Hey, I put this up the same time as chapter three to make it a bit more
understandable. It's a bit short but I'll continue it in chapter 5 which
will be up tomorrow! ^_^
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Chapter 4
That evening Kai sat in the library on the couch reading a book in front of the fire. Which lit up the room in a warm amber colour. Rika entered quietly and cautiously.
Kai looked up from his reading then looked back down again. She felt nervous. Did that mean she was to leave or was he angry with her or, why did he have to be so difficult to read.
She approached him cautiously and stood right in front of him, her hand behind her back.
" Kai?" she asked
No response.
" Kai?"
Still nothing. And he didn't even look up he just ignored her.
" Kai are you angry with me?" she asked
He shrugged his shoulders but still didn't look at her.
" Hey now, what's that suppose to mean. Either you are or you ain't" (very bad English! ^_^) she scowled at him. He looked up at her as she raised her voice and returned the scowled but with more power.
She let her scowl drop quickly and she swallowed hard. " Oops" she said feeling nervous again.
" What do you want?" he asked finally putting down the book and speaking to her.
" Well your we're bound to call me down some time soon to lecture me about the past events of the day so I said I'd save you the trouble and here I am" she said quickly.
" Well I was going to leave it until tomorrow, "
" Oh well in that cause" she said turning to leave
" Sit!" he said firmly
She looked up to the ceiling and groaned as she turned back around, with her shoulders slumped. She went over to the couch and sat close enough to him with her legs crossed.
They remained in silence for a few minutes. Kai repositioned himself so he was sitting side ways on the coach. The silence continued for a few moments longer before Rika got to uncomfortable and bored with it.
" Ah come on, Kai ask me something already!" she whined impatiently whilst lying down, she lay in between his legs with her chin resting upon his chest. It's not like it had been the first time she'd done this so Kai was used to it, but he still felt a bit like blushing. Her emerald eyes stared up at him, waiting for him to say something.
" Ok then, lets start with this morning, what happened?" he said finally
" What do you mean?" she asked, knowing the answer. She turned so her right cheek was on his chest now instead of her chin, as she tried to avert his gaze.
" I mean, why were you in the training room so early, doing what you were doing, which I wouldn't really consider to be training. More like trying to kill yourself. And your hands!"
" It was training, that's what it was. Well what I consider to be training anyway. And the hands well it was just from punching the punching bag so hard without stopping, that all!"
He didn't believe her. She knew this. Well she was sure if she were in his shoes she wouldn't believe her either. But surprisingly he didn't pursue it.
" You haven't been sleeping lately have you" he said placing a hand on her head.
" How did you know?"
" You look so tired and I heard you waking up in the middle of the night crying," he said softly
" Oh" she felt so ashamed. He knew, he knew she cried over that. She cried over pictures in her head. Now what would he think of her. She began to curl up slightly in a ball and she clenched the material of his shirt in her hand as she tried holding back the urge to cry now. He could feel this.
"I'm sorry!" she whispered
" For what?"
" For being weak!" she replied with a sob, still not looking at him.
She was afraid to cry in front of him, afraid to show emotion like that in case he'd think she was weak. Kai didn't like that she thought he'd think of her as weak. Of course if he himself cried he'd think of himself as weak but that was different.
He began to stroke her hair gently to comfort her. " No, no it's ok!" he said trying to sound reassuring with out getting too sappy.
As he stroked her hair she started to relax, tears streamed down her face and she sobbed softly whilst nuzzling into the soft material of his black shirt. Eventually her sobs stopped and her breathing became shallow. Kai reframed from stroking her hair and gently pulled back her head a bit to see her face. She was asleep he half smiled at her. He rubbed the tears from her face and rested her head back on his stomach this time as he sat up a bit to get more room. He picked the book back and continued to read.
If tried moving or getting up it would only wake her and he wanted to let her sleep as long as she could. So he'd question her tomorrow perhaps if he were in the mood.
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Now that Rika had gone to sleep her dreams began to take over again as usual.
She opened her eyes and looked around, she was back in the park.
" Ok, not exactly nightmare material" she noted " Maybe I should sleep on top of Kai more often!" she chimed at the thought.
Then she noticed something, herself standing over by a bey dish. She strode over to stand beside herself looking into the dish. It was a replay of the battle she'd had earlier on that day. It was where her blade or blades were just about to attack Anthony's one.
Then they collided and as before smoke and dust rose up but this time Rika, the dreaming on, had no need to cover her eyes. She stepped into the dish to see what was happening behind the thick layer or cloud. She could see quiet clearly actually, she saw nothing of Anthony's blade except the bit chip o the ground beside her blades which were now gathered in a circle around it. They all began to glow and so did the chip. After about a second a bit beast emerged from the chip and seemed to struggle to get away, as though it were in pain. Then it dispelled into tiny sparks of light that were gathered up by Rika's blades. Then all the smoke was gone and Rika's blades became one and returned to her.
She looked up at herself. Her eyes seemed hungry and more alive as she stared down at her bit chip. She hadn't noticed it before but her chip looked newer or something than it did before. When all this was happening she seemed to be in some sort of a trans. Sure she knew what she was doing but in a subconscious sort of way. She seemed to get some pleasure out of destroying that bit beasts life. And it was only now that she was staring at herself that she noticed it.
Truth was she couldn't really remember much from any other battle where she'd used her bit beast. What had she done? Why was she doing it? But it definitely felt good when she did. She stared up at herself, the look in her eyes it was as though she didn't even recognise herself. And it felt scary.
