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Anu: So, It seems like it has been quite some time since you have updated us, Authoress.

Authoress: *sheepishly* Work has been getting me held back on all of my updating and typing. *sighs* It has been upsetting, to say the least.

Anu: *frowns* I feel like we should get something in return for this long wait. *evil plotting* Like maybe some more of my whiskey?

Melody: *head slaps Anu* That only benefits you and not the entire guild dog!

Chapter 11: Shifting Sands

June 30, 787

Eden's 1st P.O.V.

I found myself bouncing from side to side as Narissa and I walked through the desert. We had just finished a mission in Crocus. Wasn't anything exciting, just delivering a few pieces of jewelry from a craftsman in Dawn City to a store in Crocus. It was a 100,000 jewel reward, so 25,000 jewel each after the guild expense was taken. But, we hadn't taken this mission for the jewel. Besides Melody, we had been the only two girls at the guild and decided to take a mission together. Honestly, this was the first time that I was on a girl-only mission with someone outside of Del and I was excited to see how this would go.

"Eden...can you stop bouncing? I'm starting to get sick." I flinched at Pitch's tired voice coming from on my head. It was dusk right now and he had gotten up early this morning. He was not a very happy exceed when I woke him up and so I had told him that he could sleep on my head on the way home. We were about four hours out from Crocus and Pitch was asleep for three of those.

Sighing, I pet his head. "Sorry about that Pitch. This has been a really fun adventure and I can't wait to get to the guild and tell them about it. Del is going to be so jealous that we got to go to that gelato place!" What? It wasn't like the mission took the entire time of our trip. We had a little free time the other day and so the three of us had gone to the gelato place. Three words. Holy sweet calcite that was good gelato.

Anyways, the three of us continued to walk through the desert as darkness finally set in. It was a little chilly, but the good news here was that, while sand could be irritable in large quantities, I could eat it for energy just like a lot of loose particles that could be traced to stones. I wasn't an idiot, and I knew that Narissa wasn't either. Some monsters lived in the desert that were terrifying in their way. However, I knew that we would be alright just as long as we stayed in a group and didn't make too much noise.

I did my studying when it came to different monsters that could be fought on missions and I knew that most of the ones here in the desert had poor vision. However, that weakness was more than made up for by their abilities to sense sound. There were some of the ablest creatures which tracked by sound who lived in the desert. And many of those could be extremely dangerous. But, it seemed that Narissa understood that sound was something that we couldn't afford much of right now.

"Hey Eden," I turned to Narissa as she started the whisper. "do you have the water that we packed?"

Nodding, I reached into my bag. I was not idiotic enough to plan a trip into the desert without water. So, I paused and set the bag on the ground before opening it. "Yeah, I have it," I whispered back to her before I reached my hand inside. As soon as my hand reached the bottle though, a groan of disappointment slipped my throat. "Oh shit."

Narissa didn't like my statement. "What is it, Eden? What happened?" My guildmate whispered with worry.

In response, I pulled out the water bottle from the bag that had a gaping hole in the bottom. "That blade that I got for Del, the bone-metal one, was sharper than we thought. The other four bottles look just like this." The bag was made with quick-drying fabric and add that to the desert heat, then I had never sensed the water.

"Shit." She responded to me. Yeah, she realized that this was not a good situation. "We have more time to travel through this place still, and the closest oasis on the map is another three hours out." She then fell to her knees. "Why do we have all the bad luck?"

"Blame our mutt of a master," I responded to her with a sigh. "Easiest thing to do right now. He was the one who wanted us to take a mission to get the guildhall cleared out."

Narissa nodded. "Yeah, and even though he did that because this is Melody's bi-monthly intense cleaning time, she's too scary to blame. So, I'd go with the mutt too."

"Eden...Narissa…"

"We are going to die if we don't get out of here soon," I complained with a whine as I sank to my knees next to her.

"Girls…"

Narissa sighed. "And you can't find water in the desert can you?"

Unfortunately, I shook my head. "No. The sand is an overwhelming smell. Finding anything below it or in a five-mile radius would be impossible." I then motioned to her. "Do you think you could cut travel time down if you carry me and Pitch in your giant form?"

"Not unless you want to stop to battle all the monsters around here. My giant footsteps would have them on us faster than you could blink." Narissa dashed my hope.

"Hey!"

We both flinched when Pitch uncharacteristically yelled that. "What is it Pitch?" I asked my exceed.

