A/n *crying* I freaking love you guys! Man you are all so great! You made
me go from Dark and depressed to happy and willing to actually talk to
people!
Ray: *nods* Yeah she was acting like a...well...a Darkfire. How did you get that name anyway?
Darkfire: Well...I got that name from a friend. Her name is Larissa Whitengood. She has Xeroderma Pigmenttousum (Not sure if I spelt that right) that means she was allergic to the sun and any light higher than 20 watts. You see I like to go out and take moonlight walks. (My parents don't know, I sneak out so they won't find out) But anyway I was taking one of them and embarrassingly her older brother hit me with his car going like 10 miles per hour. I was fine no worries just lost my breath and had a inhumanly large bruise on my chest and stomach, but he took me inside anyway, I was inside and I saw her hide behind a chair she was like a year younger than me, She was extremely pretty she had pale skin (it looked like her skin reflected in the moon) She had long Raven hair (Like Rays!) and she had the most prettiest eyes I had ever seen! They were pale blue (hard to explain though...) She usually sleeps during the days and has a private tutor come to her house, she doesn't watch T.V she has her own library. Anyway I told her I would come over more often because she is a really good listener and loves all the things I tell her about Beyblade. During Christmas they cover their entire house and field in lights (Not bright enough for her to go outside and walk) we were walking along the pond they have next to her house and people like to drive through the driveway and enjoy lights. Well one person saw us and turned their headlights on bright and it was starting to hurt her (The lights start to make her skin red and it burns really bad) So I threw myself on her (Not enough to hurt her) and blocked her from the lights. Her brother ran outside and yelled at them to turn out their lights. I helped her up and she hugged me ^_^ and then she called me her Darkfire Guardian (she found out I was a pyro) I still go over and talk to her and we walk around her house and her pond. So that's how I got the name Darkfire Guardian.
Ray: *sigh* How sweet ^_^
Darkfire: Okay that took up a lot of time. ON WITH THE STORIE!!!!
Disclaimer: Must I tell you every time?
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Kai sighed and watched the pathetic soldier Tyson try to fight off the training dummies.
Max was doing a hell of a lot better than Tyson. Loping off dummy heads one by one.
Tyson's dummies kept falling on him.
"Tyson!" called Kai "Give it up you'll never make it to Knight ceremonies at this rate!"
Tyson turned and glared 'I'll show you...' he growled through his teeth and slashed at a dummy that fell on top of him. Tyson flared and slashed again thrusting the sword through the dummy.
Kai grinned 'That's what I'm talking about' He thought 'all he needs is to be instigated a little'
A tall female walked up besides him and sat in his lap and stroked at his cheek "Oh Kai have you decided a wedding date?"
Kai growled, "Forget it Sashe were not getting married I don't even like you" he said pushing her off his lap
"Oh Kai, that's why I love you" She said with an extremely sugary sweet voice that made Kai want to hurl "You have that thick icy covering over your heart that I know I can shatter, besides your just saying that"
Kai looked at her, He shot the most venomous look he had. He growled through his teeth "Two words. Forget. It"
Sashe gave him a pouty look. "Come on Kai, give me a chance," she said pulling on his shirt
Kai just glared at her. He stood and walked
"Hey don't walk away from me" She said trotting after him "I said don't walk away! Kai are you listening to me?"
Kai turned and let her walk into him "Sashe. Stay.Away.From.Me."
"Fine. But whom are you going to mate with? That little brat you met when we were kids? "She laughed *or cackled*
Kai stood in front of her "Sashe." He said with flame burning in his eyes "Get out of my sites. If you ever return I swear I will kill you and leave your body in the desert without a proper ceremony and that is a disgrace to the gods" He turned and spat at her feet
Sashe's eyes began to fill with tears "You basterd." She said, "I will have you and that boy will die" She slapped him and ran
Kai rubbed his cheek, she didn't slap hard it was just out of shock 'Why did she bring Ray into this?' There was a twinge of feelings run through his gut when he thought Ray's name.
A bright light appeared beside him "Where were you?" he asked Azurefire
She was holding a small stack of parchment "The elders wanted us to give a small history of our recent charges and then we get a new kind of power" She said placing the papers on the stone wall "I feel sorry for one of the guardians, She hadn't done her filing in 156 years.
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Ray quirked an eyebrow when Darkfire appeared holding a very large stack of parchment
Darkfire gave a very loud groan and sat on the floor grabbing a quill and ink "Dammit...why didn't I do the filing when I had the chance?" she said writing furiously.
