Rei: Sorry. Whenever I tried to write this chappie, something happened. ie: lost floppy, file erased, comp froze, writer's block. But now, I'm gonna post it if it takes all day!

Rath: In case you haven't noticed, she's kinda grumpy...

Rei: AM NOT!!

Rath: ^_^'

Rei: On with the stinkin' fic!

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You talk, you die.- Hiei to Botan about Yukina.

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Mai's POV

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Rei was up earlier. When Kai and I were talking. He was pretending to be asleep, and I should be mad, he was spying on us, that's the logical thing, right? Well, if it is, I guess I'm not the logical one. I'm kinda glad he saw us. I mean, he should know more about Kai. Kai's been masked from them all this time. I guess I have, in a way too. Both of us have to show our true colors. I've been trying to, with the jokes and the smiles; it all was hard to keep up all the time. I guess Kai didn't even try to loose the training.

I tried, hard, to return to the person I was, before Voltaire. I would never be the same, though. I will always be stuck with the fighting skills and the high pain threshold, but those can be good qualities, right? But what about the memories that haunt me and, most likely, Kai? Are we supposed to just forget that our only relative stripped us of emotion?

Any way, I'm rambling and definitely strayed from my point. The point is: Rei need to know that the cold Kai he knows is not the actual Kai. The real Kai is well, buried under that mask. So if Rei wants to get Kai to open up and act natural, he's gonna have some trouble. But it is possible.

"Hey, Mai?"

I jerked out of my own rantings to look at Rei who was looking at me, a concerned look on his face. "Sorry, spaced out."- I answered with a smile.

Kai looked at me and raised an eyebrow. He smirked. Hn, wonder why.

Tyson came over, dragging Max. Kenny followed, carrying Dizzi. Did that boy ever leave his laptop? Woah, my mind's wandering again... I wonder if Tyson is rubbing off on me.. I hope not.

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Normal POV

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After breakfast, the two crimson eyed teens dragged the Bladebreakers off to train. Actually, Mai dragged Tyson while Rei, Kenny, and Max followed. They launched their blades at trees, mounds of snow, and Max made a small dish out of packed snow. They battled, although it wasn't full power battles, because they didn't want the fragile dish to fall apart.

During a quick break, Kenny asked Mai about her bit-beast so they would have information if it was needed. "Let's see... What would you need to know about Presea? Well, she's a silver wolf, the color silver representing the fact she has ice powers... Like Kai's Dranzer. The red represents the fire."- Mai explained. "She's probably better at attack and endurance than defense." she continued. "Er... That's all I could think of... Anything else?"

"No. I think that's just about all I need to know. I got some other data from your battle with Kai."

"All right! Let's get back to training!" Tyson groaned. "Man, it's like a double training..." he whined. "Tyson. If you want to stop getting better, and if you want me to kick your ass, then I suggest you keep complaining. Otherwise, you'd better start training!" Mai said. Tyson made an odd squeaking sound and decided to take Mai's advice, and shut his mouth. Kai smirked. 'Mai got him to shut up... Amazing.'- he thought to himself.

After quite a few more hours of training, Mai and Kai allowed the team to go back into the cabin. The twins, themselves , were going to train for a while longer. Tyson dragged Max and Kenny inside with a gleeful shout. Rei shook his head softly and looked back, at Kai. He was smiling, Mai was too. Kai's usual stoic face replaced with a happy face of a normal teenager. 'Kai... I wish you would smile like that for me... I wish you would let me get to know you, the real you. The one that Mai is able to reveal...'- he thought as he walked reluctantly towards the cabin.

Rei: What!? Short?! I know. I didn't want to take too long to get it out. It's already been a month...

Rath: Now watch. The computers going to freeze.

Rei: *Grabs katana and swings like a madman... er... madwoman* I'm gonna *swing* post this *swing* whether you *swing* like it or not *swing*

Rath: Errr... *dodge* Please review *dodge* and we'll get the next chapter out *dodge* soon.