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Chapter 10: I just need a little luck to survive

At the hotel:

It was a little after 8 o'clock at night. The Blade Breakers were heading upstairs in the elevator to their hotel rooms. They'd had a feast at a local restaurant that served Puerto Rico's traditional dishes.

"Man did we ever eat at that restaurant!" exclaimed Tyson rubbing his stomach with satisfaction.

"Yeah, but we didn't see Kai anywhere," Kenny noted as he fixed his glasses.

"Don't worry about it guys! I'm sure he's waiting for us in the hotel room," Hilary assumed trying to relieve the worry in their faces.

"Maybe you're right Hilary," Max agreed as the elevator stopped and made a beeping sound as the doors opened.

"Well there's only one way to find out," said Tyson as he opened the door to the room he shared with Kai. Once he had opened the door, the others surveyed the room looking for their duo haired friend. They spotted him sitting next to the window looking at the scenery.

"We finally found you Kai!" Max exclaimed as he entered the room.

"What? We were playing hide and seek?" Kai responded never leaving his sight from the window.

"Well since you stormed out of the room like you did and it had been hours and you still hadn't arrived, we decided to go look for you…and get a bite to eat," Tyson noted, mumbling the last part.

"You worried Shayera too! She thought she had said something she shouldn't have, you jerk!" an upset Hilary yelled.

"Hn," was all he said as he crossed his arms and closed his eyes.

"Just drop it you guys, as least Kai's here and that's all that matters," Rei declared, being the voice of reasoning in the room.

"Where did you go anyways?" Kenny inquired.

"Somewhere," he said briefly as he opened his eyes and looked out the window once more.

"Ugh!" groaned a frustrated Tyson.

"Let's just drop it you guys, it looks like we won't be getting anything else out of him," said Rei, once more being the voice of reasoning.

The next day outside the hotel:

It was hot outside. The sun was blazing but the heat was bearable. It was a beautiful day, the smell of the ocean made it very relaxing. It was a Sunday so there were quite a few tourists around. The Blade Breakers were waiting outside for Shayera to arrive.

"She said she would be here at 10am and it's almost 11am already!" complained Tyson in frustration.

"Calm down Tyson, maybe there was a lot of traffic today," Rei reasoned as he put his hand on his shoulder.

"I wonder why today the streets keep getting busier by the minute," Hilary pondered out loud.

"We'll just have to wait for Shayera to get here to ask her," Kenny said wiping sweat off his forehead.

Just then a bus pulled over and Shayera exited the bus along with some tourists behind her. She walked over to them and bowed her head.

"I'm so sorry I'm late!" she apologized.

"It's ok Shayera," Max said as he patted her back.

"Why didn't you come here with your father like you usually do?" Rei inquired covering his eyes from the blazing sunlight.

"Well uhmm, you see, well there's a reason for that…" she mumbled with a nervous smile as she looked up to meet their eyes.

"Well…?" Kai asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Uhmm you see, my father's working on something and he was far too busy with it so I decided to take the bus, yeah, that's it," she said nervously with her eyes closed.

"On a Sunday?" Tyson questioned her words.

"Uhmm, yes, he's a very dedicated man?" she replied shakily.

"If you say so," Max said as he scratched his head.

"Your father seems like such a nice man," Hilary stated with a smile.

"Uhmm, yes he is…" she said with a frown as she placed her hand on her cheek.

"What's wrong with your cheek?" Kai asked randomly noticing her cheek looked a tad red.

"Uhmmm nothing! Must have been that I had rested my cheek on my hand while on the bus!" she replied shakily with a smile, but soon frowned. "Let's just head out to do some sight-seeing!" she exclaimed nervously and began to walk, thinking about her father.

Flashback:

It was early in the morning and Shayera had woken up still leaning her back on her father's bedroom door. She stood up shakily and began to walk towards the bathroom, trying to keep her balance by placing her hands on the walls.

Once in the bathroom she twisted the faucet's knob and splashed water on her face. She then took one look at herself and her eyes noticed how messy she looked. Her eyes red from all the tears she had spilled the previous night, her hair a mess from falling asleep next to the door. She then noticed that her cheek still looked a bit red.

She flashed backed to the previous night. Being slapped by her father for no apparent reason. A horrified expression on her face. She brushed her teeth and then went downstairs to make some coffee, like she always did.

She sat in the kitchen waiting for her father to arise. She then heard something breaking and then a door abruptly opening. Her eyes were wide open from fear. She wanted to get out of there, but her need to know why her father did what he did held her back.

Footsteps echoed throughout the house, getting closer and closer each time. Finally, her once perfect father stood next to the kitchen door with an angry look on his face.

"Serve me coffee," he demanded.

She poured him a cup of coffee and placed it on the table. She watched as he grabbed the cup and began drinking it.

"Father…" she said with hesitantly.

"What?" he hissed as he placed the cup on the table abruptly.

"Why…" she simply asked with a frown on her face as she bowed her head.

"Simply because you are who you are," he replied angrily.

