The gang left for Sea Breeze Village, a peaceful village on the coast of Tsurugi. There was nothing like lying on your ass next to a palm tree and kicking back. Of course the village had secrets of its own; secrets that people never heard of before. While Tim was acting stupid again, they reached Sea Breeze Village.
"Look, there she is," Tim pointed and headed over to the beach. The gang followed along to say hi.
Tracy was practicing her martial arts with the twin Chinese swords she bought two days ago. She was wearing baggy blue jeans with a light blue T-shirt. Her long dark hair was tied in a ponytail at the back of her head. Her hut stood silent and vacant behind her.
"Oh, hey guys," Tracy greeted them as she withdrew her swords and walked toward them. "What's going on?"
"Hey bitch, what's up?" Robert greeted back, using his polite language.
"So what the fuck do you guys want?" she asked them while glaring at Robert for his improper greeting.
Not much of a conversation huh? Well, what do you expect?
The whole gang lay on the beach, relaxing…well most of the gang.
"I'm bored! There's nothing to do, damn it!" Lawrence was getting frustrated trying to figure out what to do when a ragged hobo came up.
"So, you kids bored huh?"
Everyone looked at the hobo and wondered why he smelled like shit.
"If you want to push your luck, go to the Water Temple and get the water gem in there," suggested the hobo. "I heard once you go in, you never come out. Heh heh heh heh."
Memo looked at the hobo and asked, "Where is the Water Temple?"
"You blind boy?!" yelled the hobo. "It's right over at the cove near the well…over there next to that tree…there ya see?"
"Hey, c'mon, let's go please?" Robert exclaimed excitedly.
Tim looked skeptical. "I don't know. What if it's a trap?"
"Tim, you say that about many things," retorted Robert.
"Shut up woman," exclaimed Tim.
The two of them argued, with Tim acting like a third grader and saying things that didn't make sense. Annoyed and irritated, Tracy told the two idiots to shut the hell up.
"Let's just go. I wanna see, I wanna see," Robert hopped up and down with anxiety.
The gang left, saying farewell to the strange hobo. As they traveled across the beach, they soon reached the cave of the water ruins, not knowing what could be in there.
"So, are we going in together or are we splitting up?" Lawrence asked.
Robert thought a minute.
"Yeah," he replied. "How about me, Memo, and Tracy in one group and you and Tim in the other?"
"Why does she get to go?" Tim argued a bit. "I'm much better than she is, no offense."
"None taken you white mother-fucker," Tracy retorted glaringly.
Robert and the pair went inside the cave. It was dark and damp until they went deeper. Then it got bluer. Confused, they descended a set of cold, wet stairs until they saw a long hallway of waterfalls.
"Pretty," Tracy said as she touched the water and looked at her reflection.
"Careful, you'll stop the water," Robert cracked.
Tracy looked up and glared at him.
At the end of the waterfall hallway was another room, but bigger. On the right was a shimmering pond and a large waterfall cascading down from a hole leading to the surface.
"Hmmm, where do we go now?" Memo wondered out loud as he looked around. He suddenly spots a strange girl humming an odd tune. "Who's that?"
He went closer. The girl was startled when she saw them.
"Who are you guys?" She asked them. She was tanned with magenta hair, a blue-scaled dress, and a jar with a dragon symbol imprinted on it. Her hair was so long, it curled around her waist. She had large dark eyes with a yellow shine to them.
"Who are you?" she repeated uneasily.
"Who are you?" Tracy asked, pulling out her swords.
"I am a guardian of this temple," answered the girl. "They call me Water Omotics, a very powerful Spellcaster. I can transform the water overflowing from this jar into dragons so you better watch out!"
Robert stepped up.
"Hey, what are you going to attack us for?" he demanded. "We didn't do anything to you."
"Huh?" Water Omotics exclaimed in surprise. "Aren't you after my orb?"
