ELLO!!! Ooo... I THINK this will be a long chap^_^
Pixie: i find it slightly annoying that orionblader acts as if he doesn't know what's going to happen...
Ami: *shrugs* either he's being modest, or he truelly thinks that I'm gonna mutate the plot line beyond recognition.
Pixie: Okay... his plot line that he suggested was something that you would UTTERLY and COMPLETELY enjoy writing... as long as you got to throw in some Lee torture.
Ami: hmm... your right... *thinks* I am very mean to Lee all the time... and I don't even hate him... Lee's cool actually
Pixie: *blinks* then WHY did you have him punched in Cat's Dream??
Ami: 1) that was a Fate that LOOKED like him, 2) it was your idea, and 3) where the hell are my other muses??
Vern: right here
Dusk: you think we'd budge in??
Morder: yeah... this is fun... *grabs popcorn from Jock*
Chibis: *smile*
Ami: *blinks again* you guys have been here the ENTIRE time and didn't say a word?
Muses: *nod*
Ami: *faints*
Pixie: um... in behalf of Ami... Joy Ginn.
Dusk: you forgot to say enjoy the chapter
Pixie: who do you think I am?? F***ing Jolly Ol' Saint Nick?
Dusk: *rolls eyes* okay... enjoy.
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Remembering...
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Mariah looked away from his gaze, and her hands slipped down to his chest. She bit her lip.
"And when were you planning on telling me?" he asked.
"I don't know..." Mariah sighed. She pushed Tyson away from her, and then walked past him, down to the kitchen. There she started to wash some dishes from last night's dinner slowly. Tyson followed her, and leaned up against the counter. "When this whole thing started, I never really expected... well... any of it really."
"For one thing you were mainly doing it to try to forget about Ray hitting on you 24/7," Tyson added in.
"Will you PLEASE stop rubbing that in my face?"
"Hey!" Tyson grinned. "If having me stick my tongue down your throat is what I have to do to help you forget about Ray, then I will GLADLY do it..."
"Hmm... who's Ray?" Mariah asked, smirking; they played this game often. Well... ever since Tyson found out that he was the tool that Mariah used to forget about Ray at the begining. But... since then her feelings for him had grown.
"Mariah," Tyson said warningly. "Do not try to start anything at the moment... if you don't remember we have a kid to discuss here."
Mariah sighed, and thought to herself for a few minutes. Tyson grabbed a towel, and started to dry the dishes, putting them away as he did so, and waiting for Mariah to break the silence.
"I guess I have to get an abortion..." Mariah muttered.
"What?" Tyson said, blinking. "I'm sorry... I thought you just said that you were gonna get an abortion."
"Yes Tyson," Mariah cleaned off the last dish, and walked out of the kitchen. She sat down in a nearby chair and waited for him to finish up.
He was done in a few moments, and came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her and resting his chin on her shoulder.
"Do I get any say in this?"
"Tyson..." Mariah sighed, and turned enough so that he could see him clearly. "Women in my village get shunned, and usually thrown out of the village if they have children out of wedlock." Tyson bit his lip. He stood up, pulling Mariah up with him. He wrapped his arms around her waist, and led her to the couch. There he laid down, holding her to his chest delicately. "Ty-"
"Shh..." Tyson put his finger to his lips. "No nothing. Just rest..."
~*~
Ray could not believe it... there was NO WAY possible that his hypothisis was correct... could there?
He launched Drigger again, and once again, Dranzer quickly knocked him out of the arena.
"Ray." Kai glared up at him. "You aren't concentraiting."
"Sorry Kai," Ray sighed again. "Just thinking..."
"And what could be more important then your training?"
"Awe... come off it Kai," Max smiled. "You MUST know the answer to that... Mariah and her child!"
"Hmphf," Kai crossed his arms. "Thats not a very good reason... so the whore got pregnate. We all knew it would happen one day."
"She's not a whore," Ray glared at Kai.
"Then how did she get pregnate?" Ray sighed.
"I dunno..." he dragged his hands threw his bangs. "Something must of happened that she didn't tell me about..."
"And the other White Tigers don't exsist all the sudden?" Dizzi threw in.
"Dizzi!" Kenny glared at his laptop. "This is serious!"
"I being serious chief!" Dizzi argued back. "I mean... come off it!! Whenever theres a problem with the rest of them, he ALWAYS speaks in plural; whether it be with the White Tigers or the Bladebreakers. But when it comes to Mariah, its only him! It's common fact that Lee has a major crush on her too ya know."
"And Gary and Kevin are like brother's to her," Kenny sighed. "We all know... just... you don't have to rub it in you know."
"Ooo... do YOU like Mariah too??" Dizzi snickered.
"DIZZI!!"
Maz and Ray chucked a little, and then Ray looked up. He made a decission.
"I'll be back in awhile, alright guys?" he said as he started to walk away.
"And where might you be going?" Kai asked, glaring at his back.
"I'm just going to get something off of my chest," Ray smirked. "THEN I'll give you a more even match..."
~*~
Tyson sighed. One of his hands was just under the hem of Mariah's shirt, and his thumb was rubbing slowly against her back. His other hand was stroking her hair, usually just resting at the base of her neck.
He didn't really know what to think about now... He was going to have a kid...
