Hey y'all! Thanks loads and loads and loads and loads and I think you get the idea! I'm not sure where this is headed with Kai and Tadashi; it seems close between them I know, but it could still be close friends because around Tadashi Kai can relax and be himself (he doesn't have anything to hide!), or it could involve a little romance (coz lets face it, Kai could use some!), so your opinions on the matter are very appreciated! Thanks as well about the poems, I'll need to do some more soon! I'll also thank you for liking the tattoos!

By the time the remaining bladebreakers and the adults made it back to Kai's hospital room, Kai had fallen asleep along side Tadashi. She lay across his lap as he slumped, still sitting, as he slumbered. Something told the group Kai had had to sleep like that before. Samantha and Tyson's dad moved forward. Tyson's dad slipped Tadashi into his arms and held her whilst Samantha gently moved Kai to lie on the bed. She startled him awake as soon as she moved him downwards. She murmured soothing sounds as she started to lay him down and pull the covers over him. Instead of exploding in rage like Kai would have over Samantha, he frowned slightly with blurry, sleep filled eyes before he closed them and curled up under the blankets. It was the most out of character thing they had ever seen him do. Nothing beat the complete child like look on his face as he seemed to snuggle into the blankets. If it wasn't so shocking, it would have been creepy. Samantha then pushed them all out the door, closely followed by Mr. Granger still holding Tadashi.

A noise made them stop.

"G'night Tad" said Kai softly.

The girl in Tyson's dads arms smiled, "g'night Kai" was replied in an even softer voice. No one had time to question if they were really asleep before they were pushed out the door by a very persistent red head.

"Whilst Tadashi is taken back to her room, we can go and get the mini bus" Samantha gently ordered. Her people skills training was really handy when it came to getting groups of teenagers to do as she asked without barking orders at them or shouting in frustration. It helped that they were generally good in the first place.

They walked in a subdued manner to the hospital entrance as Mr Granger had gone to return Tadashi to her room.

"Right guys, what wrong?" asked Samantha after having enough of the creepy silence.

Glances were thrown around the group before Ray was nudged in the ribs by Tyson.

"Ray then! Are you going to tell me?" asked the red head after seeing the elbowed exchange.

"Its just, well, the whole Kai and Tadashi thing."

"What thing?" the adults hadn't noticed anything between the two teens.

"The closeness between them, its weirding us out." At her questioning look he elaborated, "I mean, she was one of the ones that caused all that pain, and now she comes back all self proclaimed changed and Kai just accepts it. We just don't wanna see him get hurt again, and we also can't help but not really trust her."

Samantha sighed, she had thought it more serious then that, "I understand, but you have to let Kai make decisions for himself, and he knows Tadashi, and has done for a long time. You have to trust his judgement."

They all new she was right, but they couldn't just accept Tadashi, it didn't work that way. Any trust she broke when she gave Kai those scars, and she still had to prove she was worthy of their faith.

They remained quiet as they waited for Tyson's dad and the minibus, and on the journey back to the house. Even the news that Kai and Tadashi would be released the next day from the hospital only brought weak smiles. The whole thing was playing too much on everyone's minds for them to really feel enthusiastic about Tadashi being with Kai. Ray had to worry though, was their excuse for singling out Tadashi valid, or was it because they were jealous of the comfort and security Kai could find in her but not with them? Maybe Kai should know their concerns. Tomorrow, it could wait till tomorrow.

Kai stayed asleep until the next day, dreamless peaceful sleep. He wouldn't admit it, but maybe he was grateful for the sleeping drugs they had given him. His body still felt tired, and his healing ribs made his chest ache slightly, but he still felt better then he had done for a long time. He just wished he hadn't fallen asleep on his back; he was still very sore form Boris's 'little games'. He rolled over to land up face to face with Tadashi.

"Shit Tad! Did you have to scare me?"

"I apologize, but the nurses sent me in here when you told then to fuck off when they tried to wake you." She smiled at him, "they felt it safer for me to try."

Kai frowned, "I don't remember that."

Her smile grew, "it was funny, and I was outside when it happened. Now, I shall do what I was sent in here to do, you can go home if you would like to get dressed."

Kai didn't miss a thing in that sentence, "and you, can you go?"

"Yes, though I don't know if they will welcome me Kai, but, I have no where else to go!"

She was getting upset again, she always ruled with her emotions.

"It'll be ok Tad, they will understand, they took me in for gods know what reason and you are no different."

She nodded, not quite wanting to believe it in case it wasn't true, then she wouldn't be hurt. Trust was hard to learn when you had grown up with out any.

Kai sat up, wincing and cursing under his breath as his backside protested in pain.

"Boris was never a man to be gentle" stated Tadashi.

"Understatement of the year Tad!" retorted Kai as he pushed himself off the bed. The fact that he was only wearing a small pair of boxers in front of Tadashi didn't bother him as he looked at the pile of clothes folded on the ledge of the sink. It seemed his friends had chosen a black pair of baggy trousers and a grey T-shirt for him to wear. He started to put the trousers on when he noticed that Tadashi was wearing a pair of slightly baggy jeans and a fitted blue top with black slashes drawn on the front across her chest.

