Chapter 10

Dylan sighed as he watched Kari and Kara fall asleep on the couch together. Megan walked up to her son and touched his arm.

"Don't worry sweetie, they'll be fine." Megan reassured her son. "Go down to the gym, Uncle Pat and Aunt Mille are helping your father with the 4 year olds. Tell them what happened."

Dylan nodded and looked at Isabella, asking with his eyes if she wanted to join him. Isabella nodded and followed him to the elevators.

They reached the gym and walked in. Isabella looked up at Dylan's face trying to read him, but he had a blank expression on his face.

"Don't worry Dylan, Kari will be fine. She has us." Isabella said quietly, touching his arm. Dylan looked down at Isabella, a soft smile on his face. Isabella smiled back.

"Thanks Bells." Dylan said, truly grateful that she said that. Isabella nodded and then Dylan opened the door, letting her through first.

"Izzy?" Brooklyn asked, seeing his daughter and Dylan walk in. "What's wrong?" Kai looked over from kneeling down next to a student. He glanced at his son and recognized his son's set jaw as a sign that something had him pissed off. Kai stood up and told his class that they had some free time to practice. Kai, along with the other parents, walked over to where Isabella and Dylan led them to the empty lobby.

"What happened?" Hiro asked his nephew. But Dylan didn't look at him, he looked at his other uncle.

"What is it?" Pat asked, when Dylan looked at him.

"Kari was bullied today by Mike Invankov's younger brother Myles." Dylan said.

Millie gasped, her hands covering her mouth. "How?"

"I ran into her in the bathroom and she was crying." Isabella explained. "I asked her what happened and she said that Myles told her that her eyes looked like blood on bunny's fur."

The Granger and Hiwatari's eyes in particular, harden in anger.

"We brought her here." Dylan said. "Mom talked to her and she seems to be ok, but..." Dylan trailed off, his fists clenching again in anger. Isabella took one of her hands and touched the fist, easing the fingers apart.

"You should go see her." Isabella said. "She and Kara are up in Megan's office sleeping." Pat and Millie nodded and headed to the elevator.

Kai took one last glance at his son and headed back to his class, knowing he was in good hands. Isabella took Dylan back upstairs, as the rest of the group would be there in a couple of minutes.

"Dylan." Isabella reprimanded softly. Dylan relaxed and took a deep breath.

"Sorry, but it still pisses me off." Dylan said. Isabella pulled Dylan on the couch next to the one Kari and Kara were sleeping on.

"I know Dylan. I'm pissed off too, just imagine how Sean must feel? He's the closest to Kari." Isabella reminded him. Dylan nodded.

"So what are we going to do about it?" Dylan asked, wanting her opinion.

"We're going to make your threat become a reality."

Dylan and Isabella turn to their right to see Luna and Sean walking in, the rest of the group following them. Luna was the one who talked and she had a smirk on her face, her arms crossed over her chest.

"Where's Kari?" Sean asked. Dylan nodded towards the couch and Sean sprinted around it, kneeling in front of the sleeping sisters. Hearing the voices and feeling Sean holding her hand, Kari stirred from her sleep.

"Sean?" Kari asked groggily. She rubbed her eyes and looked over at Sean's worried face. "Hey Sean." Kari smiled wearily.

"Hey little girl." Sean smiled. "You ok? I heard that you went through a bit today."

Kari giggled. "Yea, I'm ok now. Auntie Megan, Dylan and Izzy helped me." Kari looked down at where Kara's head was laying on her lap. "Wake up Kar. Everyone's out of school." Kari gently shook Kara and Kara just snuggled back closer to her sister. Everyone laughed at how cute it was. "Kara." Kari giggled. "Everyone's here. Dylan's here."

"Dlwen?" Kara mumbled. Dylan smiled and walked over, picking Kara up. As soon as she was in his arms, Kara nuzzled into the crook of Dylan's neck. Dylan smiled down at her, touching her blond hair.

