A common opponent

When Kouji got up weak he saw Shinji fighting, he thought in amazement. "Why is he fighting Need?"
then he put the necklace back in his pocket.
Slowly he walked in the direction of the two fighting. He gathered his energy on one hand and ran forward while Shinji fought against Need, Need, who had to take a few blows from Shinji, jumped up and fired countless balls of fire at Shinji. Need laughed out loud and shouted: "You will never defeat me !!!! You will die just as miserably as this weakling Kouji before you".
When Need was suddenly grabbed by both arms from behind. Need looked at the face next to him. “Who says I'm dead ?!” said Kouji and smiled shortly afterwards, he changed his expression to a serious look. While he continued to lift him by the arms he kicked Need in the back a few times, on the fourth kick he hurled Need to Shinji who kicked him against a rock.
Kouji turned to the rock on which Need hit and shot a jet of ice at him, shortly afterwards he flew back down to Shinji.Meanwhile in a forest Sayaka ran on when she thought: "But I have to help Kouji. I can't just run away now, you need help" Then she stopped for a moment and turned around. When she wanted to run back she stopped and the words and the face of Shinji came back to her mind

"I have to go, I mustn't go back," she whispered. then she thought of Kouji and his words.
She held Kouji's stone in her hand and briefly closed her eyes
"Please come back again Kouji". Then she turned back and ran on.
After a while she stopped and sat down on the ground in front of a tree.
Meanwhile the fight against Need continued, "You have no chance against me. Give up". Need said that the sweat already flew to the ground.
"You are just like us out of breath, we will win the fight," replied Shinji, who was sitting on the floor. "He's right. Need give up, you've lost".Shinji and Kouji slowly tried to get up. "Your healing process is slowing down. Or why are you still lying on the floor?" Asked Kouji, who was already standing again. Suddenly Need disappeared all of a sudden, Kouji looked with big frightened eyes at this place where Need was sitting. “Where did he go?” Asked Kouji. "He can't just have vanished into thin air."
Shinji took a short deep breath and let himself fall on the floor with his back said: "Doesn't matter now, I wouldn't have lasted a second longer". then Kouji also let himself fall on the floor, "he will probably heal himself first, so we have time until he shows up the next time" said Shinji and turned his head briefly to Kouji.
"You are tough with what you had to put in, someone else would have been killed with such injuries. But after all, you are not somebody, you are" without a great fighter ". Said Shinji. And wiped the sweat from his forehead .“How do you know me?” Asked Kouji, sitting on the grass. Shinji looked at him briefly and bowed his head with a short smile, then replied "Your father is known, and we used to train together".
"We trained together that can't be?"
Kouji asked himself then he thought for a moment and said: "Now it comes to me again You are this sick guy who disguised himself as an old man and attacked us in the hospital" and quickly got up.
"Yes, my name is Shinji, but when I attacked you I wasn't myself, I was being controlled.
I also helped Naoko escape when she was stuck. I'm good, just like you Kouji. "
answered Shinji.
Then Shinji brushed two fingers on his left hand over his right arm.
As Kouji watched him, he saw his injuries heal.
“You can heal yourself?” Kouji asked him.
Shinji nodded and answered. "Your Soulstone also has this power, or Naoko's chain.Therefore, they are also very valuable ".
Kouji took the chain out of his pocket and held it in his hand.
Also with him you could now see how the chain healed him from it came a green glow
that enveloped him, but no sooner was this glow on him it also disappeared again.
Kouji looked at his hands and thought. "He was right, I don't see a single scratch anymore".
"Do you believe me now? An enemy would never have given you this information".
Shinji said and got up. Then he looked up and went on talking.
"Come with us, we should see Naoko, she must have gone to safety."
When he looked down again he turned his head briefly to see Kouji in the face.
“Where is he?” Shinji wondered, looking around.
Kouji was already running towards the forest. "Are you coming?" Kouji asked him and went on.
"Kouji couldn't you have told me beforehand that you were going ahead?"
Shinji asked him and followed Kouji. But the question had ignored him and went on calmly, then he turned his head to Shinji: "Whether you are a friend or an enemy, it turns out, I'll keep an eye on you".Shinji looked at him and said: "Don't worry, I'm good, I can assure you, Naoko will hopefully be safe, but if there are monsters with her she will hardly be able to defend herself."
When she took the direction of Sayaka, Kouji said "don't worry about the little one, she can't take care of herself, not for nothing she is the chosen one who chose Ran, Ran knew what she was doing, after all, she was the princess of Eddin and you had to." know if we did train together, because then you would have to have lived on Eddin too. So stop being such a fucking pessimist, she can do it no matter what kind of situation she is in "
Meanwhile, Sayaka went on her way back to the others and thought "I would like to know how Kouji is, I hope he is safe"
then she noticed a pack of wolves growling terribly and surrounding her
she walked back slowly and said quietly "you won't hurt me, and I won't hurt you either" then she turned around again and took out her sword, then fought the wolves and went on.A short time later, Kouji and Shinji met a Kouji kneeled down and said to shinji: "I had told you that they were wolves, but if you defeated them without fear you won't have any problems against monsters"
When Sayaka arrived at Izumi and the others, Ryo looked at her strangely and said: "Let me guess you have been following my brother ..... Women are really a plague as it is in the book, they can't hear anything". Suddenly, Ryo got a nudge from Izumi and Nalif. izumi said "There are two of them standing next to you so hold back what you say about women." He looked at Izumi and asked her in a whisper: "Are you sure that this thing has a gender?"
then she whispered to Ryo "don't be so mean Nalif is a woman after all she has turned into one and the name sounds feminine I think she is a woman"
"ok come in first," said Ryo, Makoto closed the door behind her and said: "isn't Kouji with you and those other two guys who were there earlier?"Then she sat down and looked at Ryo sadly.
"zumi looked at her worriedly and asked" what is sayaka? " "Why are you so sad? "Sayaka stuttered briefly and said:" K-K-K-Kouji .... Kouji fought with this guy ... with Need "
Ryo looked at her and asked, "How is he? Do you know that?" "Is he still alive?"
She looked down with a sad look, her eyes were already crying. Then she said to the others: "I don't know, I hope they both sent me away, I shouldn't stay, I hope the fight is over and Kouji comes back"
Izumi hugged Sayaka and looked worried at Ryo. When he looked at her he clenched his fist and said, "Don't worry, Sayaka, I'm looking for him".
Then he looked for weapons together.