A/N: WOW! IT'S BEEN AWHILE! HUH?! …Sorry, I've rediscovered my love of caps…anyway! This chapter is probably gonna be a shortie like the other one, BUT! We get to see into the mind of everyone's favorite Firestarter! ….actually mine is General Iroh, but that's neither here nor there…ALSO! Being completely off topic as well as being completely on topic, I started college like two weeks ago! Isn't that crazy! And you know what's even crazier?! I'm at a college that was created by Swedish immigrants! That's Berwald's country! X3…..yep….AND! to be on topic again, I truly only created this chapter to answer some questions and to give you guys a little something to tide you over considering I've been EXTREMELY busy…..

Sooooooo…Anyone remember this? Huh? lol

"Yeah! Now that you're working with us, what do we call you?" Highroller smacked his head with his hand and was about to scream at the oblivious Zebras to shut up when the above-mentioned God blinked a few times and spoke up.

"Huojin. My name is Huojin." His creepy smile returned full force, "But you can call me Jin!"

"O.K., Jin!" The Brothers said in unison, completely content with the Bipolar God's change of demeanor.

Highroller rolled his eyes, "Why do I feel like I'm going to regret this?" he muttered to himself.

Jin whipped his head around and glared at the villain, "What was that?" The humor was entirely gone from his facial features. See?

Highroller put his hands up, "Nothing! Nothing at all!" He gave a weak chuckle as his cheek twitched trying to hold his smile (although it looked more like a fearful grimace if anything).

Jin smirked, "Good." He turned his attention back to the animals.

Highroller sighed and slid down the side of crater, 'Well, that answers that question.' He looked over at the animals conversing with each other, 'Let's just hope the end justifies the means…'

Chapter One

Phoenix Territory

Part Sept

(I know my French numbers now! :)

~Whoop Whoop~

"Mwaaaahaaaaahaaaaaahaaaaa! Look at that! All we have to do now is cross this field and lay siege to Big Green!" Highroller crowed triumphantly. The Bear and Eagle Kings, along with the Zebras, also bellowed their glee at finally being able to defeat Big Green, or so they thought.

"No."

The aforementioned villains turned to look at the figure staring at the sunset, "What do you mean "no"?" Highroller asked with barely contained fury.

"What I mean, Tiny Human," The Dark God slowly turned towards him, "is that we will attack at Dawn. I dislike destroying populaces in the evening. It makes me feel cowardly." Jin sniffed and turned away.

"What?! You can't be serious?!" Highroller exclaimed, not at all trying to hide his outrage now.

"On the contrary, Tiny Human, I am dead serious." Jin, at this point, had his face inches away from Highroller's, "By disagreeing with me, are you calling me a coward? Mortal?" The last word silently reminding Highroller just who and what this guy is…and what Highroller was to Him.

Highroller's entire body started to tremble with fear and his mind racing with ideas about what this Being would do to him if he continued with his previous thoughts, "N-n-no! I-I would never think that way about y-you, M-m' Lord!" He finished his sentence with a strained laugh.

Jin immediately gave one of his infamous smiles, "Good! Then we'll attack come morning!" Then, He simply turned back toward the sunset, and watched it slowly disappear.

Highroller and the others quietly made their way back to the middle of their makeshift camp, so as to not incur the God's wrath once more, "That guy is gonna be the death of me!" Highroller whispered, sitting at the edge of the bonfire pit. The others nodded their agreement.

After the sun had gone down, Jin slowly tore his gaze from the sky and towards the forest where his new-found "friends" sat. He started to head that way, until he remembered something Highroller had said…

"All we have to do is cross this field and lay siege to Big Green!"

Having recalled that little tidbit of conversation, Jin looked across the waving weeds and trees, spying a small shell shaped object in the distance.

"Big Green…"

He walked a little closer, whispering softly, "Is that where you have been hiding, my precious Lark?" His face took on a pained look, "Why have you been hiding from me? Are you tired of me already?"

The Fire God dropped his stare to the ground and sighed, "I can't believe I'm acting like a love sick fool…." He sighed once more before a minute smile graced his features and then let out a small laugh, "It reminds of that one time-"

"What time?"

Jin whipped around, hand aflame, ready to smite the eavesdropper into ash, when he stopped abruptly, "Oh. It's you Zebra Siblings."

The two animals cocked their heads to the side in a confused manner, and asked again in unison, "What time? What're you talking about?"

Jin stared at them for a second before turning back to look at Big Green. The biggest smile that they had seen yet appeared on his face, "Perhaps, Young Ones, it is time for me to tell the story."