Sure... he loved Mariah and all... but... he didn't know if it was the ever lasting love that all those sappy movies on TV are all about and that the daydreaming girls at school dreamed about.
But... he didn't want to give up his only chance at having a family either way. If it was that ever lasting love, great. If it wasn't... well... they could some how make it work.
He closed his eyes, and forced himself not to think. Then he looked up at the clock on the wall. 11:29.
'All this happened in little less then an hour?' Tyson blinked a few times. 'Damn it... MUCH too fast to comprehend all of it... okay... let's slow down... Now... start from the begining...'
//Flashback//
Tyson sat with the Bladebreakers in his kitchen. Ray was cooking... and the food was burning.
"Ray!!" Tyson sighed. "Your BURNING the food!! You NEVER burn the food!!"
"Sorry Tyson..." Ray sighed. He scrapped the spoilt food into the garbage, and sat down. "I just can't get my mind off of Mariah..."
"Oh swell..." Tyson hit his head on the table. "Okay... BEFORE you get into yet ANOTHER long and heartfelt tale of how pretty her hair shines in the morning, you might as well all leave. It's getting late, and now I have to go buy some food because Grandpa isn't gonna be home until Monday."
"Awe..." Max frowned. "Alright... I guess I'll see ya tomorrow Tyson."
"Ya," Tyson grinned. "See ya Max!"
Kai only nodded.
"Good riddance to the sour puss," Dizzi said cheekily; Tyson swore that she would of rolled her eyes if she had them.
"We're going too Dizzi," Kenny said, before snapping his laptop closed. "Good Night Tyson, Ray."
"Night Cheif!" Tyson waved, and then turned to Ray. He seemed to be in a trance. "Um... didn't you hear? Clearing out."
"Oh... what? Yeah... sorry... just thinking about Mariah..."
"Alright buddy..." Tyson sighed. "What happened?"
"She's moving out..." Ray looked up at the ceiling. He, himself, had also gotten a new apartment, moving to Japan. Mariah had been staying with him for 3 or 4 months now.
"Oh..." Tyson blinked. "Awe... that ain't too bad!! Now you won't have tampons and shit in your bathroom!! Come off it... I mean... I KNOW your crazy over the girl... but you BOTH need a little space."
"Hmm..." Ray stood up. "Yeah... I guess your right..." he smiled at Tyson. "Thanks."
"No problem." Tyson grinned. "Anything for a friend."
"Good night Tyson."
"G'night Ray!" Tyson watched as Ray left, and then went to a cookie jar. He opened it, to reveal some money. He took out a 20 dollar bill, stuffed it in his pocket, and slowly left the house as well.
He headed for the store, and bought the stuff he would need to make some simple salad with Cajun chicken. A delightful little meal, that didn't cost much, so Grandpa wouldn't really notice that he took money from the emergency money jar instead of buying it with his own money...
After purchasing the food, he slowly started to walk home. As he did so, he saw the weirdest thing. At least... the weirdest thing to him.
Mariah sitting at a bus stop with three suitcases and a backpack. She was bitting her lip, and looking at a bus scedual.
"Hey Mariah," Tyson said to her once he was behind her; she jumped, and then turned to look at him.
"Tyson!" she sighed in relief. "God... I thought it was Ray for a moment..."
"Ray?" Tyson blinked. "Are you... avoiding him or something?"
"Um..." Mariah looked away. "Sort of..."
"What did he do?" Tyson asked bluntly.
"What would make you think that he did anything," Mariah said quickly.
"Theres a lot of things..." Tyson smiled a little. "But the main one being that you look like your gonna skip town. Now... why don't you come with me. I know you don't got a place to stay because Ray is moping about you leaving -or was until I made him think straight- and as much as I used to eat, I eat only about half as much now, but I still think I could spare you a little food." As if on cue, Mariah's stomach made a tiny noise of protest, and a blush spread across Mariah's cheeks and nose.
"Alright..." she said softly, and followed him. Tyson picked up one of her suit cases, and they walked together back to his house. Once they got back there, he set her stuff in the front room, and went back to the kitchen. Mariah followed, leaving her stuff behind. "I don't believe that you know how to cook."
"Neither do most people," Tyson shrugged. "But I can cook a little. The thing I know the best, make the most, and love the most as well, would be my Cajun chicken. And of course, since Cajun chicken goes great with this salad, and it all cost cheap, I bought it."
"Why didn't you just make something from here," Mariah asked, gesturing to around the kitchen; she leaned onto the counter.
"Because Ray burned all of my food," Tyson answered simply. "He was daydreaming about you... again." Mariah blushed again.
"Well... is there anything I can do?"
"Plates are in the third cuboard from the right." Mariah nodded curtly, and started to set the table. "Knives and forks are in the first drawer on the left." After a few moments, Mariah had the table set, and waited for Tyson to finish.
After about 5 minutes, he finished, and brought the salad and chicken to the table. "Here ya go..."
"Thanks..." Mariah sat down, and ate some of the salad. "Mmm... good..."
"That's store bought," Tyson smiled. "So of course THAT is good... try the chicken." Mariah nodded, and tried a bit. She smiled.
"It's great!" Tyson smiled at her, and then turned to his own plate of food.
They finished in a few minutes. Standing up, Tyson took the plates, and took them to the sink. Mariah followed him, and dried as he washed.
"Well?" Tyson said after awhile.
