Mashyuu and Ageha: Bar room Brawl.

The past few weeks had been nothing but chaotic for Mashyuu. From going on a strange blind date for charity, to clearing out an old crypt full of treasures owned by the first Wizard Saints, to being approved to take his B rank Exam. Mashyuu just couldn't seem to catch any time to himself. So when he did manage to get away he left his pet Earth Elemental in his room back at the Guild Hall and headed out to Magnolia's Midnite Cruiser, a small bar that wasn't well known to many aside from those who actually really liked to drink in peace. Mashyuu had stumbled upon it the last time he was in town, but didn't say a word to anyone about the place.

He sat at a small table with a black bottle in his hand, slowly sipping the whisky and watching the eight other patrons in the small wooden establishment. Their was a small amount of light coming from the corners of the place, while a magical lacrima played some slow and depressing music. A man at the counter washed out a glass with a clean towel.

Mashyuu wasn't actually impressed with anyone in the bar aside from one woman who had fair amount of magical power to her. The Earth Slayer sat hunched with his mothers brown jacket over his shoulders, watching the woman intently with his blue eyes.

Mashyuu had been sitting there for a while watching the woman until she, at length, turned around. Her features were strikingly beautiful and she instantly caught Mashyuu's eye. Slowly he took a sip of whisky as the strangely colored haired woman turned back around. He noticed her hand and arms didn't move at all in front of her and he started to chuckle. Apparently he was making her uneasy for whatever reason.

"Hey Wizard, come here." Mashyuu shouted out and waited until the woman at least looked back then called out again. "You have nothing to worry about from me. Besides this chair here is lonely." Mashyuu struck the chair across from him with his foot, sliding it out from under the table.

The single door on the side of the building chimed open and ten men in dark robes entered, crowding around a table. They each had hoods pulled up over their heads, masking their faces while the garments were pulled over their forms. A small woman came around to the table and took their orders then scurried to the back of the bar to get their drinks.

The way everyone turned towards Mashyuu made him grin for a moment and he could tell that the woman was clearly uncomfortable. He chuckled lightly until the other Wizards came into the room. By this time Mashyuu had a small stack of clashes turned upside down and going up in a half triangle. His brown hair blew softly as a light wind came through until the door was shut again.

Suddenly the silver haired woman turned around and swiftly sat at his table. It looked like she didn't get out much, more or less talk to others. "...Hi Ageha Mohra. I'm just going to call you Ageha for now if that's alright. I'm Mashyuu, Sabertooth Wizard. I called you over because I want to drink with a fellow Magic user." Mashyuu explained and noticed that the beautiful woman didn't have a drink.

He raised his hand and pointed at the bartender then back to his table. The man behind the bar came around with two glasses and a bottle of Bourbon. Mashyuu poured her a glass and one for himself then took a shot.

"Ya know you shouldn't call yourself names under your breath. It sounds bad." Mashyuu pointed to his ears that were twitching and then to his sharp fangs. "Dragon Slayer. I have really good senses. Including hearing." Mashyuu pointed out while pouring himself a second shot.

Mashyuu wasn't feeling drunk at the least. The man was used to having a few drinks from time to time but he did notice the way his drinking friend started to blush. The brown haired man half smiled at her and took another drink. "No it's cool that you don't know how to talk to people. I can get that way too. The only reason I can even talk to you is because I have had a few drinks." Mashyuu was lying but he figured it would make her feel better.

"....I think it's my lucky day. I actually get to drink with someone who doesn't look like a bartender or smell terrible. Thanks for coming to sit with me." It was cute how she couldn't hold her whisky and a little endearing to the Earth Slayer. He raised his glass and took another shot. "Just got the news from my Guild Master that I have done enough jobs to be considered B rank. So I thought a drink would be fun. How about you sweetie?"

Mashyuu leaned forward and grinned at the beauty sitting across from him as she downed another shot. "You aren't making a fool of yourself." He replied while watching her carefully. The moment she hiccuped he started to laugh a little. He hadn't realized it but he was getting just a little smashed too. The ring on his finger started to scream in his head. "Stop drinking!" It shouted.

