"I don't care! I'm not doing this mission!"
"L-look..." Volker said while trying to stop his need to laugh, "You already said there's no backing down now right?"
"Eh...uhh..."
"You did just say that Axton reminded.
"I know what I said..." Seth pouted, "Fine, I'll do the mission."
"Awesome! Well you guys have fun! He belongs to the Royal Family of Eire. So just get him to the Eire Kingdom safe and sound and everything should be fine."
"The Eire Kingdom? Where the heck's that?" Seth asked.
"I know where it is." Izanagi informed.
"Wonderful! Well, like I said! You guys have fun!" Volker than vanished. The trio looked at each other than Maximus. Seth squatted down and looked at him dead in the eyes.
"Listen kid...you already got on my nerves by kicking me in the face...I highly suggest you don't do it again...ya hear me?"
"..." Maximus nodded, then raised his knee up slamming it into Seth's jaw.
"Crap! You brat!" Seth was going to punch the kid, but Izanagi had swept him up before Seth could make contact.
"Seth! Our job is to protect him not hurt him!"
"I don't care! He struck me twice!" Maximus began to bow once again apologizing for his actions.
"Look he's sorry!" Axton pointed out, "Now, let's get moving."
"Grrr...whatever." Seth stood up and glared at the kid, "You better be glad Izanagi is here to save you." Both Izanagi and Maximus stuck their tongues out at Seth.
"Well...off to the Eire Kingdom!"
Chapter 5: The Assassins?!
"Grrrr..." Seth growled as he tried to glare at the kid, but Izanagi was in his way giving him a dirty look in response.
"What?! The kid started it?!" Seth told Izanagi.
"No you started it." She chuckled gleefully.
"Well what little kid kicks his escort in the face?! I decide if you live or die kid! Remember that!" Seth said as he got close to Maximus once more. Maximus slapped him across the face.
"Why you little!"
"Seth!" Axton grabbed his friend and held him back, "Calm down man! Calm down!"
"Hehe..." Izanagi continued to laugh at Seth while carrying Maximus on her shoulders.
"I'm going to kill that kid..." Seth whispered.
"No you're not..."
"Watch me..."
"Don't be stupid...please.?
"I'll think about it." Seth replied shrugging Axton off of him.
"Huh..." Axton simply sighed as he continued to walk on, "Such a kid."
"So...that's the kid eh?" A man asked.
"Yupp...that's the kid that the boss wants us to snatch up."
"What do you think about that trio down there?"
"Who knows or cares? It's not like they're with Wyvern Wing." The man replied.
"Eh, good point. So we should be fine."
"Yeah, but nonetheless we should not underestimate them. Though we do not know of what guild they reign, Boss would not be happy to see us lose to some nobodies."
"Right."
"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS?!" Seth shouted looking across a large desert.
"It's a desert obviously." Izanagi replied.
"Oh really?!" Seth barked.
"Yeah, we probably have to cross it to get to Eire."
"There's no way I'm going to cross this stupid desert just to drop off this punk brat!"
"Stop being such a jerk." Izanagi pouted, "It's a mission and we have to do it. We told Master we would."
"She's got a point, and come on it can't be that bad. Aren't you a Flame God Slayer? You should be fine with the heat right?" Axton asked.
"That's got nothing do with being a Flame God Slayer..." Seth glared his eyes at Axton.
"Whatever, lets just get going okay? I'd prefer to get there as soon as possible if we have to cross this barren wasteland."
"Uhhh..." The trio then began their journey across the desert.
"They've reached the desert."
"Well...let's get going." The second man put down his binoculars and the two then disappeared.
"This is all your fault kiddo." Seth grumbled glaring daggers at Maximus.
"..." Maximus simply stuck his tongue out at the Flame God Slayer Magic.
"You know...the flames of a God's pure objective is just to destroy everything it touches. Kids like yourself included." Seth said with a menacing look.
"...?" Maximus began to sweat bullets in slight fear of Seth's magic.
"Don't worry about him Maximus, he's just a little kid like yourself." Izanagi joked.
"What'chu mean a little kid! This royal brats a pain in the butt!" Seth argued.
"Who's? Not ours, just yours." Axton chuckled lightly.
"Shut up Ax..." Seth growled, "I'm watching you kid..."
"His name is Maximus!" Izanagi told him.
"Eh, I know his name."
"Then call him by it!"