"Well what?" Mariah said, concentraiting on the dishes.
"What did Ray do?" Tyson finished the last dish, and put it beside Mariah, and then started to put the other dishes away.
"Nothing," Mariah said quickly. "Nothing at all."
"That's a lie."
"Fine..." Mariah sighed. "He's... he's hitting on me..." Tyson stopped, and looked at her.
"Your moving out because he's HITTING on you?" Tyson shook his head. "Um... in case you haven't noticed... but most guys who like girls usually hit on them... didn't you know that?"
"I know that Tyson..." Mariah sighed, and finished up the last of the plates. She sat down on a chair. "It's just that... it's just making me uncomfortable..."
"Mariah..." Tyson sighed, and left the plates there. He sat down beside her. "Aren't you crazy over him or something?"
"I used to be..." Mariah bowed her head. "And I still am a little... but i can't live with this back and forth stuff. It has to be one way or another, and I have choosen to stop it. NOW he chooses to begin it... it's frustraiting."
"I would bet..." Tyson smirked a little. "Anything I can do to help?" Mariah blinked a few times, then looked up at him. Time froze for a second, as she leaned forwards and kissed him...
The kiss lasted eternity and ended in a blink of an eye, as Mariah stood up and started to walk away.
"I'm sorry," she said. "I'll leave..." Tyson heard this through his daze, and blinked his way out of it.
"Woah..." he shook his head, and stood up. "Hey!! Wait up!" Then he ran up to her, standing in front of her and placing his hands on her shoulders. "Now... what was that about?"
"I don't know!" Mariah bit her lip; Tyson couldn't help but think of how cute she looked...
'SLOW DOWN!!' He screamed in his mind. 'RAY likes her... you remember Ray, right? He's your FRIEND!! And you are NOT a backstabber!!'
"I just... I just..." Mariah looked around. Tyson took her chin gently in his hand, and made her look up at him.
"You just what?" he asked softly, as if she would shatter.
"I just..." she seemed to melt into his eyes... she leaned forwards again, her hands tangling into his hair as her tongue lapped at his bottom lip. He moaned slightly, and pulled her to his chest...
It took a few moments for either of them to realise what they were doing... by then, they really didn't care.
//End Flashback//
'Okay...' Tyson looked down at Mariah. 'That wasn't very helpful... very pleasant and heartfelt... but not helpful or reassuring, but pleasant...' Okay... continuing on...'
//Flashback//
The next day Tyson woke up at around noon... it was Saturday, so he didn't have to worry about school or nothing. He smiled... then he panicked when the warm, fuzzy memories from the night before came back to him... he looked down and saw Mariah curled up against his side...
He hastily pulled away from her, being careful not to wake her up. He searched the room for his pants, and pulled them on. He left the room in a silent dash, and ran down the hall. He entered the training room, and saw the family sword. He raked his hand throw his bands, and knelt down in front of it.
"What did I get myself into?" he muttered. "Damn it... now I'm talking to a sword... well... it worked last time... Dragoon... what do I do?"
"You could come back to bed..." someone said tiredly behind him. He turned around, to see Mariah yawning, only clad in a sheet wrapped loosely around her.
"Mariah..." the heat is the room must of rose a couple of degrees or something... "Y-you should go home..."
"Why?" Mariah blinked. Then someone knocked on the door...
"Shit..." Tyson bit his lip. "That's why!! Quick! Back to my room... don't leave no matter what!"
"What?" Mariah blinked again. "Why?"
"Because my friends are here," Tyson said, standing up. "ALL of my friends are here."
"Ray..." Mariah whispered. Tyson nodded; hearing Ray's name hurt him slightly for some reason, but he shrugged it off.
"Now get to my room, and don't make a sound, alright?" Mariah nodded, and returned to Tyson's room. Tyson bit his lip, and listened for his door closing. Someone knocked on the door again, and he hastily started for it.
He opened the door a moment later, and the crisp air hit his bare chest.
"Hey Tyson," Ray said smirking a little. "Took you long enough... you got a girl in there or something?"
'How come whenever you don't want someone to know something they tease you about it?'
"N-no!" Tyson said quickly, a blush coming to his cheeks. "I was just... um... training!"
"You?" Kai said bluntly, pushing his way inside. "Train? Your kidding, right?"
"Hey!" Tyson glared at Kai. "I train! I'm not one of the best martial artists for nothing!"
"Hmph," Kai just continued on, heading for the training room.
"So Tyson..." Max winked, and they all entered. "Where's the girl?"
"There isn't any girl!" Tyson, if possible, blushed more.
"His room?" Ray said, looking at Max.
"His room," Max nodded.
"What?" Tyson blinked, and the two started heading to his room; Kenny just headed to the training room to watch Kai. "NO!! Don't go in there!! It's... um... REALLY messy!!" he ran up to them, but it was too late...
They opened the door...
"No one here..." Tyson's heart started to beat again. "Guess you were telling the truth."
"I TOLD you I was..." Tyson said cheekily, glaring at them. Then there was another knock at the door... "Just a minute!!" he looked at Max and Ray. "Okay... you two go while I answer the door."
"Alright Tyson," Ray replied. "See ya in a few."
Tyson sighed as they left sight. He poked his head in side his room. Nope... no one was there...
'Where is she?'
