Yo! The names Iones, and right now I'm just your average 14 year old wearing an alchemy themed eye patch over my right eye while drinking a smoothie~. Pleasant, right~? Damn straight, and I enjoy every minute of it.

However right now I'm listening to Hatsuka and Youka talk about guys as one just so happens to pass us.

"Wow~!" "That guy is so cute. I just took his picture with my phone." "Oh! Yeah, he's okay, I guess." "Ain't my type that for sure."

"Seriously! Okay Nina I'm so done trying to figure out what your type is, and what's with you and no guy involved Io?" I shrugged my shoulders as Nina drags out an "I know".

"I just want a good-looking guy who's really strong and sweet, someone who'll protect me and bravely fight to defend my honor."

I just blink at her impressed, as Hatsuka and Youka go crazy on the other side, until I felt something off and decided to keep cool about the matter and continue enjoy the company.

"So let me get this straight. You actually think you be able to find someone like that? Thinks it's time for a reality check Nina." Hatsuka told as both her and Youka chimed in saying, "Trust us he doesn't exist."

"Nina has... Strong tastes, but that specific? Even I know to high of expectations is a bad thing." I said while leaning back in my seat, legs crossed in a punk manner, and elbow on back of the seat, looking at Nina.

"Yeah I know, but I guess that I. I always have this dream, that one day a prince would come to me out of the blue and risk his very life to protect me. Maybe a guy like that only exists on fairy tales, but in order to protect the princess he loves, a true prince would bravely face any enemy and fight to the bitter end to save his beautiful princess, and realize his every dream." I hid my eyes with my bangs and smiled.

'"Every dream", huh?' I thought as I heard a sound of an small object and heard Nina go "huh?" and looked her way.

"Does this cake nearly come with hard candy??" 'Candy?' I thought as I look at said object, but got a weird feel from it.

"I don't know, I've never ordered that before." Youka says as Hatsuka wonder "Maybe there adding the candy as a new form of customer appreciation." She then whispers the rest as I lean forward to the candy for a better look. "You know their probably worried that this new cake shop would steal all their customers away."

"I get it~! So this is like a little present." Nina says while trying to eat it and Hatsuka and Youka ask "How is it?" and Nina shakes her head.

"I'm not so sure this is candy. It's really hard to bite into."

An image crosses my mind that causes me to grow blue streaks. "Nina spit it out!" "Huh!? Why!?" As soon as she said that with all look up and saw people falling from the sky. The girls screamed, as I growled, and we all jumped out of the way as a boy with blue... Everything, lands in front of Nina and she swallows that terrible object. 'Damn it Nina!' I look up and growled. 'Looks like it's that time of year for fools.' They group of idiots continue to follow as I whipped out my Alchemy pistol ready to fire, not knowing of Nina's faint scream, and blue boys response.

"You are?!" "That's right." I looked up and saw A FALLING CAR ABOVE!?

I immediately jumped out of the way as the car crashed in my previous spot and a brunette who looked a few months, maybe a year older than me as he stood beside blue boy, in front of Nina, as they converse with each other and comfort Nina, who's looking at me with concern.

"Okay now I wanna shoot them instead." I mumbled but apparently Nina heard me and screamed.

"Eeek!! No Io! No Guns!!!" I glared at her as the two males look my way and blink as my visible eye twitched in annoyance.

"Keep staring I'll remove your peepers creeps." I stated as I walk away but not before being grab by the wrist and pulled back behind the brunette.

"Just stay back and we'll protect you, kay?" Blue boy said as I blink and Nina question, "Did you say, Protect me?"

"Shield Magic! Crystal Barrier!" A transparent dome appeared in front of the brunette and I immediately got in front of Nina as the idiots went flying everywhere.

Once they were repealed the dome disappeared and the two turn to us with smiles.

I internally growl, as I heard Nina's heart rate go up in excitement, making me sweat drop.

'Okay great~.'

(Add Iones where and however you like)

"Looks like we scared them off. I don't think they'll be coming back." The brunette boy says.

