Hikaru had taken a low difficulty mission to spend time with his sister, Lee-Ann. The amount of time they spent together wasn't enough so he figured this would be the best time to converse with her while also making money. Hikaru looked at his watch awaiting for Lee-Ann to show up. Of course he was early, but that was nothing ned. Today the mission, well he hadn't really looked at it. He just saw the reward and figured that it couldn't be too difficult. Now that Hikaru had to think about it, he took out the request paper staring at it and reading it. He was curious as to what it would truly be about. The mission was talking about finding a sword. This was the ultimate busy work. He figured it couldn't be too hard.

The man had lost a sword. Hikaru was baffled for a brief moment but quickly got over it, realizing that not everyone was as self-aware as he was. He just found it hard to believe to lose such a large and important object. Maybe others just didn't value their items as much as he did. nonetheless Hikaru waited for his sister to arrive curious as to how she would like just looking for a sword. Maybe she had gotten a bigger or brighter Idea of the quest Hikaru did, but first he needed to establish a basic sense of teamwork before they were taking the truly combat heavy and difficult missions.

The redhead woke up early to Hans's snoring on the other side of the bed. She agreed to go on a mission with her brother. It was low ranked and was a good way for both of them to spend some quality time together. After all, they did get some money off of it. Usually, she was the only trying, barely, to spend some time with her brother, but it was nice to see some effort from him since he was finding some time to. She woke up extremely early, ate breakfast, put on her armor, and took off to the meeting place. She really didn't get the job description about what it exactly was. It was if finding something or delivering a letter. Petty stuff like that or was it more battle based. It helped her plan ahead. Something her parents trained and Ciar drilled into her.

Some habits were hard to break like showing up extremely early. It really did show a good impression on your higher ups. Early she considered herself on time. Passing by the early morning rush, she knew her brother was a lone wolf on training and was not experience with a team much like she was. Both of them need some things to learn. Hikaru did do well being a leader. So he was more of a natural at it then he really gave himself credit for. On the other hand, LeeAnn was not much of a leader, but she was trying. Getting jobs done was no fret, but trying to converse with people on a personal level and being a rolemodel was something completely new to her. She ahead saw her big brother standing there waiting look at the job request in his hand. "Hey Twinkle Toes, nice to see you here on time like always. Alright, captain, what's the job" she greeted, getting right to the point.

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As Lee-Ann approached Hikaru was confident he would hear the term "twinkle toes" and of course, she said it. In the previous encounters he had heard her say it and figured it was just a term that had grown a part of her speech and vocabulary. He chuckled, it may have been a term she didn't even notice similar to how people said "like" in every other words at times. Hikaru looked at the red head and looked down at the mission. He was thinking about it and read it summarizing it.

"Some guy lost his sword in this garden, our job is to go around and look for his sword."

Hikaru said simply. The man who had made the request had a really weird name and Hikaru was interested by it. However, this was the same man who had Hikaru train with some of his students. He seemed like an interesting character.  Hikaru decided it was best to start looking for the sword. It wasn't like they had all the time in the world. Hikaru surveyed the entire garden and began to chuckle as he saw that it was no where to be found.

Wow, that man had honestly lost a sword.

Hikaru thought to himself. He scratched his head as he was curious as to where they would begin. He turned his head at Lee-Ann and wanted to hear her opinion about it.

"So how are we going to find this thing? Any idea? This guy is a genius. I know people lose things, but i'm actually impressed."

Hikaru said. It took talent to lose a sword, It wasn't just lying on the ground, it seemed to have gone missing completely. He actually wouldn't be surprised if someone had stolen it. You don't just leave something of such high value laying around. Things like that could easily be sold to merchants so they could resell them to unknowing citizens. Hikaru began to walk forward waiting for Lee to give him advice on the entire situation. He was actually interested on her reaction to a man actually losing a sword because Hikaru was honestly impressed.

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Hikaru gave her a small summary for their job. Basically, they had to find a sword the some irresponsible person had lost. She heard of loosing large items, but nothing like a sword. Of course, there was always those who had pure talent in the unbelievable. Hans was a good example though he was extremely random. Even she gave a really puzzled look. The client sounded familiar. Now that she thought about it, this was the same client that she had done the job for being a substitute for his class. Boy did she have fun beating those boys up, they really learned how to respect women in the Rune Knights. The thought of it made her laugh. "Just how...do you loose a sword? Okay its one thing to loose my extremely tall fiance, but how do you loose a sword. You always keep a good eye on those" she replied.

