Chapter 4

"Yoh, I don't trust them." Ren told Yoh. It was the next morning, they were packing up and according to Anna the city was on the other side of the lake (Due to a map she had hidden).

"Don't worry about it Ren, you never trust anyone anyway." Yoh replied grinning.

"Yoh, there's something there hiding." Ren told him.

"Just because the girl had a nightmare?" Yoh asked, Ren sighed.

"No, I don't think you should let your guard down though." Ren told him.

"Hey, it's not like Hao's back, this part of the tournament should just be fun, time to relax and not worry about my pyro-maniac twin taking over the world and wiping out the human race." Yoh told him grinning.

"Nothing ever worries you does it." Ren grinned.

Kelly was sat on a rock away from the others drinking a bottle of Dr. Pepper and thinking to herself, 'Why do things always have to be so… so complicated? Ok Firstly I should get round to talking to Vicky she really deserves explanations. She is right, all that yelling and arguing earlier between us after I ran away… she deserves to know what's going on after all we've been through, she's been the closest person to me. Kinda like my sister now I suppose we're that close but I keep hiding away. I did sorta flip at cabbage anyway; she deserves to know why I did that at the minimum. Who's that other girl anyway… think her name was Nami, I don't remember her from the tournament; maybe I just didn't see any of her battles, Vicky seems to really dislike her. I don't understand why I wanted to open up to Ren, it isn't right; it's like betrayal…for a good amount of reasons, especially what went on with Nich, besides I don't even trust him…'

'Well maybe you should start to trust people more.'

'Tek… get the hell out my head or else.'

'Whaaaaa, I was only saying.'

'And I was only saying… GET THE HELL OUTTA MY HEAD!'

'But------ Why won't you ever listen to me.'

'Hmmm, nothing you ever say is interesting.'

'Thanks.'

'Your welcome.'

'I was only saying maybe you should trust these guys and maybe open up around people more.'

'Well, maybe I don't want to and you randomly listening in on my thoughts is really annoying and off putting.'

'Well sorry, but it's the only way I normally can talk to you.'

'Shame, look I'll try, but that's all I can do so no promises.'

'Oki Doki, I just want you to move on and not stick to the past.'

'That's easier said than done Tek.'

'I know but you hold onto all the bad, you need to look on the happier side of things you know.'

'Tek that is so corny- especially from you suicidal knife maniac.'

'HEY! I was only trying to prove a point.'

'Softie.'

'Get lost.'

'You're the one that's in my head! May I remind you?'

'Your point is?'

'Idiot.'

'I know, so are you gonna try and open up and start over?'

'Yeppo, why not? I'll make a change and won't be completely hopeless or pathetic anymore; I'll open up more and…and, not mess up things as much!'

"Ok, starting right now I'm a new me! I'll prove I can do more than be a complete-" Kelly spoke while throwing her bottle of Dr. Pepper in her bag picking it up and turning around walking straight into a tree managing to mutter the last word, "-Klutz…"

"Yep, great new start." Tek said sighing as Kelly fell to the ground knocked out.

"Trust you to walk into a tree." Vicky sighed as Kelly woke up.

"Thanks." Kelly mumbled holding her head and sitting up, "Ow."

"If you didn't want to hurt your head why did you walk into it?" Vicky grinned.

"Ha ha, very funny." Kelly replied rolling her eyes.

"The others are building a raft so it will be quicker to get across the lake instead of walking around." Vicky pouted and Kelly smiled.

"What's wrong?" Kelly grinned.

"You know full well what! I don't wanna go on that dumb thing! In fact, they can't make me!" Vicky commented.

"Well, you'll be walking on your own." Kelly smiled getting up slightly stumbling.

"Kellyyyyyyyy, what if I fall off?" Vicky moaned.

"Hmmm, you'll have your annual bath?" Kelly smiled taking her hand away from her head which had a bit of blood on.

"Ha ha." Vicky pouted.

"What the hell is that tree made of? It cut my head." Kelly said licking the blood off her hand.

"Ok, 1. That isn't right, 2. I think we should be asking what your head is made of." Vicky told.

"Appreciated." Kelly told her smiling.

"No problamo!" Vicky grinned.

"Let's go see how long till this raft is done then." Kelly told her.

"Ok, it's done." Yoh told them 5 minutes after Vicky and Kelly had got there.

