"#-ng ~ ..!..n't ju-...^...-..-lled her! Sh-....-..mpor-ant! Ne-t time I'll-..........ether, so we can go!"
Ouw~! Why does my head hurt so much?! And would everyone be quiet! It huuuuurts!
..ah, it's clearing up? What happened..? Is it dark out? I can't see... But my bed should be softer than this? But.. I don't have a wood floor? It's so-
*Crack!*
OW! ...-uncomfortable? Am I moving? What? Ngh~?!?! My arms wont move?! Legs are free though? What the hell is this?! I try to move, but can only roll ov-"Kyaaaouwch!?!" My butt! My butt huuuurts! Why?!
"D'aw! Shaddup in thar' already! Or I'll hit you again, ya' hear?! Gya!" A gruff voice called out from... outside wherever the hell I am?
"I already said not to, ya big oaf! You nearly killed her last time. She dies, you die. GOT IT?" A more refined voice.. reprimanded?
Thankfully the pain dissipated rather quickly. What did I do to hurt my tailbone so much? No, the situation, I need to focus. This doesn't seem like something simple. And I thought I was supposed to 'wake up'? Shouldn't I get those memories from before? Nono, maybe this is natural? But I can't move around, there are wood walls surrounding me; it's quite cramped, almost painfully so...
"Still, twas luck 'dat we found 'er chasin 'wabbits! We prepared all 'dat crap, and 'da bounty 'racticaly walked inta' us!"
Eh? No, didn't I die? Lines... Angel.... Goddess..? Then.. "Bye Bye!"? So I reincarnated? But no new memories? No idea who I am, where I am - and what is that stupid thing constantly tickling me?!
"Yea, yea, and you nearly killed her when she bit you, now be quiet! We aren't out of the country yet! And these creatures could be anywhere!"
"..Fine!"
So we are travelling? But why am I in a crate?! And what 'bounty'?! Huh? AM I A FUGITIVE?!
........That can't be right? Actually, like this, and with them running, aren't they 'bad guys'? Huh? Are they kidnappers? .....Impossible. They're just smuggling me, right?
"Still, can't wait ta' get paid. Gonna get a mountan a' gold for dis one ta' da' slava'~ Gyahaha-YEOWCH!"
Slava...
"I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP! We're supposed to be simple merchants! Or do you wana get caught?!"
Slaver...
"NO! No 'tellin WHAT 'dem beasts 'll do if you piss 'em off! I 'ear stories..."
They're slavers..?
"Then be quiet!" The non-bandity talking one hissed.
THEY'RE SLAVERS?! WHAT KIND OF LUCK DO I HAVE?!
"Yessir."
No, can't panic! Actually.. they sound like idiots? Isn't that a good thing?
..But isn't this bad? It's dark and hard in here, and I can't really move well either. Arms? Tied behind me. Legs? Tied together. Weird things itching behind me? Legs getting ticklish... Ignore them! What do I do? I got 'blessed', right? Right?! Magic. I can do magic! Lets escape the idiot duo then! Wait... can I even use magic yet? I mean, I can feel something weird inside my body, now that I'm trying to feel it.
I can worry about everything else later. If I got what I asked for, then I should have magic, and lots of it! So, I just need to push it out of my body... oooh~ So easy! But I need to break the crate, and escape. How to do that without hurting myself? Wait, don't I have regeneration? So, what do I care? But... lets avoid fire, and just blast it all away!
Imagining the magic power turning into a ball of dense water turned imagination into reality. Incredble, magic works here! With this, I can do anything! Mwahahaha~ Now blast away the top of the box!
Water Manipulation - Acquired
Need to blast away an annoyance? Drench a battlefield? Create a storm in the desert to cool off? Flood a cave? Maybe you just want to see a cute girl in wet clothes?
With this skill, you are capable of using mana to create and manipulate water for your own needs.
*BWOOM!*Shhhhh~*
"GYAA!" The bandit-idiot yelled out as a sudden explosion of water burst forth.
........Eh? There wasn't just a hole at the top of my - the - crate, but the entire top ripped off! Taking a glance around gave away the fact that it probably blasted everything above and around the crate too. It looked like a shower of debris, rather than rain. And now I'm soaked too! C-Cold!
"What happened..?" The calm one questioned.
Oh yea, I gotta get away! Without really thinking about it, I shifted onto my feet and hopped off what was obviously a half-destroyed wagon. Ignoring the wreckage, I quickly ran off towards the surrounding forest.
"AH, she's a' runnin!"
"Then grab her before she gets to the forest! NOW, you big oaf!"
Heh, it was kinda fun~ Especially since the idiot duo were obviously scrambling to catch me. Though it's a bit hard to stay balanced with my hands tied, it's actually much easier than I thought it would be? A quick glance back showed the big one slipping on a piece of wreckage while the other simply gave me the stink eye. Nyaha~ Don't worry, I'll get you back soon enough!
