Ray's POV
"Kai should wake up by tomorrow" a podgy nurse told us while ordering us to return in the morning
"Right" Bryan nodded and we slowly headed home
The start of the walk was silent until Max broke it "I didn't know Kai was allergic to anything" he looked at the demolition boys
"Nor did we, I'm sure he had no allergies." Tala spoke thoughtfully
"Voltaire and Boris just probably neglected to tell anyone or write it down" Emily decided
"That must be it" I smiled. As we entered the dojo "We can train for a bit maybe?" I suggested, after the majority agreeing we spent our evening training, however my mind constantly wandered to Kai. He had to go back to Voltaire; I can't believe they let him go, and Boris!
Training continued for hours, I spent ages thinking about what would happen. Would Kai be able to handle it all?
"Let's call it a day" Tyson stretched
We slowly walked inside and sat around the living room.
"Do you think Kai's gunna be ok?" Max asked "I mean going back to Voltaire and all"
"Kai's tough, hopefully he can stay with Mr. Dickenson or us after the tournament" Tyson grinned
"I hope you're right Tyson" I looked at him with slightly sad eyes
"Let's get some sleep" Michael suggested
I nodded and slowly we all fell asleep. Tyson's snoring and my worrying kept me awake for hours
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I was only aware that I had fallen asleep when I woke up with the sun shining through the small gap in the blinds on the window.
I stretched and pulled myself out of bed, got ready and headed to begin breakfast.
Not long after the kitchen was filled with people eating and chatting, I sighed, Kai never said much but it was weird without him here.
"Let's go guys!!!!" Tyson called, we walked (fast) to the hospital, up a few flights of stairs (Tyson lagging at that back claiming his legs weren't working properly). We arrived outside Kai's room and slowly walked in, he was up yet tired.
"Should you not be revising?? You have exams on Monday" He asked as Tyson, Max and Kenny walked in
"don't sweat it Kai" Tyson grinned as Kai looked back down at his revision notes
"You made revision notes?" Max asked astounded
Kai nodded "I thought you weren't going to" Tyson asked suspiciously
"I changed my mind" Kai replied, however shot Tala a knowing look, which obviously showed that he didn't want to get on the bad side of Voltaire.
"I see, what grades are you aiming for?" Max looked over
"A's" Kai looked back down at his notes. "Grandfather will have no less" he looked up suddenly as the word 'Grandfather' slipped out, then looked back down and continued to study. Tala looked uneasily across at Bryan then me. Then back to Kai who continued to stare intently at his work.
Breaking the awkward silence, a doctor walked in "Good news Kai. Despite the events yesterday, you'll be able to go after your exam on Monday." Kai nodded and looked back down at his work.
"DUDE! THAT'S AWESOME!" Tyson very suddenly yelled making Kai jump and knock his papers on the floor. I felt sorry for him as I picked up the scattered papers, Tyson snickered and Kai sighed.
Kai's POV
I heard Tyson laughing silently, well at least almost silently. I sighed. I couldn't even hide my fright. Everything made me jump, even Tyson's loud voice, and I thought I had sorted that out when we first met.
Soon his 'silent' laughs turned into a very loud chuckle as Ray handed me back my papers.
'You made such an idiot of yourself' I mentally scolded myself 'it's pathetic'
Tala looked sympathetically at me and I growled, effectively shutting Tyson up.
The room fell silent, no-one knowing what to say, so I sighed again.
"Are you going to stand here all day?" I asked rudely, causing everyone to sit around.
"I can't believe you can come home on Monday!" Max smiled widely and I mentally reminded myself never to let him near sugar.
"Wonderful" I replied sarcastically. "How is this tournament working then?" I looked at Ray, he probably knew most out of anyone
"As far as we know, one person from each team represents their team in the preliminaries" Ray smiled as I nodded.
"Who's representing us?" I asked
"Well, we were going to wait until nearer the time. I need to assess everything to see who'll be strongest for different areas." Kenny looked up, his glasses flashing as they caught the light.
"We'll be back tomorrow; you should get some revision done Kai." Mariah smiled as they slowly, one-by-one left.
