Chapter Eighteen : Final Battle
Kai watched Serena as she walked in front of him, talking to Callie. He had to do it.
He had realised that even before he had spoken to Liam or his grandfather.
Her innocence, her purity was corrupting him, changing him and making him vulnerable to weakness through his love for her.
It had been so much easier when he had been able to pass it off, when he had given into her.
It would all end today. He would go back home, and she would go back to her family in Melbourne. If he could let her go.
If he could be brave enough to give up on his personal feelings in order to protect her.
Even if it meant giving up on her?
He silently debated with himself, knowing that he had to be strong once again, for himself and her.
He had begun by thinking to himself that they could leave, go away somewhere together until they were able to find a way to work, to have him give up.
But he had decided against, knowing that his grandfathers lackeys would find them, obeying their master like the dogs that they were without question, only hoping to gain their reward.
They would never stop looking for him, he was too valuable to his grandfather. And besides, living their life on the run was no way for them to be together.
At the end of this tournament he had to make a decision, and that decision would either cost him everything, or gain him nothing.
And either way, his decision would probably destroy her.
Serena felt his eyes on the back of her head, but refused to turn, refused to give in to look at him.
Something was wrong.
She could feel it in the air around them, knowing that he had something he needed to say, but did not wish to say it.
She smiled as Ray walked up to Callie, wrapping his hands around her waist and whispering something in her ear.
She giggled, something Serena had seen her do only rarely, before and kissing his ear.
"Ok ladies and gentlemen, the final battles of the day are underway, the winner of these will determine the outcome of the tournament, and the new Australian champions." Jazzman announced.
"We have eight teams competing against each other today, the Pro's, the blade decimators, the destroyers, the diamantes and the blade phenonomens."
Callie rolled her eyes at the last name, most of them followed along the same pattern. She actually felt like congratulating the diamantes for making an original name.
Ray rubbed his nose against the side of her neck, causing her to giggle.
She loved him. She had realised it soon after their little observation of Kai and Serena, she was happy. And she now knew how Serena felt to haave Kai.
She couldn't fault her for liking the horrible, rude, foul tempered idiot, not when she herself had finally felt what love was like.
They waited for their names to be announced, they were the next team who were to battle that day.
Serena sat nervously, wringing her hands, watching the third final battle finish before them. They had won their last match easily, and now they had two more teams to defeat before they could win the title.
Serena moved closer to Kai, only to have him move away, resting against the wall.
Their team was announced, and they moved to the arena, Kai walking to the bowl to take a quick win first.
She was next, taking a slightly slower win before the next person stepped up to the bowl.
The next teams battle went slightly harder, these ones having bit beasts and all, and Serena lost her battle in it, her attention unable to focus, she couldn't wait until the end of the matches, not so that she could determine who would win or not, but so that she could see what Kai would reply, as to her question of whether or not he would come with her to Melbourne, to meet her family.
But her carelessness had annoyed him, and it showed on his face, the annoyance, and tension flickered through his eyes, and she thought sometimes that only she could see it.
Closing her eyes, she opened them to endure his glare, feeling her eyes water, but ignoring it, knowing that he had to treat her like the others.
Pushing a loose strand of hair behind her ears she sighed, something was wrong, she knew that.
She watched her team mates battle in the final match, against the team, watched the blades spinning and crashing together hypnotically.
It was strange to watch and not be a part of a major battle, but she had lost Kai's faith in the last round, and he had said coldly that she would hinder the battle more than help because she could not focus on the match.
She watched the battle without really seeing it, focusing more on Kai, watching him observe the matches.
She was therefore surprised when they lost.
It seemed she hadn't been the only one to not focus, Amille, Tyson, Callie and Max had lost their matches, gaining the other team a win.
Ray had been the only other team member than Kai to gain a win, and Kai glared at them angrily as they looked morosely at the ground.
"Hey, cheer up guys." Serena said smiling to them. "You did your best, and besides, second place isn't that bad."
"No." Kai said, his voice colder than ice, chilling the other standing there. "If they had done their best we would have won today, if any of you, could have found a way to focus, instead of watching your beloved girlfriends and boyfriends." he even glanced at Serena when he said this.
Then, turning around, he left. Leaving the others standing feeling guilty.
Serena ran after him, confused.
"Kai!" she called out to his back, trying to catch up to his quick walking pace.
She caught up to him, placing a hand on his shoulder and he turned to face her, eyes cold, holding none of the warmth they had once held for her.
