Hey everyone!!! Sorry if I haven't been typing lately. I'm gonna work on all my fics now, so don't worry...well, why am I waiting. On with Chapter 7!!!



Chapter 6: Volcano Crisis

It was late at night as Anya sat staring at the fire. 'That Virage...I can't believe it followed me all the way here. It almost killed us!' she thought as she ran her hand through her blue hair.

Sleeping beside her was Naomi all curled up in a ball to stop the heat escaping the blanket wrapped around her body. She rolled over as Anya put a hand on her shoulder.

"Still sleeping..." Anya mumbled quietly.

Turning back to the fire Anya sighed. 'I hope he gets back soon...i hate staying up by myself...' she stared back at the fire as a figure came into view.

"Woo...this place is close to the Volcano Villude. We can make it to the Dragon's Nest if we leave in the afternoon."

Lavitz...

"Anya, you okay?" he asked smiling.

Looking up Anya blushed red. "I'm okay! I'm just thinking about that Virage and other things..." she told him as he sat down beside her.

Lavitz stared at the fire like Anya and then back to her with a serious glance. "Can you tell me about that Virage thing? And what is Energy Transformation? What's so bad about it?" he asked her curiously.

"I guess you should know...Okay. That Virage was the one who was separated from me...i know it might sound crazy, but when the Ancient Ones were experimenting on me they put a Virage soul into my body...then seeing how powerful I was, they...extracted it from me..." she sighed.

"You okay?" he asked again.

"Yeah...it hard to remember about these things... Now with the other question...Energy Transformation. If you already know, Energy Transformation is very powerful. It can even destroy the world...so that's why I got mad at Naomi for do that...not many have that kind of power," she explained.

"Hmm...So what I felt was a very powerful magic...right?" he asked putting a hand to his chin.

"Yes...she uses desperate things at desperate times..." Anya picked up a stick in front of her and began drawing in the dirt. 'I am actually glad...she used it on you...' she thought.

"Hey, why don't you get some rest and I'll stay up and keep watch?" he offered, handing her a blanket.

Talking the blanket she wrapped it around herself and leaned on Lavitz closing her eyes. "Thanks...Lavitz..." she mumbled before falling asleep.

"Good night...Anya..." he replied looking at the starry sky above.



: Morning:

Naomi, Lavitz and Anya headed toward the Volcano Villude after packing up their camp and leaving no trace of anyone there.

"So! What did you guys do last night while I was sleeping?" Naomi asked trying to find out what had happened.

Lavitz and Anya looked at her in disbelief; here was this girl of 21 years, trying to butt in on their privacy. "Nothing happened; we just talked about earlier that day. Nothing more," Lavitz told her as he walked toward the entrance of the volcano.

"Right..." she mumbled out of their earshot.

They entered the volcano.



"I'm hot!!! Somebody turn down the heat!!" Naomi shouted taking off her sweater and wrapping around her waist. Even Lavitz had to take off his armour and carry it with his bag.

"I think it's quite nice, right Lavitz?" Anya said looking toward the toward the a little far behind knight. "Are you okay?" she asked him.

Looking up at her he blushed a little. "Uh...I'm fine! Really, just it's hot in here and I can't stand it..." he mumbled.

Shrugging she turned away and walked beside Naomi. "You think your being a little harsh on him? I mean, look! He's like having a harder time adapting to this heat then us!" Naomi whispered to Anya.

"Nah...I'm just fooling around, a girl likes to leave a guy confused or hanging on the line."

"Oh...can you teach me?" Naomi asked again, but giggled at the same time.

"Of course...BUT! We have to keep it quiet." Whispering into her ear Anya told Naomi the little secret on leaving a guy confused.

Lavitz sat down while the girls kept whispering to themselves. He whipped his forehead and sighed. "My god...it's so damn hot..." he mumbled and looked at the boiling lava.

Closing his eyes he lowered his head back a bit to rest, not knowing the two lurking figures in the shadows behind him.



RUMBLE! RUMBLE!!!

"Whoa! What the?" Naomi yelled falling to her knees to stop herself from falling over into the lava.

"An earthquake?" Anya asked.

"I-I don't think so...look!" Lavitz shouted pointing to the huge firebird emerging from the lava pit. "Get ready for a fight!"

: Firebird Battle:

Running up Naomi slashed the bird with a 4 hit combo. "Yah! HA! Ya! WHATCHA! Ballistic Wave!" she yelled as she brung down her spear revealing a huge wave.

"That has a hue affect Naomi!! Keep it up!" Anya said after throwing her fuujin toward one of the wings. "HA!"

Lavitz looked at the girls fighting and started to advance on the firebird. Twirling his lance above his head he shouted the combo. " GUST OF WIND DANCE!!" he yelled, sending a slash and a gust of wind toward the bird, sending it into the overhead of the volcano.

"Woohoo! What ta go Lavitz!!!" Naomi shouted happily.

Anya smiled and threw her fuujin again.

Moving back a bit Lavitz caught something at the corner of his eye. Two figures staring back at him with glowing eyes. Naomi and Anya finished of the firebird and turned to Lavitz, who was staring at two others.

"Who are you?" he asked stepping forward.

Lavitz raised an eyebrow. "I was about to ask you the same thing! Tell me, why are you following us!" he said pointing the tip of his lance to the warriors throat.

