Yang: Would you all like some tea?

Peace: Uh…thank you?

Varvula:...Did he listen to one of Ibuki's songs or something?

Raven: No, we threw her CD and her USB with her songs into the volcano three days ago.

Gwen: AHAHAHAHA~! Yang is wearing a maid dress?! I can't stop laughing~!

Varvula:...Are you sure we burn all of Ibuki's songs?

Gwen: I-It's just so funny to see him humiliate himself!

Sanya: Did someone use magic to hypnotize him?

Freddy: Or perhaps he's been switched by a doppelganger?

Raven: Where is Shiho at a time like this?

Gwen: Did you forget you challenged her to spend the night in the spooky mansion?

Raven:...Right…Man that was poorly timed.

Varvula: I guess we'll have to wait until she gets back tomorrow.

Yang: If you need me, I'll be in the kitchen making some cupcakes.

Following Gonta's departure with Aoi, the two swordsmen were attacked by a huge number of Eneru's enforcers. Despite being outnumbered and exhausted after their combat with Aoi Shizuka, they refused to submit.

"GAH~!" One Enforcer who lunged wildly towards Erza was promptly hit in the face by her fist, knocking him unconscious as he flew past his companions.

Erza immediately drew her blade and blocked his palm attack from behind. She was taken aback when she pushed back from his Ax Dial and felt a little scratch on her face,"What?"

Before the enforcer can land another Ax Dial, Todd drops kicks him in the face, launching him into a tree. Todd skidded on the ground after landing, with his broken hilt in his hands.

Despite his sword shattered, the Dial on the hilt erupted into blue fainted gas. He stood his stance as he noticed three of Eneru men rushing at him. "Excalibur: Heatwave~!"

Todd swung his scorching sword, effortlessly severing the three goatmen's chests and leaving scorched gashes.

"Wasn't your sword shattered during the battle with Aoi?" Erza questioned, a bit astonished by his method.

"It was but the Dials can still do damage without the blade," Todd remarked. "Speaking of which, watch out for their Ax Dials."

"Right, thanks for advice~!" Erza declared before charging towards them. A second blade materialized in her left hand as she sliced five goatmen with stunning speed and accuracy. Once she was behind them, all five of them slumped to the ground in KO.

"Damn," Todd witnessed Erza's swordsman skills in awed. "It's a good thing I didn't challenge her to a fight."

"No way…we outnumber them and yet they still took all of us down?" One of the goatmen Todd kicked regained consciousness and was shocked to discover the rest of his teammates already down by the two. 'I won't let them trample God's name in vain~!'

The goatmen leaped into the air using his Dial powered Skis. "YOU FOOLS WILL PAY FOR YOUR INSULEN-!"

"FOUND YOU ENERU~!"

Before the enforcer knew what was happening, he was booted in the back by a particular pink-haired man with a blazing leg.

"Natsu?!" Erza yelled out in surprise.

The two guys collide with the ground in front of Erza and Todd, smothered in dust. When the dust settled, Natsu stood up, with Happy soaring alongside him. "Wow, that was easy. This Eneru guy didn't seem tough."

"I wonder why he looks like a goat?" Happy asked curiously.

Todd walked towards Erza. "...Are those two one of your friends?"

"Natsu!" Erza announced in a demanding tone. Natsu flinched when he noticed her threatening glare. "Why aren't you guarding the ship?"

"EEP~!" Natsu and Happy clung onto each other in fear.

"Erza~! Natsu~!" The four were interrupted as Cure Princess jumped down from a branch. "Thank goodness we were able to find someone familiar!"

"Cure Princess?" Erza turned to her a bit surprised. "Were you also separated from your team?"

"P-Princess?!" Todd repeated in shock.

"Yeah, Zoro and I got ourselves lost when that stupid snake attacked us," Princess replied, feeling relief.

"Zoro?" Erza tilted her head in confusion. "Was he following you?"

"Yup," Princess proudly smirked. "If I followed his poor directions, we'd never get somewhere. That's why I climbed the woods and brought him here."

"So…where is he then?" Happy asked innocently.

