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Special Moves = Text.
A new day had begun as the sun shinned over the town of Axel and in a certain barn, two individuals were using it as their living quarters. IT had been a slow start for them as adventurers, so they had to find other means of making money until a high paying quest came to light. It was simple work, work that Ryuga did NOT expect to do or enjoy doing, but it had to be done to get some money in their pockets. Well his pockets, since Aqua was always up for drinking and eating all she could at the guild hall every night and letting the money go rather quickly where Ryuga chose to save his money to buy more suitable quarters, even though he has experience sleeping in less than suitable areas. None the less, things were bound to look up eventually as the Dragon Emperor was already up and leaning against the barn wall of the stall he and Aqua, who couldn't afford one of her own due to wasting her earnings, shared. He had done a few exercises to wake up his body before waiting for the arch priest to wake up. It took a while until she let out a yawn and rose from her slumber to see Ryuga leaning against the wall and gazing at a flame he made in his hand.
"Good mornings." Aqua said as she leaned up.
"It's noon." Ryuga told her as he crushed the flame in his hand.
Even though he could've left her, she had her use as the more sociable one of the duo.
"Weren't you the one to suggest we do a 'kill quest' yesterday?" Ryuga asked, not liking her forgetful attitude.
"Oh yeah. I though since we didn't have work, I could just sleep in today." Aqua said as she rubbed the back of her head.
This got Ryuga growling, they had a mission to do here and she was blatantly ignoring it. In the short time he's known her, Aqua has become more annoying than he anticipated. She's loud, obnoxious, forgetful, and just plain lazy at times, if she really wanted to return to her domain and status as a goddess, he needed to be the one to whip her into at least into a decent condition where she would be more useful to him.
"Get up! We are going on that kill quest!" Ryuga said as he walked pasted her.
"Hey! What's your hurry?! This place is one of the furthest regions from the Devil King and you're not gonna enjoy the peace?" Aqua asked him as she got up from the covered hay she was sleeping on. "Are you really that in much of a mood to fight something?"
"Too much peace makes someone soft and weak." Ryuga said as he grabbed his towel, planning to head to the bath house before the guild. "Now get moving."
"Huh! Alright but you don't have to worry about me so much." Aqua said to Ryuga, who silently denied that he was actually worried for her. "And when it comes to the quest, you can rely on me!" she said with a wink.
"Sure." Ryuga said with sarcasm. "Let's go."
"YEAH!" Aqua shouted as she raised her fist in the air, causing the person in the stall next to them to bang against the wall.
"SHUT UP! Or I'll make your head cave!" the man said as Aqua apologies.
"Yeah right." Ryuga said as he walked out of the stall.
The day began soon after, with the bathhouse and the guild hall out of the way, Ryuga and Aqua were now on their first kill quest. The mission was a simple one, to kill five giant toads in 3 days time. This quest even gave them the location of the toads, some grassy plains, and the reason why the toads were there, it was their matting season and they needed enough protien, the farm goats they were eating, to lay their eggs. Arriving at the location, the duo wen to work with dealing with the problem, even though one of them was just watching.
"GGRRRRRAAAAHHHH!" Ryuga shouted as he summoned his fire and jumped in the air, landing a punch in the middle of a giant toad's head.
The heat of the flames burned through it mucus covered skin and the impact left a bruise on it as it crashed to the ground. The toad seemed easy enough to finish off before it caused anymore trouble, such as animals, children, and adults getting eaten. Ryuga didn't seem to care as long as he complete the quest and got his money for it, maybe keep some of the toad flesh to cook and eat. He didn't know if they would taste the same as the ones he cook and ate on his travels back in his original world but he could assume they tasted the same here.
"Hey, Ryuga!" Aqua shouted from her position on the hill as Ryuga was about to roast a toad. "If you need a hand, all you have to do it call me 'Lady Aqua!'"
"Not on your life!" Ryuga shouted back at her until he saw the toad turned to her, attracted by her shouting before jumping over to her.
"Well, if you change you mind, I have a couple of demands." Aqua said with closed eyes before listing her ridiculous reasons.
