Disclaimer: I own none of the characters. I wish I did.
Hey all. I am thankful to all of you who have reviewed. I know this story seems like crap, and totally weird, but please bear with it for now. I have an idea or ideas as to where I wanna go with this fic. Anyway, your ideas would help too, so feel free to suggest ideas, in reviews or email me.
Anyway, here is chapter 3, it's a bit longer and still the main idea is kinda far away, but a little more Michael/Rei interaction (nothing big and exciting) in this chapter.
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Michael woke up to the alarm clock beeping furiously. He turned over and shut it off forcefully, ignoring the crack that appeared in the plastic cover. He rolled back over and stretched very ungracefully. He groggily got up, grabbed a pair of shorts, a t-shirt, an over shirt, and headed into the washroom.
After showing, and changing, he stepped out of the washroom and went to the main room. He was greeted by Judy who was drinking coffee, and looking over what appeared to be stats.
"Good morning Michael." Judy said, not looking up from her work.
"Morning" he replied.
" I hope your getting enough sleep. We need you at your best, right?" asked Judy, who looked up at Michael, and surveyed his appearance.
"I'm fine." He said getting a little ticked that another lecture on his sleeping, and how he had to be at top condition was coming around the corner.
"Well, I'm just worried. As your coach I have certain responsibilities that.."
"that you must look into. I know. I know. You've told me at least a hundred times." Michael cut in, not wanting to hear this speech again.
Just then the phone rang. Judy went to go get it, while Michael sat down at the table with his breakfast. He picked at his food not really touching it. Something, or rather someone was bothering him. 'It was last night. Why do I still care. It's not like we're friends or anything.' Just as he finished that thought, Judy hung up and grabbed her coat.
" That was the research center. I have to go now, but tell the others that practice will be held off today, until tomorrow. Be thankful for this break, but be ready for tomorrow's practice. We will make up for today's tomorrow." With that Judy left the hotel room with her work.
"Great, no practice." Michael muttered. He stayed at the table for a little bit more, then got up and decided to go out for a while. He left a note to the others, and grabbed his blade, hat, and baseball, and left the hotel room.
Meanwhile, the Bladebreakers were already practicing hard.
"That's twice today Rei!" came Kai's angry voice. " Your not focusing enough. Whatever is on your mind, put it on hold. It's causing Driger to weaken."
Rei picked up Driger, which laid a few feet away from him. This morning he just didn't seem to be getting the hang of it. He had lost twice to Max, and three times to Tyson. He was really doing poorly he had to admit. Never had he done so bad.
" Hey, I have to agree. It's not like you to lose that bad to either of us. Is something wrong buddy?" came Max's cheerful but concerned voice.
" You probably didn't eat enough today." Came Tyson's low attempt trying to cheer Rei up.
" I'm fine. I guess Kai's right. I'm not focusing." Rei replied wearily, trying to put the small thought that he had forgotten something. He knew something was wrong he just didn't know what. Whatever it was it was effecting him as well as Driger.
" No more excuses. Pick up your blade and try again." Kai said.
" Maybe Rei should rest for bit. Just till he gets his thoughts in order." Kenny replied, trying to appear small in the argument.
" Fine. Take a five-minute break. I don't want this excuse of a team to fail." Kai replied, not liking the idea.
Rei was grateful. He walked over to where Kenny was and sat down closing his eyes.
"What's wrong? You've never been like this." Kenny asked not looking up from Dizzy.
" I don't know. I've just forgotten something and I guess I am trying to hard to remember it." Rei said.
Kenny left it at that, and didn't ask anymore questions.
The afternoon rolled by, and the team was exhausted.
"KKKAAAIIII can we PLEASE have a break now. We've gone none stop since breakfast. I'm hungry." Whined Tyson who was trying to stay standing up.
"Yeah. Come on." Supported Max, who agreed whole-heartily with Tyson.
" Why bother with the break. You people don't seem to be improving in anyway. There's no point to practicing, if you guys can't even blade." Kai replied, seemingly to have given up to the whining and the constant failing of the team. He turned around and walked back to the hotel.
"Did he just give us the rest of the day off? Asked Tyson who was in shock.
"I guess. Lets get out of here before he changes his mind." Said Max, who started heading to the hotel as well.
"Wait up guys. Are you coming Rei?" asked Kenny, gathering his supplies.