"..." Princess discreetly turned her head while maintaining her smug expression. When she realized the swordsmen weren't there, the young Pretty Cure whirled around and sank into her knees.

"THAT STUPID MUSCLE BRAIN MOSSHEAD~!" Princess roared in anger with flames spewing out of her mouth. "HOW DID THAT MORON GOT HIMSELF LOST WHEN I WAS LEADING HIM!? THE SECOND I SEE HIM I'M GOING TO POUND HIM TO THE GROUND!"

Todd merely stared blankly as the Precure began rolling around on the ground, as if she were a toddler having a temper tantrum. "What a weird group of pirates," He commented with sweatdropped while watching the scene.

Chapter 44: Up to the Next Level.

Pagaya, Connis, and remaining Straw Hat members were watching Nami riding on the newly fixed Waver along the Milky Road.

"That's amazing~!" Connis remarked.

"You're incredible Nami," Pagaya exclaimed.

"To think that she's able to ride it like she's mastered it that quickly," Yozura said, surprised.

Nami steered the Waver closer to the Going Merry and settled aside it, "Thanks~!" She said to Pagaya. "I don't know what you did, but I love it! This thing is so fast it's crazy!"

"That's because Jet Dials went extinct years ago," Pagaya explained. "I was almost shocked to find one on board of your Waver you left."

"A Jet Dial?" Awatsuki questioned.

"It's like a stronger version of the Breath Dial," Yozura explained while Nami tied her Waver up to the Little Crow. "Todd used one before but lost it to one of the Priests in battle."

"I fear we're running out of things to occupy ourselves with," Pagaya admitted. "We had planned to leave you all at the end of Skypiea."

"The best thing we can do is get the ship to the coast where we all agreed to," Nami said as got back on the Going Merry. "While half of us are down, I'm not worried. The rest of Team 1 and 2 should be fine as long as they don't come across the three Elites."

"There are no three teams," Everyone turned to Asia who was sitting near the railing, hugging her knees to her chest. "They were all split up."

"A girl like you has the same mantra power as Eneru and the Priests?" Gray questioned.

"I was born with it," Asia sobbed as tears began to run down her cheeks. "That's why I'm so afraid. You have no idea what it's like to hear voices disappear."

"W-When you said voice vanishing…" Lucy said in fear. "Do you mean that they've…died?"

"I'm not sure…" Asia mumbled. "I can't tell if it's someone who just died or unconscious…I get worried if Wyper or the others' voices vanish."

"You're not crying again, are you?" Nami was a bit annoyed.

The little girl quickly wiped her tears away. "NO I'M NOT CRYING~! YOU STUPID BLUE SEA PERSON!"

"You're really bad with kids Nami," Lucy mumbled with sweatdrop.

"What is a brat like you doing here anyway?!" Kinoko harshly asked.

"I don't know," Asia answered honestly. "But…I couldn't just sit around and do nothing." She began sobbing again. "Laki and the others…"

"Many Shandian warriors lost their lives fighting Eneru and his Priests," Yozura clarified, as she hopped towards them "That's the reason why we formed an alliance with them."

KABOOM~!

They all heard the explosions ranging out further out in the forest, indicating that the war was still going on.

"I hope everyone's alright," Index mumbled, worried about Touma.

GRUMBLING~!

"So hungry~!" Cynthia and Luffy groaning in unison.

"Would you two quit it with the groaning already?" Misaka answered, losing patience with their whining. The ladies and Luffy had been traveling down the deep, dark tunnel for who knows how long. Misaka, Charla, and Wendy were ahead of Luffy and Cynthia.

"Man, what a crappy day~! I'm starving and I left my lunchbox outside the stupid cave," Luffy complained. He was wearing a golden crown he found on top of his straw hat, and a golden horseshoe around his neck. "And all the fruit trees in this cave are rotten."

"At least yours wasn't eaten," Cynthia grumbled, blaming a certain canine for eating her lunchbox. She had a golden necklace around her neck. "All I can think of is yummy breakfast Sanji made."

"Whining about it isn't going to make food pop up, so bare with it," Charla scolded.

Misaka sighed as she accidentally kicked a skull in her path. "Seriously though, what kind of messed up cave did we wound up in?"

