In a deserted area on Pnet Du-Mek, a huge and a mysterious dark castle lies in the middle of nowhere. From there, a group of eight dark figures are standing around outside of the castle as they gaze out at the pnets of Nolea and Zibato. The world of Du-Mek surrounds itself in the darkness.

  "...five hundred years ago, our Creator for this pnet has been defeated since the time of the Dark Age war ended..." a voice said out from the group. "We had it all until that darkness was destroyed completely."

  "The two pnets," another voice speaks up as it stands from a distance from the group. "Both are rich in pure energy and love. It disgusts me."

  "All of that is true..." a deep voice speaks out. "Now, we are reborn again by a new ruler of Du-Mek that managed to bring us back to life."

  The strange being are staring at the two pnets from above. One member from the group is heading back inside the dark castle and is walking smoothly. The member happens to have long-white hair, a bck outfit suited for battle with a dark cape. There are two red belts that are around its waist, criss-crossed. The figure in bck walked into a room. The room has a huge widescreen like the size of a movie screen. This room is more of a base that's an electronic environment. On the screen is an eye-like figure, shaped with a diamond.

  "What is it, Lord Fozoworu?" The figure speaks out from the widescreen.

  "I believe that the time has come to get our revenge Sewero." The deep voice Fozoworu speaks out to him.

  "I see." Sewero said. "It's a possibility. However, your strength would not be up to par if we are to rule the Gaxy Forest once again."

  "Yes, but how?" asked Fozoworu.

  "Fortunately for me, being the new ruler as "The Creator", it will be impossible to use such power that I possess to summon my creations." Sewero expined. "As you can see, I'm not capable of gaining immoral strength in order for me to surround both pnets in eternal darkness."

  "Then what do you seek in immortality my Lord?" Fozoworu asked.

  Screen takes his time for less than a minute. The eye was dimmed, and he responded.

  "I seek strength," he said. "A source with incredible power that was obtained by that 'hero' that defeated the original "Creator" approximately five hundred years ago. The source of that power is found in both Nolea and Zibato and the source of that power lies in the elements from which I seek."

  "What kind of power is it?" asked Fozoworu.

  "...the mystical gems..." replied Sewero.

  "Mystical gems..." Fozoworu pondered to himself.

  "The mystical gems are powerful, elemental gems that are protected by guardians in both pnets. The gems are our source for eternal power. I will, however, need to gather more information upon finding the gems and discover its true nature in order to fulfil our mission." Sewero expined.

  "I see." Fozoworu said, looking down for a second. Then looks up to Sewero. "Perhaps we should give a wake-up message towards the pnets we wish to take back."

  "Sounds good. Where should you and your fellow Necromutants start attacking?" asked Sewero.

  "Give a location on Nolea and I'll make the decision." Fozoworu commanded.

  "Consider it done." Sewero complied.

  Through the screen, his monitor focuses on the Pnet Nolea. Fozoworu views the screen scouting out the areas in Nolea. One of the areas caught his attention.

  "Right there Sewero!" Fozoworu pointed out.

  "What's your take?" Sewero asked him.

  Fozoworu has his eyes on one of the continents in Nolea. He sees a target that is geared to his eyes.

  "...Malluraea." The Necromutant said, "This town is perfect for us to attack."

  "Very well." Sewero reverts to his diamond eye view. "Thus, we will bring back our movement leading to eternal darkness with your pn to attack. Leave everything to me and watch what happens."

  Once said, Sewero's big monitor emits a surrounding glow, creating dark forms of energy as he concentrates on the target that will become an invasion. Fozoworu watches him as he sees him do this. With an evil smile, his sense of destruction is about to begin.

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  The Notorious Delinquents sails on in the midafternoon. Saeko continues to steer the ship while everyone is keeping themselves occupied. Kichiro and Sadako are reading a book. Shokei rests in her bed as Marie is on the lookout for anything on top of the Mast. Beatrice and a fellow crew member named Tamiko are pying cards in the forecastle. Rei is patrolling the ship and makes sure that everything is under control. She checks downstairs at the bottom deck to see how things are going.

  "Everything's cool down here?" Rei asked.

