A/N: Yay! This was an extremely long chapter! I am glad to be done with it. Thanks to Crystal-Wolf-Guardain-967 for reviewing my last chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own digimon.

The Warrior of Hope
Chapter 10
A Hunka Hunka BurningGreymon

Zoe immediately noticed that I was holding Koji's hand. "Hey Koji, how are you feeling? You really freaked Jade, I mean us, out when you almost fell into the ocean. She, I mean we almost started crying." I glared at her. "Are you saying that you weren't worried about him? Or maybe you just don't care about him. With your heart of stone, your spirit should be Grumblemon." She scoffed at me, then threw her hair over her shoulder and started to walk into the forest. J.P., Tommy, and Takuya glared at me, "Why do you have to be so mean to her? She just lost her spirit for heaven's sake!" J.P. yelled at me. I narrowed my eyes at him, but before I could say something else to make him mad, Koji squeezed my hand and raised his eyebrows at me. I sighed and glared at the ground.

We caught up to Zoe pretty easily, she walks really slowly. She completely ignored me, but came over to Koji. "I am so glad that you're okay." I tensed as she put her arms around him and hugged him. Um, hello! My hand is still attached to his, and you're going to hug him? My free hand made a fist, and I squeezed Koji's hand tighter. Why couldn't I have just attacked her when I became my beast spirit? Recognize everyone but her. Wouldn't that have been nice, then she would probably hate me even more. Everyone else was staring, waiting for me to attack her. I didn't give them the satisfaction. I put a blank expression on my face, and waited until she finally pulled away. She smirked at me and walked over to the other side of the group to sit down. Koji looked at me with worried eyes. I just shrugged and sat down, bringing him with me. We leaned against a tree, and he put his arm around my shoulders when I put my head on his shoulder.

"Well, isn't this peaceful?" Bokomon interrupted the silence. I sighed, "Not anymore." Zoe glared at me, but didn't say anything. "Man, I really messed up. If I hadn't been so weak, Zoe would still have her spirit." Zoe smiled at him, "It's okay Tommy, what happened wasn't your fault." "Well, the next time I see that guy I'll get your spirit back, even if I have to do it myself!" J.P. said, trying to be a hero. "That would be a really stupid thing to do. Even when all of our human spirits worked together we couldn't beat Grumblemon, what makes you think that you could do it by yourself? That would be suicide." I spoke in a serene voice, not wanting to pick any fights. "Well, it's better than sitting here doing nothing. She needs my help!" "You have a one track mind, buddy. We can't just run out and fight, we have to get to the Forest Terminal." Takuya said, and I agreed, we can't start a wild goose chase to get Zoe's spirit back. "So what, we're just letting him win? I can't just sit back and let Grumblemon run around with Zoe's spirit." He will never give up, will he? "It's okay, J.P.." Zoe looked down at her D-Tector sadly. "No, it's not okay, Zoe. The spirit of wind is yours, and you were destined to find it. So we're going to get it back for you." Give it a rest, J.P.! "Nice sentiment, but we have more important things to do than fight a battle we can't win."

J.P. exploded, "What is your problem, Koji? If your spirit was taken you would be going crazy. But hey, I understand if you're afraid, I mean, even the Great Koji can't stand up to Grumblemon." Koji stood up, "What?" "Who cares if you have your beast spirit, you can't even control it!" J.P. and Koji both had their hands clenched into fists. "That's enough! If all we ever do is fight, then we won't get anything done." I put my hand on Koji's shoulder and Tommy and Takuya stepped in between them. "I guess I'm the only one who wants to help Zoe." Zoe stepped up to him, "Guys, let's just forget it and go to the Forest Terminal." "Don't you start talking crazy too." J.P. crossed his arms.

"Alright, I've heard enough! I think it's time to do something more productive than arguing. My friends I believe the time has finally come." Bokomon said. "What are you talking about?" I asked him. "Time to show you the path of wisdom." I raised my eyebrows at him. "The path of wisdom isn't easily walked, you must think about every choice, consider every option, and know where each step will lead." Bokomon then fell down because he stepped in a mud puddle. "It seems that wisdom has landed in a mud puddle." I burst out laughing; this guy was going to show us the path of wisdom? "Young lady! That is no way to speak to me! As the princess you should learn to respect all digimon!" I glared at him, sure, pull the princess card. "Alright, then what does your wise mind suggest that we do?" "Fortune telling." I raised my eyebrows, but didn't comment. Everyone else said, "Fortune telling?" "Shamanmon is the wisest digimon of them all."

