[IC] Magicka Academy II [Jakeozzy & Demon Shinobi]

[Demon Shinobi]

"Okay. Just pick up. Be ready. Etc etc." Ryuji said to Rico and Aegis before focusing on Rico. "But when we get back you're getting a girlfriend." He said to the crash magician before walking away back to the couch.

"Hey... Why do I leave and you two climb all over each other?" He asked slightly annoyed yet still giving off the feeling of joking. The three needed to act normal until it was time to leave.

Meli smiled and reached up pulling Ryuji onto the couch with her and Misa. "I told you. You're both mine." She said happily enjoying the warmth and love she felt from the two. Though mostly Misa.

[Jakeozzy]

"Yeah, yeah. I'm just not interested in that kinda thing, you know? If I got a girlfriend I'd probably blow her hands off every time we tried to hold hands, blow her head off every time we kissed, and whatnot. Well maybe not to that magnitude, but still! Girls wouldn't like a crash mage, I'm just too awesome for them to handle! ...In magical terms." Rico ranted on his way back to the couch, taking a seat beside the three and resuming his driving game.

Aegis sighed, rolled his eyes and did something unexpected for such a cold person. He picked up a second controller and started gaming away with Rico, and eventually he'd even get competitive and start laughing! But later he probably wouldn't admit to any of it. Being around this lot was making him a warmer person, little by little.

Misa found herself looking between Ryuji, Rico and Aegis. She knew what they were going to do - she heard it plain and simple... But they didn't seem fazed at all, they didn't try to hide it or go for the whole 'giving final words' idea. "But Ryuji is mostly mine, kay? I get 2/3 of Ryuji." She asserted herself as if it were a real discussion

[Demon Shinobi]

The conversation between Misa, Meli and too a lesser extent would gone on for a while with Ryuji's opinion making nothing and Meli and Misa dividing him up amongst themselves like a toy. Still no matter how much h complained he would change it. Still things went on simply until later that night. Think was dressed in a black suit. He adjusted the sleeve a bit as he stood at the main entrance.

"You two ready to head out?" He asked calmly. "We can use Leo to get us there." He added ready to sneak out and go destroy the evil council members. It wasn't a problem since he knew Mr. & Mrs. Emits were on a convenient "vacation". He chuckled a bit. Aside from Misa and Meli nobody else knew of there plan. The adults were all actually slowly planning themselves unaware of the trios plot.

"I want you two to be careful. If you can avoid getting caught on camera then do it." Ryuji instructed them before glancing back into the house. "Are mission isn't to destroy the council. That's just an objective. Our mission is to leave and return alive. Got it?" He said hold his bandaged fist out to the two for a fist bump.

[Jakeozzy]

"Of course, but let's try to stay focused..," Aegis said, hesitating to join in.

Rico immediately shoved his fist into Ryuji's, "Fuckin' A! Dying is against the rules. You break that rule and you don't get a funeral at the end of it." He cheered, while Aegis reluctantly put his fist in with the other two's. "I hope Leo flies fast. Rome is quite a ways out, right?" Rico asked.

"Well, they would never expect three Mages to come from the sky with a Dragon. That should give them a nice scare." Aegis commented.

[Demon Shinobi]

Ryuji smirked. "Come on. Time to go bust some head." He said as he sneaked out with the two. He smirked once they were passed the outer wall and safely out of the zone for which they could be brought back into the mansion. "Now..." He held up the key and began to charge up his magic. "Gate of the Celestial Dragons! I summon you! Leo!" He shouted he opened the gate so to speak and allowed Leo to step forth. "Let's get this straight. I'm doing it for the little dragon girl. I like her." He said to Rico and Aegis. "Whatever. Just give us the lift." Ryuji would say as he was climbing onto the dragon's back. "Hurry up guys."

[Jakeozzy]

"Fair enough." Rico shrugged, jumping straight up onto Leo's back. So he had been training quite a bit, he couldn't do something like that before. Casually he sat down and held on tight. "I wonder if they'll cry when we arrive..."

Aegis used a Wave Boost and landed behind Rico, "Oh they will. We're taking power away from a bunch of fat sissies, they're not going to give it up without whining their faces off."

