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(sorry for the such long delay every one lmao, got to lazy to do chapter 8, not finished yet but decided to put what i have right now.)

Belanishi awoke in a dark and dreary place, there were two lumps looking almost human-like sitting on the opposite side of the room from her

"hello?"

She called to them in the darkness. As she put her hand back feeling the cold stone that laid behind her the lumps slowly rose taking on tall shapless forms almost like shadows you couldn't quite pick out in the darkness. They slowly began to move towards her, fearing for her life and her sexual status she slid against the wall untill she took a standing stance, he groped around her sides for a weapon but couldnt fine one, she then rose her fists up

"I-I'll kill you if you come any closer!"

Belanishi said as tears slowly made there way down her dirt coverd face making trails that could not be seen.

"You think we would risk our lives trying to save you then allow you to kill us in such a gloomy place?"

One of the dark lumps asked, its voice seemed rather cheerful dispite there surroundings, the voice also seemed quite familier to her

"...Henshin?"

Belanishi asked as she slowly lowerd her fists down to her side as the lump that had talked stepped in to the little bit of light coming from downt he hall by two torches, she could barly make him out but it was indeed Henshin, the same, if not alittle brused, as she had left him.

"Oh my god i though, we thought you were dead!"

Belanishi said as more tears quickly rushed down her face as she quickly leaped and wrapped her arms around his waist, all Henshin could do was laugh

"did you really think a few demons could take the likes of me out?"

Henshin asked with a large grin as Jaken to stepped in to the light

"...those demons are also the ones that knocked you out and dragged us here to this wreched place...."

Jaken grumbled as he sat down on the ground

"oh cheer up...Jaken's never happy"

Henshin said rolling his eyes

"thats is because you are constaintly getting us in to trouble! I sware some times your more trouble then your worth..."

Jaken slowly shook his head but Belanishi began to giggle at the two, there arguing made them seem like little children and she could it funny in this sad enviroment.

"What exsacly do you find so funny about this situation?"

Jaken asked in a rather rude and irritated voice causting Belanishi to stop laughing and look down saddly

"do not mind him my lady...Jaken...my dearest brother is mearly upset for he has not bathed in several days sence our capture...the grim is begining to affect his politeness"

Henshin said and looked angerly at his brother

"you should not speak so to one who bares a jewel!"

Henshin said his usualy cheerful adittude gone now sounding serious and angery.

"The jewel!"

Belanishi said as she began to pat her self down

"the demons must have gotten it!"

Belanishi slid down on to her knees as her tears once again began to break throught

"do not worry my lady...the jewel is in side of you....when it sences danger or feels that it will be taken by evil it obsorbs in to your body to protect it self, if you die the jewel will die along with you so they wouldnt dare try to kill you....mearly try to get you your self to extract it"

Jaken said his politeness slowly begining to return. Suddenly a door near by opend firing a almost blinding beam of light in to the room, a tall dark figure began to slowly move towards them, they could sence evil pouring from this being and could tell at once who it was

"...ah...im glad to see you are unharmed my dear...."

Cheshire spoke...yes the dark lord was there in the very room with them

"....you.."

Belanishi rose as she clenched her fists

"yes it is me....i do hope you find your new home to your satisfaction?"

Cheshire spoke with a clam but threatning voice

"...as a matter of fact i dont!"

Jaken who had now lost all patiants spoke out loudly

"the rats down here are bigger then your big empty head and it stinks down here! I need a damn bath now!"

Cheshire still, dispite Jakens loud nature remaind calm

"that was quite rude...i was speaking to the lady not you, you feebal mortal"

Cheshire said staring at Jaken, his stare sent cold shivers down Jakens body but he still didnt move

"rude? RUDE! you lock us up down here in the darkness and your calling me rude!"

Jaken charged at the gates smacking his head off of them but kept it pressed against the coolness of the steel as he attempted to grabe Cheshire, though his finger tips came just short of reaching his noise

"...that is quite enough from you i belive..."

