Jet was not allowed to eat the same food as the villagers. No, and that pissed him off. Instead he was given no other choice except to eat the food Sakura made him some time back. It was excellent although old food.

He soon was all packed up and ready to depart for Fenix again. He had already cleared it with Aine. He was headed on his way by the morning sun with renewed power. However, the moment he left the town he noticed a shadow by a rock. A man who was sitting calmly as if waiting for someone.

"You need a partner?" John questioned.

"You want to join me?" Jet wondered thinking him crazy.

"You are a strong fighter."

"I'll...You can come with me I guess...but we ain't partners or nothing. I don't want any." It was more like Jet was not sure he wanted him as any part of his team. He did not trust him.

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"You gonna be okay?"

Emilia glanced over at Gallows. "Yeah, I'm sure."

"From what you allowed me to see though, you got pretty beat up last night."

"It...wasn't anything much." She groaned as she adjusted herself on the sand that they were lying on. It was boring waiting out Jet. That much was true. While Emilia argued that she wanted to be alone and rest Gallows did not allow that for her while she was resting on the ground. "Nothing bad."

He let out a laugh. "You're really something to say that after all you got hit by."

She glared at him. "Mr. Gallows, I am aware of your track record with women, or lack of one." She grinned. "Do not think of me as one of those women you can actually pick up. And, have you actually ever picked up any women?"

He lied silent. Moments passed. "Touché." He sulked.

It was her time to laugh. "You won't win a woman like me with stupid pick-ups and flirts like you throw out." She groaned as her hands touched the ground. "Uh...Although I just bashed you, would you mind me asking you to help stand up?"

He jumped to his feet. "Maybe I should act more like Jet and make believe I don't give a damn although I do." He shrugged.

"Gallows!"

"Fine." He succumbed to it and helped her stand up. "If not you, you owe me advice on how to get the girls I'm looking for."

"Fine, but, we'll see about that in time."

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"So...this is Fenix?" John announced as they came into the town by evening. It was a first for people to make it such a distance by foot.

"I was sort of expecting more." Jet said scratching his head. Looking out for something he wanted to find. He did not find the people. "I guess...I'll go get a room at the inn."

After nightfall Jet found himself out on the streets. He had looked for the others. He had found no sign of them. He did not know that they thought they would have at least another day so they went on a tangent to a resort to rest for the day. Too bad Jet came early because he was faster than any other person would have been.

Jet paused for a minute. There was something in the air that was foul. He did not see what came at him, but he dodged the projectiles in the dark alley light anyway. "C'mon out!" He roared as silence took the place of combat. As he went for the dark he was hit onto the dirt as his attacker took to the roof with some well placed jumps. "Who the Hell was that?" He spat in outrage.

He found his way to the lobby of the inn anyway where John met up with him. "You okay?"

"Huh?"

"You look like you ran into a bump or something?"

"I'm fine. Nothing wrong." Jet glanced away. "I'm going to bed."

And, he did just that. Went right to bed. The moonlight came in through the window to his left. It was just perfect and lit up the dark enough. Then it disappeared. A silhouette took part of it away. A man of shadow enters through the window in the utmost silence as he makes his way for Jet in his sleeping position on the bed. He throws his dagger for Jet who while asleep still somehow rolls away from it and mumbles something about 'Sakura' and 'Food'. Then he said 'Virginia'.

The man stared dumbly at Jet. "What the?" He questioned. He attempts again and gets the same response, but Jet says something about strawberries this time.

He goes at it again. "What are you aiming at?" Jet questioned. "I thought we were getting along famously?" Jet quickly punches the man in the gut and gets to his feet. "I had a feeling you'd be back." Jet takes his knife out eying his ARM from the side. He wanted that. Jet lunged forward and attacked only for the man to jump aside onto the bed. Jet attacks again only to miss when the man jumps over him thanks to extra oomph from the bed's springs that Jet then went on to ruin when he missed and gouged the bed. "Hey! I have to pay for this bed!" He roared. You never make Jet pay for things he knows he doesn't want or need. Too bad Jet did not get to let that rage out since the man jumped out the open window and climbed up for the roof. Jet caught his ARM that bounced on the bed and followed after.

The man strikes out at him the moment he gets up, but Jet falls to the roof and rolls away. He was thankful that the roof was flat and not slanted or he would have fallen off by now. Taking his Aigert Lahm B/V2 Jet fired out at his enemy. The man gets away from each and deflects the last with his blade. Jet simply rushes forward and throws his head into his enemy's own. An old move by now, but still effective for a last ditch effort. Jet grabs the man's black mask and kicked the man aside onto the roof.

"I thought as much." Jet spat as he stared at the injured John. "Why try to kill me?"

"Heh. Your worst enemies are the ones who act as friends." John muttered as he stood up. "I was hired, just as a man named Isamu Azuma was. Isamu has probably killed whoever it was you hoped to find here. We most likely have the Twilight Lone by now."

"Virginia?" Jet uttered. Why he didn't say anything else made him rethink his words, but he did not have the time to do so now.

"Don't worry...I know he failed since the sandcraft they were in isn't anywhere near here." John cackled. "I will not fail Jet!" He tossed some smoke grenades clouding the rooftops. There is a sound of a groan that one would make as if they were attacking, but no audible signs of connection are made. When the smoke clears only John remains there. "What the? Those were to help me and not him." He stood there silent. "So where is he?"

John finds himself on the ground as he dodges shots fired up from inside. A fist follows which John rolls away from. "Got 'ya!"

"Shit! How the Hell did he get inside that fast?"

