"Exploding Fist of the Flame God!" Seth roared as he continued to sink, he was now shoulder deep in the sand.
"Seth you better do something..." Axton informed, "You sure you don't want help?"
"No leave me alone!" Seth demanded, "I got this! I think I'm winning!"
"Oh really now?" Axton just shook his head.
"I'm kind of bored of this fight." Suna landed on the ground and looked to see that Seth was neck deep, and was struggling to keep his head up.
"Come on! What'chu got next?!" Seth shouted at Suna.
"Nothing much, just the finisher!" Suna placed his hand on the ground, "Desert Geyser!" With that a sudden explosion erupted from beneath the sand that Seth was buried in. The explosion caused the sand to roar up high and into the sky.
"Seth!" Axton shouted seeing as his friend was no longer in the sand trap.
"Now...you next?" Suna asked.
"Damn it..." Axton gritted his teeth, "You really lost huh?" Suna got in a fighting stance, "Let's do this!"
"HEY! We're not done yet!" Seth shouted as he came flying down from the sky with his fist cocked back, "Fist of the Flame God!" He roared.
"W-wait what?!" Suna then felt the black flamed fist smash across his face knocking him down and out. Once Seth landed he dusted himself off.
"You lost..." Axton said with a grin.
"No you thought I lost. That explosion freed me..." Seth told him, "There's no way I was going to lose to that guy...next time though...let's just give the brat up."
"Can't do that, our objective is to keep him safe."
"Eh...from them...but when I see him..."
"Izanagi will stop you." Axton said as he started walking off in the direction he saw Izanagi go.
"I'll just kick her butt too! Stupid brat getting me drowned in sand and crap..." Seth groaned.
"Oh shut up..." Axton rolled his eyes.
"Wait so...where'd they go?" Seth asked.
"Don't worry I know which way they went." Axton confirmed.
"And your sure they went the right way?" Axton stopped and hung his head, "I sure as hell hope that ran the right way..." He muttered before he continued walking.
"Wait what?! You didn't give her the map or anything?!" Seth barked, "We just kicked those guys butt's for nothing?!" And from there Axton had to deal with a complaining Seth.
Chapter 7: The Third?
"..." While ridding on her back Maximus whispered into Izanagi's ear.
"You said that last time, and we still haven't found it yet." Izanagi sweatdropped.
"..." Maximus whispered again.
"I don't know, you were the one that was supposed to direct me." She replied, "This is what we get when Axton forgets to give us directions to Eire." Izanagi groaned.
"But don't worry we'll be back in your home country in no time I promise!" Izanagi smiled, "Just forget about those guys that we saw earlier. Axton probably took care of them both by himself, knowing Seth he might've just fooled around or fell for some dumb trap." She said jokingly, but only partially. Maximus chuckled silently at this.
"You and Seth seem to get along well." Izanagi giggled knowing it wasn't true. Maximus shook his head quickly as though he was saying 'OH hell no!'.
"Yeah he can be kind of a reckless fool at times..." Maximus looked at Izanagi with a raised eyebrow.
"Okay all the time."
"..." This caused the young child to nod his head in total agreement.
"Who's cooler me or Seth?" Izanagi asked for fun.
"..." Maximus simply pointed to Izanagi.
"Thought so..." She smiled.
"Achoo! Achoo!"
"Damn it Seth are you okay? That was like your fiftieth sneeze!" Axton said slightly annoyed.
"I bet you it's freaking Izanagi talking about me with that spoiled rich brat!" Seth growled.
"It's always about you isn't it?" Axton sweat dropped.
"Most of the time yeah, but when we're out in a desert looking for two pains in the butt because someone forgot to give them directions on where to go then it can be about you! Oh wait, it is about you!" Seth said as he once again began ranting. So once again Axton tuned out.
"Huh..." Izanagi sighed, "I think we should stop. We've been walking for hours." Izanagi squatted down placing Maximus on the sand.
"..." Maximus rubbed his eyes as he sat down tired.
