Hello everyone! I do not own Elsword, or the characters of said game. I do, however, ship Elsword and Eve to no end.

Chung and Elesis are currently an experimental pair for me. This is my attempt at seeing how they roll for me. Hope you all enjoy.

!This is a sequel of my story, Relearning the Seraph. IF YOU HAVE NOT READ IT, PLEASE DO SO BEFORE READING THIS!

I'M NOT KIDDING READ THE FIRST ONE. IT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT SERIS AND CEDRIC, NOT TO MENTION EVENTS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING FINDING THE BLAZING HEART. IT WON'T TAKE LONG TO READ.

Also, I claim partial ownership to my format of Seris' story and partial ownership of Cedric, as shared with my boyfriend.

Huge thanks to my boyfriend, who has been supporting me all along the way. And also since I wouldn't have actually gotten into Elsword without him!

We roleplay the Elsword and Eve pairing together, so you might see more of them from me around here.

I have been noticing that for some reason, Fanfiction has been bunching up my paragraphs! If you notice this, understand I do not know how to fix it!

So let's get down to it! Read, Review, and Enjoy!

Eve: Code: Nemesis
Elsword: Rune Slayer
Rena: Wind Sneaker
Raven: Blade Master
Aisha: Dimensional Witch
Chung: Deadly Chaser
Ara: Sakra Devanam
Elesis: Blazing Heart


Finding the Blazing Heart

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Chapter 6: Small Fire

'The fire of my soul...it fears the water in your eyes. Don't cry for me...'

"Elsword's going to kill me...Elsword is...going to kill me..." muttered Chung.

"Piiiii..." whined Pichu.

Moonlight's shadow swam over the starlit jeweled sky, and the world felt cold. It was a bit chilly outside as Elsword finally came nearer the house. He had a small fire rune in his hand and his other arm around Eve as he attempted to warm them from the chill. It was just a cooled evening in the midst of the usually warm weather, so no one terribly minded. The rune Elsword was tending in his hand was enough to help keep himself and Eve warmed enough until they reached the house. She nuzzled him happily and sighed in relief.

"It's such a pretty night out, Elsword," Eve smiled.

"Hah...I guess it is. Look at all the stars."

"Yeah...oh look! Shooting star. Do you want to wish on it?"

"Nah. The stars already gave me all I wanted."

She looked at him, only for his lips to wind up on hers. She was all he had ever wished for, all he had ever needed, and the greatest gift in his world. He was so glad she was able to remember him now...and be his wife...instead of that heartless code she had once taken. Elsword still had her Electra crown and flower pin, she still had the necklace given to Elsword by Elesis...which he passed to her, and the world...the world felt fine for that. In the distance, they heard a happy squall as Cedric and Raven watched their mother and wife, respectively, dance along the path. She twirled, swung, and glided on her feet with perfect precision as she sung a small tune; a tune making her son and husband happy. At least, it seemed that way, until Elsword actually realized it was Raven and Seris both singing to their son, thus bringing joy to Cedric as both watched the woman sing. It made the Rune Slayer feel overwhelming joy for his friend, seeing how happy he was definitely felt great. As Seris danced, it took a moment, but Raven finally reached out to her, and took her hand. Dancing with her now, as her new skirt flew along in the wind, Eve and Elsword definitely felt glad for them as Cedric squalled with joy at his parents.

"Hey! Raven! Seris! Ceddy!" called Elsword.

"Eh?" Seris murmured, twirling once more before gently landing against Raven to lean.

"Oh hey Elsword, hey Eve," Raven smiled a bit.

"You three are so beautiful out there. Yes, Eve and I saw you all dancing on," the redhead laughed.

"Oh can it," Raven chuckled.

Seris just giggled softly, patting Raven on the shoulder softly when she realized he was tensing a bit. He seemed to still be having trouble trying to work with interacting near the nasod he once hated. However, he relaxed under his wife's gentle hand and smiled at the walking pair instead. Eve nodded softly to the three, not quite as oblivious to Raven's former hatred of her as he may have thought. But she understood his plight, so she raised a hand to do a high five; trying to get Raven to see that she was fine with everything now. Upon a nudge from Seris to signal that he was missing something, the former Black Crow finally gave Eve the high five she was searching for, earning grins from both Seris and Elsword.