*Thwack*
Ah, a piece of wood hit his head. AHAHAHAHAHA! How high did some of this crap go?! That was perfect! Ah, they're already out of sight. They really were idiots, huh? Mn~ now I gotta figure out what to do next.
Still, it feels wierd to have such a high voice. Maybe it's just because I'm a child? Compared to the idiots, I'm definitely small, so that has to be the case. The way I'm moving feels weird too, and my butt feels really weird. Strange how easy it is to move around the forest too, and it feels like I know how to get back really easily? No, not the time. Prioritize, prioritize~
First would be getting my hands free. Should have done that inside the crate, but who knows how disasterous that would have turned out, right? ..What if the water ball hadn't penetrated the crate, though? Or if it was more than I thougth? Or if it didn't... Moving on!
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Dodge left of the tree, run, run, dodge right~ This is kinda fun? Is that.. white? Rabbit? Cute! Rabbit! Follow the rabbit! Follow~? It stopped! Ahaha~ Got You~!? Not... Stupid rope! Hmph! Oh, right... Well, I'm probably far enough away, for now?
Looking around, all I can see is a beautiful forest. Brown trunks of trees, green grass and leaves, and various bushes of various colors dotting the area. It's really pretty and fresh, nothing like the polluted cities back home. Sighing, I move to a nearby tree and settle down with my shoulder against it to think.
Even if I try to use mana to get my hands free, its not like I'm confident about it. Rather, that stunt with the watter ball - bullet? - was dumb luck. For something like cutting rope I can't even see, I'd probably kill myself with even attempting it... What to do~?
Itchy itchy ear! Ahh~ thats better. Never knew scratching ears could feel so amazing~ Nnn~ So much better! Eh? How did I - MY HANDS ARE FREE! How?! Twisting around, I see the rope chewed through, and the cause - bunny-chan! - still nibbling on it... "Heh~ Lucky! Huh? Two... three? Four, five, eh, how many of you are there?!"
I don't even know how long I was thinking for, but it couldn't have been too long. Yet, somehow, I'm surrounded by a bunch of cute little bunnies! Left, right, on my lap, WHERE DID YOU ALL COME FROM?! Ahh~ Who care! Cute! "You're all too cute! Thank you~" I pet the little one still nibbling on the rope... and the other on my lap already had my other hand somehow? Mnn~ can I just cuddle into this?
WHAT AM I THINKING?!
*Crack*
Eh? Why are you all running? All of a sudden, the bunny bed - what the heck am I supposed to call a circle of bunnies anyways?! - scattered in fright. Why are they leaving me~?
"Found 'er boss!"
"Kyaaa!" Without even any time to react, pain enters my side as the ground twists and flies under me. Or am I the one flying? Needless to say, I hit the ground again, and it hurts! It feels like someone took a hammer to my side! "Ouchie~ Hiiaa!" Then the ground disappeared from under me again, but this time it feels as if I'm in the hands of a brutal giant, enormous hands gripping my head so hard that he can pick me up, while flatting my ears so painfully!
"Gyot er, heheh!" AND HIS BREATH STINKS! Eh, the pain is already gone? Didn't I ask for instant regeneration, or something? Go Goddess! Opening my eyes, I come face to face with- "Eeep! Ugly!"
No! Don't growl! Scary! Too ugly! Too scary! I try to push him away, but it doesn't do any good. Am I pushing against a stone wall?! WHAT ARE YOU?! Get away, Get Away, GET AWAY!
"Stupid fox, standin in 'da middle of so many - *cough* - righ', sorry boss. Dumb little toy, made 'da boss mad." Ugly shifts his head to the other voice, who was straining a frown. Despite the 'boss' wearing nicer clothes, they both looked like they came from the middle ages. Even like that, he looks normal. Maybe too normal? Is he so normal that he's abnormal?! IS HE THE ONE I NEED TO BE AFRAID OF?!
"Hehe, dat's da look a baby vixen like ya needs ta' have. Mehbe' yeh' should beg fer mama now? Gehehe."
No! NO! I don't care if I die, but I don't want to be near these two again! Get away! No, I need to make them go away! Like that crate! THE CRATE! Water ball! I need another! Another water ball at the abnormal! GO AWAY!
Abnormal's eyes widen in fright. "HEY, STOP HE-"
*SHWOOPLASH*
Don't know what happened, but I ignore the explosion of blue and red that exists where abnormal was, and do it again to the monster holding me. The water ball - smaller than before, as I try to make it denser - forms between us, even as the idiot looks back at me with anger then fear. And then it shoots in - through - his chest. There's a hole the size of his fist where I shot, and he coughs. Blood seeps from his closed lips and he drops me while falling backwards.
