YAY 4000 words this time
Sorry it took so long...the longer the chapter the longer it takes.
I hope you enjoy it :)
Mikan was walking around aimlessly in the church as she had finished her errands for the day.
She accidentally bumped into something hard because she was so deep in thought that she didn't pay attention to where she was going.
She fell to the ground with an omphf. (someone please direct me to a place where I can find sound effects for stories I beg you)
"Owiieee" she mumbles to herself.
"I'm sorry, are you alright?" He asks as he reaches to help her up.
"Ah thanks," Mikan said as she reached for the hand, "I'm ok!" she replied as she looked at the person who helped her out.
"Tsubasa-senpai! It's nice to see you again!"
"It's good to see you too," he replied as he ruffles her hair.
"Have you been good?" He asks her.
"Yup! I've been training hard!"
"That's good, so what are you doing today?"
"I'm not sure, I just finished my chores at the church. What are you doing here anyways Tsubasa-senpai?"
"I'm waiting for Misaki, she had to deliver a message from the Monestary to the church so I came with her."
"Ah you guys are always together!" Mikan pointed out.
Tsubasa blushed lightly and replied softly, "yeah, we've been friends for a long time."
"That must be nice," Mikan replied smiling.
"I don't know about that, I mean he can get quite annoying at times." A voice replied to Mikan's comment.
"Hey! That hurts you know, if I'm so annoying why are you always hanging around me?" Tsubasa shot back.
"It's you that follows me around." Misaki pointed out, "anyways, long time no see Mikan. How are you?"
"I'm good! I'm trying to figure out what to do for the rest of the day now that I'm done my chores."
"Why don't you come with us? We're heading to the pyramids to train. I can use an extra hand to support that big oaf."
"I'm not clumsy!"
"No but you require too much healing. I don't have the same healing power as a priest you know."
"You just suck." Tsubasa said to tease her.
"TSUBASAAAAAAA" Misaki screamed as she hit him on the head with her club.
Mikan sweat dropped at the scene before her.
"Now, do you want to come training with us? We could use your help and you'll benefit from the experience as well." Misaki asks Mikan again.
"Eh, sure. Where is the pyramid located?" Mikan asks.
"It's North West of the town of Morroc. It's very close to town, adventures go there to train and keep the monster count down. We can't let them build up an army inside the pyramid for fear of them attacking the town."
Mikan nods in agreement, "Oh, I just thought of something. Can we stop by my friend's place in Morroc to see if he's in? Maybe he would like to come with us too?"
At this point Tsubasa was coming back into consciousness. "Owwww, Misaki you hit too hard." He complained.
Misaki ignores Tsubasa and continues to talk to Mikan, "Sure, he's with the thief guild in Morroc?"
"Oh no, he's an archer. But his home is in Morroc and lately he's been going back home a lot and haven't had much of a chance to go training with me."
"Ah I see. Well then, lets get going! We'll pick him up along the way." Misaki said.
In Morroc
Knock Knock
The door opens to reveal Mrs. Nogi.
"Hi Mrs. Nogi, is Ruka in?" Mikan asks.
"Hi Mikan, yes he is actually. He arrived late yesterday night."
"He's been coming back a lot lately." Mikan commented.
"Yeah, ever since he found out that Natsume and Aoi are missing he's been coming back a lot to search for them. I'm starting to worry about him. I shouldn't have told him about Natsume." Mrs. Nogi replied while shaking her head in disappointment with herself.
"Hum, I wanted to invite him to go to the pyramids with us today. I was hoping he'll come along with us. Do you think he'll come?"
"That's a great idea, he's still sleeping right now but you can go wake him up and drag him along! He needs to do something other than school and searching for Natsume. Please take him with you." Mrs Nogi pleaded.
"I'll try to convince him to come." Mikan said as she headed to his room.
Mikan softly knocks on the door.
"Ruka, are you awake? Can I come in?" Mikan asks then puts her ear to the door to listen for a response. She hears him mumble but can't make out the words.
"Ruka, I'm coming in!" Mikan announce before opening the door.
She walks into the room to find Ruka still sleeping on his bed hugging the lunatic. Mikan couldn't help but giggle because it looks so cute! She goes over to the window and pulls open the currents to let the light in. Ruka stirs and turns away from the light and continues to sleep.
"Wake up sleepy head," she said while nudging Ruka.
Ruka mumbles something before slowly opening his eyes.
"What time is it," he mumbles.
"It's already 11am! So wake up!" Mikan exclaimed.
"Huh? 11?" he repeated while looking for the source of the voice, "Mikan?"
"Yup! I'm here to wake you up!"
"What's going on? Am I still dreaming?"
"No silly. I came by to invite you to come training with me today."
"Hum, I probably should do some more training but I need to look for Natsume!"
