Caravan Raids!

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It was quickly becoming such a pain in the red heads rear end to hunt down these black keys, as lately she always just seemed to be running into dead ends. She never even found any Celestial Spirit keys of any true worth! and if she did, she ran into Wizard Saints or some such nonsense!

As if her bad luck wasn't enough, she now found herself taking on a job with a fellow guild-mate. She knew literally nothing about the man travelling with her, and had no intention to ask. Frankly, she simply felt as if she was being watched b the guild, this was their way of making sure she was truly one of them. Well, she would prove just how dark her heart truly was with this job... it was really something she could sink her teeth into... literally.

Their travel had ended a good a good 30 minutes ago, resulting with Nakiya sitting on a rock, one leg crossed over another as she waited impatiently for this stupid caravan of merchants to appear.

"Hey... how longs this going to take"
She complaind to her companion, aveting her eyes from the boring scene in front of her to the man who was taking this job by her side.

Kuro shrugged. Sure, he was bored as well, but he couldnt do much about it. In his casual clothing, Kuro appeared similar to a mercenary rather than a mage, but he could handle many things that no normal mercenary could. Such as waiting. Yup, he could wait for these annoying plebeians to show up, and after they got there, he would set their very souls on fire. Of course he might as well try to talk with his fellow guild member. She was cute at least. Better than the monsters he had met on his missions. That one girl he protected had looked like the wrong end of the wrong beast on the wrong day. In any case, Kuro sighed.

"I do not know, but you would think they would hurry, with all the possible dangers out here" Kuro chuckled, pretending to be worried about them. "Oh no, I hope nothing happened to them" Kuro spoke in a completely apathetic voice, denoting just how little he really cared. "Lets hope we dont run into anything too bad, eh? Maybe just a few weaklings, rather than some random S ranked mage who decided to take a vacation right into their territory." Know Kuro's luck, it was definitely possible. He was just that unlucky. His eyes detected a slight movement in the far distance, those hawk eyes he was known for showing they were more than just aesthetic. "I think I see them now... why dont we go say hello?" A sick grin made its way onto his face, showing just how much he would enjoy murdering a few of these caravaners. Hopefully he could save something to eat too...

"Maybe we should make this a little more entertaining. Normally I don't play with my prey... but I feel especially bored... and frankly, I don't sense anything of any interest coming."
She stated as she pushed herself up to her feet, dusting off the dress that left little to the male imagination. She usually wore the same style of outfits, either short shirts, or long dressed with open sides for ease of movement. Today, she wore the longer outfit to keep the sun from burning away at the exposed flesh.

She reached behind her head, bringing her hair up into a ponytail as she begun walking casually towards the caravan. She tied her hair, then looped it around a couple of times to create a large red bun which she tied in place. 

The Caravan was still a ways away, and she couldn't tell exactly who was on board, or who was guarding it, but she couldn't sense any Celestial Spirit energy which to her, made this whole trip a complete waste of time.

"I plan on having fun with these ones... maybe use the left overs as a warning to other caravans. What do you think?"
She asked of Kuro, though never stopped to really wait for an answer.

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Kuro chuckled, before walking calmly towards the caravan. "We could always have lunch" If she knew he meant eating the people they dealt with, she... actually, since they were both from a dark guild, it was hard to tell what she would do. Even so, he could imagine if she was some little light mage who was so weak hearted they couldnt stand it. He figured she wasnt, but the look on one of those Fairy Tails' faces when he bit into the dead remains of a human would be hilarious. Either way, he supposed. Maybe he should see if she wanted something.

With his long trenchcoat swaying in the wind, his hat covering one eye, and his insane smirk on his face, he looked very intimidating. To normal people at least. For mages, it would be amusing at best, and if he had been some famous S ranked mage, it would have been downright apocalyptic. Granted, he could take down a building with a salad fork, so anything to do with him was terrifying. It wasnt as if he was some ultra powerful being either, it was just his sheer insanity. No one else would tie a knot in someone's skin to stop bleeding... only to add more wounds later on.

