Chapter 19

Rena almost made me fall over when she ran into me with her arm's open. I staggered a few steps back to counter her force so I wouldn't fall. As soon as she wrapped her arms around my back, she buried her head in my chest.

"You did it. Now we can be together without the fear of losing each other." Rena's voice was a little muffled but still understandable. I wrapped my arms around her back and sat my head upon hers.

"I hope so. I wouldn't know what to do if I lost you." I said passionately.

We stood in the embrace for a long period of time, neither of us wanting to let go of each other. "So, since I'm done training for a while. Do you want to spend the day together?" Rena looked up at me with her beautiful blue eyes and smiled.

"You already know the answer, so why would you ask?" She said just before burying her head back in my chest. I looked down and smiled.

"Well, I thought you might have plans with someone else." I said sarcastically. Rena pushed me away playfully and slapped my chest. She quickly embraced me again and looked up at me.

"If I made plans with someone else, I would drag you with me." She said playfully. "Oh, that reminds me. We have dinner with my parents tomorrow night." Rena said sarcastically.

"Oh ha ha." I said. "So, do you have anything in mind? Or do you just want to sit here all day?" I asked Rena. She thought for a couple of moments before answering.

"Well, we could go to the river and swim. Then have lunch and take a walk around the forest and enjoy the foliage." She suggested. I looked into her beautiful blue eyes, they shown so much love. If she didn't nudge me, I could of stared at them all day. "Well?" I shook my head slightly.

"Yes, that sounds great. I need to relax, my body has been tense and sore for the past four days. Plus I really want to spend some time alone with you." I said with a passionate smile on my face. She smiled back up at me.

"Well, lets get going." She persisted. I looked across the battle torn field to see Colton standing there, looking off into the horizon.

"Go ahead without me. I'll meet you at the river. I need to talk to Colton." I said without looking at her. She gave me a 'I understand' look and started to walk back towards the river. I started to walk over to Colton, as I neared, he could hear my footsteps and looked in my direction. I gave him a slight smile and he returned the gesture.

I stood next to him, staring at the horizon like he was. I quickly spoke up, wanting to be with Rena. "I just wanted to thank you for all that you have done. Renamon really appreciates it too, if you can't already see." I said with a small chuckle.

"It's not a problem. I'm just glad I could help." Colton said without adverting his eyes from the horizon.

"So where will you go now, will you stay here or go back to the Soul Society?" I asked out of my own curiosity.

"I'll probably go back to the Soul Society until I am called back here again." He paused, "Adam, I have a question." I looked over to him.

"Shoot."

"If you had the chance, would you come to the Soul Society and be a Soul Reaper?" I was shocked by his question.

"Not right away. But maybe later in my life I will, I mean why waste this power if I have it." I said, thinking carefully before speaking.

"I figured that you might say that." Colton said in a understanding tone of voice. "Well, it doesn't look like I am needed here anymore, and I don't want to make Renamon pissed at me for keeping you away from her." Colton said the last part of the sentence with a slight laugh, and I laughed also.

"Yeah, we don't want that. Well, take care of yourself Colton. And again, thank you for all you've done." I reached out my right hand to give him a hand shake. He reached out with his left and shook my hand. After we releases, we went our own separate ways. I went to catch up with Rena, and Colton returned to the Soul Society to talk to the head captain of the thirteen court guard squads about me and my abilities.

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Renamon was walking alone towards the river while Adam said goodbye to the Soul Reaper. She was thinking of all that Adam has done for her. There was so many occasions. Adam fighting Black Renamon, then almost dying. Then Adam training to achieve his next level of his sword so that he could protect her ever more. Rena suddenly realized that she hasn't even fought since she got back to the digital world. I don't think I have gone this long without fighting. I feels good not having to fight. But, I don't like to rely on someone else to protect me. But Rena didn't ask to be protected, Adam just stepped in to do it.

