Fan Fiction ❯ The Goddess Sagas ❯ Lemon-aid ( Chapter 19 )

Chapter 19: Lemon-Aid

The group was a day away from finally reaching Lapan, Ryan's temporary insanity was put out of the mind of the group to

spare their leader pain.

"So Genki, Lounaru said that we should go to Angeles, right? That is your home town, so you should know where it is located.

"Hmmm, yeah, it's pretty far, around nine months away..."

The group froze turning towards the boy with wide eyes.

"...I know...it's kind of far...I just hope everyone back home is ok."

"I'm sure they are." Mimi comforted him, smiling reassuringly.

"Hey, how are we suppose to know we can trust Lounaru, I mean, that guy is evil!" Carrie exclaimed.

"....Lima think we can trust him... his eyes were different from how they were when he attacked Lima's village."

"....Hn, whatever." Squall commented.

"Let's just keep going." Alex said harshly, bored of the talk.

"All right, let's go! We wont get to Angeles, if we keep on talking! Let's get a move on!" Genki exclaimed, dashing forward, the

rest of the group following behind at as slower pace.

Squall paused, turning around he spotted Lemon slowly following along behind the group, sweat rolling off of his skin, as he

wiped his hands on his crimson robe, his pale face drained and his eyes drawn.

".....You ok?"

"Huh?" Lemon asked looking up at him slightly startled.

"....Y...Yeah, I ---" Lemon stopped talking as he erupted with violent coughing, bending over he gasped for breath.

"Hey....Lemon!" Squall exclaimed, kneeling next to the young looking boy, who seemed to be shivering.

"I'm, going to be ok, it's just a cold, that's all..."

Squall gave him a doubtful look. "If you feel like you need to rest, just tell us."

"Awww, you really care." Lemon grinned, causing Squall to turn away with a blush.

"....Hn."

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They had been walking for hours, and finally in far off in the distance they could see the small town of Lapan appearing like an

oasis in a desert. It was very late and the girls had fell asleep, making it so that Ryan was stuck carrying Carrie and Alex was

made Lima, because even though she was slim, she weighed a ton, and Alex was the only one strong enough not to fall on his

knees when he tried to pick the elf up. She must have ate way to many 'pound cakes.' or something. Genki happily carried Mimi on his back, blushing all the way.

Squall paused, his keen sense of hearing picking up a faint sound and slowly he turned around to face the direction it had came

from. He gasped as he spotted Lemon, a few feet away, laying on the grass....he wasn't moving.

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" Miss Lena, Karl, it is your mission to capture the pieces of the goddess stone, and kill enough people so that Saiyoua may

devour their life force. She needs a lot, every bit of life force she receives will be a great help, there is something draining her

power and so she needs this boost of energy, no matter what, understand?"

Lena and Karl bowed. "Yes."

"Hikari, my dear, come out hear and show to us someone who may possibility contain a piece of the goddess stone." Taromecika called.

The demon woman closed her eyes, rising her hands into the air and dark glow surrounded her, suddenly power frizzled at her

finger tips and she screamed

" Show to me the one who might contain the goddess stone!!"

Images of people flashed before her eyes, not only their image, but their names, personal info, and the possibility rates. Her

eyes snapped open and she bowed to her master.

"My powers are not completely 100 % yet, but according to what I saw, Lemon, has one of the highest possibilities, it's 92 % chance he has a piece of the stone."

"Lemon, eh? That little trouble maker...I still hate that thief from the days of `The Goddess Wars.' Well, it just might be him, one has to have a very strong soul if they are to be able to change from evil to

good...Lena."

"Yes?"

" Saiyoua has given you and your sisters a new way to steal soul crystal's right? I hope it's reliable."

Lena smiled to herself softly. "Oh, it is."

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Lounaru, drugged up pretty bad, over heard what they said, frowning he closed his eyes.

"Lemon...You can't afford to get yourself killed at this stage in the game...I wonder, have you been taken care of yourself without me....I hope you have someone else that loves you...or else...you wont survive."

