As Miranda and Gilthunder were trying to go on their little excursion, someone yelled for them both. "Miranda! Gilthunder!" the persistence of the voice was getting to Miranda. So at the top of her lungs, she yelled "WHAT?!" and then a young man about Gilthunder's height came out of the shadows. This man was in silver armor with blue circles on each shoulder. He had a green belt keeping his upper torso up. On his bottom half were maroon pants with black boots completing his look. This man was named Howzer, and he has a crush on Miranda.
"Howzer? What are you doing?" Miranda asked jadedly, as she was upright like a glass mirror right now. Howzer looked softly at Miranda, and said softly "I'm sorry, Mira. I didn't mean to scare you, alright?" He said honestly. Miranda nodded and then Howzer was talking to Gilthunder about the Vaizel fighting festival. Miranda was spacing out, and when Gilthunder said take Miranda, she perked up saying "HUH?!" like a fish out of the water bowl.
"Howzer was asking if you would be up for the Vaizel Fighting Festival as I can't do it this year. Would you go in my stead, please Mira?" Gilthunder asked softly to the easibly scared Miranda. "What about our little excursion?" She asked, in a tone that he knew all too well. "Miranda, I can take care of it. Please have some fun, you don't get to treat yourself all that often." When Gilthunder was explaining that, Miranda belted out in a humongous smile. "You mean it? Are you sure you won't need me?" as she was saying that, Howzer got his heart in a knot. "I'm sure, Mira." Gilthunder smiled at her.
Miranda sighed really huge, and did a little jig. "Restless, Miranda?" Howzer asked, jokingly. "Of course not, Howzer!" Miranda playfully smacked his shoulder, and while she was doing that, he was smirking like a little schoolboy. When Miranda wasn't looking, Howzer started smirking to Gilthunder. Gilthunder just shrugged it off like it was nothing.
"MIRANDA!" There was a loud booming voice belonging to a young woman. There, standing in the distance was a speck of pink and white. Miranda groaned, as she knew that voice and her and that voice didn't get along all that well. A young woman around the age of 16 came up to the trio of people.
"Guila." Miranda said crisply, yet ferociously at the pink and white clad woman. "Miranda. We both have a mission together." Guila, who was in all pink said. "Gilthunder, I'll be back. Howzer, I'm going to that festival with you, whether you like it or not!" Miranda exclaimed, and then Miranda and Guila went to Dreyfus. While on the way, they both were quiet with rigid postures. Miranda was already a quiet woman, but when she finds somebody that she doesn't like she starts to become quiet.
Miranda and Guila were in Dreyfus's office, and Miranda let out a laugh to herself. She was being looked at crazily, but she was also listening to what was happening around her. Her and Guila were to go the Necropolis with Hellbram. Miranda stood up when they were finished, and Dreyfus said "Miranda, this is going to be a little dangerous. I don't want you going too risky. Do you understand that?" Dreyfus asked Miranda. Miranda smirked and said "I understand it completely, Grandmaster Dreyfus." She said, and waved to her grandmaster. Guila was out in the hallway waiting for the resident crystal-user.
When Miranda went out into the hallway, Guila stood from her position. They both got to each other, and they nodded. They walked out of the castle, and went to the mission that they were each going to.
When they both got there, Guila automatically went to a couple of little kids. One older than the other, but they looked like brother and sister. Guila and Miranda stood there, with Miranda's expression a little softer than Guila's. "How do we get into the Necropolis, hmm?" Guila asked, and the kids said that they would probably die in order than to give up information about getting into the Capital of the Dead. The girl was having complications, and Miranda just stood there, having no idea what to do whatsoever. "MIRANDA!" Guila yelled, currently concerned for the resident crystal-user. Miranda looked up at the fire-user, and nodded.
Miranda sliced herself with one of her crystals, putting her in a near-death experience, and while she did that, Guila punched herself so hard for the same experience. Pink flowers made a cyclone around them, and then they went into a crystal wonderland for Miranda.
"Are we...?" Miranda asked Guila, and Guila nodded serenely. "Let's go find the princess and the Seven Deadly Sins." Guila said, and while that, Miranda nodded. Miranda saw a shimmer of orange. 'DIANE!' Miranda thought, and Guila was hot after her heels, while that was happening, Miranda decided to follow Guila without question. "You guys are very hard to track, yeah know?" Miranda asked, very casually yet maliciously, standing next to Guila, all of her weight put onto her left leg as her right leg was in pain from an unknown cause. "MIRANDA?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Ban asked, and while Ban asked, he got a crystal like needle to his face. "Getting the princess. Why else?" She said, nonchalantly, like trying to discuss the weather.
"You guys aren't getting the princess, not if I can help it!" Meliodas said, and while Meliodas was speaking, Miranda popped up instanteously and smirked. "Crystalline Orb" She said, smirking and yet smiling casually. As she said that, she put her hands up like many times before, and in her hand was a crystal orb about the size of Hawke's face. "EVERYBODY STAND BACK!" Meliodas said, yelling to everyone.
When the crystal was getting big enough thanks to Guila's distractions of the group and Elizabeth and Hawke leaving because of Meliodas's request. The crystal exploded and had thousands upon thousands of crystal needles go in a way to everyone. Guila thought up a plan, and went over to Miranda smirking serenely. "Miranda! I got an idea!" Miranda, not caring at ;this point because it was Guila, was all ears to this idea that the said girl had in mind.