Ray's eyebrow was still raised, sizing up the stack of papers. It was inches from hitting the top of the tent. "What is this?" he asked laughing from Darkfire's expression.
She held up the quill and sighed, "I haven't filed my recent charges histories in life for like..."she thought "about 156 years"
Ray whistled then laughed, "Have fun" and he walked out of the tent bumping into an old woman. "Oh excuse me," He said
The woman gave a smile "Oh yes Ray just the person I wanted to see..."
Ray sighed. He was not a very good person at helping others out on their personal problems. "Yeah what is it Gassi?
The woman grabbed his arm "So when is the Flamedance?" She asked leading him to a tall tree.
"Tomorrow night. Uh, why are we here?" He asked as the woman let go of his arm
"Will you get my kitty down?" She said with a pathetic look "She won't come down when I call her and she seems to be stuck" She said pointing to a small white fuzz ball stuck in the tree
Ray sighed and nodded and he jumped onto a high branch "Here kitty, kitty" he said holding out his hand. The kitten mewed and pawed playfully at his hand "Come here you little fuzz ball". The kitten mewed happily and jumped to a higher branch. Ray sighed again and jumped to a branch just below the kitten. The kitten mewed again and licked Ray's nose. He smirked and grabbed the kitten with a quick swipe. He carefully jumped down from the tree and landed next to Gassi.
The woman smiled as the kitten jumped into her arms. Walking up beside her was her husband Bekus, one of the former Neko-jin soldiers who helped lead the tribe to freedom.
The man smiled and kissed his wife "Let's go home now" He said grabbing her arm
When the two kissed Ray felt of twinge of feelings run through his gut and a thought of Kai flashed through his mind. The urge to want to kiss someone... Ray shook his head 'What am I thinking? Kai probably has girls crawling all over him'
Ray walked back to the tent where Darkfire sat Indian style on the floor writing fast on parchment. Ray sat next to her and tried to read her handwriting "Uh, Darkfire? What does that say?" He said pointing to a word that was scribbled into the paper
Darkfire looked at the word "Don't even try to read it" She said "It's in guardian language, most humans who try to read it go insane because none of the letters are ever the same" She said never looking up at him
"Then how can you read and write it?" he asked looking at her and back at the paper
She shrugged and looked back at the paper "Guess I was born with it"
"So...what's for dinner?" He asked rubbing his hands together
Darkfire looked up again and gave a very mean glare. She held up her hand and put a fire under the pot next to her "Leftovers" She said simply. Ray smiled and walked over to the pot.
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Kai growled at a maid who flashed a toothy grin at him. 'I need to get out of here...' He thought when the maid bent over showing off her legs. Kai looked away and kept walking. The maid looked offended and walked away.
A fire red head teen stepped in his way "So why did you blow off that very fine maid?" He asked looking over Kai's shoulder at the maid
Kai glared "She's not my type" He said moving past Tala
Tala threw up his arms "None of the females are your type in this god- forsaking city." He said following Kai into his room "You need something different, you need to get out of this city and find someone new"
Kai flopped into an overstuffed chair and picked up a book.
Tala grabbed the book from his hands and grinned when Kai gave him his 'Death glare' "Go to the library and talk to Kenny he seems to know something about a man trying to take over the world, We get this guy we get chicks and you can choose who you want"
Kai looked away "I don't want just 'Chicks' I want someone I can love and trust and..."
Tala cut him off "What's this? The great Kai has feelings for this sort of thing? You definitly need a mate dude"
Kai just stared at him and looked toward the window and whistled. A great red and gold bird flew in through the window.
The bird flew over to Kai's outstretched arm and landed allowing Kai to stroke her.
"Dranzer" Kai said looking into her gold eyes "Do I need to go out and find a mate and is Tala crazy?" Tala looked somewhat offended.
