Earthbound Family
(Second Arc)
Before I get more death threats, which are awesome, I will like to apologize for the long delay. You see I was seek and my entire body hurt...a lot. I could even feel my finger nails in pain! Any who here is the next chapter! Sorry...it's a bit long. Enjoy.
(Temple of Nature part 2)
The beast growled as it struggled to maintain it's spot on the ground against the vicious winds with cloud flames that were ramming against it. The creature had the head of a Capricorn and the beastly body of a man. It desperately tried to keep itself from moving backward for a large pit with spikes awaited him if he did. Trying to push it body forward in an attempt to save itself, the creature was met with a swift and painful kick deliver to the chest. The creature gave a startled growl before falling into the pit, giving one last roar before getting impaled by many spikes.
The model landed behind the spinning fans before she retrieve them and sigh. She had been doing this for a while, fighting and killing monsters and solving puzzles in a room, until she finally arrived at the other side of the temple. The first thing that greeted her was this beast.
Deciding to exit the room, Misty began to inspect the new corridors. She walked and walk until something caught her eyes to her left. There, at the end of was a door at the end of the hall way. What caught here eye was the green looking spores that were leaking out from the sides of it. The model knew there was her next target and began walking toward it. As she approach she began to feel light headed but she decided to ignore it and move forward. Or would've if there wasn't a hand holding her in place.
The marked one turned to look back and her eyes landed on the black masked boy. " What is it now Hypha? Aren't you suppose to appear after I retrieve the crystal?"
The boy laughed as he danced around the model. " True, true. But I can't let you go there just yet." he quickly put his hand in a sign surrender when he notice the model glare. " Now hold on I wasn't trying to stop you, but protect you Misty."
Misty looked curiously at the straw hat boy. " What do you mean by that?"
Hypha, who was holding his long flute, pointed with the instrument at the door's direction. " See those that green like smoke? That's a very deadly poison. If you would've gotten close it would've caused your body to go numb before ceasing all your organs functions. Not to mention it is a slow and painful way to die."
The longed hair teen frowned. " What should I do then? It is obvious to me that the crystal is in there, but how do I get it?"
Twirling his flute around, he pointed to the map attached to the side of the girl. "The map will show you to a room where you can get a special mask that will let you breath inside the room. It is marked with a red X. Be careful with the creature guarding it though, he's a real pain in the ass." he giggled. " Now run along marked one. The faster you get the mask the faster you get the crystal."
Misty bowed and thanked him before leaving the corridor and search for the masked. Hypha stared at her direction before he winced in pain and was for to kneel.
" Kukukukukuku. What do you think you're doing brat? I told you to guide her, not to tell her how to get by the Nymph's traps." a voiced sounded in the corridor, sounding displeased.
Hypha grunted in pain. As vines painfully squeezed his shoes. " I-I'm sorry Shinya-sama, but I had to tell her. S-She would have..." at this point the black thorn dragon interrupted him.
" She would've figure it out on her own. She would've gotten close enough, felt that something was wrong since her body was being affected and left to find for another way in or something to get by the toxins. Your help was completely unnecessary. She isn't my chosen one for nothing."
The masked boy winced as the vines let him go and vanished beneath the ground. " I know. I'm just worry about her is all."
The dragon sighed. " Kid let it go. You shouldn't let your emotions get the better of you. The last thing you need is to gain that annoying Nymph's attention to yourself. Now, follow my partner and make sure you guide her, without helping her this time. She's nearly reaching the end."
Hypha simply nodded before he vanished in a whirlwind of leaves.
Further away, Misty followed the map to the room that had an X marked inside. The model stared at the gate that stood I her way, different from all the others doors since it looked like an iron gate instead of a wooden door. " The mask lies just behind this gate." she took a peek inside but saw nothing. " I guess I have to go inside to look for it."
Taking a breath she pushed the gate and walked inside, the moment she was in the gates closed tightly behind her and the green flames covered them. The marked one paid no attention to the gate, instead she looked at her surrounding. The room was practically like the rest, empty with the green carpet. What caught her attention was the chest lying on the other side of the room covered in vines and flowers, laying innocently in place.