We walked through the forest until we came to a place called Fortune Teller Village. All around us, people were trying to get us to do weird things that were supposed to tell our fortune. "Princess, what are you doing here?" I looked down to see Gatomon staring up at me. She jumped on my shoulder. "Hey Gatomon, what's up?" She was examining my tiara. "I see that you've proven yourself to be a true princess, congratulations on controlling your beast spirit." I looked into her blue eyes, "What are you talking about, controlling my beast spirit?" "You become a true princess when you control the beast within. As soon as this tiara appeared on your head it proved that you would be able to control it. Wait, have you not transformed into your beast spirit a second time?" I shook my head. "Well, you can control it, but I'm not sure how well you will fight, considering your lack of experience." She sighed and jumped back on the ground. "I'll see you around Princess Jade, until then." She curtsied to me and then walked away. I lost her in the crowd. "What was that about?" Takuya was giving me a weird look. I looked away, "Nothing, just an old friend stopping by for a visit." He raised his eyebrows, "But she called you Princess, and then curtsied to you. Old friends don't do that." I smirked at him, "I didn't know that you were the princess of the digital world, Takuya. I mean, how else would you know how old friends treat a princess?"

Takuya rolled his eyes at me then started walking, trying to catch up to the others. I followed him, careful not to let any of the vendors catch me looking at them. We got to the back of the village where there was a temple. We walked up the long steps, and finally reached the temple doors. Bokomon opened them. There was a figure at the back of the room. "Shamanmon, I call upon your wisdom, your insight, and basically, whatever two cents can get us." Bokomon said. "Who calls upon Shamanmon?" The figure asked. "Weary travelers, in need of guidance from the universe." Bokomon replied. "Oh, you'll get guidance all right." He turned around and I saw that he was a dark green goblin-like digimon. "Wait a minute, I remember you!" Takuya exclaimed. "You're one of those nasty Goblimon from the wind factory." Zoe said. "Come on you guys, let's get him!" Tommy yelled. "No, no, no, Shamanmon is one of the good guys!" Bokomon waved his arms and stood in front of us, as if that could stop us. He then proceeded to tell us all the boring facts about Shamanmon, like he did with most digimon.

Shamanmon started to do a really weird dance, "You should be really careful, ahead you face much danger. You will come up against a foe you have faced before, but this foe has a friend, and in him, you will find a friend is your foe." Takuya looked at Tommy, "I don't buy it." He agreed and Shamanmon pointed his club at them, "Then listen to this, the greatest test will be faced by you two! This test has the power to destroy you all if you're not careful." Shamanmon started walking towards the back of the temple. "Hey come back!" Tommy yelled. "Yeah, we don't want to get destroyed!" Takuya added. "Then remember who you are and trust in each other and your friendship." The building shook and Shamanmon fell onto his back. "Guys, run for it!" J.P. yelled.

We ran out of the temple, only to find that Grumblemon was there, and he was on top of a giant rock digimon with a metal mask. "Old foe, big friend." Takuya said. "It's Golemon!" Bokomon shouted. "Grumblemon come with big angry surprise for little spirit kids." Grumblemon said to us. "One of these days, I'm going to beat this jerk for good!" Koji said. "When are you going to learn that you can't do everything on your own?" Zoe asked. Golemon lunged at us, "Oh, save me!" Neemon cried. "Just give me a minute." He jumped back, away from Golemon, "Okay, minute's over." We all got our D-Tectors out with the exception of Zoe. "Execute, Spirit Evolution! Takuya, Tommy, and J.P. yelled. Agunimon, Kumamon, and Beetlemon appeared in their places. "Now for the beast!" Koji yelled, but Grumblemon had other ideas. "Me no think so." Grumblemon threw some sparkling dust at Koji and he was trapped in the middle of a star. "What's going on? I can't move." Koji said, frozen in a crouch. "Sorry, no KendoGarurumon play today. You no move until Grumblemon say so."

