Kaori, Requin: Retrieving the Package - B Rank - Private

Goddess's Boon: +100% Jewel
Golden Lacrima: +25% Jewel

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Sitting in the library of the castle on the eastern sea once more, Kaori had found herself sitting at one of the many tables endulging in a book as she used to do when she was a much weaker magic user. In recent times, she had been made aware of her new status as one of the head huntresses- second only to Gisen Ceostra herself, and much to her joy, her best friend was right up there with her. However, the title came with a name she loathed as the name belonged to a God and she wasn't so arrogant as to consider her meager magical prowess to be worthy of such a thing. The book she was reading was a human anatomy and physiology text book, and as expected, it was thick and heavy as all get out. It was during her self teaching session that someone dared to do by far the two dumbest things once could do... "Jizō!" the voice called from across the library, causing everyone except Kaori to stop reading and look at the man while shushing him. He whispered loudly "Sorry!" and began moving down the rows of tables until he came across a girl with snowy white hair pinned up into a ponytail (I know the avatar has twin-tails, but this time it's a pony). "Jizō!" he whispered loudly to Kaori, gainin no form of reply. It was then that the people reading all began writing something down on a single sheet of paper. The man addressing Kaori was new to the magic user, monster hunter clan and didn't know the two things Kaori despised most of all. He already struck the first nail by calling her a goddess, and he was striking the second by trying to make her stop reading before she was ready. Each person at Kaori's table had cast their bets and all the paper money had been set on the table. "Jizōōōōōō..." the man called, still whispering ignorantly. "Miss Huntress?" he whispered again.

Ten seconds had passed and the first person had already lost the bet, Kaori's fust had gotten longer in the past few months. The man began poking Kaori's shoulder, and the anticipation at the table intensified as they noticed Kaori's eyebrow twitch. Everyone was quiet and if they weren't in the library, it would be too quiet... The man prodded Kaori's arm after the fifteenth second and was able to get "Ji-" out before the spine of a college textbook barraged the middle of his skull so hard that instead of the usual 'thud' the sound of a cannon was heard. The man immediately collapsed to the floor with steam rising from where Kaori bashed him and one of the guys at the table began walking around collecting his prize saying "Thank you, thank you, tha-ha-hank you...." as he collected from each loser. Kaori looked at the crumpled pile of fresh mean with her ruby eyes lit up, ready to use her psychic power to send him into a wall. Her fist was held up menacingly and seemed to be on fire as she asked in a wrathful tone "What the fuck do you want?" The members around her could all feel their instincts telling them to de-ass the area as Kaori's incisors had seemed to be less human and more demonic and razor sharp than normal. Kaori spotted the note the incapacitated guy was holding and, using telekinesis, snatched it from his limp hand before opening it and skimming furiously through the words. She let out an angry huff since she'd have no choice but to go. If the mission warranted being brought up to Kaori's level instead of a normal member of the guild then it must've had some degree of challenge. The man began slowly getting up but was immediately sent right back down when the book was thrown at him, slamming him in the face and sending him flying backwards on the floor in the bent-knee-missionary (submissive) position, with the book seemingly to have combined with his face to form a college level mask. "And that's why you don't interupt her reading." one of the nearby members said while continuing to read his book, secretly laughing at how easy he had earned 10,000 jewel.

Kaori wasn't expecting anyone to arrive at the village with the cat people when she arrived on the back of a 15 foot tall flaming hawk (check "Stuff" link for image). The locals had all stopped their daily lives when the molten fowl landed, setting the grass below its feet on fire as well as creating small splotches of flames where the magma from its wings dripped off. Kaori slid off the creature's back with no harm done to her clothing at all, earning a bewildered look from the natives as they tried to formulate a reason for her to be unscathed. A pair of children who were running and playing, ignorant of the world around them bumped into Kaori. Well, the boy bumped into her and his sister bumped into him. They both looked at her with inquisitive expressions that turned slightly scared upon locking with the hardened, ruby red eyes of the ninja mage. Kaori's eyes softened and she kneeled down, resting on one knee. "I'm looking for the village leader, can you point me to them?" she asked with a soft, gentle tone. The kids pointed to a small house on the far side of the neko village and Kaori said 'Thanks' before walking off. Her hawk however had taken an interest in the children, and the sound of laughter was heard moments later when they began playing with him- still not getting burned. If anyone else had tried to touch it, they'd receive a nasty as hell burn from it. Inside the small home was a very old male and female neko couple who introduced themselves as the village elders. They would request Kaori remained for a bit as their instincts tell them that there's one more yet to arrive. Once they did arrive, they'd be welcomed in and both would be told of the fact that the village is running low on certain supplies that were supposed to be brought in quite some time ago. They don't have anyone to check the trail the caravan normally takes since everyone's working hard to keep food maintained, and they'd like Kaori and the other mage to do it for them to make sure the caravan was okay.