Alrain: I wanted to make another story of Shiroe being a badass so here it is!

Outfit: Ezio Auditore Assassins Creed Brotherhood white uniform.

Chapter 1: Meeting Shiroe.

Forest.

"Come on guys! On to the next adventure!" shouted Kanami with great excitement leading her party through the forest laughing while the rest groaned at the Monk's antics, well all except one and her name was Indicus as she followed without any complaining behind Kanami and would send a nasty glare at someone if they tried to get closer to her. Talk about being obsessive about Kanami and it was pretty much known to the whole party that Indicus had a great obsession with Kanami.

"Kanami-cchi, it would be better if we were to rest right now, after all, it is almost dinner time and I think I will whip up my special stew," suggested Nyanta also referred as Chief by everyone and Kanami the leader immediately halted when he mentioned his special stew and immediately shouted that they would be resting, Indicus looked annoyed but a bit of drool did drip from her lips at the mention of Chief's Stew.

"Alright! Chowing time!" cheered Naotsugu as he immediately began to help set up camp and everyone else helped and when Nyanta looked in his storage bag he found out that some of the spices and herbs he needed were gone.

"It seems I lack in the herbs and spices I need to make the stew," announced Chief making everyone groan and Kanami shout at him for getting her hopes up but stopped when Chief held his paw up, and in an instant, they went silent and allowed him to finish his sentence. "Lucky they grow in this area where we currently are so I need someone to pluck them for me, Kanami-cchi, Naotsugu-cchi, can you 2 do it?"

"Sure! Let's go Mr. Panties!" shouted Kanami dragging the heavy armored man over her shoulder with no problem while Naotsugu screamed that he could walk by himself and didn't need to be carried! His shouts were unanswered as Kanami ignored them and went rushing into the deeper parts of the forest before Nyanta could give them the map of the surrounding forest.

"Do you think we should help?" asked Taigamaru.

"Nah, I doubt anyone of us wants to get into trouble with Kanami and we all know she somehow manages it," replied KR getting nods from everyone.

Eventually, Kanami and Naotsugu arrived by a riverbed and saw the herbs that Chief needed to make the stew and Kanami began plucking them at rapid speed while Naotsugu twitches on the ground after Kanami let him fall on the ground without a warning, he got up and began also plucking the herbs knowing that complaining against Kanami had no effect at all.

'Well, there is nothing interesting about this forest so I might as do it fast as I can,' thought Naotsugu who couldn't blame his bored behavior as the Debauchery Tea Party didn't have any good fights or challenges, they have pretty much been traveling for a few years and had already half of Japan as what the Landers have named it after the great perish of the Adventurers.

The Debauchery Tea Party had been bored all of them have been so bored as they have done many raids and won them easily and there hasn't been a Dungeon which they hadn't conquered yet, and there have been Raids that they haven't completed but the problem lied in one thing and that was that you needed at least 2 Enchanters of high-level to do it or even enter it.

Enchanters were the weakest Class seen by whole Theldesia and they had a great variety of spells but lacked in attacking power, and almost no one chooses the Class as even the Bard Class is more attractive than the Enchanter Class.

The Party did have RamMutton as Enchanter and he was a high-level one but you needed 2 Enchanters, another problem was that high-level Enchanters were like Phantasmal Items and weapons since the Class is so rarely chosen. And a high-level one was even rarer to find like RamMutton and it would be also that Enchanters don't trust anyone because they were discriminated by the other classes, taunted about how weak they are and how their class is completely useless so even if you found an Enchanter the chance of having them join you is low.

The Enchanters have been always weak but that was only in attacking power as for the rest they have decent builds and a lot of MP, and the weirdest thing of all was that they had some Enchanters that possessed more Subclasses which was a current news topic that has been going on for 3 years, because of that the Enchanters did suffer less but not all of them as a small selection of the Enchanters were allowed to have this and it was exclusive to Japan only.

So back to the Party who couldn't do any more raids since half of them required at least 2 Enchanters and nothing more, the Debauchery Tea party has been searching for so long for an Enchanter to join their group and had little success even if they had the highest chance since none of them ever discriminated Enchanters. Still, Enchanters did well to hide and trust was obviously not getting any better.

