Rumble Through the Sacred Mountain Temple
Gajeel's team are currently digging through the ground of the mountain top to find the temple where the Clock Piece should be, Rana is also doing his part as he is digging with Levy.
"Do you think we're getting any closer to this temple?" Rana asked.
"I'm not sure, these temples have been hidden for centuries and they probably buried it deeper too." Levy guessed whipping the sweat off from her forehead.
"Maybe you should try working with your arms instead of talking with your mouth." Gajeel said while digging through the spot with Cattleya.
"Now, now, that is no way to speak to a lady like that, especially if that lady happens to be your friend. She's doing the best she can like everyone else, so please be a little more grateful." Cattleya scolded, making Gajeel grunt as he gritted his teeth.
"I hate it when he talks to Levy like that." Jet said as he and Droy are carrying a big rock together.
"But good thing Cattleya is here to tell him, almost like a mom to her child." Droy commented.
"I guess that makes sense since she is a mother, after all." Jet said.
Cattleya swings her Giant Slayer sword down at the ground making another crater with some slashes and takes a little break to look at the sword.
"I'll need to do a little maintenance work to keep my sword sharp, it's been a while since I've done this much of hard work." Cattleya smiled.
"I'm sure that sword of yours needed the workout anyway." Gajeel said, but then notice something when he hit the ground again.
"Hey, I think the ground is starting to feel hollow from below." Gajeel informed and Cattleya kneels down knocking on the ground.
"I think you're right, that means we're very close to the temple!" Cattleya smiled, but then she notices Gajeel just turned his arms back to normal.
"Is something wrong?" Levy asked as she and Rana also notice this.
"I get the feelin' we're not alone up here." Gajeel said getting the feeling from his instincts.
"Uh-oh." Jet worried.
"Where are they? Can you tell?" Droy asked.
"They? Do you mean the people who attacked your guild and took the clock hand?" Rana asked Levy.
"I'm hoping it's not that, but it seems very unlikely." Levy said.
Gajeel looks around for three seconds until he turns his head to see a small flying figure hovering above the group.
"Well, it appears that I've been spotted." The small figure revealed to be Samuel of the Legion Platoon.
"He's with the Legion Platoon!" Levy shocked, remembering what Lucy warned her when they went to her former home.
"Why are you here?" Gajeel asked.
"That should be obvious, we're after the same thing, aren't we? I've come to claim it." Samuel answered with a grin.
"So, you're here to take the clock piece as we are." Cattleya figured as she looks carefully at the little cat man seeing as everyone else is having their guards up.
"I am, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Samuel, the brains of the Legion Platoon." Samuel introduced himself.
"Wow, a cat that can talk and fly! It's amazing that I want to go over there and pet him!" Rana excited reaching out his hand towards Samuel.
"I'd rather not be pet, thank you very much." Samuel gave the boy a slight glare.
"An Exceed. The one Lucy and the others mentioned." Levy remembered.
"Indeed, you actually have something between your ears, young lady. I'm impressed." Samuel complimented.
Panther Lily remain silence, glaring at the newcomer who turns out to be an Exceed just like him though this one appears to be younger than himself, which could only mean this Exceed was one of the Exceed eggs that were sent to Earthland all those years ago by the queen.
Cattleya can also tell this little kitty is worth more trouble than his small appearance can give off even though she thinks this one is so cute like Panther Lily.
(With Lucy's Group)
"Okay, so does anyone have any idea of how we're going to lift this thing out because it looks super heavy." Romeo asked looking at the big Clock Piece.
"Maybe we could all carry it together while one of us keep close whenever we need to take turns." Leina suggested.
"Or we can just have the dog girl pull the cart all by herself until her backs break." Elina suggested with a sinister smirk at Coco.
"Oh, now you suddenly want to treat me like a slave!" Coco snapped with a glare.
"I don't know, maybe you should be a slave for all the crap you put us through and deserves to be punish as a worthless slave who's only worth to eat the food from the floor!" Elina mocked with a dark looking face.
"Okay, now you're scaring me!" Coco shocked and hid behind Lucy.
"Whoa, Elina! Please cool with the threats, Coco should be treated fairly like anyone else, and I believe she can be our friends too." Lucy believed surprising Coco from the sweet words.
"You really have become mature than when we were kids, if only you could've reason with Elina back then when we were kids." Claudette smiled proud of her youngest sister.
"Reason with Elina? Did something happen when we got separated?" Lucy asked causing Elina to flinch in a bit of fear.
"Huh? Natsu, how about try lifting the clock piece from the bottom and Happy can try lifting it from above!" Elina quickly suggested to change the subject.
"She's trying to brush off her past." Menace noticed.
"Well, Elina has been a very bratty bitch back in that other world we used to live in, had a real superiority complex." Shizuka mentioned out loud that Lucy heard.