  "Yep." Sadako replied. She is glued to the book.

  "What about you Shokei?" Rei asked Shokei. She sees her on the bed, and she looks awake.

  "I'm fine but...I'm nearly getting seasick." Shokei replied. She felt woozy and pces a palm on her forehead.

  "Seriously?" Rei pced her hands on her hips. "Get used to it and stay in good health. Don't be looking at that sea out there while you're at it. Sadako is going to prepare the meals for us tonight. I really feel hungry after a long day out in that sea."

  "What about you? Aren't you supposed to be doing something?" Sadako asked her.

  "Why of course, I'm patrolling the ship!" Rei responded. "And besides, as I am running the ship, you guys can do whatever. It's not like I'm making you sves or servants. Just do what you want to do, but try not to get too comfortable, you got that?"

  "Yeah, yeah, I know." Sadako said, rolling her eyes and returns to the book.

  "All righties! I won't keep talking to you guys any longer. I'm heading back up to the main deck." said Rei, turning around and leaving. "Laters."

  Rei leaves the room and heads up to the main deck. Shokei didn't fall asleep as she tries to take her mind off feeling seasick. She tries not to overthink it, or she will get a headache. For a while, she felt tiredness slowly dampening her in and drifts off to asleep.

  Toward the end of the day, the party is having a well-cooked meal, prepared by Sadako and Tamiko. It was the party's first night since their departure from Malluraea. Everyone is enjoying their meal as they have good food going on.

  "Mmm, Mmm! Your meals rock Sadako." Marie said with delight as she enjoys her meal.

  "Thanks Marie." Sadako said and sips on a cup of water.

  "Our chef is definitely on point with the meals tonight." Rei said to her.

  "Sure Rei. Sure." Sadako tells back at her. "How about you get your zy self together and cook for me, rather than you are patrolling the ship."

  "Meh. Fight me." Rei shrugged. "You know, I do owe you one but..."

  Rei changes the subject to check on...

  "Shokei. You don't look so good."

  Shokei hardly ate her meal. Her situation shows signs of not feeling well at all.

  "uhhhh..." Shokei moaned, feeling her forehead.

  "Seasick still?" Marie went over to check her out.

  "...might be, I'm not so sure." Shokei replied and sighed.

  "Good thing I'm your healer. I got some medicine that will do the job." Marie said to her.

  Shokei gets up from the table. The vertigo was still affecting her. "Gonna need more sleep...I'm about to throw up..."

  "Hold up now! Not on my ship you aren't!" Rei told her. "You might as well throw up out on the seas unless you clean up your mess yourself!"

  Shokei walks back to her bunk, along with Marie following her from behind.

  "What Rei said if you were listening, do you have to throw up now?" she asked her.

  Shokei shakes her head.

  "Ok." Marie said and opened the bottle into a gss cup. "Simply drink this up on this special medicine I made."

  Taking the medicine in her hand, Shokei takes a deep breath and immediately drinks up the medicine. The medicine goes all the way down her throat. The medicine had a weird taste.

  "I know this medicine doesn't taste great, but it should cure you up by tomorrow. If not, you'll need to give it time for your condition to disappear." Marie said to her.

  "Ok." Was all that Shokei can say.

  "Now get some rest."

  Shokei returns to her room and gets in her bed. Kichiro went upstairs to switch pces with Saeko to indicate it is his turn to operate the ship.

  The next day, a windy storm occurred in the middle of the ocean. The ship is hit with waves and made the ship tip over a little bit. With luck, however, the ship did not turn over all the way. The stormy weather appears to be moderate. Kichiro steers the ship cautiously through the storm. The storm is mixed with thunders and raining heavy with showers. The storm sted for a few hours until the storm subsided back to normal weather. The party gets outside to survey the damage. The deck was not damaged by the thunder at all but it did cause one of the top sails to have an open tear.

  "That was too close." Saeko said with relief.

  "Whew! And that storm would've been the end of us." Rei said checking out the deck. "Never thought the Almighty would let us live another day."

  Around evening time, Rei has everyone in the Captain's Cabin. Right now, the group is having a meeting based on their destination and what they are to expect upon finding that treasure.