Jet climbs out from the hole he made and rushed forward and grabs John to toss him into the roofing. Multiple kicks were flung from Jet's foot. John stands up throwing his shoulder into Jet's ribs sending the gray haired man to the ground out of breath. John punches downward at him, but Jet had recovered and rolled aside. Jet throws his blade into John's chest.

"Damn...You got me...You got me." John muttered as he stumbled backward.

"Yeah, I noticed I got you too. Why do you have to keep on saying it?" Jet mused. "It's not like the wound will undo itself."

"How did you know?" John questioned as he fell to his knees.

"I always knew. You weren't very convincing." Jet shrugged. "Now...tell me, what is Twilight Lone?"

"I don't know. All I knew...was...that...it was...on your ship. It's something...important...But it may be...evil." John let out with loss of air.

"Everything important tends to be evil." Jet glanced aside. "So, John...farewell."

"Eh...good riddance." John muttered as he stood, but fell backward and dropped off the roof.

Jet stood there scratching his head. "Now, for a more important question, where do I sleep now that he ruined my bed?"

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The gang returned to Fenix the following morning ready to wait out Jet who they did not know was there already. Gallows was ready to try some new moves out on some of the girls at the pub that Emilia told him about. Too bad they were sure-fire ways to him getting A) a drink in the face, B) a slap to the face, or C) a punch to the face from a boyfriend.

Virginia stood with Clive as they walked to town much slower than Gallows. Emilia was left to the ship since she was still resting up. "That was a good idea to go on a nice tangent and get rested up. That bath helped as well. I feel a hundred percent ready to delve into this Twilight business now. Even found me a book." Clive said happily.

Virginia wore a face of concern. "I just hope that Jet's here by now." Clive grinned. "What do you mean by that face?"

"You really seem worried about him." He shrugged. "I guess the first thing on our agenda is to look for him."

She walked further with him in silence. "Do you really think I worry too much?" She questioned only to find that she answered her own question by asking that.

Eventually she was taken on a separate path from Clive who was more interested in the Twilight business and went another way. She was still intent on finding Jet. She found herself in the market for the moment and found a good idea for a welcome back dinner for Jet.

That was broken with a yell. "Stop! Thief!"

She looks to see Jet come running her way. "Will I ever get away with stealing food? Steal gems, sure I can do that. Food, no? Why? I would think gems harder!" Jet moaned.

"Jet!" Virginia jumped as he passed. His attention went to her as she grabbed him furiously in a hug.

"Virginia? Uh...we gotta go." Jet grabbed her arm and darted away as the man he stole some bread from came after him with the hugest muscles and pan he had ever seen.

After a series of brief reunion talks the group was back in their sandcraft. Gallows with a bloody nose. Looks like it was event 'C' today. They all were pretty glad they could be on their way now, and maybe rest. Jet especially since he was angry as all Hell that they had went to a resort while he was being beat up last night and had to sleep on a rooftop across town. He was not going near the inn last night.

"So, where to now?" Jet questioned.

"I have gathered some information about this Twilight stuff." Clive brought up. "I read in a book about these things called 'Twilight Elements'. I'm not too sure what they are, but one of them is supposed to be nearby. One called Twilight Sun."

"Do you think this had anything to do with your family, Jet?" Virginia wondered.

"For one, I have no family, and two, what would I know?" Jet said with a scowl. He hated talking about that junk. The discussion was ended with the fact that tomorrow morning they would head out and look for the Twilight Sun.

Eventually Jet found himself on the roof of the craft again. "Beautiful isn't it?" Virginia wondered as she lifted herself up onto the roof. She could not get up at all. Jet grabbed her wrists and helped her up.

"What do you want?" He asked as they looked back to the sunset over the red rocks.

"I love to look at the setting sun. It always looks so grand and beautiful." She explained.

Jet lied back on his arms as a pillow. "It seems...different...now that you're here."

"Where were you?" She asked with a more serious and soft tone.

"Getting to Fenix?" He wondered. She nodded. "Desert. Though...there was a town on the way."

"A town? Really? I thought there was nothing out that way." Virginia wondered. "I think we should go and put it on the map right now!" She said grabbing his wrist as she jumped off pulling him along. He was not ready and fell in a heap. Nothing broken so she helped him up while he was in a silent daze and pulled him inside to their map. "Okay, so show me where it is." She said as she took out a pen.

"Uh...On that mountain there...It's called Zephyr." Jet said as he checked his vitals. That hurt his arm! "You...uh, seem really excited about this?"

"Why not? Isn't it fun sometimes to find out the unknown?" She questioned as she wrote it down. He stood in silence as he watched her do so. He found something very odd about the situation. Something about the way she looked as she wrote it down made him almost smile. He bit his lip and stopped that urge. "What is it?" She questioned as she looked at his face.

"You're a bit of a nerd, aren't you?"

"Maybe so, but I find nothing wrong with that." She laughed and went back to writing the name down.

"Uh...okay." He really had nothing better to say in response.

As night came Jet was left with the duty of bringing some food to Emilia who remained resting. She was up to strength enough though. She was not very weak. He handed her the food and stopped for a moment. "You beat that other guy, Isamu?" He questioned.

She nodded. "You know about him?"

"I know enough."

"I barely won...even though he's a weak guy. Stronger than I rem," She looked away a moment as if not here. "Remember him being."

"Did that guy mention Twilight Lone as well?"

"He did. He said it was with us, but I know this ship well enough and I never seen anything that I could think of as that."

"These Twilight Elements...I'm not sure I'll like these things." Jet confided with her. "We own one, and we don't even know it. We have to keep on our toes now."

She nodded. "Right." And, he left her to her meal.