Jack slumped down into the chair and sighed as he picked up the microphone.

"Jack Spicer calling anyone who's there." He said.

"Jack?" Came Jermaine's voice, "You ready all ready?"

"I'll be putting it into action tonight after Wuya's done her count up." Said Jack, "Once she's done I can go in without being interrupted."

"Good," Said Jermaine, "So why are you calling?"

"I need to know who I'm going to be meeting to get out of here." Said Jack.

"Right, Yuuji will be staying on the edge of Wuya's territory for a short while longer," said Jermaine, "You've got to get to the meeting point there."

"You mean I've got pass through Wuya's territory with the Shen-gong-wu on my own?" asked Jack.

"We can't get anyone else in there to meet you and since you threw Yuuji out as part of the plan earlier, we've got no other choice." Said Jermaine, "We can send a hamster to dig a tunnel."

Jack considered asking what was up with the hamster references, but he was still a little distracted by the prospect of sneaking through Wuya's army with her stolen Shen-Gong-Wu.

"I working on any blind spots you can use for cover to get out her territory." Said Jermaine, "I'll send you a map and the rest is up to you until you get to the border."

Jack put a hand to his head and closed his eyes.

"The chances of me getting out alive?" He asked.

"Seriously?" Asked Jermaine, "If you follow the plan then you've got about a sixty percent chance of making it out."

"And if I don't?" asked Jack.

"You've got about a ninety-two percent chance of dying." Said Jermaine.

"Right," Said Jack, "I think I'll stick to the plan."

"It's for the best." Said Jermaine.

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On the border, Yuuji looked around. Despite the fact that he had an armed guard and a truck to escape in, he felt very uneasy. It was dark ad the only light he had was the campfire. He hadn't eaten and he couldn't sleep. One of the guards approached him.

"You should get some rest, sir." He said, "Jack Spicer isn't supposed to meet us for another couple of hours at the earliest."

"Can't sleep." Said Yuuji.

He looked around at the sleeping soldiers.

"How do they do it?" He asked.

"Sleep? You mean?" Asked the soldier, "Well it's simple, they don't care if they get attacked."

"What do you mean?" Asked Yuuji.

"Most of them have lost their homes, their families … they have nothing left to live for other than taking Wuya down." Said the soldier, "What about you? What's making you take the risk?"

Yuuji laughed at his own stupidity.

"Me? I'm doing because a pretty girl asked me to." He said.

"Do you love her?" asked the solider.

"No, I only met her a few days ago," said Yuuji, "Besides, I'm doing it so she can have her boyfriend back."

"So long as she's happy, you're happy?" Asked the soldier.

"More or less," Said Yuuji.

"Sounds like love to me." Said the soldier.

Yuuji looked down at his feet.

"What about you?" He asked.

"Just like them," Said the soldier, "My family and friends were killed, I've got no home. I've got nothing to live for, so why not risk my life so other people do?"

Yuuji smiled slightly.

"Makes my reason seem pathetic." He says.

"I'd rather be fighting for a pretty girl to be happy, than for the hell of it." Said the Soldier, "but since I've got no pretty girl, I've not got much of a choice."

"I guess you're right," Said Yuuji, "But I can't help but wonder what my life is like in that other time."

"I just hope that in that time, I do have a pretty someone to fight for," said the soldier.

Yuuji looked round, realising he hadn't actually told the soldier his name. He held out his hand.

"Yuuji Kinnara." He said.

The soldier flicked back his black hair.

"I'm Katsuya Fukuda." He said, taking his hand. (Chapter 10: book 1)

"You're a little young for this aren't you?" Said Yuuji, voicing something he had been thinking while they were talking.

"I'm a good fighter." Said Katsuya, "And I'm only a couple of years younger than you!"

"So how come a guy who looks like you doesn't have a pretty girl to fight for?" asked Yuuji.

