Messenger

Chapter 3. Plans

A loud knock at the front door can be heard. The messenger and the girl, who just chatting idly, start to turn their head towards the door. The sound of knocking is starting to become a banging. Yellow turn her head with a worried look towards her company. She is unsure whether to open the door for the visitor or not, afraid of something she wasn't expecting, but Blue just sigh and walk towards the door.

"Really, Sapph? Do you want to awake whole city just because I woke you up?" Blue scold the other girl that banging the door earlier. Honestly, can't she be patient a little? Well, she know that awaken in the middle of night can make someone annoyed, but surely they must calm down while they are on the way.

"Ya the one who ask for help. Don't start protesting now." The younger brunette scowled, then turns around and called her company to get out of the car. Crystal complied and get out the car slowly. Locking the car, she starts to move towards the group and smile a bit.

"Can't we just go inside? It's cold!" Sapphire starts to whine. It's annoying enough she must stay awake for another hour, the cold of winter night didn't help it either. She just want for this conversation to be over soon so she can go back to her warm bed and have a nice sleep.

"Well of course. Come in both of you. We don't want you to freeze to death when you can help our little friend here, do you?" the messenger gesture them to come inside the house and then close the door behind her. She then eyeing the hunters that now stand in the middle of the room and notice that the blonde is gone.

There's a sound of boiling water so she know the human is in the kitchen, and when she told their guest to sit down, Yellow come into the room with four cups of tea.

"I hope it's enough for warm you up?" she said while giving each cup to her visitors, then take a sit next to blue with her own cup in hand. They take a sip and muttered thanks for the tea. There's a silence surrounded them as they don't really know where to start the discussion, besides they introduction that already being held after they gotten their share of tea.

While Blue takes time to drink her tea, the fanged hunter starts to get impatient of this silence. "So when do we start?"

Blue put her cup on the coffee table and reply casually, "Whenever you ready. As soon as possible I hope, because I'm sure it won't be long for the devil to try to coming here."

"You sure it's the devils work?" its Crystal turn to ask.

"Yeah….I don't think Yellow want to kill herself, and I don't feel any presence of the wandering ghost in this house. So it must be about the hells resident." The brunette nods her head.

And this starts the conversation for the night. Both of the hunter agree they will mentor the blonde girl to learn about become a hunter and for protect her until she can do it herself. But there are some issues. The two of them is a teenage girl after all, they are having school to attend, and they have a job to do too. So Blue agree that she will be disguised herself as a human and go registered herself as a student at Yellow's school as soon as possible. And for living arrangement, because Crystal didn't really want to leave her house too long because it may erase the protection on the house, They agree that she will stay home while Sapphire will be living with Yellow, in case Blue have urgent matter to tend.

Crystal will come whenever she can to help them, but she has a lot stuff to do than Sapphire so she can't guarantee she can come every day. It's understandable since besides being a hunter, she also a librarian and part-timer at a day care to pay their bills. Sure Sapphire helped her with getting a job herself, but only a few hours at weekends. Crystal wants her to focus on her task and study. She always feels the younger girl is more practical for battle than her.

While Sapphire is become a hunter under Crystal's care, she is stronger. This is why it's better for Yellow to be under Sapphire protection than her. It's not that Crystal is weak, but Sapphire will be a better guardian. Crystal is more for her brain than her brawn after all.

That's arranged, Yellow asked them if they want to sleep over tonight since it's already around three in the morning. Crystal politely refuses since she has a report to do at home and said that she must back home soon. She told Sapphire to stay though, and said that she will be back in the morning with her stuff so she can move to Yellow place for a while. Bid her goodbye and she is on her car, going home.

After Crystal left, Yellow shows Sapphire her room. The house isn't big. There are only two bedrooms, so while Sapphire get the other room to stay, Blue will share a room with Yellow, and it'll make the human girl feel safer. They wouldn't know if Yellow in the past day ever allows a dark creature to come inside her house, they won't give it a chance to sneaking in and get the girl.

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"Well you know? The spy you sent for stalking your girl is back and brings bad news for you. And possibly for that guy too." A man with amber eyes walking down the grand stair and take a seat at the blood-colored couch, pointing at the other guy who sat not far from him.

The guy he talked to raise his head and stare right into his eyes with a curious and serious look. "And what it is?" he said with a calm voice.

"She got another protection. From Hunters. I wonder how they know if you going to hunt the girl when you aren't make any move at all. Besides stalking her it is." The word hunter makes the guy he pointed before walks toward them and joins the conversation.

"And it is bad news for me too, because?"

"Well because it's the same hunter that almost killed you last time!" The amber-eyed man said with a cheerful voice, making the other scowled.

"Well don't mock me, Sloth. How could I know that a new hunter as her can have that brute strength? That's enough information for me. Hey, King, don't include me if you planning to get the girl." The red eye man with a scar on the side of his forehead said and walks away to the dark.

"I found it will be interesting if we send Envy to bother the girl and her protector don't you think, King?" Sloth said with a sly grin on his face.

"He won't go for it. But I'm sure he eventually will go and get revenge." The said King only shrugged his shoulder. "But you said 'Hunters'. So it's more than one?"

"Yeah, there are two to be exact. You know, the two that killing our underlings lately. I heard both of them are woman. Why don't we ask Lust to seduce them?" Sloth said with a lazy smirk.

"You know it's hard to manipulate hunters. They already trained to face our mind control." The red-eyed king sighs and run his hand in his black hair, "can't we disguise as a human to get her?"

No answer from his company, not that the guy will get a flawless answer, but the King can't help but asking every possible answer. He really wants her, even though he doesn't really know why. The room is in completely silent. Neither of them bothers to talking anymore, since they have no plan for now. Well, The King doesn't have one. The other devil just too lazy to think something that doesn't concern him.

Light footsteps can be heard not long after the conversation stop. A girl with golden eyes and rich dark hair walks slowly into the room gracefully. A small gesture she makes when she walks with her polished red shoes is full with elegance. You can see that she is a lady just by the way she dressed herself with that black dress. The hem of the dress stops just below her knee and there's a red lace here and there.

"Don't forget that there's a messenger with them, King. You can fool the hunter, but you can't fool a messenger." She says slowly. Her voice is calm but strong.

"I know that, Greed. So what can we do? Have any ideas?" the king asked.

"Please, call me Platina." She told him, "and no. I don't think we can make any move if we don't fight them. We may need to take her forcefully. If you want her you must get her heart and makes her willing to go with you, but we must take the messenger from her side, or at least distract her."

"I know that much,"

"We can get more ruckuses in another side of city if you want to have a chance with the gal. Though we mustn't kill anybody or the messenger will call for help." Sloth suggested.

"It may works. So you actually can think, Gold." The king laughs, happy that finally they have a plan.

"Oh please, you don't need to praise me, Red." He snorted and smiles sarcastically.