3. Journey To Japan
"Leon! Contact Voltaire and Gilepse. Tell them of the damage and ask for their help."
"Yes, sir."
"Vladimir! Get the maintenance team to start reconstruction of the north and east wings."
"Right away, sir."
It was the morning after the Black Dranzer incident, and Boris giving commands and orders to all of the Biovolt members. Boris had given the trainees a day off; no tests, classes, nor Beyblading was to be done during construction. Boris glowered through his red and black glasses at the monitors in the control room of the work being done. He was angered, yet pleased. He now knew of the true child prodigy that would assist in fulfilling the ambitions of the Biovolt Corporation.
"Sir?"
Boris turned around to see the black-haired, brown-eyed woman that had saved Kai. "What is it?"
"What should we do with the culprit? And who is the culprit?" she questioned.
Boris faced the screens of the control room again. "We'll do nothing. Whoever it was that decided to test Black Dranzer has great potential, otherwise the Beast wouldn't have reacted like that."
"Then shouldn't we take precautionary measures to make sure that this child doesn't leave the Abbey?"
"I know who they are. All we need to do is make sure they don't perish," Boris replied nonchalantly.
" 'They'?"
Boris outstretched his gloved hand and placed three amulets in the palm of her hand. "All three Beyblades were recovered from the wreckage, right?"
She nodded and looked at the amulets in confusion.
"While only one tested Black Dranzer, three have their sights set on those three blades."
"Who, Boris?"
He glanced away from her and at the screens. "Give them the crosses in their birth order, resembled by the horizontal beams. The Latin goes to the First, the Patriarchal to the Second, and the Papal to the Third."
"That still doesn't tell me who, Boris!" she repeated.
Boris turned and looked her straight in the eye. "Xenia's, Lutka's, and yours."
November 26, 1997
The Abbey was now as good as new; the Abbey's maintenance team had repaired everything and Abbey life resumed back to normal. Sarah sat in the dormitory looking at a piece of paper. The other boys were no where in sight (for the moment).
"Hmm.if I could sneak in there.I should probably ask Kai. He's been there and done that."
"Been where and done what?
Sarah looked up in surprise. She grabbed the paper and hid it behind her back at he sight of Kai standing in the doorway. "Nothing!"
"That's impossible," Kai said with a conniving smile.
Sarah shook her head and smiled sheepishly. "No it's not."
They stared at each other for a moment longer until Sarah realized she wasn't going to win this time. She sighed and pulled the paper from behind her back. Kai walked up to her and sat on the bed beside her. He glanced at the paper to see a complex line design with writing here and there. It looked like sketches of Balkov Abbey. "I never knew you drew so well."
Sarah began to blush. "Thank you."
"But anyway, what is this supposed to be?"
Sarah paused. 'Can I tell him? Will he be for or against it?' "Uh.Well, K-Kai."
Kai's impending stare only intimidated her even more.
"Well. I plan to.umm.. leave the Abbey." she stammered.
Kai was taken aback. "What? Why?" 'Mind you, I don't like it here myself.' he thought.
Sarah looked away out of embarrassment. "It's nothing personal, I want to be here with Spencer, Bryan, Ian, Tala and you, but. I love my Uncle Boris, but."
'How can she?!' he pondered. "But what?"
Sarah returned to her perky character. "I have to see the world, you know?"
He glared at her in confusion. "I don't see what that has to do with me."
Sarah became uneasy again. "Ahh. Well that's an entirely different story, I'm afraid. You see, I planned to take Fovular with me."
Kai began to laugh. "Then tell me, Sarah, have you ever been to Japan?"
At that moment, Bryan walked in. "Did I miss anything?"
Sarah whipped the paper behind her back. "No," Sarah and Kai chanted with sheepish grins.
November 30, 1997
It was lunchtime for the trainees, but Kai and Sarah were busy making their great escape. Tala hadn't heard nor known of their plan, and was therefore in abashment. He couldn't eat without his best friends being there. He played with the food on his plate as Spencer, Bryan, and Ian wolfed theirs down.
" Tala, If you're not going to eat that, may I?" asked Spencer.
Tala awoke from his reverie with a start. "Huh? Oh.Yeah.sure.whatever.Say, have any of you seen Kai or Sarah?"
They all shook their heads as Tala stood up. "Well, I'm going to go look for them."
Ian froze with the food halfway to his mouth. "I'm coming, then. You know, to make sure you don't get side-tracked."
Tala scowled at him. "You don't think I'm responsible, do you?"