Cheshire then fired his left hand in to Jakens body though his arm wouldnt not reach him fully extened, it seemed as though the darkness around them became part of Cheshire body and shot in to Jakens torso.

Jaken fell back on to the ground knocked out but still very much alive

"...now then...."

Cheshire said turning back to Belanishi with a kinder look about his face

"...i will send some one down in a short while with some food, a bathing tub and some water for bathing and drinking...i am not a crule man...i just do what is needed to win this war...."

Cheshire gave a small smirk

"War? When did this become a war?"

Belanishi said, no armies had been gathered, Cheshire laughed

"i guess Hilda never told you....You are the army's of light...you must kill me and all my demonic followers....that's how the true stories go...i should know..i was the first 'dark master' in them....i am over twentie thousand years old...every time the jewel collectors are reborn...i am alive once more....so long as the cycle continues, i will be revived and i will desimate the land....it is how it goes...."

Cheshire laughed alittle as he turned

"...as i said...i will have an old friend of your's send it down to you in due time until then...feel free to talk among your selves..."

With that Cheshire walked way in to the light the door slamming shut behind him leaving the the others in the darkness that surrounded them like many animals who's ears were open listening to what secrets they told.

Meanwhile....

Dustin and the others venture through the ligher part of the darkness realm went quite well with no major battles. But now they stood before the darker part of the realm in witch no human has rturned from alive.

"I cant go any farther"

Mai said as she suddenly stopped before stepping over to the darkness

"What? Why not?"

Dustin asked as he turned towards her as the others did.

"I'm an elf we cant live with out the light, im not like my dark elf cusions"

Mai said sadly

"You'll all have to continue with out me...even with the aid of the light jewel ill grow weak and be only a burden even here i can feel its effects"

Mai said and slowly lowered her head.

"Well then"

Kalimari said breaking the creeping silence

"me and Mai will go back while you all continue, i don't think i'd be much help for you all any way...."

Kalimari said with a small grin, Dustin looked shocked at Kalimari's statment.

"...Alright...me, Jensay, Lansino and Mansino will continue to the castle...you can Mai head back to our first camp out side of the darkness realm...we'll meet you there after we save Belanishi...."

Dustin's voice sounded stern and it was becoming more apparent as the journty continued Dustin was becoming more of a leaser, the rest of the group looked surpised he agreed with Kalimari.

"Alrighty then, we'll get going now, you all should rest here for the night, you look like s**t"

Kalimari said as his grin grew larger.

The night didn't seem to affect the amount of light they got from the moon that seemed to always shine apon them, could it be thats the way the darkness realm worked or was it thanks to the gods. Lansino sat beside Dustin by a fire as Jensay and Sheena slept by a large group of rocks and Mansino slept closer to the fire not far from Lasino.

"Do you really think we'll save her?"

Lansino asked Dustin staring in to the fire as the flames flickered disappering in the air

"...I'm not really sure to tell you the truth...haven't been sure about a lot lately..."

Dustin said sitting staring up in to the sky.

"...It's understandable...are lives have been utterly changed by these experiences...."

Lansino told him attempting to comfort him

"...I guess...no...no its more then just that...."

Dustin replied with a heavy sigh.

"it feels like....im not really sure how it feels....I had my whole life planed out for my self and now that it might never be the way i planed...."

Lansino was quick to speak

"you feel like your life is ruined?"

Dustin smiled as he shook his head

"No...i feel....happy....i feel....free"

Lansino turned to Dustin and smiled alittle.

"...Kalimari was right....you are weird..."

Lansino stood up and patted off his pants as he yawned.

"...I'm going to sleep...you may wish to do the same"

with that Lansino laid next to Mansino and fell slowly asleep, Dustin sat awake by the fire for a few more minutes.

"..Yeah...maybe i should get some sleep....Belanishi....I hope your ok..."

With that Dustin laid back and fell slowly asleep.