The person knocked again, and he hurried to the door. When he opened it, he didn't get a chance to see the person. First he was blinded by a sheet being thrown in his face, and once he got that off, he was almost knocked off his feet as the person wrapped her arms around him and kissed him passionately.
They broke apart a minute later, and Tyson looked down at Mariah.
"Do you want me to get yelled at by Ray?" he asked, one of his eyebrows quirking slightly.
"Why would you get yelled at by Ray?" Mariah asked, stepped back a bit and winking. She moved past him to where her stuff was, putting her back pack on and somehow getting a hold on all three suitcases. "Theres a little motel across town called the 'River Inn'. I'll be there if your wondering..."
Then she walked off. Tyson blinked a few times, and shook his head. He closed the door and went to the training room.
"Who was it?" Dizzi asked.
"Oh... wrong adress..." Tyson said quietly.
'How the hell did girl's get so smart?'
//End Flashback//
Tyson smiled at that memory...
'I'm still puzzled as to how she got out... and how she knew to leave... and WHY she still had that sheet...' he pushed one of Mariah's bangs back behind her ear. 'I'll have to ask her sometime...'
~*~
Ray talked quickly into the reciever of the payphone down the street that ran parallel to Tyson's street. He nodded once to himself.
"Yeah... Mariah's pregnate... how? I don't know... I think Tyson has something to do with it... how do I know? Because he was acting all panicked and ran away, saying that he needed to buy some food... yeah, yeah, I know that's normal of Tyson... but STILL, isn't it suspicious? Alright... I'll see you then... bye."
Ray sighed as he hung up the payphone. He stared at it for awhile, before turning and leaving the booth. He started to walk down the street as a slow pace, making his way back to Tyson's...
~*~
Mariah heard Tyson sigh a little. She bit her lip, and blinked back tears... she didn't want to think about what would happen after she got the abortion...
//Flashback//
Mariah was sitting on the motel bed, brushing her hair two weeks after the incident... she felt terrible...
She had led him on, when they both knew that she liked Ray... didn't she? Ray definately liked her. But who did she like??
She knew very well that she loved the not thinking about Ray most likely thinking about her when she was with Tyson...
There was a knock at the door, and her heart leapt. She stood up and went to the door. She opened it, and her heart dropped faster then a stone off of a cliff...
"Hey there Mariah," it was Ray. "Tyson said something about hearing one of your friends saying you would be here."
"Yeah..." Mariah grinned a little, a sickening feeling stirring in her stomach. "I am..."
"Why didn't you tell me you would be here?" he asked. He made a move as if he wanted to go inside, but Mariah stepped out, closing the door behind her so that they were both outside. "Kind of... nice knowing where you are."
"Must of slipped my mind," Mariah said simply, shrugged a little. "Sorry."
"No problem," Ray smiled. "I was just getting a little worried."
"Hmm..." Mariah plastered on a fake smile. "Well... if you don't mind, I was just about to take a shower, alright?"
"Oh... sorry..." Ray scratched the back of his head, blushing. "I'll... um... leave then?"
"Yes," Mariah opened the door again. "Good bye Ray."
"Bye..." Mariah entered, and closed the door. She sighed, and made her way over to the bathroom.
"Might as well take a shower..."
"And why do you sound so sour about it?" Mariah turned around quickly. Standing beside her window (which was open) was Tyson. The curtained bleww in on the light wind, as he grinned, looking at her.
"Ty-Tyson?" Mariah rubbed her eyes, not believing he was really there. "That really you?"
"Been thinking about it..." Tyson smiled a little shakily, and stepped forwards. He wrapped his arms around her, and leaned down until their foreheads touched. "Decided to come..."
"And the Ray thing?" Mariah asked.
"Mmm..." Tyson gave her a 'bedroom' look, as his hands started to travel up her back. "I decided RIGHT after I decided that it would be best for all of us if Ray came and stalked you..."
"I'm not sure he will actually stalk me..." Mariah said skeptically.
"Well..." Tyson grinned. "If your so sure, I can skip the shower I was planning on having and leave right now..."
"I'm possitive that he's standing right outside with a machetti..."
"Thought you would see it my way..."
"Get over yourself and kiss me."
"As you wish..."
//End Flashback//
Mariah giggled a little to herself at that memory...
"Something funny Mariah?" Tyson commented softly above her. Mariah pushed herself up until she was leaning on her arms, straddling his hips.
"Just remembering when you first came to my motel," Mariah winked a little. Tyson smiled.
"As much as I would love to recreate that moment," Tyson said, bringing his other hand down to her hip as well and just resting them there. "We still have this kid to discuss."
"Tyson-"
"No," Tyson sat up, so that Mariah was in his lap. "We're discussing it."
"Fine Tyson," Mariah sighed, and snuggled up against his chest. "But there's not really anything to discuss... if I have a baby out of wedlock, then I'll most likely get kicked from the village. And I couldn't live with that, because then I would never see my mom, or Lee, or Kevin, or Gary, or the Elders or any of my other friends again!"
Tyson bit his lip.
He muttered something so low, that not even Mariah could hear it. She doubted he heard himself say it either.
~*~
"What?" Mariah said, looking up at him from in his lap. He took a deep breath.
'Your taking a mighty risk here Tyson...' he said to himself.
"Then have the baby in wedlock..." he muttered louder. "Marry me..."
