Okay, my mind was more set on this story than "Highway to Hell", so that'll have to wait to next time I find a spare moment...And I added something to the prologue, and fixed some spelling mistakes I just happened to notice...

By the way thanks to my reviewers, you so made my day. I'm not sure if this will be just as detailed in descriptions, but I'll try.

Can anyone guess where the title is from (just asking for the fun of it)?

Running out of days

Chapter one- Last chance

Kai entered Mr. Dickinson's office and barely registering the presence of a woman and two men besides Mr. Dickinson, he dropped down into a chair in front of the desk and put his bag on the floor next to it. After a few moments of which nothing was said Mr. Dickinson finally spoke up, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

"Hm, Kai. As you were informed yesterday, this will be your last chance. If you can't seem to work it out this time, I really don't know what to do with you. The foster home you will join is a special one. It is run by Judy Tate, Bruce Granger and his father."

As he spoke, he motioned towards the three other people in the room. Kai turned his head slightly to the left, his eyes barely visible under the slate bangs as he took in his future foster parents. Judy was a blonde smiling woman with blue eyes. She was wearing a purple shirt and a black skirt. Bruce was rather tall and muscular with navy blue hair, dark blue eyes and a smile just as big as Judy's. While the two of them were located in the sofa, Bruce's father, a white-haired old man with a almost youthful energy radiating of him, was standing next to it with his hands placed on his katana. No emotions was shown on Kai's face, but on the inside a glint of curiosity was sparkling at the sight of the katana.

"Mr. Granger used to teach material arts, but now about 8 years ago he and his son decided to make the dojo into a foster home, and did so with the help from Judy. At the moment I believe there to be 3 boys living at the home, besides from Judy's son and Bruce's son. Luckily they feel that they have enough time to take in one more. Now I don't want to see you here again Kai," he smiled at the teen "so do try to make an effort this time."

With that Mr. Dickinson got up and so did everyone else in the room. Kai grabbed his bag and went out into the hallway. As he walked down it, he could hear them talking about him. Off course they thought him to be too far away and therefore made no attempt to whisper, but he had a really good hearing.

"Here's his file, birth certificate and some other papers. I hope you know what you've gotten yourselves into and that you don't give up to easily. Many has tried to reach Kai, but they have all failed. I hope that you will succeed. I know you've been informed of his background and so on, but I highly advice you to let him tell the other boys. Don't go behind his back, his doesn't have much trust in people as it is."

"Don't worry dude, he gonna be just fine with the little dudes at home"

Kai cringed at the words. Both the meaning of them and the way Mr. Granger was speaking, as if he was a teen himself. Reaching him and opening him up. How he hated it when people thought that they could get under his skin that easily. There was no way that was happening anytime soon, but he would play along for a while, just so that he didn't get thrown back to the orphanage. Actually that wasn't such a bad idea, then he would probably get kicked into the streets and what new would there be in that. At least he knew the streets, compared to a foster home. But before he had more time to think about it, he had reached the door and the three adults had joined him. As they proceeded walking towards the car, which turned of the be a rather large van, there was no verbal exchange between them. During the ride Kai kept staring out the window ignoring everything around him and they let him do it for the time being, thinking it was better to wait until they got home.

As they reached a nice neighbourhood that Kai immediately recognised, he did after all live 2 years in the streets and knew the town by heart, Judy turned around to face Kai.

"So Kai, when we get there you'll meet the other boys and then we go over the rules."

At the word rules, Kai let out a small snort, but nobody noticed.

The van pulled up to a gate at a brick wall and Mr. Granger got out of the car to open the gate and let the car in. Kai stepped out of the car along with the adults and took in his new 'home'. In front of the house that seemed to be a big square with two long extensions making it look like an L from above, were a pond with orange and red fishes in it and lots of plants and trees were decorating the garden.

He was later to find out that the backyard held a big natural pool so to speak and the training building, as it was called. That was were Mr. Granger used to teach material arts, and still did in a way, which Kai would also learn later on.

