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PurpleFenix — Project MANA, chapter 10

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Published: 2015-07-02 06:49:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 244; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 0
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When we last saw our heroes, they had just fought the elemental, Rockzar, and met the leader of these rebel elementals, known as Sunder, a colossus made up of two elementals that were forcefully fused into one being. Soon after meeting the tyrannical figure, he disappeared, leaving Byaku, Ame, and Gadget all alone to return to Hope’s Pillar, knowing that this was not the last they’d be seeing of the titan amongst elementals. Two weeks have passed since then and Byaku has organized for his friends to come together to watch some movies and eat sushi and pizza together. Byaku had invited Gadget to attend, Ame was going to be there anyway, he and Byaku lived in the same apartment after all, Byaku also invited his old friend Quels to attend, as well as the other two members of Quels’ team who Byaku hadn’t met as of yet. Byaku, Ame and Gadget are eager to get together and genuinely relax as friends. Byaku was also excited to see who his old friend has as team mates.

“Ok, Ame! How’s the movie set up coming?” Byaku called out to the confused Ame from the kitchen, “What? Of course I want anchovies on that, what kind of nutcase wouldn’t? …” Byaku trailed off while talking on the phone “Uh…good. I think. I don’t even know what any of these are, let alone if they’re good viewing material.” Ame replied, looking at the various DVD cases, seeing what he thought were very odd titles and graphics. “Mind if I have a look, Ame?” Gadget said as she was suddenly right next to Ame. “Ah, Gadget, yes that would help. Which one of these do you think would be a better viewing experience? ‘‘Zombie Spiders from Planet Pluto’, or ‘Man of Bats’?” he asks confusedly, questioning just about everything. She glances over at the cases. “Honestly, I reckon they’re both lame!” she says, shrugging. She turns to Byaku. “These are lame!” she yells to him. “Aw, come ON! No, I’m fine with the price, that’s good. No, no, nononono! It’s good! No, don’t get the manager, it’s all goo…” he says while still trying to maintain two conversations, stopping short to make a long, pained sigh. Repeated knocking sounds can be heard from the front door of the apartment.

“Having some trouble with deciding the movies, huh?” Quels said as he opened the door to the apartment and walked in. “Hey Quels! What? No not you, my friend…” Byaku trailed off again. “Ah, Quels El’vahn, yes, I have Gadgets help but a third opinion would be much appreciated.” Ame said, relieved as he saw the elf walk in. “hm…dude, ‘Zombie Spiders from Planet Pluto’, duh! It’s a classic!” Quels remarked as he looked over the various DVD cases strewn on the floor. “That’s what I said when I put that in the pile, total classic.” Byaku said as he hung up the phone, walked up to quells and fist-bumped him. To which, gadget merely yelled out "LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!" with a droning tone. “Oh deal with it, it’ll be fun. So where’s your team, bro?” Byaku asked Quels. “They’re on their way, they’ll be here soon.” Quels said in reply. “Sweet, I can’t wait to see who you’ve got as team mates…Ame, just pick one at random already.” He said to Ame, beginning to lose patience with him. “But Byaku, you know how… well, yeah…” he tried to remind Byaku of a very important fact, but hesitated, because he’d rather let as few people know about his past, rather the lack thereof, as he could. Byaku paused for a moment, trying to comprehend why he stopped short, before rolling his eyes approaching Ame. “Oh for god’s sakes fine, I’ll choose!” he said as he retrieved the movies so he could pick for himself. “So what do you think your team would like?” Byaku turned to quells, hoping for a better answer than ‘they’re both lame’ or no answer at all. Quels paused for a few moments, and gave it some thought. “Hard to say! I mean, classics are classics, but… actually, yeah... ‘Zombie Spiders from Planet Pluto’ it is!” The elf finally said. “Sweet, now we just need to set everything up while I make the sushi!” Byaku said with excitement. “Ok-wait, you make sushi, Byaku?” Gadget asked, confused, she knew Byaku liked sushi, but she didn’t know he could actually make sushi, or have the patience to make something that didn’t involve a microwave.