"Kanami, I think we just have enough-UWAH!" shouted Naotsugu when he looked at the left and saw a giant log coming towards him and at the last second he managed to dodge, more followed up forcing Naotsugu to take different poses to dodge them all and Kanami saw this and wanted to help out but...Naotsugu looked just so funny doing that she couldn't help but laugh hard.

"Hahahahaha! Naotsugu! Y-You look so funny!" shouted Kanami as the background became pink and yellow filled with flowers to increase the funny poses Naotsugu made in order not to get hit by the incoming logs.

"HELP ME! DON'T LAUGH AT ME!" shouted Naotsugu with shark teeth at Kanami, but losing his focus on the logs he eventually got hit by the last one and launched against a tree.

Kanami's laughter died down after a few seconds and then looked into the direction the logs were launched from and it wasn't visible as most of her view was covered by the chopped down logs, although not neatly done as claw marks showed that it was sliced down with claws of a monster. "Now to see where-!"

"GRAAAARGHHH!" came a roar.

"KRAKOOOM!" an explosion then followed up by the roar.

Kanami immediately ran over to the place where the fight was going on and Naotsugu who just freed himself shouted to Kanami who was already too far away and he immediately ran after Kanami, Indicus would have his head talked off if he lost Kanami out of his eyes which wasn't so hard to do at all.

"Kanami! Don't run off somewhere sudden...ly?" said Naotsugu as he looked at the open field in front of him and what he saw was a gigantic Treant who was smashing its giant root claws around slicing down trees as a small figure was swinging around with blue glowing ropes attaching and detaching to the giant Treant, the person was skilled as red shining lines on the Treant showed that the person wasn't only dodging but also fighting.

The person quickly shot a blue line to the nearby wall and raised himself up getting the monster's attention who smashed the wall and tried to grab the attacker who let go on the last second and let the rubble crash on the Treant, it dived down and shot another blue line at the thigh and swung himself up and released himself and spun around while slicing the Treant dealing a lot of Hit Points.

The Treant noticed and swung to the person who couldn't dodge and crossed his arms and a purple Magic Circle appeared in front of him, probably a barrier but it wasn't as it shattered with ease on contact but it did manage to protect the attacker, and the Treant roared in rage and pain as when the circle shattered its whole body was attacked by purple light.

"I-It is now confused!" said Naotsugu seeing an attack he has never seen before, and at first he thought the attacker was a Kannagi due to the Magic circle but also not when he saw the Magic circle as no Kannagi had such a barrier with a pattern like that.

"The attacker is obviously very skilled in Solo-Fighting," commented Kanami as she observed it closely as she saw that the attacker had little care of what happened around his surroundings, and used the ruins to his advantage and used the rubble to add extra hit points and the way he avoided attacks meant he was a speed and evasion type and doesn't risk a single moment to get hit.

Guardian and Samurai Classes were out of the question.

The person showed that he didn't want to be hit and used attacks that he easily recharged as she saw the colors of purple, blue, and the yellow glow around each time 10 to 15 seconds have passed, and Monks can't equip blades so the Class was out of the option.

The attacker then jumped up and his blades then curved backward showing now 2 odd devices and aimed at the Treant and loud shots were heard as a purple and blue shot hit the eyes making the Treant roar in pain, it then summoned many roots to attacks the attacker but many of them missed or were very slow aimed that the attacker could lean to dodge them. Then 2 blue electrical orbs surrounded the person and one of the roots managed to get a hit...on the orb and electrical energy flowed out and destroyed the root.

"RAAGHHH!"

"Amazing! He is using Agrro to trick the Treant into attacking him and then uses some kind of skill to use something small and paralyzing to halt the attack before it reaches him!" said KR who came out of nowhere and startled Naotsugu and Kanami nodded with his explanation. "I don't know who that is but this person knows his stuff and can fight well!"

"Indeed, and if you're asking Naotsugu we heard you shout so we 2 decided to come along," said Kazuhiko standing next to the other side of Kanami as he observed the fight and startles Naotsugu who swore he would get a heart attack from them, the attacker made another Magic Circle and this one was red and black and crackled red energy and the Treant hit it and it shattered through it and the attack almost hit but the attacker twisted his body to the side and rolled over the attack and stabbed his knife onto the root claw. The Treant opened it's mouth as it was going to fire an attack and the attacker had no time to dodge.

