A/N just a warning to all that this chapter contains adult material that may offend some readers. For those of you who continue to read I hope you enjoy the story it really isn't that graphic.

Disclaimer: I do not own beyblades or the beyblade characters

Chapter 6

The morning after the funeral not a whole lot happened. Delta stayed in her room and Kai didn't know what to do. He'd truly wanted to talk to her but she said that she wanted to be left alone and he respected her wishes. What else could he do? Around eleven Kai was outside talking to Tala on the phone when David came by.

"Hi." Kai said offering a friendly smile.

"Hi."

"…."

"…."

"Ah, is Delta here?" David asked as he stood before Kai looking slightly nervous though Kai couldn't imagine why.

"Yeah she's in her room." Kai told him removing the phone from his ear.

"Thanks."

David turned his back and walked into the house leaving Kai staring after him.

David climbed the stairs to where he remembered Delta's room being and knocked on the door.

"Kai, I told you I'm fine." Delta told the door still not wanting company.

"It's David." The new voice spoke through the door

"Oh."

Delta got up from the bed and went to open the door.

"Ah, Hi." Delta smiled at David as he entered her room.

"Hi," David shifted slightly. "Mum told me to bring these things over." David handed her a box.

It was the first time Delta noticed the box in his arms.

"Thanks, what is it?" Her heart was pounding and her palms suddenly began to sweat.

"The things you left in Heath's room, the things you gave him and the things we thought he would want you to have."

Delta took the box from him and put it down on her bed. She looked at the box for a moment before turning back to David, they stared at each other for a few minuted neither knowing what to say.

"I'd better go, I just came to give you the box." David added, not wanting to be in the room anymore.

He turned and headed for the door.

"David, wait... Thank you." She said in a quiet voice.

Delta crossed the room and gave him a hug, he returned the hug then left. Delta stood at the door for a minute, not really sure what to do. She turned around and her eyed locked on the box, she stared at the box for probably ten minutes before leaving the room. She wondered around the house, up and down the endless halls. Delta finally ended up in the kitchen when Henry was making lunch. She walked over to the breakfast bar and slumped down into the chair.

"Problem mistress?" Henry asked concerned.

"Yes."

"Would you like to talk about it?" Henry asked.

"Well it might help…. Ok um. David just dropped of a box of things. I know that they are Heaths' and I know that what is inside was special to him and I just don't think I can."

"I think that you should do what you feel is right, you don't have to go through the box right now. Do it when you feel ready." The old mans' kind and wise words made a lot of sense.

"Thank you Henry. I really need to see Kai, I've been pushing him away today." Delta gave Henry a hug before going off to find Kai.

Kai sat alone in the garden, he looked around the flower beds and love seats that had been placed in different parts of the garden and sighed. All he wanted to do was help Delta feel better but she wouldn't even let him see her. His thoughts were interrupted by a hand being places on his shoulder. Kai turned to face the owner of the hand, when he saw Delta he smiled.

"Hi." He breathed

"Hi, I'm sorry for pushing you away earlier." Delta apologised feeling slightly guilty.

"It's okay, do you feel better?" Kai asked.

"Yes but one thing would make me feel even better." She smiled

"And that would be?"

"A big hug!" Delta walked forward and wrapped her arms around Kai. Kai wrapped his arms around her and they stood there in silence for a long time, just enjoying each others company.

"You know that the holidays are in a few weeks?"

"Yeah." Kai and Delta had been back at school for a few weeks and now it was time for school holidays the past few weeks had been hard but they were getting through it together.

"Well every year the guys and I go somewhere and I was wondering if you wanted to come?" Kai asked as he flipped through a magazine.

"Isn't that kind of a guy thing?" she asked with a frown.

"Yeah but not this year. Max is taking Emily and Ray is taking Mariah so I thought I would see if you wanted to come." He explained.

"I'm not sure Kai, it sounds like a couples thing." Delta was slightly uneasy. The only boyfriend she had ever had was Heath and now he was gone, moving on no longer seemed so important.

"I doesn't have to be, I just thought seeing as they are your friends too you might want to come." Kai didn't know where he stood with Delta and he knew that right now wasn't the time to push the issue.

"Where are you going?"

"I don't know. The guys said that they would let the girls choose."

"Oh, okay. Count me in." Delta was cut off by someone knocking on the door.

