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Chapter 7: A Grammar Fanatic, Twins and a Hideaway

April 5, X792 - Early Afternoon

"So we're planning for a big party tonight, right?" Hagi asked, looking at the rather large group of mages that had gathered on the middle vessel. The young mage was looking to Seth and Eli since the two men had been the ones to prompt the idea.

"Right!" Seth answered, "It'll be a way to properly celebrate Cordelia becoming the master of the guild. It's a good way to start things off for her, especially after what happened earlier today," he said. Though he meant no harm in his comment, Kato still huffed in response to it.

"But we want it to be a surprise and that's hard to do on this guild," Eli added, "Especially with the way Cor is. She always has to know what's going on."

"So basically we need someone to keep her distracted until tonight," Amelia said before turning a knowing grin towards Hagi, the blonde sending her back the same smile. Both mages then turned to look back at Eli, causing the older man to stare at them with a quirked eyebrow.

"Whatever the two of you are thinking, the answer is no," Eli stated quickly.

"But you're perfect for the job!" Hagi began, hearts appearing in his eyes as well as floating all around him, "You've probably known Cordelia the longest next to Ace and Zinnia, so you know exactly how to distract her!"

"Have you forgotten that she's mad at me?" he retorted, trying to take a step away from the blonde man.

"Oh, but who could stay mad at a face like that?" Hagi continued, not backing down from the challenge, "Just use that charm of yours on her and everything's fixed!"

"Cor doesn't fall for my charm! She's about the only woman that doesn't!"

"Oh! So you've tried before?!" Amelia asked, looking just about as mischievous as Hagi.

"What?! No! She's just really dense to that stuff!"

"More like she's been around you long enough to know how to ignore it," Zinnia added in with a grin.

"Not helping, Zi!" Eli shouted.

"Isaak! Get back here!" Cordelia's shout suddenly interrupted the meeting that was going on, causing the group to look over to see Isaak come running up one of the metal bridges with Cordelia close on his heels.

"Marzell!" Eli shouted, irritation suddenly igniting in him from the silver haired man's appearance.

"Afternoon Eli," Isaak smiled widely at the man as he ran passed him. While the two men were rivals, Isaak tended to act much more friendly with Eli most of the time. It just wasn't like Isaak to be angry often and teasing Eli and getting him all riled up was rather fun and entertaining for him, "So you finally made it back from that mission, I see. I hope Seth did a good job looking after you."

"I don't need anyone looking after me!"

"I beg to differ."

Eli's irritation overflowed until his entire body was suddenly covered in rolling, red flames, "Let's see you take on my Red Fire!" he shouted, the extreme heat that came from the fire already having the people around him sweating and a hole beginning to burn through the deck where he was standing.

"You moron!" Cordelia shouted, calling out a huge squirt gun that she had specially made for scenarios like this. She quickly shot off a large stream of ice cold water at the man, snuffing out the fire. Smoke rose from his body and he stood there dripping for a moment before he turned on Cordelia with a glare.

"What the hell's your problem?!"

"You know better than to use that Red Fire of yours on any of the ships! How many times do I have to tell you that?!"

"So you can shoot off thousands of bullets at Ingrid, but I can't melt four-eyes over there?!"

"At least I'm not a moron," Isaak grinned, sliding his glasses up the bridge of his nose with just his middle finger rather than the two fingers he normally used.

Eli's eye twitched at the gesture he knew was meant for him, but Cordelia cut him off before he could retort.

"Of course you can't melt people! All that charm in your head has apparently left no brain for you to use!"

"I'm plenty smart!"

"Yeah right! You're the biggest idiot ever!"

"Look who's talking!"

As the two continued arguing, the large group behind them watched them in exasperation, wondering just how long the two would actually go back and forth.

"At least they're talking again," Amelia mentioned, "But I still think he should be the one to distract her for the party. He's good at doing it even when they're arguing."

"I agree with Mia," Zinnia said, "But maybe someone should go with them just to make sure they don't do anything stupid."

Hagi looked back and up at Seth with a sudden grin, Seth looking back down at him with a curious stare, "You're going with them. Just make sure they don't come back on this deck until tonight!"

"Can I take them below deck?" Seth asked.