"Who knows…" Charla said unsure. "We've been walking for so long and yet we still can't find an exit." She then glanced at Wendy who suddenly stopped. "Is something wrong Wendy?"

"I-I think I stepped on a puddle or something," Wendy yelped.

"A puddle?" Charla questioned. "You must have stepped on a sea cloud. There are a lot of them in this cave."

"Yeah," Misaka felt her shoes getting soaked as she stepped on a puddle as well. "There goes my plan to railgun ourselves out of here."

"That would be utter recklessness!" Charla exclaimed. "You might've caused a cave-in if you tried something like that!"

"I was just thinking about it, I wasn't going to actually do it!" Misaka argued. "Also, I figured out while trekking that electricity can travel through the Sea Clouds similar to water."

"So you're not as reckless as Kuroko mentioned you are," Charla commented.

"Only because of her being in Judgement," Misaka muttered with a pout.

"I wonder if anyone else made it to the City of Gold?" Wendy pondered out loud.

"Yeah, I'm betting that everything is all pretty and shiny and golden," Luffy pouted as he smacked the "walls" with a stick he picked up. "They're probably making all kinds of good food. I can't wait to get there and find out."

"Yeah, like a huge cake with sugar frosting," Cynthia said dreamily with a drool coming out of her mouth.

"Where the hell did that blue princess brat run off too? Because of her terrible direction she got herself lost," Due to losing track of Cure Princess, Zoro decided to take a break. He sat on a tree root and took out his box lunch and started eating. "This grub isn't half bad."

RUSTLING~!

Sensing something heading towards him, Zoro drew his sword and whirled around. "Who's there~!?"

"JOHHH~!" A South Bird greeted him with its beak open.

The South Bird was eyeing Zoro, mainly because of his box lunch. It opened its mouth wanting someone to feed it. "Oh no you don't~!" Zoro instantly pulled his lunchbox away from the bird. "You're not getting it! And quit staring at me~!"

Ignoring his words, the South Bird continued staring, causing the swordsman to eat much quicker while glaring wary at the Zoro finished his meal, he continued walking.

"Grr…" Zoro growled as he glared at the South Bird tagging along with him. "WOULD YOU STOP FOLLOWING US!"

"Joh~!" The South Bird cawed while walking beside. Its head was facing backwards, which was South.

"Listen Feather Brain~!" Zoro called out. "I don't have any food right now, and even if I had, I wouldn't give it to you~! So get lost before I lose my temper!"

"JOH~!" The South Bird whined.

"What's your problem anyhow?! Walking all weird like with your big melon head facing the wrong direction?!" Zoro snapped. "I don't wanna kick your ass bird, but I will, got it?!"

"JOH~!" The South Bird responded.

The mighty Eneru was flung across the field by a vortex of black flames. He backflipped casually, landing on his feet. Despite being somewhat burned, he had an amused grin. "I'm enjoying this lovely duel, God Slayer~!"

Moses was unhurt and had a significant edge. He did, however, appear passive and irritated by Eneru's attitude. "Sky God: Bellow~!" He hurled a black funnel of wind at Eneru, who flew away in order to dodge it. His pupils went yellow as he predicted where he would be. "Lighting God Cannon~!"

A bolt of black lightning sprang from Moses' hand and pierced Eneru's it was a direct fatal blow, Eneru looked unphased as his entire body absorbed the black lightning. "I-Impossible…"

"I'm living lightning," Eneru taunted. "I am aware of your God Slayer magic, just as you are aware of mine powers."

"...Flame God: Heat Arrows~!" Moses unleashed thousands of small black flaming arrows towards Eneru.

"What's the problem? Did I touch a nerve?" Eneru mocked as he changed his body into lightning and effortlessly wove between the hail of Eneru appeared in front of Moses, he thrust his golden pole aimed at his stomach, only for Moses to block it by quickly conjugating a black ice sword.

"I won't lose my temper because of your words," Moses stated. "You killed our commander, and I've been waiting for years to murder you right now."

"So she was merely your leader, you say? "Do you have any sentiments for the traitor?" Eneru laughed.

"ICE GOD SUB:ZERO~!"

