Redemption is a double sided sword

Hi guys WOW! Put away the pitchforks and noose I'm very sorry! But in all honesty this chapter is long overdue. My explanation is that my beta reader was sick recently and she is also very busy with other stories she betas. But now that that is out of the way here is the long awaited conclusion to Luna's lone Spirit World adventure. This is my longest chapter ever and surprisingly there isn't a duel in this chapter, but don't you guys groan yet next chapter will be up after you guys review and it has two duels. Now to my deepest sorrow two people have left flame reviews and here is my answer to them. The first one complains that Inus's cards are to powerful to be real my answer is that you are right because a few aren't real because I made them to put my own spin on my story, but 85% of the cards used are actually real cards. Now the second complain from this person is that Judgment Dragon's effect can't work in the way I made it. My answer to this is how many times have you guys asked this same thing when they have done this in the anime or they've changed the cards effects from the anime? And that is all I will say to this person. The next one is from someone who reviewed on chapter 3 and it makes me wonder if they even read my story at all. They say that they are tiered of Yusei not getting enough screen time. Well to you I say don't read stories like that and in the summary of my story it basically told you Yusei wasn't the main character. I also would like to say that I feel that Yusei gets enough screen time and I feel like the other characters don't get enough screen time. I mean we know next to nothing about Luna and Leo compared to what we know about the other main characters. Now that is all I will say about it besides to tell you if you really want to complain get a profile instead of just being a guest reviewer if you're going to be negative or just don't leave a review. Now that's not to say you boys and girls who leave guests reviews aren't appreciated. Now I'm going to shut up and let you guys read. Please read and review.

"He did what!? Are you ok!?" Leo yelled after Luna finished her story later that night after Crow had told his story.

"Yes Leo I'm fine I suffered no injuries that would affect me in our world and Inus healed me in the Spirit World." Luna answered, "And yes the tower did collapse, but it was an accident."

"So let me get this straight." Jack said and everyone looked at him, "You found a place that has power that could help us, you were traveling to said place when you were confronted by this Inus person, you dueled him, lost and the tower collapsed that you were in, were saved by this Inus person, then you find out he needs our help and offers to take you to the place with the power we need. Is that about everything?"

"Yep." Luna nodded.

"Then I've got just one question." Jack said calmly.

"And that is?" She asked.

"What the duce were you thinking!?" Jack yelled, "I mean he almost killed you and now what? He's you friend now. Are you sure smacking your head on the ground when you tripped didn't give you brain damage?"

"Jack calm down." Crow said.

"Look I know it's not the best idea, but if he wanted to hurt us then he would have taken our souls after he found we were alive plus he is taking us to the place quicker then we could have been going!" Luna yelled back at Jack

"And how do you know he isn't just taking you there just so he can take the power for himself or that he's just spying on you!?" Jack yelled back.

"We don't for sure. I don't totally trust him either, but I'm willing to if that's what it takes to get Yusei back." Luna said and Jack's retort stopped in his throat, "Plus this is our only option. If you haven't noticed we don't have very many."

Jack hated to admit it but she was right, "Fine then, but if this turns out to be a trick don't come crying to me." He said turning away.

"Do you really think that Sesha is that powerful?" Sherry asked.

"If the people we've been facing have been this powerful and they have a boss then yes I think so." Luna said.

"Ok so this group is more complicated than we thought." Akiza said thinking.

"Yeah, so who are these guys?" Kalin asked.

"Well they are another group trying to take us down, but these guys want our souls." Crow told him.

"Oh kinda like with the Dark Signers?" Kalin asked.

"Yep. So how did you get here Kalin? I thought you were in Crash Town?" Jack asked.

"Well the kids have grown up now and I found someone for myself here in the city." Kalin explained

"Who is the lucky lady?" Akiza asked.

"That would be me Akiza." A voice said from the door way. Everyone's head snapped to the door to see a girl with black hair and was wearing a light blue skirt. She wore makeup and dark blue eyeliner with light blue lipstick.

"Misty!" Carly and Akiza yelled running to hug their friend.

"It is good to see you too Carly and you too Akiza." Misty told her friends. When they split from the hug Misty walked over to Kalin and gave him a kiss.

"Sorry I took so long dear my agent kept me for a while." She told him.

"That's ok nothing exciting happened." Kalin told her wrapping an arm around her.

"What do you mean nothing exciting happened!? I almost lost my soul and I busted my arm!" Crow yelled.

"Yeah well I saved you and this isn't the first time you have busted your arm dueling Crow." Kalin told him.

"Well ok you got me there, but how did you get a supermodel to be your girlfriend?" Crow replied.

"Well we met at Crash Town and he saved me from some perverts. After that we just spent time with each other. He came back to the city with me and now he's kind of like my bodyguard. You guys are actually the only ones who know we're together besides my chauffeur and cleaners." She said leaning into Kalin.

"Anything else you would like to know?" They asked.

"No not really." The group said.

"Ok so what's the fuss over this book?" Kalin asked picking it up.

"Well we believe it is connected to the people who did this to Yusei." Crow answered.

"I can't believe that Yusei lost." Kalin said shaking his head.

"Yeah neither can we buddy." Crow replied, "So this book talks about some magical seal that apparently had the power to take people's souls like the seals that these guys have been using." Crow continued.

"Yes, but Ancient Fairy Dragon said that is the only similarities between the two. While I was in the Spirit Realm before I came back my friend Torunka told me about a place that held great power and Inus confirmed it so we may be able to use it to defeat these bad guys." She said.

"Well then we need to go get this power then!" Jack said

"But we haven't even found its location or if we can use it" Leo said.

"Well we have to do something." Jack said grumbling.

"And we will, but we have to let Luna find this place first." Akiza said.

"I will return to them in the morning and Inus said it's not too far away and that we should reach it by the late afternoon." Luna told them.

"You're really going back with that creep?" Leo asked.

"I have to, but don't worry I'll be careful." She told him.

"Well ok then you better be." He told her.

"I think we've all had a long day and we should turn in for the night especially you Luna you'll need your mental strength." Kalin said and Luna nodded as she went to get ready for bed. "We'll meet back here tomorrow morning before Luna goes back to the Spirit World." He told them as he and Misty departed for her penthouse after goodbyes.

The next morning went off without any trouble and after breakfast Luna said her goodbyes. Then after being told to be careful a countless number of times by Leo she finally went back into the Spirit World.

She appeared in the clearing they had stopped at the previous day. She looked around and saw Torunka sleeping against a tree and Regulus sleeping under another tree about 10 yards away. From behind her she heard breathing so she turned around and what she saw made her breath get caught in her throat. There next to a tree was Inus who was still sleeping, but that wasn't the shocking part. The shocking part was that Ancient Fairy Dragon was leaning on him like a pillow and it didn't seem like either of them had noticed the other one was there. I thought she didn't trust him, then why is she using him as a pillow? Luna shook her head and walked over to them and tried to wake up the sleeping dragoness up.

It took few times since it seemed she was still in a deep sleep, but after a few times she finally budged. "L-Luna?" She asked yawning.

"Yeah it's time to get up." Luna told her.

"Ok-" She started but gasped when she saw she was on the other side of the clearing from where she went to sleep last night. She then heard breathing from behind her and looked to see who she was sleeping on. She almost screamed when she saw it was Inus. Instead she slowly got off of him while her face was as red as a cherry. She floated away from him and moved to the other side of the clearing as she tried to calm herself.

"You ok Ancient Fairy Dragon?" Luna asked as she came over to her.

"N-no Luna. I just slept with another dragon." She said then blushed even more when she realized what she had said. "I-I mean I slept next to another dragon and I've only met him yesterday." She corrected herself.

"Yeah I did find it weird that you were willingly sleeping next to him." Luna commented.

"Grr that slippery snake he must have moved me in the middle of the night." She growled blaming the still sleeping dragon.

"I don't think it was him Ancient Fairy Dragon. The grass doesn't show any paw marks that would be his size and you did kinda look comfortable sleeping on him. Plus there's a little imprint of you on his side so you must have been there for a while." Luna said.

"Well it did get cold last night so maybe when my body noticed this I it found the mass with the largest heat source and made me go to it for warmth." Ancient Fairy Dragon relented.

"Probably." Luna said then decided to tease her dragon, "So you went to what you mind thought was the hottest thing in this clearing which just happened to be Inus?"

"Yes." She answered then realized what Luna had meant and her cheeks went red again. "I-I mean no. I m-mean yes, but I don't think of him as hot in that way he just was the warmest thing in this clearing. I don't think of him a hot, but he's not unappealing." She sputtered out trying to salvage the situation. Luna giggled at her reaction.

Before they could continue their conversation a yawn was heard and they looked over to see Inus waking up. He opened his eyes and saw that Luna had returned.

"Good Morning." He said.

"Morning." They replied.

"When would you like to get moving?" He asked Luna.

"As soon a Regulus and Torunka awaken." She told him.

"Very well then I will go find something for us to eat. What would you like Miss Luna?" He said standing up.

"Oh you don't have to I ate in my world." She said.

"Ok then." He said taking off to look for food.

After Inus had left the clearing they heard two groans from behind them. The turned to see Regulus and Torunka waking up.

"Regulus! Torunka!" She yelled running to them.

Torunka opened his eyes to see Luna envelop him in a hug, "L-Luna?" He asked in disbelief.