"That works fine with me, so long as they don't come back up here. And it wouldn't hurt if you got them to stop fighting too. How am I suppose to pair them up if all they do is argue?!"

"Pair them up?"

"Never you mind," Hagi said, pushing the man towards the arguing duo, "Just fulfill your job!"

Seth nodded at him before walking up to the still fighting pair. He picked up one in each arm before walking off towards the stairs that led to the lower deck.

"Seth! What the hell?!" they both shouted, not appreciating the fact that they were now hanging sideways.

"Have you visited your mother lately?" he asked with a smile.

"I…no I suppose not," Cordelia mumbled in reply, "I've been busy these past few days."

"Well then, I think it's time you made a visit."

"But I don't want to go with this idiot! She's just gonna cry over the fact that we're fighting!"

"Then maybe you two should make up before we get down there," he said with a laugh.

The two looked at each other, each waiting for the other to apologize first, "No way!" they both shouted once it was obvious that neither would give in.

"Your poor mother!" Seth continued to laugh as he made his way down the stairs with the two in his hands practically crying as they went.

The group left up on the top deck sighed in relief once the trio was gone. Hagi then took over as the party planner and quickly began assigning tasks to everyone he could see.

. : + : .

"The sign needs to go up higher!" a young woman shouted to two other women who were standing on ladders and attempting to pin a sign up for the party.

This woman was named Aria Zephyrus and was nineteen years old. Even with her younger age, Aria was most likely the tallest woman on the guild at 6'3". She had a slim build with subtle muscle definition in her arms. Her legs were long and sleek and she had fairly large bust. She had a golden tan and her gray guild mark was right in the middle of her chest. Her grass green hair was messy and spiky, her bangs falling all around her head while the rest of it was tied back in a thick braid that reached her ankles. Her dark brown eyes peered out from behind pieces of her bangs and her left ear had a small, steel hoop. She wore a pair of black, mid-length shorts with yellow stripes running up the sides and a matching yellow belt. She had on a yellow and white striped bikini top under a cropped, dark gray vest that buckled above and under her bust. She also wore light green and white striped knee socks along with black and yellow sneakers. On her left forearm was an iron vambrace while a black wrist warmer was on her right wrist. She wore black fingerless gloves and an oval-shaped opal pendant on a leather cord around her neck. Finally, hanging loosely at her waist was a red and gold sheath that held a katana, red and gold cloths wrapped around the handle.

"I still do not understand why you are not the one placing the sign up, Aria," one of the women retorted, "You are much taller than the both of us and could finish this much quicker on your own."

"Because it's way more fun watchin' the two of you do this," Aria grinned widely.

"It is watching not watchin', my dear," the woman sighed. This woman was Alisa Madelynn and was older than Aria at twenty-five. As she had stated, she was much shorter than Aria at 5'7" with a slim and femininely muscular build with a smaller bust. Her fair skin mixed nicely with her long, midnight blue hair that was tied up in a high ponytail and big onyx eyes. Her sky blue guild mark peeked out from under her t-shirt on her right bicep and she had four bronze piercings on her right ear. She wore a tight, black t-shirt under a well-kept jean vest along with camouflage army pants tucked into black, leather boots. Finally, strapped to her back were two, large lead pipes.

"You're always talkin' so weird," Aria replied, "And stop tryin' to get me to talk like you! I don't wanna be a weirdo too!"

"I think you are quite weird on your own," Alisa stated, "And there are so many things wrong with all the things you just said."

"Uh…Alisa," the third woman began trying to be the voice of reason between the other two, "Maybe you should just let it go for now. You don't need to correct everything."

"You might let people get away with talking like buffoons, Zipporah, but I for one believe that language was created for a reason and we should not ruin it with horrible slang."

"Ruinin' languages should be the last of your problems when you can't even hang a sign up!" Aria shouted.

