The first to awake in the morning was Lass. He was up in the tent as he looked around, not much sunlight passed through the fog surrounding Gaikoz's Castle. There was still a long way up, the peak of the main tower was hiding the fog and couldn't be seen.

Lass looked around, everyone was still sleeping, and both of his patients were stable. Lass scratched his head; there was some really intense surgery the day before. He took out a bottle of seeds from his pocket then he took a beaker from the surgery table, it was still clean.

He put the seed in the beaker and looked around the surgery table for any water, true enough there was a bottle of distilled water in a packet, it was a necessary for certain surgeries but of course it didn't matter now since his patients were safe. He pressed down on the pipe near the needle to attack to the patient's vain.

A bit of water dripped from the needle. It touched the black seed and suddenly smoke started to form, the seed dissolved into a black liquid and then the liquid multiplied fast, until it filled the whole beaker. The bitter fragrance of coffee filled the air. "Ahhh... nothing like some good old instant Kanavan coffee." Lass sipped the coffee little by little as he watched small streams of sunlight pass through the thick fog.

"Co...COOOOFFFFFEEEEEE!" Ronan's voice boomed through the air. "AH! DAMN! THE ADDICT GOT UP ALREADY!" Lass saw Ronan getting up, he was no longer Ronan, he was the pure coffee addict 'ROWTFNAN!' And so in a desperate attempt to save his coffee Lass started to run around the tent while being chased by Ronan, in which woke everyone up.

"Ahhh...sooo sleepy..." Arme got up rubbing her eyes like some cute moe character from some super cute moe manga. "Muuu..." Lire got up in a very groggy manner, like she had always done. Jin on the other hand awoke from his sleep as princely as ever "Uhh...my head it feels soo...errghhh..." He then pushed his hair up.

"UWAAAHHHH! SUPER CUTE GUY!" There was a voice that rang through the air, a voice none of them were familiar to. "I wanna date him! I wanna! I wangwah! GWAHHH! STOP! STOP! IT! SIEG!" Then it all stopped.

"Mari, keep it down!" Sieghart shut Mari up with an apple in her mouth. "Ummuuu...Heauuss sswwwooo cwuuuteee" She mumbled as she took the apple out from her mouth. This girl in blue and white clothes carried a hammer behind her and a giant gun on her belt with strange cubes and orbs in bottles also hanging from her waist. "Uncle, I can't help it can I? I can't resist super cute guys...I'm at puberty don't you know" She said as she took a bite from the apple.

"Keh!" Sieg gave Mari a snarl. This 'boy' carried a giant sword on his back. His black armor gave off a sense of evil and he also had a strange sense of hatred surrounding him. Not known to many he had already been leaving for 499 years and his birthday was coming soon. "Master Gaikoz...he's expecting them soon. Shall we send them a greeting card then?" His grin gave off the full extent of his cruelty and hatred deep in his heart. "Alright uncle! Whatever you say!" Mari smiled back as they walked out of the room.

Back where the Grand Chase were just reflecting on who shouted first and what not...

"GOD DAMMIT! I DON'T SOUND LIKE A GIRL DO I!" Lass made his stand because he was being accused of screaming and waking everyone up. "Ummm, Lass...you've not seen yourself when you have an almost impossible operation to do. You practically scared the life out of me once when you fainted in the surgery room 3 years ago." Arme chuckled as she saw Lass's temper rising.

"Ronan! You scream like a girl don't you!" Lass punched him in the arm, on the spot where the poison arrow went through. "IYYYYYAAAAAA!" The shriek coming from Ronan was definitely that of a girl's shriek. "I told you! HE DOES...BWAHGWAHAAAA!" Ronan gave a roundhouse onto Lass's face and made him fall to the ground, bleeding faced down.

"Gu..guys...GWAAAHH!" Elesis seemed to have awoken from all the commotion. "I...I don't feel so hot..." She said trying to get up. "Stay down! You don't know how badly injured you were!" Lass got up immediately and pushed her down onto the bed. "You've got god damn bruises all over you lungs and I just managed to replace some blood vessels that hemorrhaged yesterday! You're in no condition to fight!" Lass looked serious about this, Elesis decided to stay down.

"So...our mission...it ends here...huh..." Elesis felt as though she had betrayed everyone. "No way! We can continue by afternoon!" Lass said as he sipped his coffee. "I injected you with my secret medication while performing the surgery yesterday! I call it my...DORU DORU DORU DORU ELIXIR OF LIFE!"

"What the hell..." Ronan looked at him with some irritated face. "I couldn't think of a name, so I got it out from a manga I was reading just the other day. Anyways, this medication contains about 10 kilograms of pure glucose, 5 kilograms of protein and fats, 20 kilograms of vitamins and minerals and it's has instant effect in recovering you, cause I grinded in some Natal Ring essence and mixed in some mumbo jumbo magic items I found in the medical hall." Lass was undoubtfully a genius.

Elesis looked worried all of a sudden. So...if this helps recover me...IT'LL MAKE ME FAT AT THE SAME TIME!" Elesis sat up in protest. "See, she's getting better already! And yes, you might add on about 3 pounds after this mission ends." Lass smiled saying that. "Also, look at her bruises!" Lass ripped off the operation sheet covering her. "It's all almost gone!" The bruises were definitely fading away.

"Ahh...ele...sis..." Ronan had a nosebleed and fainted. "Lass... you're dead." Jin who was still doing his hair said. Lass turned towards Elesis's face.

"You...YOU FREAKING PERVERTED BASTARD!" And so Elesis with her tomboyishness gave Lass a one punch knockout right in front of everybody. And so, they all had to wait till the evening, which came falling slow...

