GL (GalaxyLight): I'm back! Here I'm going to do a little different. I decided to do some side story or side quests whichever you choose to think. These are stories not related to the main story but recommended to see what's outside the main story. Most of them are fun, outstanding and hilarious depending on their situation. Here we start Ruben side quests. Let's go and see what we got!

Side Story 1: Hunted!

"Why are going back here again?" Young Elsword asked tired.

"Elsword, we didn't walk that long." Young Elesis told him. "Our older selves said they need to make sure they haven't missed anything valuable. So move on!" Her little brother groaned as the four kept walking.

"Hold on!" Elsword reached his arm out to stop them from walking. "I hear something. Let's hide in those bushes."

The four hid inside a couple of bushes to hear what's coming. The sound was getting louder as it was getting closer. The creature they now saw was a Phoru, a very large one which Elsword and Elesis somehow recognise.

"Hey, isn't that..." Elsword began to wonder.

"Yeah... That must be the Ancient Phoru." Elesis said.

"Ancient Phoru?" Young Elesis asked the older siblings.

"It's a phoru who is Ruben's pet guardian. I'm surprised it's still alive and walking around. I wonder what it's doing here." As they were discussing, the Phoru suddenly turn to where the heroes were. They were lucky and fast enough to kept themselves severely hidden in the bushes. The Phoru waited to see the bushes suspiciously move, but it didn't flinch. The Phoru then turned away, thinking there was nothing there and kept moving through the forest. After that, the siblings got out of the bushes, gasping for air.

"Phew! That was too close!" Young Elesis puffed.

"Well, one thing's for sure, I think we should leave it alone for now. I'm pretty sure it can take care of itself and..." Elsword stopped when he heard another noise. "Everyone! Disappear!" He whispered loudly as they all hid back into the bushes. This time it was coming from above. Flying saucers were speeding fast as if it was in a hurry to look for something. After they left, they popped out of the bushes again, this time covered with sticks and leaves.

"Ugh! Next time, let's hide behind the trees." Elesis groaned as she wiped the sticks and leaves off herself. "What were those Twinsers looking for anyway?"

"Beats me." Elsword replied. "Although, why did they go to the same direction as the Ancient Phoru went?"

"Can we go now, now that's there nothing to-" Young Elsword was cut off as a piece of paper flew into his face. "Hmpf!"

"Whoa! Are you alright, Elsword? Here! Let me get that for you." Young Elesis said she pulled the paper away from her little brother.

"What is it?" Elesis asked as she looked at the paper after taking it. This paper shows a picture of the Ancient Phoru, under it were words of a language none of the four knew. "I think the Twinsers are looking for the Ancient Phoru." Elesis informed. "But why would they want with it?" She was then tapped in the shoulder by her younger brother.

"Sis, I don't think that's the only paper you're holding." He said. "Look." He pointed at the trees where there were more papers of the same pictures and the same language. "I feel like this Phoru is wanted."

"What!? What for!?" Young Elesis cried out.

"That's what we're going find out." Elesis said with an anger tone as she was ripping the paper into shreds. "I won't let the likes of them take away the guardian of Ruben for their own amusement."

'I really don't think she should be that mad for something like this,' Elsword thought. 'but she's right. Letting the Ancient Phoru get captured will destroy the current past. We need to do something.'

"We're with you, older me!" Young Elesis smiled with courage. "I don't like them hurting innocent animals. I'll help too." She went to take another pair and tear it until she suddenly pulled it away by surprised as she saw the paper shot by an arrow made out of natural energy. "Yikes!" She shrieked. This caught the others by surprise too as the arrow exploded ripping the paper into dust.

"Was that... an arrow?" Elsword asked out loud.

"Yeah, an arrow that looked a lot like..." Elesis couldn't finish her sentence as the four were greeted by an familiar elf.

"Hello. Sorry for surprising you back there." She told them.

"Oh! Rena! I didn't think I'd run into you again." Young Elesis greeted her with a smile.

'WHAT!? That's Rena!?' Elsword and Elesis thought in shock. They didn't think they'd see their elven friend in the past. 'And is it just me, or does she look like she haven't even aged at all?' Much to their surprise as they saw her familiar size three years ago. Although they shouldn't be entirely surprised since elves can age for a long time. They wondered why they were surprised though. 'And her breast size doesn't look small at all...' Elesis punched Elsword on the head as she saw him staring at them too much.

"Everyone. This is Rena." Young Elesis introduced her to them.

'We know that!' Elsword and Elesis thought with a sweatdrop.