She ran over and checked the monitor, ever since they had been back Gwen had been plaguing them at regular intervals. Gwen was standing at the door cracking her knuckles.

"Quick Kai take your shirt off." She whispered. This really was childish but it was a fun distraction form what was going on inside her head most of the time.

"What?" Kai was slightly surprised by the request.

"Just do it!" Delta told him in a stage whisper.

Kai did as he was told and took off his shirt. Delta quickly threw her shirt into the corner and went to answer the door. 'What the hell is she doing?' Kai wondered. Delta opened the door and looked over at Gwen.

"Can I help you?" she asked in a fake happy voice that made her sound like she had been sucking helium.

"Kai!" Gwen was in a bad mood.

"Sorry he's busy right now." Delta replied losing the happy voice.

Gwen looked over Deltas shoulder at Kai lying on his bed, then back to Delta in a bra. Her plastic face contorted into hate as she glared at Delta. Gwen cracked her knuckles again and went to smack Delta across the face. Delta side stepped and pushed Gwen back out into the hall. Gwen tried to hit her again but this time Delta retaliated. Her palm came and smacked her nemesis and with an upwards thrust, there was the sound of breaking cartilage. Gwen lay on the ground in a bleeding heap. Delta walked over and stood looking down at her.

"I don't know why you even bother, for one Kai is mine. Two he will NEVER be yours and three, when we fight there will only ever be two hits. That is me hitting you and you hitting the ground! It's such a shame I broke you nose again, that new one didn't look too bad, oh well." Delta took one last disgusted look at her before returning to her room where Kai was waiting.

"You know, you should probably stop breaking her nose her dad will probably sue you." He told her.

"No problem, my lawyers can handle her with their hands tied behind their backs!" Delta walked into the room closely followed by Kai. She shut the door and turned to Kai.

"Now what was that you were saying about spring break?"

Two things became apparent as the weeks leading up to the holidays passed by. One Gwen was not happy. Every time Delta would walk past her she would snarl or try to trip her. And two, that Delta couldn't open the box. She felt bad for not doing it but she just wasn't ready, she would probably never be ready. Every day she would look at the box but she could never bring herself to open it. More and more Delta retreated into her shell and away from her friends and those who wanted to help her. Her aggression towards Gwen increased as well.

Kai sat talking to Tala and Max in the cafeteria after dinner. Everyone else had returned to their rooms.

"I just don't know what to do with her. Every day she seems to be getting worse." Kai told them.

"Yeah I saw Gwen's black eyes yesterday." Max added sipping on his milo. "She is turning into a bully and she hates bullies!"

Tala was silent as Kai and Max continued there convocation.

"Every time I try to talk to her she says she's fine, I mean I can't argue with someone in denial, there is no point and I can't convince her otherwise." Kai admitted, running his hands through his hair in frustration.

"Well you're going to have to do something before it gets out of hand. Eventually Gwen's dad is going to run out of money for nose jobs." Max was trying to lighten the mood but failed miserably.

"I know but what? Maybe the holiday will help, you know, get her away for a while." Kai ignored Max's previous joking tone.

"It might work, but I wouldn't hold my breath." Max suddenly became serious again.

Kai shifted in his seat to look at Tala who sat beside him. "Any bright ideas Tala?"

"Sorry mate you're on your own." Tala confessed looking down at his hands.

"Thanks." Kai muttered.

"Look maybe she just needs time. Let things settle." Tala gave the only advice that he could and it was nothing Kai hadn't heard before.

"It's been over a month." Max added.

"People don't just get over death in a flash Max. It takes time and sometimes some people never fully heal." Tala spoke, showing wisdom beyond his years.

Kai sat and watched Max and Tala argue for a few minutes before standing and heading towards the door of the cafeteria.

Maxed watched his progress. "Hey where you goin?"

"To talk to her. She's kind of my girlfriend, it's my job to make sure she is ok." Kai answered before leaving.

Tala and Max both stared. Kai and Delta in a relationship. FECK THE WHAT! (a/n yes I do mean feck!) they didn't have time to reply because by the time they got over the initial shock Kai had already left the cafeteria and was on his way back up to his room. The two boys stared at each other for a while and it was a lot longer before either of them could formulate a full sentence regarding the topic.