"And what am I father?" she asked in a demanding tone.

"Hphm. You are so worthless I won't even waste my breath on you," he spat back.

"Worthless? You've raised me for over 16 years and all of the sudden I'm worthless?" she yelled back at him, slamming her hands on the table. She then felt something familiarly painful on her face. Her father had just slapped her once more.

"I thought I made myself clear the first time!" he yelled back at her and knocked the cup of coffee off the table. The sound of the breaking cup echoed through the room.

"Look what you made me do you little bitch! Clean it up like the low life you are!" he snarled at her and threw a punch at the table.

She was totally shocked. She trembled as she placed her hand on her cheek and her eyes were filled with disbelief once more. She got to her knees and began to clean up the mess hesitantly.

"Who's to blame for all of this father? Who's to blame for your sudden change of character?" she asked almost whispering.

"You will soon learn who my dear," he announced with disgust as he called her 'my dear'. "Oh and, I hope you'll have more information on that boy named Kai later in the afternoon," he said and left the room.

End of Flashback

The Blade Breakers and Shayera were walking by the famous 'El Morro'. Shayera then stopped and pointed towards it.

"This is the famous 'El Morro'. It was built around 500 years ago when the Spanish came to this island looking for gold and made the local Indians build it," she informedthem with her head held high.

"Shayera, why are there so many people here in San Juan today?" Kenny inquired.

"Well you see, today is the Night of San Juan. It's when we pay tribute to some priest called San Juan Bautista. I don't know much of it all, but I what I do know is that everyone goes to the beaches and at exactly midnight, they jump into the seas backwards for good luck!" she exclaimed.

"It's more like a superstition, but hey, it's always a good excuse to skip anything related to work and just go to the beach, wouldn't you agree?" Shayera said with a smile on her face.

"Hey Kai, can we in the words of Shayera, pay tribute to that priest and throw ourselves into the seas for good luck? We need all the luck we can possibly get in the upcoming tournament," suggested Tyson with excitement.

"Please Kai! We promise we'll start training after tomorrow for the tournament for as long as you like!" Max offered with a grin on his face.

"Do as you wish then," he said as he crossed his arms with his eyes closed and continued to walk forward.

"Hey! Wait for us!" exclaimed his teammates in unison.

Back at the hotel:

It was almost 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The Blade Breakers were gathering their things for their trip to the beach. Shayera had left about 3 hours ago and agreed to meet them there.

"Hey Kai?" said a confused Tyson.

"What?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Aren't you going to change into your swimming trunks?" inquired a puzzled Tyson.

"No," he replied as he leaned against a wall with his arms crossed.

"But aren't you going to the beach with us?" Tyson asked again.

"No," he answered again.

"Aww, come on Kai! Don't you want some of that so-called midnight luck from the sea?" questioned the disappointed bluenette.

"I don't need luck," he spat back as he stood up and headed for the door.

"Well, as our team captain, it's your duty to be with us 24/7 whether you like it or not," Tyson stated, attempting to persuade him into going with them.

"In other words, a team captain is not only there to lead and couch but to baby-sit you all as well?" Kai answered sarcastically.

"Come on, you don't have to get in the water if you don't want to. We won't hold you back from going anywhere or try to persuade you into doing anything. Just please come with us," Tyson practically begged him.

"Fine, but like you said, in other words, I can do as I please," Kai replied and walked out of the room with his scarf trailing behind him.

"Well that took a while," Tyson said to himself rather proudly.

At the beach:

It was almost 5 o'clock and the Blade Breakers were waiting for Shayera at the beach near a street she had mentioned before she had left.

"Would you look at how many people there are here?" said an amazed Hilary as she looked at her surroundings. The beach was packed with people.

"If Shayera doesn't get here soon we won't be able to find a place where we can all sit down and relax," Kenny stated holding a backpack over his left shoulder.

"Oh look there she is!" announced Max as he pointed to their right. Shayera was walking towards with a smile on her face and her hand waving at them. She wore some jean shorts and the top part of her two-piece bathing suit and carried a huge backpack.

"Hey guys. Sorry I'm late, I had to take the bus again," she said with a smile.

"Your father couldn't take you here again?" Rei inquired. He wore dark blue trunks with a lightning print on each side.

"I'm afraid not, and I don't think he'll be able to pick me up later on either," she replied with a frown on her face.

"You can always stay with us!" Hilary suggested with excitement. She wore a pink, one piece bathing suit and a blue skirt.

"I don't want to be a bother," Shayera said shyly.

"You won't be at all! You can sleep in my room with me and Kenny!" she suggested once more with a smile on her face.

"Uhmm, I don't mean to be the one to spoil your fun Hilary, but I don't think she'll like to sleep with us," Kenny said nervously, wearing plain yellow swimming trunks.

"And why is that?" she asked in a rather angry tone.

"Well…you see Hilary, you kinda tend to snore at times, and tonight won't be an exception to that," he replied and quickly covered his head in fear of what was to come.

