•| The Band Of Seven |•

Our First Job In A While

No one's POV:

The Band of Seven were all gathered up in their private club room in the Academy...

"We need to think of something and quick." Said Manaka while swinging on her chair.

"Yes the faster the better." Added Erika.

"Well where the hell ARE the jobs?!" Yelled Atsui in frustration.

"Yeah...if there were flyers for jobs we wouldn've been sittin here doin absolutely nothin..." Rufus was stating a valid point, let me explain what they're talking about,

(Fun fact: Rufus talks in a slang accent)

So basically, any magic users especially if they live alone will need money of course to live...and since they're still in school then they can't get a proper job like normal humans do, so, instead, they go on temporary jobs, jobs which specifically need a magic user to accomplish them. In every school or academy, there is a certain board that hangs in the hall which has flyers of those jobs and requests for those like Erika and her friends, but lately, there haven't been many jobs and that's a problem for them. That's what they're discussing right now, well, back to that...

"We're currently running low on money and life supplies..." stated Hira while sighing deeply.

"Look everyone, there is nothing much we can do but wait for a job to appear on the request board and when that happens we go as fast as we can and snatch it off the board before anyone else. Got it?" Suggested Rei.

"Yeahhhhh...." they all replied while nodding.

"By the way, has anyone seen Gray recently?" Asked Manaka after realizing his weird absence. "He's not usually late for school, didn't he come with you Rei?"

"No. He forgot something so I told him I'll go ahead of him."

Then suddenly the door opened and there he was..

"GUYS! Get your butts off those chairs! I've got us a JOB!"

"FOR REAL?!" Yelled Atsui while nearly jumping off his chair with glowing eyes.

"YES! Now let's go! I'll explain everything on the way." Replied Gray while gesturing for them to come.

"LET'S GO EVERYONE!!" They all Yelled before each one of them did his thing. (Well, while travelling or going on jobs, all magic users use a different way of transportation...magically <3)

Manaka changed into her rolling armor in a second (that means she'll be skating all the way), Atsui and Erika popped out their dragon wings, Gray and Rei usually go on their floating ice boards, Hira used her 2 tails to fly and Rufus just goes on foot since he's super FAST! (Vampire speed)

While they were on the road, Gray started explaining...

"When I was on my way to school this morning, an old man stopped me and asked me if I was a member of the band of seven, as soon as I said yes, his face brightened up with hope and he gave me this letter and told me that he trusts us to help his village out. Then he gave me this map *gets map out* that can lead us to his village's location to help them out."

"Help 'em out with what?" Asked Rufus.

"Hmm....good point...." answered Gray stupidly as always.

"You didn't even ask him?!" Asked Atsui.

"No I was just so happy that we've finally got a job that I forgot to ask him what he needed us for...hehe...*sweat drop*"

The rest: *face palm*

"So basically we need to follow this map's route until we reach that marked spot, right?" Asked Erika while lowering her self to see the map.

"Yeah exactly." Replied Gray as they continued along the road for a while.

>>Time skip>>

[after about an hour...]

"Hey...didn't we just pass from here like 15 minutes ago?" Asked Atsui confused.

"Huh? But how is that possible? Isn't Gray leading us with his map?" Replied Erika.

"That can't be good..." stated Hira and while the flying 3 were puzzled, they heard Rufus yell... "GRAY! SERIOUSLY?!"

They flied downwards to their level where they stopped in their tracks.

"What's the matter?" Asked Erika.

"Well, our dear Gray has been holding the map upside down the entire time, that's why we were walking in circles!"
Explained Rei while sighing.

"WHAT?! GRAY!!" They all Yelled.

"I said I'm sorry! He's the one who gave me the map without instructions that stupid old man!" Gray tried to defend himself but obviously failed.

"MAPS DON'T COME WITH INSTRUCTIONS!" They all Yelled in poor Gray's face.

And Gray was like: T_T

"I'm gonna hold the map from now on." Said Rei and they all nodded.

>>Time skip>>

[Finally at their destination...]

As everyone landed and reached the village's gate that had the name:

         The village of Forx

They found an old man standing there waiting for them.

"You're the man who gave me the job this morning." Said Gray while pointing at him.

"Yes, that was me."

"What was your reason for requesting us sir?" Asked Manaka.

"Well, you see, our village is facing a big problem." he started.
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