Pixie: i find it slightly annoying that orionblader acts as if he doesn't know what's going to happen...
Ami: *shrugs* either he's being modest, or he truelly thinks that I'm gonna mutate the plot line beyond recognition.
Pixie: Okay... his plot line that he suggested was something that you would UTTERLY and COMPLETELY enjoy writing... as long as you got to throw in some Lee torture.
Ami: hmm... your right... *thinks* I am very mean to Lee all the time... and I don't even hate him... Lee's cool actually
Pixie: *blinks* then WHY did you have him punched in Cat's Dream??
Ami: 1) that was a Fate that LOOKED like him, 2) it was your idea, and 3) where the hell are my other muses??
Vern: right here
Dusk: you think we'd budge in??
Morder: yeah... this is fun... *grabs popcorn from Jock*
Chibis: *smile*
Ami: *blinks again* you guys have been here the ENTIRE time and didn't say a word?
Muses: *nod*
Ami: *faints*
Pixie: um... in behalf of Ami... Joy Ginn.
Dusk: you forgot to say enjoy the chapter
Pixie: who do you think I am?? F***ing Jolly Ol' Saint Nick?
Dusk: *rolls eyes* okay... enjoy.
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Remembering...
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Mariah looked away from his gaze, and her hands slipped down to his chest. She bit her lip.
"And when were you planning on telling me?" he asked.
"I don't know..." Mariah sighed. She pushed Tyson away from her, and then walked past him, down to the kitchen. There she started to wash some dishes from last night's dinner slowly. Tyson followed her, and leaned up against the counter. "When this whole thing started, I never really expected... well... any of it really."
"For one thing you were mainly doing it to try to forget about Ray hitting on you 24/7," Tyson added in.
"Will you PLEASE stop rubbing that in my face?"
"Hey!" Tyson grinned. "If having me stick my tongue down your throat is what I have to do to help you forget about Ray, then I will GLADLY do it..."
"Hmm... who's Ray?" Mariah asked, smirking; they played this game often. Well... ever since Tyson found out that he was the tool that Mariah used to forget about Ray at the begining. But... since then her feelings for him had grown.
"Mariah," Tyson said warningly. "Do not try to start anything at the moment... if you don't remember we have a kid to discuss here."
Mariah sighed, and thought to herself for a few minutes. Tyson grabbed a towel, and started to dry the dishes, putting them away as he did so, and waiting for Mariah to break the silence.
"I guess I have to get an abortion..." Mariah muttered.
"What?" Tyson said, blinking. "I'm sorry... I thought you just said that you were gonna get an abortion."
"Yes Tyson," Mariah cleaned off the last dish, and walked out of the kitchen. She sat down in a nearby chair and waited for him to finish up.
He was done in a few moments, and came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her and resting his chin on her shoulder.
"Do I get any say in this?"
"Tyson..." Mariah sighed, and turned enough so that he could see him clearly. "Women in my village get shunned, and usually thrown out of the village if they have children out of wedlock." Tyson bit his lip. He stood up, pulling Mariah up with him. He wrapped his arms around her waist, and led her to the couch. There he laid down, holding her to his chest delicately. "Ty-"
"Shh..." Tyson put his finger to his lips. "No nothing. Just rest..."
~*~
Ray could not believe it... there was NO WAY possible that his hypothisis was correct... could there?
He launched Drigger again, and once again, Dranzer quickly knocked him out of the arena.
"Ray." Kai glared up at him. "You aren't concentraiting."
"Sorry Kai," Ray sighed again. "Just thinking..."
"And what could be more important then your training?"
"Awe... come off it Kai," Max smiled. "You MUST know the answer to that... Mariah and her child!"
"Hmphf," Kai crossed his arms. "Thats not a very good reason... so the whore got pregnate. We all knew it would happen one day."
"She's not a whore," Ray glared at Kai.
"Then how did she get pregnate?" Ray sighed.
"I dunno..." he dragged his hands threw his bangs. "Something must of happened that she didn't tell me about..."
"And the other White Tigers don't exsist all the sudden?" Dizzi threw in.
"Dizzi!" Kenny glared at his laptop. "This is serious!"
"I being serious chief!" Dizzi argued back. "I mean... come off it!! Whenever theres a problem with the rest of them, he ALWAYS speaks in plural; whether it be with the White Tigers or the Bladebreakers. But when it comes to Mariah, its only him! It's common fact that Lee has a major crush on her too ya know."
"And Gary and Kevin are like brother's to her," Kenny sighed. "We all know... just... you don't have to rub it in you know."
"Ooo... do YOU like Mariah too??" Dizzi snickered.
"DIZZI!!"
Maz and Ray chucked a little, and then Ray looked up. He made a decission.
"I'll be back in awhile, alright guys?" he said as he started to walk away.
"And where might you be going?" Kai asked, glaring at his back.
"I'm just going to get something off of my chest," Ray smirked. "THEN I'll give you a more even match..."
~*~
Tyson sighed. One of his hands was just under the hem of Mariah's shirt, and his thumb was rubbing slowly against her back. His other hand was stroking her hair, usually just resting at the base of her neck.
He didn't really know what to think about now... He was going to have a kid...
Sure... he loved Mariah and all... but... he didn't know if it was the ever lasting love that all those sappy movies on TV are all about and that the daydreaming girls at school dreamed about.
