Me: another, hope it's good^^ also, to all reading this, I may have to take a break, though I think I'll post up one or two more before I do. I've been lacking in chores lately and need to focus on that. And my updates may take a while, but idk yet. This fanfic's almost over and once it is over, I'm taking a break, don't know how long it'll be, but I've been too focused on writing and need to focus on other things. I will try and update when I can, but other things will come first. Sorry.

Mushra: so, what, you don't care about us anymore?!!!

Me: well, not you…Kidding, kidding!!! Yes, I do, but I have other things that are slightly more important. I'll try and write whenever I can!

Mushra:……fine!

Me: enjoy^^!!

As we all rode, we were all silent, angry and sad of the loss of someone who we thought was our friend. We kept our mouths shut mostly because we didn't dare let anything slip that could hurt Winter (I warned everyone they'd pay severely).

We still hadn't found out what card had enough power to take us to the ruins, so as we traveled west, Hakuba was calculating the different possibilities of the cards. He kept close to Binka, who didn't know what to do other then just lead us. She didn't get the whole feelings thing Winter was going through, so she either waited until she could get one of us away from her, or she just didn't say anything. Mostly, she didn't say anything.

Heather tried to keep her anger and sadness under control, seeing Winter was in a bit more pain then her. Mushra kept quiet, but he seemed pretty angry too, at Zen, just as Sago did. I think they felt they'd found a new great friend in him, and were angry at the fact that he was a fraud. Kutaal, too. Shadow didn't seem to care too much, but he seemed to feel bad for us, along with Irayna.

Of course, you all know I'm pissed. This guy just ripped my sisters heart out. After all this time of it repairing from the last break up, he crushed it and I don't think she'll ever recover…but what really makes me mad, is that I know in a way, it was my fault. I knew he was bad in the beginning, but when him and Winter got together, I just ignored it…ignored it until it came back to bite us in the butt. I could have stopped it before it went to far, but I was too late and choose the wrong time to realize it.

But there was one more person, one who was either AS hurt as winter, or maybe more. Ookami. The little wolf enterran who looked up to Zen as a brother. The little wolf enterran who was a great fighter, but still a kid and could get his feelings hurt easily. The little wolf enterran who trusted his big brother to not lie to him, to be there for him. But Zen lied, he lied that night in the inn, he had been going to the dark side when he left Ookami, and he lied to his face. And now he felt alone. He may have heather and Mushra, but he knows Zen more and he's like his brother and it hurt him a lot when he found out. He had fallen asleep, from crying, in heathers arms and stayed there as she rode with Mushra.

So, you can tell we're pretty gloomy right now.

Hours later, Shadow spoke up. "Hey, um, guys?"

We all stopped and turn to him.

He pulled something out of his pocket. "Um….I didn't know when to say anything…" he looked to winter warily. "But I picked these up before I left." He showed us four cards.

It was the crab, lobster enterran, the wolf's card, and the big beasts card. And also, Lunaria's. he had taken the cards, thank goodness!!! Some bit of luck, finally!!!

"Well, that's unlucky. I was hoping we'd be able to go get their cards…." Eilis said as he watched Shadow through the glass-like ice.

"Well, we're too late. But at least this one was there when we got there….." Ryuma said and hit someone who had cloth over his mouth and was tied up, his sword far from his. He glared at Ryuma. "Don't worry, I'll tell dear winter you said sorry, since you'll be dead soon enough…" Zen wriggled the cloth off and spat in Ryuma's face.

"You lay a hand on her, you'll be in hell soon enough!" he warned.

Ryuma just laughed and kicked Zen. "Oh, and you think an act like that will win your dear sweethearts love back? Too bad, you betray her and she will never trust you again.

Zen just lay on the ground in pain, but not just because his stomach was pounding. He stared at the floor, a depressed look on his face.

"Enough playing, Ryuma. You may want to ready your reptiles, they'll be here soon enough…"

Ryuma sighed, but nodded, snapping his fingers and going to stand by Eilis as his reptiles surrounded them. Ryuma took out his sword as Eilis just smiled and waited. Ryuma sent a few reptiles down into something in the ruins and they didn't come back. They had took weapons.

Zen struggled in his ropes, impatient and wanting to get free, but he couldn't. He watched ahead of them, waiting for her to appear with the others….

"Can you bring them to me?" Hakuba asked in a kind, robot voice.

