S-E: Wowie! I got some good reviews for the last chapter...even though I hated it. I got an especially long one from tempest lover...I think I spelt that right. That was fun to read! Thanks for taking the time to write it for me
Raven: Ahoy, waves
Yushi: Why are you doing that?
Raven: shrugs and carries on waving
S-E: What's going to happen this chapter? Are Raven and Kai finally going to get their kiss? What problems will a huge storm bring? Who knows? Read and find out...and then review please! Somebody wanted this:
Kai: Major Fire
Raven: Major Ice
Yushi: Major Moon
Johnny: Major Sun
Emily: Major Electricity
Max: Major Water
Mariah: Major Energy
Rei: Major Serenity
Hilary: Major Earth
Tyson: Major Air
Hannah: Major Dark
Tala: Major Light
Lee: Major Dark
Kestrel: Minor Sun
Enrique: Minor Energy
Steve: Minor Electricity
Kenny: Minor Light
Eddy: Minor Water
Gary: Minor Air
Kevin: Minor Earth
Michael: Minor Moon
Robert: Minor Ice
Oliver: Minor Serenity
New Character: Minor Fire...you'll learn her name in this chapter.
"Well the only odd thing I detected was the massive storm that's heading our way, even though that's not actually odd..." Kenny's voice trailed away as he came to realise that he was babbling aimlessly.
"A storm, huh?" Raven seemed to ponder this for a moment. "Cool!" she cried, her eyes lighting up with excitement. "I can't wait!" she literally bounced up and down in her seat.
"Wow you sure are excited" Mariah remarked from her seat on Rei's lap. "Anyone would think you've never seen a storm before" she chuckled, but then face faulted when the black haired girl gave her a blank stare.
"Ah, you should'a seen that one coming Riah" Rei said loudly, laughing at the looks on the two girl's faces. Raven was so confused she couldn't even blink straight. And Riah was attempting to hold in her laughter and stay on Rei's lap, this resulted in her whole body shuddering with laughter.
The laughter suddenly broke out of her and rang out in peals. She fell off Rei's knees, and rolled around on the floor, clutching her stomach. "You look so funny!" she spluttered through giggles.
Raven had regained her blinking ability and huffily jammed her arms over her chest, scowling at the pink haired girl. "It's not my fault that I can't remember whether or not I've ever seen a storm before is it?!" she demanded crossly.
"Ok ok," Mariah choked, gulping in air as she calmed herself down. She was pulled back up onto Rei's lap, "I guess you're right, I'm sorry" She sounded so ashamed of herself that Raven couldn't find it in her heart to not forgive her there and then.
"It's ok Riah," she patted the girl tentatively on the shoulder, "I guess I was kinda harsh"
"Oh well!" Her golden eyes lit up and her face split into a huge grin, "no harm done eh?" she pulled Raven into a bone crushing hug.
"Riah...can't...breathe!" she choked out, waving her arms around in the hope that someone would notice and help her out.
"Uh, Riah? I think you need to let go now" Rei sad gently in her ear, carefully prying the long nailed fingers off the smaller girl. Raven immediately scrambled away to a safe distance, gasping slightly to regain the air she had lost. Riah turned bright pink and muttered an apology.
"Hey where's Ems and Maxie?" Raven asked once she was sure she could speak again.
"They went out to find some more wood for the fire in the living room" said Kevin, "But they're gunna get soaked cuz it's chucking it down!" he added gleefully, gee didn't he like to see other people's discomfort.
As if on cue, the door burst open to reveal a totally drenched Emily and Max, both had their arms full of mainly dry wood. Emily's face had a thunderous look about it as she stormed through the kitchen, dropped the wood onto a pile. Water was streaming from her hair, "There!" she declared, "Achooee!" she sneezed loudly, toppling backwards onto her bottom. She let out a sigh and got to her feet, running from the room in search of towels and warmth.