Zipporah Fieri only sighed in response, knowing that there was no stopping the women now. Zipporah was the same age as Alisa at twenty-five and the same height at 5'7". Though, she was built a bit differently than the other woman. She had a lean build with an above average bust and curvy hips. Her skin was light and she had a burgundy guild mark located on her lower back when it could be seen. Her dark red hair was short and styled into a pixie cut with one small braid hanging behind her right ear with it being tied off by two white beads. The small braid was long enough to hit her collar bone. Her bangs hung above her brown eyes and she had a light pink tattoo on the back of her neck of a lotus flower. She wore a sleeveless, dark brown leather tunic with a black muscle shirt underneath it along with black, skinny jeans. She had brown leather armguards on both arms and her jeans were tucked into short, leather boots that were kept half-laced, giving the appearance that she simply shoved her boots on most of the time. Finally, she had two leather belts at her waist that criss-crossed each other. From the left side hung two sheathed swords, a katana and a rapier. From her right side hung a simple pan flute.

"Ruining. It is ruining," Alisa stated, her tone becoming annoyed, "Just say it right at least once."

"Stop givin' me a hard time about how I talk and pin that sign up already!"

"I will do no such thing until you speak properly."

"You guys are making this out to be a bigger deal than it really is," Zipporah interrupted, not wanting a fight to break out, "Look, I already pinned my side up, so just put yours up, Alisa, and we can be done."

"Not until I hear her speak one sentence properly. It really is atrocious hearing her speaking patterns."

Aria's eye twitched as she listened to Alisa's comments before pulling her sword from its sheath, "I'll show you somethin' atrocious! Your fightin' abilities! You can't beat any of my Dragon Fangs! Let's show her how it's done Hiryu!" she shouted, speaking to the sword in her hand as it ignited in flames.

"If you so wish to fight me, then I'll show you how to finish a fight," Alisa replied, pulling out one of her lead pipes and pointed it at Aria.

"Oh no," Zipporah sighed, already knowing what was about to happen, "Don't use the Charge Beam at least."

"Charge Beam!" Alisa shouted, pulling any electricity that was on the main deck into the pipe. It was then released in a large beam towards Aria. It hit the tall girl, sending her flying across the deck and into Securus's back. She landed in a heap at his feet, smoke wafting up off of her from being electrocuted. He then picked her up by the back of her shirt and carried her over towards the other two girls, who had climbed off the ladders to face him.

"Sorry about that," Zipporah said, bowing to him in apology, "These two just got a little out of hand."

"It's fine. Just be more careful where you send her flying" he grunted, plopping Aria down next to the women, "Need some help hanging the sign?" he asked upon seeing the sign hanging on the ground since Alisa still hadn't pinned her side up.

"It would be appreciated," Alisa answered.

Securus pick up the fallen end and easily pinned it up, "There," was all he said before wondering off back towards whatever job he had been working on previously.

The three women stood there looking at the sign since Aria had managed to get back up on her feet. They all tilted their heads to the side with straight faces, "It's uneven," the all said in flat tones, realizing that Securus hadn't cared enough to make sure it looked straight.

"Let's just do this right," Zipporah said, "Aria, just bring it down to the right level since you are the tallest and Alisa, you can tell her if it's at the right level."

"Why did we not just do-"

"Just tell her if it's right or not!" Zipporah snapped, cutting off Alisa before they got into another argument.

"Right," both women finally answered and set out to do the job properly.

. : + : .

Drayden made his way over towards one of the training ships in order to get a couple of mages to help him out with setting up streamers across the entirety of the middle vessel. He figured throwing the streamers towards other people while it unraveled would be a lot easier than unrolling it himself; and since everyone else was busy with other tasks, he had to go hunt down someone. He knew two mages that would be free at the moment as well since he hadn't seen them on the middle ship. He may not have been as close to them as say Jay or Ace, but he was close enough friends with one of them that they should be willing to help him out.

He finally made his way onto the deck of one of the training ships and saw he was in luck that he had found them on the first try.

"Alexander!" Drayden called out to the boy he saw first.

The nineteen year old looked behind him to see Drayden walking up to him, turning away from the training his sister was doing. Alexander was much taller than Drayden at 6'4" while his build was lithe and muscular and he had a dark tan. He had reddish brown hair that was tied in a small braid at the nape of his neck and pieces of his bangs fell into red-brown eyes. He had a splatter of freckles across his nose and cheeks while his dark red guild mark was on the palm of his left hand. He wore worn yellow pants that were loose and easy to move in. The left leg of the pants was pinned down to the lower half of it, considering it was a wooden-made prosthetic. He had on a light orange shirt that he wore open with the symbol of the guild stitched all along the hems. He had sunglasses propped up on top of his head and he wore a pair of simple sandals. He also had three white rings on the shell of his left ear. At his hips, he had a steel katana in a wooden sheath and its pommel was wrapped in leather and it was paired with a wakizashi made with the same details.