"We used to have a servant named Nyx who was assigned to serve Elina, but our sister would treat the poor girl very badly such as mocking her and even spilling her tea onto Nyx. A real spoil brat." Leina explained.
"Indeed, now that I think about it, I probably should've done something to mellow that personality down." Claudette crossed her arms.
"WHY?!" Elina cried of her dark past reveal and fell all four on the floor.
"Elina! I can't believe you would do such a thing! I knew you had issues with calling yourself better than commoners, but treating people like that is wrong!" Lucy scolded, feeling a little angry.
"I know, I'm really sorry… I guess my mood has gotten a little worse after our otherworldly separation." Elina admitted while sobbing.
"So, what ever happened to Nyx?" Michelle asked.
"She disappeared from our home years ago and later entered the Queen's Blade tournament to get revenge on Elina for the torture treatment." Leina answered, remembering that fight.
"Touch, didn't she have any family?" Natsu asked.
"There was her mother, but she died during the service of the Vance family." Claudette recalled.
"Nyx finally fought me in the tournament with some weird demon staff or whatever dark item she was using, but I defeated her, as expected, but I haven't seen her since." Elina explained the rest as she gets back up.
"Hey, was Nyx a maid girl back when all four of you were together?" Happy asked curiously.
"I'm not sure, I think there are still bits of memories from our past still not clear to us yet." Claudette said.
"Then how about we talk about something else like how did this idiot ended up being part of the Legion Platoon?" Shizuka pointed down at the unconscious Dan.
"Oh man, that's a story you might not believe." Coco chuckled.
"But don't we have to take the Clock Piece now?" Menace wondered.
"I don't see what's the rush, I think we still got time for one story before we do anything." Shizuka stated.
"Well, guess we can rest up a bit." Michelle nodded.
"Well then, better get on with that story." Natsu said to Coco.
"Okay, now I think I should start with where Dan came from first." Coco said as she is about to start the story of how she met Dan.
(With Gajeel's Group)
Gajeel and the others are glaring at the little cat man right after he explained to them about his purpose of getting the Clock Piece that is in this location.
"Well, Sammy, if you want that Clock Piece, come get it. I dare ya!" Gajeel taunted.
"Please do refrain from abbreviating my name. Samuel will do just fine, thank you." Samuel stated as he hates little nicknames like that.
"What does abbreviating mean?" Rana asked Levy.
"It means he doesn't like using his name into other words like Sammy." Levy explained.
"Really? But Sammy sounds like a cute name for someone so small and cute." Rana commented which ticked Samuel off clutching his little paws.
"Perhaps you will rethink that once I defeat you companions." Samuel proclaimed.
"Feeling confident to fight us all, huh? You're going to regret saying that." Gajeel smirked.
"Wait!" Panther Lily stepped in front of the group.
"Don't worry about this one, I can take him down. You guys focus on digging up that Clock Piece as fast as you can." Panther Lily grabbed his sword as he volunteered to fight this Exceed.
"But are you sure you can fight him by yourself?" Rana asked worry, then Gajeel place his hand on his head.
"My cat is damn strong, there's no way he'll lose." Gajeel smirked.
"You're Panther Lily, correct? I am honored to meet a senior Exceed." Samuel said before taking to the sky with his wings.
"Y'know when you think about it, that essentially makes you like an order brother to me." Samuel commented.
"You're not worthy of calling yourself my brother!" Panther Lily took flight and taking out his sword.
"Now, now, don't be so coldhearted! I mean, we're both Exceeds, we should at least try to be friendly… Brother." Samuel teased.
"You'll have to do better than to vex me, Sammy." Panther Lily teased back making Samuel upset.
"Come on, we must find that Clock Piece right away!" Cattleya ran back into the hole she and Gajeel dug up.
"I know all about you, Lily. Despite being an Exceed, you sided with the humans. How did our brethren take that, I wonder?" Samuel asked curiously.
"What I did was based on my convictions! And I have never once regretted my decision." Panther Lily said strongly.
"I can tell that you've got quite a temper. You'd gained much from being craftier, like me. Logic trumps brute force." Samuel proclaimed grinning.
"Sorry, pal, but I've never been the type to think in terms of gains and losses." Panther Lily stated.
"I see, a shame we don't have much in common, brother." Samuel said.
"Stop yammering and fight me, Sammy!" Panther Lily transformed into his battle form.
"I'm happy to oblige." Samuel smirked and also transform into his battle form.
"Whoa, they both grow into muscular cat men!" Rana gasped of amazement.
"Hey kid, you better stay close to us if you don't want to get caught in the crossfire." Gajeel advised to Rana.
"Here I go!" Cattleya raised her Giant Slayer sword to smash into the ground at least one more time.
"En garde!" Panther Lily held his sword forward and charges at his opponent.
"I'm much more than just a bookworm with wings. Allow me to demonstrate!" Samuel charged Panther Lily.
