Mashyuu and Kanix in: Tower of Rodger: Grab the Sky Ring! (Part 2 of the Rings of the Gods Series)

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Kanix chuckled as Mashyuu stated that he had once been to her former home as a means to get rid of a pesky lion that had been bothering them for many years. She was glad to see that her village was happy once more and that they were not forced to live in fear of that mighty lion anymore. Turning her blinded gaze upon the taller male, the woman give him a smile, but she hadn’t said a word to him as she did so. He would eventually find out the reason as to why she had wanted to come back to her chief’s village; though, she wouldn’t tell him. In a way, she had wanted it to be a sort of surprise to the man. Why she had wanted it to be a surprise was beyond comprehension, however. “You’re too adorable sometimes,” the woman responded to him, turning her gaze back toward the village’s main path as they entered. “You’ll also have to wait to know why I wanted to come here, but don’t worry, it’s nothing horrible, I promise you that.”

As they walked deeper into the village, they passed through the marketing area, where people were busy selling and buying wares. They paid no mind to the duo as they walked through, with Mashyuu only stopping once to purchase a violet-colored flower to place in her hair. Her right hand reached upward to lightly touch the petals of the flower, making the water a clearer color as her fingers purified it of its contamination. The petals seemingly moved at her finger’s touch, thanking her for her ability to fix what had been ailing it the moment it had been picked. Her gaze would wander from Mashyuu to the growing crowd at the center of the village, and she instantly knew who was calling to everyone. A wide smile laced her lips and she pulled Mashyuu in the direction of the storyteller, scurrying across the marketplace at a fast pace. When she stopped at the edge of the group, the man at the center pointed toward the duo and called out to them to come gather on the stage.

Pulled onto the stage by her lover, the woman confusedly watched Beanstalk inquire what had drawn them to their two guilds. He proceeded to hand them a lacrima that they were able to project their voices with, and Kanix reluctantly took it from him. She let Mashyuu go first, watching as he spoke to the crowd, and one by one the people began to drop dead to the ground. A pained cry emitted from her lips and she took a step forward, reaching a hand out to stop the people from dying, but knew she couldn’t. Her gaze raked over the fallen bodies and she dropped down from the makeshift stage, striding over to the fallen men, women, and children. “M-Mashyuu. . .” she uttered his name out, her eyes never once leaving the bodies of the fallen people as she roamed them. Another whine escaped her lips, but it was quickly silenced as Mashyuu started walking away and Kanix reluctantly followed him into the tower.

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As Mashyuu stopped in front of a wooden trap door, the water mage paused shortly behind him and peered over his shoulder to look. She watched him as he placed a hand on the door and opened it up, a loud creaking sound echoing into the air. Just as the sound had caused Mashyuu to wince from its loudness, the woman cringed at the noise as well. His words on the matter beforehand mattered the least to her right now, as the only thought on her mind was revenge on Beanstalk and the Peapods. "You're right," she murmured to him, "death isn't something that can be stopped, but justice can be brought to those who lost their lives." When she said this, Mashyuu looked to her and pulled her close, wrapping an arm around her waist and jumped down the hole. The feeling of falling wasn't the greatest, but the fall was short and she was set back on her feet in a matter of seconds.

He made a side comment about old magic, which slightly confused Kanix as she didn't know anything about old magic. In fact, she had never once thought that perhaps there was a magic out there far older than any other magic currently known. After all, magic had to have an origin just as everything did, but what that origin was, was beyond the magus's thoughts. "Old magic?" Kanix inquired, looking to Mashyuu as she spoke, curious to know how he knew what this "old magic" was. "There's magic that is older than what we currently know of? Well, I suppose that would be possible or how else would we have magic today?" Now, she was merely rambling on to herself about magic and its origins, becoming oblivious to both her husband and her surroundings. So much so that she honestly hadn't noticed the room had lit up until it was right in front of her face that she could see better.

She let her gaze wander from the lit up room to the man of her dreams, watching as he walked toward the stairs in the corner. A soft click could be heard as the stairs moved away and revealed a long row of arrows poised to fire off. In a matter of seconds, the arrows were flung from their place in the wall and heading straight for the woman. Mashyuu managed to pull up a barrier around her before the arrows had even pierced her skin, their heads crashing into to the living armor. Given time to make a great escape, the woman carved a hole out of the armor and slid to the ground, crawling across the ground until she reached the opening where Mashyuu had gone down. Kanix briefly looked around at the room before she pulled herself over the edge and dropped down to the second floor. The water mage landed heavily on the ground, nearly stumbling, but managed to catch her balanced and straighten herself.