Anyway, Kuro grinned as his eyes detected a few guards. "Seems to be some enemies we can play with. Oh, I probably should have asked, what kind of magic do you use? I use electricity myself, but... in strange ways." He would show her when they fought the little brats that called themselves guards, rather than explain it. It would be both more fun, and a much better demonstration.

There was definitely something odd about her companions... yet, something familiar about him too... a certain blood lust that just radiated from his core, much like the one that radiated from her own. She just hoped this blood lust of his wouldn't get in her way.

She looked up to the oncoming caravan, and could just barely pick out the guards walking alongside it. She couldn't sense anything from them at all... no Celestial Spirit magic... but something from that caravan caught her interest... a certain pride... a specific light that could only radiate from a Celestial spirit key.

"Strange..."
She murmured softly. Maybe she was going to be able to have some fun, all the while leaving with a prize! Was there a celestial Spirit Wizard on that caravan? or maybe a key? Her eyes grew wide with excitement as she just barely heard her companions question.

"Lightning magic hunh."
She said before retrieving two of her celestial spirit keys, holding them between her fingers to show him just what magic she used. Her keys were different than regular keys however, one was bronze, and the other was solid black.

"Have you ever seen a Celestial Spirit tainted by darkness?"
She asked as she put away the black key, but kept the bronze in her hand as she extended it before her.

"I call upon thee, from the darkness of the Celestial World. Canes Venatici!"
Shadows seemed to start crawling out of the ground at her feet, rising and rising until the shadows started to take shape, forming two large, grotesque dogs. Each dog looked identical, but neither attractive in any form. Their flesh seemed to be falling from their bodies, bones and muscles exposed on their bulky forms, thei eyes crimson red as the blood they sought.

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Kuro's eyes widened. A celestial spirit tainted by darkness? That was... new. And interesting. He still preferred his electricity though. Who else could charge their own appliances? Literally any lightning based mage, but that was beyond the point. The mere idea of a celestial spirit being tainted sent tremors through his mind. What could that accomplish, otherwise? Could it be used to brainwash people, perhaps? That would be nice. He could use a slave... What for, he did not know, but it would be fun regardless. He often took the opposite side of the slavery fight, having been a slave when he was younger. Still, this girl seemed to be interesting if nothing else. Hopefully she wasnt a prude, but with them being from Savage Skull... it was unlikely.

Kuro's ridiculous speed would be of great use in the coming slaughter, but for now, he moved calmly and normally. Then he stopped. Those dogs, with their dripping flesh, exposed muscle... They were... they were... "Adorable" Kuro smiled slightly. They really were. It was like looking at a cute little puppy, only this puppy had been skinned and somehow did not dehydrate. Magic, probably. Even better, they had those blood red eyes on them. They were just so damn cute, he might see if he could get one as a pet.

Kuro coughed. "Right... You want to do this as a team, or you take one side, I take the other?" Kuro shrugged, not really caring which she chose. He would probably just kill as many as he could in either case. On the other hand, she was a celestial mage, which likely meant she wasnt the best bet for physical combat, but he could be wrong on that. The caravan guards had seen them now, according to the way they changed positions to form a defensive stance around the caravan. Amusing, they thought they were threatening.

"Why don't we make a little contest out of this? I'll take the right flank, you take the left. Let's see who has the most kills in the end."
She offered her companion with a crooked smirk. She extended her hand once more with the key of the hunting dogs.

"Gamma, Delta. Round em up, take em out. You better make up for your last failure!"
Nakiya ordered the twin spirits. Both dogs gave a howl of approval before they both darted from their position , teeth bared at their victims as greenish saliva began to drip between their teeth. The dogs could smell the fear coming from the mercenaries guarding the shipment and relished in the sensation it gave them.

