Wow, this was fast! Welcome to chapter 8! I hope you liked the last one and are pumped to read more! Here we go!

"No...Not like t-this..." Mumbled a certain brown haired man in his sleep, he was currently having a terrifying nightmare. After a series of shifts and more mumbles, Jack shot up and snapped his eyes open. His forehead was drenched with sweat and he was panting heavily, he ran a hand through his hair whilst looking around, the group had stopped for the night at an inn that was near the entrance to a forest. Nobody had seemed to be woken up by his outbursts, Jack sighed in relief and stood up, he pulled on his shirt and trench coat. The man then headed outside into the hallway, feeling the need to get some air, little did he know, a certain blonde haired woman was also awake.

Jack sat down on a bench that was in front of the inn, the sounds of forest night life could be heard in the fresh air, he sighed. "My life for all of theirs huh? No problem..." He said to himself whilst clenching his fists, he still didn't feel right, he couldn't shake the feeling of...Anger. He would often find a voice inside of his head asking, "Why do I have to? It's not fair!" He would quickly shake his head free of these thoughts every time but they kept coming back. Jack sighed again ad lowered his head to rest on is hands, "Why don't you leave? You owe them nothing! It's not like they can stop you, they're weak!" Jack growled and shook his head, "Stop...Just stop it!" He heard a soft voice speak up, a voice that made all of his negative emotions fade to nothing, Cynthia's voice. "Jack? Is everything okay?"

"I...Just...Feel so...Angry" Jack said slowly as Cynthia took a seat next to him, she had a look of worry in her eyes, her silky blond hair was slightly like Ash's raven hair from where she had been sleeping. "Why? Is there anything I can do to help?" After a while, Jack looked into her eyes, a small blush appeared on her cheeks. "Stay safe...Always make sure you have a way out, never take the risk of dying" Cynthia smiled, "Hey, I have you and my water magic, I'm not completely helpless." She said whilst putting emphasis on the word 'completely' Jack chuckled slightly, "Yeah, I guess so" He stood up and morphed into his werewolf form, "What are you doing?" Cynthia asked curiously, Jack looked over his shoulder at her, "I'm going for a run, get inside before you catch a cold." Cynthia giggled, "It's funny to see you say such a caring thing whilst in that form." Jack simply rolled his eyes and took off on all fours, the blonde haired woman turned and went back inside.

(The next morning)

Ash slowly opened his eyes and yawned, he took some time to stretch and then stood up. The teen changed into his normal black clothing and walked over to the window, outside he could see Jack and May having a conversation, May looked like she was thinking hard about something. Ash's curiosity piqued so he made his way outside to see what was going on.

As the raven haired teen walked out of the front door, after thanking the inn keeper for having them, he heard small parts of the discussion that was going on between the two brunettes. "Well" Said Jack as he scanned through a book, "Which one of these would you feel most comfortable with? Remember, if you don't like it, you won't be able to use it to its full potential." May nodded as she read the pages over Jack's shoulder, "Well...I don't think I'm the type to get up close and personal like you or Ash..." The teen became even more curious when he heard his name, he came to a stop in front of his two friends and raised a brow, "What's goin' on guys?" Jack grinned, "May has something interesting for you to hear Ash" The aura user looked at the brown haired beauty with a confused face, she smiled widely, "I want to learn how to fight!" Ash grinned, "Really? That's great! What weapon are you planning on using?" May frowned and looked back at Jack's book, "I don't know, I was just going over a few with Jack, none of them really stand out..." Ash nodded, "No rush, take your time." May smiled again.

Cynthia appeared a few minutes later, she was carrying a bucket of fresh water, she walked over to the group and began to speak. "Hey, the inn keeper just warned me about the forest up ahead, she says that it plays tricks on you..." Jack looked at her and frowned, "Plays tricks on you?" The woman nodded, "Apparently, the plants that grow in that forest release a scent that makes you hallucinate, the forest has a name...But I can't remember it..." She said whilst frowning, Ash raised a brow, "Can it harm you?" Cynthia shook her head as she put the bucket down, "Not the hallucinations themselves, but what you do whilst your experiencing one can, like walking into a tree or off a cliff..." Ash frowned and sat down on the bench next to Jack, "Can our regeneration do anything about it?" The man shook his head, "If it doesn't cause a major threat, the regeneration in our bodies won't activate..." Ash sighed, "Is there any way to go around?" Jack shook his head again, "Not unless you want to go all the way back to the jungle kingdom and head north..." The teen cursed, "Right, let's get it over with..."

