upon reaching the city of the rocks the trio notice a that the city looks like a normal rural town. normal except the fact that there are humanoids made of rock bossing around people made of sand, flesh and wood rare glimpses of plastic people could also be seen obeying the rock people though they were mostly used as exibitions suggesting that plastic people are rare and considered exotic

"here we are ryuga. make yourself at home, you fleshlings can do that too"

"so these elemental gods are they divine?" leona

"maybe i can steal one of their divinity and present it to lord Arneus" she continued

hearing those words arneus smiles like he accomplished something big

"i didnt mean you"

"who did you mean then fleshling?"

"remember the Arneus we told you about, yeah him?" ryuga

"what will a fleshling do with so much power. its beyond you fleshies"

"how dare.. how dare you call Lord Arneus in such a disrespecting manner" leona while being flustered

"let it go leona" ryuga

"hmmph"

they walked to the edge of town where they saw a castle

"well here we are fleshlings and ryuga"

"you really are a king, so what was a king doing out in th eopen alone?"

"looking for a way to steal the gods power" Arneus

*ryuga whispers to leona* "and before you ask again no they are not divine. "god" is a title , its not power"

leona sighs

"what are you talking about? did you find a way to help me?"

"well something of the sorts"

*whispers*

*yuki to ryuga* "are you sure you want to help this guy he seems awfully power crazed"

"iam not helping him. if i wanted to help he would already have the power no arrogance attached"

"then why are we here?" yuki

"i need to figure out where we are exactly. until then i will play along"

*whispers end*

"what are you both talking about?" leona

"how we are going to help Arneus right yuki?"

"yes we are going to help mr.rock"

"good choice." Arneus

after entering the castle they see that there are dozens of sandmen and fleshlings (similar to humans with skin and all but different type of ears some with tails others with claws and so on who can mostly perform magic. it is said one of them can bring down a town by himself. the rocks can turn into giant planet destroying meteors so they are stronger and hence rule the fleshlings)who are bowing and are standing in such a way that they are outlining the path to the throne on which Arneus sits

"prepare a room for our guests"

*whispers amongst the fleshies*

"did he say guests? i thought they were new slaves"

"he treats us like lesser beings so why do they get to be guests.. its not fair"

"who do they think they are?"

*whispers end*

"SILENCE. prepare the rooms now" Arneus

"hey mr.rock can you add 2 more beds in the room for me and leona?"

"fleshling i only listen to the requests of ryuga. you have been permitted to enter my castle because i recognise his power"

*whispers amongst the fleshlings*

"which one of them is ryuga?"

"did he say powers? is he that strong?"

"so the other two are just slaves"

"its probably the one with the tail"

*whispers end*

"SILENCE."

"ryuga ask him for an extra bed. i dont want to sleep with you" leona

"Arneus just treat their requests as mine. its annoying to repeat everything"

"as you wish. add two more soft fleshling beds in the guest room"

"Sire. pardon my incompetance but there is only one bed available" A Fleshling Butler

"then get one more from the town"

"Sire. these beds are specially made with the corpses of the cotton people who die in war. unfortunately for us there is no ongoing war and our people care little for wasting their hard earned credits on such pointless items"

"very well." turning to ryuga "we only have one more. two of you will have to share it"

"well since you both dont specially like each other decide who sleeps with who amongst yourselves"

"we have started to get along ryuga" yuki

"yes she is nicer than when we first met and she called me a monster"

"ok then you both get the big bed i will take the extra. its decided iam going to sleep"

"i cannot allow that even if you are the one who requested it ryuga. i cannot allow an esteemed guest to sleep in an extra bed"

not hearing what he said ryuga hurried off to his bed

"servant it appears ryuga didnot hear me, follow him and transfer him onto the big bed if he sleeps on the extra one"

"As you command my king"

"yuki i dont want to sleep with that fool please dont make me"

*sigh*"ok fine. you can have the extra bed"

yuki crept into the bed to avoid waking ryuga up. ryuga starts sleep talking

in the morning ryuga woke up because yuki was breathing into his face surprised by this ryuga got out of bed with a jerk

"WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" *5 second pause*

"Why was i on the big bed? i remember that i went to sleep in the small one"

*waking up while rubbing her eyes*

"uhhh? whats... the matter ryuga why are you yelling" (still half asleep)

"i have no idea why i was in the big bed or why you were in it too"

*moments pause*

"did you do this?"

"DO I LOOK LIKE I CAN CARRY YOU?" (while being flustered)

"who knows"

"why is it a big deal anyway? you didnt care when i threatened to get in bed with you in your dorm"

"dont do it secretly"

"fine next time i will wake you up"

"dont do that either"

"then?"