Moses appeared behind him in the flash of an eye, encasing him in a black glacier of ice. Moses' rage lingered as he took deep breaths. "I did it…I avenged my master…"

"Have you now?"

When he heard a voice from behind him, Moses' blood raced cold. Without hesitation, George raises his arm and releases a spray of black flames, only to be overwhelmed by blue illumination resembling bird wings.

"GAH~!" Moses screamed as the electrical bird traveled through his body, electrocuting him. The man's body collapsed onto his knees with his mouth emitting smoke. "...How…How did you escape from my ice?"

"Electricity can do more than just shocks," Eneru said with an amusing grin. "I charged my finger to create a small hole in your ice, then I just turned myself into lighting and went through the hole. Mainly you gave me some frostbite."

"No…" Moses gritted his teeth as he struggled to stand up. "I won't let my training be for nothing…I will kill you and avenge our leader."

"God Slayer, I believe you are misguided in your pursuit for vengeance.," Eneru boldly claimed. "For you see, the demise of your leader was not from my hands."

"...What?" Moses questioned in disbelief. "You're lyi-"

"That very person who told you I killed her is the culprit," Eneru satirized as he turned away from him. "...The rest is up to you to figure out."

"Wait…A-Aren't you going to finish me off?" Moses stammered. His strong demeanor breaks from every word.

"Consider your survival a reward for amusing me during our duel," Eneru gave once last smirk before vanishing from Moses's view.

"He has to be lying…He was the one who killed her," He muttered to himself as he collapsed onto his hands and knees. Rather than his cold and strict demeanor, his face was filled with confusion, and anger. "He took her life and tried to pin it on her…right?"

Moses rose slowly to his feet, his hair falling over his eyes. He repeated the same words again and over, his voice getting more hollow with each repetition.

"Well it seems you're just all talk, as I expected," Yama gloated. He towered over Nico Robin who was severely injured after taking a few of his punches while protecting the ruins. She got to her feet, while leaning on one of the stone tablets.

"Drop Mountain~!" The stone ground broke under Yama's weight as he launched himself into the air and flipped over to unleash one of his mighty kicks onto Robin.

"Veintier Fleur: Calendula~!" With her arms held out, ten new arms sprouted out in a spiral, like she created two heads of flowers. Yamna's fee collided with her twenty arm spirals causing Robin to wince from the impact. Robin managed to divert it away from the ruins, but collapsed due to the strain of her arms.

"How long are you going to protect this worn down old city?" Yama questioned.

"Indefinitely," Robin responded while she sat up. "Why must you tarnish the history of what our ancestry held so sacredly?"

"Why should I care? The past has nothing to do with me," Yama chastised.

"That doesn't surprise me," Robin boldly claimed. "Only the foolish say such things."

In response to Robin's words, he snapped in anger. "HOW DARE YOU INSULT SOMEONE SO POWERFUL~!"

Robin jumped back avoiding Yama's fist which broke the stone ground beneath them, 'I have to get away from these ruins before this simpleton destroys what's left of them.''

Once she landed, Robin turned and ran back the way she came. Yama's war cry could be heard behind her, followed by further wreckage of the ruins. While running Robin recalled what was thought to be her last moments back in Alabasta.

'I thought my quest and dream would've been lost back in the fallen temple of Alabasta. But I got a second chance thanks to the captain,' Robin thought back. She was weak after being stabbed by Crocodile and was awaiting herself to be buried alive, but got another chance when Luffy carried her out. Because of him, Robin can continue her dream of finding lost history.

Robin flinched when the ruins beside her shattered when Yama kicked a small piece of it. She stared at the broken ruin for a while before gritting her teeth and kept running. "HOW LONG ARE YOU PLANNING ON RUNNING FROM ME!?"

Hearing the sound of the man carelessly wrecking the ruins she had yet to research, made the archaeologies close her eyes in frustration.

After a few minutes of running, Robin managed to lead Yama away from the stone ruins. The two were now around a tree-filled clearing, causing Robin to stop running. She turned when she heard Yama toppling one of the trees.