Delta was the first to leap, jumping for the driver of the caravan. He landed in the open concept car and gave the man a warning snarl, bringing the caravan to a stop before he leaped forward and sank his teeth deeply into the drivers throat. The green saliva mixed in with the drivers blood, poisoning him as he slowly stopped moving and screaming. Not that the poison was necessary, as Delta could feel the pressure of air escaping the mans throat with his teeth.

Gamma on the other hand didn't go right in for the kill, no instead he darted around the mercenaries, moving to the back of the caravan, blocking off their escape. He looked ready to pounce, the hair on his back raised, his shoulders angled and his teeth bared at the men who attempted to look brave in the face of death.

Kuro grinned sadistically. He liked this girl. She had that same bloodlust that he did, only his was far more literal, and he preferred to do it all himself. What was the point of ripping someone's heart out of their chest if you did not do it with your own hands? It entirely ruined the point. Speaking of ripping out hearts, he decided enough watching, time to act.

For all his magical power, which was half decent at best, and absolute shit at worst, Kuro excelled at physical combat. By excel, I mean he was so much faster and stronger than civilians, or even just combat based non-mages, he was practically invincible when fighting them. Of course it may also be because every spell he made was made for the express purpose of beating the living hell out of people close range. With that in mind, Kuro merely jumped into the air, kicking in front of him. The problem was, he was still well over thirty feet away.

Kuro looked at himself, floating in the air, in the position one would be in for a flying kick. "FUCK GRAVITY!" He shouted out, before shooting towards one of the guards, in the same position. Yep, he could fly. He felt like showing off for the girl he had decided to team up with, so he would end up using all of his spells today, where normally he would simply avoid using them as much as possible. He just had to make sure there were only two... He glanced at the dogs. Did they count? Four survivors. Kuro, the dogs, and Nakiya herself. In half a second, he was already right at the first guard, who was still dumbfounded by the fact that Kuro was flying, yet seemed about to come out of it. He would never get the chance.

As Kuro's boot collided with the man's face, several satisfying cracks wrung out. Likely a broken jaw, Kuro assumed. The man, somehow still conscious, was bleeding heavily. Kuro glanced down at the man who was now on the ground and decided to be nice and put the man out of Kuro's misery. He began to repeatedly stomp on the man's throat, sending out spurts of blood, covering the man's horrified allies. Finally, Kuro glanced up. "Oooh, fresh meat" He walked slowly towards the quivering men, ignoring the man's gurgles on the ground. Kuro assumed he was saying "God help me" but when you have literally all parts of your throat crushed by boots, its hard to talk. He paused to look at Nakiya and her dogs for a while, wondering how they were doing now. His hawk like eyes easily tracked each movement, and Kenbun, his passive spell, was making sure no one dared attack him, via detection.

With Gamma and Delta busy both guarding and rounding up the rest of the guards, Nakiya began to make her way forward. She reached into the slit of her dress (yep, into her skirt) and retreived what looked like the handle of a Katana. However, this Katana had no blade? When she walked within reach, one of the frightened mercenaries had the gall to laugh at her through his hopeless situation.

"A-At least we won't die at the hands of some prissy looking woman!"
He tauned the red head, causing her to smile innoncently, tilting her head to the side. Her calmess, seemed almost more terrifying than her rage. She walked straight up to the man, raising her free hand as she walked right up to him, carefully placing it on the side of his face.

"You're right... you wont... You'll die at the hands of a devil."
She stated just as she leaned forward to whisper these words into his ear. She swiftly brought the Katana hilt up to the bottom of his shin before infusing it with Celestial Spirit Magic. A long Katana blade suddenly sprung forward from the hilt, piercing through his chin and straight up through the top of his head.

"looks like I'll see you in hell..."
She said softly, stepping away from him and drawing the blade straight through the front of his face, having carved open his head as if it was nothing more than a watermelon. She brought the Celestial blade up to her lips, licking off the blood as she looked the the last remaining mercenaries who shrieked, wanting nothing more than to run, and yet at every corner, they found either a psychopath, or their dogs.