"What orb?" Robert looked at Tracy and Memo who shrugged. He turned back to Water Omotics. "What are you talking about?"
The girl put down her jar.
"So…you're not going to attack?" she said. "But why?"
"Why should I?" Robert asked.
"To get the secret treasure," said Water Omotics.
"No we're just here for the water gem," responded Robert. "Do you know where it is?"
"What secret treasure?!" Tracy exclaimed excitedly. "Talk woman!"
"There's a mantel where the gem is displayed," replied Water Omotics, pointing to the end of the huge room.
Robert told everyone to wait and headed toward the other room but the tanned girl looked at him strangely; not because he had his shirt inside out but in a different way. As he entered the room, he noticed a huge waterfall in the back. Stairs supported the mantel so Robert tripped and walked very carefully. When he finally got on the platform, he took the gem. Suddenly, the ground started quaking.
This won't end well, he thought.
Scared, he clutched the gem and an enormous water snake appeared. It wasn't an ordinary snake; it was Leviathan, the guardian of the sea.
"Um…am I in trouble?" he blurted.
Leviathan looked at Robert strangely.
"No, you're not, but I've been expecting you Robert," replied the reptilian. "Oh by the way, your shirt's inside out."
Robert put the gem in his pouch, then took off is shirt and put it on right.
"Thanks…" he said when he finished. "What do you want with me?"
"I came to talk to you…dumb-ass," replied the Leviathan.
Robert scratched his head. "About what?"
"About the gem," the Leviathan said before shifting to a coiled position. "As soon as you leave this room with the gem, a monster will come out to kill you and your friends. You see the gem?"
Robert took it out and observed it. "Yeah, there's a yin yang symbol on it."
"Good. The monster in the other room will have that," articulated the Leviathan. "If you destroy it, you can obtain that symbol from it and attach it to the gem. The gem will then glow and you will be able to use it."
Robert looked at the gem again. "What for?"
"You'll see," assured the Leviathan. "Oh and the guardians in the temple…sometimes they carry orbs to treasure rooms, sometimes they have treasure, and sometimes they have half of the yin yang symbol."
Robert looked at Leviathan.
"So what you're saying is that when I kill the monster, I'll find half," he concluded. "But then I'll have no choice but to fight the orb carriers and get the other half from the treasure room?"
Leviathan nodded his head. "Yes or sometimes the monsters will have the whole yin yang symbol and the treasure rooms will have treasure."
Shit, was that long. Man oh man; I was about to fall asleep. Anyway, Robert left the room saying, "Hey, thanks Leviathan."
"You're welcome. I'll be in touch." Leviathan dove back into the water as Robert left the room.
"Hey guys, guess what I got?" Robert showed the gem to Memo and Tracy when suddenly the exit and the other door closed up.
"Uh-oh, this isn't good," Memo said, taking his reaper out.
A strange-looking red turtle came out of the pond. It peered at Robert and other others out of its one large eyeball.
"What the hell is that?" exclaimed Tim, pointing up at it.
Tracy drew her twin swords.
"I've heard of this," she told them. "It's a Crab Turtle. The villagers told stories about that thing."
She looked at the strange turtle thing and got into her fighting stance to attack.
"OK, I'm going to take it out," she declared.
Tracy walked toward it slowly. The Crab Turtle looked at Tracy and tried to attack but she blocked it with her swords. The turtle's hard shell and Tracy's blades made a loud clanging sound. Sparks flew everywhere, lighting up the room. The match ended when the Crab Turtle opened its mouth and used a sticky bubble attack that made Tracy stick to the ground. Unable to move, she kept cussing out the turtle, making it even madder.
Memo looked at Robert. "OK, looks like I'm next."
Memo took action and swung his reaper left, right, up, and down, trying to hit the turtle. He then stabbed it on the side but the Crab Turtle swung its mighty claw, knocking Memo into a wall. The turtle then used its sticky bubble attack on Memo so he couldn't move.
