Now, to tell you something, Devil Doom will be the last battle in the story, with the Wizard of Darkness, Dark Lumina at a close second. I do not own anything in relation to Brave Fencer Musashi, the game. This is just a placeholder chapter, but I'm going to make sure it's going to be one thousand or more words long. Now, R&R.

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Chapter 7: The Earth Scroll

I woke the next morning to see nothing but two jade orbs staring into my own, and our noses were touching. I immediately stood up, blushing. The emeralds were still dimly glowing in my pocket, in turn, causing the pocket to glow even more dimly.

"What happened last night…" I said, my eyes darting all around the vantage point to see if I could find Sonic, "is what Sonic does not need to know!"

"That would be most likely agreed." Amy replied, blushing fiercely, refusing to look at me, and continued to look only at her feet.

I could only imagine what happened next. The sword on my back, also known as Lumina, the Sword of Luminescence, began to pulse slightly.

"Your sword… it just started pulsing slightly… what does that mean?" Sonic's voice asked, as the blue blur himself skidded to an abrupt halt.

"It means that the sword, Lumina, is picking up one of the Five Scrolls. Possibly the Earth Scroll, by the looks of it."

"Lumina? Earth Scroll? The Five Scrolls? Please explain this, I think we both definitely deserve some answers."

"I've had this sword for a while now, and I just debunked the legend behind the sword myself…"

"Well?"

"The legend went something like this." I said, taking a deep breath, before continuing. Today was going to be a long day…

"Over 200 years ago, Allucaneet Kingdom was under attack from its eternal rival the Thristquencher Empire… so the King and Queen, who were on vacation, had to have the princess perform the fabled 'Hero Summon'. Out came a brave fencer, no older than a young adult from the looks of him. Anyway, after freeing the Sword of Luminescence, Lumina, the sword I have, he went and sealed the Wizard of Darkness using the sword. After that, the Wizard's power was divided into five scrolls, Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Sky. If Lumina absorbs the five of them, the sword and the wielder will attain great powers. I have the Water, Fire, Wind, and Sky Scrolls!" I explained, in a small summary.

"So with these 'Five Scrolls' we can crush evil?" Sonic asked, eyes wide from the revealed truth.

"In a sense, yes!" I was irritated.

"It must be this way!" Sonic yelled out, pointing in a direction. There appeared to be a shrine in the shape of an elephant skeleton.

"It appears so… let's go there!" I said, running in the direction.

"Wait!" Amy shouted, running after me, as Sonic watched from afar. I was assuming he wanted to sit this out, but I didn't know he was secretly and discreetly following us.

We came up on the shrine soon enough. There was a large, black pillar-like flat thing standing in the arms of the shrine, with a smaller, bronze-brown colored scroll in the middle, with a sign that looked like a sail on a sailboat, and a small ball in the top-center of it all, with the aforementioned seal inscribed on it.

"This is one of the scrolls?" I asked no one but myself. "Disappointing. I was hoping for a piece of paper and all you had to do was read it. If it is, just how to we open it? What are we supposed to do…? Dammit, why did I forget what it looked like and how you're supposed to open it! Now I remember… It looks like this… now how the hell do I open this thing!"

I began to punch it. Nothing happened except for a loud bang. I kicked it, and all I did was hurt myself on it.

I then had an idea. I took a swing at the scroll with Lumina. The thing began to glow a greenish-yellow hue and burned brightly with the color. The black thing exploded, and the glow got brighter.

Once that little light show was over, all that was left on it were the bronze-brown scroll, and the ball. The scroll faded, and all that was left was the ball.

I then walked up and collected the ball. For a fleeting second nothing happened.

"Is that all that was supposed to hap--" Amy was stopped midsentence by something else in the environment.

There was an exploding sound, and I looked at the sword. It was floating out of its sheath, in the air. Green-yellow streaks floated into the sword, and a white light began to form on the tip of the sword. The streaks flowed in, and then finally, the white light exploded with a loud bang.

Then, all that was left was a seal floating into the sword, along with green-yellow streaks of lightning. After the light show ended, the sword floated gently back into the sheath. I heard a giant, disembodied voice in my head.

"EARTH…SCROLL…HAS…BEEN…ABSORBED…" the voice said, in a nasty voice that only I heard.

Who's there? Is it you, Lumina? You're talking!

I… AM… NOT… TALKING… TELEPATHIC… COMMUNICATION…

This is weird.

DESTROY… THE… LAST… CREST… GUARDIAN…

What's a Crest Guardian? I've fought a giant geek, an ice dragon, a gigantic queen ant, and a tower that shoots electrical beams.

HE…IS…GUARDING…A…CREST… YOU BLOCKHEAD…

It doesn't know, I'll just have to find out myself.

"The scroll's been absorbed, but now we must do battle with the Earth Guardian." I told Amy, unbeknownst of our surprise visitor.

"A crest guardian?" Amy asked, all the while running toward me, with a semi-frightened look on her face at what had just transpired.

"I think there are the Five Crests. I looked it up, and all it said was: 'A path can be unlocked when a Crest unites with its corresponding Scroll…'"

"A Crest Guardian guards a Crest then. That was creepy…" she said, nearly aloud as she threw her arms around me. I returned the hug.

"We'd better prepare. If I know only one thing, the core is what the Crest is."

"Alright. Let's head back."

We got back to the campsite, just in time for a camp to be set up, even tents were made. I and Amy had to share a tent, which was fine by me, of course. Sonic always stayed out late, so he had the other tent.

I sat in the tent, and thought about the battle that awaited us. I had gotten four cores already, but I couldn't wait to get the completed sword. For now, I had an hour to prepare, so I just sat there, Amy by my side after 10 minutes. She had just kissed me on the cheek, just a peck, and I went hot in the face by just the impact. I thought all the while as she leaned against me.

That's who I'm fighting for, her and the world!

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I know it was short, just bear with me and R&R!