Of Devil Women and Studious Devils

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The woman, whoever she was, pushed herself to her feet, stubbing out the cigarette she was dragging on before picking up her drink. Each step she took towards the booth, I could see Lylac tremble, almost enough for me to feel it through the seat.

"Six years…" spoke a cold, unfeeling voice, hardly even muffled by the chatter of the bar, "Impressive."

She passed by another table, plucking one of the chairs from underneath someone as she walked towards us, her footsteps seemingly overtaking all other sources of noise in the bar.

I glanced at Lylac from the corner of my eye once more, and it was clear as day how very terrified she was of this person.

It was as if the Devil himself walked in the bar to claim her.

"Bet you thought you'd seen the last of me, didn't you?"

No movement from Lylac. But her body position and facial expressions said it all.

She wanted to run. But if she did, she might be chased down, like prey to a much bigger and vicious and animal.

When the woman reached our booth, she laid the chair backwards, sitting on it with her legs at the sides of the backrest and rested her forearms against it, her pale, gray eyes never leaving Lylac's direction.

"I think it's about time we…caught up."

Who is she..?

"Sorry hun," Anoel spoke first, and tugged Ly toward her away from the woman as she swapped seats with her, "But who might you be?"

The woman didn't seem to care much about what Anoel just asked. She didn't even want to give her the time of day really.

"A lot of people have asked that question, few know the answer." the woman replied, temporarily switching her gaze, "The one you seem to be fond of right there is one of that very small handful."

The glass she held in her left hand touched her lips briefly as she finished her drink, letting it slowly rest on the table before interlocking her fingers.

"After all, she was partially responsible for bringing that number down."

"Seems like you take great care in making sure only a select few know your name. There a reason why?" Anoel asked.

"Those that do find out often find themselves flayed alive. No witnesses, no security footage, not even a note." the woman replied, "There is a reason, and I'm sure you're just dying to find out… But I have no business with the head of Vale's info network."

How about that… Niro did mention to me once Anoel was in the business of information. Being the head honcho though?

Not surprising given her personality, but still, color me impressed.

Anoel hummed proudly in response to the half handed compliment, "So, you know of me. I'm afraid to say that I don't know you though… Would I get flayed alive too if I happened to make a few guesses about you?"

"Quinn..!" Ly breathed, almost inaudibly.

What did this Quinn person do to Lylac to make her so terrified of her?

A smirk crossed the lips of the woman now know to us as Quinn, her gaze returning to the Lylac, "I see your memory hasn't decayed after all this time. Well done. Though, you still have that annoying tendency to spoil the fun… Such a shame."

I glanced at Anoel briefly, who looked to Lylac and tried to signal her of a chance to leave. A smart move given the situation at hand.

But she still wouldn't move.

Hell, she wouldn't reach for that peashooter she hid. And it wasn't out of reluctance of not wanting to kill Quinn...but it was an emotion I knew all too well from seeing it within the eyes of many people over the years.

Pure, unbridled, genuine fear. Fear so powerful it crippled any thought of movement.

This was starting to be a little too much...

I audibly put a hand on the table, drawing everyone's gaze to me "You're starting to spoil our night. So do you mind?" I spoke calmly.

Quinn turned to face me, raising an eyebrow inquisitively. But that look of disinterest…

I chuckled to myself mentally, thinking about if I had five to ten minutes with her, she'd definitely wouldn't be looking at me with disinterest.

She'd very much have the same look Lylac does right now.

"Oh, and I suppose you expect me to apologize, do you?"

"It might count if you get down on both knees and say sorry a few dozen times."

Anoel gave a light hum as she glanced to me, "A man who's quick to ask women to get on their knees. Normally I'd apologize for that, but…I do need you to leave if you don't have any business with us."

Why do people go straight for taking my words out of context?!

Do people not like me that much..?

"I only said I had no business with you, info-broker. I didn't say I had no business with her…" Quinn's eyes flicked back toward Lylac, who subtly flinched, "You've done a good job of evading the information networks for quite some time. It doesn't come as a surprise given what I taught you. But to hide from me? That's certainly worth some credit."

