iggy: hey guys. so jaleese and rianna are busy getting ready to go to the skating rink tonite and they forced me to do the AN for this chapter by myself...

me&ri: –call from background- THANKS IGGYYYY!

iggy: well at least they can say thank you...anyways...ENJOY! :D

Chapter 33 (Iggy POV)

Finally some alone time, I thought to myself when jaleese and I landed quietly in the clearing. I stole a glance at Ja and my heart melted at her beauty. I had never imagined her to be so gorgeous and graceful. her landings were always perfect, just like everything else about her, and she was just so…

"Iggy?" her voice intruded my thoughts.

I blinked several times before answering, "yeah?"

She shook her head and a shiver ran down my spine as her dark brown hair waved and glinted in the morning sun. "Just making sure you were still here."

I furrowed my brow and tilted my head to the side in confusion. "Huh?"

"Never mind," she giggled making the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. "So you gonna teach me how to fight or are you just gonna stand there and look at me?" Jaleese teased, her smile lighting her entire face up.

"Fight," I said lurching for her and smiling.

I tackled her to the ground and managed to pin her arms down on either side of her head. She pushed me off, using all of her strength, and pinned me down like I had to her. Her legs straddled my waist and I felt a sudden urge to get my arms around her waist and hold her close to me.

"I got you," she said in her teasing, childish, high pitched voice. She made sure her "you" had more than 10 syllables and I had to smile at her kiddish pride.

"Now I've got you," I whispered as I got my arms free and hugged her to me.

She giggled again and kissed my cheek, sending my skin into uncontrollable tingles.

Stop making out and fight already! My less sensitive side screamed in my head.

I mentally groaned and got up from under Jaleese, pulling her up with me. "Time to get serious," I said looking Jaleese in the eyes.

Oh god her eyes…they're so beautiful. They're the perfect shade of chocolate brown, like her hair and graceful wings, and they're always lit up and gleaming brightly…

"Okay. So what first, Boss?" she asked her brilliant smile making her eyes gleam brighter.

"Um…well I guess let's just start with the basics," I started clearing my brain of all thoughts except what fighting tactics, stances, and moves Jeb taught the flock back when we were littler.

"I've got it now!" Jaleese screamed victoriously half an hour later.

I had taught her everything I knew and she was just starting to get a hang of fighting a bigger opponent and flying at the same time. Not that I thought she wouldn't be able to. I mean she's strong, graceful, and a great flier. How could she not be able to do something so simple?

"Good. Now try to do a roundhouse kick on me," I shouted.

I made a loud "oof!" sound as her foot collided with my chest sending me back a few feet. I regained the breath that had been knocked out of me and managed to mutter a "good job."

I straightened up and flapped my wings harder so that I could be level with her again in the clear blue sky. Studying her up and down, I noticed how much stronger Jaleese looked now than she did this morning. And hotter…

"let's take a quick flying break, Iggy! please?" she begged smiling her heart melting smile.

I sighed and nodded my head. "Okay."

"YAY!" she yelled flying to me and attacking me with a hug.

I grabbed her shoulders and put a little space between us, looking her in the eyes again. for a few seconds we both forgot to flap and we sunk down quite a few feet together.

Jaleese squealed in joy and flew upwards dragging me with her.

We clung onto each other tight as our wings flapped in sync, taking us higher in the sky to where the trees looked like little dots on the ground. I decided to steal a glance at Jaleese's smiling face and I felt like my heart would pound its way out of my chest. Before I knew what was happening, we were falling to the ground fast and I had a searing pain in my right shoulder.

"Iggy!" Jaleese's screaming voice filled my ears and her scared face filled my line of vision. "Iggy!"

The fall ended as soon as it started and my shoulder felt like it had been blown off entirely. We landed on the ground hard and painfully, Jaleese on top and me taking the full impact.

"Angel! Max! Fang! Someone help!" Jaleese screamed frantically, trying to get up. She fell back down and the pain in my shoulder spread to my heart as I watched her struggle to get up and get her phone which she had put on a log on the other side of the clearing.

As she ran to the log I spotted blood stains covering her white t-shirt and her pale hands.

Crap. I got shot, I thought to myself as I heard Jaleese tell Max that a bullet had pierced my right shoulder and I was losing blood fast…

My eyes fluttered closed as I heard Jaleese shout something to me along the lines of, "STAY ALIVE YOU IDIOT!" but I could have been imaging it…

iggy: I got shot?

me: –from background- sorry but you had to!

iggy: grrrr...well review and stuff!

P.S.~ a special thanks to everyone who has been with me this far...I probly wont be spelling this rite but thank you too: mnm_loving_mutant , mymortalromances (of courseee) , MrsOdair , AlexandraTheGreat401 , someone whos name has something to do with anime lovin (AWESOMEEEE! :D SASUNARUU!) , and any other person that's put this story on their favorites. :) and for the followers of my MR chatroom , I am sooooo sorry tht I havent updated but I don't wunna put to much pressure on Bex and I have like 3 stories ( not including this fanfic) that I just started...[they arent fanfics...] but anyways THANK CHU! I LUFF CHU , TOAST LOVING FLUFFY KITTIES! xD

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