Back in castle Cheshire...

Belanishi sat in the dark far corrner of the cell with a small sigh, Jaken and Henshin had gotten there water alittle while ago and had already bathed, they both were in much better moods due to it.

"Think its time for an escape plan?"

Belanishi asked as she looked at the two figures sitting on the chained bench against the wall.

"We've already tried to escape, bars are made of osbian, busted my shoulder up before Henshin here could tell me that"

Jaken said giving a dark glare at his brother

"well excuse me for not being quicker then your primarily instinctual mind!"

Henshin yelled angerly at him.

"Will you two stop fighting? we need to consintrate"

Belanishi said angerly at them both for there idiotic fighting. The two of them nodded and sat there trying to think of a way out.

"So what do we have to work with?"

Belanishi asked trying to look around in the darkness.

" Well we have parts of a broken chair that Jaken broke over one of the guards head, didn't work out to well though"

Henshin sighed standing infront of the bars.

"We have some sheats, though they got alittle wet during our baths"

Jaken said laying down across the bench.

"Hmmm....Jaken pass me the sheats and one of the legs from the chair."

Jaken looked confused at what Belanishi had asked but did it anyway. Belanishi pushed Henshin out of the way and stood infront of the jail's bars, the wraped the blankets around the bars and stuck the chairs legs in between sheats and began to turn it, soon the sheat began to tighten around the bars.

"...What are you doing?"

Henshin asked looking over at her blankly as he sat where she had pushed him to.

"Im bending the bars"

Belanishi said smiling, as she said this the bars made a loud creeking sound and they slowly began to bend together.

"Its to small for me and Henshin to get through though....."

Jaken said standing up beside her.

"Well i guess ill just have to go out and find the keys i guess"

Belanishi said with a smile though she was alittle scared of what will happen to her if she got cought by a patrol, but she knew she had to, it was there only chance.

"I'll be back when i find the keys"

With that Belanishi squeezed through the bars and opend the door almost blinded by the bright light again, soon her eyes adjusted and she closed the door quitely. Belanishi as in a large hall way with many candles up on the walls lighitng the hall, in between candles were pictures of wemon and some guys, mostly wemon though, and in very provocative poses and clothing.

"This almost looks like an fancy inn"

Belanishi said quietly to her self as she slowly walked down the hall way, it was a fork in the hall and he chose to go left, as she ventured down the hall she soon found her self in a dead end. Belanishi sighed and turned around only to see six demon guards and Cheshire him self.

"...Not as quick as i had anticipated...."

Cheshire sighed as the guards quickly moved and grabbed her arms as they followed there lord down a hall to a door witch was completely black, this room seemed to hold a strong presence in it.

"You will stay here for a short time"

Cheshire said then the doors flew open and she was tossed it landing on her hand scrapping the skin baddly, though she didnt make a sound hiding her pain. The doors were shut, she could still feel a person in the room with her.

"Hello?"

She called out in the large room as she then took notice of a lumpy shadow sitting on a chair.

"So he brought you here hm? Guess he expects me to explain things to you....dont know why he would bother....he doesnt need your help...."

The voice was familier, it was Yue, he stood up his pale face now more known to her.

"What? Explain what? and i will never help you!!"

Belanishi cried out as she leaped at Yue who with a almost light swing of his arm sent belanishi flying to the other side of the room using his dark powers to hold her there.

"Silence you filthy shrew!"

Yue said loudly and angerly as he left her pinned on the wall for a moment or two.

"....So... guess ill try to explain things to you, though your primitive mind may only understand bits and pecies though you should under stand the main point."

Yue said angerly again, it was obvious he didn't want to talk to her at all.

"......"

Belanishi was then released and took a seat on the floor so she didn't have to be any closer to him.

"....How many times do you know of that the journey of the jewels has taken place?"

Yue asked as he sat back down in his chair.

"....Once duh...by the first hero's."