"Yo! Drayden!" Alexander replied with a smile, "What's up?"

"Not much," he answered, "But I came to hunt you two down to help me out with something. Been training for a while?"

"For a couple hours now," Alexander answered, "Alai wanted to work on her Speed and Light Magic in order to help us use our Unison Raid ability better."

"I see," Drayden said, "Made any progress?"

"A little I suppose," he replied, "But I still think we have a long way to go. Plus, we still have to factor in the wooden leg," he explained, smacking his hand against the fake half of his left leg.

"You really should let Vi look into making you a better prosthetic for you," Drayden said, "I'm sure Cordelia could convince her to make a little something for you."

"Don't worry about it," Alexander waved him off, "I can fend for myself in that area."

"If you say so," Drayden shrugged, "So can I get the both of you to help me with something?"

"I guess it would be good for her to take a break before she drains herself of energy and magic," Alexander said before calling out to his twin sister, "Alai!"

The other nineteen year old mage instantly came to stop in the middle of using one of her speed spells, looking over towards the two men watching her. She stood much shorter than Alexander at 5'6", but her build was also lithe and muscular and she had a dark tan like her brother along with the same splattering of freckles across her nose and cheeks. She also had a flat chest, which ended up being very helpful in allowing her to move quicker. She had the same reddish brown hair as her brother. It was cropped rather short to her skull, being a little spiky from the bit that was grown out. She had actually wanted to shave it all off several times to give her less air resistance, but her brother vetoed the idea every time. Her eyes were a red brown and her dark orange guild mark was on the palm of her right hand. She also had three black rings along the shell of her right ear and scars along her hands and arms from fighting. She wore worn tan pants that were loose and easy to move in. This was paired with a light-weight, dark gray t-shirt and a gray, lightly armored vest. She also wore a bright red headband, pushing what little bangs she had backwards. She was often times barefoot, but at the moment she was wearing flat, woven black shoes that had good traction on them to help with her training, and her hands were wrapped in white bandaging. Finally, she had two large packs of senbon on either side of her.

"Why'd you stop me?" Alai asked once she had approached her brother and Drayden. She stood closer towards her brother, almost using him as a shield between herself an the other man. While she knew Drayden and he had hung out with Alexander a few times before, she was very bad at social interactions and that made her anxious; so it was just easier to put her more open and optimistic brother in between herself and other people. Luckily, Drayden never seemed to mind how she reacted to social situations and had never taken offense to anything she did or said around him.

"Drayden here would like our help with something," Alexander smiled down at her.

"Is it a fight?" she asked, a sliver of hope shining in her eyes. Though she might not have been very good at social interaction, Alai excelled at battles and sparring and it was her way of getting to know a person rather than asking them questions.

"No, not a fight," Drayden answered, smiling softly underneath his cowl. He had always found the oddness of Alexander's twin rather cute since it was different than many of the girls in the guild, "I have to do some decorating for the party tonight and I need some help with it."

"Party?" Alexander asked, smiling at the prospect of hanging out with everyone on the guild.

"I don't like parties," Alai stated bluntly, "Too many people."

"It's to celebrate Cordelia becoming the new guild master," Drayden said.

"Is it now?" Alexander replied. He still wasn't sure how to feel about Cordelia. He didn't dislike her, but he hadn't had many chances to get to know her well like Drayden had, considering how close he was with Ace. While he was friendly with everyone he met, he still had a cautious side to him that had allowed him to protect himself and his sister a few times. Though, he still liked the idea of a party no matter the reason behind it.

"You should really get to know her better," Drayden said, knowing what the other man was thinking by the look on his face, "You'd probably get along well with her and, like I said, she could hook you up with a better leg through Vi. She is the new guild master, after all, so you'll have to interact with her at some point."