She had just begun her third one before the toad chomped it's mouth over her top half before hearing the sound of flames approaching. The next thing Aqua knew was that she was spit out of the toads mouth, covered in it's spit before hearing the sound of burning and smelling burning flesh. Aqua watch in shock as Ryuga was now on top of the toad, burning it with his fire and killing it but unknown to her, Ryuga was also absorbing what little of it's energy it had left to replenish some strength. He jumped off the burning toad and landed in front of Aqua, who was gazing down at the ground crying and still covered in toad saliva.
"Next time, don't just prattle on! We've got a job to do!" Ryuga told her as she continued to cry. "Consider yourself lucky that toads sit still while they eat otherwise, you'd be digested."
"Thank you, Ryuga! Thank you for saving me!" Aqua said to him before jumping up and clinging to his shirt, drenching it in saliva.
"Hey! Get off!" Ryuga said as he let off a wave of heat using his pyrokinesis, making the saliva quickly evaporate from her and him but the smell lingered around. "It's obvious you're not up to the task, so head back! I'll do this myself!"
"I can not! I cannot return knowing that I have been bested by a simple toad!" Aqua said as she moved off of Ryuga, silently happy that the saliva was now gone. "If my followers knew I was bested by the likes of this, I would lose all of their respect! Can you imagine what that would be like?!"
This got Ryuga angry again, seeing how her personality concerning her appearance flipped after working in the sun in front of others, wolfing down her dinner in the guild, drinking like there's no tomorrow, and sleeping without any sense of grace! Even if it was a little funny to see how she suddenly cared about her reputation, it was still annoying but that didn't explain why she suddenly turned tail and ran towards another toad not far from them.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Ryuga shouted as he ran after her, not wanting to she her foolishly get eaten again.
"I will show this beast the power of the gods! I will show it what happens when it bares it's fangs and challenge those superior to it!" Aqua said, making Ryuga think a bit of how he was before his defeat by Diablo Nemesis. "This creature shall rot in the pits of hell with regret at what it has done!"
Aqua then raised her right fist and channeled her magic into it, giving off a golden glow.
"Huh?!" Ryuga let out as he saw the move, feeling the power building up inside it.
"This is the lethal fist of divine! Carrying the goddess's rage and sorrow to ensure whoever it strike will die! God Blow!" Aqua shouted as her fist meet the toad's stomach.
This was met with great disappointment as it fizzled out upon impact and sent ripples through the stomach. Whatever respect building up in Ryuga for Aqua was gone as she was once again inside the mouth of a toad.
"You call that an special move?!" Ryuga shouted as he engulfed himself in flames, letting his anger and disappointment fuel his power.
Ryuga used his fire and shot towards Aqua, grabbing her left leg and jerking her and himself a away from the toad a good distance. Aqua would've groaned at the saliva covering her, until she felt an intense heat and the fluid evaporating from her. She looked up to meet Ryuga's angry eyes and bite her tongue, not wanting to anger him more.
"Watch!" Ryuga ordered her as he turned to the toad. "This is special move!" he said as gave shout to the heavens.
Aqua had to cover her eyes at the sheer heat he was giving off before he shot towards to toad at full speed.
"Dragon Emperor Life Destructor!" Rygua voiced as he threw his right fist out, forming a spiral of flame around him as he impacted the toad.
The collision caused a veil of black smoke to arise as a pillar of fire surrounded the the toad. The the pillar shot into the sky for 4 seconds until an explosion covered the area and all Aqua could see was smoke until it cleared enough for her to see the body of the toad, charred to a crisp with a hole in it's stomach. The grass around it was burnt with a path leading to the body in front of it. It was shocking to her the magnitude of Ryuga's attack and the damage it did compared to her own but before Aqua could comment, she heard the sound of thunder behind her and a flash of light to show a shadow looming over her. Turning slowly, Aqua was met with a smoking Ryuga with the same glare starring at her.
"That is an special move." he said as he turned around and walked away, leaving the weak goddess in her shock.
