Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own Golden Sun! Again, Okami belongs to Okami-chan(aka Padfoot-chan ^^) and Fiona belongs to Heather. Kanata, Mizuno, Kuro and Amiko all belong to be. ^^ Parings are Isaac/Ivan and Felix/Picard. Don't like, don't read!

Chapter 9: Goma Cave

Inside Goma cave we ran into a dead in. It seemed that the wall had been melted down by someone, no doubt that it would be Saturos and Menardi.

"Now what are we going to do?" Garet asked, kicking a nearby rock into the stream rushing beside him.

"Just calm down," I said, glancing over at Garet, "We'll just have to go around as quickly as possible to try and catch up with them."

"Garet, I know how much you want to save Jenna, but you're just going to have to be patient." Kanata said calmly.

Garet blushed slightly. "I-I didn't say that. I just want to get the Elemental Stars back so we can go home."

I grinned, hopping into the stream. "Suuure Garet, whatever you say."

Garet stuck his tongue out at me as I helped Ivan into the stream. Garet, Kanata and Amiko followed suit into and across the stream. When we climbed out, Ivan and I were in front while the others were a little bit behind. I could've sworn that I heard them mention my name a couple of times, as well as Ivans, but I was sure that they didn't mean anything in that kind of way. Of course, there was the fact that I felt more... safe with Ivan around. Garet even said that I wouldn't stop sighing heavily since we left Vault and before we met up with Ivan again.

"Isaac, is there something wrong?" Ivan asked, "You seem... troubled by something." His violet eyes locked in with mine as I glanced down at the younger teen. I blinked, noticing that we had stopped.

"Err..." I scratched my head sheepishly, trying to think of a believeable excuse to use. "Just thinking about things, is all."

"That's good. I was hoping that I didn't cause much of a burden for you." Ivan smiled weakly.

Garet cleared his throat, breaking the conversation.

"Can we go now?" He asked, looking at both of us. Kanata and Amiko giggled softly.

I felt as if I were blushing, and I probably was. "Y-Yeah... let's go, shall we?"

We continued to walk through the cave, having no clue as to where we were to turn and sometimes got lost from Garet's directions. Eventually, we reached a small cliff, and from a small distance a Mars Djinni could be seen.

"What is that?" Ivan asked, looking up at me.

"It's a Djinni. They help your psyenergy become stronger and are really helpful in battle." I explained, thinking back to Flint's explaination when we first left Vale.

"This one's mine!" Garet annoucenced, climbing up the small cliff. The Mars Djinni laughed and jumped onto Garet's head. Garet glared at the wall as he came to the top of the small cliff. He reached up to grab the small Djinni, but only succeded in missing the playful creature and falling off of the cliff.

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Hey, sorry that this isn't much, but I haven't exactly been in the mood to write lately. :3