He sighed and motioned toward the north. "I just flew up and saw an oasis about a mile ahead. Think we can head over there?"

A squeal of excitement escaped my throat before I grabbed Pitch. "Oh Pitch, you are the most incredible exceed that I have ever met!" I then let him go before starting to move toward the oasis. "Come on Narissa let's,"

Vibrations beneath my feet caused me to pause. "Eden please tell me that was your stomach?" Narissa asked me in a tense voice as she stood up.

Drawing on my magic, I shook my head. "No."

Screams came from both Narissa and me as the ground beneath our feet exploded. My feet were taken out from under me and I felt myself flying through the air. "Eden!" I faintly hear Narissa yell as my head struck something hard and I slammed into the ground.

Everything was a blur as I looked around me. I could see the tall outline of Narissa in her giant form taking on something that was about the same size as she was. What it was, exactly, I wasn't sure. But, while I wanted to get up and help my guildmate, I couldn't move my body. Everything was slipping into the darkness around me. The last thing that caught my vision as the darkness took over was a wall of sand heading toward Narissa.

July 1, 787

Narissa's 1st P.O.V.

Was it breakfast already? I could smell bacon and sausage. Melody made a good breakfast. She also had a pretty voice when she sang. It always made the mornings go by quickly. That was especially when Anu wanted to have a guild meeting early in the morning. Fucking early meetings. But, those didn't happen too often and when they did, Melody made amazing food for breakfast. It was to make up for the mutt waking us up this early. This had to be a meeting. Did I fall asleep on the counter? Why didn't someone wake me up earlier?

Slowly opening my eyes, the blurry vision that greeted me at least told me that I was not in the guild. This cave had much smaller dimensions than the guild. As I continued to look, memories from the last time I was conscious started to come back to me. Eden, Pitch, and me walking through the desert, the water being drained from the water bottles, and then the sand had exploded from under us. Eden had been thrown away from me and she had hit her head on something. I had been struggling with the sandworm that had come out of the ground and then the sand hit me and, "Eden!"

"Can you keep your voice down a little?" I flinched and turned to see a guy with white hair and orange eyes staring at me. He was probably about twenty-one from what I could tell. His clothes looked older, and they were worn, but it was easy to tell that they were very fine clothes at one point. "Not that I mind the new noise," this guy continued, "but your friend over there took a nasty lump to her head and would probably enjoy some rest."

At his words, I turned in the direction that he pointed. A sigh of relief came from me when I saw Eden sleeping on a cot in an outcropping of the cave, Pitch asleep on her chest. "Thank the gods." I sighed in relief. I had been worried about her. Seeing her going unconscious there in the desert had scared me more than I thought it would. A dragon slayer was the image of intense power to mages and to see one, and especially a guildmate, going unconscious, shook me.

"I'm assuming that you two are out here for a job, giving your matching guild marks and the lack of water in your bag at the edge of the desert by Crocus." The boy spoke to me again as he continued to cook whatever it was that he was cooking over that fire.

Shaking my head, I moved over and sat across from the boy as he cooked. "Not quite. We just finished a job. We were leaving Crocus when we stopped for a drink. It was then we realized that a blade that Eden bought for another of our guildmates had punctured holes in all the bottles. Pitch there had just found us a location to get some water when the sandworm came out of the ground."

"And that's when I found the two of you." The guy added in before taking the food off of the fire. "I have to admit, I'm glad you aren't the normal idiots that I get. Just unlucky people."

"Story of my life," I muttered before shaking my head. "Sorry, here you are helping us and I haven't properly introduced myself." I then held my hand out to him. "My name's Narissa Odir, member of team Poison Song, which is a part of the magic guild Jackal Fang." I figured he earned the full response since he did save us. Well, at least I think he saved us. I wasn't sure how that wall of sand appeared, but he was housing us and feeding us. That second part would be more impressive when Eden woke up. Hopefully, this guy could storm the appetite of a dragon slayer.

"Is that bacon?"

And there was Eden. The guy and I turned and watched as the earth dragon slayer and, along with her, Pitch woke up. "How are you feeling?" The guy asked Eden as she slowly moved to the makeshift table.

She glanced at him for a few seconds before she nodded once. "I'm fine. Just waking up still." Eden then sighed. "The name's Eden Flint, member of team Everfall, which is a part of the Jackal Fang guild. This is Pitch, and he's my exceed." She then glanced at the guy. "Who are you?" Well, I was getting to asking him that but it seemed half-awake Eden beat me to the punch.