"Crap! He's going to get killed!" commented KR.

"No, he's not," said Kazuhiko making KR confused.

The Beam attack blew upright in the mouth of the monster and the attacker then held his hand out and a purple glow came from it and the Treant who regained its balance suddenly leaned back again and fell destroying lots of terrains.

"Wow! What just happened!?" asked Naotsugu as he saw the attack fail.

"...I don't know, I have never seen such an attack before," answered KR as the attacker wore a white cloak and a mask that covered his face and 2 weird devices on his wrists where the blue ropes came out from, the blue lines did remind him of a certain attack though he couldn't place it.

The attacker then aimed his hand to the Treant and it also showed him that the Treant only had about 10 HP left, the attacker then picked a book out of his side pouch and aimed it at the Treant and it got then sucked in and the monster tried to resist but then got transferred into energy and got into the book who shut itself immediately close when the Treant disappeared.

"...Damn, I looked at the Agrro and I have never seen so much Agrro on a monster or Adventurer," said KR who was in awe as the attacker wasn't aiming to kill the Treant but capture it with a Capture Book, and those things were incredibly rare and a treasure to Summoners and could capture monsters that Summoners couldn't have even if they reached Lvl 90.

"Wait, now that you mention that I have seen those blue lines before...i-is he an..." Naotsugu couldn't really bring himself up to say what he wanted to say.

The Adventurer then sat down and sighed as the move he made with his head signaled that he was apparently tired, he scrolled through his menu and was now contacting someone as the person made a contract.

"THAT WAS SO COOL!" shouted Kanami startling the 3 males and the Adventurer who jumped up in surprise and quickly searched for the one that shouted and saw them and immediately ran away into the deeper parts of the forest, obviously not in to talk to them and Kanami then ran after to him making the 3 males shout her name not to run and began chasing her. "No! Don't run away!"

"Kanami! Do you think he will stop just because you are asking him to do it!?" shouted Naotsugu.

The Player looked back at him and raised his hands again and blue lines shot out of the devices on the arm of the attacker and rolled themselves back allowing the person to swing like a combination of Tarzan and Spiderman, Kanami didn't give up and jumped up high and off a tree branch and then off a bendable tree branch that shattered the laws of physics and got up very high.

"Oh, boy! I pity the guy since Kanami's aim is like..." began KR.

Kanami then dived down and the attacker thought that he was already far behind until he heard shouting again and turned back and the eyes of the Adventurer threatened to bulge through the mask when he saw Kanami shooting forward towards him with great aim, the shock was so great that the attacker didn't react on time and Kanami crashed into him forcing all the air the Adventurer had out of his lungs and disassemble the blue lines and both of them fell towards a lake and landed into it.

"...Like the devil's luck," finished KR who had a pained expression just like his male companions who both looked worried...for the Adventurer knowing Kanami would be okay no matter how dire the situation would be.

"I hope the poor guy is not going to think we are forcing him to it," whimpered Naotsugu who could see Kanami smiling devilishly and the scary part was that the smile was the scariest part and not even evil intended and he hasn't seen her mad! And yet it was so easy to imagine it and see the guy whimper in fear and can't get himself to say no as he felt he would be in a world of pain.

"Instead of watching! Shouldn't we help them!" shouted Kazuhiko snapping the 2 out of their fear and immediately dashed after the Assassin Knight.

'Of course, he is the calmest one after all even with the likes of Kanami,' thought Naotsugu and KR at the same time, but Kazuhiko was running in front of them mainly because to make sure they didn't see the few drops of sweat on his head.

By the lake Kanami pretty much dragged the Attacker out of the water and the mask in her other hand and carefully lied him down, it seemed that his mask got off when he landed into the river and Kanami quickly placed down the mask. "Hello~? Wake up?"

He didn't wake up and Kanami then wanted to get a bit rougher until she saw that the HP bar was slowly decreasing meaning there was water inside of the lungs of the man she tackled! Quickly she threw off her gauntlets and opened the man's mouth whose face was still covered by the hood of his clothing and quickly performed CPR, she blew as much air into the lungs of the person to force him to cough out the water.