"She helped me earlier during our battle with the Twinsers while you weren't around."

"Oh really? In that case, thank you for taking care of them." Elesis bowed to Rena.

"Oh, it's nothing. They looked like they were in trouble so I wanted to help them." Rena told them. "And it's seems you guys are going to rip those papers out. In that case, let me help too. I don't want the Ancient Phoru to be captured by these purple creatures. It needs to be safe here."

"The more the merrier I guess." Elsword slightly agreed but wasn't entirely sure though.

"Thank you. It'd be faster if we split up." Elesis declared. "I'll take my younger self. Elsword, you take yours. And Rena... I..." She didn't thought of any plan for the elf when she just arrived less than one minute.

"How about I just go on alone?" Rena asked with a slight sweatdrop.

"W-Will you be alright by yourself?" Elsword asked not comfortable with Rena going alone when Twinsers are around Ruben.

"It's okay. They can't spot me when I'm hiding in the woods and trees. I learn stealth my own way."

"Well, if you're sure, then be very careful."

"I will."

"Alright then. Let's go!" Elesis ordered as they all split themselves into three separate ways. None of them had any objections so they were good to go.

Elsword and his younger self were tearing many papers they could see. They sometimes sliced them with the swords, and sometimes tear them with their bare hands. 'I wonder if the Ancient Phoru was wanted before Elesis and I got here or just after.' Elsword thought to himself. 'I didn't really spot these as we were walking home...' He then took a closer look at the poster noticing something a little different. 'The Ancient Phoru didn't have a nose like that, did it?' He thought with a sweatdrop.

While Elsword was in deep thought, Young Elsword was admiring his older self. He has changed a lot, his looks, his height, his maturity but mostly his strength. 'He looks so strong now.' He thought to himself. 'This will be me when I grow up? I never knew he could change like that... I'm going to try my best too and become just like him. I will keep training and never give up since I never want to do that.' He then stared at him more. 'You know, when I see him in front of me, it feels like I have an older brother...'

"Hey! You coming along?" His older self called out for him.

"Ah! I'm coming!" The younger knight said as he tried to catch up.

"Wanted for what!? Dinner!?" Young Elesis growled as she tore another wanted paper into shreds.

"I don't think I want to think about that..." The older Elesis said with a poor expression. 'One time, I knocked out a giant Phoru for dinner. Elsword got mad at me for that.' Elesis thought to herself. I'm glad she doesn't remember that... yet.' She then examined the poster closer, noticing a mistake. 'Did... the Ancient Phoru had yellow eyes before? I could have sworn it was green.'

While the girls were continuing their hunting, Young Elesis was admiring how grown up she is from her present self. 'I can't believe I've grown up to be so tall, mature and strong. That hair-style makes her look so beautiful. That body is very attractive... And it's not like I'm fine with my chest size that's gotten bigger.' She shook her head when she stared at her breasts that had gotten bigger 6 years later. 'Still, when I look at her, it feels like I have an older sister...'

"Hey, we're going! You're coming with!?" Elesis called out to her younger self.

"Huh? Oh, yes! I'm coming!" Young Elesis replied following her.

"Phew! That's the twentieth poster I've shot so far. How many of them are there in this forest?" Young Rena said as she wiped the sweat of her forehead. "Just where and how do they do all of this? And why do they want this poor Phoru so bad?" She sighed and continued jumping branch to branch looking for the rest of the posters. She suddenly stopped when she heard a growling sound. She looked around to see where it came from. She finally found it as she was shocked to see the Ancient Phoru has already been seen by the Twinsers. They were know dragging it with a rope. "Oh no! They already got him! I have to get back to the others fast! But first..." She pulled out an natural arrow and shot the rope the Twinsers were using. Now that the Ancient Phoru was free, it was going wild again. "That'll buy enough time! Now to find them!" She smirked as she leaped away.

"I think that's the last of them." Elesis let out a huge sigh of relaxation after they've finally finished tearing all the wanted posters away. The four finally regrouped together, except for the elf.

"I wonder where Rena went?" Young Elesis asked.

"GUYS! Terrible news!" Rena finally made it to where the four red-haired heroes were. "The Twinsers have found the Ancient Phoru! They're trying to capture him!"

"What!? They got it!?" Elsword cried out shocked.

"No time to explain! Rena, show us where the Ancient Phoru is!" Elesis ordered her.

"Okay! Just follow me!" Young Rena ran to where the Ancient Phoru was. The others followed, but the younger ones struggled since Rena and the older siblings were running so fast. The older siblings were forced to carry them on their backs. Despite that they were slowed down, they managed to keep with Young Rena.