"Some people just want to relax, hun. Nothing wrong with that." Anoel replied, nodding her head toward the door, "But I'm the only one conducting any business today. If you want Ly, you'll have to come by another time."

Please take her advice. I'd really like it if I didn't wreck even the tiniest fragment of Nosferatu's bar and have to pay him back.

Quinn nodded, her black officer's cap staying firmly on her head, "You're right. Some people do need to relax. However, there comes a time where we need to get back to work. Unfortunately, dear Lylac, you exhausted your usefulness a long time ago. Your bastard cousin however… He and I still have to bury a few hatchets… Wouldn't you agree?"

Ly's eyes widened as she shook her head, "N-No! Please!"

Cousin..? Who would that be?

Not only that, but the way Quinn said that just now… I might've pieced a bit of this together.

Lylac's intense fear, Quinn's statement just now… She must've held Lylac and her cousin captive for a set period of time, using them for a specific task. But for what exactly?

"I'm gonna stop you there." I started as I raised up my hand, "Cousins and hatchets… Sounds like a good Sunday morning soap opera. Unfortunately, I'm not one for late night soaps. So you know, there's the door." I said gesturing my hand towards it.

"Your comic relief is annoying. Clearly, you don't understand the situation." Quinn deadpanned, eyes firmly locked on Ly's, "But since you're all so eager for me to leave, I'll just say this; No matter how deep of a hole you throw him into, Lylac, no matter how dark and hostile it is, I will find Ray, and when I do, I'll remind him exactly who I am."

Ray…

Ray is Lylac's cousin?

Well, all the more reason I guess for her to leave now.

"Oh, now I see!" I said in mock realization as I bopped the bottom of my fist against my palm, "This is about Ray. See, now I have to take you a bit more seriously."

Which I was going to do despite my mannerisms currently.

"Hey, it's alright, right?" I asked turning to Niro, "So long as there's no mess?"

I had to ask if fighting was allowed, but this wouldn't be much of a fight.

"If she breaks you first, I'm fine with there being a mess."

Tch… Always with the me-specific quips...

"Got it boss..."

I snapped my fingers, and within an instant, eight longswords of white and black Aura phased into existence, each of them surrounding Quinn from different angles with the points direction towards her various vital points.

"Say the word boss-lady, and she's gone. You know, either sense of the word 'gone'." I said nodding to Anoel.

"Those aren't exactly a threat to her…"

I furrowed my brow slightly, "How come?"

"Congratulations, you just wasted Aura creating toys." Quinn stated as she stood from her chair, her eyes glancing to the sword closest to her as her fingers wrapped around the razor-sharp blade, "You also need to work on your craftsmanship."

With a light squeeze, the blade she grabbed shattered, disintegrating as she approached the door with burning amber eyes.

"I'll see you around."

The door slowly closed behind her as she left, leaving nothing in her wake but an empty glass, a misplaced chair, and a burnt out cigarette.

I'll admit, I'm a bit irked currently. Not about how she easily broke my Aura sword, but the fact I didn't know how she did it. But I had my guesses.

"Nullification or absorption, huh? Interesting…" I said as I snapped my fingers again, making the rest of my swords vanish out of the air.

"You have no idea…" Anoel muttered in a whisper, watching the woman go.

"So, who was the walking, talking shark?" asked Elisia as one of her rabbit ears flicked downwards, toward the empty chair by their booth.

Elisia and I looked to Lylac watching her hold her head in her hands, staring blankly at the floor as she murmured to herself.

Distress wasn't close to what I was seeing her suffer…

It's honestly a bit hard for me to comprehend how people can feel such intense fear. I can only really ever look on and ponder others' misfortune.

"Excuse us." Anoel said simply to us, sliding herself out of the booth while tugging Ly with her, "We'll only be a minute. Can you walk?"

Slowly, Ly began to nod as she found her feet, her entire body looking like it was numbed. Despite this, Anoel slowly pulled the the girl to her feet and kept her arm wrapped around Lylac's waist for support.