Nakiya licked her lips as she jumped into the caravan, ready to continue her path of destruction, all while trying to find the source of Celestial Spirit energy she sensed here...

Kuro turned back to the cowering guards, noting a new wet spot on the guards' pants. He frowned. No thighs for him then. At least he could get their hearts. Speaking of eating people, Kuro launched towards the first guard, who did not even have time to put up a defense. Kuro did not attack with his fists or feet, but with his teeth. Biting into the man's neck, lifting him up off the ground, and drinking the blood that drained out, Kuro was enjoying himself. Though the blood was a bit more bitter than usual, might be because the lack of any magical talent. Oh well. At least Kuro could go all out and not have to deal with them fighting back. Usually them fighting back meant more blood spilled than drank. Kuro essentially chugged the blood right out of the dying man in his mouth. How Kuro was possibly strong enough to lift a man with nothing but his neck muscles was a story for another day, involving a couch, murder, and a casino collapsing due to a salad fork.

Dropping the now deceased guard, and turning to his third kill for the day, Kuro smiled sweetly. "Now why dont you just surrender?" Unsurprisingly, the man was cowardly, and dropped to his knees. "Alright then, you are free to go..." The man did not wait for even a second, bolting before he could get mutilated. Unfortunately for the poor man, Kuro was much, much faster. The man gasped in obvious pain, looking down at his chest, only to see a pitch black arm sticking through it. "Straight to hell." Kuro's voice changed from kind to downright sadistic during that sentence. Oh god, the look on the man's face was so damn funny. It was just ridiculous. Kuro glanced at his blackened hand, ripping it out of the dead man's chest. Ooh, he even managed to grab the heart just right too! He took a bite out of the man's heart, and glared straight at his last two enemies. Some dumbfuck with a pistol, and some kid who looked 'far too young to kill remorselessly' according to everyone ever. Kuro took that as a challenge.

Nakiya's eyes darted to the action going on on the other side of the caravan. She found Kuro having an absolute field day with his pray, biting down on them, impaling them with his bare hand and pulling out his victims heart before biting down into it. A look of utter excitement crossed her eyes at the sight. Well! She hardly expected him to be that similar! In fact, she grew a little jealous, his physical prowess far surpassed her own as she relied more on spiritual magic than her own physique.

She looked down at the shimmering blade she held in her hand, to the two demon dogs who were chowing down on two corpses, ripping their flesh free from their bones while pinning the body down to get a better grip.

"Looks like I've been out done."
She called out to her guildmate before returning to her task at hand. the Celestial Spirit energy she sensed in this caravan was strong... and she needed to find it... She started to tear the caravan apart, throwing out objects she found useless out the back of the caravan. Obviously the man they had just ambushed was a dealer of some hard to find items...

Kuro chuckled. "Eh, I can get a bit crazy when I decide to." He really wouldnt have mind if she had 'won' their little contest of brutality. Mostly because he knew he would eventually win. He had a few ideas on his magic that he would test out later for insanely brutal attacks and deaths. He continued eating the heart, not bothering to cook it with Shame. "Oh, that reminds me." Kuro leaned to the right, just as a bullet flew where his head was before he moved. "That wont work with me~" He spoke in a singsong voice.

He grappled the man's face in an instant, smiling cruelly. "Sha-me." Suddenly sparks of lightning jumped from Kuro's arm onto the man's face. The man began to twitch his entire body due to the sheer amount of power he was being introduced to. The man suddenly stopped twitching his entire body, while his fingers kept twitching. Obviously the man was dead. That was confirmed when Kuro pulled his hand away from the man's nearly entirely black face, burnt from the energy that surged through him. "Huh... I think electrocution is my favorite way to kill a person." Kuro chuckled. He turned back to Nakiya, only to see her sifting through the caravan. "Oi, what are you looking for? If its metal, I can probably help you find it." Kuro didnt explain that Kenbun used electromagnetic waves to sense electricity, and was thus affected by metal differently than normal items, but it was implied heavily.