But... he didn't want to give up his only chance at having a family either way. If it was that ever lasting love, great. If it wasn't... well... they could some how make it work.
He closed his eyes, and forced himself not to think. Then he looked up at the clock on the wall. 11:29.
'All this happened in little less then an hour?' Tyson blinked a few times. 'Damn it... MUCH too fast to comprehend all of it... okay... let's slow down... Now... start from the begining...'
//Flashback//
Tyson sat with the Bladebreakers in his kitchen. Ray was cooking... and the food was burning.
"Ray!!" Tyson sighed. "Your BURNING the food!! You NEVER burn the food!!"
"Sorry Tyson..." Ray sighed. He scrapped the spoilt food into the garbage, and sat down. "I just can't get my mind off of Mariah..."
"Oh swell..." Tyson hit his head on the table. "Okay... BEFORE you get into yet ANOTHER long and heartfelt tale of how pretty her hair shines in the morning, you might as well all leave. It's getting late, and now I have to go buy some food because Grandpa isn't gonna be home until Monday."
"Awe..." Max frowned. "Alright... I guess I'll see ya tomorrow Tyson."
"Ya," Tyson grinned. "See ya Max!"
Kai only nodded.
"Good riddance to the sour puss," Dizzi said cheekily; Tyson swore that she would of rolled her eyes if she had them.
"We're going too Dizzi," Kenny said, before snapping his laptop closed. "Good Night Tyson, Ray."
"Night Cheif!" Tyson waved, and then turned to Ray. He seemed to be in a trance. "Um... didn't you hear? Clearing out."
"Oh... what? Yeah... sorry... just thinking about Mariah..."
"Alright buddy..." Tyson sighed. "What happened?"
"She's moving out..." Ray looked up at the ceiling. He, himself, had also gotten a new apartment, moving to Japan. Mariah had been staying with him for 3 or 4 months now.
"Oh..." Tyson blinked. "Awe... that ain't too bad!! Now you won't have tampons and shit in your bathroom!! Come off it... I mean... I KNOW your crazy over the girl... but you BOTH need a little space."
"Hmm..." Ray stood up. "Yeah... I guess your right..." he smiled at Tyson. "Thanks."
"No problem." Tyson grinned. "Anything for a friend."
"Good night Tyson."
"G'night Ray!" Tyson watched as Ray left, and then went to a cookie jar. He opened it, to reveal some money. He took out a 20 dollar bill, stuffed it in his pocket, and slowly left the house as well.
He headed for the store, and bought the stuff he would need to make some simple salad with Cajun chicken. A delightful little meal, that didn't cost much, so Grandpa wouldn't really notice that he took money from the emergency money jar instead of buying it with his own money...
After purchasing the food, he slowly started to walk home. As he did so, he saw the weirdest thing. At least... the weirdest thing to him.
Mariah sitting at a bus stop with three suitcases and a backpack. She was bitting her lip, and looking at a bus scedual.
"Hey Mariah," Tyson said to her once he was behind her; she jumped, and then turned to look at him.
"Tyson!" she sighed in relief. "God... I thought it was Ray for a moment..."
"Ray?" Tyson blinked. "Are you... avoiding him or something?"
"Um..." Mariah looked away. "Sort of..."
"What did he do?" Tyson asked bluntly.
"What would make you think that he did anything," Mariah said quickly.
"Theres a lot of things..." Tyson smiled a little. "But the main one being that you look like your gonna skip town. Now... why don't you come with me. I know you don't got a place to stay because Ray is moping about you leaving -or was until I made him think straight- and as much as I used to eat, I eat only about half as much now, but I still think I could spare you a little food." As if on cue, Mariah's stomach made a tiny noise of protest, and a blush spread across Mariah's cheeks and nose.
"Alright..." she said softly, and followed him. Tyson picked up one of her suit cases, and they walked together back to his house. Once they got back there, he set her stuff in the front room, and went back to the kitchen. Mariah followed, leaving her stuff behind. "I don't believe that you know how to cook."
"Neither do most people," Tyson shrugged. "But I can cook a little. The thing I know the best, make the most, and love the most as well, would be my Cajun chicken. And of course, since Cajun chicken goes great with this salad, and it all cost cheap, I bought it."
"Why didn't you just make something from here," Mariah asked, gesturing to around the kitchen; she leaned onto the counter.
"Because Ray burned all of my food," Tyson answered simply. "He was daydreaming about you... again." Mariah blushed again.
"Well... is there anything I can do?"
"Plates are in the third cuboard from the right." Mariah nodded curtly, and started to set the table. "Knives and forks are in the first drawer on the left." After a few moments, Mariah had the table set, and waited for Tyson to finish.
After about 5 minutes, he finished, and brought the salad and chicken to the table. "Here ya go..."
"Thanks..." Mariah sat down, and ate some of the salad. "Mmm... good..."
"That's store bought," Tyson smiled. "So of course THAT is good... try the chicken." Mariah nodded, and tried a bit. She smiled.
"It's great!" Tyson smiled at her, and then turned to his own plate of food.
They finished in a few minutes. Standing up, Tyson took the plates, and took them to the sink. Mariah followed him, and dried as he washed.
"Well?" Tyson said after awhile.