"Feel free to order a round of drinks while you wait." Anoel commented quietly to Dante and Elisia, her eyes roaming over Inuba as she passed us with Ly at her side.


"That was one way to end the night…" I commented staring at the doorway.

I was hoping that devil woman wasn't coming back anytime soon.

Though, I was surprised Inuba didn't wake up throughout that. Perhaps it was good luck.

Either way, I was grateful she didn't wake up, and scratched behind her fox ears to hear her giggle softly as her tail whipped about.

I don't think she'd normally allow me to do this.

"Now that I think about it, I've heard stories of a woman with an officer's cap that just shrugs off any attack that hits her. Like she's immortal or something."

I scoffed at that comment.

"She isn't immortal. She just has high defensive capabilities that make it hard to land an actual hit on her." I said summoning my real longsword briefly, glancing over it's pristine white body with black, decorative patterns around the handle and guard, "But that'll change once I run this across her."

"Oho~ That's pretty scary of you mr. Dante. And serious." Elisia remarked.

"I can be serious. I just choose not to be most of the time. More fun for me that way."

It has lead me down some...interesting paths.

Glancing over to my TA, I saw her down another pint of alcohol in just a few seconds flat, only to have it filled again in a mere second by Niro's mystic voodoo speed refill abilities.

Still though, for someone smaller than me, and leaning on the petite side a bit, she can handle her alcohol pretty well. Which is more than I can say for my fluffy tailed partner resting comfortably in my lap.

Letting out a sigh, Elisia glanced at me, eyes narrowed in an almost seductive gaze, "I have to come here after work more often... How about it handsome? Want to come with?"

"Isn't that pretty irresponsible to go drinking every night?"

At least, that's what I think.

"Hey, so long as I get my work done beforehand, what's it matter?"

She's not wrong. If anything, that's sort of how I go about my policy of free time. Do your work first, goof off as much as you want later.

Though in Elisia's case, that's probably drinking herself stupid. But I wouldn't know that unless she told me so herself.

"I guess…"

"Say!" She said audibly slamming her pint glass down on the table, "What's the deal with you? Most guys your age are looking for a girlfriend or looking to be a hotshot Huntsmen, or something. Yet you're all chilled out. Why?"

"I'm not looking to prove myself or get famous or anything. I don't care about those sort of things really. As for 'girlfriends', that's something that can be done later."

"No no no handsome. Start too late and you'll be by your lonesome for what'll be an eternity."

I don't know how to respond to that...

"It shouldn't be a problem. As far as I can tell, you've got an awesome personality, you're funny on occasion, and hey, a damn good looker. That alone will get you drowning in the ladies."

"Looks aren't everything."

"They aren't, but they're still a big deal! I'll bet you anything there's been droves of girls that have been flirting with you just about everywhere you've been."

As much as I hate to admit it…

"You can snag just about anyone." Elisia said starting on her new pint.

I looked in Niro's direction and was about to ask for refills, but before I could, I looked back down and saw new glasses filled with drinks on the table.

I didn't even have to ask which one I wanted, it was already sitting there right in front of me.

Niro's got some seriously weird abilities…

"No I can't." I said taking a sip from my glass.

"I'm telling you right now, that's exactly the case!" Elisia emphasized after I just finished taking a sip from my drink.

She may have been right, but I still didn't like the idea of what she was implying.

"No it's not!" I said setting down my glass before turning to Niro, "Dude, back me up here."

"It's mostly his looks, but it helps that he smells like a fish dipped in pheromones." Niro replied casually, cleaning a stray glass.

Of course that was the kind of answer I was going to get.

Why did I even bother asking him?

"See? Even he agrees!" Elisia exclaimed.

"Right, like he's a reliable and totally unbiased judge."

Niro's more likely to set up diabolical schemes against me and various plots of murdering me. Hence why I think any opinion about me, from him, is biased.

"Alright, how about this hot stuff?" Elisia started as she leaned in closer to me, "Next time we go out somewhere, we're going to find a bar that does one of those speed dating events. And I bet you right now you're going to get over twenty phone numbers. Or more. But more than anything I bet you they'll be staring at you all like 'Oooo! He's so dreamy!' the entire time."

