Here's a day early Christmas (or which ever holiday you're celebrating this time of year) gift for all if you (had a few days writers block for this but I was able to finish this chapter before Christmas! Yay!)

First Mission

"Are you alright?" Vanessa asked as she took a seat next to Finral who had his head laying on the table in front of them.

"Mmhmm," Finral replied with a nod but didn't sit up. "She's so pretty... I want to go see her again."

"Snap out of it Finral. You just saw the girl last night," Yami said walking into the room.

"That doesn't change the fact that I want to see her now!"

"Who?" Vanessa asked.

"His fiancée."

"Fiancée?"

"She's my brother's fiancée, not mine."

"You said yourself that it wasn't official."

"It might as well be."

"Enough of that. Let's go."

"Go where?"

"Where? I told you last night when you got back from Tota, that I had a Captains' meeting today."

"Oh, right," he said standing up and opening a portal.

"What's that?" Finral asked Yami when he came out of the Captain's meeting carrying a package.

"I'll tell you when we get back to the hideout. Let's go."

"Kay," Finral said before opening a portal and added "we're back" as they stepped through it.

"Welcome back!" Vanessa said from the sofa she state as she waved while holding a glass bottle.

"Where the hell did you get that?!" Yami asked taking the alcohol from her.

"Hey! Give it ack! That stuffs really good!"

"It's alcohol and you're not quite old enough to drink it yet," Yami said. "Where did you get it?"

"I found it in one of the cupboards in the kitchen. I was curious as to what it was so I opened it. Come on Captain, I want some more."

"No. You're not old enough... Where the hell are you're clothes!"

"It got hot. So I took them off."

"Go get dressed. You're going with Finral."

"Where am I going?" Finral asked confused.

"A mission."

"What?! But Yami! I've told you, having me go on a mission isn't a good idea! I'll just get in the way!"

"Relax, Kid. I'm sending Vanessa with you and its only a delivery. Besides I told you that you where going to have to go on a mission sooner or later, didn't I?"

"D-delivery?"

"Yes. Julius needs this package delivered to a guy from the research branch of the Magic Knight. He lives just outside of Tota. I figured sense you are from Tota and have spacial magic, you would be the perfect person to deliver it."

"I-it's only a delivery? No fighting? No having to hurt anyone? No chances of getting hurt?"

"Nope. Just a quick drop off of a package."

"Promise?"

"Yup. Think you can hand that?"

"Y-yeah."

"I don't know where exactly the guy lives just that he's out side of Tota."

"That's okay. I think I remember Father talking about someone like that. I'll stop home first and ask him."

"Alright," he said turning to find Vanessa still on the sofa but now sprawled out sleeping and still only wearing underwear. "Vanessa! Go get dressed! I'm not sending the kid on his first mission by himself! Not to mention this will be your first mission too!"

"I-it's fine Yami. S-she doesn't have to come."

"You sure?"

"Yeah. I'm only going to Tota right? It's really not that much different then going home to visit."

"Alright," Yami said hand him the package. "But don't lose it. Julius says it's important. Don't sit it down for even a second."

"I-I won't," Finral said opening a portal and walking through it.

Yami let out a sigh before taking out a communication device.

"You in Tota yet, Gordon?" He had called Gordon before leaving the meeting and asked him to fly to Tota.

Gordon mumbled something, the only reason Yami knew it was a "yes" was because he could actually see Gordon's face with this device and Gordon had nodded his head.

"Good. Finral just left. Keep an eye on him for me. But don't let him see you. And call my only if things go south for in reason because I won't be able to understand a word you're saying."

"You can count on me, Captain!" Gordon mumbled but Yami was already gone.

Gordon was outside the gates of House Vaude. He waited there until he saw Finral's portal and he walked out of it then he snuck past the gate and hid in some bushes in the garden.

Finral stepped out of his portal to find his Father, Lady Finesse, Langris and Liliane sitting the the garden.

Ugh, those three again.

Fatry! You've been awfully quiet today. You alright?

I was fine, much better then yesterday, until we had to come here anyway. I'm just glad Lady Finesse is here again today. But it's not fair that they're letting that brother of yours see her more then you when it hasn't officially been decided who's fiancée she is.

"Finral! Hello!" Finesse smiled at him.

"H-hello, Lady Finesse," Finral blushed. You know just as much as I do that it is unofficially official.

"Finral? You just visited yesterday. What do we owe this visit to?" Ledior asked.

"Don't you know it impolite to drop in unannounced," Liliane said.

Jerk, Fatry thought

"I was asked to deliver this package to a man who works in the magic research department of the Magic Knights... He lives near Tota but Captain Yami didn't know exactly where... And I remembered you talking about someone like that living near here so I thought I'd come by and ask if..."

"In other words... You're on a mission... a delivery mission."

"Ummm... Y-yes... I-it's a special mission from the Wizard King himself and..."

Liliane stied to suppress a laugh but failed. "Of course you would be sent on a delivery mission," she said amused.

Finral clutched the package tightly against his chest and turned his gaze away from her.

"The only thing that would make this better is if it where his first mission," Langris added.

"I-it is," Finral muttered looking to the ground. "B-but Captain Yami said the Wizard King said it was a very important package."

Ledior sighed, Finral could hear the disappointment in it. "The man you're looking for is just west of Tota. You should reach it in about an hour on foot. I can have a maid get you a broom to cut the time in half."

"No. That's okay. If I open a portal to the farthest point I can see I should get there in the same time it will take by broom or even less. Th-thank you for the help, Father. I'll see you guys Friday, then," he said opening a portal.

"Good luck, Finral," Finesse said before he stepped through.

He stopped and looked back to her. "Th-thank you," he said giving her a small smile before disappearing through the portal.

Gordon climbed on his broom as soon as Finral's portal closed and flew to the west of Tota until he found Finral on the edge of the village. As Yami had expected, despite Finral using his Spacial Magic, Gordon was able to keep the fifteen year old in sight, it was a little difficult with him disappear through portals, that was until he stopped using his magic and walked for awhile, then it was much easier.

Finral opened another portal, it had been about fifteen minutes sense he left Tota and he figured he was about another fifteen minutes away. His hand was shaking as he opened the portal and sweet was beginning to appear on his face.

You should take a break Finral. You shouldn't push yourself this much, Fatry told him when they were on the other side of the portal and Finral leaned over putting his hands on his knees panting. Sit down for a minute then walk. We should be getting close and if you open a gate to far you could miss his house.

"O... okay. You're right. But... only for a minute... I'm about out of mana anyway."

Catch your breath then walk the rest of the way or at least until some of your mana returns.