Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Karakura.
November, x784.
A few minutes later, Guy's meal arrived. Then, as he ate, the room's atmosphere changed to something much more solemn.
"So, why don't we go over everything we know about these rogue scientists." Alfonzo said in a serious tone.
"What gives you the idea that you should be the one in charge here? *Hiccup*" Bachus asked antagonistically. "Is it because you think you're the strongest one here? Maybe we should put that to the test."
Deciding not to dignify Bacchus' idiocy with a response, Alfonzo rolled his eyes without even looking in the Quatro Cerberus ace's direction.
"Hmph! Pussy." Bacchus said before tipping his wine gourd to him mouth and taking a few swigs. "And you have the nerve to keep Elicia from being with---"
*Boom!*
Before Bacchus could finish what he head to say, Alfonzo vanished from his seat in a burst of speed. Then, before anyone could react, Bacchus was slammed back first into the wall behind him with enough force to shake the entire hotel. yet, with enough control that the wall was not damaged in the slightest due to the impact.
At the same time, the other wizards in the room were shocked into silence by the display of speed. With Yoruichi wearing an appreciative smile.
With his feet suspended a few inches (2.54 cm) from the floor, Bacchus was struggling to breathe with Alfonzo's right hand wrapped around his neck. Meanwhile Guy looked on with an excited glint in his eyes that illustrated his eagerness to test his skills against Alfonzo.
"Bruh... I been hearin' you talk out the side of your neck 'bout Lici for a long mother fuckin' time." Alfonzo said in a clearly livid tone. "You got any idea why I been putting' up with' your shit for so fuckin' long?"
"*Gasp* Because Elicia... would hate you... for hurting me..." Bacchus wheezed out.
Hearing Bacchus' reply, not only Alfonzo, but everyone else in the room could hear the conviction behind it. In his drunken state, Bacchus truly believed every word he just said.
And while Alfonzo had the desire to simply squeeze and twist the hand wrapped around Bacchus' neck to put an end to this years-long conflict, the rational part of his brain told him that he could not do that.
Instead, after tightening his grip for an instant, Alfonzo pulled Bacchus from the wall before tossing him in Guy's direction with a deadpa expression on his face.
"Keep this bitch on a leash." Alfonzo said in a solemn tone while making his way back to his seat. "If he says anything else about my fiancée, the fact that our guild masters are old friends won't save him anymore."
"You plan to kill him?" Guy asked with narrowed eyes.
"Oh, you don't have to worry about that." Alfonzo said in a sinister tone. "But he'll never be a wizard again when I'm done with him. It would be hard for a user of [Palm Magic] to continue his career without his hands, after all."
Hearing Alfonzo's tone, Guy had no doubt that he would follow through with is threat. And although he was not happy that one of his guild mates had been threatened, he could understand Alfonzo's point of view, as well.
Meanwhile, Bacchus had been gasping for breath ever since Alfonzo released the pressure on his neck. However, after hearing Alfonzo's threat, he was ready to start a fight. But after recalling the look in Alfonzo's eyes just a moment ago, he could not bring himself to do so. Then, he noticed that his hands were shaking.
'Am I… scared?' Bacchus asked himself internally. 'Me, Bacchus Groh, scared of a man who would force a woman to be with him.'
With that thought, Bacchus furrowed his eyebrows and clenched his fists, recalling the looks of disgust Elicia would throw his way whenever he approached her. On top of that, the genuinely offended glares he would receive whenever he mentioned Elicia to Alfonzo. Things he never recognized at any other time.
'Why would I recognized things like this, now?' Bacchus asked himself. 'Am I really afraid of his threat?'
In actuality, when Alfonzo applied that last bit of force to Bacchus' neck, he sent a quick jolt of electricity into Bacchus' head, completely evaporating the alcohol affecting his thought processes and kickstarting his momentarily sober mind. At the same time, he left the rest of the alcohol in Bacchus system completely untouched. Meaning, his intoxicated state would return shortly.
'I doubt that would be enough to shut him up about it forever.' Alfonzo thought to himself as he took his seat again. 'But hopefully it will be enough to keep him quiet while we discuss the plan of attack.'
"Anyway, where were we?" Alfonzo asked, forcing a smile onto his face. "How are we gonna do this?"
"Yeah…" Yoruichi said, happy to change the atmosphere in the room by changing of subject. "We don't know enough about Kurotsuchi and Orochimaru's forces. So, I would suggest sending one or two people to infiltrate their hideout."
