Disclaimer: I don't own Blood, Ariel, Kleude, Rose, Bian, Nate, Aqulla, Pooly, Mari, Baal, Pooly's grandfather, Kleude's mother, Kleude's brother, Kyoko and Lemuria they belong to Tamsoft, I own everyone else though

Warning: A bit of cursing, violence

Pairing: One sided Ariel/Blood, one sided Kleude/Blood

Note: Now for Rose

Story

Rose told the others she wanted to drop by to Eckerman continent.

She looked at the area she landed in.

Everything was deserted and dry…

She wondered how Sakuranbo is after crossing desert after desert.

She stopped when she saw rubbles and ashes.

She looked about, this is where Sakuranbo was.

But everything has been reduced to ashes…

There were a few people around crying.

She approached them.

"What happened!?" she cried.

The children panicked, adults glared at her.

"You caused those shadows to destroy our village witch!" an old man cried.

"W-where are my parents?"

"They are long dead Mr and Mrs Shiraishi…"

"And it's all your fault!" said a woman.

The adults comforted the crying children, Rose looking at them.

They are still fearful of her…

She remembered the moment where her sister suddenly survived from falling off a cliff, teleporting back to the edge, and she Rose could cast a thunder bolt, scaring everyone, including their parents.

They were both kicked out of their village to live on their own.

It was harsh to live outside as everyone fears them, getting food from nature and surviving past natural disasters.

But it wasn't until Mari got kidnapped by the black wisps that got her to explore past their continent to find Mari.

If only she could save her and live a happy life where no one was afraid of their powers…

She wondered if the other towns were destroyed like Sakuranbo was.

"Are the other towns still around?" she asked.

"No, they are all gone" said an old woman.

They glared at her.

If it was before she befriended Blood and the others she might have thought it was really her fault.

But now she knew better and she wanted to help her village.

"I don't want to cause you anymore trouble and I-"

"Leave the village!" said the old man.

"No I will stay and help restore the village to its original state!"

"It will be better if you are gone!"

"No, the place was attacked when I left, it has nothing to do with me!"

Everyone didn't reply, Rose decided to try reasoning again.

"Please let me stay and help all of you, the black wisps are not my doing! I want this village to be back to its original state!"

The villagers glared at her but they didn't do anything or told her to leave.

One of the women got up and handed her a dustpan.

"Then clean the graveyards when they get dirty."

Rose looked at the dustpans, nodding.

They probably don't trust her but if they don't kick her out like they did before, that's all that matters to her.

When daylight passed, one of the villagers handed her a duster, taking her to the graveyards to remove the dust.

She looked at the grave stones, so many people died over the years…

She stopped at two grave stones.

Briar Shiraishi and Tobo Shiraishi… her parents… they died a few years after Rose and Mari were outcasted.

She knelt down to pray for them.

"Mother and father…" she said "I know you were afraid of Mari and me because of our powers but we didn't want to harm anyone… I'm sorry about what happened to both of you and our continent but I will stop the black wisps from annihilating the entire continent… And I will bring Mari safe and sound."

She thought about the moment when Mari was captured.

They suddenly saw the black wisps approaching them and had to escape once more.

However some strange people managed to surround both of them.

Rose managed to escape but Mari couldn't save herself.

Rose tried to save her but this person was very powerful, paralyzing her temporarily as he teleported away.

Rose never knew why they wanted Mari and her, did they want them for their power?

It must be so, otherwise why is everyone afraid of them?

She tried searching for Mari but she never found her.

What if she could be with Baal?

Where could his base be then?

She should go find it but she knew she couldn't go alone.

She decided to just help restore her village and the other villages of Eckerman continent to its old state and hope the army could find them and save Mari.

An old woman approached her to check on the grave stones.

"Spotless" she said.

"E-er thanks…" said Rose.

The old woman huffed walking away.

Rose sigh, well it's all she can do for now…

One week after cleaning the grave stones…

A man approached her, holding packets of seeds, a shovel and a watercan.

"Could you help us grow some plants?" he asked.

Rose, grabbed the tools.

The man headed in another direction as she follows him.

They were in a barren land when the man stopped.

"Do you know how to grow plants?" he asked.

"Not really…"

"Then watch me."

The man dug a hole, dropped a few seeds, cover the hole and sprinkled water.

"Be sure to sprinkle plenty of water but not too much."

"Okay…"

"And don't plant each plant too near each other either."

"Got it."

The man left to let her work on planting various seeds.

For the next few weeks they offered her various jobs from cleaning the gravestones, tending the plants, getting materials to rebuild houses and gathering food.

At first they just ignored her as if she was a slave but eventually they warmed up, acting less hostile though still indifferent.

Eventually…

After gathering clay for the villagers, she began to wipe her sweat.

Someone left her a plate of rice balls on a stick with sweet sauce and a cup of hot tea.

She looked at the content in surprise and looked up.

A little girl with very long black hair was smiling at her.

"It's for you, miss" said the girl.

Rose gasped, drinking the tea and eating the sweets.

"I'm sorry for what happened to you before miss."

"…"

"I know I wasn't born until disaster struck the village but we shouldn't have believed in those myths."

"Little girl I will do my best to restore out village to normal and the rest of our continent as well."

"I'm rooting for you!"

Rose smiled at the little girl, patting her on the head.

Suddenly a woman arrived, panicking.

"Help us!" she cried "Kameki village is under attacked by shadows!"

The adults in the village eyed at Rose suspiciously before heading to Kameki.

The kids approached Rose.

"I'm sorry that they are still suspicious of you…" said the girl.

"Don't apologize" Rose balled her fist "I will stop the black wisps from attacking Kameki!"

She rushed to Kameki.

The black wisps were attacking helpless villagers as they prayed for their dear lives.

"You are going down!" Rose cried.

Everyone screamed even louder, it was the witch of Sakuranbo!

Rose summoned a thunder bolt to get rid of the black wisps, killing them within minutes.

Everyone gasped at what they saw.

After the black wisps were dispatched, Rose dispatched the villagers.

"You saved our village!" everyone cheered to her.

Rose stared at everyone surprised.

"You are not an omen after all!"

After someone asked if she wanted a reward, she rejected. It felt good to know that now everyone won't think she's going to destroy their village after all.

She still did jobs for them but now without the villagers fearing her it was a lot easier to bear.

To be continued