When Kai returned to the room he found Delta sitting in the middle of the floor crying with papers, photos, cds and a whole heap of other paraphernalia surrounding her. Kai scanned the room then realised what was going on. The box sat empty on the corner of the room. He crossed the room and knelt down beside her.

"Are you okay?" he asked putting an arm around her.

Delta didn't answer but let out a huge sniff instead.

"You opened the box." Kai stated the obvious.

Still no reply but this time she shook her head.

"What do you mean you didn't open the box?" Kai asked, she obviously had.

Delta got up from her spot on the floor and crossed to the computer where she pulled up several filed. Kai came and stood behind her and watched the image that had just appeared on the screen.

Image-

Gwen stood at the door to their room looking around nervously checking to see if anyone was around. Then she pulled a card from her back pocket and slid it down between the lock and the door jam. With one more quick glance up and down the hall she twisted the door knob and entered their room.

As Kai watched the image on the screen he felt his anger rise and the grief that Delta was feeling. Gwen had done this, Gwen had put Delta through all this, but how did she know about the box? Questions ran through his mind as the image came to an end. Gwen had done some pretty terrible and mean things in the past but this really took the cake. Delta went to sit on her bed and surveyed the mess surrounding her. Well it wasn't really a mess. It was Heath, everything that she looked at brought back a memory. They were happy memories but at the moment every memory was painful. As if she was being stabbed in the heart with thousands of needles every time she allowed her eyes to rest on an object.

Kai closed the image on the computer and went to Delta. He sat down beside her on the bed and pulled her to him. They sat that way for a long time, Delta crying and Kai comforting her. Eventually she fell asleep so Kai laid her down on the bed and threw a blanket over her. Then he stood and left the room.

He didn't know what he was going to do but he had to do something. There was no point confronting Gwen because she would simply deny it. He didn't know where his feet were leading him but soon he found himself standing in front of the principal's office. He knocked and after a brief moment was let in. he walk into the bright office, lit offensive with florescent lighting. Everything in the room seemed to have an aggressive feel to it.

"How may I help you Kai?"

Kai was dragged from his thoughts by the kind voice of the old man sitting behind his desk drinking coffee.

"I want to report something."

"And that would be?" Mr Dickenson asked

"Earlier today my room was broken into be Gwen Harrison."

"That is a very strong accusation Kai."

"I know that sir but I have proof." He told the old man.

"You have proof that Gwen broke into your room?"

"Yes I have it on tape."

"Okay, then why did she break into your room?"

"Well ever since Delta and I started sharing a room the two of them have been at odds." That was putting it nicely Kai thought.

"Did she do anything in your room while she was in there?" Mr Dickenson asked.

"Yes, she destroyed a box that had some personal things in it." Kai informed him.

"Was the box yours?" Mr D inquired.

"No it was Deltas', the box was filled with Heaths personal effects." Kai told the principal about Heath when he had come to ask permission to take Delta home for the funeral.

"Oh, I see. Well what would you like me to do about it?" For the first time in the conversation Mr Dickenson acted like the family friend Kai remembered.

"What can you do?" Kai asked feeling a rush in his stomach, something was going to be done.

"Quite a lot actually. What she has done is against the law, breaking and entering is a criminal offence. I could suspend her or expel her from the school." Mr D explained.

Kai didn't need to think even for a moment. "Expel her. No one has the right to go through others peoples' things especially with the intention is to cause pain." Kai told him.

"You are very protective of her aren't you?"

"Who sir." Kai was fanning innocence.

The old man quirked an eyebrow, not buying Kais' act for a minute. "Delta."

"I would not wish what she is going through on my worst adversary." Kai told his principal.

"There is only one problem with this. Her family donates quite a substantial amount to the school each year."

"That is no problem, I'm sure my grandfather will offer recompense for your loyalty to its family." Kai said.

"Very good, I will speak to Gwen later this evening and she will be gone by the end of the week." Mr D told Kai.

"Give her until the holidays, tormenting her will give Delta something to preoccupy her mind with until we all go on vacation." Kai told the principal.

"Are you sure that is a wise decision?" he asked.

"I don't see a problem with it and anyway her father can afford to buy her a new face." Kai smirked.

Kai had said all that he was going to say, he had left Delta alone for long enough and he was starting to worry. Sure she was asleep when he left but lately her sleeping patterning had been all over the place. He was pretty sure she wouldn't do anything rash but it's better to be safe than sorry….

until next time-

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