"I don't get it. Now you're willing to face me?" Yama questioned,

"It's too late for you…" Robin took off her hat glaring coldly at the Enforcer. "No matter how many times you beg for mercy, I won't ever forgive you."

"Oh? You won't forgive me just because I shattered some worn down piece of rock you adore?" Yama snarkily said. "Why do you care? They're just shabby old rubble that don't even belong to you!"

"That's right, those ruins don't belong to anyone," Robin berated before scolding. "I'm tired of talking to a mindless brute like you."

"Not to worry. Once I'm done with you, you won't have to talk to me ever again!" Yama declared as he launched himself into the air. "I WILL CRUSH YOU HERE~! DROP MOUNTAIN~!"

"I can unleash all my powers on you here!" Robin declared as she crossed her arms."Teintia Fleur~!"

Long strings of multiple arms sprouted linking together from under the branches. The vine arms caught Yama just as he was positioning himself to launch a drop kick. "Hang~!" The arms swung him over to the side causing him to crash face first into a trunk of the tree.

Robin felt the strain of her vine arms holding onto Yama. "He's too heavy…" She groaned as she let go of him, which caused him to plummet head first into the ground.

Yama slowly got up, visibly injured from slamming into a tree. Once he got footing, glared at Robin with hatred. "DAMN YOU WOMAN~!" Yama performed multiple somersaults and when he was in the air, he took out his black straps of Ax Dials aiming it at his opponent. "I'LL CUT YOU TO RIBBONS~! TEN FOLDED AXE MOUNTAI-"

Not even scared, Robin swiped her right arm, causing two arms to sprout above Yama and covered his eyes. "WAH I can't see~!" Three more arms sprouted on his stomach and flipped over so the Ax Dials were aimed at him. Once the arms vanished, Yama regained his vision back and noticed that his strap was flipped. "AH~! What are you doing? The dials are backwards~!"

"..." Without even batting an eye, Robin sidesteps to the side allowing Yama to crash into another trunk of the tree. But once he crashed, the Dial's triggered all at once, unleashing multiple cuts on Yama's stomach at the same time.

"AG~!" Yama hollered in agony with his eyes pure white. He slid down the trunk onto his stomach, barely conscious with his wounded stomach.

Robin walked over to him and lifted his head up with five of her arms. "What you've been destroying is something so rare and precious that they're actual worth is endless. History is always being created, and men can't turn back time to fix it. Do you understand?"

"I understand…I-I won't do it…again," Yama coughed weakly. "M-Mercy I s-surrender! Forgive me please~!"

"That's not happening," Robin instantly declared, showing no pity to Yama.

"...In that case," Yama muttered. He seized Robin by her waist and lifted her up to his left as he stood. "THEN I'LL HAVE TO KILL YOU~!" He yelled, preparing to use his free hand to crush her head. Robin's cold expression didn't change despite being captured as she swept her arm.

CRACK~!

"GAH MY FINGERS~!" Yama cried out as Robin's sprouted arms grabbed his fingers and broke them by pulling them back.

"Cien Fleur: Delphinium!" With her arm crossed, an array of arms grew from the ground, leading to the cliffside. Yama had no time to react as the arms rolled the large man towards the cliff.

"WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME~!?" Yama cried out, feeling confused and a bit dizzy being rolled. "STOP WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! STOOOOOP~!"

The last pair of arms tossed Yama's rolling body off the edge, sending the man plummeting down. While falling though, multiple arms sprouted on his body; a few of them pulled his arms and legs back while four of them held onto his large chin.

"I-It hurts…" The large enforcer weakly said, his arms and legs pulled back as he plummeted.

"…Clutch."

CRACK~! BOOM~!

The sound of bones breaking followed by a loud thud echoed through the area. Yama's dead body landed head first into the ground.

Back on the cliff, Robin silently walked over to her bag and hat she left on the ground. Once she put on her hat, she muttered while turning back on the cliff where she tossed Yama at. "That's how bad your crime was."

"BWAHAHAHAHA~! I-I can't stop laughing~!"

Touma Kamijou had the same deadpanned expression as Sinolia. After he explained to the two Luminous Tail members how he wound up as Fuza's toy, Dimanu began rolling across the ground laughing so hard. Fuza obediently perched on the ground, cleaning its feathers.