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I had to end it there, I'm sorry but this chapter will be continued in the next one, which will be up tomorrow. I hope. Promise I'll revise this tomorrow, haven't got the time right now but I had to post it to make the last one more understandable. Anyway R&R ^_^ CYA
Chapter 4
That evening Kai sat in the library on the couch reading a book in front of the fire. Which lit up the room in a warm amber colour. Rika entered quietly and cautiously.
Kai looked up from his reading then looked back down again. She felt nervous. Did that mean she was to leave or was he angry with her or, why did he have to be so difficult to read.
She approached him cautiously and stood right in front of him, her hand behind her back.
" Kai?" she asked
No response.
" Kai?"
Still nothing. And he didn't even look up he just ignored her.
" Kai are you angry with me?" she asked
He shrugged his shoulders but still didn't look at her.
" Hey now, what's that suppose to mean. Either you are or you ain't" (very bad English! ^_^) she scowled at him. He looked up at her as she raised her voice and returned the scowled but with more power.
She let her scowl drop quickly and she swallowed hard. " Oops" she said feeling nervous again.
" What do you want?" he asked finally putting down the book and speaking to her.
" Well your we're bound to call me down some time soon to lecture me about the past events of the day so I said I'd save you the trouble and here I am" she said quickly.
" Well I was going to leave it until tomorrow, "
" Oh well in that cause" she said turning to leave
" Sit!" he said firmly
She looked up to the ceiling and groaned as she turned back around, with her shoulders slumped. She went over to the couch and sat close enough to him with her legs crossed.
They remained in silence for a few minutes. Kai repositioned himself so he was sitting side ways on the coach. The silence continued for a few moments longer before Rika got to uncomfortable and bored with it.
" Ah come on, Kai ask me something already!" she whined impatiently whilst lying down, she lay in between his legs with her chin resting upon his chest. It's not like it had been the first time she'd done this so Kai was used to it, but he still felt a bit like blushing. Her emerald eyes stared up at him, waiting for him to say something.
" Ok then, lets start with this morning, what happened?" he said finally
" What do you mean?" she asked, knowing the answer. She turned so her right cheek was on his chest now instead of her chin, as she tried to avert his gaze.
" I mean, why were you in the training room so early, doing what you were doing, which I wouldn't really consider to be training. More like trying to kill yourself. And your hands!"
" It was training, that's what it was. Well what I consider to be training anyway. And the hands well it was just from punching the punching bag so hard without stopping, that all!"
He didn't believe her. She knew this. Well she was sure if she were in his shoes she wouldn't believe her either. But surprisingly he didn't pursue it.
" You haven't been sleeping lately have you" he said placing a hand on her head.
" How did you know?"
" You look so tired and I heard you waking up in the middle of the night crying," he said softly
" Oh" she felt so ashamed. He knew, he knew she cried over that. She cried over pictures in her head. Now what would he think of her. She began to curl up slightly in a ball and she clenched the material of his shirt in her hand as she tried holding back the urge to cry now. He could feel this.
"I'm sorry!" she whispered
" For what?"
" For being weak!" she replied with a sob, still not looking at him.
She was afraid to cry in front of him, afraid to show emotion like that in case he'd think she was weak. Kai didn't like that she thought he'd think of her as weak. Of course if he himself cried he'd think of himself as weak but that was different.
He began to stroke her hair gently to comfort her. " No, no it's ok!" he said trying to sound reassuring with out getting too sappy.
As he stroked her hair she started to relax, tears streamed down her face and she sobbed softly whilst nuzzling into the soft material of his black shirt. Eventually her sobs stopped and her breathing became shallow. Kai reframed from stroking her hair and gently pulled back her head a bit to see her face. She was asleep he half smiled at her. He rubbed the tears from her face and rested her head back on his stomach this time as he sat up a bit to get more room. He picked the book back and continued to read.
If tried moving or getting up it would only wake her and he wanted to let her sleep as long as she could. So he'd question her tomorrow perhaps if he were in the mood.
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Now that Rika had gone to sleep her dreams began to take over again as usual.
She opened her eyes and looked around, she was back in the park.
" Ok, not exactly nightmare material" she noted " Maybe I should sleep on top of Kai more often!" she chimed at the thought.
Then she noticed something, herself standing over by a bey dish. She strode over to stand beside herself looking into the dish. It was a replay of the battle she'd had earlier on that day. It was where her blade or blades were just about to attack Anthony's one.
Then they collided and as before smoke and dust rose up but this time Rika, the dreaming on, had no need to cover her eyes. She stepped into the dish to see what was happening behind the thick layer or cloud. She could see quiet clearly actually, she saw nothing of Anthony's blade except the bit chip o the ground beside her blades which were now gathered in a circle around it. They all began to glow and so did the chip. After about a second a bit beast emerged from the chip and seemed to struggle to get away, as though it were in pain. Then it dispelled into tiny sparks of light that were gathered up by Rika's blades. Then all the smoke was gone and Rika's blades became one and returned to her.
She looked up at herself. Her eyes seemed hungry and more alive as she stared down at her bit chip. She hadn't noticed it before but her chip looked newer or something than it did before. When all this was happening she seemed to be in some sort of a trans. Sure she knew what she was doing but in a subconscious sort of way. She seemed to get some pleasure out of destroying that bit beasts life. And it was only now that she was staring at herself that she noticed it.
Truth was she couldn't really remember much from any other battle where she'd used her bit beast. What had she done? Why was she doing it? But it definitely felt good when she did. She stared up at herself, the look in her eyes it was as though she didn't even recognise herself. And it felt scary.
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I had to end it there, I'm sorry but this chapter will be continued in the next one, which will be up tomorrow. I hope. Promise I'll revise this tomorrow, haven't got the time right now but I had to post it to make the last one more understandable. Anyway R&R ^_^ CYA