I didn't like these odds. "Execute, Beast Spirit Evolution!" Everyone looked at me in surprise as I turned into my beast form. "Gatowomon!" I yelled. "What? You no supposed to have beast spirit!" Grumblemon exclaimed. Zoe glared at me, "I hope you can control yourself, kitty." I hissed at her and faced Grumblemon. "So, you no control it yet? This going be fun." I smiled, let him think that I couldn't control it, he would just underestimate me. "Slide Evolution! Gigasmon!" He turned into his beast form. "Crystal Breeze!" Kumamon yelled, aiming it at Golemon. Golemon just knocked him aside. "Kumamon! Thunder Fist!" He brought it down on Golemon's head. It didn't do any damage. I glanced at Agunimon, "You guys get Golemon, and I'll get Gigasmon." "But, you can't defeat him alone." He protested. "I have a secret weapon, control of my beast spirit." I winked at him.

Gigasmon was sitting on a pillar, just watching the show. I jumped up behind him, an enraged expression on my face, "Cat Claw!" My extended claws raked across his back, and he cried out in pain. "You no should done that." He started spinning, but before he could really get going, I yelled, "Lightning Whip!" My whip wrapped around him the more he spun, and when he was almost to the end of my whip, I flicked my wrist and sent him flying towards Golemon. He hit him straight on and destroyed his own ally. My friends looked at me in shock. They obviously weren't expecting that, and to be honest, neither was I, it just sort of came to me. While the others were distracted, he attacked Kumamon, "Quagmire Twister!" His attack knocked his spirit out of him. "Tommy!" I yelled. I jumped down from the pillar, but it was too late. Gigasmon ate Tommy's spirit. I caught him before he could hit the ground, and took him over to where Zoe was.

Gigasmon jumped in the air, "Tectonic slam!" At that moment, the temple behind us exploded, what looked like a tyrannosaurus rex with flaming wings coming out of its back came from the explosion. It attacked Gigasmon then growled, giving me a good chance to look at it. It had red and gold armor covering its entire body, and a red and gold striped tail. A white and black mask covered its face. "What is that thing?" Agunimon asked. "You mean other than bad news?" Beetlemon replied. "Now hold on, that thing could be on our side!" Bokomon shouted at them. "Okay, but somehow I don't think so." Agunimon responded. "Whoever he is, he seems very upset." Neemon said. The monster lunged at Gigasmon, who responded by diving at the ground, "I go bye now." The star around Koji disappeared, and he ran back to us. "We have to leave guys, if that thing comes after us, I don't think that we can defeat him." I said to everyone. "Gatowomon is right, come on everybody." Koji immediately agreed with me. "Right, are you coming, Agunimon?" Beetlemon asked. Agunimon was still staring at the monster. "Agunimon, what are you doing?" He was walking towards the monster, mumbling to himself so I couldn't hear him.

Suddenly, the monster attacked him, making him jump up and attack back. I stood in shock as they attacked back and forth, only to have Agunimon fall to the ground. The monster stepped on him, and was about to shoot him, when he stopped. Agunimon jumped up and attacked with renewed strength. The monster didn't attack back, only let himself be defeated. "Fractal code, digitize!" I watched in awe as Agunimon defeated the monster all by himself. Suddenly, everything went wrong. The fractal code had a spirit in it, his beast spirit. "Takuya, get out of there!" I could see that the beast was taking control just like it had done to me. Agunimon transformed into his beast spirit. "Holy sock!" Neemon exclaimed. "For once I completely agree with you. It seems that the beast spirit has possessed him." Bokomon said.

The beast turned towards us, "Takuya, it's me!" Beetlemon said, but that didn't stop him from attacking. "Takuya, that's J.P.!" Koji yelled. The beast turned towards Koji and dove at him. "Fine, Execute, Beast Spirit Evolution!" He turned into KendoGarurumon. He wheeled around to the other side of the beast and started growling at him. "You guys, think about what you're doing! Koji, Takuya stop this!" Beetlemon was yelling at them. I leaped over to where he was standing. "He can't hear you. He can only think of one thing right now, and that is that we are the enemies and we must be destroyed." He glanced up at me in shock. "I went through it, I know how this works." "Then what do we do to snap him out of it?" I shook my head, "I don't know. Koji was what brought me out of mine. Seeing him lying on the ground, hurt because of me, it really killed me to see him like that. I didn't even know who he was until you guys yelled out his name."

The beast attacked me and Beetlemon, but I jumped out of the way. Beetlemon fell to the ground. "Takuya, stop." KendoGarurumon said, and came up behind him, only to be hit with his enormous tail. He grabbed Beetlemon by the head and threw him down on KendoGarurumon. I ran over to them. "There has to be a way to stop them." KendoGarurumon looked at me, but I shook my head, "Like I just got through telling Beetlemon, I don't know." "Alright, if it's a fight you want, fight me." KendoGarurumon rushed at the beast. "Is he really going to fight him? What if one of them gets hurt?" Zoe asked.

