He he, this is getting fun. Hope you all enjoy this.
Kai paced back and forth in his room, waiting impatiently for Tyson, or someone to pick up the phone on the other end.
Finally someone did.
"Do you realise what time it is?"
Kai glared at the phone, wishing that Tyson was there in person so he could berate him properly, but he didn't have time.
"What are you doing still sleeping?"
"Kai?"
"Where's Rei, or Max?"
"Rei's in the shower and Max is watching cartoons."
"Get Max for me."
"Why?"
"Just do it Tyson," Kai growled. He could hear Tyson muttering on the other end and occasionally he caught words that made him raise his eyebrow, but he said nothing to Tyson.
Tyson came back on the line. "He says he's busy."
"Tell him that it's urgent."
"He still won't come."
Kai sighed. "Fine, tell him … that he and Rei were right and I'd like a word with him. Exactly those words." Tyson paused then Kai herd a few mumbled words, his voice muted slightly as Tyson held his hand over the mouthpiece. Suddenly Kai heard the sounds of running before Max got on the phone.
"I knew it! We were right!"
Kai held the phone as far away from his ear as possible. "I still need my ears for hearing Max, tone it down a bit." Kai growled, this was not the way he'd wanted to start this conversation off.
He could almost see Max's grin. "So you're finally admitting that you like him."
"Considering everything today, yeah." Kai sighed. "Max, I will only say this once, I need some help."
"What?" He heard a loud thump after the strangled whisper and there was a long silence, in which Kai stared curiously at the phone. "Y-you're actually asking me for help?" Max finally asked in a choked whisper.
Kai glared. "If you're going to be like that then put Rei on the phone."
"He's still in the shower."
"I can wait."
Max 'humphed'. "You know I'm just as good as Rei is with this sort of thing."
"Then give me your advice." Kai waited for a while with a smirk on his face. Max grumbled something about getting Rei and muttered darkly under his breath.
Kai waited for a while and grabbed a few things from around his room, fresh clothes and such for the day. He was about to get changed when he heard Rei's voice.
"Kai?"
"Still here."
"Wow, must be really important." He heard a snicker on the other end. "So, Maxie told me that you've admitted your love."
"Don't rub it in, I need advice."
"Wow, that serious?"
"Rei, I've never done this before, I've never been this close to anyone before not to mention I've never had some of these thoughts before, now will you help me? I'm slowly being driven insane, which you can probably tell because I would never have said anything like that to you before."
Rei didn't say anything for a while.
"Wow, it is serious."
"Rei!"
"Okay, no yelling, I'll help. I'm assuming you won't be here for practice."
"Morning practice anyway. I've invited Wyatt to join us for the afternoon." Kai calmed down a bit and regained his composure. "Okay Rei, do your stuff."
"Not that easy."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, first I need to know how deeply you feel for him."
Kai sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "I cannot believe I am having this sort of conversation," he muttered. "How serious do you think it is Rei?"
Rei paused. "Ah, right, yes, of course. Honestly Kai all I can say to you is just try and go with things, see if he may return the feelings."
Kai stopped his pacing. "That's it?"
"Yeah."
"I knew that already! You're no help." Angrily Kai hung up and threw his phone down on the bed. He glared at it for a moment then sighed and got changed, heading into the bathroom to wash his face properly. He heard the phone ring again as he was about to turn the water on.
"What?" he growled as he picked up.
"Just because you're having problems doesn't mean you can take it out on me!"
Kai sighed. "You're right, I'm sorry Rei." There was a long pause and Kai frowned. "Rei?"
"We have to get you to the hospital."
"What?"
"You're obviously not feeling very well considering you just apologised to me."
Kai glared at the phone, once again wishing he was there in person. "Rei, it is not advisable to annoy me while I'm in such a tense mood."
There was another pause though shorter this time. "Yeah, I picked up on that."
"Good, now do you have anything useful to tell me?"
"Not really I guess."
"Then I'll see you this afternoon."
Rei sighed. "Fine, we'll be expecting you. See you then."
"Yeah." Kai hung up and put the phone back where it was supposed to go rather than throwing it around this time. He sighed and walked back into the bathroom. Today's going to be really long.
* * *
Kai could hear the familiar sounds of Tyson and Hilary arguing as he made his way through the main dojo entrance.
Wyatt looked a bit anxious and looked to the side to see Kai not affected. "Does that normally happen?" he asked curiously, referring to the sounds of the argument.
Kai didn't blink as there was the sound of something large falling into the pond. "Every day."
The two of them turned the corner and saw the typical scene before them. Well it was typical for the Bladebreakers. Kenny was shaking his head and moaning, "Why me?" while Max was rolling on the ground, laughing and clutching at his stomach. Rei was trying to look composed, but failing badly, a few snickers escaping from behind his hand. Hilary was standing at the edge of the small pond, looking very annoyed and Tyson ... was in his usual spot after an argument with Hilary, dripping wet in the middle of the pond, looking quite sour, a dark scowl upon his face.
"Looks like I didn't miss anything important," Kai commented dryly. Everyone turned to him.