"Yes Torunka it's me. We made it." She answered him hugging him like she would never let him go.

"B-but how?" He asked as Regulus walked over to them.

Luna let go of him and stepped back, "Well um you see." She started.

"Luna what happened?" Regulus asked.

Luna sighed, "You know that dragon we dueled?"

"The one called Inus?" Torunka asked.

"Yah. Well you see he ended up saving us and is now traveling with us to the place we're headed." She told them simply.

Regulus and Torunka were dumbstruck, "What!?" Regulus roared.

"That's what Jack yelled." Luna chuckled, but stopped when Regulus slanted his eyes. "Ok well you see he didn't mean to knock the tower down and saved us when he found us. Then he found Ancient Fairy Dragon and ended up saving your life Torunka."

"How and why did he do this?" Torunka asked.

"He used a spell to give you energy to live and as to why he did it. Well he might have done it to get on our good side and he said that you two did not need to be casualties in this. He also said he was going to help us get to where we are going quicker." She explained.

"And you think we can trust him?" Regulus asked.

"That remains to be seen." Ancient Fairy Dragon stated.

"You seemed to trust him to keep you warm." Luna jabbed and Ancient Fairy Dragon flushed.

"What happened?" Torunka asked. Luna told him and Regulus.

"I did not know you could trust someone so quickly your majesty." Torunka said.

"Yes sounds like you were comfy." Regulus added smiling.

"Well y-yes it was quite cold last night." She replied trying to cover her actions as she turned her head in an attempt to hide her blush.

"Well I didn't need someone to cuddle up to." Regulus said.

"W-well I'm a dragon so I'm cold blooded and plus I don't have fur or feathers to keep me warm." She told him.

"Yes so you cuddled up to someone who did?" He jabbed.

"C-can we talk about something else please?" She asked since she was losing this debate.

"Sure. What did his feathers feel like? Fluffy? Soft? Like a soft pillow?" Regulus asked and Ancient Fairy Dragon blushed again. Her blush grew as he continued asking how Inus's feathers.

"Regulus I think that is enough." Torunka said.

"Oh fine fine. So what is for breakfast?" He asked.

"Inus is getting it." Luna said as they heard wing beats approach them.

Inus landed in the clearing softly, "Ah seems everyone is awake." He said dropping the carcass from his mouth. The ground shook at the carcass's weight.

"What did you bring?" Regulus asked looking at the massive carcass.

"This is a Sauropod Brachion. It should fill us up nicely." He said after he got over the shock that Regulus asked nicely.

"Is this all that is out here?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"Unfortunately it is the largest thing I could find that would fill us all. As you go farther in the less food there is to eat." He answered.

"I think you can eat it without harm." Regulus said as he went to take a bite. But he was stopped by Inus. He gave a questioning look.

"It is customary to let the females to eat first." Inus stated then turned to Ancient Fairy Dragon, "You may have the first bite."

"Um thanks." She said awkwardly. She moved to the carcass and tried to take a bite out of it, but it was too tough and round for her.

"Do you need help?" Inus asked.

Ancient Fairy Dragon sighed, "Yes please."

"Of course." He said as he used hit claws to rip some of the rough skin away, "There you go a spot right by the liver. That should give you strength."

"Thank you." She said marveling at his strength. She moved her head to the spot he had made and began to eat. It was tough meat, but she managed and soon she came to the liver. She had never seen a liver so big and almost gagged at it, but she didn't want to seem rude by not taking it after Inus had gone through the trouble of finding it for her. She slowly began to eat and swallowed. She had a few more bites before her stomach was full. She pulled her head away from the carcass, "I am done." She said.

"There is a stream over that way where you can clean the blood off and get a drink." Inus said gesturing away from the clearing as Regulus began to eat from the carcass after getting a Torunka a piece.

"Thank you." She said as she started to float the direction he had gestured to and Luna joined her not wanting to be near the carcass. Inus watched them till they were out of sight then dug into the carcass.

Luna and Ancient Fairy Dragon soon came to the stream that Inus had told them about. Ancient Fairy Dragon dipped her head down to take a drink while also washing off the blood from her face. She thought back to what Inus had said about not much being out here to eat as they went farther. Is that what he and the other gem users had gone through when they had been dumped in that wasteland? Come to think of it she didn't remember the light dragon family that had been banished there having a son or even an egg. So how did Inus get drawn into this mess? Thinking about Inus he was quite the enigma. She didn't trust him, but he seemed to care for her and she got a feeling in her chest when he was nice or tried to be nice to her. Had he done something to her when he had healed them the day before? If so wouldn't Luna be feeling the same thing? She decided to ask. "Luna?" She asked.

"Yes Ancient Fairy Dragon?" Luna answered after getting a drink.

"Have you gotten any feelings in your chest after Inus healed us yesterday?" She asked.

"No. Why?" Luna replied confused.

"Well for some reason whenever Inus is nice to me my chest feels unusual." Ancient Fairy Dragon said.

"Is it a good unusual?" Luna asked.

"Yes. Do you know what it is? Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"Well that is what Akiza said she felt like around Yusei sometime." Luna said.

Ancient Fairy Dragon was shocked Akiza felt lie this around Yusei, but those two were in love right? Come to think about it Black Rose Dragon had mentioned similar feelings long ago. Then Ancient Fairy Dragon came to a realization, "Y-you don't mean?" She asked.

"Yep you have a crush on him it seems." Luna nodded.

"B-but how? He is my enemy how can this have happened!?" She exclaimed.

"You'd be surprised how many times the girl falls for the bad boy." Luna said, "As to how you did I guess you've just never had a strong dragon be around you after you were rescued from Zeman's curse besides the other signer dragons which you probably see as more family then potential lovers. And he did save you even if he blasted you through the wall in the first place it kind of looked like he regretted it."

"I see. So what do I do?" She asked.

"I don't know you can either try to act on them or leave them alone and they will pass eventually." Luna told her.

"Then I shall do just that we have no time for love in war." She said.

"Um I never said love." Luna told her causing her to flush red.

Before the conversation could continue the others showed up. Inus saw the red on Ancient Fairy Dragon's face, "Did you get a sun burn?" He asked kindly.

"No I'm fine." She said turning her head to hide the growing blush.

"You sure?" He asked worried.

He's kind of sweet when he shows he cares she thought. Stop it! I can't let this continue! Her thoughts battled, "I'm fine." She said rudely.

"Ok then." He said going to take a drink.

"So now where do we go?" Regulus asked.

"Well I hate to say this, but only we three can continue." Inus told him.

"Why?" Torunka asked.

"This path we go on is very dangerous, so dangerous it can only be traveled by dragons and those who worship dragons." He explained.

"But I don't exactly worship dragons." Luna said.

"You are a signer and therefore a decedent of those who worshiped the Crimson Dragon which gives you clearance to come with us." Inus explained.

"Time is of the utmost importance, so we cannot argue." Torunka said.

Luna, Regulus and Ancient Fairy Dragon sighed, but they each nodded in agreement. Luna gave both of her friend's hugs and goodbyes as did Ancient Fairy Dragon. Inus waited for them while looking at them wishing he had friends like that. Soon the goodbyes had been said and they were off.


They came to a canyon at the end of the forest. "This is the Canyon of Restless Spirits." Inus told them.

"Why is it called that?" Luna asked from Ancient Fairy Dragons back.

Just as Inus was going to answer a bone chilling screech was heard causing Ancient Fairy Dragon to jump and rush to Inus's side and making Luna hide in her hair.

"That is why." Inus chuckled humorlessly at their reactions and was happy to see Ancient Fairy Dragon huddled next to him, though he wished it wasn't from fright.

When Ancient Fairy Dragon's heart slowed down she noticed that she was huddled up to Inus and quickly separated herself from his side blushing. She grumbled to herself about her actions until another screech was heard causing her to huddle next to Inus again.

"It is ok. I was surprised by these screeches my first time as well." He told her.

"Really?" She asked.

"Yep. You're lucky though." He told her.

"How so?" She asked.

Inus sighed, "You have Luna here with you. You have a friend with you."

Ancient Fairy Dragon was kind of shocked by this why weren't his friends with him? "I also have you." She said. Inus gave her a glance. "Maybe not as a friend, but as someone at least and you're helping me." She told him and Inus smiled now a little happier.

They continued walking through the canyon with Ancient Fairy Dragon no longer cared by the screeches with Inus by her side. Then a cool breeze began blowing through the canyon causing her to shiver and snuggle into his feathers for warmth. He glanced down at her, "Kind of chilly?" He asked and she nodded slowly as she began to remove herself from him, but was stopped when he put a wing around her. She looked up at him and he smile friendly. She decided to let it slide because she was cold at least that's what she told herself as she felt his feathers on her scales.

They soon came to the end of the canyon when suddenly a screech louder than the others was heard. They looked up to see a ghostly white figure floating near the entrance. It looked like a young girl with her hair covering her face. She looked at them from behind her hair, "None shall pass through my canyon but spirits." She said.

"Have you ever encountered her?" Luna asked.

"No she was not here when I came through here." He replied, "We must pass through here, so please move aside." He said nicely.

"No! None shall pass!" She yelled.

"Let us pass!" Ancient Fairy Dragon yelled.

"No! You will not pass!" She screeched as she flew at them with her hair coming up to show a pale face with red eyes. The trio ducked to avoid her and Inus took his wing off Ancient Fairy Dragon and shot blast of white at the spirit, but it passed through her.

