Shiraga: chapter 7 here. A little rest for the team after the intense battle.

Since I stat writing this fanfic, something have been bugging me, but I just dont know what it is. Until now.

IT ADD, HE IS THE INSANE TYPE, BUT MY ADD IS THE TYPE OF CALM-INSANE WHILE THE TRUE ADD IS A TRUE MANIAC!

WOAAH! WHERE IS HIS HOT MANIAC LAUGH? I MISSED HIS MOST IMPORTANT DETAIL!

so in this chapter, i tried to make him laugh more and more bad mouthing, previous chapter he does have some bad mouthing, but his speech still sound too formal.

anyway, enjoy. And to clear any frustration, the time line in the story is 2038, 4 years after the establishment of the "Guardian"

Chapter 7: Fountain of Healing

After the 9th Sky Division and the Vanguard have returned to the "Guardian" HQ, the 2 leader were immediately summoned to the meeting hall. Add and Helputt knew that this meeting would come sooner or later, but they didn't expect it to be this soon. Putting the thought to the side, they proceeded to the meeting hall.

"This place is still as big and solemn as back then when I first came here."—the giant confessed when they have reached the door that lead to the meeting hall. Usually, all the meeting will take place in a special meeting room, where those that were invited will only see each other through hologram screen. But if something that need all the leaders to be attended, then that problem must be serious, and will take in the meeting hall.

"General Add of the 9th Sky Division and Colonel Helputt of the Vanguard have come!"—the assistance near the door announced while entering the pass code to open the door. Add stepped inside, followed by Helputt. The 2 take their seat at the giant round table in the middle of the room. "Now that all the leaders are here, let the meeting begin."—the voice came from the biggest chair, or should it be stated as a throne. Sitting on the throne was a man with silver hair, his outfit is mostly black, a mask covered half his face, his eyes were red and his lips always seem to have a creepy smirk on it. Luto, as he stated his name, then continue straight right into main object of the meeting. "The main reason of this meeting, is about the appearance of the demons even though the gate had been sealed. And from many reports, some troops of the 'Knowledge hunter' were seen at the same places with demons activity someday later. I believed that these scum have something to do with the return of the demons."—some were shocked, the other remain stoic.

"This meeting must be important enough for all the big guy to gather here."—the giant whispered to Add with a low tone but enough to hear through the communicate device. Beside from the 2, Luto, Add can see the leaders of the other team. The one in red outfit, black leather pants with a red hat, Edan-the Colonel of the special assassination team, known as the Blood Colonel because of the way how he baths in blood after every fight. Right next to him is a heavily armored lady, with similar hair color to Aisha, Noah-the Ice Princess, leader of the Imperial Guard, and Lime-the Forest Ranger, one of the few leaders of the "Guardian" that is from the elf race. "Now that is the problem about the demons and our enemies. Now I would like to hear about the Els. General Add and Captain Lime, please show us the Els."—the 3 name that were announced them placed the Els on a special censor that immediately put the information of the Els on a big hologram screen. "So, we already have the light El from the Pilgrim's Gateway, the fire El from the Lanox's volcano, nature El from the Tree of El, and the dark El from Fahrmann's Peak which hold the power to control the Dark Watcher Drabaki, and you, general Add is it the Chosen One. I would like an explanation about this."—now, even those that used to remain stoic after hearing the return of the demons, turn their concentrate on the general. Some is shocked, other glare daggers, but only the elf ranger let out a small smile at him. "Kek, beat me. I didn't know that the dark El was that powerful until yesterday. If the fire priestess hadn't explained then I would still be blind as all of you here. Now if you already done with your crap, I will be getting my ass out of here."—Add then order his dynamos to take back the dark El and turn his back to the table, walk to the door without looking back. "Very well then, the meeting is over, dismiss!"—after Luto announced, the other started to leave the room back to their own team. But after about 10 feets away from the door room, a voice yelled at him from behind. "Wait up Add!"—the voice belonged to Lime-the elf ranger and the only one that smiled at him instead of deadly glare back then. Next to her is her best friend-Amelia.