Kanix dusted herself off and looked around at the second floor that Mashyuu and her were now on, curious to know where they were. "How far do you think they could've gone?" the woman questioned, letting her gaze rake over the area around them. It was just as the first floor, dirty, a bit rustic-looking, and overall, probably not that safe of a place to be. Luckily, there were no arrows in sight near them, so that was the better part about the second floor she supposed. She was rather sore from having army-crawled across the ground and flipped down through the hole to the second level. "Seems like they wouldn't have gotten that far with us being right behind them, but he had just up and disappeared on us." Shrugging her shoulders, the woman would start down the hallway, letting her senses guide her way through the tunnel.

The hallway would wind around the area for a while, leading them deeper into the ground the longer they followed it. So far, the place had been peaceful, nothing had disturbed them, but it was that that had set Kanix on edge. Something about this place was off to her, like it shouldn't be this eerily quiet. . . like something should be happening. Kanix kept her senses entirely alert, keeping close to Mashyuu and even weaving her hand into his while they walked. It was then that the sound of thunder echoed into the tunnels, but it was a strange sound of thunder, a constant sound. Listening to it closer, she would come to realize that it wasn't the sound of thunder at all, but of something rolling downhill. Her eyes widened in fear and she tugged on her lover's hand, "Mashyuu, there's something coming straight for us!"

The woman wasn't entirely certain as to what was heading toward them, all she knew was that it was something large and something heavy. If it was large, then it would likely bowl them over without much room to escape; if it was heavy, it would squish them. She wasn't certain how they would escape this ordeal and let go of Mashyuu's hand to feel along the walls for something of interest. Her hands skimmed the cold, stone walls, pressing against the bricks as she waited to see if a door would pop open. There had to be a trick somewhere, otherwise they were doomed to being crushed by whatever was heading there way. "I don't know where there's an exit or how we're going to get out of this situation, but if we don't, we'll be flattened like pancakes." A panic had settled in her voice, almost like she hadn't been prepared for such a situation on a job like this one.

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Here it was, Mashyuu was trying to be the one that would give her advice when, in reality, she was far more wise than he was. Kanix glanced back at the young male and only shook her head, listening to the words that meant nothing to her. She was a wild woman, a savage, she knew nothing better than what the world taught her and what her father taught her. After hearing his words she would merely revert to her teachings as a young shamaness and throw them back at him. "The earth does not belong to the man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites a family. Whatever befalls of the earth, befalls of the man because man did not weave the web of life, he is just a strand. So, whatever he does to the earth, he does to himself and by killing those people - my people - he has hurt the earth."

A hurt expression was on her face, her bottom lip quivering ever-so-slightly before she turned away from Mashyuu. "Show each person the courtesy to choose their way of life and belief then respect it for yourself, so long as it does not harm another man, animal, or Mother Earth." She licked her swollen lips and shut her eyes for a moment, blocking away tears that were threatening to fall. "They were my people, Mashyuu. . . my people and their stupid voice lacrimas killed them!" she wailed, taking her lacrima and throwing it to the ground. In one fell swoop, the woman's foot crushed the crystal beneath it, shattering it into tiny pieces until they dug into her bare foot and caused it to bleed. "I pray to the Great Spirit so that I may speak quietly the truth of the world, listen to what others have to say, and to remember that in silence there is peace. Yet, when I do this, I receive nothing but the harshness of the world and how cruel the human race truly is!"

Kanix dropped her foot back to the ground and turned toward Mashyuu, hugging him roughly and nuzzling her face into his chest. After a few moments of silence, the woman would lift her head away and look up at him, sniffling a little, but, overall, all right. "It is not that there is a man old enough to teach us the ways of magic, but that he has passed down his knowledge to another generation. That knowledge should be passed down from the descendant of the teacher to those who are the descendants of the descendant. Thus, the knowledge of magic is passed around and hence how we are taught its ways and able to wield for ourselves. If we do not wish for the world to lose its magic, then we must assure that the knowledge of it is passed down from generation to generation." She lowered her head again and nuzzled him, pleased that he was all right and that he was concerned with her well being.

"I will always be safe," she murmured into his chest, then pulled away and wove her hand into his while he answered her about Beanstalk and the Peapods. Kanix sighed and nodded, knowing that it was true they wouldn't be able to know where they were exactly in the tower. They could have any sort of magic that allowed them to move from place to place quickly and never be caught. It was frustrating to think about, but she knew with enough exploring and running through this maze, they would find them. Then they could find out why they had done what they did and why they were meant to go chasing them down. However, the ground began to rumble and a spark of fear course through her body that she wasn't all too familiar with. Her gaze flickered toward Mashyuu and she let his hand go, wandering toward the walls to feel along their structure.

