Chapter 12 (Wait... your coming with us?)
Chizuru is sipping a coke holding the bag of the objects she gathered when her phone rings. "Hello?" Cody is on the phone with her and she chats girlfriend talk with him for a moment then the smile disappears from her face. She close the phone with a protective look on her face then quickens her pace towards her house, which is several blocks away. She gets into an alleyway and then takes fox form sprinting along the local alleyways and roofs reaching her place in moments. She opens the door and finds a blonde girl tied up in her kitchen chair and Cody is leaning against the wall calmly. She gives Cody a quick peck and hands the items to him. Cody polishes off her coke and sets her bags down. She stands near Cody and starts to question him. "Has she said anything worthwhile?" "No, I don't recognize her either which is strange… I know most if not all anime characters." Chizuru glances over at her and her gaze is on the floor. "I see you gagged her too. What, did she piss you off or something?" "No, she hasn't said a thing…" Chizuru cracks her knuckles and moves over to the blonde girl ripping the gag out of her mouth. "All right, talk… what are you after?" Her face is expressionless and she just stares at the floor her mouth a hard line. Chizuru gets the lights and turns on a lamp above her. It swings eerily from side to side and Cody steps away concerned about what she might do next. She grabs a large knife from her kitchen. The blade glints in the light of the lamp and the girl remains expressionless. Chizuru sharpens the blade casually and casts a glance over at the prisoner. "Do you have anything to say?" "Fuck off…" Chizuru stops sharpening the blade and lights a fire in the fireplace creating an odd environment. She heats the blade over the fire and then approaches the girl. "Sure you don't have any valuable information?" The girl is silent averting her gaze, but she is starting to sweat. "Chizuru throws the knife and it lands in the edge of the chair burrowing deep into stock wood inches from the girls head. The girl is now really nervous and is losing her composure. Chizuru forces the girl to look at her. "Look we can do this the easy way or the hard way. What the hell are you after?" Screw you… Chizuru kicks her in the gut and punches her three times in the face. "Again… what are you after?" Blood drips from the girls mouth and she grins "Bite me." Chizuru bares her Yoki fangs and grins biting into the girl's ear; she screams in pain and blood drips from Chizuru's mouth. Chizuru spits the blood on the floor and wipes her mouth. "I will ask one last time… what the hell are you after?" The girl breaks down crying and Cody turns on the light. "I am an assassin… My name is Iria… I was sent by the league of seven to kill you. "Of course… why didn't I recognize you before? You are from Grimwald and best friends with Lisara the grim reaper. She is extremely surprised then laughs. "Damn, you are extremely resourceful… how is that even possible that you would know that much unless… no you couldn't be." Cody unties her and she rubs her wrists. Chizuru points to the door. "You are free to go…" "Cody stops her before she leaves and his hands glow with a white light. He heals her ear and nods to her. She breaks down at his feet sobbing. "Why would anyone want to kill you? You are kind even to your enemies." Cody helps her to her feet and opens the door for her. They run into Moka who is just coming up the steps in her phantom form. "Hey Cody! How are you... her eyes narrow and she stops Cody from taking the girl any further. "Iria? What are you doing here?" "Iria looks taken a back for a moment then recognition lights up her face followed by an intense sense of rivalry. "Moka, I didn't think I would ever see you again let alone with pink hair." Moka invites Iria back in and they sit down to talk both arguing about high school. Cody laughs and sits down on the couch between the two of them. Chizuru gives Moka a cold stare from her position as hostess. "So, Iria went to high school with you? Yeah, Chizuru did too, but she won't admit to it. Cody glances over at his girlfriend who just sighs. "Yeah, I went through high school with her. Yoki was a good place for a fox like me. I had my share of fights, most people don't know this, but a fox is also an S-class monster." Moka glances over at Chizuru who stares back, coldly. Iria breaks the ice to prevent a fight from ensuing. "Hey whatever happened to Tskune?" "Moka flicks her hair back, gets up and grabs a bottle of vodka drinking right from the bottle. "Dammit, Moka! I told you no more alcohol!" Chizuru grabs the half-drunk bottle from her and sets it on the coffee table. "After I came back from college he had hooked up with a girl from the human world. I called him a little while ago and a little girl answered the phone." She immediately started crying and Chizuru hands her the bottle back rubbing her back in a sisterly manner. "Moka became mayor of the town trying to busy herself, but I knew better. I delivered enough takeout to her house at night with alcohol to know that she was not in good shape. I lingered making small talk and then she invited me into her house one night telling me everything. She was a wreck and I let her stay with me and nursed her back to health emotionally she was sober, at least I though she was until today when she drank a whole damn quart of vodka… Shit! Moka! Can you hear me?" Moka nods to her then burps loudly and rubs her stomach. "Shit, that was a bad idea to drink all that…" Cody leans toward her rubbing his hands together and then they glow with a soft white light. "Lift up your shirt." Moka blushes embarrassedly and pulls her shirt up to her bust line revealing her pale skin. Cody touches her skin, smoke emerges from his hands, and his hands turn dark. Moka cries out in pain then Cody face palms. "Shit! She is a vampire holy magic has the opposite effect…" Cody think for a moment then draws another magic circle his hands glowing purple this time. "Moka, lift up your shirt again… She sighs doing it more tentatively this time. Cody touches his hands to her chest and her eyes become expressionless the glow of life leaving her. Cody exhales sharply then pulls his hands away. "That should do it." Moka eyes fill with life once again and she starts panting as if she is exhausted. "Man it is really hot in here." She strips down to her underclothes and lies down on the couch. "Chizuru could you go get Moka some water?" Chizuru rises up and returns