Cattleya slams her sword down causing the ground beneath them to open a wide whole for the entire group to fall in, and they now find themselves inside a wide-open indoor area with some giant weird looking blue statues.
"Where the heck are here?" Jet asked.
"Maybe this is the temple you've been looking for." Rana guessed being on Gajeel's shoulder for a moment before he was put down gently.
"Those are some weird lookin' statues!" Droy commented.
"They almost look like eggplants, or maybe it's the white thick radish." Rana commented.
"You ever had those kinds of radishes before, kid?" Gajeel asked.
"I think so, they were a bit sweet." Rana tried to remember how they tasted.
"I think we got more important things to do than talk about what vegetables you eat!" Jet reminded them of what they came here for.
"Yeah, yeah, but first…" Gajeel sniffed the air with his nose picking up the scent of another person here.
"I think we should ask the mysterious stranger who happens to be in their temple too." Gajeel said confusing everyone.
Then came the sound of hands clapping together echo throughout the temple that made everyone feel a bit scared, but they quickly got themselves into their fighting stance and brace for whatever danger is coming their way.
"Please, don't let it be another member of the Legion Platoon." Droy gulped, sweating a little.
"I don't know what this Legion Platoon is, but I can promise you that I am a friend." A woman stepped out from behind a pillar.
Cattleya and Rana became shocked of seeing the woman is someone they are quite familiar with and even knew her when they first met.
"Echidna, I can't believe it's you!" Cattleya gasped.
"What? Were you expecting someone else? I'm almost hurt." Echidna said sarcastically.
Echidna is a woman with long dullish green (with whitish bangs) tied in a ponytail, tan color skin and red eyes. She wears a white, vest-like top with a snake-themed collar and a simple pattern on the back, the vest also has one red gem on each breast surrounded with a spiral pattern. The collar also has fur, and she wears turtle shell shoulder plates with a red dot on the back of each. Breasts sizes: G-cup.
"Well, well, I didn't expect to see the famous Giant Slayer Cattleya along with her cute little son, Rana. And you appear to be with some fine company too." Echidna smiled looking at the new faces.
"Do you two know her?" Jet asked.
"She was one of the warriors who fought in the Queen's Blade Tournament and a friend of Leina when she was the one who taught her how to fight." Rana answered.
"Hold on, you're the one who train Leina?" Levy shocked.
"That's right, you could say she was one of my precious pupils too." Echidna giggled in a sexually tone.
"Hold on, something about you just doesn't seem right with your scent. You're not human." Gajeel mentioned.
"Oh, guess you can't fool the nose of a dragon. That's right, I'm you could say a Wild Elf." Echidna pointed her pointy ears.
"Whoa, no way! A real-life elf, like in those stories?" Droy amazed.
"I never knew elves would be so hot and beautiful!" Jet complimented with his eyes shape like hearts.
"Well, I guess we can trust you since you know LeinaAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH?!" Levy screamed at the sight of a snake wrapping around the woman's waist, and not wearing any underwear too.
"What's wrong? Are you frightened by my little Keltan? Don't worry, he's a very friendly snake." Echidna giggled as Keltan comes up to her head and hisses at the blue hair girl.
"Why do you even have a snake where your underwear should be?" Levy blushed crazy while covering Gajeel's eyes, Cattleya also doing the same with the other boys.
"That's because it's an elf custom to never wear underwear for their whole life. At least that's what I heard." Cattleya explained.
"Now that is one freaky custom." Gajeel commented.
"So, would it be too much trouble to ask you guys to help me and my new friend get out of here?" Echidna asked.
"New friend? You mean there's someone else in here too?" Rana asked.
"That's right and let me tell you, she's a real feisty girl." Echidna commented turning to her friend walking towards them.
"Oh, you honor me with your kind words, Echidna." The woman giggled.
This young woman has tanned skin, red eyes, and silver hair with multicolored highlights. She wears a fishnet unitard with metal caps on her torso, an ornate belt with rings in varying sizes, and a small dark blue, blue cloth with a light blue Amaran symbol on it. On her arms she has blue and gold metal armbands on her upper arm, and blue and gold bracers with a golden ornament of a creature going down it. On her legs she has blue and gold metal ankle-bands. Breasts sizes: G-cup.
"Nice to meet you all, my name is Anarista and I hope we get along." Anarista winked.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Gajeel's group seem to have had an encounter with Samuel who wants to Clock Piece of the location but is being kept at bay by Panther Lily. They entered the temple only to be an unexpected guest in the form of the beautiful Echidna along with one woman named Anarista as I'm sure you know who that is.
Also wanted to ask you guys if you're okay with me adding other girls from the Queen's Blade Rebellion series, just a few of them even though they didn't appear in the first show of Queen's Blade.
KO comment, favorite, and follow through of how this story will go!