Yeah, I know I know. I've taken forever to get this chapter up… and the titles lame too…. And it's short…. I'm sorry!! Really!! The next chappie will be better! Promise!!! ^.^;; So, yeah, just R&R!
Kazimir: ~pouts~
Rei: What's wrong?
Kazimir: I only exist in one fic and all I get is a name!
Kai: and a hair color
Kenny: and a voice
Max: and a history
Kazimir: You guys aren't helping…. -_-
Tyson: It's okay; maybe she'll let you introduce her stories or something...
Kazimir: ~glares~
Kai: she owns nothing
Rei: except him ~points to Kazimir~
Max: Enjoy this next chapter!
Chapter 2: The Day After
The next morning, the Bladebreakers woke slowly and at different times. Kai was the first to rise, not long after dawn. However, he found he wasn't the only on awake. In fact, he was second to rise by a good half-hour it seemed. The fire was back in full blaze and the pot was now settled more over the fire then it had been the night before.
"Good morning, Kai!" a cheerful voice spoke from behind him.
"Hn." Kai nodded to the black-haired girl. She walked past him carrying a few fish and a bag slung over her shoulder.
"I hope I didn't wake you with all my activity," Kayla put down the items she had been carrying. "I tried to be quiet…" When she got no reply from the Bladebreaker's captain, she began to busy herself with fixing foods of sorts: fish, berries, and some herbs from her two bags. "Do you like fish?" She asked, in hopes of sparking some conversation.
"I love fish!"
"Rei! You're awake!" Kayla stood up and walked over to Rei, kneeling next to him. "How are you feeling?"
"Good I think… but hungry!"
"You sound like Tyson."
"Huh?" Rei was startled, blushing slightly at Kai's blunt comment and a little… hurt?
Looking back and forth between the two she shrugged, then got up and went back to her work of fixing breakfast. "Why don't you just relax, Rei, and when I get everything cooked, we can wake the others and eat?" Rei nodded and took up the task of staring at the sky, while Kai stood leaning against a tree, just as he had yesterday. In fact, it may very well of been the exact same tree.
About thirty minutes later, Tyson and Max were woken up to eat. During the thirty minutes, Kenny had woken-up of his own accord. Throughout the meal and the cleaning up of the camp, small conversation was kept up. Each of the beybladers, minus Kai, told their 'life story' of becoming a Bladebreaker. When camp was just about broken down (AN: I think that's the right terminology, but I might be wrong…), Tyson asked about how she had come to be camping alone near the waterfall.
"…." Kayla avoided all eye contact as she mumbled about not being sure she had everything.
"Where are you going to go now?" Rei asked with concern.
"Where ever I want I guess…"
Rei looked at his team mates to see if they were in agreement, with a nod from each, Tyson, Max and Kenny, he turned back to Kayla. "Would you like to stay with us? We have a cabin near a lake about an hours hike from here… there's an empty room that you are welcome to use…"
Biting her lip, Kayla thought for a moment, and then looked at each of the beybladers before her. Nodding once, "Alright… I'll take you up on that offer." Sparing a quick smile for Rei, she looked back at her bags and around the camp one last time. "Looks like I have everything."
"Good, it's late and we should get moving."
"Leave it to Kai to ruin a good mode." Tyson whined.
Max stepped in front of Tyson and glancing at both him and Kai, said, "Don't start anything guys, it's too early."
"He's right, you guys." Kenny chimed in.
Slinging her bags over her shoulders, Kayla looked pointedly at Kai and said, "Lead the way." With that all discussion was stopped for a while.
When they began to scale the rocks near the waterfall, Kayla made a big fuss over Rei. She would constantly remind him to be careful and giving or rather forcing help on him when she thought he needed it. Once reaching the 'surface,' Kai set off leading them back to the lodge.
During the 'march,' they paired off into smaller groups to talk in. They would have walked more together, but the closeness of the forest trees kept this from working out. Rei and Kayla walked in silence mostly. Kenny kept an eye on everything around him, consulting with Dizzy on certain things throughout the walk. Kai walked in the lead, by himself, arms crossed and not talking to anyone. Tyson and Max, on the other hand, kept up an animated (no pun intended .) conversation the whole walk.
When the lodge cam into view, Tyson ran ahead of the others, crying out "FOOD!" Max chased after him and Rei and Kayla just chuckled. "Come on, Kai! Hurry up!" Tyson called back, for Kai was the only one with a key.
When they finally all got inside, Kenny offered to show Kayla to the empty room where she would be sleeping.
"Thanks, Kenny."