"You're just saying that..." I replied, taking a much needed large sip of my drink.

"Am I?" Elisia questioned with a wide grin.

"Unfortunately..." Niro interjected, setting a third glass onto the shelf behind him, "I catch even guys gawking at him all the time too. So, she's right."

I think I want to go home now...

By the time I set down my glass, the bathroom door at the back of the room opened and Anoel came out first, Ly trailing just behind her.

Anoel eventually reached the table again, stepping aside to let Ly in first as she glanced to us, "Been talking about panty-dropping good looks while I was gone?"

"You know me so well." I cheekily replied, "Asking if she's alright is…well…pointless. But still, what was all that?"

A question I need an answer to. Because if I'm hanging out with Ray by some chance and that devil woman Quinn just shows up out of nowhere, I'd rather know who exactly I'm fighting.

"We all have our demons, honey… There's no need to ask about them. But…there is something you can do, if you're willing." Anoel said glancing at me seriously.

"Always willing and able." I returned, taking another large sip and placing my now empty glass down on the table, "What would you have me do?"

"Whatever Ly asks of us…" Anoel spoke quietly, her tone turning serious for once, "As much as I hate to admit it, we can't handle Quinn on our own. So I'm asking for the both of us here on whether or not you're willing to help. Even if it puts you and the people you care about in harm's way."

I didn't need to be so concerned about my siblings or Inuba. They're all pretty powerful on their own.

"My people can take care of themselves."

A small whine emerged from Inuba, currently attempting to shake off a powerful headache in her sleep.

"For the most part."

"Then I suppose that's a yes…" Anoel drifted her gaze back to Ly, "Did you order us drinks?"

"Yup." I said sliding a few glasses over, "Figured you'd need it after that."

"More than you know." Anoel replied, taking the glasses and giving Lylac one of them, "Niro's probably going to keep yours topped off for the next month, so just take it easy if you can."

Ly simply took hers with numb fingers, a blank unresponsiveness still in her eyes.

Anoel sighed and took a slow sip of her own glass, half the Lyra in her glass downed most likely out of stress alone before she set it back onto the table.

"I think this goes without saying..." Anoel muttered out, her eyes still a little rattled despite her usual casual demeanor, "but don't take this woman lightly. None of us can risk doing that right now."

If she crushed one of my Aura Swords easily, there's no way I wasn't going to take her so seriously.

"Wouldn't dream of it. After that little 'magic trick' of hers, I've been racking my brain for what to do about her."

"Always the thinker this one." Elisia declared as she rolled her eyes.

"Right, because I'm all for headbutting each other until she dies. Good plan." I shot back.

"We'll need some sort of plan eventually…but…" Anoel's eyes leveled on Ly again, watching a brief moment of her downing another large portion of her refilling glass, "We can't formulate it yet. Not until the shock of what happened goes away…"

Too late for that. I was already forming a few plans of action against her.

"I already know that you've met Ray before, and I know how stubborn he seems." Anoel said grabbing my attention as we locked eyes. "But he can't know about Quinn. None of you can tell him about her."

Ray doesn't know she's still alive? The idea of not telling him was probably coming from his hotheaded nature. If he and Lylac suffered at Quinn's hands…

Tinman is definitely the vindictive type if you piss him off enough.

"Lips about this matter are permanently sealed. But…there is one thing I need to know before we can even get started."

Anoel took another sip of her drink as she grazed the rim of her glass against her bottom lip, "Name it."

If I'm going to be serious about helping them with her, I needed to know what we were going for here, that way I could plan more accordingly.

"What's the end goal we're going for here? Capture? Or erasure?" I asked without hesitation in my tone.

Killing a person like her wouldn't be easy. Neither would be capturing her. But flat out killing Quinn would be more of a struggle that I need to put more thought into. Hence why I needed to know now what the end game plan was.

"We…have to find a permanent solution, whatever it is. I don't want her coming back into Lylac's life. Not again." the info-broker spoke softly.