" There." she said to herself as she began to walk toward the chest. Before she stopped.
A sound. There was sound echoing in the room, something moving, something...grotesque. The model pulled out her fans and looking warily at her surrounding but she didn't find anything on the ground. Her eyes narrowed further, with a quick motion of the head she looked up. At first she saw only darkness, until an orange object caught her eyes moving freely around the roof. The object halted and turned to look at her. It was a large orange eye with a green pupil staring back at her. The eye blinked before moving closer to her and dropping down from the ceiling.
From the darkness, a creature fell from the roof and gazed at her. It was a hideous large spider with a large eyeball instead of eight eyes. Each of its legs had claws at the end of them and the mouth was a pair of scissors like jaws. The large eyeball never left the model's sight area. With a loud and horrible screech the spider ran forward intending on ramming her.
" Pitiful creature. I will blow you away." Misty spoke as she awaited the arachnid to reach her.
As the creature reached her, she somersaulted over it's body. Her plan was to land behind the creature an dealt a blow. She was not expecting one of the spiders legs to bend backwards and grab her in mid air. The spider roughly swung her around before throwing her across the room and slamming her against the wall.
Misty hissed because of the pain but quickly composed herself and stood up, and just in time since the spider was already upon her with it's jaws opened. The creature closed it's jaws around her but the marked one manage to hold them off with her fans. However, the pressure it was giving was overwhelming making the marked one struggle with her hold. The drool coming from the jaws didn't help either. She needed a way out and fast. The spider moved it's front legs and directed them toward the trapped teen.
The raven teenager was not pleased. " As ironic as this may sound right now..." she grunted "...I will not be bitten to death by you!" she roared as she moved her left leg and kicked the spider in it's eye.
The spider jerked away and emitted a horrible screeching sound, it's two claws covering it's eye. Misty stared at the reaction. " Typical that the weakness be the most obvious thing." she rushed forward flaming her fans.
The spider quickly recovered and began to shot a strange substance from its mouth. The model dodge but notice that when the substance touch something it wrapped it up in a spider web. " I won't be defeated here. My friends need me and you are just an obstacle in the way." she crouched and summoned vines around the creature, trapping it.
Struggling, the giant arachnid tried to free itself but it notice to late the model was already withing reach. Misty forcefully pushed both fans into the eye just as the spider clamped her jaws around her. For a moment everything was silent before the spider dropped dead to the ground and vanished in green flames. Misty had just crushed it's brains through the eye, but at a cost. The spider managed to rip a piece of her side and now she was bleeding heavily.
Grunting she grabbed her side, ignoring her weapons that lay on the floor, and made her way toward the chest. She opened it, which cause her to hiss because of the injury, and took a look inside. There inside the chest lied an innocent and worn looking mask made out of red and purple construction paper and glitter in the shape of a butterfly.
She softly gasped. " How did you end here?" she picked the masked with the hand that wasn't stained with blood.
There was a gasped that made her look behind her with uninterested and unfocused eyes. Hypha stood in the middle of the room, uncharacteristically still. " You got hurt." he whispered. Quickly he moved toward the older teen and took a look at the injury. " This is bad. I didn't expect for the Gigan to actually harm you. Hold still." he said. His left arm began to burn with green flames before pressing it into the wound.
The model hiss in pain, but the pain began to slowly die down. The marked one looked uncertain. " Why are you helping me? I'm sure that's against the trial."
" I can take any punishment Shinya-sama gives me. Besides, time is something not to be wasted." he replied as he finished his work. " Now, go. The next crystal awaits." he then vanished in a whirlwind.
Misty stared on the spot the masked boy stood just a few seconds. Again, there was something awfully familiar about that boy. ' Not now Misty, first the trial. Afterward you can focus on the boy.' she said from inside her mind. Her made her way out of the room and walk through the corridors until she reach the one where the green like smoke came from the door.
