A/N- Hey guys! I'm totally loving the Kai/Ray pairing at the moment and I just had the inspiration to write something about his parents lol xD.
Summary- Everyone thinks Kai's parents were harsh, but they're actually absolutely embarrassing! The gang finds this out when they stay with Kai for a few weeks. What other secrets will they discover? Kai/Ray. R/R please
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Finally the tournament was over. They had won the championship title and defeated Biovolt once and for all. Tyson was rejoicing in his win that had ultimately been the deal breaker while Max was happily talking to his mom. Ray was still in the hospital, but he had been informed of his teams win, and was overly thrilled about it. Kai was probably the happiest out of them all though, he was finally free, he was finally out of his grandfathers clutches and could do whatever he wanted without consequence.
Suddenly, a pair of people walked up to him, and he blinked at them in surprise. "Mom?" he questioned as he looked the woman over. She was tall, although a bit shorter than him, standing at about 5"11, and she had beautiful blue locks that cascaded down to the middle of her back. As he looked into her beautiful green eyes, he stared at her in confusion. "What are you doing here?"
"You didn't think we'd miss your champion match, did ya Son?" the man asked. As Kai looked over to the man, his father, he took in his appearance. It had been 4 long months since he had seen his dad's dark crimson eyes staring back at him. He could tell that his dad needed a haircut, his silver hair was unruly and all over the place.
"I.. I guess I didn't really think much about it," Kai admitted with a slight blush. He talked to his parents every week, constantly filling them in on what was happening in his world, but he had never expected them to actually show up to one of his tournaments. He then realized that they were in Russia afterall, so they didn't have to do any travelling to get to this tournament.
The woman suddenly pulled Kai into a bone crushing hug. "Oh, I missed you so much darling!" she squealed as Kai blushed as the contact, what would his team say if they were seeing this?
"WHOA! Kai! Who is that?" Kai pulled out of his mother's grip to see Tyson and Max, both staring at him with shocked expressions.
"Why hello there!" his mother yelled delightedly as she clasped Tyson's hands in her own. "I'm Kate Hiwitari. You boys did an excellent job today."
"Hiwitari?" Tyson asked in confusion. "Are you Kai's mom?"
"Yes, I am. I'm judging by your lack of knowledge of me that Kai doesn't speak about us a lot." She sent a reprimanding glare at her son who smiled hesitantly.
"I guess it's our fault for never asking," Max added, trying to save their captain from his mother wrath.
Kate laughed, "Its fine. It's such a pleasure to meet the both of you! We've followed your battles since the Asian tournament."
Tyson laughed in that egotistical way of his as he began to brag about their many wins.
"Yes yes," Kate agreed with everything he was saying. "Kai informs us about everything we miss, so we know quite a bit about all of you."
"Mr. Sourpuss actually TALKS?" Tyson gapped as Kai once again glared at him.
Kate looked at the boy confused, "Sourpuss?" she then turned to her son with wondering eyes. "Are you a Sourpuss sweetie?"
Kai blushed, things were not going his way so far. He loved his mom more than anything, how was he supposed to keep up his image with his team that his grandfather had built while she was standing right there? He had never had the heart to be rude to either of his parents, they were both so naive about the world and the way things actually were. Even his father, who was raised by Voltaire, had somehow managed to come out of it with a happy outlook on life. He supposed that his uncle had gotten the worst of it.
"Yeah Sweetie, are you a Sourpuss?"Tyson asked sweetly, interrupting Kai's thoughts.
Kai glared before finally answering. "Of course not, they just like to joke."
His mother smiled at him, "Oh! Good!" she exclaimed as she clapped her hands together. "I thought that that grandfather of yours had gotten to you."
"Of course not," was once again Kai's answer as he gave his mother a small, but sad, smile.
"Kai darling, we're going to grab something to drink quickly, we'll be right back," she said as she walked away, dragging his father behind her.
"So, darling, what was all that about?" asked Tyson.
Kai glared daggers at both Tyson and Max. "Don't you dare, ever, mention that to anyone," he nearly spat.
Max laughed. "We knew all along that there was a good guy underneath you Kai. You just like to make everyone think there isn't."
Kai snorted, "Make no mistake Maxie, I'm still me, that hasn't changed."
Max smiled, "Oh yes it has Kai. You'll never be able to fool me again!"