"Tired huh? Me too, also kind of thirsty." Izanagi admitted, "Too bad we're in a desert, I should have some water." She then reached into her bag and pulled out a bottle of water. She took a sip then gave it to Maximus. The small silent child drank the water and gave it back to Izanagi. Izanagi sat on the sand and looked around.
"If we don't find a place to stay or find a way to stay warm then tonight is going to be freezing."
"...?" Maximus looked at Izanagi with a tilted head. The Excalibur Edge Mage simply shrugged.
"I don't know how to make fire out of nowhere, if I knew Fire Magic maybe."
"Well at least I don't have to worry about you being the God Slayer." Said a voice, and Izanagi knew it wasn't Maximus. Was it? Nah, anyway she knew it wasn't Maximus. She stood up and looked around, as she turned back she saw Maximus was gone.
"Maximus?!" She cried out to see a man standing a few feet away from her with Maximus in his arms. The man appeared rather large, muscular, and well toned. He had dark tanned skin, with short black hair, he wore a simple purple cape, no shirt revealing his muscular physique, a pair of black fingerless gloves with metal platting on the back, a purple sash tied around his waist, loose black pants, and black sandals.
"Who are you?!" Izanagi shouted, "Give Maximus back!"
"The name's Palmer, and there's no way I'm handing over this gem." Palmer smiled, "Your friends might have been able to take out Chen and Suna, but I refuse to make that same mistake."
"Well you have yet to fight me." Izanagi informed, "And I'm worst than the God Slayer you're talking about."
"Hmph...sure ya are little girl. But I'll allow you to amuse me." Palmer said as he placed Maximus down and snapped his fingers, "Wood-Make: The Binding Tree!"
"A Wood-Make Mage huh?" Izanagi asked.
"Somewhat..." Palmer cracked his knuckles. He then vanished and appeared right in front of Izanagi, he extended his hand out in front of her. She raised an eyebrow and figured Palmer was going to use some Wood-Make Magic. She was wrong. He thrusted his palm straight into the chest of Izanagi and sent her flying back.
"!" Maximus seemed worried about this attack.
"C-rap..." Izanagi stood up and cracked her neck, "So...you're with those other three assassins huh?"
"If you would call them that, I'm here for the kid. I'm taking him away from you all. He has something that I would very much like to steal if you don't mind."
"Well I kind of do." Izanagi replied.
"And that will be your death!" Palmer leaped in the air and dove towards Izanagi.
"So it's a fight you want huh?! Then you'll get one!" Izanagi had a big smile on her face.
"Looks like I get to fight too Seth! So ha! In your face!" Izanagi thought.
"Crap my head hurts!" Seth groaned.
"Uhh...shut up with all your complaining! My damn!" Axton said annoyed.
"Someone's thinking about me!" Seth barked back, "I wonder who...and why?"
"I don't know who would want too..."
"Hehe...so this is the kind of Magic you use?" Palmer asked as his palm was clashing against a pure silver made weapon of Izanagi. She was holding the assassin off with her two silver tonfas.
"Yeah, this should be an interesting battle."
"We'll see..." Palmer then leaped away to gain some distance and grinned, "Oh yeah...we'll see for sure!"
Hey guys! So just thought I'd let ya know that now Winter Break is over(for me at least, it sucks :/) so I'm kind of going to have to change my update date...did that make sense? I think so :) anyway I'll be changing my Update Date's from Thursday's to sometime over the weekend. Possibly mainly Fridays or Saturdays, but I will still try to update at least once a week if not once every two weeks. So I'll do what I can with that, so thanks for being awesome :D
Next Time: Izanagi has gotten caught in a fight with a third assassin! This one's name is Palmer, and he seems to be able to use two different types of Magic! That's right, not just one! But two! Izanagi plans on defeating him and freeing Maximus so they can continue their travels onwards to Eire. Meanwhile Axton and Seth believe they see a battle in their oncoming path forth. Is it the battle between Izanagi and Palmer, or a different brawl that has been enthralled by this dastardly desert?
Find out Next Time on...Fairy Tail: The Broken Destiny!
~Signed
The Emperor