"I don't snore!" Hilary yelled and tried to contain herself from throwing him a punch.

"All cows snore," Tyson said mockingly but soon got punched on his left cheek.

"Not bad for a cow, huh?" Hilary responded with her head held high.

"Well, you can sleep in Kai's room," Rei suggested.

"But Tyson sleeps in that room and he snores louder than a herd of cows," Max pointed out, wearing green swimming trunks with yellow and purple stripes to the sides.

"Well then, Tyson can share a room with Kenny and Hilary, or with us," Rei suggested once more, "That is, if that's ok with you Kai?"

"Hn," was all he said.

"Aren't you going to get in the water Kai?" asked a puzzled Shayera seeing as he wore his normal attire.

"No," he replied with his arms crossed.

"Well isn't that word becoming quite popular with you nowadays?" Rei noted.

"Let's just all find a spot where we can settle down on," said Shayera with a smile on her face.

"You're right, if we don't find a place to settle down on soon we might as well just lay down on the road," Kenny agreed as he stood next to Shayera, making her look like she was six feet tall.

After what seemed like an eternity to them, they finally found the perfect spot where they could settle down on. It was under a huge palm tree just about 20 feet from the water. It was only a matter of minutes before the sun was close to the ocean's horizon.

"The horizon looks beautiful doesn't it?" Hilary complimented.

"Yeah it does," Max agreed.

"Hey! Would you all like to practice how you'll all throw yourselves in the sea when it's midnight?" Shayera offered with a smile on her face.

"Sure! But how hard can it be to do it anyways?" asked Tyson sarcastically.

"You'll see," she said as she ran to the shore. Once she reached the shore she stared at the water and looked at her reflection. She looked at herself and couldn't help but notice how sad she looked, deep inside. She tried to hide it from her newfound friends but she knew they'd notice soon enough.

'I just need a little luck to survive all of this. Maybe a little luck is all I need for now. I'm sure father will feel like himself soon enough,' she pondered as her eyes got watery.

"Hey Shayera we're here!" Max yelled snapping her out her thoughts.

'I'll have time to think about it later I suppose,' she thought as she wiped her eyes and turned around to greet her friends with a smile.

At the palm tree:

"Hey where did Kai go?" Hilary asked as she sat on a beach towel.

"Well, who knows? He likes to wander off alone most of the time," Kenny noted as sat on a chair with sunglasses replacing his glasses.

"I hope he doesn't wander off for too long," Hilary said with concern.

Somewhere in the San Juan:

Kai was wandering around near the beach. He couldn't stand to be near so many people. He decided to head back to where he had gone the previous day to think. When he arrived he saw a black haired person that appeared to be a woman sitting on the wall.

He was about to walk away, but something held him back. He didn't know what, but he decided to just go with it. He sat a few feet away from the woman and didn't even bother to look at her.

"Hello Kai," the woman greeted him. "It's been far too long wouldn't you agree?"

He turned his head around to see who had spoken to him. It was none other than Larisa, staring at the sunset.

"Hn," he responded.

"Now, now. That's no way to greet one of your parents' old friends," she lectured.

"You were nothing more but acquaintances," he spat back.

"That's not true at all, I knew them like the back of my hand, or at least your father anyways," she replied as she brushed away a strand of her black hair off her face.

"That's not what I heard," he said to her with anger. As much as he knew he shouldn't be talking to her, he once again couldn't help but feel drawn to her, feel trust.

"Well you heard wrong my dear," she said as she stood up and looked at the water. "Oh, and my sincerest apologies for your parents death. It must have been horrible to lose them like that," she said as she approached him.

"What do you mean by 'It must have been horrible to lose them like that'?" he inquired as he locked his eyes into hers.

"Well, to know that it was no mere accident that your parents died," she stated trying not to grin.

"What did you say?" Kai said in utter shock.

"That it was no mere accident that your parents died," she repeated once more as she sat down next to him.

Kai was still in complete shock. He didn't know what to say, how to react. His eyes grew big and weary. He just stared at Larisa with disbelief. The past was beginning to unfold and it looked like it wasn't going to be a pleasant trip.

A/N: Hello People! I'm so happy with how many hits I got! Over a hundred! I never get over a hundred!

And we got a new reader! Hiyaa Phoenix from the Flames-2! Thank you so much for the review! I hope you continue to review all of the chapters from now on. And do you really think you have it figured out, I don't know myself how it will turn out. Let's see if you can think of who killed who this time. I'm not saying you were right, I'm not saying you were wrong. But thanks so much for the review. I was thrilled when I got it.

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Since this chapter is so long, at least for me as per usual, It'll take a few days for me to write chapter 12. So far you will all agree that this story looks like it will take a while to end. That's why I'm starting to reveal the secrets now. I don't think you would all appreciate it if I just keep dragging this out. I know how sometimes we can all get tired of things that get extended far too long. So I might start the real physical violence in the next chapter. Who knows? Depends on how it all pops into my mind as I go!

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