After that display of power, Ryuga decided that was enough he could handle for one day went back to the guild, bringing the bodies with them, to collect their pay for a partial job complete, 10,000 Eris. Night soon arrived as Ryuga and Aqua were now having dinner, which included some of the toad that Ryuga didn't completely burn.
"We need some allies! Those toads are too tough to fight alone." Aqua said as she slammed her fists on the table, not feeling good after her humiliation today and the display of power towering over her own.
"You need allies. I can do just fine." Ryuga said as he ate his food, tasting the toad he killed today. 'Not bad.' he thought as Aqua was eating her's as well.
"So good." she said as she at the toad meat.
"And besides, no matter how much we don't like it, we're beginners. And considering how 'powerful' you are, who would wanna team up with you?" Ryuga argued with her.
"Well, once we put out word-" Aqua said with a full mouth before Ryuga said.
"Swallow!" he growled as she flinched and took a swing of her drink to calm her nerves and down her mouthful of food.
"Right! Once we put out wood than an advanced class such as myself is looking for teammates, people will be lining up to join our party!" Aqua said with a small blush from the booze. "Don't worry so much, just leave it too me!" she finished as she was reaching for his food but stopped when he flared his power and glared at her.
"Don't. Touch. My. Food." he said as she quickly went back to her own food, eating nervously to try and not anger him.
The next day, Ryuga and Aqua were sitting in the guild hall for any adventurers who wanted to join their party. Ryuga had his eyes closed and arms crossed, not interested in anyone who wanted to join, IF anyone wanted to join them.
"Why has no one come yet?" Aqua asked, not liking that no one was here yet to join their party yet.
Ryuga just grunted to her, not liking that they've wasted nearly half of their 2nd day, which could've been used to get ride of the last 3 toads before their deadline is meet.
'Just because you post a flier, you can't expect an immediate response. Especially with how she made it.' Rygua thought to himself as he was there when Aqua made the flier. It was too childish and not a single person would take it seriously but he didn't care sense he didn't want new party members in the first place. Though, if he wanted this nonsense to end quicker, he might as well lend a 'helping' hand as the day progressed and they moved to a table instead of remaining on a bench.
"If you want teammates, then lower your standards." Ryuga said as he saw Aqua begin to cry. "If you kept expecting high standards from people, you'll just drive them away or they'll crumble trying to reach them."
"I know, I just thought.." she said, sad that no one wants to join them.
"We've wasted enough time here. Just end this so we can get back to the mission." Ryuga told as he got up but stopped from leaving as he sensed someone coming from behind him, someone with decently high magic power.
"I saw your notice for fellow adventurers." said as voice, causing Ryuga and Aqua to turn to the source. "Fate must be the only explanation to our meeting."
The source of the voice was a girl who appeared to be younger than them with shoulder-length dark brown hair and crimson colored eyes. She wears a classical witch attire such as a black cloak with gold border, choker, wizard's hat, fingerless gloves, and carries a black staff. She also has a eyepatch with a cross over her left eye.
"After so long, my search for power allies has come to an end." the girl then decided to do a pose with one hand on hat and the other doing a devil sign while still holding her staff.
"My name is Megumin! I am an arch wizard who wields the mightiest of magics in the land, Explosion Magic!" the girl, know known as Megumin, said as Ryuga and Aqua stared at her.
While Aqua was happy that someone of an 'Arch' title like her was joining their group, Ryuga was a bit apprehensive of her, even if he could sense her high magic power.
"Really now?" he asked as he narrowed his eyes at Megumin.
Megumin ignored the glare and chuckled at bit, meeting Ryuga's question about her power.
"Oh? So is thou willing to partner with one who others have feared to venture with?" Megumin proclaimed in dramatic voice. "If so, then show thine resolve and stare into the bottomless abyss with me. But take heed, for the abyss may stare back!"
The trio were silent for a moment before Ryuga decided to humor the little girl, her magic power maybe high but just by looking, he can tell she weak in physical and mental aspects.
"Alright, color me intrigued. Since I too have stared into the abyss." Ryuga said, giving a slight bit of information on what it was like to be nearly consumed by L-Drago.