After everyone had eaten and paid for the food, they began heading towards the tall trees, as they came to the entrance of the forest, the group could see an old wooden sign. "The forest of illusions...Travellers beware" May read aloud, Cynthia gulped. Jack crossed his arms, "Well at least we don't have to worry about monsters whilst making our way through here, they wouldn't be able to live in a place where they don't know what's real and what's not" Ash nodded and entered with everyone else close behind.

Inside the forest, there were many colourful flowers and mushrooms, As saw a small rodent run across the trail up ahead. It scampered over to an orange and red flower and started to sniff it. They next thing that happened made Ash raise his brow, the flower rose up and blew a cloud of orange powder from its opening, the cloud surrounded the rodent and Ash watched the mist enter its nostrils. The poor animal started looking around in all directions, it as using its small hands to try and swat away what must have been invisible bugs, the creature then stumbled away whilst jumping and ducking for no reason at all. The teen turned to his friends, May was devastated, Cynthia looked worried and Jack was writing notes in his journal.

"So technically, all we have to do is avoid the plants, they seem to have that powder stuff as a defence mechanism..." Said Jack as he sketched one of the flowers into his book, May was marvelling at the tiny red ones that were growing on the tree trunks and Cynthia was studying a trail of ants that seemed to be walking around in an endless circle. A thought popped into Ash's head, "I wonder if we can burn them..." Jack looked at him, "Um...I guess we could try..." Ash nodded and picked up a sizeable rock from the ground, the teen then walked over to one of the blue flowers. He drew his sword and sliced the blade against the rock, a few sparks flew off and into the bush, the flames quickly rose up and engulfed the petals. Ash suddenly got a bad feeling and quickly jumped backwards, his choice was the right one as the flower literally exploded and sent out twice the amount of mist. The teen sighed, "Burning them is worse, lets just get through this..."

(A few hours later)

Ash hummed to himself as he poked the logs in the fire with a stick, one of them fell from its previous perch and released a storm of embers. Jack grinned, "You seem happy, what's up?" Ash smiled and looked at his friend, "I could get used to this, you know? Travelling with friends, sittin' around a fire, it's all just so...Great" Jack chuckled, "You sound like an old man" Ash rolled his eyes, "I would die happy if every day could be like this..." Jack frowned, "Even with all the stuff going on? The war, the killing of our races...I would happily give my life to protect them." Ash nodded with a serious face whilst looking into the flames, flashbacks of his town and the destruction that took place flew through his mind. Jack was experiencing the same things.

Ash popped a question that he had been wanting to ask for ages, "Where is the war being fought?" Jack looked into his eyes, after a while, he eventually spoke. "Up near the tundras...Where Lord Shelia's fortress is. It's the coldest and most harsh part of this world, no normal person can survive there...Only trained soldiers...And people like her." He said with eyes that reflected the orange flames of the fire. "Her fortress is said to be impenetrable, her army supposedly has at least one of every type of race, even moon shifters. She bribes them with her promises of them being able to live if they join up, it's sick." Ash raised a brow, "You seem to know a lot about this stuff..." The brunette sighed and then nodded whilst still looking into the fire, "Yeah well, I was offered to join up...I received a letter from her, requesting..." He laughed slightly, "More like demanding that I join her army" Ash's eyes widened, "What did you do?" Jack grinned, "I refused...She sent assassin's after me, I killed them, she sent more, I killed more...And she holds a grudge to this day..." Ash leaned back and looked up into the trees, "Whoa...I bet you want revenge huh?" Jack nodded as a look of anger appeared on her face, "She not only destroyed my town and killed all of my kind, but she mocks me by saying I should join her and then tries to kill me when I don't! I'm gonna tear her apart..."

