Chapter Five
Sanjuro walked through Mac Anu looking around. He stopped, seeing Shugo standing on the bridge looking down at the water. Sensing Sanjuro looking at him, the twin blade looked at him and smiled.
"Good morning, Sanjuro," said Shugo happily.
"Good morning," replied Sanjuro in a quiet tone.
"Lets go on a dungion adventure," said Shugo jumping up and down eagerly. Sanjuro nodded and followed Shugo to the chaos gate.
Like the other day, Sanjuro watched from a distance as Shugo battled the monster. This one was a bit tougher than before but Shugo seemed to be handling it quite easily. He used Data Drain to finish it off and smiled at Sanjuro.
"How did I do?" he asked with a smile.
"You did well, I am proud of you," Sanjuro replied.
It didn't take the two warriors long until they reached the dungion. Once inside, it looked like the insides of a castle. This was one of Sanjuro's favorite dungions, for normally there were sword weapons in the treasure boxes.
"Be careful Shugo, the monsters in here will be stronger than the ones on the field," said Sanjuro, looking at him. Shugo nodded in reply.
The two warriors noticed that there were not any monster on the floors that they had been on. This worried Sanjuro, for there were always atleast one portal on a dungion floor. He stopped, seeing something on the ground infront of them. He knelt down and noticed a small patch of corrupted data. Sanjuro's eyes widened and he got up quickly.
He looked over at Shugo, "We got to get out of here, this is a corrupted area!" Shugo nodded and they started to run back to the entrance. They stopped, noticing that they had been trapped into the room. Sanjuro cursed under his breath, knowing tha now would be a good time to use a sprite ocarina but didn't have one and he knew Shugo wouldn't. The sound of loud footsteps brought a chill down his spine as he looked behind him and noticed a monster coming towards them. Green data strands surrounded the monter's being which told him that it was corrupted.
Shugo got between Sanjuro and the monster. He unsheathed his twin blade and glared at the monster. Sanjuro looked at Shugo and then back at the monster. This was not a time for Shugo to play hero, not by himself anyway.
"Stand back, I will need you to perform Data Drain when the time comes. I will do the fighting," commanded Sanjuro as he took a step foreward and unsheated his sword. Shugo blinked a couple of times before taking a step back and watching the blade master.
Sanjuro dashed at the monster, raising his sword and then bringing it down on the monster's arm. The arm fell to the ground but Sanjuro noticed that the monster's arm grow back. The monster then charged at him and Sanjuro took out a scroll.
"SUMMON THUNDER!" he cried out and a large monster shot a thunder blast at the corrupted data bug but it seemed to not be affected by it. The data bug reflected the blast back at Sanjuro's monter, killing it. Sanjuro took a step back as he watched the monster charge towards him again.
"TIGER CLAWS!" yelled Shugo as he jumped infront of Sanjuro and performed a series of slashing attacks on the monster. The monster took a step back and Shugo performed the attack again. Before Shugo could finish the assult, the monster hit him in the stomach, sending him flying into a wall. Sanjuro watched his comrade hit the wall, a feel of rage going through his body. The monster seemed to have ignored Sanjuro since it was heading towards Shugo. Sanjuro dashed at the monster and hit it in the back with his sword.
"REPTH!" yelled Sanjuro and a white aura surrounded Shugo's body. The wounds that Shugo had received had healed and he slowly got up. Sanjuro smiled at him before turning his attention back to the data bug. He then slashed at the monster over and over again, trying to buy Shugo some time to get ready to attack.
Shugo then let his bracelet glow and pointed the arm it was on at the monster. Seeing what Shugo was fixing to do, Sanjuro moved out of the way.
"DATA DRAIN!" cried Shugo and a blast shot from the bracelet at the monster. A scream could be heard from the monster as it slowly transformed into a Twinkle Grass. Sanjuro stabbed the small monster with his sword, killing it instantly. He then sighed in relief as he watched the room doors open. He looked at Shugo and walked out.