" No I'm gonna head out for a walk. Try and clear my head a bit." Said Rei who went the opposite way and out of the hotel grounds. He walked down the streets, searching for some place peaceful. After about a half an hour of searching he saw a park in the distance. He started heading towards it. As he was about to enter he heard his name being called. He turned around trying to find whose voice it was. Coming on his right was Michael, throwing his baseball back and forth.
"Oh, hello." Rei said simply, and started walking again.
"Still not much for talking, huh?" Michael said catching up to Rei walking beside him.
"What are you doing? Shouldn't you be with your team? And why are you all of a sudden following me?" Rei asked, curiosity certainly getting the better of him.
"So many questions. Like its not normal just to talk to someone. I just finished swinging a few at the batting cages. My team got a break today. And I saw you here, and decided to come and talk. There, happy?" came the sarcastic reply.
"No, not really, but it will do for now." Rei said, not really caring about what Michael was saying.
They continued walking for a bit longer, until Michael couldn't take the silence anymore.
"Okay, I give. What's been bothering you? From what I know you're usually a cheery guy, but from what I've seen you haven't been happy at all. What's wrong. Did it have to deal with last night?" Michael said rather bluntly.
" Now who's asking the questions. Nothing's wrong with me. I may be a little off today, but who isn't. And what are you talking about? Last night?" Rei asked curious as to what Michael meant.
" You don't remember? You must have done so serious partying last night." Michael smiled smugly, still hiding his concern from what he saw last night.
"No there was no big PARTY last night. And what do you mean with 'did it have to deal with last night'?" Rei said getting angry.
" Remember, the alley? You were hiding your arm from me. What was wrong." Michael said getting a little bit ticked at having to ask all the questions just to get an answer. He wasn't a patience guy who waited for answers.
"My arm? What are you talking about?" Rei said a little shaky, though not knowing why.
Michael had, had enough he grabbed Rei's arm. Rei started struggling. "Hey let go of me." He desperately was trying to pull his arm away from Michael, but Michael wasn't giving up. He grabbed the bandages that were around Rei's arm and tugged them off. What appeared shocked them.
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I hate to leave it there, but its for the better.
This is longer than I thought it would be. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll try to make updates more frequent, but no guarantees
Please Review! I need feedback!.
Hey all. I am thankful to all of you who have reviewed. I know this story seems like crap, and totally weird, but please bear with it for now. I have an idea or ideas as to where I wanna go with this fic. Anyway, your ideas would help too, so feel free to suggest ideas, in reviews or email me.
Anyway, here is chapter 3, it's a bit longer and still the main idea is kinda far away, but a little more Michael/Rei interaction (nothing big and exciting) in this chapter.
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Michael woke up to the alarm clock beeping furiously. He turned over and shut it off forcefully, ignoring the crack that appeared in the plastic cover. He rolled back over and stretched very ungracefully. He groggily got up, grabbed a pair of shorts, a t-shirt, an over shirt, and headed into the washroom.
After showing, and changing, he stepped out of the washroom and went to the main room. He was greeted by Judy who was drinking coffee, and looking over what appeared to be stats.
"Good morning Michael." Judy said, not looking up from her work.
"Morning" he replied.
" I hope your getting enough sleep. We need you at your best, right?" asked Judy, who looked up at Michael, and surveyed his appearance.
"I'm fine." He said getting a little ticked that another lecture on his sleeping, and how he had to be at top condition was coming around the corner.
"Well, I'm just worried. As your coach I have certain responsibilities that.."
"that you must look into. I know. I know. You've told me at least a hundred times." Michael cut in, not wanting to hear this speech again.
Just then the phone rang. Judy went to go get it, while Michael sat down at the table with his breakfast. He picked at his food not really touching it. Something, or rather someone was bothering him. 'It was last night. Why do I still care. It's not like we're friends or anything.' Just as he finished that thought, Judy hung up and grabbed her coat.
" That was the research center. I have to go now, but tell the others that practice will be held off today, until tomorrow. Be thankful for this break, but be ready for tomorrow's practice. We will make up for today's tomorrow." With that Judy left the hotel room with her work.
"Great, no practice." Michael muttered. He stayed at the table for a little bit more, then got up and decided to go out for a while. He left a note to the others, and grabbed his blade, hat, and baseball, and left the hotel room.
Meanwhile, the Bladebreakers were already practicing hard.