Shadow jumped and landed by Hakuba, surprising him, and then put the cards in his compartment. His eyes glowed as he checked the cards. It took him a few minutes, reading all the cards. "Garizani, the lobster enterran, has never been close to the ruins and was only revived to fight you all. He doesn't have enough power." His eyes stopped glowing, then glowed again as he switched to the next card. "The Hyper Kadrian Predator has never been close to the ruins, either, and also was revived only to fight. He doesn't have enough power." And then he scanned big, hairy and smelly. "The Troll Kadrian, too, has never been to the ruins and was also only revived so he could fight. He doesn't have enough power."

Well, by now I was depressed, thinking we'd have to travel for over a week before we got there, but then-

"The Kadrian Lunaria has been to the ruins and has enough power for me to transport everyone."

"Yes!" we all called, happier. Me and Winter looked at each other, smiling, knowing we were just that much closer to getting our parents, and I looked to heather and she had that same look.

Carly, being the closets to Hakuba who knew what to do, inserted the card in his slot and his eyes grew bright and a big, circular light surrounded us as we joined hands just in case. And then we were floating through a portal.

"Whaaaaa!!!" we heard from Sago, Shadow, Carly and Irayna as they floating in the colorful air. Oh, yeah, they don't have anything to ride. They just kept flipping around….just incase we end up on a plane, I told them to grab on.

Sago grabbed my hand as Irayna grabbed his leg. I pulled them as they floated (thank goodness they felt light for now) and they grabbed on to both side of the hover craft, bike, thing!!!!

"What're you doing?!!" Carly yelled at Shadow while blushing. He was holding on tight to her waist as she had grabbed Kutaals trunk handle of his car.

"Holding on for my life, what does it look like?!!!" he yelled back.

"Can you hold somewhere else?!"

"No, not really!!!"

She seemed to be deciding if she wanted to hit him off or just let him hold on to her. He eventually climbed onto the car and helped her up, the both of them facing the other way as they sat on the trunk of Kutaals car, though they bumped into each other a lot.

As we floated through here I just watched the colors pass by. I don't know, just seeing all the colors, it made me feel a bit calmer. Maybe its 'cause it reminds me of like the fifties, or sixties or when ever, man (does peace sign^^).

Finally there was a light ahead, and every held on tighter as we passed through it….and then we crashed.

We rammed into the hard, desert like ground as we made it out, everyone flying of their vehicles. Me, Winter, Sago and Irayna landed in a pile by his car, heather, Mushra and a shocked awake Ookami were the only ones in the air. Kutaal was on top of Carly and Shadow, who were now trying hard to push him off, but couldn't. Binka's ride was crashed into Kutaals and she fallen on his stomach (at least her fall was cushioned).

We all groaned as we stood up, picking each other up…well, Shadow and Carly pushed Kutaal and glared at him as he scratched the back of his head, saying sorry. Once we had stopped groaning out of pain from the very sucky landing, we turned.

I saw it. The broken rocks that formed the ruins of Shinzo. It was kinda far away and waved as the sun made it seem unreal. It made me nervous, thinking it wasn't real. We all started moving to it, getting closer and closer to our goal….getting closer and closer to mom and dad.

We started taking out our weapons and transforming as we got closer. The ruins and everyone there had stopped waving as we got closer. I glared at Ryuma as he smiled at us, along with Eilis who watched all of us. And then I caught I of something as I kept walking that I knew Winter saw, because she caught her breath. Zen was behind them, in the ruins, tied up. He caught her eyes then and he seemed crazy.

"Winter, run!!!! Get out of here, now, they'll kill you!!!!" Ryuma turned and cut Zen with his sword, making Zen scream in pain and fall on his side.

I saw winter, out of the corner of my eye, make a move to go to him, before stopping herself. She was fighting between her pain and anger of betrayal he'd caused, and between the love she still felt for him and the need to run to help him.

We all stopped then, watching them as they watched us. It was silent, the only sound was the reptiles huffing, ready for a fight, us breathing, anxious to get it over with and the hard wind blowing at us as we stood still as statues.

Finally, Ryuma decided to speak. "So nice of you four to finally come." He smiled, but then he caught site of Irayna and Shadow, who were shooting death glares at him. "Didn't I tell you two not to cross my path again? Well, at least you two will be with your worthless family soon."

They both hissed at that, almost like cats, and carly yelled at Ryuma, saying, "You wont lay a hand on them!"