As she let go of Mashyuu's hand and started feeling along the walls, he mentioned something to her about staying calm. She wasn't paying much attention to him very well, frantically letting her fingers feel over the grooves of the wall. So, she merely nodded toward him, not realizing that he said he was going to stop the boulder for himself. Once she had, however, the woman halted all of her actions and turned in the direction of where her lover had been. "Mashyuu!" she shouted after him, going wide-eyed, but not being able to see where he was or where he had gone to. It wasn't like she could just go after him either, the guy was a nutcase if he thought he could stop the boulder himself. Kanix pouted a little, but turned back to the walls and let her fingers feel along them once again, sighing unhappily.

"I won't let you get killed; Amaia needs you, no matter how much you say you're not going to get hurt," she muttered under her breath. A frown was apparent on her lips and she nearly tripped over a rock that jutted out of the ground in her frantic looking. The woman heaved a heavy sigh of frustration, only to hear the walls around her shaking, as if they were going to cave in on her. Unfamiliar with the strange sound, the woman let out a scream of terror, believing that the hallway was bound to collapse on her. She backed herself up into the wall, pressing her body as close to the stone building as she was able to get. As she did so, her fingers glided over a hidden switch in the wall, which caused a section of it to rumble and pull in on itself. When the wall moved away from its place, the action caused Kanix to stumble where she was and fall into the hole.

This alone caused her to let out another scream, one the that echoed up through the walls of the trap she had fallen through. Her hands were thrown outwards, but on neither side was she able to feel the walls; it was simply darkness and emptiness. At long last, she would break through the tunnel-like structure into a cavern below the tower, where it was still kilometers from her landing. Kanix opened her eyes and looked around, staring at the ceiling of the cave as her voice echoed around her. She then hit the water below, unable to take a breath before she had fallen into the depths of the cavern's little lake. When she resurfaced, she was sputtering and gasping for air, sore from hitting the water as hard as she had. Once she had regained her breath, the woman swam toward the nearest body of land and climbed up and onto it.

As she lifted herself up, a creaking sound similar to stretching and rusted springs echoed into the air. . .

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Coughing, Kanix sat up where she had pulled herself to land, her body soaked to the bone with water and weighing her down. She raised an arm and wiped her mouth and face off of the water, but as her sleeve was like a sponge, it only pressed more water onto her features. Groaning, the blind woman stood up, dusting off the dirt that had coated onto her gown from when she had dragged herself to safety. Water dripped to the ground in torrents, sounding like sink faucets frantically dripping from not being turned off fully. Following the groan was an exasperated sigh, Kanix weaving her hands in front of her to wring out the water from her dress. After all the water had come out of her clothing and it was completely dry again, the magus dropped the collected water back into the miniature lake behind her. Glancing around herself, she came to notice that even with the eye, given to her by Mashyuu, she was not capable of seeing.

Figuring she would be alone for a while, as Mashyuu was still preoccupied with the rolling boulder above her, she decided to explore a bit. The complete darkness wasn't new to her, so navigating the area wasn't quite as difficult as it would be for someone who was shoved into complete darkness after being able to see. However, as she was not used to how the cave was designed by Mother Nature, she often stumbled over rocks and dips in the ground. Each time her foot was caught in a rut in the ground, the woman toppled forward until she could regain her balance. It was followed by the occasional groaning, but other than that, she was completely fine and continued her exploration of the cave. That was, until she had heard the soft creaking of a sound similar to rusted springs, which caused her to hesitate in her step and listen carefully. When she stopped in her tracks, the sound stopped as well, signifying to her that perhaps something was following her.

Curiously, Kanix turned around, toward the direction she assumed that the noise was come from, but could not sense anything. In spite of her lack of being able to see, the woman tilted her head a bit, stretched forward even, as if she was looking around. The vibrations in the ground were normal as well, nothing out of the ordinary that would alert her to being followed. Shrugging it off as something from just her imagination, the woman turned away and continued on down her man-made path. Her fingers trailed along the closest wall so that she was able to feel her way around without stumbling over things. Even her bare feet were not accustomed to the strange dirt that was below them, rough and cutting into her pads. Sometimes, she had to stop as a stone or pebble dug too harshly into her feet, causing her pain and having to flick it off.

Soon, that groaning spring sound started up again, causing Kanix to whirl on her heels to face the direction it was coming from. Raising a fist, the woman waited, a prickling sensation crawling along her skin like something was sneaking up on her. The woman's breath caught in her throat for a millisecond, but she quickly sucked in a breath of air and licked her wrist. From behind her, a small arrowhead-shaped glob of water froze solid in 1/10th of a second before launching out in front of her. Unfortunately, the arrowhead did not hit anything in front of her; later clacking against the stone wall beyond where she stood. Frowning, Kanix turned away from the empty space and glance around once more, feeling as if something was watching her. She didn't like this feeling, but despite having looked around and even sensed for whatever it was that was hunting her, nothing was there.

