Chapter 37 – Advice From Onee-sama

The next day, we all decided that it was time to start searching for the final Puyo Soul. We had the red one, the blue one, the green one, and the yellow one. And all we need now is the Purple Puyo Soul. We were so ready for this!

"But…there is the fact that Amitwo and the other clones will try and stop us now that we have four of them." Maguro brought up a really important point.

"Oh, yeah. That is a problem." Lemres said.

"Clones? What clones?" Schezo asked.

By the way, the reason why he's here is that he eventually found his way out of the desert and found this ship. We eventually let him in, but after Arle forced an apology out of him. Not sure why, but it's really hard for him to say the words "I'm sorry".

"Dark Red Amitie made clones of Arle, Ringo, Raffina, and Lidelle using Yu's eternal soul. They were made to be her servants and destroy us. But luckily, we have one of them on our side." Lemres explained.

"I see. Now I understand why are there two Raffinas."

"Hey, guys. I've been thinking." Yu said. She still had the outfit on from when we fought her. But now she's wearing a white jacket and using the hood like her old ghost sheet. "Just how are we going to get my eternal soul back?"

The rest of us went silent for a bit.

"H-Honestly, Yu…I-I have no idea." I said.

"What?!"

"Sorry, Yu. We're just not experienced with souls and stuff." Arle said.

"So you were going to just mosey around the rest of this place without a plan to turn me back to normal?!"

"Yu, calm down. We'll think of something, okay?" Raffina said.

"Easy for you to say, Raffina. You have part of me standing right next to you."

"O-Oh yeah. R-Right." Raffina said as she looked straight at Raina, who looked really confused.

"What?" Raina asked.

"Raina. You do know that you're a soul, right?"

"Yeah, I know. Is that bad, Sis?"

"Well…"

"L-Listen, Raina." Ringo joined the conversation. "Wh-When we defeat the other three clones and soon Amitwo...when the time comes to turn Yu back to normal…"

"W-Wait. A-Are you saying…that I'm gonna have to die?!"

"W-Well…p-possibly."

"B-B-B-B-B-But…I…WAAAAAAA! I DON'T WANNA DIE! I WANNA STAY WITH SIS FOREVER! WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

It was really hard for us to stand there and watch Raina cry. Basically begging for her life, which is technically Yu's. We've come to like her a lot. She's like if Raffina was a bit sensitive and less smart. But still had her fighting skills.

"Guys, isn't there something we can do?" Ribbon asked. "I don't want to see our friends die."

"Can't you do something?" Adeleine asked Marx.

"D-Don't look at me. I'm serious when I say that I have absolutely no experience with souls. Even though I was one at one point."

"You were a soul?" Lidelle asked.

"Yeah, kinda. Though I don't remember much of it. Magolor was one too, you know?"

"Wait, really?" Misuki asked Magolor.

"Yeah, I was. Though like Marx, I don't remember much of it."

"I see…" Misuki went silent for a bit. "Hey, maybe I can…"

*POW*

"Ow!"

"Witch, there is no way you are becoming a soul!" Arle yelled after hitting her in the head.

"*whine* How'd you know that?!"

"Why would you want to be a soul, anyway?" Schezo asked.

"I have my reasons."

Arle and Schezo didn't bother to push the topic any further.

"Hey, isn't there someone in your world that knows about souls and stuff?" Flamberge asked.

"No." Arle, Misuki and I said.

"I don't." Raffina, Maguro, and Schezo said.

"Not that I know of." Ringo, Lemres, Yu, and Rei said.

"Kero…" Dongurigaeru said. Which probably meant no.

"I do."

"Huh?!" We all shouted as we looked at Lidelle, the one who said that.

"I know someone who's an expert one souls. In fact, he deals with them every day."

"*gulp* H-He deals with them?" Adeleine asked in a nervous tone.

"E-Everyday?" Ribbon asked in the same way.

"Lidelle. Who is this person?" I asked.

"Well…I'll probably need to ask him directly. Is there a way to video chat here?"

"Sure. I'll set up right now." Magolor said. "Who are you trying to call?"

Lidelle took out her phone and went through her contacts until she found the name she was looking for. Then showed it to Magolor.

"This one." She said.

"I see. Okay, I think I got it."

Magolor did a few more typing before the big screen in the middle showed a bunch of static before showing the face of a person us other-worlders knew really well.

Especially Arle, Misuki, and Schezo.

"Hey! Can you see me?!"

"Lidelle?"

"Hey, Satan."

"Lidelle! Where are you?! Mother and I have been looking for you for days!"

Oh, yeah. I forgot that Lidelle and Satan are siblings.

"Y-Yeah. S-Sorry. I-It's just that really insane things happened. Don't ask what. It's a really long story."

"Okay?" Satan looked rather confused. But then he decided to let it go for now.

"Anyway, we need your help with something."

"Wait, hold on, Lidelle." Arle said. "Y-You're going to ask Satan?"

