Supply Run Gone Wrong

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The sun shined bright outside as one of the wild children of the Black Bulls, Takato Asamizu, walked down the hall heading toward the library. The library was the last place he saw the pink-haired rookie, Yurie Fukushima. Walking into the library, Takato set his eyes on the pink-haired girl as she set in the middle of the room surrounded by books.

“Hey Yurie, Cap got a mission for us,” Takato said as he walked up to the pink-haired girl who was reading a book that seemed to have small spears imprinted on it.

The girl looked up for a moment before going back to reading her book. “What kind of mission is it?” She asked.

“A booze run, one of the simplest missions there is,” Takato said with a smile on his face that does not match his eyes.

“All we do is go to the bar in town and for Korag’s specialty.”

“I take it that Coco declines this mission?” Yurie asked as a noise sounding similar to Coco’s voice saying ‘Damn right I did.’ was heard in the background.

Takato’s eyes twitched as he heard her voice. “As you heard, she did. With Juno out on a mission with Kai, she can not go, so it’s up to us.”

Yurie stared at Takato for a moment before getting up and closing her book. “I guess I have to go, there will be no fighting, right?”

A smile appeared on Takato’s face as he heard her words. “Yeah, you don’t have to worry about fighting, this is a simple booze run. Plus, if anything goes wrong, I’ll protect you.”

“You’ll protect me, huh. Keep your word, Takato.” Yurie said after a moment of hesitation while clutching the side of her dress.

'*She is nervous, this is her first mission. She doesn’t want to mess up.’* Takato thought after seeing her clutch her dress.

“Hey, calm down. You’ll do fine.  You made it into the Black Bulls after all. Show some backbone.” Takato said as he put his hands on her shoulder.

“Now let’s go, to the town of Satori,” Takato said as he starts to push Yurie outside to the broomstick.

“Do you know how to fly a broomstick?” Takato asked as he grabbed a light blue broomstick with black streaks on it.

“Yes, I know how to fly a broomstick. I’m not dumb.” Yurie said as she looked down at the ground.

‘Crap, Stupid Takato look what you did.’

“I’m not calling you dumb, dumbass. Some people just don’t know how to ride brooms.” Takato said as he got on his broomstick before asking, “The better question is, do you even *have* a broomstick?”

“Don’t call me a dumbass, and no, I don’t have a broomstick. Why?” Yurie said as she raised her head to look at Takato.

“For a shy girl, you sure are feisty. Now get on, we’re wasting time.” Takato told her as he petted the spot on her broomstick behind him.

"W-What!" Yurie blushed as she heard Takato's word.

"Get on the broom," Takato repeated slowly as he looked at Yurie with a bored expression on his face. "We have to get to Satori before it gets late."

"Oh, Okay," Yurie said as she got on Takato's broom before wrapping her arm around Takato's waist.

"Are you comfortable? I don't want you to fall off." Takato asked as the broom started to lift off the ground.

"Yeah, I'm good. We can leave now." Yurie said as the two-shot off in the direction of the village. Yurie looked in awe as they flew past the trees and rivers.

"Do you like the scenery, Rie?"  Takato asked noticing her starstruck looks.

"Yes, it's so beautiful. Wait Rie?" Yurie asked as she looked at Takato in confusion.

Yeah, you are part of the Black Bull now. Which means you are a part of my family. All in my family have a nickname. Yours is Rie, a beautiful nickname for my beautiful little sister." Takato said as he turned and smiled at Yurie before looking forward again.

A smile appeared on Yurie’s face as she stared at the back of Takato's head. "Thank you, Taka."

The two continued the ride on the broom in silence with smiles on their face glad to be accepted by each other.

The silence was broken by Takato as he announced, "Hey Rie, we've made it."

In front of them was a village that was bursting with life, little kids running around smiling and laughing with people joking and dancing around in the streets.

"A-Amazing, everyone here is so happy," Yurie said as she looked at all the people around them.

"Of course, this is Satori. Satori here is under the protection of the Black Bulls, even though we are known as the worst squad, we do our best to protect what we view as ours."  Takato told her as he helped her off his broom.

Once they got off the broom, kids seemed to run towards the two of them, "Takato, you are back!" one yelled with glee as she grabbed onto his leg.

"Who is this? Is this your girlfriend?" another asked as she looked Yurie up and down.

"Yes, I'm back, and no, this Yurie my new little sister," Takato said as he pulled Yurie over towards the children.

Yurie squeaked as children ran around her, looking at her slowly, judging her. A little girl came up to her and grabbed her dress and said. "You are pretty, miss."