  "All right peeps." Rei begins the meeting. "I believe we are near our destination very soon. After going through that severe thunderstorm, we're still alive at one piece."

  "What's this isnd again?" asked Marie.

  "Oh right, the isnd. If I'm right, they call it the Isnd of Vos Cay." Rei said, checking her map on the table. "The mark here should show where this isnd is."

  "Does this isnd have booby traps?" Marie asked. "Is it really guarded?"

  "Shush! I'm getting to that, just in case you forgot." Rei told Marie and then turned to everyone. "From what I know, this isnd is ancient for its booby traps. I believe that the traps are made for any adventurer that would attempt to step foot on the isnd and venture through the jungle. Just remember, that we should remain cautious if you see something that looks or feels like a trap. None of us want to get killed."

  "Hmm, what about the treasure?" asked Saeko.

  "Right! Regarding on that treasure. The treasure should be found somewhere in a cave. I have no clue what this treasure could be but, in my prediction, it could be worth a fortune."

  "We could be rich!" Marie smiled with excitement.

  Shokei looks at her as if she was being way off or out of her mind.

  "Umm, heheh. Whatever it is, we probably don't know or have any idea." Marie said, changing her sense of mood.

  "Maybe this treasure could be either rare or mysterious." Beatrice said. "We'll have to look forward if we're about to touch nd."

  "Anyways...get rest people. We're gonna need it for tomorrow." Rei tells everyone.

  The party leaves the room, and they are heading back to their rooms to get some rest. Shokei was checked by Marie on her condition. She was getting slightly better from her seasick and she takes another dose of medicine before heading to sleep. Shokei can only hope that she will feel much better as soon as possible before the day comes.

  The next day, the party is outside on the main deck, and they can see the isnd they are about to nd on. The Isnd of Vos Cay looks small, and it has a lot of trees. There is a mountain in the center of the isnd, but it does not have the shape of a volcano. The ship is about to reach nd and as soon as the ship reaches ashore, the party aboard off the ship. The party waited for Kichiro and Saeko to put the ship in pce, securing it tight. The ship has been secured and the party needs to know what to do next.

  "Ships all set." Kichiro said to Rei.

  "Good, now we can get down to business. "Upon navigating this area, I made a decision to split up the party in two groups." Rei said, deciding.

  "Hold on, why can't we just go together rather than splitting apart? "Marie asked with concern.

  "Look. Even if this isnd is small, we just don't know what lies ahead." Rei tells her. "I'm not sure what types of traps we will encounter. So, in case something bad happens to any of us, I want to be sure that one of us makes it to that treasure."

  "That...doesn't sound right..." Marie said, looking away for a bit.

  "I think it would be best if we all go together than dividing..." Saeko said.

  "AlrightAlrightAlright!" Rei interrupted. "Back to business. I've made my decision and that's final. Shokei, you'll be in my group along with Saeko and Tamiko. Kichiro, you'll lead with Beatrice, Sadako, and Marie."

  "Got it." Kichiro agreed.

  "Can't see the reason why we have a guy with us..." Beatrice said to him.

  "Hey, I invited one guy with us. ONE. And he chose to come with us in case any of you weaklings are against nature." Rei said.

  "Tee hee. You're the man now dog!" Marie pointed out to Kichiro, in which Kichiro blushed a little and giggled a little.

  "Giggles aside, he might have some sense in disarming or spotting traps that he may encounter, but enough talk now," Rei said as she is about to get going with her group. "I'll take this path to my left and the rest of you go to the right."

  Kichiro and the other girls nodded. Both parties split apart as they are now exploring into the isnd.

  "Keep your eyes checked for anything you two." Rei said to her group.

  Exploring on their side of the isnd, Rei, Shokei, Saeko, and Tamiko are navigating on their side While they continue to go deep in the jungle, Shokei notices something that caught her attention. Looking above, she noticed that there was someone standing on top of the palm tree from a distance. Shokei couldn't make out the view of that person, since the shadowy figure is watching her. The figure escapes her in her sight by jumping off the branch and swinging through the jungle.

  Rei and the others stop for a second to see Shokei standing there distracted.