(In the forest)

Cynthia was walking around, not really looking for anything, just wandering. She came across a bush that had bright blue berries growing on it, she picked one of them and sniffed it, it smelled sweet. She saw a bird land on a branch above her head, it plucked one of the berried off of the higher branch and swallowed it whole, convinced that the berries weren't poisonous, the woman popped it into her mouth and started eating. The taste was amazing, she ate a few more but then noticed that something was wrong, the trees around her were bending at impossible angles. "Oh no..." She said as she started running back to camp, avoiding the weird demons that were crawling out of the ground.

(Back at the camp)

Jack was busy roasting a rabbit that he had caught over the fire, the smell made Ash's stomach rumble and his mouth water. May had joined them recently and was now sitting beside Ash, taking quick glances at his face whenever she got the chance. Jack rotated the rabbit and looked around, "Anybody know where Cynthia is?" He asked, Ash shook his head and May shrugged, "I think she went for a walk in the forest" She said, a look of worry appeared on Jack's face, "It's getting dark...I'm gonna go look for her, Ash, finish cooking will ya?" The teen nodded and took the stick from his friend. The brunette stood up and morphed into his werewolf form and started walking into the darkening forest whilst sniffing the air for the scent of Cynthia.

(In the forest)

Cynthia was cowering by the base of a large tree, wherever she went, those things would follow...They could only be described as mutated humans, skin as pale as snow and large black eyes. Their bodies were skeletal, just a thin layer of skin pulled over frail bones, their posture was haunched. The way they moved made her shiver, they would stumble and crawl, maintaining distance but keeping close enough to watch her every move. She watched the rays of sun light disappear, the forest was getting darker, soon she would be all alone in pitch black with those things watching her...A tear trickled down her face as she curled up into a ball, "H-Help me...*Sniff*...Jack..."

(With the wolf)

Jack swung from one branch to the next, taking care not to latch onto the tree trunks that had flowers on them. He listened closely, the forest was eerily silent, so silent in fact that he could still hear the crackling of his camp fire and the voices of Ash and May. He wished that Cynthia was at least making some noise but he couldn't hear anything, not a sound, he hoped that the worst hadn't happened. He sniffed again, berries, mammals, leaves and wood was all he could smell. As every second passed, Jack became more and more worried about his childhood friend...

(With Cynthia)

Staying silent was all Cynthia could think to do, she was worried that even if she moved a muscle those things would attack. They had completely surrounded her now, some were squatted on the ground and others were hanging from tree branches. Their eyes were locked on her, fear was spreading all through her body, she could feel herself trembling. She took a chance, the woman picked up a rock, causing the closest creature to tilt its head. Cynthia held her breath and threw the rock towards the creature, instead of impacting with its flesh, it went straight through and created a few ripples. The woman breathed in relief, they were just illusions...But they seemed so real, suddenly, they all looked up towards the sky with looks of fear on their faces.

Jack fell from above and landed in front of Cynthia with a thud, he saw the fear on her face and raised a brow, he turned around and saw nothing. Cynthia started sobbing, Jack turned back around and became worried, "What's wrong Cynthia? Are you okay?" The woman shakily held out her arms with tears running down her face, Jack morphed into his human form and held out his hand, thinking that she wanted help standing up. When he pulled her to her feet, she ran forward and wrapped her arms around him whilst burying her face into his chest and crying. Jack was caught off guard, "Hey...What's goin on? " Cynthia spoke in a terrified voice, "A-Are you r-real?" Jack chuckled, "I think so, I mean...Your hugging me right?" The woman smiled slightly, she looked up at his face, her tears had created lines that went down her face. Jack moved his hand to her face and wiped them off, "There...That's better!" He said with a grin, she felt all of her worry and fear fade away when she saw his smile. "Let's go back" Cynthia nodded.

(At the camp)

Ash noticed that May was staring at him, the teen raised a brow and looked at her, "What's up?" May was caught off guard and waved her hands around, "W-W-What do you mean?! N-Nothing..." She said as she looked down at her hands in her lap, Ash frowned and moved his face close to hers. May looked back up and her sapphire eyes met a pair of chocolate brown ones, her face turned scarlet and she launched backwards with a yelp. "WHHHAAA, w-what are you doing?!" The raven haired teen grinned, "I should ask you that, is there something on my face?" May shook her head frantically and sat down next to Ash again, a little closer this time...