It was then that Alai tugged on his shirt, causing him to look down at her, "She did keep her promise of defeating Gordon and taking over the guild," she said. She had always felt respect for Cordelia due to her position as an S-Class mage. She was strong and Alai had a respect for strong people. On top of that, Cordelia had made a promise of taking down Gordon and she had kept that promise. Alai highly valued that about the new guild master.

"Well now," Alexander began with a chuckle, "If you're willing to go to a party for Cordelia, who am I to say no to that?" he said, looking back at Drayden, "All right, we'll help you out."

"Great," he said, smiling underneath his cowl again, silently thanking Alai for convincing her brother into helping him.

. : + : .

Seth carried the still annoyed pair all the way to the lower deck that held the large home of the Murdocks. Once they stood in front of the metal door that led into the home, he sat them both on their feet. The two stared at each other for a moment before they both rushed to open the door first, knowing whoever would reach Regina first would have an advantage over the other. Unfortunately for Eli, Cordelia smacked a hand back into his stomach, causing him to falter and allow her to open the door first.

She threw it open and began to shout the moment she stepped inside the home, "Mama!"

A head full of orange hair popped out from the kitchen, revealing Cordelia's mother, Regina Murdock. The woman's face was a bit worn, but it was still plenty cheerful as she stepped out from the kitchen to smile widely at the trio that had entered her home. Her build was relatively close to her daughter's, being the same height as Cordelia, though her frame was a bit slimmer. Her orange hair still retained its bright color even in her older age and it was long like Cordelia's, though a bit more untamed looking. She had the same ocean blue eyes as her daughter and her skin was a sun-kissed tan while her bright orange guild mark was on top of her left hand. She had several piercings of gold and silver studs up along her ears and a gorgeous diamond ring on her left hand. She wore fitted tan pants that were tucked into tall, brown leather boots along with a sea-green shirt with the sleeves coming down to the middle of her forearms. She wore a white sash around her hips, being threaded through the belt loops of her pants. On the ends of the sash were imprints of the guild symbol in sea-green.

"Cordelia!" Regina shouted in return, throwing her arms open for her daughter. She hugged Cordelia tightly once the new guild master practically tackled her, "What's wrong?" she asked upon hearing the fake sniffs coming from her.

"Eli! He's being so mean to me!" she cried, forcing tears to appear at the corners of her eyes.

Regina gasped loudly and pulled her daughter away from the men, sending a glare towards Eli, "Are you still picking on my baby after all these years?!"

Eli and Finn, who had been sitting in the living room of the home, sighed in response to the woman's outburst while Seth simply laughed at the scene, having seen many like it before.

'Leave it to Gina to be gullible enough to believe the first story she hears,' Finn thought, rolling his eyes. While he loved his wife dearly, she tended to be dense like their son, maybe even more so. If someone told her that fish could fly and birds could swim, she would believe them until he could convince her of it otherwise. So needless to say, their children had learned at a young age that whoever got to Regina first would almost always win the argument since she would instantly believe them unless he decided to intervene, which wasn't very often. This fact of life had also trickled down to many of their friends over the years, especially Eli and Zinnia, who the Murdocks had practically adopted.

"Aren't you gonna do something about this, old man?" Eli grumbled at him.

"More trouble than it's worth," Finn replied, not bothering to put the book he was reading down, "What did you do to her this time anyways?"

"I didn't do anything!"

"He did so!" Cordelia continued her fake crying, "He never congratulated me for becoming the guild master, mama! And then he laughed at me and said he was happy that he didn't have to go on missions with me anymore!"

"And you wonder why I think you're still a kid," Eli mumbled before earning a hard whack to the back of the head from Regina, the woman having rolled up a newspaper to hit him with. She continued to hit him with the newspaper, causing him to try and run from her, "This whole family is crazy!"

"Apologize to my baby right now!"

"I still don't know why I have to apologize!"

"You made her cry! And of all the people on this ship, you should have been the first to congratulate her!"

The two continued running around the living room while Cordelia was off to the side pretending to cry with Seth laughing from the other side of the room. Finn sat in the middle of it all, pinching the bridge of his nose, sighing.

"Why is this my life?" he mumbled to himself.

