"Cooper?" Heaven spoke into the phone that was pressed against her ear. Jake walked into the loft and looked over at her. In his eyes, she seemed upset that she had to go take care of Sato instead of being able to enjoy a nice time with her friends at the museum.

"I'm sorry I can't go." She told him.

"It's okay. Cheryl, Otto and I can go alone. It'll be fine. Don't worry about it." Cooper said into the phone.

Jake sighed and placed his hands on his hips.

"Can you put Cheryl on the phone?"

"Yeah, sure."

"Thanks, Cooper. Again, I'm sorry."

"It's okay." He smirked. He handed the phone to Cheryl.

"Heaven?" Cheryl asked.

"Hey, sorry I can't make it to the Museum with you guys." She apologized.

"It's okay. Why what happened?"

"Sato stole some artifact from Hojio Palace."

"Isn't that the Chinese restaurant?" Cheryl raised her eyebrows.

"Yeah." Heaven nodded.

"We should go." Jake said from behind her. She turned around and slowly nodded.

"Is that Jake?" Cheryl asked.

"I'll talk to you later."

"Okay. Have a nice time with Jake!" Cheryl laughed.

Heaven hung up the phone and placed it on the table. She turned around and found him right in front of her. He handed her the Whisperer of Death.

"Shouldn't we change?" Heaven asked.

"Fine. Get changed and I'll wait for you outside." Jake told her.

She grabbed the Whisperer of Death from his hand and ran upstairs. He watched her and began to heavily sigh. He let his arms fall to his sides and began to walk outside. Heaven opened her top drawer and found the same outfit she wore when she tried to kill that assassin that killed her brother.

She slipped into that outfit and closed the drawer. She walked down stairs and threw the Whisperer of Death over her shoulder and on her back. She tied the two ropes together and adjusted it to fit her chest.

She walked outside and found Jake leaning on the railing. He heard her behind him and slowly turned around.

"Ready?" He asked.

"Do we even know where to go?" Heaven asked.

"Yeah. Severin said that the tracking device on Sato's sleeve stopped in an old abandoned warehouse near the Warf." Jake said, following her down the stone stairs.

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The shiny transparent purple artifact bounced up and down in Sato's palm. He walked up to the man who told him to steal it. He reached his arm out to give it to him but once the man reached for it, Sato retracted his hand.

"You know, I don't think I even know who you are. I don't intend to give this piece of… rock to just anyone."

The man looked up at him. "You can call me Mr. Yamasaki."

Sato extended his arm and politely smiled. "Okay, Mr. Yamasaki."

Yamasaki took the artifact from his hand and gripped it tightly. One of his advisors walked up to him. He wore a black ninja outfit and a black cloth that covered his face from the nose down.

"Mr. Yamasaki." He bowed and gave him a black transparent stone artifact. It looked similar to the one Sato had given him.

Yamasaki held them up to Sato. "Do you know what these are?"

"Something worth robbing a Chinese Restaurant?" Sato raised his eyebrow.

"These are two of the six stones Jin Yurai used to create the original Flaming Dragon."

"The original Flaming Dragon?" Sato furrowed his eyebrows.

"As you can see, I've recovered all five of the Flaming Dragons. My son has been training for this moment. The day that the 6th Flaming Dragon becomes whole will be the day the world will darken." Yamasaki smirked.

Outside, Jake and Heaven went up on the roofs to avoid the people guarding the main door. They walked on the roof of the nearest building and glanced down at the guards. Jake went to the farthest corner away from the guards and jumped down from the roof. Heaven followed him. He climbed up the ladder of the warehouse. After he helped Heaven up, they went through a door that led to the upper deck.

He signaled to crouch down and she did just that. They moved on the upper deck and slowly looked down. They both saw Sato.

"What do I get in this whole thing?" Sato angrily asked.

"We'll give you that Samurai Girl, Heaven." Yamasaki gripped the two artifacts. "All I want are the last four stones. After that we will help you capture the girl."

