Nicole: Hey all, I know I prolly should be updating my other ficz first, but I was inspired by my cute lil Rei and Kai muses to write the next chappy of this fic. Well anyway, I know this chapter prolly isn't one of the best compared to the first two, but I try… oh and new pairing alert, there will be Michael/Lee in this fic later one, but not in this or the next chapter, there will also be some Mariah bashing, but not really in this chapter or next either…. Well, I guess on wit the fic…

Things in italics are journal entries

"Speech"

This chapter is in Rei's POV

Oh and this and the next chap will be partially about Rei and Kai noticing certain things that they like about the other…

Chapter Three: A Scarf and the Blue Marks on his Face

I yawn as I set up in bed, the sun had woken me up. I began to stretch as I gazed over at my alarm clock, it was already eight thirty… That's odd, Kai has usually come and got all of us up for training by now… Oh well though, I guess.

After I rub some sleep out of my eyes, I head to the bathroom to do my normal morning routine, brush my teeth, wash my face, then come out and re-wrap my hair.

Once I finish with all that and change my clothes, I decide to head down to the buffet to see if any of the others are up yet.

I open my door, SMACK! Someone ran right into me and knocked me over so that I was underneath th… Kai?!?!?I looked up and sure enough there he is, laying on top of me with a surprised expression on his face.

"I, uh." Was all I could manage to stammer out before Kai abruptly gets up and turns away from me.

"I was just coming to wake you up, it's time to practice." He said in a cold and harsh tone before walking off, leaving me still laying on the floor wandering what the hell just happened.

I then get up and brush myself off before heading down stairs to find the other Bladebreakers waiting for me.

"C'mon Kai, I'm hungry, can't we eat first then practice." Tyson whined out while holding his seemingly never full stomach.

I looked over to Kai to see him leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.

Before Kai could reply to Tyson's plea for food, Kenny who had been silently typing on Dizzi said, "Tyson, you'll be able to survive for a little while without eating. Besides, you need to test out the new shooter I gave you."

"Ok Chief, but I'd better get a huge lunch after this."

"Ok then guys, let's go test out that new shooter of yours Tyson, you can battle Draciel and me." Max said cheerfully with a smile on his face as he slung an arm over Tyson's shoulder.

Tyson and Max then headed outside while Kenny stayed back for a second to ask me, "Aren't you going to come with us Rei?"

"Nah, I think me and Drigger will train by ourselves today." I answer with a smile.

"Alright then." Kenny replied before heading after the other two guys.

I then look over to Kai and see him starring intently at me which causes a very light blush to rise in my cheeks.

"So, Kai," I began which snaps Kai out of his starring spell, "Would you be up for a battle against me and my Drigger?"

"I thought you told Kenny that you were going to train alone with your Drigger today?" Kai asked me.. So he was paying at least a little attention to what was going on around him while he was… starring at me.

"Well, I uh actually just didn't feel like training with the others today." I say with a nervous laugh while I place my right hand on the back of my head.

Kai snorts then replies, "I can't say I blame you."

"So, uh, you want to battle then?"

Kai looks like he's thinking about it for a second before he replies, "Dranzer doesn't really seem to want to train today."

"Oh." I say with a hint of disappointment in my voices that I pray that Kai does not notice.

We stood in silence for a little while after that. During that time, I noticed how Kai's scarf hung down his back… I also noticed how the blue marks on Kai's face make him look, well…. Cute?

"So Rei." Kai said, snapping me out of the thoughts and starring.

"Huh?" I reply.

"Are you hungry?" Kai asks, but before I get a chance to reply, my stomach growls and I just give Kai a smiles and a nod. "Ok then. I don't really care for the food in the hotel, so why don't we go out somewhere to get something to eat?"

"Ok, that sounds fine with me." I reply as Kai starts to head out the door, and I then follow quickly and closely after him.

We ended up grabbing breakfast at a fast food place, and most of the time, neither of us talked at all. The two of us then decided to head back to the hotel.

Once we got there, we found Tyson at the buffet stuffing his face while Kenny typed on Dizzi and Max at, but at a somewhat slower and less sloppy pace then Tyson.

"Hey guys," Tyson says after swallowing a mouthful of food, "Where were you guys?"

I was about to answer Tyson when Kai cut me off, "Training."

"Oh, ok." Tyson replied then went back to stuffing his face.

Kai and I set down and ate a little bit while Max and Tyson finished eating.

After everyone was done, Max and Tyson decided to go shopping, Kenny decided to go and see the sites, while Kai disappeared to somewhere again. I on the other hand decided to head up to my room to think about things… namely a certain beyblader named Kai Hiwitari.

As I was heading up to my room, the guy at the front desk stopped mea and said someone had called me while I was out and had left a message for me. He then handed me the piece of paper the message had been written on.

Once I read it, my heart just about stopped, "No, please don't say it's true!" I mumbled to myself as I finished the trip up to my room.

When I got to my room, the first thing I did was pull out my journal and lay down on bed, then began to write in it.

Dear Journal,

Today started out pretty good. First, Kai didn't wake us all up at the crack of dawn for training like he normally does. Second, Kai asked me if I wanted to eat breakfast with him. I know it wasn't meant to be a date or anything, but oh well, at least I got to spend time along with him. Anyway, I guess I have to admit it now, I like Kai, I can't deny it anymore. I found myself starring at him today even more then I was yesterday. But like I said before, it doesn't really matter how I feel, Kai could never return my feelings. Well anyway, after all that stuff and a few other things happened, I got a message and you'll never believe what it said… she is coming to visit me! That's right her, Mariah, I thought for sure she would leave me alone after her and Lee had gotten together. Oh well, I guess there's nothing I can do about it now, the message said she would be here tomorrow afternoon sometime. Well, I'm going to go for a walk now to try and clear my head.

Rei

Nicole: And so the third chapter ends… what were Kai's thoughts during the events of this chapter? Come on, you can't deny it, I know you're just dieing to know…. But you won't unless you review!

Closing Statements:

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