After getting an exhausted Zhen Ji to the door of her house and saying his good-byes, Zhang He began walking back to his dreaded home. "I wonder if I should take my time and wait until it gets a little bit darker…" He said aloud, knowing that he was talking to himself.

After a few moments of silence, he heard something coming up behind him. He turned to look, but was knocked off balance as someone running from another passed him. After regaining his balance, Zhang He looked in front of him, wondering who it was. What he saw startled him…it were the same people who had kidnapped Zhen Ji and himself. 'I thought that I got rid of them…' He thought to himself as he ran after them.

After running what seemed like fifteen minutes, the two crooks had stopped. He stayed a safe distance away, trying to see who they were after now. It looked like a boy that came from an uniformed school. He must have been on his way home when these two caught sight of him. It appeared that the boy had fallen over his own two feet and fell face first into the dirt.

"Heh. We've got you now, after all that exercise you gave us, I bet we lost about ten pounds." The leader said. Zhang He still stood silently from where he had stopped.

"Yeah…um, boss, what were we looking for again?" His companion stated stupidly. "You idiot. Remember? He's supposed to be one of the rich children here. He was supposed to lead us to his home, but it doesn't look like he got all the way there. I guess we'll just have to make him tell us where the riches are. So how about it kid?" He said, turning to the frightened boy.

"I…I'm not g-going to t-tell you anything!" The boy cried as he struggled to get himself back on his feet. The one supposedly called 'boss' walked up to him and put his foot on the boy's chest, keeping him down on the ground.

"Oh no you don't. I want information first. Tell me…where is your house?" The guy pushed a little harder, causing the boy to wince in pain. "Let me go!" He cried again. Zhang He didn't know if he should interfere or if he should save himself or help this suffering boy.

Zhang he finally decided as he tackled the leader from behind, causing his minion to react by running over to help. The boy quickly got up and ran a little ways before stopping.

"Who are you and wha…no…not you! RUN FOR IT!" the leader said as he quickly pushed Zhang He away and ran in the opposite direction, leaving Zhang He and his minion to stand in bewilderment. Then his minion looked back at the boy standing next to him and ran, screaming like a little girl. Zhang He widened his eyes.

"T-thank you sir for being so kind to help me…" The boy thanked. Zhang He turned to him and nodded. "Your welcome. Where did you come from anyway?" He quarried.

"Me? Well, those crooks were right to say that I come from a rich family, but they aren't really my family at all." The boy sighed and then continued. "I am an orphan that came from the Tian Shui area. My foster parents are the rich ones, but my biological family is out there somewhere, so I plan on looking for them sometime soon. I'm not sure if they are still alive, but I sure do hope so." Zhang He looked at the boy with sympathy. "So…your…an orphan?" He repeated in a question.

"Yes. After I told you that, I guess I should tell you my name. I am Jiang Wei." He responded with a bow. Zhang He had never been shown such courtesy before. "Um…and I am Zhang He. Do you go to the local school around here?" He asked, changing the subject. Jiang Wei looked up and nodded. "It hasn't started yet has it? It's still summer. I'm going into Jr. high I believe." He responded. Zhang He all of a sudden perked up and became surprised.

"I'm going into Jr. high too. Maybe we could be friends!" He added with a smile on his face. Jiang Wei hesitated, then put on his own smile. "Sure, why not? Especially after saving me like that. I'm really sorry for giving you the hassle." He stated, ashamed that he risked his new found friends life. "If you don't mind me asking, why were they so afraid of you?" Zhang He looked at him and hesitated. "Well…um, you see, well, I fought them before. They kidnapped my girlfriend and me as well." He explained.

"Oh…I see." Jiang Wei said, astounded that he could've been so intimidating. "Would you like to come over and meet my family? They normally want to meet all my friends. Maybe you could spend the night…or something." He jumped in, talking little bit too rapidly for Zhang He to completely pick up every word he said. "Uhh…sure?" He replied without really knowing what he agreed to. "All right then, follow me." Jiang Wei stated hastily as he dragged his first local friend to his house.

(Back with Ce and others)

"We'll come back in a few days, okay Xun!" Xiao and Da Qiao yelled in unison as they led Sun Ce and Zhou Yu back to their house.

"All right! Make sure you bring that book back in good condition!" Lu Xun shouted in response. Zhou Yu looked back at him and nodded. "I promised, didn't I?" He reassured.

"Ce! You better say your good-byes too!" Da Qiao scolded, as Ce never turned around. "Why should I? He was mean to me so I'll do just the same." He retorted, put his arms behind his head. Just as he was getting relaxed Xiao Qiao bopped him on the head again.

"What did I tell you about behaving?" She supported her sister's scolding. Ce rubbed the top of his head and turned to her. "Fine! Fine! Just, stop hitting me okay?" He pleaded. Xiao nodded and he sighed, turning and giving a slight wave. Lu Xun just ignored it as he stared at Da Qiao as she 'gracefully' walked away.

Ce turned to see Xun eyeing his girlfriend. "Hey you!" Ce turned all the way around to face Xun, anger rising in him. Xun quickly turned to him, the lust in his eyes now gone. "What do you want?" He questioned back rudely, making Ce get even angrier.

"You better get your sights set on someone else or I'll be forced to rip your head of!" He protected. Da looked back, as well as Zhou Yu and Xiao. "Not again! Ce! Come on now!" Da Qiao tugged Ce's sleeve signaling him to let go of the whole situation. Ce didn't budge. He had had enough of Xun's taunting and wanted a real fight instead of the mini challenges that had gone on earlier. He wanted his revenge…for what? He didn't know, but he did know was that this kid was annoying!