Dranzer tilted her head and cooed like saying "Do what your heart tells you I think you have a person in mind on who you want. And yes... Tala is crazy"
Kai smiled "Yeah I do think I know what I want" Kai walked past Tala and opened the door where Azurefire stood about to open the door
"Where are you going?" she asked
"To Kenny to get a map" He said brushing pat her
"A...map?" She said following him to the library "Why?" she had to jog to keep up
"As soon as I get a map, were out of this damn city" He said stopping to look at her. Azurefire jumped for joy
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Kenny fumbled with his glasses "S...sire?" he asked grasping hold of a cat "Dizzi stop fumbling" he looked back at the prince
"I need a map. I'm leaving for a while" Kai looked around at the giant stacks of books. 'No wonder he doesn't ever go outside' Kai thought 'with all this darkness he would melt the second he went outside' "Do you ever go into the sunlight?" he thought out loud
"Oh no Sire, your mother would never let me... if I go outside now the sun would kill me, I've been in the dark for..."He thought "6 years"
Kai scowled "How come she never let you out?" he asked
"She was scared I would run back to my homeland, being in dark for so long I couldn't" He answered letting go of Dizzi "I can't leave this place, I would die out there..."
Azurefire tsked at Kenny's sad story and grabbed the old calico cat.
Kenny walked over to a stack of papers "What kind of map?" he asked
Kai swore under his breath. He didn't think about where he wanted to go. He just wanted to see Ray...his mind trailed off 'why did I think about Ray? What's wrong with me?'
Azurefire looked over at Kai "You okay? You kinda got a funny look going on there" she flashed her hand in front of his face
"I want a map to the White Tiger tribe," He said 'what the hell? Where did that come from?'
Kenny handed him the map "Be careful out there, and if you make it in time you could probably see their tribe leader do his 'Flamedance' by tomorrow night. I here it's pretty interesting"
Kai quirked an eyebrow "Flamedance?"
"Yeah, it's kind of a ritual they have. When the heir of the former tribe leaders is of age they do the Flamedance to gain their full power... Kinda like what you did when you spent a month in the dark trying to reach and talk to the dark king to give you your full powers" Kenny shrugged and sat back at the desk.
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There was a commotion in the middle of the tribe.
Ray walked out of his tent to see what it was all about. Darkfire followed finally done with her paperwork.
"What's going on?" Ray asked a little boy who ran by
"Thers a man who jutht rode in with a woman and a other man" The boy said with a lisp and ran off toward the big tree to get a better look
Ray walked toward the middle of the circle. He maneuvered between people who seemed to want to trip him. Out of instincts he moved his feet in certain ways to keep from falling 'Side, side, left, right, back, back, left...' he thought in his mind. He finally made it and tripped through the tiny entrance.
There in the middle of it all was a teen on a pure black horse looking around like he was searching for someone.
Darkfire stumbled in after him. "Okay everyone move out! Nothing to see here GO!" she yelled at the crowed
The crowed disappeared one person at a time till finally no one was there except the visitors, Darkfire, and Ray.
The teen jumped from his horse, followed by the other two.
Darkfire embraced the female with caution eyeing her. The other female eyed her too. "Azurefire?" Darkfire asked
"Darkfire?" She asked "Oh my... I had no idea you made it this far" Darkfire gave a confused look "Not saying that as a bad thing, You were the only one who could take on so many courses I thought you would be an elder or something"
Darkfire blushed "Well I always thought you would be an elder because you were so smart and could figure out the training course in an instant" Darkfire stepped closer
"Yeah...well looks I got the brains you got the bronze" Azurefire stepped closer. They began crying into each other's arms "WHY DID PINKFIRE GET TO BE AN ELDER???!!" they both cried
*Anime sweatdrop on both Ray and Kai*
Kai jumped off his horse and walked over to Ray. He cleared his throat and held out a hand
Ray ignored the hand and gave Kai a huge hug
Kai blushed when Ray let go who was blushing as well
Tala dismounted his horse and cleared his throat to prove he was till there.
While Tala was introducing himself his horse wondered off.
"So...uh Kai" Ray said "What brings you to the White Tiger tribe? I would have thought you had loads of work to do."
"Hn...No I needed different surroundings for a little while an this place was not that far"
'Oh..."Ray looked slightly hurt.
Kai looked at Rays hurt face "And..." he sighed, "I wanted to see you again" A thought struck through Kai's mind he shook it away without a second thought
Ray smiled again "Why don't you take a seat in the tent and I'll be with you in a second" Ray walked over to Darkfire and said something to her.
She looked up and ran off toward the center of the village. Azurefire followed.
Tala looked around 'Where's my horse?' he wondered then spotted his horse smack dab in the middle of the pond. You have a duck pond?" He said incredulously "In the middle of a village?"
An old man walked up "We keep them for eggs. If we have a pond they scatter less than chickens do...your horse thinks she's a duck?"