"Maybe you'll find him when you train with us. You never know where you'll find him. Last time in the desert might have been him!"
"Maybe, but I feel like I should be searching for him every chance I get."
"I think you deserve a break for a day. All you do is study at school and search for Natsume in your free time. You don't even go training with me anymore! Please come with us to the pyramids just for today." Mikan said while giving him the puppy face.
Ruka couldn't resist her cuteness and gave in, "Fine, I guess one day won't hurt. Maybe he'll be training there too."
Outside the Pyramid
"So you're my kohai's friend," Tsubasa said while examining Ruka.
"Yeah, my name is Ruka Nogi, nice to meet you." Ruka replied warmly.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Misaki, he's Tsubasa and that's his peco partner Fluffy."
"He seems nice. Mikan, I approve." Tsubasa turned to Mikan and give her a thumbs up while Misaki shakes her head. "So now that introductions are done, let's get going with the party!" Tsubasa said excitedly and walked into the Pyramids.
Level 1
The beginning of the pyramids was pretty easy as the weaker monsters stayed there. Since Mikan and Ruka are with Tsubasa and Misaki, they decided to go deeper into the dungeon as they can handle harder monsters.
"Hey ugly, can I get some buffs and a heal?" A rude novice shouted at Mikan as he walked towards them.
"Who are you calling ugly!" Mikan exclaimed.
"Youchi?," Ruka said sounding unsure of himself.
"Ruka-nichan. What are you doing here? I thought you were in Payon training." Youchi replied.
"It's a free day at school so I came here to train. What are you doing here? Isn't this still too hard for you?!" Ruka said worriedly.
"It's not too hard! Natsume-nichan was able to do this when he was a novice so I should be able to too!" Youchi exclaimed. "I'm going to be just like him when I grow up." He said proudly.
"Youchi, do you know where Natsume is?" Ruka asked with a serious face.
"I don't know, I thought I saw him the other day in town but I can't be sure. I saw someone with assassin clothes on with red eyes. I called his name and he stopped for a second before disappearing." Youchi replied.
"How can you be sure that's him! Even for Natsume that's way too fast to get to second job class! Plus I thought he was going to become a swordsman, not a thief."
"Well, I saw him head into the pyramid to take the thief's test several days after Aoi was taken away. After he came out of the pyramid with the thief's uniform, he sort of disappeared and I haven't seen him since."
"I see." Ruka said dejectedly.
Mikan pats him on the back to comfort him, "Hey, at least you found some information about him. It's a good start."
"Thanks Mikan." Ruka said while giving her a small smile.
"Now lady, give me buffs and heal." Youchi said to Mikan.
You can hear Mikan mumbling something about manners as she buffed and healed Youchi.
"Thanks ugly, bye Ruka ni-chan" Youchi said before running off into the maze again.
"What a rude kid." Misaki commented.
"Sorry about that Mikan, he's not very good with people he doesn't know."
"It's ok Ruka, now let's get going!" Mikan said while they headed deeper into the dungeon.
Deeper into the dungeon
As they went deeper and deeper into the dungeon, the monsters were getting more difficult to defeat.
Tsubasa took the lead and mobbed up monsters and used his Grand Cross skill to kill them.
Mikan followed as closely as she could so she can help heal Tsubasa while he mobs.
Ruka took aim at the archer skeletons that do not follow Tsubasa but hits him from a far.
Misaki is at the back of the group keeping an eye on everything and taking out any monsters that tries to sneak up on them.
This party layout worked quite well, however every so often they would have to sit and rest because Mikan's spiritual energy would drain too fast from all the healing Tsubasa needed.
Even though Tsubasa and Misaki both know the same healing spell, the constant use of spells drained all 3 of their spiritual energy.
"Hey guys, we're approaching the deepest part of the dungeon. I heard the corpse of the Old King Osiris lives here." Tsubasa stated.
"Who is King Osiris?" Mikan asked.
"Osiris was a king from long time ago. This pyramid is actually his tomb. When he died, he was mummified and placed into the pyramid. He was buried with lots of treasures and sculptures. The sculptures of people were suppose to be the servants that will serve him in the afterlife." Ruka informed her.
"Ah, then why are there so many monsters here?" Mikan asked once she digested the information Ruka told her.
"Well, there was some sort of dark force that tried to take over the world a long time ago. When that dark force spread, it affected each part of the world differently. Here in Morroc, it seemed to have awakened Osiris and brought him back to life. It also turned all the statues into monsters and the darkness attracted additional monsters to this place. The Isis were once statues that were meant to serve the King in the afterlife and the skeleton soldiers were his soldiers. It is said that when the monsters first came to life, it was because of the King's desire to protect his treasure. So all the monsters came to be and served the king in his quest to protect his treasures. But eventually the darkness that brought the king to life seemed to affect him and the monsters in other ways. Instead of just protecting the treasure, they formed an army and tried to take over Morroc. There was a big battle and the town was able to drive the monsters all back into the pyramids. They gathered many strong
priests to create some sort of barrier around the pyramids so that they cannot come out anymore."