"Where did you get those clothes Tad?" he asked as he shrugged into the T- shirt. His leg started to throb slightly as he knelt to put on the black trainers they had left him.

"The nurses let me have some clothes from the lost property and spare items room. My clothes were wrecked from the ship, and they saw I didn't have anything else." She looked slightly embarrassed as she said it all, she hadn't wanted to turn into a charity case, she could function perfectly well on her own.

Kai grunted in reply and she smiled again, she really had missed him. He stood, ready to go. He had nothing else, not even Dranzer's beyblade to casually pick up and put in his pocket like he used to. Even that small and usually taken for granted ritual was now gone. It set a pang in his chest thinking about it. Tadashi standing to leave broke him out of his trance. He gave her the barest of smiles that she ghosted back and they left the room together. Kai didn't even glance at the nurses waiting outside, but Tadashi gave them a small bow as she retrieved the bundle from their arms that was the remains of her clothes she had asked them for. She lengthened her stride to catch up with Kai's own long steps. They walked to the entrance in silence.

They stepped into the sunny street that was outside the hospitals green and white exterior. They were met by Tyson's dad and Samantha. That was it. Kai was satisfied the others hadn't come, he wasn't in the mood to be crowded on, but then, when was he? They walked to the car.

Samantha beamed at them, "ready?" she asked, the smile genuinely touching her eyes. They nodded before they were pushed into the car by very persistent hands and voices. Kai began to feel like he was five years old with all the weird attention. And he didn't like it. He scowled on the journey back to Tyson's as Samantha asked Tadashi questions, whilst Tadashi in turn answered them politely enough without giving details away. They pulled up outside the house.

There were the bladebreakers plus Mariah, all looking like they were happy and angry at the same time, what the hell was going on? Kai stepped out before Tadashi and frowned at his team, who grinned back, though Kai couldn't be certain if they really meant it. Before he could ask them about it Tadashi had beaten him to it.

She stood in front of them and bowed. Straightening, she spoke, "I am very grateful for all you have done for me so far, and I didn't wish to intrude any further, but Kai insisted. You need not worry about looking after me, I am capable of pulling my weight around if and when it's needed."

Her clear gaze and sincerity left them all staring, open mouthed at her. Samantha smiled at her before pulling her into the house insisting 'that she have some rest and some tea'. The flame haired woman gave Kai a nod as she looked over her shoulder before they entered the shady recesses of the Granger home. Tyson's dad quickly followed them.

Kai turned his attention back to his team mates. They all looked back at him sheepishly.

"So?" he asked them, they would know what he meant.

Tyson started, he rubbed the back of his neck in an awkward and apologetic gesture, "look man, we know we should trust you and stuff, but we just aren't sure about her."

Then just as he'd finished Max started, "and after what she just said, well, we feel bad but it's still hard to trust her."

"But you trust me?" Kai pushed.

"Of course we do! You're our team mate, our friend, and you watch our backs" replied Ray.

"All of those she is to me! On top of that, she's all I have left from my past, and she knows what I've been through, she's been through the same! What does she have to do to get you guys to accept her!" Kai was almost yelling at them, he really felt strongly about this, and it was showing.

Their responses where lost as he felt suddenly pulled from the reality he was in and he seemed to spin. He looked around him. Their was dark, murky water all around him. He could feel it like a heavy blanket around him, but breathing didn't seem a problem. Then he saw it.

In the gloom two small objects gleamed in the dim, weak light. One red, one black. They were coming, slowly, but they were coming. He felt a tug, deep inside his ribcage.

He opened his eyes. He was lying on the pavement outside the Granger's house, Samantha's slightly freckled face inches from his own. He frowned, what was he doing on the floor, he was in the sea, wasn't he? He waved Samantha out the way and pushed himself up. Dusting down his T-shirt, he used the distraction to get his bearings.

"What happened" he asked the puzzled faces around him.

"You just finished talking and your eyes rolled up and you collapsed, are you ok?" said Hilary in one breath.

"I'm fine, really!" he had to emphasize the last as Samantha loomed back into his face.

Tadashi was standing in the doorway, leaning against the frame. "Good" she spoke up, "because Mr. Dickinson needs to talk to you."

Something in her voice told Kai it wasn't good.

To die

A world where anything's possible

Where the dead can breathe again

Destiny and Fate walk among you

A full moon never to wax or wane

A child roams in the dark

Eyes that have seen too much

Shine in the bleak shadows

Before they fade away from your touch

The darkness presses all around

The light blinding the road ahead

Chaos storms as it circles on all sides

The order in the eye feels dead

Colours intense feed your soul

As days pass and nights roll true

Cutting slashes pour in crimson

Tears of pain rain down in blue

World's fears do not exist here

What is just is, no more

Gods play with thunder across the skies

No-one decides but you what makes law

If this is the world from our own

Where we go when we are left to lie

If this is what I can believe in

Then I am not afraid to die