She came around for another pass and this time managed to hit Ancient Fairy Dragon causing Luna to fall. Just as she was going to hit the ground Inus caught her. The spirit floated where she had begun now, but this time she opened her mouth wide and screeched loudly as the trio held their ears. Then she flew at them again.

"It is a banshee!" Inus told them ducking.

"How does that help us?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked as the banshee flew at them once more.

"It means now I know how to defeat her." He told her.

"How!?" She asked ducking.

"This one is immune to ranged attacks, but will be vulnerable to my blade." He explained to her showing her his sword tail.

"How do we do it without her seeing?" She asked.

"I need you to distract her!" He yelled as the banshee screeched again.

"How!?" She asked.

"When she flies at us again run for the end of the canyon then just trust me!" He answered her.

She sighed then nodded. After the banshee stopped her screech she flew at them, but missed them again. As soon as she passed over head Luna and Ancient Fairy Dragon rushed for the exit of the canyon. When the banshee saw this she was enraged and flew at them screeching and threw he claws out at them. She grew closer by the second however her zeroing in on the two females caused her to forget about the white dragon. As she was 100 feet from her targets she suddenly felt her body split in two. Her two parts fell to the canyon floor. Inus brought his sword tail down with pure white blood running down it smirking at his triumph. Then he joined Luna and Ancient Fairy Dragon at the end of the canyon who were in shock of how easily he did that.

"Shall we?" He asked walking past them casually. The two girls nodded and soon joined him.


Now they were in a desert which like most deserts didn't have a lot, but sand. The sand was hard for Inus to walk along because of his size and how slippery the sand could be. This was shown by the amount of times he had almost fallen over. They would have flow except for the fact it was a desert and they would get hotter faster by doing that and the fact that Inus told them they were looking for a special stone slab that would be hard to spot from the air. It was entertaining for the girls however as they giggled at him sliding along.

"You two wouldn't be laughing if you weren't floating." He told them.

"True, but we are floating so it's fun to watch you slide along." Luna said as he slid along the sand again growling at the small specks.

"So Inus how did you know what to do with that Banshee?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked as they traveled along.

"I read about those types of banshees when I was younger." He said simply.

"Did you read a lot when you were younger?" She prodded.

"Yes. It was the only thing I could really do." He told her.

"What about your friends didn't you play with them as a chick?" She asked and he stopped dead. "Inus?" She asked confused.

"I did not have friends as a chick." He said.

"But aren't the other gem holders you friends?" She asked.

"No. Only Sesha and her mate can be considered my friends." He said throwing his wings out, "We should rest. I shall get us water and some food." He told them taking off to search before she could ask any more questions.

Ancient Fairy Dragon was confused by what he had said, "Why is he so sensitive all of a sudden?" She wondered aloud.

"Maybe he had a rough past alone or something?" Luna said.

"But that doesn't match what we have on the other gem holders. They were all in that wasteland together." She said.

"I don't know, but it doesn't sound good." Luna said.

"Indeed. Maybe he will reveal it to us or maybe he will not." She said.

"I guess all we can do it wait?" Luna said as she got down to stand in Ancient Fairy Dragons shadow.

"It seems so." She said putting her wings up to shade her and Luna.

Soon Inus returned with two large locusts and some water. Ancient Fairy Dragon and Luna were skeptical at first, but soon began to eat the bug after seeing him rip into his angrily not wanting to anger him. After eating and rehydrating themselves they were off again. However this time there was no talking between them till Ancient Fairy Dragon decided to speak, "Inus I'm sorry if I upset you before? I just wanted to get to know you a little bit more."

Inus sighed, "It is not your fault our conversation just brought back some memories I'd rather forget about. And I forgive you."

"Thank you." She said.

"Your welcome and I'm sorry if I made it seem like you did something wrong." He told her.

"That's ok I understand." She said.

"Alright let us continue my fair maiden so that thou may escape this heat." He said in old English bowing.

She blushed a bit, "Let us go then fine sir." She said joining in on the fun as they continued through the desert. After a while they came to a large stone slab they had been looking for.

"Why is this way out here?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"It is a test to see if we are worthy. This is what happened when I first came here." Inus explained to her. "To pass the test we must read the slab and figure out its riddle or question."

Nodding in conformation Ancient Fairy Dragon walked up to the slab and began to read. 'A man and not a man is sitting on a chair and not a chair he throws a rock and not a rock at a bird and not a bird. How can this be?'

"What could it be?" She wondered to herself. What can be a man and not a man, a chair and not a chair, a rock and not a rock, and a bird and not a bird? She paced back and force thinking then groaned because she could not solve it.

"What do you think it is Inus?" She asked.

"I would love to help you really I would, but because I have been to this one before I cannot help you." He sighed. She sighed as well and went to lay down next to him to think.

She laid like this for a while changing positions from laying on her stomach, to sitting down, to laying on her side, and to finally laying on her back. This is a hard one she thought what could be two things at once. She sighed well at least Inus is keeping the sun off of me with his shadow. She looked at his shadow it does make him look big and imposing despite his gentle nature that he has shown. She put her head down and closed her eyes. Then she snapped her eyes open again and looked at his shadow and back to him.

"That's it!" She exclaimed shooting upward.

"It is what?" Luna asked.

"A shadow." She answered.

"How can it be a shadow?" Luna asked puzzled.

"Everything said in the riddle is what it is, but it also has a shadow which isn't the physical being however it reflects it in a way." Ancient Fairy Dragon explained.

"Ah I get it." Luna said understanding.

"Now what do I do?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"You must draw you answer in the sand below the riddle." Inus answered getting up.

Ancient Fairy Dragon took one of her fingers and did what she was told. After the last letter was drawn she heard some mechanisms coming to life.

"Just one thing." Inus told her.

"What?" She asked as she lower herself to the sand.

"Hold your breath and don't struggle." He told her as he grabbed Luna.

"Wha-?" She asked before getting cut off by the sand pulling the three of them down. "Inus help!"

"Just relax like I told you and everything will be ok." He told her as he slipped below the sand.

She screamed in fright and struggled more instead. She felt herself sink beneath the sand, but the sand got into her mouth because of her struggling. She then felt herself hit solid ground and coughed up the sand that had gotten into her mouth. She looked up to see Inus standing in front of her with a irritated and kind of hurt look.

"You didn't trust me." He growled.

"What did you expect me to do!?" She shot back.

"I expected after what happened in the canyon that you would trust me more, but I was mistaken. Come there is not time to waste." He said walking away from them down the path line with torches.

Ancient Fairy Dragon sighed she knew she should have trusted him, but she was to scared and was still slight fearful of him given how powerful he was in the duel they had. She picked Luna up and followed him down the path. They soon came to large door with a table in front of it.

"I will wait for you on the other side." He told them as he solved the puzzle on the table quickly and walked through the door that was not open illuminating the room even more.

Before they could even think of going through the door shut again making the room darker. Ancient Fairy Dragon sighed he was mad at her now and she had no one to blame but herself. She shook these thoughts off for now, so that she could get through this riddle. She floated up to the table which had three orbs on it and a bowl for them on the other side.

"Are you ready?" A deep voice asked.

"Yes." She said.

"On the table are three orbs one it red this represents fire." The voice said as the red orb glowed, "The green one is wood." It continued as the green one glowed, "And white one is wind." It finished as the white one glowed. You must move the all three to the bowl one at a time." It told her.

"That doesn't sound too hard." She said.

"Many before have said this and have failed. You have three tries if you fail three times you will die." The voice chuckled.

She huffed, "I'll show that voice and Inus that I can do this puzzle." She took the red orb and put it into bowl. This will be easy she thought as she took the white orb and put it into the bowl. She went to take the green orb, but then the red orb shattered.

"What happened!?" She exclaimed.

"Wind blows out fire." The voice chuckled as the red orb reappeared and the white orb rolled back to where it started. The walls rumbled as they moved inward and spikes came out of them.

"Fine then." She said as she took the white orb into the bowl again. She went for the green orb, but the she saw it burst into flames and disappear. She was shocked once again, "How I only moved one!?"

"Fire burns wood. One more try." The voice chuckled as the walls grew closer and a wall came down halfway behind them.

Ancient Fairy Dragon sighed her confidence now leaving her. "You can do it Ancient Fairy Dragon you solved the last one." Luna told her.

Ancient Fairy Dragon shook her head, "No I didn't Luna despite Inus telling me he could not help he inadvertently did."

"You can still do it though." She said.

"No I can't." She said then turned to the door and sighed, "Inus if you're on the other side please hear me. I'm sorry. I should have trusted you when you told me to relax. I may not trust you completely, but I do trust you. I just wanted to let you know that before I die."

After a few moments Inus responded, "I forgive you though I intend to hear you apologize face to face."

"But how I don't understand how to solve this riddle." She said.

"Just take a deep breath and calm down." He told her and she did, "Ok now think before you act. Take into consideration each orbs special purpose and go from there. I believe in you." He told her.

Her chest filled with pride knowing that he believed in her, "Ok I'll do it." She said as he got back to the puzzle. Ok fire burns wood, wind blows out fire. Those two happen in nature. Wood and wind don't hurt each other so that must be a clue, but how do I do this one at a time? If I take the fire over first then that should work, but what then? She thought as she moved the fire over to the bowl. Ok that stays the same it seems. She then took the wind orb in hand, but stopped herself. No that's what I did last time. Wait a minute it never said I couldn't take the orbs out of the bowl.