Thankfully, I landed on all fours, however all I can do is blink and stare. "Wha-?"
Did I? What did... The abnormal too, where is he? All I see is pieces of... The big guy is...? "I... Killed? No. N-No. NoooooOOOO! I wanted you away! Go away! Get away, go, leave me alone! GO AWAY! Hyaaaa!"
Twisting my body, I run from the obvious carnage. "Get away! Gotta get away! *Hic* Get away *Hic* from me!"
I look back,but they're not there. Am I safe? I look forward, but there's blood on the grass where I'm going. Run! I turn and run! I need to run! GET AWAY! I Didn't mean to do it!
Is that a hand? "Kyaa! *Hic* No! Get away!" I twist my body and run. "Leave me alone!"
Blood. It's everwhere! Why?! "*Hic* Why wont you leave me alone?!"
"Ah..." My legs wont move. "Haa haa" And run. "Haa *Hic* Haaa" Is it dark? How long have I been running? Where am I? Did I.. Get away? Darkness... Can I just? No, gotta move. Get...
.
.
.
So warm... So cozy... So fluffy~ Such a pleasant bed. Mnn~
"Tweet! Twittereet!"
Bird? It's loud... Don't wana wake up~
"TWEEET!"
"Kyaa!" My hands immediately jerk, forcing my body up. "I'M UP!" For some reason, I feel the fluffy bed shift and disappear away. "Eh?" My bleary eyes quickly focus to find rabbits, squirrels - is that a skunk?! - and even some strange furry creatires I've never seen before running away from me. Some only move a short distance, however. "That's... weird?"
Looking around, I could only get more confused. "Where am I? No, how did I get here?" What happened? "TSSsss ouw~ my head?" It h-hurts! Why? No, why does it matter that I'm in a forest? Didn't I get reincarnated? This is a different world! And I have magic! "Magic~ Magic~ New world~ New life~"
Don't know why, but I just felt like singing~ It was kind of cute how the animals gathered around me again. Mn?! Is that a wolf? Eh, eh, eh? Looking around, the other animals don't even care? No, they're just cutely only paying attention to me? Ah, he's leaving? Was it because I stopped? Sorry, wolfie, but you startled me!
Wait! Forget the animals! I have magic! Ehehe~ Now, how do I use it? Feel... I can feel that energy inside me. So, that's magic power? Maybe I have to pull it out... in front of me... and do what? Twist it into something? An element, maybe? Water is the safest, so lets make a water ball?
Following my self-created process, I imagine the energy changing into water. For some reason, I feel as if knowing the structure of water helps the process, but that's something I'd have to test. Though, suprisingly, water quickly emerges in front of me from nothingness. That's so- so-so- ..."AMAZING!"
Okay, have magic, can create water, now what? Shoot *shiver* it at something? NO! ...Weird, why does that thought make my body feel cold? Isn't that something basic? Well, there's no rush. I can figure out how the elemnts work first. Lets try something with wind next? Just let go of the water-
*SPLASHhhhh*
C-C-C-COLD! What was that?! All I did was let go of the water and it exploded! Well, at least I get a pleasant view of the tree tops from this angle on my back... But, really, was that water condensed? It was just supposed to be a small orb of water! AH? Aww~, all the cute animals went away... Sigh~
"This definitely has to do with my wish for strong mana. But really, that's a lot of water. I think it soaked the whole area... Oh yea! Can't I view my stats, or something? ..How do I do that? It was definitely a Blue Window, right? Maybe Status Window? Ohh~"
Status Name Aurora Race Kitsune Sex Female Age 7 Clan {Amnesia} Class Nibi Sub-Class Plushie Level 12 Titles Amnesiac, {Amnesia}, {Amnesia}, {Amnesia} Stats Health 190/190 Stamina 1912/1938 Mana 264194/265928 Strength 38 Vitality 190 Agility 494 Dexterity 456 Intelligence 722 Wisdom 532 Charm 690 Luck 125
"Hwaaa~!?" Stats... What's with my stats?! Are they really that high? But... did that crazy water ball really only cost so little mana? I did ask for a lot, though. But compared to the rest, why is my strength and vitality so low?! ...I feel like I'm missing something. Guess I'll just have to figure it out as I go?
Moving on, moving up~, though the 'amnesia' bit is strange, I'll worry about that later. Mnn~? So my name is Aurora? Though, that does sound familiar. Isn't that.. eh? Not, human? Not.... "Bweah?"
I rub my eyes and look again at the translucent blue window.
Seven years old, Kitsune, Nibi... Nothing to worry about... Plushie... ignoring that...
Looking again at the the impossible, I can't help but check by moving a hand between my legs to feel...
Sex Female
Nothing....
*Thump*