Chapter 12: Gunamocki threats

A/N: Now the story gets a little bit more action /adventure like. It won't be that much though. Most of it will still be romance. Since more and more ideas are coming into my little head, many golden sun stories are in the process of being written and should be up in the following weeks. It'll probably take longer to upload since I'm so lazy.

The sunlight did not wake up Ivan. He was happy to sleep in with nothing to disturb him. Ivan once again, was being cuddled by the sleeping Sheba. The Djinns were up again cooking as usual. They didn't mind catching and giving their humans food since their was nothing for them to do anyway. Squall was recently exploring the island. He had found something that no one ever knew. He secretly talked to his apprentice.

Hurricane: What's wrong Squall? You look worried.

Squall: Something is wrong, we must get off this island immediately!

Hurricane: Why Squall? Tell me what's wrong.

Squall: A few days ago, I took a navigation trip around the island. In the mountains of the jungle, I saw a strange architectural building. I went to investigate the ruins. I've read the ancient markings carved in the vine covered walls of the structure.

Hurricane: What did they say?

Squall: It tells of a ancient monster that lurks within the island. The monster has very powerful psynergy and uses it to guard the island's sacred resources. The monster seems to be very strongly equipped with natural weapons. If anything trespasses on its island, it will slowly come closer and closer by the day to destroy them.

Hurricane: So this so called monster is coming after us right?

Squall: Yes, I can sense its presence.

Hurricane: Squall! We need to tell the others!

Squall: I believe it's the right time to let it out. Tell them to find Isaac!

Hurricane landed near Sheba's ear.

Hurricane: Hey Sheba wake up! We need to tell you something!

Sheba woke up from Hurricane tapping and talking into her ear. The smell of breakfast filled her nose.

"Hi Hurricane," Sheba got up slowly and rubbed her eyes. "Is breakfast done already?"

Hurricane: Yeah, go ahead and wake up Ivan. We have to tell you something that's important.

" Is it about the ancient ruins?" Sheba already knew about the monster, "I already know. I saw it in my dream last night."

Squall: You must tell Ivan! I'll go tell the other Djinn while you do so.

Sheba stared at Ivan. She didn't know what was happening to him. His light blue aura glowed more brightly than usual. She shook him softly.

"Ivan!" Sheba talked into his ear. "Ivan, wake up!"
Ivan was awake, but he just wanted to lay around.
" Sheba," Ivan opened one eye, " did you see anything unusual in your dream last night?"
"Yes..," Sheba shuddered at the monsters name.
" The monster Gunamocki." Ivan got up. " It wants to kill us."
"We must get out of here." Sheba gently grabbed Ivan's shoulders, " before it's too late!"
Ivan looked outside. Near the horizon, lightning flashed in the distance.
"It's going to rain again," Ivan stretched out his arms, " The weather conditions are too poor for building a boat."
" The laundry must be dry," Sheba took it off the roof and folded it, "I'll handle this."
"Okay." Ivan just shrugged.
"Gunamocki is getting closer." Sheba took and ate her breakfast, " my fear for it is getting stronger everyday."
Ivan grabbed a handful of meat and threw it into his mouth. He was able to talk again seconds later.
" I'll protect you." Ivan whispered into her ear. " As long as you are close to me, I won't let it get to you."
" How are we going to fight this thing off when it does come?" Sheba looked up at the stormy sky.
Ivan closed his eyes, " I don't know. I know that it won't be dealing with someone easy."
Ivan opened his eyes and changed the subject, "wanna see a little trick I learned? It's a great day to do it on."
"Sure!" Sheba picked up Hurricane, " I love seeing tricks."
"It's a pretty cool trick too." Ivan walked far from the shelter.
Sheba and the other Djinns got on the beach to watch Ivan.
"All right here it goes." Ivan closed his eyes and concentrated on his psynergy. He faced the ocean and raised his arms as if he was going to cast a attack spell like in a battle. In his mind he could see the fury of his own element, the air. The wind picked up fast, as if a gentle whirlwind surrounded him.

