Jake came out of his room with a pair of jeans, a dark green t-shirt and a grey sweatshirt on. He scratched the back of his head and walked into the kitchen. He opened the fridge and was about to grab some milk but heard Heaven screaming at someone… or something. He furrowed his eyebrows and closed the fridge shut.

Jake walked towards the entrance and saw Heaven yelling at her own sword. She had her hand out as if she was trying to train it to shake hands.

"C'mon. You did it before…" She grumbled.

"Something wrong?" Jake asked with a slight smile.

Heaven swiftly turned around, surprised and a bit startled. "Jake." She breathed.

He folded his arms across his chest and looked over at the sword. "Trying to call it?"

"Yeah." She nodded and turned her attention back to the Whisperer of Death. "Darn thing won't even budge."

Jake raised his eyebrows and uncrossed his arms. He walked towards her and stood behind her. He placed his hands on her shoulders. Just his touch sent sparks through her body. She shyly smiled and looked away.

He closed his eyes and breathed. "Close your eyes and focus."

Heaven slowly closed her eyes and began to focus on the Whisperer of Death.

"If you want the sword to accept your call then you're going to have to focus on its ties with your soul." Jake told her.

Heaven opened her eyes. "How do I focus on its ties with me—"

"Close your eyes. And focus." He sternly told her.

Heaven heavily sighed and began to close her eyes. Jake's hands were still on her shoulders. She couldn't shake the feeling of his hands on her shoulders. It was… something different, something she couldn't describe.

Heaven focused on her 'ties' the sword. She felt the wind slowly travel through her hair. Before she knew it, her sword swiftly moved into her hand. She and Jake both opened their eyes. She widened her smile and turned her head to look up at him.

"See?" He smirked. He lightly squeezed her shoulders before patting them. He let his hands fall beside his hip. "Focusing helps."

"Yeah, thanks." She glanced over at him.

Jake slightly nodded before noticing the moment they had. He cleared his throat and smiled. "Did Severin call or text yet?"

Heaven nervously looked away and shook her head. "He hasn't yet."

"Mm." Jake hummed and walked inside the loft. Heaven followed him and quickly put her sword back into its scabbard.

"I'm sure he's just consulting with whoever he consults with." She tried to cheer him up.

"Well while we babysit these stupid rocks," Jake took his black transparent one out of his pocket. "He's typing on his stupid computer."

"I'm sure he's working hard, Jake." She smiled, following him into the kitchen. "Maybe he's digging deeper."

"Mhm, sure." Jake shook his head. "The guy thinks these stones are kept safe in our hands. Maybe I should let him know I threw mine in my drawer last night."

"Really now?" Severin came through the backdoor with a wide smile.

Jake and Heaven quickly turned their attention to him.

"Why can't you use the main entrance like a normal British person?" Jake sternly looked at him.

Heaven glanced at the two and began to widen her smile. They were like two peas in a pod. Two very different peas in the same pod that fought and bickered, a lot. To her, it was a pretty adorable sight.

"Sometimes you just got to use the entrance that seems much more suitable." Severin slightly smiled.

"The entrance you just used was more stalker than suitable." Jake placed his hands on his hip.

"I take the word 'stalker' as a compliment seeing as how stealthy I can be."

"Stealthy means nothing when you're meeting friends."

"So you're my friend, now?" Severin slightly raised his eyebrow.

"Nah, Heaven's my friend. You're not."

"Don't you mean girlfriend—oh wait, I'm sorry. She's taken. I'd be different if you didn't leave her for three whole months searching for silly answers." Severin still had his smile on.

Jake felt his heart skip when he called Heaven his girlfriend for a split second. Heaven looked away and tried to forget he said that although the sound of being his girlfriend was like an instant smile.

"Say that again, I dare you." Jake said, walking closer to him.

"Whoa, boys." Heaven looked at the two of them. "I think some separation is in order."

"I came here to tell you important information but Mr. Stanton sounded like he wanted to just pick a fight."

"You started it with your creepy stalker entering." Jake said, walking over to the fridge.

"What important information?" Heaven glanced at Jake before looking back at Severin.

"Mr. Yamasaki is not his real name." Severin told her.

"What? That's impossible. He has a black, somewhat shaved, little mustache and his hair is grey and black—" Severin cut her off with a calm frown.

"I'm sorry, Heaven. He isn't in the database."

"Which means he was lying to Sato." Jake said, putting the carton of milk on the counter.

"If he was lying to Sato then he really didn't want to take any chances." She looked over at Jake.

"In any case, we're still going to dig deeper which means Sato's actions cannot be taken lightly." Severin glanced at the both of them.

"Once we get all six of those… um—"

"Artifacts." Jake finished her sentence.

"Right, artifacts. I have the intense urge to call them rocks." Heaven furrowed her eyebrows.

"When Severin is around, call them artifacts. Other times, just call them rocks." Jake slowly gazed at Severin. Severin gave him an annoyed look back.

"If we get all six artifacts then we should be okay, right?"

