Marie broke off from the group, unknowingly, placing full trust to whoever was on the other end. Her soul was drawn to it, as she wandered for ages; finally coming upon a particular spot.

"Hello..." she uttered "Are you there?"

Her only response was the emergence of a familiar figure, one with long, black, and flowing hair, decorated with two ribbons on each side of her head. She floated out shyly, seemingly afraid of Marie but driven by curiosity. Her voice, calm and innocent, reminded Marie of her own when she asked "Can you... can you help me...?"

"... I might" she responded quietly "But I must stay focused... I can only imagine what could happen if I lose contact..." She stared over at the Sohee, but soon looked away "I can barely do anything else... other than searching..."

"...Still searching?" Munak's familiar voice asked "You won't be able to find who you're searching for here by simply walking. Unless of course you can walk through solid rock walls..." She approached Marie and grabbed her hand to get her attention "Perhaps I could help." she offered "I know this place like the back of my ... hand."

"You mean like a ghost..." she said "I can do that through an advanced water spell... but I can't take the risk of losing concentration... you can help?"

"Of course" she nodded "unlike Bongun, I'm always willing to help the not-so-undead."

"Thanks..." she tried her best to divert her attention to the kind spirit "The sooner we can find him, the better..."

Meanwhile, Succi and Convivial were having a fairly difficult time making their way through the cave. They'd taken the path opposite of Marie and stopped upon a huge pool filled with Hydra.

"...Are you sure your nose is fairly trustworthy, Succi?" Convivial asked her with a rather offsetting look.

"...Well... it's gotten us this far, right?" she smiled uneasily, a sweat drop forming on her head. It was then that they heard a somewhat whooshing sound over the echoing of Hydras' unison heartbeats.

"Hello..." A familiar innocent voice called out to them "Are you friends of Marie...?"

Further down the caves, Marie said "Please help me..." to Munak, staring up her eyes seemed to change greatly, though still focused and intent, more of her true self seemed to show itself "The bond is weakening; I have to find him quick..."

"Okay, okay, I'll take you to him" the monster nodded and sighed "You're starting to sound more and more like Sohee now. Just, follow me and I'll take you to the shrine."

"Okay..." she followed the spirit; walking silently "I'll be more myself when we can safely break the connection..."

Munak took the Klonian deeper into the cave, to a large fort with walls that looked more civilized and oriental. They walked along these maze-like walls until Munak stopped and turn around to Marie "You did say a 'he', right?"

"This is the sage that Doppel referred to, right? That was a man, supposedly outcaste by society, but I guess maybe I came in contact with the wrong person..." she said "You can never really tell what the person looks like on the other end..."

"Sage you say..." Munak hummed "I guess this isn't the person you're looking for then." Munak kneeled down to a creature smaller than Marie and wore a mini-cape "Sorry dokkebi. Not you..."

"..Awww..." his little disappointed voice chimed as he wandered off, head down. Munak then turned back to Marie "We haven't had any other boys down here next to Bongun and Dokebi... and the sage Hwang died long ago."

"He died?" Marie thought "Than who is this other person? I know it's a human soul, it doesn't have the elemental essence that other beings have..."

"Well... though we hate to admit it," Munak spoke in an uneasy tone "...He does have a descendant. However, his descendant isn't like the rest of us. She's...different."

"... I guess that's who I'm searching for..." she seemed to stumble slightly "I have to find this person quickly... the bond is fading more!"

"Are you sure... you might not like what you find..."

"If I don't find this person, who knows what could happen? The only way to safely break a link is when the two are in each other's presence..."

Munak sighed "Okay..." She pointed to some stairs that led to the top of the shrine. Looking up, Marie could just make out the top of a Statue.

"Eh?" she stumbled up the stairs, getting a closer look "Is this it?"

Just below the statue she saw a young girl, asleep, wearing a hat that was similar to the head of the fox creature that bit Marie earlier. The Klonian's footsteps startled her, and she opened her dilated eyes. The girl sat up, rubbing her eyes to get a better view of her company "...Can I... help you?"

"You're the one who I was searching for..." Marie closed her eyes, falling over in relief "The descendant of the sage, right?" She struggled, trying to get up, but decided to stay on the floor "Bah, gimme a few minutes an' my strength will come back..."

The girl simply smiled and crawled over to Marie, curling up around her and drifting back to sleep. She stared into her eyes with her own dazed ones, allowing Marie to see the crimson glow they held within them.