When she leaned back after saying he knew how to sway women Mashyuu nodded once. "Yeah, I do try." He poured himself one more shot and he took it in stride while she shook her hair lose. Her story of how she came to be at the bar was a little strange but all things considered Mashyuu couldn't find any actual fault with it. He watched while she bumped into one of the robed men behind them and his blue eyes gleamed at one of the men before the men in black robes started to point and talk among one another. "Yeah I'll keep an eye on you. Not hard to do at all." Mashyuu replied while behind his sudden date, the men in black robes started to stand up and walk around the pair...

"Oh, and what do we have here? " Ageha's muffled voice resonated from within the safety of her crossed arms. Although not entirely there, she was still able to distinguish the sound of multiple footsteps drawing closer and circling around them. By the time she found it necessary to look up they'd already been surrounded by the robed men, their intentions most-likely all but good. From her seated position she could easily peek underneath their hoods, distinguishing dangerous eyes within battered faces from the shadows. "Uh-oh..." she muttered, her voice sounding more uncaring than worried, which she actually was, even regarding her current state. Then again, she didn't really mind a good fist fight once in a while, as that was clearly what these scary-looking people were after.

"Mashyuu... I presume you like the occasional brawl, right?" Ageha asked, entirely disregarding the lingering threat of the imposing circle of foul-mooded wizards. "Because I kinda have this faint feeling that we--ack!" A sudden dizziness made her grab her head, while a stinging sensation on her neck made her cringe in pain. The memory of searing pain flashed by, followed by the touch of cold upon her skin. The man behind her had drawn his knife and, upon being ignored by the silver-haired woman, decided to make his presence known again by sliding his knife down her neck. Unbeknownst to the man, he'd slid said knife down the large scar hidden underneath her hair; a scar of which every touch brought about past memories of pain, and a retaliation of pure anger.

A menacing aura started enveloping her, like a dark fire trying to usurp a mere branch, yet the man behind her did not falter. He better should've, for the next moment he was tilted into the air, his robe tearing up and his arms starting to show small cuts. Struggling to get free the man kicked and moved about, but all to no extend. The only things he got were the undivided attention of the people around him, as well as the growing seriousness of his wounds. His neighbouring companions startled as Ageha suddenly jumped up and turned, using her chair as a baseball bat to send the captured man flying into the nearest wall. The impact dented the wall, whilst the human projectile laid at the bottom of said wall, knocked unconscious. The circle of robed men stared at the large dent for a few moments before they turned their attention back to the small woman, who on her turn stared back at them with blood-shot eyes. A smile escaped the silver-haired drunk, who oddly enough seemed quite sober if one didn't pay attention to the red blush on her cheeks. "Hehe. Oh, don't look at me like that, the guy had it coming! Just as the rest of you, for that matter... So, who's next, hhmmm?" Her voice was soothing and her smile reassuring, but her eyes did not share that smile. Those crimson eyes gazed upon her opponents with contempt and glistered with murderous intent. At that moment one of the female members realized that they weren't dealing with that scaredy-cat from a few minutes ago anymore. Those eyes were those of a true-born predator... And they had been selected as her prey.

Mashyuu winced when the beautiful woman suddenly smashed a chair into a man behind her and the man was sent sailing into a wall before he crumpled to the ground. Mashyuu felt bad because the girl looked like she had just gotten cut but Mashyuu wasn't sure if she was actually hurt. The Earth Slayer couldn't help but cackle and smile at the woman in front of him. "Who doesn't like a good fight huh?"

Swiftly the Earth Slayer shot up and brought both arms up and into the jaws of two men. Mashyuu's hands grabbed the back of the men's hoods and he leaned forward, flipping the men onto the table and causing them to smash it apart.

Mashyuu spun around in time to see the other wizards all take a few steps back. At first he thought it was because they were afraid but soon they started to link hands and cast a spell. "Unison raid.... Get out!" Mashyuu called out and jumped backwards, knocking his new found friend backwards as a spell went off where the two were standing. They landed just behind the men and next to the closed door. "We need to get into the open."

