Chapter 6: Your decision.

"Already met the Disturbati? What are you talking about, they are still-" Kenji's eyes widened in horror. Zira began to frown and walked in circles. "They left our hideout and are on their way? Or actually, are already here? But how?" Donk's unfazed and more or less emotionless expression wasn't helping to solve the mystery. Eventually Suzumi had to step in. "Think about it. They are Meisters."

Kenji gazed at Suzumi for several minutes. No reaction. "They can use Soul Perception, silly!" Suzumi began to laugh the blatant situation off, but she soon realized that Kenji still did not understand the meaning of it. "Are you telling me you don't know the Soul Perception ability?" Her right eye began to twitch. "No … we weren't enrolled at Shibusen for that long. We barely managed a few weeks of classes with standard practice and a few lessons about Witchcraft and the basics of the soul."

"Su... all of us weren't enrolled long enough at Shibusen to actually have the basic knowledge of an average Shibusen student, regardless if Meister or Weapon." Zira sighed.

"I never attended at a Shibusen academy in the first place." muttered Organize as she waltzed past Donk and slowly crawled into the little duct. Donk began to laugh and was at the verge of tears when the group of youngsters threw angry gazes at him. "Splendid! Go on then, you have plenty to learn alongside your journey. Courage is all you need for it, adios!"

"Wha-?" Damion couldn't even throw the questions and words out of his throat when he noticed how the ground beneath them vanished. Donk triggered a mechanism, to their horror, and sent them all more or less flying through the tower core without warning. "That BASTARD!" yelled Kenji furiously as they fell past screws, pipes and massive engines.

Hot steam, dim lights and loud metallic noise were the last things Suzumi and the others noticed. "We're going to dieeeeeeeeee!" Zira's enraged cry-out echoed through the tower. "There! I can see the gro—MPFFF?" Damion had pointed at a floor but before they could actually decipher his exclaim, the group smashed and crashed into a pool.

Suzumi charged forth and straight into a kelp cluster. "WHAT THE HELL?" She jerked her head around in a rush, barely able to make a picture from the large and darkish room. Muffled sounds and splashing spawned from the rest of the group who were still trapped within the water weed. "Bakakakaka. Waterlogged."

The thundering voice brought Suzumi's fury to a halt. Damion was the second to successfully free himself from the wet trap. "Not cool. What is this? Wha... woah." The duo gazed at a shadowy mountain. A large shark fin posed at the top of the monstrosity, four elongated tentacles reached down from its chin and a massive, golden anchor replaced its right arm.

Seemingly enveloped by an aquatic layer, a blueish shine was emitted by the behemoth. Scales as hard as iron, the strength of multiple Death Scythes … He leaned forward and carefully eyed Suzumi, only a few inches separated the young weapon from the watery terror.

Slowly, Su's left hand vanished behind her back. As she assured herself that it didn't notice, she carefully transmuted her hand into a sophisticated halberd blade. "Don't even think about evoking his wrath. He's a few leagues ahead of us." Lucian's voice was clear and certain, unfazed from the presence of this beast. "What?" Damion hastily turned left and right but remained unable to locate the mage.

"BAKAKAKA. She be jammin!" The monster's voice forced the entire area to shake. Eventually Lucian, Nila, Starr and the remaining team stepped forth from the shadowy corners. "Draco!" Suzumi's heart skipped a beat. "DAMION~!" The addressed boy raised his eyebrow. "Miku?" Out of nowhere, Damion suddenly felt an incredible force that tackled him from his right flank. Madly cuddling and hugging her missed Weapon, Mikune pushed herself and Damion even deeper into the kelp field.

Kenji and Chaos finally freed themselves as well. Seeing the reunification, Kenji sighed and swallowed simultaneously. "NII-SAN!" Fortunately for him, Momo wasn't as energized and he was able to withstand her onslaught of sibling love. Quietly Nila stepped next to them and gave a faint smile, showing relief. "I MISSED YOU!" Chaos sighed. "You better keep your tears to yourself or we'll be drowning in it."

Zira also remained silent. She happily smiled at Rickter and slowly began to brush off the sea weed. "So … how did you get here? I hope in a more comfortable way than us." Kenji chuckled. His Meister groaned with distress. "We went after you when Rickter and Draco came running out of the basement like scared Barbies. Something about Sinn and that planty thingy. But something happened with the canyon. As if an earthquake had leveled the entire place."

Something happened with the canyon? Zira and Chaos swallowed and bot where on the verge of sweating nervously. "Well, that's unfortunate!" After half an hour of explanations about mysterious plants, universities and collapsing canyons, the group is rallied and ready. Lucian and the others couldn't venture through the now collapsed canyon, instead they were brought here by the monster itself. "So what's the catch?" Nila didn't hesitate and bluntly asked the behemoth who's name is Krohm.

"Since we immortals have no power left to turn the tides against Wreckoning, I'll be irie enough to help you out. You must a door. I'll give you wavey, but beware. Trouble no set like rain. You must a choose. Item from the sands first, or item from the sea?"

Obviously. Short chapter, but it's more about you Reviewers to decide.

Which island should they first explore? The dangerous desert or the sneaky swamp?

Yours faithfully,

Skadow