"Do you even know where the last four are?"

"Jasaki." Yamasaki called.

Jasaki, his most trusted advisor, one of the wielders of the Flaming Dragon, pulled out a map of San Francisco and showed it to Sato.

"That sword…" Jake squinted at Jasaki.

"Is that the Flaming Dragon?" Heaven whispered back.

"…One of them." Jake heavily sighed. "Be careful, Heaven." He glanced over at her.

"They can't be that dangerous… can they?" Heaven whispered with worry.

"Just be careful." He told her before looking down at Sato again.

"What are those?" She asked.

"What?"

"Those two things in that guys hand." Heaven carefully pointed at Mr. Yamasaki.

"The purple one is the artifact."

"Then what's the black one?"

"I don't know but we should try and take both of them. Severin might want to take a look at it." Jake whispered back.

Yamasaki gave Sato the two stones. "Put them in the vault."

Sato nodded and bowed. "I will."

"You have a meeting with Mr. Royakatsu, Yamasaki-sama." Jasaki whispered into Yamasaki's ear.

"Get the limo ready." He told his advisor.

Jasaki walked to the front door and quietly told the other four advisors to get the limo ready. He stood by the door and waited for Yamasaki to finish up his talk with Sato.

"Tomorrow, go to Lake Jima and recover the third artifact."

"Yes, Mr. Yamasaki." Sato bowed again. "My men and I will meet you at the usual spot around Six o'clock."

"Good." He said. Yamasaki walked towards the door and stopped right before Jasaki.

"They're here." He told him.

"I know." Yamasaki glanced over at Sato. "Let him handle them on his own."

"What about the two—"

"We can always get them back." Yamasaki cut him off. Jasaki slightly nodded and began to gaze in Sato's direction. Yamasaki walked out the door and into his limo. Jasaki trailed behind him along with the four other advisors.

Jake placed his hand on the handle of his sword and nodded at Heaven. She nodded back and reached behind her to grab her own. Jake and Heaven stood up but the wooden boards under their feet squeaked like a loud mouse. Sato and all ten of his men looked up and saw the pair standing there.

"Get them!" Sato shouted.

All ten of the ninjas climbed up on the cargo in the warehouse and jumped off. They landed on the upper deck, surrounding Heaven and Jake. She and Jake both backed away. They felt each other's backs and quickly checked their surroundings. Despite the sudden rush of fear, she liked fighting with him side by side. It was a feeling she couldn't describe, a feeling that would have to be added into a conversation with Cheryl.

"Get the artifacts. I'll take care of these guys." Jake whispered to her.

She didn't answer; she gripped the handle of her sword.

"Heaven, go!" He yelled.

Heaven jumped off the upper deck and landed on the lower deck, right in front of Sato. Four ninjas jumped down after her. Heave sheathed her sword and slipped off her scabbard. She hit one of the ninja's with her sword and popped one of them in the face with her scabbard.

The six remaining ninjas surrounded Jake. Jake rushed forward and attacked the first three. He slashed two of them and hit the other one with the hilt of his sword. The other three came rushing after him. Jake jumped off the ledge and landed on the bottom platform.

Heaven slashed one more ninja and kicked him in the stomach. Her last remaining ninja was swift. She blocked his every move. He tried to hit her with his sword again but she blocked it. She knocked his sword out of his hand and tripped him with her leg. Heaven glanced over at Sato and quickly swiped her scabbard at his chest. Sato grunted and lost grip of the two artifacts.

Heaven quickly placed her scabbard around her body and prepared to catch the artifacts that were tossed into the air. She easily grabbed them with her hand. She looked down at them before glaring at Sato.

Sato backed away with an angry look on his face.

Jake kicked one of the ninjas in the stomach and then slashed another in the chest. He swung his sword at the last ninja but the ninja blocked his attack and kicked him in the stomach. Jake fell to the floor with his sword clattering next to him. He looked at his sword and then at the ninja that approached him.