It worked as the body began to twitch making Kanami pull back and let him cough out the water and quickly made him lean to his side to allow the water to get out easier, the man coughed out all the water and gasped and saw his mask and put it quickly on before his face was seen. "S-So, may I know why you tackled me otherwise I will try to kill you!"

He was mad and it was a natural reaction when you get chased by a beautiful girl shouting at him to stop and then launching herself into the air and then diving with her headfirst into his ribcage! He swore he felt his ribs almost crack and they aren't supposed to crack at all, as an Adventurers Body is indestructible against such things even before the Void Period the adventurers never suffered from something like broken bones!

"Hehehe! Sorry about that! I wanted to know how you fight like that and...w-well, you pretty much thought I wanted to kill you but I wanted to..." the last part mumbled Kanami making the man confused as he didn't hear her clearly.

"Uhm? You wanted to do what to me?" asked the man confused.

"U-Uh, I wanted to see what you looked like," finished Kanami simply as her mind was confused as she has never stuttered in her whole life and not even once did she not finish her sentence that was pretty much saying her thoughts out loud.

"...All of that effort just to see my face!?" asked the man in a disbelieving tone.

"Yep!" said Kanami with her tongue sticking out and her left eye closed while the man looked even more amazed in another way.

Naotsugu, Kazuhiko, and KR arrived almost to where Kanami was and then heard loud laughing from where Kanami was and it wasn't her, it was the man she tackled laughing out loud at what Kanami said to him and he seemed to have a lot of fun of the answer he received from Kanami after being tackled into the lake. It wasn't so surprising to them as it was Kanami, she wasn't just only chaos but underneath that Chaos was great and aspiring Charisma that you have never seen before.

The ability to make friends with complete strangers and give them an outlook on life.

"Y-You are very amusing! I think I like you already," said the man as he stood up and offered Kanami a hand who took it and now took a good look who tackled him, she was beautiful and cute at the same time and wore white clothing with red linings and wielded a spear that looked fairly common yet the air that she was a total fighting machine gave him the feeling she knows how to fight against the odds.

Kanami herself scanned the person in front of her and saw a good posture behind the clothing, the man wore only white clothing with blue robes added in it and also reinforced with minimal metal in none-restricting places. His hood covered his whole head and neck and the eagle mask he wore covered his face and eyes and the small gauntlets the ones that are normal-sized were black and had symbols of an eagle embedded on them.

His shoulder was armored with metal that was bound to his whole upper body and in the fight, he didn't seem to be bothered so it was specially customized for him to make sure it didn't lower his flexibility. And the 2 short curved swords were black and had green outlines making them almost shine signaling it had poison on them, and he also carried to weird small devices to the side of his hips.

"The name is Kanami Minigawai! I'm a Level 69 Swashbuckler and the leader of the Debauchery Tea Party!" introduced Kanami herself to the man.

The Debauchery Tea Party? He has heard of the name of that party as they have been known to clear out most Raids in whole Japan, sans the ones you needed to have 2 Enchanters for and that they are just nothing but a mish-mash of players and most think that their accomplishments were through dirty and cheap tricks. Though he never believed anything about it since when are Dungeon Raids supposed to be fair?

The lower part of his mask disassembled itself allowing him to talk with the mask on.

"Shirogane Kei, I'm a level 72 Assassin and a Solo-Adventurer," Introduced Shirogane himself to Kanami and giving his name to her.

"Nice to meet you Shiroe-kun!"

"Shiroe-kun?"

"Yep! Your name sounds a bit too formal so I am calling Shiroe-kun because that's cuter!" said Kanami with a cheerful smile, though she didn't believe him to be an Assassin as she has seen skills of an Assassin and none of the attacks belonged to one, despite his appearance one would think he is a Western Assassin who traveled to the East as his weapons were short blades and wore clothing to increase speed and have no restrictions, he evaded all the attacks giving a hint that he is an Assassin.

Weird thing was that his status showed him as an Assassin.

"...You are really interesting," commented Shiroe now knowing why he was given a nickname because his name sounded way too formal...she was right that his name did sound a bit formal but he has never acted like that he was an important person, though his attire might hide that a lot. "Well, it was nice to talk to you Kanami, but I have to go and deliver my colleague the item that was requested,"

"KANAMI!" shouted 3 voices making the duo look to where the shouting came from and the 3 males that have been chasing Kanami were panting and looked very exhausted.

