Savior of the Drinks (The Watering Hole/ Solo)

The woman was not going to get up anytime soon, and the crowd full well knew that. Elyx jumped to Ignite before anyone else can make a move, and from there, he held up Knight Iris. Before he was going to address the men, he turned his head back to the tired Ignite. She looked like she could use a nap, and could he blame her? She just beat up the leader of the whole community designed for theft, a highly trained martial artist. Sure, she may have had a leverage with her Phoenix strength, but the woman had all of this coming, so it did not matter about fairness since the woman was indirectly asking for this. Ignite stared back at Elyx with fatigue in her eyes, but she let out a happy tired smile as she noticed that Elyx was proud of her, and he could not have been any more proud of her right now.

From there, he turned his head back to the men. "My name is Elyx Reiaki of the Bounty Hunting guild, Black Rose. This here is my partner, Ignite Rosella, the woman who has beaten up your leader. I have taken out two of your strongest men. My client requests that you no longer steal, at least his beer. If he needs to call me again, your lives will be the next thing to wipe itself off the earth. Your leader is out cold, so for now, you all follow Ignite." Elyx explained as he put his finger to Ignite, who opened her mouth with curiosity. It was the least she deserved for being so amazing and learning from his lessons. As a student, he would never imagine her to learn so quickly, and she had so much more potential.

"Me?" Ignite asked as she placed herself back up onto her feet, and everyone in the 6 men all bowed with respect towards her. "Well, Er... Hmm... All right men. We're going to bring a few barrels of beer back to it's own. Onto it! We don't have all day you know! We will get all of the beer and bring it back to the shop it belongs to!

The men were all getting as much beer as they could, none of them wanting to feel the wrath of the one who slammed their leader. In the meantime, Elyx and Ignite were on a box, trying to take care of her wounds, making sure that she was being treated. He was in his Calm Meadows form, a form designed for healing his allies. A recent weak healing form he has, but it was the best that he could do for now. At least, this time, he was able to heal her wounds to the point in which they were almost all the way cleared. The boy placed his palm over her stomach, casting a bit of green healing light from his palm. Ignite flinched a little bit, not taking it like the way Delta did, but it was probably because it was a bigger wound. This wound might not be completely healed, but if he could at least the pain it carried onto the She Phoenix, then he has done something right in his job.

Ignite closed her eyes as Elyx continued to heal her wounds, it was not an easy job for him either. If he accidentally slips, he might accidentally open up one of her wounds. And if he did, that, it was not going to be a fun walk home to say the least. Still, she was owed sort of, and so he decided to not play any pranks on her or joke about her in a way that would give her reason to hit him onto the ground. She was probably too tired for that thing anyways, and the gimmick was not longer hurting him anyways. He continued to rub the warm light onto her bloody wounds, in the meantime, the 6 men all grabbed one barrel of beer and went down to look for the shop. Finally, they were all waiting downstairs, the casino empty due to evacuation. Even all of the staff, who knew Leo would be storing beer on the upper floor? Maybe that's why he went to the casino, to see if his beer was still safe. Well, it was now it seemed.

The eight of them were now walking, almost none of them really wounded. Two bullets, a huge fight, and the blade of the Knight Iris striking into a few men. It seems nothing too devastating happened, Elyx and Ignite were injured, one more than the other obviously, but they both still needed to rest. It seems Leo would love to see that he was no longer was going to have to worry about his beet being stolen. Anxious he must have been, after all, he was literally pushed down a flight of stairs. If that happened to Elyx, he would begin to swear as if tomorrow could not come sooner. This was probably due to the fact that he would have no idea why he was pushed down the stairs.

As ambitious as the boy was when it came to rescuing his clients, there probably wasn't any excuse for what he did to Leo. To avenge the man, he was going to bring back a few barrels of beer that he must have missed so dearly, after all, that seemed to be the only drink that he cared about. The nightmare has yet to happen, maybe it was just some awful vision? Or even better, a conincidental dream that he did not want to have again. Even while drunk, he did not plan to stab Ignite, or anybody that he considers an Ally. He calls Ignite family, so he has more reason not to stab her.

Then again, according to the nightmare, the only reason why he stabbed her was due to the fact that she looked like somebody else torturing him. Would someone play mind games inhume to the point in which he would hurt her? No, someone from Shadelle would have to come to him first, meaning that the cast of the nightmare was just a form of some pretty cruel symbolism. This symbolism was not funny, but somebody else must have thought it was. These nightmares have been forcing the boy to think about his sanity, which was a cruel tactics since he already fears being hunted down by the people he hates the most.

