Hello everyone! How is everyone? I hope you are all fine and have had a great Crimbob! YAY! I got sooooo much stuff. But I cannot be bothered telling you so… on with the thanx!
Kai lovergrl: Uh yeah. I like Tala. Just a little. Erm… hell no! Did I just say that? I meant A LOT IN FACT THERE ISN'T A BIG ENOUGH NUMBER TO DESCRIBE HOW MUCH! ^_^* Uh yeah. Sorry about that, sometimes it happens. Never mind, I have my dreams. Lol. Thank you sooooo much for that awesome review you gave me. And that nice email. In fact, THANK YOU so much for everything! YAY! *Hugs* I will also say that the breadstick thing in the last chapter- that actually did happen with me and Jenny (sherbet mayhem) in real life. Lol, we were really bored at this buffet and we decided to just launch into battle with breadsticks… there were crumbs everywhere. Oops!
Othela: Yeah, you're not supposed to like this guy. Lol. Genius. Thank you.
Vampyre Neko: I'm sure Kai would be great at playing Tybalt. Once evil, always evil. It's what he's like. Tee hee. Oh and you can kill Josh if you want… but I won't. Lol. Thanx for the review.
Leila5: Hello! Ah, you see, with the potc fics, I barely read them ne more. I will every now and again, but not too often. But its good to see pirate lingo in some of these reviews! Cheers to you too, mate!
Emerald Skies: Ermm… no. Lol. Jk ya! Tala says thank you and merry Crimbob too, and so do I, but it's waaay past Crimbob to be saying that. Lol. Yes, you get the Rei merchandise this week for being the first to get Josh Traf… fart. You need to let other ppl get the hidden word! ^_^. Never mind… Thank you!
THERE IS NO HIDDEN WORD IN THIS CHAPPIE!
So enjoy, knowing the fact that I don't own any of this… other than Jen and Sara and Woody… and Josh and the teachers etc.
Jen: You don't own me.
Me: Yes I do. Now go clean your diaper.
Chapter Six; Cat and Mouse
Kai rolled his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest in a sullen manner. Why did he even have to do French? It's not like he was going on holiday there anytime soon, besides, his grandfather taught him the basics in almost every European language. He sighed when he heard the drab drone of the teacher from the front of the class. His voice was so expressionless that it was almost like a gramophone on repeat.
/I'm sure if he tried he could sound a little more suicidal./
"Repeate sil-vous-plait," the teacher said, still in an American accent and still sounding like he'd rather be somewhere else. "Je m'appelle… and then say your name."
The sounds of the students repeating the French sentence in a monotonous tone rang through the grey classroom. Kai heard a few people actually say 'and then say your name', and he shook his head in embarrassment. The supply teacher wasn't very good at controlling his class. Kai vaguely wondered if they were looking for a new French teacher whilst he watched a paper aeroplane launched by Sara. It hit the teacher in the middle of his nose deftly and he picked the paper up on his way over to the cassette player, rubbing a painful looking red mark on the ball of his nose. Throwing it in to the bin, he pathetically glared at the laughing class, who were now hysterical and frankly there was no way he was getting them back.
"Quelle threw le papier aeroplane? Le own up… NOW!" he screeched in a high pitched wail. Kai wouldn't have been surprised if smoke had popped out of his ears.
Sara raised her hand, still laughing with Woody, while Jenny gave her a disdainful look.
"Uh, sir? It was… uh… moi," she bit down her laughter as she saw his face redden.
"Detention! And you get the slipper for wearing pink in your uniform!"
Sara laughed it off and shrugged. She was used to it by now.
Rei nudged Kai in the ribs and grabbed his attention.
"I hope they find a new French teacher soon," Rei looked over at the balding supply, "I was already failing French with the last teacher. This isn't helping my examination results, and my hay fever seems to be getting worse and worse! Look!"
Kai looked at Rei nonchalantly and saw that Reis eyes were slightly bloodshot.
/Oh no. What a shame, he's dying! Man, what a hypochondriac./
Kai nodded and handed him a tissue.
"There, there," he smirked, rolling his eyes and trying really hard not to look completely uninterested. He was, however, failing pretty badly. Acting was never his strong point. If only Mr Drater would realise that.