"...So you're the one from my dream..." She whispered just before drifting back off to sleep.

Marie nodded, falling asleep on the hard, stone floor. She woke up a few hours later, seeing herself in the same place as before, and the sage's kin awake and staring down curiously. She stared back up, blinking "Err... hello..."

She smiled, causing all the land around her to fade into darkness. The entire room had become nothing but pitch black space, soon replaced by complete white ground. The world shifted around the girl, her every thought becoming reality before Marie's eyes. It was the girl's own personal dream world.

"Hello..." she greeted Marie kindly, pausing from nothing else to say and a rather curious look on her face. The world stopped spinning and they soon found themselves in the middle of a gentle forest, its trees' leaves rustling in the wind, and its sun shining brightly upon them.

"Ah..." Marie gasped "Lucid dreaming? I've never seen such control; even from dream travelers... this is awesome! You were the person I was looking for, ya' know, to help me?"

She tilted her head in curious confusion, sitting in the grass and smiling some more. "...Wanna play?"

Marie's kitten like nature got the better of her, the child inside taking over "Sure" she said "sounds fun!"

A large ball popped up above her head and the landscape began to swirl a bit more, stopping with the two on a Beach. The sun was slowly going down over the horizon, truly a sight to behold. The ball fell into Marie's arms, snapping her away from the sunset. As she moved the ball to the side she could see the girl, preparing to pounce with an expectant look on her face.

Meanwhile Succubus and Aeon followed the Sohee to the deepest part of level four's dungeon.

"I'm sorry, but this is as far as I can take you." She said with a sad face. Sohee wanted to help more, but was limited to what areas she could go to.

"I understand." Convivial nodded "We'll be fine, don't worry. Come on Succi." Convivial gestured and dashed through the entrance. Succi stayed behind a bit longer to say "Thank you..." and kissed the Sohee goodbye. She leapt in, leaving the Sohee with a blush bright enough to provide light for the entire cave.

Whilst Marie slumbered, she continued playing children's games, running after the ball. She took a leap, spread out her arms in a great pounce, just as she landed towards it bounced out of the way, as she uttered "Okay, that hurts..."

The mysterious girl leapt into the air and caught the ball in her arms, landing behind Marie and giggling with the ball at her waist, but something new was added to the scene. Between her and Marie now stood a large net, poles extended from the ground as if they'd been there for a long while. The girl tossed the ball into the air and served it over the net, just as Marie noticed it was there.

"I see..." she said "Wahoo!" she smacked the ball back, causing it to fly in the air at an astonishing speed, making a small crater in the ground upon impact as sand flew about "Ummmmmmmm, I think I broke it..."

Before the ball could bounce any higher, the girl leapt impossibly high into the air, grabbing it before it flew into the dark blue abyss of the night sky. She then launched it right back to the ground, causing the net to split in two from the power and making an even bigger crater.

"Gee..." Marie paused "Kinda extreme..."

Further away, Aeon landed with his feet on the ground, facing the fortress of which Munak had led Marie.

"...That wasn't too bad, eh Succi?" he turned back, seeing nothing "Ah great, now that's two missing kids... could today get any better?"

He stopped just as he heard a ghostly sound. Before him a high flying blue flame which split into many flames surrounded him.

"...huh?" they stopped, and began to launch themselves toward the bard, burning his hand and leg slightly but not severely. He dodged the rest by dashing away and moving closer the fortress, landing upside-down.

"Ow…" He whined as he opened his eyes to see the single blue flame floating toward him slowly, ready to burn him.

"Eh?" Marie could sense something disturbing her dream "Aeon... he's in trouble..." she looked back to the other child "Sorry to cut this kinda short, but I guess I'll be seeing ya again, I need to find my friends!"

The child nodded as everything faded away. Marie forced herself up from slumber, running outside the temple. She saw the blue flames dance about Aeon and quickly used water magic to douse them.

"Where's Succi?" she asked him as she helped him down.

"The heck if I know..." Convivial said, as he got up "Last place I saw her was outside. Then we got separated. I'm guessing Sohee forgot to tell us about that..." Convivial paused for a moment. "...And where exactly have you been?"

"Eh……I was dreaming..." she said uneasily "I came across a human child who dressed as a fox... she's the sage's descendant" she paused "I kinda forgot that I had important stuff to do that happens when yer asleep..."

