Jake parked his beautiful white and red motorbike outside of the gate and slowly took of his helmet. He gently laid it on the bike and quietly walked up the stairway of his loft. He had his black leather jacket, a white T-shirt and nice blue jeans on. Once he turned the corner he looked up at his loft in surprise. Nothing had changed. He smirked. He had thought that after he left, Cheryl would've already painted the loft every color of the rainbow.

He had been gone for three months. It was enough time to hang out at his surf spot and get a grip on his life. He wanted to put his head on straight and think about things but all he could think about was his life with Heaven; Samurai swords and house-attacking ninjas.

He walked up the rest of the stairs and stood at the entrance. He looked around and smiled. Everything stayed the same. No bright colors, most of the furniture was still in its same exact place.

Heaven walked out of the kitchen, combing her hair with her brush. She had a pair of blue jeans, her blue blouse and her thin purple sweatshirt on. She walked over to the stereo and looked at the pile of CDs. Jake smirked. Heaven was the Samurai Girl that defeated his ex-fiancé. A sword, attached to her soul, is able to be called by her and she even fights ninjas at night yet she can't even sense that he was at the entrance.

He set his black backpack down on the ground and quietly walked towards her. Heaven picked up a CD and looked at the song list on the back. She ran her brush through her hair and kept on looking. Jake walked past the couch, slowly creeping up to her back. Heaven tilted her head and ran her brush through her hair once more before setting the CD case down. Jake tapped her on her shoulder and instantly turned into a punching bag.

Before even thinking to turn around, Heaven elbowed Jake in the chest. She dropped her brush and shifted her body. She extended her arm and whacked Jake on the side of his head. He flinched to the side and felt his arm being pulled. The next thing he saw was the roof of the loft. Heaven had flipped him over. He landed on his back with a loud thud. Heaven looked down at her 'attacker' and widened her eyes in surprise and in slight horror.

"Oh my god!" She shrieked.

Jake slowly smiled and gasped, "Hey."

"What are you doing here, Jake!?" She gasped.

"I live here, don't you remember?" He smiled. He and Heaven both stood up. She couldn't believe he was back.

Before he could say anything else, Heaven had already lunged herself onto him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and had hugged him tightly. He grunted in surprise and widened his smile.

"I missed you, too." He told her. She squeezed one more time before letting go. Her arms fell to her side.

"When did you get back?" She shyly asked.

"Just now." He nodded. "How are you? You look good."

"I'm good. It's been real quiet around here. When you left, Cheryl and Otto moved back to their house."

"That's good. I'm glad my loft hasn't changed into a circus tent while I was gone." He joked. He turned his head to look at his surroundings before gazing back down at the beautiful girl in front of him.

"Cheryl wanted to paint your room bright green and then the kitchen beacon blue but I told her you'd probably kill her." Heaven smiled.

Jake chuckled and slowly nodded. "Did she do anything else to the loft?"

"Nope. Well I wanted to move around the couch and the coffee table but Cheryl started to lecture me on the arts of Feng shui."

"I came back because I wanted to ask the new girl to dance." He gasped with a smile. Heaven looked up at him surprisingly. "I saved her some pinto beans but the hotdog slipped out of my hands."

She stared at him and formed a small smile. "After three months? That's a long time to ask someone to dance."

"A guy gets shy and has to figure out a plan." He joked. "So...—"

"Hello!" Otto shouted from the stairs.

Cheryl, Otto and a black haired, Japanese, good looking boy walked up the stairs. Jake and Heaven turned to look in the direction of the stairway and watched as all three of them walked up the stairs.

"Hey, Heaven, how come Jake's bike is—" Cheryl started to say but right when she saw Jake with her own two eyes, she gasped in joy.

"Uh-oh." Jake sighed.

"Jake! You're back!" Cheryl shrieked with a wide smile.

"Hey, man! How was the trip? Neither of us noticed you were gone for… three… whole… months." Otto sarcastically said.

Heaven saw the black haired boy and quickly smiled. "Cooper!" She ran from Jake to Cooper in a split second. She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him on the cheek. Cooper smiled and glanced over at Jake. Jake was observing from the distance and didn't like their interaction with each other.

Heaven let go of Cooper and casually greeted her two best friends, Cheryl and Otto. She hugged the both of them and then began to look over at Jake.

Jake folded his arms and saw Cooper's devious smile. Something wasn't right about him. Either it was jealousy or something entirely different. He still wasn't sure.