She stared in a safe distance at the door before turning her gaze to the mask she was currently holding. Wondering how such a poorly made mask would protect her wasn't going to help her now. Taking a deep breath she placed the masked over her eyes. At first nothing but the green flames burst from the sides covering her nose, mouth, and reach to her neck before quickly dying down and leaving a green silk like mask that covered from her neck up and leaving her hair intact, even her eyes were covered up, but she could still see.
The model was momentarily stunned before shrugging it off and walk toward the room in confidence. After all the forest kid wouldn't lead her to a death trap. ' Then again...' she thought as she slowed her pace. She decided to be careful and breath a little of the air now, if the masked was useless she would back off. So far she was at the same distance where she began to feel light headed and nothing. Deciding to keep try her luck she moved closer to the door.
Nothing happened. She was near inches apart from the door practically close to the fumes and she felt like she was breathing clean air. The mask was purifying the toxic air. Wasting no time she opened the door and walked inside. Many flowers from different sizes were found on every corridor of the large squared room, but they were of the same species. The flowers were orange with a red tinting the tip of the end of each leaf. Each of the flowers were producing the poison filling the room.
Floating lazily on the middle of the room was the crystal. " It appears the Nymph though I wouldn't be able to get into a room fill with poison clouds that she didn't even bother defending it." she said in mock as she picked the tiny object and once again a bright light engulf the entire room.
The doctors and nurses were pushing a very pale and bruised looking Misty to the emergency room, passing corridors after corridors. The young teen wasn't going to make it by the looks of it.
" What happened?" one of the doctors asked frantically as he tried to keep the girl alive.
" She drove off the street and into a ditch! It's a miracle she's even alive to this point by the fall!"
" Damn! She must've been too crushed by her brother's death that she couldn't focus at all. I knew we shouldn't have let her leave on her own." the device started to beep slower by the second. " Shit! We are loosing her! She lost too much blood! Hurry bring me..." the doctor said in panic but the rest couldn't be heard clearly anymore.
The young Misty's eyes were slowly loosing their light. Her breathing was becoming harder to maintain and her body fell light. She could see a light in the distance that she was sure wasn't there before. Her world was slowly moving toward the light but before she could reach it something began to take shape before her and slowly grew in sized. She had to be loosing it now because she was seeing a giant black dragon with red petals decorating it's body. She could've sworn the creature smirked before launching at her and her world became black.
The light died down and the crystal vanished, leaving behind a small purple seed. Gently the model bend slightly and picked it up and stared at it. " That's right. Shinya gave me my life back after that. I'm suppose to be dead."
As she said this the ground below her shook violently before it burst right under the model's feet and leaving a hole behind where the cloud marked one fell. Misty quickly pulled out her fans and enlarge them slightly and began to glide down before she touch ground once more. Misty had fallen further below and the room look darker, if it wasn't for the fact of blue glowing mushrooms lighting the entire place. A word to describe the room would be as if you were looking at the bottom of the ocean or space. The grass was softer her than the one above as well.
" To have come this far is truly worthy of being recognize, especially for a human."
Turning herself around and getting her fans in a defensive stance, Misty stood face to face with the Nymph. " So you can speak." she said not impressed.
" But of course. Words would be a waste of time for a creature such as yourself."
" Then why are you speaking to me now? Is it because I gather three of the four crystals and you are getting desperate?"
The Nymph laughed. " Hardly human. I'm here to offer you a way out." she smirked at the glare she received from the model. " Now hold on, before you go with your noble speech let me finish mine. No one has been able to reach the flames of nature and not just because of me, but because of a price one must pay to get them. To many this price is to high and despair after coming from far away lands to get them only to find it nearly unreachable. Usually I simply dispose of them because they are a waste of material, polluting the nature world, but you...you are different. You respect nature. So I will give you the choice to leave and hope. Hope to get stronger on your own and still remain yourself. Hope to grow on your own. Hope to get together with your family." as she said this a door came from the ground behind the model. " There is your way, your hope. Now choose."