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The group waited in the small doctor shop worriedly, they had brought Lemon in that night, and it was nearing morning but the

boy had not awoken yet.

"....What do you think is wrong with him?" Mimi slowly asked, being the first one to speak in hours.

" I have no idea. He wasn't to hurt in the last ba--!!" Carrie caught herself and gave a sorry look at Ryan, for stirring up the

memories of his insanity.

"It's ok, Carrie." Ryan reassured. "It looks as if he's sick...I wonder what's wrong."

"This often happened to Mally as a child, but Marie-Maya was always able to cure him, I don't know how she did it though.

She always made sure we were all out of the room when she did." Alex explained.

"....Lemon is a vampire right?" Lima asked, looking at Squall her rewarded her with a nod.

"A Dampire, actually."

"Well, has he ever fed lately?"

"Huh?" The group turned towards her confused.

"...What do you mean?" Squall asked.

"Vampires and Dampires need to feed or else they die, Lima knows this because Lima is an occult scholar. Vampires bodies begin to

deteriorate if they don't feed on fresh blood often enough, because of their ability to become different ages or turn into bats by using their power,

blood is necessary to stop their flesh from falling apart. Lemon is a young vampire, so...he needs lots of blood, if he hasn't

been feeding then...oh my...Lima is very worried!!"

' Feeding? Lemon...I've never saw him feed...shit, if he needed to, why didn't he say anything!?' Squall cursed in his mind.

The doctor chose that moment to walk into the waiting room.

"Friends of...um...Lemon?" He asked, raising an eye brow at them.

"Yes?" Ryan asked, worriedly.

" Your friend is very sick...his body is beginning to deteriorate from the inside, if he does not get fresh blood soon he's going to die, but...we gave him blood we had at the hospital, he drank, and we put it in his veins but...it had no affect." The doctor explained sadly.

"Uhhh...Hey, don't look so grim, I'm....fine..." Lemon groaned, forcing himself to walk towards them, hanging on the wall for

support.

"Lemon!" Squall exclaimed, quickly jumping forward, catching the Dampier in his arms as he almost collapsed.

"Lemon, if you needed to feed why didn't you!?" Squall scolded.

"....It's not as easy as you think it is...." Lemon groaned. "I'm a Dampier, so my methods of feeding is, different from regular vampires."

"Different?" Squall repeated.

"...Yeah...Ummm....can you lay be back down before I explain?...I'm getting dizzy."

Squall nodded, carrying Lemon back to his room at the hospital while the other group members slowly followed behind him.

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The group gathered around him as Lemon began to explained to them, his methods of feeding.

"You see...I have to feed at least once every twelve months...most vampires feed just by biting their victims and drinking their

blood, but because I'm an half-breed, I have it a little harder. Sure I too can drink blood like regular vampires but it does not

give me enough nutrition, though it does fill me like eating food does a human."

"Go on." Genki pushed as the boy stopped talking.

"...I have to...um...well, feed off their body energy and blood at the same time...and they have to be 100 % willing, and as a

plus on the harder scale, they have to love me in some way."

"What do you mean...body energy?" Ryan asked slowly.

"I can absorb their body energy threw their pores...if you want to know how I do that....."

FLASH BACK

Ruto frowned, brushing back her friends hair with her hand as the young boy laid weakly in her bed.

"Please leave the room." She spoke to the servants whom quickly obeyed.

"Ah, Lemon, I swear, being a Dampier must be tuff. But don't worry, I'll make sure you get the food you need, my dearest

friend..."

As she spoke Ruto began to unbutton the front of her dress until the silk fell to the floor and she stood up completely

undressed, as she began to remove Lemons clothes tossing them with the pile of her own. Slowly she climbed on top of him,

laying flat so their body part where aligned as close as they could possibly be with each other. Taking a small nail-file from her

stand her cuts her arm, opening Lemon's mouth she allowed her hot blood to flow from her arm and into his mouth. Energy

crackled around them, as power from Ruto's body slipped into his and slowly the boy opened his eyes.

END FLASH BACK

"INJUUUSSSSTICCCCE!!!!!!!" Alex growled, aiming his gun at the Dampier's head.

