Went with AU. It's easier than trying to figure out how they'd end up fighting the mafia. So basically, they're soldiers. Problem solved. I don't know what they're soldiers of; they're just soldier-mage thingys.

This isn't traditional magic or anything. I made it up.

Hey, has anyone reading this seen Big Hero 6? San Fransokyo… Japan and America became one~!

Disclaimed.

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Day 22: In battle, side-by-side

Swords clanged against shields and electricity crackled through the air. Kiku ducked another blade, flicking a spell at the steel:

ディゾルブ

The kanji glowed silver and the sword dissolved.

"Not bad!" Lukas called, freezing his own opponent in place and shattering the ice. Well, Kiku pitied whoever cleaned that up after it melted.

"Not bad yourself!" he replied, drawing his sword and stabbing it deep into the next attacker.

Lukas chuckled, stabbing past the younger mage into a third man. Kiku blinked; he hadn't noticed that. Focus, baka! he scolded himself. "Thank you!"

"You're most welcome, kjære!"

Kiku cast another spell:

平然

The soldiers sneaking up behind his master stopped, and he ran through them, stabbing and slashing gracefully. Lukas nodded in thanks. "You're getting good at this, apprentice."

"Not bad for my first time in the field, iie?"

"Have to agree. Duck!" Lukas shot a spell over his apprentice's head, turning a squad of soldiers to dust.

Kiku smiled. "Shall I get us a bird's eye view?" At his master's nod, he readied another spell:

風

Floating up above the battle on his own personal tornado, the mage allowed his sharp eyes to pick out their King; Alfred seemed to be holding his own just fine. And the enemy soldiers were running thin! This was all good-

"Kiku, look out!"

Kiku turned just in time to take an arrow to the arm. "Ah!" He lost control, falling from his whirlwind to the ground.

He landed in a pile of snow that definitely hadn't been there a minute before. "Oof!"

"Kiku!" Lukas crouched beside him. "Are you alright?"

"There's an arrow in my arm, sensei. What do you think?" Kiku hissed irritably.

"Calm down," his master remonstrated, pulling the arrow out. "You're good at healing spells; field test. Go."

Kiku sighed, pressing two fingers to his arm, just below the wound. The kanji flickered into existence:

癒す

"Let's see." Lukas turned his apprentice's arm side to side. "Good work. Looks fine."

"Thank you- Look out!" Kiku shot off the same spell he'd used earlier, freezing the approaching soldiers in place.

"Well done. Next time-" Lukas paused to deal with another soldier, "-try not to lose control! You're perfectly capable of fighting with an arrow in your arm!"

"I do my best!" Kiku replied plaintively.

"I know. I just don't want to be worrying about you dying all the time."

"Aw, you do care." Kiku drew his sword again, laying into those around him with his usual grace. "But we have other things to focus on at the moment…"

"Right, right."

And then they fought.

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Shortness!

I quite like this AU. Hm, maybe I'll do some more with it… Probably not with Norpan, though.

Translations:

ディゾルブ(Japanese): Dissolve
平然(Japanese): Still
風(Japanese): Wind
癒す(Japanese): Heal

As per usual, all translations come from the land of Google. Let me know if it's wrong.

Next up: Arguing. Ooh, trouble in paradise~!

See ya~!

-Bird