Hi there, I'm back! I've had some writers block, but I managed to get through this chapter. I tried to fix some spelling errors in my other chapters, but if you find any feel free to let me know! Hope you like!

Chapter 4: Who the Hell Are These People?!

Kai was frozen on the spot. He had never expected this, but it was hard for him to deny when the girl looked so much like him. The blue haired girl bent down slowly and placed the girl on the floor. She immediately over to Adam and raised her hands. He scooped her into a tight hug, making her laugh happily. She turned her head to look at him again. "Bubba, who is that boy? I ain't never seen him afore." A smirk slid across Adam's face as he turned his head to Kai.

Before he could answer, Sarah was tugged out of his arms. "I think that's enough excitement for one day," Elizabeth said with a smile. Kai had to admit that if he wasn't good at reading people, he wouldn't have known it was strained. (A/N: it's already 12, so it's way past the little ones' bedtime.)

Adam sent her a heated glance but stood up as well. He took Sarah back and headed for the stairs. Aimee followed with Briley held tight against her. Joey threw Mary Lynn onto his hip while the others made there behind him. Kai watched them until they were out of view. His head was still spinning at the turn of events, and is friends looked even more confused than he was.

Elizabeth waited for a minute before speaking quietly. "Sarah has been with Kay for the last couple weeks. I'm sure she's very tired from the trip back. I thought she might take the news a bit better if she has a good nights sleep. Besides, you and your friends look a bit worn out from all this. Why don't I take you up to your rooms?"

Kai nodded numbly. Without thinking about it he followed her up the stairs. He barely noted that Kay was the only one of Elizabeth's siblings that had stayed behind. His friends followed close behind him as he reached the stairs. There were more pictures on the walls. As he passed them he realized most were of the people he had just met. They all seemed to be happy and all smiles in every one he passed. Reaching the top of the stairs, Elizabeth moved over enough for them all to come up before stopping. Kai looked down the hallway, but all he could see were closed doors, and another staircase leading up at the end.

"I'm afraid the only rooms open on this floor are at the end of the hall, on the other side of mine. The first only has one bed but it's a king, so it's more than enough room for three. Then we have one smaller room with a twin set up, for when Abby and Chancy decide to separate. The young lady can have that one. I was hoping you would stay in your old room, Kai." She pointed at the second door from the stairs.

Kai felt his shoulders tense. Why was she trying to separate him? He opened his mouth, but Elizabeth seemed to read his mind. "Oh, I'm not trying to keep you from your friends. I just thought you might want to stay in your room. You could probably fit two, while the rest stay together at the end of the hall."

Kai relaxed at her soothing words. He turned to look at Ray who nodded back. Then he addressed Tyson, Max, and Mariah. "Are the three of you ok with sleeping at the other end?" Tyson and Max nodded vigorously, while Mariah looked none to happy.

"Now wait a minute," She snapped out, "I want to stay with Ray! He's the only one I'm close to here, and it's not fair for you to separate us." With that she stomped her foot and looked at Ray, who threw his hands up and shook his head.

"You're the one that wanted to come in the first place…"

"Well," Elizabeth spoke up, " I don't approve of girls and boys rooming together unless they're family, but you could always stay with Kay in the room next to theirs," she pointed at the first door, "That is if it's ok with you." She turned her head to look behind her.

Kai was surprised to see Kay leaned against the back wall. Her eyes slid open to glance at her sister. "Whatever," she mumbled, just loud enough for him to hear. Elizabeth seemed to take that as a yes because she turned and began to walk down the hall, gesturing for Max and Tyson to follow.

"If you need anything, my room's the second to last on the left. Don't be afraid to wake me," She threw over her shoulder.

Kai put his hand on the handle and slowly opened it. He steeped into a room in complete contrast to the rest of the house. It had black carpet, with dark blue walls. There were three huge dressers lining the wall, a king sized bed with a blue comforter that had a picture of Dranzer in the center, and a desk with several trophies he didn't remember winning. He heard Ray let out a 'wow' from behind him. Walking on into the room, he set his bag on the bed. Ray did the same, then sat down on the corner and looked around. Kai made his way over to two doors on the right. Inside one he found one of the biggest walk in closets he had ever seen although it was empty. The next was the bathroom

"What's over there, dude?" Ray asked from his seat. When Kai told him, he glanced to the left, "So what's that?" he asked pointing to another door. When Kai tried to open it, he found it was locked. Shrugging his shoulders, he continued to look around his new, or old, room.

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Mariah's POV

Mariah watched Ray follow Kai into the room and shut the door behind him. She suddenly felt lonely. She turned her head when she heard a door open, and saw Kay walk into her room. She followed her slowly and shut the door when she got inside. She had to suck in her breath at what she saw. The room had a lot of blue, but there were so many shades, it couldn't be tacky. The floor had a deep blue carpet, while the wall were a bright with a lighter shade. The bed was huge with a sea blue canopy, and the spread had a picture of a beautiful yellow nine tailed fox, that seemed to have electricity at the ends if its tails, and on its feet. There were more pillows on the bed than she cared to count, and each one was a different color blue.

"You'll pass out if you don't breath soon," Mariah started when she heard the voice. Looking back, she expected to find annoyance on the girls face. Instead she found it as blank as her voice had been.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to stare. Your room is lovely!" She scratched the back of her head sheepishly. What a stupid thing to say! But Kay just nodded her head and lay down on her bed. Reaching behind her, the girl grabbed a cloth from the bedside table, and began to wipe off her face. Shock rippled through Mariah when the makeup came off to reveal four blue stripes just like Kai's only lighter.