A lot had happened in just a few short moments, but when it was all said and done Ageha had somehow managed to show she was a complete bad ass and knew how to fight with the best of them and she flew Mashyuu up to a rooftop to evade the dark mages coming for them. She shouted for Mashyuu to lead the way and he narrowed his blue eyes while shrugging his shoulders. "What do you want me to do about it? I don't come to this town so much that I can figure out where to go just by running over the roofs. But I suppose straight ahead is better than nothing."

Mashyuu took Ageha's hand and started to run over the roofs, tile and wood creaking under the pairs weight. The Earth Wizard focused his magical energy and extended his palm towards the sky, casting a spell he had never used before. From his palm a large man sized shadow erupted and took on the form of a winged demon with razor sharp talons but no visible eyes. "Hell Brood, fly ahead and show me the safest way to get to the outskirts of town!" Mashyuu ordered. On command the creature flew off into the night just barely visible even to the Dragon Slayer. Behind the pair Mashyuu could hear many footsteps falling behind the pair. "Keep going, I'm right behind you!" Mashyuu shouted and slid to a stop while turning to face his foes.

A benefit of being linked with the Shadow demons was the ability to use the creatures powers as his own. Mashyuu opened his mouth and exhaled while shouting. "Dark Matter!" The result was a blast of dark energy that launched out and slammed into two men, sucking them into a black hole and launching the two dark wizards off the rooftops. Three more men jumped up to give chase and Mashyuu rolled his eyes. He needed to put more distance on the Dark Wizards. He lifted his left leg and slammed it hard into the roof he was under, causing it to smash apart and collapse under him. Mashyuu managed to back flip and catch up to Ageha four buildings over.

"Come on." Mashyuu called out and grasped Ageha's hand firmly. He jumped down and landed just under the Hell Brood as it flew down to greet both Mashyuu and the silver haired woman. "Master, this one is a hottie. Are you taking her home?" It asked and Mashyuu shook his head, the alcohol taking a little effect on the Slayer. "...What? No, Yes,... Maybe if she needs a place to stay. We are being chased. Either help or get back in my shadow." Mashyuu replied and ran into the forest. What he didn't know was that the order of the Tenth Element, a dark guild that had been hunting Mashyuu for years had been set up in the forest. The Wizards that were chasing the pair appeared all around the two, some drawing weapons while others started to cast terrible spells.

"Any good in a fist fight sweetie?" Mashyuu asked and snarled while letting his eyes bounce between various foes. Suddenly four blasts of light came at the duo and Mashyuu shouted out while lifting his arms up. "Earth Dragons Stone Pillars!" The ground rumbled and four tall and large stone poles shot up, blocking the blasts and remained standing.

Hell Brood, the monster from the shadow realm struggled against Ageha and her squeezing in vain. The monster used it's eyeless gaze and Mashyuu felt it burn into the Slayer in a strange way. Blue eyes looked envious of the hug that Ageha gave his summon but Mashyuu simply turned away and let his new found friend hug his shadow. At least this woman hadn't tried to kill him... Yet.

The two traveled for a time until they were attacked by Wizards in dark robes. Mashyuu blocked a set of attacks and Ageha sprung into action. Her strikes were powerful and clean, every motion she made was flawless and had a clear intent. Mashyuu was a brawler but she was a trained fighter.

He wasn't sure if he could match her sheer skill but he could for sure match her power and then some. The Wizard rushed to her side and glanced at the beauty. "I don't kill... But I cripple." He responded. Mashyuu balled up a fist as three men came rushing at the duo. "Check it babe. Earth Dragons Stone Fist!" He shouted and the ground under him rose up and formed a clenched hand twice the size of Mashyuu. It waited for a moment then slammed into all three men, knocking them over in one fell swoop.

The three wizards were sent flying through the air and splattered against a tree, sliding down it in pain. Mashyuu winked and extended his palm. From the shadow his arm created a large snake like creature rose up and it's dark red eyes looked at Ageha and Mashyuu. "Sin... Feeding time." The monster rushed forward gleefully, and chomped on a Wizard who started to run. The monster ripped the Wizard back to Mashyuu and tossed the man at the pairs feet in a bloody heap.