At the sound of her lover's voice echoing down into the cavern, her heart beat quick against the inside of her chest. A spark of fear coursed through her body from the unexpected sound of his voice, but she calmed herself down rather fast. "Yeah, I'm all right down here!" she shouted back, her own voice echoing harshly through the emptiness of the cave. "It's really dark though; I can't see a damn thing and I'm constantly tripping over holes in the ground or rocks jutting up! If you come down here, I suggest being careful, I don't know what's down here and I don't want you to get hurt more." She frowned as she heard Mashyuu coming down, stating that he wasn't able to see or sense where she was in the cave. "No, I'm on land, but where exactly I am on land, I can't say for certain; it's far too dark in here and I don't like it."

As Mashyuu came nearer to the water of the cavern's lake, she heard a heavy splash like he was shoved into the water. "Babe, are you okay?" she called out, scrunching her eyebrows together and waiting to hear a sound from him. When she didn't hear anything, she took a step closer in the direction she assumed where the cavern's water to be. She could hear the slight waves crashing against the rocky shoreline with her heightened sense of hearing, but nothing else. Weaving her hands in front of her, Kanix made it so that the water split in half like it had for Moses when he was crossing the Red Sea. For now, Mashyuu would be able to reach the earthen flooring of the cave and utilize it for his magic if he needed to. Quietly, Kanix joined his side, as a mimic made its appearance in front of them, even though they weren't able to see it.

While he threw stone bullets at the mimic near them, Kanix only listened as the rocks hit nothing and bounced off the walls. Frowning, the woman glance around, hoping that she would be able to see something or anything within their vicinity. Unfortunately, nothing was visible, even through the thick darkness, and she feared they wouldn't be able to fight it quickly. In front of herself, Kanix drew up a hand and began to draw a symbol in the air, marking the papal tiara, the crown of Isis, the Triple Goddess. "Intuition, higher powers, mystery, and the subconscious mind is what you hold power over," Kanix called out. "I, Kanix Kumonosu, call upon the strength of the Major Arcana and call hither the one known as the High Priestess, La Papessa. Grant to me the ability to see what you can see, through the darkest of the dark, a vision foretold, give me light!"

When her words were spoken, the hazy blue optic and the inorganic iris of the other began to glow with a brighter blue. Instantaneously, the woman was rushed with an array of colors until they slowly began to focus in and show their shapes. Around her, she was able to see the auras of the rocks and the water, even the bats that slept soundlessly on the cavern ceiling. Her eyes skimmed their surroundings, picking up what her spell was able to let her see, only to stop as she caught sight of something unfamiliar. "One o'clock!" she stated, raising a hand and pointing it across from Mashyuu, her other hand resting vigilantly on his shoulder. "There's some strange creature over there, I think it might what's attacking us; I can't tell what it is though." It was a strange-looking beast; in fact, it didn't look like a beast at all, but rather, a robust and tall trampoline.

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Kanix giggled when Mashyuu thanked her for splitting the water so that he didn't have to wade while he fought the mimic. She smiled briefly in his direction, despite the fact that neither of the two would be able to see each other even a foot away. The darkness in the cavern was so impenetrable that it was a miracle they could navigate without too much of an issue. However, Kanix's aura reading spell allowed for her to see the outlines of everything in the room in spite of the darkness. This gave them an advantage in battle, though Mashyuu would not be able to see very well without the slayer's aid. Hence why he had told her he loved her and that they should kick the mimic's ass now that Kanix was able to guide him. They wouldn't have too much to worry about and before long, they would be able to leave the cavern and continue their journey.

As soon as she had guided his arm in the right direction, Kanix heard stone pull up from the ground and encase its victim. Instantaneously, the aura of the mimic was replace with the aura of Mashyuu's newly used spell, though she was able to hear the mimic rattling around in it. Her attention was quickly drawn away from the encasement as her lover spun her around to face the opposite direction. She gave the area a one-over again and decided that there wasn't much to see, but the yellow aura of Mashyuu's magic stood out above the rest. "I see it," she responded to him, getting a little excited that they were close to leaving this hellhole of a cave. Kanix slightly squeaked when she felt the calloused, working hands of her lover lift her up off her feet and placed her on the stone platform. He followed after her as she stood to her feet and dusted off her dress, looking down at the cave below.