"Hey deep voice?" She asked.

"Yes?" It replied.

"Can I take the orbs out of the bowl?" She asked.

"Yes it is within the rules." It responded.

Then I can do this she thought to herself. She took the green orb and put it into the bowl, but also took the red or out. She took the red orb and put it in its starting spot. She then took the white orb and placed it into the bowl with the green one then took the red orb and placed it with the others in the bowl. Then there was a rumbling as the walls went back to where they started and the door opened showing Inus on the other side waiting for them.

"Congratulations you have solved the puzzle and are allowed to live and continue on." The deep voice spoke for the last time.

Ancient Fairy Dragon and Luna quickly went through the door to Inus. Ancient Fairy Dragon looked up at the large white dragon and sighed, "I'm sorry for not trusting you before." She said.

"Even though I have said it before I forgive you." He told her.

"Thank you." She said.

"Of course." He said, "The last riddle is up ahead we must hurry."

"Let us go then." She responded.

The trio made their way down the hallway and soon came to a large room with a huge blue glowing pyramid in it. Ancient Fairy Dragon and Luna were amazed by its size, "How did this thing get here?" Luna asked in awe.

"It was transported here by my master." A silky feminine voice answered causing the trio to look at where the voice had come from. From the sky came a creature with a beautiful female face and silky maroon hair. The rest of the body was white wings attached to a gray body with a lion's tail and 4 legs armed with talons.

"It has been a while Sphinx Teleia." Inus spoke.

"It has. Nearly 50 years since I saw you." She replied.

"You know her Inus?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked warily.

"Yes. I met her and her brother last time I came here. We talked a bit after I solved her riddle and became friends you could say." He explained.

"Yes and it was quite the experience meeting such a smart and handsome dragon." Sphinx Teleia said as she walked around Inus running her fur through his feathers as she did and tracing her tail along his muscles.

This didn't really get a reaction from Inus, but it did irritate Ancient Fairy Dragon as she stifled a growl. How dare she be so flirtatious with him they've only seen each other once before and he's been with me for over a day she thought angrily.

"I'm not that perfect Teleia." He told her modestly.

"Oh, but I say otherwise." She said as she turned sideways onto him giving him a full view of her. Seeing this got no other reaction from him she sighed, "But visiting is not why you are here is it?" She said.

It most certainly is not for visiting you Ancient Fairy Dragon snapped in her mind.

"I am sorry to say so. We must pass through your domain to get to the place that holds the power we seek." Inus replied kindly.

"Didn't you already go there already Inus?" Sphinx Teleia asked confused.

"Yes, but Sesha decided on another means to get revenge and now I 'm escorting these two so that they may use the power hidden there to stop Sesha." Inus explained.

"You've betrayed her? Never thought you'd do that." Teleia commented.

"I am not betraying her in my eyes. In my eyes I am saving her from the evil these gems hold along with their great power." Inus growled.

"Of course apologies." Teleia quickly apologized.

"You are forgiven." Inus stated, "Now let us proceed with this final riddle."

"Of course, but let us up the stakes why don't we?" She said winking at him causing Ancient Fairy Dragon to growl lowly.

"What do you mean?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"If you can solve 3 riddles you will be free to go and I will even transport you to the final area you must pass through to save you time." She said.

"And if I can't?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"Then Inus will stay here with me forever." She answered.

"Why would you want that?" Inus asked.

"Oh my Anubis you are so dense. I love you stupid dragon and I get very lonely down here with Andro Sphinx gone." Sphinx Teleia told him.

"We refuse." Inus told her.

"It's not your choice to make." She shot back.

"I'll do it." Ancient Fairy Dragon said.

"W-what!?" Inus sputtered.

"We can't lose any more time and besides trust me I can win this." She told him.

"Alright fine then, but you had better solve these riddles." He told her.

"I will." She said turning to Sphinx Teleia.

"Excellent." Teleia purred, "Just be ready when I win my love angle."

"You won't be getting him because I'm going to win this." Ancient Fairy Dragon growled.

"We shall see." Teleia chuckled, "Now let us begin. You are in a room with two figures one who lies and one who tells the truth you do not know which is which. There are only two doors in the room and one is the way out while the other is certain doom. You are allowed to ask one question to help with choosing the door. What question do you ask?"

Ancient Fairy Dragon thought about this one for a while, "Hmm. I've got it!" She said after a few more minutes. "You have to ask them what the other figure would say the door to freedom is. This would cause them to point to the door of certain doom, because the Liar would not point to the door of freedom therefore causing the truth teller to point to that door as well."

Sphinx Teleia growled, "Lucky guess." And Ancient Fairy Dragon smirked. "Ok then let's try another one. I am a 5 letter word. You eat me. If you remove my 1st letter, I become a crime. If you remove my 1st 2 letters, I become an animal. If you remove my 1st and last letter, I become a form of music. What am I?"

Ancient Fairy Dragon was shocked this one was very hard and it had many answers, but she needed only one the right one. Seeing her confidence leave her a bit Inus decided to intervene.

"I feel that she should get two tries on this one since that is what you gave me when I was given this riddle." He stated.

"Very well then Inus, but never the less you will be mine." Teleia agreed.

"Thank you." Ancient Fairy Dragon said to Inus and he nodded.

Now that she had at least two tries she felt more confident. Now what could this word be? She thought as she began to pace to help her think. She sighed shaking her head at some of her guesses. I can think straight knowing the stakes I've put up. She looked up to see Sphinx Teleia looking at Inus with hungry eyes, but not the eating type of hungry.

Teleia saw the doubt in her eyes and chuckled as she thought of a way to mess with Ancient Fairy Dragon even more, "I just hope when I win that you are ready to give me some 'sugar' Inus. I expect a lot for the amount of time you've had me wait for you. I wonder what you taste like." She said licking her lips.

Inus just ignored her and looked to Ancient Fairy Dragon with a confident look. She smiled back at him. Then it hit her Sugar! What about sugar!? She thought. It is five letters, you eat it, if you take the first two letters off you get gar which is an animal, taking the first letter off gives you Ugar which from books I have read can be used to describe a crime, and taking the first and last letters off gives you Uga which I've heard is a type of music. That must be it I can't think of anything else. "Is it sugar?" She asked.

"No it is not try again." Sphinx Teleia chuckled seeing that her ploy had worked and to put more pressure on Ancient Fairy Dragon she spoke to Inus again, "I wonder Inus have you ever wanted kids?"

"The thought had crossed my mind. Where are you going with this?" He replied cautiously.

"Oh just wondering. I've always loved the thought of having a little sphinx and white feathered dragon running around the home." She answered winking.

"She still has one more try Teleia and I would appreciate of you refrained from those comments till this is over." He stated.

"Oh fine then. And you are quite right why talk about them when we can experience them for ourselves when this is over." She said seductively and Inus just shook his head in irritation.

Ancient Fairy Dragon however was close to trying to destroy Teleia. How dare she flirt so recklessly and about such sensitive subjects? And speaking about having kids with him so openly? Why would Inus even waste his time with this half human sphinx? Oh right my fault for getting him into this mess. And even if he didn't want to mate with her he had no choice. She would be borderline raping him. Ancient Fairy Dragon growled in anger at the thought and shot Teleia a dark glare. Wait that's it I know it 'rape' if you add G to it, it becomes grape and taking the first two letters off yields ape, and taking the first and last letters off makes it rap which Luna had told me is a type of music.

"It is grape." She stated.

Teleia growled at hearing the right answer she had been so close, but there was one more riddle to tell, "Yes it is grape, but now you are to the last and hardest riddle." She said, "This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;Gnaws iron, bites steel;Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays kings, ruins towns, conquers empires,And beats high mountain down. What am I?"

Ancient Fairy Dragon was shocked how could she solve this one? "I will even grant you 3 tries this time." Teleia chuckled as if reading her mind.

"A black hole?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"No, close but not the answer we were looking for. 2 tries left." Teleia told her.

Ok now what that was probably my best guess. What conquers all? She wondered. Well I have two more tries so let's think about this. Well a mountain doesn't live and neither does a town, so it cannot be death and a natural disaster can't be it. Oh what about water? It kills all of those living things, it gnaws iron with rust and has similar effects to biting on steel, and it also can beat down a mountain over time.

"Is it water?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked confidently.

"Good try, but no it is not. One try left before Inus is all mine." She said licking her lips.

"What the heck happened to you?" Inus asked shaking his head.

"You happened my love." She said walking over to him and laying down in front of him.

"No I get that, but you were never this flirty last time." He said.

"Well they say absence makes the hard grow fonder and you've been gone for a long time. Plus it got really boring down here when my brother left since no one but you had come here in the last 150 years and the one before you wasn't even a challenge." She answered rolling on her side with her tail flipping back and forth.

"Well I'm sorry to hear that I never knew that you were going through that." Inus told her.

"That is ok you can make it up to me later." She purred and began licking her paws. She smiled at Inus when he got a confused look on his face, "Have to look my best for later."