Kai rolled his eyes, "Hn."
"Are you just not gunna talk to us anymore?"
"Hn."
"Wait till Ray hears about this!" Tyson yelled loudly as his eyes suddenly lit up, thinking about the Chinese bladers reaction.
Kai's eyes widened in shock, they couldn't tell Ray, they just couldn't. He growled in the direction of his two teammates. "Don't you dare tell Kon a thing," he snapped, causing both other boys to laugh.
"I thought you weren't talking to us?" Max teased as he stuck out his tongue.
"Hn," replied Kai, earning more laughs out of the two younger boys.
The three of them all look around when they heard someone clear their throat, noticing Mr. Dickinson standing there with a slight smile.
"Hey Mr. D!" Tyson shouted, causing the other three guys to cover their ears.
"I'm right here Tyson, there's no need to shout."
"Ah, sorry bout that," the blue haired boy apologized.
"It's okay my dear boy. Now, on to more pressing matters. Ray is still in the hospital, and he isn't going to be able to go anywhere anytime soon. The doctors have said that it will be safe for him to leave later on tonight and it is actually encouraged, but in no way will he be able to get on a plane."
Tyson looked shocked. "We can't leave him Mr. D!"
Mr. Dickinson sighed, "I expected as much Tyson. I know you are all very loyal to each other. And that is why--"
"--Oh! Mr. Dickinson, how lovely to see you again," greeted Kate as she walked back over to join her son.
"Ah, Mrs. Hiwitari, always a pleasure. I was just about to inform the boys about their arrangements."
"Arrangements?" Kai asked as he felt his stomach drop.
"Yes, as I was telling you, Ray cannot leave Russia in his current state, so Kate agreed to house your 3 teammates while Ray is healing."
"And you too of course sweetie," she said as she pinched her sons cheek. "I'm so glad you'll be staying with us for a while and not just flying off somewhere else in the world."
Kai sighed, how could his mother have agreed to this without asking how he felt about it? He scowled, probably because she knew how he felt about it. She knew about his feelings towards his team, especially to one member specifically.
"That's awesome!" Max yelled. "It'll be wonderful to get to know you Mrs. Hiwitari."
"That means more time in this cold country," Tyson grumbled. "But if it's for Ray, then we'll be happy to stay!"
"I'm so pleased!" Kate gushed. "Kai has told me so many wonderful things about all of you, I can't wait to get to know you personally."
"He has?" Tyson asked, mouth dropping open like a fish out of water.
"Of course he has! You guys are all he ever talks about when he calls each week."
Tyson walked over to Kai and slung his arm around the others boys shoulder with a giant grin, "Well of course he does, he couldn't live without us."
"Oh I'm starting to believe that," the older woman added pleasantly. Tyson looked at her in semi-surprise, but chose not to say anything, the woman couldn't be serious, could she?
"Dear, we should probably get going," said Mr. Hiwitari as he took hold of his wife's hand. "You can all just follow us, we have a car waiting outside."
"Wait! What about Ray?" Max asked.
"Kai will come back and get him later tonight. We have given the doctors our contact information, so they can call us if there are any updates or any change in plans."
"I don't think we should leave him alone. I know he's unconscious, but it just doesn't feel right to leave our bud in there by himself," said Tyson, determined to stay.
"Kai will stay," Mr. Hiwitari said with an air of finality. "There's no use in either of you staying since we were sending Kai for him later tonight anyway, since he knows the way back to our home."
Tyson nodded reluctantly, "I guess that makes sense." He then turned to Kai, "You better take care of him and make sure he knows we're all so proud of him and his win."
Kai grit his teeth, forcing himself to remember that his mother was standing there, "Of course," he said as he turned to his mom and smiled. "I'll be home later, don't let Tyson in the kitchen."
Mrs. Hiwitari laughed, "Feeding these boys will be the first thing I do! You all deserve a good meal after the tough battles you went through. And don't worry Dear, there will be food there when you and Ray get back."
Kai snorted, "Not if you let Tyson in."
Kate hit her son lightly on the arm, "Don't be rude Kai."
"Sorry," he said with a smile as he returned the parting hug his mother was giving him. With a nod to his father and teammates, he took off in the direction he knew Ray's room was located.
He felt like he could hear Tyson and Max's snickers the entire way down the hall, this was not going to be a good experience. Everything he had worked so long for could and would be ruined, his team would never think of him in the same way again. He was definitely going to lose all of their respect.