  "Shokei, what are you doing?" Rei asked her.

  "I think I saw something." Shokei tells her.

  "What's that?" Tamiko asked her.

  "Did you see anything suspicious?" added Saeko.

  "...I think I saw someone watching us from my right, but I have a feeling that we are being watched." Shokei said.

  "You sure?" Rei looks up. "It's not possible that someone else beat us to that treasure already. You must be seeing things."

  "No, no...I'm serious." Shokei said. Her face shows her being honest.

  "Doubtful...I thought this isnd had no one coming out here alive." Rei pondered. "Then again, if you see something, say something. Otherwise, it might be your imagination."

  Shokei wanted to say something else but decided against it and listened.

  "Come on. Let's keep moving."

  The party continued to their journey in the isnd. They are walking further until they are getting deep into the isnd's jungle. So far, no trap occurred to them yet, but they all remained cautious for anything.

  Just then, Rei kept walking until she stops for a minute. Shokei and the others pause in their tracks. Rei looks down below and she sees solid grass. She eyes it carefully and sees that there is an invincible wire.

  "What's the problem?" Saeko asked.

  "A wire..." Rei tells everyone. "It might be a trap. Just follow my lead, step over this wire and we should be safe."

  Rei points down to show them the wire. The party can see the wire and they avoid the wire altogether. Once the wire has been avoided, they continued their way through the isnd. Suddenly, the shadowy figure watches what was happening. The figure, equipped with a slingshot, has an object in the pocket and puts it on the sling. The slingshot was aimed at Shokei and fires it directly at her. Shokei, without warning, was struck with an egg in her face and she falls back, touching the wire.

  "Ahhh!!" Shokei cried out, feeling the egg spttered in her face.

  "HUH?!" Rei gasped and turned back to see Shokei. "What the hell was that?!"

  "I hear something swinging!" Tamiko alerted. "Look out!"

  "DUCK! NOW!"

  Quickly, the party (except Shokei was on the floor) moved out of the way as a big tree was swooping down on their path. The big tree has spikes around it. Shokei immediately rolled out of the way and then the trap struck another tree. The tree missed its target and the ropes attached to the tree snapped, causing the tree to touch the ground. Once the trap was over, Rei and the others take a look at what nearly happened to them. Shokei gets up, wiping off the yolk of the egg off her head and looks at the trap. She was lucky on how close she nearly got killed by the trap.

  "The hell was that for?! Shokei, did you stepped on that trap...oh" Rei yelled until she realize that Shokei got egged.

  "Ugh..." Shokei rubbed her head. "I was egged out of nowhere."

  "That's crazy! Who the hell did that to you?!" Rei asked in anger.

  "Shokei is right. She said she did saw someone else in this isnd." Tamiko said.

  "No kidding." Saeko said, looking around.

  "I knew it." Rei said. She looks at Shokei. "You, ok?"

  "I'm fine." Shokei replied and stopped rubbing. "It felt like I got stung by a bee."

  "Ok, I just...I mean who the hell would try to lure us in this bloody trap?" Rei asked looking at the big tree. "Someone is really watching us..."

  "Then again," Saeko sighed. "We need to worry ourselves than just going after this treasure. Maybe we shouldn't do this..."

  "Are you kidding me?!" Rei speaks back at her. "We came this far, and you want to turn back? Hell's no! We are going after that treasure! You can't just pussy out now, can you?"

  "Ok, ok!" Saeko said back to her. "If you wanted this treasure, you could look for it yourself!"

  "Bah! No way! Are we in this together or not? Cause I'll cim the treasure myself!" Rei said to her.

  Saeko paused and looked at her. Blinking, she nodded.

  "Hmmph! I thought so. Just remember this." Rei reminded. "We're the Notorious Delinquents. We aren't afraid of anything that can come at us. We roll with danger. We die with danger."

  Hearing this, Shokei, Saeko, and Tamiko looked at each other and agreed.

  "Good. Then let's keep moving."

  The party continues through the jungle. Along the way, the group faced more traps that were ahead of them. All of them dodged out for tranquilizers, spike pits, iron cages, and more tree rams. Soon, the group have made it to the deepest part of the jungle. There was still light from the sun but it's dimly light in the jungle. Rei and the others stopped in their tracks and see that there is more distance to the path that she is walking on.