"Well what?" Mariah said, concentraiting on the dishes.
"What did Ray do?" Tyson finished the last dish, and put it beside Mariah, and then started to put the other dishes away.
"Nothing," Mariah said quickly. "Nothing at all."
"That's a lie."
"Fine..." Mariah sighed. "He's... he's hitting on me..." Tyson stopped, and looked at her.
"Your moving out because he's HITTING on you?" Tyson shook his head. "Um... in case you haven't noticed... but most guys who like girls usually hit on them... didn't you know that?"
"I know that Tyson..." Mariah sighed, and finished up the last of the plates. She sat down on a chair. "It's just that... it's just making me uncomfortable..."
"Mariah..." Tyson sighed, and left the plates there. He sat down beside her. "Aren't you crazy over him or something?"
"I used to be..." Mariah bowed her head. "And I still am a little... but i can't live with this back and forth stuff. It has to be one way or another, and I have choosen to stop it. NOW he chooses to begin it... it's frustraiting."
"I would bet..." Tyson smirked a little. "Anything I can do to help?" Mariah blinked a few times, then looked up at him. Time froze for a second, as she leaned forwards and kissed him...
The kiss lasted eternity and ended in a blink of an eye, as Mariah stood up and started to walk away.
"I'm sorry," she said. "I'll leave..." Tyson heard this through his daze, and blinked his way out of it.
"Woah..." he shook his head, and stood up. "Hey!! Wait up!" Then he ran up to her, standing in front of her and placing his hands on her shoulders. "Now... what was that about?"
"I don't know!" Mariah bit her lip; Tyson couldn't help but think of how cute she looked...
'SLOW DOWN!!' He screamed in his mind. 'RAY likes her... you remember Ray, right? He's your FRIEND!! And you are NOT a backstabber!!'
"I just... I just..." Mariah looked around. Tyson took her chin gently in his hand, and made her look up at him.
"You just what?" he asked softly, as if she would shatter.
"I just..." she seemed to melt into his eyes... she leaned forwards again, her hands tangling into his hair as her tongue lapped at his bottom lip. He moaned slightly, and pulled her to his chest...
It took a few moments for either of them to realise what they were doing... by then, they really didn't care.
//End Flashback//
'Okay...' Tyson looked down at Mariah. 'That wasn't very helpful... very pleasant and heartfelt... but not helpful or reassuring, but pleasant...' Okay... continuing on...'
//Flashback//
The next day Tyson woke up at around noon... it was Saturday, so he didn't have to worry about school or nothing. He smiled... then he panicked when the warm, fuzzy memories from the night before came back to him... he looked down and saw Mariah curled up against his side...
He hastily pulled away from her, being careful not to wake her up. He searched the room for his pants, and pulled them on. He left the room in a silent dash, and ran down the hall. He entered the training room, and saw the family sword. He raked his hand throw his bands, and knelt down in front of it.
"What did I get myself into?" he muttered. "Damn it... now I'm talking to a sword... well... it worked last time... Dragoon... what do I do?"
"You could come back to bed..." someone said tiredly behind him. He turned around, to see Mariah yawning, only clad in a sheet wrapped loosely around her.
"Mariah..." the heat is the room must of rose a couple of degrees or something... "Y-you should go home..."
"Why?" Mariah blinked. Then someone knocked on the door...
"Shit..." Tyson bit his lip. "That's why!! Quick! Back to my room... don't leave no matter what!"
"What?" Mariah blinked again. "Why?"
"Because my friends are here," Tyson said, standing up. "ALL of my friends are here."
"Ray..." Mariah whispered. Tyson nodded; hearing Ray's name hurt him slightly for some reason, but he shrugged it off.
"Now get to my room, and don't make a sound, alright?" Mariah nodded, and returned to Tyson's room. Tyson bit his lip, and listened for his door closing. Someone knocked on the door again, and he hastily started for it.
He opened the door a moment later, and the crisp air hit his bare chest.
"Hey Tyson," Ray said smirking a little. "Took you long enough... you got a girl in there or something?"
'How come whenever you don't want someone to know something they tease you about it?'
"N-no!" Tyson said quickly, a blush coming to his cheeks. "I was just... um... training!"
"You?" Kai said bluntly, pushing his way inside. "Train? Your kidding, right?"
"Hey!" Tyson glared at Kai. "I train! I'm not one of the best martial artists for nothing!"
"Hmph," Kai just continued on, heading for the training room.
"So Tyson..." Max winked, and they all entered. "Where's the girl?"
"There isn't any girl!" Tyson, if possible, blushed more.
"His room?" Ray said, looking at Max.
"His room," Max nodded.
"What?" Tyson blinked, and the two started heading to his room; Kenny just headed to the training room to watch Kai. "NO!! Don't go in there!! It's... um... REALLY messy!!" he ran up to them, but it was too late...
They opened the door...
"No one here..." Tyson's heart started to beat again. "Guess you were telling the truth."
"I TOLD you I was..." Tyson said cheekily, glaring at them. Then there was another knock at the door... "Just a minute!!" he looked at Max and Ray. "Okay... you two go while I answer the door."
"Alright Tyson," Ray replied. "See ya in a few."
Tyson sighed as they left sight. He poked his head in side his room. Nope... no one was there...
'Where is she?'