Normally Misty wouldn't even think about it but what the Nymph said made her think. What could be the price that many before her had not been able to pay? Would she even know she had lost something or would it be something too high to take? As the doubt began to have a grip of her they were suddenly disperse by the image of her friends all waiting for her, what's more her little brother was there with them waving excitedly for her. There was no time for doubts, she was needed.
" Sorry, but I refuse your hope. My friends, no...more than that. My family needs me to get these flames no matter what and then wait for Tsuna to reach me and joined them once more. They depend on me as much as I depend of them. There is no time to wait or hope. It's time to act." she readied herself as she finished saying this.
The Nymph frown in displeasure before shaking her head. " You poor deluded child. You would rather face despair instead of hope? Hope is what keeps one growing and moving forward when a road lead to pain and misery. Poor thing. Do not fret, for I shall set you free." as she said this the ground began to shake. " I, Florallis, shall be...your liberator."
Vines burst from the ground and attached themselves to Florallis, raising her into the air even though she had wings. The ground collapse before a giant plant rose from the depth of the darkness with many petals on it and a strange glowing orb in the middle. The vines placed her inside the orb as the crystal fused with her. From the darkened more vines with rosed. They had Venus fly traps as head with razor sharp teeth and petals adorning their side. Misty was staring at a huge monsters with many heads protecting the main one.
" Rest within this temple for eternity!" Florallis shouted as the Venus plants roared and darted in every direction, moving in a serpentine fashion, toward the model.
Misty did not falter and waited for the perfect moment to move. A portion of the plants had already move toward her and attempted to bite her head off. Her reflexes reacted and made her jump avoiding the now moving vines. She had no time to rest as the rest of the multiple Venus heads were already upon her. One made a mad dash toward her but the model twisted her body and landed her feet on the moving vine sliding down it and toward the large flower beast. The rest of the heads began to spit acid at her.
" Not good enough." her fans flied beside her before they opened and began to glow with a violet color. " Divine Reflection!" the light intensified forming a sphere like shield. The moment the acid touch the sphere it was deflected back and melted each of the heads off.
The Nymph growled. " Still clinching by a thread? Not for long." at the move of her hands the Venus heads began to move and spit acid on the vine the model was currently riding.
Misty fell through the air until she landed harshly on the ground but rolled to lessen the impact. However, she had no time to recover for many vines were already upon her. Thinking fast she threw her fans forward, both weapons attach themselves to the end of their handle and began to spin in a circular motion. " Tempest Gale!" she shouted as a purple spiral color wind came from the now burning cloud flames.
Venus heads that were ensnared by the gale were ripped apart but the another set of heads bypassed the swirling attack and bit the model on the wrists and the ankles trapping her without a way out. That didn't mean the model didn't try to break free from her binds, even if it was tearing her skin
" Why struggle? When letting yourself go is so much easier." she smirked as she made the plants bite harder on the skin of the model.
The marked one of the cloud gritted her teeth, but didn't let a sound escape her lips. " If I give up now it will mean an insult to not only my friends, but to Richard as well. My strength is their own and their will is my own! Even if I have to kill each an everyone of these things to reach you, I will succeed!"
Florallis laughed. " There isn't much a chance of that happening my dear. You see the Venus Fly traps are connected to this plant I now form part of. My flames of nature feed this plant which in return produce more of the Venus plants, making them grow from nothing in an instant." she smirked as more Venus heads surfaced from the darkness and hanged around the area. " An endless sea of killer plants ready to tear you apart. You loose."
Misty's bangs covered her eyes before she smirked. " That's all I wanted to know." she opened her right hand and held a small seed between her fingers. With a lot of effort she twisted her arm and forcefully inserted the seed on the vines attach to the Venus head holding her left wrist.
The Nymph scoffed. " What was that? Your last pitiful attempt of freedom before I kill you?" she shook her head from withing the orb. " Useless. Nothing you do now will save you. Accept your fate marked one and joined the others that have fallen before you."