"Kill her…" Lylac murmured after setting her glass down to refill.

"It might be pointless to ask, but are you sur-?"

Glowing blue eyes shot up to meet my own bright sky blue, "Delete her from existence."

Well, that's probably the most direct request to kill someone I've gotten in a long while.

"Then it's settled." I said.

As soon as I have a chance to develop a counter technique to her defense, she's as good as gone.

"Settled…" Anoel glanced over, "We'll do whatever it takes."

"Talk about killing people, huh? Sounds like fun." Elisia said.

See, it's comments like those that make me think that secretly Elisia is some sort of sadist.

"You really are a sadist, aren't you?" I asked.

"Only Monday through Friday." she spoke with a wink.

I could only roll my eyes at her joke confirmation. Though in reality, she may have just flat out admitted to me. Then again, she could just be messing with me as per her usual.

"What about you? Are you going to keep quiet about this?" I asked our TA.

"And if I don't? Are you going to kidnap me and tie me up somewhere?"

"Not in this lifetime. Or any." I replied.

"An hour ago I would've taken you up on an offer like that," Anoel interjected, eyeing Elisia across the table before finishing off her drink.

"Don't encourage her." I pleaded.

"Honey, I love encouraging people." Anoel replied, setting down her empty glass before turning her gaze back to Ly, "We can leave whenever you're ready."

"I'm ready to leave now..." Ly replied in a low tone.

"Then we're leaving." Anoel replied, glancing to myself and Elisia across the table with a small nod, "We'll see you when we need you."

"You know where I am. And in case you can't reach me…" my fingers pulled up a small holographic square, that when I tapped it, expanded into a large display with a generated code, "Call at any hour of the day."

Anoel withdrew her own black scroll to scan the code, storing my contact info as her other free hand lightly pulled Lylac from the booth, "I'll keep that in mind."

Her eyes once again switched back to Ly's, keeping careful watch of her movements as she slid out of the booth.

"Think you can stay conscious for long enough to walk back?" Anoel asked, Ly nodding lightly in response to that, "Okay… we'll see the rest of you later, then."

"Stay safe." I said to them, watching as they left the Black Stallion for the night.

A few seconds of silence, I soon heard Elisia whistle briefly.

"Boy… That was a hefty request. One you were quick to agree to."

"Force of habit from my previous line of work."

"What was your previous job? Were you a master ass-assin?"

Something along those lines, but that was years ago before I was an actual hero.

Wait… I just realized where she put the emphasis on assassin.

"N-No." I quickly replied clearing my throat, "I slayed monsters like her for a living. Hence why I have the knowledge that I do on the paranormal and supernatural."

"Hmmm… You and professor Gladian could get along nicely. He's been studying anything and everything supernatural and paranormal for the last decade." Elisa stated.

"Did he by chance figure out where the Grimm are coming from and the like?"

"No…" Elisia replied simply, "But he's working on a theory for that."

I suddenly find myself more impressed with our professor. I'll have to ask about that at later time.

"So, are you going to keep quiet about this?" I asked glancing over at her.

"And I'll ask again, what are you going to do to keep me quiet about it?"

"What do you want?"

"Well…" she began with a coy smile.

"And nothing weird or perverted."

"Awww, boo. You're no fun."

Again, you seriously need to have "fun" redefined for you.

"How about this handsome? I keep quiet about this whole business, and you let me hang out with you whenever I like. Deal?"

"That's it?"

I was almost surprised.

"Why do sound so surprised? You you're pretty interesting despite how much you keep to yourself."

"Why am I so interesting?"

"Mmmm… Call it a feeling."

"You're basing all that off of a feeling?"

"What, like you haven't done anything based off of a hunch or feeling?"

Well…

"Is that it?" I asked a final time to confirm.

"Yup. Just that."

It's...hard to believe that's all she wants.

Elisia is...difficult to read, much less understand. I don't know if it's her natural demeanor or that constantly calm, cool smile of hers, that confuses me but…

Damn… I just realized I forgot to ask for ice.

I sighed as I glanced at the glass my drink was in, then saw something interesting.