His face holding none of the emotions he had saved for her, revealed only in her prescence.
Something was going to happen.
Kai stood watching her, his trained mask upon his face, blocking out all emotions that he could have felt in this situation.
It was time.
The moment he had been worrying about.
The moment when it would change, their romance, their 'fling'.
It was time to choose.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* AD: Ok, well first thing I'd like to say before I get to the reviews for this chapter is that this took ages to come out because I was suffering from writers block, something I haven't had a problem with at all during any part of Silent Dreams until this chapter.
This was probably the hardest chapter of all of them that I've had to write so far, because I'm really exited about writing the next chapter.
I'm sorry if this chapter seemed short, and rushed, but it was kinda hard to stay on topic while writing this, I kept on getting idea's for the next chapter, which hopefully won't take as long to come out.
Ok, well here are the replies to the reviews.
Purra: Lmao. You can talk! After what you did in your fic. Awww that's so sweet, you love this story. Purra, it's not true, you and I both know that I am ~not~ a great author (that's taking flattery overboard, even if it is sweet) and nor am I a fantastic author, I'm just plain ol' me. Umm, I request permisson to stay away from her when she's swinging an sword.
n0b0dY: Then stay in bed, you can always find it later to read it, it's not going anywhere! I'd lose my precious reviews if I took it off. We'll see. I've known since I began this how this story was gonna end, and now it's coming to a finish.
Liz: Maybe.
Yana: Ok, it sounds different though. *whines * What's it meant to mean anyway? You can hug the internet? I've heard of hugging the computer, but that's ridiculous. I get internet while I'm away half the time anyway so it doesn't bother me. You won't die if they break up! Which they may or may not do. Good, I'm glad you like it, yep Ray got himself a girlfriend finally.
Sofia/3sh: Ok. Happy? Sorry I didn't reply to your review in the last chappie too, but it didn't show up until after I'd posted the chapter.
Alright guys, that's it for the reviews, the next chapter should be up soon, and I hope you enjoy this one. By the way, I would like to make 150 reviews, I mean I'm nearly there, right? Right? J/k. Please Review, and make me happy. Give me enough inspiration to get the next chappie out soon!
Luv ya all!
Anh D-ao
Kai watched Serena as she walked in front of him, talking to Callie. He had to do it.
He had realised that even before he had spoken to Liam or his grandfather.
Her innocence, her purity was corrupting him, changing him and making him vulnerable to weakness through his love for her.
It had been so much easier when he had been able to pass it off, when he had given into her.
It would all end today. He would go back home, and she would go back to her family in Melbourne. If he could let her go.
If he could be brave enough to give up on his personal feelings in order to protect her.
Even if it meant giving up on her?
He silently debated with himself, knowing that he had to be strong once again, for himself and her.
He had begun by thinking to himself that they could leave, go away somewhere together until they were able to find a way to work, to have him give up.
But he had decided against, knowing that his grandfathers lackeys would find them, obeying their master like the dogs that they were without question, only hoping to gain their reward.
They would never stop looking for him, he was too valuable to his grandfather. And besides, living their life on the run was no way for them to be together.
At the end of this tournament he had to make a decision, and that decision would either cost him everything, or gain him nothing.
And either way, his decision would probably destroy her.
Serena felt his eyes on the back of her head, but refused to turn, refused to give in to look at him.
Something was wrong.
She could feel it in the air around them, knowing that he had something he needed to say, but did not wish to say it.
She smiled as Ray walked up to Callie, wrapping his hands around her waist and whispering something in her ear.
She giggled, something Serena had seen her do only rarely, before and kissing his ear.
"Ok ladies and gentlemen, the final battles of the day are underway, the winner of these will determine the outcome of the tournament, and the new Australian champions." Jazzman announced.
"We have eight teams competing against each other today, the Pro's, the blade decimators, the destroyers, the diamantes and the blade phenonomens."
Callie rolled her eyes at the last name, most of them followed along the same pattern. She actually felt like congratulating the diamantes for making an original name.
Ray rubbed his nose against the side of her neck, causing her to giggle.
She loved him. She had realised it soon after their little observation of Kai and Serena, she was happy. And she now knew how Serena felt to haave Kai.
She couldn't fault her for liking the horrible, rude, foul tempered idiot, not when she herself had finally felt what love was like.
They waited for their names to be announced, they were the next team who were to battle that day.
