Shapes: Here is the next chapter! Hahahaha ::sad:: So I was bored and didn't want to go to bed, or wrk on my box so I started writing. ::Tired:: N~Joy
(Yup same dude)

Tyson was in heaven. The kitchen was fully stocked with food and other good things to drink, which made Max extremely happy since most of it was Mountain Dew.

" Wow, this food is good Kai!" Tyson cries from the bar where he is sitting stuffing his face with something Kai calls Shish-Ku-Bobs. Kai himself was eating a sandwich, while Max and Kenny ate some form of soup. I'm sitting on the counter, away from the dogs. Tucker and Tanner seem to like me a bit too much and chased me onto the counter.

" Uh, Kai can you call the brother's off?" I ask from where I sit, staring at a dog that easily stand over the counter top.

" Tucker, Tanner. Get over here." Kai whistles and the two go right over to him and lay on the floor, begging for attention, I let out a sigh and get off the counter.

" They smell your feline blood." Kenny speaks up and I look over at him. He is sitting with Dizzi on the table and typing something in.

"Right." I say and sit down beside Kai, who has finished his meal and gets up. The dogs at his heal, and he tosses a few scraps to them.

" You guys want to blade?" He asks and the other's heads shoot up.

" Yeah!" Max cries happily and gets up, taking the last gulp from his Third Mountain Dew can. I feel my eyes grow wide at the thought of his being up the whole night twitching on his bed.

" Come on, I'll show you the blading room." Kai indicates and Tyson, Kenny, Max and I follow the other blader down two flights of stairs and into the basement. I look around as Kai hunts for the key.

It looks like a wine cellar, with cement walls and wooden beams. But the wooden beams blend into the hard wooden floor, adding a homey like feeling.

" Stupid key." Kai mumbles as he finds it under a barrel of something. He straightens and walks to the only steel door in the place and slams the key home into the lock, and clicks it open.

" Whoa." Max mutters as he looks into the large room. I gaze over his shoulder as we walk in and as the lights come on I see the reason for the shock.

The room itself is steel plated and shined to the hilt. In the center is a huge blading bowl, and off to one side is an obstacle course with stairs, railings, and barrels. Off to the other is a workstation with a huge stereo and attack rings, defense rings and bases hanging from racks on the wall. Kai looks over at us and moves to the work station, placing Dranzer on the familiar wooden table and flips a few switches, illuminating the room with white lights.

" Now we know why you can blade the way you do." Kenny smiles and moves around the large room. Taking every thing in, right down to the launching stand.

" Go ahead, practice. We need to keep training so we can stay in shape for the up coming tournaments." Kai tells us and Tyson is the first to take Dragoon from his pocket and go over to the blading plate, casting a nervous look at Kai and then stepped onto the plate's edge. His face lights up in a beaming smile.

" Max, wanna have a go?" Tyson asks the blonde blader who happily bounces to his spot. They both launch the blades into the dish and begin battling. Kenny who is gathering data sits in one of the comfortable chairs and looks as happy as he could be. Kai just watches, and I walk over to him.

" This is a nice place." I tell him and Kai grunts in reply. Max just knocked Tyson out of the dish and let out a whoop of joy, while Tyson pouts. Max laughs and gathers Draceil up and moves over to Tyson to wrap his arms around him and give the other blader a noogy.

" Who built this?" Kenny yells to Kai. The older blader shrugs and yells back

" My grandfather was building it after I moved in." And turned to his own blade, playing with the rings and bit holder. I sigh and take out Driger also playing with his make-up.
About an hour and a half later Max yawns loudly and sits on one of the chairs. Kai turns to look at him, a questioning look.

" Tired." Was Max's reply and Kai nodded. I was also starting to get tired, but didn't want to say anything.

" Alright, lets go up." Kai says and shuts down the three main lights, leaving the nine subs for illumination. We walk from the room, and Kai locks it again. We follow him upstairs, through the kitchen, by the main foyer. That's when Kai suddenly stops, giving us no heads up.

" Ka.." Tyson starts but shuts right up when Kai puts a hand to his mouth signaling silence. He then moves over to a great wooden door and listens, the other's follow his action and soon we are all gathered around the door. That's when I heard the voices.

" I want my son Volitar."

" Like hell, you will never get Kai."

" Watch me you old bastard."

" Go to hell." I watch as the muscles in Kai's jaw jump again and his eyes go a dark red. He is pissed.

" Where is he?"

Silence, I knew Volitar wouldn't tell her where he was. Kai nods and then moves away from the door, signaling us to be silent. He leads us back down the hall and into the basement. We stand once more at the great steel door.

" You will stay in here, I will come to get you when it is okay." He whispers and gets the key, unlocks the door and ushers us in. I turn to look at him and watch as he moves through the room, getting blankets and drinks.

" Food, and drink are in the storage container there. You know where the lights are and the blankets are in the other storage room. Make as little noise possible, and I will be back for you when I think it is safe." He tells us and I about to walk out when I grab his arm, pulling him back.

" I'll go with you." I say and he shakes his head.

" No, stay here." And tries to get from my grip, but I hold harder.

" You want me to protect me and I think these guys will be better with Tyson, I can help you." I tell him and move foreword, not leaving any room for argument. Kai sighs but follows and as he closes the steel door, I smile at the other's worried looks.

" Where are you putting the key?" I ask and Kai moves to the furthest barrel and slips it inside. He then looks at me

" I don't know what's going to happen Rei." I shake my head, and smile slightly.

" It will be an adventure. Come on." I indicate with a swing of my hand and he takes off up the stairs, I follow close behind. We are about to cross the second threshold of the second set o stairs when I hear Kai let out a hiss of shock. I stop and look in front me at the doorway. Standing there is a middle-aged woman, with sharp green eyes and flaming red hair. She is holding a baseball bat and smiles at Kai.

" My beloved son. How nice it is to see you." Her voice sends a shiver down my spine and I resist the urge to shiver.

" Piss off you bitch." Kai snarls, but the woman instead of being shocked frowns when she catches sight of me.

" My own son hanging around with a Chinese boy. How embarrassing." She rolls her eyes and raises the bat.

" To bad you didn't come back Kai, now I have to kill you. Good bye." She swings the bat with perfect aim right at Kai's and I head. Oh hell this is going to hurt.

Shapes: I don't know was that a cliffy?

Kai: I dunno.

Shapes: Oh a minority is a person in a group that is less. okay I'll explain it this way. Tyson, Kai, Max, and Kenny are all from Japan. Rei is from China. Rei is the minority in that group because the boy's from Japan out number him. If that didn't explain it for you, look it up in the dictionary or ask you Social Studies teacher.

Kai: Yeah...

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