I actually wrote a shorter version of this a couple of days ago, but didn't upload it because I was worried and nervous– this is that first big Jaya moment, ya know?

I hope this is up to your expectations! (cry!)

Chapter 8: He Promised Me

No Time Skip - POV: Nya

No. No, that's not– no. He wouldn't–

He promised me.

Don't freak out– this has happened to the others too. It's nothing new, really–

But Zane was a robot! He got his memories back, no problem– it's as easy as uploading a file! Jay's human– who knows what they had done to his brain?!

You were human, too. You remembered the moment you saw his name on a piece of paper.

But mine had to do with my elemental powers!

He promised me.

Why must everything want to rip us apart? He's probably brain-washed– he'll never be like himself even if he joins us!

He'll never love me like he used to.

He couldn't have just forgotten about me. Not after everything we've been through.

We're Yin and Yang, we belong with each other!

He promised me.

It was after I returned from the sea, and we were still a little shaken about the whole 'me forgetting everything and going out to do my own thing' situation.

I can still feel the words echoing inside my mind.

"So… uh… How was…?"

"Becoming one with the sea?"

"…Yeah, that."

"… It was lonely without the team. Without you. Sure, there were the whales, but… I remember feeling incomplete. A missing piece of myself that the sea just couldn't offer me."

The fact that I could just forget everything that made me myself so easily frightened me. I remember worrying; 'What if it happened to the others? How could you forget a part of yourself so quickly?'

I still remember those words crystal clear in my head. He always knew just what to say.

"Don't worry, Nya, I will never forget you."

He promised me.

He couldn't have just–

Then I remembered what followed his promise.

"Not without a fight."

'Not. Without. A fight.'

"I promise," he promised me.

He never gave up on me.

And I made a promise, too.

"And I won't give up on you. No matter what. I promise."

So I won't give up on him. Not now. Not ever.

We were both thinking the same thing.

We said it together.

"Not until we're together again."

Obviously, they're going to have another dramatic and angsty Jaya moment when they first encounter each other, but is this good?