Legend of the Empress
Chapter 2: Fighting for the Jade Crystal
Merina opened her eyes to see what held her and shook ran through her. There stood a creator that stood on four very large spider like legs. Its body was almost human like but very broad. It had two arms that were like long crab arms and another pair of arms that were the vines that chased her. The vines arms looked as if the creator could control the length of them. The creators head looked like a man but with antlers and instead of skin it had greenish stone like scales.
It held her in one of its claw hands to its eye level, which was 10 feet high at least. It lightly held her around her neck to keep Merina still. As she looked into its eyes that were pure white except the pupil of its eyes.
"Crap!" Merina grabbed a hold of the crab hand that held her at the throat. The claw tightened its hold on her as she tried to remove the claw and get free. She then gave the creator a kick between the legs. The creator didn't even move an inch or made any sign that the kick hurt. A smile did come across his face when she realized that her fight wasn't working to free her.
"Stop trying to fight me. It won't work." It said in a scaly deep hollow voice.
"What are you? But more importantly let me go." She cried while still struggling after her shock wore off that it could talk.
"I am a Seracer, the last of my kind. My name is Lorko, I am the protector of the Jade Crystal ant these gardens. And you will die for your trespassing and for trying to steal the crystal." He said in a commanding and proud voice.
"You're the protector. I am not trying to steal the crystal. I am trying to claim it." Merina started calmly until Lorko tightened his grip making it hard to talk.
"Claim it. Steal it. That is the same thing. The crystal belongs to one person and one person only." He said keeping his grip strong.
"Yes! ... Empress"
"What do you know of the Empress?" He asked angrily throwing her several feet away towards the trees.
Before she could get up or move his vines grabbed her legs and waist so tight she could barely breathe.
"I know everything…She is…my .purpose, my…reason...my destiny ...and my fate in life." Merina said with power in each word and annoyance in her voice despite the lack of air she had.
"YOU LIE!" Lorko screamed angrily. Throwing her onto the ground hard, hurting her in the act. She forced herself to her knees and hands.
"I… am…not…lying..." Merina said struggling to gain her breath and speak.
"DON"T LIE!! A theft has no connection to the Empress." His voice showing that his anger was almost to its max.
Merina lost her temper with the Seracer that was beating her up. She forced herself to her knees and drew one of her hand to her back and closed her eyes for a few seconds. When she snapped her eyes open, they glowed bright green before returning to her normal lagoon blue-green colour. When her eyes went normal she had something in her drawn hand.
As she pulled it away from her back a black and green short sword was held in her hand.
The handle of the sword was four inches long and was made of emerald with jade stones placed around both ends of the handle. The blade was two and half feet long and made of rare metal known as Menshia that was blended with Black Jade. The black jade shined bright green in the dark and looked pitch black in the light. On both sides of the blade was a engraving of a snake circling a tree, that shined bright green in the light in contrast to the blade being black and the engraving was pitch black in the dark.
"I am no theft and I don't lie." Merina stated firmly then slashed the vines holding her.
Lorko screamed in pain. In pain and beyond anger he threw green energy blast at her. With her sword still in her hand Merina did her best to barely avoid the attacks. She dodged this way and that getting no closer to the center stones in the clearing and trying not to end up in the forest line again.
Merina dodged another energy beam to only have a vine swing at her, with a quick slash of her sword was another scream and the vine dropped to the ground as she jumped over it to get closer to the center. Seconds only pasted before two vines came at her trying to whip her grab her. With a sudden stop she flips backward to miss a double whipping, but an energy blast hits her throwing her into a tree.
Calling on extra will she forces herself up on her feet using her sword as brace. Half way up Merina looks up to see a yellow green light blast coming straight at her, Merina pushes her self of to the side only barely missing the attack. Taking a second to look back she sees the tree she hit was incinerated. Looking to her left were Lorko was she saw behind him four large stones together in an X and another stone on top with something green in it.
Without hesitating Merina bolts to her feet and runs with all her power and will right at Lorko. With him shooting shot after shot and lashing his vines at her. Merina would dodge most of the attacks and get hit by a few but kept on going.
As she reached him she raised her sword to use it. His vines grabbed her once more but she just cut them again. Unfortunately she was close enough for him to hit her with his claws. Which he did, hitting her moments after she cut his vines once again. The hit sent her sword from her hand and soaring through the air to land behind him and out of her present reach.