"Are you sure it fell in this area? What if they find it before we do?" That sparked something in my mind, as I mentally groan.

"That's impossible Zura~! We from the Sea Horse tribe are great admirers of the pearl, and I know exactly where to find it, even without the ragity looking Finder, so you can count on me guys~!!" I blinked at that.. Thing.

"You're positive." The brunette said as the.. thing starts getting upset.

"If you don't believe me then fine, Zura, but even Zero's Finder keeps saying that it's somewhere around here zura~."

"It says the pearls right in front of us." The three look to Nina as I grew cautious. "Ah. Maybe it's broken." It's then it went off and beeped faster when pointed to Nina, causing her to scream and the three to gasp.

"Question, have you two seen a crystal pearl that looks like this?" The brunette asked while pointing to a sign as Nina shakes her head and I growl going noticed by that Sea Horse.

"Well, maybe I think it came with a piece of cake that I ordered." They scream as I sighed at her stupidity.

"So- So what did you do with it??" Nina did a shy, nervous, embarrassed pose. "I thought it was hard candy so I ate it~..." They scream again, as the blue boy, with blue streaks, says, "Say what?" and grabs Nina's collar telling her yelling at her before telling her to spit it out, only to get stopped by the brunette before I jumped in with my gun.

"She's got the pearl Ichi!" "Yeah she swallowed it but there's nothing we can do about that right now!!" He continues to lecture him as I went to Nina and bashed her skull with the butt of my gun.

"Oww~!! Io~~!" "THEN NEXT TIME LISTEN TO ME!!!" I then put my gun up before grabbing her cheeks and pulled on them, not knowing of wide eyes. "This is number six, and it's hella worse now that two idjit's are here, damn it Nina." I glared at her while pulling on her cheeks.

"Maybe you should stop Zura?" I look to the Sea Horse who shudders and hides.

~No One~

"She's scary Zura." The Sea Horse says from hiding behind the brunette, as the blue boy with goggles scoffs.

"Yeah right, she couldn't hurt a fly." He states as the brunette notice took notice of the girls appearance.

"Zero." He hums and looks to the brunette, who looks at him then back to the girl. "Look." He looks closely only to have his eyes widen.

"Are those--" "We can't be sure. So we have to an eye on her to find out." He nods and they both look over only to see Nina hugging the girl that the two boys are weary of.

"There. There, Nina~, it's alright." They saw her pat her head as Nina hugs Iones tighter making the girl, remotely, happy and two blink as one sweat drops.

"Uh, what is happening?" The blue boy, Zero, questions as Iones says something to Nina, who immediately perks up scaring Zero and the Sea Horse, as the brunette, Ichi, approaches the two, and was about to question Iones when a series of wind appears, making Hatsuka and Youka scream as Iones gets in front of Nina as they come to witness a giant owl.

~Iones~

I growled at the giant owl in front of us, while steadily having my hand over my gun holster and the other on my hat.

"I don't believe this, how did San and Forte find us?" The brunette questioned surprised.

"Don't worry about us Ichi, what are you doing here, why are you guys hanging around with these pathetic humans? Did you find a clue about the crystal pearl~?" My eye twitched.

"Oh! The crystal pearl~! Is this what you're looking for?"

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!/ BAD NINA!!!!!!" "So you do know about it~!" They grew blue streaks and cover her mouth, as I reached for my gun.

"Can I shoot?" I was ignored, well, except for Nina trying to say "No" through hands.

"SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S SAYING!!!" I immediately turn to the Sea Horse. "It's. Not like. She. Swallowed it. Zura."

"Great." "Way ta'go Sea Horse." "Wow~! Some help."

"We can hear you, you know." Everyone falls except me, I just sweat drop from that girls statement.

"Something smells fishy, it looks to me like you guys are trying to hide something." "I think their hiding something to Fo~!" "Sure looks that way now, doesn't it San?"