"What's he doing Hurricane?" Sheba questioned the young Djinn.

Hurricane: I'm not quite sure, we'll just have to see Sheba.

Ivan was actually going to hold lightning. He had learn it on accident when he got caught in the rain.
He felt complete control over the storm. He purposely brought it over inland. It started to heavily rain. Ivan wanted more out of that storm than just heavy rain.

"Ivan!" Sheba yelled at him as she ran into the shelter, " come in before you get soaked!"
" It's okay Sheba!" Ivan cried out to her, " my trick isn't done yet!"
Ivan opened his glowing purple eyes and unleashed the storms fury. Out of the sky, thousands of flashing bolts lit the sky continuously. He summoned a few bolts and created a small orb of electric energy. He held it carefully.
" Wow!" Sheba came out to look at the bright orb, " I never knew you had the power to do that!"
I'll show you what enables me to do that, " Ivan made the orb disappear into thin air.
" Where's a towel?" Ivan looked for a towel.
" That trick must of took years of practice!" Sheba unfolded a towel from a stack of laundry, "and it made you all wet too!"
Ivan had a strange glowing mark on his forehead. Sheba examined it.
"That mark" Sheba dried him off, " I've seen it before."
" I had this mark for some time now," Ivan felt the power of the mark.
Sheba pointed to the same glowing mark on her neck, "it appears on me every so often."
"Squall," Ivan called the Djinn over, " do you have any info on the marking?"

Squall: Yes. It is a sacred mark that rarely appears on wind adepts. It grants the power to control the element of Wind when it's in session. The mark is usually there to show high ranking in using the power of wind psynergy, possibly even a family relationship with the wind gods such as Procne or Atalanta. In other words, you two are highly skilled in wind psynergy and can unleash a very powerful storm or any kind of wind related attack what so ever. Gunamocki may be after your power, and that's probably why it wants to get you two.

"That's all it wants," Sheba looked at her mark, " is the mark's power?"
"I guess," Ivan went closer to Sheba, " we will figure something out."
It started to hail outside.
Sheba relaxed on the sand and closed her eyes, "It rains here too much. The sun never really shines."
"I don't really mind." Ivan let the sand slide through his fingers, " rain or shine, its all nice."

Ivan noticed Sheba was very crabby the last two days. She wasn't her normal self. It seems like every time you say something, you get an angry response back. Mia was like that too sometimes.

"Sheba seems pissed off all the time now," Ivan thought to himself, "It must be related to her monthly problem."

A small bug came crawling through the sand towards Sheba. Ivan noticed it.
"Oh no, Ivan thought, " Shebas going to freak out."
Sheba opened one of her eyes, she noticed the bug.
"IVAAAAANNNNN!" Sheba backed up into Ivan and held onto him, " there's a bug!" @_@
Ivan felt Sheba grasped onto his arms, " it's only a tiny bug."

Hurricane: I'll save you Sheba!

Hurricane went in front of the bug and smashed it with his feet.

Kite: Eww! You have bug guts on your feet!

Hurricane: I dont care, I'll just go wash them in the rain.

Sheba noticed only three Djinns were in the shelter.
"Ivan!" Sheba looked for the rest of the Djinns, "where are the other Djinns? Only three of them are here!"
" They've gone to seek help maybe?" Ivan predicted, "maybe to Isaac and the others?"
Sheba heard the rain pour outside, "they could rescue us! Did you guys ever get the black orb?"
"Isaac has it." Ivan watched Hurricane wash his feet, " he might be able to use the lumerian ship to find us here."

Kite: It's true! They left after they made breakfast to find Isaac. They are the only ones who can rescue us and help defeat Gunamocki.

Squall: I hope they come back soon. We are running out of time.

She shivered as Squall said that. Gunamocki kept going into her dreams. She felt a cold chill down her spine as she closed her eyes.

