AD: *Dances around* No more rotten fruit thrown at me, here's your
christmas present people, and in return you can give me a wonderful
christmas present by reviewing, I'll try to get another chapter up by
tomorrow, before christmas, but I can't promise anything.
And now we have reviewers. (And isn't it so nice and quiet with all of the boys gone to obedience school?)
Rei Aianamy: Good, it works, or did work before Purra pounced on it...*sulks* I think I need another...
Angel Slayer: I hope I can continue soon too, nah, I continued as soon as I could while having intervals for shopping. (It is summer over here you know.)
Purra: Purra! That was my only hypnotisey thingey, and it was given to me by a very kind fan, and you broke it! *sobs* Ok, I'm over that. Yeah well watch out for Irvine as well, he's just as tricky as Kai, he's just not as subtle. Yeah well, that's just Kai, I got sick of seeing heaps of out of character stories so I decided to try and make him seem as true to the character as possible, but then there are a lot that aren't out of character, *looks at Purra meaningfully* And I'm sorry if you all thought that he was being nice catching her, he wasn't! Mwahaha it was merely a reflex, *smiles* sorry to burst you bubble. *doesn't look sorry at all* Oh yes, and I did want to know thanks, I must have missed it when you did the updates each day...*grins sheepishly* sorry....
Raine: Hehe, she finally reviewed the last chapter! It's ok, thanks for reviewing at all... Oh, and your welcome.
Snowbird: New reviewers! I like new reviewers *says hurriedly* of course I like old reviewers too! Thanks, I'm continuing, and having heaps of fun writing this!
Amanda Panda: *asks childishly with the big innocent eyes* Did I keep up the good work?
Anonymous: Yes, of course I have to think poor Serena, I think I'm meant to be on her side, or at least I'm going to be cause I know how this story's gonna finish, I just don't know all of the details in between.
DestinyBabee: You'll just have to wait and see...
And here is the story.
This chapter is dedicated to Pyscho-Kitty-Purra (Purra) for constantly reviewing (every chapter) and offering advice and writing long reviews which are fun to read. (Also this is partly thanks for her translating that thing in spanish 4 me...)
Chapter Seven : Mistaken Openings
Serena walked through the small village that was supplied for the competitors in the tournament. They had a small house in that village that was taken care of and supplied for by maids while they stayed there.
The first day of the tournament was complete, with the semi-finalists being determined at the end of the day.
Match after match had been played, and the two hundred teams that had entered the tournament from all around the world had been reduced to a mere hundred.
She had declined the offer to join the others in their celebrations at successfully completing the qualifying rounds, and unsurprisingly so did Kai.
Callie noticing her sad sort of smile at Kai's retreating back had asked her if she was ok, and it had been a full twenty minutes later before she had been able to convince her that she was.
In that time she had lost track of Kai who had wandered off into one of the large parks that was surrounding them, now she walked along one of the paths, smiling as she approached the large trunk of a huge tree in the centre of the park.
It was surrounded by other trees, and she sat beneath it calming her thoughts and emotions. Breathing deeply she inhaled the sweet air of flowers, trees and something else.
Leaning back against the trunk she pulled out her phone which had begun to ring, disturbing the quiet surroundings.
"Callie, I'm fine really." she began and was startled when the voice on the other end laughed in amusement.
It was a deeper voice than Callie's, but nevertheless one that she knew very well.
"Darla?" she asked in wonderment.
"Hey Chicky, what's up?" Darla asked, using her pet name for her younger sister.
"How did you get this number?" Serena asked amazed.
"What, my little sister disappears to go fight in tournaments around the world with her cousin, and her three best friends and I don't hear a word from her in four months, and then as soon as I ring her she asks how I got the number, tsk tsk I should have thought that you would now better than that."
"I'm sorry Daz." she replied sheepishly, "We've just been pretty busy lately, and I've been confused about a lot of things."
"So I heard, Callie said that you were quite taken with a certain pompous ass who was the leader of the team that you joined."
"He's not a pompous ass." Serena replied quietly, blushing a deep red.
"Ahhh, so you are taken with him!" Darla cried triumphantly.
"Well...yes, I mean no I mean, maybe." Serena sighed in defeat, "I don't see how this became your business though."
"Sweetie, I'm your elder sister, everything's my business." Darla replied complacently.
Serena groaned. "You're still saying that?" she queried.
"I think it's a very good line thank you very much." she replied a thick layer of fake hurt lining her voice.
"You would." Serena replied disgusted, then smiling she said, "How are things going with what's his face, Todd or whatever?"
The other end was silent and then Darla said hurriedly. "Matter of fact I've got to go, he's just come to pick me up, send my love to the others, and Eli sends his love as well, bye!"
