Hey! So this is the third chapter, again, I'm incredibly sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes. Hope you enjoy reading and if you have an idea or want to point out any flaws, please review so I can make it better. Enjoy :)

Chapter 3 - In the woods

Chrysanthemum felt herself wobble as her first foot hit solid ground. Freedom!

It was the middle of the day so she just had time to walk to the Blue Pegasus guild before it got dark. She exited the train station, glad to finnaly be able to stretch her legs and move without the force of the train encouraging her to fall about and push herself in the direction she was aiming for. She was also glad to get away from the incident that occured in the bathroom.

"Erghh..." She decided that she would never again recall that.

The celestial mage looked at what was before her, a winding path lead deep into the forest she passed on the tedious train journey here. Green, bushy trees dominated her vision as she looked up to try and spot the top of the guild hall.

"Oh, well. I guess I'll have to navigate my own way through the forest." The miffed mage mumbled as she trudged through a nearby tree opening.

As soon as she'd brushed the twigs out of her hair and shook off any leaves, she took a look around. Trees. All she could see were trees. Infact, she was surprised they even let any light through.

"Great. Well, isn't this typical?" She spoke out.

"You really think you could manage to pass through a three mile forest without some sort of unimaginalbey tolerant escort?" A voice spoke.

"Who's there?" Chrys pivoted around to where the sound was coming from and switched to her agressive mode.

As the figure stepped out of the shadows, she recognised him at once. As if her day couldn't possibly get any worse... It was the bathroom guy. She could feel her face gradually heating up. This embarasment was slowly converted into rage. Chrys swipped her hand past her belt, expecting to pick up her gate keys.

"Ahhh! My keys!" she shrieked in horror.

Bathroom guy sighed as he tossed a set of shiny, silver keys in her direction. Immidiatly recognising the object, the pale-haired mage snatched them from mid-air, clutching them in a fist.

"I belive you owe me a 'thank you'." Bathroom guy stated.
"I belive you owe me an apology." Chrys replied.

"It's not my fault that you left the door unlocked."
"I was in a rush, and if you're so good at navigating and all, you should've been able to tell I was in there, you pervert!"

"Now you're just making up excuses!"
"You owe me an apology and a thank you now, normally I would've beaten someone like you up."

"Belive me, there's nothing thankful about the sight of your body."
"WHAT HAS THAT GO TO DO WITH ANYTHING?"
Bathroom guy chuckled, although he didn't like to admit it, he rather enjoyed pushing her buttons.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have somewhere better to be." Chrys said as she advanced through the thick forest, attempting to end the argument.

"See you around... Perve." She added.

"The name's Fudo. And there's no way you're getting out the other end of this forest alone, flasher."

"If you want to come with me, then calling me 'Flasher' isn't the right way to go."
"Then what do I call you?"
"Chrys."
"A manly name for a manly figure... that fits." Fudo sniggered as he caught up with her.

"What... did... you... say?" the celestial mage growled as she put on her best 'Erza' glare.

"Erm.. Nothing" he replied, realizing he'd gone two far this time.

The two of them crunched through the dead leaves and twigs, with Fudo in the lead. It was the late afternoon now.

"How are you so good at navigation?" Chrys enquired curiously.

"It links in with my power," he said as he started to smile, glad that there was atleast some conversation flowing. "I think we got off on the wrong foot earlier.."
"Oh, okay." Chrys replied, suddenly uninterested in what he was saying.

Just then, they heard a rustle in the trees pointing directly above them. They both briskley looked above them to see a dark figure topple elegantly downwards and land straight infront of them.

It was a female with short, choppy, blue hair, swept over to one side. She wore a red leather jacked with the 'Red Hood' dark guild stamp imprinted on the chest.

Fudo, regognising straight away that this was an unwanted encounter, sternly asked;

"What do you want?"

The girl then smiled, not saying a word until she brought out a yellow light pen from one of her pockets.

"Pict magic! Swordsman!"

Just like that, the girl illustrated a neatly drawn knight in mid-air which soon became a reality. Stood before her was a knight in shinning armour, holding a 1 metre, sharp sword.

Just as Fudo was about to fight back, he was interrupted by a harsh nudge from the determined Chrysanthemum. She the closed her eyes and clutched the silver key dangling from her neck.

"Open, gate of the chained princess... Andromeda!" she chanted as a magic circle appeared before her. A Beautiful spirit gracefully stepped out from another world, her long blonde hair reaching down to her waist and her lusterous tiara sparkling in the little light that was passing through the gaps in the trees above. In both hands she held a long, expandable chain. This was her weapon.

The knight made the first move, he drew his magnificent sword and charged. The chained princess narrowly avoided his attack by whipping hair chain infront of his ankles, causing him to trip up. She ended the battle by wrapping the fallen figure up in the cold, metal rope, tightening it and tightening it before the once proud knight disintegrated.

The girl from the Red Hood guild stood flabergasted, until making a quick exit. The crunching noise of the girl's footsteps got quieter and quieter as she absconded.

"You're not half bad... for a flasher." Fudo joked as Chrys drastically attempted to keep composed. She didn't know if it was a compliment or an insult, so she just avoided it completely. It was getting darker and darker outside.

"May I ask why you're still following me? Or if you were getting off at my stop before you noticed that I'd dropped my keys?"

"So many questions... I'm following you because you're clearly going to get lost if I don't, I need to pass through this forest anyway. And I was already getting off at your stop before I noticed and kindly gave you your keys back. You know, the kind action that I didn't get any grattitude from." Fudo replied.

"Okay... And we've already been over why I didn't thank you." Chrys was starting to get slightly freaked out about the fact that a guy she'd only just met cared so much about her well-being.

Fudo smiled at her, exposing his straight, white teeth. He didn't seem half bad apart from the constant insults that erupted from his mouth. His blonde, side-fringed hair spiked up on one side, while having the other side of the parting flat, his serene, green eyes calmly stared at her as if he was expecting her to say something.

"It's getting late. Where are you heading off to after we get to the other side of the forest?" she asked to break the tension.

"The same place as you hopefully. The Blue Pegasus guild."

"Whaaaaaaaaaaat?" Chrys screached as streaks of light from the other side of the forest came into view.