A small, spherical chunk of ice formed slowly within the liquid, not only that, but the chill I felt in my hand told me the drink itself had cooled.

I turned my head to the side and saw my rabbit eared TA giggle at me with narrowed eyes, waving her index finger about.

"Thanks." I said finishing off the last bits of my drink before setting the glass down, "I have to get this one back." I stated patting Inuba's head, "And make sure my brother and sister aren't trying to kill each other. Or burned down the room."

"They fight a lot?" Elisia asked.

"No, but they're really competitive."

"How does-?"

"They're super competitive when it comes to one another and never refuse each other's dares."

"I guess I can see that."

I stood up and carried Inuba in my arms, making for the the door as Elisia followed me from behind. I would have said goodnight to Nosferatu, who was still over at the bar shining glasses like they were precious treasure, but I knew I wouldn't get a response.

So I didn't bother.


(Ciel POV)

Hrmmm… Leo is like one of those people who hates being wrong.

Or maybe it's because I'm actually right? I mean, come on, I get a lot of things right sometimes. Maybe not always, but hey, no one's perfect.

"Your answer doesn't even answer the question!" Leo stated.

Ugh… He's really annoying when he gets like this.

"Uh, yeah it does. If you looked at the question a lot better you'd see I'm right." I replied with my arms crossed.

"It may seem difficult to admit, but her answer, as simple as it is, does answer both parts of the question, Simply Leonard."

Oh yeah, did I mention we got LMKN to join our little study session? I went to go get a snack real quick and found Bailey Lianna in our room with Leo.

FYI, I think Leo has the hots for her.

Anyway, I said, "Why don't we bring over the others from your team?", and so we got Musashi, Nori, and Kaliel to join us.

We kinda made the study session a team competition. Bailey and Leo, me and Musashi, Nori And Kaliel.

Who would win?!

Well, sort of us right now. I guess.

Musashi and I are tied with Bailey and Leo, while Nori and Kaliel were just a ways behind us.

They weren't too far behind, but~ they can be doing better

Between us, Kaliel's picking up most of the slack for Nori.

Anyway, looking to Leo, I could see how devastated he was when Bailey was showing him he was actually wrong.

Not gonna lie, Leo was sort of on point, but just a bit off. Seriously though, relax dude. It's not the end of the world if I'm right.

...

Maybe.

"But… How..?"

"You may have missed this detail here in haste. Look." Bailey said leaning in close to Leo, trying to point out what he missed on his HoloScroll.

Though, I'm pretty sure his eyes were wandering elsewhere.

Yeah, he's totally got a thing for her. I'm gonna pick on him later a bit.

"Ugh… We've been studying and doing homework for hours… Being a Huntsmen education wise is really demanding…" Nori said leaning backwards to let out a quick sigh.

"F-Fighting isn't the only thing Huntsmen and Huntresses need to know, Nori…" Kaliel spoke with her usual meek tone.

"I get that, but it's just a little annoying sometimes."

"I half agree with both of you." Musashi spoke up suddenly, "While it is important to understand how to fight, it is also necessary to sharpen ones mind. Virtually anything can be useful to you on the field."

"Well said ms. Ryūjinhonō." Leo said closing up his scroll, "Well everyone, I believe we've succeeded in complete our assignments for next week. Excellent work."

"Is this how you guys always do work for school?" Nori asked us.

"Yup." I answered crossing a leg over the other, "We kinda started after our big brother got us into it. His motto kinda became our motto."

I cleared my voice, prepping myself to for what I was going to say next as I scrunched up my face to look a bit manlier.

"Do all of your required work first, goof off as much as you desire afterwards." I said in a deeper voice.

"I think brother might be proud of that impression." Leo stated.

"Speaking of, where is he? Does he go out often?" Nori asked us.

"Yeah… What happened to big brother Leo?"

"Haven't the foggiest. He said he was going to go somewhere in town and would be back shortly."

That was about 8 hours ago. Maybe he got caught up in something?

All of us heard the mechanical lock click, and we saw exactly who were talking about step into the room. And hey, looks like he's carrying Foxy!