“Yep, you can help if you want, the more the hungrier I say” Byaku commented with his large grin on his face.
After about half an hour, the sushi was ready, when suddenly there was a knock at the door. “I got it!” Byaku called out as he made a dash for the door. He opened it to find a tall boy, the teen had dark-ish skin and white hair which spiked out and flowed down to his shoulders then splayed out, he had stubble adorning his face as well as two markings going downward in the middle of his eyes (seeming to be tattoos of some sort), his eyes a light blue seeming to be the focal point of his face. He wore a robe of both a deep and light blue with a large, red scroll on his back. “Greetings.” The boy said, “Is this the residence of Byaku and Ame?” “Yes, I’m Byaku Yakate, nice to meet ya.” Byaku said, extending his hand with a grin on his face. “A pleasure, I am Sten Ishval” The boy replied, shaking Byakus hand. “Yo! Sten, just in time, Byaku just finished making the sushi and pizza’s on the way!” Quels called out from the couch. “Quels, it seems I wasn’t the first one here, hehe.” Sten said, rubbing the back of his head with an awkward smile on his face as he saw Quels and Gadget sitting on the couch. Sten likes being on time at all times if possible. “Ok, let me get you acquainted, you know Quels, this is ame, he’s an Aromancer, and this is Gadget, a Technomancer. And I am a Pyromancer.” Byaku said as he was introducing his teammates to Sten. “Very nice, I am an Aquamancer, with a sub-school of Frostus. So uh, I heard that there was sushi available?” Sten asked, eyeing the large platter of various kinds of sushi on the counter. “Yeah there is, please, help yourself.” Byaku replied gesturing at the counter.

Just as Byaku went to sit down, another knock could be heard at the door. “Ugh, I got it.” Byaku groaned as he got back up to get the door. He was surprised at who he saw. I was the dog eared girl he saved from Rockzar on his first day in Hope’s Pillar city. She had long flowing blue hair that went down her back, with two sections of it tied into pigtails on the sides of her head, her blue dog ears perked up when she saw Byaku had opened the door. She had blushed cheeks and a small scare across her nose. She wore a green jumper with a blue medallion, as well as a pair of grey pants with very pale blue shoes. Her soft orange eyes mesmerised Byaku, he never got a good look at her when he caught the large piece of rubble about to crush her all those days ago until now.

“Oh-uh-h-hello there, my name is Sai’ch, You must be Byaku Yakate. I remember you from when you saved me from that falling building a while ago… T-thank you.” The girl said as she introduced themselves. “Uh-duh-h-hey there. How’s is goin’? Yeah, I’m Byaku, please, come in.” Byaku said as he invited the girl in. “I’ve made sushi which is right over there-huh?” Byaku looked over to the counter to find the platter of sushi now empty. “What!? W-where’d all the sushi go!” Byaku snapped back to reality (oh there goes gravity) he dashed to the empty platter, comedic anime tears rolling down his face. “I spent half an hour on that!” Sten giggled silently to himself as he licked his lips. “What the hell Sten!?” Quels yelled at Sten for eating all the sushi. “What? You know I can’t resist when there’s sushi around.” Sten replied. Ame and gadget simply watching in pure confusion as all this was unfolding, Quels was yelling and trying to slap Sten, who was slapping back, and Byaku was Sobbing with the platter clutched to his chest as Sai’ch was trying to calm him down. “Do you have any idea what is happening, Gadget?” “Nope. I’m just as confused as you are, not even the orphans at home are as chaotic as this. Should I handle this?” “I’ve got it.”

“Alright that’s enough! All of you!” Ame yelled out “What’s the matter with you! We’re meant to be here to watch a movie and get to know each other, instead you’re eating all the food and fighting!” Quels and Sten then sat still. “And Byaku! You’re meant to be the organiser of all this! Stop crying like a child and create more using magic!” “But *sniff* it’s not as good if you don’t make it by hand…” Byaku sniffed. “Done!” A voice from behind Byaku rang, it was Sai’ch, who had somehow managed to make an entirely new platter of sushi within that small amount of time. Byaku’s face suddenly lit up and be beamed. “H-Hey thanks!” Sai’ich set it down on top of the old platter, smiling gently. “No worries” Gadget looked up from her game, sitting upside down on the armchair. “Don’t eat too much sushi, you won’t feel well in the morning.” She said with an almost motherly authority. Ame looked over at her, rather surprised at her tone of voice. Gadget redirected her attention back to her game, and then the group focused more on Quels, who was placing sushi on Stens face. After everyone had finally settled down, Byaku put on the movie, and they sat together, Gadget claiming the armchair and swatting away people who tried to get her off. During the movie, a couple of the guys chatted quietly and discussed plot holes and minor errors in the movie. Sa’ich and Gadget had given up on the movie, and chatted quietly amongst themselves while Gadget taught Sa’ich how to play the game she had brought with her.

