The Zodiacs: Blood Of Angels

Chapter 33: Sagittarius

The next day they headed for Loch Arthur. Leo had said it was about a days walk to the north. Gemini wasn't happy about that - he hated the traveling from place to place. Sagittarius, on the other hand, loved it. Going to a new place each and every day, with new scenery, new stories to be told and adventures!

"Are you sure you know where it is, Leo?" Scorpio asked him, as they set off from the inn at dawn. One thing Sag didn't like about being a demonhunter was that they always had to wake up early for some reason.

"Course I do, I used to live near there. I know this place like the back of my hand," he replied with a smile. Leo was never far from being happy - Sag could've sworn he hadn't been sad or angry at all since she had met him. Definitely annoyed though - when you were around Gemini, that tended to happen. She also was another reason for that particular emotion.

"I don't like the idea of Leo leading us. I think it spells the end for us," Gemini jokingly teased.

"Spells the end for you, maybe, but not the others. I'm going to personally throw you off a cliff," Leo winked back at Gemini, who scoffed.

"I would pay too see that happen. I'd pay even more do it myself," Aries smirked.

"Pay me and I'll help you do it," Taurus said.

"Yeah, maybe you can pay me back then," Sag teased him, as he shrugged.

"I guess I have to pay off my debt to you instead of eating my ice cream, with chocolate and beer," he sighed, as they neared the city's northern gate.

There were more guards than usual stationed there. Sag didn't know why - maybe crime was on the up during the early hours of the morning?

The metal gate was open and a few people were leaving and entering the city. The guards didn't take much notice of them, they seemed to be stationed there for no reason. They looked out of place, in their large, silver armour that they were on their entire body so you couldn't see any human skin whatsoever.

"What do they even do?" Pisces asked, motioning towards them.

"Probably to see if anyone suspicious enters," Capricorn replied. "Or maybe, they're to stop people from leaving."

"Why would they want to do that?"

"Criminals and such," Taurus replied. "So be on your guard, kid, cos they love falsely accusing people like you."

"They do?" Pisces looked horrified, as Taurus softly smiled and slapped the back of his head. "No, you idiot. Besides, you're now a demonhunter. You've gotta believe you can take these guys on. Responding and reacting to fear isn't the best idea in this line of work."

"What emotion is? You're way too laid back before as well. It's like you don't care if your life is in danger,"  Capricorn said. Sag slightly agreed - Taurus was extremely nonchalant and even seemingly bored in fights, but she knew he took them seriously. Even if he never showed it.

"The emotion that works best for you," Mordecai answered. All eyes turned to him and he begun to explain. "Telling you what emotion to use is stupid. Emotions can cloud judgement and make you fight foolishly. But similarly, they're also your natural instinct and that's what you need to stick too. Aries is good with anger, if I told him to fight passively he would die probably instantly. It's not what emotion you use, it's you use it, and that's what make the great demonhunters, like Aleron of the Storm, great."

Sag wondered what her natural emotion when fighting was. She needed a demon to fight, now!

"Couldn't have said it better myself," Gemini pretended like he know what Mordecai was talking about. Aquarius rolled her eyes.