"That~, or all that fish I can smell from here." They both blink, as I wave my hand in front of my nose, and blondie starts growling at me before I place my hands on my hips in a lecture manner. "Haven't you heard be careful with your foods~? How old even are you kiddo~?"

"KIDDO!?" I smirked I victory as I was picked up, thrown over a shoulder and saw brown hair.

"Well, goodbye!" He said he ran to the car, with blue boy grabbing Nina, and threw me into the passenger seat before immediately driving off with those freaks behind us.

"So you do know something, don't you? I'm assure of it. You must know where the crystal pearl is!"

"Nina~, let me shoot." "N-NO!!!" I growled as they came to the side.

"I'm talking to you, and don't think your getting away with those mocks girlie!! Now answer me!!!"

"How's this?!" He moves the car and hits the owl knocking them away. "Alright everybody, hold on tight!" Brunette says as he stomps on the gas making me scream in slight joy, as blondie, happy-go-lucky and their owl came back.

"You can't get rid of us that easily!"

"Tell us what you know Ichi! You better tell us where to find the crystal pearl~." He rams them again as I groan when they came back.

"You're gonna have to drive a lot faster Ichi! Their gaining on us!!"

I look through the mirror and saw them, and growled.

"I wish I could shoot them off course." It was then did I have idea and smirked before turning in my seat to Nina. "Nina! Hairpin, the sharp one!!" She blinks, before pulling out a hairpin and hands it to me as the brunette rammed into him again, after I successfully injured myself, and blondie was self bloating.

I stood in the passenger seat and held a disk like object in a throwing position. "Try this on for size~!" I then successfully threw it and it exploded in his owls eyes, and the girl states that Blondie should duck before that owl, him, and happy-go-lucky smash into a bridge as we immediately drive pass them.

"YaHoo~~~~!" I jumped and landed in the seat, not knowing of wide eyes and a hidden smile.

"We need a place to hide." At first I was humming gleefully, until I immediately perked up, apparently going noticed the the brunette.

"You know a place?" He asked me as I sweat dropped.

"Well, you could call it a series of places." I wear this (-^-) thinking I'm about to be lectured.

"Point the way." I immediately look to him surprised before blinking and point the way to one of my undamaged hideouts.

~Time Skip~

"This looks like a good spot." He said before turning to blue boy and Nina. "You can get now, we should be safe here." "As long as you freaks don't have trackers on you, you are." I state with crossed arms as the brunette sweat drops, while also reassuring me that they have no kind of that record.

"We lost those guys really easily." I heard Nina gasp and turn my head her way before looking into the mirror and sputter, as I felt something in my shirt and looked to find that talking animal, and he assures me that he's an animal that talked, and that I was comfy and warm, so I told him he was fine since he's an animal.

"So um. How long do YOU PLAN ON HOLDING ME YOU PERVERT!!" I snapped my fingers with closed eyes, after Nina uppercut blue boy in his chin, and I literally turn in my seat to watch this.

"HEY! WHY'D YOU HIT ME!?" I sweat as Nina asks if they were that stupid, and demand on both our behalf to tell us who they were. "Should we tell 'em?"

"Yeah~!" The Sea Horse said from my left.

"I guess we don't really have a choice now do we?" "Actually." All eyes are on me as I professionally leaped out of the car and walk off with hands behind my head. "I don't give two craps about intros, NiNi~ you know where to find me~."

I heard her say, "okay Io~! I'll find you later!!" before I start running, jumping on, and rebounding from different crates, not knowing of someone's wide eyes.

'Just ease the ego.'

~Ichi~

After the odd girl left, I was ancy about her blunt remarks, but her pouncing on those crates was impressive.

"Zura believe she is strong Zura~." I look to Zura, who was also staring in the same direction as I was.

"You think so too, huh~?" "Of course Zura, but something felt off Zura." That immediately caught my attention, as the girl, who punched Zero repeats her demand from earlier.

"Then let me get right to the point, see we're not from the planet Earth. We're not human like you." "What?" "We're Sorcerers."

