Djon guided Eto with the rest towards the giant tree. Eto now just realized that the giant tree he had seen on the skyline was actually growing on top of the giant trees of the jungle.

He stopped for a moment and looked up towards the tree, holding his head back.

Gongarza walked past Eto and bumped him into his shoulder, letting out a sound that he was irritated.

Eto wanted to say something against him but before he said anything, his hand was grabbed by someone.

The princess came standing next to him, holding Eto's arm while she was smiling.

'Come, I'll show you where you can wash yourself and eat something,' she said with her soft voice.

Eto smelled under his arms, looking at her questionably.

'Do you think I smell?' he asked and quickly the princess let go of his arm.

'No, no! That's not what I meant,' she said in despair. She looked like she really was ashamed and Djon, looking from the side, could do nothing but laugh about it. He pushed Eto towards the tree and said ‘Yes, you smell.’

At the base of the tree, a giant pool was created in a hole. The water was warm and had a strong scent from all the herbs the tree creatures had put in.

‘The Kojo are a peaceful race. When I crashed here, they immediately nursed me and wanted to help me repair the ship, ' Djon said. He sat on a giant tree branch which covered the pool from the others in the tribe.

Eto sat in the pool with only his face above the water, listening to Djon.

‘Do you have any clue where the others are?’ Eto asked and Djon shook his head.

‘I’m afraid they are somewhere in the jungle. I’m kinda surprised that you made it here.’

Eto smiled. ‘Yeah, luckily the princess found me,’ he said and after that, they heard a squeaky sound from behind the branch on which Djon said.

‘I can do it,’ could be heard with an irritated voice and soon after, princess Morinojo came from behind the branch, partly looking away with a shy face.

‘Eto, I have some food for you if you would like it’ she said and immediately, Eto jumped out of the pool for the food. The princess was shocked.

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‘What are you doing?! You should cover yourself!’ she yelled while trying not to look at the naked body of Eto.

‘Why?’ he asked as he grabbed the fruit she took with her and started eating.

‘Because,’ the princess only said before she ran away.

When she disappeared, Gongarza came out of nowhere.

‘How dare you to show yourself like that to the princess!’ he yelled as he walked towards Eto, angry as he was.

‘Easy there captain,’ Djon said and he got up to stand in between them.

‘Excuse my friend. It was not on purpose,’ he said and Gorganza stopped, still looking angry at Eto.

He stayed for a while, not saying anything.

‘Anything else to say?’ Djon asked, thinking it would be best if these two would not interact with each other again.

‘The princess…..tonight….’ Gorganza mumbled.

‘What?’ Djon asked.’

‘The princess would like to spend her time with the boy tonight,’ he said like a robot, not liking the words coming out of his mouth.

Djon laughed and walked away with Gorganza, leaving Eto behind at the pool with the food.

After Eto was done, he got some spare clothes from the Tortoise while his own were being washed. Still, he held onto the scarf from his grandpa.

At night, the tree was lit up by flowers who gave off light and different tiny houses from wood made a little village around the giant tree.

Princess Morinojo took Eto with her for an evening walk.

‘I heard you got more friends stuck in the jungle. Maybe we will learn where they are when we have the big meeting tomorrow.’

‘Big meeting tomorrow?’ Eto asked and the princess looked a little sad.

‘Since a while, our tribe has been at war with the Ricu clan. Normally we leave each other alone and sometimes our captains get together with their leader to make sure the boundaries are still set. They could ask them if they have found your friends.’

A smile appeared on Eto’s face as he heard the story.

‘Then I will join the meeting, so I can ask them if they found Veronica, Hawk and TYO.’

The princess's face responded when she heard the name Veronica and she looked at Eto. She wanted to say something but she was distracted.

The shirt Eto was wearing revealed some of his chest and she could see the star shard.

‘What is that?’ she asked and Eto looked at where she was pointing.

‘This? This is my star shard. It is what is giving me my powers,’ he said and before he knew it, the princess opened his shirt more and looked at the shard.

‘I recognize this. My brother also has one.’

‘Really?’ Eto asked and he smiled at her.

‘Can I meet him? I would like to know about his powers,’ he said but then the princess looked sad again.

‘I wish you could but my brother has been away for a long time,’ she said as she looked at the dark trees in the jungle.

It was quiet for a while and then Eto grabbed her hand, making her blush.

`We can ask the Ricu clan if they have seen your brother,' he said with a smile.

It didn’t take long for the sad face of the princess to turn into a smile.