"The stripes are the symbol of my mother's family, the Kajimizu. The name would have ended, had my father not taken my mothers maiden name. This is why I don't have Ronald's name, Krof. Kai's mother gave them to him, on honor of her friendship with my mother." She said it all in that same indifferent voice, never taking her eyes off the ceiling.

Mariah blushed, and hid her eyes under her bangs. She was ashamed that she had been caught staring again. Damn! She must think I'm so rude! Even while she was thinking that, her eyes drifted up to the girl again (A/N: there is no romantic hint here! Mariah is just curious). Elizabeth was wrong, she thought, Mary Lynn wasn't the only one with Neko-jin looks. The girl's ears had a point to them, and even though her eyes were blue, the pupils were slit like a cat's.

Looking away her eyes caught on the glass figures on Kay's many dressers. Walking over, she took her time examining each one. They were all in the shapes of different animals and people. To Mariah they all had their own unique personality. In an attempt to break the stiff silence, she turned to Kay and said in her most cheerful voice, "These statues are amazing! Where on earth did you find them?"

"They're Russian," was the only reply. Mariah sighed when Kay shut her eyes. The girl was worse than Kai when it came to giving people the cold shoulder. Giving up on communication she asked where the bathroom was. Kay merely pointed toward a door she hadn't noticed. She changed quickly, and got into bed. This is going to be a long week.

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Kai's POV

Kai glanced around the table they had eaten at the day before. Elizabeth had called everyone to breakfast. He couldn't help but notice that his sister wasn't sitting next to Adam. Instead she was hanging on to Kay's every word as she talked to Mackenzie about something he was to far away to hear. Suddenly her head swiveled to him as though she had just remembered him.

"Hi, you're names Kai right. Elizabeth said you're the brother they always told me 'bout. I dint think I'd ever get to meet you." She said with a goofy smile. He glanced at Elizabeth. So she wanted to tell her about me herself. That's either very devious or very courteous. He nodded his head slowly.

"Yay!" She squealed, "I have two brothers now!"

Several of the others laugh, but he noticed a few stayed silent, his brother and Kay in particularly. Adam gave him a doubtful look while Kay was blank and unreadable. He felt as if he might want to keep an eye on them both.

"Are you a blader?" Sarah's innocent voice brought him back to the present. Tyson's shot up, and Kai growled a warning, but it was too late.

"Is he a blader? Of course he is! In fact he's one of the best in the world! Second only to me that is, he he!" His brother gave a loud snort, and a familiar smirk was on his face in a second. Everyone turned to look at him.

"You think you're good, do you kid? Well let's see what you've really got!" he stood up and held out a gray blade with black highlights. He jerked his hand for them to follow him, and then made his way to the stairs.

"Adam, Adam! Come back here this instant, we aren't done talking yet!" Elizabeth yelled after him before her eyes switched to Kay, "Aren't you going to say something?" Kay's response was getting up and following him. Tyson shot after them, leaving everyone else to follow more slowly.

They went to the third floor, where Adam led them to one of the many rooms. The Bladebreakers were astonished to see at least twenty small stadiums encircling a large one. Adam pointed at it, and then made his way to a wooden cabinet in the back. Tyson positioned himself on his side as Adam unlocked it and pulled out a strange staff that came to his shoulders. It was a straight black stick, and where his hand was, there was a pair of golden wings. On the top, a golden hawks head was carved with an arched neck. When he got to his place he locked his blade into a concealed part in the middle of the two wings.

"Tha-that's his launcher?!" Max gasp out.

"Oh well, I don't care how fancy it is, you're still going down!" Tyson, that overconfidence is going to get you killed one day, Kai thought.

"Three, two, one. Let it rip!" Adam swung the stick sideways and the launcher flew up the stick and released the blade when it got to the end of the arch. Both blades circled each other, each trying to gain dominance. It became clear that neither one was going to give an inch. All they were doing was grinding their blades.

Tyson smiled, "You're pretty tough, I'll give you that, but it's time to end this! Go Dragoon!" The mighty dragon came out with a roar. It's over, Kai thought.

Adam smirked again, "So that's all you got, huh. The world championships must be lamer than I thought. Time to teach you what a real bit beast can do. Come from the shadows, Psymon! His blade erupted in a gray light, as a black hawk even larger than Dranzer came out. "Go Shadow Wave Attack! The bird flapped its wings what appeared to be shadows came from it. As soon as they hit Dragoon, waves of energy flew out and knocked Kai off his feet. When the smoke cleared Adams blade was spinning like nothing had happened, while Dragoon was sticking out of the far wall. Everyone but Adam and the five oldest of the Kajimizus were lying on the ground.

Adam caught his blade and laughed. The three eldest had apprehension written on their faces. Mackenzie was smiling smugly, while Kay was still impassive, although Kai thought he saw something like disappointment in her eyes.

Coldly she ground out, "You've lost your touch, Adam."

Lost his touch! Who the hell are these people?

Yes, done. I hope you're all happy with this one. I know my back hurts from sittin' here so long! You can compliment, constructively criticize, or even flame, I'll take them all. If you have any suggestions let me know! R&R!!

Kyasurin out!