It really suprised her how a man this skilled like something as important as a sword. It was a tool for killing, causing pain, and many other things. Not careful, someone could easily be hurt. She rubbed her temples a little out of irritation. Her brother asked if hse had any ideas. The only thing she could think of was the garden. It was close to where they were standing and a good place to start in the first place. She would look at her brother directly into the eye completely serious and professional. She was sorta uptight about missions. "The garden? Its not far from here. Though, its all up to you" she suggested. She would give him the reigns to decide. Awaiting for a response, she stood firmly waiting for a reply.

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Hikaru raised an eyebrow when he overheard Lee talking about losing her tall Fiance. That itself was pretty bad but the sword was just as bad because unlike a person it couldn't just get up and walk away. Lee proposed further in the garden, and Hikaru nodded.

"Great Idea, lets go I suppose."

He walked slowly and cautiously taking his time. If an individual did have the sword, he would definitely have to be cautious. About fifteen to twenty minutes Later Hikaru walked into a dog. the dog was about 10 meters away. It looked cute but had the entire sword in it's mouth. Hikaru looked at the sword staring at it. This must have been the sword the man was talking about. To be honest he couldn't help but think about his earlier thoughts. He stood corrected at the fact that he thought that swords couldn't just get up and move, in this case it did. Hikaru began to slowly approach the dog.

"Here girl, or boy... Just drop the sword to Uncle Hika, and Aunt Lee and we'll be on our way."

As Hikaru closed the distance to 5 meters, the dog sprinted away It was surprisingly quick on it's feet.

"Damn mutt, corner it lee!"

Hikaru screamed as he chased after it. He was fast so  Hikaru would just have to chase him down toward Lee so the two could corner it. Hikaru darted off, showing his moderate speed. He even dashed attempting to gain on the dog. Hikaru couldn't help but smile. He was actually having fun on this mission. He hoped Lee had the stamina and speed though, or at least he hoped she'd be able to anticipate where Hikaru would run the dog into so they could corner it. Upon the two cornering it, Hikaru would see the dog squirm and drop the sword immediately in fear of the two. They had won the battle. Hikaru took the sword and swung it for a bit. Maybe it was a weapon he'd get involved with. However for now it was time to return it to the owner. Hikaru would take the long walk with Lee all the way to Armin and give it to him. Upon giving him the sword, Armin would introduce himself, and show them the reward while thanking them. Hikaru smiled and nodded.He hugged lee, and they parted. They had just gotten a little bit closer as siblings, and teammates.

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Her brother agreed to proceed further into the gardens. It was a good place to start after all. The red head could only think of possible places where it could be. Hans could at least be easily be found some where he shouldn't be, but a sword couldn't vanish into thin air like that. Obviously, an outside force must of moved it like maybe misplacing it or some animal must of picked it up. She split with Hikaru a little ways, but she could still see him. Time went on as they both ran into a dog holding the large, dangerous sword in it's mouth. It looked rather playful and harmless. Really, it reminded her of her dog, Pyro, a pure bred husky. He was black and white dog. This dog looked like a stray and had floppy ears and wore a dull brown, but still cute. She was a sucker for animals. Though, it held the sword. That sword is the sword they were looking for in the first place.

Her brother tried to creep towards it saying to drop the sword calling himself "Uncle Hikaru" and "Aunt Lee" it kinda made her snicker. The dog's tail only wagged a little as it dashed away. Her brother run up to try to round it up towards her. She ran up to catch up, but wasn't as fast as her brother, but had the endurance unlike him. This really did bring back old memories of Hikaru and her play tag or something in their backyard. It was the good days when they had nothing to worry about except being bored and school. They could play all day and night they wanted whenever he visited them. Although, those times were now gone. This mission was actually more fun than work. Soon, they cornered the dog. It seemed to be scared now being cornered by two monsters. It dropped the sword and shook. "Good boy, was that big bad man scary. Oh yes he was, yes he was, you are such a good boy. Oh my god you are ssssooo cute" she smiled. The red head gave him a treat from her pocket. It was a piece of bacon she kept in a baggie that she ate every now and then to snack on whenever she grew hungry. Both her and Hikaru would returned the the dog to his owner, who looked relieved. "Hey Hikaru, this was fun. Reminded me of when we were kids. Thanks for asking me to do this with you" se thanked him. The redhead only smiled at her older brother as they went to go return the sword to Armin. LeeAnn waved, glad to see him again and seeing he was doing well. She did tell him to watch his things more carefully. Swords are dangerous and in the wrong hands could kill or hurt someone. They were both rewarded as they bowed to him as a thanks. LeeAnn and Hikaru would soon part ways. While he hugged her, she smiled. "I love you Hikaru" she smiled.

-Exit-

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