"So, you can use magic?" The three of us all said yes. "Then that means, you guys flying around on broomsticks, am I right~?" We all place the cups, that appear from nowhere, and said "Yeah~!"

"Phew, I'm relieved. You do know what we're talking about." As Zero continues I saw the girl from earlier hiding, as the other flips the table asking if we think she an idiot, scaring us.

"GIVE ME A BREAK!! YOU DON'T ACTUALLY THINK I BELIEVE YOUR PATHETIC LITTLE LIES DO YOU?!!!"

"You really aren't an easy person to get along with." ~Zero

"Yeah~! Did you see all those cool Sorcerer stuff we did, earlier?" I stated with arms crossed.

"That's it, I wanna know who you guys are right now!"

"We're Sorcerers, like we said." ~Zero

"And right now, the two of us are actually in the process of becoming professionals Sorcerers. I suppose you can say we're taking our final exam." I than began to explain the qualifications for the final exam, and how it works in a sense.

"Oh! So where is this Pearl now?" Zero was about to 'tell' her when she fell to the ground and looked up and the girl hit her with a gun.

"Take a wild guess Snail-Mind." "Don't Call Me That!!" "Then quit being rouge." "I'M NOT ROUGE!!"

The girl then scoffs. "Don't make me knock you with the gun." The other covers her head, before a look of realization hit her.

"HOLD UP YOUR SAYING THAT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS CANDY WAS ACTUALLY THE CRYSTAL PEARL!!!?"

"Ye~p!" I sweat drop at the scene. "You finally see the trouble your in?" "Wait then that means." She then turns to us as the other closes her eyes but turns our way also. "You guys are actually Sorcerers!!" I saw the girls eyebrow twitched, as Zero tells her that's what we've been trying to tell her, however for some reason, I feel that the mystery girl already knew that somehow.

"Hold up, does this means I'm going to be chased by the Sorcerer Examines till the test is over?"

"Oh good she's getting it~." The three of us said as the girl just groans in relief, I think.

"YOU GUYS GOTTA GET THIS THING OUT OF ME, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THERE CAN EVEN BE A TEST ANYMORE WITH THIS CRYSTAL WHATEVER THINGY INSIDE MY STOMACH!!" I heard the odd girl correct her say, "Pearl, Nina." as Zero agreed to what the other said as I pulled out my phone.

"Okay, I better put a call in to Head Quarters." Zero then started making faces and mocking the girl as I place the phone to my ear.

'While I'm at it.' I stole a glance at the odd girl in the hat, and eye patch. 'Maybe I should ask about her as well?'

"Hi I think we're having a bit of a problem down here." "What's the problem." "W-well it's--"

~No One\Somewhere else~

"Is that so?" A man with blonde hair questions. "This is most disturbing, the crystal pearl isn't meant to be ingested." He stood silent and listen to the student. "Well there is medicine that can remove it. However a batch can't be ready. Till Christmas."

He heard a gasp as a girl grabs the phone and starts to question him about cancelling the test or dropping another ball, but a voice in the background caught him off guard.

"I'm sorry." He than hung up, before smiling making others blink at the words be heard.

"No good comes from yells, Nina."

~Iones~

I heard the brunette gasp, telling me said hero hung up, as I look to Nina, who's on her hands and knees, bawling asking herself: "Wahh~!! What did I do!! What did I do to deserve this?"

Blue boy then stomps his foot before he starts complaining, almost like blaming Nina for something that was way~ out of her reach, he then turns his back to us as I went to Nina and rubbed her back before she immediately looks go me and glomps on me.

"That's the case then you're gonna have to prepare yourself, Zero." I carefully look to him, as Blue boy says "Huh?". "Now there's only one way to do this. Looks like we're going to have to protect these two anyway we can until the day the test is over." He then turns our way. "We'll keep diligent watch over them till the medicine is ready and we can extract the crystal pearl from her body." He then turns back to Blue Boy pumped saying the same protection line, as Nina sits up and faces them, I blink and Blue Boy asks if he's serious.