Meanwhile Ancient Fairy Dragon was steaming at Teleia's actions sure she may not fully trust Inus, but this sphinx's flirting was getting really awkward and annoying. She could barely think about the riddle much less come up with an answer. Soon however her thoughts drifted to dark ones. What would happen if she lost? They would never get out of this underground place and Inus would be stuck with a love crazed fangirl as a mate. She shuttered at that thought. But even if they did get out of this place how would they get to the place they need to get to? She nor Luna knew how to get there from here they would have to turn back and they may not get back in time to take the long way around. This could lead to Sesha winning and everyone she cared about soul's being taken. And even if they did manage by some miracle to defeat Sesha she would always have this regret of leaving Inus to this fate. She just didn't know what to do.

Her thoughts were shaken by Teleia speaking, "Have you come up with a third answer yet? I would really like to have Inus as my mate before dinner time so that we may have a romantic dinner together."

"I'm thinking and don't count him as your mate yet." She growled back with a glare.

"Calm down Ancient Fairy Dragon just be patient you can do this." Inus assured her.

"Your right thanks." She replied and he nodded.

Alright now that that is out of the way what is this stupid answer? She thought. This is getting annoying having to listen to that sassy feline. Ok calm down now let's just think about this. It's not water and it's not a black hole. So what else conquers everything? Wait a minute Inus's statement wasn't what I thought it was going to be before. Maybe that's a clue? I would have thought he would have told me to take my time and think about it so why didn't he say that? There must be a word in this sentence that would give me a clue which Teleia would notice and make it invalid. She studied each word carefully, but she couldn't find a noticeable clue. She looked at the sand below her and saw a beetle walking across it. Then she saw it try to go over a mound of sand only to slide down it. Then it was pulled underneath and didn't come up. After a few more moments another insect came out a large antlion insect. Too bad for that beetle I guess his time was up. Then it hit her TIME! That's it! It was in the sentence she thought Inus would have said and now it makes sense.

"It's Time!?" She exclaimed.

Teleia stopped her licking and growled in anger. Inus and Luna sighed in relief. "That is correct." She said angrily.

"So you will keep your promise to us right?" Luna asked.

"Yes child I shall though I'm almost tempted to only teleport you and Inus to the location, but Inus would not be happy with that so I will not do that." She replied.

"Then let us go time is of the essence." Inus said.

"Very well, but I would like to have a word with the she dragon." Teleia said.

"Why?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked confused.

"There is a matter we must speak of." Teleia said as she began walking around the other side of the blue Pyramid. Ancient Fairy Dragon soon followed. Luna began to follow as well, but Inus stopped her telling her it was a probably a private talk.

When they came to the opposite side of the pyramid and out of earshot Teleia turned around. "So what did you need?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"I want you to promise you will take care of him." She growled.

"What do you mean take care of him he's the one that's been taking care of me?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked confused

"Do not act dumb with me dragoness. I saw how my comments irritated you so. You care for Inus if you did not you would not have been growling at me." Teleia stated, then continued, "Plus he's pretty good looking, he's strong and smart, kind, caring, loyal even when it seems he is disloyal, and his feathers feel so soft." She purred.

At these comments Ancient Fairy Dragon blushed especially the last one because she knew that one was definitely true, but then she decided to state her thoughts, "But I don't love him like you say you do."

"You may not love him, but you care for him. It may be just a small crush, but it may one day grow into more." Teleia said then sighed, "I would have waited an eternity for him to return to me. I was happy when I saw him so so happy. But you were also with him which is why I decided to up the stakes, because I saw you as competition for his heart. Now however I see that I was never in the running at all."

"What do you mean?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked intrigued.

"He cares for you very much I can see it in his eyes. You must mean a lot to him. I have heard of his loyalty to Sesha and he would not go against her if he did not care for you." She explained, "So I want you to promise me that you will take care of him for me. Even if you don't get together with him."

"I promise." Ancient Fairy Dragon said.

"Good then let us get to getting you to where you need to be." Teleia said beginning to walk back to Inus and Luna.

I will keep him safe Teleia. I promise not just you, but myself this. She told herself as she began to follow not knowing that that promise would not last.

When they returned to Luna and Inus they were prepared to leave as soon as possible. "I should be able to teleport you to just before the lava field." She said.

"What do you mean lava field!?" Luna asked shocked.

"Exactly what I said you must travel through the lava field to get to your destination." She replied.

"Is it safe?" Luna asked.

"Luna." Inus said.

"Yes?" She asked back.

"Nothing about this whole journey is safe, but I promise I will protect you from harm." He said.

"Ok." She said.

"Everyone ready now?" Teleia asked.

"Yes and thank you for this Teleia we really appreciate it." Inus said.

"N-no problem." She said blushing at the praise, "Ok let us begin." She turned to the eye that was at the top of the pyramid and began chanting to it.

"What is she saying?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"She is asking her master or what is left of him to use his powers to teleport us to the location." Inus answer.

After a minute Teleia turned around again, "He has agreed to teleport you. Goodbye to you all and good luck. Oh and one last thing don't move."

Before they could say anything else they heard chanting from the pyramid and then there was a force on their bodies causing them to close their eyes. An instant later they felt the air around them had change from the coolness of the chamber to a hotter air surrounding them.


They opened their eyes to see that they were standing on black ground and that the sky around them was a darker color now, but not from the time of day. Ahead of them was a small incline. The trio climbed it and what they saw on the other side shocked Ancient Fairy Dragon, Luna and even Inus a little. There down below was a huge lave field with varying inclines and not consistent amount of land. On the other side they could see large stone cliffs.

"How are we going to cross that?" Luna asked out loud.

"We could fly." Ancient Fairy Dragon said.

Inus however shook his head no, "No those black clouds are smoke from the burning lava and it will get into your system even faster if we fly through it."

"Then we're walking again?" Luna groaned.

"Yep." Inus said starting down the other side of the slope.

Ancient Fairy Dragon began to follow after him with Luna on her back. They traveled through the field going from stone slab to stone slab so that the lava didn't burn them. But even without touching the lava they could still feel its effects as all three of them began to sweat. After a while they came to an underground burrow that Inus said he had found the last time he was here. They had Luna check it out just in case though and she said it was safe and actually cooler in it. While they rested Ancient Fairy Dragon looked over to Inus who had a troubled look about him.

"Is everything alright Inus?" She asked.

He sighed, "No everything is not alright. This is way too easy especially for this area there are usually predators prowling around the lava fields or at least something dangerous. I mean when I came here it was almost a death trap, but that was because I had never been here before, but now there's almost nothing."

"Shouldn't that be good?" She asked confused.

"No it either means that they are waiting to spring a surprise attack or there is something very large here that killed them all." Inus said shaking his head.

"Then we'll just have to keep our guard up." Ancient Fairy Dragon said.

After a few more minutes the group left the burrow and started heading towards the next one. It took them a while to get to the stone cliffs, since they had to stop every so often to cool down in the burrows Inus had found the last time he was here. Luna and Ancient Fairy Dragon looked up at the high cliffs in wonder.

"This place wasn't always a lava field." Inus told them as they were going up a path that was on the side of cliff.

"It wasn't?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked in disbelief as she looked down at the lava field below.

"No this whole place was once a huge mountain. So large that some said you almost couldn't see the top of it." He answered.

"How did it get to be like this then?" Luna asked in wonder.

"As it turned out the mountain was really a volcano and after not erupting in so long because the rock had grown over it while it was dormant an one one day it exploded." He told them.

"No." Ancient Fairy Dragon and Luna said in disbelief.

"Yes. And all that pressure that was stored up and the large size of the volcano meant that the explosion was earth shattering. Many were killed in the explosion and the mountain destroyed much of itself causing this lava field to appear. The original creatures living here either left or adapted to survive." He explained.

"Wow." They commented.

"Yep." Inus said.

"How did you find out about it?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"I looked it up when I went to the library that the Spellcasters let me use when I was looking for more power sources for Sesha after my journey to the place we are headed to failed." He said ending while looking down.

"That must have been crushing to come all this way for nothing." Luna said.

"It was, but lucky I did or we wouldn't be here." He said.

"Yep." Luna said happily.

This happiness was short lived however as they heard a loud rumble come from the wall of the cliff. They looked up to see some rocks falling down upon them. There was no way to avoid them since the path they were on was pretty narrow and they couldn't destroy enough of them within time. This is going to hurt Inus told himself as he prepare to act. Thinking fast Inus pushed Ancient Fairy Dragon and Luna down underneath him and through his wings up using them as a shield along with his body while trying to destroy as many rocks as he could. He managed to destroy many, but some got through and hit him leaving bruises all over.

Soon however the rocks stopped coming and it was over. Sighing in relief Inus stepped away to let Ancient Fairy Dragon and Luna up. Ancient Fairy Dragon who's face was bright was shocked twice now he had saved her and Luna's lives, but he had put himself in danger for them this time. "T-thank you." She told him still in shock.

"No problem." He said wincing a bit.

"How bad does it hurt?" She asked.

"It won't hurt too much in little bit. I've been through worse" He told her.

She didn't buy his answer, but thought is best not to argue, "What caused that sudden rockslide?" She asked.

"I have a hunch." He said as he began walking down the path again. Ancient Fairy Dragon and Luna followed and within minutes they were near the top and could hear roars which unnerved them a bit. When they reached the top they saw a large blue, red and yellow bipedal dinosaur with fire on its head and tail. It was fighting a slightly larger orange, green and blue bipedal dinosaur.