Lemon backed up startled, blinking rabidly and surprised a confused expression plastered on his face.

"Hey, put that gun down." Carrie frowned.

"....It's not like they....did anything." Mimi added shyly.

"Shut up Onna!"

Genki rolled his eyes as he judo chopped Alex's arm causing him to drop the gun out of surprise.

"...Alex, relax...."

Genki only got a death glare in return.

" Hmmm, but how did you feed when you were working for Taromecika?" Lima blinked, asking a surprisingly intelligent enough question.

Lemon blushed nervously. " Well...Lounaru always made sure to feed me...he always made sure I was asleep at the time

though, because despite being a vampire and after everything I did....I still have a *slight* fear of blood....Except of course

when I go into bloodlust, but when I do, it has some strange...rather passionate effects on me...That I prefer to avoid."

"....A vampire who is scared of blood?" Ryan repeated dully, the group looking at Lemon in disbelief.

"Hey wait!" Genki suddenly exclaimed. "I thought you said that the person that you feed from has to love you in some way,

Ruto, I understand, she loved you as a friend, but what about Lounaru...you two weren't...um..."

"No! No! No! No!" Lemon shook his head quickly, waving his hands in protest. "Lounaru and I were not involved with each

other like that, but we did have a...sort of a relationship, but not the same kind your thinking of...look, I don't feel like talking

about him right now...I'm getting tired, I think I'm going to sleep."

Lemon laid his weak form down on the bed, drifting of asleep in a matter of moments. The group watched him sadly.

"Let's let him rest, we'll get a room in a inn, in town." Ryan said, leading the group out of the room.

Squall paused, turning half way around to stare at the sleeping boy.

' Lounaru and I did have a relationship....'

He did not know why, but that sentence for some reason made him feel really jealous.

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Lounaru screamed out in pain as the electricity from the machines he was hooked up to ran threw his body, blood flying from

his mouth, tears stinging his eyes.

Hikari watched quietly, feeling her limbs trembling.

'...I woke up in this same room...I can't remember anything...did they do this same thing to me? .....I never really thought about

it before, but why do I serve Taromecika...I don't agree with Saiyoua's will, do I ? No, I don't think I do...then why is it, I can't

help but obey him...and want to obey him....then again do I?'

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"Alex..." Ryan began, sounding almost shy.

He was sharing a room in the inn with Alex, Genki, and Squall, the girls were in the next room, and by the sound of the

chit-chat, they were all still awake. The girls somehow got the bigger room, and the boys were stuck crowded in a small

brownish-black room, filled with bugs, rotten wood and mouse holes. Somehow Genki had fallen asleep on the tattered old

bed, snoring loudly. Squall, as usual stayed quite not muttering a word, as he stared at the small little window, in the moonlight

they could see dust swirl around the musty little room.

"Yes?" Alex glanced at him sharply from wear he had been setting at a shabby little desk, modifying his gun.

"...I could not remember well before, but I just remembered that when we were fighting you said something about your 'true

mission' just what is it?"

Alex's expression soured and he turned away from him without a word.

"That is not your concern."

Ryan's tail fluffed out as he growled. " Alex...We have to tell each other everything if we are to work together. Take Genki for

example..." Ryan lowered his voice. " He's killing himself inside from the guilt of not telling us everything, you don't want that to

happen to you, do you?"

".....My mission is my and only my concern."

"...How come you have this mission anyway...you obviously don't seem to want the duty..."

" A person does not pick their faith...it's handed to them, whichever they want it or not. All they have is the choice to die giving

up, or die accomplishing their task, and if I have to choose between these two, then I would choose to die with honor. Just

one piece of advice, if you ever have to choose between these two...."

"....." Ryan stared as Alex looked at the scars on his wrists, and then slowly removed his tank top, Ryan gasped as he saw a

huge holes in his body, they were healed over, but still gruesome, most of them seemed to be made by bullets, but one of them

seemed to be the size of a baseball, and the skin was still red and raw.

"Giving up, hurts like hell."

