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Messenger
Chapter 4. The meeting
"It's reported that in Celadon city, a group of teenager start going on rampage and start damaging public facility and harming people. The cause of why the sudden action is still questioned."
"Well, that's definitely something wrong there." Crystal said while turning off the television.
Today she has a day-off work so she decides to visit Sapphire in Yellow's house to check on them. The moon already up there and Crystal didn't feel like going home. She also has the feel that she won't have to going home today. Something had been telling her that she'll do something else tonight.
"Uh. Yeah. I guess some of that devil is out there to have fun." Sapphire shrugged while enjoying her warm hot cocoa. After taking a sip of the liquid, she then asks, "ya not goin' to check on it, Blue?"
"Well, actually it wasn't my job."
True, clean up after the devil isn't a messenger job. Their job only included if there's a strange details of the death show up in a person dead list. The disaster that caused by human with weak heart has nothing to do with them; even though some messenger is good enough to prevent that happen. Usually the brunette will go for it too, but now she has another person to care. Not to mention it's obviously a bait to make her go away.
"But it's start harming people." Crystal argues, "Besides, even though it's because their weak heart, they won't dare to go that far if there's not one of it get their hand of it, makes people heart more twisted. Actually, I'll go check on it. But don't you want to make sure too? Sapphire can stay here with Yellow if you worried".
Despite the mumble of protest come from Sapphire, Blue thinks about it too. If she let this happen, it'll start causing death. It won't be weird up in her headquarter since the death is caused by ordinary human and they won't send another help, like they said before, it wasn't their job. The blue eyed messenger also aware that the hunters know that this is bait, but this bait isn't one that they can ignore lightly.
"Don't you have another hunter in that City? It's pretty far from viridian so I don't really comfortable to leave my priority for too long." Blue questioned them, she knows there's not much hunter, but there must be another hunter in Kanto.
"Not that I know. I ever heard there's one more active hunter in Kanto, but never see him, or her. Many hunters already passive, they won't hunt demons except they are in their own area or disturb their lives." Crystal explained, "Let's go Blue. As long as they are home, Yellow will save."
Blue nodded, actually not sure about the option. She prefer sapphire go with her while Crystal stay at the house. Sapphire is more hot-headed and rash, if the devils really come here, the messenger afraid that she'll engaged in a battle and left yellow by herself. Yellow doesn't have much to learn yet, she's still an easy prey, except that her mind is stronger than another people. But she doesn't want to offend the fanged girl, so she just hopes she's able to get back before anything happens.
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"Sending Wrath, Glutton, and Greed is a nice choice. They can be a source of people madness. If only Envy want to go with them!" Sloth whined about how coward Envy was.
"Well, you should understand that he don't want to be involved in this, Gold."
"I know! Why don't we take that hunter girl with us? That's going to be fun! How about it, Red?" the man with sloth title suggested.
"Talk about it later. The said hunter is still in the house with his prey. We should go there now before the messenger and the other hunter come back." The man with emerald bored eyes called pride reminds them about the limited time they have.
So they get out of their sanctuary to get their King's prey. Just as they start to get near the house, the hunter realized that something coming over the house. She quickly runs to her room to get her knife that she already covered with salt and iron. She slip it into her back pocket and wear a belt with few small bottles that patched to it and hang the silver chain to the other side of her belt. She cursed while running downstairs because she didn't aware of their presence till they are this close.
Still, she's glad that she knows Yellow didn't even let anyone inside her house since she's moved here. She's been guarding up her sanctuary since she's aware that something not belong in the world is now wandering in her neighborhood.
"Yellow? Ya ok?" she said while she grabs the older girl's shoulder when she finds her staring outside her house. The blonde take a glance to her a little and back peeking to the other side of her window.
"It's them?" she asked with a small voice.
The younger girl nodded her head, "ya know?"
"Not sure, I just feel something different of them."
She stared outside again. She knows it's wrong, but somehow the red eyes on the other side is intoxicated her. She feels drown in the pool of warm fire lake. She can't look away from them, as she slowly put her hand on the window glass.
The hunter realizes this. Yellow's been drawn into one of the devils outside. The girl is strong and she knows the danger of that creature, but she isn't trained. Even though her mind is strong, she isn't powerful enough to beat the devil's charm. Heck, even the hunter herself isn't fully unaffected.
She grabs her companion's shoulder once again, rougher this time, and turn her around and force her to stare back at her eyes. There she found that the girl already a little trapped, so she slapped her. Hard. But not hard enough to do any damage, just hard enough to bring more sense to the girl. Fortunately Yellow's focus now shifted to her. Her eyes are clear; shock and fear also reflected in them.
"I'm sorry..." she said. She was now seated on the floor because she was unbalanced before. Sapphire positioned herself to her level and staring at her seriously.
"Not yer fault. Just don't stare at the eyes too long. They can manipulate people and ya not trained to deflect the charm with simply with yer mind." She then sighed, "There are three of them, and I can't possibly take 'em on. Hopefully they don't have any way to force us to get out of the house. I'm prepared myself just in case."
Just after she said that the door gets knocked. Sapphire cursed inwardly for their stupidity. They can't possibly believe that she going to open them, right? It's getting her nerves when they didn't stop, but she knows better.
"Ya can't possibly believe I'll open da door, ya idiots!" she yelled when it's been ten minutes the door still get knocked. If they are human surely their hand been swollen already!
"You're not going to open the door?" Yellow's ear perked up when she heard Blue's voice. She then turns her head toward Sapphire, but didn't see the girl's expression relaxed as her.
"Ya stay here. Don't peek. Cover yer eyes and ear if ya can. I'll tap your back if it's save." The hunter then stands up after she makes sure the blonde do as she says. She then go towards the door and open it. She wasn't stupid so she didn't welcome her nor stand outside the door frame.
"What? No welcome me back?" the messenger said with a grin.
"Nope."
And she Just stand there, while the hunter cross her hand in front of her chest and challenging the other girl to take a step inside the house. After a couple minutes nothing happen, the messenger smile broke into a frown, "tch."
And just that, the messenger forced to take a couple step back because a silver chain is thrown towards her. The messenger follow the chain to the other hand that in the hands of the hunter.
"Ya can't possibly think ya can fool me, ya fakers?" the Hunters smirk, but she still inside the house. She then pulls the chain back and slams the door.
"Well, not as stupid as she appear years ago, isn't she?" the messenger start to an ordinary shape-shifted demon as the Sloth talk, she then ordered to go back by him as the other two comes out from their hidden place.
"So what's the plan now, Green?" the king asked both of his companions.
"Waiting for the other hunter and messenger come to lure them out. May be the battle cannot be avoided if you want to get her." Pride simply answered with a shrug.