  "We made it this far. The cave should be up ahead." Rei tells the party.

  "I'm really concerned for the others. I wonder if they're ahead of us or behind." Saeko wondered.

  "Me too." Tamiko added.

  "Those traps we passed were dangerous." Shokei said, looking back at the path. "This may be the work of some group that knew about this treasure before we did."

  "That group may have beat us to that treasure, but you cannot tell just yet." Rei said. "Look, we have to keep moving."

  The party continues their path for the cave. On their way, Rei kept walking until she stopped suddenly, nearly lost her bance.

  "Huh?" Rei looks down to see what she was stepping in. "Oh snap!"

  "Quicksand!!!" panicked Saeko. Her feet is stuck in the quicksand.

  "Oh noes! Really?!" Tamiko said, frightened as she tries to pull herself out of the quicksand.

  The group panicked as the quicksand tries to pull them down. Shokei, however, was lucky enough to not fall for the trap.

  "Shokei! Do something!!" Saeko called out to her.

  Shokei, assessing the situation, knew that it was up to her to save Rei and her two allies. Immediately, she grabs on to Saeko's arms and forcefully pull herself back up to get all three of her allies out from the quicksand. Tamiko holds on to one side of Saeko's back along with Rei holding on to the other side. With a tight grip, Shokei continues to pull her allies out of the quicksand.

  However, the terrain of the quicksand is pulling them in, no matter how much Rei and her allies struggled. Just then, someone came from behind Shokei and grabbed her feet. Shokei felt someone touching her and turns her head to see who it was.

  "Kichiro! You made it!" Shokei said as she sees Beatrice, Marie, and Sadako helping her out.

  "No time for that, just hold on and I'll get you guys out of there." said Kichiro, holding on to Shokei by the ankles.

  Kichiro and the others help Shokei and her group to pull them out of the quicksand. The process went by easily with immediate action and soon, everyone escaped from the quicksand safely. As they touch ground, Rei and her group were tired and were relieved from being out of the quicksand.

  "Whew! I'm gd that's over!" Saeko said, resting her back on the ground.

  "Never...never thought I would go through that experience again..." Rei said with a relief.

  "My clothes are messed up." Tamiko said. "Aww man..."

  "I think our lives matter than just our clothes." Shokei said to her. "But now that we've escaped the sand, we can just wash the sand off ter."

  "Speaking of that..." Rei looks at Kichiro and asked. "How you guys made it through?"

  "Oh yeah, I was able to disarm traps and we didn't encounter anything major." Kichiro responded.

  "Sheesh, you guys are lucky." Tamiko tells them.

  "Hehe. Sort of." Marie grinned.

  "Aside from that, did you guys make it to the cave already?" Rei asked.

  "We did." replied Kichiro. "We were thinking your group made it first before us."

  "We would if it were not for those traps we had to endure." Rei said, looking down.

  "On the bright side, we're all back together in one piece." Marie said to her.

  "Right, but you could have gone ahead of us." Rei said.

  "True but you're the leader of the group. Aren't you?" Kichiro reminded.

  "Of course." Rei replied. "Now, you said you found that cave..."

  "It's straight up ahead. We're close." Kichiro pointed in the direction.

  "Ok...then let's move onward."

  Together, the group walked up the path that's straight ahead until they have arrived at the entrance of the cave. All of them stand in front of the cave's entrance.

  "The treasure has to be inside." Rei said. "I can feel it."

  "I dunno Rei." Marie said, taking a breath. "I have a bad feeling about this."

  "What bad feeling?" Rei asked her. "There are no monsters around here...except that Shokei saw someone in this isnd."

  "Seriously?" Marie turns to Shokei. "Is this true?"

  Shokei nodded. "Someone hit me with an egg in my face."

  "No way!" Marie said in surprise.

  "Yes, she did." Rei said. "Our treasure may be at stake if we don't cim it first. But enough idling! Let's go!"

  The party enters the cave. Once they have walked inside the cave, a figure out of nowhere, stands there watching the group all go in the cave.