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Mimi sighed drearily, falling back on the soft bed in the large comfy and fancy room, the bright walls not matching her gloomy

expression.

Her two friends looked over in her direction concerned.

"Mimi, what's wrong?" Carrie asked, approaching her friend.

"Anything we can do to help?" Lima questioned laying a hand on the fairy-half's shoulder.

"....I'm worried about Genki...he hasn't been himself at all recently..." she sighed, not meeting their concerned gaze.

' Genki...I hope you meant it when you promised you wouldn't die...'

"You really care about him don't you." Carrie spoke softly, it had not been a question but more of a statement.

"Really, Mimi and Genki are an item?" Lima asked, looking at Carrie surprised.

Instantly Mimi could feel her cheeks burn with embarrassment.

"...N...No, I don't...I...I...I just like him as a...f...friend." She stuttered.

"Come on Mimi, just say it, you love him!" Carrie exclaimed.

"Yeah, come on Mimi! Say it! Say it!" Lima cheered with childish delight.

"...You two are just impossible." Mimi turned away from them, eyes turning towards the floor.

"...He deserves someone much better then me....I mean, I'm short, weak, unpopular, unattractive... I'm not hyper, nor do I

even like fighting or video games...I'm a forest fairy, he's a city boy....it would not work out. He deserves a girl that could make

him happy...I'm not good enough for him...for anybody...I don't want to end up being a burden...."

Her two friends frowned, staring at her sadly.

"Poor Mimi..." Lima whispered softly.

"....She has so much hope and can look on the brighter side for everything and everyone, except for the most important thing in

the world." Carrie began, not removing her eyes from her fairy friend. " Herself..."

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Lemon panted heavily in his sleep, pain ripping threw his chest as he screamed out in agony, his fingers digging threw the cloth of

his skin, and his brittle nails breaking as the entered his chalky skin. His blood staining his crimson robes.

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Squall's eyes snapped open from where he laid on his uncomfortable bed, arms behind his head as they replaced a pillow, his

hair was fanned out around him, as he slowly sat up the brown strains fill into place and tiredly he turned towards the small

window, staring at the hospital which he could see as clearly threw the window as he could see the shining moon.

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Lemon cried out again in pain, tears forcing themselves from under his tightly closed eye lids, his breaths had become ragged

wheezes as he panted heavily. Screaming again his body jolted, half awakening him, gripping his chest tighter his began to pant

rabidly as he tried to make the pain subside.

'I need help...this pain is so great...I don't think I can stand it much more...but I have to...I wish...I wish someone would

come...anyone...I wish someone would come help me...but I'm all alone...Maya's gone...I'm all alone again...no one cares...no

one ever really cared to stay by my side...but after all the terrible things I've done...Maybe eternal loneliness, and pain is what I

deserve for killing that girl and her dog...'

Lemon cried out again, tears running down his face, but the tears stopped when he felt someone take hold of his hand, opening

his eyes weakly, he stared at the person with a surprised expression. Squall gazed back at him, giving his hand a small squeeze,

he weakly smiled.

"I could hear you screaming from my motel room...I couldn't bear leaving you hear alone to suffer like that...where does it hurt?"

Lemon shook off his surprised expression after a few moments and managed a small smile.

"Squall...thank you...I needed....I needed someone to be with me...I...I get so lonely..."

"...Don't talk, Lemon, it's causing you pain, relax...now tell me, where does it hurt?"

"....everywhere...but my chest most of all...Ohhh...my whole body feels like it's on fire..."

Squall looked at the boy worriedly, laying a hand down on the Dampier's chest he could feel a thick sticky substance, and

removing his hand he saw that his flesh was soaked with blood. Lowering his hand he caught a glimpse of Lemon's leg and to

his horror saw that his skin was a sticky crimson red.

"Lemon...your whole body is full of blood...."

Lemon looked up at him sadly.

"Squall...I'm going to die...."

"No!" The anger and denial in his own voice was enough to shock Squall himself.

"... I can only feed off someone who loves me...after all the things I've done...the whole world...probably hates

me...maybe...after all I've done...I deserve to die...."