Side Story 1: Hunted! - Complete!

Side Story 2: Phoru Rider

After finally arriving where they need to be. They finally found the Ancient Phoru who was still struggling/fighting against the Twinsers. They got it on the ropes again. When they saw the 5 heroes, more came. " $&$#^*%!" They said as they took out their weapons.

"Come on! The guardian needs our help!" Elsword shouted.

"Alright! Let's do this!" Young Elsword cried out as he charged at them.

"Hey! Don't just go and charge like that! Let me go in front of you!" The older Elsword ran after him, got behind and began slashing their enemies.

"Is it just me or do they look similar to each other?" Young Rena asked the red-haired knights.

"At some point, you can say that..." Elesis sweatdropped. She shook her head and starts to get to the main point. "We have to help them! More will come if we just stand here!"

"Right! You two and the boys handle things close! I'll cover you from far distances with my arrows."

"Got it! Let's go!" Young Elesis smiled and charged on followed by her older self.

The fight was fairly easy. Young Elsword took down a couple of Twinsers with Mega Slash. Elsword held easily well on his own using Spiral Blast and Impact Smasher. Young Elesis was doing well on her own with the help of her Wild Shock. Elesis had an impossibility of problems when using her own Spiral Blast and Drastic Charge. As for Rena, she was standing on a branch, shooting arrows at her enemies as well as using Rail Stinger for critical damage.

After a short battle, the heroes gave a sigh of relief and relaxation for their victory. However, that lasted short when they heard a loud growling noise. They looked behind them to see the Ancient Phoru rampaging around the area.

"What the- The Phoru! It hasn't calm down yet!?" Elesis cried out shocked.

"This isn't good. It'll destroy the whole forest if it keeps up." Young Elesis exclaimed.

"What do we do?" Young Rena asked. None of them got a single clue. They didn't want to hurt it with their weapons. But letting it go would terrorize the whole region. They had to think fast before it goes berserk everywhere.

"...Perhaps..." Elsword muttered of an idea.

"You got something, Elsword?" Elesis asked him.

"What if I try to ride on him and get him to pull up? It may not stop it much, but it might slow it down." He suggested.

"...I guess that could work... You think you can handle that? It sounds quite dangerous..."

"I'll be fine... as long as I hold onto it tight."

"If you say so..." She still wasn't sure if he would be alright though.

"Okay! I'm goin' in..." Elsword leaped on a branch and waited for the Ancient Phoru to get close to him so he was on top of it. "3... 2... 1... NOW!" He jumped off the branch and successfully landed on the Ancient Phoru's back. He wanted to shout for victory but he was too focused on holding tight on the Phoru because of its rampage, he could hardly do anything. In fact, the ride was so intense as it was running everywhere, Elsword was already panicking. "I'VE CHANGED MY MIND! LET ME OFF!" He screamed. The others just sweatdropped from the outcome.

"You just got into it and now you're giving up?" Elesis said. "I thought you had this kind of experience."

"If I did, I wouldn't be screaming! Can't you do something!?"

"I don't think I can chase you when the Phoru is running faster than I am. Let me think..."

"Hurry up!" While the gang tried to find a way to get Elsword out and/or stop the Ancient Phoru, Elsword was spending a lot of struggling with the Ancient Phoru. "Can somebody toss me a mint or something? This animal's breath is so bad...!" He groaned when he smelt the guardian's breath.

"Look on the bright side, at least you're safe from the horns and claws." Young Elesis smiled.

"Not sure if that makes me feel better..." The Ancient Phoru was getting more angrier as it ran faster causing Elsword to hold on tighter. "I've seen a lot of riders do something like this, but let me tell you, there's no way I'll ever get to like this." He groaned.

"Don't worry, it's only dangerous if you let go." Young Rena told him.

"Thanks for the tip..." The Ancient Phoru was getting sick of Elsword riding on him, so it tried to shake him off by constantly turning left and right while shaking its body. "A saddle! A saddle! My kingdom for a saddle!" Elsword yelped.

"Left! No, right! No, left!" Elesis cried out.

"You enjoy watching this, don't you!?"

"...I don't know what you're talking about..." Elesis smiled sarcastically making her brother even more angrier. As Elsword was still riding the Ancient Phoru, the beast itself tried to ram into a tree to get him off.

"Oof! That's gonna leave a mark..." Young Elesis said.