"Near as I can figure" Tala said eyeing the one inhabitant of the pond who wasn't quacking.
The horse was belly-deep in the water. She looked ridiculously content; ears flopped forward, as she watched the fleet of ducks maneuvering around her. Three perched on her back.
"A local custom?" The old Neko-jin laughed
"No" Tala sighed again "It's just her. Or no, it's not just her. Watch" he pulled off his boots and waded into the pond, knowing from long experience that not even honey cakes would get her out.
The horse waited for Tala to be almost in reach of her halter, then she spun and splashed away, followed by a chorus of chuckling admirers.
Tala managed to corner her and grab her lead rope without falling in completely
'Where do you want her?" Asked a snickering stable lad
A few fucks came out from the pond and followed the horse. Quaking happily Tala sighed. This wasn't the first time it's happened.
Tala walked into the tent and Kai quirked an eyebrow "Why are you wet?" he asked biting his lip to keep from laughing
"Don't ask" he sat down next to him on a pillow
Darkfire peeked her head inside the tent "Uh, hi" She flipped the tent flap open and walked inside "Okay, it's going to be night in a hour and Ray is going to perform the Flamedance"
Kai nodded 'So Ray is the leader of the White Tiger tribe' he thought
"So he's getting ready. If you will please move to the center of the village and it will all start soon." *Do I sound like a airplane stewardess? * Kai and Tala looked somewhat confused but nodded anyway
Everyone was walking toward the center of the village where a bonfire was being set up. The logs were set up like a teepee where you could see the inside and there were about 2000 coals on the ground. It was all ready to be lighted.
Darkfire and Azurefire both walked up to the stack and flicked their hands at the same time and the whole thing burst into flame.
Ray was standing behind a tent waiting for Darkfire "I don't know if I can do this" He breathed heavily. He looked sick
Darkfire hugged him "Ray, yes you can we've been training for this for days you can do it in your sleep, just ignore the crowed and focus on what you want most. Love" she hugged him again and walked over to Azurefire "And Kai" she whispered Azurefire nodded "Same goes for Kai" she said so low no one could here but Darkfire.
Ray stepped out from behind the tent and removed his shoes. He walked over to the huge bonfire and placed out his hands He focused hard not me he talked to the fire. He melded his spirit with the fire's I am your brother. Don't hurt me. His eyes turned red and he stepped into the flame.
The people gasped. Then the music started *provided by yours truly ^_^*
Kai stared 'Amazing' he thought
Ray gasped taking in air from the fire. He lifted his hands over his head; he looked like he was in a trance. The music kicked up. Ray moved his hands from the air and did a high kick moving his hips and arms in a swift movement. He twirled around and arched his back *Kinda mix it with Jazz and Ballet*
Kai gasped 'It's like sin' he muttered watching him move his hips and arms in a trance like way.
Tala was cheering along with other people. Small children were trying to copy his moves but were doing a poor job *But it was cute*
Finally Ray stopped. The entire bonfire collapsed. Everyone gasped. But Darkfire and Azurefire were not worried. The fire kept going, as was the music suddenly a huge wave of fire shot up from the ground into the air. The people gasped once more and noticed Ray still dancing in the middle of the fire. He stopped and smiled. Then fell over
Darkfire dashed over and bent over to look at him "Did I do it right?" he said weakly
Darkfire laughed "Yeah you did" Kai walked over and helped him up. Ray staggered.
Kai picked up Ray quickly. Ray blushed, as did Kai but he still carried him to his tent. With no questions asked, "That was...amazing," He said setting Ray down on a chair.
"Um...Thanks" Ray said moving a strand of hair that fell out of his braid. Kai stared so did Ray
Tala burst into the tent "AMAZING!!" he yelled then noticed the two. "Oh...sorry"
Kai shook his head "It's okay" he walked out of the tent.
Ray sighed 'Damn...wait...what am I thinking?' he shook his head to get rid of thoughts that ran through his head
Darkfire walked in "Well" She had a smile on her face
"What?" Ray asked with a quizzical look,
"Nothing" She said and sat next to Ray "Go to sleep, you'll feel kinda funny when you wake up, but you'll have to deal with it." Ray nodded and fell asleep instantly
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A/n *Huge smile* ANOTHER CHAPTER!!! WHOO HOO!! *Confetti* didn't think I would make it this far! But thanks to you I am no longer in therapy! (Okay maybe not but still...) R and R!