"Class, class! Pay attention… PAY ATTENTION… pay attention…" Mr. Lewis drifted off with a desperate look on his face as he noted that all the class was actually watching a squirrel and a dog playing through the open window. Kai shook his head, but looked over anyway as he was sitting right next to a window. He watched the squirrel run for it's life for a while, slightly amused, and almost felt a little disappointed when it ran up the nearest tree and the dog was left barking on the floor. He smiled, and was about to turn back to the French teacher when a glimmer of flame caught his eye. Frowning, he focused his gaze on the tree. Something red had caught his attention there. His brown eyes flitted up and down the tree. He could've swore that-
"Bonjour, Monsieur Hiwatari, are vous here?" Kai blinked and brought his attention to the snapping fingers in front of his face.
"Yeah, um… oui," he said, satisfying the teacher by using one French word.
"Bien," the teacher waddled to the front of the class and pressed the 'play' button on the tape. Some cheesy dance music began to play and the whole class stood up with horrified looks on their faces. They knew what it was time for. Kai looked up at Rei who was looking pretty scared.
"Aerobics," hissed Rei down to Kai, and Kai simply nodded and looked out of the window again. Whatever he had seen earlier was gone.
"Uh, sir? Mr. Sir? I can't do this," Woody said, shaking her head. Kai looked over to her waving her arms out of time with the music. "I have asthma and I can't do French for longer than half an hour."
The teacher nodded and excused her. She smiled gratefully and sat back down, pleased that the teacher fell for it.
"Yeah, I broke my arm!" Sara waved her 'broken' arm around in the air.
"It didn't stop you from throwing paper aeroplanes at my face." The teacher responded, smirking, finally able to sound smart, "Levéz-vous!"
Jenny and Sara sat down, perfectly aware that the teacher had asked them to stand up. Kai saw that Jenny kept glancing out of the window too. He frowned and turned back to the teacher who was also waving his arms in time to the music, shouting the occasional 'le jambe!' so the students had to hop around for a while. Kai simply sank in his seat, watching Rei, who looked very unimpressed at hopping about his desk. Suddenly, the music stopped and everyone sat down, relieved. The teacher was telling them to breathe slowly by now; however it was in German, not French. When the bell finally rang the whole class stampeded out of the room leaving Kai, Rei, Sara, Woody and Jenny strolling behind them.
"Don't forget your detention!" the teacher called after Sara.
"Will do!" she shouted back and 'accidentally' dropped the detention slip in the bin, catching up with Jenny.
Kai quickly made an excuse to Woody and Rei who wanted to go to the head teacher to complain about the French lessons, and followed Jenny and Sara, not quite sure why he was doing this. He caught up with both of them, quickly grabbing Jenny on the arm and pulling her away from Sara, who didn't notice and carried on walking talking to herself. She wasn't alone for long before Josh walked up to her and began talking with her, flirting obviously.
"Jenny, can I ask you something?" he asked, turning her to face him and attempting to keep his voice low, despite the many milling students who were making their ways through the slate grey halls.
"Uh, yeah. If you make it quick," she said, checking her watch, and looking at the exit which lead to the fields behind the French room.
"Why were you looking out of the window in French?" he got straight to the point.
Jenny gave him a confused look, briefly wondering why he had been watching her. "I was watching the squirrel." For the first time she looked Kai directly in the eyes, as if daring him to say anything.
Kai narrowed his eyes. "So you like cat and mouse games?" Jenny obviously caught the double meaning and looked very guarded.
"Maybe. But I don't have time for talk. I need to go," she shrugged off his arm and made a beeline towards the exit. Kai waited for a moment, gave her time to get out of the door and then followed her.
/So someone IS watching me then, huh? She told me more than she realised. But what has she got to do with it?/
Kai peered out of the door, looking for the small figure of Jenny. His brown eyes flashed when he caught her talking to the 'tree'. It was a tall oak, the only tree in the entire field, which in itself was only small and sparse of anything bar a few slowly dying bluebells and the occasional unweeded dandelion. As well as the grass, which was usually under mown and out of control, but today was oddly short and freshly cut. Someone was obviously hidden behind the aging oak. Kai watched on as the conversation unfolded.
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"He knows," Jenny rubbed her face with her hand in a stressed fashion.
He smirked, keeping in the shade that the tree provided. "I know he does. I wouldn't have expected anything less."