In one motion of disarming Merina to grabbing her and tossing her into the air into the trees again. Then resuming too attack her with energy blast and vine attacks.
After dodging for a while Merina's dress was getting less dress like and more like rags that barely covered her body. With every hit she got from the vines and energy she was becoming angrier. She still didn't have her sword back and the fact that it was taking from her in the first place had pissed her off. So, Merina was getting beyond annoyed and angry with the situation; she was so ready to become Sailor Green Universe already.
(Lorko's POV)
Lorko didn't like fighting but he knew his responsibility was to keep the crystal safe until the one came to get it for the Empress. In his opinion this one was a theft; she could not have anything to do with the Empress. He was going to make her pay for lying and for hurting him, she was now going to really hurt and die. But he was having difficulty to really hurt her because she would just block or dodge him.
'Why can't I hit her? This doesn't make sense.
Every time I hit her she just keeps going, how, why is she so determined.'
Suddenly she stops facing him with her feet planted to the ground she thrust her hand in the air. Screaming the last words Lorko expected.
"Green Galactic Power."
Bright green light and strong winds surrounded Merina and lifted her into the air. Then flowers pedals of yellow, blue, pink, and purple joined with green leaves encircled her like a tornado thick with colours. In seconds it died down with her in a new outfit.
She wore a yellowed cream white corset bodice with a low square cut front and spaghetti strapped top. Around her waist just below the belly-button is dark green ribbon wrap an inch wide. From it is the skirt wrapping around the hips and upper thighs tight. Around mid thigh the skirt loosens and splits into ten inch strips of fabric that barrily drags across the ground. At the top of the skirt it is dark green and it fades to a pale green at the ends. Her boots came to her mid-calves and are three inch high platform heels. The leather boots are a dark green that is almost black.
Her hands and arms are covered in transparent green tight fitting gloves that covers the whole arm and connects at her upper back passing over her shoulders. On each hand you can see two identical rings made of silver leafs wrapping around two separate fingers. She also has a choker on that was dark green silk and at the back two thick long pieces of the same fabric hanged down to the ground like a cape which was light weight. From the front of the choker is a silver pendent of a leaf hanging off it. Her hair was again neat loose ringlets of dark green and blue under tint shoulder length hair. Her appearance was again perfect without any blemishes but her eyes were more green then blue unlike before where both colours were balanced out.
Standing in front of Lorko Merina looked pissed and he looked shocked to no end.
"I have had it with being pushed around." Merina stated angrily.
"What... How... Who..." Lorko stuttered trying finger out what was happening. 'An Universal Soldier?... How their dead... No she can't... But... No... but ... maybe she isn't a theft... but ... I don't understand.'
"Are you going to give me the Jade Crystal or I will I get to pay you back for the beating you gave me earlier?"
"W. Wh . who are y. you?" Lorko stuttered out.
"I am the soldier of nature, Guardian of Balance, Fighter for the element Earth. I am Sailor Green Universe. Protector for Life and Guard to Empress."
"S.S.S.Sailor G.G.Green Un.Universe! You. You can't.t. be." Lorko stuttered still surprised.
"I am. Now are you going to give me the crystal?"
"I can't give it away." Lorko stated stronger now that his shook wore off.
"Don't make me use an attack. I don't want to hurt you anymore."
"I can't give the crystal to anyone. If that means we must fight then so be it." His voice strong and undetrait as he spoke.
"So be it! NATURES WIND" Sailor Green screamed pushing her hand towards Lorko.
Sending a blast of strong winds towards him. The wind blast soared at him creating a trench of destroyed ground between her and him.
Lorko dived to one side just as the wind blast was about to hit him. Then sent him own blast at her. She dived to her left to miss it but it got her left side of her arm burning it. Whincing in pain she stood.
"Natures Wind!"
Sending another shot at him not even waiting to see if he got hit. Sailor Green bolted towards her sword as fast as she could her attention was completely on her sword. But out of the corner of her eye she saw as green yellow light soaring at her. Taking a running leap into the air doing a few flips missing the blast barrily to land in an crouch position right next to her sword. Looking up she saw another blast from Lorko.
"HARMONY WALL!"
A flash of green light came as Lorko's blast hit a green wall of energy which started from the point of her sword which touched the ground in front of Merina and surrounding her. Lorko sent a few more blasts at her with them not getting past her wall. Then he tried to get through with his vines and they were repelled.
