Tatsu the messanger![Private]

The Job:

The sky was as blue as it was every day and large white clouds drifted across the sea of blue effortlessly and lazily just as they did every other day. This day seemed to be like every other day , just a day among more days...but this wasn't like any other day. No this day was a day of first times...this was the day of Tatsu's first job! It was a simple task really, deliver a letter from some guy to his beloved, it seemed like easy money really. Even though this was just a simple D - ranked job Tatsu was excited nonetheless. Walking along the dirt road the young Wizard looked down at the flier in his hand as the casually kept pace with the clouds above. "Hm, 600 Jewels just for delivering a letter huh? I wonder if it's something important." he said thinking out loud.

Not much later Tatsu arrived at a small house just outside of Magnolia Town. Inside this house waited a man known as "Doug" ,who was the client for this particular mission. Tatsu approached the house and knocked upon the door three times the awaited an answer. With haste the door swung open and standing in the doorway was a man about the age of twenty, the man wore overalls and a straw hat; he also wreaked with the smell of fish...an odor that was exceptionally harsh to the poor nostrils of our young wizard Tatsu. Tatsu took a single whiff of that disgusting fish smell and began feeling dizzy, but he managed to put on a strong face..this was his first mission and he was dead set on seeing it completed. "Hello..you're the wizard right?" the man asked, seemingly sort of panicked. Tatsu fought the urge to turn away and he knew if he opened his mouth he would probably hurl, so the best he could do was give a slight nod in reply. Then the man began speaking again "Wonderful! You see...i need you to deliver this letter" he stated, handing the wizard and envelope. "Its nothing politically important its just...a letter i wrote you see...to my dear loved one.." he went on to explain. Tatsu nodded again and took the letter looking at the full name. "To Beth Frostfryer", upon reading this Tatsu gasped.

Now, you may be asking yourself, "what sort of news could cause the young man to give such a strange reaction?" , and well the answer is simple you see. Beth Frostfryer was not just some ordinary woman, she was a star, a celebrity and idol! She was in many popular wizarding movies, most of which were winners of very prestigious awards. It seemed like no coincidence that Beth was rumored to be heading to Magnolia town to shoot some footage for the new movie she was going to be in "Wizards and Lizards" an epic story of wizards of old who had to combat dinosaurs...or something to that effect.

Tatsu looked up the man, this time his distress was one of sadness. He began to speak again "You see kid..this woman she is girl friend but i dont have time to tell her that i want to marry her because my fellow fisherman and i have to ship out later today and i wont be back some time...That letter...its my only way to propose you see! I can still give you the mone-" tatsu cut the man off then and there "Dont worry, i can hear the sincerity in your voice...I'll deliver that letter come hell or high water!" the boy assured. A tear eyed smile broke across Dougs face as he grabbed the wizards hand and shook it. "Thank you young man" he stated. Tatsu nodded and then headed off to Magnolia town!

By the time he had gotten there streets were being closed off that lead into the parks area , apparently it was going to be one of the shooting sites. Tatsu watched from the streets as many others did as well, many fans holding pictures and other things, hoping to get an autograph. It seemed like an entire sea of people were between him and the park...there was no way he could get through them all and even if he did security had entrances to the park blocked off...this job had just gotten a lot trickier....

Then an idea came to him, now would be a good time to use that special technique that he had picked up while younger...well it wasn't exactly picked up..in all honesty Tatsu couldn't quite remember how long he was able to do this but since birth he always had this special talent and many times it was a use to him, such as now. While everyone was busy pushing and fighting to get a look at the stars, Tatsu made his way behind one of the trees and put the envelope in his mouth. With a few seconds of concentration Tatsu had turned into a small squirrel! Ah yes, the power of animal transformation was indeed one that served him well in his years... Now in his small critter form he took the note in his little buck teeth and scurried up the tree and hopped his way around until he found himself within the shooting site..more precisely above Beths personal Trailer. When the coast was clear Tatsu hopped down and transformed back into his normal human state. Nobody seemed to notice him, which was quit convenient. Taking the letter out of his mouth he knocked on the door and waited for an answer.

The door slowly creaked open and a women in a light blue dress showed herself. With a smile she spoke "What can i do for you dear? Im afraid im not quite camera ready yet though?" she said with a bit of a blush. Tatsu laughed a bit and began to explain the situation then handed her the letter, After reading it she seemed as if she were ready to break down into tears, but these were tears of joy of course. The woman couldn't help but hug Tatsu for doing Doug this favor. The wizard chuckled and assured her it was no real problem at all. After drying her tears Beth handed the boy a small picture of herself. "If you happen to catch him before he leaves, make sure to give him this. Tatsu nodded and promised the woman he would. When all was said and done Tatsu headed back to the clients house to tell him the good news...but not once did tatsu look at the picture, it was non of his concern really but to this day the curiosity still haunts him. Luckily for you, im the writer and i could just tell you what was on it.


The small picture was indeed an autograph with a picture of Beth in her younger years that signed

"To the love of my life Doug, they say theres plenty of fish in the sea, but theres only one fisherman quite like you. -Beth"


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