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That's The Problem

*few days later*

"Well. Will you look at that. You look like you've been hit by a train," Jaez said with a smirk as she walked into the tent and then stood next to her brother, who was, at the moment, lying in bed.

Jin turned his head to her and frowned, "Well…just to let you know …I feel a lot worse than that."

Jaez laughed, "Aren't you the comedian."

He gave her a small smile and then added sarcastically, "That's what they say."

Jaez sat down at the foot of his bed, "I know that I'm probably starting to sound worse than a broken record but…I want to say thank you…again…and sorry."

"For the hundredth time Jaez…you don't have to thank me. You're my sister…," he paused, "Sorry? Why are you sorry?"

"For practically making you trade places with me. Look at yourself…you're the one who's weak and temporarily incapacitated now," she gestured at him with a wave of her hand.

"I'll be fine…healing you was more important than keeping myself on my feet," Jin countered, "If I hadn't come along you'd still be lying there with two huge gaping holes in your chest and stomach."

Jaez shrugged, "I wouldn't have died."

"But you wouldn't be able to do much more than if you were dead," he frowned again and then sat up, "But like I said. I'll be fine in a couple of days and then we'll be on an even playing field."

Jaez nodded, "Well, I'll leave you to rest. I have to go help Freeze with the weapon's training of the amateurs."

"Be careful…don't let them shoot you…I wouldn't want to have to save your life again," he chided humorously.

"Ha. Ha. Ha." she said with a scathing look, "You see that. I am laughing hysterically at my comedic brother…" Then she gave him a smile and waved to him as she left the tent.

*Following week*

"Are you sure you want to stay here?" Jin asked again as he walked beside Jaez.

She nodded, "Yeah. I'm more useful around here than I could be back in Japan," she smiled, "Don't worry though…I can take care of myself."

Jin gave her an apprehensive look, "Yeah…like you did a very good job last time."

Jaez shook her head, "Those demons caught me by surprise while I was trying to save your pregnant girlfriend so…don't criticize. She's still alive because of me."

"And for that I'm going to be forever grateful to you," Jin stopped next to the small stream they had reached.

"Yeah…well…no problem. I would have willingly died to make sure those three got out alive," she turned to face him.

"You practically did," Jin pointed out.

"No. Death would not be so unkind as to take me before my time," she mused.

Jin gave her an odd look, "You talk about death like it's an actual…being."

Jaez smiled and then backtracked a bit, "No, no no no. Of course it's not an actual being. It's just that it…seems like that to me sometimes," she bit her lip slightly, hoping that Jin would believe her. She had a feeling that he would not take too kindly to knowing that Death was sentient.

"Hm…guess so," he looked out into the forest and ended that particular topic of conversation. Jaez kicked at a small rock with the toe of her boot and watched it plummet into the stream.

She looked back at her brother, "I guess…this is good-bye."

Jin nodded once, "Yeah. I guess it is," he turned to her. After a few moments of awkward silence, Jaez stepped forward to give him a hug.

"Take care of yourself," Jaez said, "And take good care of Julia."

They stepped back and Jin smiled, "Don't worry. I will."

"I know you two will make awesome parents," Jaez grinned.

Jin beamed, "Yeah…well…thanks. I sure hope so."

"I'll stay in touch as often as possible so you aren't left out of the loop for too long."

"You be sure to do that," Jin stepped away to go stand in the bright light of the gap in the canopy, "Until next time…Reaper."

She gave him a lopsided smile, "Until next time…Resurrector."

With those words, Jin silently spread his wings and launched himself into the air. Jaez jumped into the trees and watched him until he vanished from sight, "We have to get back to work, Freeze."

She looked down the length of the tree and saw her companion standing there gazing at her. He nodded once, and she jumped down.

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"So Jaez is going to stay in the Amazon?" Julia inquired as Jin finished his lunch.

"Yeah. She said that she's going to do her best to cut off the majority of the fiends that escape through the portal. There is only so much she can do though," Jin took a drink of his soda.

"But I thought you said that her buddy, Freeze, sealed the portal?" Verity asked, clearly confused. She was sitting across the table from Jin and Julia.

"He did. But it's only temporary. He puts up a wall of extremely dense ice, but ice doesn't last forever. The demons break through and they start all over again."

"But can't he just keep freezing the damn thing?" Verity scratched her head.

"About as easily as I can save people simultaneously," Jin looked at Verity, "Freezing that thing doesn't tire him, but he can't do a task that big for a couple of weeks."

"Oh…" Verity frowned.

"Either way he couldn't keep on doing that forever, Ver," Julia said sadly.

"So what are we going to do?" Verity questioned, "That thing has to be sealed somehow."

"That's the problem," Jin finished off his drink, "We don't know how to seal it, how to keep the demons from pouring through. Nor do we know whether we can keep up our counterattack for much longer." He sighed.

Julia leaned her head against Jin's shoulder, "We have to figure something out."

"I know that and we will," Jin kissed her head, "But just don't know when we'll figure it out."

Verity gazed absently at the table top, "So I suppose that means that we're going to be doing what we're doing now until then, huh?"

Jin nodded, "Until then."

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A/n: oh..the problems just don't end…O_O

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