"Hey! Who the hell are you calling babe--" Ageha snapped as Mashyuu said those words, summoning a massive earthen hand at the same time and manipulating it to punch the incoming mages back to whence they came. The silver-haired mage felt like beating the hell out of her companion just for giving her this horrid nickname. Not that it might not fit her, she just didn't like people calling her by any other name than her own. So when she was about to raise her bloodied fist towards the dragon slayer, he did something that made her stop halfway, mouth gawking as he disformed the shadows with his arms, creating a magnificently large and rather horrendous snake-like creature from it.

"Oh mother of the Unholy-- what the heck is that awesome thing?!" She exclaimed, pointing at the giant snake as it went and devoured one of their fleeing opponents, throwing his pitiful remains in front of their feet. She glanced at Mashyuu, the bloody mess before her, and then back at the shadowy creature in the distance and grinned brightly. Without a second thought, which actually seemed more like an instinctive move rather than something one would spend thoughts on, the silver-haired mage dashed off towards it, spearheading a tackle into the creature's abdomen and vigorously hugging it. Truly odd, seeing such a small character actually swinging such a large summon as if it was a mere ragdoll.

Meanwhile every mage still capable of running had taken advantage of this situation and high-tailed it out of here, safe from the three that Mashyuu had slammed against a tree, and the near-death twosome she'd taken down. Looking back on it, she'd made a bloodier mess of this fight than this little cute shadowy thingy...uh, snake here. Without further ado, and with no consent whatsoever of the enormous summon, Ageha stampeded back to Mashyuu's side, Sin still clasped within her arms's steel grip. He seemed more like a stuffed toy in the arms of an overjoyed little girl rather than a fearsome creature that ventured through shadows.

"Hey Mashyuu! You could've said so if you had more of these cuties, ya know? Are there any more? Oh, and can you show me? Pleaaaaaaase?" The focus she once had regarding the battle had disappeared, melted like snow within the sun. Her eyes sparkled eerily as she gazed at the Earth Dragonslayer, her thoughts hopeful.



((Sorry for the extremely long wait! I'll make sure to post more frequently from now on!)

Sin found himself suddenly hugged by the busty beauty and started to gag, his entire body was in essence his throat. He glared at Mashyuu, a sign that he might attack the woman and really hurt her. Before he could even open his mouth to bite the woman she dragged it over to Mashyuu, demanding if he had any more of the beasts to show her. Mashyuu lifted a brow as if to ask if now was really the best time to be talking about that and nodded up and down. "Yeah I have one more I can summon at the moment but not right now. Lets get one of these guys to keep alive right? How about that one?" Mashyuu asked while pointing to one Wizard who wasn't running, instead standing in his dark robe, watching the Wizards. He pulled his hood back and dropped the robe to reveal a large suit of razor blade edged armor. He wore a mask that looked like a skull and took up a fantastic fighting stance similar to Muy-Tai. "Yeah I'm gonna need a kiss too. Ya know. For science and stuff."

Mashyuu glanced at the man in armor then walked forward to stand in front of his current ally who was choking out his shadow Summon. Mashyuu snapped his fingers and caused the creature to vanish into a puff of smoke. "Get serious, we have a tough guy to take down." Mashyuu ordered. His tone becoming suddenly serious as he sensed the magical power coursing through his foe. The ring on his finger could barely register the man's magical power meaning he was at least A rank in skill. Mashyuu licked his lips and took his own strange fighting stance, legs sweeping low and apart, to keep him planted firmly on the ground. "Mountain Stance..." He whispered while snarling. The foe could actually move Mashyuu but it would still be hard.

The Slayer smirked at the woman and placed his sight back on the foe at hand. The man in Razor bladed armor remained mostly still, giving the Light Wizards the first move. Mashyuu glared and raised his hands to his chest while chanting softly. "Stone Gauntlets..." Rocks shot up around the Wizards forearms and hands to form strong gauntlets. Without Warning Mashyuu breathed in air and the ground around him ripped up and sailed into his mouth. The Wizard charged forward while chewing and restoring his magical power. Leaping up the Slayer punched out with his left arm to try and cold cock the Man with his gauntlet covered fist. The man lifted his palm effortlessly and flicked it to block and throw Mashyuu aside like a rag doll into a solid tree. Mashyuu went sailing through the air and slammed into the large oak tree, cracking it with his body and knocking it over from the force of the impact as he fell over and remained motionless...