Melody calmly placed her fist into her palm, trying to remember what it was she could do with this magic of hers she could just barely remember. "What as it…Silver Make….uhm…uh…" Melody them stomped her foot in frustration, highly annoyed that she couldn't remember her own magic. "Ugh! This is pointless!"
"Relax," Kagura said calmly, watching Melody from a distant.
"I-I can't! It's too frustrating…!" Melody replied, crossing her arms, puffing her cheeks out with a frown.
"That's why you have to relax, calm yourself, and try again," Kagura said while crossing her arms.
Melody sighed, nodding slowly as she tried again, calmly placing her fist into her palm, allowing her body to relax. She took a deep breath, and looked forward towards a bunch of targets. "Silver Make: Arrows!" A silver magic circle appeared in front of Melody, releasing several silver arrows onto the targets. The arrows landed on the targets, but not on the bull's-eye, which caused Melody to huff a bit. "Darn it…!"
"It's a start," Kagura nodded slowly, moving her hand to move some of her hair out of her face. "With practice, you'll be able to hit them."
"Thank you, Kagura-san!" Melody nodded cheerfully, giving Kagura a warm smile.
Kagura nodded as a response, thinking to herself for a few seconds and returned inside Mermaid Heel, where Risley was waiting with important news. "Did you find anything out?"
"Her past is pretty dark," Risley replied with a nod. "There's nothing much to go off of, but it seems as though she wasn't the best person before she lost her memory."
"I see…" Kagura crossed her arms, tapping her foot slowly.
"What do you think we should do with her?" Risley asked.
"We'll wait and see what happens…" Kagura replied, looking back out the window to see Melody getting the hang of her magic slowly. "It's the only thing we can really do."
As the two mages conversed, a faint memory crossed Melody's memory, causing her to stop. She didn't know what the memory even was, but she winced as she rubbed her stomach. "A stomach wound...?" Melody said quietly to herself.
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Rugal continued his trek though Tenoru Island; surprised at the lack of activity on it. There were animals, but they seemed to be hiding from him. "Hm…" Rugal said to himself as he arrived at the base of the large tree that practically made the island. "This is the area…now, where is the body…?"
"There's nothing he can do with those bodies…why waste his time coming here to look for them in the first place…?" Mavis thought to herself.
Rugal continued walking until he noticed…something off. It was a body, but it seemed as though it had merged with the ground, as plants were growing over the somewhat decaying body. "Hm…this one looks a little more difficult…" Rugal extended his arm slowly, opening his palm, facing Azuma's body. Rugal then formed a portal around Azuma's body, drawing it in to the portal, and the closed it, shrinking it to the size of marble, which he placed into his pocket. "Now, to report back to Dait…" Rugal nodded to himself as a portal appeared under his feet, drawing him in, and teleporting him out.
"That's not good…" Mavis said to herself. "I have to warn them..."
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At White Eclipse, Jaxon was just finishing up reading the newspaper, a deep frown on his face. At the same time, Waiston and Kuro walked into the room, both original members noticing the look on his face. "What's wrong, Jaxon?" Waiston asked.
"Oi, Waiston, Kuro…" Jaxon started. "Did you read the news?"
"News?" Kuro asked, tilting his head slightly while consuming a bowl of noodles. "No, why?"
"Oh, well, it appears that people have been getting killed in Magnolia in the middle of the night by an assassin…" Jaxon said.
"W-What?" Waiston was taken aback by the news. "An assassin?"
"Yeah, it's been quite a string of murders, too…" Jaxon said.
"I wonder who could do such a thing…" Kuro said with a heavy frown. Just then, the front doors opened; Takeru and Arc walked in, no injuries, fresh, quite a sight considering what the two had gone through. "Takeru-san! Arc!" Kuro said with a smile.
"Hello," Takeru said with a slight wave. A bullet then raced towards Takeru's arm, but he was just fast enough to avoid it. "What the hell!?"
"Stand still and take your punishment," Reve said from the second floor, a simple pistol in his hand.
"Punishment…?" It took Takeru a few seconds to register what Reve meant until it hit him…literally. A bullet slammed into Takeru's right pectoral, but it was nothing lethal, just a powerful hit, which caused Takeru to stumble back. "O-Oh…dammit…that…yeah…"
"You too, Arc," Reve said, shifting his pistol to Arc, who just stood there, nodding. Reve fired the pistol, sending a magical bullet at Arc's head, which made contact; though the demon slater didn't react. "Tch…You two are just lucky the old man's busy, and that Sidney is currently away on a mission."
"Lucky us…" Takeru said while rubbing his arm.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure they catch wind of this too," Reve said with a smirk before walking off.
"Welcome back, you two," Jaxon said with a nod. "I know it was against the rules, but how did the missions go?"
"They went fine," Takeru replied quickly, looking over at Arc before rubbing the back of his head. "I have to go…do something…yeah…" Takeru then walked out the front doors, and into his tower, Arc following behind him.
"That was odd…" Waiston tilted his head slightly.
