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Jaden lay on his side, his head resting on his arm. There were trails of tears on his cheeks. Embers of the long forgotten fire were slowly dying. His friends were long into sleep, but Jaden couldn't join them. His mind was consumed with thoughts of Jesse. Akaria had said that Jesse was gone forever and Jaden just couldn't make himself believe that. Or, he didn't want to believe that.

"Jaden?" Akaria called softly. Said boy blinked and rolled onto his back. Akaria was knelling next to him, a large bag next to her. He gave her a sour look.

"What do you want?" he snarled, his voice thick. Akaria's face remained clean. She merely stood up, grabbing the bag in the process.

"Stand up and follow me," she ordered. Jaden opened his mouth to make a smart remark but Akaria just began to walk away. Part of Jaden wanted to stay where he was and give her the cold shoulder. But the other part, the part that won, wanted to follow her to find out what she wanted.

So, with a sigh, Jaden forced himself to his feet and quickly followed the red-headed girl. He whipped his sleeve across his eyes, capturing the tears that clung to his cheeks and whip away the trails. When he thought his face was clean, he looked up to see that he couldn't see Akaria anymore. His heartbeat sped up and he moved faster. Only a few seconds later Jaden broke through some trees into a small clearing. In the center of the clearing, Akaria stood with the bag at her feet.

Slowly, Jaden continued to walk until he was only a few feet away from her. When he was closer and finally stopped, Akaria spoke up.

"I know what that dark mist was, Jaden. And I know what it was trying to do." Jaden took a step back in surprise.

"You do?" She nodded. "What?" She took a deep breath.

"You are…the Cosmic Warrior."

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"You're kidding me," he said, staring at Akaria. She merely shook her head.

"No, it's true."

"How can you be sure?" Akaria pointed a finger at him.

"You." Jaden blinked.

"Me?" Akaria nodded. "How did I do that?"

"With what you told us, when you were captured. And what everyone else was saying about why Yubel was so interested in you. Plus what the Village Elder said the night before we came to rescue you," she rambled.

"And what was all that?" he questioned.

"The elder said that there is believed to be a dark spirit that really controlled Yubel and after what you said and everything that happened, I realized that the dark spirit that is controlling Yubel must be Haou. And Haou could only have one interest in you and that is that you are the Cosmic Warrior. What the dark mist, AKA Haou, was trying to do was take possession of you like Yubel did to Jesse."

"Well why didn't it work?" Akaria looked worried.

"I don't know."

"Could it be that I'm not really the Cosmic Warrior? Could it be that you are wrong?" Jaden spat, taking a step toward Akaria. She remained unfazed.

"Could be."

"Then how can you know for sure?"

"There is only one way to know for sure if you are really the Cosmic Warrior," she said.

"And how is that?" Jaden asked, sounding very unconvinced. Without a word, Akaria knelled down and unzipped the bag at her feet. It was the extra bag that she had been carrying with her the entire time in the Dark World. Taking a deep breath, she reached in and pulled out a new sword. She visibly flinched and hissed loudly as she stood up. The sword began to glow slightly. Jaden's mouth fell agape as Akaria turned back toward him.

"This is…the Cosmic Katana," she explained.

"Why is it glowing?" Jaden asked, staring at it with wide eyes.

"I'm not the rightful owner, so it is rejecting my touch. In other words, it's burning me. Only the Cosmic Warrior or the Crystal Warrior can wield this Katana."

"Why both?"

"No one knows. Just some connection both have." Akaria looked up at Jaden. "The connection you and Jesse have." His breath hitched in his throat. Akaria then held out her arms; they began to shake. "Take the Katana, Jaden. This will prove if you really are the Cosmic Warrior." Jaden swallowed and reached for the sword. His hands froze only a few inches away from the sword.

"And what if I'm not the Cosmic Warrior?"

"You are." Akaria sounded so convinced that Jaden believed her completely. He took a deep breath through his nose and then grabbed the sword, taking it out of Akaria's hand. His eyes closed when his hands closed around the sheath, fearing that the sword would burn him just like Akaria.

Nothing happened.

Slowly, Jaden opened his eyes and looked down at the sword in his hands. It was no longer glowing, which meant that it wasn't rejecting him. Which meant Akaria was right.

"I told you," she said. Jaden slowly looked up at her. Her hands hung limply at her sides and some red fluid was dripping off of her fingertips. Jaden flinched.

"What does this mean?" he asked. Akaria looked up into his eyes and smirked.

"It means that I was wrong." Jaden blinked.

"What do you mean? You were right! I am the Cosmic Warrior," he said. Akaria shook her head.

"That isn't what I meant. What I meant is I was wrong about when I told you that Jesse is gone forever." Jaden gasped.

"There's a way to save him after all?" He tried not to let hope rise up in him, and failed. Akaria nodded.

"That's right."

"How?" Jaden was practically jumping up and down with joy. Akaria's face fell slightly.

"Well, before I can tell you the plan, I have to teach some basic things first," she said.

"What things?" he asked. Akaria smirked again, bent down, and picked something out of the bag. When she stood back up, she was holding a small book in her hand.

"I need to show you the basics of being part of Jesse's team, Jaden. And it isn't going to be easy or pretty. If you don't want to do it, I won't force you," she explained. Jaden bit his lip but looked into her eyes.

"Am I the only one who can save Jesse?" he asked. Akaria nodded. Jaden straightened up, squaring his shoulders. "Then teach me everything I need to know."

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