Bring down her wall Merina held up her hand and sent another nature wind at him. As Lorko dived to miss to powerful wind, Merina throw her sword at Lorko.
"Harmony Wall!"
Her sword landed sticking out of the ground at Lorko's feet and the moment it stabbed the ground Merina's Harmony Wall circled him before he could move. Hitting the wall several times all it did was flash green each time getting harder.
"Don't bother no one can get out of the Harmony Wall unless I let them. The wall will keep getting stronger in force the more you attack it. I little plus I love."
"Why capture me? Why not just take me out if you could?"
"Oh, I could kill you with out much trouble on my part. But like I said already I don't want to hurt you. All I want is the crystal."
With that she turned around in spot to look at the center of the clearing. There were three large rock all together with two small stones on the outer two large rock and a small black stone placed on top of the center rock.
Walking up to the rocks Merina just stared at the rocks not moving. Time just passed as she just stared at the rocks not moving at all not her head, arm or even her eyes they were not fixed on any of the rocks just at them all.
Merina stared.
And stared.
And stared.
Stared
(Merina's POV)
'Which one, which one is it?
'The black one is the most probable but so is the large center one. But it could be in one of the side ones.
'Which one?'
(End of POV)
Lorko just watched her for the longest time trying to figure out what she was doing. But after what was the longest time he gave up and tried to get out of the wall still around him. After another good amount of time he gave up completely and sat down to wait.
Where ever the cave got it's light from started to dimmer as the cave began to get darker. Though there was some other form of light because indiglow light started to shine faintly.
(Lorko's POV)
Watching her I started to worry something might be wrong with her. After all she hadn't moved for hours now and it is beginning to get dark. I was bored hours ago and there is nothing I can do but sit since this wall is very good.
Noticing movement I look back at the girl and watch as she slowly moves to the center stones. When she reaches them she stops and slowly reaches her free hand to the center black stone and picks it up.
"Well all this waiting and a waist." I thought as she held the black stone. But then she surprises me again by throwing the stone away like it was a piece of junk. She then held up her sword and brings it down on the center rock only hard enough to crack it all over.
With her other hand she reaches her hand though the largest crack. Reaching down till her arm was in the rock to her elbow. Slowly she began to pull it out as her hand began to a pair a bright green light began to shine in her hand which held the Jade Crystal.
'How did she know that the Jade Crystal was in the center stone?'
(End of POV)
"Your the one."
Turning to Lorko who was know standing, still holding the Jade Crystal. It was shining bright but dimmer then it had been when it was first pulled free of the stone.
"The One? What do you mean?"
"The one that came for the crystal. It's keeper. Only it's keeper could find it. Though I don't know how you knew but you did find it and got it. Like I said before 'I could not give the crystal away' you had to stop me, find it and get to it. It was the only way allowed. Can you put down the wall know?"
"Are you going to fight me still?"
"No, If you are the one I have no reason to fight you anymore." He said chuckling a little.
"O.K.." Merina said as she walked up to him. As she took her sword out of the ground the wall fell. Taking a step back Lorko then bowed to Merina with his right claw on his chest.
"I apologies for attacking you and for hurting you in any way."
"Thank you and sorry for cutting you. You know I are nicer then your first impression." Merina stated smiling.
"You are not the first to come for the crystal and they were not as skilled as you and failed."
"Others have come for the crystal. Do you know who?" Merina asked with a hint of worry in her voice.
"I am sorry but I didn't ask or at least gave them a chance to tell. None have survived. They either died by my attacks or they tried to call on the power of the Jade Crystal from the black stone you tossed. It burns them from inside out with green flames. How did you know the black stone wasn't it?"
"I didn't at first I thought it was the Jade Crystal they have the same energy signal. But when I picked it up I just knew it wasn't the one.
I must go know my friend are probably worried as it is getting dark. When did it get dark?" Merina asked confused she was sure a few moments ago it was still bright.
"That is what happens when you stand there for hours not moving."
"Hours? Really I thought it was only moments. Like I said I should go"
"I will show you a way out of the cave so you don't have to go through the tunnels again. It is much faster."
"Thank You."
They began to walk into the woods that Merina had first come from as new friends their fight forgotten. Merinas sword had disappeared while the Jade Crystal was still held tight in Merina's hand shinning a jade green light illuminating them.