"Well, it's not like girls don't like me …" Said Katsuya, "and when I said I would like a pretty girl to fight for … it was just giving you an idea of the situation we were in."

"So you wouldn't like a girl to fight for?" asked Yuuji.

"Not a girl, no." Said Katsuya.

"So wha … oh!" Said Yuuji, realising what Katsuya was getting at.

"Yeah," Said Katsuya.

"Right," Said Yuuji.

Yuuji looked around awkwardly. Katsuya laughed.

"Not interested," Said Katsuya.

"Sorry," Said Yuuji.

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Jack made sure that he had everything prepared the moment Wuya had finished her Shen-gong-wu check. He looked around and got up. No one was awake at this time now. The only people around where the guards and no one should be on guard outside the Shen-gong-wu vault because no one thought anyone could get in. Jack was going to prove them wrong!

He made sure his amulet was secured tightly around his neck. He gripped it and took a deep breath. This was his one and only chance at getting it right.

He left his room and walked along the corridor as quickly and quietly as was physically possible. He nodded sharply at any guards he came across who quickly snapped to attention as he passed. As he approached the first steel door of the vault, he pulled out the voice recorder. He held it out towards the microphone and pressed the play button. Wuya's voice sounded, "Fine … you're dismissed."

The door beeped and swung open. He couldn't believe that it had actually worked! Next was the door with the password. Jack took a breath and typed in 1-3-0-2-1-9-9-0. The door beeped again and swung open. Jack sighed with relief. The next part was the hard bit. He stepped forward into the vault.

The black magic lashed out … but couldn't touch him. It was like he was surrounded by a force field. Jack grinned; this was so cool. He walked through and looked in draw after draw and over all the shelves. Eventually he reached the draw. On the front was printed Sands-of-time swirling, elegant letters. He pulled it open and took out the golden hourglass, smiling. He pocketed it and hurried out. He had to get out of the building now.

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Yuuji felt like he had hardly been asleep five minutes when Katsuya shook him awake.

"Yuuji!" He said, shaking his shoulder, "Jack Spicer's approaching!"

Yuuji sat up and looked at his watch. He had been asleep for an hour already.

He got up and looked around, brushing the dust off of his trousers.

"Where is he?" asked Yuuji.

"Over there," Said Katsuya, pointing somewhere behind Yuuji.

Yuuji looked around and saw the red headed figure running towards them.

"Get in the truck!" Called Jack.

They all got into the truck with Yuuji and Katsuya in the front. Jack dived in the back as they started it up.

"What's up?" asked Yuuji.

"A had a couple of guards following," Said Jack breathlessly, "but I think I lost them."

"I hope so," Said Katsuya, gripped the wheel tightly and pressing down on the accelerator.

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Kimiko was watching anxiously at the temple gates.

"Kimiko?" Asked Clay, stretching as he walked out of the kitchen. He had fallen asleep at the table and was now rubbing the sleep from his eyes and trying to get some feeling to the left side of his face.

"They should be back soon." She said.

"We've still got a couple of hours before they're late enough to panic," Said Clay, "Jack said he couldn't predict when Wuya was going to do the count. We've just got to be patient."

Kimiko was biting a nail worriedly.

"What if something goes wrong?" She asked.

"Are you worried about Yuuji?" asked Clay.

"I asked him to go out there," said Kimiko, "if he gets hurt …"

"You asked him, he didn't have to say yes." Said Clay, "He did it because he wanted to help … or because he wanted to impress you."

"Don't be stupid," said Kimiko.

"He loves you in our time, why not this one?" Asked Clay.

"Because we only just met," said Kimiko.

"I'm just saying …" Said Clay.

"Well don't!" Said Kimiko.

As she turned around Clay realised she had tears in her eyes.

"I'm doing this to get Raimundo back!" She said, "Whatever I used to have with Yuuji has been and gone! If I start feeling for Yuuji again … I don't want things to be that complicated again. I just want Raimundo back."