Jenny squeezed her eyes shut. How did she get into this mess? A sudden warmth in her pocket reminded her what it was all for. She got out her blade, which was glowing slightly. Jenny owed him this; he did give her Etherealea, and after all, what were friends for? He had given her bit-beast and had trained her to blade a while ago. Ever since then she felt she owned him a huge favour. Without him she'd be another rookie - without a bit-beast.
She opened her eyes. "Tala, why are you actually doing this? Why are you following him?"
"We all work for somebody, kid," Tala was looking at something over her shoulder.
"What are you going to do to him?"
"That's up to my boss, not me," he retreated slightly and smiled. "But my boss loves to play."
Jenny opened her mouth to speak but was interrupted by a call from her right. Jenny began panicking and made sure that Tala was concealed before turning to face the person that had shouted her name.
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Kai watched Sara walking over to a slightly flustered Jenny. So something was going on. Kai's suspicions were confirmed when Jenny had pulled out her blade. However, Kai still didn't know fully who Jenny was in league with. His annoyance grew when Kai heard someone calling his name. He turned his gaze from Jenny and Sara to look at who was calling. He forced a smile when he saw that it was the drama teacher.
"Just to confirm. You WILL come to rehearsals tonight after school," Mr. Drater smiled and walked away from where he came from, calling over his shoulder: "Oh, and tell the others too!"
Kai sighed and turned back to look at Jenny and was pleased to see that they hadn't gone or moved elsewhere. He continued to watch them.
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"There you are! I was looking all over for you!" Sara ran to Jenny as fast as her pink sandals could take her.
Jenny tried to smile, but it somehow changed into a grimace at the last moment. She heard the faint snickers of Tala who was still hiding behind the tree.
"You know, I think Kai's got a crush on you!" she said in a singsong voice, obviously very pleased for her friend.
Tala rolled his eyes and listened to Jenny's response, smirking again.
"Uh… really? Why would you think that?" Jenny asked coldly although she did feel quite pleased with herself.
"Because he's watching you from behind the door over there," she pointed densely to the door and waved. "HI KAI!" she shouted from across the fields.
Jenny snapped her head in the direction of the door, her heart hammering. She caught the glimpse of two grey bangs disappearing from behind the door. Had he seen her and Tala? Sara frowned, not getting why he had moved and scratched her head in thought.
"Huh? Why did he move out of the way like that?" her face suddenly brightened. "Oooh! I know! Maybe he's following you! Why would he do that?"
"Uh… I don't know," Jenny pretended to look curiously at the door. "But MAYBE he likes you…" just the thing that Jenny needed for a diversion. Sara gasped and smiled brightly.
"He's okay I suppose… Oh! I have a new crush-thing!" Sara smiled dreamily for a moment, thinking about her new crush.
Jenny raised her eyebrows. "Oh really? Who?"
"Well, you know that guy that you see sometimes? Um… I'm trying to think of his name."
Jenny already guessed where this was going and attempted to save her friend's dignity.
"Oh yeah, him!" Jenny said, in the hope of stopping Sara from saying that she liked Tala whilst Tala was actually standing there.
But no. There was no hope.
Sara frowned. "How can you know who it is when I haven't even told you his name? It begins with a 'T'… I think. T-Tyson? No. DEFINITELY not Tyson. Uh… Taylor? No, I'm WAY over him… Oh, I know! It's Tally!"
Jenny cringed visibly and slapped her head at her friend's stupidity. Sighing, Tala stepped from behind the tree.
"It's Tala," he looked at her and raised his eyebrows at what she was wearing. He knew it was a warm day, but was there any need to wear a pink skirt and a pink short-sleeved top for school? Sara's eyes widened.
"You could have told me Tally was right there," she hissed at Jenny before smiling at him.
"Tala! It's Tala! Tal-ah! Please, could you stop calling me Tally?" Tala growled.
Jenny shook her head. This was going to be a long recess. She glanced back at the door again and sighed. How much had he seen?
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"Right! Take a break everyone! You worked hard, well done. Be back in ten minutes," the drama teacher clapped his hands together and walked out of the studio, leaving the students there to choose what drink they wanted from the tray.
Kai grabbed a can of coke and made his way over to where Sara was sitting and talking to Rei. Tyson and Max were goofing off in a corner and Josh was giving him evils as usual. Jenny was busy texting somebody on her phone, and he took the opportunity to talk to Sara. He walked over to the pair and asked Rei if he could talk to Sara alone for a moment. Rei didn't seem pleased at the interruption of his conversation but left anyway. Kai sat down where Rei had been and looked at Sara who was fiddling nervously with the ring on her can.