"Do we even know exactly where their hideout is?" Mirajane asked, voicing her concern.
"We do." Yoruichi replied with a nod. "Kagura and I got here before sun rise. So, I took a little trip to Hidden Leaf Ravine after we checked in. In fact, I was just coming back when I ran into you outside the hotel."
"Does that mean you know their numbers?" Bacchus asked, finally deciding to join the conversation again. "That would make it much easier to plan out our attack."
"Nope." Yoruichi replied with a shrug. "I didn't have enough time to infiltrate. And even if I did, I wouldn't have. That place gave me a bad feeling."
"Of course it did, those two are crazy as they come." Alfonzo said with a scoff. "I wouldn't be surprised if all the traps guarding their base were non-lethal, either."
"Why would they use non-lethal traps?" Marin asked in a confused tone.
"To get more test subjects." Alfonzo replied solemnly.
In response, Marin shivered involuntarily.
"I'm sure you've all read the reports about their human experimentation." Alfonzo continued in the same solemn tone. "Those fuckers are out of their fucking minds. Getting caught would be a fate worse than death. So, I'm glad you didn't go in there alone, Yoruichi."
"Aww… So you really do care." Yoruichi said in a teasing tone. "Then, after this quest is over, why don't you and---"
"Not a chance." Alfonzo replied dryly.
"Tch!" You're no fun." Yoruichi said with a pout.
"Ignoring the cat in heat." Mirajane said with a pleasant smile on her face.
"Hey!" Yoruichi shouted in protest.
"Does that mean we'll be going into their hideout completely blind?" Mirajane continued, ignoring Yoruichi's protest.
"No, that would be stupid." Yoruichi said, returning to her serious attitude. "I just didn't want to go in alone. But I know that Alfonzo has a few skills that would allow him to infiltrate as well."
"Although you're not wrong." Alfonzo replied. "Can you disable traps?"
In response, Yoruichi shook her head in frustration.
"I, on the other hand, can disable some traps." Alfonzo continued. "But only magical ones. In fact, I doubt I would even notice any purely physical traps."
With Alfonzo's statemen, the private room fell into a brief silence. However, it was broken rather quickly by an unexpected source.
"Actually, I should be able to assist in that regard." Guy said, taking a nice-guy pose. "I actually grew up in the same village as Orochimaru. And… well… Let's just say that they prepare us for many things that we might encounter on our journey's outside the village."
'Seriously, does that mean the hidden villages are a thing in this world, too?' Alfonzo wondered. ' And are they really hidden? I mean, I would never claim to know every village, town, and city on Ishgar, but I think a bunch of too flashily dressed ninjas would gain some attention.'
"And what kind of village makes trap dismantling a part of its training plan?" Yoruichi asked curiously.
"It's a small village only referred to as the Village Hidden in the Leaves." Guy replied with a smile. "Unfortunately, I cannot disclose the location of my village, as its location must remain a secret."
"Anyway, let's move on from the village that's definitely not close to the Ravine we're going to infiltrate." Alfonzo said, rolling his eyes.
"Wait, how did you know that?" Guy asked in genuine confusion.
Rolling his eyes, Alfonzo continued.
"Since Guy can dismantle physical traps, that means he, Yoruichi, and I will take care of the infiltration." Alfonzo said, picking up as if Guy's interruption never happened. "It'll be up to Guy and I to take care of the traps. And if anything goes wrong, it will be up to Yoruichi to notify the rest of you. Since, I'm almost certain that she's the fastest person here."
"Seriously, she's even faster than you?" Marin asked with shock in her tone. "But I saw… or I couldn't even see you when you beat Laxus in the tournament."
In response, Alfonzo could only shake his head.
"Firing myself off like a railgun in tight places sounds like a really messy way to kill myself." Alfonzo said with a wry smile. "I was just talking about regular movement speed."
"Even so, I'm not much slower than Alfonzo's speed when he fires himself off." Yoruichi added. "And I do it a lot quieter, too."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Bacchus said, impatience clear in his tone. "When do you plan on leaving? And when should the rest of us expect the operation to start?"
"If this was a normal hideout, I would say we should start at night." Alfonzo said. "but I doubt time of day even registers the same as it does for normal people to people like Kurotsuchi and Orochimaru. So, I think it would be better if we went in well-rested. How does tomorrow at dawn sound?"
"I'm fine with that." Yoruichi replied with a shrug. "Taking a little cat nap would be wonderful."
Kagura nodded in agreement, as well.