"Your comrades?" concluded Shiroe looking at the exhausted forms of the 3 males who have just arrived, looking to Kanami from the corner of his eyes behind his mask she didn't seem to be even tired from anything.

"D-Don't run off so sudden when we told you not to do it so MANY times!" complained Naotsugu as he was the one to catch his breath first. Kanami merely laughed making them all groan knowing she wouldn't hold her promise not even if she did say it, once the excitement got through her she was pretty much unstoppable force to be reckoned with.

Kazuhiko sighed after he caught his breath and looked at Shiroe who kept his guard as the eyes of Kazuhiko made him feel wary, but the next thing he did was bowing to Shiroe with an honest gesture and grace. "I apologize for the...attack that our guild leader launched at you, she has a tendency to...get excited seeing a good fight which I must add that it was amazing form my opinion,"

"O-Oh? T-Thank you for the compliment and it was painful but I will manage," replied Shiroe.

"Really!? Most would be shouting at her for being that crazy after taking a hit like that!" added Naotsugu expecting the normal reaction but he was also glad that he wasn't shouting and that it was okay, he would not have to see Kanami being shouted at and much less have Indicus glare at the person in pure rage and blood lust of wanting to kill him or her if they insulted Kanami despite the fact that they had the right to be that mad.

"It seems we have an interesting person here!" commented KR with his carefree smile.

"Y-You guys are really something," said Shiroe who wasn't used to being open with so many people around him, yes, 4 people were too much for his liking and all he wanted to do was to get the Treant and send it to a friend of his for use! Even he could've never predicted that he would be chased and then slammed into a lake with so much impact, he needed to leave right now to deliver the book to his friend. "I need to go now, I have something important to do,"

"Hey! Don't leave yet! I still feel guilty about Kanami tackling you into the lake so how about we invite you to lunch?" offered Naotsugu.

"Well, that sounds nice but I do have to leave in a haste," replied Shiroe but then Kazuhiko came in.

"You don't need to worry, I have seen how you battle and all the monsters that are in this area are nowhere near the strength of a Treant," said Kazuhiko offering a small smile.

They were insistent and Shiroe didn't want to run away as this could be his chance to make friends! But also the chance of being constantly hunted down or being forced to be in a party, and he didn't want that reason why he wore his mask that hid his Status and he has run away from Parties and Guilds who tried to talk to him into joining them.

Should he go with them?

*RING! RING*

"Hello? Wait for what? I thought you wanted it necessary!" said Shiroe as he held his hand to his ear as he talked to whoever talked to him as the other 4 merely stood by and watched. "Argh! So I have tired myself out for nothing Marielle!"

"It seems his contract is kind of a klutz," commented KR.

Shiroe groaned and cut the contact and shook his head as his contact seemingly told him that it wasn't necessary to come and deliver what was requested, and turned around the face the 4 people in front of him. "It seems I can accept your offer to lunch with you all-Who are they?"

Pointing behind them all 4 of them saw that it was the whole party who has arrived when one of them shouted Kanami's name alerting the others to search for them, and a particular maid was running down the hill and jumped towards Kanami who leaned to the left making the woman almost crash into Shiroe who ducked underneath the flying elf who landed into the lake.

Great! Just great! He had to deal with more people now and he could see that the party was over 20 members and he wasn't even good at socializing with a single person much less handle the presence of one and a girl at that particular!

...Well, as long as he had his mask on then he would be fine.

"Oh, dear! I probably should've not accepted it," groaned Shiroe softly to himself so that no one heard him despite that his mask nullifies what he says, it worked as no one heard it but Kanami had a feeling and turned to Shiroe the exact moment he said it.

"Did you say something?" asked Kanami.

Shiroe shook his head and could only follow behind Kanami and her group back to the camp and she would definitely introduce them to him, and he had a feeling if he tried to get out of this mess he would end up being launched into a lake again with Kanami tackling him into it. He wasn't in to get a broken back and he definitely didn't want to feel that pain again either!