Elyx and Ignite finally got to the shop, in which they saw Leo in, with a concerned face for the two of them when they entered the shop. He put his hands up, as if he were to surrender to something. Instead, he should be putting his hands up in victory, the two of them got the job done after all. He placed his hands up in the air, but only to put them back down when he saw the contents in the hands of the men behind the two of the Bounty Hunters. His eyes sparkled with awe and happiness, and who could blame the drunk for seeing his beet return.

"Whoa, no way. Is that honestly my..." The man asked before Elyx placed his hand on the mans shoulder. He nodded his head and the man quickly shuffled through his counter. He went beyond Leos expectations, protecting his beer was one thing, bringing it back to him was clearly another thing. He almost lost his whole raid of beer in the casino in which he was storing his beer in. Leo finally found what he was looking for, a giant bag of jewels for him and Ignite to drown themselves in, and the used to be seemingly tired Ignite's eyes shot wide open as she zipped toward the bag of money, hugging it against her cheek with excitement. It was something for her to enjoy, he did not want to spend the jewels, it was rightfully hers for defeating the boss of the operation after all.

Elyx placed his hands over his chest as he crossed them. The men who brought the beer quickly zipped away. They hopefully took Elyx's words to heart. If Leo had to call the two of them again, their lives will be the next thing to disappear from the face of the earth. Most people would treasure their lives and not do it. They would obey, and hopefully these men were smart enough to realize that. Ignite took out the leader of their group on her own. Elyx and Ignite together would cause utter chaos to the group.

The two of them left the shop with a bit of satisfaction now. Leo got his beer back and the organization for the theft of his beer and possibly more things than just that beer have been warned about the magic council and the guilds. Ignite had no bluff behind her words either, she was truly going to have the magic council involved if they did not comply, they did not even kill someone. Though she might have given that one woman some brain damage. Resistance was shown by the woman though, it was only done for the purpose of the job. The job in general was trying to get them to stop, or at least, that's one way of putting it. Another way of putting it was having revenge, but that did not mean to stop it. It all depended on the mage who read it and how they read it, Elyx decided to not look for loopholes. Instead, however, he did not do as he planned, and that was disappointing. He thought he would have gotten a free meal. Then again, they did just get a giant sack of jewels, if Ignite was willing to, maybe they could spend some of those jewels instead.

Well, sorry Ignite. We're not gonna have any free meals with anybody else there. Elyx explained to the She Phoenix, who looked at him drousily. She could not even speak back, she truly was tired. Elyx rolled his eyes at the sight, she might as well sleep on the grass below their feet. He lifted her over his shoulders, making sure to do so slowly so she would not panic. I'll carry you there. You deserve it champ. Elyx explained as he put his head back forward, the weight of Ignite still being heavy, but she needed the rest. He was no longer in Calm Meadows formation, he could have done it with enough effort and no running. That was what they needed to do. Take it easy. Jewels... Jewels... Ignite said, she seemed to be in a trance with her tone of voice. Elyx laughed a little bit, she can never seem to get her priorities straight. IT was time for them to head home.

We're now home Ignite. Go get some rest now, and I promise that we can spend as many jewels as you like tomorrow if you get a good nights sleep. Elyx explained happily as Ignite was then put back down onto her feet. Meanwhile, the boy could feel his hair, it was burning hot. Her flames were still going as hot as ever it seemed, he was lucky for not catching on fire. He did not care about any of that now, just as long as they are back home safe and sound. It seems they had to go to sleep, it was now nighttime. That was rather fun. Elyx said to himself as he smiled, watching the She Phoenix slowly going up the stairs. She was in much better condition than the woman, and she seemed to be staggering. The boy did not even want to imagine the amount of pain the woman must be going through, Ignite looked like she would be knocked into a coma for the next week. Sleep well champ! I don't wanna hear you yell "I'm tired". Because tomorrow we are going to go shopping and that's final! He exclaimed happily as Elyx put out a thumbs up to Ignite.

From there, he looked at all of the music sheets on the ground, such a huge mess for him to pick up. He then remembered his nightmare about the beer, and how it caused him to stab Ignite. This moment was not like that, but he did get involved with beer today. Maybe these were just simply dreams that had nothing to do with Shadelle. The boy had no leads, so currently, it was most likely. Still, he had no way of proving that nobody was causing this to happen to him. That is where he needs to advance further into his research. I wonder if there is someone watching me grow up. That would be scary, if I just all of a sudden turn my back around and see that someone is staring right back at me. Heh, and then they say something like "Cover blown! Cover blown!". Their head would probably be my property from that point on. The boy aid to himself as he laid his back on the couch. From there, he kicked his feet up and let out a sigh of relief.