The guy paused. "You know, it has been a while since I was asked that." He then smiled. "I am Saba A...Just Saba." That was weird. But, since he did save us, his privacy was his own.

"Then thank you, Saba," I thanked him. I then turned and looked around. "How long have you been here?"

"Years," Saba answered me. "I honestly lost track. It's nice out here, quiet too. Plus, the desert doesn't lie to you. If it is hot, then the ground beneath you will burn. If it is cold, shivers go down your spine. If something wants to eat you it doesn't dance around the issue, it will kill you."

Well, I couldn't argue that. Before Jackal Fang, I enjoyed the time to myself and didn't live with others. Sure, I would interact with people at times, but I preferred my nights alone back then when I wasn't with another person. It was like Saba seemed to be now. "I see. That used to be my life." I then looked at Eden. "But, their guild drew me in quickly."

"What were you like before all this?" Eden asked as tactless as ever. Of course, she was suffering from a nasty bump on the head. Somewhat understandable. But, since I knew Eden pretty well, I knew that she would have asked it anyways...just maybe not as bluntly. That was more Del's style than Eden's.

Saba looked cornered by the question before he shook his head. "It's a long story." He then looked at both of us. "How are you feeling? Were there any injuries that I missed?"

Deflection. Great, that was not fun. But, he was helping us recover so I couldn't press it. "No, we are great. Thank you very much for helping us." Saba seemed to relax when I said that.

"Would you like some water?" Saba asked as he stood up.

Pitch, thankfully, nodded. "Yes please."

The guy smiled and nodded. "Then I'll be right back." He then stood up and moved to the back of the cave. This guy was weird but I couldn't talk.

Saba's 1st P.O.V.

I didn't like this. It had been over a year since I had let the last person into my cave here, and this felt very intrusive. Plus, the girl with the brown hair was very blunt with asking questions about me. From the look I could see in the blonde's eyes, she wanted to ask the same question but she was a little more restrained than her guildmate. A little. Something told me that, if these girls and the flying cat stayed here longer than needed, then both of them would keep asking questions.

But, I knew that Rolland would be happy that I was helping them, regardless of how they made me feel. All those years ago, if Rolland hadn't found me and brought me to this cave, then I wouldn't be alive. He had been an old desert hermit and, honestly, I was very unprepared for what the desert could bring. To be fair, though, I hadn't even been wanting to be out in the desert at the time. But, my family was moving from Seven to Fiore, to a manor near the city of Magnolia when the train we had been traveling on was attacked.

My family was...important in Seven but with political unrest, the young king had suggested that we move to Fiore. Supporting him was not easy to do at the time but my family was honorable and, since we vowed to support him, then we had to move. But, one of the enemies of my family, though I wasn't sure who, found out about our move and hired dark mages to attack the train. We had been traveling through the desert when the mages started their attack. My mother, aunt, and girl cousin were cut down quickly. They had been near the front of the train. My father and uncle had fought off the mages when they got to the back of the train, where I had been with both of them, and I had been terrified. That was especially when one of the mages caused the train to go off of the tracks. At that time, my uncle had thrown me off the train through a door that had opened and I had hit the sand hard. I had gone unconscious as the heat of an explosion came over me.

Flashback:

There was so much pain wracking my body as I opened my eyes. Above me was a rocky wall. What happened? We had been on the train, I had been with my father and my uncle, and then there was the attack...I was thrown out...the explosion!

I sat up with a gasp, looking around. But, I regretted the fast action as pain shot through me. "Calm down boy, you need your rest." I shot my eyes to my left and felt tense when I saw an old man, mostly bald and slightly bent over. "You took a nasty spill out there. You were lucky."

"Lucky?" I asked the old man incredulously. "My family is dead! Killed by those mages or blown up! How can you say that I am lucky?"

To my surprise, the old man simply raised an eyebrow at me. "Well, I believe that I simply opened my mouth, and used my ability to speak. You can do the same." My jaw was dropped, staring at this old man in surprise. How could he joke at me when I had just lost my family? "And you are lucky. You are alive to carry on where your family can no longer do so. You have lived. Now, you have a choice."

I let his words sink in. I was alive. One day, I could go after those mages and the people who hired them. I could give my family the justice they deserved. It was only after these thoughts went through my mind when I caught on to what he finished his sentence with. "What choice?" This old man was strange, but he had helped me.