[Demon Shinobi]

Oh they'll do more than cry." Ryuji said causing a slight chuckle to come from Leo. "That's what I wanna hear." The dragon said as he took off. "Oh yeah. Hold on." He added last second due to his speed. "How about a warning before you take off?!" Ryuji shouted over the force and noise caused by the wind as Leo flew. "It's more fun this way!" Leo laughed. Still at the speed they were moving they'd arrive in minutes.

[Jakeozzy]

"CHRIST, DRAGON!!" Rico yelled as they suddenly hit Mach speeds. Yeah, sure enough they would arrive in a short while! "So wait... What's the plan when we reach the Vatican?! Start exploding shit?" He raised his voice over the roaring wind.

Aegis remained standing as Rico held on for dear life. It looked impossible, but if one concentrated, there was a slight aura of wave magic keeping him from falling off.

[Demon Shinobi]

Leo chuckled a bit as he flew. "Come on Rico. Have a little faith. Of course we're not gonna start exploding shit." Ryuji said as hey came upon their destination. "That's Leo's job." Ryuji laughed as the fire dragon came down flying ridiculous close for the vatican. "Now jump!" Ryuji ordered as he leaped from Leo's back and crashed through the roof. They didn't have more than a few seconds to jump after all.

[Jakeozzy]

"Sup, you old bastards!?" Rico yelled as the dust from their explosive entry began to clear. He was ready for anything, there would be no mercy for the evil people that hurt-

...There were monks with bibles everywhere, watching the three young mages with stunned looks on their faces. Aegis' eyes followed each of them, never losing their icy touch. Something wasn't right... His intel was accurate. This was the place. It had to be. "Rico, keep your guard up."

"Uh... This place isn't full of Enforcers like I thought it'd be." Rico laughed nervously.

The monks didn't move. They were simply watching. As the standoff went on, their expressions became more and more neutral. The hooded ones, if you looked closer, were in fact female. ...Some had concealed guns, some began to Requip swords or staves. No doubt a lot of these 'monks' were S-Class Enforcers.

"...I take it back~" Rico said with a hushed voice.

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Meanwhile in a hotel not too far away, Tamotsu and Luka were stopping in Rome after chasing down some old leads on the Shades' whereabouts. After all, finding their base meant finding Takashi alive! ...Or so Kuro told them anyway. Luka woke up as a loud crash could be heard, followed by the roaring wind of something moving incredibly fast. ...Understandably, tired Luka was astonished to see it.

"Uh... Tamotsu. Oi..." Luka turned away from the hotel room window and poked her partner sleeping on a chair several times in distress, "Look at this." She said, nudging him more. "I think someone's attacking the Vatican..." She added with an indifferent tone, still grasping what was happening. What time was it anyway?! Looking at her watch it said 2PM... Well whatever, she and Tamotsu had been working all night - the sleep was deserved!

[Demon Shinobi]

"What does it matter? Take 'em all down." Ryuji said as he charged at the nearest Mage. "Aegis.Handle defense with your wave magic. and provide support attacks. Rico help help him defend and destroy and weapons and hell bring thelace down. I'll focus on getting as many down as I can as quickly as possible." Ryuji gave orders as he managed to out maneuver and land two direct blows on an Enforcer. "Never look down on the Shirahama clan." he said with a fierce and determined look in his eyes. He meant business.

Meanwhile, fire seemed to rain from the sky. Leo was bombarding the outer area and parts of the building. He'd need to leave soon to preserve Ryuji's magic, but by then the place would be surrounded in a see of flames. Nobody could get through it. Not unless they were a dragon or a god slayee that is. Maybe a demon slayer as well, but still.

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"Hmm? What? I'm still tired." Tamotsu said working his way up to hos feet. "Did you destroy something again? I told you I didn't care and wasn't taking the blame anymore. So if it's not important leave me alone and let me sleep." He'd been acting a bit more cold and distant towards Luka since the information on Takashi was gained. It was kind of noticeable. As was the fact that Luka had here mind set on finding and saving Takashi if he was alive. Tamotsu felt like he didn't matter to her since Takashi was back. Which also kind of hurt.