"Is that so?" Megumin said with a smile, happy Ryuga seemed to be convinced by her words.
"Hang on a second, your eye is red." Aqua said, noticing Megumin's eye color. "You wouldn't by chance be a Crimson Demon, would you?"
"Indeed! I am Megumin of the Crimson Demons!" she said as she threw her right arm to the side. "My power has the destructive force of-" Megumin said until she suddenly began to fall over until Ryuga caught her and raised her up by the back of her dress.
"I knew something was off about her. A powerful energy but a weak body." he commented as he heard her stomach growl. "You haven't eaten in a while, haven't you?"
"Not in 3 days." Megumin admitted as he stomach growled again.
Ryuga groaned in annoyance at this, after meeting someone with such great magic power only to be disappointed that they couldn't even feed themselves. It drew even more questions as to what else she might be hiding, like if that eye patch was needed or if it was just an accessory but considering her was wearing a crown like ring on his head, he couldn't judge.
"Aqua." Ryuga said as he turned to her, still holding Megumin up. "What else is there to know about the Crimson Demons?"
"Well, being born with natural high intelligence and magic power, they're natural born spellcasters. And they all tend to have strange names like her." Aqua answered, adding some snide at the end.
"Says the woman named after another word for 'water' where I'm from." Ryuga said to her, gaining a smirk before turning back to Megumin. "Well, since you have high magic power, you can join us." he said, accepting the explosive, dramatic girl into their party.
A few minutes later, Ryuga and Aqua were looking over Megumin's adventure card while the girl in question was feasting on some fried toad Ryuga had order for her.
"Well, the adventure card doesn't lie. She is definitely an Arch Wizard, and that means she can use some powerful attack spells!" Aqua said, glad that they had a powerful spellcaster on their team now.
"I can see that, her stat in magic is just as high as I suspected." Ryuga said as he gazed at the card with his arms crossed.
"And if she can cast Explosion Magic like she says, it's the most advanced there is." Aqua said, getting a nod from Megumin, who had her mouth full before swallowing.
"By the way, could you not call me 'she' or 'this girl?' My name is Megumin, so please use it." she said as she finished her second plate of food.
"Alright, Megumin." Ryuga said, as he stood up and smirked at her. "Let's see what you've got."
After paying for the meal, the now trio of adventures had returned to the plains to complete their mission, killing 5 giant toads, of which they have killed two so three are left.
"Since Explosion Magic is one of the strongest, it takes time build up and conjure." Megumin said as she pointed towards a toad in the distance with her staff. "Keep that one in place and I shall do the rest."
"Hmph! Simple enough!" Ryuga ssaid as he cracked his knuckles, going along with the little girls orders so he could see her power.
It was then Aqua, who was holding a staff with a pink dull tip, noticed something to her right and pointed to it.
"Another toad is coming!" she said, causing Ryuga and Megumin to turn to it.
"Looks like these beasts are smarter than they look." Ryuga commented. "We'll deal with this new one. Focus on the first!" he commanded to Megumin.
"I can manage that!" she said, bringing her staff up to prepare her spell.
"Alright, Aqua. Show us if you're still as 'great' as you used to be." Ryuga commented with sarcasm, not believing Aqua was great to begin with.
"Oh shut up, you! I am still great because I am still a goddess!" she yelled back, upset at Ryuga's insult.
"A goddess?" Megumin asked as she turned her eye towards them.
"Just ignore her, she likes to call herself that so she can be all high and mighty when she isn't." Ryuga told her, being honest in his opinion of Aqua.
"Oh, poor thing." Megumin said as she turned back to the first toad, feeling sorry for Aqua, who begun to cry.
"Whatever! I don't care what you guys think! I'm going to prove it here and now!" she said as she took off at high speed towards the toad. "I'll show you both what a goddess can really do!"
"Not again." Ryuga groaned as he watched Aqua, predicting she'd do the same thing she did last time.
"Tremble before my power, toad!" she shouted as she twirled the staff and lunged it forward, having the tip open like a flower and spin it with magic energy. "Feel the love and sorrow of goddess in this lethal blow that smits down any before it! God Requiem!" she shouted before the toad simply ate once again.