Ian looked at Bryan and Spencer who began to giggle and avert their gaze from Tala. Ian turned back to Tala and struggled not to burst out laughing. "Partly. Actually, I wanted to see the entertainment."
"Entertainment?" questioned Tala.
"The romance entertainment," Bryan whispered to Spencer, yet so that Tala couldn't hear.
Tala and Ian looked at Bryan and Spencer as they heard coughing from them choking on mouthfuls of food and a resounding bang as the bench toppled and they both fell on the floor. Ian burst out laughing along with the other two as Tala glared at them with narrowed, angered eyes.
"Now, all you have to do is scream," Kai explained as he peered around the corner to see the guard.
"Scream?" Sarah mimicked with a puzzled look.
"Yes, scream," he reiterated.
Sarah cocked her head to one side. "Won't I attract attention, then? I thought the objective was to be discrete?"
Kai sighed. "Others' naivety will be my downfall." he mumbled. "Look, you want to attract attention so that you distract the guard."
Sarah placed her hands akimbo and leered at him. "Why am I the distraction?"
Kai sighed again and rolled his eyes. "Because."
" 'Because' isn't a reason!" she countered.
Kai didn't want to reply. He'd wait for her to give in. They always did if he just kept his composure.
"Okay! Okay! Calm down, Mister Ignorant!" Sarah cried as she folded her arms and stuck her nose prissily in the air. She took a deep breath in and.
"Yahh! What the?" Kai had the living daylights scared out of him. So sudden, so shrill.She had an impressive set of lungs there!
It reverberated off the Abbey's stone walls, creating an echo almost equal in decibel level to the actual scream itself.
She stopped after five seconds. "What now?"
Kai looked to see the guard coming. "Hah! We run!" he exclaimed as he grabbed her arm. Kai dragged her right past the guard and into the test facility.
Kai dusted himself off and began to look around the room, felling a scowl against his back. He whirled around to see Sarah doing the exact thing; arms folded and daunting as ever. Kai glowered back. "Sorry, okay? But would you rather the guard or I drag you away?"
"Hmph!" She looked away from him.
Kai threw his arms up in despair and began to search the room for the Beyblades. After a moment or two, Sarah joined in on the search. "So where are they supposed to be? You had no trouble finding them the last time."
Kai glared at her in irritation. "They were in the open, last time." He looked towards the control room. "There they are! In there!" He pointed to the glass of the room. The Beyblades and their cases had been moved in there.
Sarah surveyed the control room. "Great, but how do we get in?" She walked over to the door of the room and tried to turn the knob. "It's locked."
Kai moved towards the wall farthest away from the glass. "Of course. Hasn't it occurred to you that they don't want us in there?" he relied sarcastically.
Sarah stuck her tongue out at him and stepped away from the control room. "What are you doing now, Mr. Know- It - All?"
Without replying, he ran straight towards the control room glass, jumped, and threw his weight against it. The glass broke and Kai fell against the hard floor. Sarah gasped and ran to him. "Kai! Are you okay?"
He looked up slowly to see what damage he had done. "Yeah. That glass was harder than I thought. Get the Beyblades, quick!"
"Right!" Sarah nodded. She carefully stepped over him and through the broken glass, into the room. She skipped to the cases and tipped the heavy receptacles containing Black Dranzer and Fovular. The cases ruptured and out tumbled the two blades. She picked them up, one in each hand, and looked up at the remaining case; the one containing Wolborg. 'I wonder if Tala wants it.and if he wants to come with us.' she pondered.
She went back to Kai, who had recovered by himself by now. "Come on, let's go," he said.
He led her to the door and opened it. The guard wasn't there. The two made a run for it towards the main entrance of the Abbey as Sarah handed Kai Black Dranzer.
"Sarah!" "Kai!"
Tala and Ian's resonated through the corridors as their footsteps pounded quickly. They finally stopped to catch their breath at the Abbey's main entrance. "Where could they be?" Tala questioned rhetorically.
"I'll bet you they're in the cafeteria, eating. We just didn't see them," Ian panted.
"If you were only going to complain, then why'd you come?" Tala scolded.
Ian replied with a shrug.
"That's not an answer!"
Tok, tok, tok.
Tala and Ian looked up and peered down the corridor as they heard fast- paced footsteps. They saw two figures rapidly approaching them, and strained to see who they were. "Kai! Sarah!" they exclaimed in unison.
"That's Tala and Ian!" Sarah managed to gasp between deep breaths.