"Come on Kar-Kar. If you don't wake up now, you won't be able to sleep tonight." Dylan said softly. Kara yawned and lifted her head. Her crimson/silver orbs met Dylan's own and she smiled.

"Kk Dlwen." Kara nodded. "No mores sleepy." Dylan nodded.

"Now, how about you go find Auntie Meggy and ask her if you can play with Drakima, huh?" Dylan asked.

Kara nodded enthusiastically. "Yes pwease, pwease!" Kara giggled. Dylan set her down and she ran into Megan's office, smiling.

"Alright, so what did you say about my threat becoming a reality?" Dylan smirked, turning around to face Luna.

"Mike! Myles!" Luna shouted, walking over, the entire group behind her and Dylan right next to her.

Mike and Myles turned around at the voice, from the battle that they were having, catching their blades in the process. As soon as they saw the group walk over, they froze in place. Quickly, Mike schooled his face into a mask of intense pleasure as he saw Sean's pissed off face.

Sean glared even more.

"So, what are the freaks doing here?" Mike mocked, crossing his arms over his chest, a smug smile on his face.

"Going to kick your ass!" Ken shouted, running at Mike, fury in his green eyes. But Cody nabbed him and pulled him back.

"Easy tiger." Cody said softly, holding Ken under the arms and to his chest. "Dylan and your sis have called first dibs."

Ken fought Cody's hold for a few more seconds then relaxed, giving up. "Fine." Ken huffed, crossing his arms over his chest after Cody let him down.

Dylan looked back to Mike and Myles as he saw that Cody got Ken under control. "Remember my threat?" Dylan asked, eerily calm.

"Yea, so?" Mike shrugged, the smug smile still on his face.

"So..." Luna drew out, taking her blade and launcher out of their cases on her hip. "You're gunna get it now."

"Now, now." Mike smiled. "What did I do?"

"You know what." Dylan glared. "You told Myles about it and he teased Kari about the color of her eyes."

"Now, Myles would you do that?" Mike askd, turning to his younger brother. Myles smiled at his older brother, fake innocence radiating from his fake smile.

"No. I would never." Myles lied.

"Yes you did!" A small voice shouted. At 3'5", she was shadowed by Sean's 5'11" frame, but Kari peeked around Sean's side, glaring at Myles with all the hatred of a 1000 angry men. She stepped in front of Sean, walking towards Luna and Dylan, who were slightly ahead of the group. "Don't lie!" She shouted again. This time it was as if the room shook with the power of her voice. Mike and Myles took a step back, their instincts telling them that something was wrong. In reality it was Kari's bit-beast, Tigrerra, her earth tiger, similar to Ray's lightning tiger, Driger. Tigrerra, feeling Kari's anger, had released some of her energy into the room, reflecting her mistress's anger.

"W-What was t-that?" Mike stuttered, starting to feel scared.

"That was Tigrerra." Luna smirked.

"She's not too pleased that you teased her mistress." Dylan said, a hand on Kari's shoulder. He felt that Tigrerra was ready to protect her mistress at a moment's notice. As like with Kara, Kari had a strong bond with bit-beasts, due to her bloodlines.

"A b-bit-beast did t-that?" Myles stuttered.

"Yea, so what?" Mike said, straightening up. "Me and my blade are more powerful then all of you!"

"He doesn't have a bit-beast." A shocked voice says from within the group. Dan looked at Luke in question. Luke laughed out loud. "Oh my gosh!" He laughed, holding his side. "He doesn't have a bit-beast, just a blade. Oh this is rich." Isaballa laughed along with her brother. Like their father, Isabella and Luke were able to sense a bit-beast's presence, whether they were active or not.

Seth bit back a laugh. Like his older brother, he was able to sense that neither Mike nor Myles had bit-beasts.

"Oh, the big boys don't have bit-beasts and little sweet Kari does." Mathilda laughed. She too could sense bit-beasts.

Mike blushed red hot in embarrassment. "How do you know?"

Luna tapped her head. "Cause they know. Now, are you ready to get your ass whooped?" Luna mocked.

