As morning dawned on the loft, Jake and Heaven woke up with loud yawns. Neither of them knew what time they had went to bed but they remember talking around midnight. After they both got some breakfast and took a shower, they readied themselves for each other. Heaven walked out of the loft and waited for Jake. Jake carried their two wooden swords and walked out of the loft. He and Heaven walked down to their old training spot. The sand was still the same and the winds coming from the ocean smelled the same. Everything was the same.

Jake tossed a wooden sword to Heaven. She caught it and tightened her grip.

"Practice, right?" Heaven shyly asked.

"Of course, why?" Jake smirked.

"It's been three months since we've practiced and you want to go all out?" She raised an eyebrow.

"You can go all out. I don't think I need to." He teased her. His grip tightened around his wooden sword.

"You might want to." She warned him with a smile.

"Depends on how good you are." He laughed.

Heaven crooked the side of her mouth and gripped both hands on her sword. She did a frontal attack and clashed swords with Jake. He blocked her attack but she tripped him with her leg. Jake fell to the ground with a thud. Heaven quickly raised her sword again and attacked him. He blocked every single attack except for one. She hit the sword out of his hands and heavily breathed.

"Still think you don't need to go all out?" She teased him.

"You know you're going to regret asking me that." He laughed.

Heaven held out her hand to him and he took it. She tugged him up and heavily breathed again. Jake walked over to his sword and quickly picked it up. He turned to face her and ended up smirking.

"How'd you get so strong?"

"I had a long time to practice." Heaven widened her smile.

"Hm." He hummed. Jake twirled his sword in his hands and eventually gripped it. He got into his stance.

Heaven quickly smiled before running up to him to attack. Their swords clashed numerous times. After a few minutes, Heaven wondered how Jake had the time to practice if he devoted the three months to thinking things through or putting his head on straight.

She lunged at him. Once their swords clashed with one another, she tried to trip him with her leg again but he jumped. He moved out of the way and pointed his wooden sword at her. She did the same.

"Is this your best?" Heaven taunted him with a smile.

"I'm just warming up." He smirked.

Jake raced towards her while he gripped his sword with both of his hands. Heaven noticed his movement and quickly countered his attack. She side swiped his sword and moved to the side. He quickly thrust his sword at her but she blocked it and tried to kick him in the stomach. Jake had already moved out of the way.

Heaven shifted her body and did the Whirling Storm. Jake widened his eyes and felt his wooden sword get knocked out of his hands. She lost her balance and made him stagger backwards. His back hit the ground in a loud thud. Heaven breathed heavily and looked down. She was on top of him that time.

Jake, flat on his back, opened his eyes and looked up at her. They were both somewhat tired. He closed his mouth and swallowed.

"I still can't perfect it like you have." Heaven told him with a smile and a heavy breathe.

"That's okay." He gasped. He looked down at her pink lips and then up at her eyes. She lingered there for a moment and gazed down at his deep green eyes. She moved away, slightly, and cleared her throat.

"We should do one more round before it gets too late." She got off of him and pulled her grey thin sweatshirt down.

Jake heavily sighed and stood up. He walked over to his wooden sword and grabbed it. Heaven grabbed hers and gripped it with two hands. She and Jake were about to go at it again until Severin interrupted them.

"Ahem." Severin cleared his throat.

Heaven looked behind Jake and saw him standing there with his hands tucked in his coat pockets. Jake turned around.

"Severin." Jake said.

"Mr. Stanton. Heaven." He greeted them. "Nice to see you two in training."

"Practicing is more like it." Heaven smiled.

"Sato?" Jake quickly asked.

Severin nodded.

Jake and Heaven looked at each other. They both knew he would eventually start to move. They followed Severin to the garage.

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Severin walked over to the bench inside the garage and opened his computer. Heaven and Jake walked over to the computer and curiously looked at it. Severin entered his password and numerous photos and windows came up.

"Sato hasn't made serious actions until now." Severin told them. He typed something in and pictures of Sato and his men popped up on the screen. "Sato went to Hojio Palace and stole it's most sacred artifact."

"Isn't Hojio Palace a Chinese restaurant?" Jake furrowed his eyebrows.

"Yes." Severin nodded. "When the Palace was built, it was believed that their artifact brought them good luck and fortune so they kept it in a vault under the Palace where no one could find it."

"But Sato found it." Heaven said.

"My dear friend from the Hojio Palace asked me, personally, to recover the sacred artifact and bring it back to him. Although, your mission is to get the artifact back, no matter what." Severin told them.

"For your dear friend?" Jake raised an eyebrow.

"No. For the sake of ruining whatever Sato's plan may be." He glanced over at Jake.

"How long will it take?" Heaven looked up at Severin.

"As long as it takes. Why, do you have to be somewhere?" He looked down at her. Jake glanced over at her and then at Severin.

"She's supposed to be enjoying her time with her friends at the Museum." Jake told him.

"It's okay. I'll call Cooper and tell him that I can't make it." Heaven shyly nodded.

"No, go with your friends. I'll take care of Sato." Jake told her.

"That's not very safe, Mr. Stanton." Severin told him.

"Severin is right. It's best to go together than alone." She looked up at Jake and smiled. "I'll go call Cooper." Heaven walked out of the garage and towards the loft.

Jake was about to leave the garage as well until Severin abruptly stopped him.

"I'm sure you know about the Flaring Dragon." He glanced over at Jake.

Jake stood there and slowly glared at him. "What about it?"

"I have a feeling that Sato will be more dangerous than the last time you fought him. Be careful."

Jake didn't say anything. He opened the door, walked out and closed it shut.

To be continued.