"Smells awesome out there! Make sure you save me a piece... you don't have to hog them all..."
Nakiya called out from within the caravan, tossing out a box which hit one of the hunting dogs. Gamma growled, causing Delta to grab the morbid body of their feast and taking off with it, attempting to reserve a corner for himself and his meal, away from his brother. The dogs quickly began to fight one another, causing the red head to roll her eyes. She contemplated sending them back, but they were eating, and their contract did dictate she would let them hunt their own prey. She sighed as she sat down finally, closing her eyes as she tried to reach out with her senses for the key, only to be interrupted by Kuro walking up behind her. She peeked an eye open and looked at him.

"A key... a Celestial Spirit Key. I can sense it... I can sense a certain amount of pride from it... so it must be strong... or at least useful... it feels contained though... and none of these stupid boxes have it!"
She growled, crouching forward from her seated position now to reach under one of the seats and grabbing another box, opening it and throwing it out of the back of the Caravan.

Kuro chuckled, dodging the box that almost hit him. "A celestial key eh? I can tell you there are a few metal objects in there, one of which feels... off." He did not know what exactly it was, having only the ability to sense electricity, and thus, electromagnetic fields which were altered in the presence of conductive material, but it felt different than electricity. Kuro frowned. It was hard to sense the exact location of something so small, but he could at least tell the general area. "To your right, check the top, its near there." Whatever he was sensing that was not electricity was interfering with his electrical sensory. Odd, he would have to research more into that later.

Kuro shrugged, taking a seat on the ground, indian style. "I'm rather glad my magic comes from me. Must be a pain finding all those keys and keep track of them." Kuro chuckled. "Even worse, being unable to create variations at will. I cant imagine it. Oh well, to each his/her own, I suppose." Kuro resumed munching on the heart, halfway through it now. "You know we dont have long before a few more guards show up right? We caused enough of a ruckus that SOMEONE heard. Whether it be someone like us who wants to get rich and kill, or some pathetic knight trying to play hero." Kuro grinned. "I call dibs if its a good fighter though."

She listened to his instructions, getting a little pissed off that he would be able to sense the key better than she could. She reached up for a box and attempted to open it. Locked. Perfect, this had to be it. She hopped out of the Caravan and gave a loud whistle. Gamma and Delta, the two hunting dogs grudgingly abandoned their feasts and came to run to Aayla's side. 

"Open this."
She stated as she tossed the box. Gamma was quick to transform from his animal form to his human one, his face still smeared with blood however as he caught the box thrown at them. He knew this was an easy job, for their strengt as dogs carried over into their human forms. He held tight onto both ends of the box and began to pull and twist at the metal until it warped and broke open.

A golden key fell from the box, landing with a light clatter on th rocky surface of the road. Nakiya's eyes widened with glee as she reached down and picked up the key, the insignia of the Lion blazoned on it.

"Now this is one hell of a find... the king of the zodiac! Travelling on some idiots caravan?! Who the hells bright idea was that?!"
She laughed, bringing her hand up to her forehead as if it was just too much for her to take. She laughed and laughed before placing the golden key on her ring. It would take her time to corrupt Leo into a dark spirit... time Kuro was so nice to point out that they didn't have.

"If you're still hungry for blood, I don't mind waiting. This time though i'm having at least one to myself."
She stated to the other man before the two hunting dogs looked at each other, disappearing into a poof of shadows.