After a short while, Sai’ch decided to sit back on the couch and continue to watch the movie, the only spot left was next to Byaku. “Excuse me, but can I sit there?” She politely asked Byaku. “Yeah, of course.” Byaku replied, scooting over slightly giving Sai’ch a bit more room. She sat down and started watching, after a while she noticed that Byaku’s arm was on the back of the couch. *Wow, Byaku’s pretty nice, I thought he’d be a bit jockey and arrogant, but he’s pretty cute kinda. And his arms nearly around me…should I…I will…* Sai’ch thought to herself. Byaku meanwhile was watching the movie happily, when he felt something on his side. He blushed when he moved his eyes down to see Sai’ch, who was also blushing, had begun snuggling up to him. Her ears brushing against Byaku’s chin. *Oh crap! What is she doing? Uh-uh-uh! I’ve never done this before…uh…She is kinda cute…but should I…oh what the hell.* Byaku thought to himself and then slowly moved his arm down to rest his hand around her far shoulder. Both blushed hard. Gadget looked away from her game for a few seconds, letting out a near silent ‘Shipped’ before going back to her game.

Byaku noticed Quels looking at the two of them, Quels gave Byaku a wink and looked back at the TV, Byaku blushed even harder. After the movie had finished and the credits were rolling, Byaku asked Quels; “So how’d you meet your team, bro?” “Well, I met Sten on the train to Hope’s Pillar, we talked for a while and became friends. And Saich I met in our first class when our teacher grouped the three of us together for a practical exercise, we had to collectively calm a Saber-Cat… *shivers* I still get chills from that thing, had to change by hair for a while after it frayed one of my dreads…” Quels replied. Sai’ch clenched up to Byaku after remembering the Saber-Cat. “Yeah, that was funny, he tried spiking his hair up like yours, Byaku, it looked weird on him. Ha!” Sten chimed in. “ha! Nice, huh? Uh, Gadget, why is there a small sheep on your knees?” Byaku said as he noticed a small fluffy sheep sitting on Gadget’s knees. Gadget looked up from her game towards the ceiling, so see her pet. “Oh hey, Toast! What are you doing here? You must have followed me here, huh?” Gadget said as she sat upright and cuddled the small animal. *bah!* was Toast’s only reply (He’s a sheep, what did you expect? ‘Moo’?) “Aww, he’s pretty cute, Gadget. How long have you had him?” Sai’ch asked. “Hm, dunno, but he’s here anyway.” Gadget said as she put Toast on the armrest, moved back to her original upside down position, and went back to her game.

Soon after everyone decided to leave and go back to their homes. Sten gave a polite bow before saying goodbye and leaving, Sai’ch gave Byaku a hug (as she does to everyone before she says goodbye) and then dashed out the door before anyone could notice her blushing hard. “Alright, Imma head out now, Byaku. I’ll see ya around the academy, yeah?” Quels said as he was standing at the door. “You know it, bro!” Byaku replied before holding out his left hand, unusual seeing as Byaku is right handed. Quels also extended his left hand, but instead of shaking hands, they grabbed each other’s wrists for a solid 3 seconds before releasing and Quels left. When Byaku and Quels released their grip on each other, Ame noticed a small scar going across Quels and Byaku’s left hands. *Hm…they must really be close friends if they’ve done something like that, even I can recognise a friendship pact like that.* He thought to himself.

“sooo, Byaku. You and Sai’ch huh?” Gadget asked cheekily. “What? Uh-t-that was just a-a thing. That’s it.” Byaku replied, burying his blushing face into a comic book. “Oh yeah? What kind of thing?” “Uh-A thingy thing.” “What kind of thingy thing?” “…shuddup…” “Aww, how cute, do you want me to give you a cootie shot? I look after kids all the time.” Gadget giggled to herself seeing Byaku literally turning as red as his hoodie. “Yeah Gadget. What kind of thingy thing?” Ame asked. “Ame, you’re doing it wrong.” “Huh? I thought that’s how you do that kind of thing.” “Nah she’s right, dude, you’re supposed to ask me that.” “Oh, ok then…Yeah Byaku, what kind of thingy thing?” “SHUDDUP AME!”


End of Chapter 10.
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