"I know Yozura had some funny slapsticks. B-But this takes the cake~!" Dimanu laughed while pounding his right fist on the ground. "Kudos for the girl who sent you flying~!"

"...I hate to interrupt your laughing fit," Touma bitterly said. "But if you're looking for a fight, then you've got the wrong person. I'm not a battle hungry kind of guy like most of my friends."

"Nah, I'm not looking for a fight... " Dimanu chucked, finally calmed down and got back to sitting position. "I'm still not 100% after fighting the redhead Precure."

'Red hair? Did he fight Lovely or Flamingo?' Touma wondered before replying. "Well if you don't need me, I'll just be on my way an-."

"Hold on there buckaroo~!" Dimanu interrupted with a smirk. "Just because we're not fighting doesn't mean you're not out of the woods yet."

Touma wasn't the only one with a confused expression as Sinolia glanced at her friend. "...Why do you mean Dimmmy?"

"We're using the boy as bait," He declared. "Someone from his circle of friends will undoubtedly look for him, won't they? So I'm betting that either Honey Pretty Cure or the Delta Sky Dragon will come after us. I'm more hoping to get punched by her stunning fist again."

Touma suddenly jolted when Sinolia punched Dimanu in the cheek. She had her cheeks puffed up in a pouty look while glaring at him.

"Come on Sinolia, you don't have to be jealous~!" Dimanu replied casually. He didn't seem phased by her punch. "We'll still have our normal masochist routine."

"Mmphm," Sinolia childishly continued to strike him in the stomach. Dimanu just laughed it off letting her tiny fists pound on his head.

'Those two are really close,' Touma informed while the two interact like their siblings. "So are you two siblings or something?"

"No, we're more like lab rat mates," Dimanu replied while patting Sinolia's head. "We've been put in the same experiment lab group, and just rescued her from the others who were bullying her."

"Please…grip my head harder," Sinolia moaned quietly. Unfortunately Touma overheard her lustful reaction and looked a bit uncomfortable.

"Enough about us," Dimanu smirked, glancing at their capture. "Tell us about the Honey Precure. Is she as sadistic as I heard?"

"What?! No!" Touma yelled defensively. It felt wrong for him to hear Cure Honey and sadistic in the same sentence. "Why did you come up with that insane conclusion?!"

"Well I heard from Jayden that Precures are scumbags and hypocrites. I would expect Honey to be one of those bubbly calm types with a sadistic feature of torturing people. Like the Ultimate Torturer," Dimanu avowed.

"I guarantee that she isn't like that," Touma argued calmly. "Sure she has a strange craving for golden rice, but she isn't a sadistic abuser!"

Before he could speak, Dimanu's nose picked up a familiar scent from behind, but didn't react. "I guess that's a shame~! I was hoping that Honey would break my cold prism, HEART!"

After the last sentence, the Dragon slayer unleashed a gray funnel out of his mouth from behind him, not giving the intruder a chance to dodge or react. The funnel connected to a golden heart should explode upon contact, emitting a lot of dust that covered the four of them.

Touma was coughing from the dust, unaware that his upper body was constricted by a yellow streamer. Before he knew it he was lifted in the air.

"Huh? What's going on?!" Touma cried out, panicking

"It's okay Touma it's me!" Touma eyes widen recognizing the voice. He looked up and spotted the yellowed haired Pretty Cure flying with her butterfly wings.

"Honey?!" He yelled in relief and confusion.

Sinolia coughed a bit, and noticed their bait was gone. "Dimmy…"

"Already on it!" The boy announced from on top of Fuza. "Alright Fuza after her~!"

"CAW~!" Fuza cawed as she spewed out flames from its mouth. The bird flaps its wings and flies after Cure Honey. Sinolia formed her lower body into white mist, causing her to float and follow Dimanu and Fuza.

"Sorry for the unpleasant riding," Cure Honey apologized. She didn't like carrying him like baggage, but didn't want to risk him accidentally dispelling her wings mid-flight.

"No, I understand the reason," He replied. He didn't want to look down since they were high above the ground.