Heaven took Cooper's hand and lead him over to Jake. Jake stared down at the kid.

"Jake, this is Cooper Yasunari, my boyfriend. Cooper, this is Jake, he's the one that taught me how to fight." Heaven introduced the two men.

Cooper smiled and held his hand out. "Nice to meet you, Jake."

Jake, surprised that Heaven had a boyfriend, well not too surprised. Heaven could attract any boy… that's for sure. Jake looked down at the kid's hand and slowly shook it.

"Yeah." He tried to get a reading off of him but his handshake was friendlier that he had thought.

"Cooper and Otto were going to make us pasta tonight." Heaven told him.

"Pasta sounds wonderful." Jake faked a smile and folded his arms again. Cooper and Jake stared at each other with a burning searing look. Cooper followed Otto to the kitchen while Cheryl and Heaven sat down on the couch. Jake stood there and carefully glanced at her boyfriend. Something wasn't right about Cooper.

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As night fell, Jake took a quick stroll to the garage. He opened the door and quietly shut it close. He walked towards the big mirror and saw Severin standing behind him. He had his arms crossed against his chest. He had a pair of jeans, a black T-shirt and black coat on.

"Nice to see that you're doing well, Mr. Stanton." Severin smiled.

Jake turned around and quietly smiled. "It's nice to see you too, for the most part."

"You called and said you wanted to talk to me. What about exactly?" Severin asked.

"Cooper Yasunari, did you do a background check on him?" Jake asked.

"Cooper? You mean Heaven's boyfriend? Why would I do such a thing?"

"Are you being sarcastic?" Jake angrily looked at him.

"I can already tell you, Cooper is clean." He smirked. "The moment Heaven introduced me I got this weird vibe off of him. After I did a background check on him I felt some what relieved."

"Relieved?" Jake curiously asked.

"If Cooper was in fact someone in connection to Sato then we'd have to tell Heaven. I can already tell Heaven's attachment to him. He has a nice personality." Severin told him.

"Too nice." Jake mumbled.

"You could've asked me over the phone if I had done a background check on him, you know that, right?"

"I know." Jake nodded. "I just wanted to see if the British badass was still the same." He turned towards the door.

"Jake." Severin stopped him.

"Yeah?" Jake looked back.

"Make sure your jealously doesn't get in the way of your judgment."

Jake chuckled. "I am not jealous." He opened the door and closed it shut, leaving Severin all alone in the garage.

"Sure." He smirked.

Jake walked up the stone stairway and turned the corner. He saw Heaven and Cheryl still talking. Heaven looked over at the entrance and saw Jake. She smiled at her best friend and told her something before leaving the couch to talk to Jake.

"Otto said that the pasta will be ready in an hour." She told him.

"A whole hour? Does it really take that much time to make it?" Jake raised an eyebrow.

"I guess." Heaven shrugged. "I'm sure those two messed up a couple times."

"Yeah, well if they mess up my kitchen I'm going to be royally pissed." He smirked.

"Since we have an hour to spare, want to take a walk?" She curiously asked him.

"Sure." He nodded with a gentle smile. Heaven returned the smile and walked past him, down the steps. Jake reluctantly trailed behind her.

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Jake tucked his hands into his jacket pockets and shyly walked beside Heaven. She glanced over at Jake a couple times and even played with her sleeves. He glanced over at her when she wasn't at him and the game continued until they both looked at each other.

Jake chuckled and slowly eased his way into a conversation.

"So…" He continued.

"So." She said back. "You were saying something back there, before Cheryl, Otto and Cooper came."

"Oh, yeah." He nodded. "That."

"Was there something important you wanted to tell me?" Heaven asked curiously.

"When I came back from my trip I didn't know you had a boyfriend so… I guess whatever I say now doesn't really matter to you." He gasped.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you when I wrote to you." She glanced over at him.

They stopped at the end of the road. It was near the water, the same exactly place she saw he and 'Karen' kiss. She hated this spot. Whenever she went out for a walk she'd avoid this place as much as possible.

"When did you meet him?" Jake looked away before looking down at her.

"Otto introduced us. Cooper was one of his best friends. At first I thought he was just another guy who liked hockey, dungeons and dragons and castle captors but we got to know each other… and I guess he asked me out."

"Oh." Jake slowly swallowed.

"If I had known that I was supposed to wait for you, I would've—" He stopped her there.

"You didn't have to wait for me, Heaven. I left for a while to think about things. You're a beautiful person and I'm sure all of the guys were lined up to meet you once I left." Jake glanced down at her.

