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The Adventures of Chrysanthemum Lilica chapter 19
When they realized what they where doing, they pulled back immediately.
"Uh... Sorry..." Chrys murmured just before the train shuddered to a stop and the faces of their guild mates appeared.
"Hey guys! How was it?" Ichigo questioned.
"It was okay." Fudo replied shortly.
"You seem a little off... Is everything okay?" Nova questioned.
"Chrys! Where you scared? I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you!" Hibiki called out as he helped the celestial mage out of the carriage.
"Hey, do you guys want to go get something to eat?" Fudo changed the subject as he clambered out to join them.
"Sure!" Ichigo cut in before letting anyone else speak, "Let's go!" he yelled as he abruptly walked in the opposite direction. Everyone else decided just to follow him.
The three walked along to the nearest café to find something to eat before leaving.
"So, Chrys... Where you scared when I wasn't with you?" Hibiki flirted, gently sliding his arm over her back.
"No." she replied, blushing slightly as she remembered what actually happened.
"Aww, you're so cute when you're like that." He winked as she scowled.
"Well... She did get scared of the clown." Fudo commented, noticing her and Hibiki.
"Really? That's a bit weird." Nova sneered, giving Fudo a hug.
"You know what? I think I'll go back to the hospital." the celestial mage replied, embarrassed.
"You do that. I really don't care." Fudo replied as she cast a shadow over her face.
"Fine!" she yelled, pushing Hibiki's arm off her shoulder and running away.
"Chrys, wait!" Hibiki called after her, but was soon stopped by the dragon slayer.
"We'll go and see her in the hospital later." He said, hiding his guilt.
All the celestial mage could do was run. She didn't know what direction she was going, but in the end she didn't really care. All that really mattered to her was getting away from those people. As she was running, the harsh winds caught on her tears and made her face feel as if it was freezing. She just wanted to get away from Ichigo's annoying-ness, Hibiki's flirtatiousness, Nova's girlishness and Fudo's arrogance... Was it even arrogance? She didn't know. She exited the resort and made her way along a path until she saw a quiet patch of grass where she sat down for a bit. As she examined her surroundings she realized that it was slightly abnormal for grass to be growing in such cold weather. When she looked up to rid her eyes of tears, she looked across the landscape to see what looked like a trap door. At first, the mint-haired mage found it a rather ambiguous thing to come across. It looked as if someone wanted to hide it... Although they did a very poor job of doing so. She was fixated over what could be inside, and why someone would choose to hide it in the middle of a town. The only way to find out was to check it our for herself. Slowly, she stood up and walked along the crunchy grass until she knelt down and yanked the wooden door open. Inside? A long passage way. This only intrigued her more. What could be at the end? A long set of stairs stretched out until they reached a lit path. Chrys decided not to go down, but to lean in as far as she could to see if there was anything cool. She did as she thought. She propped the door up using one arm and used the other to help her balance. Unfortunately for her, this method wasn't an effective one as she lost her balance and tumbled down the stairs until she hit a hard, concrete floor.
"Oww..." She muttered, rubbing the arm in which she fell on as the trap door above her slammed shut. In the end, she decided that the path in front of her looked too interesting to pass on. She stood up and started following the enclosed passageway. All that could be heard where the echoing of her footsteps. All that could be seen where the flickering lanterns that lit the way to wherever this lead to, which probably wasn't that exciting. All the same, she was blinded by her fascination and was willing to carry on as far as this took her. She walked and walked until the sound of voices could be heard.
"Clara... I don't think that there's any here." A voice echoed.
"The boss told us that there was!" 'Clara' answered.
All of a sudden, Chrys panicked. There was nowhere to hide and people where coming closer and closer. She then thought about it for a bit and came to the conclusion that it wouldn't matter since they were probably workers or something. If they said anything then she would just apologize and leave.
"Is it just me or did you hear footsteps?" One of the voices asked.
"Well... There are three of us, Baka." The girl answered harshly before turning the corner and bringing herself into sight. As they said, there were three of them. Neither looked like workers. The girl was tall with blue, choppy, side-swept hair and wore a long cardigan with the insignia of a howling wolf on it. Beside her stood two guys, one was small and chubby with wide eyes and a blue coat, bearing the same guild mark as the girl and the other guy. The other guy was the opposite of the small one. He was tall, with shoulder length black hair and had narrow gold eyes that looked the celestial mage up and down before asking;
"Who are you?"
"I was just curious to see what was down here. But if you want me to leave then I will." She replied.
"Hey... I remember you! I battled you when I was spying on the Red Hood guild!" Clara shouted. As she claimed, Chrys also remembered their encounter in the forest... That was when she first met Fudo...
"She's from a legal guild. Take her down!" She commanded. Just as she ordered, the two guys activated their magic and attacked.
"Metal-make, Death scythe!" The Black-haired mage cast. Before their eyes, a metal death scythe appeared. He then used it to slash the celestial mage across the abdomen, causing a large amount of blood to spurt from out of her body and slap onto the floor.
"Ahhhh!" She screamed.
Just after that attack, the next boy attacked. He ran across the concrete corridor and hurled himself towards her, punching her in the face and causing her to fall to the ground in a puddle of her own blood, clutching her wounds.
"I'll finish her off." Clara stated, picking up her limp body and swinging her around, causing red liquid to stain the walls of the underground chamber. The celestial mage yelped as Clara let go of her body, causing her to almost fly across the room and smack against the wall. All she could do was lie there whimpering, as her eyes flickered and her body shook. Faint sounds of laughter could be heard as a hard object fell down in front of her. As her vision came into more focus, she saw that it was a brightly coloured stone.
"The boss was right! The stone was hidden in here after all..." Clara announced as she knelt down to pick it up.
Just as she was about to pick up the stone, it disappeared.
"Huh?!" She shrieked in horror as the limp body of the celestial mage got en-cloaked in a harsh light.
"What's... happening?" She trailed off as her and her comrades took a step back. Suddenly, the light became stronger and stronger until no one could see any more.
Finally, the light dimmed down and their vision was restored. Everything looked the same as before... Everything apart from Chrysanthemum. What was in the place of once weak young girl, stood a Demon.