Kanon, the Plant Monster's Ancestor

[Luka's side]

Alice and Luka reached Undine's Spring, and Alice was a bit surprised from what she was sensing.

Alice: 'This place… I see, Erubetie's… *Sigh* It looks like this is going to get annoying without Solo…'

Luka took a step forward towards the spring but a voice stopped him.

?: Stay away…

Luka: Hm?

?: Human, don't come any closer to this place…

Luka: ...Could it be, are you Undine!?

Luka yelled, but he didn't get any answer.

Luka: *Sigh* I shouldn't have kicked away Solo… He would greatly help us…

Alice: Finally you got it…

Luka: Eh? Alice, you talked?

Alice: Yes, finally you realized your mistakes…

Luka: Yeah… I wanted to say sorry to him but I don't know anymore where he is… He could be easily anywhere, even at Illias Continent or Hellgondo…

Alice: Yeah… I am already missing him…

Luka: Hm? I didn't take you for someone who would like Solo, did you two became close friends? I am even more surprised that you did not say anything about his departure...

Alice: ...You can say that… And I didn't said anything because Solo said to not blame you.

Luka was getting more guilty until he made a decision.

Luka: Alright, when I will get all the 4 spirits, I will go search for him before going at the Monster Lord's Castle.

Alice: Nn… But now you need to think about how to get to Undine

Luka: Yeah… You are right… But I don't know how…

Alice: The entrance must be in the spring somewhere. If you dive in, you can probably make it to the dungeon entrance.

Luka: I see, I got it! You aren't going with me, are you?

Alice: I still didn't forgive you about Solo, just saying what you should do was already something big.

Luka: *Sigh*

Then Luka jumped headfirst into the spring and was suddenly wrapped in white light then he appeared in a cave.

Luka: What… Where am I?

[Solo's Side]

Solo arrived near Enrika, he met some dark elf who recognized him and let him pass, then he arrived at the village itself, where he met with Micaela.

Micaela: Oh? Solo, long time no see, how are you?

Solo: Things happened…

Micaela: Is that why there isn't neither Luka or his companion?

Solo: Yeah, we just quarreled about some things and then separated from each other.

Miceala: What happened?

Solo: Do you know about Plansect Village in Sentora?

Micaela: Yeah, it's written in the world map in the library.

Solo: Well, you can erase the village and some dozen of kilometers of land from the map, I completely destroyed it myself.

Micaela: ...What?

Solo: Nn?

Micaela: ... You destroyed an entire big village by yourself?

Solo: It wasn't hard, just an hit with a strong attack and done, but… Luka didn't liked my method to save his ass from being used from the Plant Monsters for their objectives, and he kicked me away…

Micaela: ...But it can't be just that… What happened?

Solo hesitated and looked at the ground before he glanced again at Micaela and said.

Solo: The very first friend I made here is afraid of me… I am becoming like the hollow I was before… And I thought that I was better than a Soul Eating Beast… I am just destroying for entertainment…

So I thought about coming here for resting a bit before going to either Heaven to take down Illias myself or to make a little visit to Hellgondo

Micaela was a bit sad from hearing him and patted his back, Solo looked towards her with a clueless gaze, and Micaela said

Micaela: Don't worry, while I can't speak for the friend that is afraid of you, probably Luka just needed some time to think about the matter alone, maybe now he wants to forgive you. Try to talk to him another time.

Solo: *Sigh* Alright… I'll go… Thank you Micaela.

Micaela: It's nothing, I still need you to save Luka's ass.

Then Solo and Micaela laughed.

Solo: Yeah… He should be at Undine right now…

[meanwhile]

Luka: Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck…

Luka was running in the cave while being followed from Erubetie who wanted him dead.

Erubetie: I'll kill you, intruder…

Luka: SOLO!!! RETURN TO US, PLEASE!!!!

Luka turned to the left while dodging a slime bullet, which made a big crater in the cave's wall, when luka seen what happened, he let out a girly scream and ran even faster.

[Meanwhile]

Solo said goodbye to Micaela and started to travel again towards Sentora.

Solo: I wonder what is doing Luka right now…

Solo asked himself while putting himself in a stance and started to use Sonido at full speed.

[5 minutes later, Luka's side]

Luka was fighting Undine now, before this, she stopped Erubetie from killing Luka with Aqua Pentagram, and now Luka was proving himself to be worthy of Undine's powers, but…

Luka: *Glob* *glob*...!

Luka was struggling to escape from Undine's body, who had half of his body inside Undine's body, while Undine was smiling with satisfaction.

[25 minutes later, Solo's Side]

Solo was already at Illiasport, he had a really bad feeling about Alice, so he is going all out, and running as fast as he could, without using Resurreccion.

There was only silence, not even a step was heard, and nothing moved, except for Solo who was using sonido.

Solo: 'I hope nothing happened...'

[1 hour later]

Solo was getting tired, but he didn't slowed down and was almost at Undine's Spring, but something was trying to attack him, and he dodged, some green tentacles were attacking him.

Solo: 'This… Primera Level?! Tsk… '

Solo was forced to stop and tried to use Pesquisa, he felt 5 different signatures, 3 of them away from him, which one of them were Luka, but the remaining two that are nearby made his eyes widen.

Solo: 'Alice... And who is the other?!'

Solo used Sonido to go towards Alice.

[5 minutes ago]

Alice was waiting for Luka to come out while she was thinking about Solo.

Alice: 'Where are you… Solo…'

While she was thinking about that, she didn't noticed a plant monster that was just behind her.

Kanon: 'Hehe… She seems strong… She will be perfect for my Plant Core…'

Then Kanon used her tentacles to bind Alice, surprising her, Alice tried to struggle but she couldn't get free, then she looked at her attacker and was shocked.

Alice: 'So strong! What is this presence?! It seems just like Solo when he released his reiatsu for the first time!' Hmph! Hmmmph!

Alice couldn't free herself while Kanon smirked.

Kanon: You will be perfect for my Plant Core… So that Tamamo will not annoy me anymore… And I will free Mistress from her seal, hehe…

[Flashback]

Kanon was walking coincidentally towards Undine's Spring, then she stopped and turned to a certain direction.

Kanon: Tamamo-no-Mae… So you were free too…

Tamamo: Yes, long time no see, Kanon…

Kanon: Yeah, how are the other 4 Ancestors?

Tamamo: They are sealed, like you should be…

Kanon: You wish… You will not stop me with that power you currently have… I will go to free Mistress from the seal and the other 4 Ancestors...

Tamamo's eyes narrowed and started to mutter.

Tamamo: I ask thee, eternal time… My body, shackled by the powers of creation, I beseech thee. Return my true body to me…

Then Tamamo's body was engulfed in flames, and grew until she turned to the original form.

Tamamo: You will not take a step away from me! I'll kill you myself…

Kanon: Tsk…

Then before Tamamo could hit her with her fire, Kanon entered the ground and escaped from Tamamo as fast as she could.

Tamamo: She's going towards Alice… I need to stop he-

She was interrupted when she sensed a familiar presence really far away, that was coming towards Undine's Spring, it seems like that presence didn't noticed Tamamo yet, so she sighed and turned back at her sealed form.

Tamamo: Poor girl… If she attacks Alice… Then not even Alice 1st will save her from Solo...