Chapter Eight

'Where is this place?' Nagihiko asked in wonder.

Amu and the others just arrived in The Garden of Flames. It was a place typically for flame training. Everywhere you could see colors of flames or fires but strangely no smoke.

Amu took care of Isha while her father lead the way for the others.

They arrived at a mansion where colors of flames once again made its appearance. This time, they seemed to be joined to the walls.

Everyone gasped. Papa led them in. There, they were seated in a fire-in-every-corner room with hot tea.

Finally, Mr. Hinamori started. 'First of all, we need not worry about your families. It's already been cleared, so we could focus on other things. What our main concern now is Amoro.'

He turned to Amu. 'Amu, the only way we can defeat that lunatic would be to combine our flames and attack him. Our flames are still stronger than him, so we can overcome him.'

'What's the hard part?' Tadase asked.

He sighed, which was not a good sign. 'Having a fight with him would be easy, but any damage occurring there would take a lot. There is no such thing here as a damage-restore spell or what.'

Amu's POV

I got an idea. 'What if the Guardians would place a shield? We could pick a big area and the shield would surround it, so there is only minimum damage.'

He put his hand over his chin. 'Hmmm…that could work. But where on earth could we find a space that big? But it shouldn't be a problem, since mostly we fight on air…'

Tsukasa spoke up. 'I know just the place. The ocean beside Japan.'

'The ocean?' He turned to him surprised.

Tsukasa-san nodded. 'Besides, water overcomes fire, and in addition to that, we can have a one-wall shield. No damage at all.'

'An excellent idea. Now we have something to go to. All we have to do is send a message to Amoro.'