Max, Rei, and Kenny slumped onto the sofa in the spacious sixteenth
century mansion that Kai had inherited from his grandfather.
"We really should do something about those two." Kenny stated
impatiently.
A loud repetitive thumping noise caught their attention, and they all
jumped up and ran into the hall.
They gawped in amazement as a blur of white, purple, black and blue bounced
and rolled down the stairs.
The blur came to a halt on the last step where it concentrated itself into
the solid, scowling form of their team leader.
Max burst out in uncontrollable laughter, and promptly ran up to the top of the stairs to where Tyson was standing, suppressing his own fit of giggles. "What'd you do?" Max asked quizzically, looking down the winding staircase, to where Kai now had hold of Rei by the shirt collar, and had literally lifted him off his feet. "Nothing." Tyson responded defensively. "The dumb-ass was doing his high- and-mighty routine with his nose stuck in the air, and he tripped over his scarf." Kai looked up and scowled. "I want you in that practice room for training in FIVE minutes, do you hear me Granger?!" "Yeah, yeah, I hear ya." Kai scowled again, and stalked off towards the practice room.
Max sighed inwardly; those two just wouldn't stop fighting. "What started it this time?" By now, Max had learnt not to assume one of the two boys started the sporadic spats. "He interrupted me while I was watching T.V." Max shrugged and sloped back down the stairs to his other teammates. Rei was trying unsuccessfully to smooth out the creases Kai's fist caused to surface on his white silk Chinese shirt. "God damn it this is my favourite shirt." He moaned sulkily. "We really are going to have to do something about them."
In the practice room, Kai was taking out his frustration on his training equipment. He looked up and smiled as Tyson sauntered into the room. "You think we still have them fooled?" The stormed hair teen asked, giggling. "Yeah I think so, but next time you can fall down the stairs. I won't be able to sit for a week!" The solitary Russian pouted and rubbed his sore behind as if to further prove his point. "Oh come on, that was so convincing." Tyson laughed, playfully throwing a cushion at his leader, which Kai caught easily. "Yeah, but you made me sound all clumsy." Kai replied, grabbing the younger boy's wrists, to prevent another onslaught of cushions.
"So, what's going on tonight? It's Saturday remember." Tyson grinned as he spoke; he'd been enjoying his Saturday nights in Kai's company for the last few weeks, and he was beginning to get the impression his leader was trying to tell him something. He smirked; Kai being the typical stoic Russian that he was, didn't deal with emotions very well. "I was thinking of taking you to Slimelight." Kai replied, grinning as he anticipated Tyson's joyful reaction, which he was sure would consist of lots of glomping. "Really? You never let anyone go there with you." Tyson's puppy brown eyes shone wondrously. "I know I tend to go alone, but I figured if I'm going to have company, I'd rather it were you than the others."
Kai settled himself on the sofa and patted the space next to him. Tyson took the spot eagerly and grabbed the T.V remote. He flicked through all three hundred channels twice before giving up. "Nothing on as usual." He pouted cutely. "You know, I think were being a bit too quiet." Kai murmured thoughtfully. "Huh?" Tyson's eyes became glazed and vacant. "They haven't heard us fighting in over an hour." "I can put that right." Tyson replied, pouncing at the older teen.
Outside the practice room, Max was attempting to eavesdrop with little success, but as soon as the loud crashing noises began, his face contorted itself every few seconds as he cringed each time a particularly painful sounding crash reached his ears.
Rei stopped on his way through to the kitchen and stared pityingly at Max's unhappy doe-eyed expression. "Are they at it again?" He asked exasperatedly. Max looked horrified, and Rei was surprised to find himself smacked upside the head. "No they're not "at it" you hentai!! They're fighting." Max was seething indignantly as Rei began to protest. "Hey calm down Maxie, I didn't mean it like that. You just took it the wrong way that's all." Rei held up his hands pleadingly, and grinned. "I took what the wrong way?" Max looked at quizzically, then his face contorted with fury as he twisted Rei's words in mind again. "What are you trying to say about me?!"
Kenny looked from his laptop and sweat-dropped as Max chased Rei across the room, yelling "HENTAI" at the top of his lungs. "I wonder who they remind me of." He mused ruefully. "Any ideas yet Dizzy?" *Have you tried hypnotism Chief* "Of course why didn't I think of that before?" Kenny jumped up ecstatically.