'This is certainly a lively bunch here,' thought Shiroe as he ate his stew through the lower part of his mask that he had disassembled and he had to admit that Chief Nyanta as everyone called him that is a great Chef, meaning his Subclass is a Chef not that it is hidden as he saw many Status screens.

Nazuna, Female, Lvl 63 Kannagi, Subclass: Gambler. That was the status screen of a tall beautiful endowed woman with long purple hair and eyes and had purple fox ears and tails and her expression was calm and laidback.

Naotsugu, Male, Lvl 66 Guardian, Subclass: Pathfinder. Naotsugu looked very big probably due to his armor since he was a Guardian, he had grey-brown hair and brown eyes and looked relatively normal and was obviously a human as he had no sharp ears like an elf or animal ears.

Kazuhiko, Male, Lvl 65 Assassin, Subclass: Knight. Kazuhiko looked like a normal and strict man with black hair and eyes and his choice of Subclass was kind of odd combination to him as Assassins would use tactics that were considered dirty for anyone who wasn't an Assassin, and yet he had the Knight as Subclass despite the fact it goes into everything that an Assassin stands for.

Kanami, Female, Lvl 69 Swashbuckler, Subclass: Bo Master. Kanami did have a good combination of Class and Subclass not that he ever thought that she chose Swashbuckler by herself, parents chose the Class for their children and the Subclass was chosen by the child him or herself.

KR, Male, Lvl 67 Summoner, Subclass: Chindon'ya. He had a skinny build unlike the others who looked normal and had light green hair and wore an attire that seemed a bit too big for him since it was baggy and all, he seemed even more relaxed-looking then Nazuna.

It seemed they were looking at his Status screen as well since he saw a few eyes study him from their corners and they didn't see him staring back or noticing it due to his mask that covered the upper half of his face, not that he minded since such information wasn't easy to hide at all as you need a certain Subclass to do it not that he had that Subclass but it was a theory of his.

Shirogane Kei, Male, Lvl 72 Assassin, Subclass: Arcane Master. That was his class the Assassin-class added with the Arcane Master was an odd combination to many of them but decided not to question it, and all Shiroe wanted to do was eat, thank them, and then straight up go and leave the party behind. Still, despite that, he had a feeling he wouldn't be comfortable around them it didn't happen.

He wasn't on his guard, wasn't searching for the nearest escape routes, seizing up his opponents, and didn't even avoid talking a lot. Kanami was truly not the only odd person he has met, this whole party was odd and yet...it felt to him like home despite he never had a place to call home so why did this feel so comfortable? This was simply ridiculous to have such thoughts and besides he can't immediately trust them.

"Thanks for the food, but I have to go now," said Shiroe who slung his bag over his shoulder.

"Hey! Dude, tonight it is going to be full moon meaning that the monsters are going to be more violent than ever!" warned Naotsugu making Shiroe shrug.

"I've done this many times before, and even if I die I will be just revived at the Cathedral," responded Shiroe not seeing the point of his worry about him, he had just met him and knew only a few things about him and it isn't like you can see the person as your friend. And besides, that death wasn't even permanent and you would be revived at the Cathedral...now that he thought about the Cathedral it has been certainly some time that he had been inside one.

Another hand placed on his shoulder and Shiroe looked next to him...and then looked down as he realized that Suikazara did that and was a bit shorter than him, not that she was really short or anything like that but Shiroe was like very tall! Like almost 2 meters tall and everyone looked quite short that the likes of Nyanta, Kazuhiko, and Naotsugu could rival him only.

"Just stay, Kanami would definitely throw a tantrum if her newest friend left so quickly, and yes she considers whoever she liked a friend even if it doesn't make any sense," said Suikazara to Shiroe and even if she couldn't see his face she can tell Shiroe was a kind person and thinks he is a nuisance to anyone, a very humble and strong person that would help his friends.

"...Very well, I can already see it happening that she would do that," replied Shiroe amused at the thought of Kanami throwing a tantrum like a child as he set down his bag, but then suddenly got tackled by Kanami who was demanding what he meant by already imagining it making the others laugh and Shiroe groan. Even staying earned him bruised ribs and a heated glare from Indicus...though the form of a beautiful woman on him wasn't that bad.

Alrain: Chapter 1 done!