"No problem." Kenny led Kayla to the extra room where she placed her bags onto the bed nearer the window, for the room had two beds. Just than a quarrel could be heard coming from the direction of the kitchen. "Uh-Oh…" Kenny ingeniously stated, glancing at Kayla. Quickly, the duo left the room to investigate the problem. The sight that met their eyes was an interesting one. Somehow, a battery substance had splattered most of the kitchen and its four occupants, two of them were desperately trying to kill each other while the others were doing their best to hold them back. "What's going on here?!" Everyone stopped and stared at Kenny. "Look at this mess! What did you guys do?!"
"Well, you see, Chief…" Tyson began to explain.
"Out."
A collective "Huh?" was heard form the Bladebreakers.
"Out, all of you. Leave the kitchen. You boys obviously don't know how to fix a meal without feeding the kitchen. So I'll fix lunch." The golden-eyed girl smirked. Everyone blinked a few times, but soon all did as ordered. "And you all better be cleaned-up by the time I have lunch fixed of you won't have any!" She called after them.
Muttering so only Max and Rei could hear, Tyson replied sarcastically, "Yes, mother."
***Approximately two hours later***
"Man, that was good!" Tyson complimented, leaning back in his chair.
"You think all food is good, Tyson." Max teased. Everyone laughed at that.
"It was very good though, Kayla."
"Why thank you, Kenny."
"I really liked the spices you used, very… unique, but still blended very well together."
"Mmhmm." Max nodded his agreement with Rei.
"What about you five though? Can any of you cook anything?" the young girl inquired, smiling at the memory of the disastrous kitchen merely hours earlier.
"Rei can." Tyson piped up.
Rei shrugged, beaming slightly. "Yeah, well, I do enjoy cooking now and again."
"Hey, Kai, where are you going?" Max asked turning, as well as everyone else, to see Kai standing-up to leave the table.
"We need to practice this afternoon. Except Rei." Looking at Rei, crimson met gold as he continued, "you should get some rest and relax so you can get better sooner." Turning, Kai left the cabin to the outside yard.
"I guess you guys better go practice." Kayla sighed, starting to gather dishes off the table.
"Yeah..." Max and Tyson huffed as they got up and left, followed by Kenny.
"You don't have to help, Rei. Go relax."
"I don't mind. Really. Besides, it'll give me something to do."
The ebony haired girl eyed the Chinese boy for a moment before replying. "Alright, but don't carry too much at once. I'm going to start on the washing and you can bring these plates and stuff into the kitchen."
"'Kay."
About forty-five minutes later, Kayla announced, "And we are done." She looked at Rei and golden eyes met golden eyes as both smiled. "Now, why don't you go get some rest."
"But I'm not that tired."
"I don't care, you need your rest."
Crossing his arms in front of his chest and with a sly look on his face replied, "You can't make me."
"Oh, wanna bet?"
"Yeah, besides, you're not my mom." At this he stuck out his tongue out at her.
"If that's how it is…" She walked up close to Rei and ran her hand down his side as she stared up into his startled eyes. "Then I guess you don't want this back." Holding up her hand, she held Driger.
"Hey, that's mine!" Rei made to try and grab it from her, but she quickly stepped away and out of his reach.
"Now go rest. I'll get you in thirty minutes." Defeatedly, Rei walked away and into the room he and Kai shared, closing the door behind him.
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"Come on guys, thirty more!"
"But, Chief, we're tired!" Tyson whined, dropping to his knees with a stretchy-bar thingy in his hands. (I'm sorry, I don't know what they're called, if anyone knows, tell me!!)
"Come on guys. I'm trying to get you guys into shape!"
"Yeah, besides, you do want to get stronger, don't you?" Dizzy chimed in.
And so the training continued for the Bladebreakers until finally Kenny said it was time to beybattle.
"Hey, Rei! You're just in time!" Max hollered, waving him over to their make-shift beystadium. Rei walked over and sat down on the grass. Just as Max and Kai stepped-up to battle, Kayla came out and took a seat next to Rei. Within a few minutes, after an intense match, Kai won by knocking Draciel out of the beystadium. Next up was Tyson to battle the Russian boy. This match lasted a little longer. It ended in a draw. For the next two hours, the battles continued. When the sun began to set, Tyson started whining for food, so the six teens filed inside the cabin for a 'quiet' meal. Or as quiet as a meal can be with Tyson around.
Following dinner, everyone cleaned-up. Actually, 'everyone' did not include Kai, the injured party or the nurse/doctor.
For many hours after dinner, everyone, with the exception of Kai, gathered in front of the fireplace to chat. Kai retreated to his and Rei's room directly after dinner was finished and spent the evening reading a book he had with him. Around midnight everyone began yawning.
"Maybe we should go to bed." Kenny suggested. Everyone nodded their agreement. They all called out their 'good nights' as they headed towards their rooms. Tyson and Max to one room Kenny to another, Rei to the room he shared with Kai and Kayla to her own room.
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