I looked around the large painted-white room and sighed. As much as I hated to admit, I did miss them after they left. The room had an eerie look to it, I couldn't quite place my finger on why, but it didn't matter as the doctor came in moments later
"Well Kai, we can check out all those wounds now. You may have some impressive scars" He slowly unraveled each bandage, revealing a perfect scar. One to add to my collection.
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My exam on Monday came all too quickly. I walked to Tyson's then we walked from there to the school where the exams were held.
The paper was easy, enough for me to be confident that I had passed. Then again, failure was not an option.
I stopped by at the Dojo and found my bags had already been dropped off. "Welcome back Kai!" Everyone suddenly yelled, making me jump and drop my pencil-case scattering pens, pencils, rulers, rubber and other equipment all over the floor.
I felt weak, over everything else, more so than embarrassed. I was the strong leader of the bladebreakers, scared by a return party. I picked up my pens and other equipment, whilst everyone watched nervously. I stuffed them back inside my pencil-case and walked to the shared bedroom, slamming the door after me.
'you made such a moron of yourself' I thought angrily as I locked the bathroom door and pulled a razor out of the cupboard.
"You've kept away from this for so long now Kai" I mumbled to myself more than anything "Besides Tala wants me to talk to him if I ever get like this again." I stared at the razor…for a few minutes.
I cursed under my breath loudly and threw it, effectively smashing it against the wall. The tiny pieces fell to the floor and I left the bathroom to sit on the window-sill and think.
Tala's POV
"Maybe we should check on Kai?" Max looked over at me as if to say 'he won't kill you!' I nodded and walked to the door. I knocked on it lightly, no answer. I knocked again louder, and still found no answer.
Having heard my pointless knocking, a someone crept up behind me, I wasn't quite sure who though. I knocked again and this time pushed open the door, Kai was leaning against the wall sat on the windowsill, peacefully sleeping.
I let out a sigh, I hadn't even realized I was holding my breath. I gently moved Kai (With the help of Ray, despite him being light, he was also a light sleeper). As I turned to leave I noticed something flash in the bathroom, Ray raised his eyebrow and we went to check it out, a razor lay smashed in pieces on the floor (save for the metal bit) Ray looked worriedly back to Kai, but I whispered quietly "He hasn't used it"
"What makes you so sure?" Ray hissed back
"Kai can hide things a bit better than this, there's no blood and it's smashed into pieces…is that enough evidence?" I snapped quietly he nodded and we crept back out to leave him to sleep.
I landed heavily on the sofa just as Tyson put a DVD on.
We watched for hours, s film with a terribly dubbed voice-over. And it was supposed to be scary; however no matter how much Tyson and Max cowered behind their cushions, I couldn't see a scary side.
The film dragged on for hours and hours and in the end Lee turned it off in frustration. We sat in silence until Grandpa Granger ordered us all to bed. (Much to Tyson's protesting)
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"You ready for the exam Kai?" Max asked said boy as they all got ready.
"Yeah" he nodded and I smiled, never since I had met Kai had he been so open to everyone.
"Let's go then!" Tyson stated grabbing his pencil-case and leaving.
"Good luck little dude!" I heard Tyson's grandpa call from the garden.
Moments after Kai, Tyson and Max left, Mr. Dickenson came hurrying in.
"Mr. Dickenson!" Lee smiled as Stanley huffed and puffed.
"I've had a letter from Voltaire!" He waved a piece of cream colored paper in front of us frantically
"What does it say?" Ray asked suspiciously
"Kai is staying with him until the tournament, after that he is no longer welcome at the Hiwatari household!" Mr. Dickenson stopped waving the piece of paper and watched for our reactions.
"You mean, they're just letting him go?!" Mariah squealed excitedly jumping up and down, causing her long pink hair to fly wildly around her face
"Yes!" Mr. Dickenson nodded enthusiastically and began to wave the paper again, just because he could
"I can't wait to tell Kai!!!" Emily shouted excitedly jumping up and down with Mariah (I never would have guessed those two would get along)
"I should be off" Mr. Dickenson turned to leave with a huge smile on his face as he stopped waving the paper. He closed the door quietly and instantly the atmosphere changed.