"It's so nice out. I wonder if everyone else is going to be late," Eve murmured then.

"I saw Ara, Aisha, and Rena arguing back near Feita Village. Probably about womanly stuff again," Raven shook his head.

"Those three have been acting really weird lately," sighed Elsword, "-they better not be up to anything fishy."

"Eh, if they are, I guess I'll have to turn on the light," Seris smiled as a soft glow lit her sword within its scabbard on her hip.

"Hopefully it doesn't come to that," Raven laughed, "-those girls won't like it if she has to...well, 'turn on the light' for them."

"Of that I am sure," Eve added, smiling.

Though I wander endlessly without an answer
Nobody knows that only I know
This flame inside my chest continues burning
There's nothing in this world that will ever take...
This light in me!

Shout out! For those I must protect!
Raise your voice! Whoa...
Overcome these times that try your souls!
Stand up til' the end!
Don't stop reaching the goal!
Light my fire!

"I haven't learned much about what your Body of Light abilities even are," Elsword murmured, "I mainly remember that you use Light El. We even had to use the sunrise to get your ability upgrade."

"My next job," Seris giggled, "My previous one was called Hand of Light. I could only get light in my hands and couldn't put it into my weaponry. Now I can channel it throughout my body and my weapons, without special gloves anymore either. I can also use small healing magics too."

"She actually had to use one on me the other day," Raven admitted, chuckling a bit.

Her ponytail flew along in the wind, one of her emerald eyes soft as the other hid behind a chunk of her bangs. She smiled softly and hummed a tune as Raven hugged her and Cedric cheerfully hugged her legs. Although her main fighting skills came from throwing spheres of light akin to fireballs made of light, as well as enchanting her sword, Seris was a fairly worthy opponent. She wasn't perfect and Raven was still training her everyday, for as long as two or three hours sometimes. It was paying off for her and she was becoming very essential in the ElGang, particularly as Raven's teammate. After all, what better teammate than a loved one? Particularly a lover?

"Cool! Looks like Raven's huge training sessions with you every night are helping a lot," Elsword replied.

"Definitely great to see. I bet you are a wonderful team," Eve grinned.

"Well of course they are paying off. I always did say Raven was the best there ever would be. He's always trained me and looked out for me. He always means the world to me, and I sure hope I do as well in our little team as he does."

"You do," Raven replied.

"Well, I bet I'm not half as handsome," She smiled, kissing his cheek.

Raven blushed at that, causing chuckles from Eve and Elsword, while Cedric giggled. Receiving a glomp from his son now, Raven finally laughed too as his wife embraced her son and husband. As the small family carried on, Elsword and Eve chose to continue towards the house, inside of which Elsword immediately heard a loud wail; a wail that was...male? The hell? Was Chung crying? Clutching Eve's hand as the nasod heard the sobbing too, her husband opened the door, and ran inside with her. His red hair bright under the light, he ran with Eve to find Chung; whom he soon encountered in the kitchen as the blond wiped his tears a bit with a Pichu nuzzling his cheek. Dinner was on a counter, completely finished...but the White Knight of Hamel was...crying...over a basket?

"Chung? Hey? What's wrong?"

"Is everything okay, Elsword? Chung?"

Choking on his sobs, it was clear that Chung had still heard them despite it all. However, unable to speak, the addressed boy pointed out the basket; to which Elsword's eyes widened in horror. There was his sister, less than two inches in height, and covered in bloody bandages, surrounded by cloth within her basket. Elsword was confused...and mortified, if not horrified, at the same time as Eve came in, quickly finding the same sight. Immediately she clenched a hand over her mouth as Chung stared with tears in his eyes. For a moment, no one found words to say at all as the nasod held her husband, who looked at his sister. He held complete dismay at the terrible condition she was in, but even more than that...why was she shrunken? That confused him more than anything at all, the wounds just worried him and Eve deeply.