Hearing Mashyuu's next words, the woman nodded her head and raised her hands up, then pressed them downward, letting the split water cave in on itself. The rush of the water could be heard as it splashed back together, small waves rocking over its surface as it settled back down. Following the action, Kanix drew up a decent amount of the water and compacted it into a smaller shape before slipping it into the deerskin pouch at her hip. Now that she was ready to go, the woman waited for her partner to start moving the platform, watching the stone casing. Just as Mashyuu began working the makeshift elevator, the earthen dome around the mimic burst and revealed the creature. As quickly as it was released, Kanix took action, using the water below the duo to encase and imprison the mimic again. She froze the water solid, binding it to the ground so that the mimic was unable to move both in and out of the prison.

"That spell won't hold for long, but it'll hold long enough that the creature won't be able to follow us up here," the woman stated. Dusting her hands off, the guild master was rather satisfied with her working a bit, then looking above them. She could see a dim light glimmering where the hole was in the wall that she had fallen through, impressed that they were so close. However, as they neared the entrance back into the hallway, the light that shone down on them slowly began to fade away. Soon enough, the duo was back in darkness, unable to see without the help of Kanix's aura reading spell, which was still active luckily. Unfortunately, she didn't know what was causing the blockage of sunlight, but she could tell it had a different smell. Just as Mashyuu had stated, the mimics that they had encountered smelled extremely different to the earthen surrounding.

Grabbing her staff from where it was latched onto her back, the woman slammed it into the ground as soon as the dome went up. "Ataraxia: Ice Ward!" the woman called out, the staff's trident-like tip glowing with a lighter blue hue around its tongs. Around the duo, an ice-like shield was raised up, creating a double shield with the earthen dome underneath it. "The shield's made of ice, but it should be able to sustain long enough for you to be able to do what needs to be done," she informed him. Her eyes shifted toward Mashyuu, smelling the heat of his hammer and pursing her lips a little bit before looking away. The Magma on the war hammer would definitely pose as an issue to the ice shield, as it was a type of fire, but shouldn't be too big of a deal. "Ready to kick this thing's ass? 'Cause I'm not going to let this thing block us from being able to get back to our mission."

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She glanced back toward Mashyuu and nodded her head in response to his words, moving toward the edge of the platform. As the platform was rather too high up for her to easily reach the frozen mimic down below, she figured she would have to drop back down again. So, the woman opened a part of the barrier and slipped down and off the earthen elevator, free-falling toward the cavern water. Her body hit the water roughly, throwing up a large volume of the crystal-clear liquid and sending out ripples along its surface. Kanix pushed through the water until she was able to resurface, taking a large gasp of air and coughing up inhaled water. Clearing her throat, the woman looked around, as it was still too dark to be able to see anything other than the given auras. Eventually, her eyes landed upon the frozen mimic and she swam toward it, maneuvering her fingers until the ice surrounding the trampoline turned back to liquid.

When the barrier went down, the mimic instantly launched itself at the woman, but quickly found that it was too heavy to move in the water. This caused Kanix to grin widely, watching as the creature struggled in the waves to move around and get closer to her. Each time it did, however, the woman would move a few feet back, as if she was simply playing with the beast. Soon enough, she raised a hand, causing the water around them to flow in a whirlpool-like motion until ground was reached. Both beings landed heavily in the arena-like cage, the water flaring around them as it struggled to take back over. Kanix, on the other hand, crouched low, pushing her hands forward and out, drawing up water from the surrounding area. A ball of water formed in front of her and she stretched it out diligently before flinging it at the mimic in front of her.

Half of the whip-like creation froze on its way toward the mimic, cracking against the rubber flesh of the beast. It let out a cry as a red mark appeared where the ice had struck, its body beginning to shake and boil over with anger. Steam comically came out from holes where its ears would have been if it was human, then it charged Kanix irrationally. Steps ahead of the brash creature, Kanix pushed her hands out to the right, in front of her, creating a ramp of ice that carried her away and around the mimic. Confused by her sudden disappearance, the beast looked around frantically before it twirled all the way around and faced her. Once again, the creature charged her, only to slam into the ice ramp that was holding the woman up, cracking a bit of it. Where she stood above the being on the ramp, the woman slammed a foot forward, shooting out a disc of ice.

Angry that it couldn't reach Kanix easily, the mimic rampaged against the ramp, scraping its metal limbs on the ice to get at her. It made strangled sounds of frustration, hoping that if it scratched at the ice enough, it would break and cause her to fall. Kanix only chuckled and jumped to another ice ramp, just as the former ramp she had been on shattered to pieces. Another ice disc flung out from her feet and struck the mimic, causing it to turn toward her and give chase to the ramp. Smiling, she guided the ramp away from the creature, letting it run around after her creation and tire itself out. Before long, it was stopping on occasion, taking gasping breaths as it was getting too tired to continue chasing her. When it stopped long enough that Kanix believed it wouldn't move for a bit, she threw another ice disc in its direction.