[Jakeozzy]

"Save yourselves the trouble and stand down while you ca~ ...never mind." Aegis rolled his eyes as Ryuji began tearing into the disguised Enforcers. They fired a wave of ranged magic attacks at him as soon as the word 'Shirahama' hit home. They had to take him out, no matter what. Unfortunately for them, Aegis was already using a large Wave Barrier to nullify the ranged attacks with little effort. When they stopped firing, he threw that same barrier into a formation, sending many of the enemy flying or getting forced to the floor by the intense vibrations. Those who weren't injured would definitely be fatigued after being on the receiving end of the Waves. "Break your chains to the Council and run! There's no reason for any of you to die here!" He yelled, but his plea fell on deaf ears. The Council was everything to them. They signed these people's freakin' paychecks, and they had no idea what was really going on behind the scenes.

...Aegis had to admit, these pathetic excuses for Mages weren't worthy of being called 'protectors' anyway.

Rico meanwhile jumped into the middle of a large formation of Enforcers. They all turned to him and charged in, but as Rico landed he sent a destructive pulse into the ground sending everyone around him launching into the air. "Do as the nice man says, you bastards! We're sure as hell not surrendering, but you should!" The pissed-off crash mage shouted as he started breaking the enemies weapons into little pieces with his bare hands and the magic aura surrounding them. Anyone else who got in his way wasn't disassembled or torn apart, but the force of Rico's punches was enough to take them down without too much trouble.

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"No, no! Over the frickin' bridge!" Luka said pushing on Tamotsu's arm, "Isn't it like.. our job.. to stop this?!" She switched to pulling instead, but being the weak gunslinger, Tamotsu wouldn't budge.

[Demon Shinobi]

"Well... It's your job. I'm not an enforcer. you wanna go? fine. but i'm going back to sleep. and with or without you here i'm leaving to find the shades when i wake up." Tamotsu stated in a rather cold manner. Yeah... He was being kind of a jerk. Still his feeling were hurt. Kind of.

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Ryuji continued the fight with the mages. Sure they were top notch with magic, but as far as raw combat skill and atrength were concerned they were no where near his level. "Aegis... there has to be an entrance that'll lead us to those old farts. "Find it. Rico and I will cover you." he said calmly.

[Jakeozzy]

"Ah, fine! I'll go see what's happening, just don't leave before I get back." Luka rolled her eyes before leaving. It was simply her duty. Not that she knew anything about the secret Council HQ at the heart of the Vatican. Hell, if she was lucky the attackers might be the Shades or some of their agents! That would be a nice catch indeed...

---

"Rico, smash the floor until you find the entrance!" Aegis commanded, deadly serious as always. ...Wait, what?

"That's it?!" Rico shouted as he swung for an Enforcer, the destruction-infused punch sending her flying into a wall. "That's the fruit of your masterful intel gathering, detective?!" He yelled angrily, almost disappointed at the plan. Even if he was made for destroying shit, this was the strategy?!

"It's in this room, just blow things up until you find it!" Aegis snapped back as he lost his cool attitude.

[Demon Shinobi]

Ryuji grit his teeth as he leaped into the air. He pressed his left hand onto Rico's shoulder and kicked upwards, his heels crashing into the chins of two enforcers. Their swords dropped to the ground near Rico without actually hurting him. "Hurry and do it before I use your like a wrecking ball." The teen said to his friend making it clear he wasn't in the mood for arguing or any foolishness. With that he pushed off Rico and returned to battle.

---

Tamotsu sighed when Luka left and laid back down. "It's not the shades." He said to himself. He didn't pick up any of the scents of those malicious bastards so he knew that wasn't it. But he did pick up a few scents making him think that it would be best not to interrupt. "Crap..." He said now realizing he had to stop Luka. "Luka!" He shouted as he tried to run after her hoping she hadn't gotten too far.

[Jakeozzy]

"Joining in? Come on, you're the close range to my long range." Luka called back from the top of the wall surrounding the tiny independent city state, sitting casually with one leg over the other. Her pistols disappeared into thin air to be replaced by a high tech sniper rifle with small lacrimas fixed onto it. She turned one of the crystals attached to the scope and scanned around the smoking building... And what she saw inside, ...was surprising to say the least! She recognised all three of the boys from her visit to the Academy.

