Chicken Scratch.
A few months pasted since Finral meant the beautiful Lady Finesse. He got to see her a few other times after that while visiting and the more he got to know her the more he liked her. It hurt, knowing that he didn't have even the slightest chance of being her husband someday.
He had just stepped out of a portal and into the Black Bulls' living room from House Vaude. Lady Finesse hadn't been able to visit due to her illness acting up so the visit was quite tiresome this time around.
"I'm back," he said only to find the hideout more empty then usual, not to mention darker then usual. "Captain Yami?" He said looking around.
He walked over to Yami's chair to find a piece of paper with what looked like a bunch of scribbles laying on the table next to it.
"Umm... Fatry... do you have any idea what this says?" He asked picking it up and trying to make out the individual letters.
Uuuuuh... I have absolutely no idea... Probably a note saying where the captain went but its way to sloppy to know for sure.
"I was afraid you'd say that. Is this the kind of writing he sends in for the squad's mission reports?"
I don't see how anybody would accept writing like that for a report...
"Mhmm," Finral nodded in agreement. "I guess I should go feed the magic beasts before he gets back. I hope they don't try to eat me again," he added while opening a portal.
Mind if I give it a try? Fatry asked as Finral stepped through to where the beasts food was kept.
"Not sure why you'd want to but sure, be my guest," Finral replied opening another portal after grabbing three pieces of meat and walking through it to the basement right in front of the Magic Beasts cage.
Because I "want to show you something." Fatry replied as Finral's grimoire flew open.
And you need my grimoire for?
"You'll see," He said laying two of the chunks of meat on the ground before holding up the third to one of the beasts.
The beast sniffed at it before opening its mouth wide.
"Now, Spacial Magic Fallen Angel's Gate!"
The gate opened just in time for the beast to stick its head through it instead of trying to eat Fatry. They heard a yelp and the beast quickly pulled its head out of the portal and covered its head with a paw.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!"
Aaagh! What did you do?! Is he okay?! Yami's going to kill me!
"I opened the other side of the portal in the cage so it couldn't get out! But I think I opened it too close to the wall and he hit his head!"
Fatry!
"I didn't mean to! I was just trying to show you, even though you can't attack with your magic, you can at least defend with it."
I-I'm ready to switch back now.
"Finral, please, let me prove" to you that you're not useless.
"You can't prove something that isn't true, Fatry," Finral replied picking up the other two pieces of meat and tossing all three into the cage, not bothering to make sure all three got one, before he went back to the living room and sat in Yami's chair and waited for his return.
He waited there for an hour when Yami finally walked through the door.
"Where the heck have you been!" Finral asked, his arms folded across his chest and legs crossed.
"Who the hell do you think you're talking to Kid?! I left a note."
"A note?!" Finral laughed. "You mean this?!" He added, holding up the note.
Carefull, Finral, Fatry warned.
"Yes, that! So what's your problem?"
"M-my... my problem?! I don't know, you tell me?! I get back from visiting home to find my captain gone and a note that looks like a chicken wrote it!"
"There's nothing wrong with my writing!"
"A NEW BORN BABY COULD WRITE BETTER THEN THIS! Seriously, is this how you write mission reports?!"
"You wanna say that again?" Yami asked grabbing Finral by the head.
"N-n-no, sir! I-I-I'm sorry!"
"You better be," he said before throwing Finral towards the open door.
"Ow," he said after hitting something and knocking it over.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Quiet, Finral replied looking up to see what he landed on, only to find himself face to face with a pale man in a black hat, who muttered something, so quiet that even though he was only inch's away, Finral could not hear him. He screamed while jumping into a portal. Staying in the safety of his room, he pointed a finger threw the portal and asked, "W-who it that?!"
"Gordon, you're new squad mate. Get your ass out here."
"N-new squad mate?" Finral repeated, slowly sticking his head out the portal, to see Gordon waving and mumbling something. "Was there another entrance exam today? I thought they where only held once a year."
"They are. Found him on my way back from a mission. I liked him so I invited him to join the squad."
"Isn't that like... a back door entry? Is that really fare to the other Magic Knights?"
"No it's not cheating. Get over here. I've got a mission report to write and if you're going to complain about my writing then you're going to start writing them from now on."
"WHAT?!"
"You heard me. Sit." He said, pointing to the seat next to him on the couch. "Oh and when you're done, show Gordon around the hideout. And don't use your magic to do it, or he won't know how to get back here without your portals. And nobody's using my wheels without my permission."
"... I don't think I understand what you mean by that last part..."
"Never mind that. Just get writing."
"D-don't I get a say in this?"
"Of course not!"