Sheba though she heard a loud screech, she was started. It was another vision.
The evil island guardian roared in a rage. Its glowing blood color eyes stared down at the blond girl. It had horns sticking out of the sides of its gray evil skin and out of its mouth as well. The claws of the demon were raptor like. It's tail was spiked to whip out a stinging slash. The demon like guardian had two pairs of clawed wings instead of one pair. It said something in a ancient unknown language and swooped down at Sheba to grab her with its hands.

"Ivan!" Sheba gasped as she awoke from the vision, " it came back to me!"
"Was it Gunamocki?" Ivan saw the obstruct fear in her eyes.
"It, it tried to stab me with its claws." Sheba started to cry, " it was very frightening!"
" Don't let it get to you," Ivan let Sheba cry into his shoulder, " you're going to be all right."
"I keep getting the same visions," Sheba kept crying, "but it wasn't as bad as the one I had right now!"
Ivan felt the fear in her soul, " if your visions get worse, tell me and I'll see what I can do." Then he kissed her softly on the cheek.
"Okay Ivan." Sheba told Ivan to hold her until she was better.
She fell asleep in Ivan's arms.
" I hope Gunamocki doesn't visit her again while she's sleeping." Ivan cast a light sleep spell on himself. "I better go rescue her."

Kite: Go Ivan! Go to Sheba's dream and protect her!
Squall: Be Careful! You might be able to get hurt physically in her dream!

Ivan nodded and fell into a deep sleep.

* For a visual look at Ivan and Sheba, think of them in their original look like in the game. *
*The original looks are temporal until Sheba and Ivan wake up again....maybe.*

This time, Gunamocki was attacking her with elemental psynergy. Gunamocki scared her by throwing glowing orbs of energy at her. Sheba was nearly crying her eyes off and fled as fast as she could. It didn't feel like a dream. It felt very real.
Finally, Sheba couldn't run away any longer. She was stunned by the monster's magic. Gunamocki created a giant fireball in its hand and threw it hard at Sheba. Sheba was to tried to dodge, but she wasn't fast enough since most of her energy was drained and she was stunned. A blur of green and purple grabbed her just in time to dodge the inferno attack.

"Ivan you came!" Sheba held onto Ivan tightly. " Battle him and rescue me!"
" We both have to battle Gunamocki," Ivan took out his strongest weapon, the Kikuichimonji. (a real weapon in GS)
"Hey what am I supposed to use!?" Sheba wanted a weapon.
"Use this!" Ivan handed her a rod that appeared out of nowhere. (who could of put that rod there)? (possibly that Jan)?
Sheba caught the rod. The rod had a gold curling head with three rectangle prisms coming out on it. It was Sheba's very first rod.
(could it be the hesperia rod)?
"Die!" Ivan tried to slash it with his sword, Gunamocki dodged it.
"We have to attack at it at the same time!" Ivan positioned himself in battle mode, "are you ready?"
Sheba nodded, " let's go."
"On my count, we'll run and try to hit him from the air." Ivan talked softly, " 1..2..3!"
Since both of them were Jupiter Adepts, their speed was incredibly fast. Both of them hit the monster at the same time.
Gunamocki didn't receive the blow, instead it disappeared and fled.
"Coward!" Ivan got back on his feet, "come and fight like a real demon!"
Sheba somersaulted in the air and back onto her feet.
"Ow!" Sheba felt the shock from landing on her feet. " Foot shock!"
Ivan looked around the dark dream, " It's gone for good, " I can't sense his presence."
" How do we get outta here?" Sheba raised a brow. o.-
"Actually, I'm not sure." Ivan shrugged his shoulders, " Possibly waking up will do the trick?"
" Okay!" Sheba tried to wake herself up, "wait for me!"

Sheba heard a familiar voice........

(to be continued)!

A/N: The rod that Sheba has is a real weapon that she uses in Golden Sun : The Lost Age. I've seen a official picture of her holding it so I decided for her to use it since I have no idea what other weapons she uses. Yes, another spoiler that you probably already know. Sheba is one of the main characters in that game ;) I also know some of the villains too! I'll tell you later about them though!