Squall gazed at the boy in horror and watched as two tears of blood fell down the boys pale cheeks, leaving a crimson trail

down his skin.

"Lemon...I don't hate you..."

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"Karl..." Lena spoke quickly and harsh. " Destroy this village, I'll get hold of Lemon's soul crystal."

The boy nodded his head slowly. " Yes Master Lena, killing these people will be simple."

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Squall just finished cleaning off Lemon's body from the blood and began to help the boy back into his robes, being careful not

to injure one of the frail sliver wings.

"Thanks Squall..." Lemon wheezed weakly. " Thanks for your friendship...."

".........."

"Squall?"

"Hn?"

"...Never mind."

"...I guess I'll see you in the morning, then."

Squall turned to leave but was stop from by a weak shout from Lemon.

"Wait!"

"...Hn?"

"....Can you please stay with me...I don't like being alone...it may sound funny to you, I'm over thousands of years old but I feel

like crying and I get scared when I'm left all alone."

"...."

"...It's not really that abnormal...I may be a few thousand years old in human years but I'm really only thirteen in vampire years."

"...Your just a child?"

Lemon smiled weakly. "Yup...but...when I get better, if you want, I can change my looks so I appear the same age of you, if it would make you and the rest of the group feel more comfortable. I must be weird to see a `child' behave like I do..."

"...Nah, you look fine the age you are, I was just surprised that someone of your 'maturity' is only thirteen."

Lemon chuckled. " Was that a hint of sarcasm I heard when you said 'maturity?'

Squall grinned. " What do you think?"

"I think it was."

"Well, Lemon, if the shoe fits."

Both boys laughed slightly, and Lemon beamed up happily at Squall, sick eyes shining.

"Thanks Squall, I really needed that, I'm happy now."

'...Is this what it feels like to open your hear to others?' Squall smiled weakly to himself. 'It's not really that bad...'

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"Kim..." Amy began. " I sense her hear...they are after a soul crystal..."

"I feel them to...Well, we'll just wait for them to take the crystal then we'll take it away from them, and if it is a piece of the

goddess stone...then, we keep it."

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'...Ohhh...' Ryan moaned rolling over tiredly in his sleep, something in his head kept on calling his name...

"Ryan!" Ruto's image appeared in his sleeping mind. "Wake up!...Wake up!! " a scowl appeared on her face.

"WAAAAKKKKEEE UPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!"

He still did not budge, his mind not fully realizing what was going on, for if it had he would have been on his feet before one

could blink an eye. Ruto rolled her eyes putting her hands on her hips.

"For heavens sake! Can't I wake him up with a *little* class? Oh well...nothing like the direct approach...EXPLOSION!!!!!"

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Ryan almost jumped out of his bed, looking around widely for Ruto he could not find her and realized it had all been just a

dream. His eyes gazed over his sleeping comrades...well, Genki was sleeping, Squall was gone, and Alex was typing almost in

a trance on his computer. A soft beeping noise came from the machine, and Ryan closed his eyes as Alex turned around to

make sure everyone was still asleep before turning back to the screen, where a face of a wrinkled old man appeared.

"Alex, I read your report on what happened, I must say that I'm very disappointed in you, it was true that protecting

Marie-Maya was just an excuse for you to be able to spy on the city of Angelo, since the king was very war like, and we did

not want another goddess war to start. But, it turns out Marie-Maya was the goddess reborn, and you let the demon-god take

her? Weakling boy...I looked into the city of Angeles, it turns out that in a factory in that area is filled with these generators,

using the powers of the generators they are able to suck in the life force of people, with those things in place anyone who dies,

soul will be immediately pulled into it's energy tanks, the power feeds Saiyoua making her stronger. Your new mission is to

destroy those generators, if you do, perhaps Saiyoua will be weakened enough for Marie-Maya to be able to come back. Do

you understand? Destroy those generators at all cost before they destory the Life stream it's self!"

"...Mission accepted..."

The glow from the computer screen faded and Ryan lessened to Alex walk around a little until he reached the window.

"....Ryan...I know your up..."

