BOOK 1 - Destiny (Shonen Anime Style)

Chapter 36: Teammates

At last, the day of Ravi and Leah's final probation test, and first official strike mission, arrived. After checking all the info available and spending the night at the young huntress's apartment last night, they believed themselves to be as ready as possible... and so, right now they were on their way to the Tower, accompanied by their ghosts, in order to meet with the pair of guardians assigned as their teammates.

"Oowww... My face still hurts..." Leah muttered in pain while rubbing her cheeks.

"Yeah? Well, you are not the only one" Ravi added in the same manner. "My face was in pain the whole night... and all because you went too far"

"Hey! It was your fault! So, don't blame me!"

"Huh?! How could it be my fault?! You are the one who started stretching my face like crazy!"

"Yeah? Well, you clearly deserved it!" the huntress calmed down a bit and then crossed her arms while still pissed off. "Seriously, it's simply unacceptable"

"Mmmh? What do you mean?" the warlock asked, innocently, after calming down as well.

At that moment, Leah gave the blue-haired boy a piercing, but childish look while pouting angrily at him. "Out of all the people you know, I can't believe you actually called ME heavy" she added with both hands on her hips. "Just so you know... I take special care of my body. Not only do I exercise myself... I also try to eat healthy and only the necessary, unlike someone I know... That's how I conserve my figure. So, don't ever call me heavy again"

Wire and Cybel took a long sigh and sweat-dropped at the guardian duo's discussion. They found it hard to believe that they were still arguing over what happened last night.

On the other hand, Ravi found Leah's words quite curious. And so, he stopped both of them on their tracks and then began moving all around the young girl while inspecting her body with extreme rigor... Starting with her shoulders which he carefully rubbed from outside the white and tight turtleneck sweater she usually wears.

"H-hey... What are y-you doing?" Leah asked while a bit weirded out at the guardian boy's actions.

This last one however, didn't even bother to answer and moved on to her legs, which he gently caressed from both sides.

"Kyah!" the guardian girl moaned as she startled and tensed up after feeling the blue-haired boy's touch on her from outside her tight black pants. "W-w-wait! Ravi! Wh-what are you...?"

Before she could finish her question, she tensed up again and began blushing while feeling Ravi's hands slowly approaching her hips and moving past them, reaching her waist.

"Ah... eah... guh..." the young huntress was as red as a tomato and more embarrassed than she had ever been. She didn't know what to say, much less how to react. 'Th-th-this idiot... What the h-hell is he doing? H-how oblivious can he be? Can he r-r-really not tell that what he's doing is weird?' she thought while paralysed from shame, after which she noticed lots of people staring at them with weird faces. "Kgh! R-R-Ravi! Th-that's enough! Stop now p-please!"

Just like before, Ravi didn't even answer, but Cybel on the other hand, realized something incredibly surprising at that very moment: the fact that Leah hadn't kicked the blue-haired boy away like she did the last few times something like that happened.

It may have been because of the embarrassment which froze the human girl in place, but it could also have been that she wasn't as bothered by it as she used to be... Who knows?

"R-Ravi! Stop now! Everyone is w-watching!" Leah continued while still embarrassed.

"Just give me a sec... There's one more thing I need to check" the young trainee replied with a serious expression while still moving his hands.