Rena was about half way to the river when Adam came running through the forest behind her to join up with her. "Sorry for the wait, we got talking and I lost track of time." I said not out of breath.

"Its OK." She smiled up at me and moved to my right side. She wrapped her tail around my back and I placed my hand on her lower back. We walked for a while in silence, then Rena spoke up. "Adam," she paused, "why don't you let me fight?" The question caught me off guard.

"Well," I paused, not sure what to really say. I never really asked myself why. "I guess it's because I don't want to see you hurt. Now that I think of it, I did have a nightmare about you being badly injured in a fight." I left out the part of her dying." So, I took an oath to myself that I would protect you at all costs. Even if it meant risking my life." The answer must have been what she wanted to hear. She moved even closer to me and placed her yellow furred head on my arm. From there, we walked in silence again.

We reached the river ten minutes later. Rena let go of our embrace and practically ran into the water. When she got deep enough, she dove underneath the surface and came back up with her fur dripping wet. The bright sun lit up her features even more since her fur was wet. Her perfect vixen body glistening in the sun. "Well, are you just going to stand there or are you going to come in and join me?" She said loudly across the river. I quickly ran to the river bank and started to strip off my clothes. Then I ran into the semi-warm water and dove in. The water felt good around my muscles. I reemerged next to Rena, she laughed and started splashing water at me. I quickly dove back underneath the water to take refuge from the onslaught of water. After a few seconds, I resurfaced and stood my ground. But she stopped shortly after I submerged. She waded over to me and hugged me, her wet fur was against my chest. The feeling was odd, but I didn't mind.

We stood there for what seemed minutes but were actually hours. We were so relaxed that we forgot about our surroundings and focused on each other. But when we did get a feeling for our surroundings, we walked to the river bank where my clothes were. After I put my clothes on, I stated, "I totally lost track of time. But it was worth it."

"Yes it was." Rena said passionately. "Well, shall we go and get a late lunch?" As she said that, I looked up in the sky to find the position of the sun. I must have been around three or four o'clock human time.

"Yeah, let's go." I walked over to her side and took her hand. I wrapped my long bony fingers her three fingers. We made our way back into the forest and found a tree that was full of the edible fruit that we have always ate. I reached up to one of the tree's lower branches and pulled off four large fruits and went over to the base of the tree. "Want to sit here and eat or go back to the cave?" I asked Rena.

"Let's eat here, its a good spot to eat. Then once we're done, we can take our walk." With that said, we both sat down. I sat down first and Rena came over and sat next to me, placing her head on my shoulder once again. I smiled and handed her one of the fruits. She took it graciously and began to eat it with pure elegance. I ate mine slow so I wouldn't appear to be a pig. Once we both finished our first one, we had our second. Rena ate her second one with the same elegance as the first one. After we had finished eating, we sat there. Holding each other, and not wanting to let go. After a few moments we got up and started to walk towards no particular direction.

As sunset got closer, we were on our way back to the caves. We were so intertwined into each other, I forgot where I was going and almost walked into a tree. I quickly sidestepped it and began walking with Rena again. This time, more focused on where I walking. When we got closer to the caves, Rena asked me a surprising question, "Adam," she paused, "what do you think about children?"

"What?" I asked confused.

"You know, do you like children?" Rena asked.

"Well," I paused, not really sure what she was getting at, "I like them but, what are you getting at?" Rena stopped walking and looked at me. She slowly walked in front of me and took both of my hands.

"Adam, I have been thinking about this all day. I love you more than you can fathom, and I know you love me just as much if not more." I stood there, looking into her loving blue eyes. "Adam," she paused, "I want you to be the father of my children."

I'm sorry for the wait, I just moved and I've been hanging out with my friend. So I havent had much time to write. I realize that this is not one of my best chapters but, it'll do. I had a review from a reader wanting terms from the story. Remember that if you have any questions, please e-mail me at . I hope to get more reviews. So until next time, XxXDragonManXxX out.