The OC I'm going to introduce in this chapter is courtesy of the following user:

Kuroko Minato (dxer1116)

Anyway, I hope you all enjoy the chapter!

September 7, X790

The morning sun was rising in the town of Roseshade. Spiral was asleep in his recently acquired apartment. It was an okay looking place close to the town square going for 80,000 J a month. He had complemented the room with a couch big enough for three people, a small table in front of it for eating, a small kitchen and bedroom with a one person bed. Spiral was still sleeping in his bed wearing his regular clothes, minus his jacket and shoes, seemingly having a peaceful dream.

(Spiral's Dream)

A young Spiral was playing around with several children, most notably a little girl with blonde hair.

The dream fast forward a bit to a town set on fire and townspeople being slaughtered. Spiral was crying and started screaming out loud.

The dream fast forward again to the sight of a massive number of people being encased in ice or impaled by ice spikes.

(End Dream)

Spiral shot up from his sleep and started breathing heavily. He appeared to have broken out in a cold sweat and wiped his forehead.

"… What's wrong, Spiral?" A female voice next to him asked.

"Huh?" Spiral turned to see that Hikari was lying in his bed in her light blue undergarments.

The sight of her so close to him wearing so little caused him to blush and fall out of his bed.

"H-Hikari!" Spiral exclaimed. "W-what are you doing in my bed?! And how did you get in here?!"

"I simply told the landlord I was your guild mate and asked him if I could have a spare key for emergencies." Hikari answered, sitting up in the bed.

"Could…" Spiral said, stretching his hand out to block the sight of Hikari's half-naked body, but he could feel himself try to get a look at her body. "Could you put some clothes on, please?"

"Please, you already saw me naked. And you don't have to be a gentleman around me. I know you have a crush on me."

"W-what?! No-o, I don't!" Spiral continued to blush furiously.

Hikari simply giggled. "All right… I'll get dressed."

"O-okay, I better take a bath." Spiral said.

Spiral turned his body toward the bathroom, but some instinct within him caused him to turn back and look at Hikari. His eyes gazed at her partially nude body, wandering from curve to curve. Just as Hikari had put her shirt back on, Spiral quickly turned back around and walked into the bathroom. Hikari looked back and smile.

*He totally looked at me.* Hikari thought, putting her skirt on.

At the guild hall, Sakura was on the second floor looking at the available S-Class requests with Flora standing right next to her.

"Hmmm…" Sakura said as she kept looking over the jobs. "I think… This one!"

Sakura pulled off one of the fliers.

"What's the job?" Flora asked.

"I have to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the people of Greenwynne." Sakura answered. "And the pay is almost as good as our last job. Come on, let's go!"

"If you're going on a job, can I go with you?" Aura asked from the first floor.

Sakura looked down from the staircase. "I… I was hoping to finally go on a job on my own."

"I've already proven myself to be a valuable asset to you." Aura said. "Our magics complement each other, so I don't see any reason I shouldn't come along."

"Can I come along, too?" Aqua asked as she walked up to Aura. "I could use some S-Class experience."

"I could use some experience, too." Heart spoke up.

"Maaan…" Sakura groaned. "I really wanted to finally do a job on my own. Just as long as we don't have to take the train again."

Sakura, Flora, Aura, Aqua and Heart were all taking the train to the town nearest to Greenwynne. Sakura lied on the seat again looking like she was going to puke at any moment.

"Trains…" Sakura said. "Why does it have to always be trains?"

A while after Sakura and the others left, Spiral and Hikari had arrived at the guild hall.

"You can pick the job this time, Hikari." Spiral said.

"Okay." Hikari said as she went over to the request boards.

"We're going to take this job." Lionel said at another table to Eden and Volt.

Spiral caught on to their conversation.

"What is it?" Eden asked.

"Apparently there's a hundred year old snow spirit living in the mountains around Northdell." Lionel stated. "But it's S-Class, so we'll have to-"

Spiral had walked up to them with a serious look on his face. "I'm going with you."

"Huh?" Both Lionel and Eden were somewhat confused.

"Hikari!" Spiral said to her. "Change of plans, you can pick the next two jobs!"

"Huh?" Hikari turned back to Spiral.

"We'll be your S-Class wizards accompanying you on this job." Spiral said. "There aren't any trains heading in that direction, so we'll have to head there on foot even though it'll take a few days."

In the empty town of Greenwynne, a boy with spiky indigo hair up to his shoulder, lazy emerald eyes with lines below his eyes, lightly built body, wearing a black sleeveless shirt, an open purple vest and dark green pants, a ruby necklace and carried staffs and wards behind his back was walking through the lifeless town.

"Why is this place… so quiet?" The boy wondered.

He kept walking until his eyes widened at the next sight he witnessed. It was a mountain of corpses piled in the center of town. He walked over to them and examined the corpses.

"These poor people…" The boy muttered. "I better prepare a ritual so they can rest in peace."

Sakura, Flora, Aura, Aqua and Heart were all walking on a path to the town of Greenwynne.

"What do you think might have happened to the townspeople?" Heart asked.

"Maybe they were all attacked by ghosts and dragged to the underworld." Flora joked.

"Please don't joke about things like that!" Aura exclaimed, now starting to get afraid.