She flashed them a quick smile and jumped out the window "Till we meet again!"
Ray: *nods* Yeah she was acting like a...well...a Darkfire. How did you get that name anyway?
Darkfire: Well...I got that name from a friend. Her name is Larissa Whitengood. She has Xeroderma Pigmenttousum (Not sure if I spelt that right) that means she was allergic to the sun and any light higher than 20 watts. You see I like to go out and take moonlight walks. (My parents don't know, I sneak out so they won't find out) But anyway I was taking one of them and embarrassingly her older brother hit me with his car going like 10 miles per hour. I was fine no worries just lost my breath and had a inhumanly large bruise on my chest and stomach, but he took me inside anyway, I was inside and I saw her hide behind a chair she was like a year younger than me, She was extremely pretty she had pale skin (it looked like her skin reflected in the moon) She had long Raven hair (Like Rays!) and she had the most prettiest eyes I had ever seen! They were pale blue (hard to explain though...) She usually sleeps during the days and has a private tutor come to her house, she doesn't watch T.V she has her own library. Anyway I told her I would come over more often because she is a really good listener and loves all the things I tell her about Beyblade. During Christmas they cover their entire house and field in lights (Not bright enough for her to go outside and walk) we were walking along the pond they have next to her house and people like to drive through the driveway and enjoy lights. Well one person saw us and turned their headlights on bright and it was starting to hurt her (The lights start to make her skin red and it burns really bad) So I threw myself on her (Not enough to hurt her) and blocked her from the lights. Her brother ran outside and yelled at them to turn out their lights. I helped her up and she hugged me ^_^ and then she called me her Darkfire Guardian (she found out I was a pyro) I still go over and talk to her and we walk around her house and her pond. So that's how I got the name Darkfire Guardian.
Ray: *sigh* How sweet ^_^
Darkfire: Okay that took up a lot of time. ON WITH THE STORIE!!!!
Disclaimer: Must I tell you every time?
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Kai sighed and watched the pathetic soldier Tyson try to fight off the training dummies.
Max was doing a hell of a lot better than Tyson. Loping off dummy heads one by one.
Tyson's dummies kept falling on him.
"Tyson!" called Kai "Give it up you'll never make it to Knight ceremonies at this rate!"
Tyson turned and glared 'I'll show you...' he growled through his teeth and slashed at a dummy that fell on top of him. Tyson flared and slashed again thrusting the sword through the dummy.
Kai grinned 'That's what I'm talking about' He thought 'all he needs is to be instigated a little'
A tall female walked up besides him and sat in his lap and stroked at his cheek "Oh Kai have you decided a wedding date?"
Kai growled, "Forget it Sashe were not getting married I don't even like you" he said pushing her off his lap
"Oh Kai, that's why I love you" She said with an extremely sugary sweet voice that made Kai want to hurl "You have that thick icy covering over your heart that I know I can shatter, besides your just saying that"
Kai looked at her, He shot the most venomous look he had. He growled through his teeth "Two words. Forget. It"
Sashe gave him a pouty look. "Come on Kai, give me a chance," she said pulling on his shirt
Kai just glared at her. He stood and walked
"Hey don't walk away from me" She said trotting after him "I said don't walk away! Kai are you listening to me?"
Kai turned and let her walk into him "Sashe. Stay.Away.From.Me."
"Fine. But whom are you going to mate with? That little brat you met when we were kids? "She laughed *or cackled*
Kai stood in front of her "Sashe." He said with flame burning in his eyes "Get out of my sites. If you ever return I swear I will kill you and leave your body in the desert without a proper ceremony and that is a disgrace to the gods" He turned and spat at her feet
Sashe's eyes began to fill with tears "You basterd." She said, "I will have you and that boy will die" She slapped him and ran
Kai rubbed his cheek, she didn't slap hard it was just out of shock 'Why did she bring Ray into this?' There was a twinge of feelings run through his gut when he thought Ray's name.
A bright light appeared beside him "Where were you?" he asked Azurefire
She was holding a small stack of parchment "The elders wanted us to give a small history of our recent charges and then we get a new kind of power" She said placing the papers on the stone wall "I feel sorry for one of the guardians, She hadn't done her filing in 156 years.
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Ray quirked an eyebrow when Darkfire appeared holding a very large stack of parchment
Darkfire gave a very loud groan and sat on the floor grabbing a quill and ink "Dammit...why didn't I do the filing when I had the chance?" she said writing furiously.