Kai and Sarah stopped as they came to Tala and Ian, who were blocking the exit. Sarah and Kai hid the blades behind their backs.
"There you are! Where were you?" Tala questioned like an annoyed mother.
Sarah and Kai glanced sideways at each other. "Somewhere," replied Kai.
"Where's 'somewhere'?" grilled Ian.
"Somewhere," Sarah answered with a phlegmatic shrug. She looked up and into Tala's eyes. She saw that abundant, seductive sky blue that he demanded to know, like a faithful, worried husband would. She sighed. "I can win a Beybattle but not a staring match.Kai and I plan to leave the Abbey. It's not that we don't like it here"
"Yes it is," Kai interrupted.
She shot him a dagger glare. "Says you! Anyway, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, I'll miss you guys very much, but I can't just live here all my life. I'm one who needs excitement, I need adventure!" She exclaimed as she pulled out her hand, accidentally revealing the purple blade. "Umm. You didn't see that." She whipped her hand behind again.
"Oh, yes I did," Ian persisted.
Kai explained this time. "We're taking the Beyblades with us. Black Dranzer and Fovular."
"Th-that's." Ian gasped. He placed a hand on his hip and outstretched the other authoritatively. "Hand them over and we'll let you pass. Or else."
Kai and Sarah looked down at Ian. He was much smaller than both of them. "Or else, what?" Kai mocked.
"Tala! Help me here!" Ian cried as he looked up at Tala. Tala didn't reply, he seemed to be in some sort of trance, scarcely blinking as he stared at Sarah in disbelief. Ian waved a hand in front of Tala's face. "Hello? Earth to Tala!"
Ian waited a moment, but there was still no response. "Fine then! Who needs him, anyway? I won't let you pass."
Tala then 'woke up'. "Huh? Umm.Yeah! We won't let you pass."
Kai and Sarah looked at each other again, then outstretched their hands, conferring to Tala and Ian Black Dranzer and Fovular.
Tala stared at Fovular lying in Sarah's hand. He looked in to her determined eyes that the light reflected as greyish-green. "You're.leaving?" he asked, heartbroken.
Sarah smiled and nodded slowly. "Yes."
Ian took Black Dranzer from Kai as Tala reached out shakily and took Fovular. "It's too bad you're not staying. Are you sure about this?" Ian said as he looked at Black Dranzer and up at Kai.
Kai moved to the large doors and placed his hand on the handle. "We're sure. Bye, guys. Come on, Sarah."
Sarah turned to Kai, nodded, and then turned back to Tala. "I'm sorry it has to be like this." She reached out and hugged him, tightly. Tala froze and stared at the wall right in front of him. Then, he loosened up and slowly returned the embrace. He could feel the Latin cross that she had been given press against his Patriarchal cross and into his chest. "Goodbye, Tala, Ian. Say goodbye to Bryan and Spencer for me, and don't forget me, either," he heard her say, close to his ear.
A strange feeling overcame him, a feeling he'd never really felt before; compassion. Unconsciously, his eyes began to water as he felt his shoulder become wet. "Will do." He couldn't stand to see her like this. He felt she should have some sort of consolation. Discretely, so that no one but him saw, he placed Fovular in Sarah's pocket. 'Boris could behead me if he finds out.' he thought as he watched it slip inside. He gazed back at Sarah. "I won't tell Boris, okay?"
Sarah pulled away. "Thank you. I wouldn't want him to worry. Say, would you two like to come with us? Kai and I wouldn't mind."
Tala was about to answer when Ian intercepted him. "No, that's okay."
"Come on, Sarah. I hate long goodbyes," Kai pressed.
Sarah scampered over to Kai, who ushered her out the door, and then paused. "Goodbye, you two," he said without turning around. "You guys were good friends, and.I hope we can meet again, someday."
As he hurried off after Sarah towards the main gate, Tala noticed something missing; Sarah's ribbon on the right side of her head. Not knowing what to do, he continued to stare at the retreating figures who were now at the gates.
"There's something in your hair, Tala," taunted Ian as he nudged Tala's elbow playfully.
Normally, Tala would have growled and countered, but he wasn't in the mood.
Tala reached to the back of his head and pulled away something long, thin and red.a ribbon! Sarah's ribbon! It must have become caught as she hugged him. He looked up. "Sarah! You forgot your."
There was no one there. ".ribbon."
It's a young romantic tragedy! Will Kai and Sarah make it to Japan? Will Tala be caught and banished by Boris? Will I make the next chapter shorter? Find out by reading it!