"i dont know. just dont disturb me when iam sleeping"

"i swear. you act like sleeping is your purpose in life"

"we dont have one but sort of, yes"

"by the way yuki where is leona?"

"i dont know. maybe shes taking a walk"

"let me see"

*thought*"i wish to know what happened to the catlion girl leona"

*outloud*

"she appears to have been kidnapped by.... a flame... a freaking flame. "

*Arneus enters*

"indeed it appears an elemental god has your friend and by the type of power used its safe to assume its a flame elemental"

"great and just when i sealed my powers for the day so i could sleep the entire day"

"sealed?" arneus

"nothing."

"ryuga get her back"

"i would but i sealed my powers for the day. using a command"

"so use another"

"which do you think is stronger? an unbreakable shield or a sword that cuts through everything?"

"what are you saying hurry up and get her back"

"like i said the first command is the shield and the second would be the sword. do you want to turn this entire universe into a blackhole?"

"how would that happen?"

"the two commands would start a fight inside my body and eventually start leaking energy until it becomes a object and that object made of pure divine energy would become a blackhole and that will continue no matter where i go. in other words i will become a walking blackhole if i do that"

"then why did you seal them in the first place"

"unlike the divine tree i have dreams and if i think of destroying everything in a dream it will happen in real life this explaining is making me thirsty"

"what are you both talking about?"arneus

"nothing" ryuga

"you didnt have to make it last the entire day"

"i guess i didnt"

"sheesh. did you atleast keep enough to defend yourself and us?"

"i can still destroy a planet or two with a punch is that enough?"

"....no.o.o?"

"anyway wanna see how she got kidnapped?"

"can you do that?"

"i still have some powers just not reality manipulation"

"then please show me how she got kidnapped"

"then here we go. brace for impact"

"are we doing a crash landing?"

"i just wanted to say that"

"ok then."

ryuga asked yuki to close her eyes and the moment she did she saw a flame spread out like a veil flowing in the wind and slipped under leona and too off with her sleeping peacefully on its back like a magic carpet made of liquid fire

"you can open your eyes now"

"was that all?"

"not really but thats the gist of it the rest is unecessary information"

"i would like to see"

"sorry cant do"

a troubled butler suddenly burst through the door

"TROUBLE MILORD, A BUNCH OF OUR GUARDS HAVE BEEN KILLED!!!!"

"What!!!" Arneus

"they all appear to have been melted"

*sigh*ryuga

"see unecessary information"

"you didnt want me to see them melt?were you trying to be considerate? "

her eyes sparked a bit with admiration and her cheeks reddened a little but not enough to be noticed by anyone

"i was just saving energy"

"...." yuki

"this is no time for idle chit chat ryuga i a stoneoid cannot venture into the fire demons area as iam a lesser being but you, a lone fleshling acting to save his friend can please take care of that vile beast" arneus

"sure sure"

while leaving the castle to go to the elemental area ryuga saw a 4 stoneoids drag a female fleshling into an alley

"hey yuki what are those people doing?"

"you you you.... want... me to... tell you that?"

"nevermind i think the flame carpet thingy left this way"

heading towards the same alley

"you sure are nice ryuga"

"iam just following the flame thingies trail"

"flame thingy"

"elemental god"

"ohh. why do you call it that?"

"its too much trouble remembering all their names"

"if you say so"

reaching the men they saw two men holding the girl up while one of them was sharpening his hands which had been transformed into a cleaver while the last one is sniffing the girl and slowly tearing her clothes off, he had already tore off the arms and a few tears could be seen in the chest neck and abdominal area of the clothes the girl herself was crying but appeared to have lost hope she was a medium sized girl with a small breast size, a puffy tail and small teeth but had two pointy canines, her hair were white and eyes red, her hair was cut short, ryuga asked the perverted stoneoid what they intended to do with her

"obviously they intend to eat her ryuga" yuki

"leave me or they will devour you too" the girl

"no can do." ryuga

"who in the hell are you" the pervert

"were in the middle of using and eating this fleshling and if you dont want to end up like her go away" one of the two holding her up

"go away and we will spare you, we are feeling merciful right now" the other one holding her up

"you wanna see some hurt?" the one with the cleaver

"forgive us? forgive us? you sure are cocky for a bunch of rocks"

"then get hurt and die" said the one with the cleaver as he rushed towards ryuga from the behind when he got near enough ryuga bent his hand behind his head (and not in a inhuman way) and flicked his head which immediately disappeared and the rest of the body fell after standing for a few seconds

"you bastard how dare you do that"

the two holding the girl said before putting her down and together with the pervert jumped on ruga from the front who using the head of the first as a stepping stone which jumped a bit higher towards the second one grabbing his arm and thrusting him towards the third then falling back down he landed on the firsts head crushing it, the third one avoiding the second one who instantly crumbled due to the impact with the ground shoved himself into the wall of the adjacent building growing in size

"not so tough now are you fleshling? do you know why you all serve us, now?"