"She soaked me with a squirt gun! Doesn't that count for anything?!" Eli shouted, trying to get Regina on his side.

"But he…he…he was gonna burn down my guild!" Cordelia cried harder and louder, knowing she had her mom wrapped around her finger at this point. There was no way Eli was going to win this battle.

"I thought we raised you better than that!" Regina shouted.

Eli furiously scratched his head, angry that Cordelia had gotten to Regina first. He knew he had lost the battle right then, "Fine!" he yelled, coming to a stop and earning one last smack to the head from the older woman, "I apologize for laughing at her and I'm happy to see her as guild master!"

"Good boy," Regina smiled, "Now, Cordelia, go accept his apology with a hug. I don't want any bad feelings in this home."

Cordelia nodded at her while pretending to rub the tears out of her eyes. The two stared each other down for a moment when she came to stand in front of Eli. She then moved in to hug him, a devilish smirk appearing on her lips since she faced away from her mother, "You gotta learn how to play the game better," she whispered to him, causing Eli to hug her tighter than he should have in response. She suddenly couldn't breath in the tight grasp and pinched his arm in response to get him to let her go. He did let go quickly, but didn't make a big scene about it while still being in the presence of her mother.

"All right then," Regina began, "Who would like some cookies? I just finished with a few batches a bit ago. You can have a whole to yourself, Seth," she said, smiling over at the large man, knowing he could eat more than the other two.

"Yes ma'am!" Seth answered, moving through the living room to walk into the kitchen with everyone else.

Finn sighed again, knowing how obvious it was that Eli and Cordelia hadn't really made up with each other, but he wasn't in the mood to try and explain that to his wife. So long as they played nice the rest of the time they were here and in front of Regina, he didn't really care.

The group walked into the kitchen to see a man in the middle of eating a cookie and reaching across the table to grab the pitcher of milk Regina had laid out for him. He stared at them with large eyes, feeling a bit surprised at getting caught by so many people.

"Gamu!" Cordelia shouted happily as she ran over to the man to give him a hug. He was slung back in his chair as Cordelia jumped on him, excited to see him out from the bowels of the ship for once.

The man's full name was Gamu Crits and he was the same age as Eli at twenty-nine. He was short compared to the other two men in the kitchen, standing only at 5'7". His build was rather skinny, the man having a higher metabolism than most, and his skin was pale from not being outside often. His bright green hair was styled into two, spiky mohawks that stuck up several inches. His eyes were blue and always tended to be a little wider than most with large bags under them. His dark green guild mark was located on the back of his neck. He had one square, black metal peg through his nose while pieces of his left ear were missing from an explosion many years ago. He wore a simple outfit of a dark blue tank top and black cargo shorts. He was currently barefoot, but had a pair of straw sandals if he needed them.

Gamu muffled Cordelia's name in reply, the cookie still in his mouth.

"Chew and swallow," Regina smiled over at him as she began to pour glasses of milk for everyone.

Gamu did as she told him and quickly finished off the cookie in his mouth, "Cordelia!" he repeated in a clearer tone, wrapping an arm around her to make sure she didn't fall to the ground.

"You came out from your hiding spot! I'm so glad to see you out!" she said, nuzzling his face playfully. She had immediately liked Gamu the moment Duke brought him onto the ship six years ago, so she had been rather sad to see him disappear below deck three years ago when Gordon won the battle for the spot of guild master. Gamu didn't take well to change and he had disliked Gordon, so he had decided to disappear down into the bowels of the deck for the past three years, which explained his pale and tired appearance. Cordelia and a few others knew where he had wondered off too though, and they would make frequent visits to him, but none of them had ever seemed to be able to convince him to come up above deck again. It was hard to get him to do anything he had set his mind on, especially after Duke had left for his long mission, "What made you come out?" Cordelia asked.

"Finn came and…" he began, though he quickly drifted off as pieces of Cordelia's hair distracted him. He absently started playing with the free strands of hair, completely forgetting about the conversation. This caused the rest of the group to sweat drop in response.

"Finn went and found him to tell him that you took over as guild master," Regina explained in his place, "He thought that it might get him out from the lower decks. Looks like it worked," she smiled over at the distracted man.