"I thought that I told you to address me as General Add while we are at the HQ."—Add let out a small sigh.

"Whatever! Anyway, I heard that you are Ebalon's Chosen One right? So how does it feel to be a Chosen One?"—Lime asked with a full of curiosity tone. "Good and bad. Such troublesome stuff, but on the bright side, my fleet got a new pet. Wanna go check it ou-" "YES!"—the elf cut off in excitement before he could finish the sentence. On the way back to the ship, Lime jumps up and down like she gonna explode with excitement, to the point that Amelia have to hold her down before she does another mini Sharp Fall. The rest of the 9th Sky Division, half is gathering at the nearby cafeteria for breakfast, Chung is checking the inside damage through a hologram screen while Eve is commanding Moby, Reby and her 3 nasod assistances- Oberon, Ophelia and Ferdinand to help checking the outside damage, Elsword, Rena, Raven, Aisha, Elesis and Ara are sitting together at a nearby coffee table.

"I'm back!" "Welcome back general. So how is the meeting going?"—the Vice Commander asked. "Annoying. Anyway, I would like you to meet Lime-Captain of the forest ranger, and her friend Amelia, they both are elf same as you Rena."—both the elf lady and the elf duo ears quiver when they heard that another one of their race is there. Then the trio started a friendly meeting and get along with each other pretty fast. Then Lime and Amelia begin to introduce themselves. "My name is Lime, Captain of the Forest Ranger." "And I'm Amelia, her friend and also the Sublieutenant of the Forest Ranger. We both are old acquaintances of your General and Vice Commander."

But the new face meeting didn't last long until the curiosity took over the elf ranger. "So where is your new pet?"—the other except Raven, asked in union with a big question mark on their face. "Pet?"—then Add signaled Lime to follow him. "This way."—then the group moved outside, to where the Dark Watcher-Drabaki is resting, waiting for it master retur. "OMG! HE LOOK JUST SO AWESOME!"—the elf ranger shouted in excitement, making the other to cover their poor ears. "Now I know another creature that can rival my sis in screaming."—Elsword muttered while rubbing his ears after the deafening tone, and he earned himself a knock in the head. "So what do we do now? Our ships are heavily damaged and may take week to repair."—Ara asked the general. "If our ships are heavily damaged, then we have no choice but to wait until they are fixed. No report from the 'Knowledge Hunter' activities recently. Guess we are officially taking a break." The rest of the team screamed in joy when they heard it from the general. "So you got yourself a vacation huh?"—the White Colossus approached. "Guess I could help to return the debt yesterday."

"Kehahaha! This division standard is not low Colonel Helputt."—the general grinned and in return the giant let out a big laugh.

"Hahahaha! Worry not little boy! I see that you all need a rest from the battle yesterday, and I know just the place for that. Fountain of Healing, Hamel famous hot springs."—some girls in the back started whistling the name. "But how are we going to travel? We don't have any big enough transportation big enough for the whole fleet."—Aisha asked while looking at their heavily damaged ship. "We don't, you said."—the general asked back and his lips curved into a small smirked while looking at their 'new pet' with Lime jumping on top of his head and Amelia is trying to get her friend down.

-Meanwhile, somewhere in the ruins of Feita's Underground Chapel—

Under the debris and pile of stones, the Underground Chapel, 2 dark figures is also celebrating.

"Finally! We have decoded the forbidden spell!"—a male voice screamed in joy, in his hands is a scroll with ancient and unreadable incarnation.

"So can we get out of here? My arm is aching and this place does not bring even the slightest of comfort."—another male voice asked back in anger, his eyes gleamed with red devilish aura.

Then the 2 figures disappeared into the shadow of the ruin.