(In the forest)

During the walk back, Jack had noticed that Cynthia was literally hanging off of his arm with a terrified look on her face. She was trembling as she walked so the brunette had scooped her up into his arms, causing her to yelp, once she had seen who the person was, she had smiled and snuggled into his chest with her arms around his neck. They were close to the camp now, Cynthia wasn't trembling any more but she still looked scared so Jack came up with a way to take her mind off the subject, "Hey, Cynthia" He said, getting his childhood friend's attention, "I came up with some nicknames for you!" Cynthia raised a brow, her fear being replaced with curiosity, "Really?" Jack nodded with a grin, "You have a choice, Cynth or Cynthy." The woman giggled, "I like Cynthy" The brunette's grin widened, "Okay, Cynthy it is!" The newly named 'Cynthy' thought for a moment, "Then I'll call you Jacky!" Jack raised a brow, "Jacky? But that's longer than my original name" Cynthy giggled, "It doesn't matter because it sounds cute" Jack rolled his eyes with a smile.

(At the camp)

Ash almost had a heart attack when Jack and Cynthia suddenly appeared from behind a tree, it didn't help that May had screamed and then jumped on him. Jack's chuckle was all he could hear, May's chest was the only thing he could see. The brunette yelped and jumped off of him with a scarlet coloured face, "S-S-Sorry A-Ash..." The raven haired teen sat back up and scratched the back of his head, "D-Don't worry about it" A small blush could be seen on his face, one thought was racing through his mind, "How are they that soft?!"

Ash yawned as he laid down on his sleeping bag, he could only see a small part of the night sky through the trees, but it was enough for him. The air was surprisingly warm, considering that summer was over and autumn was already here. Ash held up his hand and activated his aura, the blue glow matched the stars and galaxies in the sky perfectly. Ash sat up and formed a small blue sphere in his palm without even thinking, his eyes were wide as he studied the small blue ball, he couldn't tear his eyes away. He moved his other hand up to the ball and moved both away at the same time, the sphere split into thousands of tiny beads that orbited around the teen, he chuckled as he poked one of them. To his surprise, it formed a large blue rectangle, inside, he could see the figures of two people. Ash recognised them instantly, it was himself and Gary, the location they were sitting at was familiar...

Ash's mind suddenly clicked, it was their meeting place! Up on the mountain, "Wait a minute..." He said as he watched what Gary was doing, he had something in his hand, every now and again, he would take something out and put it in his mouth. "It's a memory!" Ash said in realisation, he heard Jack's voice, "I have heard stories of aura users using their aura to view their memories...I never actually thought that it was possible...You even made an aura sphere!" Ash grinned as he brought his hands back together, all of the tiny beads joined back into the blue sphere, Ash then absorbed the blue ball back into his hand and looked at Jack. The brunette had pulled out his journal and was taking notes, "No signs of exhaustion...Colour saturation perfect...Power level above average..." He mumbled to himself as he wrote down nearly half a page worth of information, Ash rolled his eyes and laid back down.

(The next morning)

"How big is this forest..." Groaned May as she trudged along behind Ash, the raven haired teen looked at Jack, who was studying his map as the group walked. He grinned, "Well, Iv'e got good news and bad news, which do you wana hear first?" Cynthia thought for a moment and then looked at May and Ash, they both nodded with smiles on their faces, "The good news" She said happily, Jack's grin widened, "We only have another day's travel until we get to the exit of the forest! The bad news is that we need to cross the rapids..." Ash crossed his arms with a frown on his face, "Isn't there a way to get around?" Jack shook his head, "Not unless you want to travel for two weeks..." The raven haired teen sighed.