As the group finally arrived at Greenwynne, they saw the boy standing in front of the mountain of corpses.

"Who are you?" Sakura asked.

The boy turned around and saw the girls. Upon seeing Sakura, his eyes widened as did Sakura's eyes.

"… Sakura?" The boy muttered.

"Are you the one responsible for this?!" Aqua asked.

The boy's attention was suddenly drawn to outside the town and ran toward it.

"Wait a minute!" Aqua shouted as she started to give chase after the boy.

"Sakura, what's wrong?" Flora asked Sakura.

"That… that boy…" Sakura said. "It couldn't be… could it?"

"Sakura, you know that boy?" Aura asked.

"Yeah, it was a long time ago." Sakura answered with a sad expression on her face. "He's my old friend… Kuroko Minato (Age 14). My family is fairly wealthy and Kuroko was the son of our gardener. I remember how we all used to play together… Until the day I met Fleuressca…"

(Flashback)

A younger Sakura and Kuroko were playing in the forest together.

"Ahahaha!" Both kids laughed as they chased each other.

Sakura lunged at Kuroko and they both fell to the ground.

"Tag! Now you're it!" Sakura said.

Sakura got off of Kuroko and the two were ready to start again.

"Ready?" Kuroko asked.

"Kuroko, can I ask you something?" Sakura asked. "Do you… like me?"

(Flashback Interrupted)

"You actually asked that?" Flora asked, trying to hold herself back from laughing.

"It was 7 years ago!" Sakura exclaimed back, turning a little red.

(Flashback Continues)

Kuroko started to blush and his voice stammered.

"Uh, mih, no." Kuroko said, his voice trembling.

"You… you don't like me?" Sakura asked, looking like she was about to cry.

"Wait, I didn't mean it like that!" Kuroko said.

"Jerk!" Sakura shouted as she started to cry and run away.

(End Flashback)

"After I stopped running, I found myself lost in the forest." Sakura said. "You already know that part of the story. But before I made it back, Kuroko was blamed for my disappearance and he and his father were banished from our home."

"It's forbidden looooove!" Flora chuckled.

"Please stop saying that." Sakura said.

"Anyway, we should probably go looking for him and Aqua." Heart said.

"I can go look for Kuroko and Aqua on my own." Sakura said. "I managed to catch some of his scent before he fled, so I shouldn't have any trouble finding him. You two stay here and investigate. Flora, let's go!"

Sakura ran off in the direction Kuroko and Aqua went in with Flora flying right next to her, right into the forest near the town and the mountains.

"Wow, I can't believe how much distance they already have!" Flora said as she continued to run.

"I hope we can get to them in time." Flora said.

Crunch!

The sound of someone biting into an apple caught the girls' attention and they looked up into one of the trees. Sitting on the branch of the tree was Foster, eating an apple.

"Oh, damn, I guess I was too loud." Foster said to himself. "Probably should have waited until you were far enough away that even your ears couldn't pick it up."

"Who are you?" Sakura asked sternly.

"That is not important." Foster replied. "But Kuroko nor I are responsible for that mountain of corpses back in town."

"Why should we believe you?" Flora asked.

Foster sighed. "I guess I have no choice." He moved his cape so they could clearly see the Crime Sorcière insignia on his shirt.

"… Is that supposed to surprise me or something?" Sakura asked.

"Don't you know anything about other guilds?!" Flora questioned. "He's a member of the independent guild, Crime Sorcière! They're a group of Dark Guild hunters that are wanted criminals!"

"But if they destroy Dark Guilds, why are they considered criminals?" Sakura asked.

"Conflict between guilds is a crime!" Flora stated. "Also, their leader is responsible for the destruction of Era 7 years ago and two others are former members of the Dark Guild Grimoire Heart. This man… Foster… There's really no background on him aside from joining the guild almost 6 years ago."

"So you know who I am?" Foster asked. "Anyway, the only reason I'm here is to see just how powerful you are, but…" Foster removed his cape. "Since you found me, I guess I can complete my mission the fun way."

"Bring it on!" Sakura slammed her fist into her palm.

"Sakura!" Flora shouted. "Have you forgotten that we have to find Kuroko and Aqua?"

"You go on ahead and look for them." Sakura said, pointing in one direction. "Just go in that direction and you should come across them."

Flora remained silent for several moments before sighing. "Fine, just be careful." Flora flew away in the direction Sakura pointed in.

Sakura and Foster stared each other down for several seconds before starting their fight.

"Forest Dragon Thorn Claw!" Sakura charged toward Foster with cherry blossom petals surrounding her right arm forming a claw.

Foster didn't move and let the attack hit him, causing an explosion.

"Did you enjoy tasting my magic?" Sakura taunted. "Huh?"

Foster was sucking up the cherry blossom petals into his mouth and swallowed it before wiping the side of his mouth.

"Tasty." Foster smirked.

"How did you-?!" Sakura was about to ask.

"I'll show you!" Foster said as he breathed in deep. "Forest God…"

"A God Slayer?!"

"BELLOW!"

Foster shot a whirlwind breath of black leaves at Sakura.

A/N: How was that reveal? Did any of you guess that Foster was a God Slayer? I hoped I portrayed Kuroko properly. Anyway, I really hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Stay tuned for next time!