"as you wish milord, i shall serve you with all iam capable of"

said ryuga as he punched his leg destroying it and making the giant fall

"that was the apetizer now for the main dish"

punching the abdominal area and disintegrating it

"you little how dare you do this. you will not get away with this the stone king will make you pay"

"please some room for the dessert milord."

said ryuga punching the head of the fallen giant

"hope you liked the service" looking towards yuki who was looking at him with contempt

"i just wanted to try being punny, dont give me the cold stare"

"iam not really making fun of you its just that you were out of character"

"and that was uncharacteristic of you , the cold stare"

"so we are even i guess"

"'what are we but the memories we make, the tales we tell, the stories we tell ourselves' i remember a game where someone says that so looking at it from that point of view isnt everything we do in character since its another memory that makes us, us?"

"that was awfully deep of you. almost uncharacteristically"

"again..."

*yuki giggles*

"laugh while you can"

"so ryuga, what are we going to do about her"

yuki said while pointing towards the girl who was crying in relief with a look in her eyes which made it look like she had just witnessed a miracle

"you saved my life and for that iam forever in your debt from today onwards you are my master, master"

"i dont want to be your master but we should get your clothes mended, should we head back to the castle yuki?"

"i dont see any other choice"

"the castle? forgive me but are you by chance an aquaintance of the stone king?"

"not really he we just ended up on this planet and after trying to enslave me and failing he led us three to his castle, hes sort of like our errand boy"

"i dont have to remind you who is at fault for that do i?"

"three? forgive me but i donnot see the third one"

"she got kidnapped by a flame carpet"

"an elemntal god? what might have incurred the wrath of one in any case i should warn you not to affiliate with the stone king any further he is evil. selfish and every one of his non stoneoid subjects hates him"

"i will keep that in mind thank you"

"no it was my pleasure to help you master"

"i dont want to be master anyway mind if i asked you for a favor?"

"i would be delighted to help in any way i can"

"ill ask you for the favor later for now even though you hate it we must return to the castle to get your clothes mended"

"as you wish"

returning to the castle they see Arneus about to kill a fleshling servant who appeared to have come ot terms with his situation

"hey Arneus we appeared to have come at the right time"

"ryuga this is a pleasant surprise welcome back"

"what are you doing Arneus" yuki

"ryuga's friend was it? i was just in the middle of teaching this insolent fool a lesson"

"what did he do Arneus" ryuga

"he dropped my favorite food"

"and?" yuki

"that alone is enough to be punished"

"see master i had warned you"

"who is this one ryuga"

"a friend. anyway i need you to get her some new clothes"

"as you wish i will punish this fool later"

*whispers* "ryuga what are you talking about shouldnt we be more worried about that person?"

"just let me do things my way ok?"

"ok i will trust you"

*end*

"here you go the finest noble garments in the land"

"thank you, and i would also like to ask you to spare that person and overlook these things"

"you want me to what?.... ok i understand as you wish now please go take care of the flame demon"

"sure"

leaving the castle yuki confronts ryuga

"what was that about? i thought you would take care of it"

"if i killed him wouldnt that just leave an empty throne besides it will all work out i promise"

"if you say so"

"master it appears we have a guest"

a masked figure suddenly appeared infront of the gang and asked them to follow him

"i saw the way you saved that girl back there,.... at first i thought you were a traitor to your own kind since you frequently visited the castle without any chains or a sign of a master but i think i was wrong"

"this way"

"i dont really have time for this though i need to rescue a friend"

"the fleshling who could turn into a giant cat? si, we have information regarding her"

*whispers*

"'si"?"

"looks like the translation isnt working like it should be. maybe the reality bending seal is bugging it"

"ok"

*end*

"one of my amigos saw the fire demon take her away"

"i have been meaning to ask but what is a fire demon?" yuki

"probably the fire elemental thing"

"si, you are right . that particular elemental god delights itself in the company of rare fleshlings with unusual powers or appearance. it probably wanted to capture you three but got scarred of by something it will try again soon though"

"good to know anyway is this going to take long i need to get my friend back"

"help us and we shall help you find your friend"

"deal" ryuga

"by the way we havent introduced ourselves have we"

"iam Roughe De von hazzen"

"iam Ryuga Raiha"

"yuki himeragi nice to meet you"

"and you sinorita"

"my name is Yukari Amagiri its a pleasure"

"ohh we are here. please enter"

he pointed to a lone door sticking out like a sore thumb in the middle fo a dark empty alley "welcome to the rebellion we are trying to overthrow the stone king Arneus"