~*In Love and Trust*~
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~*Author's Notes*~
Hey y'all, I'm back, and thank you to my reviewers! *Smiles brightly, blowing kisses* (-_-) What am I on? Yessums, it's another chappie, and *groan* I have to be away from the computer as much as I can now because my grades have been sinking, ( Um, is anyone experiencing that? *Snif* I don't wanna be alone! ) and if I want to make it in Career Prep Biology, I'm gonna need straight A's and B's. Oh, the impossibles....Last time, I forgot to do the disclaimer, silly me, and I will remember it today!!!When I re-read it once again, I had some mistakes in the chappie, which I had not intended.
For the dancing, I didn't want it to have any significance, but I have added it to the story somehow! So, ya, you will get a sneak peak of Tyson's dancing. (^_^) I hope you bring cameras in the future.
Thank you reviewers, it has been a pleasure reading them, and I do hope to read from you again soon.
KK, guys, yeah, I got the review, and I was planning on updating soon, but I had two tests today, and one tomorrow, and then we have to go on a fieldtrip to the morgue....(O_o)
Disclaimer: I, Candide Avedo do not own anything that has to do with Beyblade.
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~*Who Needs Friends?*~
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For the remaining ten minutes, all, excluding Queen talked about what they had been doing before Kai had been there, and promised to take a look at Kai's car the next day. Grandpa soon called them to dinner, and all of them, Tyson fastest of all, headed for the kitchen. Grandpa seemed to be prepared for anything, or maybe that was just the way he cooks because of Tyson, a wide variety of food had been set. Potato salad, some soup, and some other food, but they were all too hungry to even notice what they were eating, go figure. Queen positioned herself in the end, right beside Hilary. Kai had been sitting at the other end, avoiding Tyson's version of stormy weather that included his food.
"Hey, eat more, Queen, don't let Tyson eat all of the food." said Grandpa, ladling some potato salad on her untouched plate.
"Grandpa!" protested the offended one.
"Um, thank you." muttered Queen quietly, forcing a bite down. It wasn't that bad. Queen stole a glance at Kai. Hilary unfortunately saw the glance form the corner of her eye.
"Hey, are you okay?" she whispered, taking another serving of soup. "So what do you think of him?"
Queen raised her eyebrows. "Of who?"
"You know who I'm talking about, Queen." smiled Hilary.
"What should I say?"
"Come on, this is girl talk. Bet ya haven't had one of those in a while, huh? Bet you and your friends used to do it all the time." Hilary took a sip.
"No, I haven't had whatever it is that you are talking about." Queen said stiffly, and got up from the table. "May I be excused?"
All stared at her questionningly. Grandpa chuckled. "Sure, lil miss, nothin stoppin ya, but it looks like ya did'n eat a lot."
Queen grimanced, and left for the garden right outside, the summer breeze cooling her face. It was too dark to see the garden, but like that mattered. Besides, the glow of the moon and the stars was fine. Queen took a deep breath, savouring the silence. That was what she just needed, a little peace and quiet to get away from the bombardment of questions that Hilary kept up all night. All that were there was just the calming flow of the water, and the sound of crickets that came around once in a while.
Friends. The question that she had been dreading. She would avoid that subject in any way that she could, at the same time leaving her with wonder. What did it feel like to be suurounded by them? Queen didn't go to school like most children did, she and King just had private lessons, and that was basically it. They would never like to socialize either, seeing as they themselves were more matured than the other children, especially after what they had been through. It wasn't boring, it was quite exciting, what with so many skills to learn, like fencing, archery, and the other languages that they were assumed to need, they wouldn't have time for such things as 'Friends'. In her opinion, she wasn't missing, but it would leave to a person's concern that someone like her could not understand something like 'Fun'.
"Are you sure you didn't say anything to upset her, Hilary?" saked Tyson, as they finished cleaning up the table. "I mean, you are prone to making people feel bad."
"I told you, Tyson, I didn't!" groaned Hilary, squeezing her fists. "If I can recall precisely, you have that reputation."
Moments later, Grandpa had already left to go to bed, leaving the others who were now resting on the couch.
