Chapter Three; Part Four

As I listened to Jinny's story, just thinking about it made my blood to boil. If I were Agni, I probably would've been on fire by now, but instead my body just gave off a few sparks. Jinny noticed of course, but I wasn't embarrassed or anything. Anyone would've gotten mad at that. But I calmed down after the last bit of her story. "If I was there I would've kicked their asses too."

She cocked an eyebrow and smirked at me. "You would've kicked their asses when you were only 12?"

I blinked a few times as I remembered she was a few years older than me, my face turning red from embarrassment. "Y-You know what I meant!" I huffed and sighed.

She giggled. "Even if you were there at this age, without your power, you would've just gotten your butt kicked."

I paused for a moment. "Even so, I would've kept them off you until the police arrived. I could've done that at least. If it kept you from getting hurt any worse, then getting a little beat up is fine."

She smiled softly. "I don't know how you're still single if you're talking like that." She chuckled.

"Probably because I'm shy and rarely ever have the courage to say something like that to someone. And of course, there's my looks."

She laughed and ruffled my hair. "I don't think that's true. No matter what you looked like before, I think you've just never had anyone to say it to. I had Akiara back then, but if I had you then I would've been grateful as well."

"How envious. I've never even had a girlfriend. I've only ever been rejected." I stuck my tongue out and she rolled her eyes.

"Poor you. You just haven't met the right person yet. I didn't date before meeting Akiara."

I rolled my eyes and pretended like I was gonna barf. Jinny then playfully push me and I purposely rolled onto my back. I closed my eyes and stuck my tongue out to the side, playing dead. "Eugh..."

Jinny giggled and splashed my face with water. "Get up."

I spat out some of the water. "Fine. Party pooper." I sat up and leaned against the tree again, drying my face with my shirt. "So, what happened after that?"

"There's nothing else really interesting to tell. After that, I stopped ignoring him all the time. In fact, it was rare to see him without me after that. After a few weeks I even clung to his arm while we were walking in the hallways and gave any girls that looked at him the death glare. The day I was gonna confess to him, he confessed to me instead and we became a couple. I thought we'd separate when college came, but we wanted to go to the same college, even if it wasn't for the same thing. After college we got jobs and a year after that, we got married..." She smiled at the memory.

"There were so many times where I thought he would leave, but he was loyal, sweet, and we did everything together. I really thought we'd end up being together forever." She looked down, smiling still. "Then reality hit me again...and took him away from me..." She looked down, but I could still see the tears in her eyes, and she couldn't keep them from falling.

I frowned, feeling more like an asshole as I remembered what I said when I first met them all. I looked down, not wanting to touch her or anything like that because I feel I didn't have the right to. "I'm...really sorry. I really wish I could do something."

"It's not like you, or any of us, could control what happened to us. Also, you could do something." I tilted my head and she looked up at me. "You could give me a hug for crying out loud. I'm literally crying over here!" She said, trying to be positive despite her tears. I blushed from embarrassment and quickly gave her a tight hug. She wrapped her arms around me, returning my embrace sighing happily.

"This is the first time I've ever hugged a woman before. It's nice."

She rolled her eyes. "You're always gonna comment and make jokes on that huh?"

"Yep." I snickered and she flicked my forehead before pulling away and stretching.

"Man, the sun's already going down... Let's head inside for dinner. It's probably almost done." As soon as she finished her sentence, Agni called us in.

"Speak of the devil. Literally." I said before getting up and heading inside with Jinny close behind, chuckling at my joke.

After eating with everyone I headed to my room to take a shower. I relaxed in my room, watching TV while lying on my bed. I didn't have to worry about electrocuting the TV or myself anymore thanks to my training on control, and I constantly trained my control 24/7. Jinny's story made me think of an anime I saw once and I ended up re-watching the whole series. It was only 12 episodes, but I passed out right after. It was a nice story. I wished I could've had one like it.

Jinny sat on her bed in her room, recalling everything from her past. She got up and went to take a shower, a long, relaxing shower, trying to let all her worries slip her mind, but she couldn't stop thinking about it: that day.

Several Months Ago- Jinny's P.O.V

I groaned, growing pale. I had been feeling awful for about an hour now and it just kept getting worse and worse. Akiara was holding me in his arms, which comforted me somewhat, but I felt so awful I could pass out. I was starting to wonder if he had accidentally gotten me pregnant or something. "Should I take you to the hospital?" He frowned.

"N-No... I'll be...f-fine...ugh..."

"But you're groaning as bad as when we're in bed. Well, almost." He chuckled.

"You're lucky I'm too weak to hit you right now..." I nuzzled my head into his chest and he hugged it. I wrapped my arms around him in return, giving off soft groans still. My entire body ached. It felt like I was gonna explode. It was like I had drank a bunch of water and made my stomach hurt, but that feeling was all over my body

Just then, certain parts of my body started to leak water; my ears, nose, mouth, even my eyes. Every opening in my body was leaking with water. "Uh, are you getting excited from this or something?" Akiara only noticed it coming from my lower half however.

"A-Aki..." I yelped loudly, feeling extreme pain suddenly, the water leaking from my body leaking a lot more. There was so much it was impossible for Akiara not to notice.

"A-Alright, maybe we should go to the hos-" Before he could even finished his sentence, the light water pouring out of me suddenly gushed like a waterfall. I screamed, but my voice was muffled by the water. The water heavily spread out, destroying my house and it soon became a massive tsunami. It was almost like a whirlpool, but pushing and spinning outward instead of sucking things into it.

I blacked out for god knows how long after that. When I woke up, I was in a room I didn't recognize. I didn't remember much of anything until it all came crashing back at once. It was so intense I went to the bathroom to throw up. Soon after that, Akari came in, introduced herself, everyone else, and explained everything to me. Afterward I just went to my room and cried for hours. I couldn't sleep right for days. I lost the only love I ever had and I would never get it back. I don't think I've ever wanted to die so badly. But I couldn't. Not after everything I was told, and not after he had saved me that day. I wasn't going to let this power or my life go to waste.

Present- Jinny's P.O.V

I took out a small box I always kept with me since that day. I held it close to my chest, laying down in the fetal position, tears filling my eyes yet again, but I felt warm. The box contained the wedding ring he gave me two years before his death. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I remembered each and every great memory we had one by one. I wished I could hug him and kiss him right now, but he's no longer here. "I won't let anyone else precious to me die. I'll protect them with my very life if I have to..." I muttered these things to myself before completely drifting off into slumber.

Sanda's P.O.V

The next morning, everything went as usual. We had breakfast, cleaned up, and Jinny and I prepared ourselves to go train for the day. I didn't ask any more about her past and just walked with her. That day was supposed to be an ordinary day like the rest, but it wasn't. It was the beginning, the start of everything, the true beginning. But I know why it happened on this day. It was because it worked to his advantage. Atiyama Cerne was a truly terrifying person.