Belanishi said matter-of-factly

"...Stupid wench.....don't act so sure...it has tired to done over ten thousand times"

Yue said calmly now as he looked at her.

"The evil the hero's have to fight at the end destroys the world just before they can kill him, then the jewels rebuild every thing and things star over again, but my lord Cheshire can see the future he seen what will happen and will change it by killing the evil him self, he only wishes for you all to be dead so that he may use the jewels to summon the evil and kill it him self."

Yue said and waited for her reply, Belanishi was shocked to hear this, dispite every thing that she was told from when she was a child, she believed what he was saying was the truth. Belanishi stood up and dusted off her clothes.

"...Take me to Cheshire...."

Belanishi said in a commanding voice as Yue stood up, he nodded but obviously didn't want to, as she followed him down the hall she was thinking about what he told her.

"How can some thing like this be true...."

Belanishi asked him self over and over again but came up with no answer. Soon they were in the throne room where Cheshire stood, waiting for them.

"Ah....hello....i trust you have had time to think about this...."

Cheshire smiled. Belanishi nodded slowly.

"....I.....I want to help in any way i can....its what a hero was born for...."

She said as looked up at him, Cheshire would look almost human had it not been for the dark feathers that covered part of his body.

"Good....good..."

Cheshire smiled as he brushed the back of his right hand against her face feeling the cool softness, Belanishi slightly shyed away giving a painful look as her vision became dark and passed out.

"Release the other two....i have no need of them any more...let them find there closing in friends...i want them to find me...and her"

Cheshire smiled as the guards followed his orders releasing Jaken and Henshin in to the dark world, it wasn't long until they started running as fast as they could closing in on the others.

(The rest of the chapter will be told with Dustin's group)

When Dustin a woke in the morning he found Mansino, Lanisino, Jensay and Sheena sitting around in a circle, though there was a spot left open for him to sit by to.

"Morning"

Jensay said to him hading him some of what little food they had left for they all already had eaten

"Thats the all we have left? Bread?....."

Dustin said looking at the dry cold bread that sat in his hand and gave a small sigh.

"What i wouldn't give for a hot pizza right now"

Dustin said as his mouth began to water and took a bite in to the bread finding it sucking up all the saliva the image had graced him with. After a few more bites it was gone and he was hardly able to swallow all of it, it would sit heavy in his gut for awhile. The group continued on until they heard some foot steeps, then two men staggered out from behind some rocks, It was Jaken and Henshin who almost cried when they seen Dustin and the others.

"Thank the nine we found you all! and alive no less!"

Jaken said weeping as he fell against Dustin who was shorter then him so it was very hard for him trying to keep Jaken from falling.

"How did you all get out?"

Sheena asked.

"...They just let us out....one of the guards mentioned that we would find you out here....he said to tell you "The lord of this domain wishes to see you"

Henshin, being the less weepy one, told every one.

"...So Cheshire wants to see us hm?.....Lets go"

Dustin said his voice filling with rage. Jensay grabbed a hold of his arm to stop him.

"Don't be stupid Dustin!"

Jensay said loudly.

"Thats what he wants...."

Dustin quickly cut him off.

" I dont care what he wants! He has Belanishi, we have to save her....who knows what he's doing to her...."

Dustin said as he pulled from Jensays grasp and continued forward.

"At least give us time to rest!"

Jaken said as he sat down

"We haven't eaten in days....Belanishi has though....Besides lad, i don't thing she would want you to rush in and get your self killed...."

Henshin said as he sat down cross legged and eat what little bread there was left. Jaken and Henshin fell asleep quickly after they finished eating, every else to laid down to rest but Dustin couldn't, he could lay down any more knowing the castle where she was held was so close. Dustin stood up but broke a small twig that he had steeped on. Every one rose

"The one time i have to be sneaky and i make tons of noise...."

Dustin thought to him self as he turned around, every one looked at him disappointedly but gathered there things. Jaken and Henshin stretched and yawned and were ready to go. The rest were to now and they continued to the castle, when they reached the front gate they found it had already been lowered for them.