"T-thank you l-little one," Yurie said as she covered her face to hide her blush.

Behind her, she heard Takato laugh as he repeated "Little one."

“S-shut u-p Taka,” Yurie said as she refused to look at Takato.

Takato only laughed as he motioned for Yurie to follow him. Yurie quickly ran after Takato with the children trailing behind them.

Takato stopped in front of a building with a large sign saying Satori’s Bar.

“Now, you know that you guys can not come in here. Go run back to your parents.” Takato said as he turned towards Yurie and the children.

The kids whined as they turned around and ran back towards their parents to continue playing. "
Let’s go in.” Takato said as he opened the door to the bar.

“Hey! Old Man, Cap needs his booze, that usual good stuff, a big load of it too.” Takato yelled as the older gentleman at the bar greeted him.

“Ahh, Young Asamizu, How are you my boy? Oh, and this young lady beside you is surely not Young Coco,” The old man with long flowing white hair asked as he got Korag’s booze ready for delivery.

“She sure isn’t old man, ya know I can’t stand that brat. This is Yurie, a new member.”

“It’s nice to meet you as well Miss Yurie, you can call me gramps or old man as Young Asamizu and Young Coco call me.” The man now known as Gramps said as he bowed back towards Yurie.

“Here you go Young ones, Young Korag’s booze,” Gramps said as he handed Takato a small box. In the box were three small bottles of liquor.

Takato looked at the box in confusion before looking back at the old man. “This isn’t all of it, right?” He asked as he stared at the man.

“I’m sorry Young Asamizu, but this is all we have. Especially with them new mages in town.”

“New mages, what new mages?”

“There are two of them both young men, but they take a lot of them booze like there is a whole tavern of people to give it to.” The old man said as he explained how mages dress in black come to the bar and would constantly take large amounts of booze till there was none left.

“That’s stealing. T-they are stealing from t-the v-village.” Yurie gasped as she put her hands over her mouth.

Takato grinded his teeth as he clutched his fist. “Where are they?” He asked as he looked at the old man.

“They come and go as they please but today, is usually the day they come for their booze.” Gramps said as he sat down on one of the bar stools.

“Guess we’ll wait here for them then.”

Yurie turned toward Takato when he said that. “You s-said we weren't g-oing to f-fight. Y-you promised.” She said as she stared at Takato.

“Yurie, do you want the village to suffer?” Takato asked as he took a seat next to the old man.

“Of course I don’t. I don’t want to fight either though.” Yurie said as she glared at Takato.

“You choose to be a Magic Knight ,which mean you’re going to have to fight whether you like it or not.” Takato said as he looked at her glare head on without an ounce of fear or hesitation.

Yurie stood there for a moment looking at Takato and the old man before turning and walking out of the bar. “I’m not fighting and that’s final.”

Takato watched as Yurie walked out of the bar.  “Are you not going to stop her?” The old man asked as he turned towards Takato.

“No, let’s give her time to cool off. Regardless of how she feels toward fighting, she will have to do it one day.” Takato said as he layed his head on the table and let out sigh.

“*What would Kai or Bacchus do at a time like this?*”

Yurie crossed her arms as she walked out of the bar, "*Who does he think he is. He can't force me to fight, I only join a magic knight squad to see if I could go home.*" As Yurie walked down the street deep in thought, she failed to realized two people walking behind her.

"Is that the girl." a feminine voice called out as they watched Yurie walk away from the bar.

"Yeah, that the girl that came with the Sea Wasp. See her robe, that mean she a member of the black bulls so be careful when you get to her Seire."

"Sir yes sir." Seire said with smile on her face. Walking up behind Yurie, Seire raised her left hand which seem to be covered in a small glove shaped gauntlet with a green orb in the middle.

"Nighty night little princess." Serie said as she bought her hand down on Yurie's shoulder. Electricity sparked throughout Yurie body as she open her mouth to scream only for Seire to put her right hand over it. "Can't have you screaming, you might alert the Sea Wasp."

Yurie's body gave out as the electricity shut down her nerves. "Man, I love Blitz Fist, wish I could keep it forever." Seire said as she let Yurie fell onto her. She looked around at the villager who saw her electrify Yurie. "Find the Sea Wasp and tell him we have one of his precious squad mates. He has one hour to find us or she gone." A smile appeared on her face as she said those words. "*The Sea Wasp will die today for what he did.*"

A portal appear behind her and a hand reached out. "Come on Theft, we need to be prepared for when the Wasp comes for her." Seire turned around and walked through the portal with Yurie in her arms and said, "Yeah Yeah. I'm coming give me minute a okay. This princess is heavy you know."