Her victory was cut short when the Venus fly traps holding the model wiggled in pain before exploding. Florallis gasped as all her Venus heads began to wiggle and screech in pain before exploding. " What!" she then glared at the model. " What did you do!"
The marked one simply smirked. " I seem to recall a very useful information from Hypha at the beginning of my quest for the crystals. He said that the forest flames react violently to cloud flames trying to force their way through it. That seed I inserted had a small portion of cloud flames inside." she then smirked victoriously at the Nymph as the giant plant now began to groan and shake.
" Impossible! One little seed couldn't possibly cause such a reaction of this magnitude!" Florallis screeched before noticing that now inside the sphere was filled with the seed that the model held a few moment ago. " How are there so many!"
" Propagation." Misty answered. " Using a small amount I multiply the seed into the plants sistem until it covered the source. Once their sectors is filled the flames inside the seed burst out causing the nature flames to react negatively toward it." as she finished saying this the seeds inside the spheres exploded releasing the cloud flames. The green flames collided with them before expanding uncontrollably. The model gazed at the Nymph who was now screaming bloody murder. " You loose Florallis."
The giant plant creature wiggled around uncontrollably as green flames burst from its body until it exploded, leaving only the small crystal floating gently toward the abyss. Misty used the little of the remaining seeds to make a vine to grab the crystal and pull herself out of the hole. Once she landed outside the crystal began to glow and the model wonder what she was going to see this time.
A large beautiful city was booming with people minding their own business. On a giant screen TV, a man was announcing the coming of the world famous model, Misty Starlight. Not only was in on the giant screen but also on giant posters with the model modeling different poses and smiling a true smile. Outside of the city there was a giant hill where at the top lay a forest gazing down on the city.
Sitting under the shades of a tree was a slightly older Richard, wearing a familiar garnet of leaves and straws, gazing happily at one of the large posters where it showed his sister smiling happily, which in turn made him happy.
" I'm glad Onii-chan manage to get what she wanted the most. She really worked hard on achieving her dream." he sighed in contempt.
A familiar dragon marked appeared on his wrist, the purple dragon mark. "Kukukukuku. I'm glad for her, now could we hurry up? The rest are waiting for your report on your findings on the cause of the river pollution, Richard. Now get to it, the other marked ones are waiting for you."
" Hai, hai Shinya-sama. There is plenty of time for that. Besides Sky-kun will surely have an excuse as to why he didn't do his."
" Kukukuku. And that is why I want to be there first and gloat to the other second rate losers. Now, hop to it kid."
" Hai!" Richard said happily and glanced one more time at the poster before running into the woods and disappearing from view.
Misty's eyes widen in surprise as the light died down and a photo was left behind as the crystal disappeared. Shock ran through all her body before looking at the ground and spotting the picture. It was a photo of her modeling and smiling a gentle smile. She stared at it for like it seem hours, but in reality its only been a few seconds. The teen looked like her but at the same time it wasn't her. She sighed and headed for the main room.
The journey was a hell of a lot easier than exploring the temple since she already got rid of many of the creatures that roamed the place. Soon enough she reach the room from the beginning of her journey. Four crystals that were previously taken away were placed in their corresponding pillar and the vines that burned with green flames were no longer obstructing her path toward the lower part of the temple. Without hesitation she began to walk down the spiraling stairs. The atmosphere was dark and cold, but the marked one kept going since it was slightly cooler than the upper part. Soon enough he reached the end of the stairs and was greeted with a large purple colored metal door with her dragon symbol on it. The door had four shapes on each end and in front of said door was Hypha sitting with his legs crossed playing the flute.
The masked boy notice her presence once more and stopped playing. " Congratulation on reaching the lower part of the temple. Behind this door lies what you seek. Do you posses the four items that opened it and what they mean?"
The model simply stared before pulling out the four items left by the crystals. She began to present the violet colored flower. " The flower represent my bond with my brother Richard and represents our love for nature." she said and the flower floated from her grasp and placed itself on one of the empty shapes. Noticing this the model continue. " The necklaces represent said bond being broken. They day Richard died." the broken piece floated from her and inserted itself on another figure.