Ray's eyebrow was still raised, sizing up the stack of papers. It was inches from hitting the top of the tent. "What is this?" he asked laughing from Darkfire's expression.
She held up the quill and sighed, "I haven't filed my recent charges histories in life for like..."she thought "about 156 years"
Ray whistled then laughed, "Have fun" and he walked out of the tent bumping into an old woman. "Oh excuse me," He said
The woman gave a smile "Oh yes Ray just the person I wanted to see..."
Ray sighed. He was not a very good person at helping others out on their personal problems. "Yeah what is it Gassi?
The woman grabbed his arm "So when is the Flamedance?" She asked leading him to a tall tree.
"Tomorrow night. Uh, why are we here?" He asked as the woman let go of his arm
"Will you get my kitty down?" She said with a pathetic look "She won't come down when I call her and she seems to be stuck" She said pointing to a small white fuzz ball stuck in the tree
Ray sighed and nodded and he jumped onto a high branch "Here kitty, kitty" he said holding out his hand. The kitten mewed and pawed playfully at his hand "Come here you little fuzz ball". The kitten mewed happily and jumped to a higher branch. Ray sighed again and jumped to a branch just below the kitten. The kitten mewed again and licked Ray's nose. He smirked and grabbed the kitten with a quick swipe. He carefully jumped down from the tree and landed next to Gassi.
The woman smiled as the kitten jumped into her arms. Walking up beside her was her husband Bekus, one of the former Neko-jin soldiers who helped lead the tribe to freedom.
The man smiled and kissed his wife "Let's go home now" He said grabbing her arm
When the two kissed Ray felt of twinge of feelings run through his gut and a thought of Kai flashed through his mind. The urge to want to kiss someone... Ray shook his head 'What am I thinking? Kai probably has girls crawling all over him'
Ray walked back to the tent where Darkfire sat Indian style on the floor writing fast on parchment. Ray sat next to her and tried to read her handwriting "Uh, Darkfire? What does that say?" He said pointing to a word that was scribbled into the paper
Darkfire looked at the word "Don't even try to read it" She said "It's in guardian language, most humans who try to read it go insane because none of the letters are ever the same" She said never looking up at him
"Then how can you read and write it?" he asked looking at her and back at the paper
She shrugged and looked back at the paper "Guess I was born with it"
"So...what's for dinner?" He asked rubbing his hands together
Darkfire looked up again and gave a very mean glare. She held up her hand and put a fire under the pot next to her "Leftovers" She said simply. Ray smiled and walked over to the pot.
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Kai growled at a maid who flashed a toothy grin at him. 'I need to get out of here...' He thought when the maid bent over showing off her legs. Kai looked away and kept walking. The maid looked offended and walked away.
A fire red head teen stepped in his way "So why did you blow off that very fine maid?" He asked looking over Kai's shoulder at the maid
Kai glared "She's not my type" He said moving past Tala
Tala threw up his arms "None of the females are your type in this god- forsaking city." He said following Kai into his room "You need something different, you need to get out of this city and find someone new"
Kai flopped into an overstuffed chair and picked up a book.
Tala grabbed the book from his hands and grinned when Kai gave him his 'Death glare' "Go to the library and talk to Kenny he seems to know something about a man trying to take over the world, We get this guy we get chicks and you can choose who you want"
Kai looked away "I don't want just 'Chicks' I want someone I can love and trust and..."
Tala cut him off "What's this? The great Kai has feelings for this sort of thing? You definitly need a mate dude"
Kai just stared at him and looked toward the window and whistled. A great red and gold bird flew in through the window.
The bird flew over to Kai's outstretched arm and landed allowing Kai to stroke her.
"Dranzer" Kai said looking into her gold eyes "Do I need to go out and find a mate and is Tala crazy?" Tala looked somewhat offended.