"Ha-ha! So this is where you disappeared to, my precious little Arly! I've been looking all over for my sweet fi…"

"Satan! Don't even say it! Not now!"

"Oh? Is this perhaps another way of you denying the truth?"

"I'm not denying the truth! I'm saying the truth! You just don't want to listen!"

"Hey! Satan! Can you focus on your little sister, please?!" Lidelle yelled.

"*sigh* Fine. Ask away."

"Thank you. Now if we were in a situation where a ghost lost their eternal soul and it was split into four clones of other people, but then one of the clones became our friend. But then also for the ghost to return to normal, the four clones would have to die. Including the one that became our friend. What would be another option?"

"What?" Satan asked after a brief silence.

"And of course, he doesn't get it. Some ruler of Hell you are." Schezo said.

"R-Ruler of Hell?!" The residents of Dream Land yelled in shock.

"Hmph. So you're there too, huh Schezo? That explains why I haven't heard any perverted sayings this whole time."

"You're the pervert, you old man!"

"Grr…you better be lucky I'm not there to put you in your place, Dark Wizard!"

"Guys! Knock it off!" Arle yelled at the two.

"*sigh* Whatever." Satan said. "Now about your question, Lidelle. Where did you even come up with such a thing?"

"Well…it kinda actually happened." Lidelle said.

"Huh?"

*ONE EXPLANATION LATER…*

"I see. So a clone of Amitie stole Yu's eternal soul and made clones of Arle, Ringo, Raffina, and yourself. But then Raffina's clone became good and now she doesn't want to die. Is that it?"

"Yep. Pretty much sums it up."

"And now we're hoping if you know a way Yu can have her eternal soul back and keep Rania alive." I added.

"Hmm…" Satan thought about this for a bit. "Well, if you really want to have both, then you'll need a second eternal soul."

"A second eternal soul?" We asked.

"If you have a second one, then you can give Yu the rest of hers and then give the extra one to…what's her name again?"

"Raina." Raffina said.

"Right. Then the second one can go to Raina. Although, the process can be a bit difficult."

"Don't worry, Satan." Lidelle said. "I've been training to use souls for reasons such as this. I can do this myself."

"Wait, what?" The rest of us asked.

"Really, Lidelle? You're still a novice in all this."

"Come on! I can do it! how else am I supposed to as powerful as Dad was?!"

"Gah…" Satan pinched his nose in a frustrated "I give up" kind of way. "Fine. I'll leave the soul switching to you, Lidelle."

"*giggle* Thank you, Onee-sama."

"Tch! Y-Yeah, whatever." Satan started to blush a little from what his little sister called him.

"Oh. And tell Mother I'm fine. And I should be back soon."

"Fine. Just get back here safe."

"I will, I will."

The screen then turned off and Lidelle faced the rest of us with a confident smile on her face.

"Well, there you have it. We just need to find a second eternal soul and give that to Raina. That way, she won't have to die."

"Yay! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, LIDELLE! YOU SAVED MY LIFE!" Raina cheered as she hugged Lidelle as tightly as she could.

"Aw. You're welcome, Raina. Anything for a friend."

"Uh…Lidelle." Adeleine said. "I-Is your brother really…th-the ruler of Hell?"

"Yeah. I'm essentially half human, half hellspawn."

"H-Half hell spawn?!" Ribbon asked in fear.

"My dad being the former ruler of Hell before he died. And my mom being human."

"Woah." Marx said. "Who would've thought that Lidelle would have that much power?"

"It was a shock when she told us one day." Misuki said.

"That's…crazy." Bandanna-Dee wrote on his board.

"Poyo poyo…" Kirby added.

"Well…now that we know what to do, where do we get a second eternal soul?" Ringo asked.

And after thinking about it, we turned to face Rei and stared at him for a while. While Rei didn't understand what was happening, Yu did.

"NO WAY!"

And she wasn't happy.

"*sigh* Alright, fine. Guess we'll have to go look for one." Raffina said.

"No problem." I said. "We can look for it and the Purple Puyo Soul at the same time."

"But…where would we start?" Lidelle asked.

"Well, I'm picking up some strong signals coming from Butter Building. You can try there." Magolor said.

"Butter Building, huh? The altitude gets really high there. You guys think you can handle it?" Adeleine asked us visitors.

"Please. We've come this far. A little high altitude won't stop us now." I said.

"Alright, then I'll give you all a lift there." Magolor said before he started up the Lor Starcutter and it lifted us to the start of our search for the final Puyo Soul.

At this point, I'm ready for anything!

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is just a chapter about a topic I never gave much thought about until earlier today. I couldn't get it out of my head since. So I decided to write it. Next chapter, though, is the true beginning of the final Puyo Soul search. And at Butter Building, no less.

Also. For those not familiar with Puyo Puyo, Lidelle and Satan are not actually siblings. It's a running gag in the series to where Lidelle looks up to Satan as a brother because they both have horns.

Thanks for reading. Later.