"Can't make me..." He pouted.
"Your such a kid." Izanagi sighed. Slowly as the group continued to walk the sand seemed to have started to raise and increase in speed.
"Hmm? What's going on right now?" Axton asked, "A sand storm?"
"But it's kind of coming out of nowhere right now?" Izanagi noted.
"Sand Spear..." Seth heard in the wind.
"Hmm?" He turned his head and from behind he saw a spear of sand flying towards the back of Maximus.
"It's going to hit the kid! Wait...it's gonna hit the kid..." Seth hesitated for a second, "Damn it...I don't wanna have to hear about it from Izanagi." He thought.
"Fist of the Flame God!" Seth jumped in the way and punched away the sand spell with his black flamed fist.
"!" Izanagi and Axton turned around to see Seth defending against a barrage of Sand Spear spell attacks.
"What's going on?!" Izanagi asked.
"I'm kind of fighting the desert right now! So if you guys could hurry up and get out of the storm that be great!" Seth told his friends.
"We're under attack!" Axton put together, "Let's go!"
"Don't think so!" A man appeared before Axton. The man seemed rather large and bulky with a blue afro, pale skin, wearing a pair of brown overalls and let the straps hang loose, a white, yellow, and black striped shirt, and a pair of black boots.
"Who are you?!" Axton asked.
"My name is Chen, and that is all you need to know. I highly suggest you hand over the kid now. Or else you might regret it." Chen told Axton.
"Yeah!" A voice cried out from the desert. As the sandstorm slowed to a stop a rather skinny and tan skinned man with long dirty brown hair reached back down to his neck. He is wearing an al black suit, with a red tie.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Suna."
"Chen and Suna huh?" Izanagi looked back a the two while Maximus hung on to her tightly.
"So, you want us to had over the kid?" Seth raised an eyebrow, "Izanagi give'em over!"
"Seth!" His fellow Guild Mates shouted.
"Just saying..."
"I like this guy! Can we keep him!" Suna laughed.
"No Suna...we just came for the kid..." Chen sighed and shook his head.
"Fine."
"Look I don't know why you guys want the kid, but you can't have him. He's kind of our job." Axton told them.
"Well then that sucks! Guess we get left with no choice huh Suna?" Chen scratched the back of his head.
"Yeah...no choice." Suna nodded as raised one hand and the sandstorm picked up.
"Sand Magic!" Seth got ready to fight. Chen stood face to face with Axton as two long silver chains extended out from the palms of his hands
"Chain Magic..." Axton noticed, "Izanagi, you're going to have to get out of here. Take Maximus and go we'll cover you."
"Hmph, you really think I'm going to miss this just so you guys can have all the fun."
"It's not about having fun right now!" Axton told her.
"What?!" Seth looked back, "Why not?!"
"Damn it guys we are on a mission so just do as I say and we can get Maximus home as soon as possible!"
"Fine." the two pouted.
"Wait! I get to fight! Ha!" Seth mocked Izanagi.
"Next time you watch the kid." She told him.
"Yeah yeah whatever." Seth rolled his eyes. Izanagi then left the two mages to fight.
"Alright...Seth you ready?" Axton asked.
"Yeah, I'm itching to burn something up!" Seth cheered as his fist were consumed by black flames.
"Hmph, you guys are just prolonging our mission!" Chen scoffed as he started twirling his chains.
"We'll we're just doing ours, and we won't fail!"
"Ya sure about that?" Suna asked.
"Oh yeah..." Seth snickered, "We're sure."
Hey guys! So I just thought I'd let you guys know that I'm going to try and update either at least once a week or once every two weeks. But the updates I plan on having them on Thursdays, and then if that changes I'll let you guys know. But until then I'll try to keep them on Thursday's. Hope you guys enjoyed this Chapter :D
Next Time: It seems like Seth and Axton get to face off against two assassins with a pretty clear agenda. Though their agenda conflicts with Seth and his groups mission. Though Seth would very much would like to hand over little Maximus, his Guild Mates won't allow it. But at least he get's to fight! And so he does just that as he takes on the Sand Mage Suna and Axton takes on the Chain Mage Chen! Will the two beat the two mages in time to make sure they can catch up to Izanagi before she gets too far ahead of them? Or will the two end up lost in the desert?
Find out Next Time on...Fairy Tail: The Broken Destiny!
Signed
~The Emperor