"Those monsters kind of look like what Jack faced in his duel against that dino-duelist." Luna said.

"That was Zerkoff and those two." He said gesturing to the two fighting dinos, "Are Jurrac Giganoto and Jurrac Tyrannus."

"Are those the one's that cause that rockslide?" Luna asked.

"Yes. One of them was probably sent into a pile of rocks causing them to go over the side." He answered.

"But why are they fighting?" She asked.

"For territory probably." He said.

"How do we get past them?" She asked.

"We will walk past them and if they attempt to stop us we will defend ourselves." He said as he began to walk in the direction of the two fighters.

At around 50 yards the two meat eaters took notice of the group and stopped their fighting. They turned to face the trio and growled at them.

"We only need pass through. If you allow us to pass we will not bother you." Inus growled back.

The two giant reptiles thought about the request. The Tyrannus growled in agreement and backed off. However the Giganoto stepped forward and snapped at Inus. Inus seemed unfazed however and started walking again. The Giganoto irritated by this charged at him and tried to bite him, but was smashed backward by Inus's tail knocking it to the ground. It got back up and rushed him again, but this time it jumped up to make and aerial attack. This however was its last mistake as Inus opened his mouth and shot a blinding light. When it faded nothing was left of the Giganoto. Seeing this the Tyrannus bowed submissively. Inus nodded and kept walking. Ancient Fairy Dragon and Luna followed shocked by Inus's quick dismissal of the giant dinosaur.

They continued to walk down the path and soon were going down as they followed it. I wonder how much farther it is? Luna thought as it became boring. However she would soon wish things had stayed boring as when they came around a bend they could see below them was a graveyard of bones around a large lave pool.

"You think this is that thing that ate everything you were talking about earlier?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"It must be. So we must be very quiet and careful." Inus said as he continued down the path.

They soon reached the graveyard and found that some of the skeletons were very large and they had been torn apart by something of much greater size. But they needed to be moving along so they began moving to get on the path again. Then they heard the sound of breathing coming from their right side near the lava pool. As they kept walking it began to get louder meaning they were getting closer to it. And finally when they walked past a large skeleton they found what was making the breathing noise and were horrified by what it was. For there sleeping just 40 yards from them was a large white and red horned dragon head. They could see no body, but they did not want to after seeing the head. Then the head began to sniff as if picking up their scents. Knowing they needed to leave now Inus signaled for the other two to be quite and slowly they walked down the path. They were almost to the spot where the path inclined upward when they heard a creak. They spun their heads around to see that one of the rib cages was now falling. It seemed that after so long of being there and the unknown fact that one of Ancient Fairy Dragon's wings had touched it slightly it no longer wanted to stay up right. The trio hurried up the path now knowing the jig was up. Just as they made it to the incline the ribcage hit the ground with a crack which was followed by an ear shattering roar. As they ran they watched as the head they had passed rise up only to be followed by two more rising from the lava and the creature they belonged to followed. Standing out of the lava now was a large three headed red, white and brown colored dragon that roared enraged at being woken up. Looking for its awakener it saw the trio running up the path. Roaring it chased after them.

The trio made it up the incline and to their relief at the top was a cave that they could go through that the monsters heads could not. They rushed through it just in time as one of the heads tried to bite them. Not stopping they continued down the cave and didn't look back.

"What was that!?" Luna yelled as they ran for their lives.

"That was a Trident Dragion." Inus answered.

"Oh great." Ancient Fairy Dragon said.

"What's the big deal about it besides its three heads and humongous size?" Luna asked.

"That thing can breathe fire out of each of its heads and it will not stop till it has us." Inus told her.

"What do we do then?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"We have to make our way out of the lava fields to be out of its grasp and the quicker we go the quicker it is to that time." He said.

"Then let's get out of here." Luna said.

After running for a few more minutes they came to an exit and checked outside. Seeing that the ghost was clear the trio made their way out. No sooner had they moved 20 yards then did a giant shadow come over them. They looked behind them to see that the Trident Dragion had followed them and it did not look happy. It roared before breathing fire from each of its heads at them.

"Duck!" Inus yelled as they did just that and the flames barely missed them. They ran for it following the path ducking and dodging as the Trident Dragon chased them while breathing flames.

"Now what the heck do we do!?" Luna yelled as they dodged another stream of flames.

"We have to defeat it somehow!" Inus yelled back.

"Are you crazy!? We saw how many things it killed in that graveyard of its!" Luna yelled.

"We have no choice! If we don't defeat it we will never get out of here alive!" Ancient Fairy Dragon roared.

"Fine! But how!?" Luna asked.

"I'll let you know it a minute just get to that burrow over there!" Inus told them gesturing to a burrow in the distance as he took off towards the Trident Dragion.

It was confused at first to see its prey flying at it since it was used to prey running away, but it soon shook its confusion off and shot a jet of flames at the white dragon. Inus dodged it and flew in-between its heads. As it turned around it was blinded by Inus shooting a blinding ray at it like he did with the Giganoto. Seeing that it was blinded Inus flew down towards the burrow and inside of it. When its vision cleared the Trident Dragion looked around for its prey. It however couldn't find it and roared it anger as it began to search for its quarry.

Inus looked out of the burrow to see the Trident Dragion walking away from them and he sighed in relief. He came back in and returned to his companions.

"Are you ok?" Luna asked.

"Yeah I'm fine it didn't get me." Inus said.

"So what's the plan?" Luna asked.

"Well it's obviously too large to take head on and we can't really weaken it with our breaths. So I think the best course of action would be to cause it to smash into one of the cliffs causing it to be knocked out." Inus answered.

"Ok, but how do we do that?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"I think we need to unbalance it by flying around its heads. That will help us avoid its fire breath and might cause it to hit its self even. When it is dizzy enough we will merge our breaths which should knock it over." Inus said.

"But what about the smoke in the air? Won't that hurt us?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked.

"Yes, but if we do this quickly it shouldn't affect us too greatly. So are you in?" He answered.

"Yes I'm in." She said.

"Ok then Luna stay here we will handle this and be back soon." He said.

"Don't you mean hopefully?" Luna asked.

"No I promise I will return from this." He said.

"Ok then I'll hold you to that good luck." She said.

"Thanks." He said taking off and Ancient Fairy Dragon joined him.

Inus and Ancient Fairy Dragon flew at the Trident Dragion which had its back turned to them. They knew this was going to be hard, but to survive they had to do it. "I will attack first and when it turns its heads to snap at me you hit it from behind. We have to confuse it quickly or we won't make it through this." Inus told Ancient Fairy Dragon. She nodded in conformation. Inus shot forward blasting his white energy blast at the back of the Trident Dragon starting the plan.

The attack didn't do much to the large dragon, but it did get its attention. It turned around to see Inus flying at it and roared in anger. Inus flew in between two of the three heads and the dragon tried to bite him, but missed him and turned around to breathe fire at him. However as soon as it started to track Inus it was hit from behind by Ancient Fairy Dragon causing it to lose concentration. It turned around and roared in anger at its attacker before breathing fire at Ancient Fairy Dragon. She dodged the fire and flew underneath the dragon. It moved its heads to look underneath itself for her only to get hit from behind by Inus again. It snapped its heads up to bite him again, but missed and was slashed by Inus in one of its faces. It roared in anger and breathed fire at him, but he dodged and fired another blast at it. Before it could brace itself it was hit from behind by Ancient Fairy Dragon. It now was getting very angry and now began to get reckless in an attempt to kill them.

It breathed fire from each of its heads and rotated them around filling the sky with fire. Inus and Ancient Fairy Dragon had to be careful, but Inus was please as the plan was working. He looked at his companion and nodded signaling for phase two to start. They dived down toward their adversary. The Trident Dragon roared at them and breathed fire at them, but none of it hit them. Once they were low enough they climbed quickly and shot their blasts at the dragon's faces. They then looped around the necks of the heads while clawing and smashing their tails against them. The Trident Dragion roared in rage as it thrashed around and tried to bite the two dragons with its heads, but to no avail. One time Inus looped around one of the necks one of the heads tried to bite him but ended up biting the neck of the other head instead. That head roared in agony and then proceeded to fight the head that had bit it. The third head tried to stop their fighting, but then Ancient Fairy Dragon flew past it smashing her tail into its nostril causing a reflex that made the head breathe fire which hit the other two heads. When it stopped the other two heads were growling at the third one. They lunged at the third one which lunged back and the three heads began to fight with each other.

Inus and Ancient Fairy Dragon landed and watched the humorous display. "How does that even happen?" She asked.

"I truly have no idea. But I believe that each head has its own personality so it can attack on its own, but it also can fight with the other two." Inus commented.

"So do we just wait for it to tire its self out?" She asked. As if they heard her the three heads stopped their fighting and glared at the two smaller dragons.

"Does that answer your question?" Inus asked taking off again.

"Guess it does." She said following him.

This time they decided to confuse the heads more then make them fight each other since that could be eventually resolved. They flew fast in a spiral around the necks in attempt to cause the heads to become dizzy. This worked after a few times of flying around the heads and soon the Trident Dragion was swaying a bit and its heads were starting to feel woozy and their vision became blurry. Inus decided that this would be the best time to finish the plan for he knew this couldn't last much longer. He roared at Ancient Fairy Dragon signaling that they needed to end this. She nodded and they flew parallel to each other.