Kuro held out the heart he had in his hand to her. "Want it?" He was full for the moment, so he did not mind sharing. Kuro's eyes suddenly narrowed. "Something is here." While he could not sense the exact nature of whatever it was, the strange energy the key seemed to resonate was still affecting his sensory, he could tell it was coming right towards them, from twenty meters away. "Its either really big and powerful, or multiple people close together. I cannot really tell." He really hoped she did not ask why. He really did not want to respond that her magical key messed up his magic sensory, as that line would be so ridiculous it would not be funny. Either way, whatever it was on the edge of his sense, it was coming closer. "Get ready, whatever this is, it aint gonna be friendly." That much should have been obvious, but Kuro did not mind clarifying for the two dogs, just in case they were actually as intelligent as dogs. You could never truly tell when it came to magic...

"Whoever it is, I sense something strange from them." It may be the key messing up his sensory still, making metal seem like electrical magic, or it may be a mage with half decent power. In either case, Kuro would happily murder them all, but he figured Nakiya might like to have some fun as well.

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"So... there are more of these idiots... hmm... there's a skill I'd rather like to try out, if you don't mind."
She said as she walked forward, reaching up and taking the heart that Kuro had originally offered her. Frankly, it looked disgusting... the blood was already dark, there was absolutely no magical presence at all either... She shrugged as she took a great big bite out of the heart before watching it collapse in her hand, drenching her arm in the blood that spilled from the organ. She sneered as the broken heart as she chewed the piece she had bitten off before swallowing it and throwing the remains aside.

"From the Darkness of the Celestial world I summon the strength, give me your corruption. Cast my opponents into your darkness and forever breed chaos."
She began to chant as she extended her arm in front of her, a dark magic circle appeared there while dark energy began to build up. Once the Caravan came closer, she released the spell, a large mist blasting forward to cover a 100m radius around the caravan.

"You think those are the wizards they warned us about on the lacrima?"

"No way.... check out that chicks rack! no way she's an evil bloody wizard."

"Dude stop looking at her, I saw her first!"

Those were the first ramblings of the men aboard the caravan as they started to fight one another. In fact, it wasn't only those two, all those affected by the dark mist began attacking each other, weapons drawn.

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Kuro rolled his eyes. Hormonal bastards, they were. Normally, he would have gladly broken their skulls and used them as spare cups, but he saw the mist, and purposely avoided direct combat. Taking a moment to glance over Nakiya, he realized something. "I have to agree with them on that part at least." Kuro grinned. Insane, psychotic, and perverted as well? It was an interesting combination. One of the now deranged enemies targeted him, deciding apparently he was the weakest, or perhaps whatever spell Nakiya had used went by range, in which case it would have made sense, considering he was in fact the closest person to said deranged man. God that was a long sentence.

Kuro grabbed the man's face, before tightening his grip as much as possible, crushing the skull of the would-be attack. "Its like shooting monkeys in a barrel... with a bomb." He had done it before, the result was actually pretty similar, considering much of the group was now a puddle of death. "Honestly, I just hope we dont have to clean this up." He snorted, knowing they would not. Taking the body of the man he had killed, grabbing it by the leg, he threw the poor body at a man in the mist, laughing as he heard the distinct snap of a spine breaking in half. Spines could only bend so much after all.

Granted, he could never actually get tired of it, he preferred to rest now. Even though he had only used each of his spells once, he was still tired. More sleepy than exhausted, but the idea was still there. "Maybe we should do this more often. I rather like being on a team." Kuro grinned. Teaming up could also add to his power, which was something he was rather desperate for. Who cares about money, when you have so much power? Power was so much better than money to him...

Being alone was fun and all, but being on a team seemed to be more exciting and less lonely. Kuro got bored if he didnt have someone left after his massacres. "A team could be nice, come to think of it." Kuro frowned in thought. "Lets see, a close combat fighter, a celestial mage... we could use a long range fighter, or a healer. Unless you can heal." Kuro shrugged. "Either way, I dont care too much even if its just us." Kuro noted his old issue of rambling was still there, and he began the trek to their employer, with his new friend, whose name he had still not discovered. "Oh, right, Im Kuro Shikyo, if I forgot to introduce myself."

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