"So you guys, are going to stay here and help me? Really??" Nina questions as the brunette bends down to us, since we're on the ground, and says, "Really.".

"What's your names?" He asked as I mentally growl and turn my head, going noticed instantly, as Nina tells them.

"Nina." He then looks to me, as I so happen to accidentally made eye contact with him and turn my head away saying, "Iones."

"Well my names Ichi, and you guys can call him Zero." "So, if we're going to do this, then we have better do it right. I'm not willing to give up my dream just yet, it's settled we can protect them. It's the only way~!" "Uh, actually." All eyes on me, well except Nina's. "I'm fine on my own." They all blink as the Sea Horse approaches me and Nina.

"How so, Zura~?" "Oh! Yeah~!" Nina exclaims before turning to me with a smile. "Your powers~!" Wide eyes went unnoticed as I sighed. "Not powers, Nina. Alchemy."

She said "oh" as the brunette, Ichi, looks to me as well.

"Is that what that disk was, if I may ask that is?" "I don't care, and to answer that is an overall yes."

"Why overall?" He questioned as I groan, and wind was felt and I grabbed my gun and stood in front of Nina, who's clinging to my legs.

"Ah ha! I knew it!" The look up as Zura asks me how I already knew they were there. "So that's why you ran off with her and mock mouth earlier."

My eyebrow twitched as Nina questions them.

"We're examines 003 and 004. My names San." "Forte." "Oh yeah~! Of course it all makes perfect sense. I knew you guys we're acting strange, but I never would've guessed the crystal pearl was inside her." "So hand her over!"

"Ah give me a break!" Zero said as he grabbed Nina from my legs, with my gun raised, making them shudder as Ichi stood in front of me, making me blink. "She ours, we aren't giving her up to you freaks, there's no way your gonna get your hands on this girl."

"Then I guess it's my turn to take action." I got a bad feeling and looked to Ichi, who nods and heads to the car as a giant cat appears, and Zero makes a statement, while I jump and Ichi drives by grabbing Zero by the ear, as I gracefully land in the passenger listening to his lecture on how Zero destroys everything when he uses his magic.

"Talk about a head canon." "You said it." I looked to Zero, from still standing in my seat, and blinked. "I was talking about you." He growls as he questions going easy and Nina exclaims that it's getting closer before falling in love with it, making me groan.

"Zero! I think you better take Nina and Iones somewhere safe."

I raised a brow. 'He can't be serious.'

"He can't carry me and Nina. Plus you'll be at a disadvantage, and--" I looked to him with a bored expression. "I know how to drive."

He blinks. "Alright then, on my que. GO!!" I saw the Sea Horse blow up, literally, as I get my Alchemy gun and start shooting crates to buy us time.

"Take the wheel!!" I nodded and took his seat, as he went to the back and started to use his magic.

I looked up and saw mountains of crates, causing me to sweat drop at an idea.

"Ichi? I have an idea... But you won't like it." He immediately turns to me, while blocking the kangaroo cat.

"How so?" "You got a knife?" He blinks before pulling out a pocket knife that I carefully grab and open. "What are you planning?" "A Decoy and relocation that's what!" I felt my appearance change as I place the knife in my mouth and skilfully make a swallow cut, but not bad enough to ruin his seat.

In my head, I began the chant: "Dark that bellows, create a decoy and relocate to sanctrum." My blood began to move as it surrounds us and moves us somewhere else, as San and Forte crash into the crates, and come to an complete stop, not noticing wide eyes.

~Ichi~

I was confused on what she was going, so I stole a glance at her and saw black hair and a glowing eye patch.

My eyes widen as we vanished and I saw San and Forte follow a copy before smashing into crates.

'So that's it.' I then felt the car stop and turned Iones. 'Then, why did she need the knife then?'

It was then that I noticed how one of her arms are hanging out of the car and her hair was changing from black to pastel pink... Which in all honesty suited her better in my opinion.

"You alright!?" I question as I jumped out the car and saw a red ooze on the concrete coming from her!? "The heck!" I carefully grabbed her wrist, which also held my pocket knife, and examined it.

