Nakietra

It's pulsing with pain where that spider bit me. I keep climbing though because I don't want to stop. That pit still feels evil to…and if I stop or rest those people down there will think something's wrong with me and I don't need to deal with that right now. Now that I know this world has giant spiders, I want to leave even more so.

I stopped a few feet from the hole. Instead of going under it this time I went over it. The extra work was worth it because I'm pretty sure at least a few spiders came from there or are hiding there now. I'm not going to take any risks with that though.

I my upper body over the top and look around first. I hold my breath. There are spiders here too but these are bright yellow and the size of a man's hand. I focus on a ruin that is on the small of my back. Hiro drew it on me a long time ago but I never liked to use it.

Blue electricity engulfs my body. I climb over the edge fully and the spiders swarm me, popping like firecrackers as they touch the electricity. I always hate this ruin. It doesn't hurt me, I don't even feel static actually, but it scares me. Life is gone in an instant when anything touches this. Even the grass is dying under my feet. I close my eyes and wait for the electricity to fade. It only goes away when all the danger does.

I open my eyes and kick past the spider bodies to look around. I'm on top of the wall, but this part is wider than the part that disappears into the jungle. It extends a little ways and I walk to that edge. It's beautiful.

There used to be a bridge here, but it's all fallen away and it broken. The building on the other side is carved and decorated with statues of terrifying gods and still has paint over the doorway where the moss hasn't touched it yet. Under the broken bridge is serene. There's a small waterfall that empties into a shallow stream that looks clean enough. I really want to take a bath down there. There's some bamboo toward where the stream disappears into the jungle and there has to be some kinds of herbs nearby. I'll have to head down there soon. First I should stick to my other thought and at least try to help those idiots get up the wall if I can. If I encounter more giant spiders, I'll need some help at least.

There had to be some way to get across that pit. Even if the spiders were their own form of defense, they must have had an easier way to get up and down the wall and across the pit…unless the pit didn't always used to be there. The wall was always there though so there must have been a way to get down the wall.

I turn around and look around. I walked right past it I guess because I find it by the wall a few feet from where I climbed up. It's wooden and mostly destroyed by now. There's some stone and metal holding it mostly together though, but not enough where I would trust it to work. I see the platform that used to be lowered in back of it. It's completely ruined.

There has to be something I can do. There has to be a ruin to fix it. I feel like I should remember this, but I'm not.

I remember a time when Hiro thought it might be useful to explore this one temple. It was made of light colored stone and was filled with a race of people who truly had things to fear. Huge lizards twice the size as them lived in the trees over hanging their city. Sometimes they came down to eat children, but no always which allowed the people to prosper to some extent. They gave us a ruin then, and we helped them. We helped them escape through broken and walls and across broken bridges. The Rebuild Ruin.

I sent all my energy to the ruin on my hip. I was never allowed to use it because of how much energy it took out of me.

I breathed in sharply as my energy surged. It beat steadily and I placed my hand on the wood. My energy turned into a soft green and curled around the broken bits. Temporarily, everything will be like new. I watched the paint unfade and the wood unsplinter. It was amazing. The platform put itself back together. It had layers or strong sturdy wood along with a strong fence to go around it. The whole thing was done up in royal colors like blue and red. A rope appeared and the platform was moved over the edge. I took my hand away but the energy stayed. I need to get moving.

I found the wheel to lower the platform and start turning it. It was amazing to watch the gears turn as well as how if you let go of the wheel, it wouldn't continue moving in either direction. It wasn't difficult either to turn. I was only lowering the weight of the platform though at this point. It would be worse with every one riding on it I know. I stopped the platform when it was even with the ground.

"Get on the platform," I yell down to the rest of the group. Everyone looks up at me unsure and Kurogane especially was examining it to see if it really was safe. I stare at Nero. I'm sure about this. I'm so sure that I am willing to risk Nero's life to prove it. He looks ahead and steps onto the sturdy platform. Sakura followed next along with Syaoran right behind her. Then came Fai and lastly Kurogane with Mokona being very happy on his head.

I start turning the wheel back now. I focused on a ruin on the side of my right shoulder to help me, but it's still hard. The wheel is big enough for three people to turn. It's not hard to understand why. The platform evened with the ground and everyone was off in an instant. The platform wasn't big enough for all of them I knew but the ruin will run out before then I knew.

My breath leaves me as I watch the process in reverse. The paint peels away from the contraption. The wood splinters and the metal rusts. The rope disappears and the platform collapses onto the ground into dust.

"That was amazing Nake! I knew we could count on you!" Fai says in that amazed voice he always has. He doesn't even realize the beautiful thing that was just destroyed in front of us. Sometimes I wonder how old he really is. He acts like he's ten years younger than me.

"Let's move on. I don't like this place," I say and start moving ahead. Nero moves beside me and brushes against my leg. I didn't bother to correct Fai about my name this time. I'm too sick of it at this point.

I hear the others start to follow me. I stop at the edge of the wall and look down at the river. Kurogane is the one who comes up to the other side of me. He doesn't say anything.

"Is there something you need to say to me?" I ask him. That's the only reason anyone every comes up to me.

"You don't need to be on your own," He said. I look at him sideways.

"You don't know me. I need to be on my own," I said softly and glared up at him. He was completely calm. He's not Syaoran. He's not scared of me.

"Mokona, can I have my bag?" I asked and go to where Mokona is now back in Fai's arms. Mokona nods his head and shoots out my bag. I catch it and lean down to the ground. I need to redraw that Rebuild Ruin, but I need to know exactly what it looks like first.

I brush through my bag and slow down on the half-sized leather book Hiro made me. He put every ruin we found in here and wrote everything in very heavy pen so it wouldn't fade. I untie the strap and flip through the pages. I found it relatively fast. I pull out my knife and start sketching it on my arm.

"What are you planning?" Kurogane asks eyeing me. He probably had an idea of what I'm going to do. He's not one to assume things though.

"This Ruin can temporality rebuild anything that is broken, for example this broken bridge in front of us," I say. He looks out at the bridge and examines it.

I pull myself up and walk to the edge. There are multiple routes I can take down as well as enough to get back up. I choose the ones that looks the most stable and jump. I hear Sakura shout. No one can stop me at this point.

I carefully drop and jump from beams to ledges to poles until I hit solid ground. I glance around and then kneel down next to the water. I cup the water in my hand and splash handfuls of it over my face. I wasn't aware I was so hot. My body should be used to this heat. I've lived through much worse in my home town.

"Watch out!" Someone yells and I look up.