Heaven ran towards Jake with her sword in her hand. She felt her heart pumping and her mouth opening. No words came out. She was speechless. She remembered grabbing Sato and pressing her sword against his throat. The next thing she knew, Jake was running out of the forest, hoping to dodge the flying bullets that bolted towards him and then the sound of his body dropping to the ground.

It all happened fast, too fast. There wasn't enough time to tell him how much she cared for him or how much he meant to her. In the long run, she knew that Cooper wasn't the right person for her. Jake was.

She ran towards him. She got down on her knees and kneeled next to his legs.

"Jake!" She screamed. She felt tears forming at the corner of her eyes.

Jake's arm began to move.

"Jake! C'mon, don't die on me! You can't!" She pressed her hand against his chest. "Jake, I—" She looked down at his chest and saw no blood. He moved his hand and pulled out one of the bullets from his chest.

He roughly coughed and eventually started to choke. He sat up and looked down at the bullet that lay in his hand. Heaven, shocked and angry, looked up at him, searching for answers.

"God damn it that hurts." He coughed again.

Heaven's mouth drew open in confusion. "How—why—"

Jake zipped his jacket down and revealed a bullet proof vest. "Severin." He coughed.

Heaven pressed her lips together and watched as he took out another bullet. Her anger built up inside her. She thought he was dying, she thought he was a goner.

'That dummy'

Jake glanced over at her and weakly smiled. Heaven angrily shoved him back down with both of her hands.

"You damn jerk!" She told him.

Jake felt his back hit the ground with a thud. He coughed for a moment but shot back up again. He watched as Heaven angrily stomped away with her sword in her hand.

"Heaven! What was that for!?" He yelled after her.

She didn't answer.

He got up and felt the pain of the bullets that were lodged in his vest. He walked after her and took out the bullets at the same time. He stopped abruptly, knowing he forgot something. He ran back to his sword, picked it up and proceeded to run after Heaven.

"Heaven, wait!" He shouted.

Heaven stopped at his bike that was parked under a couple trees. She put her sword back in its scabbard, turned around and folded her arms across her chest. She angrily looked at him.

"Sato is long gone by now. We should head back to the loft and tell Severin what happened. Maybe then I can yell at the both of you." She told him.

"Why are you so mad at me?"

"Just hurry up, Jake. Cheryl, Otto, Cooper and I were going to see a movie tonight." She looked away.

Jake heavily sighed and put his sword away. He got on his bike and put on his helmet. He waited for a couple seconds. Heaven got on the bike with him, put on her helmet and wrapped her arms around his waist. He felt the looseness and finally noticed how mad she was at him.

She always used to tighten her told on him whenever she rode with him on his bike. This time it was different… much different. Jake didn't say anything. He turned his motorcycle on and rode off.

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Heaven and Cheryl sat on the couch while Otto stood behind them.

"He did what?" Cheryl exclaimed.

"He didn't tell me he had a bullet proof vest." Heaven sighed, glancing over at Otto. "How can he do that to me?"

"Maybe this is a sign." Otto raised his eyebrows.

Cheryl furrowed. "What kind of sign?"

"The type of sign that tells samurai's not to get attached to their mentors?" Otto shrugged.

Cheryl rolled her eyes and turned her attention to Heaven. She placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry. Jake is a jerk; a nasty, brooding, stinky, slimy and hot jerk. You don't deserve him if he scared you like that."

"My brother always told me not to hold a grudge though." She shyly looked over at Cheryl.

"Do you want the man or not?! Make up your mind." Cheryl smiled.

Heaven widened her smile and smirked. Jake walked out from the kitchen and towards the group. His arms were crossed against his chest and a big frown appeared on his face. He didn't like the fact that he somehow hurt Heaven in a way that made her push him to the ground. He wanted to apologize to her. He didn't get the chance since Cheryl and Otto were waiting at the loft.

Heaven, Cheryl and Otto looked up at him. Cheryl gave him an angry look but he shook it off. Otto stood there and crossed his arms, trying to act protective of Heaven. Heaven looked up at him. Her smile immediately disappeared.