She pulled out a gentle smile and gazed up at him. "I know I have a boyfriend, Jake but I still have feelings for you."

Those very words that came out of her mouth made his heart jump. "Really?"

"Cooper is a really good person and we've only been dating for a month. I did always see your happy smile whenever I passed by your room." She widened her smile.

"You sure I'm not going to get in the way of things?" He looked up at his loft.

"You could never get in the way." She wrapped her arms around his neck and felt his arms slide out of his pockets and around her waist. He hugged her tight and smiled.

"I'm glad you're back, Jake." Heaven whispered into his ear.

Jake looked behind her before slowly closing his eyes. "It's feels good to be back."

They stood there for a moment, basking in each other's presence. Neither of them wanted to lose another moment or wait for another day.

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Heaven and Jake walked into the loft. Cheryl, Otto and Cooper were setting up the table. Heaven walked over to them while Jake closed the entrance. He slid the door closed.

"Where'd you two go?" Cheryl asked with a sly smile.

"We went for a walk." Jake responded.

Heaven took a seat next to Cooper while Jake took a seat next to her. Otto sat down next to Cooper while Cheryl sat next to Jake.

"Looks good." Cheryl served herself some pasta.

"Not bed, eh?" Otto smiled.

"I hope the kitchen is clean." Jake threatened Otto.

"Don't worry, it's clean." He responded with a slight smile.

"To a certain extent." Cooper smirked.

"Fine, we'll clean it once we're done." Otto practically rolled his eyes.

"I'll help." Heaven pitched in.

"Don't help them. They're the two idiots that wanted to cook pasta tonight." Cheryl widened her smile. "I say make them clean."

"I'll help them." Jake took a bite of the pasta. "You guys can clean the kitchen and I'll do the dishes."

Heaven looked over at Jake and remembered what Otto said, 'You need a guy that will cook for you and clean the dishes'. She smiled in his direction and quietly got back to her food.

"Can't you just take your samurai sword and clean it with just a swipe of your—" Jake interrupted Otto.

"You read way too many comics." He pointed his fork at him.

"It's not against the law to read one every hour…" Otto looked away.

"Did you read The Battle of Samurai Jin?" Cooper smiled.

"I started reading that one today." Otto stuffed his mouth with pasta and forgot to chew. "You know what the best part was in chapter five? When Jin used the flaring dragon to kill his surrounding enemies and then he knocked the captain off of his feet and stabbed him right in the stomach."

Heaven smirked. "You boys and your comics."

"I gave you one about the Princess Warrior who saved all of the villagers from the attacking muck bomb. You seemed to like it." Cooper smiled at his girlfriend.

"It was interesting to say the least." She admitted.

"Oh no." Cheryl gasped. "They're turning you into one of them! Quick, run while you still can!" They both began to laugh.

"Hey, most of the comics become rare collectables." Otto glared at them. "Both of our collections could become millions. We'll be the ones laughing when we become filthy stinking—"

"Wait." Jake stopped him. "Did you say the Flaring Dragon?"

"Yeah…" Otto looked around in confusion. "What about it?"

Jake looked over at Heaven. She stared at him in worry.

"What is it Jake?" She furrowed her eyebrows. "Is something wrong?"

He waited for a moment and lightly shook his head. "It's nothing."

"You sure?" She asked. Jake didn't answer that time. Cooper looked over at Heaven and then at Jake. He didn't want to get in between their business and people always said it was best not to poke and prod. Cheryl looked at Jake and watched as he quietly ate the rest of his pasta.

"Um, so… as I was saying…" Otto glanced at Jake before looking at Heaven. "…When we're rich, we are going to laugh at you!"

Heaven, Cheryl and Cooper laughed. Cheryl, Cooper and Otto started their own conversation. They talked about how much money each comic could be in ten years. Heaven was concerned about Jake. After Otto talked about the Flaring Dragon, he seemed quiet.

After a few minutes, Jake quietly stood up and walked towards the kitchen. Heaven exchanged a few glances with Cheryl before finally getting up. She brought her bowl to the kitchen and saw Jake washing his dish. He reached his hand out and glanced over at her. She stared straight at him and quietly put the dish into the sink. He looked down at her empty bowl and heavily sighed.

"If something's wrong, Jake, you can tell me."

"Nothing is wrong." He told her. He washed her bowl and took out a towel to dry it.