The brothers just stood there staring, not able to make sense of both the scene and the sentence. Of course they didn't need to considering, due to their lack of response, Jin picked them up by the scruff of their necks and carried the two back to camp. He was entirely serious about telling this particular story.

It was about his most important treasure after all.

Highroller jumped up from his place at the fire, as did the others, when they noticed Huojin coming back down the path. Although, his dread turned into anger quite quickly when he noticed the God carrying the Zebra Brothers; he feared the worse.

Jin recognized the look on Highroller's face to mean that we was about to blow, if the red puffed out cheeks and steam coming out of his ears were anything to go by, so Jin stopped him from completely going crazy, "Relax, Little Human. The ungulates have done nothing wrong. They were simply going to slow, so I took matters into my own hands…" He looked down at both of them, "Literally."

Highroller immediately calmed down and sat back in his spot around the bonfire, "Were you in a hurry, M'Lord?" He was poking the embers with a stick.

Huojin just laughed, "A little! Since, we don't have anything to do as of right now, I thought that maybe I could tell you all a story."

The rest of the camp looked at each other, wary of what would come of it. During which the Fire God's smile went away and turned into one of his glares, "It wasn't a question."

Highroller laughed nervously, "We-well go on a-ahead then, M'Lo-lord!"

Jin's features brightened once more, "Alright! Great! Although, my story-telling may not be as good as my Lark's, I can still keep an audience's attention!"

"What's the story about, Jin?" Sparky Black asked.

"It's about how my darling Lark became mine." He replied in a dreamy voice.

"A romance story?!" Sparky White whined.

"Pffft! Oh, please! Like I would go on about that! No, this story has betrayal, killing, and many other "elements"!" Jin laughed at his own joke, but the others didn't get it.

This time Eagle King spoke up, "Scree-screech?"

Jin turned to look at the animal, "Don't worry! I'll start this very minute! Now everyone listen!"

Everyone got settled around the campfire in a sort of half-moon with Huojin standing on the other side. The flames rose higher bathing the site in more light, "Let's begin, shall we?"

"At this time the Earth was pretty young and everyone got along fantastically. At least I think so. I never really visited the villages; I usually just stuck around my volcano or went to others and made those erupt…"

The Bear King coughed.

"Oh! Right! Story! Anyway, there is small town at the base of my particular mountain and they just happened to be celebrating the festival they hold every year in my honor."

"So, that's where you met her for the first time?" Sparky Black asked.

Jin chuckled, "Actually, no. We met dozens of times before that."

"Like where?" Sparky White asked getting slightly interested.

"Well…hmmm…Ok! I got it! One of my favorite times was when I had rescued her from some idiotic humans that had tried to harm her on a deserted road." Jin smiled fondly at the memory, "I remember tearing each limb from their bodies and then shoving them down their throats."

Each member of the congregation gulped in fear, and I'm pretty sure a few wet themselves.

"Another time, I was absolutely bored out of my mind and saw the girl washing somethings in a river nearby. She wasn't doing anything important, so I demanded that she amuse me. And then she hit me! I think that might have been the time I started to fall for her though. I mean who would hit me?" Jin scoffed.

Highroller leaned over to the Zebras, Bear and Eagle Kings and whispered, "No. The question is who is stupid enough to hit you." The others chuckled silently as they listened to the rest of Huojin's story.

"I have got to quit rambling. Anyways, back to my tale. We were in the Village Square. The Moon was at its highest, the flames were dancing in their own way, and all of the humans were having a great time…

A/N: OH NOES! IT'S THE END! Sorry guys, but its ending here for right now. Sorry about another cliffhanger, but it was my favorite part of Between the Lions….DOES ANYONE GET THAT?! Anyways, I created this chappie to answer some questions so here it goes:

To my awesome anonymous reviewers:

Yes, later on in the story there shall be some Sonia x MightyRay romance and yes it does help.

Here's some answers for you:

1. Yes, thank you it definitely helped!

2. don't brag! Lol

3. Season 2 plays at 6:00 am on CN, so if I did want to watch it, it's there.

4. the reason there are so many chapter ones is because the gang is still dealing with just one God and his mate. There are going to be several run-ins with other Deities as well. For each new one there is going to be a new "chapter".

5. don't worry it helped!

6. Thank you! I couldn't remember what it was called! So, I just guessed…

7. Also, many thanks to my other reviewers! You guys are just as awesome!

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If you want to be more awesome you should totally review more….just saying…