And then the other end hung up.
Giggling Serena put the phone away, leaning back against the trunk and closing her eyes, listening to the peaceful sounds of the park at night combined with the distant noise of people partying and having fun.
Drifting into a sort of half sleep, examining her thoughts and feelings she didn't notice the slight rustling above her.
Kai gazed down at his silent tormentor. She had unknowingly stepped beneath the very trunk of the tree he was in.
He had picked up on her conversation with Darla, wondering for a moment who she was, even though he had tried to block the words from his mind.
She now lay peacefully beneath the trunk, seemingly asleep, her breathing had evened out until it was deep in long breaths, a practised rhythm that he noted seemed a lot like meditation.
The girl beneath him looked beautiful in the moonlight, rays of it breaking through the trees to dance across her face, making her pale skin seem ivory, as if carved in stone.
He resisted the urge to climb down and brush the strand of long brown hair, that had fallen across her cheek, away.
He had been particularly attentive to the conversation when she had said quietly. "He's not a pompous ass." he had looked down to see her blush a deep red, and stutter out replies.
He moved slightly, causing the branches to rustle beneath him. He looked down quickly to see whether she had noticed and was relieved when she did not look up.
He went back to studying her calm exterior. It seemed that no matter what she did, the childish obsession that she held for him, that he held for her, would not leave.
He wondered for the hundredth time whether it could be love that he was feeling, but brushed the thought aside. To think of it as such would be to accept weakness, and that was something that he could not do.
While he was thinking she opened her eyes, blinking in astonishment at the figure above her.
"Kai?" she asked quietly, her voice sounded deafening to him though, and he pulled back, staring at her as if she were something that could kill him if she got too close.
Unused to seeing any kind of emotion in Kai's eyes, Serena wondered just how long he had been sitting there, it must have been quite a while if he had become so comfortable as to let his cold exterior slip, even for a split second it was a rare commodity.
He leant down slowly, so slowly that she barely even noticed that he was coming closer until his face was an inch from hers when she stood.
He pulled her lips into a gentle caress, dropping from the branch as gracefully as ever, and then left, leaving a breathless Serena behind.
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AD: Ok, so I lied when I said that Serena might be finding out a bit more about Kai, but you've got to give me some credit for getting this chapter up so quickly.
All of a sudden I was inspired, probably cause Kai just remembered that he lived at the abbey when he was younger this morning on Beyblades, but even so, whatever it was *cough* episode *cough* You people just be happy that I got the next chapter up in such a small amount of time.
And now we have reviewers. (And isn't it so nice and quiet with all of the boys gone to obedience school?)
Rei Aianamy: Good, it works, or did work before Purra pounced on it...*sulks* I think I need another...
Angel Slayer: I hope I can continue soon too, nah, I continued as soon as I could while having intervals for shopping. (It is summer over here you know.)
Purra: Purra! That was my only hypnotisey thingey, and it was given to me by a very kind fan, and you broke it! *sobs* Ok, I'm over that. Yeah well watch out for Irvine as well, he's just as tricky as Kai, he's just not as subtle. Yeah well, that's just Kai, I got sick of seeing heaps of out of character stories so I decided to try and make him seem as true to the character as possible, but then there are a lot that aren't out of character, *looks at Purra meaningfully* And I'm sorry if you all thought that he was being nice catching her, he wasn't! Mwahaha it was merely a reflex, *smiles* sorry to burst you bubble. *doesn't look sorry at all* Oh yes, and I did want to know thanks, I must have missed it when you did the updates each day...*grins sheepishly* sorry....
Raine: Hehe, she finally reviewed the last chapter! It's ok, thanks for reviewing at all... Oh, and your welcome.
Snowbird: New reviewers! I like new reviewers *says hurriedly* of course I like old reviewers too! Thanks, I'm continuing, and having heaps of fun writing this!
Amanda Panda: *asks childishly with the big innocent eyes* Did I keep up the good work?
Anonymous: Yes, of course I have to think poor Serena, I think I'm meant to be on her side, or at least I'm going to be cause I know how this story's gonna finish, I just don't know all of the details in between.
DestinyBabee: You'll just have to wait and see...
And here is the story.
This chapter is dedicated to Pyscho-Kitty-Purra (Purra) for constantly reviewing (every chapter) and offering advice and writing long reviews which are fun to read. (Also this is partly thanks for her translating that thing in spanish 4 me...)
Chapter Seven : Mistaken Openings
Serena walked through the small village that was supplied for the competitors in the tournament. They had a small house in that village that was taken care of and supplied for by maids while they stayed there.
The first day of the tournament was complete, with the semi-finalists being determined at the end of the day.
Match after match had been played, and the two hundred teams that had entered the tournament from all around the world had been reduced to a mere hundred.