"Chill, I'm not brushing on daisies. I'll be fine." I raised a brow at that remark and carefully looked at the injury.

'It's shallow, but deep enough to do damage.' I then looked at Iones and lightly glared. "Why did you--" "Only way to use my Alchemy." My eyes widen as she continued. "Majority of our powers and get-a-aways come from the use of blood. Hint, how we are here~." I sighed as she carefully took her wrist back, immediately going noticed by me as she tried to tie a red cloth ribbon to her wrist.

I sweat dropped and helped her, as well as blink at the growling girl, who looks away defeated while I apply the ribbon only to hear fingers snap.

"Why did you snap your fingers??" She just blinks and looks from me to her fingers. "Nina must've slammed someone, otherwise that wouldn't have happened."

I replay her words and an image of Zero and Nina appears causing me to sweat drop.

'These two really are strange...'

"Anywho." I immediately look to her as she tries to get up saying: "We gotta locate sweet tooth and super Zero." but I stop her by picking her up and placing her in the passenger seat, ignoring her interesting choiced words.

"Well look from the air." She glares at me as I blinked. "Your little stunt for our safety left you hurt, what would Nina say?" I saw her shudder slightly before giving a scoff in defeat as I jumped in the drivers seat and we took off.

We eventually found Zero running around and land in front of him, with Iones sitting on the back rest of the seat so I could see Zero in full view as he explained why Nina wasn't here, and also why his face looked like that.

"Knew she slammed someone, just didn't know it was you." I kept my chuckling quiet as Zero tries to fight the pink haired girl, and somehow managed to pin him while still in the car, making me curious about her fight style.

"How'd you do that Zura~?" She just shrugs her shoulders as I watch her pull the neckline of her top?

"Uh, what are you--" I was cut of when Zura immediately pokes his head up from her shirt, making me sweat drop.

"I like her Zura~!" "Uh huh.." I heard a chuckle and traced it back to Iones, who covers it up saying that we have to find Nina, and skillfully throws Zero in the back with one hand.

"By the way? Have you always had a hat till now?" I sweat dropped as I saw Iones touch her head and scream.

"AWE MAN!!!"

~Iones~

Being pissed by a hat aside, we took to the air where our search for Nina began, with Zero screaming Nina's name.

'Damn it!' I then made a whistle sound with my thumb and index and my loyal creation appeared.

"W-w-what the hell is that!?" I turn to Zero, do to me standing in the seat, and saw the look of fear as I sigh.

"My Alchemy familiar." "You mean Alchemist can have familiar's like Sorcerers Zura?" I look to Zura, who's patting Haru's snout from my shirt. "Close, yes to what you asked. However Alchemist create their familiar to best represent who they are."

"Meaning???" Zero questions as Haru went mini pounced on my head. "Meaning, as long as Io grows, I will too, in body, health, power, and attitude." Wide eyes went unnoticed, as I remember why I even summoned him.

"Haru, we need your help." I felt him stand. "Anything mistress." He then moved to my shoulder, as we had a mind link, and nods before jumping and spreading his wings as I turn to the guys.

"He's going to do a survey on the ground, while we're up here." They all nod, however for some reason I wanna choke Nina right now.

'Why is it that I want to hit her?'

"This is not good. If those two find her there's no telling what they'll do." Ichi states as I growl when Haru returns with ears low.

"And Haru found nothing." I state as I place him in my hair.

"IT'S ALL ZERO'S FAULT, I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE IN A BAD MOOD BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE SO MEAN TO HER!!" "Hey shut up. We're gonna find her, no matter what it takes Zura." "But how are we supposed to do that, Zura? The Finder isn't working, and I'm not picking up anything with my intuition. How can we possibly find San and Forte in a city as big as this?!"

I saw Ichi's eyes widen with an idea.

"I have an idea." 'Called it.' "We have to find a place where San and Forte would hide out." "If that's the case. Then I know where we can find them." He immediately turns as I look to Ichi, who nods, and whistle with no fingers as Haru pounce from my hair and tracks the scent with us right behind him.

