I think I'm on a roll here... Then again it's holidays so I got a lot of free time! Anyways anybody who was following this story might have noticed that the picture for it has changed?
Yeah, that's because there was a weird problem with the old one where most of the picture didn't want to show. Which is a shame because I spent ages in Photoshop trying to get that pic. Oh well.
So now I'm using this pic for the story. It's super cute, plus it captures the personality of the characters in my opinion!
*Cough* Anyways enough of my yabbering. I'll let you guys read now.
Disclaimer: I don't own- Wait, do I actually have to say this every chapter!?
Chapter Three:
"SLANTY EYES!"
"DROOPY EYES!"
"THAT IS ENOUGH!"
A few seconds later Natsu and Gray lay unconscious on the ground again. Yukia and a few other members of the guild burst out into the laughter, only to be silenced by Erza's glare.
"I am going out on a job, you all better not cause any trouble while I'm gone" Erza stated before marching out the door.
An audible sigh of relief swept over the guild when Erza left. Nobody ever felt quite comfortable around the Requip Wizard.
Well, Whitney was able to sleep even with her around, so that's something.
Y'know, if it wasn't for the fact that Whitney slept all the time.
"MYVO! Go on a job with me PLEEEEEASE!"
"For the last time, no Yuki!" Myvo sighed. Yukia could be so persistent. "Go on a job with somebody else, I'm not the only person in the world! How about you go with Whitney or something?"
"I can't!" Yukia exclaimed. Myvo looked at Yukia in surprise. She had an almost fearful expression on her face.
Myvo's eyes softened a bit. "Okay what happened?"
"I uh..." Yukia paused and swallowed. "I don't really wanna talk about it..."
"Okay then" Myvo stood up. "We're going on a job." Yukia's eyes lit up. "But!" Myvo continued. "We're taking Whitney with us."
Remind me again why I thought this was a good idea... Myvo thought in exasperation. The trio were on a train towards their job request. Whitney had fallen asleep, and Yukia was pestering Myvo every three seconds!
"Yuki will you leave me alone for once?" Myvo muttered. He was wearing ordinary jeans and a tight white T-shirt. Yukia seemed about to reply when the train suddenly screeched to a halt. Whitney was waken with a nasty bump to her head, Myvo was flung backwards into his seat. Yukia was thrown forward into Myvo, thus resulting in the two being thoroughly tangled in a way that didn't look too modest.
"What happened?" Whitney groaned as she sat up, only to see Myvo and Yukia. "Did... I miss something?"
Yukia and Myvo both turned as red as a tomato. "NO!" They exclaimed in unison before attempting to untangle themselves.
Whitney shrugged, a slightly amused look in her eyes. "Anyway why did the train stop?"
"Dunno" Myvo muttered, finally managing to push Yukia off him. "We should go and check."
Yukia adjusted her goggles and nodded, her cheeks still slightly pink
The trio pushed their way past confused people to the front of the train. "What's going on?" Myvo asked the driver, who numbly pointed in front of him. The track was broken, there was a large crater, and on the other side of the crater was a group of creepy-looking thugs. They all wore skull masks, hiding their faces.
"Who they heck are they?" Myvo whispered.
"Our job" Yukia replied, looking at the piece of paper that held their job request. "But the request says that they're two towns away. They're just common thieves, why the hell are they here!?"
"The request was a fake to lure out wizards..." Whitney murmured. "Magic hunters"
"Magic hunters?" Myvo and Yukia asked in unison.
Whitney nodded. Her fists were clenched so hard the knuckles were white. "The worst of the worst. They torture and kill wizards for their magic."
"They WHAT!?" Yukia exclaimed, feeling slightly nauseous.
"I've never heard of criminals like that..." Myvo murmured, looking back out the window at the crater.
Whitney swallowed hard. Her teeth were clenched. She was grimacing, and perhaps sweating a little. "They excel at keeping themselves under the radar. Doesn't help that they never leave survivors."
"You can take them out!" Yukia shouted. "Like you took out that other guy! You took him out in one big hit, you can pulverize these wimps!"
"No I can't..." Whitney whispered.