In the tower, Takeru sat on his bed, sighing just slightly as he looked up at Arc. "I had to do it, you know…"
"I know," Arc replied with a nod. "Well, you didn't have to, but I am thankful that you did…"
"I'm not sure how I'm going to tell the others without worrying them," Takeru said while looking down at the floor.
"How much time do you have?" Arc asked while crossing his arms.
"About a year," Takeru responded, letting out a heavy sigh after.
"I see…" Arc simply nodded.
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"I'll make this quick, Evanee!" Flynn said with a smirk, stretching his legs out as he stared down the ace of Twilight Zone with a confident smirk.
"It'll be the other way around, watch…" Rylo said with a snicker to one of the other members of Twilight Zone, a female with blonde hair that reached down to the center of her back, green eyes, and she wore a green, sleeveless shirt, along with green pants to match. This was Melanie Hasani of Twlight Zone, and she was yet another Dragon Slayer, a water one, to be exact.
"Go Fynn! Go Evanne!" Melanie said with a cheerful tone.
"It'll be interesting to see if he can put his money where his mouth is in terms of his speed," Yet another member spoke. Alexander Khan, specialist in War God magic, said. Alexander's standard outfit consisted of a small gray vest that had two gauntlets on his arms, a green shirt, and black pants. His hair was short and black, only reaching down to his neck, and a small part of it was a different color, a lightish green, if you would.
"You can do it, Evanee-chwan!" Another female said. This female had long seaweed-green hair that reached down to her waist, and brown eyes. This girl's full name was Tsami Julie Vasquez the III. A mouthful, right? Well, she prefers to be called Sam, and she is a mage of light manipulation.
"I told you to stop calling me that..." Evanee said with a slight groan over to Tsami.
Next to Sam, there was yet another male with a top hat, though his was slightly tilted, revealing his red eyes, and his snow white hair. This male was Taranis, the Lightning Demon Slayer of Twilight Zone. "He can move faster than she can blink, but she's the ace here as well...I wonder how effective his speed will be..." Taranis said to his other guild mates.
"Well," another male said; this one much different from the rest. He had slightly gray hair, and light purple eyes; though the color depended on the lighting. He also reached to about 6"2, which was just a few inches taller than Flynn. This male was the master of Twilight Zone; Caelestis. "Ev is no easy opponent, obviously. And I think Flynn could do a lot better in the speed department."
"Try to keep up…!" Flynn got into a running position, and then blasted forward. His speed was impressive…to a normal mage that is. As soon as Flynn reached the stone dragon slayer, he threw a hard kick to her side, just wanting to test the waters.
Evanee merely sighed, but she made sure to keep her eyes on Flynn. She brought her arm up just in time to block Flynn's kick, causing Flynn's leg to hit her forearm, not even leaving a bruise, or any mark for that matter. "Is that all?" Evanee reared her own fist back, stones starting to surround it; she then threw her stone fist at Flynn's face, landing a direct hit.
"Gah..!" Flynn, though as fast as he may be, had no time to react to the stone fist Evanne threw at him, so he slid back across the gravel, eventually turning into a tumble, but he caught himself, shaking off the impact slightly. "Whoa…that hurt…" Flynn got into a running position yet again, this time planning something else. "Try this…!" Flynn speed off once again, this time like a blur. Only this time he didn't appear in front of her, no, this time he circled around the ace, aiming a high kick to the back of her head; Flynn was slightly taller than Evanee, and he made use of his height advantage to ensure he landed the hit. "Got'cha!"
Evanee stood still as Flynn ran forward; she felt the gush of wind left behind as Flynn ran behind her, and that was all the indication she needed to know what the speeding mage was planning next. "Good effort," Evanee said while shifting her upper body to the side, just avoiding the kick Flynn sent. Without looking, Evanee then leaned back, slamming her elbow into Flynn's chest, causing Flynn to stumble back once again, panting heavily.
"D-Darn it…she's predicting my movements by using them against me…In that case…" Flynn smirked as a magic circle appeared under him. This magic circle created a field that slowed down everyone's perception of time, making Flynn appear much faster than he already was. "Keep up…" Flynn smirked, charging at Evanne once again, circling around to her front, and actually landed a punch to her midsection, causing her to take a tiny step back, leaving Flynn smirking. "I landed a hit!" And just like that, another stone fist slammed into Flynn's stomach, forcing him to double over. His speed and attitude got the better of him, and left him open for two hits, the first which already happened, and the second, which was another fist to his face, sending Flynn tumbling across the gravel, now in KO.
"That was fast…" Alexander blinked a few times.
"They both did great!" Melanie said with a smile.
"He lasted about…two minutes." Rylo nodded.
With a yawn, Evanee nodded towards the unconscious Flynn, and then stepped back inside the guild. "Someone pick him up."
Tarnaris watched as Evanee went back inside, his eyes on her posterior. "Do she got a booty...?" Tarnaris said to himself with a slight smirk. "She doooooo..."