Chapter 2: Fighting for the Jade Crystal
Merina opened her eyes to see what held her and shook ran through her. There stood a creator that stood on four very large spider like legs. Its body was almost human like but very broad. It had two arms that were like long crab arms and another pair of arms that were the vines that chased her. The vines arms looked as if the creator could control the length of them. The creators head looked like a man but with antlers and instead of skin it had greenish stone like scales.
It held her in one of its claw hands to its eye level, which was 10 feet high at least. It lightly held her around her neck to keep Merina still. As she looked into its eyes that were pure white except the pupil of its eyes.
"Crap!" Merina grabbed a hold of the crab hand that held her at the throat. The claw tightened its hold on her as she tried to remove the claw and get free. She then gave the creator a kick between the legs. The creator didn't even move an inch or made any sign that the kick hurt. A smile did come across his face when she realized that her fight wasn't working to free her.
"Stop trying to fight me. It won't work." It said in a scaly deep hollow voice.
"What are you? But more importantly let me go." She cried while still struggling after her shock wore off that it could talk.
"I am a Seracer, the last of my kind. My name is Lorko, I am the protector of the Jade Crystal ant these gardens. And you will die for your trespassing and for trying to steal the crystal." He said in a commanding and proud voice.
"You're the protector. I am not trying to steal the crystal. I am trying to claim it." Merina started calmly until Lorko tightened his grip making it hard to talk.
"Claim it. Steal it. That is the same thing. The crystal belongs to one person and one person only." He said keeping his grip strong.
"Yes! ... Empress"
"What do you know of the Empress?" He asked angrily throwing her several feet away towards the trees.
Before she could get up or move his vines grabbed her legs and waist so tight she could barely breathe.
"I know everything…She is…my .purpose, my…reason...my destiny ...and my fate in life." Merina said with power in each word and annoyance in her voice despite the lack of air she had.
"YOU LIE!" Lorko screamed angrily. Throwing her onto the ground hard, hurting her in the act. She forced herself to her knees and hands.
"I… am…not…lying..." Merina said struggling to gain her breath and speak.
"DON"T LIE!! A theft has no connection to the Empress." His voice showing that his anger was almost to its max.
Merina lost her temper with the Seracer that was beating her up. She forced herself to her knees and drew one of her hand to her back and closed her eyes for a few seconds. When she snapped her eyes open, they glowed bright green before returning to her normal lagoon blue-green colour. When her eyes went normal she had something in her drawn hand.
As she pulled it away from her back a black and green short sword was held in her hand.
The handle of the sword was four inches long and was made of emerald with jade stones placed around both ends of the handle. The blade was two and half feet long and made of rare metal known as Menshia that was blended with Black Jade. The black jade shined bright green in the dark and looked pitch black in the light. On both sides of the blade was a engraving of a snake circling a tree, that shined bright green in the light in contrast to the blade being black and the engraving was pitch black in the dark.
"I am no theft and I don't lie." Merina stated firmly then slashed the vines holding her.
Lorko screamed in pain. In pain and beyond anger he threw green energy blast at her. With her sword still in her hand Merina did her best to barely avoid the attacks. She dodged this way and that getting no closer to the center stones in the clearing and trying not to end up in the forest line again.
Merina dodged another energy beam to only have a vine swing at her, with a quick slash of her sword was another scream and the vine dropped to the ground as she jumped over it to get closer to the center. Seconds only pasted before two vines came at her trying to whip her grab her. With a sudden stop she flips backward to miss a double whipping, but an energy blast hits her throwing her into a tree.
Calling on extra will she forces herself up on her feet using her sword as brace. Half way up Merina looks up to see a yellow green light blast coming straight at her, Merina pushes her self of to the side only barely missing the attack. Taking a second to look back she sees the tree she hit was incinerated. Looking to her left were Lorko was she saw behind him four large stones together in an X and another stone on top with something green in it.
Without hesitating Merina bolts to her feet and runs with all her power and will right at Lorko. With him shooting shot after shot and lashing his vines at her. Merina would dodge most of the attacks and get hit by a few but kept on going.
As she reached him she raised her sword to use it. His vines grabbed her once more but she just cut them again. Unfortunately she was close enough for him to hit her with his claws. Which he did, hitting her moments after she cut his vines once again. The hit sent her sword from her hand and soaring through the air to land behind him and out of her present reach.