"Eh, she got a little...wet" Max grinned sheepishly as he edged sideways through the door, trying to keep hold of the massive pile of wood. "and a bit grumpy"
"So we see" Robert said coldly as he took some of the wood from Max's overloaded arms. They both deposited the wood on the growing pile and left in search of the bedraggled girl. Just follow the sneezes.
"Is Hannah awake yet?" Lee asked suddenly
"No I don't think so, I'll go check" Riah got up from the table and walked out of the room, Rei following close behind.
They walked along the corridor hand in hand, pausing outside the white door.
"I think we should check on Tala first" Rei said quietly, and knocked on the door gently, then turning the handle and both of them sticking their heads around the door.
"No one in there..." Riah mused softly.
She turned and tapped on the black door opposite. She and Rei then poked their head's into the room once again, Riah sucked her breath in sharply. She felt Rei squeeze her hand gently.
Hannah was sat cross-legged on the bed in a pair of soft silk black pyjamas. Tala's head and shoulders were pulled into her lap, while she rocked gently back and forth. She raised her eyes to meet the two Chinese bladers, and gave them a soft smile. She raised a finger to her lips and said, "Shhh"
You could just see the top of the bandage that was wrapped all around Hannah's chest and stomach and over her shoulder, through the gap in her shirt. The bruise around her eye was fading fast but the bite mark still glared angrily on her neck. The few scratches and cuts on her face were nearly healed now, just faint red marks in the flickering light from the candles surrounding her bed.
They pulled their heads back around the door and clicked it shut. Riah was grinning widely as she enveloped Rei in a bear hug. "She's alright!" she whispered in his ear, "I was so worried about her" Her eyes shimmered with unshed tears of happiness as Rei wrapped his arms around her gently, giving her a reassuring hug and a kiss on the cheek.
Hand in hand, they headed back to the kitchen.
"Well?" Johnny demanded.
"Is she awake?" Kestrel said quietly.
"Is he asleep?" Enrique asked jokingly.
"No and Yes, they're both asleep" Riah half lied. "So no one disturb them!" she stated sternly, shooting a warning glance around the room.
About an hour later, Max was still looking for a certain bespectacled girl. "Ems?" he called, decided to check her room for the millionth time. This time he heard a faint thud from inside, not thinking, he ran straight into the room. He found the girl in question collapsed in a heap on the floor. Rushing to her side he half lifted her into his arms. She had a fever, her skin was cold and clammy and her breathing was shallow. Her glasses were on the floor about a foot away from her outstretched fingertips.
"Guys! Emily's sick!"
Rushing to the room, Michael literally fell through the door, in his hurry. Emily was like a little sister to him, and when he saw her lying in Max's arms, deathly pale, he almost fainted.
"What happened?!" he demanded
"I'd say someone's been out in the rain" a sarcastic voice sliced through the tension in the air. Both boys whipped their head's around to see a girl stood in the doorway, leaning against the frame casually with a tiny ball of flames idly playing along her fingertips.
She was dressed in a pair of dirty denim cropped jeans, the ends all frayed and straggling threads. A copper shirt was buttoned loosely over a black vest top. The shirt looked far too big. Her trainers had red flames racing down the side of them. Her face was extremely pretty, with brown eyes and red lips. Her hair was blonde at the top, and then blended to red in the middle before fading into black tips.
"Who are you?" Michael demanded, clearly confused.
"Name's Blaze little boy" she flashed him a grin, and walked over to the pair. "And I can fix your little broken doll here" She extinguished the flame by snapping her fingers shut on it, as though to emphasize her point.
Gah...I'm so sorry it's so short I'm just running out of time here, I promise you'll have another chapter very very soon. Well I introduced Blaze at last, I own her too.
Blaze: Hey I'm nobody's pet!
S-E: No you're just my creation. MWAHAHA!
Blaze: Um...yeh.
S-E: Don't argue with me, threatens with lighter
Blaze: raises eyebrow" Is that supposed to scare me?
S-E: Hehe...brandishes hose
Blaze: . Please not that...please no...I don't like water...please be spare me!
S-E: Be good then!
Blaze: shuts up