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Chapter seven: A Proposition.
The rage that Chrys felt built up in her body like a bad game of tetris.
"You absolute IDIOT!" She vociferated. "First, out guild has to pay for all the damage that you just caused, and now we have to pay for a new magic four-wheeler!"
"It's not my fault there was a giant house demon that needed a do-in!" the cosmic dragon slayer sulcked. "Besides, what's done is done. What matters now is getting this past Hibiki."
"Yeah. And I'm not going to help you on that one, it's your fault. Take the blame." The celestial mage argued.
"Hold on, I'm going to test it and see if it still works." Fudo leaped into the driver's seat and clipped in the SE plug around his wrist.
"Idiot..." She muttered under her breath. The engine coughed into life, and to Chrys's surprise, started moving. She sighed gently, knowing that with the little power left, Fudo couldn't drive as fast as before without passing out.
"Fine. I'll get in, It's getting really late and we haven't eaten so we'll have to move fairly quickly. Are you sure you don't want me to drive? I've barely used up any magic."
"No. I'll be fine." Fudo slurred tiredly as they drove away.
It was 4:00am when Chrys and Fudo finnally made it back to the guild. The four-wheeler screeched to a halt next to it's pristine brothers and the two mages nearly collapsed out.
"Night, Fudo..." Chrys mumbled as she traipsed away to her dormetary.
"Hey, Chrys. It was nice working with you tonight." Fudo Said. Chrys let out a small smile and continued walking.
The next morning, Chrys slowly opened her soft eyes to reveal her room. It was looking as grand as ever. It comforted her even more to remember that she had enough money to pay rent for the next 3 months. Last night's events came flooding back to her as she dressed herself in a pair of dark denim dungarees and freshened up for breakfast. Her breif moment of bliss was soon interupted by a timid knock on the door.
"Hello?" Chrys answered as the round shape of Master Bob came into view.
"Hello, Darling! Coming for breakfast?" He sang.
"Erm... Okay. I was just getting ready when you came, but..."
"Perfect timing then! Come on!" Without further audo, Bob grabbed her small hand and dragged her down to the main hall and sat her down on a bar stool. A slim boy with dark hair took her order for breakfast and she was soon tucking in to a large bowl of cereal.
"The family that you and Fudo helped out have requested that we don't pay them anything. Unfortunately for you, my oppinion is different. I request that you and Fudo work together to pay the family half the money for the house and pay Hibiki for the damage that you both caused to his four-wheeler. Yes, Hibiki and his team are back from their job and caught Fudo trying to cover up the damage outside. They are now informing him of your new formed team through in the other room." Bob informed.
"I-I'm really sorry..." Chrys was over-run by guilt. It was her first job and she'd already managed to stir something up. She could hear shouting coming from the other room. It didn't take a genius to work out what was going on.
"Don't feel down. You could use teaming up with Fudo to your advantage! Plus, it wasn't really your fault. You'd never been on a job before so you didn't know what to do."
"Okay. Thanks, Bob." Chrys replied. She sauntered off to her room solemly, but first she thought it'd be funny to check on Fudo to see him being told off. Slyly, the green-haired mage walked across the guild hall and peered round the corner.
"You selfish, inconsiderate bastard! What made you think that you could drive my four-wheeler at 100mph, park it, then use the gas giant Jupiter spell near it?" The blonde-haired mage that she guessed was Hibiki yelled at an indifferent Fudo.
"I needed to get to the job quickly, I needed to park near the house and the demon we were fighting wasn't going down easily. There. What else do you want from me?"
Suddenly, a girl that looked about 20 years old ran up behind Fudo and hugged him. "Aw, Hibiki! Don't be so mean to Fudo! It was all just a misunderstanding!"
"Stay out of it, Nova. Fudo, apologize." Hibiki scolded.
"Sorry. Can I leave now?" Fudo obviously didn't get much sleep. Chrys's eyes narrowed, who is this 'Nova'? She then realized how stupid she must look standing staring into another room, so she trailed off to her room to wait until the argument had finished.
About 15 minuted later, another knock on the door could be heard.
"Hi, Fudo." Chrys said without even looking to see who it was.
"Hey, Chrys. I guess we're stuck together until we come up with the money. Sorry about that, I should've forced Nova to come with me instead of askng you to come instead."
"Hold on... So your girlfriend didn't want to come on a job with you so you used me as a substitute?" The suddenly enraged Chrys replied.
"No, well, I thought we could go together because you had that crappy cleaning job! And she isn't my girlfriend! Once again, so ungreatful! You really need to learn to be thankful, you know."
"I am greatful! I'm greatful to people that acctually do nice things for me! Not people that use me as a second option!" Chrys slammed the door in his face unforgivingly. Why do all their conversations end in an argument?
"Chrys! Open the door! Look, I'm sorry, okay?" Fudo's muffled voice sounded through the wooden door. The celestial mage decided to stay angry at him for a little longer. She stayed in her room and sulcked.
Another 15 minutes had passed when Fudo knocked again.
"Chrys... Can you please open the door so I can appologize properly?" The door creaked open, and in it's place stood Chrys.
"Hey..." She said.
"Are you okay? You look like you've been crying." Fudo asked, concerned.
"I haven't been crying. Why do you think I would cry over something so stupid as that?"
"No reason. Your eyes just looked blood-shot, that's all. I'm really sorry for doing that to you. It wasn't fair. Do you think you can put up with me and Nova for another few jobs while we collect enough money to pay back for the damage?"
"I haven't even spoke to Nova, but I guess I can put up with you." Chrys smiled. Fudo sent her one back in return.
"Well, then. I guess I'd better introduce the two of you." He then said, beckoning her downstairs. This was the first time that Chrys was going down the stairs without being dragged by Bob, so she could now appreciate the surroundings a bit more. The staircase spiraled down lower and lower until it reached the main hall, where an intimidating Nova sat on a bar stool.
Her Red-Brown, mid-length hair whipped behind her as she stood up to reveal a perfect figure enclosed in a short, tight, black, sleevless dress. She had long 'Wendy Marvel' fringe.
"Hey there, little girl! I'm Nova, your new team mate!" She said in a girly voice.
"I'm seventeen. The same age as Fudo. Nice to meet you, I'm Chrysanthemum." Chrys replied sternly. Nova looked surprised to hear she was seventeen and quickly moved off topic.
"Oh, sorry to sound patronising... But you look young for your age. Anyway, we have some information back from Master Bob about the box you and Fudo found. It turns out the legal and dark guilds everywhere have been looking for atleast one of the four for centuries, and each time someone tried to find one, they vanished. They're an exremely difficult opponent to beat. But I know my little Fudo is strong enough to beat anything!" Nove giggled as she edged closer to him. She could vaguly see Chrys go red in the face and narrow her eyes. Chrys new that she wasn't going to like her.
"Where's the other three then?" The celestial mage said, magaging to keep composed.
"That, we're not sure of. But we're going to find out. If we don't, innocent people's lives could be at stake." Fudo replied, ignoring the passionate looks he was getting off Nova.
"I don't know much about these Demons, but I suggest we all go after them, while still collecting the money to pay back the damage. What do you say?"
"Yeah!" Nova cheered.
"Okay." Chrys sighed, wondering how much longer it would take for her to snap and hit Nova in the face with a shovel.
"Good. We'll start looking tommorow. I'll spend today consulting with master and information hunting." Fudo added.