"Hum, if that's the case, why does the town still recruit adventurers to go into the pyramids to fight here?" Mikan asks.
"I can answer this one!" Misaki cuts in, "It's because they want to ensure that Osiris can never rebuild his army and attempt to attack the town again. It also seems like whenever a group of adventurers challenge Osiris and defeat him, the darkness is able to revive him once again after a period of time."
"The dark power is still around?!" Mikan exclaimed somewhat scared.
"Well, it never really left. I'm sure you learnt about the dark ages in your class. It was during this time all these events happened. It's just that I live in Morroc so we focused on the events that happen here. But if I remember correctly, the source of the darkness was never found. Even though it seemed to have retreated when the humans won the war in all the different places, some of the power is still left behind and can be found in places like this. Actually, Payon Caves is quite similar to the pyramids. It used to be quite a pretty palace until the darkness took over and killed everyone there."
"I think I should learn more history." Mikan commented.
"Hey don't worry so much about history. Knowledge can be gained by travelling. Just like today, you learnt something new while training to become stronger. The stronger you become the further you can travel and the more experience you can get." Tsubasa said.
Mikan smiles at Tsubasa, "I guess so. I'll train harder so I can see the world for myself!" Mikan said confidently.
Tsubasa pats her head, "That's a good girl. I'm sure you can do it. Now let's go, maybe we'll find Osiris!" Tsubasa said excitedly as he rides his Peco further into the pyramids.
Last level of the pyramids
"Mikan, buffs please." Tsubasa asked.
Mikan mutters some spells and casts Blessing and Agility Up on Tsubasa.
"Thanks, ok guys, stay here for a bit and I'm going to ride around and check things out." He said before riding away on his peco.
Ruka shoots at a nearby Mimic while Mikan finishes casting the support spells on the rest of her party.
"He's coming back now." Misaki warned as she watched her communicator's map for Tsubasa's position.
Just shortly after Misaki's warning, they could see Tsubasa coming towards them with a mob of Isis and mummies trailing him.
Mikan eyes opened wide as she saw the big mob.
"That's bigger than the other ones." Ruka commented as he notched his bow and began to pick off the mimics that were in the group.
"I'll help you with the healing as much as I can." Misaki said as they ready themselves to start casting spells on Tsubasa.
As soon as they were in range of spells, Tsubasa stopped and started to cast grand cross.
As soon as he stopped, the mob of monsters caught up to him and started to attack. Tsubasa was able to ignore the hits and continue casting his spell.
Mikan and Misaki were busy healing Tsubasa so Ruka had to watch and pick off any stray monsters that came their way.
The grand cross went off and the monsters that had surrounded Tsubasa groaned in pain as the holy power bursts through the ground hitting them and eventually killing them.
Tsubasa came riding back, "There's a lot out there. I think Osiris might be wandering around somewhere. We should be careful."
"Let's walk together then, that way it's safer. I don't want you to run around alone even if you're on that peco. I know it's faster for you to ride on your peco but it's still more dangerous." Misaki suggested.
"Yeah, we'll take the same formation as in the previous level. Just keep a look out."
"That sounds good but I don't think we can handle Osiris. I heard groups of adventurers talking about fighting him before and they were all second job classes and very experience." Ruka chimed in.
"Alright, if Osiris gets too close we'll warp out." Misaki announces.
"Awwww, but I wanted to try and to fight him." Tsubasa complains.
"No complaining. Do you really want to die?" Misaki scolds him.
Mikan and Ruka sweat drops while watching the two argue.
"Eh, senpais, we have company." Mikan interrupted their fighting and points to the incoming Isis and
Mummies.
"Lets get down to business" Tsubasa said as he moves away from the group towards the incoming monsters and starts to chant his grand cross spell.
Just moments later as the monsters were about to attack him, he finishes casting the spell and once again the holy light emits from the floor killing the monsters around him.
Once Mikan finishes healing him he walks in front of the group so all the monsters follow him instead of targeting the other members of the party.
After a while of killing monsters in this manner, they saw a big mob of Isis not too far from them. Even though it wasn't too far off, it was far enough so the monsters haven't seen them yet.
"Look at that mob!" Mikan exclaimed, "Do you think someone is in trouble!"
"I don't know, they don't look like they're attacking." Ruka commented.
"It doesn't look good. What should we do?" Misaki asks.
"I don't think we have time to figure it out, they spotted us." Tsubasa braces himself for the oncoming mob.