"Well, we still have to get him outside," Seth mentioned, "He hasn't gotten very far by only coming here. Fresh air will be good for him too."

"Will you come outside with us when we're finished here?" Cordelia asked, managing to catch Gamu's attention again. Though, he was stopped right in the middle of his stitching up a sleeve of her coat that had gotten a little ripped from the fight earlier that day. His Stitching Magic made it easy for him to complete the task, but he always seemed to have a habit of using it at odd times, so this caused the room to falter again at his actions, though Cordelia was grateful for the fix up nonetheless.

"Outside?" he asked, tilting his head to the side as he thought about it, "Can we have fun outside?"

"Of course!" Cordelia grinned, "We can go explore the whole guild again since you've been hidden away for three years!"

"I like exploring," he said, giving her a goofy smile as he returned to his work of stitching up her coat, "I'm glad that you're the guild master now," he added quietly, "Duke trusted you, so I trust you too."

Cordelia grinned widely as little flowers popped up around her, feeling happier than how her day had started. Gamu always had this way of making her smile even if he was easily distracted most of the time, "GAH! You're just so cute!" she shouted as she hugged the man again.

"I don't think cute is the right word," Eli mumbled while Seth and Regina simply laughed in response.

A/N: And there we go! I hope you all enjoyed it!

Credits

Aria Zephyrus - LightandDarkHeart

Alisa Madelynn - RansomeNote

Zipporah Fieri - XLil MEkoX

Alexander - Robinfyre

Alai - Robinfyre

Regina Murdock - MyDearWatson

Gamu Crits - AkumaXHwaorang

Phew! We've made it through all the character introductions! I thought I would have one more chapter of introducing people, but then I pulled up who I had left and I was so excited to see that I only had one grouping left! So! With that being said, there will be one more chapter to the Introduction Arc, that being the actual party. Then we'll be able to get into the first actual big arc! CHA! So excited right now!

And if you haven't checked it out already, Zinnia's picture is up on my profile page! Thanks again to XLil MEkoX for her picture! It's so awesome!

Also! You all should check out a couple other stories if you haven't already! That being Dreadburner94's A Tale of Two Guilds, which I believe he's still accepting OCs for! The other being Origm2012's The Brightholt Chronicles! Both stories are amazingly written and well worth the read!

I don't think I have anything else today, so we'll just jump right into those awesome reviews!

Thanks to all of you that reviewed the last chapter!

Origm2012 - LOL! Yeah, I feel like I update at weird times and a lot of those times happens to be really late at night. I'm sorry to keep you from your sleep! T.T But I'm glad you like all the fights that are going on! It's really fun for me to write! Glad you enjoyed Devin's magic as well. I thought it was really cool when I got it since I like the theme of angels and I thought he fit really well for an S-Class spot, so I'm glad to see that a lot of other people enjoyed his character as well. And yeah, I'm liking the whole new guild master aspect as well since she'll have to go through things that she may have a hard time dealing with and what not. It's kinda fun to watch her grow along with all the other guild members. And yes! I've been wanting to use Seth's magic since you sent him in, so I snuck that right in there! So I'm really excited to get into this new arc since we'll get to see more awesome things from him as well as everyone else, since I have yet to reveal everyone's magic. And also yes! Cordelia definitely put Kato in his place! That's my girl! LOL! And yeah, poor Zhuue not being able to talk anymore, but I'm glad you liked Jack's character. Isaak is definitely the good guy, though that may change a bit when he's around Eli, lol. And I totally had Kiss the Girl stuck in my head the whole day after I read your review! Seriously, I was just walking around my apartment and I suddenly found myself singing it out loud and I had to a stop for a moment when I realized what I was doing! T.T And my comment better not summon that cold weather! But thanks for the early birthday wish! ^.^ Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

CrazyAnimeForever - Glad you enjoyed the chapter! As well as Kato's introduction! I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Benthino - ^.^ Happy to hear that Jack and Zhuue turned out so well for you! I really enjoy writing Zhuue since she's just so much fun. So I'll do my best to keep writing them the way you've envisioned them! And I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Momochan77 - Glad you enjoyed the last chapter! I actually haven't thought of teams yet, so that's something I still need to work out! But I'm sure we'll have some pretty cool ones! And I'm happy to hear you're enjoying Cordelia's character! And I'm glad you liked Devin as well! I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