Ash crouched at the edge of the fast flowing river, what Jack said was true, the message echoed through his mind. "If you fall in, all you can do is pray for your life. The currents are too strong to fight..." Ash shivered at the thought of drowning in the freezing water, he looked to the other side, the river was huge. The only way to cross was the mossy boulders that had been swept into place by the current. The teen looked up the river, a huge waterfall was creating a ton of noise with a volume that could rival Jack's roar. He then turned his head in the opposite direction, the river disappeared over the horizon with a series of twists and turns. Green trees that were starting to go brown and orange lined each side. Ash could see a wooden bridge that had once provided a way across, it was now broken and rotted, probably caused by the power of the water. "Ash! You ready to cross?" Jack's voice brought him out of his thoughts, the teen stood up and walked towards the group, "Yeah, let's get this over with"

Ash leaped forwards and landed gracefully on a boulder that was rocking slightly from the force of the rapids, the teen looked behind him, Cynthia was furthest to the left with Jack keeping a close eye on her. He was squatting down on a boulder that was not too far in front of the one she was on. May was to his right, she took two steps and jumped with as much power as possible, her landing was risky, she started swinging her arms to maintain her balance. Ash looked forward, not much further now, just a few more jumps. The teen caught something moving out of the corner of his eye, he snapped his head down to look into the water, he could have swore that he saw a shape. The teen shrugged, "Probably just a log..." He said to himself as he leaped to the next boulder.

(Jack's POV)

The brunette smiled as Cynthia picked up the pace, she was getting the hang of this, he was glad that she had bought a new outfit at the inn. Her old one restricted her movements too much, she was now wearing a brown tunic with a hood, white tights and brown knee high boots. May was wearing something slightly similar, she was wearing a black cotton skirt, a white cotton blouse with a black cotton cardigan and black boots. The brunette back flipped to the next boulder whilst still watching Cynthia, he wasn't taking any chances of loosing her. Something moving in the water tore his eyes away for a second but as soon as it appeared, it was gone. He frowned and looked down the river, he could see faint outlines of things in the water, they were completely still despite the raging current. Jack looked over at Ash, who was also looking for something in the river, "It can't be swamp creepers..." Jack said to himself whilst studying the water, "The river's too clear..."

Jack stood up and backed up so that Cynthia could jump to the boulder that he was on, she leaned back and then leaped forward. When her feet landed on the boulder, she slipped and fell towards Jack, the brunette was caught off guard by the blonde haired beauty flying into his arms. Cynthia's face was redder than a fire crystal, Jack also had a slight blush on his face, "S-Sorry!" Cynthia quickly said as she backed away, Jack shook his head, "D-Don't worry about it..." The brunette was brought to attention by May's scream, he snapped his head in the direction of the sound and saw that Ash was being attacked by what looked like blue lizards. Fear appeared on Cynthia's face, "Jack! May's in trouble, look!" As he did, he saw that a tree trunk had knocked May off of her boulder and she was now clinging to it for her life. He reacted quickly, "Cynthia, use your magic to help Ash, I'll get May!" The woman nodded and jumped towards Ash's location, Jack morphed into his werewolf form and took huge leaps towards May.

(Ash's POV)

Ash cursed as he ducked under the creature's claw, "What the hell are these things!" He shouted, there were three of them and they didn't get washed away whenever he kicked them into the river. It was a pain fighting on these boulders, dodging meant risking a chance of falling into the river, Ash blocked the lizard's downward slash with his sword and then jumped over its head. He brought his sword back and plunged it deep into the reptile's scaly hide, it roared in pain as dark green blood erupted from its wound. Its legs couldn't keep it up right, Ash took his chance and kicked its back with full force, the impact sent the creature into a nearby boulder causing several of its bones to break. The corpse fell into the river and was sent flying downstream. Ash grinned and looked at the other two, who were snarling at him, a sudden line of water whipped their backs, making them screech in pain and look for the attacker. Cynthia landed next to Ash and stuck her thumb up, "Need some help?" Ash chuckled, "You kidding? This is child's play!"

(May's POV)

May was barely keeping her grip on the tree trunk, the currents pushed and pulled her, slamming her into the bark. Keeping her head above the water took a lot of effort, she could feel her strength draining, the teen didn't know how much longer she could keep this up. Something landed landed on top of the tree trunk, she looked up but was pulled underwater by something, whatever it was, it wasn't giving her any chance of escaping. May tried to breath but waster filled her lungs, she was fading into darkness. Just when she thought it was all over, she felt a strong grip around her wrist, the force that pulled her up out of the water brought the thing that was taking her down up too. The teen looked down and saw a weird green lizard hanging onto her leg, a huge black hand wrapped around its chest and crushed all of its bones, the creature couldn't even make a sound since its lungs were now jelly, it simply fell into the river and floated away.