KendoGarurumon and Beetlemon were leading the beast into the forest. "Pyro Barrage!" He yelled, causing a lot of the forest to catch on fire. "Come on guys, you have to get out of here." I grabbed Tommy and Zoe's hands and pulled them through the not yet burnt part of the forest. "Wait for us!" Bokomon yelled and dragged Neemon along after him. "I get it, I'm running, now let go of my hand!" Zoe yelled at me. "Fine!" I hissed at her. I noticed that Tommy was struggling to keep up, "Do you want me to give you a piggyback ride, Tommy?" He nodded. I let him climb up on my back, then ran faster, catching up to everyone else in a matter of seconds. When we got outside the forest, I set Tommy down, "I'm going to go help the others fight now." I turned to Zoe, "Keep them safe." She nodded.

The beast tried to attack them, but I used my catlike reflexes to confuse him, "Hey big guy, over here." I called from his left, but leapt over him before he could see me. "What are you doing looking that way? I'm on this side of you." I continued this trick until he got really mad, "Wildfire Tsunami!" He let lose a wave of flames. I tried to avoid it, but the wave was too big. "Ouch." I fell to the ground. "Pyro Barrage!" He shot his guns at me, and I felt my fractal code surround me. "Jade!" Tommy yelled and stepped in front of me. "Takuya, please, you've got to stop this! Fight it, Takuya I know you don't want to hurt any of us!" Tommy yelled up at the beast. Tommy spread his arms to show that he was defenseless. "Tommy!" I yelled. "Don't you get it, we're your friends. We're here to help you." He stepped towards the beast, and it took a step back. Then, it roared and picked Tommy up in his hand.

"Takuya, don't hurt him!" I yelled up at him. "He's just a kid; he couldn't hurt you if he tried." Tommy looked at the beast, "Don't you remember me?" A single tear dropped from his eye into the beast's eye. He blinked a couple times. The beast put Tommy down then turned around and ran. He hit his head on a rock multiple times, destroying it. He turned back into himself. He sat on the ground crying.

I stood up, swaying a little from the beating that I had taken. I walked over to Takuya and put my hand on his shoulder. I looked down at him with sad, understanding eyes. He looked up at me and nodded. I helped him up and led him to a pond where Zoe and the others had fled to. I washed my cuts in the water and winced at the stinging. "Takuya, are you okay?" Tommy asked our quiet leader. "I should be asking you that, thanks Tommy." Tommy blushed. "Aw, it was nothing." "It wasn't nothing, it was one of the bravest things I've ever seen!" "Well I owed you one, so now we're even." Takuya nodded then looked at me, "Now I can truthfully say that I'm sorry for getting mad at you when you lost control of your beast spirit." I shrugged, "At least you didn't hurt anyone that badly." I winced as I started to clean a giant gash on my leg. Takuya frowned, "That looks pretty bad." I waved him away, "I'll be fine, it's not that bad."

"Let's start walking, I'm sure that we'll run into Grumblemon sooner or later, and then we can get your spirits back and teach him a lesson." Everyone agreed and started walking into the forest. I followed behind them, but the pain in my leg was so bad that I started to limp. "The book says that the roots make the forest paths treacherous, oh that's ridiculous-" Bokomon started to say before he tripped over a root. Great, now I'll have to be even more careful with my walking. Koji looked back to see me struggling to get over a log. He helped me over, and then put my arm over his shoulder and his arm around my waist so that I could lean on him to walk. I smiled at him, "Thanks Koji." He smiled back at me and we walked faster, trying to catch up with the others. "Hey, check it out! What's up with these roots?" J.P. asked as we looked down at a bunch of connecting roots. There were eight starting points, and at the bottom there were four ex's and one o. The o obviously resembled the winner circle. "Pick a line, and let's go!" Neemon said. "Cool, I pick this one." Zoe said. "This one's mine." Tommy said. I took my arm from around Koji's shoulders, "I want this one." Koji looked at me, "You're hurt, you can't balance on the root with that leg." I stuck out my lower lip, "Don't be such a spoil sport, Koko." He raised his eyebrows, "Koko?" I smiled, "That's your new nickname." He rolled his eyes and picked the root next to mine. We ended up in this order: Bokomon, Neemon, Tommy, Takuya, Me, Koji, Zoe, J.P.. "Ready, set, go!" Takuya yelled. I ran down my root, playing the game and hoping for the win. In the end, Tommy and Takuya won and I got stuck in an x with Zoe. I sighed; it's just my luck to be paired up with her. "Yeah, so what's the big deal?" J.P. asked from the x next to mine. Suddenly, the dirt beneath our feet turned into a giant mud pool. I immediately relaxed, knowing that struggling was only going to make it worse.