She then presented the seed. " The seed represents a new beginning, a new life. The day Shinya saved my life and became a marked one." the small seed floated from her and joined the others. " Finally, the photo is the person I was meant to be, not who I am now. A parallel Misty one could say, one where her little brother is alive and the rightful marked one." the final item floated and placed itself with the rest. The door groaned before slowly opening, a bright green light coming from inside.
Hypha giggled as he danced around. " Yo did it! You did it!" he said dancing around. " I knew you could do it Misty!"
The model stared at the dancing boy before chuckling. " How long are you planning on just dacing there? Isn't there something else you should do?"
Hypha stopped moving and tilted his head in confusion. " Huh? Uh... take you to Shinya-sama?"
This time the model laughed, a true laugh. " No you silly boy. Aren't you going to give your big sister a hug?"
Hypha froze. " H-How...?"
" The way you acted, the dancing, the flute. Your obnoxious nag to appear out of nowhere. Plus the fact that you are wearing the same outfit the last item had shown me in the parallel world was a dead give away."
The masked kid gasped before his shoulders lowered in defeat. " I'm that obvious?" he said as he took off his mask revealing teary violet eyes and his front brown hair from under his hat. " It's been so long hasn't Onii-chan." he sniffed before running toward the now open arms of his sister and hugged her like life depended on it. " I've missed you so much!" he sniffed again.
A few tears escaped her eyes but manage to return the hug just as strong. " I've missed you too you little rascal." she said before looking at the now hatless boy. " How on earth are you even here. I saw your..." she couldn't finish the sentence.
Richard was about to replied before a voice interrupted their heartfelt reunion. " Any time today will be appreciated!"
Misty frowned. " Obnoxious dragon. I'll blow you away for interrupting our reunion." she said as she drag the now flailing Richard inside the doors.
Inside the room was immensely huge with grass and all types of vegetation decorating the room from the floor to the walls. The room apparently had no roof since it was pitch black and it looked to be too far away to see. A large burning tree laid in the middle of the immense room, burning with the green flames. Resting in front of said trees was Shinya, laying his long neck over his crossed feet.
The black dragon smirked. " Kukukukuku. Well Misty-chan, you have now reached your goal. The room were the flames of nature lie. How do you feel?"
" How do I feel? My dress is thorn and destroyed. My skin has tears and stain with my blood and the blood of other creatures and I think I broke three nails. How do you THINK I feel?" the model replied crossing her arm.
Shinya laughed. " Well you didn't expect this to be easy, now did you? Besides, after all the trouble I went to reunite you two. This is how you thank me?" he raised his left claw and pressed it against his chest. " My lady you wound me."
The model frowned. " About that...how is he here?" she grabbed Richard and press him against her chest. " How could Richard be amongst the living?"
The dragon smirked. " He's no longer human, Misty. He's a forest spirit, bound by this temple to protect it like every other creature you slay." the dragon then turned serious. " It was all I could do for him since he was my original chosen one."
Richard fidget withing his sister's embraced. The model notice this and sighed. " Is there a way to un-bound him?"
The dragon smirked. " Perhaps or perhaps there isn't. You will have to search for it after you obtain my true flames." Shinya turned his head so that it was pointing at the tree. " There are the flames. With them a new level of power over nature will be open to you and all you have to do..." the dragon then smirked maliciously. " Is to forget everything. Your friends, brother, everyone you ever met." he laughed as he notice the surprised look he got from the model. " Kukukuku. So, Misty, what's it going to be? Are you ready to pay the price for power?"
The model tensed, Richard could feel it since he was still being embraced by his sister. He looked down sadly at the ground as a few tears escaped his eyes, not that his sister could see. ' It's for the best.' he thought trying to desperately convince himself.
Misty soon snapped out of her shock and frowned at the dragon before scoffing. " I refuse."