They charged up their blasts with lots and lots of power. After charging them to full power they shot them at their adversary. Inus's large white blast tore through the air with Ancient Fairy Dragon's yellow sunlight blast spiraling around it merging their power for a combined attack of monumental proportions. It slammed into the still dizzy Trident Dragon which was still getting its balance back. The force of the attack and its lack of balance sent the giant creature into the ground below with a mighty thud kicking up a huge black dust cloud.

The pair of dragons let out a sigh of relief. Below Luna had crawled out of the burrow and had seen the final attack that knocked down the behemoth. She whooped and hollered at seeing their victory. The two dragons were just glad to have finished this before they were injured. They smiled at each other then began to fly back to Luna. Then from behind them they heard a roar and turned to see that from the dust the Trident Dragion was slowly getting up.

"Are you kidding me?" Inus asked.

Ancient Fairy Dragon was also shocked, but saw that the Trident Dragion was still much worn out and had an idea. I If Inus sees me knock out that behemoth maybe he will be impressed with me. He saved me from that rockslide, the banshee and took down that Giganoto. He was very impressive and brave at all those times and it made my heart beat faster. Maybe if I do this I can impress him? She thought. Maybe it was the fact that she had admitted to liking him despite him being an enemy before and wanting to impress him or the fact that she was so exhausted she wasn't thinking straight she decided to go with the idea. "Don't worry I shall finish it." She told him confidently as she sped at the Trident Dragion.

"No don't Ancient Fairy Dragon." Inus roared in protest.

She didn't listen to him however and surrounded herself in energy as she slammed into her opponent knocking the Dragion down again. She looked down at her adversary and saw that he seemed out for the count this time. "Hah ha. I hope he's impressed by that." She said as she turned to face Inus who was flying towards her yelling something. "What is he saying?" She wondered. She began to fly at him, but then she was hit by a strong force knocking her out of the sky.


Inus had watched her attack the Trident Dragon with energy surrounding her and knocking it down. He was not happy with her he knew she was getting drawn into a trap and was trying to catch up with her. He was yelling at her to get out of there, but she couldn't hear him it appeared. That stupid dragoness what does she think she is doing she's going to get hurt if she's not careful. Then he saw Trident Dragons tail move. He saw what was going to happen and yelled at her to get out of the way, but she still couldn't hear him. He pushed himself to go faster to save her, but was helpless when he saw her get blindsided by the tail and start to fall from the sky. He dived after her and managed to catch her before she hit the ground then took her to the burrow for safety. He landed outside of the burrow and Luna came out of it.

"Is she ok?" She asked.

Inus checked her over for injuries and sighed when he found that she had only been knocked out and would probably only have a bruise. And maybe a busted eardrum after he had finished yelling at her. "She should be fine she has only been knocked out." He informed her.

Luna sighed in relief then her face turned to terrified. Inus growled in annoyance as he turned around to see the Trident Dragion up and coming after them. It breathed a blast of flames at them and Luna braced herself. Inus opened his mouth and shot his own blast to intercept it. The two blasts met each other and clashed pushing each other back and forth for supremacy. Inus's began to lose ground, so he put more power into it and now it was gaining ground. Seeing this the Dragion did the same. Eventually the blasts exploded in a great flash as neither could over power the other causing a smoke cloud.

Inus sighed sadly if they wanted to survive he would have to fight this beast with everything he had, but if he didn't have enough power left afterwards then he knew Luna and Ancient Fairy Dragon would have to face something far worse than the Trident Dragion. He looked over at Luna and the unconscious dragoness. He walked over to them and leaned down to nuzzle Ancient Fairy Dragon affectionately wanting to feel her scales for maybe the last time. He looked over at Luna who stared at him wondering what he was going to do.

"Luna?" He asked shakily.

"Y-yes Inus?" She asked.

"If I come out of this and I seem different I want you to take Ancient Fairy Dragon and run as quickly as you can. Do you hear me?" He told her.

"W-why." She stuttered.

"Just trust me. I may have only known you two for a full day, but you've both been some of the best friends I have ever had. I just want to let you know that." He told her then looked at Ancient Fairy Dragon, "I may have known you for less than most people do when they gain feelings as this, but I want you to know that I care for you deeply more than anyone I have ever known. You make me feel so good like my life is almost perfect. I don't know if this is love or not, but I want you to know this since I may never see you again." He said with a tear going down his face. The smoke had cleared now and Trident Dragion was coming for them again. "Goodbye." He said as he took off for battle.

Luna watched him fly away and wondered why he was talking like that. He would be coming back so why would he say goodbye? Still she prayed that he would win this and come back to them.

As Inus flew at the Trident Dragion he pulled out the necklace hidden in the feathers around his neck. Attached to it in the center was a white hexagonal stone. Great gem of light grant me power to defeat my foe and prevent my allies from suffering so much woe. I beseech thee help me in my brawl, so that we shall not fall. He chanted and the gem began to glow and soon he himself was covered in the glow.

He stopped a ways from the three headed beast which was looking at the glow he had with curiosity. Then he growled at it, "You have chased us around this lava field, tried to kill us, and have now hurt the one I care for. I tried to let you live by knocking you out, but you wouldn't stay down. As much as I hate to do this, I must end this here and now!"

The Trident Dragon roared at him in acknowledgement knowing only one of them would walk away. It made the first move as it shot fire from all three of its heads. Inus countered it with his own blast which was now supercharged. The two blasts met each other and it seemed it was like what had happened before, but this time it was different. Inus's blast pushed through the fire and hit the Trident Dragon sending it back. It growled in irritation before shooting another blast of fire from its left and right head. Inus countered this one easily before he was hit by the third blast from the center head. Inus growled in anger and surrounded himself in more energy before diving and hitting his opponent in the chest knocking it down. It tried to attack with its tail like what it did with Ancient Fairy Dragon, but Inus countered it with his own tail. They tried to force the others tail to give in, but they couldn't. Then Inus smirked darkly he spun out of the way of the tail battle and as his opponents tail came down he used his owns sword to cut through it severing it from its owner. The Trident Dragon roared in agony as the rest of its tail began to bleed. Inus looked in horror at what he had done. I have to finish this quickly he told himself. He blasted it again with his white blast and it was thrown backwards. Then it jumped at him and tried to bite him but to no avail it did manage to head butt him however which caused him to retaliate by smashing himself into the side of the head that had done it. This left him open for one of the other heads to snap down on his tail with its teeth causing him to roar in agony. Then he saw the last head coming to eat him whole. He knew he had to escape the grasp of the one holding him. He swung himself up and blasted the head holding him with a blinding ray like before. This caused it to release him and for the head coming after him to miss and smash into the head that was holding him. He looked at his tail and saw it was a bloody mess with a hole clean through it. He growled in anger and shot a mighty blast at the head that had held him which was stilled dazed. There was an explosion and then the head fell to the ground severed from its neck. The other two heads roared in anguish. Then blasted him with fire again making him dodge. He looked at the two remaining heads and decided to take the left one out next since severing its heads seemed to be the only way to take it down. He flew straight at the said head dodging the bite of both heads. When he was right in front of it the head opened its mouth trying to incinerate him. Anticipating the attack Inus flapped his wings hard causing him to go above the flames. The head's eyes widened in shock as Inus spun horizontally severing its head from its neck at an angle. The head fell to the ground with a thud. The final head the center head was the only one left now and even after seeing its other heads be severed it still wanted to fight on.

Inus chuckled, "Your choice to keep fighting it honorable, but foolish." The final head growled in rage then its body started to glow red and energy to form in its mouth. "A final move to finish the battle eh? Very well then."

Inus too powered up a blast with all of his power. They powered up their blasts till the Trident Dragion reached its peak and shot its blast straight at Inus with killer intent. Inus let his blast go as well. The two supercharged blasts met in the middle sending shockwaves around with their power. The blasts fought for dominance pushing each other back and forth until the Trident Dragion's blast began to push Inus's blast back inch by inch. When it looked like Trident Dragion would win Inus began to chuckle.

"Is that all you've got?" He chuckled.

Trident Dragion was shocked by this as now its beam was being pushed back at an alarming rate. It tried to put more power into it but it did no good. The last thing it saw was Inus's blast before its head was vaporized.

Inus panted and smile in victory. Then he started to glide down to where Luna and Ancient Fairy Dragon were as his wings were going to give out at any second. He spotted them and angled towards them with a glint in his red eyes.


Luna watched in awe as Inus's blast collided with the Trident Dragion's. Those two are so powerful I know Inus will win, but with how much power that Trident Dragion has it will be a hard one. She watched in horror as Inus was blasted by the third head, but sighed in relief as she saw he was still alive. Then she heard a groan from behind her. She turned around to see Ancient Fairy Dragon stirring.

"Ancient Fairy Dragon!" She yelled running towards her.

The dragoness groaned, "I'm still here Luna, but please keep it down my head feels like I was hit by a mountain."

"Um you're not far off." Luna told her.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Well after you knocked down the Trident Dragion you were hit by its tail and got knocked out. Inus caught you and brought you to safety and now he's fighting it." Luna explained gesturing towards the two combatants.

"Oh I must have looked like such an idiot." Ancient Fairy Dragon groaned embarrassed.

"Um. Well I can't lie you kind of did. I'm sure you did it for a reason, but what was it?" Luna asked.

"Well I was kind of trying to impress him." She replied looking down blushing.