"How long was I out for?" Kelly mumbled.

"About 20 or 30 minutes." Vicky told her looking at the lake.

"All ready then?" Yoh asked, Kelly nodded while Vicky just stared at the lake.

"You can sit in the middle." Kelly told Vicky smiling, who reluctantly walked onto the raft after Kelly.

"What was wrong with walking anyway?" Vicky mumbled.

"We all got fed up of it and the raft's only gonna take an afternoon, it would of took another few days by foot. so we should be in the city by tomorrow." Yoh grinned.

"Brill." Vicky mumbled staring at the shore as it slowly disappeared in the distance until she could no longer see it.

"Cheer up Vicky." Kelly smiled at her.

"Easy for you to say." Vicky told her while hugging her knees, "I think I'm sea sick."

"We're on a lake not the sea." Kelly grinned.

"Shaddup." Vicky mumbled.

"Look nothings gonna happen." Kelly told her.

"You can tell the future now?" Vicky mumbled and Kelly sighed.

"Nothing's gonna happen, stop worrying." Kelly told her, and at that moment the side of the raft hit a small jagged rock sticking out of the water not damaging it but causing the raft to make a sudden jolt turning it on its side and flipping over sending the Shaman into the lake.

"God, the world is against me today." Kelly mumbled spitting out water as she swam to surface coughing and grabbing the raft, "Wait- VICKY!"

"Huh?" Yoh asked.

"SHE CAN'T SWIM!" Kelly panicked.

"Wait here, I'll find her then." Horo told her diving back under.

'I knew this would happen, I knew it… I'm slowly drowning and noone cares. Maybe I'm already dead, how can you tell if you're dead? Wait I'm probably dead and that's an angel coming to take me to heaven… or most likely hell, it's not as if there's anything keeping me to this world for me to be a ghost after all. The angels getting closer… I thought angels had wings… maybe you can't see them in water, do people always ask stupid questions when there dead? I've gone really numb, the angel's closer now… it has weird hair for an angel; I don't even know what an angel looks like so how can I tell?' Vicky thought as she slowly sank lower after giving up struggling to the surface and saw a figure coming towards her that she couldn't make out just as she passed out.

"Why did this have to happen?" Kelly mumbled whacking her head off the raft forgetting about the earlier injury and causing herself more pain.

"Don't worry about it, it wasn't your fault." Yoh told her climbing onto the raft.

"Yeah, but- I told her nothing would happen." Kelly sighed still in the water looking out for Horo and Vicky, "And now I feel bad because Horo went after her."

"Hey don't worry about Horo he'll be fine he offered to anyway." Yoh told her, Kelly just pouted leaning on the raft, a few seconds later Horo appeared with Vicky who was out cold. Kelly helped Horo pull her onto the raft and lay her down, "Is she OK?"

"Yeah, she should be fine; I got to her just as she passed out." Horo replied taking off his band and shaking his head to dry out his hair covering everyone else with water, Kelly pushed him back into the lake, "Thanks a bunch, right after I just saved your friend."

"We're wet enough!" Kelly smiled, as Horo splashed her.

"Yeah, so what's a little more water gonna do?" Horo asked climbing onto the raft.

"Hmmm I dunno." Kelly asked pushing him back into the lake.

"Would you stop that!" Horo growled.

"Why? You need a bath." Kelly told him.

"So do you." Horo told her climbing back on and pushing Kelly in this time.

"Calm down, no murders on the raft please." Yoh sweat dropped as Kelly climbed back on.

"Is she waking up?" Kelly asked as Vicky stirred.

"She's been out an hour, let's hope so." Horo replied leaning over Vicky whose eyes opened, her vision still blurred.

"Hello, are you the angel that came to take me to heaven?" She asked.

"Well I dunno about heaven but I may have saved you." Horo replied confused, and Vicky heard giggles in the background.

"I doubt the angel part to." Kelly said in the background, Vicky sat straight up and wiped her eyes on her sleeves to see Horo and turned bright red.

"So is Horo your lil Angel then Vicky?" Kelly tormented in a stupid voice.

"Noooooooooooooo." Vicky told her blushing mad and pushing Horo off the raft because he was the nearest person.

"Why do people keep doing that?" Horo mumbled not even bothering to climb back on the raft and just leaned on the side soaking wet.