"Um, Sara," he began. "Just to ask-"
She interrupted him. "No, wait. I'm sorry if I gave off the wrong impression, but I don't like you that way. I mean, I'm a good looking girl, and it doesn't surprise me that you- you know… and I admire you for trying, but we're just not right for each other," she finished her speech and Kai raised a sceptical eyebrow. "I've done it again, haven't I?" Sara asked, now knowing that he didn't even like her. Kai nodded slowly and she growled. "I'll kill Jenny when I see her! And to think I let her copy my flicks!" she pointed to her eyeliner that flicked out at the side of her eye to make it look like Cleopatra's.
Kai shook his head but remembered what he came here to talk about. "I need to ask you something. Who was Jenny with at lunch? Now think carefully- cast your memory back a few hours. I know it's hard for you," he raised a patronising hand and Sara tutted with a smile.
"Har, har, very funny," she said sarcastically. "And yes, I can remember. His name was Tally."
Kai stared at her blankly for a moment. "Tally?" he couldn't believe her stupidity. "Did he have red hair, blue eyes, really tall and wore a white suit?" Kai asked, helping her along a bit.
She thought for a second. "Uh-huh."
"Well then his name is Tala. Ta-la," he said slowly.
"Oh yeah!" she smiled stupidly but she snapped back to reality when he got up quickly. "Where are you going?" she asked, getting up also.
Kai stopped walking. "Getting another drink," he explained, holding his empty can. He must have been drinking it when Sara wasn't really looking. Sara sat back down and studied the room, bored. Someone sat down by her and when she looked over to him it was Josh.
"Why were you talking to the freak?"
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"Yes! That's fantastic, Romeo! Now, Tybalt enters!" the teacher looked around for Kai. "Tybalt? TYBALT GET HERE NOW!" Kai was nowhere to be found. "He's probably just character searching," Mr. Drater reassured himself. "A true actor indeed. We'll just skip that scene!"
Woody and Rei gave each other worried glances.
"So in the next scene we have-"
"Sir!" Rei stuck up his hand in air to interrupt the teacher.
Mr. Drater rolled his eyes. "Yes?" he bit out.
"Can we go and search for Kai?" Woody asked, concerned at her friend's sub-disappearance.
The teacher growled and begrudgingly let them go to look for him with the help of Rei's persuasion.
"Maybe he's fallen off a cliff, ha!" Josh laughed and shook his head. Rei and Woody glared openly at him and walked out on their hunt for Kai. Once they got out of school they discussed some of his haunts and agreed to search the one nearest to the school, the pier that lay about half a mile off. They briskly walked there, asking each other why he would have left so suddenly.
"What would have made him do it?" Woody asked Rei as he was the one that was closest to Kai.
"I honestly don't know. He seemed fine when he asked me if he could speak to Sara…" Rei trailed off, thinking off all the possibilities of what could have happened.
"He spoke to Sara? What about?" Woody scanned the street she was in for Kai.
"I don't know. Do you think it's something to do with her?" Rei could now see the pier, including the figure leaning against the railing and watching the sun set. The waters of the nearby river scintillated beautifully in the dazzling scarlet rays of the fading orb, slowly being stolen away by the long hours of night. Hints of orange and fiery yellow broke through the greys of some of the gathering clouds, and the figure, as he turned, almost looked as though he were burning in the glow of the radiance. His eyes glittered as his gaze fell upon his two friends come to recover him.
"Hey, there you are. We've been looking all over for you!" Woody sighed, relived that her friend was okay.
Rei, on the other hand, was still concerned over something. "What's wrong Kai?"
Kai was silent for a moment, and then he turned to face the waters again, looking down upon his own distilled reflection.
"He's back."
Woody and Rei frowned and Woody spoke while Rei moved up to the railings that Kai leaned against.
"Who's back?" Woody asked.
Rei studied Kai's face pensively and then his eyes, iridescent in the golden sunlight, widened.
"His grandfather."
OOOH! Don't be evil to Sara please, behind her stupidity she is a nice person… you insult her, then you insult me. And if you wanna insult Jenny, then… go for it! She'll never know… Lol
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