"I'll ask the questions!" he yelled knocking Lavitz backward into the wall and pinning him.

"Don't hurt him Lodis! He didn't do anything wrong, like you have!" a girl's voice said from the other figure.

Lavitz glared heatedly into Lodis's eyes, and kicked the front part of his stomach, pushing the man off of him. He picked up his lance and walked up to Lodis, who was now standing up. "Don't try that again!" he said walking away.

"Wait!!! Can I come with you!! I hate being around him; he's always so gruff and mean to me!! I need to talk to girls for a change!" the other voice said pleading.

"Sure you can! What's you name?" Naomi asked running up to the hooded girl.

"Setria Gaze, and this guy here is Lodis...and you are?" Setria asked cocking her head to the side.

"I'm Naomi! This is Lavitz and Anya!" she giggled gesturing to her friends.

"Please to meet you guys!" Setria smiled. Lodis turned his head to the side and scowled. "We should get going before THEY come..." he said grimly.

"They?" Anya asked walking up to him. "Are you talking the Ancient Ones? The golden haired people?" she asked slightly worried.

"Yeah, why? They after you as well?" he asked looking at her confused.

"Yes...I ran away from them, I won't go back! Lavitz here has protected me since I first meet him..." she said walking up to Lavitz.

"Well...I say we go now!" Setria shouted pointing upward to the spying figures.

Anya gasped and hid behind Lavitz. "I-I don't want to go back...don't let them take me...!" Anya's hand gripped his shirt and fell to the ground weak.

"Anya? Hey, you okay?" he asked kneeling in front of her. "I'll carry you, let's go!" Lavitz said picking up Anya's form.

They began running toward the entrance and to the outside. "Whoa, whoa!!! HOLD!!!" Naomi yelled falling over to stop herself. "We're in trouble..." she squeaked, pointing to the 5 figures that blocked the entrance.

Anya's eyes widened as she remembered the faces. They started clouding her mind and she started to cry into Lavitz shirt. "I don't want...to go...back..." she cried.

Lavitz looked down at her and nodded. "I won't let them, I promise."

The middle figure walked up till he was about 10 feet away from the group. "Had over the girl and the wingly...we'll then spare your lives!" he hissed.

"Fat chance! I'm not going with an ugly jerk like you!" Setria yelled and waved her daggers into the air getting ready to fight.

"Your loss..." he muttered before speeding toward them and taking out a deadly weapon. A Devinglad.

"Spread out you guys!" Lodis yelled jumping into the air.

Everyone spread out and went different ways. Naomi had 2 Ancients in front of her, ready to kill. Lodis had 1 and Setria had 1. Lavitz, who was holding Anya, had the leader.

: Naomi's battle:

" HAHHAH!! You Ancient Mystics are sooo slow!!!!!" she giggle run up and behind one of her opponents and stabbing him. The partner of him ran up to her and slashed her, making Naomi backflip into the sand.

"DAMN! I'm stuck!" she shouted. The man advanced on her slowly.

: Lodis's battle:

"Damn that was easy! You always have to be stubborn, don't you Adraia!" he shouted to the fallen man.

"At least I live my life serving someone powerful Lodis!" he yelled back and disappeared.

"Man...I wanted to talk to him more...AH! Oh well!" he said stretching and yawning.

: Setria's battle:

"Yo! Over here! You can't catch me!! WAHAHA!" she giggled spinning around the Ancient, making him dizzy.

"Oh...you're no fun!" she said as he fell to the ground.

: Lavitz's Battle:

"Damn! Leave us alone!" Lavitz yelled jumping out of the way of the dark magic from the blade.

"Give the girl to me! I won't hesitate to kill you this time, boy!" he hissed and kicked Lavitz in the face sending the Knight backward.

"AGH! I can't fight like this! Anya...I don't want to leave you but..." he trailed off.

"Go ahead, I'll use my magic to protect me!" she said shooing him away.

Before Lavitz could do anything a wave of darkness hit him fro behind, sending him sprawling across the rubble. "UGH!"

"Lavitz!! Oh, no...It's you! Why did you do that, why!" she yelled jumping up and rushing at him.

"Hehe, foolish girl...com to me!" he yelled.

"No way... Naiad seta Galion!!!" she stopped and shouted the spell sending the leader back with a force powerful then his.

"Damned woman! RETREAT!!!" he yelled disappearing.

The remaining Ancients disappeared and left the others alone again. "Woo! That was easy!" Setria said stretching.

"YUK! Hey, Lavitz, Anya...you guys alright?" Naomi said from where she got out of the sandpit.

Lavitz held Anya's unconscious form in his arms. "Anya, come on...wake up!" she said shaking the girl a bit.

Setria walked over and looked at Anya. "She'll be okay! She just used too much power, that's all..." she smiled at him and took a step forward. "Well? Shall we go to where you wanted to go?"

Lavitz nodded. "Yeah...the Dragon's Nest..." he mumbled lifting Anya and walking toward the forest's path with the others behind him.





Okay!! So how was it?? I dunno, but I think I'm running out of Ideas...if you have any ideas, please e-mail me!!! Thanks! Now I want you nice people to all review and tell me what you think, and I'd also like to say that the girl Setria is none other then IWA...mhehehe. Now, I'll try to update sooner, but my sister is a real pain in the butt...so yeah!! OKAY!!! Buh bye!!! ^_^