"...What? No read carpet...."

Jensay said with a small grin as Sheena elbowed him in the side, Demon guards lined up the halls as Dustin and the rest travled down them, soon they came to double doors and were directed in to them. There stood there enemy, Cheshire, Yue, and between them booth on her knee's, Belanishi.

"Belanishi!"

Dustin cried to her but when he tried to charge and grab her Yue stood out and slashed at him with his mighty blade, but Dustin quickly leaped backwards and defended against it with his own sword, Yue leaped back and re-sheathed his sword as Cheshrie began to speak.

"Now now...please, no fighting, i wouldn't want anyone to get hurt"

Cheshire said with a bright and cheerful mood.

"Countless people have already been hurt because of you!"

Dustin yelled out at him.

"Please....you and your pathetic ethic's....i am almost a god....if you do not obey me in my domain i could crush you"

Cheshire said as he clenched his fist in the air, Dustin began to feel a sharp pain in his chest as his eyes were shut close trying to cope with the pain.

"Yes...i see now why the jewel of fire chose you....you are strong...but not strong enough...."

Cheshire said and released him.

"I guess you came for the girl...."

Cheshire said waving over Belanishi who was still on one knee never looking up at them.

"What did you do to her!"

Dustin said with a grunt as the pain subsided.

"...Nothing she didn't want...she wished to help me....save this doomed world....what a foolish girl..."

Cheshire laughed, Yue looked oddly at him.

"W-what...?"

Yue asked.

"Fool....did you truly think that i would 'save' the world? You are mad....i am the great evil, I am the one that destroys the world, i no longer need your services...your mind is to strong for me to fully control...but hers....she is only human she cant resist my powers...."

Suddenly Belanishi stood

"All hail the power of the dark lord! All hail lord cheshire!"

She cried out as Cheshire laughed, Yue looked at Cheshire then at Dustin and the rest, Yue drew his sword but before he could cast an attack Belanishi had her fist in his face sending him flying to the other wall almost as hard as Cheshire had hit him before. Jaken charged at Cheshire first, surprisingly but Belanishi kicked him hard in the gut and then sent him flying with a uppercut.

"Belanishi!"

Dustin said shocked at what she was doing.

"She is my puppet...she no longer has any free will....i own her...."

Cheshire smiled.

"If you will excuse me....i have some work on a new home in the light realm to take care of...it needs some new paint...i think blood red will do the trick"

Cheshire laughed as he and Belanishi disappeared in a vortex of darkness. Dustin dropped to his knees and pounded the floor.

"No! Dam him! Dam him!"

Dustin cried out as tears slowly began to run down his face. Suddenly demons began to poor in to the room, Dustin slowly arose from his knees and turned to him, but he wasn't the same, Suddenly his arms and the rest of his body cought fire, it didnt hurt him though, the swords attached to his waist changed, they seemed to take life of them selves as Jensay pulled them out there blades cut through every demon as though they were not even there, when it was all over every one looked in terror at what was standin there in place of Dustin, a being, well above the power of a mortal, if it had not been for the small cuts on his arms from the demons attacking from behind, he would have been a god.

"....Dustin....Dustin....DUSTIN!"

A voice called out in side of his head, the voice was of Belanishi he knew what she wanted and suddenly the flames undissipated and he was him self again. Every one circled around him.

"That was amazing! How did you do that!"

Jensay asked wide eyed.

"Not now....we have to get to her....he has her still"

Dustin said weakly.

"What do you think he meant by what he said?"

Jaken asked.

"What else...."

Yue said walking limply over to them

"...Hes going for Hilda's castle....he's going to control the light realm....i want to help...i need my revenge...."

Yue said staring Dustin in the face, whom nodded in agreement, they had lost Belanishi, but had gained Yue....it still wasn't a fair trade in Dustin's eyes.

(End of chapter 8.....FINALY!!!)