" What!" Richard shouted in surprise.
Shinya looked surprised as well. " You don't want the flames of nature?"
" Onii-chan! Think it through! After all you endured in this temple you can't just simply toss it away! Maybe the price is too high, but isn't it worth it!" the boy tried to convinced his sister to change his mind, even if secretly he didn't want her to take it.
" Richard Starlight!" the model said in a stern voice making the boy flinch. " Don't try to convince your sister when she's already made her mind. Besides, you would have done the same. You wouldn't throw away your friends, your family for power. It would not made you better than the ones you wish to surpass. They are what made us who we are today." she smiled at the shock face she got from her younger sibling before turning to the dragon. " Sorry you obnoxious dragon but I'll find another way to save our family and become stronger without forgetting our roots. But you are more than welcome to keep me company in my future battles."
At first everything was silent, but that silence was broken by laughter. Shinya's whole body was shaking as he laughed. A rare sight to behold. The dragon shook his head and turned to his partner. " You are definitely a unique individual Starlight, Misty. You have passed your test with flying colors!" he grinned at the shock face he got from Richard.
" W-What? But...h-how?" the boy muttered.
Shinya shook his head and spoked. " Richard, there is something that you must understand. The flames of nature are also know as the flames of growth. A single seed can give life to a deserted wasteland with it's roots. Trees and flowers blossom and give the land life." he looked at Misty. " When I look at Misty I see a tall and proud tree with a burning will unmatched by many, but a tree with no roots would fall. The roots holding her to stand tall and proud are none other than her friends...her family. But there is a specific root that held her before the others sprouted." he smirked at the boy. " You, Richard. Your root single handedly held Misty to stand tall and proud. For everything she did was in memory of her beloved little brother. You aloud her to grow into the person you see here today."
The young Starlight was in awe. He felt touched by that. " M-Me?" he said in a whisper before he felt being pulled into another hug.
" Yes you you little troublemaker. Now, I have a new goal in life which is to set you free from the binds of this temple."
Tears ran down the young boys violet eyes. " Thank you." he whispered as he snuggle to his sister's warmth.
Misty turned to looked at the dragon. " There is a way to free him, isn't there?"
The dragon nodded. " Yes, but I am afraid I can tell you for I am forbidden to do so by my oath with the other dragons. You will have to find a way to do it on your own." he smirked as he stood up on all fours and spread his wings. A strong wind came out of nowhere and the flames burst from the tree and move toward the model and the boy. " Now my partner, accept your new power!"
(Lythia territory.)
A large army had been moving through the mythical creatures land in search for the Earthbounds, but so far the found none. Hibari and Adelheid lead the search squad.
" This is getting us nowhere. We have been looking for days and not a single sign of them and these creatures refuse to tell us anything about them." the Shimon Glacier guardian said with a sigh. Hibari said nothing.
The woman was about to say something else when they heard screams and shots from the men on the back. The entire army turned to look and to their surprise trees where bursting from the ground before it engulfed within a jungle of green. Some of the man where thrown in the air by the bursting trees while others received wound from the sudden force the came out off. The next thing they new the forest began to attack the troops. Tree smashing or impaling tanks. Vines ensnaring men, Venus fly traps attacking the rest and poison clouds spreading through the ground.
" What is this!" Adelheid said as she summoned her weapons but her leg was wrapped by something that forced her into the air and slammed her back into the ground.
Hibari pulled out his tonfas and swung them around, extending them only to be repelled by the same thing that attack the glacier guardian. A whip. Hibari's eyes wind slightly at the one holding said weapon. It was green, with thorns ans it looked like rose petals decor it from place to place. Misty stood before him, holding the dangerous new weapon that burned with strange green flames.
" Isn't it ironic Hibari. First you crush my heart now I get to crush you. A suitable punishment for the likes of you." she smirked as strange plants burst from behind her, all burning with green flames as the wind began to pick up. " I'll blow you away."
Nature is at her command. Misty has succeeded her test. How will the others fair? Find out next time!
