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Chapter 2: The Ocean's blood

Tyson handed it to her and she tore a page out of it. "What did she say?" Enrique asked with interest.

"It's a secret," Hilary mumbled, scribbling something down on the page. Enrique moved closer to see what she was writing. She shifted away from him, glaring.

"You can tell us," he said longingly. Tala shook his head. "Idiot," he mumbled. "All right," Hilary said, finishing the note and rolling it up.

Everyone knew Hilary could never keep a secret for long. "Kate says that she and her team are going to arrive tomorrow,"

"Say what?" Enrique jumped. The others looked up in surprise. "But the tournament isn't till next month and that's a week away!" Tala cried.

"She says their teachers want them to practice with us before the tournament. Then you'll all get to meet Kate. She's really nice." Hilary replied as she watched the falcon clutch the note in its beak and fly off through the open window.

Hilary took her notepad and left the room. "Tyson!" In a second they heard her scream in the corridor.

A satisfied grin came on Tyson's face. "What did you do?" Tala asked boringly. "I confessed my love in her notebook," He replied with a shrug and a twinkle in his eye.

Kai hadn't responded in any of the conversation but he was still listening to them. He took his history book and walked out of the room.

He knew he wouldn't want to hear Enrique talk more about girls.

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The next day there was a big notice on the notice board. It was about those who were going to compete in the sword fighting tournament.

First on the list was Kai's name. It was pretty obvious. Others were Ray, Brooklyn, Tala, Michael, Josh and Henry.

No girl was chosen because Pirates High girls weren't much interested in sword fighting. They usually were in archery clubs.

"Hilary!" Mathilda came running out in the corridor. "Come look! There's a notice on the board and Kai's on top of the list in sword fighting tournament!"

"Tell me something I don't know!" Hilary rolled her eyes. "You were right! The ocean's blood are coming today! In the evening! And they're coming through the sea!" she said excitedly.

"The sea?" Tyson raised an eyebrow. He was standing behind Hilary and made her startle. "What for? There's way from the land too, and that's a shortcut!"

"The girls wanted to come in style, probably!" Mathilda shrugged. "It's not style, it's weird!" Tyson said with a smirk. He knew that would heat Hilary up.

"Hey, don't talk about them like that!" she snapped. "Are you with them or with us?" Tyson asked.

"I don't support anyone!" Hilary said hotly and walked off. "Anybody seen Kai?" Tala came up and asked.

"Probably on the beach!" The two boys went outside. "Nothing new there," Tyson mumbled as he saw many girls surrounding Kai.

"I know you're going to win, Kai!" one of them was saying. "Yeah, you're the best, Kai!"

Kai tried to get away from them hastily. "What's going on?" he asked seriously. "Well, besides the fact that you're in the tournament and that the Wane high girls are coming this evening… nothing!" Tala replied sarcastically.

"I mean, why did they move our ships away?" he asked. "Because the girls are going to make an entry from the ocean!" Tyson said.

Kai frowned. The deep blue wasn't ashore at its usual place where Kai liked to view it.

He was annoyed how everyone was making such a big deal out of a group of girls from Wane High.

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Mr. Lawrence had already walked ahead and was now shaking hands with Coach Will.

The first girl to come out of the ship was a long midnight blue haired one. She was pretty and her eyes were gleaming silvery. She had a bag on one shoulder and held a sword in its sheath in her other hand.

She took a deep breath and smiled. Six other girls grouped behind her. "Is this it?" one of the girls said rather rudely as they stared at the tall building of Pirates High.

"Ours is much bigger," she mumbled. The girls were welcomed by the students of Pirates High.

"Hey girls!" Hilary waved and came over. "Hilary," the silver-eyed girl grinned. "Kate, I'm so glad you're here! Come on! I've got to be the one who shows you around!" Hilary said happily.

"Now, now! The girls must be tired and it's already night. Let them rest and you can start practicing tomorrow." Coach Will said.

"Hilary you can take them to the girl's dormitory. They'll stay there." He told her. Hilary nodded.

"Wow!" Enrique's eyes widened as the girls walked past him. "Is that her? Is that Kate?" He blinked.

"She's so… I… I'm in love!" he cried, making Tala groan. "Old news, buddy! You've been in love with every girl of our school and now you're gonna hit on them!"

"Did you take a look at her?" Enrique asked, gesturing to the place where she had just been standing.

"She is a goddess!" he said loudly. "Oh boy," Tala sighed. "Speaking of goddess…" Tyson interrupted. "Anyone seen Hilary?"

"She's probably with her ocean's blood chums!" Tala suggested. "You know, the ship they arrived in isn't that grand! Deep blue's way better than that!" He added, pointing at the ship ashore.

Enrique was crestfallen to realize that he wouldn't get to talk to Kate till tomorrow morning.

Kai was up in his room all the time and he didn't see the girls arrive. He was absorbed in the history book.

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It was six in the morning. Last night he had been told all that he had missed out. The Ocean's blood and their ship and lots of other stuff Kai found boring.

He was at his favourite spot. Next to the school's wall on the beach with a wonderful ocean view at the front.

Instead of Deep blue this morning, a slightly smaller ship stood. Rumors were that the girls had handled the ship on their own. And what had their coach been doing then? Playing golf?

He started playing a soft tune on his mouth-organ. Moments later he heard distant voices, and a sort of flashing sound.

He stopped playing and listened for a while. Then walked around the wall of the school to the other side of the beach.

The Deep blue was slightly drifting near the shore, anchored. He looked at it for a moment and then found the source of the voices.

Two girls were having a sword fight. Two girls probably belonging to the Ocean's blood. Kai turned around but stopped suddenly.

(Well, I hope you like it. I always like to leave a little suspence at the end of a chapter:) Plz review)