"Ce! Come on!" Da continued to try and persuade him to stop his rebellion. Still, he didn't move. Then, Xiao smacked him in the back of the head hoping that it would knock some sense into him, but it failed. He stood there giving Xun the death glare anyway. Xun did the same and it looked like they were having a stare-down. "Ce…" Da had grown even more concerned. If he didn't respond to Xiao's slap, then how would they get him to come back with them without getting into trouble? She turned to Zhou Yu, who seemed to be buried in thought. "Yu, what are we supposed to do?"

"I'm not sure yet…once he gets involved in something like this, he's practically unstoppable." Zhou Yu explained with some concern in his voice.

"Fine then, let's get our differences settled!" Lu Xun declared as he got closer to Ce. Ce cracked his knuckles and got ready, but Xun only stood there, awaiting his foe's first attack.

"Ce! This is ridiculous! Stop this at once before you dishonor your family and put shame upon your family's name!" Zhou Yu stated clearly, trying to get Ce to come back to reality. He knew that Ce didn't like to dishonor or disgrace his family name.

"No way Yu, as much as I hate to do this to my family reputation, I'm not going to let this little rat get the best of me." With that, he rushed towards Xun ready to launch a punch with the intention of slamming all of his might into his face. Xun saw the attack and slyly ducked under the punch, causing Ce to lose his balance.

"Don't take me for a fool!" Xun said, as he came up and punched Ce's gut, then he moved out of the way so that he wouldn't be squished. He looked over at Ce who was now pushing himself up off of the ground.

"When did you get so quick?"

"The advantage of being small my friend…" Xun taunted again. Ce got really angry and ran at him again with another punch loaded. This time, Xun dodged to the side.

"That's not going to work if you all ready showed it to me once and I dodged it the first time." Xun laughed at Ce's stupidity, but Ce wasn't done attacking. He quickly turned and kicked Xun in the side, making the much smaller boy fly sideways.

"And you shouldn't let your guard off if something looks familiar." Ce retorted. Xun got up again and glared at Ce, waiting for him to attack again. "What? Are you just going to let me go first every time or are you going to come at me first this time?" Ce asked tauntingly as he copied Xun. They stood at a stalemate for a few seconds until Xun came at Ce with amazing speed.

"Uh-oh…" Ce said alarmed. He quickly dodged to his right, felling the rush of air fly by as Xun passed him. Xun stopped himself with the friction of the dirt around them, causing dust to fly into the air as he skidded along the ground.

Simultaneously, Sun Ce and Lu Xun ran at each other when suddenly they both tried hard to stop…Da Qiao had gone between them, trying her best to stop the fight before someone got hurt. She held out her arms in Ce and Xun's directions as her body faced Yu and Xiao.

"Stop this! Now!" She stated, her voice wavering slightly. The two stood up straight as they looked at her worriedly. "You two should learn to get along and stop being so ignorant." Da slowly put her hands back down to her sides. She looked at Xun with a stern face. Then she turned to Ce with the same expression. "I would've thought that you wouldn't have done something as stupid as this. I know that you know how much your family name is to you. What were you thinking?" Da scolded. Ce slightly stepped back astounded at Da's warnings. A few moments of silence passed by when Ce looked at the ground in shame.

"Sorry, I guess I really didn't know what I was thinking…I was blinded by my own rage…" Ce apologized. After the apology, they all turned to Xun, who was now laughing. "Ha! I guess I win this battle! This was too easy!" He exclaimed proudly. Ce only growled, but immediately calmed himself.

"I thought that your were going to be a nice neighbor and now your acting like a jerk!" Da screamed, causing Xun to stop his snickering. Just as Xun was about to respond, someone ran into him making him fall over. The person that accidentally hit him fell next to him.

"I-I'm sorry sir!" The boy said, helping his friend up as well.

"Zhang He? What are you doing here? And who is that?" Ce questioned, his mouth opening in amazement.

"Ce! This Jiang Wei. You will definitely will be seeing him at school next year. He's new to this area, but these guys who had kidnapped Zhen Ji and myself as well were chasing him. Then I saved him and now he's going to show me to his house. Anyway, it's nice to see you again and have you found out anything more about the powers?" Zhang He said in a blur. Ce only stared at him in confusion.

"Uh…what?" He responded dumbfounded.

"Were you even listening?" Zhang He asked as he put his hands on his hips.

"I couldn't understand you…that's all." Ce replied.

"Well, anyway, the main points are that I need to know more information on the powers that Zhou Yu and I have." Zhang He summarized. Right when Ce was about to tell him about the book that Xun had found, Xun interrupted.

"The elemental powers? I have a book on them and Zhou Yu is going to borrow it for a while." He explained. Zhang He looked down at Lu Xun with his eyes widened. "Who are you?" He asked.

"I am Lu Xun. Anyway, about what you said earlier…why do you need to know about these powers?" He changed subjects. Zhang He looked over to Ce and Ce shrugged, signaling that he could tell him.

"Well, it's kind of a long story, but if you insist." Zhang He began explaining the weird incidents that he and Zhou Yu had the first day at school in the cafeteria and his own experiences when he scared off the bandits that kidnapped Zhen Ji.

TO BE CONTINUED…TO BE CONTINUED…TO BE CONTINUED…

That ending was kind of rushed…but its okay anyway. I hope you guys liked the tenth chappie. Wow…just to think of writing a ten chapter story…I would've never thunk it. Please READ and REVIEW so that way I will know if I need to improve. I do accept flames. I really don't care if you want to insult me or because you have different feelings about my stories. Everyone has his or her own taste. Anyway I will try to update as soon as possible. Don't get mad if I forget.