Miranda and Guila started to smirk at eachother, and yelled "COMBINATION ATTACK: VOLATILE NEEDLES!" Guila rose her sword in an avant-garde motion, while that was taking place, Miranda got out a sliver of her crystalline abilities and got out a crystal the size of Elizabeth's earring. When those two combined by Miranda throwing her crystal, and Guila smirking serenely as she put up her rapier to do a burst attack. It got close enough, and when that happened, because of the impact of the explosion to the crystal, it broke into a million little pieces with a flame around the needle-like anamolies. The needles impacted to the ground and made a huge explosion. Miranda was smirking very casually, and Guila was smiling serenely dispite what had just happened. "WHAT THE HELL, MIRANDA?!" Ban was the first one speak, but Diane wasn't one to be compliant.
Guila went on and on about the giantess's strength, but she got angry and said "Sand Whirl!" When she put her hands in a motion, she put them into the earth and entrapped Guila. When that happened, Guila got out of the quicksand and Miranda wasn't paying attention enough to know Meliodas was about to strike her. When she saw a glimmer, she got out of her space-cadet mode and went back into her normal mode. "What? Oh." Miranda said, completely ignoring the fact that the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins was duelling with her.
Miranda kicked him in a roundhouse position, but he blocked her kick. She backflipped and then used Meliodas as a springboard. Diane was too busy with Guila to notice that Ban went after Harlequin, king of the Faerie's. Miranda looked at the corner of her eye, and she sighed. Meliodas started to charge at her, and she stood very still, kinda like Gilthunder would do in a battle of sorts.
"Guila!" Miranda called, bile rising in her throat from saying her name for the thousandth time that day. She held it in her throat, and then automatically started to gag. Diane and Guila looked on at her in interest, and Miranda smirked at both of them. "I'm okay!" She said, looking specifically at Guila. Guila smirked and nodded.
When a time passed, King and Ban were having a fight, and then the ghost of Ellen, King's sister came.
On the other side with everyone else, Miranda was smirking dangerously towards Meliodas. "Miranda, why are you smirking like that?" Guila asked with caution, unaware that Miranda can get a side for bloodlust. "No reason, no reason whatsoever." She said, smirking deviously still. "Meliodas, I think we should find Ban!" Diane said, and Meliodas nodded.
Hawke and Elizabeth came back to them, and Miranda smirked even wider. "Princess, if you could come with both me and my acquaintance, that would be most appreciative." Cold tones came from Miranda, and Elizabeth nodded her head 'no'. Miranda sucked in her teeth, and Guila smirked at Miranda and everybody else.
A fight broke out between King and Hellbram. That fight caused a chunk of the crystalline-looking material to come straight towards them.
In the blink of an eye, everybody was back in the world they were supposed to come to. Miranda and Guila just looked at eachother and went back with Hellbram.
They got back to the Capitol, and then went to Grandmaster Dreyfus for their mission debriefing. Dreyfus looked a little furious, but not as furious Hendrickson as he swooped down to Miranda's level. "Sir!" She cried, about to lose it with the nervous tension around them. "Miranda, could I speak to you privately?" Hendrickson asked of her, and Miranda nodded.
Hendrickson made Miranda follow him to a deserted area in the castle. Miranda gulped, knowing full well what was going to happen. "How could you leave without Elizabeth, Miranda?!" Hendrickson started a tirade, and Miranda couldn't cope with the yelling. Miranda stood there, frozen and in fear about what her commanding officer could do to her, even though she was a Diamond Rank knight. Hendrickson ended his tirade by saying this "I know how much you love Gilthunder, but take that love and make it towards a hatred towards everybody." Miranda nodded numbly and Hendrickson shoo'ed her away with tears almost in her eyes.
Miranda ran past Gilthunder and Howzer, but they ran after her. Miranda was a slightly faster runner than both of the men. Miranda wasn't paying attention, and she then realized she was in her property. She numbly fondled her bag for her keys. When she couldn't find her keys, she screamed. Long, unrelenting, and just pained screams.
While she was screaming, she didn't realize Gilthunder unlocked her door. She bolted inside and didn't realize she didn't close the door in front of the two of them. Howzer looked at Gilthunder, and they both nodded and went in to her house.
"Miranda, if you do not show yourself in your own damned house, I'll make a cyclone go over your head!" Howzer hollered darkly. Gilthunder started smirking, and then trudged in her house looking for her. "You know, Howzer, it's considered rude to make a cyclone over the proprietor of the home. But I will make a thousand needles go over your head, yours and Gilthunder's if you do not leave me alone!" Miranda retaliated, and Gilthunder went into her bedroom, where they saw her crying into her pillow.
They went into the bedroom, striding over to her bed, and sat at opposites of her form. "Miranda? What happened?" Howzer asked, sympathy radiating off of him in waves. "Yes, do tell us." Gilthunder said to the woman who was crying. "Hendrickson..." She muttered into the pillow. Howzer looked at Gilthunder and they both nodded.
Howzer stayed back to look after Miranda, while Gilthunder took care of some things he needed for Miranda. "Howzer...?" Miranda weakly said, and Howzer perked up to Miranda. "Yes, Mira?" Using her pet name, she smiled. "Do... Do you love me...?" The abruptness of the question threw him off, but he answered "Of course, but in what way, Miranda?" He asked in a tone she was not familiar with, the tones of soft honey came out.