"THE WIIIIND IS TOO STRONG! I CAN'T EVEN FEEL MY FAAAAAACE ~~~! "—the redhead screamed like his lungs are gonna explode. The 9th Sky Division is now on their way to their 1 week vacation resort: Fountain of Healing. "Sit down stupid brother! Don't blame me if you got blow away!"—his sister shouted at her little brother while trying to get him to sit down. The strong wind is because they are moving at the speed of express train, and their train being their 'new pet' : Drabaki. "OH COME ON SIS! WE ARE ON A VACATION! LET HAVE SOME FUUUUuuuunnn~~~!"—his voice getting smaller and smaller as he got blow away by a strong gust, flying like a human kite, like he was no more than a piece of paper.

"Dynamos…go and get that knuckle head back here."—Add ordered his dynamos while having a sigh and a facepalm on his face. The dynamos followed it master order and flied away to catch the redhead idiot. After 5 minutes, the 6 object came back along with Elsword. Then they putted him down to the lively train. Add then gave him a death glare, with an evil smirk and a threat. "Next time you get blow away again, I'll give you a full power Mind Break."—Elsword shivered at the general's threat, and sit down without a slightest movement for the rest of the trip. 15 minutes later after the incident, they have reached the Fountain of Healing. Waiting for them at the resort entrance is a girl with orange hair tied into a ponytail. "Good morning everyone! Colonel Helputt had informed me about your arrival. I am Ariel, and I will be your hostess at this hot spring for the duration of your vacation here. Hope you enjoy our service."—the girl greeted politely with a smile and bowed to group.

"No more further ado, please follow me to your room."—the group then followed Ariel inside. The building, contrary to it plain outside, the inside is extremely large, as large as a stadium. The furniture and the building itself were made from only woods, and the best quality ones, the smell of the wood, the slight creak under after step of the tourisms gave off a relaxing vibe and funny sound to their ears. They passed a big room, when some peeped their heads inside, they were confused as there is absolutely nothing inside the room despite being the largest room of this resort.

"This is the meditate room. Hamel Fountain of Healing resort put our guest relaxation as the top priority. Not only their body, but their mind also need to rest. This room was specially created so that not even the sound of a nuclear bomb can get into this room."—the girl explained still having her smile on her lips. Then they proceeded upstairs to where their rooms should be. Then a competition of straws drawing was immediately held. Those with same number on their straw will be in the same room. All the guys in the group have only one though in their mind: "I'll share my room with Rena/Elesis/Ara/Aisha/Eve." –same applied to the girl, "Add/Raven/Chung, it must be those 3."—somehow, the redhead suddenly felt a defeated feeling and collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, those that are being hunted, drew their straws and got the room No.3, the most luxury room of this resort. The males received dagger glare from the guys and the females got laser eyes toward them.

"So the room have been decided. You will have 15 minutes to arrange your stuff before we continue with our tour."—the group divided into smaller one and move into their respective room. Room No.3, was in contrary to the group expectation from the most luxury room from a luxury resort, it appearance was rather plain, like any other rooms. But the way the furniture are decorated, the color tone and everything gave the room a somewhat luxury and a bit of Asia-ish atmosphere. Elsword and Aisha immediately run toward the window. It view was beautiful: a green grass field that stretched to the horizon. "Look like the luxury thing about this room is it view. Well, let get the stuff here done before we continue with our tour."—Add said with an astonished voice, but then return to normal when he begin to arranges his stuff, the other started to do the same.

Aisha then proceeded to the bathroom to change her uniform into casual clothes while the other still arranging their stuff. Elsword then grabbed a red T-shirt with the word "Awesome" on it. Then he proceeded to the bathroom to change. Because he was too busy selecting which pants to go with the shirt, he didn't notice that Aisha was already inside. The moment he open the door, a shriek tear the peaceful atmosphere and a punch immediately landed on the redhead face.

"You 2 better not breaking anything in there!"—Rena yelled.

"I should have just let him get blow away back then."—Add sighed with another facepalm.