Max and Rei stopped their own antics and ran over eagerly. "So we actually have an idea now?" Rei asked. "Dizzy suggested hypnotism." Kenny replied "Oh wow that's gonna be so cool!" Max yelped, jumping up and down. Kenny and Rei looked at each other in amusement; this going to be very entertaining.
Max burst out in uncontrollable laughter, and promptly ran up to the top of the stairs to where Tyson was standing, suppressing his own fit of giggles. "What'd you do?" Max asked quizzically, looking down the winding staircase, to where Kai now had hold of Rei by the shirt collar, and had literally lifted him off his feet. "Nothing." Tyson responded defensively. "The dumb-ass was doing his high- and-mighty routine with his nose stuck in the air, and he tripped over his scarf." Kai looked up and scowled. "I want you in that practice room for training in FIVE minutes, do you hear me Granger?!" "Yeah, yeah, I hear ya." Kai scowled again, and stalked off towards the practice room.
Max sighed inwardly; those two just wouldn't stop fighting. "What started it this time?" By now, Max had learnt not to assume one of the two boys started the sporadic spats. "He interrupted me while I was watching T.V." Max shrugged and sloped back down the stairs to his other teammates. Rei was trying unsuccessfully to smooth out the creases Kai's fist caused to surface on his white silk Chinese shirt. "God damn it this is my favourite shirt." He moaned sulkily. "We really are going to have to do something about them."
In the practice room, Kai was taking out his frustration on his training equipment. He looked up and smiled as Tyson sauntered into the room. "You think we still have them fooled?" The stormed hair teen asked, giggling. "Yeah I think so, but next time you can fall down the stairs. I won't be able to sit for a week!" The solitary Russian pouted and rubbed his sore behind as if to further prove his point. "Oh come on, that was so convincing." Tyson laughed, playfully throwing a cushion at his leader, which Kai caught easily. "Yeah, but you made me sound all clumsy." Kai replied, grabbing the younger boy's wrists, to prevent another onslaught of cushions.
"So, what's going on tonight? It's Saturday remember." Tyson grinned as he spoke; he'd been enjoying his Saturday nights in Kai's company for the last few weeks, and he was beginning to get the impression his leader was trying to tell him something. He smirked; Kai being the typical stoic Russian that he was, didn't deal with emotions very well. "I was thinking of taking you to Slimelight." Kai replied, grinning as he anticipated Tyson's joyful reaction, which he was sure would consist of lots of glomping. "Really? You never let anyone go there with you." Tyson's puppy brown eyes shone wondrously. "I know I tend to go alone, but I figured if I'm going to have company, I'd rather it were you than the others."
Kai settled himself on the sofa and patted the space next to him. Tyson took the spot eagerly and grabbed the T.V remote. He flicked through all three hundred channels twice before giving up. "Nothing on as usual." He pouted cutely. "You know, I think were being a bit too quiet." Kai murmured thoughtfully. "Huh?" Tyson's eyes became glazed and vacant. "They haven't heard us fighting in over an hour." "I can put that right." Tyson replied, pouncing at the older teen.
Outside the practice room, Max was attempting to eavesdrop with little success, but as soon as the loud crashing noises began, his face contorted itself every few seconds as he cringed each time a particularly painful sounding crash reached his ears.
Rei stopped on his way through to the kitchen and stared pityingly at Max's unhappy doe-eyed expression. "Are they at it again?" He asked exasperatedly. Max looked horrified, and Rei was surprised to find himself smacked upside the head. "No they're not "at it" you hentai!! They're fighting." Max was seething indignantly as Rei began to protest. "Hey calm down Maxie, I didn't mean it like that. You just took it the wrong way that's all." Rei held up his hands pleadingly, and grinned. "I took what the wrong way?" Max looked at quizzically, then his face contorted with fury as he twisted Rei's words in mind again. "What are you trying to say about me?!"
Kenny looked from his laptop and sweat-dropped as Max chased Rei across the room, yelling "HENTAI" at the top of his lungs. "I wonder who they remind me of." He mused ruefully. "Any ideas yet Dizzy?" *Have you tried hypnotism Chief* "Of course why didn't I think of that before?" Kenny jumped up ecstatically.
Max and Rei stopped their own antics and ran over eagerly. "So we actually have an idea now?" Rei asked. "Dizzy suggested hypnotism." Kenny replied "Oh wow that's gonna be so cool!" Max yelped, jumping up and down. Kenny and Rei looked at each other in amusement; this going to be very entertaining.