PlaguedAmbition - Yeah, I wanted to do that solo mission for him sooner rather than later so readers can see that other side of him. But I'm glad that you liked the last chapter and the characters introduced! Yeah, Devin's got work on that whole take over thing, lol. But not having full control of things seems to be a theme for the S-Class this time around, at least for two of them anyways. And a fight between Securus and Devin would be pretty intense, so I'm not sure if that'll happen. Poor Cordelia having to separate those two would be even harder than what she just went through with Devin! I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

XLil MEkoX - I know! You were all so patient for a new chapter! But I was having a bit of a hard time choosing who to pick for that last chapter after the fight was done and how to introduce them, but it seems that it turned out well. This update was a bit quicker though! And I'm glad you enjoyed that last batch of characters! And yeah, take your time drawing the characters! I'm sure whatever you come up with will be awesome like they have been so far! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

reven228 - Glad you enjoyed that last chapter and that it's getting you hyped up for what's to come! LOL, yeah that power ranger comment was great! And it seemed that many of you actually enjoyed it! I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Joshua1277 - Yeah, Devin's other souls are pretty strong and we may be seeing one of them pretty soon. And yeah, Kato isn't the brightest bulb around when it comes to challenging Devin constantly like that and after losing so many times. Glad you enjoyed that fight between Cordelia and Devin! And I'm glad you liked Zhuue too! She was a lot of fun for me to write! And yeah, Isaak definitely knows how to get under Cordelia's skin, but he means well by it, lol. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

DarkHyena - I'm really happy to hear that Devin turned out so well for you! I really enjoyed writing his scene too! And yeah, Drayden definitely saved the day there! But I don't think that people would be scared of Devin…at least not a lot of them anyways. And I'm glad that you enjoyed Jack and Zhuue! And yeah, you should let those time traveling powers recharge, lol. But hopefully this update was quick enough for you to not have had to use them anyways. And I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

frozenwolf94 - Glad you enjoyed that fight between Devin and Cordelia! And yeah, I figured it was time to show a bit of a more serious fight between the guild members. I actually haven't ever played the DMC games, but I think that's cool that it had that vibe for you. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Dreadburner94 - Well, you know my thoughts on that review since I had to PM you about it, lol. But after reading it again, it still made me laugh, but luckily not in public this time -.-' So I thank you for taking the time to write all that out! And that little bit with Cordelia was great too! But I'm glad that you enjoyed Isaak's scene with Cordelia! I thought he would be best at comforting her since she's still mad at Eli…actually, you know what, Isaak would still probably be better at the comforting bit than Eli even if they weren't fighting, lol! I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

ThePrinceOfLight - Glad you enjoyed the last chapter and the fight scene that was in it! And yeah, Kato does not loose gracefully at all…but I partly blame that on him not being the sharpest crayon in the box, lol. But I'm glad you enjoyed Cordelia coming into the fight as well. And I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

silverhawk88 - Yeah, Devin isn't one that you would want to mess with, considering how things turned out for Kato. Maybe he should wear a warning sign, lol. *Looks away from reader quickly* I plead the fifth with Cordelia and Isaak or any other romantic guesses that might be made! (Besides Cordelia and Eli, of course, since that's been made a bit obvious, lol.) But I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter! And I hope you enjoyed this chapter too!

Sakura-Fiction - Glad to hear you enjoyed the chapter and the intense fight we had in it! But I'm glad you enjoyed the new characters and the interactions going on! And I hope you liked those drawings too! And I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Ogrespi - Oh yeah! Kato definitely messed up big time for Cordelia to react that way! But she's also gonna be having bigger problems than just some hyped up guild members in the near future, so she'll get to experience more of those burdens. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

LightandDarkHeart - Yeah, that fight definitely turned out intense! But I'm glad you enjoyed the fighting scene! Hopefully Kato will take Cordelia's words to heart! I hope Aria turned out well for you! And I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

That should be all I have for this chapter then!

I'll have the next one up soon!

Please remember to review!

Yours Truly,

MyDearWatson