As he reached the room where the Chinese blader was, he slowly opened the door, gasping at the sight that he was met with.
The boy that he secretly fancied was lying on a tiny white bed in the tiny room, his body was limp, he almost looked dead. Panic arose in Kai's eyes, 'Ray will be okay' he had to remind himself of the fact that the boy would indeed wake up and was just resting at the moment. He looked at his teammate's appearance. His long black hair was dishevelled and spooled underneath him and over the edge of the bed, his tie that he used to keep it together having been sliced to pieces by Bryans wind attack.
Kai growled slightly as he thought about Bryan, how could Biovolt have corrupted him so much that he would do this to Ray, without even a look of remorse? Kai continued to look at Ray, surveying his face, and growling again when he watched it contort in pain. Running his eyes over the boys features, he longed for the other boy to open his amber eyes that always seemed to be sparking with life.
"Are you just going to stare and growl, or are you actually going to come in?"
'Ray?' he asked himself in confusion. No, that voice couldn't belong to Ray. First of all, he could see that's Ray's eyes were still closed and his lips weren't moving, and second of all, the voice was high pitched and very annoying. Not like Ray's voice, Ray had a voice that could only belong to angels. He looked up and came face to face with Mariah, who was glaring at him.
"Well? Are you just going to ignore me all day?"
"I've been told that if I don't have anything nice to say, then I shouldn't speak at all," Kai said with a lazy drawl.
Mariah glared at him, "Can you ever be nice?"
"I'll try being nicer if you try being smarter."
Mariah looked like she was ready to jump Kai and try and snap his neck, while he just stared at her calmly, looking bored.
"Stop getting smart with me!" she yelled angrily.
"Me? Getting smart with you? How would you know? That would require some brains."
"ARGH! You are so frustrating Kai Hiwitari! Why are you here anyway?"
"I was sent to look after Ray."
"Well as you can see, I'm already doing that, so you can leave."
Kai rolled his eyes, there was no way that he was going to let this pink haired fluffball convince him to leave his neko-jin.
'Great, now I'm possessive of what is mine and of what isn't mine.' He thought with a roll of his eyes. "I'm not leaving Mariah," he said, sneering her name.
"Why would you want to stay here anyway Kai? I told you already, I will stay and watch him. You said that you were sent here, so obviously you're being forced to look after him, I actually want to help him recover."
Kai glared and was about to retort when they both turned to look at Ray. "Kai," they heard him whimper as his face once again displayed a look of pain.
"Ray!" Mariah gasped as she ran back over to his side to check if he was awake. When she realized he was still sleeping, she turned back to Kai, "He's dreaming. God only knows why he's dreaming of you though. But from the look on his face, it doesn't seem to be pleasant. He's probably dreaming about the way you're going to yell at him for being so weak."
"Don't leave," they heard him once again.
Kai stared at the boy in shock as he ran over to the bed, pushing Mariah aside.
"I'm here Ray," he said as he looked at the boy hesitantly. Ray seemed to be having one of those "left alone" dreams where all your friends leave you for having failed them, or at least, that's what Kai assumed he was dreaming about. "You did great Ray, we're all proud of you," he hoped that Ray could hear him.
Mariah looked at the scene in shock, Kai was being so nice to the boy she had grown up with, maybe it would be safe to leave him here in Kai's care after all. And plus, it seemed like Ray wanted Kai there anyway, even if it was only in his dream that he had expressed it.
Smiling, she slowly looked at Kai, taking in the worry on the older boys face, "You better take care of him," she commanded softly.
Kai nodded his head, "I will, I'll tell him to contact you and the White Tigers when he wakes up."
"Thanks," Mariah said with a sad smile as she left the room, leaving Kai still standing over the side of Ray's bed.
Kai took a seat in the chair that Mariah had previously occupied and stared into the face he had stolen so many secret glances at for the past year and a half.
Sitting there, he sighed in contentment, he could get used to this. Slowly he tucked a stray strand of hair behind Ray's ear as he felt the boy unconsciously lean into his touch. Leaning back into the chair, he took Ray's hand in his own and prepared to sit there for hours, waiting for the boy to wake up.
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A/N- soooo, what do you think? Should I continue? Any suggestions on what you would like to see happen in the future for this story? Review please :)