It's the day after Valentines Day which means...nothing. I just have no school for the rest of the week and Monday. (Chibi Black Cat cheers) So, I'm spending it going to Borders, working, and doing virtually nothing. Life is good.

Chapter 14: In Progress

"...And so, in return for his dream, the village's dreams were all restored, making it a happy and prosperous place once again." Ms. Kincaid finished, signaling to the students that they could close their books. A girl in the back raised her hand. "Yes, Ayana?"

"Why would he do that?" the girl asked. "I mean, it was his dream to fly, then this village comes along that he has no relation to, and he decides to give everything up? Where's the point?"

"Um...the point...uh..." Ms. Kincaid stumbled for an answer (what happened to the good ol' days where we just read the book?).

"The point is to be unselfish and caring, and that one person can change the life of others." Hilary stated, helping out Ms. Kincaid.

"Sometimes I think Hilary would make a better teacher than Ms. Kincaid..." Tyson muttered.

"Huh?" Tysa asked.

"Nothing." Tyson told her.

"Um...that's right, Hilary. The moral is to be unselfish." Ms. Kincaid agreed.

"...but can't there be more to it?" Tysa asked.

"Like what, Tysa?" Ms. Kincaid asked.

"Well, maybe he gave up his dream because he was scared of what could happen if he continued. Or maybe, tempted by the fact he had a 'beautiful dream', he gave it up for the pride of having one. But, what if he didn't give up the dream? Maybe he would be able to fly, leaving that village to be destroyed, but who would know that village was even there? What difference would it make on the impact on the world?"

"Uh..." Ms. Kincaid blinked, as did the rest of the class as they turned to Tysa. "That's...one way to think of it...but let's keep the unselfish moral, ok?"

"Huh?" Tysa blinked, as she just been snapped out from a trance.

"What was that, Tysa?" Kenny asked from the side Tyson was on.

"What was what?" Tysa asked Kenny, still confused. "What did I say?"

"You said something if that makes you feel better." Tyson told her. "I zoned out after 'happen'."

"Gee, I can name over ten sentences that involves the word 'happen'. Thanks for clarifying." Tysa stated, narrowing her eyes. Tyson narrowed his eyes in return, making them look like mirror images.

"You know, I think you and Kai alternate making each other worse."

"Pfft." Tysa turned front with her expression. "Who needs him? I was born evil. He's the one learning from the master."

"..." Tyson turned his head to the side with a pout also on his face. Lucky for both of them, Tyson was incredibly passive to his sister.

"If you two ever spawn, I'll check for devil horns, because there is no way any child of yours could be good-natured." Hilary stated from in front of Tysa (in other words, she sits in front of Tysa).

"Of course, for that to happen, all my family has to be killed and I must be deathly drunk to at least think of considering the process on how that would happen." Tysa told her, as somewhere Kai sneezed.

"Hmm..." Hilary mused with a small smile, then turned back around, confusing Tysa.

"Hey, has anyone noticed that when ever she smiles like that, it means that either a: something bad will happen to me or b: that'll actually happen?" Tysa asked, with a miserable expression on her face.

"Well, if you and Kai do spawn and I do have to die, I'll self-impose it. I don't think I'll be able to stand a pure evil niece or nephew." Tyson muttered.

A while after school ended for Granger and co., Kai sneezed one last time and rubbed under his nose.

"Ug...I don't think I'm getting a cold..." He thought, looking at the view from the tall building.

"Jo, Kai!" Tysa stated, flying up to where Kai was.

"...'jo'? Kai repeated.

"Weird way to say 'yo', got stuck in my vocabulary, and..." Tysa looked at Kai's face and started to laugh in tears.

"...what?" Kai asked, becoming more annoyed with Tysa.

"Heehee...sorry, sorry...ha..." Tysa breathed. "It's just that...this entire day...well...Hilary mentioned that any child we spawn will be pure evil...and...hahahaha! I...I just can't imagine that!" she said, starting to laugh again. Kai stayed silent, but confused, having no idea how to respond.

"...Wait...do you mean...together...?" Kai asked, feeling an urge to throw something at Hilary.

"Yah..." Tysa laughed. "Isn't that just ridiculous?" Kai still wasn't sure how to respond to that. Noticing, Tysa stopped laughing and looked at the blinking into space Kai. "...Kai? You ok?"

"Uh..." he stated, still into space. Tysa gave him a closer look.

"You...do...think it's silly...right?" she asked, walking closer to him. He looked at her. "I mean...you, me, having a kid..." a smile tugged her lips. "Don't you think it'll be strange?"

"Eh, hmph." Kai soon reverted back to his original nature. "That'll be the day."

"Yeah, I thought so." Tysa smiled, seeing Kai go back to normal. "I mean, I told Hilary I'd have to be drunk to even consider it."

"Of course." Kai stated. Crap.

Just—for once—say what you mean! Please!!

"...Really?" Kai asked, looking at her.

