Hey dudes! I amm baaaaaack!

LittleMidgett; okay… pushy pushy PUSHY!

Karone-Sakura- sure! No worries… glad u lyk it! She is going to most likely be a key player in the next couple of chappies… so… YIPEE!

Tiamath; OH, OH! Is that 'Welcome home, or Slave's Tiara?' That is SOO GOOD, isn't it? So sad… but yeah, it did… although Jade Shape-shifts… like, she can become a chair or water or whatever if she wants to… but seriously… the physics would probably be the same… hmm… u got me thinking!

( )- whoever this is… thankyou! You've reviewed before… I think! Thankyou so much! Oh, and the Jake and Marco thing… when they're going around the room, its more like when u bump into someone and you're rushing… you kno, u kina push em aside a little so u get past? Jake and Marco are all cool now… they sorted it out earlier on.

To everyone; well, most of you are either saying a girl or twins… which got me thinking… and man, are you gonna all be sorry for suggesting twins…

Ok, not really but…. well just read it, will ya!

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Amanda

We managed to find another old abandoned Chinese house. And… all of us being sick of being used like this… and feeling utterly powerless about our position… we were determined to stay there.

Instead, Sakura taught those of us who had the patience, sword-fighting (Robert and Rachel just loved that) and archery. I tried my hand at archery.

We were outside. Sakura positioned my feet the right way… made sure my arm was at the right angle, then gave me an average target (a tree) and left me to aim and fire. I focused, kept my eyes on my goal… let loose!

Twan-n-g-g

It hit…

A sapling next to it. Damn!

"Very good Amanda. You are getting better" Sakura complimented. Ax wanted to learn too… so she was trying her best to show him…

What amazed me the most was that Sakura had become so used to three aliens hanging around with us… like it was no biggie…

Honestly? It kinda scared me.

I went back inside, to where Jade was sleeping. She did that a lot lately, and Jake hardly left her side. She was about eight months now, and her hormones were going bonkers.

I sat beside Ithiell, resting my head against his shoulder. Everyone else was either with Sakura, our out doing their own thing.

"Ithiell… this sucks"

He barked a laugh, but it was a soft one. He didn't want to wake Jade or Jake up. Both needed all the sleep they could get…

"Like I don't know that. We've been here for so long I've forgotten what my fighter looks like anymore"

"And?"

"And I miss my home. Both homes"

"Me too"

"You don't have two homes"

"Maybe some day I will" I muttered.

THERE WILL BE TWO.

"What!" Ithiell and I said in unison, staring wide-eyed at each other.

"I don't have a clue"

"Neither do I"

I shook my head, wondering what they were going on about. Stupid H.Bs…

After a while Ithiell sighed, then shifted to human.

"Want to go for a walk?"

"Sure, there's nothing else to do"

"Okay" he got up, then helped me up. We went outside, waving to Rachel and Marco, who were practising sword-fighting with sticks. We kept going…

I don't know how long we walked, before I began to feel… strange. I felt so out of sorts… Ithiell looked so gorgeous in the new 'Chinese' style outfit that the H.Bs had provided each of us… Jade still had that damn ribbon…

"This place isn't too bad" he muttered, eyes half closed as he looked up at a bird in a tree…

"Ithiell"

"Hmm?"

"Kiss me"

In seconds he was kissing me, and I deepened the kiss… felt so strange… wanted Ithiell so badly…

We were soon down on the ground, and there was nothing I could do but go along with it…

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"Ahh!"

"Jade!"

"Ah-huh…" I heard her moan. I got up and went over to her. Jake was already beside her… it was so dark outside…

"Jade"

"Ah!" She yelped, holding her stomach. No, this couldn't… she was only eight months and a week! Too early to…

"What's going on?" Someone moaned in the darkness.

"Uhhh" Jade moaned, and Jake was already sitting behind her, trying to help her control her breathing.

"I think Jade's going in to labour. Wake Rtaia!"

"On it!" It took a second to realise the voice was Rachel's.

In what seemed like seconds, the whole room was alive with movement. Ithiell helped Rtaia shuffle the guys out, except Jake, then took himself out and shut the door. Then Rtaia went to work, with Cassie and Sakura helping her.

Sakura, who knew the land a lot more than the rest of us, went to fetch what Rtaia needed. Cassie and I relit the fire in the hearth, then Cassie worked to remove the clothes that Jade didn't need right then. Jake had her leaned against his back, trying to help her control her breathing.

Wasn't working too good.

"Come on Jade… that's it…"

"You come on" she said painfully through gritted teeth. It hurt to see Jade in so much pain….

"I'm here Jade. We're all here for you" I tried to assure her.

Emphasis on tried.

Sakura soon returned, with the bandages and other things Rtaia needed. I had to hand it to her… she was sure good at what she did…

Cassie and I took turns taking care of the fire, then helping Rtaia.

Almost forty hours later, new life was brought into the world…

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Next time dudes! But I'll try not to leave that too long… k?

BYE!