...

Why's he carrying her?

When he turned around, he stopped dead in his tracks, eyeing each of us quickly, "Um...hi?"

Everyone gave their individual "hi's" and "hello's", but no one seemed to question why he was carrying his passed out partner.

So I did it.

"Foxy have a good night?" I said quirking my eyebrows at him.

"Uh...you could say that. I guess."

He so didn't get the message…

All of us watched Foxy's fox tail suddenly whip about into high gear and wrap around my big brother's face entirely, pulling his head backwards as he did his best to resist the pull.

I guess he wasn't kidding when he says she's physically stronger…

From the parts of the tail that wrapped around his mouth, my brother moved them downwards so that he can speak.

"You kids have fun tonight?" He calmly asked despite the strong tugging of the tail.

"If you call reading tons of articles and doing bunches of assignments fun…" Nori said.

"Aw, it's not all that bad. Do all your required work first, goof off as much you desire afterwards."

None of us could resist laughing a bit after he said that. I mean, how could we not? He said exactly what I did a minute or so ago word for word. Minus the very deep tone.

"What?"

"Nothing." I said smiling, "So what's up with you big brother?"

"Me? Oh, well, I've got some more work to do, so I just came to drop her off. You don't mind taking this to your guy's room, right? So she can sleep?" My brother asked Nori as he placed Foxy in her bed and tucked her in.

"Yeah dude, we don't mind. Right?"

"Of course." Bailey answered.

Huh… Now that I look at her, I can kinda see why Leo's got the hots for this Bailey girl despite her weirdness with the blindfold.

She's got a really sexy pair of legs.

Nice pick Leo.

"Right. Thanks guys. Have fun."

And just like that, he was gone as soon as came. Ugh… It's disgusting how much free time big brother has…

Then again, he lives by that motto of his pretty religiously.

No joke, if it's Monday, and he sees a month's worth of assignments, he's gonna get it all done Monday by noon. Sometimes by the evening. It depends.

"I-It must be nice to have your older brother's amount of free time..." Kaliel spoke up.

"Indeed… His work ethic is frightening as it is outstanding…" Leo said.

Well, if we're going to move to LMKN's room just to chill out, we've got to find a means to have fun.

And I know just the game.

"So… If we're gonna continue having fun tonight, we need a game for that to happen right?" I asked everyone with a devious smile.

I could see Leo from the corner of my eye starting to panic a bit as I reached into the black box chest under the bed behind me, digging through its contents to try and find the greatest tool of fun and mass destruction ever known to man.

"What sort of game is this?" Asked Musashi.

"One That has the highest of high stakes."

"Oh no…" my brother sighed shaking his head.

"Oh yes!" I screamed in a whisper, "Behold!"

From the chest, I pulled out a wide pack of cards, where on the center of the pack was an oval shaped wheel with four pie slices; one of them red, one of them blue, the other slice yellow, and the last one green.

Yes..! It was none other...THAN-!

"The wonderful, magical game that puts the abilities of magical girls to shame! The one, the only...UNO!"

With high stakes involved of course.

May or may not involve stripping.


Well well... It looks as though Dante has been tasked with killing the seemingly untouchable Quinn. How will this pan out?

You'll see for yourselves soon enough.

Sorry for the Monday upload, had to travel to Arizona for a cousin's wedding, and I got back Sunday night around 5pm and had some really hefty HW assignments to take care of.

That's it for now. So with that...

I highly recommend you all go check out the freaking amazing collab Xera Stark and I are currently working on concerning his story XSRA's Flame. His story overall is absolutely fantastic and is a must read, so I suggest you read from the very start. I've said it once and will say it again, you won't want to miss out on this story.

Not only that, but check out his other awesome and highly entertaining story Rogue Huntsmen. It's just pure awesomeness bundled into one story. Trust me, you'll love it. And hey! Go check out HydraFLow's story Lost in Binary! It's equally as awesome and entertaining, definitely worth spending the time reading and enjoying.

Questions? Ask them anytime. I will try to answer without spoiling.

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Bye-bye now!