"Elsword..."

"Chung...what happened...?"

"Piiiii..."

"I don't know! Pichu came back with her, all shrunk and wounded. I tried to clean her up and put bandages on her. I...I just don't know what else to do. At first, she wasn't even breathing, she revived when I cleaned her off in the faucet..."

Elsword's lips tightened a bit and Eve wrapped her arms around him carefully as Chung's eyes squeezed shut with more tears burning in his eyes. The Pichu let out a whine and another pleading noise as Elesis lay there in the basket, near motionless with the exception of her breathing; the only signal that she was alive at all. Elsword shook his head, blinking back tears as he picked up the basket. His dear sister...was about destroyed...and he wasn't even quite sure why either.

"We need to help her. Come on!" Elsword yelled, grabbing Chung's hand and dragging the male as he rushed to the bathroom.

He looked at Eve then as they arrived, "Eve, I need you to clean Elesis off. You're a girl, so...you're the best option for getting Elesis cleaned up and out of those shredded clothes. Chung and I are going to go figure out how to make her comfortable in her smaller state. Once you clean her, use some disinfectant, and try to wrap either her wounds...or just most of her body...in gauze. We have to cover those wounds. Chung, come on. Let's get this figured out. The others will find their food."

"O-Okay!"

"Understood," Eve replied, "I will make sure Elesis is fine."

"Thanks Eve," Elsword smiled, kissing her cheek, "-it means a lot to me."

Following Chung now, Elsword briefly darted downstairs to leave a note for others. It demanded for them to eat for now and save food for the missing four. Rushing back to rejoin Chung, he heard Raven walk in the door with his family. Closing his eyes now as he uttered words of worry to himself, he followed his equally aged friend back to the upstairs.

"What are we going to do Elsword?"

"That basket is a fine bed. But we need to figure out how she's going to eat and drink like this. Or even fight for herself. Get around by herself."

"I don't think she'll be able to fight. I can help her get around. And I guess we're going to have to find really small silverware...plus a straw."

"Straw isn't hard. Silverware though..."

Chung groaned, "Poor Elesis. What could have done this?"

Elsword thought about this, then narrowed his eyes, "Well I have one idea."

"You do?"

"Yeah. But I'm keeping that idea to myself for now."

"Oh...okay."

"For now, we need to figure out how to cater to Elesis' new needs...and help her wounds heal. I'll take care of figuring out what happened, and how to try to fix it."

"Sounds good to me! Elsword...I swear, I'll do whatever I can to keep Elesis safe."

"Good. Maybe this will help her warm up to you more."

"I feel for her. Burning you must have really hurt her," Chung sighed.

"It did. But it's time for her to move on. I'm just glad she has you to help her do it."

"If she'll let me..."

"Give her time. While you do, take the time to understand the crimson sky she rests under. She can't be seen until you see what she's in."

"Huh...?"

Elsword shook his head, "You'll figure it out. Now come on. Let's look for shrunken silverware."

"...how are we going to do that?"

"...I don't know."

Breaking the dark of night
Piercing through the painted white
Cut it all away
From yesterday
Til a new era's in sight
Unlock the heart within
Let it spread it's wings and soar
Rising up in flight
Through the night of white
And fly on forever more!

"Where do you think Elsword, Eve, Chung, and Elesis are?" Seris asked.

"Well the note says they were taking care of something upstairs, and not to come bother them," Raven stated.

"So she's safe then," Aisha sighed in relief.

"Huh?" the Black Crow inquired.

"N-Nothing!" the mage quipped quickly.

"Elesis seemed really mad when she left today, so we were worried," Rena covered quickly.

Raven narrowed his eyes at the girls and even Seris had to tilt her head for a moment as Cedric sat there, eating his food as par usual. He wasn't interested, once again, in anything else for this passage of time. Eve, meanwhile, continued cleaning the bloody cuts on the woman's undersized body. Pichu could be heard squalling as she followed Elsword and Chung around in unfailing worry. The Rune Slayer and Deadly Chaser were looking anywhere, everywhere for somethings for the shrunken Elesis to use for the time being. As he went along though, Elsword was clicking together more and more pieces of the puzzle that lie before them all; it was all becoming obvious...clear...sensible...