Heaven glared at Sato and threw her sword. Sato moved out of the way and heard someone gasp. He looked at the blade's destination and saw it sticking out of the last ninja's hip. Jake widened his eyes and glanced over at her.

Heaven reached her arm out and called the Whisperer of Death back into her hands. The sword flew out of the ninja's hip and into her hands. Sato widened his eyes and quickly made a run for it. Jake grabbed his sword and walked over to Heaven.

She was about to run after Sato but Jake stopped her.

"Don't." He told her.

"But Sato—"

"Sato is the least of our worries." Jake glanced down at the two artifacts and then at her sword. Heaven opened her palm and handed them to him. He took them out of her hands and furrowed his eyebrows.

"These are it? Rocks?" Jake joked.

"I'm sure they're some kind of valuable stones of some sort." Heaven said, heavily breathing.

"Whatever it is, I hope Severin will happy we got an extra one." He glanced over at her.

"Yeah." She nodded.

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Severin held the two stones in his palms. The black and purple transparent artifacts shined in the light. Heaven, Jake and Severin were all at the loft. Heaven had already changed into her night clothes and Jake changed into his t-shirt and grey sweatpants. Severin was still in his daytime clothes.

"You brought back two of them." Severin glanced over at the pair.

"Why bring back one when you can really piss off Sato and take the other one, too?" Jake smirked.

Heaven smiled and looked down at the artifacts. "Do they both bring good luck and fortune?"

"These are actually two of the six artifacts." Severin told them.

"There are more?" Jake rolled his eyes.

"You might want to take note of this, Mr. Stanton." He told him in his stern British accent. "There were originally a dozen of each six artifacts but after Jin Yurai created five Flaring Dragons, his own brothers thought it was best to destroy the remaining artifacts in order to stop Jin from creating powerful weapons that could become tools for war."

Jake and Heaven exchanged a couple glances. Jake heavily sighed. "But they kept one set for kicks?"

"Jin Yurai was going to make a 6th Flaming Dragon sword but his brothers found out about the remaining artifacts and killed him. They spread the artifacts around the world but because it was a long time ago, all six of the artifacts have seemed to gather here, in San Francisco." Severin continued.

"So we have to find all of them and destroy them." Heaven furrowed her eyebrows.

"Or we can just destroy one of them so no one can make another Flaming Dragon sword." Jake raised his eyebrows.

"That's what Jin's brother wanted to do but they found out the hard way that if you destroy one with out the other's in it's presence, then the original Flaming Dragon becomes increasingly powerful." Severin glanced up at him.

"Well that sounds like a real pain in the butt." Heaven crooked the side of her mouth.

Jake looked down at her and smirked. "Sato wants you, Heaven. He doesn't care about the Flaring Dragon."

"Sato formed an alliance?" Severin asked.

"Yeah." Heaven nodded. "We saw him and another man talking. I think the man's name was Mr. Yamasaki."

"Smells like another background check." Jake looked up at Severin.

Severin tossed the two artifacts to Jake. Jake caught them in his hands and gave him a confusing glance.

"Why are you giving them to me?"

"It'll be much safer here than with me. It's best to keep them with you." Severin nodded.

"Great…" Jake breathed.

"I'll see you two in the morning then." Severin said before leaving the loft.

Heaven stood up and glanced over at the artifacts in Jake's hands. "Where should we keep them?"

"I'll keep them in my room." He heavily sighed. "Throw it in a drawer or something."

"You sure you don't want me to take one?" Heaven asked with a slight smile.

"You can have the purple one." He handed it to her and she took it.

"I'll try not to throw it in a drawer." She smirked. Heaven turned around and walked towards her room. Jake heavily sighed and gripped the artifact.

"Yet another problem I have to worry about…" He walked up the stairs and towards his room.

To Be Continued.