"Nice punch Aisha! Nice punch!"—Elesis cheered on the fight. Raven and Eve just keeping on arranging their stuff, Ara tried to stop the fight and Chung smirked slightly. "Something tell me this is going to be a long week."

10 minutes later, everyone had done with changing their clothes. Same as the other groups. Then they move back downstairs to seek for Ariel. There, they saw another orange hair girl wearing glasses. "Ah, the guests are here. I would like you to meet my little sister, Luriel. She is in charge of the food and kitchen stuff."—the other girl quickly nod and greet the group, but in a shy manner, opposite from her big sister.

"H-hello everyone! Uh—I-I'm Luriel, and uh-I will be the one-uh-to prepare your meals for your-uh-time here."—her tone is shaky, same as her figure and with a blush on her face while she trying to complete the sentence, just like a new born little puppy. Some couldn't hold and speak their though out loud. "So…cute."—and this making the girl blushed even more.

"Okay, Luriel, you go and tell the other to prepare the meal. I'll show them the rest of the tour."—the shy girl then nodded and run back to the kitchen. Ariel then showed the group the rest of the resort. At the end of the tour, the girl leaded them outside, to another big wooden cabin. The cabin was a place for Hameling, a dragon type creature that lived mostly in the Hamel territory. "Oh I missed these things so much. My dad used to show me how to ride them when I still a little boy."—Chung confessed his feeling while going through the cabin full of wonderful creatures with red, white and black color and recalling his childhood memories when he first rode a Hameling.

"Why don't you all give it a try? Riding a Hameling and soar through the sky is one in the many memories that you will never forget while staying here."—Ariel advised, and received a response in the form of "Bravo" from the over joy tourisms.

The sky is now filled with Hamelings, pairs by pairs on the back of Hamelings. Everyone are having the best time of their entire fighting and battling life. Then the voice of a certain redhead with a lilac girl behind his back broke the atmosphere.

"Watch out! Coming through!"

"Oi! That is dangerous you know?"—Noel, the 9th Sky Division only and best bard, shouted at Elsword.

"It because you guys are too slow!"

The redhead just doesn't know when to shut his mouth. His provocation ignited a spark, now their hearts are burning with the desire to beat the redhead. "Slow you say? THEN LET START A RACE TO SEE WHO IS THE SLOWEST!"—for the first time ever, in the 'Guardian' in general and in the 9th Sky Division in person history, all the soldier have the same speech at the same time, then they all rushed their Hamelings toward the redhead and the race begin.

"Hahahaha! Catch me if you can!"—seriously, this redhead just really doesn't know when to give up.

Suddenly, 2 black winged figure glided at high speed through the group of the other Hamelings and passed through the redhead Red Hameling. It was 2 Dark Hamelings, and on top of their back is the general, Add and Ara and the Vice Commander, Raven and Rena.

"Kehahaha! You are the slow one!"—Add mock Elsword while he still staring at him, shocking.

"So the general and Vice Commander is also participated huh? THEN LET SHOW THEM WHAT WE GOT."—the rest shouted in union. "Dang it! I'm not going to lose either!"—Elsword yelled and rushed his Hameling after the black Hameling duo.

The sun is starting to set down the horizon. The race had ended and the winner was someone unexpected-Lime and Amelia. The elf duo followed the team when they were about to depart that morning. When Add asked why they followed, Lime just gave a simple answer: "Because I hate working, and sticking with you guys is better than working."

"Still a lazy ass as always I see."

"Everyone, the foods are ready, please come inside!"—Ariel shouted to announce that dinner is served. Many stomachs started to growl like they haven't eat anything for ages, so they rushed inside to the dining hall. There, a big, table full of foods are already served right in front of their eyes. "THANKS FOR THE FOODS!"—the tourisms greeted , and started to dig into the table of mouth-watering foods like hungry animals. "Kek, just like a bunch of kids."—Add smirked while munching on a grilled fish. The dinner ended with the table and the dining hall look no more than a battlefield, but the cleaning nasod quickly deal with it. After 5 second, the dining hall is clean and good as new. Then the group left the room to get to the hot spring for a shower.

