[clief101_]

"NARI!!!" Jayden yelled as he rushed to her.

With the shell shattered, Clief swung his sword while still in mid-air, producing his slice beam, cutting through the Adamantoise and cutting it in half. Clief landed on the ground only to collapse to his hands and knees. Jayden was too focused on Nari to notice.

"Nari!! Wake up!!" he yelled, shaking her violently.

She barely came to, her eyes back to their original state. She smiled up at Jayden, with her eyes barely open and then fainted. Jayden was relieved that she was okay. She just needed some rest.

Clief now sitting down still dazed by his own injuries looked over to Jayden and Nari ans smiled.

Your both so lucky to have eachother. What a connection

He looked over to the Adamantoise. It was a disgusting sight to say the least.

"Hey Jayden!" Clief yelled

Jayden spun around to see him sitting down. He lifted his head in acknowledgement.

"Take my steel sword and cut some pieces from that thing will ya? We can cook it for food." he said as Jayden looked back at Nari, "She'll be okay, she's not going anyway from 10 feet away from you" he smiled.

Jayden looked at him for a bit, then nodded. He walked over to Clief and picked up his sword, then walked to the slayne beast and cut some slices from its flesh.

* * * * *

Later that night, around a campfire, not too far from their last campsite, sat Jayden and Clief, with Nari laying down next to the fire.

"Perhaps we should start training more vigourisly?" Suggested Clief, clearly a little sore and clutching his ribs.

"Yeah...."Jayden responded.

He must feel bad that he couldnt protect her.

"We'll see how she is in the morning. She's just exhausted," Clief explained.

He turned to Jayden and found a worried look on his face. Clief smiled at him, keeping eye contact for a while hoping the message would sink in. Jayden then turned around and lay down as if to go to sleep. Clief did the same thing.