The demon-half's eye's widened, but continued to pretend to be asleep, making soft snoring sounds.

"....The village is under attack..." Alex continued, in that same lifeless monotone voice.

"WHA--!?" Ryan jumped out of bed shocked. "Your kidding, right?"

"....Yes...I am, those huge flames of fire out there are just from a bonfire the villagers made to roast marshmallows."

"...You don't have to be sarcastic...."

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Lemon was beginning to drift off into a light sleep.

"Good night, Lemon, try and rest peacefully."

"...Thanks...Hmmm...Squall?"

"Hn?"

"I....Well....I..." Lemon paused in mid sentence eyes widening. " Squall, look out!!"

The man beast grunted in surprise as he suddenly found himself being pushed to the floor by Lemon's frail form, the next thing

he knew was aloud cry of agony...it came from Lemon. He hit the floor, Lemon laying limply in his arms, a hole around the

size of a quarter in his chest, dark blood oozing threw it.

"LEMON!!!" Squall cried, pressing his hand against the boys wound in a desperate attempt to stop the bleeding.

".....Squall.....It missed my heart...don't...worry..."

"....Humph, I missed!" Lena pouted as she walked into the room. " Oh well, I'll just take you out then remove the soul crystal,

from your friend, and then just for good measure, I'll remove yours too."

"You bitch!" Squall growled, laying Lemon on the floor carefully, as one would lay an expensive porcelain doll down in

tissue-padded box.

"Your going to fight me? Give it you best shot, beast!"

In a instant Squall changed into his half man, half wolf form, his tail lashed back and fort, and his ears were pinned back against

his head, he growled revealing his large jagged teeth and leapt forward claws ready to strike.

Before Lena could move out of the way the claws tore open the cloth of her shirt, causing the army tank top to fall off her

body, revealing her full round breasts. Feeling a surge of anger and embarrassment she put her hand to her chest, covering her

self and extended her other hand out towards Squall.

" Meteor shower!!"

Squall cried out as he was slammed back against the wall as huge boulders of rocks crashed into him, knocking breath and

blood out of him as he slummed weakly against the wall.

"Hmmmm...You went out pretty fast, have you no more energy to fight me?"

With a soft sigh Squall's body changed back to normal, his head dropping towards the floor weakly.

".....I....I can't give up..." The man beast groaned, trying to force himself to his feet.

"...Stupid little fool! Your soul crystal is mine!!"

Squall gazed forward almost helplessly as an glowing ball of magic headed straight towards him, he knew he could not dodge

it...and that...when it hit him, Lemon and him would both die.

"Nooooo!!!"

The scream suddenly pierced the air , and slowly in terror Squall's eyes widened as Lemon dashed in front of him, holding his

hands out in a protective manner. The attack hit the boy right in the chest and with a short cry Lemon fell to the ground, his soul

crystal floating as it glowed in the air.

It all seemed to happen in slow motion, as Squall watched Lemon fall, the soul crystal leave his body and appear in Lena's

hand, before he knew it, he was knelt down, cradling Lemon's body in his arms.

"....Squall....I'm going to miss you...please get out of hear while you can....."

"Lemon!!" Squall screamed, shaking the boy as he attempted to keep him from closing his eyes.

"....Goodbye...."

Squall choked back a sob as Lemon's breathing stopped and his head slowly fell to the side, unshed tears rolling down his

dead cheeks, leaving stains of water apon his deathly pale-gray face.

Squall gasped slightly as he felt a pain enter his chest and he collapsed, falling weakly on top of Lemon, the last image he saw

before blacking out was his and Lemon's soul crystal's floating in the air side by side above them.

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Ryan along with the others in his group ran outside, confronting Karl. All around them buildings were burning and people were

screaming as they tried to flea the village, some being luckier then others. All threw the night air they could see green lights

raising upwards, towards the sky.

"What are those?" Lima blinked, gazing up at them in awe.

They were so beautiful yet so horrific, for some reason looking at them made a person want to burst out into tears.

"Their the souls of all the people whose dying, they are going to Angeles to feed Goddess Saiyoua."