In return, the old man seemed to lock his gaze on me. "You can either wither away in grief, push away anyone who wishes to help you, and you can wallow in pity. Or you can let me train you, teach you what I know, and one day you can return to the world and help others from ending up where you are now. Which will you choose?"

While I didn't see where I could go, I knew that I didn't just want to sit around and do nothing. So, I looked up at the old man. "I want to learn."

Finally, the old man seemed to relax and sat down next to my bed. "I hoped you would say that." He then held out his hand. "I'm called Rolland."

Looking at his hand, I only hesitated slightly before taking it in my own. "And my name is Saba Auris."

End of Flashback.

It had taken a couple of years, but by that time I had fully embraced my new life in the desert. Rolland had taught me his sand magic, which was very useful living here in the desert as I did. Rolland had died when I was fourteen, but I was ready for it and, after burial, I had taken over Rolalnd's cave and made sure to help how I could.

And that brought me to this situation. I had bottles of water in my hands and I hoped to entice the girls out of my cave. They made me uncomfortable and I didn't like it. Not at all. I hadn't had the drive to leave before, but just hearing that they were a part of a magic guild caused a fire to stir inside of me. I wanted to explore and see what this guild, and other places, were like outside of my cave.

But, my cave was my sanctuary. It was where I had been able to recover from that horrific day when I had lost my family...well, my family before Rolland. I wasn't sure I could ever leave this place. It was my home. As I moved back to the main room, I felt peace as I remembered the days I spent with my original family and with Rolland. They all made me into who I was today and,

My thoughts paused as I entered the main part of the cave again. The two girls and the flying cat were gathered around my memory altar. How dare they! That was a sacred place for me, for it held the few items that I had to remember my blood family and Rolland. A picture of my family, a locket that I had from my childhood pen-pal, and a dagger from Rolland. They were touching it...that was mine! "Get out!"

The two girls flinched and looked back at me in surprise. I can't believe that they would dare! "We are sorry Saba we,"

I didn't care! Shoving the water into their hands and handing them their bags, I moved them to the exit of my cave. "I don't care! Get out of here and stay away!" Once I shoved them a way out of the entrance of the cave, I huffed and quickly returned inside to the altar. Quickly, I checked on the items on the altar. Everything, thankfully, was still in place. I couldn't begin to describe the relief. If I lost any of these items, I would cry. In the past, before the crash, I might have been afraid to do so because it could be seen as a weakness. But now, I knew that it was strong to cry, to show that you could show weakness when needed.

As I stared at the picture of my family some more, I thought about those girls again. While I was angry that they had invaded my private spot in the cave, I realized out of the anger that I couldn't blame them. I had been so nervous around them since I didn't have much contact with other people, that I hadn't told them not to mess with any of this stuff. But, I still had blown up at them and kicked them out. That wasn't a good idea, especially for the brown-haired one. That bump to her head could cause problems when wandering out in the desert.

This was a problem. I was too detached from society. Rolland had warned me that it could happen if I stayed apart from society completely. He even made purposeful trips to Crocus when he was alive to keep his grasp on society. I hadn't. I needed to leave the desert. So much time had passed since I was last in society. But, how would I start? It wasn't like I had many contacts like Rolland seemed to have before, and I wasn't even sure how I was going to start.

Then, my mind flashed back to the girls and the talk of their guild. A magic guild seemed like it would be a nice step to returning to society. Plus, those girls seemed nice in all reality, so their guild might be the best one to house me.

Quickly standing and grabbing all of my items, plus some travel necessities, I ran out of the entrance of the cave. If I hurried, then I could catch up to the girls and ask them to join their guild. It was a risk but it was a risk that I was willing to take.

Eden's 1st P.O.V.

"I can't believe that jerk!" I fumed as I continued to walk across the desert with Narissa and Pitch. "We were just looking at a picture of what looked like him when he was little and he freaks out and throws us out here! I mean seriously, we weren't even touching the thing!"

While I expected Narissa to agree with me, I was surprised when she shook her head instead. "Eden, he lives in a cave in the desert, and a decent distance from other people all things considered. Saba was nervous as it was having the three of us in there in his house and, when he returns with water for us, we are near some of his things." She then paused. "Plus, he was living alone. That stuff we were looking at might be all he has from his past. We shouldn't have been so close to that stuff."