She had declined the offer to join the others in their celebrations at successfully completing the qualifying rounds, and unsurprisingly so did Kai.
Callie noticing her sad sort of smile at Kai's retreating back had asked her if she was ok, and it had been a full twenty minutes later before she had been able to convince her that she was.
In that time she had lost track of Kai who had wandered off into one of the large parks that was surrounding them, now she walked along one of the paths, smiling as she approached the large trunk of a huge tree in the centre of the park.
It was surrounded by other trees, and she sat beneath it calming her thoughts and emotions. Breathing deeply she inhaled the sweet air of flowers, trees and something else.
Leaning back against the trunk she pulled out her phone which had begun to ring, disturbing the quiet surroundings.
"Callie, I'm fine really." she began and was startled when the voice on the other end laughed in amusement.
It was a deeper voice than Callie's, but nevertheless one that she knew very well.
"Darla?" she asked in wonderment.
"Hey Chicky, what's up?" Darla asked, using her pet name for her younger sister.
"How did you get this number?" Serena asked amazed.
"What, my little sister disappears to go fight in tournaments around the world with her cousin, and her three best friends and I don't hear a word from her in four months, and then as soon as I ring her she asks how I got the number, tsk tsk I should have thought that you would now better than that."
"I'm sorry Daz." she replied sheepishly, "We've just been pretty busy lately, and I've been confused about a lot of things."
"So I heard, Callie said that you were quite taken with a certain pompous ass who was the leader of the team that you joined."
"He's not a pompous ass." Serena replied quietly, blushing a deep red.
"Ahhh, so you are taken with him!" Darla cried triumphantly.
"Well...yes, I mean no I mean, maybe." Serena sighed in defeat, "I don't see how this became your business though."
"Sweetie, I'm your elder sister, everything's my business." Darla replied complacently.
Serena groaned. "You're still saying that?" she queried.
"I think it's a very good line thank you very much." she replied a thick layer of fake hurt lining her voice.
"You would." Serena replied disgusted, then smiling she said, "How are things going with what's his face, Todd or whatever?"
The other end was silent and then Darla said hurriedly. "Matter of fact I've got to go, he's just come to pick me up, send my love to the others, and Eli sends his love as well, bye!"
And then the other end hung up.
Giggling Serena put the phone away, leaning back against the trunk and closing her eyes, listening to the peaceful sounds of the park at night combined with the distant noise of people partying and having fun.
Drifting into a sort of half sleep, examining her thoughts and feelings she didn't notice the slight rustling above her.
Kai gazed down at his silent tormentor. She had unknowingly stepped beneath the very trunk of the tree he was in.
He had picked up on her conversation with Darla, wondering for a moment who she was, even though he had tried to block the words from his mind.
She now lay peacefully beneath the trunk, seemingly asleep, her breathing had evened out until it was deep in long breaths, a practised rhythm that he noted seemed a lot like meditation.
The girl beneath him looked beautiful in the moonlight, rays of it breaking through the trees to dance across her face, making her pale skin seem ivory, as if carved in stone.
He resisted the urge to climb down and brush the strand of long brown hair, that had fallen across her cheek, away.
He had been particularly attentive to the conversation when she had said quietly. "He's not a pompous ass." he had looked down to see her blush a deep red, and stutter out replies.
He moved slightly, causing the branches to rustle beneath him. He looked down quickly to see whether she had noticed and was relieved when she did not look up.
He went back to studying her calm exterior. It seemed that no matter what she did, the childish obsession that she held for him, that he held for her, would not leave.
He wondered for the hundredth time whether it could be love that he was feeling, but brushed the thought aside. To think of it as such would be to accept weakness, and that was something that he could not do.
While he was thinking she opened her eyes, blinking in astonishment at the figure above her.
"Kai?" she asked quietly, her voice sounded deafening to him though, and he pulled back, staring at her as if she were something that could kill him if she got too close.
Unused to seeing any kind of emotion in Kai's eyes, Serena wondered just how long he had been sitting there, it must have been quite a while if he had become so comfortable as to let his cold exterior slip, even for a split second it was a rare commodity.
He leant down slowly, so slowly that she barely even noticed that he was coming closer until his face was an inch from hers when she stood.
He pulled her lips into a gentle caress, dropping from the branch as gracefully as ever, and then left, leaving a breathless Serena behind.
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AD: Ok, so I lied when I said that Serena might be finding out a bit more about Kai, but you've got to give me some credit for getting this chapter up so quickly.
All of a sudden I was inspired, probably cause Kai just remembered that he lived at the abbey when he was younger this morning on Beyblades, but even so, whatever it was *cough* episode *cough* You people just be happy that I got the next chapter up in such a small amount of time.