"Oh, Carly, I've so wanted to introduce myself ever since dear Zen here told us of your arrival." He smiled and bowed. "My name is Ryuma, as I'm sure you know. I am the lord of reptiles and soon to be the ruler of Enterra. You may be lucky enough to stand by my side."

"I'd rather die!" she said, glaring at him.

He touched his chest, "Aw, that really hurts, my dear." He said, but still smiled.

"She doesn't like you, you son of a bitch, so I'd stop wasting my breath…" Shadow told him.

"Oh, I've realized that, puny feline. She's too head over heels for a worthless creature like you, but I'll have her soon and erase that nonsense from her brain."

Shadow looked to Carly, shocked and she looked away. He just kept staring at her, his anger towards Ryuma pretty much destroyed for the moment.

"You entertain our guest, Ryuma, I'll go check on the prisoners…" Eilis said, turing to the place in the ruins where those reptiles had went before.

"No you don't, you bastard!!!" Winter yelled and shot three arrows at him.

He deformed into liquid and they bounced off the wall, then he reformed right in front of her, smiling and knocked us back.

I looked up to see him chocking her. "I still haven't repaid you for the last time you shot at me."

"Stop!!" a lot of us yelled, though Zen was a pain filled cry heard over all.

"Eilis, I told you, she was not to be harmed, along with the three others. The rest you can have for what ever you want!" Ryuma said, and Eilis dropped her, coughing on the ground.

He headed down into the ruins.

"Kill the men, the at girl and the young human, leave the four human girls." Ryuma said and his minions charged at us, coming from all side. From behind, in front and at both of our sides. We all joined together, making a defensive circle together.

"Ookami? Ookami!!!" heather called as we saw him transforming into his ultra hyper form and heading towards Zen, defeating all reptiles in his way, though they slowed him a bit, he was fine as he fought through them, thank god.

About ten lizards came at me, some nets in their hands (wow, nets. We were going to be captured with nets….), but I shot a huge line of energy at them, killing five and I charged at the other five. And everyone else did the same, charging at the many creatures attacking them. There was fire, water, earth and purple energy flying all over the place and many attacks being shouted. I caught glimpses of Mushra and heather spearing all in their way, heather going towards Ookami and Mushra just fighting who tried to attack him. Sago was fighting closest to me as more and more came for us. Winter was doing good also, just fighting who came at her. I got worried when someone tried to come real close to her, but she just used an arrow and stabbed him. Binka just keep on and keep on firing her bazooka, yelling, "You want more? You got it, scale face!!!!" (She is so much more kick-a** then Yakumo!) Carly was attacking many with Kutaal at her back attacking others, but her attention strayed a lot on Shadow and Irayna as their kills kept edging closer and closer to Ryuma.

"Bubu!" I heard and turned to see Ookami flying over to me as he used shadow claw on a lizard.

"…Ookami!" I said as the lump in my throat cleared. Maybe I had hope, he may still believe in me. But then again, maybe not. Even if he did, he didn't need to be here, Eilis could come back any second and kill him. "…You….you need to leave me, right now, before Eilis comes back. Bubu, I know your tough, but he's way more powerful then you and I don't want you getting hurt! Go!"

He stopped by me and used his sharp teeth, biting the ropes and freeing me. "No, I'm not leaving until your back with us!" he said in a stern voice, none of his thoughts on faltering.

"Bubu, go!" god, he's going to get killed! "Go to momma and help her, you're gonna get killed if you stay with me!!"

I saw a few tears escape his eye, even though he looked angry. "No, bubu! You left me before, you're not leaving me again!!! I won't let you!!!"

I was quiet as the lump in my throat didn't allow me to say anything. I couldn't think, either way. He just stared at me, pained and wanting me to go with, but I just sat there, knowing I wouldn't be welcome to the others.

"Aw, so touching. To bad it must end now…" I heard ryuma's slithery voice say and we turned to see him about to hit Ookami.

"Don't you touch him!!!" heather yelled at the top of her lungs and tackled Ryuma, her spear to his throat.

He just laughed. "Yes, my dear."

"Ookami, get out of here!" she ordered Ookami.

"Go, bubu, now, before Eilis gets back! You, too, heather!" I said and she glared at me.

"I ain't taking orders from a traitor like you!"

"I'm not leaving without bubu, mommy!" Ookami said firmly and I sighed.