"They are being sucked into the generator........ " Alex whispered under his breath.

Karl grinned. "Yes, they will mold into one and form energy for Saiyoua to feed on."

"If they mold into one...then...." Carrie began, her eyes widening. " The people's souls will be lost forever!! They will never exist

anywhere, ever again!!"

"Existence...hah...it's a sick joke. But your right, they will not exist as one separate being anymore, but they will become one

with Saiyoua, the mother of destruction."

"How horrible..." Mimi's eyes began to tear.

"YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!! The life stream will dry up!! People's souls are not property!! Karl, how come you joined Saiyoua!? Why did you and the other 5th rankers join her, did you two have your soul

corrupted by darkness just like...." Genki stopped himself, catching a glance of Carrie, who looked at him threw wide eyes.

"...Just like...Kathy...." The little girl finished, a tear rolling down her cheek.

"Karl, we will defeat you and everyone else who works for Taromecika, we wont allow you to end anymore lives for nothing!"

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"....Karl....."

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"Heh-heh, you thought you would fight me? Oh no, no, no, no, I'm much to good to battle you, but I will give you a playmate to

keep you amused." Raising his hand into the air her exclaimed.

" Jell, attack!!!"

In a shadow of black mist a large creature made entirely out of water and jell raised from the ground, the group backed up

startled.

Ryan pulled out his T.P.R.A. and pointed at the creature, the screen popped to life with information, he just hoped he had

enough time to read it before he was attacked.

T.P.R.A. Database information

Jells; There are many types of jells, some are made out of water, some soil, some even fish scales, however, every combination

is made out of a jell like substance which gives this creature it's name jell. Jells are not that powerful, but because of their

immortality, they can be tuff to defeat.

"Immortal..." Genki repeated, gulping.

The creature wasted no time in attacking them, It's arm's stretching forward like whips, striking Carrie and Mimi against their

backs and chests. In return both girls scream out in pain as they were thrown to the ground.

"Mimi!! Carrie!" Genki exclaimed turning to the jell he growled. "That does it, your going down! HIYA!!!!"

Genki leapt forward giving the Jell a mighty punch to the stomach, but unfortunately, Genki over looked the fact that the thing was

made out of water and jell, and found that all his attack accomplished was getting his fist stuck in the jells slimy skin. He

desperately tried to pull his hand loose, swearing the whole time as the creature continued to whip him endlessly over the

shoulders and spine as he continued to struggle to get free.

" Genki, duck." Alex ordered simply drawing out his gun, with a quick gulp Genki fell to his knees as the bullets flew over his

head entering into the jells skin but getting stuck inside it's flesh.

"What good did THAT do!" Genki hissed as he was continued to be beaten.

"Lima help!! " The elf exclaimed. " WATER TYPHOON!!!"

A world-wind of water was summoned from the group and headed towards the jell.

"No!!!" The members of the group exclaimed as they watched the jell absorb Lima's attack, growing in height and size from the

gained power.

"Foolish onna!!! Idiot woman!!" Alex swore slapping the elf across the face. "Use your head, you dumb blonde, you don't

attack a creature made of water with water, I hope my plan still works, but if it doesn't, it's your fault!"

Lima began to brawl "I'm sorry!!!!!"

"Shut up, weakling woman. Hey, little onna, Ryan, lesson carefully. Ryan cut Genki loose with your sword, if you hit the jell

strong enough your sword should not get stuck, little woman, I want you to blast it with a 'small' blast of magic right away. Not a big

one or else you'll kill us all. Got it? Ryan try not to cut of that boys hand."

"I'll try."

Genki paled. "....eh....eh...eh........"

"Ok, now!!" Alex exclaimed, even though he was shouting though, it was amazing and scary how his voice remained that same

monotone way.

Ryan dashed forward taking a careful yet quick aim at Genki's hands and the amount of Jell spaced between his flesh and the

jells body. Hitting directly where the jell was the thinnest Genki was cut loose immediately, falling backwards as his struggling

and pulling was abruptly stopped as he bondages were cut. Ryan fell on the ground next to him as Carrie magical bomb blasted

threw the air striking the Jell whom exploded on impact, bits of oozy globs of flesh raining down on them. It was very

disgusting.

