We sat there we'd just finished setting up camp for the night. I looked at Izuki, he looked like shit. I was sure he was going to pass out. He kept staring at Celia. With that and the over the top reaction to Celia being defeated it made me feel awkward. Before I had felt like an outsider because I was new to the two but now… it was because I was seeing how Izuki felt about Celia. I almost wanted to say id get food and leave but Izuki wouldn't be able to defend Celia should we come under attack. So I sat, it was odd for me not to be direct. It was a belief that we should be honest and hold nothing back. So eventually I asked hesitantly "So… do you umm… like… like Celia? I know I'm the new guy and all but. You seemed to be overly concerned. I mean she's fine." "Yes and no!" Izuki snapped back "What does that mean?" I replied carefully baiting him to spill the beans. "Well…" he started "I do like her and she doesn't know that… don't tell her. You'll just be risking your life. But on the same hand I was saying no to the fact that it's no big deal. She got hurt it's a huge deal. I have to protect her. She's the only friend I got." He said full of sadness. "Here it's a chakra pill; I lost the others during the fight. Use it on Celia. I'm going to get some rest. Listen. You are protect Celia with your life. " He said as he slowly laid himself down. I thought about our talk. 'Even when he was serious he's a jerk!' I thought. 'But I should give 'em a break.' I walked up to the unconscious Celia. I opened her mouth and put the pill in. I then made her chew. After a couple minutes she jerked up punching me in the face. I fell rubbing my face. "Oh I'm sorry!" She called "Its fine," I said picking myself up "good to see you're okay." "Yeah… sorry." She said "He had this crazy ability. I ran up to attack him and he grabbed me, he drained me chakra. By the time I realized I was too weak to get away or call for help. What happened to Izuki?" "He got a little worn out." I answered "Why hasn't he used his chakra pills?" She asked. "He loss all but one during the fight and he used the last one on you." I said trying to forget the conversation me and Izuki had just minutes before. She gave a hard to read look towards Izuki. Then stood up stretched and walked towards the mouth of the cave entrance. "Where you going?" I asked curiously. "To scavenge for food, wait here." She called walking out of the cave leaving me with the unconscious Izuki.

(Celia's POV)

I walked out confused. Why would Izuki give me the last one? Oh well, I said to myself. I walked up to a flowing river and weaved the mole and rat hand signs then said "Earth Style: Earth Gourd!" A rock turned to a four feet long and two feet wide gourd. I filled it with the river water and proceeded on to look for food I found plenty of berries and filled one of my kunai pouch with them most being blue or black berries with the exception of the occasional black berry. It wasn't much but it would hold us over for a while. Besides the quicker I get to camp the better, I walked back to hear growls and grunts form Zen I ran ready for ninja but I saw something much more hairy.

(Zen's POV/ Fight)

I was sitting there tending to the fire when I heard a crumble I assumed it was Celia and looked up ready to give a warm greeting. But what I saw was two beards both big and both angry. One charged towards Izuki the other at me. I raced towards Izuki to intercept the bear. The one who was focused on me swiped for my head I jumped over it and drop kicked the one who was trying to attack Izuki. I put some chakra into my feet so the bear hit the wall on the other cave wall. The other came at me swiping like crazy I jumped back Izuki. They both bared their teeth at me; I scanned them and grabbed a kunai. "This is going to suck!" I said to myself. One bear grabbed a rock the size of me he threw it at us I threw Izuki out of the way and ducked under the rock. The other bear was gunning for Izuki. I jumped up dodging the charge the other bears tried to give me I weaved two hand signs and said "Fire Style: Mini Fire Bomb!" I then threw the hand sized fire ball at the bear it flew back and hit the wall again the other went for a bite lung. I weaved to the left. I then kicked it, it barely registered the blow I leapt on his arm when he went for the swipe and elbowed his skull. Once again it changed nothing he smashed me into the ground; I leaped back and dodged the bite he went for. I tripped over Izuki and the bear went for the killer blow. A wall of mud blocked it and it hardened into rock. The bear tried to escape but the rock started to change and I heard "Earth Style: Gaea's Fist!" The rock turned into a big rock fist and punched the bear it went flying into the forest. I looked and saw Celia at the mouth of the cave. We both smiled at each other. I then heard a growl. I grabbed Izuki and spun as the bear ran past us I stabbed the bear in the neck it slowed as it passed and fell dead. Celia frowned "I dropped the berries and now their ruined." She said annoyed. "Well we can just have the bear it has plenty meat on it." I said smiling "Yeah, I hope it taste good." Celia said returning the smile. We cleaned out the bear separating the good meat from the bad. I then started to impale it with sticks I took the bark off of and cleaned and we roasted it over the fire. We ate laughing joking and talking about strategies. Soon I yawned tired since I hadn't got any rest. "Why don't you sleep? You've been going the whole time I'll take the first watch. Ok?" She asked caringly "Sure thanks." I quickly laid down on the ground using my chakra to make the stone feel somewhat softer.