Race To Zallo - Zallo Village Arc

Honō an hour after their agreed time was finally greeted by Witz at their meeting point with only her main equipment that she brings on every mission. Honō had already drank his coffee and Witz’s was freezing.

“Sorry I’m late” spoke Witz while sitting down after trying to get her breath back as she had ran from the lab to the meet up spot

“Not a problem other than your coffees cold” smiled Honō wandering what to do with the cold coffee.

“Oh, if it’s cold just bin it or something we’re an hour behind we have to get started on the mission” stated Witz

“Sure, Zallo village should be north-west of here at the border” replied Honō now stretching.

“Wanna race to see who gets there first?” smirked Witz as she stood up after placing on a pair of high-tech boots going up to her lower thigh.

“I don’t mind ra- “started Honō before Witz blitzed past him before he could finish speaking starting the race to Zallo village. Honō now walking in her direction out of nowhere zapped into thin air leaving nothing, but the ground covered in frosted.

Witz who was running full speed towards Zallo village out of nowhere was overtook by Honō in a flash of blue light. In a matter of minutes Honō had gone miles ahead of her. Another 10 minutes after the race had started and they were already half way there to Zallo village. At the three-quarter point in their race Witz decided to up the power in her boots letting her catch up to Honō.

“Hey Honō, worried yet that you might lose” smirked Witz as she slowly passed Honō at the last stretch of the race

“Nah why would I, I’ve barely even started yet” replied Honō as a smile of confidence started to show on his face.

They were at the last 20 meters of the race when Honō in a blue flash of lightning disappeared in the blink of an eye and reappeared at their finished line. He was leaning at a wall with an empty cup of coffee when he waved hello at Witz.

“Cheater!” shouted Witz as she caught her breath after her defeat in the race.

“Oh, how come I’m being labelled a cheater now?” Asked Honō curious about how he had supposedly cheated in the race.

“Uhhh, you got to drink your coffee, and I got none!” Whined Witz as she folded her arms in a cute immature fit of childish pride.

“Sure, but aren’t you the one who started the race before I was even ready?” Questioned Honō with a blank, dead expression on his face as he stared at Witz in the eyes.

“Mm-maybe … ok sooooo how about a tie then … heh heh” stuttered Witz as she nervously looked at the ground unable to look at Honō in the face.

“Sure, now how about we actually start this mission?” Asked Honō now with a composed reassuring yet calculating smile.