Takuya and Tommy threw a vine at us, trying to pull us up. It wasn't working at all. Suddenly, a cloud of dust shot up and Grumblemon appeared. "Look who here." "It's Grumblemon, no!" Takuya said. "Grumblemon, yes, and you right where I want you. Look like you two win race, too bad winners now big losers. Now, it spirit taking time." "Actually, I think it's getting stuck in the mud time." Neemon corrected. "You not quiet you learn hard way it really hammer smashing time, got it?" Grumblemon said to him. "Now, it time to take care of you." He pointed at Takuya and Tommy. "Can't we all just be friends?" Takuya asked. "Quiet now, no one give me much trouble as you, you know you lose, why not you play nice?" "So what, we should just hand over our spirits? Forget it, it's never going to happen, especially now that I have my beast spirit." Takuya was getting angry. "Now why me not afraid of that?" "You should be, because it's really powerful." Takuya bragged. "It only powerful if you can control, and I betting you no learn how yet, that why you look so afraid." Takuya stepped back. "See, you tell me all I need know." He brought a hammer out of the ground and tried to hit Takuya and Tommy with it. Takuya pushed Tommy up a tree, "Hurry." He then turned to face Grumblemon. "Execute, Slide Evolution! Gigasmon!" Takuya got his D-Tector out, "Execute, Spirit Evolution." He turned into Agunimon.

Agunimon started to attack with fire, "Hasn't the forest had enough fire today?" Bokomon called out to him. "Right." He lunged at Gigasmon, who only knocked him out of the way and used his Quagmire Twister attack on him. Gigasmon then jumped up and grabbed Tommy from the tree he was in. "Gigasmon put him down." Agunimon said. "If you want him, you have come take him." He laughed and climbed the tree. Agunimon looked back at us. "Don't worry, we're fine now, we're just kind of stuck here." Koji said to him. "Right." Agunimon climbed the tree and we lost sight of him. I sighed, "Well, this is going great." "Don't be such a pessimist." Zoe said, "At least we aren't still sinking." "Ah! This is going to hurt!" Agunimon came crashing through the trees, and into the ground. "I was right." He turned back into himself. "Takuya, are you okay?" I yelled through everyone else's concern. "Yeah, but Tommy's still in trouble, and I don't know how to save him." Takuya said. "Looks like a human spirit just can't compete with a beast spirit, you have to turn into BurningGreymon." Koji told him. "But I can't, what if I lose control again?" "You can do it Takuya." I said to him. "Don't be afraid, just remember what Tommy said. Remember who your friends are and you'll be fine." Zoe told him.

"What? Not want help friend? Play time over, now give me spirit. You hurry, maybe you save him." Gigasmon had Tommy tied up, and dangling from a rope in his hand. "No, don't do it Takuya, don't trade your spirit for me! It's okay, I'm not afraid!" Tommy's bravery surprised me. This was once the kid who cried at the thought of being stuck in a tunnel with me and J.P.. He really has grown up. Gigasmon had brought Tommy up into his hand. "I'm not afraid of you!" Tommy told him. "Well, you should be." Gigasmon grabbed a vine and swung away from where Takuya was still standing on the ground. "No, Tommy! That's it, if Tommy can show courage in the face of that freak, then so can I. Execute, Beast Spirit Evolution! BurningGreymon!" He turned into his beast spirit. BurningGreymon ran down the path and rammed his head into the tree that Gigasmon was in. He jumped to a different tree, so BurningGreymon hit that one with his tail, catching Gigasmon off guard and forcing him to lose his balance. He held on with one hand to the branch that he previously stood on. BurningGreymon threw a branch at the hand that was holding Tommy and Gigasmon dropped him. Tommy fell to the ground, BurningGreymon dove and barely caught him.