In one motion of disarming Merina to grabbing her and tossing her into the air into the trees again. Then resuming too attack her with energy blast and vine attacks.
After dodging for a while Merina's dress was getting less dress like and more like rags that barely covered her body. With every hit she got from the vines and energy she was becoming angrier. She still didn't have her sword back and the fact that it was taking from her in the first place had pissed her off. So, Merina was getting beyond annoyed and angry with the situation; she was so ready to become Sailor Green Universe already.
(Lorko's POV)
Lorko didn't like fighting but he knew his responsibility was to keep the crystal safe until the one came to get it for the Empress. In his opinion this one was a theft; she could not have anything to do with the Empress. He was going to make her pay for lying and for hurting him, she was now going to really hurt and die. But he was having difficulty to really hurt her because she would just block or dodge him.
'Why can't I hit her? This doesn't make sense.
Every time I hit her she just keeps going, how, why is she so determined.'
Suddenly she stops facing him with her feet planted to the ground she thrust her hand in the air. Screaming the last words Lorko expected.
"Green Galactic Power."
Bright green light and strong winds surrounded Merina and lifted her into the air. Then flowers pedals of yellow, blue, pink, and purple joined with green leaves encircled her like a tornado thick with colours. In seconds it died down with her in a new outfit.
She wore a yellowed cream white corset bodice with a low square cut front and spaghetti strapped top. Around her waist just below the belly-button is dark green ribbon wrap an inch wide. From it is the skirt wrapping around the hips and upper thighs tight. Around mid thigh the skirt loosens and splits into ten inch strips of fabric that barrily drags across the ground. At the top of the skirt it is dark green and it fades to a pale green at the ends. Her boots came to her mid-calves and are three inch high platform heels. The leather boots are a dark green that is almost black.
Her hands and arms are covered in transparent green tight fitting gloves that covers the whole arm and connects at her upper back passing over her shoulders. On each hand you can see two identical rings made of silver leafs wrapping around two separate fingers. She also has a choker on that was dark green silk and at the back two thick long pieces of the same fabric hanged down to the ground like a cape which was light weight. From the front of the choker is a silver pendent of a leaf hanging off it. Her hair was again neat loose ringlets of dark green and blue under tint shoulder length hair. Her appearance was again perfect without any blemishes but her eyes were more green then blue unlike before where both colours were balanced out.
Standing in front of Lorko Merina looked pissed and he looked shocked to no end.
"I have had it with being pushed around." Merina stated angrily.
"What... How... Who..." Lorko stuttered trying finger out what was happening. 'An Universal Soldier?... How their dead... No she can't... But... No... but ... maybe she isn't a theft... but ... I don't understand.'
"Are you going to give me the Jade Crystal or I will I get to pay you back for the beating you gave me earlier?"
"W. Wh . who are y. you?" Lorko stuttered out.
"I am the soldier of nature, Guardian of Balance, Fighter for the element Earth. I am Sailor Green Universe. Protector for Life and Guard to Empress."
"S.S.S.Sailor G.G.Green Un.Universe! You. You can't.t. be." Lorko stuttered still surprised.
"I am. Now are you going to give me the crystal?"
"I can't give it away." Lorko stated stronger now that his shook wore off.
"Don't make me use an attack. I don't want to hurt you anymore."
"I can't give the crystal to anyone. If that means we must fight then so be it." His voice strong and undetrait as he spoke.
"So be it! NATURES WIND" Sailor Green screamed pushing her hand towards Lorko.
Sending a blast of strong winds towards him. The wind blast soared at him creating a trench of destroyed ground between her and him.
Lorko dived to one side just as the wind blast was about to hit him. Then sent him own blast at her. She dived to her left to miss it but it got her left side of her arm burning it. Whincing in pain she stood.
"Natures Wind!"
Sending another shot at him not even waiting to see if he got hit. Sailor Green bolted towards her sword as fast as she could her attention was completely on her sword. But out of the corner of her eye she saw as green yellow light soaring at her. Taking a running leap into the air doing a few flips missing the blast barrily to land in an crouch position right next to her sword. Looking up she saw another blast from Lorko.
"HARMONY WALL!"
A flash of green light came as Lorko's blast hit a green wall of energy which started from the point of her sword which touched the ground in front of Merina and surrounding her. Lorko sent a few more blasts at her with them not getting past her wall. Then he tried to get through with his vines and they were repelled.
