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Okay…Here is chapter 7! WHOOOHOOOO!
Chapter 7: Can We Start Training Now?
Yumi and Jade had finally reached the portal to the Hills East of Henesys. Jade, who had a black eye and bruises that matched his black thief outfit, just got beaten up by Yumi.
"Yumi, why did you beat me up?" Jade asked as the pair walked into the portal.
"Because you say the B word!"
"Yumi you act like a five year old. The B word is so elementary." Jade smirked.
"And saying 'so elementary' makes you sound like a girl." Yumi countered.
"Whatever." Jade sighed as the portal dropped them into a valley filled with mushroom houses, otherwise known as the Hills East of Henesys.
"You did it again! You said 'whatever' really girly!" Yumi laughed, while getting into attacking pose as a blue snail came close to her. She raised her wooden wand up gracefully as she shouted, "Energy Bolt!" The blue ball of energy was released from her wand and headed straight for the snail, who was feeding on some grass. Yumi, seeing that the snail wasn't paying attention, ran after her bolt of energy. She quickly got in front of the defenseless snail and braced herself for the impact of the energy bolt.
"Yumi, you idiot, get out of the way!" Jade yelled, as the energy bolt was a foot or so away from Yumi. "Who cares about a dumb snail anyway?"
Yumi ignored him. The ball was getting closer and closer. I have no choice… thought Jade, I'll have to save her myself. Jade, as quickly as he could, ran to the spot where Yumi was. I'm only two feet away…he stuck out his hands, getting ready to push Yumi out of the way.
But, Jade was too late. The ball of energy was faster than him, and apparently had beaten him to Yumi. Yumi cried in pain as she flew backwards, the snail she saved in her hands. Jade quickly calculated where she would land and ran to the spot. He caught her; to his surprise she was pretty light.
"Yumi, are you okay?" he asked softly as he laid her down onto the dirt.
Yumi grunted, "Yeah." Jade glared at the snail in her arms.
"This is your fault." He snapped at the snail, which surprisingly was kind of cute with its big white eyes and soft body. Its shell wasn't just blue; it was blue with white dots decorated in different places.
"I am going to kill you." Jade pulled out a throwing star and got ready to throw it. The snail looked absolutely horrified and it digged into Yumi's shirt cowardly.
Yumi sat up, holding the scared snail to her chest, protecting it. "Jade, don't you dare." She scolded weakly.
"Yumi, let me kill the damn snail so we can get out of here."
"No!" she screamed as loud as she could, still clutching it.
"If you won't let me kill this snail, then you won't let me kill any other snail, or any other monster for that matter."
"This snail is special!"
"Every snail is special Yumi."
"So why kill them?"
"Because…because…" Ooh, Jade thought, she got me there.
"So can we keep it?"
"Why are you asking me?"
"Can we?" Yumi persevered.
"Why do I care if we keep the damn thing or not?"
"Yay!" Yumi squealed, "If it's going to be our pet, then lets give it a name!"
"Do we have too?" Jade moaned.
"Bessie!" Yumi exclaimed.
Jade shook his head no. If the snail was going to be their 'pet' then at least it should have a better name then Bessie, he thought. "No way. It's not a cow is it?"
"Her name should be Aoi. It means blue in Japanese, which this snail here is. And plus, it's a pretty name for a girl!"
"How do you know that it is a girl?" Jade asked.
"I checked." Yumi replied merrily, hugging the newly named Aoi.
"Too much information Yumi." Jade said, not wanting imagine a picture of Yumi checking if a snail was feminine or masculine.
"Okay! Now that we have decided her name is Aoi, we shall start training!" Yumi said, getting up.
"Finally." Sighed Jade, getting out his daggers. "Time to damage!"
"To everything but snails!" Yumi added.
"Yumi…" Jade sighed, hitting his head with his hand.
A.N.
Bad chapter, I know.
Aoi does mean blue. From