"Fine." Bacchus said, standing from his seat while taking a swig from his wine gourd. "I'll be there on time. Until then, leave me the hell alone."
"I agree with the plan as well." Guy said enthusiastically. "Tomorrow morning, my youth will explode."
"Sure…" Alfonzo said with a wry smile. "Do you, man."
In response, Guy once again made a nice guy pose, lifting his thumb in Alfonzo's direction before he followed Bacchus out of the private room.
"You two don't have a problem with the plan either, do you?" Alfonzo asked, turning his attention towards Mirajane and Marin.
"No, I'm fine with it." Mirajane replied with a smile.
"Me, too." Marin said with a determined nod.
"Good, then you two should get some rest. Alfonzo said with a smile. Then, he turned his attention towards Yoruichi. "And Yoruichi, could you show me to the location of their hideout? A little preliminary scouting wouldn't hurt."
"Oh, are you asking me out on a date?" Yoruichi asked in a tone mixed with playfulness and seduction.
"If that's your idea of a date, I'm not sure I could handle a relationship with you even if you ever wanted to join my harem." Alfonzo replied with a wry smile.
Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Hidden Leaf Ravine.
Carved into one of the walls of the Hidden Leaf Ravine, Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Orochimaru, the former researchers from the Bureau of Magical Development, settled their new research laboratories in an intricately designed labyrinth of chambers, hallways, and traps.
In one of the chambers that served as Mayuri Kurotsuchi's lab, the man himself, a slender man wearing a black kimono with a white hoari over top with his face painted to loosely resemble a skull with golden cones most-likely replacing his ears and his teeth constantly bared, was dissecting a teenage girl's body. The astonishing thing about it, however, was the fact that, if the fear and tears in her eyes were any indication, she was still alive.
"Kurotsuchi, we have an issue." Orochimaru, a tall man with snake-like facial features, long, wavy, waist-length, black hair, golden eyes with slitted pupils, and purple markings around his eyes wearing a grey tunic with a black undershirt and black pants, a thick, purple rope belt tied into a large bow behind his back, bandages wrapped around his calves, and black sandals, said as he hastily entered Mayuri's lab.
"What is it, Orochimaru?" Mayuri asked, unbothered as he continued his dissection. "I'm in the middle of something important."
"One of the snakes I left tin the town of Karakura was killed." Orochimaru said. "Cucucu… We might have some good test subjects showing up at our door, soon. But we'll have to subdue them first."
At that moment, Mayuri's test subject breathed her last breath. As a result, Mayuri plunged his scalpel into the corpse in frustration.
"I just hope they'll be sturdy enough to last through an entire experiment." Mayuri said, looking up from his latest cadaver with an excited, slightly insane smile. "Until then, we should make preparations for our guests."
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Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Karakura.
November, x784.
After discussing the plan for the raid on the mad scientists' hideout, everyone, excluding Bacchus, returned to their rooms. While some decided to spend the day relaxing before the mission started tomorrow morning, there were a few exceptions.
For one, there was Guy, who decided to train his body in the room by performing a number of push ups and sit ups. Mirajane also had no intension to just relax after they returned to their room, either.
While Alfonzo quickly changed into his battle attire and left the room after saying goodbye to the two ladies he was sharing the room with, Mirajane, although she did not change clothes, also decided to leave the room shortly afterward.
"You're going out, too, Mira?" Marin asked while sitting on her bed with a new novel she just bought.
"Yeah." Mirajane replied with a smile. "I've never been to this town before, so I wanted to explore a little bit. Also, I wanted to see if I could find any interesting souvenirs for Elfman and Lisanna."
"Aww… That's sweet." Marin replied with a smile. "Do you want me to come with you?"
"No, that's alright." Mirajane replied, maintaining her smile. "I'll probably be gone until around dinner time. And considering that we just had breakfast, that will be a while."
Then, Mirajane's smile changed slightly as she shot a knowing look at Marin.
"I'm sure Alfonzo will get back before I do." Mirajane continued as she turned towards the door. "This is your chance. Make the most of it."
With that, Mirajane walked to the door and opened it. Then, before she left, she turned back to Marin once more and winked. After that, she pulled the door shut and went on her way. Meanwhile, Marin, with a bright blush on her face, watched Mirajane leave with her mouth hanging open.
"O! M! G!" Marin exclaimed as she fell back onto the bed.
Then, with her hands covering her red cheeks, Marin started rolling back and forth on the bed as she squealed in embarrassment. After doing that for about a minute, Marin shot up to her feet. Then, she rushed over to her luggage.