Even though I wanted to argue with her, I knew that I really couldn't. She was right. Saba had been nervous, though I hadn't realized how much so until he kicked us out of the cave. My head was still hurting, but I knew that I would be alright until we got to where we were going. Not just that, but now I was feeling bad. Saba was probably trying to help us, but we had invaded his privacy. If someone messed with my stuff from Geb and my time being raised by him, then I would tear off their heads.

Letting out a sigh, I stopped, "You're right." I then motioned back the way we came. "Can we go back and try to apologize? This will bug me until we at least try."

Narissa, smiling, nodded. "That sounds like a good idea Wyrm. We can make it back to Saba's cave by the late afternoon if we move at the pace that we have been."

That sounded good. So, we both turned and got about two steps when I felt it. The vibrations in the ground that shifted a lot beneath us. "Giantess, please tell me that was your stomach?"

While Narissa sent me a glare for the jab at her appetite, she shook her head. "I was about to ask you the same thing."

Oh shit.

A yell came out of me as I was able to jump to the side just as the ground below us exploded. This seemed familiar. When I hit the ground, I had to gag down the contents of my stomach as my head started to swim. Shit! My head must still be rattled from before. I had to focus to help Narissa. I was not going to be helpless during this again. After a few minutes, my vision cleared and I jumped up to attack the worm that was attacking Narissa.

"Damnit what is with our luck and these stupid worms?" I growled as I launched an attack at it's exposed half. These worms were getting on my last nerve.

I could hear a groan of strain coming from Narissa and I saw that she was struggling to keep the worm from biting off her head. When she looked at the left side of the worm's head, the side I couldn't see, she let out a surprised gasp. "Damn mother fucking shit this is the same worm from last night!"

"Are you serious?" I screamed up at her while I jumped on its back to try and take it out from behind. When I got about half-way up the back of the worm, I let out a yelp as the worm suddenly launched forward and I started to fall off of it's back. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw that Narissa had fallen to the side of the worm and she wasn't moving. "Narissa!" I yelled out to her.

But, as I did, my side hit the surface of the sand and I couldn't hold back my stomach this time. That wasn't all, however. When I landed, I felt my shoulder shift and I yelled in pain. While I knew it wasn't broken, I was pretty sure that I had dislocated my shoulder. If I wasn't currently gagging and losing my stomach contents, then I would have yelled in pain. This all happened in a few seconds.

After my stomach finally stopped, though my shoulder and head still hurt, I looked up and felt my eyes widen as the worm started to come at me. Shit! With my shoulder still dislocated, I couldn't move fast enough to dodge or attack the fucking thing. I was not going to die by a sandworm! I wasn't going to! As the worm drew closer, I prepared a roar attack. While it wouldn't be my most stable attack it might just cause the worm to divert its path and save me from being eaten whole.

But, before I could even prepare to launch the attack, a pillar of sand came from behind me and struck the worm, throwing it back. I jerked my head to look behind me and I felt my eyes widen when I saw Saba standing there, a pack on his back and his hand outstretched. "Are you okay?" He asked me as he stood next to me.

I gave him a so-so motion with my left hand before saying, "Not bad. Right shoulder's dislocated and everything seems to be swimming a little, but I can move if I need to. Can you see Narissa? Is she alright?" From my vantage point on the ground, I couldn't see squat.

He looked over to where Narissa was and smiled before nodding. "She's fine. Back on her feet and holding off the worm. You should stay and rest. I'll go and help her out.

While it killed me that I wasn't going to be actively participating in the fighting anymore, I knew that he was right. "Fine," I grumbled.

In return, he shook his head before running forward and joining Narissa in her fight. Turning my body so I could see what was happening, I was amazed to see how Saba was already working so well with Narissa. Being a titan mage as well as a light mage, it wasn't usually easy to work with her and avoid getting stepped on. It took me a few training sessions to get working with her down to what we could do now. While Saba wasn't perfect at working with her, he was making sure to stay out of the way of her footsteps.

It wasn't long before the two of them forced the worm to retreat and, after they were sure that it was gone, the two of them walked over to me. "Dislocated your shoulder again Eden?" Narissa joked with me. On one of the missions she was on with Del and me, I had dislocated the left shoulder due to the wyvern getting behind me. I was not happy about that.

But, to her jab. "Different shoulder this time Narissa." I then motioned to the offending limb. "Care to give me a hand?"

She nodded and walked over before speaking. "So Saba, what are you doing out here? From how we parted ways, I didn't expect to see you out here...and especially not helping us."