And so, evening came as the Grand Chase got ready all of their items once more to continue their journey into Gaikoz's Castle.

Ronan walked to the front door and used his right hand (Since his left one is damaged) and pushed it. It opened quite easily for a door that size. The first room they entered was covered with carpets. Long shrouds dangled from above, with pictures of people from the Gaikoz bloodline. Each of them had dates, from death till birth; almost all of them had a reign of about 600 years or so.

"This place is creepy Lass...HOLD ME!" Arme jumped on to Lass. Lass dodged her 'attack' and replied "Don't push your luck Arme, we may be a couple...but you know what comes first..." Lass had the attitude of a selfish little boy. "What comes first is...SHOUJO MANGA!" Lass took out a manga from his pocket. "Lass! YOU SICKO! YOU IDIOT! You..."

*DAZAAKUUUBUAWTFOOOOMMMM!*

"WHAT THE!" Something came crashing down from above. "Hmmmm...HOH!" It was a giant, a huge giant. "Samanidantamaru...Anniommatamaru...Sominayitominomu...uuuu...SANTAKUUU!" The giant holding a pounder of some sort was chanting slowly as 6 floating orbs which a strange 3 dot symbol had appeared. "Amiiiiii...Nommiiii...Sanamaru...KASHI!"

Suddenly his pounder started to produce sparks. "HUUUU!" The 'giant' dashed in front and tried to slam all of them with his electrified pounder. "KEH!" Everybody felt the bit of shock that sparked through the air. "Wha...what is this!" Elesis dodged, her reflexes were not as good as she normally was, the internal injuries were really taking a toll on her body.

"This...I've read this in a book before. It's known as an electric monk, one of the many minions you can find at Gaikoz's place. And this one is a pain in the ass!" Lass took out a kunai and threw it at light speed.

"SAMARATUUUNNNN!" A giant wave of electricity came flying out from the monk's body, which blew away the kunai like a leaf in a storm. "Sunnndamiii...torunnnn...AGAKI!" The monk made a 360 twirl and then. "GRRRWAAAAHHHHH!" From his back, his left hand, right hand, left leg and right leg, a stream of electricity rose from the ground going upwards as it shot through the hall. Lass quickly pushed Arme away who was standing right in the middle of the path of the beam.

"GAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Lass was electrocuted like fried fish. "LASS!" Arme shouted as she was ran towards Lass. "NO! DON'T TOUCH ME! MY BODY IS RUNNING WITH ELECTRONS NOW! This pain...IT'S NOTHING TO A MAN!...(With shoujo mangas)" Lass took out two rubber gloves and wore them. "COME ON! I STILL HAVE IT BEATING IN ME!" Lass had to endure the entire shock by injecting a medication that strengthens the nervous systems; it was possible for one who had a great will.

"KAASSSSHIIIIII!" The giant dashed towards Lass and striked with the pounder. "HAAAA!" Lass blocked its attack. "Ke...KKKKAAAAHHHHHH!" From that one hit Lass dropped to the ground. Elesis took out her sword. although still having difficulties breathing. "HIIIIIYAAAAAAA!" Elesis charged forward. "KASHI!" His pounder hit Elesis in the gut. "KEH!" She was about to get electrified when...

"Wh...what?" She stood still and did not feel an inch of pain. Elesis quickly jumped backwards going through the curtain that was touching her behind. Ronan asked looking at Elesis "What just happened!".

"I...I DON'T KNOW!" She replied. "OOOOHUUUUNNNN!" The orbs flying around him suddenly sparkled with a bright light and came flying towards the team of heroes. "BATTER UP!" Elesis managed to hit one away. And then..."GUUUUOOOOOHHHHHH!" The giant was electrocuted by his own move!

Elesis jumped to the front and slashed the giant on the neck. "UWAAAAHHH!" Blood splashed on everywhere. "GGGWAAOOOORRHHH!" But the giant's flesh replicated once more. "IT'S BINARY FISSION AGAIN!" Elesis shouted moving away from him. But something was out of the picture, everybody's clothes were drenched with blood, but the shrouds let the blood stream down without much of a problem.

"I'll...SHOOT IT DOWN!" Lire took an arrow and pointed it at the giant's heart.

*PHEEWWWW!*

The arrow cut through the air, however before she knew it, the giant already moved away. It was one fast giant (Because giants are normally slow). Then it started chanting again.

"Ottoo...koootooo...UMIYAKIIIII!" Suddenly there was a giant electric orb that surrounded the giant. There was a number displayed in electrical sparks. It showed '10', and then in 1 second it turned to '9'.

Elesis quickly shout to Ronan. "RONAN! THINK OF A WAY! QUICK! YOU'RE THE ONE WITH BRAINS HERE! HOW DO WE AVOID THIS ATTACK!" Everyone turned to Ronan.

"This...I will not fail!"

-Mission Start: Attack and Defense Plan-

"I need to find a solution, how do we avoid all of its attack! I need to recall all that has happened and form a plan with it! And also a way to strike it without getting hurt at all! Lass...I WON'T LET YOUR SCARFICE BE FOR NOTHING!"

Find out how to defend against all incoming moves and attack the enemy at the same time. Number of moves able to be made: 3. Also, he must be defeated with this move that he is using, just some tips. If you read the passage a number of times, I'm sure you'll find out how. Good luck!

-To be continued...-

Note: This is not exactly hard just think of what happened and make a plan, also as a tip, 1 magic skill has to be used...hehe. Happy trying!