"Do you think Voltaire's up to something?" Bryan asked me
"He must be, he wouldn't just let Kai go…would he?" Ray answered for me
"Maybe he IS letting Kai go, seeing he has no control over him?" Mariah suggested.
"I'm not sure" Michael chipped in
"Voltaire's clever, he's up to something" Emily stated, raising her eyebrow with a sudden change of heart
"I'm sure he won't pull any stunts, he's just gotten out of jail after-all" Lee supplied scratching his chin
"But what if he thinks he can easily get away with it again, after all he has been beating Kai since he was about 5" Bryan stated sadly looking at the floor
I sighed. This was such a difficult situation. He could offer to let Kai go, only to kill him, or he could genuinely let him go, the former seemed the more likely. But what if he is just gunna destroy Kai then let him go as a nervous wreck.
We spoke and discussed for almost an hour, well until Tyson, Max and Kai returned, then we told him.
"Kai?" Emily dared to ask after the news hit home for Kai. He stared blankly at the wall, before a slightly twisted grin spread across his face
"So, one more exam and your back at your grandfathers then Kai?" Max asked thoughtfully, receiving a nod from Kai
"I'm sure it'll go fine. I wouldn't be surprised if they had police monitoring the place" Tyson reassured, and it seemed to work, Kai relaxed a little and we moved to the living room, where Kai pulled out revision notes and Tyson thought thoroughly for a few minutes
"At least it's only going to be for about 2 weeks" he stated to Kai, who nodded whilst trying to concentrate on his notes.
Kai looked up at Tyson, "A lot can happen in two weeks" Kai stated "I'm going to pack my stuff." He went off to the bedroom and I sighed
"Well we've got one more day; let's make the most of it!" Max smiled "Why don't we watch a film, we can study later right?" The majority nodded, Kai did eventually after tearing his eyes away from revision.
The movie Max picked wasn't THAT bad, some action film. Kai watched it so it must have been good. I chuckled silently to myself and moved closer to him. He leaned gently into me and I smiled into his messy slate colored hair
XXX
I woke in the morning, the TV was still flickering on pause, Kai was sleeping against me so I daren't move, he'd be going home the Voltaire's in a few hours
It however, didn't make much difference as everyone began waking up and looking over at us. To spare him some dignity I woke him up.
"Wha?" He mumbled as he awoke and I chuckled
"Get up you" I shoved him gently and he laughed standing up and stretching, although no matter how much he was still the shortest.
Breakfast was interesting, Max managed to spill orange juice everywhere, Tyson managed to drop the box of cereal scattering "honey loops" over the floor. Lee burned his toast and set the fire alarm off and Kai stared at his cereal until it had mixed with the milk too much and became mush
"We should go" Kai stood up abruptly from the table, pushed his bowl away and headed for the door.
"But!" Ray called after him
"I'll be fine. It's only two weeks" he smiled at us and left with his bags.
Max and Tyson looked at each other and suddenly bolted from the kitchen to catch up.
They returned later with no Kai and I brought it all home. Kai was back at Voltaire's and we couldn't do anything about it.
"He'll be fine, he's strong" Max comforted me and I sighed
Kai's POV
"Welcome home Kai" Boris stepped forward. I ignored him and walked passed, making sure to keep my distance, he could have a dagger or anything hidden in his sleeve. I headed up the long stairs, down the hallway, to my room to dump my bags.
As I looked out the large window onto the gardens but turned around as I heard the door open (a/n: he's in his upstairs room not the cellar).
Boris stepped in and it closed with a 'click'. He turned the key locking the door and dropped it into his pocket and turned to face me "Voltaire has given me permission to do with you as I will in order to get you to obey…and I intend to" he chuckled as I stared at him in complete horror, I was locked in a room with Boris…
"Crap" I hissed under my breath.
Hey, just to say, this is not really a cliffie, I'm pretty sure its easy to work out what's going to happen, but I'm not going to write it
If you really really want to make sure it is what you think it is, then tell me what you think in a review
Sorry it's a bit short.
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