Sachio led the group to what seemed to be a small town. Taking a look around, Samuel thought the whole place looked... A little shady. "Sachio, are you sure this is safe?" he asked. "This place looks sketchy to me..."

Sachio gave him a pat on the shoulder. "Don't worry, Samuel! I come here all the time. A lot of people come through this place every day, but... My friend is always around here somewhere... Ah! Look, there he is!"

Sachio led the group over to someone who was waving at him: A tall man wearing a long blue coat, with black hair and oval-shaped eyes. Susumu was a bit surprised at what she saw. This guy looked almost exactly like Priff!

"Sachio, hello!" The man greeted them, before quickly turning to Susumu. "Oh! You never told me you had a twin sister! The name's Junpei. Junpei Mitidori! Good to meet ya!"

"Junpei, have you seen anything... Unusual around here?" Sachio asked. "Maybe a tiny purple dog-thing flying around?"

Junpei stopped to think for a moment. "Yes... Yes, I've seen her," he responded. "I saw her take off into the sky somewhere. Wonder if she lives in that old Sky Scraper..."

"Sky Scraper?" Susumu repeated. "Junpei, we've gotta get up there! But... How are we gonna get to the sky?"

"Not to worry, not to worry!" Junpei assured her. "I just so happen to have a device that can take all five of us straight to the sky!"

"Oh yeah, Susumu!" Sachio spoke up. "Junpei's a scientist. He's good at inventing all kinda of things! ...I think."

Junpei led the group over to his flying machine. It... Somewhat resembled a helicopter, only somewhat rickity. "Are you sure this is safe?" Samuel asked.

"Of course it's safe!" Junpei answered. "I fly around in this thing all the time! Just hop in and let me do the driving. There's, uh, something we need to do first. Before we can get into the Sky Scraper we'll need to gather up a few things."

The group climbed into the helicopter-thing, and Junpei took them all up into the sky. "Before we can go into the Sky Scraper, we'll have to make a quick stop first. There's a lock on the door that you'll need a set of jewels to open. Luckily, I just so happen to know where one of those jewels is!"

"Jewels?" Susumu asked. "Didn't we already do this in Neksdor?"

Junpei shrugged. "I'm just following the script. Anyway, it looks like we're here."

Susumu looked out the window, and she couldn't believe what she was seeing! Junpei had taken them far above the clouds, but it looked like they were in some sort of futuristic city!

"...And here we are!" Junpei declared, as he carefully landed his contraption just outside some sort of square building. "The jewel we'll need is just inside this lab. Stay close to me and we'll find it in no time, okay?"

The group stepped inside the strange cubicle building, and Susumu took a look around. Raya wrinkled his nose. "Uh... It smells... Medical in here."

Junpei looked confused for a moment. "...Oh!" his eyebrows shot up when he realized what Raya meant. "Yeah. The workers here use all kinds of chemicals and stuff to keep this place really clean. They say that even the slightest bit of dirt could mess up the equipment in here."

Samuel tilted his head. "Is that really safe?"

"Kyahya... Kyahyahya..." Was all Junpei responded with. "Anyway, the jewel is kept in one of these rooms. I'll lead you to it if you want."

Junpei led the group down one hallway after another, but Susumu didn't feel like they were making any progress at all. Every hallway and door looked exactly the same to her, and she was starting to doubt if Junpei really knew what he was doing. Eventually, however, Junpei stopped in front of one of the doors. "Okay, here we are!" he announced. "The jewel is just behind this door!"

"Are you sure this is the right door?" Samuel asked. "It looks just the same as all the others."

Junpei nodded. "Don't worry! I just gotta enter the access code..." He then turned around and typed up something on a small keypad in front of the door, only to be greeted with a buzzing sound. "Oh. I, uh, may have entered the wrong code."

"Well, can't you try again?" Raya asked.

"Don't these places usually have some sort of security system?" Sachio asked.