"Well, look who decided to show up today," Tyson said as he climbed out of the pond, still annoyed and quite drenched. He sneezed and glared at Hilary then turned back to Kai. "So where have you been for the past day?"
Wyatt grinned. "Sorry my fault, Kai was helping me out."
Tyson looked startled, it appeared he hadn't noticed Wyatt standing there. "Oh, hey."
"Time for formal introductions then," Kai said. He gestured Wyatt to move forward. "Wyatt, you should know, this is Tyson, Max, Rei and Kenny." Wyatt shook hands with all of the Bladebreakers. "Guys, this is Wyatt, you didn't get to meet properly due to ... well you know the circumstances."
Wyatt smiled gratefully at Kai and he cleared his throat uncomfortably at the action. Kai noticed that Max and Rei shared a look and he glared at them before turning to Hilary. "Wyatt, this is Hilary, a friend of Tyson and Kenny's, and our new team manager."
"Who says I'm friends with Tyson?" she muttered before turning a bright smile to Wyatt. "Hi, glad to finally meet you. Kai's mentioned you heaps."
"Really?" Wyatt looked over at Kai in surprise. "I didn't think I made that big an impression."
"Oh, you did," Max assured him. Rei snickered then quickly swallowed his laughter, looking stoic as Kai glanced his way. No one else seemed to get what was going on between the three of them.
"Training, now," Kai ordered.
"Can I get changed first, and maybe grab something to eat?" Tyson asked. Kai glared at him and he glowered. "Fine, can I at least get changed?"
"Sure. Hilary, what's on the schedule for today?"
Hilary stuck out her tongue at Tyson as he passed then turned back to Kai. "Just the same. Kenny's been working on Dragoon and Drigger a bit, so we'll mostly have to work with Tyson and Rei. You and Max can start of practice if you want."
Kai nodded and turned back to Wyatt. "Join in at any time if you feel you want to."
Wyatt smiled and shook his head. "I'll just watch if it's all right with you."
Kai nodded. "Sure. Ready to go Maxie?" He faced Max with a smirk and Max gulped.
"You're going to make me pay for my comments aren't you Kai?"
"Did you really believe I wouldn't?"
Max sighed and set his blade in his launcher. "Don't hurt me too much," he begged.
Kai just smirked again, waiting for Kenny to begin the count down.
* * *
Wyatt snickered as he looked at the Bladebreakers all slumped and lying on the grass and shared a grin with Kai. "You're the cruellest bastard I've ever met."
Kai grinned at the comment. "I know." He nudged Tyson with his foot. "Come on Tyson, I think Kenny and Hilary have made us dinner." At those words Tyson jumped up with a grin and ran inside. Wyatt stared at Tyson's amazing recovery and shook his head, looking back at Kai as he moved over to Rei and Max, who looked even more haggard than Tyson. Kai had worked the two of them hard, which surprised Wyatt somewhat.
"I hate you," Max moaned as he saw Kai standing at his head. Kai raised an eyebrow at the strange words coming from Max's mouth but smirked.
"I know, but you can rest now, go inside and wash up or something."
"Whatever." Max raised himself up onto his elbows and looked over at Rei. "You know, I'm not sure if that will get him up."
"I'll get him up," Kai assured him with a glint in his eye.
Max paled and basically ran inside, not wanting to stay with Kai if he looked like that. Rei looked to be asleep. When Kai nudged him and called out his name, he didn't even stir. He shrugged and moved over to the pond, picking up the bucket that sat on the ground nearby, filling it with water and carrying it over with a grin. Wyatt covered his mouth with his hand in shock just as Kai upended the bucket.
Inside Hilary almost knocked over the pot of noodles she was draining as there was a loud indignant yell of "KAI!!!!" coming from outside. What was really surprising was that it sounded like Rei. Rei never shouted like that, least of all at Kai.
Wyatt ran inside, trying his hardest not to laugh. The four in the kitchen looked at him curiously, and he was about to tell them what happened, then he started laughing even more, holding onto the doorframe.
Suddenly Rei appeared, his hair limp and dripping, his face damp and red from fury. He looked like a drowned cat. Rei hated getting wet unnecessarily, and he looked quite strange with his hair wet and plastered to his face like that. Max and Tyson stared at him in shock while Hilary promptly dropped the drainer in the sink and Kenny almost dropped the plate of chicken he was carrying to the table.
"What happened?" Tyson finally asked. Rei just looked behind him and glared. Tyson stared wide-eyed and whispered disbelievingly, "Kai?"
"Thank you for the idea Hilary," Kai said conversationally, making his way to the kitchen, stepping over Wyatt who was sitting on the floor still laughing and holding onto the doorframe.
Hilary grinned. "No problem Kai, sometimes these guys just need a bit of a wake up call."
"Very true," Kai said, glancing at Rei who glared back and stuck his tongue out, looking rather immature before he muttered something about drying up.
Hilary and Kenny finished putting dinner out and when Rei came back, still looking darkly at Kai, they began eating. Just another typical day with the Bladebreakers.
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AN: Ah, I would feel sorry for Rei and Max, but they probably had it coming. He he. Hope you all enjoyed that.
Until next time.