Thread: Bounty Hunters Part II: The New Era

Hearing Serah's name and voice brought Jack out of his contemplative state. "Hi Serah." He smiled. "Nice to have you back." He then looked at Tera. "Sounds intense."

"Anyways." Tara spoke again. "Nova isn't really something you can teach, I can tell you the basics but it'll depend on you whether you get it or not."

Serah nodded, reaching into her back pocket as she walked over to Sakura. "Here," out of her pocket came an white envelope.

"I got that for us," and how hard it was to acquire. However, she wasn't looking for some type of return of favor. She was a part of the team, after all.

Inside of the envelope, Sakura would find two sheets of paper. The smaller, rectangular sheet of paper would be a check for the mission Serah completed. The amount on the check was a whopping 125k, courtesy of the people of the city she had been doing reconnaissance in. The second sheet of paper would be a rectangular one that said the following: The Letter Content. "The money could go to something. I dunno, like groceries."

Serah turned, looking to Jack. "Hey. Nice to see you," She stopped when she saw the woman he was speaking to. However, she chose not to say anything, instead opting to nod with a smile to her and continue walking.

"Wow, this looks nice." Sakura said, she was genuinly impressed as she turned to Serah. "Good work."

Shimo wandered out onto the training fields.
She headed to a corner of the wide expanse, and sat down.
In her hands was a sniper rifle.
She set it down in front of her, and hummed gently as she began drawing on the ground around it.

As Shimo sat a loud explosion rang out from the training field Klay was in, before rubble and dust followed it and began to fall on the ground. "Okay I think I was able to do it a bit." Klay panted as he climbed out of the crater.

You're an idiot sometimes, leaderboy.
Shimo murmured, mid-song.
She finished with the stylus, drawing a large circle, covered in symbols, with the weapon in the centre.
Shimo placed her palm on the weapon, which glowed faintly.

"What do you mean by that?" Klay pointed out and deadpanned. "Actually, what did you mean when you said I was sheltered back then." he stated before sitting down next to Shimo.

Shimo put a finger to her lips on her other hand, then picked up the stylus.
She began to draw on her right wrist carefully, mimicking the circle on the ground.
Both circles glowed faintly, then the rifle vanished.
Shimo finally looked up.
You know almost nothing about families sometimes. Or people.
She pointed out honestly.

"Well I guess that's true." Klay laughed. "I mean I spent all my childhood traveling and the only people I knew were my master and Kaiser, it doesn't help that I always hung with Kaiser so he was usually the one doing the talking and stuff." he stated and looked down at the seal she had drawn. "I'm learning with you guys though." he smiled. "You guys are like my family and you're such a diverse group of people too. But I guess the thing is that I never really tried you know, even though I'm the leader I always tended to avoid to deal with those things, I guess that's why I relied on Evan and Sakura."

"Now Evan's gone and I'm the only leader of the Slayers." he scratched the back of his head. "So now I'll have to do things more seriously and deal with my own stupidity." He said while showing a determined expression. "Though I gotta admit I'm not really knowledgeble when it comes to family stuff so...I'm really nervous about this."

If we're your family, we'll help.
Shimo pointed out.
She poked her wrist, her finger glowing, and the sniper rifle re-appeared.
Shimo rolled onto her knee, aiming and firing at a target some distance away.

Klay laughed when he saw Shimo's actions. "Sorry, it's just funny how you do that so cassually while talking to me." he nodded his head and smiled softly. "But thanks."

It's reflex.
Shimo said.
She poked her seal again, and the weapon vanished.
You're welcome.
If you're that worried about sole leadership, talk to my bro once he's not dead to the world.

"No." Klay shook his head. "I have to learn to do this on my own, if not then how can I call myself a leader."

Shimo whacked Klay on the back of the head.
Leadership ain't about going it alone.
She kicked him as she got up.
If it is, you'd be dead by now.
Shimo started walking towards the house.