The person knocked again, and he hurried to the door. When he opened it, he didn't get a chance to see the person. First he was blinded by a sheet being thrown in his face, and once he got that off, he was almost knocked off his feet as the person wrapped her arms around him and kissed him passionately.
They broke apart a minute later, and Tyson looked down at Mariah.
"Do you want me to get yelled at by Ray?" he asked, one of his eyebrows quirking slightly.
"Why would you get yelled at by Ray?" Mariah asked, stepped back a bit and winking. She moved past him to where her stuff was, putting her back pack on and somehow getting a hold on all three suitcases. "Theres a little motel across town called the 'River Inn'. I'll be there if your wondering..."
Then she walked off. Tyson blinked a few times, and shook his head. He closed the door and went to the training room.
"Who was it?" Dizzi asked.
"Oh... wrong adress..." Tyson said quietly.
'How the hell did girl's get so smart?'
//End Flashback//
Tyson smiled at that memory...
'I'm still puzzled as to how she got out... and how she knew to leave... and WHY she still had that sheet...' he pushed one of Mariah's bangs back behind her ear. 'I'll have to ask her sometime...'
~*~
Ray talked quickly into the reciever of the payphone down the street that ran parallel to Tyson's street. He nodded once to himself.
"Yeah... Mariah's pregnate... how? I don't know... I think Tyson has something to do with it... how do I know? Because he was acting all panicked and ran away, saying that he needed to buy some food... yeah, yeah, I know that's normal of Tyson... but STILL, isn't it suspicious? Alright... I'll see you then... bye."
Ray sighed as he hung up the payphone. He stared at it for awhile, before turning and leaving the booth. He started to walk down the street as a slow pace, making his way back to Tyson's...
~*~
Mariah heard Tyson sigh a little. She bit her lip, and blinked back tears... she didn't want to think about what would happen after she got the abortion...
//Flashback//
Mariah was sitting on the motel bed, brushing her hair two weeks after the incident... she felt terrible...
She had led him on, when they both knew that she liked Ray... didn't she? Ray definately liked her. But who did she like??
She knew very well that she loved the not thinking about Ray most likely thinking about her when she was with Tyson...
There was a knock at the door, and her heart leapt. She stood up and went to the door. She opened it, and her heart dropped faster then a stone off of a cliff...
"Hey there Mariah," it was Ray. "Tyson said something about hearing one of your friends saying you would be here."
"Yeah..." Mariah grinned a little, a sickening feeling stirring in her stomach. "I am..."
"Why didn't you tell me you would be here?" he asked. He made a move as if he wanted to go inside, but Mariah stepped out, closing the door behind her so that they were both outside. "Kind of... nice knowing where you are."
"Must of slipped my mind," Mariah said simply, shrugged a little. "Sorry."
"No problem," Ray smiled. "I was just getting a little worried."
"Hmm..." Mariah plastered on a fake smile. "Well... if you don't mind, I was just about to take a shower, alright?"
"Oh... sorry..." Ray scratched the back of his head, blushing. "I'll... um... leave then?"
"Yes," Mariah opened the door again. "Good bye Ray."
"Bye..." Mariah entered, and closed the door. She sighed, and made her way over to the bathroom.
"Might as well take a shower..."
"And why do you sound so sour about it?" Mariah turned around quickly. Standing beside her window (which was open) was Tyson. The curtained bleww in on the light wind, as he grinned, looking at her.
"Ty-Tyson?" Mariah rubbed her eyes, not believing he was really there. "That really you?"
"Been thinking about it..." Tyson smiled a little shakily, and stepped forwards. He wrapped his arms around her, and leaned down until their foreheads touched. "Decided to come..."
"And the Ray thing?" Mariah asked.
"Mmm..." Tyson gave her a 'bedroom' look, as his hands started to travel up her back. "I decided RIGHT after I decided that it would be best for all of us if Ray came and stalked you..."
"I'm not sure he will actually stalk me..." Mariah said skeptically.
"Well..." Tyson grinned. "If your so sure, I can skip the shower I was planning on having and leave right now..."
"I'm possitive that he's standing right outside with a machetti..."
"Thought you would see it my way..."
"Get over yourself and kiss me."
"As you wish..."
//End Flashback//
Mariah giggled a little to herself at that memory...
"Something funny Mariah?" Tyson commented softly above her. Mariah pushed herself up until she was leaning on her arms, straddling his hips.
"Just remembering when you first came to my motel," Mariah winked a little. Tyson smiled.
"As much as I would love to recreate that moment," Tyson said, bringing his other hand down to her hip as well and just resting them there. "We still have this kid to discuss."
"Tyson-"
"No," Tyson sat up, so that Mariah was in his lap. "We're discussing it."
"Fine Tyson," Mariah sighed, and snuggled up against his chest. "But there's not really anything to discuss... if I have a baby out of wedlock, then I'll most likely get kicked from the village. And I couldn't live with that, because then I would never see my mom, or Lee, or Kevin, or Gary, or the Elders or any of my other friends again!"
Tyson bit his lip.
He muttered something so low, that not even Mariah could hear it. She doubted he heard himself say it either.
~*~
"What?" Mariah said, looking up at him from in his lap. He took a deep breath.
'Your taking a mighty risk here Tyson...' he said to himself.
"Then have the baby in wedlock..." he muttered louder. "Marry me..."