for the bushes for safety, and Black Mage started preparing a spell of his own, A few moments passed before a small knife flew out from the tree line, and implanted itself into the mages face.
First Town Mage 0 / 2456 HP – 479 HP
It didn't take long before Rouge was out of the bushes and rummaging through the inventory of the fallen mage. Black Mage didn't move, however. He was examining the tree's to find out where the knife came from. He didn't see anything along the tree line. However, he did hear Rouge almost shouting in glee from his findings on the dead mage. He must have had something valuable on him.
A few daggers flew out of the treetops, and impaled the ground at Black Mage's feet. He grabbed his staff, which was still in the ground, and jumped back. He charged an electrical bolt in his left hand, and held his staff in front of him with his right hand. The figure that was hiding in the treetops back flipped out from the branches. Black Mage sighed in relief, and dissipated the electricity that was gathering in his left arm. "Melissa," he muttered.
Melissa smiled and laughed as she pointed at Black Mage. "You were scared, weren't you?" She laughed as Black Mage growled in anger.
"Where's the other mage?" Black Mage asked.
"He's dead," Melissa replied, laughing triumphantly. "I made his death extra painful for freezing my breasts," she growled, pulling out her bloody knives.
"Really, didn't have to tell me that," Black Mage muttered, glancing over to the mage that Rouge was at.
"He went running off into the woods to find the other mage," Melissa said, as if she knew what Black Mage was thinking.
"That's wonderful," Black Mage growled, walking over to the meteor so he could lean against it. "Now we have to wait for him to finish looting." Black Mage started to think about their next move. They couldn't wait here for very long. More guards would quickly come to find out why the others haven't returned yet. They would have to go to the next town just to get supplies, and to figure out where they can ditch Melissa. It was annoying enough with just Rouge.
Every now and then, Melissa would disrupt Black Mage's thoughts when she would start muttering to herself. Black Mage would just growl in frustration and anger until the noise she made was drowned out.
It was at least a half-an-hour later before Rouge returned with a few bags of gil. Rouge excitedly showed them his lootings. That was after Black Mage chewed him out for taking his time. Melissa congratulated him on his loot excursion. The group quickly gathered up their things, and headed away from the town of Gilshire.
Exp Gained: Current / Next LVL
Black Mage + 399 104,054 / 104,055
Rouge + 75 104,173 / 105,999
Melissa + 358 105, 731 / 107,761
Tah-Dah. Another chapter done with. This was much longer than the other ones. I don't know if the next chapter will be shorter or longer than this one. Only time will tell. Hope you've enjoyed the story so far. Thanks for reading, now review please.