"Hi." He said.

"Hey." She responded.

Everyone stayed silent. Jake shifted his weight on his feet and proceeded to look at her. He didn't know what to say and even thought he said something he meant, she would probably just shut him down anyway.

"Heaven, I—" He started but got rudely interrupted by Severin.

Severin walked into the loft through the front sliding door and closed his phone. He tucked it in his pocket. "It seems like Sato is more dangerous now since he's gotten his hand on one of the artifacts."

Heaven shyly glanced over at him. "It's my fault. I ran to Jake thinking I needed to call 911 as soon as possible. I didn't think about the artifact or Jake's bullet proof vest."

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Heaven." Jake apologized. Heaven glanced over at him and looked away. "I didn't get the chance to tell you. I didn't even think I'd get shot like that."

Severin crossed his arms and heavily sighed. "If you have anyone to blame, Heaven, blame me. I should've given both of you bullet proof vests but I stopped Jake to give him his at the last minute. I'm sorry."

"It's okay you two." Heaven nodded and slightly smiled but that smile quickly went away. Cheryl pressed her lips together and stood up.

"Heaven has a movie to go to so if you excuse us—"

"Mr. Yamasaki is still a mystery. Since Sato has one stone and we have two, be extra careful out there because they could easily take it back." Severin told Heaven and Jake.

Jake glanced over at Heaven and heavily sighed. He nodded and then saw Heaven nod.

"I'll be careful." She told Severin.

"I don't get how he can pose such a threat." Otto shrugged. "He's just a tiny Japanese man that seems to like armies of ninjas."

"C'mon you dummy." Cheryl grabbed Otto by the collar and dragged him out the front sliding door. Heaven smirked as her two best friends walked down the stone stairs.

She glanced over at Severin and then at Jake. She caught his sad expression and tried to smile. "I'll see you later." She said softly.

"Bye." He pressed his lips together.

Once Heaven left, it was silent. Severin looked down at his feet and slightly smiled up at Jake.

"She's mad at you?"

"Yeah." Jake uncrossed his arms and nodded. He slowly walked towards the stairs. "I don't even know why she's mad at me."

"You really need to hang around girls more often, don't you?" Severin laughed.

Jake stopped at the railing and turned around. "I didn't know not telling someone about a bullet proof vest would cause so much anger."

Severin nodded heavily and walked towards the front sliding door. "You need to understand her feelings for you, Mr. Stanton. If she was shot several times, like you were, and she didn't move for a minute and just laid there on the ground. You would get scared and think that she's dying. You run over to her only to find out that a bullet proof vest she's never told you about saved her life."

Jake stood there, watching Severin turn around once he stepped outside.

"You both have feelings for each other. Only death can physically sever that bond." With that said, he left.

Jake stood there and began to sigh. Severin was right. He wasn't reading her emotions. He screwed up.

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"So you got the artifact." Yamasaki smiled. Sato handed him the stone. Yamasaki handed it over to Jasaki. Jasaki took one good look at it and immediately put it in his side pocket. He stood next to Yamasaki like the advisor he was. He crossed his arms across his chest and stared at Sato.

"The next location?"

"It has come to our attention that the military has recovered two of them." Yamasaki informed Sato.

"If they recovered two of them then we can get them back."

"Inside knowledge has informed us that the stones will be under protection from a Jake Stanton and a Heaven Kogo."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Not you." Yamasaki said sternly. "My advisor Jasaki will take care of the problem."

Jasaki nodded and bowed. "Yes, Mr. Yamsaki."

"The last one you can handle by yourself, I presume."

Sato bowed. "Yes, my men and I will get a head start early in the morning."

"Good." Yamasaki widened his smile. "Jasaki."

"Sir?"

"Get Ryo and Kurai. They'll back up Sato on his next mission tomorrow."

"Of course." Jasaki nodded and walked towards the back door of the warehouse.

To Be Continued.