Even though it was called hot spring, the stream of water flow down from on top of a small mountain rather than underground hot water stream. Just as it name stated, the water make those that drown in it feel relax, both physical and spiritual wounds are healed. Everyone was having a relaxing time while drowning in hot water and staring at the moon. Until the girls came in on their side. Many chit chat can be heard from their side about many topic, but mostly is about the size of their 'things'.

-On the girl side-

"Phew! Nothing better than a hot bath before bed."—some girls in the group said while taking off their clothes. When they have come inside, the only thing that cover their bodies is a towel. When they all have drown themselves and relax for a bit, all the eyes then concentrate on the elf trio and Ara.

"I knew that her 'things' is big, but I didn't know that they were THIS big."—a girl whispered to another while pointing at Rena.

"Yeah, and Ara size is not bad either,"—the other whispered back.

The elf trio and Ara suddenly felt a murderous intention toward them, when they turned around to check, the other girls eyes were glowing like beast, their expression is like "I must check if those 'things' were real".

The 4 then hugged each other to defend themselves again the other girls, making their 'thing' squeeze against each other, this however made the other girls want to check them even more. But they were saved by something else from the boy side.

-Back on the boy side-

"Did you hear that?"—a guy in the group asked when they heard the girl chit chat.

"Yes, I do. It the girls. And their side is just beyond this wooden wall."—another one replied while checking the wooden wall to see if there was any hole.

"The wall is not very tall, and judged from the sound, it strong enough to hold us if we climb above it."—the word 'climb' then go through their mind, and something evil started to lurk in to their head.

"On the other side…is a man heaven, we MUST SEE IT."—Elsword said while looking at the wall that stand between them and their sight of paradise.

"But…what if…..they see us?"—Chung asked back with a massive blush on his face.

"For the greatest price, there must be sacrifices. Even if they see us and beat torture us til death, it totally worth it."—Elsword said while patting Chung's shoulder. "I understand now Elsword. Anything for a man paradise."

Add and Raven, on the other hand is just sitting there, not concerning about the other evil mind. "Tch! Such a bunch of annoying scum."—Then all the guys, except Add and Raven, leader is Elsword started to execute their "Anything For A Man Paradise" operation, they started to climb on the wall. But unfortunately, because of their over joy, they jump on the wall with too much force, it started to collapsed under the force name "pervert dirty minds".

"Argh! A missing in calculation, but no matter, now that the only object is getting rid of, nothing stand between us and the heavenly sigh—"—but before the redhead could finish his sentence, and in contrary to their expectation, Eve had ordered Oberon and Ferdinand to deal with the boys if they have any dirty plan. In front of them now is a butler with bladed tonfas and a another one with a spear ready to slice and dice.

Everything is back to normal, the guys got their lesson and some injuries, the wall was replaced with Add dynamos.

-Back on the girls side-

The elf trio and Ara were luckily saved by the incident. All the girls intention switched on the guys when the wall collapsed, saved them from being caught in a 'things' size check. Then Rena turned to Lime and asked:

"Back then you said that you 2 are our general and Vice Commander old acquaintances, so how did you guys know them?"

"Well, long story short."—Lime said while looking at the moon

"Tell me, I want to know!"—Ara said in curious, then it Aisha and Eve turn to be taken over by their curiosity.

Lime sighed and closed her eyes to gather her breath and tried to recall the memories. Then she opened her eyes and start speaking

"Well, it was 2 years ago, back then, the soldiers will not get recruited directly to a specific unit like nowadays, but they will take a special mission as a group for their graduate test. The judges will decide which unit you fit best according to your score and performance. I still remember it clearly that their group mission was to eliminate a group of bandits in the Elf Forest…"