A short while later, with her clothes strewn all over the hotel room floor, Marin stood in front of her empty suitcase with a set of see-through, lacy, pink lingerie in her hands.
"Am I really doing this?" Marin asked herself as she looked between the revealing pair of panties and bra she held in her hands. "I mean, I haven't even told him that I like him yet."
Standing there in uncertainty for a few more minutes, Marin eventually put on a resolute expression.
"I can just tell him when he gets back." Marin said to herself as she started walking towards the bathroom in the room. "After that, I'll show him how I feel, too."
Before she reached the bathroom door, Marin stopped in her tracks. Then, with her eyes shining after a sudden spark of inspiration, she turned her attention towards Alfonzo's luggage with a smile.
Meanwhile, Alfonzo, who had changed into his battle attire, a black and blue version of Goku's usual outfit from the Dragon Ball franchise, was waiting for Yoruichi, just outside the hotel's front door.
"Although I doubt we'll be heading too far inside, if at all, today…" Alfonzo muttered to himself while leaning against the wall next to the hotel's front door. "I get the feeling we're not gonna like anything we see inside that hideout."
Remembering all the inhumane experiments both Mayuri and Orochimaru were willing to do in their source materials made Alfonzo involuntarily frown.
"Yeah, according to the reports, those two are bat-shit insane." A deep male voice said from beside Alfonzo.
A moment later, Alfonzo felt a small weight settle on his left shoulder. Turning his head slightly, he saw a golden eyed black cat perching on his shoulder.
"Why the hell is your voice so masculine when you're in your cat form, Yoruichi?" Alfonzo asked with a wry smile on his face.
"Beats me." Yoruichi replied, comically shrugging her shoulders in her cat form. "It just kinda happens. Either way, I'm just glad I can talk in this form. It would be really awkward to try and pantomime what I'm trying to say otherwise."
"I know you're right." Alfonzo said, maintaining is wry smile. "Still, I'm not a fan of having a man talking into my ear like that."
With that last statement, a mischievous grin appeared on Yoruichi's cat face.
*Poof!*
"So, you'd rather have a beautiful woman like me whispering into your ear, then?" Yoruichi said seductively as she transformed back into her human form while draping herself, now wearing a tight, black, sleeveless, backless body suit with black arm sleeves that reached her wrists to her biceps, a yellow sash wrapped around her waist, and a white scarf wrapped around her neck, on Alfonzo's back. "You know, we could skip the investigation and have some fun… *Blow* If you want."
Feeling Yoruichi's warm breath on his ear, Alfonzo could not help but shiver. Other than that, however, he did not react much. Instead, he reached his left arm back and pulled Yoruichi in front of him.
Yoruichi, on the other hand, did not release her arms from around Alfonzo's neck. So, she ended up hugging him from the front with a smile.
"Does this mean you're taking me up on my offer?" Yoruichi asked playfully.
"You already know the answer to that question." Alfonzo said dryly.
Then, with one arm wrapped around Yoruichi's back and the other sweeping up her legs, Alfonzo carried the woman in his arms in a princess carry as he began levitating off the ground.
"If you decide to join my harem, we can talk aboout that later." Alfonzo said as he ascended above the hotel's roof. "But for now, we've got a job to do. Which way?"
"No fun at all." Yoruichi said with a pout while simultaneously making herself comfortable in Alfonzo's arms. Then, she pointed in a certain direction as she continued. "That way."
Following the direction of Yoruichi's pointing finger, Alfonzo began flying away from the town. At the same time, he used his [Electromagnetism Magic] to bend the visible light around himself and Yoruichi, rendering them invisible to anyone who might be looking up in the sky.
Flying at a moderate speed, it only took about fifteen minutes for Alfonzo and Yoruichi to arrive at their destination. Looking down from above, they could see deep ravine that opened up into a valley further down.
"Did you check out the valley down that way?" Alfonzo asked, gesturing towards the distance with his chin.
"I did." Yoruichi replied with a nod. "But I couldn't find anything connected to the hideout. I even asked some of the people in the town about it."
"Oh, and what did they have to say?" Alfonzo asked in curiosity.
"They said it was the sight of a huge battle between two wizards sometime in the past." Yoruichi replied. "But no one knew much about it. The only concrete information I heard was the name of the valley."
"Let me guess, it's probably something ostentatious like, the Valley of the End, right?" Alfonzo said with a smile.