"Leon! Contact Voltaire and Gilepse. Tell them of the damage and ask for their help."
"Yes, sir."
"Vladimir! Get the maintenance team to start reconstruction of the north and east wings."
"Right away, sir."
It was the morning after the Black Dranzer incident, and Boris giving commands and orders to all of the Biovolt members. Boris had given the trainees a day off; no tests, classes, nor Beyblading was to be done during construction. Boris glowered through his red and black glasses at the monitors in the control room of the work being done. He was angered, yet pleased. He now knew of the true child prodigy that would assist in fulfilling the ambitions of the Biovolt Corporation.
"Sir?"
Boris turned around to see the black-haired, brown-eyed woman that had saved Kai. "What is it?"
"What should we do with the culprit? And who is the culprit?" she questioned.
Boris faced the screens of the control room again. "We'll do nothing. Whoever it was that decided to test Black Dranzer has great potential, otherwise the Beast wouldn't have reacted like that."
"Then shouldn't we take precautionary measures to make sure that this child doesn't leave the Abbey?"
"I know who they are. All we need to do is make sure they don't perish," Boris replied nonchalantly.
" 'They'?"
Boris outstretched his gloved hand and placed three amulets in the palm of her hand. "All three Beyblades were recovered from the wreckage, right?"
She nodded and looked at the amulets in confusion.
"While only one tested Black Dranzer, three have their sights set on those three blades."
"Who, Boris?"
He glanced away from her and at the screens. "Give them the crosses in their birth order, resembled by the horizontal beams. The Latin goes to the First, the Patriarchal to the Second, and the Papal to the Third."
"That still doesn't tell me who, Boris!" she repeated.
Boris turned and looked her straight in the eye. "Xenia's, Lutka's, and yours."
November 26, 1997
The Abbey was now as good as new; the Abbey's maintenance team had repaired everything and Abbey life resumed back to normal. Sarah sat in the dormitory looking at a piece of paper. The other boys were no where in sight (for the moment).
"Hmm.if I could sneak in there.I should probably ask Kai. He's been there and done that."
"Been where and done what?
Sarah looked up in surprise. She grabbed the paper and hid it behind her back at he sight of Kai standing in the doorway. "Nothing!"
"That's impossible," Kai said with a conniving smile.
Sarah shook her head and smiled sheepishly. "No it's not."
They stared at each other for a moment longer until Sarah realized she wasn't going to win this time. She sighed and pulled the paper from behind her back. Kai walked up to her and sat on the bed beside her. He glanced at the paper to see a complex line design with writing here and there. It looked like sketches of Balkov Abbey. "I never knew you drew so well."
Sarah began to blush. "Thank you."
"But anyway, what is this supposed to be?"
Sarah paused. 'Can I tell him? Will he be for or against it?' "Uh.Well, K-Kai."
Kai's impending stare only intimidated her even more.
"Well. I plan to.umm.. leave the Abbey." she stammered.
Kai was taken aback. "What? Why?" 'Mind you, I don't like it here myself.' he thought.
Sarah looked away out of embarrassment. "It's nothing personal, I want to be here with Spencer, Bryan, Ian, Tala and you, but. I love my Uncle Boris, but."
'How can she?!' he pondered. "But what?"
Sarah returned to her perky character. "I have to see the world, you know?"
He glared at her in confusion. "I don't see what that has to do with me."
Sarah became uneasy again. "Ahh. Well that's an entirely different story, I'm afraid. You see, I planned to take Fovular with me."
Kai began to laugh. "Then tell me, Sarah, have you ever been to Japan?"
At that moment, Bryan walked in. "Did I miss anything?"
Sarah whipped the paper behind her back. "No," Sarah and Kai chanted with sheepish grins.
November 30, 1997
It was lunchtime for the trainees, but Kai and Sarah were busy making their great escape. Tala hadn't heard nor known of their plan, and was therefore in abashment. He couldn't eat without his best friends being there. He played with the food on his plate as Spencer, Bryan, and Ian wolfed theirs down.
" Tala, If you're not going to eat that, may I?" asked Spencer.
Tala awoke from his reverie with a start. "Huh? Oh.Yeah.sure.whatever.Say, have any of you seen Kai or Sarah?"
They all shook their heads as Tala stood up. "Well, I'm going to go look for them."
Ian froze with the food halfway to his mouth. "I'm coming, then. You know, to make sure you don't get side-tracked."
Tala scowled at him. "You don't think I'm responsible, do you?"