"Argh! Why you- TURN!" Elsword shouted as he grabbed the Phoru's horns and leaned left causing the Phoru to turn left as well. Although he prevented himself to get hit by a tree, he got hit by a boulder instead. The Phoru ran right into the boulder and smashed through but took damage from it. "NGH! Fell on my teeth..." Elsword gagged.

"Don't worry, Elsword, they got lots more where that came from."

"Like what!?" He couldn't get an answer when the Phoru started going insane again causing him to hold on tight on the horns. He couldn't react in time when he saw a tree and crashed right into it. "I think I lost a tooth...!" Elsword gagged again.

"It's okay, they got a bunch of replicas in the gift shop." Young Elesis told him.

"Not funny!" The team decided they had enough watching and looked for a way to stop the Ancient Phoru while it was spinning around trying to shake off Elsword. Just then, Young Elesis noticed something odd on the Ancient Phoru's shoulder. "Is that... yes! It must be!" She cried out.

"You found something, sis?" Young Elsword asked her. The sister nodded.

"Just stay here..." She then suddenly walked towards the Phoru.

"Wha- What are you doing!? Stop! You'll get killed!" Elesis cried out to her. The younger Elesis ignored her however.

"Older Elsword! Can you stop the Phoru from moving!?" She called out to him.

"Dunno if I could do that, but I'll give it a shot, even if I have to do it!" He replied. Elsword climbed on top of the Phoru and held onto its neck tight. The Ancient Phoru yelped loudly as it was losing its breath. He tried to get Elsword off, but it was losing its breath so fast, it lost consciousness. "Phew! That did it in..." He sighed in relief as he got off.

"Why couldn't you do that in the first place?" Elesis asked.

"I... didn't think about that until now..." She gave out a sigh and moved on.

"So what did you see?"

"This!" She pointed a small pick that's stuck on the Ancient Phoru's right shoulder. "The reason why it was rampaging was because he had this pick on its shoulder. It must have been painful for it."

"Wow... No wonder why it crashed into so many trees." Elsword said rubbing his head.

"Let me just take it off and..." Young Elesis moved closer to the Phoru's shoulder and pulled out the pick from the skin. After taking it off, the guardian suddenly awoke from its sleep causing everyone to gasp in shock while Young Elesis was caught off guard as she tumbles to the ground.

"It's getting back up!?" Elsword cried out as he carried Young Elesis out of the way while everyone as else backed away from it. They begun their battle stance, worried that it'll charged towards them again. Instead, it slowly moves to them, mostly towards Young Elesis. She gulped worried that she was the one who did something to it. She closed her eyes, waiting for something to happen. She then suddenly felt something fluffy, as if she was being comforted by something. She opened her eyes to find out the Phoru was purring on her cheeks making it look like it liked her. Everyone was confused to why it was doing that until Young Rena found out.

"I get it! I think the Ancient Phoru is thanking you for taking the pick off of it." She said.

"Really?" Young Elesis asked. She noticed the Phoru purring at her again. She smiled. "There there. Everything's all right now." The others smiled as the younger Red-Haired Knight is comforting it like a pet-sitter.

"So what do you suppose we do with it, now that it's not wanted anymore?" Elsword asked.

"I thought about it and decided to let it run free in the forest." Elesis replied. Elsword was surprised by that statement.

"Are you sure? They could be after it again?"

"I wish I could do something to protect it byut I think it would be the best if we let it go and make sure it hides in a safe place."

"I agree." Young Rena followed. "I'm sure it can take care of itself now." Elsword thought about and let out a sigh.

"If you guys insist, I won't judge all of you. Alright then. Come on, you have to let it go." He told Young Elesis.

"Aw. I was kinda enjoying myself." She pouted. "But alright. Go, Phoru. You must return to your home." The guardian of Ruben nodded and walked through the trees as it disappeared from their sight.

Side Story 2: Phoru Rider - Complete

"I think it's time we return to Elder." Elesis stated.

"Then I guess I'll be going then." Young Rena said.

"Aren't you coming with us?" Young Elsword asked. "We'd like to have you..."

"I can't. I need to go to my village and see if things are okay."

"How is it hanging?" Young Elesis asked.

"It's a bit damaged from the invasion but we're managing as much as we can."

"That's good. I still wish you could come though."

"Sorry. I hope you'll stay alive out there. Who knows what's on the other side."

"Likewise." Elsword smiled. "See ya later!" Everyone else said goodbye to Young Rena.

"Good luck!" Young Rena waved goodbye as they parted their ways.

GL: That's was good enough. Next will be side stories from Elder. I hope you'll wait until the next! See ya!