"But... That old guy..." Yukia murmured in confusion
"I used his own magic against him" Whitney explained. "Fire Make. I attacked him half-way through a spell. The attack I used doesn't actually do much damage, but it destabilized his spell, causing it to back-fire on him. If he used any other type of magic, our battle with him would of been long and hard"
"You... Have to be joking..." Yukia whispered
"Whitney" Myvo put a hand on Whitney's shoulder. Whitney hardly seemed to notice. "There's innocent people on the train. And job or not, these guys are bad news. They need to be taken down. How do we defeat them?" Myvo asked
"I-I don't know" Whitney stuttered, hugging her arms around herself. "I really don't know..."
Yukia's eyes softened. It was clear that these... Magic Hunters had done something to Whitney. However Yukia was not going to pry, not until the albino was ready to tell.
Assuming they lived through this.
Yukia swallowed. "I'm not going to stand around and do nothing. You guys do what you want!" And with that, Yukia turned around and walked out of the carriage.
"Hey hey! Look at this boys! It's a little girl!" On of the Magic Hunters jeered. the other Hunters laughed cruelly.
Yukia glared at the Hunters. "You're all sick bastards." Yukia stated, whipping out a small handgun.
"Thank you for the compliment!" The supposed leader shouted back. "And that tiny gun really ain't gonna help you missy!"
Yukia aimed the gun right at the leader. "Enhance!" Yukia yelled. A silver Magic circle appeared in front of the gun. "FIRE!" The Magic circle turned orange and red for a second, before disappearing altogether. Yukia pulled the trigger and a small fireball shot towards the villains.
"Oh look! A tiny spark!" One of the Hunters shouted. The others laughed. Yukia merely smirked.
At this exact moment, Whitney and Myvo leapt out of the carriage. "Are you an idiot!?" Myvo demanded incredulously.
"Nope" Yukia replied. As the fireball sped towards the Magic Hunters, it slowly got larger and larger!
By the time it reached the Hunters it was the size of a large boulder, but alas they all jumped out of the way and not a single Hunter was harmed.
"Drat" Yukia muttered, drawing a second handgun before aiming both guns at the Magic Hunters. "Do we have a- AHHH!" Yukia screamed.
The Magic Hunters had teleported right across the crater, and one was shocking Yukia with a powerful electricity spell!
"Astral Sequence!" Whitney shouted, preparing a spell to help Yukia. However Myvo was quicker.
"Plant Make Maneater!" Myvo shouted, slamming his hands onto the ground. A large carnivorous plant sprouted from the ground, attacking the hunters and freeing Yukia, who limply fell to the ground.
Whitney cancelled her spell and knelt down by Yukia. "She's okay!" Whitney reported. "But she's also unconscious..."
"Great..." Myvo muttered sarcastically. "Now it's two of us against loads of them..."
Whitney nodded and stood up. "We cannot let them harm Yukia." Whitney leapt to the side and barely dodged as one of the Hunters attacked her.
Myvo clapped his hand together, prayer style, and a green magic circle appeared. "Plant Make" Myvo muttered as two Hunters rushed toward him. "Upheaving Thorns!" As the name of the spell suggested, multiple thorns rushed up from the ground to attack the Magic Hunters, but the Hunters seemed to shimmer before disappearing, only to reappear by the side, out of harm's way.
"Teleporters" Myvo spat.
Whitney gritted her teeth. "Solar Magic, Sun's wall!" The wall of flames rumbled up from the ground, but one of the Hunters merely used Water Magic to extinguish it.
"They're able to counter everything we do!" Myvo shouted as he found himself back-to-back with Whitney
"They're Magic Hunters, this is their speciality..." Whitney murmured
"It's time like this the Teamwork co- AARGH!" Myvo screamed before limply falling to the ground. A strange greenish steam rose off him.
"Myvo!" Whitney shouted. The Magic Hunters grinned and closed in around Whitney.
Whitney gritted her teeth and raised her hands in the air. "I surrender! Just don't hurt them!"
The leader sneakered. "You'll have more to worry about missy" He whispered in her ear before stepping to the side.
Whitney felt and agonising pain in her back. She knew she had screamed, but she was helpless to stop the darkness that rushed in to claim her...
And... CLIFFHANGER!
Yeah I know, I'm evil.
Lol anyway, I made the chapter longer! See? I can keep promises!
Lol anyways It's Christmas Eve tonight, and thus Christmas tomorrow! You guys excited? I am! Unfortunately I won't have time to update tomorrow, and maybe not on boxing day either, I'm not sure.
So have a Merry Christmas guys! Cya all next time, and I hope you get everything on your list!