As Narissa put herself behind me and prepared to fix my shoulder, I saw that Saba looked slightly guilty. "I realized that I shouldn't have snapped at you three for looking at my stuff. You weren't messing with it and I overreacted. I am sorry."

"You're fine Saba." I waved off his apology. "We were actually about to head back and apologize to you. We shouldn't have invaded your privacy like that and shit!" I ended that uncharacteristically as Narissa surprised me in fixing my dislocated shoulder. "Damnit Narissa give me a little more warning!" I growled at my guildmate.

Instead of looking placated, like I hoped she would, she simply shook her head. "No. Last time I warned you, you bit my hand and drew blood!"

...What? She surprised me. "Not my fault your reaction time is less than average," I grumbled as I massaged my fixed shoulder. But, then I looked at Saba. "What did cause you to come out here? Not that I'm not thankful to you, but why do you have a travel bag?"

He looked embarrassed for a second before speaking. "Well, I realized when you three left that I haven't allowed myself public interactions for years...ever since the train crash. So, I decided to come out and explore the world. I wasn't sure what to do until I remembered you all talking about how you were a part of a magic guild. I have magic and I realized that you three seemed nice and I wanted to try and catch up to you both and ask if...well...maybe I could join your guild?"

My smile was wide as I finally stood up and held out my left hand. "Yeah! I know the two of us are down for that and the mutt won't have a choice. If we push ourselves, we can make it to the guild by tonight if we can get back to Crocus and hop a blimp ride. They had a rotation of troops heading there and we have a deal that can get us a ride there."

The three of us started to walk back to Crocus with Pitch flying above us before Saba decided to ask something else. "Mutt? What's that about?"

Narissa, Pitch, and I let out laughs before Narissa answered. "You'll understand better once we get to the guild but we can explain some now. The guild master, who's a real softy at heart, is a transformation mage that is a master of jackal transformations. So, one of his nicknames is mutt. Also acceptable are master, dog, or his name. We'll let him introduce himself with the others in the guild once we get there."

The trip back to the guild went fast and Saba asked a lot of questions on the way. Not just that, though, but once we got to the guild, I was thrown a surprise by Saba, whose last name was Auris. Anu, the mutt, had heard of Saba's family and explained to the rest of us that he was the last of a noble family of Seven that everyone thought died in the train crash that landed Saba in the desert. Saba asked us not to spread around his last name since he wanted this new life without strains from Seven since the reason his family was on that train in the first place was that his family was escaping political turmoil.

After Saba got his guild mark, he threw Narissa and me another curveball and, instead of joining one of our teams, he joined Sawyer, Constantius, and Hope on team Nightingale instead. I was slightly sore about that one, but I had a feeling that we would have a lot of fun regardless so I let it go.

Saba: *looks around guildhall* So I traded a small cave for a bigger one?

Eden: Pretty much. But, we have more people here than you did in your cave. Plus, Melody is one hell of a cook. *walks away*

Anu: *walks up* Now, Saba, it is your turn to help me with my,

Hope: *head slaps Anu* No dog. The paperwork is all yours and unless they lose a bet to you or want to help, none of the members have to help you.

Anu: *pouts* Meanie. *walks away*

Hope: *shakes head* That man tries that with every new member of the guild. He got me real good when I joined. If it wasn't for the others catching on, I would probably still be doing it for the idiot.

Saba: *relieved* Good, because I have no idea how paperwork is supposed to be filled out.

AN: And here is the next chapter! You have now met Saba the sand mage! He is kind of a hermit who has been living on his own for a while before the girls and Pitch show up. I hope you caught some things about his background. He has connections to someone you all should know of and I think I gave enough hints in the chapter for you to figure it out. But, if not, oh well. You'll just have to wait for a future story to reveal that.

We are getting ever closer to the end of this first story of the Jackals. This story is meant to introduce how most of the members of Jackal Fang came to the guild. The next story will be much shorter than this and will be introducing five more members to the guild. Once I get to that story, it won't take as long to update (since I have a number of those chapters done). It's just a matter of getting everyone else here introduced first.

So, without further ado, here are the next chapters for this story!

Chapter 12: The Night Hunter

Chapter 13: Words of Expression

Chapter 14: ...(Find out next time!)

And that is all for now. I'll probably be getting the next chapter posted not long after this one so you won't have long to wait. Until then though, TTYL! *Shutting up and dancing*