"I knew that would happen, but at least she bought us time." Ryuga mumbled before feeling the wind blow and turning his attention to Megumin, who was holding her staff up and drawing black and purple energy towards it.
"Darkness, blacker than black, darker than dark. Become on with my crimson, I beseech thee!" Megumin proclaimed, preparing her spell. "The time to awaken has arrived. From righteous bounds, come justice as an intangible distortion!"
Ryuga said nothing as he watched in awe, impressed by the magic power that was building up in both Megumin and her staff. The magic then moved and surrounded the toad in it's dark light.
"Dance, darkness, dance! And transform my power into a force of great destruction that no one can match!" she said as the magic began to form above the toad. "Rise from the abyss so that creation itself may become ashes! Grant me thine most powerful attack known to all in the land! Grant me an attack without equal"
Megumin then pointed her staff at the toad and gave a shout full of pride and confidence. "Explosion!"
The streams of purple and black soon gained sparks of light before plummeting down on it's target, consuming it in a giant tower of flames that pierced the sky without restraint.
"Such power!" Ryuga said as he witnessed the spell, VERY impressed with the amount within it and the affect of it. The wind was so great that the toad that was eating Aqua was pulled in by the wind while Megumin chuckled with pride at her attack spell. The wind soon died down and the smoke had cleared to show a massive crater where the giant toad once was and 3 large rings around it to show just how destructive it was.
"I must say, your magic actually exceeded my expectations!" Ryuga said as he stood near the attack area before hearing the ground move and turned to see the final toad coming up from the ground. "Looks like the noise woke it up. Think you can use another-" his words soon stopped as Ryuga said Megumin fall to the ground, her hat and staff to her sides as her face was one with the grass.
"Though my spell is powerful, the cost of it is a plethora of energy." she said as the toad that was eating Aqua got up and the new toad was making it's way to Megumin. "I overexerted myself and now, I can't move."
This got Ryuga's eye to twitch, even after seeing all that magic power in action, he was left alone once again to deal with the problem like last time with Aqua. IT was too much to deal with in such a short time that he was at his limit.
"RRAAAHHHHH!" Ryuga shouted as he summoned a pillar of fire around him, fueling it with rage and frustration that even though he now had a powerful teammate, she was almost as useless as Aqua was. Even though she actually tried and got results.
He then speed off to the toad eating Aqua and gave an fire fueled punch to it's stomach, making the beast spit her out before he jumped and forced both his hands down into it's mouth and blasting it's insides with fire to kill it from the inside. As Aqua hit the ground, Ryuga removed his hands from the burning toad before looking towards the last one as it was about to eat Megumin. He quickly teleported in a flash of orange lightning to get under the toads belly before striking it hard with his left fist, performing his second special move to get his frustration completely out and end this annoying day.
"Dragon Emperor Supreme Flight!" he shouted as he shot into the sky with the toad with him, burning it to a crisp before pushing it down to the earth in an explosion.
A few hours later, the day was coming to a close. After completing the task at hand and planning to collect the payment, Ryuga and his 'allies' were now walking towards the guild with Aqua reeking of saliva after the heat from Ryuga's attack evaporated it and Megumin being carried on Ryuga's shoulder.
"I smell awful. Just awful." Aqua said as she cried at bit.
"I didn't notice it but that was a fine explosion you made earlier." Megumin said with her eye patch off, showing Ryuga his theory on it just being an accessory to be correct.
"Thanks." he said without a care. "By the way, even if it was powerful, stick to spell that don't strain you too much."
"I can't do that!" she quickly replied, causing Ryuga to stop and make her face him, holding her b the back of her collar.
"And why is that?" Ryuga growled, having already reached his limit on today's foolishness.
"Explosion Magic is all I can use. I'm not very good with other spells." Megumin said, not fearing Ryuga's anger at the moment.
"You're lying." Ryuga said, assuming if she was high level enough to learn explosive spells, she could use other spells too.