"Not really, Heaven. Getting all six artifacts and destroying them only ruins 'Mr. Yamasaki's' plans, not Sato's." Severin looked over at her.

"This whole thing makes me feel like we're on a merry-go-round." Heaven slid her hand up to her forehead and slowly closed her eyes.

"Sato saw how strong you were back at the warehouse. I'm sure he'll want to back off." Jake complimented her.

"Thank you, Jake." She widened her smile. He admiringly smiled back.

Severin looked at the both of them for a while and decided to step in. "Sato has been spotted in Lake Jima which means he's on the job to uncover another artifact. I want you two to go down there and ruin his plans by any means necessary."

"Okay." Heaven nodded and turned to Jake. "We should go now before it's too late."

"Mkay." Jake nodded, putting the milk back into the fridge. He closed the door and followed Heaven but Severin called him back.

"Jake."

"Hm?" He hummed, turning around to face him.

"Before you go, I think I should give you something."

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Jake and Heaven arrived at Lake Jima on his motorcycle. He killed the engine and helped her off. She took off her helmet and laid it on the back seat. Jake took off his and lightly grabbed her wrist. Heaven looked back in surprise.

"Don't rush over there, Heaven." He told her.

"Severin told us to recover that stone from Sato." She responded.

"Be patient, then." He said, taking off his helmet and placing it on top of the motorcycle. He let go of her wrist and carefully pushed his bike in between a couple trees.

"If Sato got the stone already then they should be taking the same path down." Jake announced. He went behind a few trees and saw Sato standing in front of the lake. Heaven crept up behind Jake and looked in his direction.

"Sato…" Heaven whispered.

"And his men." Jake whispered back.

His men were in scuba diving gear. They were going in and out of the lake. One of the scuba divers came out with a rock. It looked like a red transparent stone. Sato looked down at it and took it from his hands. He raised it to the sun and smiled. It was one of the six.

"Good work." Sato told them. "Lets get this back to Mr. Yamasaki."

Heaven placed her hand on Jake's shoulder and her other hand on the hilt of her sword.

"You get the stone; I'll take care of Sato's goons." Jake told her. He gripped the handle of his sword and watched as Sato and his men started walking down the path. Heaven nodded and quietly moved away from him. Her foot stepped on a twig. The snapping sound echoed making Sato stop with an alerted expression.

"What was that?" Sato furrowed his eyebrows.

"Shit!" Jake cursed. He looked over at Heaven and nodded.

She and Jake jumped out of the bushes with their swords in their hands.

"Hand us that stone, Sato." She told him.

He rolled his eyes. Sato's men took out machine guns and pistols. They aimed them at the pair. In seconds, bullets flew into the air. He stood there with his hands clasped in front of him. He closely watched the pair run back into the forest that surrounded them.

Sato's men stopped to see where they were.

"Search for them a destroy them." Sato ordered his men. The men nodded and walked near the edge of the forest, looking through the trees and bushes. Sato walked down the path with two of his men guarding him. Sato almost reached the end of the path. Heaven jumped out of the forest, in front of Sato, grabbed his shoulder, turned him around and swiftly pressed her sword up against his throat.

Sato's men quickly looked in their direction, on alert and taking aim.

"Shoot and he dies." Heaven told them. She looked at his men and watched them lower their guns.

Sato angrily glanced behind him. "When I finally get to kill you, I will laugh and eat your soul. You'll wish you never toyed with me."

"That's gross." Heaven whispered with disgust.

Jake saw Heaven behind Sato and slyly smiled. "Good job, Heaven."

Heaven gripped her sword and pressed harder against his throat. Sato's men immediately raised their guns and took aim.

"Wait!" Sato shouted. "Don't shoot her. She'll only use me as a shield!"

The men stood their ground, not sure what to do next. Sato looked into the forest beside them and saw Jake in the shadows. Sato smiled and pointed with his free hand. Jake widened his eyes and knew what would happen next.

"But you can shoot him."

Heaven looked in his direction and saw Jake behind the trees. She widened her eyes and could only watch as he ran into the group of armed men. Bullets flew, Sato's men were not scared. Jake had his sword in his hand, hoping to slice and run but something painful started to surface on his chest.

Heaven's mouth drew open. She saw several bullets hit Jake in the chest. Jake felt his chest burn. He couldn't scream, he couldn't tell her his feelings, he couldn't see her beautiful face, he couldn't whisper her name, he couldn't mouth her name and he couldn't run anymore. He fell with his back hitting the floor first.

Heaven felt Sato maneuvered out of her grasp and managed to push her to the ground. She fell to the ground with a thud, chest first. She thought she was going to get shot at but she heard Sato yell, "Leave them! We're here for the stone, not for her!"

She ignored the sound of the many legs and shoes that raced past her. She kept her eye on Jake's body that lay there a couple meters away from her. Sato and his men had already left. She pushed her self up with her hands, grabbed her sword and ran towards him.

"Jake!!" She screamed.

To Be Continued.