May coughed up all the water that was in her lungs and breathed the deepest breath she had ever taken, she looked up to see the crouched form of a werewolf, even with its fierce look, May could sense worry in its eyes. She smiled and took a few more breaths, "I-I'm...*Pant*...Okay Jack..." The beast nodded and carefully pulled her to her feet, making sure to keep her balanced on the rocking log. May looked around, she noticed that the two of them were being washed away from the cluster of boulders upstream. Ash and Cynthia were standing at the edge of the boulders with worried looks on their faces, "I'm okay!" The teen shouted happily with a wave, They both sighed in relief, Cynthia shouted back. "What do we do now?! There's no way we can follow you! The rapids are too fast!" Jack morphed back into his human form since his telepathy wasn't loud enough to hear over the noise of the river. "Go to the exit of the forest! You know the way, we'll meet you there!" He shouted, Ash crossed his arms, "How much more do we have to travel?!" Jack stroked his chin, "We just crossed this river so...We should be there by sunset!" The two of them nodded, "Take care!" Shouted May, Cynthia waved and Ash nodded with a grin on his face, "You too, see you soon!" Shouted Cynthia as Jack and May floated out of hearing range.

(The quest of Jack and May)

May sighed, "The currents are still so strong, why haven't we hit the shore yet?" Jack shrugged, "I don't know, we should have landed ages ago..." The two of them had been floating for almost an hour, the tree trunk they were on would sometime drift close enough t the shore for Jack to make the jump, but would quickly go back to the middle of the river. May looked around, Jack was standing at the back of the trunk, watching the different types of debris flow down the river. She was sat near the front of the tree, most of the leaves had been washed off by the river so she could see in front of them, a small wooden building with a thatched roof appeared over the horizon.

May sat up, "Jack! There's a house over there!" The man tuned to look at her with a raised brow, "Huh? A house, out here?" May nodded and pointed to the building, the older brunette squinted as he studied the structure, it looked very run down with several holes in the roof. What was in front of the building caught his attention, a wooden walkway was stretching out into the river, several bits of debris were already stacked against it. The tree trunk was heading straight for it, Jack ran to the front of the tree, "May, this is our chance to get off!" The teen's face brightened up, "Yes!" Jack morphed into his werewolf form and picked up the girl, who was so absorbed in cheering that she didn't notice.

Jack crouched down low, building up power in his legs, as soon as the walkway was close enough, he launched himself into the air. May screamed, not being a fan of heights, Jack sailed through the air and landed in a squatting position on the pier. He put the shaky girl down and she stumbled towards dry land, she sighed in relief as stepped onto the dirt. "Whew, I'm glad we're off of that thing" She said as she watched the tree drift away, Jack nodded and looked at the worn down building, "This place is in shambles, looks like it's been vacant for a long time..." May nodded as she looked for any sign of life, there were none, she was brought out of her thoughts by Jack walking towards the building. "What are you doing?" Jack stopped and looked at her over his shoulder, "Might as well take a look, it's not like anyone lives here" He said with a shrug and then pulled open the large wooden door, it made a long creak as it moved, Jack's form disappeared into the shadows. May followed after him.

The inside of the building was as bad as the outside, the floorboards had holes in them, the windows were smashed, the chairs and tables were rotted and there were cobwebs everywhere. The whole place stank of damp and rotted wood, May was about to walk around when she was stopped by Jack's enormous arm, "Hold up..." May backed up a bit, "What is it?" She whispered, Jack sniffed the air and growled slightly, "I smell smoke, someone's been here recently..." May looked around, "Maybe they're homeless?" Jack looked at her, "They could be bandits, stay close..." He said as he made his way over to the old stairs that were in the corner, every step was noisy, either a creak or a snap. May peeked around the corner at the top of the stairs and her eyes widened, Jack raised a brow and also took a peek, he towered above May. Jack didn't like what he saw, every where he looked, he could see clothes, weapons, gold purses and a range of other things. Animal skins and straw were laid out on the ground, probably serving as bed for the inhabitants of this place.