Ian looked at Bryan and Spencer who began to giggle and avert their gaze from Tala. Ian turned back to Tala and struggled not to burst out laughing. "Partly. Actually, I wanted to see the entertainment."
"Entertainment?" questioned Tala.
"The romance entertainment," Bryan whispered to Spencer, yet so that Tala couldn't hear.
Tala and Ian looked at Bryan and Spencer as they heard coughing from them choking on mouthfuls of food and a resounding bang as the bench toppled and they both fell on the floor. Ian burst out laughing along with the other two as Tala glared at them with narrowed, angered eyes.
"Now, all you have to do is scream," Kai explained as he peered around the corner to see the guard.
"Scream?" Sarah mimicked with a puzzled look.
"Yes, scream," he reiterated.
Sarah cocked her head to one side. "Won't I attract attention, then? I thought the objective was to be discrete?"
Kai sighed. "Others' naivety will be my downfall." he mumbled. "Look, you want to attract attention so that you distract the guard."
Sarah placed her hands akimbo and leered at him. "Why am I the distraction?"
Kai sighed again and rolled his eyes. "Because."
" 'Because' isn't a reason!" she countered.
Kai didn't want to reply. He'd wait for her to give in. They always did if he just kept his composure.
"Okay! Okay! Calm down, Mister Ignorant!" Sarah cried as she folded her arms and stuck her nose prissily in the air. She took a deep breath in and.
"Yahh! What the?" Kai had the living daylights scared out of him. So sudden, so shrill.She had an impressive set of lungs there!
It reverberated off the Abbey's stone walls, creating an echo almost equal in decibel level to the actual scream itself.
She stopped after five seconds. "What now?"
Kai looked to see the guard coming. "Hah! We run!" he exclaimed as he grabbed her arm. Kai dragged her right past the guard and into the test facility.
Kai dusted himself off and began to look around the room, felling a scowl against his back. He whirled around to see Sarah doing the exact thing; arms folded and daunting as ever. Kai glowered back. "Sorry, okay? But would you rather the guard or I drag you away?"
"Hmph!" She looked away from him.
Kai threw his arms up in despair and began to search the room for the Beyblades. After a moment or two, Sarah joined in on the search. "So where are they supposed to be? You had no trouble finding them the last time."
Kai glared at her in irritation. "They were in the open, last time." He looked towards the control room. "There they are! In there!" He pointed to the glass of the room. The Beyblades and their cases had been moved in there.
Sarah surveyed the control room. "Great, but how do we get in?" She walked over to the door of the room and tried to turn the knob. "It's locked."
Kai moved towards the wall farthest away from the glass. "Of course. Hasn't it occurred to you that they don't want us in there?" he relied sarcastically.
Sarah stuck her tongue out at him and stepped away from the control room. "What are you doing now, Mr. Know- It - All?"
Without replying, he ran straight towards the control room glass, jumped, and threw his weight against it. The glass broke and Kai fell against the hard floor. Sarah gasped and ran to him. "Kai! Are you okay?"
He looked up slowly to see what damage he had done. "Yeah. That glass was harder than I thought. Get the Beyblades, quick!"
"Right!" Sarah nodded. She carefully stepped over him and through the broken glass, into the room. She skipped to the cases and tipped the heavy receptacles containing Black Dranzer and Fovular. The cases ruptured and out tumbled the two blades. She picked them up, one in each hand, and looked up at the remaining case; the one containing Wolborg. 'I wonder if Tala wants it.and if he wants to come with us.' she pondered.
She went back to Kai, who had recovered by himself by now. "Come on, let's go," he said.
He led her to the door and opened it. The guard wasn't there. The two made a run for it towards the main entrance of the Abbey as Sarah handed Kai Black Dranzer.
"Sarah!" "Kai!"
Tala and Ian's resonated through the corridors as their footsteps pounded quickly. They finally stopped to catch their breath at the Abbey's main entrance. "Where could they be?" Tala questioned rhetorically.
"I'll bet you they're in the cafeteria, eating. We just didn't see them," Ian panted.
"If you were only going to complain, then why'd you come?" Tala scolded.
Ian replied with a shrug.
"That's not an answer!"
Tok, tok, tok.
Tala and Ian looked up and peered down the corridor as they heard fast- paced footsteps. They saw two figures rapidly approaching them, and strained to see who they were. "Kai! Sarah!" they exclaimed in unison.
"That's Tala and Ian!" Sarah managed to gasp between deep breaths.