"STUDENTS?!" She yelled in disbelief before turning back to look down at Tamotsu, "What the hell is your class doing here?!"

---

"I wonder. Is it in the CENTER?" Rico said as he thumped his fists into the middle of the room. It fell in and revealed part of a staircase, so he began to channel the crash magic into the surrounding area to uncover all of it.

[Demon Shinobi]

"I don't know what they're doing here." Tamotsu said calmly with a shrug. "But I think if they're doing something like this it's probably for a good reason and we should just move along like we were never here." He told her with a serious expression so she wouldn't think it was a joke. "But being an enforcer I understand if you don't trust them and choose to try and stop 'em. But..." He paused for a moment and glanced back in the direction of the Vatican. "Keep in mind I'm putting my faith in my students. So you'll have to get through me first. And I won't hold back."

---

"Raaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!" Ryuji shouted as he brought two Enforced down head first to the ground. "We ready to move on in?" He said in a deadly serious tone as he was prepared to do what they came to do and didn't want to waist anymore time on the enforcers.

[Jakeozzy]

Luka just smiled at Tamotsu before she turned her gaze back to the students. She lifted her rifle and knocked two Enforcers out who were going to jump Ryuji from behind. Before he or the other two could look to see their guardian angel as it were, she backflipped off the city wall and landed in front of Tamotsu. "Magicka students always fight for what's in their hearts. They're like us, ...back in the war we all fought for each other - for what we needed to. Almost brings a tear to my eye..." she mused.

---

"I'll stay up here and keep them off your backs. Rico, you go with Ryuji." Aegis said calmly as his magic power output grew. He cast a new Wave in a barrier form over the staircase and himself, "...Just don't take too long. I.. feel like I need to see all of the class again when this is all over..." He added, giving them a smile - something damn rare for Aegis.

Rico tapped on the barrier, his finger catching in it and being thrown around for half a second before he pulled it back in pain, "Well shit. Aren't you acting too human for yourself? Ryuji, let's get this over with. We'll pay 'em back a hundred fold!" He repeated Ryuji's own words before starting off down the staircase, into the HQ underneath the Vatican...

[Demon Shinobi]

Ryuji nodded as her began to walk down. "Right." He said calmly making his descent to the hidden area. "You noticed those two magical shots a little bit ago too right?" He then asked with a slight smile on his face. "Looks like we had a little help from a guardian angel." He added as he prepared to really break open a can of whoop ass on these corrupt council bastards.

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Tamotsu chuckled a bit. He couldn't stay mad at Luka right now. "Lets hurry before someone notices an Enforcer standing by doing nothing." He said as he put his arm around her.

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"Oh man. The other two already left? I was just getting ready to end this little farce." A woman spoke as she entered the Vatican. "Should have moved quicker I suppose." She added staring down Aegis. "Oh well. I'll use you as an appetizer." She said as he pretty much destroyed the remaining enforcers with the shadows surrounding them. "Weaklings don't deserve to stand in my presence." She said calmly as she lifted her hand and held the hilt of her sword. "Are you prepared?"

(It's Ryuji's sister. I'll be introducing Rico's girl as the one who'll be helping treat his injuries.)

[Jakeozzy]

"Wow, that was cold." Aegis said neutrally as he turned off the wave barrier and faced the new enemy. The damn masked chick here just nabbed an easy victory from under his feet... Now he'd probably need to work for it. Oh well. "Just be happy they were already weakened from fighting us, otherwise it wouldn't have been so easy. ...But anyway, you're not allowed to get past me."

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"~We were never here~" Luka giggled as the two left the area. At the moment she was questioning whether she was on the right side or not... But whatever happened, she was with Tamotsu - and she would never doubt the Academy's brave young mages.

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Rico smirked at Ryuji's remark about a guardian angel. "We're the good guys like in the movies. Even if we're not that super powerful or anything, we've always got people looking out for us. Whoever that was they were a damn good shot. There was barely a second between the hits!" He chuckled as they were about to enter the underground base. There was the metal door right there... Needed an eye scan to open it. They could go all the way back and grab some idiot to shove into the scanner, or...

"Make a new door?" Rico deadpanned.