Bring down her wall Merina held up her hand and sent another nature wind at him. As Lorko dived to miss to powerful wind, Merina throw her sword at Lorko.
"Harmony Wall!"
Her sword landed sticking out of the ground at Lorko's feet and the moment it stabbed the ground Merina's Harmony Wall circled him before he could move. Hitting the wall several times all it did was flash green each time getting harder.
"Don't bother no one can get out of the Harmony Wall unless I let them. The wall will keep getting stronger in force the more you attack it. I little plus I love."
"Why capture me? Why not just take me out if you could?"
"Oh, I could kill you with out much trouble on my part. But like I said already I don't want to hurt you. All I want is the crystal."
With that she turned around in spot to look at the center of the clearing. There were three large rock all together with two small stones on the outer two large rock and a small black stone placed on top of the center rock.
Walking up to the rocks Merina just stared at the rocks not moving. Time just passed as she just stared at the rocks not moving at all not her head, arm or even her eyes they were not fixed on any of the rocks just at them all.
Merina stared.
And stared.
And stared.
Stared
(Merina's POV)
'Which one, which one is it?
'The black one is the most probable but so is the large center one. But it could be in one of the side ones.
'Which one?'
(End of POV)
Lorko just watched her for the longest time trying to figure out what she was doing. But after what was the longest time he gave up and tried to get out of the wall still around him. After another good amount of time he gave up completely and sat down to wait.
Where ever the cave got it's light from started to dimmer as the cave began to get darker. Though there was some other form of light because indiglow light started to shine faintly.
(Lorko's POV)
Watching her I started to worry something might be wrong with her. After all she hadn't moved for hours now and it is beginning to get dark. I was bored hours ago and there is nothing I can do but sit since this wall is very good.
Noticing movement I look back at the girl and watch as she slowly moves to the center stones. When she reaches them she stops and slowly reaches her free hand to the center black stone and picks it up.
"Well all this waiting and a waist." I thought as she held the black stone. But then she surprises me again by throwing the stone away like it was a piece of junk. She then held up her sword and brings it down on the center rock only hard enough to crack it all over.
With her other hand she reaches her hand though the largest crack. Reaching down till her arm was in the rock to her elbow. Slowly she began to pull it out as her hand began to a pair a bright green light began to shine in her hand which held the Jade Crystal.
'How did she know that the Jade Crystal was in the center stone?'
(End of POV)
"Your the one."
Turning to Lorko who was know standing, still holding the Jade Crystal. It was shining bright but dimmer then it had been when it was first pulled free of the stone.
"The One? What do you mean?"
"The one that came for the crystal. It's keeper. Only it's keeper could find it. Though I don't know how you knew but you did find it and got it. Like I said before 'I could not give the crystal away' you had to stop me, find it and get to it. It was the only way allowed. Can you put down the wall know?"
"Are you going to fight me still?"
"No, If you are the one I have no reason to fight you anymore." He said chuckling a little.
"O.K.." Merina said as she walked up to him. As she took her sword out of the ground the wall fell. Taking a step back Lorko then bowed to Merina with his right claw on his chest.
"I apologies for attacking you and for hurting you in any way."
"Thank you and sorry for cutting you. You know I are nicer then your first impression." Merina stated smiling.
"You are not the first to come for the crystal and they were not as skilled as you and failed."
"Others have come for the crystal. Do you know who?" Merina asked with a hint of worry in her voice.
"I am sorry but I didn't ask or at least gave them a chance to tell. None have survived. They either died by my attacks or they tried to call on the power of the Jade Crystal from the black stone you tossed. It burns them from inside out with green flames. How did you know the black stone wasn't it?"
"I didn't at first I thought it was the Jade Crystal they have the same energy signal. But when I picked it up I just knew it wasn't the one.
I must go know my friend are probably worried as it is getting dark. When did it get dark?" Merina asked confused she was sure a few moments ago it was still bright.
"That is what happens when you stand there for hours not moving."
"Hours? Really I thought it was only moments. Like I said I should go"
"I will show you a way out of the cave so you don't have to go through the tunnels again. It is much faster."
"Thank You."
They began to walk into the woods that Merina had first come from as new friends their fight forgotten. Merinas sword had disappeared while the Jade Crystal was still held tight in Merina's hand shinning a jade green light illuminating them.