"If you're high enough to use explosive magic, you should be able to use others." Aqua said, assuming Ryuga was right on Megumin's claim on other spells.
"I am an Arch Wizard who shall use no less than the best explosion spell! All others make me sick just thinking about them!" Megumin said as she went on a rant about her she didn't care if she could only use it once a day or if it made her fall flat on her face, she loved it too much to use any other.
This got Ryuga's anger growing again at the sheer idiocy of it before Aqua actually complimented Megumin on her reasoning.
"That's amazing!" Aqua said as she clasped her hands together. "Even if the goal is crazy, your passion is a trait to be praised!" she said as she flourished her arms to the side.
'First, a useless Arch Priest, and now, a somewhat useful Arch Wizard?!' Ryuga thought in defeat and anger, having found himself in the confines of two people that will test his patience in the future.
A sigh was released as he felt his luck was far worse in this world than his last one.
"Normally, I throw someone as weak as you to the curb but since you magic power is high, you might be of some use to this adventure party." Ryuga said as he put Megumin back on his shoulder and continued walked towards teh Adventurer's Guild. "When we return to the guild, you'll get your share for eliminating one of the toads."
"No need." Megumin said causing Ryuga's curiosity to grow. "As long as I can use my magic and have a meal to eat, the reward is your's to keep!"
This got Ryuga to question her until he found himself relating. Before his death, all he needed was his bey and his survival skills to survive in his travels, no money and only the clothes on his back. It made him the strong warrior he is today and he didn't regret it. So he guess he could let the powerful, somewhat useful Arch Wizard stay in his party, as long as she actually did something useful like Aqua with her, still not seen, healing.
"Fine." Ryuga said, causing Megumin to be silently ecstatic that he let her stay in his group.
After a quick trip to the bathhouse, the group then returned to the guild to not only collect their pay but also realize they had leaved up.
"Really?" Ryuga asked as Luna returned his adventure card. "I go up for levels just by killing some pests?"
"Yes, and the newer the adventurer, the faster they level up." Luna said before pulling out a small tray of money, consiting of bronze, silver, and gold coins with a small stack of green money. "Now, after adding the toads you supplied us and the award for the quest's completion, your total reward is 110,000 Eris. Is that alright with you?" she asked before Ryuga nodded and took the money.
Now sitting at a table and silently thinking, Ryuga had to wonder what else in this world would aggravate him. He personally didn't care about splitting the money among his party, even if Megumin was lying about just needed food and to use her spell, so it was only 36,000 per person. What aggravated him was that he was somehow a magnet for weaklings with high power but don't know how to use it. Unless things can turn around, he might end up killing them and taking all of their power for himself.
"At least things can't get any worse." Ryuga said under his breath before he sensed someone coming up to him from behind.
"Forgive me if I'm late, but I saw you were looking for party members." the voice said, identifying as female as Ryuga turned around. "If you are still recruiting, I would like a place in your party."
"Hmm." Ryuga hummed as he got a good look at the woman before him.
The woman before him was well-endowed and also has light blue eyes and straight, long blonde hair, usually kept in a ponytail tied with a braid and red hair clips secured on both sides of her bangs. He attire was black, white, and yellow armour, with a metal shoulder plate on her left side, and a wing-like cloth perched upon her right shoulder, a sword was dangling from her lower back with the handle facing her right side. Ryuga could see her eyes held pride and nobility but hide something else, something she didn't want to show right now since she was hoping to join his group.
"Maybe." Ryuga said as he stood up from his seat.
"That's good. I've been waiting so long to find the right party and I feel I have found it." she said before she started blushing into a shade of pink. "M-M-My name is Darkness, I am a crusader and I-I was wondering."
The woman, Darkness, stopped to take a breath before looking right into Ryuga's permanent stare, feeling something heat up inside her at the sheer look of it as Ryuga saw the pride and nobility from before disappear in her eyes and leave the something her saw before, something he was figuring out what it was now.
"Ma-May I please join your party?" she asked, causing Ryuga to mentally curse himself that he possibly attracted another potentially useless adventurer.
Those who don't know, this takes place in Season 1, Episode 2.