"Yes, you are!" we said at the same time.

"Your coming with me right now!!!" she said, finally uncomfortable where she was. She got off Ryuma, who tried to get up, but she kicked him away. "Come on, now!"

"No, not without bubu!!!"

"Now!" we both called.

"No!!!"

"Ugh!!!" we both groaned. He was being really annoying right now.

"Zen, get up off your ass now and come with before Ookami gets hurt, or I'll kill you myself!!!" heather yelled all of a sudden and Ookami smiled.

"W-what?" I said, surprised.

"Get. Up. Off. Your. Sorry, betraying ASS and get OUT of here before Ookami gets HURT!!!" she said slowly at first, then quickly.

I hesitated, but as I saw Ryuma standing in the distance, I stood (slowly, I was still injured) and followed then, Ookami eventually getting me on his back when I took too long.

Winter:

I saw Heather and Ookami returning….with Zen. I just focused on who I was fighting, keeping the tears in for once. I yelled with anger as I speared an irritating lizard with my arrow.

Heather:

Winter was going to kill me, but, though I hate to hurt her, she's just going to have to deal with it, 'cause Ookami's life was on the line, and I don't play when it comes to him.

Carly:

God, everything was so f'ing wild right now!!! Zen was coming back with Ookami and heather and I could see she was watching Winter warily as she went berserk on lizards, keeping her attention away from Zen. Jaden and Sago had the most reptiles coming at them, even alligators…or where they crocodiles? Oh, who cares!!!

And I couldn't stop staring at Shadow, who was getting closer and closer to Ryuma, hate filling him and his sister.

"Carly, duck!" Kutaal said and I looked back and ducked right before a sword beheaded me. Kutaal stabbed the lizard and got back to his.

"Thanks!" I said.

"No problem, goo goo eyes!" he said with a smile.

I glared as I started fighting again.

Jaden:

As me and sago fought the continues lizards and other reptiles (it was either crocs or alligators……well, cranky! ……crocodile hunter, people…..god I suck), we began to get tired, but I kept going, knowing the sooner they were deafeated, the sooner I could get to my mom and dad. I did a real quick check on everyone else and saw they were all ok….and that Zen was back, winter keeping her focus on fighting. He kept his distance also and before I could do anything, I was pushed out of the way by Sago.

"No offence, Jaden, but you need to find a better time to be babysitting!!!" he said, frustrated as we continued to fight.

I regained my focus, saying, "Sorry!"

We kept fighting and fighting and I realized something…there were no bugs, and there weren't any at the inn…..and we didn't see Daku up there…..had they killed him off their selves?

"Jaden!!!"

My stomach dropped and I stopped breathing. I turned to the ruins, everything else around me disappearing.

"Winter, get out of here!!!" my mom and dad called before Eilis hit them and covered their mouths.

"No!!!" we both screamed, finding our voices and pushing past friends and lizards. I saw heather coming out of the corner of my eye as her parents were thrown out, too.

"Leave them alone, you assholes!!!!" I screamed as I hit enterrans out of my way.

Eilis just smiled as we got closer and closer. We were about to enter the ruins, but then a dark purple, translucent wall appeared in front of us and we skidded to a stop. We looked at Ryuma and Eilis, but they were just as surprised at us…..

"Zen!!" winter yelled, turning to him as he stood behind us, a firm look on his face.

"I can't." was all he said.

"I don't care what your master told you, A hole!!!! You put that shield down now!!!" she yelled again.

"No one told me to do anything!!!" he said, annoyed. "I'm not letting you three go through."

"Oh yeah, you are!" heather warned.

"No, I'm not!!!"

I walked up to him before the others could and punched him square in the nose, knowing my sister wanted to, but couldn't. he fell to the ground and looked back with an annoyed and tired look, but still that firm look, like he wasn't faltering. Even as blood dripped from his nose. "Let it down now, traitor!"

"I'm not a traitor, Jaden!!! And the you four girls, " he said, waving to us, then carly. "Should know that!!!"

"And why is that?!" heather asked.

"Because I gave all of you part of my power, part of me, and you should be able to at least feel, somewhere deep inside, that I changed!!!" he yelled at us all, but then his eyes zeroed on Winter. "I did change. That one moment we met, Winter, I changed. That moment when our eyes met, I completely changed and you have to believe that!!!!"

