You encounter an unexpected Problem

As you and the Fire Keeper stepped on the Elevator, you took hold of her waist and kissed her Passionately, she gripped your neck tightly as you tried to pull away, she slipped you tongue and during your grapple, you even began to feel a delicate hand slip past your belt, she didn't hesitate to take hold of your now hardening member , providing a pleasant surprise "Oh wow, who are you and what have you done with my Keeper?" she pulled away, a dreamy look clearly on her visor mounted face, "...Lady Yuria and Lady Rosaria have been... Keeping me company but I haven't been to Climax since you had me in my Quarters" you grinned "...Well i'm sure I could give you another Lesson?" you said sarcastically, bringing the Keeper in for another kiss as the Elevator reached the bottom.

"Oh hello?" came an unfamiliar tone, The Keeper pretty much flew away from you as the unfamiliar voice sounded, looking over past the small walkway to the gate, leading to the bridge you saw the, usually open Steel gate, wide open and not only that but a figure in black on the other side, The Keeper shuffled behind you gripping your shoulder in fear, "You two make quite the couple, if I may say so myself..." you slowly moved forward, the Fire Keeper clutched on behind you, "Can I help you sir?" your perception of the now loudly cackling man, became much more Clear as you approached.

He stood much shorter than you, maybe Five Foot eight at highest, he was in Thin Black leather armour, with a couple pouches on his belt and only one shining Pauldron on his right shoulder, he held a long pikestaff in his Left hand, the hilt barely worn and the Blade being extremely clean and shiny just like his Pauldron, and in his Right he held a Large Tower shield twin dragon on it's face, though it was quite large, it was rather thin and could clearly only fend off mediocre blows before shattering.
His Mug was rather unpleasant, he had a weak and smooth chin which was attached to a thin jaw, he had a long nose with dipped nostrils, which almost seemed to resemble a Hyena's Snout, he had small serpentine Blue eyes that stared at you gleefully, but the most prominent part of his face, was his smile his wide and friendly smile.

You held your expression for a moment as you glanced down at the Locked Gate, this man wasn't a fighter, his armour has clearly never been nicked or repaired, his weapon was like brand new and his shield could likely be broken in one swing of his sword, and he had locked the only way back down from the tower. You smiled at the man "Greeting's friend would you mind opening this gate, myself and the Keeper have duties to tend to..." his face warped into an expression of twisted joy as a High pitched and loud laugh escaped his jaws "...Sorry friend, but you should of been more careful! By the gods, curiosity is going to kill you kittens Some places are better left alone, you know..." your friendly expression managed to hold even though you felt your already waning patience dwindle further "c'mon Mate, just open the gate would you?" you could see the Mischief grow as his coy grin deepened.

"Have no fear, there's beauty in ****... besides, you're surrounded by more Ladies than just her, every man's dream, right?" your smile cracked "Open. the Door. Now." you said, the anger seething from your voice, "We have the Shrine to tend to and I have no time for your pranks..." he Cackled lightly "Oh, no matter, I'll look after things... By stripping every last trinket off your corpse! You're going to make some lucky customer very happy..." he turned around and sat on the edge of the bridge giving you a mocking wave as he did so.

you turned to the Keeper "well we seem to have been trapped..." you said looking to her, the Keeper rubbed her arm nervously, "what, what is it?" she turned and pointed to the dark pits which where either side of the walkway, "their is a way out this way but-" you smiled "Haha! Perfect, come on I'll carry you, you quickly swept the Keeper up into your arms, "-But, Ashen One wait!" you quickly saw a ledge leading down into the dark pit, and jumped down, the Keeper releasing cute little yelps as you jumped, following the Ledges you managed to drop down to the bottom safely though it was near pitch black at the bottom, "Hey it's dark down here.." the Keeper squirmed in your arms, wiggling away and towards what looked another bared exit, she scrambled to unlock it and slipped out quickly, "Hey, whats wrong?" you pulled out your torch lighting it illuminating the small space...

...all around you, everywhere where... Fire Keeper, mountains of Bones all sporting the same robes and the same Visors, "Oh no..." you said gripping your torch tightly "Surrounded by ladies..." you hand tightened into a fist, "I am going to kill him, very slowly..." you snuffed out your torch walking towards the exit.

As you reached the ledge which you recognised to be the place where you fought the Old Sword master, you saw the Keeper sat staring out into the distance, you want and sat next to her putting an arm around her, "I'm sorry I..." she smiled at you Giving you a kiss on the cheek "no I'm sorry, It's just I don't want to end up in their until my time comes..." you frowned "What?" she leaned her head on your shoulder, "Well, when the time comes when all Unkindled ash must link the flame, and when they do, their Fire Keeper goes to their to die..." you took her by the chin, making her look you in the eyes, "I would never allow that..." she grinned as you and she simply sat their for a moment looking into the distance "...You should go and get that Vagabond before he leaves here..." you nodded, "will you be Okay to get back to the hall okay?"
"I've been here for a very long time, I'll be fine Ash.."

you stood waving to the Keeper as you left, you thought on that Fool who trapped you and how you where going to flay the little bastard alive...