This morning was just another peaceful day at the guild. Okay, I lied. It actually wasn't peaceful. It was anything but peaceful with me and a certain ice-headed freak yelling at each other. Don't get me wrong, it's not like we don't do this all the time, but this time, well, let's just say that we took it too far this time.
I don't even know how the fight even started, I just know that Lyon was the instigator in this situation. He was al the one who mucked up. Big time. But it wasn't like I was at fault either, seeing as I only egged him on further.
"Alright then you block of ice, give it your best shot then!" I shouted at him, after he threatened to take this seriously.
"Maybe I will! Ice-Make: Eagle!" Before they could hit me I ducked to the ground. Seriously? That was his best shot? But then I froze up hearing the crash and crumbling of rock behind me. As the dust settled down from its flurrying, I looked behind me slowly and cautiously after seeing the wide eyed look on Lyons face.
In the wall of the guild hall behind me, there was a huge hole where the spell had hit, an entire chunk of bricks missing, letting the sunlight through. The rubble from the damaged wall lay in piles outside the guild hall.
At the exact same time, me and Lyon both whispered, "Oh, crap."
We stood dejectedly before Master Ooba, the old woman frowning at the both of us. Jura stood tall behind us, staying completely still after he had dragged us up here by our ears. The both of us were looking down at the floor guiltily, rubbing our site ears. My mentor really had one iron-like grip.
Finally, Master Ooba let out a sigh, "what am I going to do with the both of you?"
"He/she started it!" Be both blamed the other, pointing at one another childishly.
Oh that was totally a lie Lyon we both know that you started the fight.
"I don care who started it. But for this you'll both receive a good spinning." We gulped at that and stayed silent. Oh no. Please not the spinning, anything but the spinning, "but there is also the matter of the broken wall and your punishment."
Wasn't the spinning punishment enough? Obviously not.
"You'll both work together to fix the broken wall, and clean up." Oh, that shouldn't take too long with both our abilities, "without using magic."
Our jaws dropped at this. Without Magic? But that would take us ages. Not to mention the fact that I'd have to be in his company. But before we could even protest, master Ooba silenced us immediately.
"That is my final decision. You'll be provided with the materials necessary. But first-" she held up her finger, and I braced myself.
After being spun by the master, we were both back at the broken wall, our stomachs still feeling like they were spinning. Lyon was on the outside, picking up the rubble and placing it all in an empty wheel-barrow. Whilst I was on the inside, sweeping up the dust that had settled. And chucking any pieces of debris outside for Lyon to put in the wheel-barrow. We had been working in complete silence for the past few minutes, still fuming at each other. Until Lyon decided to break it.
"Can't believe I got roped into this." He complained after placing another piece of rubble down. I only stayed silent, continuing to sweep the floor, "fixing this dammed wall. And without using magic to. This is ridiculous, this is going to take us all day."
That was when I'd had enough of his complaining.
"Oh jut shut it Lyon. We both know you were the one who started the fight and broke the wall. But you don't see me complaining about me being the one to get dragged into this." I turned to him with an angry look in my eye, "just quite complaining. The faster we get this done the better." With that, I began sweeping again, sweeping all the dust into a dustpan and shoving it in the rubbish.
After we had both cleaned up our respective areas, we had moved onto repairing the damage, having the tools and bricks provided to us. We worked alongside each other on the outside of the guild hall, laying the bricks down. But I'd had something nagging on my mind for a while now, so I decided to speak my thoughts to the idiot beside me.
"You know, I wonder how we can keep doing this." I told him, sitting back on my knees.
"What do you mean." He asked, doing the same.
"I just keep wondering how at times we can be so civil to each other, and work well as a team. But sometimes we end up doing stupid stuff like this," I gestured to the broken wall in from of us, "always fighting with each other and getting into trouble."
There was a pause between us before Lyon spoke up again, "I have no clue, I guess it's just in our natures."
"I guess." We got back to work, slowly making progress on filling in the hole. We were getting there, repairing the damage faster that we were working together, getting the wall to being halfway completed. That's when I Ely the footsteps in the ground behind us.
"We're gonna have company." I informed Lyon.
"What did you guys do this time?" I heard Yukas voice calm out, as he Sherry and Toby came up behind us. That's probably one of the main reasons the fight escalated like it did. Normally the others would be around to calm us down, but they had left on a job a couple of days ago. And me and Lyon just finally couldn't stand the tension, and the fight broke out. Even Iwa had left with them, having been left at the guild for too long as she had found it.
"Looks like they got into big trouble to me." Iwa stated, laughing her head off.
"Oh shut it cat." I told her.
"So what did you guys actually do to get landed with repairing the wall?" Sherry asked and we turned to face them.
"Ask him." I told them, pointing at the White haired idiot beside me.
They looked to him, expecting an explanation. I heard him sigh as I went back to work.
"We got into a fight and I accidentally blew a hole in the wall." He quickly gave them what they were looking for.
"Yeah," I spoke up, "and as punishment we have to fix it without using magic."
"Ooh, that's harsh." Toby winced, "well, have fun." With that, they all walked away giving small laughs. Not snidely or anything like that. No, they were just being friends laughing at our misfortune.
It was getting later into the day, and we had managed to patch up three quarters of the wall, when I spoke up again.
"You know, I miss how we used to be."
"How we used to be?" Lyon questioned.
"Yeah, when we first met. How we would always work so well and got along so well together. How we used to have so much fun and got through so many challenges together when we went on jobs with the others. I miss that." I told him, looking up to see him looking back at me curiously.
He looked away, looking down before saying, "yeah. Me to."
I smiled sadly, "I just feel that we're fighting with each other so much, we forgot what having fun was like. We don't even go on many jobs together any more." I looked down to the ground, "I just miss what we used to be like around each other."
Looking up at the wall, Lyon sighed, "I suppose we should get this finished then."
"Yeah, we really should."
After a bit of time, we finally managed to finish the wall off, and stood back admiring our work while the sun set behind us.
"I think this punishment has given us many revelations. How about we start over?" I turned to Lyon holding my hand out to him, and he smiled at me, nodding, "Hi, I'm Ciella Redfox. Earth Dragon Slayer of Lamia Scale."
He took my hand, giving it a firm shake, "Lyon Vastia. Ice-Make Mage of Lamia Scale."
We smiled at each other, giving a small chuckle. I then looked to the wall, before looking at the tool box. Picking up a small sharp tool, I kneeled down to the bottom of the wall.
"Let's mark this occasion."
"What are you doing?" Lyon asked me, as I used the tool to inscribe something in one of the bricks in the wall.
"You'll see."
After finishing, I stood back to let Lyon see what I had written.
Ciella and Lyons wall.
Broken and Fixed in X784
Along with their friendship.
"Pretty smart." Lyon commented, a smile on his face.
"Yeah, this is the start of a new friendship." I looked back at him, a wide grin on my own face. Hopefully this will be a friendship that last forever.
Authors Note
Short chapter I know, but I needed to have the base for a newfound friendship between the two. As well as this was just a filler chapter before the beginning of the next arc. Hope you enjoyed it though. Please continue to follow, favourite and review what you think. Thank you.
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Kidnapping Arc: Chapter 13 - The Unlucky Ones
A mysterious job request that's specifically for Ciella causes som memories to resurface that she'd rather forget. Forced to take Lyon along with her due to the nature of this request and its link to what happened in her past, the two of them travel to try and uncover the mystery going on in the small village of Maybelle.