Unfortunately, she had miscalculated the trajectory of the disc and it ended up missing its target by a few inches, skimming past its face. Perhaps it wasn't the creature's face at all, but rather the top of its head, she couldn't quite tell as it was an oddly shaped being. Frowning, Kanix leaped off her safety net, landing on the ground with a heavy thud, then grabbed her staff and charged the beast. As soon as she thought she was close enough to the mimic, the woman thrust out her weapon, piercing the rubber flesh. Another, more high-pitched, cry released from what would be the mouth of the creation, in pain and misery. Roughly, Kanix twisted the trident-like tip, causing a strange liquid to ooze out of the wound on the mimic. With one more heavy thrust, the woman pushed the weapon entirely through the being before harshly ripping it out.

The beast toppled onto its back, its metallic legs curling inward and twitching like a bug's before it completely stilled. She smirked at the dead beast, straightening her posture and resting her staff next to her side, placing a hand on her hip. Kanix was rather satisfied with the outcome, but wasn't able to revel in the accomplishment before Mashyuu made an appearance. Glancing upward, the woman noticed her husband coming down from the platform to greet her and make sure she was all right. "Everything good up there? Can we head out and finish up this journey or what?" Kanix inquired quickly as she walked over to him. Placing her staff back onto her back, the woman wove her hand back into Mashyuu's and gave him a kind smile. First and foremost thing that mattered to her was that Mashyuu was unharmed and perfectly all right, which he was.

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Feeling Mashyuu wrap one of his arms around her waist, the woman looked to the young male with mild curiosity. She instinctively turned toward him and wrapped her arms around his chest, holding onto him tightly as they lifted off the ground. Her eyes closed and she rested her head on his chest, breathing in deeply, then letting out a sigh of contempt and satisfaction. Below them, the water closed in on itself, washing together and letting ripples course over its surface, hiding the body away. Seconds later, the corpse of the mimic would rise to the surface, floating there and moving in motion with the ripples. Kanix didn't feel so much as bad toward the death of the creature; after all, it was a monster and it sort of deserved death. It shouldn't have blatantly attacked her like that, but it had, and that is what had led the creature to its death.

Before long, the duo landed back in the hallway and Mashyuu turned to face Kanix, kissing her on the lips. She was slightly taken aback by the action, but blushed and silently returned the kiss, only to have him break away. Kanix smiled at him again and entwined her fingers with his, holding his hand tightly as they headed down the hallway. From time to time, her lover would stop to mow down on some of the stone pillars that they passed along the way. This was likely to stock up on magical power, as he had used quite a bit of it during their time down in the cave. Personally, she should have been stocking up on magical power as well, but the only thing she had was the makeshift flask made of deerskin. Unfortunately, she couldn't just drink out of that, as it was the only thing that had spare water she could use when nothing was around her.

"No, it didn't hurt me," she stated, patting herself to make sure that her words were true to what she was saying. Luckily, no wounds marred her body, which was new since it was often that she came out of battle with some sort of injury. "I'm just a little sore from falling down that hole and hitting the water as hard as I had, but that's about it." Her gaze wandered from Mashyuu to their new surroundings, entering a small room that had a beautiful fountain at the center, surrounded by weeping angel-like beasts. Kanix followed after Mashyuu to the fountain and watched him as he splashed a bit of the water into his face. She eventually turned away from him and looked down into the water, reaching out with a single hand and swirling the water's surface with the tips of her fingers. Instantaneously, her body became rigid and a blurred vision entered her mind, images swirling together until they came into view.

Just as the vision had come, it had gone, leaving the woman whirling on her feet to face the creature that was behind her. Her staff went from on her back to in the palm of her hand in a matter of seconds, thrusting forward to impale her target. Unluckily, the target was made entirely of stone and despite her weapon being made of steel-alloyed tungsten, it could not penetrate the being. She let out a huff of frustration and flung an arrowhead made of ice at the statue, but to no avail did the creation strike the target. Everything that she threw at her opponent resulted in the item shattering into pieces without the beast being harm. Before she knew it, she had backed up into the fountain's wall, toppling over it and splashing into water for a third time. The woman's wide-eyed gaze stared up at the looming beast, but her fingers curled into the water and she flung bullets at the being.