Meanwhile, Yoruichi could only look on at Alfonzo blankly.
"What?" Alfonzo asked.
"You've already researched this area, haven't you?" Yoruichi asked, narrowing her eyes slightly.
"Nope, not at all." Alfonzo replied while shaking his head.
"Then, how the hell do you know the name of the valley." Yoruichi asked.
"Just guessed." Alfonzo replied with a shrug. "I'm pretty good when it comes to making wild guesses."
'Yeah right, after seeing Guy an getting him to admit that the Village Hidden in the Leaves is nearby, there's no way I couldn't' get that right." Alfonzo thought to himself. "Still, I pray to everything holy that Kaguya isn't trapped in the moon. I mean, seriously, I'm already probably gonna have to deal with a big, black, fuck off dragon in, like, a month. I'm really not feeling the thought of aliens, too.'
"Anyway." Yoruichi said as she rolled her eyes, clearly not believing Alfonzo's explanation. "How are we gonna do this?"
"Well, I don't plan on having us go in." Alfonzo said, his expression becoming solemn. "But, I'm gonna see what I can find while using my [EM Magic]. With X-Rays and radio waves, I should be able to get a general layout of the inside of the hideout."
Hearing that, Yoruichi nodded in understanding. She had already figured that this would be just a preliminary investigation. A moment later, however, her expression changed into something mischievous.
"does that mean that you only brought me here so that you could cop a feel while you did your work?" Yoruichi asked as she pulled herself closer to Alfonzo, pressing her rather impressive bosom against his chest in the process.
"Not really." Alfonzo replied with a grin. "But it's a nice added benefit."
In response, Yoruichi giggled softly. Then, she pushed herself away from Alfonzo.
*Poof!*
A moment later, Yoruichi was back in her cat form and resting on Alfonzo's right forearm. Then, she quickly scurried up his arm, to his shoulder, before hopping up and landing on top of his head.
"Well, I'll just wait right here." Yoruichi said, stretching in the typical fashion of a cat. "A nap sounds great, actually. Wake me up when you're done."
Shaking his head gently, as to not cause Yoruichi to have to dig her claws in, Alfonzo slowly lowered his altitude while maintaining his invisibility. And as he approached the ground, he used X-rays to look as far into the hideout as he could. Then once he was floating in front of the hideout's entrance, he emitted radio waves to scan as much of the tunnel system as he could.
A few hours later, Alfonzo, with Yoruichi in his arms and back in her human form, landed outside of the hotel's front entrance. Then, he dropped his invisibility, surprising a couple who was walking towards the hotel's front doors in the process. After that, he casually put Yoruichi down on the ground.
"Just like we thought." Alfonzo said while giving the couple behind him an apologetic nod. "Both Kurotsuchi and Orochimaru have a few minions along with a lot of normal people, probably test subjects, in there with them."
"Yeah, but you said there were three more people else with pretty high amounts of magic power in there." Yoruichi said as she watched the surprised couple hurry past them into the hotel. "Got an idea who that could be?"
'There are a lot of candidates in my mind.' Alfonzo thought to himself in response. 'But considering how mixed up this world is, I'm not really sure.'
"Not really." Alfonzo replied with a shrug. "But it's better than going in completely blind to their presence, right?"
"I guess." Yoruichi replied nonchalantly.
"Anyway, we should get some rest." Alfonzo suggested. "We're gonna have a pretty long day tomorrow."
"Sure." Yoruichi said with another shrug. Then, with a seductive smile on her face, she nestled against Alfonzo's left side while wrapping her arms around his left arm as she continued. You're welcome to come and rest with me in my room, you know."
"Come on, Yoruichi." Alfonzo said with an exasperated sigh. "We've already talked about this. Besides, I thought you wanted to do this with Elicia, too. On top of all that, aren't you sharing a room with Kagura?"
Letting go of Alfonzo's arm with a giggle, Yoruichi took a few steps away. Then, she turned around with her hands grasped behind her back.
"Oh, I didn't forget about Elicia or Kagura." Yoruichi said with a smile. "But having a little fun, as in a few drinks, wouldn't hurt. OH well, your loss."
With that, Yoruichi winked at Alfonzo before she turned around and made her way into the hotel.
Meanwhile, Alfonzo could only shake his head.
"That girl is relentless." Alfonzo muttered with a wry smile on his face. "Anyway, I wonder if Mira is in the room. I need to get rid of this… excess energy."
As he spoke the last part, Alfonzo looked down, only to see a tent forming in his pants.
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