Whew. I have the comp during the weekends, so I'm going to do some updating. ^-^ The new episode that was on today gave me a great idea for a fic, so I'll start the planning stages of that one.



"Mr. Dickinson, your dinner will be ready shortly, but there is a guest waiting for you in your office."

The older man smiled and thanked his maid, stroking his mustache thoughtfully as he thought of who would have some to visit. He pushed open the heavy door, to his office smiling at what he found.

A girl was sitting at his desk, with her feet up, reading a file as she waited. She didn't look up when he walked in.

"Well, if it isn't Bastet!" Mr. Dickinson said happily, closing the door behind him. "I see you dyed your hair back to normal color."

Bastet touched her now black and purple hair. "The silver wasn't working out." she swung her legs down from the desk and tapped the file, looking thoughtful. "How did these Bladebreakers get so good, and I never knew?"

Mr. Dickinson laughed. "Well, you can't expect to be all knowing." He sat down on the edge of his desk. "So what do you need dear, who haven't come to see me in a while."

Bastet sighed. "Just wanted some info on the Bladebreakers." She said. That truly was all she wanted. It had taken her the good part of an hour to sneak out, but she knew that she would be able to find any info she needed at the mansion of her old friend.

Mr. Dickinson laughed. She could have just called, he would have told her what she wanted to know. But that was typical of her to come all the way out there.

"So why are you so interested in them?" he asked. The girl never wasted her time one pointless tasks.

"No reason." She said innocently. "Just studying out on the competition."

"Could it be because Kai joined your little group recently?"

Bastet blinked her violet eyes at him. "You knew?"

"Well of course!" he said with a smile. "Phoen tells me a lot of things." He gave her a scolding look. "Speaking of which, that poor man must be freaking. With you being gone and all."

Bastet shook her head. "He needs to calm down."

Mr. Dickinson laughed. He knew why Phoen and the others wanted to keep Bastet in the palace. He just wasn't sure if she knew. It had crossed his mind several times to tell her, but he never wanted to go against the Lord's wishes.

Bastet stood. "I should go anyway. I have to take Kai in the hills to train." She said. Tapping the folder on the desk, she asked, "Can I keep this?"

The older man waved his hand. "Go ahead." He knew she wouldn't let the file fall into the wrong hands. "Speaking of training, are you going to teach Kai how to use the Phoenix blade?"

Bastet shrugged. "It's crossed my mind." She started toward the door. "Thanks a lot. I'll be seeing you."



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Rei watched as Dranzer ran complex patterns over the surface of the dish. He had been watching Kai train for several hours now. It was a great opportunity to spend time with the boy. Kai actually seemed slightly more social than normal.

"So you and Bastet are going to train this afternoon?" He asked. One of the cooks had informed him of it that morning. He was slightly jealous of the girl.

"I don't know why she insists on going into the hills to train." Kai responded, as Dranzer flew back into his hands. "She's strange."

Rei smiled. "I wonder if that's a common trait of all captains." He said.

Kai scowled at his little joke, but inside, it made him feel good. He liked getting attention from the dark haired boy. "Yeah, whatever. So now that I'm gone, Tyson took over, I'm guessing?" he said, crossing his arms.

"Yeah, but he really wants you to come back." Rei said sadly. "We all do. Even Dizzi."

Kai sighed and shut images of Rei being sad out of his mind. "I don't see why they care."

Rei stood. "Of course we care!" he stepped closer to his former teammate. "No matter how much we got on each others nerves, we all did care about you. We were much better off when you were still with us."

Kai looked at Rei. He seemed to be so honest in his feelings. Maybe they all did miss him. A sharp pain in Kai in the chest when he realized how sad Rei really was. Sad enough to come all this way to find him.

"Kai," Rei said, looking deeply into his friends red eyes. "I miss you. I want you to come back."

Kai frowned. 'I miss you? Not we?' he thought.

Kai shook his head. "I didn't have anything there. Here at least, I don't have someone trying to beat me up all the time." He said, thinking about his grandfather.

Rei put his head down. "I never knew about what grandfather did to you until recently. If I had…maybe I could have done something."

Kai shook his head. There wasn't anything anyone could have done. He wouldn't have wanted them to do anything anyway. It was his problem.

"Kai-kun."

Kai and Rei looked up, breaking the intense look between them. Bastet was perched on a nearby wall. She smiled.

"We have to go, Kai-kun. Are you ready?" She asked.

Rei wanted desperately to stall for time, so Kai could stay a little longer. His mind raced for things to say, finally settling on something.

"Bastet, did you dye your hair?"

She nodded. "I went back to my natural color."

Kai sighed and reluctantly stepped away from Rei. He had been so close to the boy. Bastet just had to come right then, didn't she?

"Whatever. Let's get this over with, Bastet." He said, putting Dranzer into his pocket. He started to leave the garden, leaving Rei behind. "See you later, Rei."

When he was out of earshot, Bastet looked down at Rei. "Why do you look so sad? I got you two together, didn't I?"

Rei sighed and shook his head. "It's nothing."

Bastet stared at him so intently, Rei was sure her eyes would burn holes in him. The black haired girl was sure there was more going on then met the eye. The moon on her forehead glowed slightly, echoing her curiosity. She opened her mouth to ask Rei something, but was cut off.

"Bastet! I thought we were going!"

Bastet sighed at Kai's yell. She started to jump down off the wall, glancing back at Rei. "I'd ask if you wanted to come, but I think you need some time alone to sort out your thoughts and feelings." Without another word, she jumped down, disappearing from sight.

Rei watched her go. 'I know how I feel, my problem is, I don't know how to tell him. He'd never understand…'