Kai and Sarah stopped as they came to Tala and Ian, who were blocking the exit. Sarah and Kai hid the blades behind their backs.
"There you are! Where were you?" Tala questioned like an annoyed mother.
Sarah and Kai glanced sideways at each other. "Somewhere," replied Kai.
"Where's 'somewhere'?" grilled Ian.
"Somewhere," Sarah answered with a phlegmatic shrug. She looked up and into Tala's eyes. She saw that abundant, seductive sky blue that he demanded to know, like a faithful, worried husband would. She sighed. "I can win a Beybattle but not a staring match.Kai and I plan to leave the Abbey. It's not that we don't like it here"
"Yes it is," Kai interrupted.
She shot him a dagger glare. "Says you! Anyway, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, I'll miss you guys very much, but I can't just live here all my life. I'm one who needs excitement, I need adventure!" She exclaimed as she pulled out her hand, accidentally revealing the purple blade. "Umm. You didn't see that." She whipped her hand behind again.
"Oh, yes I did," Ian persisted.
Kai explained this time. "We're taking the Beyblades with us. Black Dranzer and Fovular."
"Th-that's." Ian gasped. He placed a hand on his hip and outstretched the other authoritatively. "Hand them over and we'll let you pass. Or else."
Kai and Sarah looked down at Ian. He was much smaller than both of them. "Or else, what?" Kai mocked.
"Tala! Help me here!" Ian cried as he looked up at Tala. Tala didn't reply, he seemed to be in some sort of trance, scarcely blinking as he stared at Sarah in disbelief. Ian waved a hand in front of Tala's face. "Hello? Earth to Tala!"
Ian waited a moment, but there was still no response. "Fine then! Who needs him, anyway? I won't let you pass."
Tala then 'woke up'. "Huh? Umm.Yeah! We won't let you pass."
Kai and Sarah looked at each other again, then outstretched their hands, conferring to Tala and Ian Black Dranzer and Fovular.
Tala stared at Fovular lying in Sarah's hand. He looked in to her determined eyes that the light reflected as greyish-green. "You're.leaving?" he asked, heartbroken.
Sarah smiled and nodded slowly. "Yes."
Ian took Black Dranzer from Kai as Tala reached out shakily and took Fovular. "It's too bad you're not staying. Are you sure about this?" Ian said as he looked at Black Dranzer and up at Kai.
Kai moved to the large doors and placed his hand on the handle. "We're sure. Bye, guys. Come on, Sarah."
Sarah turned to Kai, nodded, and then turned back to Tala. "I'm sorry it has to be like this." She reached out and hugged him, tightly. Tala froze and stared at the wall right in front of him. Then, he loosened up and slowly returned the embrace. He could feel the Latin cross that she had been given press against his Patriarchal cross and into his chest. "Goodbye, Tala, Ian. Say goodbye to Bryan and Spencer for me, and don't forget me, either," he heard her say, close to his ear.
A strange feeling overcame him, a feeling he'd never really felt before; compassion. Unconsciously, his eyes began to water as he felt his shoulder become wet. "Will do." He couldn't stand to see her like this. He felt she should have some sort of consolation. Discretely, so that no one but him saw, he placed Fovular in Sarah's pocket. 'Boris could behead me if he finds out.' he thought as he watched it slip inside. He gazed back at Sarah. "I won't tell Boris, okay?"
Sarah pulled away. "Thank you. I wouldn't want him to worry. Say, would you two like to come with us? Kai and I wouldn't mind."
Tala was about to answer when Ian intercepted him. "No, that's okay."
"Come on, Sarah. I hate long goodbyes," Kai pressed.
Sarah scampered over to Kai, who ushered her out the door, and then paused. "Goodbye, you two," he said without turning around. "You guys were good friends, and.I hope we can meet again, someday."
As he hurried off after Sarah towards the main gate, Tala noticed something missing; Sarah's ribbon on the right side of her head. Not knowing what to do, he continued to stare at the retreating figures who were now at the gates.
"There's something in your hair, Tala," taunted Ian as he nudged Tala's elbow playfully.
Normally, Tala would have growled and countered, but he wasn't in the mood.
Tala reached to the back of his head and pulled away something long, thin and red.a ribbon! Sarah's ribbon! It must have become caught as she hugged him. He looked up. "Sarah! You forgot your."
There was no one there. ".ribbon."
It's a young romantic tragedy! Will Kai and Sarah make it to Japan? Will Tala be caught and banished by Boris? Will I make the next chapter shorter? Find out by reading it!