" Why he explode?" Lima blinked confused.

"...My bullets, since they did not explode when they went off, because they became stuck in his body, any slight explosion

would have caused them to explode. Which is why if the 'onna child' had shot a powerful attack at it, the explosion would have

been to big and we would have all died."

"...Hmmm...So, it's dead...what do we do now...everything is still burning." Carrie whimpered, looking around at the

destruction which surrounded them.

"Their must be some survivors...but with all this fire..." Ryan shook his head.

"...Hey, Ryan, I can use my water powers to summon a rain storm to put this fire out."

"All right." Ryan gave the ok to the elf who beamed happily at the thought of doing something to be able to help.

"...Hey Genki are you ok?" Mimi asked concerned, kneeling down beside the boy who still hadn't pulled himself off the ground yet.

He grinned weakly, forcing himself to set up. " Had better days...my back killing me...but I'll be fine..."

"...I can heal you...Just...um..." Mimi blushed. "Remove your shirt so I can see the wounds..."

Genki could feel his own cheeks turn crimson and began to stutter. "...o...o...oh... ok...."

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"Hmmm, They aren't the ones, these crystal's are pure but not the ones we are looking for." Kim shook her head as she and

Amy replaced the crystals back into their owners bodies.

"Well...next time we might find the ones." Amy smiled reassuringly.

"Yeah..."

Squall opened his eyes slowly, catching only a glimpse of Kim and Amy leaving.

"Did they return our soul crystals....?" He whispered weakly, eyes suddenly snapping open. "Lemon...."

Weakly forcing himself to his hands he crawled over to Lemon who laid a little ways away from him, his arms crossed over his

chest, looking as if he had been placed in that position.

"Wake up, Lemon." Squall coughed shaking the boy gently by the shoulders, but it wasn't any use, Lemon may had got his soul

back but he was still going to die...the illness was just to bad, and what little strength he had left vanished during the attack.

'...I need to feed, or else I die, but I can only feed from someone who loves me....'

"Lemon, don't die on me yet." Squall swallowed removing his jacket and pulling his shirt, wet with sweat over his head, he

quickly removed his pants and proceeded to undress Lemon, the boys body felt like glass, that if he were to bend it to much it

would crack. He gently laid on top of the boy, measuring his angels up with Lemons, which was pretty hard considering their

difference in height. But he did his best to redo the processes that Lemon had explained to them before. Closing his eyes he

allowed his bodies energy to flow from him and into Lemon's pours. But he knew that it would take more then that to save the boys life,

taking his wrist into his mouth, Squall bit down hard on the vein, bursting it, blood running down his arm, as he opened Lemon's

mouth with his fingers, letting his warm life's blood flow into the boys mouth. As if by magic Lemon began to breath again, and

slowly color returned to his face and his health seemed to restore by the second. Slowly his eyes opened, his violet gaze

staring into him with a mixture of weakness, confusion, sadness, and happiness.

"Squall...." The Dampier whispered reaching his hand up to touch the others cheek.

"Shhhh, don't talk, rest..." Squall said smoothly, his own voice small and weak.

"Squall? "

"I'm all right...but..."

"But?"

"I used to much of my energy, I can't move."

Something like a cross between an sincere smile and a naughty grin appeared on Lemon's face.

"I don't mind, I like it like this, it's so warm..." The boy shut his eyes peacefully.

Squall could not help but smile and stroke a strain of blonde hair away from the boys eyes. ' Lemon....'

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The group gathered outside of the village, Lemon bright, chipper and back to normal bounced around happily, brightening

everyone's foul moods.

"Next town is...Feecania " Ryan explained, reading over the map. "It's five days walk away."

"Ok!! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" Lemon exclaimed, dancing around Squall.

Genki frowned. "Hey...that's not how you do it, if your going to steal my occasional part do it right."

With a laugh Genki jumped into the air. " COME ON EVERYONE! LET'S GO!!!"