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
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Story
"Oh my god it's so hot!" Pooly cried when they entered the fort.
"There's lava everywhere…" said Ariel, examining the area.
"And a lot of dragons" said Rose.
They braced themselves to get rid of the dragons as they explore the area.
"Oh my god!" Pooly cried when he was outside the fort, there are lava past another area with a shiny object on the ground.
He didn't know whether to go or not but he decided to give it a try…
Shaking he put a toe into the hot lava.
However he immediately lifted up his toe screaming on top of his lungs, the lava is scorching hot, he felt like he would die if he touched it!
"Is there a way to cross to the other side?" Ariel asked.
They continued past the area.
There were a pair of boots lying on the ground.
"Hey where did these come from?" Ariel asked.
"Be careful Ariel it might be a trap" said Rose.
Ariel looked about to see if anyone was nearby, she didn't sense any danger but just in case she quietly walked to the boots.
She picked up the boots, still looking around.
The boots felt strangely cool…
She returned to the others, nobody was around to do something suspicious to her…
Pooly jumped up to grab the boots for her to try it on.
It was rather large for him though, ending near his crotch.
"Wow it feels so cold!" he yelled.
"Well guess we have to go to the lava after all" said Rose, heading outside the fort again.
Ariel followed Rose outside.
"Hey I don't feel hot around the lava anymore!" said Pooly.
He approached the lava, stepping on it.
"Wow these boots are magical!"
"But we can't get past…" said Ariel.
"Pooly you have to get the crystal from Heat Desert on your own!" Rose yelled.
"Alright!" Pooly waved, getting past the lava to get they key.
He had to walk past lava again past creatures to unlock a door.
The room inside was red everywhere although it wasn't made of lava, he went past the room to find the crystal.
Like the other areas the room is pitched black save for the stand with the crystal.
He approached the crystal attempting to seal it.
It had a stinging sensation as he sealed the crystal.
After it was sealed, the crystal fell off the pedestal.
He picked it up and headed off to return to Ariel and Rose.
"Just one more crystal to go!" said Ariel.
"And then out journey ends" said Rose.
Ariel's face went down, she wished the journey could last longer as she enjoyed the company of her friends.
Although she was relieved to know that she could still see Blood…
And probably Kleude.
"Well where are we going to camp for the night?" Rose asked.
Ariel looked about the area, the place where she got the boots doesn't have any enemies around.
Ariel and Pooly set up a tent while Rose used her gauntlets to open cans of stewed tomatoes and ripped off packets vegetables and instant malt.
"Hey instant veggies!" Pooly cried.
Rose looked at the boy as he looked inside the bag.
He got out little packets of spices, taking one of the packets of vegetables from Rose.
He emptied added some of the pepper and cayenne and began shaking the packet.
After a few shake, he got a fork to eat the salad.
Ariel got out a tin of the stewed tomato to pour over the packet of vegetables to eat.
Rose ate the food separately.
After dinner they head into the tent to sleep.
It was a little too small but they tried to fit inside the tent and tried to sleep.
The next day everyone rushed back to the ship.
It was evening when they departed.
Ariel, Rose and Pooly rested inside the rest room while Nate tried to prepare dinner for everyone as Aquila steers the ship to Mizuiro.
As Nate was preparing vegetable soup he suddenly began thinking about the moment he left Baal and joined the Abalaburn team before he went to the army.
Kyoko would be so happy if she knew he was doing something about to help the world…
He was so ashamed to join Baal after Kyoko died now… That woman wants total destruction of the world in order to build a new one and that shouldn't be allowed.
He sigh, shaking oregano into the pot of soup.
"Hello Nate" said a feminine voice, he turned his head to see Ariel.
"Oh hello Ariel."
"Sir Nate after we find all eight crystals and wish for the world to be saved do you think that-that…" she looked down on the ground.
"Is something wrong?"
"Do you think that our memories of everything that happened will be wiped out if we wish that everything will go back in time before the so many innocent lives are taken?"
"I don't know."
"I-I don't want to forget about all of this…"
"But if it's for the benefit of the world…"
"I know b-but…" she began crying.
The man didn't know what to do but put an arm around her shoulder.
"Don't worry about it Ariel, just try to be happy until this happens."
Ariel looked up at the tall man, her eyes still watery.
During dinner Ariel was quiet as Pooly tried to have a lively chat with the others.
She wondered if she should tell Blood if they might forget about everything that happens…
However since the others are trying to bear with it, she has to try to be strong as well!
To be continued