"That's twice today Rei!" came Kai's angry voice. " Your not focusing enough. Whatever is on your mind, put it on hold. It's causing Driger to weaken."
Rei picked up Driger, which laid a few feet away from him. This morning he just didn't seem to be getting the hang of it. He had lost twice to Max, and three times to Tyson. He was really doing poorly he had to admit. Never had he done so bad.
" Hey, I have to agree. It's not like you to lose that bad to either of us. Is something wrong buddy?" came Max's cheerful but concerned voice.
" You probably didn't eat enough today." Came Tyson's low attempt trying to cheer Rei up.
" I'm fine. I guess Kai's right. I'm not focusing." Rei replied wearily, trying to put the small thought that he had forgotten something. He knew something was wrong he just didn't know what. Whatever it was it was effecting him as well as Driger.
" No more excuses. Pick up your blade and try again." Kai said.
" Maybe Rei should rest for bit. Just till he gets his thoughts in order." Kenny replied, trying to appear small in the argument.
" Fine. Take a five-minute break. I don't want this excuse of a team to fail." Kai replied, not liking the idea.
Rei was grateful. He walked over to where Kenny was and sat down closing his eyes.
"What's wrong? You've never been like this." Kenny asked not looking up from Dizzy.
" I don't know. I've just forgotten something and I guess I am trying to hard to remember it." Rei said.
Kenny left it at that, and didn't ask anymore questions.
The afternoon rolled by, and the team was exhausted.
"KKKAAAIIII can we PLEASE have a break now. We've gone none stop since breakfast. I'm hungry." Whined Tyson who was trying to stay standing up.
"Yeah. Come on." Supported Max, who agreed whole-heartily with Tyson.
" Why bother with the break. You people don't seem to be improving in anyway. There's no point to practicing, if you guys can't even blade." Kai replied, seemingly to have given up to the whining and the constant failing of the team. He turned around and walked back to the hotel.
"Did he just give us the rest of the day off? Asked Tyson who was in shock.
"I guess. Lets get out of here before he changes his mind." Said Max, who started heading to the hotel as well.
"Wait up guys. Are you coming Rei?" asked Kenny, gathering his supplies.
" No I'm gonna head out for a walk. Try and clear my head a bit." Said Rei who went the opposite way and out of the hotel grounds. He walked down the streets, searching for some place peaceful. After about a half an hour of searching he saw a park in the distance. He started heading towards it. As he was about to enter he heard his name being called. He turned around trying to find whose voice it was. Coming on his right was Michael, throwing his baseball back and forth.
"Oh, hello." Rei said simply, and started walking again.
"Still not much for talking, huh?" Michael said catching up to Rei walking beside him.
"What are you doing? Shouldn't you be with your team? And why are you all of a sudden following me?" Rei asked, curiosity certainly getting the better of him.
"So many questions. Like its not normal just to talk to someone. I just finished swinging a few at the batting cages. My team got a break today. And I saw you here, and decided to come and talk. There, happy?" came the sarcastic reply.
"No, not really, but it will do for now." Rei said, not really caring about what Michael was saying.
They continued walking for a bit longer, until Michael couldn't take the silence anymore.
"Okay, I give. What's been bothering you? From what I know you're usually a cheery guy, but from what I've seen you haven't been happy at all. What's wrong. Did it have to deal with last night?" Michael said rather bluntly.
" Now who's asking the questions. Nothing's wrong with me. I may be a little off today, but who isn't. And what are you talking about? Last night?" Rei asked curious as to what Michael meant.
" You don't remember? You must have done so serious partying last night." Michael smiled smugly, still hiding his concern from what he saw last night.
"No there was no big PARTY last night. And what do you mean with 'did it have to deal with last night'?" Rei said getting angry.
" Remember, the alley? You were hiding your arm from me. What was wrong." Michael said getting a little bit ticked at having to ask all the questions just to get an answer. He wasn't a patience guy who waited for answers.
"My arm? What are you talking about?" Rei said a little shaky, though not knowing why.
Michael had, had enough he grabbed Rei's arm. Rei started struggling. "Hey let go of me." He desperately was trying to pull his arm away from Michael, but Michael wasn't giving up. He grabbed the bandages that were around Rei's arm and tugged them off. What appeared shocked them.
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I hate to leave it there, but its for the better.
This is longer than I thought it would be. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll try to make updates more frequent, but no guarantees
Please Review! I need feedback!.