"Crispin! Wake up!" Rynn shouted in his umbreonic ear. He didn’t flinch.

"WAKE UP EONBOY!" she screamed. Gizmo paled a little and began to shiver. Crispin immediately sat up; his eyes wide open with annoyance and fear.

"What?" he growled. She slapped him.

"You scared us!" she snapped as he rubbed his cheek. "And besides we wanted to ask you about that," she pointed at a small, silver pole that looked much like a long, sword hilt. Gold string was wrapped around it; a short chain had a black, moon crescent at the end of it attached to the end of the hilt.

"I don’t know, some kind of energy sword…" he guessed. Rynn sighed, Gizmo cocked his head.

"Why would that appear on you for no reason?" Rynn asked. Crispin shrugged.

"Not to interrupt, but I think we should keep going. I feel like someone’s watching us…" Gizmo said with nervousness.

"So right you are…" a high voice hissed.

"Who’s there?" Rynn shouted.

"Yeah! And show yourself!" Crispin added. Gizmo poised to attack.

"My name is Momosu, I am a seeker of the great Dark Ki Blade!" the voice hissed on.

"What’s the ‘Dark Ki Blade’?" Rynn asked.

"Foolish morphs, carry what they have no idea of what it is. You truly are naïve," the voice hissed. Then a woman with a dark blue yukata appeared. She had short black hair put into a tight, short braid and had very pale skin. Her nails were black and sharp and had a pointy nose. Her eyes were slit-like with a pale yellowish color.

"Ick! You’re in a dire need of a new look," Rynn said nastily. Gizmo clicked.

"Your opinion doesn’t bother me filthy morph," Momosu said. Crispin growled.

"Back off! Whatever you’re looking for you won’t get it!" Crispin said, taking a step towards her.

"Your nothing but an umbreon, why should I heed you?" she asked slyly.

"Because I have a new weapon, and I can be quite reckless at first!" Crispin shouted.

"I don’t need to see that to believe it," Rynn said dryly. Crispin fell.

"I’ll ask for your opinion when I want it okay?" he shouted. Gizmo sweat-dropped as Rynn yawned.

"Whatever, but anyway…" he put the hilt in front of him. Momosu’s eyes widened.

"The Dark Ki Blade!" she said loudly. Crispin stared at her.

"This is the Dark Ki Blade?" he asked.

"Give it to me!" she demanded.

"If it’s that much trouble to go out and look for it! Then why should I?" he asked with a grin. She narrowed her eyes at the hilt.

"Have it your own way! HA!" she lunged at him. He jumped out the way. Momosu damaged the ground as she landed and flung herself at Crispin again. Rynn and Gizmo watched.

"Does he have a chance against her?" Rynn asked.

"If that so-called sword is worth trying to get, then he should stand a chance if ever figures out how to summon its power!" Gizmo said.

"Try and summon it Crispin!" Rynn shouted.

"What do you think I’ve been trying to do?" he asked as he jumped off a tree to evade another attack.

"Oh dear, if only I could have a clean shot at her I would fire an Ember, but I don’t want to risk hitting the forest…" Rynn said, twirling her thumbs. Gizmo stared hard at the two fighters.

"Do you only know Fire attacks?" Gizmo asked.

"Uh well…I know Ember, Flamethrower, Growl, Quick Attack, Confuse Ray, and Roar. But the Fire attacks are more effective." She said.

"Use one of the Normal abilities, as long as we stall Momosu long enough for Crispin to summon the sword then it’ll work. I can use Spider Web to keep her from leaving and ambush us later." Gizmo explained. Rynn nodded and they ran out towards them.

Quick Attack should get her attention! Rynn thought as she whizzed past Momosu’s eyes.

"You pest, don’t interfere!" Momosu cried as she turned around. Gizmo launched a silky web into the atmosphere.

"Come on old hag! Try and catch me!" Rynn laughed. Momosu growled and started launching attacks at her instead.

"Hey! This is my fight!" Crispin shouted.

"Your fight to lose if you don’t release the power of the sword!" Gizmo shouted to him as he landed onto the ground next to the spider.

"Oh, right…" he mumbled as he grasped the hilt with both hands.

"I hope this works…" he growled as he transferred some of his energy into it.

"Not just normal energy, your type energy! That’s why it’s probably called the Dark Ki Blade!" Gizmo said.

"Miss me! Miss me!" Rynn snickered. She rammed into Momosu with Quick Attack. But Momosu’s free arm slashed her right shoulder. Blood soared out.

"Rynn!" Gizmo and Crispin shouted together. Rynn landed on her feet, but quickly went down to her knees and her left hand grasped her right shoulder.

"You’re so weak, too bad I have to kill you!" Momosu laughed. She landed next to Rynn, her back to her. Rynn scented her and closed her eyes.

"RYNN!" Crispin shouted as he lifted the sword’s hilt. Black energy formed the shape of a long katana on the hilt and then vanished, leaving what looked like a new blade. It had the moon cycle begin with the new moon at the hilt and as it went up, ended with a full moon at the tip.

"DIE MOMOSU!" Crispin said as he launched at her and sliced her into before she looked back. Her remains landed in a bloody mess. Rynn looked around as Gizmo handed her a cloth from the leather bag to clean her wound.

"Wow Crispin, it’s beautiful…" Rynn said in awe. Crispin summoned his energy back, black energy surrounded the blade and it vanished. He put the hilt and tied it to his left side.

"Thanks Gizmo," Rynn thanked as she finished cleaning the cut and he wound silk around it. It firmly fit and stopped the bleeding.

"No problem, you should be able to take it off tomorrow morning," he said.

"Well Eonboy, how did you do it?" Rynn asked as she stood up.

"Easy, just transferred my Normal and Dark energy into the hilt,"

"But you did that before Rynn was slashed and nothing happened, hehe," Gizmo said.

"What are you laughing about?" Crispin asked with an annoyed tone.

"You care," Rynn said, blushing. Crispin growled.

"Don’t get any ideas, it was just a fluke!" Crispin shouted, but Rynn wasn’t listening.

"Rynn! Don’t think about it too much!" Crispin said, as Rynn walked down the path with Gizmo, "Are you two listening to me! Hey wait! Don’t leave me again!"

"We won’t leave you Crispin," Rynn said, "Even if you won’t admit it."

"Admit what?"

"Are we ever going to move any faster?" Gizmo asked.

"Shut it Eight Legs!" Crispin shouted.

"You know Eonboy, it did take a lot of encouragement to summon the blade," Rynn said.

"My name is Crispin!"

"I now know how it feels to move the speed of a slugma," Gizmo said dully.

"Be quiet, anyway, what’s a slugma?" Crispin asked. Gizmo and Rynn fell.

"You are dense aren’t you?" Rynn asked.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"And that’s how the couple’s lives ended," Gizmo chuckled.

To be continued…