At the challenge, slowly people started looking up from their own battles. Soon the entire gym's focus was on Mike, Myles, Dylan and Luna.

"You're on!" Mike shouted, not wanting to look weak in front of the entire school.

Dylan smirked, and he and Luna stepped up to the dish, with Mike and Myles on the other side.

As the group spread out behind Dylan and Luna, the rest of the school circled the dish.

"3-2-1. Let It Rip!" 4 blades are launched into the dish at the same time. But it was immediately apparent who was better. At 6, Myles had only just begun blading and his older brother at 17, was only an average blader. Dylan and Luna were much more experienced and immensely more powerful then the brothers.

"This is too easy." Luna sighed, and she actually sat down, chin resting in her hand. "I'm bored." She said as her icy blue blade touched Myle's orange one, sending it flying to the opposite end of the dish. "Elfin's bored." Luna said, gesturing to her blade. Elfin was her winged ice horse. Her bit-beast, like Megan's, was pure white, but Elfin had an icy blue hue to her coat and her wings were made of ice.

Dylan smirked as Luna leaned against his legs, totally bored with the battle. He looked back as Wyvern and Elfin toyed with Myles and Mike. There was a post in the middle of the dish and with a flick of his eyes, Wyvern followed her master's instructions and hoped on top if it, balancing on the pointed tip.

Mike glared as Dylan showed off. He glanced at Kari, who was talking excitedly with Isabella about blading later today at the BBA gym. Mike fumed with anger as he realized that they were making a big joke about it. He snuck a peak at Dylan and saw that he was talking to Luna about the same thing. Mike smiled as he realized no one was paying attention to him as Luna's blade was toying with his brother.

With his hand outstretched, he silently ordered his blade to attack. Covered in an electrical current, the blade went flying past Luna's shoulder and straight towards Kari.

Isabella's eye caught something moving and with a start she realized that Mike was going to attack Kari! In a flash, Isabella positioned herself in front of Kari, covering Kari's body with her own, her back to the blade. Before anyone could react, the blade slammed into Isabella's back with a crash and Isabella screamed in pain as the electrical current ran through her body. She instinctively let go of Kari, so she wouldn't feel it.

"Izzy!" Luke screamed in anguish.

Acting quickly, Luna broke off from Myles and smashed his blade into pieces with an ice attack. And Dylan ordered Wyvern to smash Mike's blade off of Isabella, who was now on the floor, screaming in pain as the blade dung into her back. Flying through the air like a falcon, Wyvern smashed Mike's blade into pieces with a wave of light. As soon as the blade's electrical current stopped, Isabella slumped to the ground.

Catching their blades, Dylan and Luna ran over to where Kyle held his best friend delicately, as Luke held her hand, talking to her.

"Iz!" Luna shouted touching her best friend's cheek. "No, Izzy, please, wake up." Luna started crying. "No, I'm so sorry Iz. If only we were paying attention..."

"An ambulance is on it's way." Elise reported, pocketing her phone, her hand shaking. Quinn took her hand and held it tightly.

Dylan looked down at Isabella, who was unconscious, her face in Kyle's chest. He felt a stab of guilt, knowing that if only he had been paying attention, Isabella wouldn't be hurt right now, trying to protect Kari. He looked over and saw that Kari was crying into Sean's chest as he held her. Dylan could tell that the only thing keeping Sean from going after Mike was the crying girl in his arms. But that didn't mean that Seth wouldn't do something.

Seth, tears in his eyes, ran towards Mike, intending on killing him for trying to harm Kari and for hurting Isabella. TK and Taichi grabbed their best friend, holding him back, as he screamed profanities to Mike and Myles as they ran away. They didn't get very far, Dylan noticed, as 4 M16 agents tackled them and dragged them out of sight. Dylan sighed as TK and Taichi finally got Seth under control.

Dylan knew that Isabella often acted as an older sister to Seth, but he didn't know how much until now. Zelda pulled TK and Taichi away and she took Seth in her arms as he cried into her shoulder. Fiona stood behind Luke, with a hand on his shoulder as he cried, begging his sister to wake up.