A/N: I sort-of got tired writing the chapters since the titles in the drop-down thing to the right. Hope that's okay with you!


A week passed by so soon, I barely remember it. Yin's taken to being in my house quite nicely to tell the truth. Baki has had more meetings with the teachers about the two of us. Only him, because everyone knows they don't get anything out of me. Once in a blue moon, he'll make something up, but he always informs me before he goes in.

Seth had taken this as an opportunity to do just about anything at this point. She had been following us around the entire week, mostly me. Every chance she got, she asked me questions about why we weren't going in the forest.

-FLASHBACK-

"Come on, tell me! I know you're not going into the forest anymore! And it's not because of Yin. I hear you and Baki talking about her all the time."

"It's none of your business."

"Then Baki keeps talking about sparring with someone named Nara. So, who's he? Do you like him, is he friendly, does he go here at the academy? Or does he train with Yin?"

"No, he doesn't train with Yin. Yes he's friendly. And you know, I should pound you for listening in on us, SETHINA!"

Once I said her real name, the whole class looked at us with worried faces. Even the teacher was wishing I hadn't done that.

"Well, I'm going to find out sooner or later. Maybe Nara's sister, Sen was it, will tell me. I have good ears, and I hear everything you and Baki talk about. so you two better be careful. I'm going to enjoy watching you lose to the adults, then showing us Yin. But, I can wait for that. And if you ever call me that girly name again, I'm going to make sure Yin shows herself to stop me from strangling you! Bye now." With that, she left as if nothing had happened.

-END FLASHBACK-

But, to this day, everyone remembers me calling her the 'girly S word'. And to make it worse, people are starting to say that I want to be dead.

Yin had learned a new technique too, to protect and hide herself. She had learned to turn herself into water itself! And what I had heard, while I was at school, people were trying to come into my house. Mostly the elders, but concerned adults too. Basically, they were looking for anyone that wasn't me or Baki. And with news they learned from what I was really surprised by was that Seth didn't ell anyone what she knew. She just bragged about it to me, and that's it! She tried coming over to my house after I got there, listening for Yin's voice.

"Come on Yin, let's get some sleep."

"I know. But…it'll be soo great seeing Nara, Sen, and Yang again. Won't it? I'm just so excited!" She was jumping up and down in her room. My house being made for more than one person, I had a spare bedroom or two.

"Well, calm down. If you waste all your energy tonight, you won't have any when we do meet them!"

"I guess so. Oh well. Night!"

"Night."


Instead of a normal alarm clock, I have Yin. Eight in the morning I wake up to her pouncing on me.

"Come on Lein, wake up. You said so yourself, we get to see our friend today!"

"I know, I know. Nara, Sen, and Yang. Now Yin…Yin…get off me. You're going to break some thing. And I need my bones in good shape for the tournament today!"

"Sorry. Well, get up!" I couldn't believe it. Yin was about as old as me from her size, yet she acted like a little kid! She was excited by the littlest things, hyperactive, and just wouldn't take 'no' for an answer.

"Well, get in the sack, and let's go. Don't want to be late for it." Yin turned into water and went into my water sack. Even though I could summon water out of thin air, I always had a backup. Plus, having the water sack there made people underestimate me. They still thought I had to have water there to move it since I was still at the academy until I turned eighteen.

However, since she was water that was bonded to me, I could hear her talk. Even if she was water.

"Lein, I sense someone."

"Who?"

"Someone familiar."

"Mind telling me who?"

"Sen."

"Sen's here? What would she b doing in the village."

"I don't know. But I feel her fire. And she's with Nara and Yang too!"

"Nara and Yang?"

"Look behind you."

"Lein! Wait up!" Yin was right. Nara was trying to catch up to me.

"Nara! It's so good to see you!" When Nara finally caught up, he gave me a friendly hug.

"Hey, when you didn't answer, I thought you didn't here me."

"Oh, sorry. I was talking to…who's there?"

"What?" Nara was looking into the shadows where I had called out.

"So, this is Nara. He's kinda cute. And wait till I tell everyone you guys hugged, they'll get a kick out of it!" Nara and I were looking at none other than Seth.

"So, Lein, I take it this is the famous Sethina you've told us about?"

Seth just looked at him, well, more like glared. "My name is SETH, not that girly-two-shoes name that my parents gave me, got it!?"

"Whoa, Lein. I think she's worse than you when you get angry!" I just giggled at the joke while Seth stormed off. "So, who were you talking to?"

"Yin, she's in the sack. Where's Sen. Baki's house is that way, and I was going to get him."

"Hey, Lein, Nara! Look who I found!" Nara and I both turned to see Sen dragging Baki down the streets. "Lein, your village is soo beautiful! And, I've got four, very important words for you Lein."

"What are they?"

"HELLO AGAIN, BEST FRIEND!"