"Human fox...?" he asked just before it clicked into his mind "You mean Moonlight Flower! Where is she? I wanna meet her."

"She still might be asleep..." Marie said, pointing to the entrance where she came from "I guess Succi can take care of herself, I hope she's okay..."

Convivial ran in that direction, already halfway to the center of the semi-maze when Marie opened her eyes "Is it this way? No, how's about this way? This way seems good... No this way!" he ran through like a maniac heading for the center.

"Calm down..." she said, heading towards a path "It's this one..."

She entered in, seeing the young child awake and confused. Sitting down, she said "Sorry 'bout running out earlier, I had ta find my friend before he got himself killed..."

"Friend...?" Moonlight was bewildered at such a new word "What is a 'Friend'?" Convivial sat down near her "I can't believe it; you really are as young as they say you are... But you're nowhere near as ruthless. Why would they hate such a cute little girl like you...?"

"A friend is another person who's nice ta have around, always sticking with you through thick an' thin... most of the time" a giant sweat drop fell as she saw Aeon's accusing face "It's kinda like a playmate, right? They're awfully nice ta have..."

Moonlight got on all fours and looked deep into Marie's eyes "Playmate?" She said in a fairly innocent voice with a questioning look on his face. Aeon looked away as he noticed the familiar figure coming up the stairs.

"Hey!" it yelled "She's my playmate, not yours..."
"Welcome to the party, Succi." Aeon greeted her. "How's it going?"

"Here we go again..." Marie said, expecting some glomping "Succi meet... what's yer name? I forgot ta ask! Ah well, you're supposed to be someone who could help me somehow!"

"Help you!" another voice yelled from behind the statue "That girl couldn't help herself out of a paper bag. Let alone help you..." A near splitting image of Moonlight appeared from behind the statue, her arms folder and an intensely serious look on her face. Moonlight began to growl at this being that is until Succubus stroked her back to calm her down.

"How cute, just like a kitty..." she said as Moonlight began to purr in her hands.

"And just who are you...?" Convivial asked the older grey twin.

"I am a descendant of Hwang, a princess of the cats." she stated. "Cat o' Nine tails."

"Meh... so you could help? I need to clear my name for stealing from the king..." her tail swished slightly as she stared curiously at Moonlight's treatment "I want ta be pet..." she thought, mewing slightly "Bah... I'm a kitten deep down..."

"And why exactly should I help the likes of you...?" she asked rather harshly "It's because of your friend's kind that we're down here."
"It's also because of our kind that you were born." Convivial persuaded.

"Ummmmmmmmmmmm yeah, what he said" Marie said "But then again, I'm not of their kind, or your kind, I'm one of a kind!"

"...It's also because of your kind that our father died, Bard. And one of a kind doesn't exactly make me a friend of yours. You're gonna have to do better than that..." she stood in wait of more reasons, but no one spoke "Well...?"

"Dopple sent us..." Succi spoke up. "And I seriously doubt you want to be on his bad side..."

"...Fine." she snarled. "... I'll help you on one condition."

"What ya have in mind?" Marie asked curiously.

"There's a human on the surface named Matilda. It's because of her mother that our father was sent here..." she spoke solemnly "Find her, and kill her... promise me you will once you're done here." A dreadful look dawned upon Aeon's face as he heard the ordeal.

"Understood..." He spoke and nodded slowly "...Consider it done."

"Wait... I know she's bad, but I'm no killer..." Marie whispered to Aeon.

"Then it'll be my job..." Aeon said without turning to Marie "You stay here…."

"But..." she thought as he turned away "Will we ever see each other again? You were an awesome friend!"

"Don't worry about me, Marie. I'll be fine." He said as he stood in preparation for his return to town "Besides, you'll always see me in your dreams..."

She stared at him silently, slowly fetching an object from her shawl "Take this!" she said, handing him a pendant with a small blue orb, intricately intertwined with the metal. It glowed slightly, letting off a dull bluish glow in the light "It's a present so ya never forget!"

Convivial nodded, grasping it tightly in his hand before retrieving a butterfly's wing from his jacket and waving goodbye. He was engulfed into a pillar of light as he disappeared into the cave's ceiling "See ya' later, Marie."

"Bye!" she yelled and waved, knowing it was too late. She sat on the ground, staring at Succubus then wiped back a tear and smiled. She glanced back over at Cat, as she said "Time to begin your training"