"Oh crap! It's Osiris in the middle." Tsubasa shouted as the mob got close enough for them to see what's clearly coming at them.
"Mikan, cast a warp now!" Misaki said and Mikan quickly started to chant.
Ruka was sniping away at the mob before it reached them to limit the amount of monsters that will come to them.
Misaki was throwing spheres full of her spiritual energy at incoming Isis killing them in one shot.
Tsubasa start tanking the mob and Osiris himself and was getting beaten up pretty badly. He was drinking white potions and pouring them on his wounds as fast as possible but the damage the mob was doing was out damaging the healing from the potions.
"WARP PORTAL" Mikan shouts as she finished casting the warp.
"Hurry, go in!" She calls out and starts working on healing Tsubasa.
"Gah, let me try this," Misaki states as she downs several blue potions and calls on all 5 of her sprit spheres and concentrates her energy into her fist. Once she had placed all her spiritual energy into her fist she runs into the mob straight at Osiris.
"Guillontin Fist!" she screams as she punches Osiris head on with the fist she had charged up.
Osiris faltered for a second and his mob of Isis and mummies attention went onto him instead of Tsubasa. Tsubasa and Misaki took this chance to run into the portal.
Mikan quickly stepped into the portal after they went in and the portal closed up behind her.
Once Osiris came back to his senses he realized that his victims have disappeared.
His eyes glowed red before he walks off with his minions in search for more blood to be spilled.
Back in Prontera just outside the church
"Wow that was a close call." Ruka said as he sat down on the grass.
"Yeah it was," Tsubasa agreed as he plopped down on the ground beside him. "I didn't think he can deal so much damage. Damn that hurt a lot."
"And you were the one that wanted to try killing Osiris." Misaki reminded him.
"I didn't know he was that hard." Tsubasa claims.
"But I had a good time today. Thanks for inviting me Senpais." Mikan said, "I think I should get going now. It's almost dinner time at the Academy, I should really go. See you later!" She waves bye to the group as she walks into the church.
"I guess I should head back to my school too," Ruka said.
"Hey Ruka, Mikan told us about your search for your friend. You think he's an assassin and he has red eyes?" Tsubasa asks.
"Well, meeting Youchi today confirms that Natsume did take up the thief class. He also mentioned the possibility that Natsume is already an assassin." Ruka replied.
"Hum, for someone your age to change into their second job class that fast is quite impressive. I mean, there are classes where it's easier to change into the second job class, but you still normally have to go to school for it first." Misaki commented.
"I just wanted to let you know of a rumor I heard when I was running an errand around the castle the other day. It seems like one of the dark guilds have been up to no good again. And someone reported seeing a red eye assassin lurking around the area bearing the mark of the guild they suspect to be causing the trouble." Tsubasa said.
"That can't be Natsume, he would never join a dark guild." Ruka exclaimed to defend his friend.
"Who knows if it's really him or not. Maybe he's there not in the guild on his own free will. I mean, your mom said someone took Aoi away before Natsume disappeared." Tsubasa replied.
Ruka stared at the floor thinking silently.
"Anyways, I just wanted to let you know as a warning. If he is involved in those guilds, no matter what the reasons are, you're not in a position right now to face any of them. You're still only an archer and lack lots of battle experience. My suggestion to you is to put a hold on your search for Natsume for now. Gain more battle experience and change into your second class. You need to catch up with your friend in terms of battle experience if you ever want to find him. How do you expect to go where he might be as an archer?"
"I don't know. I guess I never thought of it like that. All I wanted to do was just find him to make sure he's ok." Ruka said sadly.
"Don't worry so much about it; I'm sure you guys will meet in the future." Misaki tries to comfort Ruka.
"But Tsubasa is right, for now, just focus on gaining the experience you need so you can keep on moving forward. When you're more experience, it makes travelling to all parts of the world possible. That will expand your searching grounds."
"What you're saying does make sense. I just haven't been thinking straight lately. Thanks for taking me with you guys. Maybe we'll party again some time. I should get going now too. Bye." With that said, Ruka walks towards the Karfa lady and buys a warp to Payon.
"Sigh, young ones." Tsubasa said
Misaki smacks him on the head, "You're only 2 year older than them you know."
"Yeah, but they're still younger." Tsubasa said and stuck out his tongue at Misaki.
"You stick that tongue out at me again and I'll cut it off." Misaki threatens Tsubasa and he immediately puts it back into his mouth.
"You know, we took our time getting to our second job." Tsubasa commented.
"Yeah, you were always too lazy to train with me so it took us forever!" Misaki complained.
"I think they'll get there much faster than us."
"Yeah we can help them train and get experience." Misaki said as they walked off to their own destination.
I will be fastforwarding sometime soon
cause the other chars i want to introduce...I want to introduce them in their second class. :)
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