So what sort of problems will they find in the Chroma Ruins?

Aslan333: Thanks!

HidingFromTheCold: Yeah, but Petal meaning business is worse.

: I update as fast as I can.

TheLightningPunisher: Thanks!

Electrify: Mary's to low a level.

Spadekun: It will.

Moemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Chapter 37

"Alright, so we should probably keep going this way." Petal said, walking the direction that Aurore had led them to.

We headed up the ledges, and soon enough, we arrived at what looked like ruins atop the mountain. There were pillars that were crumbling, and in the center of the ruins was a large slab of stone.

"Well… I didn't expect to see anyone else make it to these ruins." A voice said. We turned around, and saw a black haired woman. She had, you guessed it, black hair, down to her shoulders, and violet eyes. She wore a leather duster and leather pants, with a black cleavage revealing top.

"Hello again." The woman said, frowning.

"Wait a second, you're…" Petal said, frowning. "You're that woman from before!"

"I see you remember me." The woman said, walking past us. "How's that egg doing."

"…Fine." I said, frowning.

"Hey, wait, how do you know such a hottie like that?" Keith exclaimed, shocked.

"Huh…" The woman said, kneeling beside the large slab of rock. "Alright, go." The woman tossed out a moeball, which a Bastiodon emerged from. She wore a tan dress with grey armor over it, and held a large grey shield in one hand. She had long brown-gold hair down her back held by a grey crown, and had golden eyes.

"Move the rock." The woman ordered. The Bastiodon pressed her shield against the rock slab and pushed with all her might. Soon, the slab was moved out of the way, revealing an old stone staircase.

"Hey, thanks!" Keith said, smiling. "Let's go, guys!" Keith charged down the staircase, Vui following after him. Petal and I reluctantly went after him as well, Mary following after us.

"So the glyphs are down there somewhere…" The woman said. "Probably next to the shadow crystal. I should focus on letting them find it."

We headed down into the darkness of the cave, looking around but unsure of what we were looking for.

"So, how do we keep going?" Petal asked, looking around through the darkness. I walked through, and fell through a hole in the ground.

"Petal!" I exclaimed, charging after her. I jumped down the hole after her, Mary holding on to my back, illuminating the cave a little. We landed on the floor, Mary releasing a small light.

"Petal!" I exclaimed, running over to her. She was laying on the ground, not moving, blood trickling down from her forehead.

"Ah…" Petal said, sitting up, her eyes blinking open.

"Oh, thank god…" I said, hugging her.

"Um, Kelly, what's wrong?" Petal asked.

"Oh, thank god…" I said, hugging her again.

"Yeah, you already said that." Petal said. "Um, you know, if you just want to hug me, we could have just had sex."

"No, Keith's up there." I said, shaking my head.

"Hey, wait, what's this red stuff?" Petal asked, staring at the blood on the rock floor, from her head.

"Blood. Your blood." I answered.

"Oh." Petal said, running her hand through her bloody hair.

"Hey, is everything alright down there?" Vui shouted down.

"No, Petal hit her head on a rock!" I shouted up. "Do you have any healing moves?"

"Oh, sure, yeah!" Vui shouted down. "I'll be right there!"

"Gah!" Keith shouted, Vui pushing him off the edge of the hole, Keith landing on the stone floor painfully.

Vui jumped down after him, landing on his back, eliciting another cry of pain from Keith.

"Alright, where's the wound?" Vui asked, running over to Petal, holding her head up. "Ooh, that looks painful…"

"So, can you help her?" I asked hopefully.

"Aqua ring…" Vui said, a swirl of water forming in her hands. She pressed it against Petal's head, her wound healing and her hair regrowing.

"Thanks…" Petal said, rubbing her head.

"You know, you're alright." I said, smiling. "I thought you were kind of mean, but…"

"Shut up!" Vui said, blushing. "I-I'm not mean ALL the time…"

"Yes. Yes you are." Keith said, standing up. "But that's what I love about you!"

"Sh-shut up…" Vui said, blushing, turning away.

"Aw… You two are so cute together!" Petal said, smiling. "I remember when I was so mean to Kelly just because I liked him!"

"You mean last week?" I asked, frowning.

"…Shut up." Petal said, blushing.

"Alright, we need to find a way to get out of here and find Sven!" I said, frowning. "Mary, think you can light the way?"

"Sorry, master, but I'm running out of power…" Mary said, frowning. "I'll try as hard as I can, but…"

"No, that's alright." I said, shaking my head. "I don't want to exhaust you too much."

"Oh, it's no trouble at all, master!" Mary said, smiling. "I'll do anything to help you out!"

"See Vui? That's what a real moemon should act like." Keith said, smiling.

"Hmph." Vui said, turning her nose away from Keith. "I don't care."

"Aw, why do you have to be like that?" Keith asked, frowning.

"Alright, any ideas which way we should go?" Petal, the only one keeping her head in the game, asked.

"Um, how about…" I started, only to see a light shining in the darkness, moving towards us.

"What the heck?" Petal asked, shocked, seeing the light coming closer and closer. At that point we realized that the light was flickering around, almost like a flame. The light came closer, and we saw that it was indeed a flame, attached to the tail of a young moemon. She wore an orange shirt and miniskirt, with an orange tail sticking out from it, orange flames sparking on the end. She had orange hair down to her neck, and bright blue eyes.

"Whoa, a Charmander!" I said, surprised.

"Yeah, so?" The Charmander asked, frowning.

"Um, do you think you can help us?" I asked, frowning.

"Nope!" The Charmander said, turning away, frowning.

Ah, Charmander… Ah, nostalgia…