Raya 2: The Return of the Black Dragon

Chapter 9: Oni One Can Win

Raya wakes up and sees Jarek was in the sea. She was surprised he was swimming freely, as she hurried and saw her friends watching him swim. The Jarek jumps out of the water in front of them, and splashes back in as it splashes right at them.

Tong: "Way it go!" As he cheered and clapped.

Jarek swims back into the sea, and collects shrimps and fish for them as Boun thanks him for bringing enough food supplies for their travels. Raya was seeing with her eyes, or dreaming, but Sisu was next to her which proves she's not dreaming.

Sisu: "I taught him that." As she told Raya. "He is finally learning to swim and gifting, and to live happily. I think I'm finally gonna change him."

Raya then notices something that got Sisu to keep staring at Jarek, and she thinks there's something that she is keeping a secret to herself.

Raya: "Sisu, are you... staring at him?"

Sisu: "What? Why do you say that?"

Raya: "Because I know that look, meaning something you have with him." As she soon figured out. "Are you in love with him?"

Sisu: "No, I'm not. There's nothing between us. We're different."

Raya: "Different, yeah. But the same, yes. You are actually in love."

Sisu: "I am not in love." As she tries to prove it.

She waits patiently to prove she's not in love, but Raya makes a smirk face as she knows. And then Sisu can't take it as she has to blurt it out.

Sisu: "Okay, fine! I'm in love, but haven't told everyone!" As she told Raya.

Raya: "Knew it." As she predicted. "So, have you told him?"

Sisu: "Not really, I'm kinda nervous to tell him. I have never been closer to any male dragon before. How do I tell him how I feel? Do I want to make myself more beautiful or create a scent on me, it's how all female dragons do to attract males."

Raya understands Sisu wanted to impress Jarek but she was nervous to speak to him. And Raya told her to be herself.

Raya: "Sisu, maybe this advice might help. Be yourself. It works every time."

Sisu: "You sure?" As she was concerned.

Raya: "Yeah, just walk up to him and tell how you feel."

While Sisu was thinking if she should tell Jarek, Namaari came to tell them.

Namaari: "Hey, Jarek is about to tell us where we're going. Wanna hear?"

Sisu and Raya accept, as they all listen to what Jarek is talking about.

Jarek: "Now we have the ingredients for removing my darkness, we now will refollow my steps back where I started and finally ended my shadows. And to my thank you all, I wanted to remember how you all treated me as your trusted friends. I'm just glad I'm gonna have a second chance to redo my life again."

All of them were happy for him, as Sisu thinks how Jarek has said. A life to begin, she thinks maybe if Jarek chose a life on his own he might choose her. But what if she's wrong, what if he chose another dragon instead of her. She has to say something for him to understand. Before she could say it, Jarek jumped back into the water to collect more shrimp for them. Raya knew Sisu was gonna tell him, but didn't.

Raya: "Don't worry, you will get that chance." As she patted Sisu's shoulder.

Sisu understood, as she waited for Jarek to come back. Moments pass, and Jarek returns with shrimps.