"Then what's this whole thing about the Flaring Dragon? Is it a person or a—"

"Heaven, just forget about it, okay?" He almost yelled at her.

She slowly nodded. "Okay. Sorry." She turned around and walked out to join Cheryl, Otto and Cooper.

Jake leaned against the counter and tilted his head up. He closed his eyes, wishing that he had never done that to her.

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Cooper and Otto cleaned the kitchen while Jake washed the dishes. Cheryl and Heaven sat down on the couch. Cheryl felt some kind of disturbance in the air between her and Jake. They had to talk sooner or later.

"So what's going on with you and Jake?" Cheryl pumped her eyebrows at her best friend.

"Nothing's going on." Heaven smirked.

"There's something going on and don't say it's nothing even though you already said it was nothing." She pointed her finger at her.

"Jake is my best friend, Cheryl. He left for three months to think things over and hang out at his happy surf spot—"

"—While you hooked up with Cooper." Cheryl finished her sentence.

"Yeah…" Heaven nodded. "Cooper… I love him but…"

"Hey, Heaven." Cheryl placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "I understand if you're still in love with Jake. Three months and the man with the hot body returns, those feelings you had for him don't drift away automatically, you know."

Heaven nodded. "Yeah but I don't want to hurt Cooper…"

"What did you and Jake talk about when you went out for a walk with him?" Cheryl quickly asked.

She smirked. "Nothing, we just went for a walk." She tucked some of her hair behind her ear. Seconds later she groaned. "Darn it!"

"You tucked your hair—"

"Yeah… I know." Heaven sighed. "Jake implied that he wanted to…"

"Want to do what?" Cheryl raised an eyebrow.

"He implied that he wanted to confront our feelings for each other." She gasped.

Cheryl's eyes flew open in surprise and happiness. "No way!"

"But I told him I was with Cooper…" Heaven winced, afraid that Cheryl would hit her or something.

"Okay, Heaven, I appreciate your dedication and loyalty to Cooper… but c'mon how could you chose between a very hot geek and a very smoking hot Samurai guy?"

"Huh?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Cheryl's hands went on top of Heaven's shoulders. "You and Jake should so be together."

"But—"

"Cooper is Cooper I mean the guy can sob all over his comics about you. The man is a total 'Otto' minion. Just because he's a great guy and good looking—"

"And because he didn't go on a three month trip to figure things out." Heaven interrupted her.

Cheryl furrowed her eyebrows and thought about it for a minute. "Never mind, you're right. Jake stepped out on you without even saying good-bye and Cooper tried to attract you with his comics. Cooper is the one for you."

"Are you being sarcastic, Cheryl?" Heaven chuckled.

"Yes!" Cheryl exclaimed. "How can you pick between them? Sure, they're both hot, but Jake is hotter. I mean he's the guy that trained you to be a frikken Samurai."

"I'm guessing Cooper's charms don't really matter in this conversation." Heaven shrugged.

"Cooper is a terrific person, Heaven. You chose who you want to chose." Cheryl nodded.

"Thanks." She widened her smile.

"Although…" Cheryl chuckled.

"I get it already!" Heaven laughed.

The two continued their conversation about boys, Feng Shui and more boys. Cheryl really wanted to get the scoop from Jake as well although there wasn't enough time. Right after the kitchen was spotless; Cooper thought it was best to leave. It wasn't that late.

Cheryl and Otto hugged Heaven good-bye. They waved good-bye to Jake and Jake, surprisingly waved back. He stood by the stereo and watched as Cooper and Heaven kissed each other good-bye. It was a quick kiss, not like the one he and Heaven shared...

"So I'll see you tomorrow?" Heaven politely asked.

"Cheryl, Otto and I were going to go to the museum tomorrow. Do you want to tag along?" Cooper smiled.

"Sure. Do you mind if Jake comes?"

"Not at all, the more the better." He widened his smile.

"Okay then. I'll see you tomorrow." Heaven wrapped her arms around his neck while he wrapped his arms around her waist. He glared at Jake that stood quite a distance. Jake glared back. He folded his arms across his chest and looked away in disgust.

"Bye." Cooper kissed her on the cheek and walked down the concrete stairs. Heaven watched as her friends left in Otto's minivan. She turned around and found Jake leaning against the wall. He looked over at her and slightly smiled.

"You sure you want me to go with you guys?" Jake asked.

"It'd be nice." Heaven smiled back.

"I don't want to get in the way of you and Cooper."

"You won't."