Fear coursed through her body, a feeling that froze her in place and made her feel like she wasn't going to make it out alive. All she could do was watch as the statue came bearing down on her with large fists and claws made for tearing into flesh. As a last resort, Kanix raised an arm to block the attack, waiting for it to break the flesh and bone of her body. Seconds passed by, but no feeling of pain washed over her and she cracked an eye open to peek at her opponent. Between herself and the creature was a slightly translucent barrier of ice, blockading the attacks of the statue. Kanix let out a sigh of relief and grabbed hold of her weapon at her side, standing to her feet and raising her staff at the creature. A frown replaced the thin line of her expression, her eyebrows scrunching together ever-so-slightly as an angry look came over her.

The fabric of time and space between the beast and herself wavered comparatively to the rest of the world around her. In a matter of seconds, the statue that had only been a few inches from where she was standing disappeared. It reappeared 30 meters away from where she was, confused and baffled as to how it had gotten where it was. Kanix dropped the ice shield around her and glanced toward Mashyuu, giving him the signal that she was all right. After which, she turned her focus back onto the statue and charged it, hoping she would be able to deal some sort of damage. Water could erode and that's what she would try next, so stepping quickly forward, the woman enveloped her arms in water from the fountain. She then lashed out with one arm, letting the water extend outward until it slapped across the stone flesh of the statue.

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After giving Mashyuu the "okay," the woman turned back to the gargoyle that she had transported to a different section of the room. It was still slightly frazzled over what had happened, but its gaze eventually returned to the one it had been attacking. Shifting its body, the beast lowered into a crouching tiger stance, letting out a roar of frustration at the woman. Stone and gravel sprayed from its mouth like spittle, and as soon as it was done screaming at her, it charged her. When the beast was close enough to the woman, she easily danced out of harm's way, smirking as the creature whizzed past her. The being crashed into the wall beyond her, stumbling backward in a dazed heap of itself before shaking its head and turning around. Angered by the playing Kanix was clearly doing with it, the beast charged her again, arms stretched out and claws ready for the aim.

Kanix merely maneuvered her staff in front of her and slammed it into the ground, causing the crystal-like gems on the tongs to glow. "Ataraxia: Ice Explosion," the woman stated in a matter-of-factual tone, shifting her staff slightly downward to point at the gargoyle. In seconds, an explosion of snow rose up around the woman in a 360-degree angle, blocking the statue from getting to her. She shrugged her shoulders in response to the being's strangled cries of frustration as it clawed through the explosion. Once it broke through, it was met b the sharp edge of her staff, pressing into the hardened skin of the creature. Tilting her head a little, Kanix watched the beast freeze in order to not be impaled by her weapon, looking down at it in anger. "What? Are you a little frustrated that you can't reach me?" the magus inquired with a devious smile on her lips.

The smile turned into a frown and her nose wrinkled upward as she used all of her strength to force the weapon through the gargoyle. A war-like cry emitted from her lips as she strained to push the steel-alloyed tungsten through the stone until it suddenly popped. From the lips of the statue came a pained cry and large hands curled around the handle of the staff weakly and in pain. With another heaving push, the woman thrust the weapon entirely into the creature's chest, causing it to burst into shards of stone and dirt. Heaving a sigh, the magus pulled her weapon back and placed it on the ground, leaning against it to rest for a bit. She gave a gaping yawn as she was beginning to realize that she was quite tired, a side effect of a low amount of magical power. Her gaze wandered to the fountain flowing with the natural source of liquid and careful steps brought her in its direction.

When she reached the fountain, the lady fell to her knees and leaned forward, scooping some of the liquid into her hands. She tilted her head back and drank from the puddle of water in the palms of her hands, feeling slightly refreshed afterward. A few more takes from the fountain and the guild master of Fairy Tail was starting to feel more like herself again. It was convenient that such a source would be located in this room, especially when she assumed the only water in this tower would have been down in that cavern. Knowing that, she wouldn't have wanted to return to that hellhole in case those mimics had respawned there again. So, she was lucky enough that this tiny room, filled with vicious gargoyle statues, had the courtesy to give her water. Once she was replenished enough, the woman stood back to her feet and dusted off her gown, looking to Mashyuu.

She giggled when she heard Mashyuu explain that he was going to eat the door so that they could get into the room. However, he must've thought otherwise, for as he walked to the door and stood in front of it, he only pulled it off to the side. Kanix lagged behind him slightly, watching him as he opened the door to the other room and her gaze quickly went to its contents. Her eyes caught sight of something at the center that looked like a small hole in the ground, which caused her to frown. It wasn't like she wanted to fall down another hole again if it was large enough and she definitely didn't want to trip over it. Without farther adieu, the woman stepped into the room with her lover and glanced around at their surroundings. Nothing was out of the ordinary, but as soon as she glanced in Mashyuu's direction, she noticed that he was gone.