"Oh well um why? I know you have the crush on him, but you said you were going to just ignore these feelings." Luna asked.

"I was at first, but this journey has let us get to know him a little better. He's shown his intelligence, his cunning, his bravery and how much he really is a good person. He saved us on multiple occasions now and put himself in danger just for us. I guess all these things just came to a head when he took all those falling rocks for us without a second thought. I admit I'm attracted to him and I will tell him when this is all over. I just hope he will have me after that stunt I pulled." She explained looking down sadly at the end.

"I think he will." Luna told her remembering what Inus had told her.

"Really? How do you know?" She asked curiously bringing her head up.

"Call it a hunch." Luna said smirking.

Before they could continue their conversation they heard a roar of agony and turned their heads back to the battle. What they saw shocked them Inus had just cut off the Trident Dragion's tail with his own. They watched as it fell to the ground with a thud.

"Did he just?" Luna spaced.

"Y-yes he did." Ancient Fairy Dragon answered.

They were both shocked by what Inus had done since it was so bloody, but they knew if he was going to win this he had to do whatever he could. They continued to watch the battle unfold they gasped in horror as they saw Inus get caught by the right head's jaws. Then they saw the other head try to eat him they yelled his name in horror at what they thought was going to happen. Then they saw him blind the head holding him and the one trying to eat him smash into the said head. They were shocked to see Inus then blast the head that had been holding him clean off. This continued as they saw him cleave the left head off its neck with his tail blade. Then they saw him and the Trident Dragion fire their blasts at each other. They felt the force as the blasts collided. They were shocked to see the Trident Dragion's blast winning then they heard Inus say something, but couldn't tell what it was as they saw his blast was now pushing back. Then there was an explosion as the final head was vaporized. Inus then began to glide towards them and they were happy to see he didn't have too many injuries.

As he got closer Luna noticed something was different with him. She looked at his eyes and shook her head in shock his eyes were red! Why were they red? His eyes were blue colored. Is this what Inus had told her about earlier. No it had to be from the smoke that was in the air that must be causing his eyes to seem red. She didn't have any more time to ponder this as Inus landed in front of them.

"Inus are you ok?" Ancient Fairy Dragon asked not noticing his red eyes.

"Oh I'm fine." He chuckled darkly as the gem around his neck began to glow.

Ancient Fairy Dragon took a step back, "W-what are you doing Inus?" She asked worriedly.

"Oh I'm not Inus anymore at least not the one you've known. As for what I'm doing I'm going to do what my weak half should have done yesterday." He chuckled.

"W-what do you mean!? You told us you wouldn't do that!? Who are you!?" She asked franticly.

"I am the anger that Inus holds inside of him from his past. You may call me Sunis. I was sealed within his mind long ago when he locked away most of his emotions, but I was released when you came along. I must really thank you." He chuckled, "If it weren't for his attraction to you I would still be sealed away. I was weak at first, but I bided my time until Inus was forced to use the power of the gem of light. If you had not rushed in so recklessly you two would have been able to knock the Trident Dragion out with another attack, but instead your actions gave it time to regain its senses. This caused Inus to use the gem and for me to use that power to take over since his mind was so weak from the day's events. It's almost tragic your intensions were pure, but they caused the one they were for to take drastic actions."

Ancient Fairy Dragon was in tears he was right she had caused this and Inus had paid for it. "If you are in control then where is Inus?"

"Don't worry he is still here for now. You won't have to miss him he will be joining you soon enough." He chuckled evilly, "Let's finish this then." He reached for the gem around his neck.

Luna and Ancient Fairy Dragon backed away and began to brace them self's for their souls to be taken. Luna was now it tears, "I-I'm sorry Leo I won't be coming home."

"I-I'm sorry so sorry Inus." Ancient Fairy Dragon sobbed softly. She only took some sort of comfort in the fact that she would be with Inus in where ever they were going.

"Time for your souls to be mine." Sunis laughed evilly as he went to activate the gem. Ancient Fairy Dragon and Luna braced them self's for the end. "What is this!?" They heard Sunis yell. They opened their eyes to see him having trouble getting his hand to grasp the gem. "No! This is my body now how are you still fighting me!?" He yelled to no one they could see.

Then they heard a familiar voice, "Luna, Ancient Fairy Dragon run now I don't know how long I can hold him off!"

"Inus is that you!?" Luna asked.

"Yes it's me! Now get out of here!" He yelled grunting.

"We're not leaving you!" Ancient Fairy Dragon yelled in protest.

"I'm already gone, but you two can still save yourselves! If you two don't survive then none of us will! Now go!" He yelled.

"We have to go Ancient Fairy Dragon he's right! I don't want to either, but we need to listen to him and go!" Luna told the reluctant dragoness.

"I-I you're right. I'm sorry Inus so sorry. I promise we will save you!" Ancient Fairy Dragon yelled as she and Luna ran away from their friend.

"Just make sure you save your selves!" He yelled back.

The pair began looking for the path they had strayed off of earlier. It was harder now that is had gotten darker, but they soon found it and ran down it. Then they heard a bone chilling scream from Inus signaling that his soul had been taken and Ancient Fairy Dragon clenched her eyes as more tears began to flow. The scream was followed by an angry roar from Sunis, "ANCIENT FAIRY DRAGON, LUNA I will find you and when I do I will rip your souls out of your bodies and send them to the same place I have sent Inus! And believe me it will be painful!"

The mentioned pair began to go faster down the path as they heard him coming for them. They ran for what seemed like hours, but was only a few minutes. Then they found the exit to the lava field. They sighed in relief, but their relief turned to horror as they saw Sunis standing their waiting for them smirking. He began to walk towards them chuckling, "Did you forget? I was here with Inus when he came here I know every way to get to this spot. Did you really think you could escape me even without my wings?"

Ancient Fairy Dragon and Luna was paralyzed with fear and shock. Despite Inus giving them a head start they were still cornered by Sunis. Despite enjoying the moment Sunis didn't want to give them time to escape again so he reached for the gem around his next to steal their souls. "Time to kiss your souls goodbye. He chuckled before being slammed from the side.

He rolled to a stop on the ground and turned to look at who had attacked him. It was another three headed dragon, but this one was only slightly bigger then Inus and was darker purple in coloration making it difficult to see in the dark. He growled at this new adversary, "Who dares attack me?" He yelled.

"I am Hetzer and I am here to protect the ones that serve the Crimson Dragon." It growled back.

Sunis wasn't intimidated by his new adversary, but he knew he couldn't win this fight. He had used too much energy in his fight with the Trident Dragion and his wings were too tired to fly. He growled in annoyance, "You are lucky I am not in any condition to fight right now or I would destroy you." He growled.

"Then leave or be destroyed." Hetzer said stepping towards him.

"Fine then, but know this Ancient Fairy Dragon and Luna next time we meet things will end differently mark my words." He said before grabbing his gem and vanishing in a flash of light.

Ancient Fairy Dragon and Luna sighed in relief, "Thank you Hetzer." They said.

"There is no need to thank me I live to serve." He said.

"Still how did you know we were here?" Luna asked.

"I was searching for you near Schwank when one of them mentioned you had gone on a journey to find power that could help you defeat the gem users. I immediately took off to find your two. I soon came upon your friends Regulus and Torunka who told me where you had headed and that a white feathered dragon named Inus was with you. I was worried for your safety since he was the enemy and made great haste in catching up with you. I arrived to see Inus taking on the Trident Dragon and then having his soul taken by the gem. I followed him as he chased you until he cornered you. After that you know the rest." Hetzer explained to them.

"We are grateful for saving us Hetzer." Luna told him.

"It was an honor to defend you both. The place you are headed to is just up ahead I shall escort you there." He told them.

"Thank you would you mind giving us a lift there? We're kind of really tired." Luna asked.

"Of course I live to serve." He told them crouching down to allow them to get on.

Ancient Fairy Dragon was reluctant to at first, but her fatigue won out and she got on him. Once they were both secured Hetzer flapped his dark purple wings with red membrane and they were off. As they were flying Luna noticed Ancient Fairy Dragon had a sullen expression and went sit by her.

"I refused a similar request like this when Inus offered and here I am with someone I barely know allowing them to do it almost without a second thought. What kind of person am I?" She said looking down at the ground below.

"We didn't trust him at that time it's not your fault." Luna told him.

"And what did it take for us to fully trust him? He had to lose his soul in the end for us to fully trust him. How can I be seen as a savior if it took someone losing their soul for me to fully trust them?" She cried.

"I-I don't know, but you'll still fight to save him right?" Luna asked.

"Of course!" She snapped.

"Then there's your answer. You made a mistake and you realize it was wrong. You also want to remedy it. So as long as you keep fighting to save him you shall be forgiven." Luna told her.

"Then I will fight till my last breath to save him." Ancient Fairy Dragon said.

"So will I." Luna said.

"Thank you Luna for helping me, but now I need to be alone to grieve." She said.

"Of course." Luna said as she let her be.

They soon landed in front of a large cave. Luna and Ancient Fairy Dragon got off of Hetzer and thanked him for carrying them. Ancient Fairy Dragon went inside of the cave and laid down near the back facing away from everyone else and began to cry as she felt everything that had happened come over her. Luna said her goodbyes before returning to the human world. When she opened her eyes in the hospital room she was gasped in shock and her dam of tears broke.

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