"I'm sorry," Said Clay.

"It's not your fault I'm so screwed up." Said Kimiko.

"It's not yours either." Said Clay, "It's just the way you are."

Kimiko sighed.

"I wonder f I can stop myself from losing my eye." She said, "Just warn myself …"

"Because we haven't screwed around with time enough already?" Said Clay.

"I'm just suggesting." Said Kimiko.

Kimiko looked around as she heard the rumbling of a truck in the distance. They both stared out as they spotted it driving in fast. No one was following it, but they were going very fast. It skidded in and nearly crashed into wall as it halted. Yuuji fell out of the passenger seat and staggered over to the wall for support. Katsuya got out of the driver's seat.

"Oh give over, I wasn't going that fast." He said.

"You let Katsuya drive?" Asked Kimiko.

"I didn't know he had a lead foot." Said Yuuji.

"He has that, he doesn't have a driver's licence though," Said Kimiko.

"How do you know that?" Asked Katsuya.

"You live in the surface village over our settlement in our time," said Kimiko, "You only come down to flirt with the boys."

"Ha ha," Said Katsuya, "didn't bother warning him though did you." Nodding at Yuuji.

"I figured I'd wait and see what he did," Said Kimiko.

"Nice," Said Yuuji.

"NEVER AGAIN!" Shouted Jack, climbing out of the truck.

"Hi Jack, did you get it?" Asked Kimiko.

"I'm never spying for you again!" Said Jack.

"Well you can't now." Said Kimiko, "Did you get them?"

"Having to suck up to Wuya and be yelled at by you …" Said Jack.

"JACK!" Shouted Kimiko to get his attention, "Did you get the sands of time?"

Jack pulled out the golden hourglass.

"I got them." He said, holding them out.

Kimiko suddenly hugged him.

"Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" She said.

"This is all very good and stuff," Said Katsuya, "but can I get some sleep now?"

"I think it's best we wait until morning." Said Clay.

"I guess," sighed Kimiko, "I'll put these somewhere very safe."

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The next morning Kimiko was running around insanely, getting everything just perfect before she left. She didn't want Raimundo to see her tired and without make-up or anything. What would he think?

"Kimiko!" Said Omi, "We've been ready for an hour already, can we got on with this?"

"Okay," Said Kimiko, flicking her hair out of her eyes.

Her hand went to her back pocket and she pulled out the black leather eye-patch. It was worth losing an eye to get Raimundo back, but if she could prevent it …

"Kimiko!" Shouted Omi impatiently.

"Alright!" Snapped Kimiko, "I'm coming!"

She stood before all the people who had helped her get this far and smiled.

"I can't thank you enough," She said, smiling brightly, "I'm gonna give each and every one of you a hug in our time … even if you don't know why."

"Come one Kim," Said Clay, "Before you get all emotional and junk."

Kimiko stood in front and Clay and Omi stood behind. They each put a hand on one of her shoulders. She smiled slightly.

"Sands of time!"

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(A/N) Well I think I'll leave it there. Lol. I was gonna drag it out a little longer, but I figured that you'd get really bored if I did and plus, I'm getting bored of being in the wrong time. I only just get into Katsuya's character and I love him already. I think we'll be seeing more of his happy side. He was in chapter ten in book one and he was only there for a little while getting threatened by Omi and so he was pretty … unimportant. Looks like things are finally going right for the dragons. Goody good. Sorry I had to use 88888888888888888 to seperate the sections but it wouldn't let me do it any other way. I think it deleted it on my other chapters and stories too but I don't have the time to go through them. Sorry. Hopefully you guys can figure it out. lol.

By the way, someone on 'Warning About A Smile' went into my review section pretending to be me saying I was quitting Fanfiction. Who ever it is, is obviously stupid because they get emailed straight to me and I think I'd notice that I got a review from myself. So just ignore it, okay?

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Lots of luv,

Becky.

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