Entering the dojo you came straight into the large kitchen. Kai looked around before he followed the adults into the even larger living room. It had a door leading out into the backyard and the pool and several huge windows letting all the light into the room. Sitting sprayed around the room in different chairs and sofas were five boys.

"Okay boys, we're back. This is Kai, why don't you show him to his room and tell him a little about yourselves, while we prepare lunch?" Judy said smiling at Kai.

The adults left the living room to go and make the lunch while the five boys got up and walked over to Kai. Standing there in front of him for a few seconds, one of them finally spoke up.

"Uhm...Hi, my name is Tyson. I'm 14 and I'm not really living at the home. Well I am, but Bruce is my dad, so I'm not an orphan."

The boy who spoke had the same navy coloured hair as Bruce and the same dark blue eyes. It was tied together in an ponytail at the back and he had a red and blue cap on backwards. He was wearing a yellow t-shirt with a red short-sleeved jacket over it, a pair of blue shorts and knee-high socks in a pair of sneakers. On his face was a big smile, probably something that he inherited from his father and grandfather.

Tyson seemed to think that he was the leader of the boys, since he continued the introducing, but Kai could tell by the older guys that they were just letting him believe it for a moment

"This is Max. He is 14 just like me and Judy is his mother."

This kid was if possible smiling even more that Tyson. In fact his entire body seemed to radiate cheerfulness and so did his clothes. He was wearing a blue t-shirt with red trimmings and two big yellow stars on it, a pair of grey short and a blue sneakers matching his t-shirt. His sky-blue eyes and blond hair gave of a complete air of naivety from him.

"And here we have Michael Vargas. The baseball nut is 16 years old and I think has been here at the foster home for nearly 6 years now. Ain't that right, Mike?"

"It's Michael, not Mike...and no, I've been living here more 7 years. Time just flies by..." Michael slipped a slight touch of malice into his voice at the remark about his name, but his eyes were glimmering with humour at Tyson's cheery smile as he obviously tried to stay out of trouble.

He was almost a head taller than Kai with a mess of red spiky hair stuck under a blue baseball cap that was on the right way as supposed to Tyson's. He had a pair of playful blue eyes and a small smile was tugging at the corner of his mouth, though he did not seem quite as childlike happy as max and Tyson. He was in a pair of army green baggy shorts, a yellow t-shirt with white baseball-like short-sleeved shirt over and a pair of blue sneakers.

"Then there's Rei Kon, he's 15. And I KNOW he's been here for 5 years with his cousin Lee Shao, who's 16 by the way. I clearly remember that, because they got here just before my 9th birthday"

Rei was Chinese looking and had the resemblance of a cat to him. His amber eyes were shinning and he was smiling friendly at Kai, who didn't return it, so that you could see his canine teeth. His black bang was kept out of his face by a red bandana with a yin and yang symbol on it. His clothing was a bit different from the former boys, clearly with a touch of his Chinese heritage. Black sneakers with matching black loose pants, a white Chinese styled shirt with three golden lines across it and as a finishing touch; a red band tied around his waist. What really took Kai be surprise, not that it was shown on his face, was the plaited ponytail in the back. It barely stood but a foot from the ground.

Lee on the other hand had short hair and didn't look much like Rei, but still they had something in common. They both had the feline teeth and eyes, although Lee's were as pitch-black as his hair. He was wearing the exact same black sneakers and black pants as Rei, but his shirt wasn't as Chinese looking as his cousin. As the matter of fact he was wearing a tight grey muscle shirt and a open, black, shorts-sleeved shirt on top of that. Around his neck hung a leather string with five green stones on it.

After everyone had been introduced they just stood there looking at Kai, waiting for him to say something about himself...

"My name is Kai Hiwatari. I'm 15 and will only be staying here till I get kicked out."

Not sure if it is called a katana, please tell me so that I can get it right...and Rei Max are in their second season clothes, cause it makes Max look a bit more grownup, and Rei doesn't have that long shirt on...

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