The Search for the Legendary Gems: Ruby

After he finished his solo mission, Arthur returned to his guild. "Hello Everyone! I'm baaack!" he said in a cheery tone, but nobody was there. I guess I came a little early... Oh well he thought as he checked the dining room. He looked at his pocketwatch and realised that everyone should be here any minute. He decided to go to his room and leave his stuff. As he put his backpack on the ground he heard a fammiliar voice,

"We're home!" said Juliet as she entered the guild headquarters. She was in the escort of her older sister, Emily. After hearing her voice, his heart started to pound harder. He ran downstairs to see them.

"Juliet, you're here!" he said happily as he ran towards them. He was gonna hug her, but he thought it was innapropriate.

"Oh good, Mister Know It All is back." said Emily in a sarcastic tone.

"It's nice to see you too, Emily." he said.

"So how was the mission?" asked Juliet curiously.

"It went well." he said as he took a shiny yellow gem out of his pocket. "Fourth Legendery Gem, Topaz!" he continiued. As he said it, he heard footsteps coming from behind him.

"Welcome back." Sakura said as she and Ryuunosuke were walking into the room. "With this, three of the 7 gems have been found. Good work."

"Thank you!" said Arthur as he put the gem around his neck. "Would you mind if I keep it? It has a great sentimental value to me... The previous owner and I were really close, even thoe we knew eachother for only four weeks."

"What do you mean by knew?" asked Juliet.

"Well, he's kind of, um... Here." he said as he took a yellow key. "He was about to die, but when our gems touched, he became a spirit. This is his key." he said in a sad tone.

"Well he's alive ain't he?" Shana said to comfort him as she came into the room. "It's not like you won't be able to see him again since you have his key you know. If you let the past haunt you, you'll be one of the first to be taken down in a battle."

"Yeah, well... I guess you're right." said Arthur as he clutched the key.

"So what wa- Is his name?" asked Juliet who was trying to cheer him up.

"Zaha. Well, it's not his real name, he lost all his memory, but he likes that name, so he named himself Zaha" he said as he tried to smile. "Anyway, I haven't eaten anything homemade in like five weeks" said Arthur as he put the key back into his pocket.

"Then let's have lunch." Eriko said as she was bringing food to the table. "You must be hungry from your trip."

"After this, get some rest before we go looking for the next gem I've located." Ren said as he was tinkering with the device he had given Arthur to track down the gems. He was currently improving it.