Dranzer tilted her head and cooed like saying "Do what your heart tells you I think you have a person in mind on who you want. And yes... Tala is crazy"
Kai smiled "Yeah I do think I know what I want" Kai walked past Tala and opened the door where Azurefire stood about to open the door
"Where are you going?" she asked
"To Kenny to get a map" He said brushing pat her
"A...map?" She said following him to the library "Why?" she had to jog to keep up
"As soon as I get a map, were out of this damn city" He said stopping to look at her. Azurefire jumped for joy
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Kenny fumbled with his glasses "S...sire?" he asked grasping hold of a cat "Dizzi stop fumbling" he looked back at the prince
"I need a map. I'm leaving for a while" Kai looked around at the giant stacks of books. 'No wonder he doesn't ever go outside' Kai thought 'with all this darkness he would melt the second he went outside' "Do you ever go into the sunlight?" he thought out loud
"Oh no Sire, your mother would never let me... if I go outside now the sun would kill me, I've been in the dark for..."He thought "6 years"
Kai scowled "How come she never let you out?" he asked
"She was scared I would run back to my homeland, being in dark for so long I couldn't" He answered letting go of Dizzi "I can't leave this place, I would die out there..."
Azurefire tsked at Kenny's sad story and grabbed the old calico cat.
Kenny walked over to a stack of papers "What kind of map?" he asked
Kai swore under his breath. He didn't think about where he wanted to go. He just wanted to see Ray...his mind trailed off 'why did I think about Ray? What's wrong with me?'
Azurefire looked over at Kai "You okay? You kinda got a funny look going on there" she flashed her hand in front of his face
"I want a map to the White Tiger tribe," He said 'what the hell? Where did that come from?'
Kenny handed him the map "Be careful out there, and if you make it in time you could probably see their tribe leader do his 'Flamedance' by tomorrow night. I here it's pretty interesting"
Kai quirked an eyebrow "Flamedance?"
"Yeah, it's kind of a ritual they have. When the heir of the former tribe leaders is of age they do the Flamedance to gain their full power... Kinda like what you did when you spent a month in the dark trying to reach and talk to the dark king to give you your full powers" Kenny shrugged and sat back at the desk.
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There was a commotion in the middle of the tribe.
Ray walked out of his tent to see what it was all about. Darkfire followed finally done with her paperwork.
"What's going on?" Ray asked a little boy who ran by
"Thers a man who jutht rode in with a woman and a other man" The boy said with a lisp and ran off toward the big tree to get a better look
Ray walked toward the middle of the circle. He maneuvered between people who seemed to want to trip him. Out of instincts he moved his feet in certain ways to keep from falling 'Side, side, left, right, back, back, left...' he thought in his mind. He finally made it and tripped through the tiny entrance.
There in the middle of it all was a teen on a pure black horse looking around like he was searching for someone.
Darkfire stumbled in after him. "Okay everyone move out! Nothing to see here GO!" she yelled at the crowed
The crowed disappeared one person at a time till finally no one was there except the visitors, Darkfire, and Ray.
The teen jumped from his horse, followed by the other two.
Darkfire embraced the female with caution eyeing her. The other female eyed her too. "Azurefire?" Darkfire asked
"Darkfire?" She asked "Oh my... I had no idea you made it this far" Darkfire gave a confused look "Not saying that as a bad thing, You were the only one who could take on so many courses I thought you would be an elder or something"
Darkfire blushed "Well I always thought you would be an elder because you were so smart and could figure out the training course in an instant" Darkfire stepped closer
"Yeah...well looks I got the brains you got the bronze" Azurefire stepped closer. They began crying into each other's arms "WHY DID PINKFIRE GET TO BE AN ELDER???!!" they both cried
*Anime sweatdrop on both Ray and Kai*
Kai jumped off his horse and walked over to Ray. He cleared his throat and held out a hand
Ray ignored the hand and gave Kai a huge hug
Kai blushed when Ray let go who was blushing as well
Tala dismounted his horse and cleared his throat to prove he was till there.
While Tala was introducing himself his horse wondered off.
"So...uh Kai" Ray said "What brings you to the White Tiger tribe? I would have thought you had loads of work to do."
"Hn...No I needed different surroundings for a little while an this place was not that far"
'Oh..."Ray looked slightly hurt.
Kai looked at Rays hurt face "And..." he sighed, "I wanted to see you again" A thought struck through Kai's mind he shook it away without a second thought
Ray smiled again "Why don't you take a seat in the tent and I'll be with you in a second" Ray walked over to Darkfire and said something to her.
She looked up and ran off toward the center of the village. Azurefire followed.
Tala looked around 'Where's my horse?' he wondered then spotted his horse smack dab in the middle of the pond. You have a duck pond?" He said incredulously "In the middle of a village?"
An old man walked up "We keep them for eggs. If we have a pond they scatter less than chickens do...your horse thinks she's a duck?"
"Near as I can figure" Tala said eyeing the one inhabitant of the pond who wasn't quacking.