She stared at him, pissed and pained, a few tears falling from her eyes.

"Winter, you have to believe me…Winter….I….I'm so, so sorry I didn't tell you, but if I did, you would have turned me away and I couldn't deal with that!!!"

"So you just kept telling them what was going on with us?!!" I asked, annoyed.

"No, I didn't Jaden!!! The moment I saved winter and that piece of eilis's metal entered me, he used that to get his information, because after that moment, he knew I wouldn't be willing to do anything!!! He knew I was on your side now!!! And I hadn't realized that until they captured me, ok?!! Please, you have to believe!!" he said this, but look to winter when he said it.

She kept her eyes closed and I couldn't tell if she was thinking it over or not…but I was. He……he may be telling the truth, damn it!!

He tried to hurry away when they first met, but his eyes were locked on her before he left. His eyes were on her the whole time before they trap came, and he tried to help us out. He was protecting winter when he stopped us from getting our parents, and he saved my sisters life when his master shot at her……Though I hated it, I still owed him for that….i had to believe him, the evidence was too convincing.

"Ok."

Winter and heather looked at me, shocked (I am the one who hates him the most for hurting winter).

"What?" he was surprised too.

"I believe you….though I'm scared I may be wrong, like before, I believe you."

"What are you saying?" winter asked.

"I know i said he was bad before, but everything pointed to that being the truth then…but now it seems like he really did change, the moment he saw you. I was so annoyed at the way he was watching you, winter, you didn't see it. He felt guilty for what he was sent to do, because he had already fallen for you."

She watched me, listening intently at what I'd realized, and Zen watched her sadly, hoping she'd believe this.

"And he stopped us before, wanting to protect you. And then he stopped Eilis from hurting you, which I still owe him for. Winter, he loves you. He changed because he loves you."

She shut her eyes, a few tears escaping as Zen walked up to her.

"I'm sorry we didn't realize that before, Zen." He nodded at me in thanks, but his full attention was on her as he put her arms around her. She still had her head down, her eyes shut.

"Winter…" he said soflty. "Winter I'm sorry…I'm sorry I hurt you….i'm sorry I lied, but…I knew you'd never love me back if I told you….and I couldn't deal with that….it would have killed me, because I love you so much…..and….and I understand….if you can never forgive me, but it would make me feel a lot better if you could at least believe me…." He tilted her face up to him. "Please…"

And then she opened her eyes a little. She watched him for a moment, then kissed him, overcome with feelings. And he kissed her right back. Even with friends and enemies fighting behind them and worst enemies in front of them separated by a thin shield, they were still having a moment.

They broke apart and Zen smiled a little. "Does…that mean you believe me?"

"…For now…" she said with the smallest smile, you could barely see it.

"You've meddled too much, boy." Ryuma said from the other side of the shield and then hit the shield with his sword, making a crack.

We all turned, getting ready. But then two people pushed passed us.

"May we?" Shadow and Irayna asked us.

"Go ahead." We all said, stepping back as Ryuma hacked at the sheild, smiling now that they were here.

"Well, well. Are you ready to pass to the other life?" he asked them as he stopped attacking the shield. He had a confident smile that I so wish I could smack right off his face.

"Not yet, you?" Irayna said.

He just laughed. "You'll be the first to die for your foolishness."

"No, I think that'd be you." Shadow said, bringing out kunais.

Ryuma just kept laughing, very amused.

"Zen, ya mind?" Shadow said and Zen lowered the shield and they launched at him, him blocking and dodging their attacks, fast as a snake, but still surprised at the speed and fierceness.

And we had to launch back into battle, too, as reptiles came our way.

Me: so, how'd you like? Is there anything you don't like about what I did? And if I messed up, I'm sorry. I'm almost always up in the middle of the night, trying to get this done, and have a little brother bugging me every second….its like a human chibi Mushra -_-

Mushra: So you're saying I'm annoying?

Me:……to easy. Anyways, just letting you know, and please don't mess with me too much, with questions about it, but……*puts on protective anti killer questions and request* I'm going to make a threequel after this!

Mushra: cool, so I'll be back for more!!!^^

Me: sadly, yes. Anyways, ask what you want, just please, not too many questions and if anyone is wanting to request me making them a charrie, you can, but my limit is up to just three more charries to be in the story, so first come, first served!!! Anyone reading this, and not in it, you can join, but only three people. Review please!!!^^