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Embracing the Future and Dodging the Past

Chapter 4: Becoming a Couple and Giving a Warning

The next morning everything was quite peaceful, with Kathleen Ann wondering around town and Rei over at Max's. Tyson, who Kathleen Ann woke up early for no reason at all, sat outside watching Kai practice blading.

'He looks so hot.' Tyson thought eyeing Kai.

"Hey, Kai?"

"What?" Kai asked.

"How about you take a break and we can go have lunch or something?" Tyson asked.

"Sure." Kai told him.

Max's Place

"So, Max, your dad's not here?" Rei asked.

"Nope, he is down at the shop." Max said.

"Oh, okay. About Kathleen Ann. I didn't ask if she was single and I am not going to." Rei told him.

"What? Why not?" Max asked.

"I know that you have a crush on her and everything, but-" Rei started to say before he was cut off.

"I don't have a crush on her." Max stated.

"Max you don't have to hide it. I mean she is pretty, she is smart. And she is from America, so you to have a lot in common." Rei said.

"That doesn't mean I have a crush on her. Rei, I wanted to know if she was single because I knew someone who I thought would be a good match for her." Max told him.

"Than why did you have me ask?" Rei asked.

"Because I had to leave. And anyways she is not my type." Max said.

"Oh, well. Than I am sorry for causing trouble." Rei said.

"Its fine Rei." Max said.

"But who is your type?' Rei asked him.

Max look at Rei, took a deep breathe and said "You are."

Rei, at first a little shocked, put a small smile on his lips and said to Max "I am glad to hear you say that."

Than with that said and done, Rei leaned in for a kiss. After a few seconds the two broke from the kiss.

"Does this mean we are going to date now?" Max asked.

"If you want to." Rei said.

"I loved to." Max said before being pulled into another kiss.

After breaking yet another kiss, Rei looked to Max and said. "I wonder how everyone is going to take this."

"Kathleen Ann would be glad if we became a couple." Max told him.

"And so would Tyson, wait. What do you mean Kathleen Ann would be glad?" Rei asked.

"She was the one who told me to ask you to ask her if she was single. She said it would make you angry and up the chance of you asking me out." Max said.

"And Tyson told me just to lean in for a kiss and tell you that I didn't ask her is she was single." Rei said.

"They planned this. They just had to."

"Max, I think you are right. But right now I want to stop thinking about them and start thinking about us." Rei said before pulling Max into a deep and passiontie kiss.

Jeanie's Treat Shack

Tyson and Kai went to go and eat, to a place Kai had never heard of before.

"You are going to love this place. They have some of the best food." Tyson told Kai.

"Really? Nothing here sounds good." Kai pointed out.

"You should try the grilled bananas with cameral, and you should try their hamburgers with everything on it. And get a smoothie to drank." Tyson said.

Kai just nodded and got the same thing that Tyson got.

Tyson's Dojo

"Hello? Is anyone here?" Kathleen Ann asked as she entered the dojo.

"Nope, they are all out." Gramps said.

"Oh, okay than." Kathleen Ann said. "Hey, Gramps, do you want to play a game of Go?"

"Sure." Gramps told her.

After Kathleen Ann sat up the board, Gramps took black, and she took white. Gramps look at her and said

"I am worried about Tyson."

"I think everyone is, but he is very strong and will get through this." Kathleen Ann said.

"But he quit blading, and he loves to blade." Gramps said sadly.

"Maybe quitting is his coping method." Kathleen Ann suggested.

"He has been though too much as it is." Gramps said.

"Maybe things will roll over and everything will get better." Kathleen Ann said.

"How can you think that everything well get better?" Gramps asked.

"Because this is Tyson we are talking about and he is strong, and you should believe he can get through this. And if I were you, I'd worry about my game. You are losing by a land slide."

Gramps started down at the board and noticed that almost all of his black had been captured.

"How did you?" Gramps asked shocked.

"Well, I am a 1-dan, soon to be 2-dan." She told him.

"I….I resign." Gramps sighed.

"Wanna play another game? This time I'll give you a handicap. How about 3 stones? Or should I up it to 5 stones?" Kathleen Ann asked.

"Fine, another game, but no handicaps." Gramps said.

'I hope she right about T-man.' Gramps thought.

With Tyson and Kai

"Wow, your right. This grilled bananas are good." Kai said.

"I told you so, and how come all of a sudden, you are so nice?" Tyson asked teasingly. "Could it be because you are not around Kathleen Ann?"

"What, no." Kai said. "Me and Kathleen Ann are fine."

"So, you two are going to stop trying to kill each other?"

"Yes, she actually has some nice thing to say, and they are very helpful." Kai pointed out.

"She does." Tyson agreed.

"Hey, Tyson?"

"Yeah, Kai?"

'Its now or never.' Kai thought.

Kai looked around to make sure there was no reporters around, than he pulled Tyson close to him in a hug and said

"I think that I am in love with you."

"Kai, I think I love you also." Tyson told him.

Later that night at the Dojo

Tyson and Kathleen Ann were in a Go match, Rei and Kai tried to watch, but it was to slow paced for them. So, while those two were having their game, Rei and Kai were outside talking.

"So, Tyson. Tell me about your guys date." Kathleen Ann demanded.

"It wasn't a real date." Tyson told her.

"Did you guys kiss?"

Tyson just looked at her a slowly shook his head no.

"Why not?" Kathleen Ann asked.

"I don't know, I mean, I think he wanted to kiss." Tyson told her.

"As soon as you two kiss come and tell me."

"Of course, I mean what guys would not go to his first best friend after he kissed another guy. Than gossip like a little school girl." Tyson said rolling his eyes.

"I know right?" Kathleen Ann said.

Meanwhile with Kai and Rei

"Kai, have you gotten over you Kathleen Ann issue?" Rei asked.

"Yeah. She is pretty wise, well sometimes." Kai said.

"Yes, she is." Rei agreed. " I want to tell you that me and Max are going out."

Kai let out a small chuckle and said "That's great. Me and Tyson are going out also."

"That's great, Kai." Rei told him.

"Thanks."

Later that night with Kathleen Ann and Kai

"Hey, Kai." Kathleen Ann said.

"Hey."

"I have something that I need to tell you. About you and Tyson dating." Kathleen Ann said getting right to the point.

"What is it?" Kai asked.

"I am glad that you and Tyson are together. And he needs you know, more than ever. And if you do anything to make him cry, or if you hurt him. I will hurt you, worse than you have ever been hurt before." Kathleen Ann said getting right up in to Kai's face.

"I will never hurt him, and if I do, you can hurt me as much as you want."

Kathleen Ann got a you-don't-know-what-the-hell-you-just-walked-into-and-I'm-happy-about- it look on her face and said:

"Good, because I will." Kathleen Ann than gets a big smile on her faces and says "I have fun on your date." Than she walks off.

'She is so weird.' Kai thought.

Spaz: well there it is the end of chapter 4 and I made some couples! Yay! Thank you all for reading and reviewing. I hope that you have enjoyed this chapter.

LovelySinner7- Yeah, Kathleen Ann is abit funny at time, and you'll find out about the nightmares later

RobbXmonXlover- You will find out what is up with Tyson soon. Maybe.