Not much time has passed, but Shen did well over fifty attempts in fighting the tide. Once again ending in failure, Shen just shook it off and ran to the pier to do another running start. The one to catch a glimpse of such determination was the Tidecaller, Nami, as she too was heading out to sea. Instead of helping though, Nami simply observed from a far.

"What a strange creature, trying to conquer the waves with four legs."

The tide was quick to return Shen onto the sandy shore and Nami just shakes her head. It was the second attempt that made Nami panic, because Shen wasn't being carried towards the soft sand but the jagged rocks on the opposite side of the pier. Nami doesn't hesitate to swim at full speed to catch him in her arms then later lets out a sigh of relief.

"I'm only going to guess that you want to go to Ionia, but I'm warning you to stop."

Shen looks up to her confused as he was brought back to the port and placed in front of a ramp to another ship.

"I'm certain that you as a land dweller use these floating piles of wood as transport. Now go on."

Shen confused again follows Nami's hand gestures and boards the ship. As he was walking onto the ship, many sailors walked off of it, telling others that the preparations were finished. Not knowing what they meant by that, they were probably ready to set sail, Nami watches the ship cast off making sure that the teal fur ball wouldn't jump off.

"Are you here to watch our ship retire, Tidecaller?" One sailor asked.

"Retire? That "ship" is going to Ionia, isn't it?"

The Shen family were currently looking at barrels of gunpowder and oil through the eyes of mini Shen. Each had a face of angst and pity.

The next thing Nami witnesses is another sailor firing a fire arrow at the ship, causing the vessel to explode in a blaze of glory. Nami's eyes were as wide as the moon in disbelieve while the sailors were getting scolded for putting too much gunpowder on the ship. As it burned, smaller explosions occured and soon one great explosion sets off that destroys the ship completely. Nami still in shock suddenly focuses her eyes on the thing rocketing upward from the ship. It was a fireball with a tail that had plenty of hang time before disappearing into the sea. With that spectacle over, Nami jumps into action searching for Shen which didn't take long when he was clearly seen trying to reach the surface for air. Scooping him up and resurfacing, Nami couldn't help but squeeze him.

"I'm so sorry, four legged creature! You're still alive so you can forgive me right?" Nami desperately asked looking deep into his golden irises. Nami took the happy expression on his face as a yes as she wiped the wet soot off his face revealing the star symbol she rarely paid attention to.

"I think a better name than "four legs" is in order since you do not answer when I ask for your name so...you have star on your head...flew into the night sky a moment ago...I think Hoshi is perfect."

Nami lifted Hoshi in the air in triumph as if she did something no Marai would ever have a chance of doing, naming a land dweller. Coming back to her senses, Nami decided that she would finally take him the Ionia herself as repayment for forgiving her. Upon reaching the shore, Nami said her goodbyes to Hoshi who sat on a dirt path, watching her wave. Sadly the moment ended horribly as a farmer's cart slowly ran over him leaving his tail sticking out like a carrot, making Nami once again panic. Quickly moving to the road and digging him up, Nami was surprised to find Hoshi completely unharmed again. She made another decision to tag along all the way to where he wanted to go.

"Indestructible or not, leaving you by yourself just seems wrong."

So along the way, there was saving Hoshi from pitfalls, wild animals and deadly plants, but Nami managed to escort Hoshi all the way to the Lotus Garden where Soraka was resting. Without wasting a second Hoshi runs full speed to Soraka then softly lands on her stomach without waking her. Nami felt disheartened all of a sudden, feeling that as the one helping him out and naming him, she should be the receiving the attention. Nami slipped into the water and just sat there with her back turned.

"Nami? Are you resting as well?" Soraka's voice made Nami jump as she turned around to see the Starchild holding Hoshi.

"Uh sure. I didn't disturb you did I?"

"Not at all, in fact I somehow feel more well rested than ever. Like something was absorbing all the stress and fatigue while I slept."

"That's good to hear? Anyhow, is that yours?"

"Oh him? Well the armband around his neck is mine, but I only met him recently since he was badly poisoned and needed help."

"At least he will be fine now with you around. Well I need to get going."

Nami tried to leave but Hoshi quickly jumped out of Soraka's arms and lightly bit the end of her tail.

"I think he wants you to stay."

"Is that right, Hoshi? Because you just get into dangerous situations without me anyway." Nami tells him, lifting him up.

"That's perfect for him, Nami. Anyway, I want to continue that rejuvenating rest I had. Maybe there's a healing attribute in Lotus Garden the locals didn't tell me about."

"Maybe."

Soraka rested her back on the grassy marshes as Nami rested with half her body out of the water for the purpose of laying her head against Hoshi's. As they rested, Hoshi was indeed having an effect on the two, curing stress and other ailments harmful to their health. Despite this amazing and relaxing state of rejuvenation, they were unaware of Soraka's rival, Warwick nearby prowling the area. Warwick was standing over Soraka thinking of how he should end her life, but that gets interrupted when he notices a small animal looking up at him.

"Are you here for the fun as well?" Warwick says stepping over him and closing the distance between him and Soraka even more. Raising his claw, Warwick feels a slight pinch on his leg, in which he looks down to find Hoshi biting him.

"How pointless. I shall eat you after I finish...Huh?" Warwick suddenly felt tired, no exhausted then soreness all over his body as if he just ran a marathon. Followed up by pain similar to being lit on fire and being crushed. All of this experienced during a horrible fever on the same level of being poisoned. Warwick was stumbling around until he found himself over a cliff's edge, falling into the Guardian's Sea. Hoshi looking down, hurried back to where Soraka and Nami were to have a well rested night of sleep.

"What a frightening skill, to transfer all damage you sustained to another."Shen's father comments.

"That would make up for his lack of speed and strength." Shen himself adds.

"But Hoshi is still on the same level of adorable as the others." Shen's mother defends.