"You really want me to go?"

"You don't have to if you don't want to." Heaven pressed her lips together.

"I'll go… for you." He told her. He unfolded his arms and tucked them in his pants pockets.

"Thanks, Jake." Heaven widened her smile.

"Any news on Sato?"

"Not really. While you were gone I've only encountered his men a couple times. His activity seems to have decreased in the last month or so." Heaven nodded.

"That's good." Jake nodded back.

"Jake—"

"I should go to bed." He told her. Heaven heavily nodded. "It's been a really long day and I just want to sleep in my own room." She watched as he walked up the stairs and towards his bedroom. Once he disappeared out of her range, she nodded again.

"Good night."

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Sato walked in a dark alley and began to turn the corner. His men were following him as well. He stopped at the dead end and turned around to find someone shady following him.

"Who are you?" Sato slyly asked.

"I'm the one who asked you to come here." The man told him.

"And just who are you? As told, I decreased my movement as much as possible in the last month and in return, what do I get?" Sato pushed his glasses up.

"You get to live." The man told him. Five other men turned the corner of the alley and presented themselves in Sato's presence. They each had the same sword on their backs. "These are my trusted advisors. They'll be working with you."

"Your trusted advisors?" Sato smirked.

"Don't get cocky. Need I remind you I was the one who saved your life that day when you got stabbed?" The man angrily said. One of the advisors sheathed their swords to Sato.

"That's the Flaring Dragon…" Sato whispered. "How did you get that?"

"You ask too many questions." The advisor said.

"The girl, Heaven."

"What about her?" Sato turned his gaze to the man.

"Her bodyguard is back."

"And what do you want me to do about it?" Sato felt the advisor's sword getting closer.

"I want you to work with my advisors in bringing him down. He's a road block to us. Before you set out to destroy him, I want you to do one thing for me."

"And what's that?" Sato asked, looking up at the advisor.

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Heaven sat down on the couch with a cup of hot water. Jake walked towards the balcony and saw her sitting there. He heavily sighed and began to walk down the stairs. Neither of them could sleep. It was a little past midnight.

Heaven heard footsteps and immediately turned her attention to the staircase. She saw Jake walking towards her in a white T-shirt and sweatpants. He sat down next to her and looked over at her cup.

"Couldn't sleep?" Heaven asked.

"Neither could you." He whispered back.

Heaven didn't say anything. She stared at the empty space in front of her. She didn't know what to say at that time. She never thought she'd be that awkward and nervous around him. It wasn't like her.

"Heaven…" He started out.

"Hm?" She hummed.

"I'm sorry I yelled at you like that." He apologized.

"It's okay, Jake. Really. It's fine. I asked when you didn't want to talk about it." She tried to smile. "I deserved it, in a way."

"No, you didn't deserve it. It's my first day back and I end up yelling at you. I'm sorry." Heaven looked over at him and slightly smiled. "The Flaring Dragon is a sword."

"A sword?" She asked.

"A long time ago a forger supposedly used forbidden objects to forge the first Flaring Dragon. He made four others after the first but he didn't use the same forbidden items."

"So it has a special ability?"

"No, it doesn't." He shook his head. "The Flaring Dragon is known to be the ultimate sword only because it's like a long dagger. The master of the blade can throw the sword in such a speed that the sword itself becomes invisible to the naked eye."

"That doesn't sound good." Heaven took a sip of her hot water.

"A true wielder can call the sword back into its hands which makes it very, very dangerous."

"Why were you spooked about the sword being in a comic book then?" Heaven furrowed her eyebrows.

"Because the sword was highly feared long ago, it killed millions and even the name today beings fear to those who are familiar with it." He glanced over at her and pressed his lips together. "Be careful."

"Hasn't the sword been destroyed or something?"

"People say the swords were destroyed but they have had no evidence of that happening." Jake heavily sighed. "I just have a weird feeling about Sato. If his actions are decreasing then that means he has something up his sleeve."

"I've gotten stronger since you left, Jake." She smirked.

"Really, now?" He raised an eyebrow. "Doesn't mean I haven't gotten better either."

"Want to practice tomorrow?"

"Aren't we supposed to be going to the museum?" He asked.

"We have the whole morning to train." She told him.

"Okay then. I'll kick your butt in the morning." Jake laughed.

Heaven pressed her lips together and playfully hit him on the shoulder. He chuckled and curiously glanced over at her. She shook her head at him and took a sip of her hot water.

To be continued.