(A/N The fanfic's set when Lucia first meets Haru in episode 44 I think. Hope you enjoy it! Don't forget to Read&Review!)

"Come on!" Haru called tauntingly at his opponent, the Shadow Stone Master. It was if he was the light, and the Shadow Master the dark. He gripped his sword more tightly as the man approached, only to walk straight past him. "What the-" He mumbled in confusion turning around, but instead, stopping dead in his tracks. The entire group were staring in shock at Elie, whose lips were pressed forcibly against the blondes. That…bastard! Haru glanced at Elie who was pushing away violently with her hands. Finally, the girl broke the strong grip which had just been wrapped around her shoulders. Elie then stood still for a few seconds before collapsing onto the earth in tears. He watched in part anger part pity as Elie rubbed furiously at her lips, turning the skin red. In between gasps of breath she cried out,

"T-That was my first, my first kiss." Elie then shot a death glare at the Shadow Master. "How could you?!" Haru broke from his daze at seeing Elie in this state. Tears poured out of her eyes and she faced her head downwards, refusing to look up. He met eyes with the Shadow Master and shot a glare that said, I'll kill you for doing that to Elie! The Shadow Master merely smirked, which pissed him off even more.

In a flash, Musica was by his side his mouth curved downwards into a frown forming a sour look. Musica extended his arm and his silver melted, moving like a snake, to form a whip. "Hey Haru, no explosions or anything like that. The dude's standing in front of Elie," Growled the Silver Claimer. Well that's going to limit what I can do with the Rave. As he was about to let loose a battle cry, something strange happened. He only caught a glimpse of it, a sword was swiftly unsheathed and brought down to stab the earth. The earth rippled then exploded, sending him, Musica, and the other members of the group flying.

"What was that-poyo?!" Ruby cried out.

"Did it come from his sword?" Let responded in disbelief. "But when did he do it?" A cloud of smoke was covering the scene where the Shadow Master, and Elie, was. It eventually settled to reveal the blonde in a crater caused by this power. He had both hands on the hilt of his sword which tip was stuck in the ground. Haru watched suspiciously as the man brought a hand up to rest upon his Shadow Stone, ever so slightly tipping it back and forth on his chest. Haru got into a battle stance once again, preparing for what might come.

But he didn't expect this. A female scream pierced the air sending goosebumps down his arms. That scream was familiar, it was Elie's. In alarm he flipped his head up to look the girl who had stumbled to her feet but now was hunched over clutching her stomach in pain. In an evil voice the Shadow Master spoke, "Well, it kicked in sooner than I thought." Haru's eyes flashed dangerously,

"What kicked in? What did you do to Elie?!" He called out his voice full of anger. The Shadow Master ignored him and stared almost expectantly at Elie, who was now meeting the blondes gaze.

"It-was on your lips," Elie spoke through clenched teeth. He watched helplessly as Elie's muscles went slack and she fell forward, only to be caught by him. The Shadow Master glanced at him through golden cold eyes, a smirk still plastered across his face.

"We'll be meeting each other sometime in the near future Rave Master,"

Haru took a step forward and shouted, "Where the hell do you think you're going with Elie?! Silfarion!" His shiny silver blade morphed into light blue one. Haru brought it over his shoulder and swung it forward. A strong gust of wind followed this action and was heading straight for the Shadow Master. He watched in surprise as the man raised his own sword, and let loose a wall of fire. The wind hit the fire headon and the flames sparked growing higher in the air. Damnit! The wall of fire slowly died out, but by then it was too late.

The Shadow Master was gone and Elie with him. "Damnit…Elie…" He silently swore under his breath and felt hot tears pricking at the corners of his eyes. But he quickly wiped them away. "Now's not a time to be crying." Haru mumbled through clenched teeth and snapped his head up. His glassy purple eyes flittered across the broken land, searching for Musica and the others.

"Ploooo!" Haru looked downwards to see Plue clutching his pant leg. A weak smile grew on his face,

"Hey buddy, do you know where the others are?" Plue didn't give him an answer but instead turned and waddled the other way. He squinted his eyes as he walked for the wind was stirring up the dirt and sand. After a while a limp body caught his eye. In panic he rushed over to find Musica sprawled out on the earth. "Musica…" He said breathlessly. The Silver Claimer had a large piece of rock resting on his chest, and it didn't seem like he was breathing. Suddenly, something cool and smooth was wrapped around his ankle. In surprise he jumped back and shook his foot trying to get whatever it was off.