Serena sat nervously, wringing her hands, watching the third final battle finish before them. They had won their last match easily, and now they had two more teams to defeat before they could win the title.
Serena moved closer to Kai, only to have him move away, resting against the wall.
Their team was announced, and they moved to the arena, Kai walking to the bowl to take a quick win first.
She was next, taking a slightly slower win before the next person stepped up to the bowl.
The next teams battle went slightly harder, these ones having bit beasts and all, and Serena lost her battle in it, her attention unable to focus, she couldn't wait until the end of the matches, not so that she could determine who would win or not, but so that she could see what Kai would reply, as to her question of whether or not he would come with her to Melbourne, to meet her family.
But her carelessness had annoyed him, and it showed on his face, the annoyance, and tension flickered through his eyes, and she thought sometimes that only she could see it.
Closing her eyes, she opened them to endure his glare, feeling her eyes water, but ignoring it, knowing that he had to treat her like the others.
Pushing a loose strand of hair behind her ears she sighed, something was wrong, she knew that.
She watched her team mates battle in the final match, against the team, watched the blades spinning and crashing together hypnotically.
It was strange to watch and not be a part of a major battle, but she had lost Kai's faith in the last round, and he had said coldly that she would hinder the battle more than help because she could not focus on the match.
She watched the battle without really seeing it, focusing more on Kai, watching him observe the matches.
She was therefore surprised when they lost.
It seemed she hadn't been the only one to not focus, Amille, Tyson, Callie and Max had lost their matches, gaining the other team a win.
Ray had been the only other team member than Kai to gain a win, and Kai glared at them angrily as they looked morosely at the ground.
"Hey, cheer up guys." Serena said smiling to them. "You did your best, and besides, second place isn't that bad."
"No." Kai said, his voice colder than ice, chilling the other standing there. "If they had done their best we would have won today, if any of you, could have found a way to focus, instead of watching your beloved girlfriends and boyfriends." he even glanced at Serena when he said this.
Then, turning around, he left. Leaving the others standing feeling guilty.
Serena ran after him, confused.
"Kai!" she called out to his back, trying to catch up to his quick walking pace.
She caught up to him, placing a hand on his shoulder and he turned to face her, eyes cold, holding none of the warmth they had once held for her.
His face holding none of the emotions he had saved for her, revealed only in her prescence.
Something was going to happen.
Kai stood watching her, his trained mask upon his face, blocking out all emotions that he could have felt in this situation.
It was time.
The moment he had been worrying about.
The moment when it would change, their romance, their 'fling'.
It was time to choose.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* AD: Ok, well first thing I'd like to say before I get to the reviews for this chapter is that this took ages to come out because I was suffering from writers block, something I haven't had a problem with at all during any part of Silent Dreams until this chapter.
This was probably the hardest chapter of all of them that I've had to write so far, because I'm really exited about writing the next chapter.
I'm sorry if this chapter seemed short, and rushed, but it was kinda hard to stay on topic while writing this, I kept on getting idea's for the next chapter, which hopefully won't take as long to come out.
Ok, well here are the replies to the reviews.
Purra: Lmao. You can talk! After what you did in your fic. Awww that's so sweet, you love this story. Purra, it's not true, you and I both know that I am ~not~ a great author (that's taking flattery overboard, even if it is sweet) and nor am I a fantastic author, I'm just plain ol' me. Umm, I request permisson to stay away from her when she's swinging an sword.
n0b0dY: Then stay in bed, you can always find it later to read it, it's not going anywhere! I'd lose my precious reviews if I took it off. We'll see. I've known since I began this how this story was gonna end, and now it's coming to a finish.
Liz: Maybe.
Yana: Ok, it sounds different though. *whines * What's it meant to mean anyway? You can hug the internet? I've heard of hugging the computer, but that's ridiculous. I get internet while I'm away half the time anyway so it doesn't bother me. You won't die if they break up! Which they may or may not do. Good, I'm glad you like it, yep Ray got himself a girlfriend finally.
Sofia/3sh: Ok. Happy? Sorry I didn't reply to your review in the last chappie too, but it didn't show up until after I'd posted the chapter.
Alright guys, that's it for the reviews, the next chapter should be up soon, and I hope you enjoy this one. By the way, I would like to make 150 reviews, I mean I'm nearly there, right? Right? J/k. Please Review, and make me happy. Give me enough inspiration to get the next chappie out soon!
Luv ya all!
Anh D-ao