Hello, hello! Here's the next chapter for this story. I hope you'll like it! Oh and by the way, if you're wondering how I can upload so many chapters in one day, it's because I have tons and tons of time to write these stories.

Jiro's POV

"How much longer will it take until we get to the lake?" Shu asked me.

"We're almost there. So get ready to get wet. We'll have to swim to the bottom so we can get the stone." I answered.

"Did you bring your swim suit?" he asked me again.

"Yeah. You?"

"Yup. It's been awhile since I've swim."

We continued to walk and we finally found the lake. It wasn't too big and it was crystal clear. "Come on, let's get changed." I said.

We went behind some bushes and we stripped down to our swim suit. I went out from the bushes and jumped into the water. I popped my head from the water and looked behind me. I saw Shu coming over and he jumped into the water.

I gave him a look and he nodded. We took a deep breath and dived into the water. We swam deeper into the water but there wasn't anything under the lake except for mud. We made it to the bottom and we started to search around for the stone.

I ran out of air and swam up to the surface. I inhaled deeply and started huffing. Soon after, Shu came up and took some deep breaths. "Find anything?" I asked.

"Nothing. You?"

"No. There isn't anything under the lake except mud."

We took a deep breath and dived into the water again. We made it to the bottom again and I swam around to try and find something. I saw something shining somewhere. I looked over to Shu and I pointed to the surface.

We swam up and I inhaled deeply again. "What? Did you see something?" he asked me.

"Yeah. I saw something shining. It was over there." I said while pointing to the shining object that I saw. It shined and it was obvious that it was the stone.

"Really? Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

He dived into the water and I did the same. We swam to the object and we reached it. I pulled it out from the mud and we both went out to the surface.

We inhaled some air and I lifted up my hand that was holding the object. I opened my hand and saw the stone shining. It was pure white and it was a simple oval shape.

"The stone!" I heard Shu say.

We swam to land and I put the stone on the ground. "So…we got it." I murmured.

"Yeah. So we're going to Jibral, right?" Shu said.

"Yeah. Hopefully we'll meet up with the others." I said.

We put on our regular clothes back on and I took out the stone from my pocket. Shu was on my side and we both gazed at the stone.

"Oh… how pretty." I heard someone say.

We both looked behind us and we both saw a man with long golden hair and a scar on his face. He was laying his back on a tree.

"Who are you!" we both demanded.

"It's none of your concern. All you need to know is that I'm from the Minao family." He answered.

"So you're the one who killed Kluke's family?" Shu barked.

"Actually, no. My father and mother were the ones who entered the battle field with some other family members. I was still 10 at the time and I wasn't allowed to follow them." He answered again.

"It makes no difference! If you want the stone, you'll have to go through us!" I shouted.

"Do you really think that you'll be able to defeat me? You two are just boys. What damage could you possibly do to me?" he said while laughing.

"It doesn't matter as long as we keep the stone safe." Shu said.

I heard the man whisper a spell and some fireballs were shooting themselves at us. We both dodged and I kept the stone in my pocket. I said another spell and some water from the lake were forming a big wave and it slammed into the man.

When the water cleared, the man was protected by a barrier and he wasn't hurt. "Impressive. You're able to do that spell at such a young age. But it's still much too weak." The man said.

Shu did a spell and a number of swords were flying around him. The swords flew to the man and it made a cut on his arm. The other swords missed when he dodged.

The man got angry and he whispered a spell. Suddenly, I couldn't move and Shu couldn't move either. "W…What did…you do?" I managed to say.

"I did a paralyzing spell on both of you." He answered.

He walked over to me and searched around my pocket. He pulled the stone out from my pocket and smirked. "Hey! Give it back!" I heard Shu say.

"Not a chance." The man said plainly.

He walked away from us. Before he ran away into the forest, he said something to us. "You should be more worried about something ells, other than this stone." He said.

I barely registered what he just said. "What do you mean?" I asked while trying to move.

"You'll find out soon enough…" the man whispered before he ran away into the forest.

The paralyzing spell disappeared from us as we quickly tried to find the man. Sadly, we can't find him and the stone was gone.

"Sorry. I couldn't protect the stone." I said.

"No, it's ok. The thing that I'm worried about is what that man just said. What ells are we supposed to be worried about?" Shu said.

"I don't know. But if that man from the Minao family just chased after us, doesn't that mean that the others are in danger?"

"You're right! What should we do?"

"We can't do anything than just believe in them. It's too late for us to find them now. It'll be better if we just go back to Jibral."

"But… Is it really too late?"

"Yes. They might be fighting already. But like what just happened, they won't kill us and will just take the stone. Maybe that was what he meant."

"What does that mean exactly?"

"It probably means that they'll just take the other stones. I'm a bit worried about Sahlia and Bouquet though. I'm not too worried about Andropov and Kluke since they're both strong. For Zola and Marumaro, in my opinion they should be fine."

"I hope you're right…"

The end for this chapter! Find out what happens to Sahlia and Bouquet in the next chapter. See ya guys later and please, please, please review! Don't forget to review!