"Good thing for Haru, Zura~." I hummed as I begin to feel suffocated for some reason, as Haru Howl's and Zero's Finder went off.

"Think I found her, knew San and Forte be hiding around here!" He then points to where Haru is heading as we get close enough to where he makes a giant hole and we see Nina.

"I thought we find you hear." "Zero! Ichi! Iones!!" "Sorry we kept you waiting Nina~." "Ya, missed me NiNi~?"

"Forte, dude. Didn't your mother ever tell you it's not nice to steal other people's things~?" Zero says as Blondie shouts: "Whoever finds the crystal pearl wins the test that's how this works!! In other words the crystal pearl belongs to us not you, so just leave us alone got it!!!!" He then plays as I felt my right eye change.

'I see~.' "Come forth, ravage this girls body till there's nothing left but the crystal pearl!!"

"No way!!/Lay off her!!" The three of us then went to Nina, me in front of her, to shield from the heat, and the guys in front of me with Ichi with his Magic Crystal.

Nina yells the boys names as Blondie chuckles and mumbles to himself to where I can't even hear over the passing heat, with it getting worst and I'm actually getting burned.

'For hypnosis, that's pretty hot. And not the good kind.' I thought as Nina took noticed of my issue and shouts before dramatically apologizing and says for us to stop and forget her, as Zura appears beside me and tells Nina everything will be alright and Nina questions him, but I tune the rest out, and use an Alchemy spells to keep the boys on their feet without them knowing as the fire got even hotter.

The guys then screamed as I placed energy seals on them and back away to Nina and Zura as Zero uses his Magic Cannon.

We, majority them, defeated Happy-Go-Lucky and Blondie as I watch them get sent flying like Team Rocket from Pokemon as I hear San mention something about eating cake again.

My eyebrow twitched.

'So that's it~.' I turn to Nina, as Zero rants about how it's about time they were gone, as she stands up.

"Hey guys." I sigh inwardly and turned to walk away before my sleeve was grabbed. "You too, Iones." My eyes widen as I turn to her and nod as she bows. "I wanna thank you for guys tried your hardest and put your lives on the line to defend me, even though I said some horrible things to you." She then bows again as "I'm sorry." as I sigh with a small smile as I gently pet her head like I always did.

"Don't worry about it Nina." ~Ichi

"Remember? I told you we protect you no matter what stands in our way, and we won't let you down." ~Zero

"You can count on us." Ichi says in a determined tone as I saw Nina had her fantasy look causing me to smile.

"But we would really appreciate it if you tried to stay out of trouble for now on." ~Ichi

"No kidding! And whether you like it or not, we'll be staying with you till the test is over. It looks like you're stuck with us!!" Nina then got riled up be Zero's remark and start pulling on his face, making me give an airy chuckle.

"You know, that's the same for you as well, Iones."

'Eh?' I blink before turning my head to Ichi, from the other three, who was standing beside me.

"Why's that? Unlike Nina I know how to deliver." I heard him sigh at my remark.

"Might be true, but even you have your limits. You're seals worked like a charm, but left you vulnerable." My eyes widen, as I turn completely his way, only to see him pull off the energy charm on his back. "I was wondering why Zero and I kept feeling energy, so I'll be the one to say thank you, Iones."

*Ba-Dump* An image crosses my mind.

"Thank you, Inærï~!!"

"No way." "Iones is blushing~!!!!" I literally jumped out of my skin and looked to a smirking Nina's way, and stomped my foot, as Zura hid in my shirt.

"I. Am. NOT BAKA!!" "ARE TOO~!!" "NOT!" "TOO~!!" My left eye twitched. 'Okay that's it.' I then chased after Nina, with her grabbing hold of Zero for a sheild, while still somehow managing to pull at his face.

'Hard to imagine, these guys surviving the months with Nina and--- well sh*t........

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--- I live with Nina. Well~ this should be an interesting adventure."