"Well, yeah..." Tysa turned to Kai. "I mean..." Tysa started to feel a little nervous. "...can you imagine us having a future together?" Kai put his hands on Tysa's face and pulled her so that they were centimeters apart. "K...Kai?" Tysa said quietly, nervous that she couldn't see his expression.

What if I...said yes? Kai thought, looking at Tysa.

"Meow!" Mitsu and Kuro walked up to the two teens. "Meow?" After a few more moments of silently staring, Kai then let Tysa go as if nothing had happened, and bent down to greet the cats, leaving Tysa confused.

"Deh?" she asked, unmoving.

"Meow?"

Tysa looked down to see Kai dangling some sort of grass in front of Kuro, tormenting him, and Mitsu looking at her curiously. A 'smile' crossed Mitsu's face. "Meow!"

"..." A silent smile crossed Tysa face as she bent down to Mitsu and petted her. Then, she snatched the grass out of Kai's hand, and starting playing with Mitsu.

"Hey!" Kai yelled. Tysa stuck her tongue out.

"Get your own weed-thingy!" she yelled back.

"That is my weed!" Kai retorted.

"Can you prove it?"

"What?!"

"Wait, that would mean showing yourself to the cops, won't it?"

"I—grr..." Kai sank back to his position, glaring at Tysa from the side. "...Kimi ga kirai desu..." Tysa grinned cockily at Kai.

"I'm such a horrible person."

"Mraa." Kuro had moved over to Mitsu to play with the weed-thingy (I need to find out what that is...), leaving Kai.

"Yet, it seems to cats like me more." Tysa stated. Kai 'hmph'ed.

"I'm not surprised. Cats are all over you and Ray."

"Oh, yeah, Kai..." Tysa took out Kai's sketchbook and flipped to a picture of Tyson, who was sleeping halfway off the bed. "This is funny."

Kai shrugged.

"Had no camera."

"Did you bother to help him?"

"No." Tysa hit Kai with the sketchbook. "Ow! Stop that! Do I look like a punching bag?!"

"Does having the same IQ count?" Tysa asked. Kai turned his head away from Tysa in anger. "Oh, is wittle Kwai still not used to getting is head mopped on the fwoor by the big bad girl?" (you can just imagine Kai's anger mark getting bigger...) Kai didn't respond. "Oh, come off it, Kai." Tysa placed a hand on Kai's shoulder. "You know you'll just drop it the next day." Kai looked a bit at Tysa from the side.

...She's right...she could do the worse thing possible...and I'll forgive her. His expression softened to Tysa's smile. I wonder why that is...

See? There's a good boy...Tysa thought, making her smile grow larger in an attempt not to say that. Then, her hand became see through again—but so did Kai.

"What?" she said aloud, feeling cold as her body went through the vanishing Kai...

"Oompf!" both Tysa and Kai groaned as they both fell on the roof. Kai glared at the girl on top of his back.

"What did you do that for?!" Kai yelled.

"B-but..." Tysa started. "I...you were...disappearing...and I..."

"What are you talking about—" Tysa grabbed his collar and started to shake him.

"Both you and I were see through and you were disappearing and I was going through you and..." she said quickly as she shook Kai faster (Tysa, you're killing him...). Soon she realized she was blocking Kai's air route and stopped, just in time to he his face in a KO'ed look (probably meaning he didn't hear any of it...)

"...And here I thought you didn't need to breathe..." she said more to herself. Kai snapped back and glared.

"Of course I need to breath! I'm human!" he yelled back. Tysa let go and smirked.

"I always figured you were some sort of asexual anaerobic creature." Tysa told him.

"A...what?" Kai asked, dazed and confused.

"Anyways, I'm done torturing you for the day, so I'm going home."

"Did...did you just call me a bacteria?" Kai asked, as she prepared to leave.

"Smart boy." Tysa smiled and flew away, leaving a confused, but increasingly getting annoyed Kai.

...I often forget why I put up with her...Kai took out a drawing of Tysa, smiling from becoming the world champion. ...then I remember.

...I'm in a good mood...Tysa thought, thinking about why she was in a good mood. But...I felt this before...She walked in her house and yawned.

"I'm home..." she said. Why do I feel so tired?

"Hey, Tysa." Tysa turned to the side to see Ray working with his Driger.

"Ray..." Tysa said, stifling another yawn. Ray heard it.

"Are you ok, Tysa?" he asked. "You sound tired."

"I'm fine. Really." She smiled. Ray gave her a look that looked like he didn't believe her. "I am fine." She said in a sing-song voice.

"...I'll cook dinner tonight, then, if you don't mind." Ray stated, getting up. He put on hand on Tysa's shoulder and smiled. "Get some rest, ok?"

"Uh...uh-huh." Tysa nodded. An odd nervous feeling stemmed from Ray's touch and Tysa went inside and to her room. She sighed and fell on her bed. This is the feeling...I feel from Ray...

I hope y'all paid close attention to a certain part in this chapter (I'm not going to tell you which part though, and it might not be the part you think). Anyways, hope you enjoyed.

Mizuki Sakura