"Oh…you know that sucks." Robert exclaimed as he looked at the Crab Turtle, figuring out what to do.
The Crab Turtle looked at Robert with its foamy mouth. It made a loud cry and started charging at him.
Robert ran away like a little schoolgirl, screaming, "Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!"
Tracy arched an eye at him. "Weiner!!"
"Shut up bitch!" Robert yelled back at her. "You're not being chased by a crab thingy!!"
"Duh, that's because I'm stuck you dumb fuck!!" Tracy snapped.
Memo, using his strength, managed to say, "Robert use your psi-blades!!"
"Oh yeah, I forgot." Robert turned around and got into his fighting stance, ready to attack.
The blades came out and Robert lunged himself in attack, swinging left, right, and into the Crab Turtle's stomach. The Crab Turtle screamed and swung its claws around. It managed to knock Robert to the ground. Thud! As the turtle recovered itself, it used its bubble attack on him.
"Thanks Robert," Memo yelled at him. "Now we're going to die because of you!"
"Hey, at least I tried," Robert yelled back.
The Crab Turtle came near them with its horrible screeching laugh and foaming mouth. It was about to eat Robert and the others when suddenly, out of nowhere, a water-like dragon appeared. The Crab Turtle struggled as the dragon grabbed it. The dragon ripped it apart, limb from limb. The blue blood spilled everywhere on Tracy, Memo, and Robert. When the dragon dropped the eviscerated corpse, it took off the sticky bubble wrap from the gang, setting them free. Tracy looked at the dragon as it disappeared. Memo noticed the strange tan girl called Water Omotics, standing there with her jar.
"Thanks…but why?" asked Robert.
Water Omotics blushed. "I…I…didn't want to see you and your friends die like that…many people died from that thing. I just didn't want the same to happen to you. After all, you were so nice to me so…"
Robert smiled. "Thanks… Thanks a lot."
The tanned girl gave Robert the orb. "Here you go. You see that door there? Just put that orb in the sphere-shaped slot and the door will open."
Robert tossed the orb to Memo. Memo went to the door and placed the orb on it. The door opened revealing glittering prizes. Tracy raced over to the treasure room, knocking Memo down.
"Out of my way loser!" Robert exclaimed as he rushed into the room as well and got as many items as he could lay his hands on.
Everyone got a share, in fact, they looted the whole room.
"Well, now how do we get out of here?" Memo asked.
Water Omotics pointed to the hole leading to the surface.
"Great, how are we supposed to get up there?" asked Tracy. "It's not like a bucket's going to come down."
Robert headed toward the hole. Suddenly a bucket dropped down, hitting Robert on the head.
"Hey, is that you Robert?"
It was Tim at the well.
"Yea, we're saved." Tracy jumped for joy as she climbed onto the bucket. "C'mon you guys."
Robert remembered something and headed to the Crab Turtle.
"Robert, what are you doing?" Memo looked at Robert strangely when Robert opened the chest with his psi-blades.
"OK, he's gone off the deep end," Tracy concluded. "I'm out. OK, white guy, pull me up."
Tracy was lifted out, then Memo.
"Hey I found it!" Robert wiped off the blood and organs from the yin yang symbol and placed it on the gem. The gem glowed a mystical blue before Robert put it into his pouch.
"Shame to see you go Robert." Water Omotics said as she waved goodbye.
Robert handed her a necklace with beautiful blue gems on it.
"Here, you deserve it." he said and walked to the bucket and was lifted above the surface.
Water Omotics put on the necklace and then changed into liquid again, returning to the water to sleep, remembering the strange boy she only just knew.
When Robert got up to the surface, it was beginning to get dark so everyone went home. Tracy went home to her hut; on the way to Norune Village, Tim and Memo went home to their tree house; and on the way to New Port, Lawrence went home. Robert was then alone with his Lesser Dragon. They went home to sleep and wait for the next day.