May was looking at all of the items that were surprisingly well organised, "Who do you think lives here?" Jack was studying the selection of gems that were in a chest, "Probably thieves, or bandits." May raised a brow, "Aren't they the same thing?" Jack shook his head and moved onto the armour that was stacked against the wall, "Thieves don't kill, bandits do." "Oh..." Said May as she looked into a mirror, "How do you think they got all of this stuff?" Jack scratched the back of his head, "Well, about an hour's travel away from the exit of this forest is the great city of Rakava, it's huge, lots to steal. They probably use this place to store what they take from the trading caravans and the markets. There must be some good stuff here, take a look around." May watched him hold up a broad sword that was taller than her, the brunette shrugged and started looking at the weapons that had been put on a wooden table. One thing caught her eye, a bow that had bright blue limbs that were shaped like angel wings. Ornate carvings were all over them. The grip of the bow was shaped like a star and had something carved into it. "Angel's kiss..." May read aloud, she head a huge smash behind her and jumped, she spun around to see jack in his human form with a shocked look on his face. "D-Did y-you just say A-Angel's k-kiss?"

"One of the six legendary bows!?" May shouted in disbelief, Jack nodded as he pulled a book out of his bag, he flicked through the pages until he came to the part he was looking for. "Here we go! Angel's kiss, one of the legendary holy bows that were said to have been placed in this world by the gods. They are said to be blessed with the power of the angels that once wielded the weapons, the bow chooses it's user! If the user isn't the right person, it will become stiff and unusable..." May's eyes widened, Jack grinned and handed her a steel arrow, "Try it out" May nodded and readied the arrow against the grip, for some reason, she knew exactly what to do. May pulled the string back and held her breath as she focused on a pot that was sitting on top of a big box, the teen let the string loose and the arrow flew through the air at an extremely fast speed, the point pierced straight through the pot and buried itself deep in the wall. Jack laughed, "I think we've finally found you a weapon!" May laughed as well whilst giving Jack a high five.

May looked around, the forest was turning orange from the setting sun, "Jack, we better hurry, it's almost sunset!" Jack nodded, "We'll be there soon, just a few more minutes!" He said as he picked up the pace, running through the forest in his wolf form was a very risky choice because of his increased size, it made it harder to dodge the flowers. Jack slid down a hill and carried on running, May was having a hard job at staying on his back, all the bumping and rocking made it hard to balance. The two rounded a huge tree and came to a dirt road, May cheered, "We're almost there!" Now that the way was clear, Jack could run at full speed, he took off at a very fast pace.

(With Ash and Cynthia)

Cynthia crossed her arms and looked around with a worried look on her face, "I hope they're okay, it's almost sunset, they should have been here by now..." Ash waved her off, "Relax, May is with Jack, he won't let her get hurt" Cynthia smiled and nodded, although, Ash was beginning to feel a slight fear developing in the back of his mind. All of the fear and worry disappeared when the form of Jack in his wolf form appeared from around the corner, May waved to them as the two got closer.

Jack finally came to a stop in front of Ash and Cynthia, May slid off of his back and he morphed into his human form. "Sorry for the wait, we found something interesting." Said Jack as he looked at the bow that was on May's back, Ash raised a brow, "Hey May, where did you get that bow?" May smiled and looked at Jack who gave her a 'go ahead' gesture.

(One explanation later)

Ash laughed as the group exited the forest, "So I guess you're gonna use that bow from now on huh?" May nodded with the biggest smile on her face, "Uh huh! It feels almost natural!" Jack looked at Cynthia, "How'd it go for you guys?" The woman sighed, "There were more of those lizard things at the other side, we must have stumbled into their nest or something..." Jack smiled, "I'm just glad that both of you are safe" A blush appeared on Cynthia's face and she looked at the ground. "Where to next Jack?" Asked Ash, the brunette pointed straight ahead, the group looked in the direction of his finger, in the distance were tons of buildings and spires. "The great city of Rakava!"

Thanks for reading guys! Hope you enjoyed this chapter. May now has a weapon! I was starting to feel like she was not really a part of the action scenes without one so now she is! I'm planning on slowing down the progression of the story just a bit to work on the bonds between our heroes since it was going to end too soon with the way I was going to write it in the first place. Until next time!