"Ahhhhh! Eve? Eve, what are you doing? Why are you so huge?" screamed Elesis.

"Sis!" cried Elsword.

"Elesis!" yelped Chung.

"Elesis, please understand...you have actually shr-!"

"Let. Me. Go!"

"Elesis, please!"

"I swear if you don't let me go, I'll bite you!"

"Ack, don't bite me!"

"Eve, don't let her go! She can't swim!"

"Elsword, why is your wife a giant?"

"Because you shrunk!"

"I did...what?" yelled Elesis

"You shrunk!" cried Eve, Elsword, and Chung.

Elesis stared at Eve now as the nasod wrapped her up in a washcloth, opening the bathroom door to find Elsword and Chung, at which both boys immediately facepalmed in complete unision before screaming one thing at the exact same time.

"We forgot to figure out what she could wear!"

"Oh great," murmured Eve.

"What happened to my clothes?"

"They got tore up. I mean really sis...look at your skin. You're lucky to be alive."

Elesis looked down, only for her eyes to fill with tears slightly. She'd gotten creamed. Long before she even shrunk. She had run into that dungeon alone, and had practically gotten mutilated. Elsword was right, she was lucky. Lucky...and weak. So weak...she was a fool. What had she done to herself? How had she wound up like this? Elsword dared not tell his theory, and he was sure she wasn't up for hearing ideas. In fact, he could tell she was heartbroken at her condition. This was confirmed quickly as she clenched her tiny fists.

"I'm so...stupid...and weak..." she grunted.

"Sis..."

"Shut up! Go find out what happened to me! I can't stay like this!"

"What happened as in wounds or...?"

"My shrinkage, idiot!"

"Hey! I was playing! God..."

"This funny to you?"

"No, its...fine! Whatever sis!"

Elsword threw his arms in the air, running from the room with a furious expression on his face. Eve quickly handed Elesis to Chung, before rushing to find her husband. Chung stood there now, watching as Elesis curled slightly into a ball. He sighed, carrying her to the basket, placing her inside, and walking back to his room, followed by a squalling Pichu. Elesis' eyes filled with tears again and she murmured an apology, her pride rather damaged by her current condition as she held the washcloth around her small body.

"Elsword...she didn't mean it..."

"I know but it's just...I was trying to ease the situation."

"I know. For now...I think you have a feeling of what happened."

"I have an idea. Come on love. We're going downstairs."

Eve pondered this for a moment, then understood, and quickly made to follow him where he was headed. After all, they were clearly thinking the same thing now.

Walking on all by myself, I glance up to the sky.
It is a scarlet red, and filled with dread,
I can't help but cry...


Okay everyone! Some explanations.

Three songs in this. All were the English lyrics of two JAPANESE songs.

One was Light My Fire, by Kotoko (English Lyrics by the YouTuber Shadowlink4321)

Another was True Light, by Shunichi Miyamoto (English Lyrics by Vic Mignogna)

The other, at the very end, was Hishoku no Sora, by Mami Kawada (English Lyrics ALSO by the YouTuber Shadowlink4321)

Hishoku no Sora means Crimson Sky. I used it therefore to represent a particular thing Elsword mentioned during this chapter. Hope you caught on.

Light My Fire is a song I have considered, for a long time, to be a fitting theme for Seris. I have been developing my version of her for a very long time.

So it is sort of a theme for her. Body of Light is the class I made for her. I kind of see her to be a very...well, light person.

The facts I mentioned in this chapter over how Body of Light works are basic, I know. The class is still under development.

I did, however, want an opinion. Would anyone like any separate stories/shorts/oneshots about Seris, Raven, and Cedric? Please let me know! Feel free to make requests in fact.

Love you all! Please review and contribute your thoughts to my posed inquiry!