At that moment, a slamming sound could be heard just down the hallway, and suddenly all the lights in the hall turned red. "W-what happened?!" Raya demanded. A metal door could now be seen blocking the end of the hall, as well as the door to the room they were trying to get into.

"Yeah. Kinda expected this," Sachio sighed.

"Look!" Samuel pointed down the hallway, where a large robot with a single wheel could be seen coming toward the group.

"Junpei, keep trying to remember that code!" Raya instructed. "We gotta take this thing down before it takes US down!"

Junpei, however, stopped to produce some sort of tube from his coat. "Ahem. If I may," he said, before pouring the contents of the tube onto the group's weapons, causing them to catch fire. Samuel, of course, refused when it was his turn, however.

"Aw, cool!" Sachio chirped, before swinging his wand at the robot.

Fighting with the fiery weapons seemed to make things a lot easier. Susumu swung her microphone at the robot, and doing so released a burst of flame that dealt it even more damage! However, a screen suddenly popped up in front of the robot, and some sort of target mark appeared around Susumu's feet.

"Eh?" Before Susumu could realize what was going on, however, the robot fired a laser directly at her. And it... Really hurt. Like, a lot. "GUH!" Susumu toppled over backwards, feeling like her entire body was on fire.

"Are you okay?" Samuel asked, raising his staff to heal Susumu.

Susumu was so stunned she was having a bit of trouble speaking. "Urgh... The... Robot... I think it shrunk..."

Sachio and Raya looked up to see that she was right. Firing that laser must have taken a lot of energy. The robot had folded up into itself, and was now much smaller!

"Aww, it's so cute!" Sachio gushed.

"Hey! That thing just cooked up a serving of roasted Susumu, remember?" Raya reminded him. "If we don't finish that thing, it'll cook us too!"

"Ew... Let's... Just get rid of this thing. Samuel's taking care of Susumu."

The party was down two members, but in this state, the robot was a lot weaker than before. A few more bursts from Raya's cannon, and it was down for the count.

"...Aha!" Junpei suddenly declared. "Got it! Okay, that code should've disabled the security system. Now, I'm gonna open the door for real!" As the light in the room returned to normal and the door blocking the hallway opened, Junpei typed in another code, and sure enough, the door opened.

"You did it!" Raya declared. "Now let's get in there so-"

"Ah. Sorry, I can't let you in," Junpei stopped him. "This room is employees only. I'll go get the jewel for you." He disappeared into the room for a second, before returning with a large green jewel that seemed to be shaped like an eye.

"Ooh, that's creepy..." Susumu shuddered.

"This jewel is just one of the items you'll need to get into the Sky Scraper," Junpei explained. "You'll still need to find the other two, of course."

"Do you know where it is?" Samuel asked.

"Yeah, you wouldn't happen to have those other two jewels on you, would you?" Raya added.

Junpei shook his head. "Sorry, this is the only one I've got. But, if there's anything else you need I'm glad to help."

"Well, your flying machine could be useful," Susumu said. "Think you're up to flying us around?"

Junpei jumped up at the sound of that. "You want to take a ride in my flying machine? No problem! Just say the word and we'll take to the skies faster than... Something that takes to the skies, Kyahyahyahya!"

"I think first we should head back to the Traveler's Hub," Samuel suggested. "There might be more people there who can help us."

"That isn't a bad idea, Samuel," Sachio said.

"Um, can we get out of here?" Susumu asked. "This smell is starting to hurt my eyes and nose..."

"Er, right," Junpei asked. "We should head back to the Traveler's Hub as soon as possible. I can hold onto the jewels for you if you want. That way you won't lose them."

"Sounds good to me, Junpei," Susumu said. "Next stop, Traveler's Hub!"

As the group climbed back into Junpei's contraption, Susumu looked up, even further into the sky. "The Sky Scraper... I wonder what Ultra Dark Lord Martcha is up to up there...?"