It might have passed another half hour 

by the time we reached the spot that Jun wanted us to see.

I'm certain that we took the wrong road somewhere along the way,

but at Jun's stubborn insistence that he knew exactly what he was doing,
we followed him every step of the trip.

"You see, I told you so!"

Once we reached our destination at the top of a cliff,
Jun stood straight with hands on hips, looking as proud as ever.

The rest of us, however,

were worn out,
sprawled on the ground and breathing hard.

"I gotta hand it to you...

you sure have a way with directions."

Shuu commented between breaths.

Kame immediately smacked Shuu across the head.

"Hey now, Jun was just trying his best."

"Y-yeah..." I agreed with Kame.

I stole a peek at Jun, 

whose face was full of pride and elation at this tremendous feat.
Somehow,
I could see what Kame meant.

"He always tries his best, doesn't he?"

A smile naturally spread across my cheeks.

Jun didn't hear our comments.

Instead, 

he pointed to an enormous tree 

that towered above the rest of the surrounding plants.

"This is what I wanted to show you guys!"

He puffed out his chest proudly.

...