Two very large, half man, half goat-like beings stood off to the side of her, with Mashyuu held one of their hands. She helplessly watched as the one holding her lover threw him across the room and into the stone pillars beyond. Her eyes followed the body of Mashyuu, but they quickly snapped back to the two beasts that snickered and roared with laughter. Their bodies went rigid, as if her gaze alone had caused them to turn to stone like Medusa, and she stepped toward them. Kanix twisted her wrist in a way that caused the arms of the minotaurs to bend and crack at angles that were natural. Anger fueled her rage as she stood there in front of the two beastly beings, holding them in place with her blood-bending. One wrist flicked outward, casting one of the minotaurs away from her and into one of the stone pillars like Mashyuu had been.

The other looked on in fear as the woman turned her glowing gaze toward it, the snarl still on her luscious lips. Moving her hand to the other, the woman spread them apart, causing the minotaur to have both its arms and legs spread eagle. She caused one of the beast's legs to bend at an unnatural angle, a loud snapping sound echoing into the air as the bone broke. Another movement of her wrist and one of the arms of the minotaur snapped in two, like a twig being stepped on. Kanix was someone who would not take things in a literal fashion, but if someone she loved was hurt, all hell would break loose. As such, the woman was hellbent on causing the minotaurs as much pain as she possibly could, which was not something she normally did. Perhaps, Mama Bear had shown her true face and she wasn't willing to stop until they were dead on the ground.

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Kanix stiffened the fingers of her right hand, keeping the body of the minotaur frozen in place so that it was not able to move and attack her. With her left hand, she let it glide through the air like ripples along the water’s surface, gathering moisture from the atmosphere. All around the four beings, droplets of water appeared, stagnated throughout the space of the room, like a frozen baby mobile, toys dangling softly from strings. Every little droplet of moisture gathered to Kanix’s left hand, balling up into a larger droplet of water that she could more easily manipulate with one hand. As the water bubbled up into a larger droplet, Kanix threw the orb of liquid straight at the bodice of the minotaur, watching as it splashed against it. When the water had touched the minotaur’s body, Kanix released her grasp on the stiffened creature and quickly forced the water to envelop the beast into a bubble. She lifted the bubble high into the air, the minotaur inside being spun and twirled a little in the orb as it tried to escape the suffocation.

Frost crept along the bottom of the bubble as it began to freeze over from an unknown source, leaving the minotaur panicked and trying to escape quicker. Slowly, the frost ate the water until one side of the water had become entirely solid, capturing a limb of the minotaur inside. The frigid water and air crawled along the limb of the minotaur, spreading out along its body as it froze the bubble as well. Second by second, the bubble froze over until not a single drop of liquid was left on the orb and the minotaur was stilled inside. Taking this newly frozen bubble, Kanix shifted her weight in her legs and tossed the bubble aside, letting it crash into one of the pillars. As soon as the solidified water had struck the hard, curved surface of the stone pillar, it shattered into a million pieces, including the minotaur. With one minotaur down, Kanix turned to look at Mashyuu, noticing that he had taken the other minotaur from her.

The minotaur he had been fighting became a bloodied pulp on the floor, something she wasn’t quite used to seeing from him. Quietly, the blind woman walked over to her lover’s side and reached out a hand, grabbing hold of his closest free hand into her own. She squeezed his hand lightly and rested her fluffy head onto his shoulder, listening to him talk about his previous job he had gone on. Something about finding an orb from that journey and that the hole in the center of the room made it look like it would fit. Her blue optics fluttered toward the little hole in the room and followed him when he began walking toward it, pulling the orb out of his pocket. He placed it inside of the pillar, causing the hole to close over and shake a little as another door in the pillar opened up. Inside of the hole was a rather dusty-looking book and ring that seemingly caught her attention at the radiance it emitted from the sapphire.

Taking the hand that held his own, Mashyuu raised her left hand and grabbed the small ring from within the little compartment. He slipped it onto her finger and held it there for a moment, stating that she should keep the ring as his little “Fairy Queen.” This caused Kanix to giggle and blush slightly, looking toward the book that was left in the cubby hole from the two items left inside long ago. Her hand instinctively squeezed his again and she smiled at him, leaning forward and up to plant a kiss on his lips happily. “I wish we could’ve found him though; he needs to pay for what he had done to my people,” she grumbled with a feeling of hatred deep in her heart. This was the very reason why she hated men so much. They took everything that she ever loved and was precious to her away from her. She wished that she could do the same for them as well; take everything that they could have ever loved right out from under them.

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