"Tommy, you okay?" BurningGreymon asked him. "Yeah, check it out, you got control of your beast spirit." Tommy replied. "Thanks to you, buddy." "I'll help the others, now go get him!" "Right!" BurningGreymon flew up to Gigasmon and threw grabbed him, taking him above the trees and out of my sight. Tommy ran towards us. "Hey guys, how do you want to do this?" He asked us. I thought about it, "Pull the smallest out first, and then move your way up." He nodded, "Sounds like a plan." He threw the vine to Neemon. After about ten minutes of pulling, he finally got Neemon out. He then threw the vine to Bokomon. With Neemon's help, he cut the time in half. "Alright, you're doing great Tommy, now to pull Zoe out." She looked at me, "Why is he pulling me out? You're skinnier than me, which makes you weigh less than me." "Yes, but I'm taller than you, making us about even weight, but it would take longer to pull me out because of my length." She finally gave in and it took about twenty minutes for them to finally pull her out. "Alright, you're turn Jade." I nodded and took the vine. I pulled with all my might, feeling myself move through the mud and to the surface. Once my arms were on land, I used them to pull my legs up. When I was completely out of the mud, I collapsed on the ground, breathing hard from the exercise. "Aren't you going to get up to help us?" Zoe sneered down at me. I glared at her and got to my feet, wincing at the pain in my leg. "Just catching my breath, Wind." She frowned at the nickname, but let it go, handing me the vine. "Alright Koji, you're turn." I threw him the vine. When we finally got him out, I felt like my leg was on fire, but I didn't want to show any weakness to Zoe, so I threw the vine to J.P., ready to pull him out. It took all our strength to pull J.P. out. I wanted to collapse on the ground again, but settled for leaning against a tree as he caught his breath.

I sighed, and closed my eyes a little bit. I felt really dizzy, and could tell that I was swaying on my feet. I shook it off; we had to go help Takuya. "Come on guys, Takuya might need our help." Everyone started running, and I fell to the back of the pack. Soon, I was struggling to keep up, then to even see them. I stopped to catch my breath. I leaned against a tree and took deep, steady breaths. I closed my eyes, feeling my heartbeat get back to normal; I opened my eyes and turned back to the path, only to see Koji staring at me with concern. I frowned at him, "Koji, you are one of the only people with a beast spirit, you need to be there for Takuya." His eyes narrowed at me, what did I do to make him angry? "Right now, I need to be there for you, considering you don't take the time to worry about yourself. Did you ever think that what you're doing could be wrong? That pushing yourself isn't always a good thing?" He backed me up toward the tree, still angry, "Don't you think that other people worry about you? Did you ever think of that?" He punched the tree next to where my head was. I looked at him with wide eyes; this was a side of Koji that I hadn't seen. "Did you ever think that I might want you to be safe? Lots of people care about you Jade! And I'm one of them." His eyes turned sad, "Don't hurt yourself just to prove to someone that you're strong, the only important person already knows you are strong, even if she won't admit it." "Who?" I ask. "You, you're the only one who you have to prove yourself to, got it?" I nodded. "Good." He pressed his lips against mine and I put my arms around his neck.

We pulled apart when we ran out of air. He smiled down at me, "Now, we are going to help the others, but you will be riding on my back so that you don't further injure you leg, got it?" "Yes." I gave him a quick peck on the cheek before wrapping my arms around his neck and feeling him support my legs. He ran towards the end of the forest, where everybody else was watching as BurningGreymon turned back into Takuya. "I can't believe Grumblemon still has my spirit." Zoe sighed then looked at me, perched on Koji's back. "Where did you guys go?" Koji gently placed me on the ground, "We needed a breather." Koji replied. He gently rolled up my pants until he could see my wound. Everyone gasped, and I looked down to see that it was turning an ugly yellow color, "Great, just my luck." I noticed a small pool of water on our right, "Koji, could you carry me over to that?" He nodded and grabbed my legs with one arm and my back with the other. He set me down next to the water. I quickly pulled off my shoe and rested my leg in the water. The water turned cloudy, and I felt my leg sting, but I just relaxed. When the water turned clear again, my leg was completely healed.

Everyone gawked at me. I looked from person to person, finally resting my eyes on Koji, "What?" He gestured to my leg which I was bringing out of the water at that point. I shrugged, "I don't know. Something inside me told me that the water would be good for it, so I trusted my instinct." Koji smiled down at me, "You're amazing." He helped me to my feet after I had gotten my shoe back on. "Let's make camp for the night, today has been a long day." Everyone agreed with me and we all went to bed, exhausted by the day's events.

A/N: Finally! They had that first kiss. You were starting to wonder when it would happen, right? Review, please!