The horse was belly-deep in the water. She looked ridiculously content; ears flopped forward, as she watched the fleet of ducks maneuvering around her. Three perched on her back.
"A local custom?" The old Neko-jin laughed
"No" Tala sighed again "It's just her. Or no, it's not just her. Watch" he pulled off his boots and waded into the pond, knowing from long experience that not even honey cakes would get her out.
The horse waited for Tala to be almost in reach of her halter, then she spun and splashed away, followed by a chorus of chuckling admirers.
Tala managed to corner her and grab her lead rope without falling in completely
'Where do you want her?" Asked a snickering stable lad
A few fucks came out from the pond and followed the horse. Quaking happily Tala sighed. This wasn't the first time it's happened.
Tala walked into the tent and Kai quirked an eyebrow "Why are you wet?" he asked biting his lip to keep from laughing
"Don't ask" he sat down next to him on a pillow
Darkfire peeked her head inside the tent "Uh, hi" She flipped the tent flap open and walked inside "Okay, it's going to be night in a hour and Ray is going to perform the Flamedance"
Kai nodded 'So Ray is the leader of the White Tiger tribe' he thought
"So he's getting ready. If you will please move to the center of the village and it will all start soon." *Do I sound like a airplane stewardess? * Kai and Tala looked somewhat confused but nodded anyway
Everyone was walking toward the center of the village where a bonfire was being set up. The logs were set up like a teepee where you could see the inside and there were about 2000 coals on the ground. It was all ready to be lighted.
Darkfire and Azurefire both walked up to the stack and flicked their hands at the same time and the whole thing burst into flame.
Ray was standing behind a tent waiting for Darkfire "I don't know if I can do this" He breathed heavily. He looked sick
Darkfire hugged him "Ray, yes you can we've been training for this for days you can do it in your sleep, just ignore the crowed and focus on what you want most. Love" she hugged him again and walked over to Azurefire "And Kai" she whispered Azurefire nodded "Same goes for Kai" she said so low no one could here but Darkfire.
Ray stepped out from behind the tent and removed his shoes. He walked over to the huge bonfire and placed out his hands He focused hard not me he talked to the fire. He melded his spirit with the fire's I am your brother. Don't hurt me. His eyes turned red and he stepped into the flame.
The people gasped. Then the music started *provided by yours truly ^_^*
Kai stared 'Amazing' he thought
Ray gasped taking in air from the fire. He lifted his hands over his head; he looked like he was in a trance. The music kicked up. Ray moved his hands from the air and did a high kick moving his hips and arms in a swift movement. He twirled around and arched his back *Kinda mix it with Jazz and Ballet*
Kai gasped 'It's like sin' he muttered watching him move his hips and arms in a trance like way.
Tala was cheering along with other people. Small children were trying to copy his moves but were doing a poor job *But it was cute*
Finally Ray stopped. The entire bonfire collapsed. Everyone gasped. But Darkfire and Azurefire were not worried. The fire kept going, as was the music suddenly a huge wave of fire shot up from the ground into the air. The people gasped once more and noticed Ray still dancing in the middle of the fire. He stopped and smiled. Then fell over
Darkfire dashed over and bent over to look at him "Did I do it right?" he said weakly
Darkfire laughed "Yeah you did" Kai walked over and helped him up. Ray staggered.
Kai picked up Ray quickly. Ray blushed, as did Kai but he still carried him to his tent. With no questions asked, "That was...amazing," He said setting Ray down on a chair.
"Um...Thanks" Ray said moving a strand of hair that fell out of his braid. Kai stared so did Ray
Tala burst into the tent "AMAZING!!" he yelled then noticed the two. "Oh...sorry"
Kai shook his head "It's okay" he walked out of the tent.
Ray sighed 'Damn...wait...what am I thinking?' he shook his head to get rid of thoughts that ran through his head
Darkfire walked in "Well" She had a smile on her face
"What?" Ray asked with a quizzical look,
"Nothing" She said and sat next to Ray "Go to sleep, you'll feel kinda funny when you wake up, but you'll have to deal with it." Ray nodded and fell asleep instantly
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A/n *Huge smile* ANOTHER CHAPTER!!! WHOO HOO!! *Confetti* didn't think I would make it this far! But thanks to you I am no longer in therapy! (Okay maybe not but still...) R and R!
She flashed them a quick smile and jumped out the window "Till we meet again!"