"Haru…knock it off and come over and help me," A weak voice coughed. That's Musica! Haru looked at his foot and found the thing was really Musica's silver. As fast as he could, he rushed back over to the boy and knelt down. Musica's dark brown eyes met his and he said, "I managed to slow the rock's impact with my silver, but it still hurt like hell. It's crushing my left arm right now so push it off to the right." Haru nodded grimly and set down his sword. In a second he had his shoulder pushing against the rock, slowly moving it off Musica's body.

As the rubble connected with the earth, Musica let out a loud gasp, quickly sucking in air. A few seconds later he fell into a coughing fit. "Where's Elie?" Rasped Musica. Haru's silence was enough to answer that question. On the earth Musica cursed a number of times before pounding his fist on the ground. "That guy is bad news Haru we have to get Elie back, and fast."

"I agree but, where even would we start?" Musica was about to answer when an annoyingly familiar voice cut through the silence.

"Oh sir Pluuuee! Where are you?!" Great. It's Griff. He mentally sighed.

"Shut it! We don't know if the enemy is still here!" That was Let.

"B-but do you think Elie is all right-poyo?" Stuttered Ruby. Good, we're all here. A few seconds later the threesome came into sight. Griff ran-or slithered, however he walks-over and crushed Plue with a hug and a million questions. Let and Ruby came after more slowly. Ruby stood next to Musica examining his wounds, and Let stood off to the side arms folded and glaring at him. Finally, he had enough.

"What's your problem?!" He asked Let through furious eyes. The dragon warrior didn't reply at first but then said,

"You let him get away." It was a statement that made him even more mad.

"Yeah I know you don't need to say it." Haru snapped. Griff then whined,

"And he took Miss Elie with him!" It was silent as the group took it in. The Shadow Master, supposedly the Rave Masters most dangerous enemy, had kidnapped someone who was very dear to him.

With his voice filled with determination he said, "We're going to get Elie back no matter what!" The small sentence seemed to cheer up the group, but the mood soon was gone. A deafening sound erupted out of nowhere, he decided it sounded like wings. A dark shadow fell upon him and he looked up, a sharp intake of breath showed his surprise. A dragon was in the air, getting lower and landing. Once the four feet touched the earth, five people appeared. He recognized some immediately; they were the Oracion Seis. But they're dead! Gale Raregroove destroyed them!


Reina stepped forward and looked at the scene. The earth had a crater in it, a group of injured kids off to the side, not a big deal. Reina then turned towards Haja and said, "He's not here either. Must've left already." A man with brown hair cut to shoulder length glanced around the crater,

"There's some magical residue here similar to that of Etherions."

"Julius that's impossible-" Reina tried to speak but was cut off by Haja,

"It might not be, the prisoner might have awakened Etherion once again,"

A man with blue skin and horns spoke, "I want the pleasure of snapping the little missy's neck."

"Sure whatever," Reina said with a sigh. It was silent until Haja called out to Julius whom had joined Jagen upon his dragon.

"Julius! I want you to stay behind and search for any other traces of Etherions power or the prisoner's." She saw Julius was clearly unhappy but he didn't object as he flipped his hair over his shoulder and slid down the dragon.

Haru and his friends didn't speak a word but watched the scene unfold before them. By the time the Oracion Seis left, Julius had spotted them and was ready to take out his bad mood on them. Let was the most battle ready out of all of them, he man-dragon pushed them in the direction of their hopefully fixed airship and began to fight.


Where…am I? She felt like she had a hangover, and a really bad one at that. She felt nauseous, her head was pounding, her vision blurry, memory fuzzy. That struck some panic in her, that she couldn't remember. Of course she remembered Haru, Musica, and Let, the memory loss was just limited to these past few days. Elie couldn't get a sense of her surroundings, everything was going by too fast. She could feel cold wind whipping on her face, blowing her hair back and chilling her neck. But a warmth, the warmth of a human, was connected to her. Opening her bleary eyes she focused on a figure that turned out to be a man. He had wild blonde hair, golden eyes that were in slits and fixed on something in the distance, and a scar that went from below his left eye and up to the hairline. He wore a heavy coat, from what she could tell the inside was very soft. Elie closed her eyes in exhaustion and snuggled closer, hoping to keep warm. At her sudden movement, the man stiffened before relaxing his muscles once again. This…this is nice.