moment later with a tall pitcher of ice-cold water. Moka downs the entire pitcher in seconds and she moans. "Are you all right now?" No… my whole body feels like it is on fire… what the fuck did you do to me?" Cody looks at her… Iria could you go get me a knife, a lighter, some hot water and a pan?" Iria makes a face. "Can't you just pull them out of the air with your magic?" I need to recharge… I am really low on magic energy right now." Iria sighs and returns with the items after a few minutes. By this time, Moka is rubbing her chest and is just wearing her lacy panties. Chizuru is starting to get concerned. "Will she be all right?" "Yeah, just give me a minute." Cody tells Moka to prepare herself for a slight pain. Cody's hands glow with a blue light and the air gets extremely cold. Ice crystals form in the air and Chizuru can see her breath. She smacks Cody on the back of the head and shivers moving in close to him… "Warn me next time… I am fucking freezing right now." Moka sits up. "Thanks Cody, my temperature feels right about perfect." Cody nods then tells her to lie down. Cody makes an incision in her chest reaches into the cavity and pulls out something that is long and writhing around. Chizuru gags and Iria makes a face. "What the fuck is that thing?" "A tapeworm… it eats whatever is in your stomach." Cody close the incision in her chest and hands her clothes to her. She sits up and shivers. Cody's hands glow with a blue light and the air and room returns to normal. She puts her clothes back on and gets up raiding the kitchen. She downs crackers, several sandwiches, three bowls of soup a whole entire pizza and several glasses of water. She burps contentedly then curls up on the couch and falls asleep quickly. "Damn and I thought that I had seen it all Iria mutters. Just then, Leaf walks in the door with all the groceries in her hands and Haruhi follows close behind her with a series of books and a serious look on her face. Cody sees the book on top of her pile and his smile disappears. He shuts the all the windows and doors, locks them, closes all the blinds and unplugs everything electronic. He then pulls a large black device out of the air and turns it on. It makes an odd noise and then Cody sits down with this book. It look like an ordinary graphic novel, but Cody chants a few words and the words on the cover rearrange to say enter password. Cody draws something in with a pencil and then book flies open. Spells and incantations float around the room and object that normal aren't alive are animated and do various biddings that Cody requests. Cody turns the page and then slices his hand letting blood drip onto it. He draws an upside pentagram and then lights the corner on fire. The entire room grows dark and a red magic circle glows in the center of the living room. Rias Gremory steps from the magic circle and kneels before whoever called her. Then she glances up and the smile disappears from her face. "How the hell did you summon me with an advanced incantation like that?! Only my father, an archangel or God know incantations like this… She looks at him expectantly, what did you want that was this important?" "I need you to recite a few Dark Age spells and help me out with a few pests." She glances at him warily, he floats her the words and she starts to recite them then stop with her eyes wide open terrified. "Why in the hell do you want these spells?! These can't be handled by a mere human…" Cody glance at her and she continues nervously. Cody draws another circle in the center of the living room this time with runes instead of normal magic. A few chants later Lisara emerges… Iria freaks out… Lisara is even more surprised." I thought my mother called me not some petty human." She taps the ground with her scythe and nothing happens… "What the…?" She glances over at Cody nervously and drops her scythe. "What the hell do you want me to do?" "He tosses her some ancient manuscripts covered in runes. She drops them as if they are poisonous snakes. "Are you crazy?! Those runes are from creation themselves what the hell do you hope to accomplish with all of this?" Lisara glances over at Rias who stare back at her. "You have the daughter of Satan himself under your control?!" She kneels at his feet and accepts the runes working on the incantations nervously. He draws one more circle and select members of the guild emerge from both Edolas and normal life. "What the hell?" Natsu is confused, Grey is irritated, Makarov narrows his eyes, Lucy is shocked and Edolas Lucy grins. Makarov speaks first. "What do you want from us?" He hands each of them a chart of manuscript with runes and they all stare at him Makarov is terrified. "Who the hell are you and why do you want these runes brought forth from creation?" "My name is Cody and I am using these runes to open a book." Makarov glances over at the other girls who look back at him. "You have the daughter of hell and the daughter of fate under you power… if the magic council senses any of this you will be executed immediately for messing with Rune magic. How the hell did you even know how to draw these?" "Just get to work Makarov; I don't have time to explain." Everyone starts chanting and soon finished. Runes line the floor and all the great mages are very nervous… Haruhi hands him the book and he draws a divine magical circle around it and puts one of every 12 runes in place in the circle. The book opens and Cody leafs through it. He finds the page he is looking for and draws the image a portal opens up and he stands up with Leaf. "It was fun everyone… goodbye now." Chizuru lunges for him, but Haruhi holds her in place. "Let me go dammit!" You know you don't belong in that world." Cody wave to her goodbye and then Leaf jumps away from the portal running back into the world. "What did you forget?" "My purse…" Cody sighs and Chizuru use this opportunity to her advantage. She flips Haruhi over her back martial arts style knocking her out cold. Moka moves to stop her and gets ruthlessly tossed aside. Lisara and Rias cross their scythes stopping her from making passage. "The rules of this world do not allow monsters passage to..." They both get assaulted heavily by sacred fox fire and get knocked unconscious." Chizuru steps into the portal and Cody nods at her… "You proved yourself… he kisses her and says lets go. Leaf jumps in surprised at Chizuru's sudden company. "Um, you can't come with us… She glares at Leaf who just stares at Cody and shakes her head.
Really good chapter, hunh? Let me know what you think! :p