"You two aren't getting away from us~!" Dimanu called out. Fuza and Sinolia were not far behind Honey.

"Well catch us if you can~!" Honey taunted playfully.

"W-Wait is that wise to taunt HIIIIIMM~!" Touma suddenly yelled after Honey sped up, unintentionally pulling the poor boy like a ragdoll.

After returning back to where she first confronted Yama, Robin had made it to the area of the Upper Yard filled with ancient stone ruins. Looming over them was a massive beanstalk in the distance. "This should be the center of the city…But the location of the buildings doesn't match the map. I wonder if the city was shattered when the island rose up here."

The archaeologist steps inside a stone tunnel. Robin walked through it, scanning the walls for clues to the hidden city. She emerged from the tunnel, treading into white clouds, and found herself in the midst of the ruins, in front of the giant beanstalk.

Robin carefully inspected the stone ruins in the area, and after searching she sat down and began to look at her notes she wrote on her notepad. "This is strange. If this was the City of Gold, then why is the surface area made up of clouds and not dirt? It seems unnatural…!"

With a small spark in her head, Robin realized something. "Unless."

"Mgmm…" Minori began to stir and found herself looking at the gleaming ceiling."...Where am I?"

"Ah~! Minori you're awake!" Minori turned her head and spotted Kirika standing near the table.

Kirika?" Minori asked, a little surprised. "Where are we?"

"We're inside Luminous Tail's medical bay~!" Kirika replied happily. "Shirabe and I kind of stumbled into their base while being chased by the goatman."

"I see," Minori little girl kept her poker face, but her hands shook. "It wasn't my goal to battle Moses, but his abilities made it hard for me to flee."

"That must have been tough. Thank heavens we arrived in time to prevent that guy from murdering you.~!" Kirika said, looking peeved.

While scanning the room, Minori noticed Kouta and Hibiki across from her bed, both unconscious. Kouta's upper body was wrapped poorly with white bandages. Hibiki had an ice pack resting on her forehead, with bits of her body a bit cleaned from the soot.

"Wait, you said Shirabe was with you right?" Minori wondered, not noticing the black pigtailed girl. "But I don't see her here."

"Shirabe explored the remainder of the base," Kirika answered. "Since these guys are escaped prisoners, they might have information to take down Crimson Blood~! While she investigates, I'm in charge of bandaging all of you desu~!"

Minori turned her so she could sit up. However when she looked down, she noticed both of her legs were wrapped together due to the blond girl's poor treatment.

"Ehehehe~!" Kirika nervously laughed, noticing Minori's expressionless stare aimed at her. "I may need a bit of help with the bandages."

Shirabe was skating down the dimly lit corridor. She left Kouta, Hibiki, and Minori in the custody of Kirika as she inspected the rest of the hideaway.

"I'm hoping to learn more about Shervan's magic.…" Shirabe whispered to herself. The reality was that she was a little worried about what she'd discover about the boy's abilities, but she was determined to protect him no matter what she discovered.

Yang: Guys, Could you please explain why I'm wearing this terrible maid uniform?

Varvula: Thank god, you're back to normal.

Gwen: Normal in what way?

Freddy: You were serving us tea and cookies while in that uniform.

Peace: And you acted all polite and nice to us. With no insults or breaking anything.

Yang:...I thought we destroyed all of Ibuki's CDs.

Raven: We did, but I don't believe that was the reason of your rapid shift in demeanor.

Yang: Pellets~! It must've been that pink haired mage I bump into in the forest!

Freddy: Pink hair?

Yang: Yeah, while I was training I spotted a weird girl talking to a squirrel. She must've used a hypnotic spell on me or something.

Varvula: How did you snap yourself out of it?

Yang: I guess after I got hit by Ibuki's bucket on the door prank. Which FYI were filled with marbles.

Freddy: We'll have to talk to Ibuki about her pranks.

Sanya: Next Chapter: The Next Level: The Upper Ruins.

Shiho: AHHHHH~! [She screamed in fear as she ran past them.]

Gwen: Congratulations Yang, you don't have to do dishes for the next three weeks.

Raven: And I owe Touma twenty bucks.

Yang:...What did I miss?

Peace: We'll tell you later.