"So, are we going out tomorrow?" Hilary asked cautiously, careful not to cause anyone to blow up from the day's tension.
"Yeah, I think you should take her, Hilary, you clothes don't fit, and the poor girl doesn't look like she knows how to shop." added Ray.
"Hey, maybe someone should check up one her." suggested Max, glancing at the clock that said: 10:30.
"I dunno, it's not that late, right, she went out for some air, and she'll be fine." reassured Tyson.
"Yeah, but did Queen say that?"said Kenny.
Silence.
"Thought so, someone should get her before it gets too dark, and if those men find out where she's hiding-"
"We know, Kenny." said Kai, getting up. "You guys go to bed, I'll call her."
"Alright, Kai, but if there's anything, come holler, kay?" said Tyson, and they all bade their goodnights.
Queen hugged her knees tighter, as she sat on one of the rocks near the pond. Sleep was getting to her, but she refused, her mind still full of unanswered questions.
"You should get to bed, there's one beside mine just in case you get those dreams again." Queen hid her surprise as Kai settled on the rock beside her.
"I will go in soon, you can leave." Queen said calmly, but was glad that there was someone to distract her from her thoughts.
Kai ignored her. "So, what was that all about?" he asked.
"About what, there's nothing, Hilary just asked me about-" she caught herself just in time.
"About what?"
"Nothing, just about friends and stuff, nothing much." Queen shrugged.
Kai looked up at the sky, where a friendly star twinkled at him. "I don't believe you. Those sudden escapades of yours are like one of those stop signs; they automatically say you've got something bothering you."
"Oh really? Think you've figured me out?"
"No, just enough to give me a good idea. You're quite predictable. I was going to ask you, what was your dream about?"
Queen was taken by surprise. Great, she was on a topic that she could talk about anytime, but now-could she? She didn't tell anyone else. Hilary certainly have no clue. "You have no clue, Hiwatari, my whole life was dedicated to self perfection, goals, and isolation from the 'inferior' ones, or at least the ones that my grandmother thinks as a threat."
"So what does that make you?"
Queen smiled, pitying her own misfortune. "Never had friends, not the ones that you'd really consider...Besides, who needs friends?"
"You still haven't answered my question."
She flinched. There was no way she was going to escape this one.
"I TOLD YOU KAI, IT'S NOT YOUR BUSINESS!!" Queen shouted, surpising herself at the outburst. "I'd prefer not to think, or even talk about it, okay? I'm going to bed." she got up, stomping her feet. 'If I told him, he's certainly going to think of me as a pathetic fool.'
"So you're just going to walk away, and let it tear at your mind again?"
Queen stopped in her tracks, and she whipped around, storming her way back to Kai, who had stood up as well.
His expression was one of triumph, as though he knew what kind of reactions Queen was getting out of it.
"H-h-how DARE you!" Queen tried to contain herself, and took a deep breath. 'Cool it, there's nothing that he knows, he's just trying to help....' she narrowed her eyes. "I'm going to bed, Hiwatari, you still owe me big time for this afternoon, and-argh! You're such a jerk!I don't need you asking me about my private life!" she huffily walked away, not caring whatever Kai had thought of what she had called him.
Queen got to their room, and looked around. It wasn't one of those hotels that were extremely well decorated, but it had a nice homey feeling to it. Two beds were positioned at opposite ends of the wall, with a window in between. She closed the door, locking it to get changed into the pjs that Hilary lent, in, well, pink. Once Queen had finished, she unlocked the door again, and plopped herself on the bed, huddling in the covers.
'This is ridiculous. He's not coming to bed.'
*Worried?*
'No way, it was his fault that he was-'
*Helping you?*
'No, I'm just-'
*Afraid?*
'Stop, that's not it-'
*Then whay can't you stop thinking about him?*
'Okay, so I feel a little guilty about shouting at him.... He did help me get away from whoever was after him, instead of leaving me like I thought he would, and he's letting me buy some clothes tomorrow.'
*Anything else?*
'Sigh, so he was trying to help. But he said that I don't have-'
*Friends? That's because you won't let them, dear, they are really nice, all of them are, even that loony old man they call grandpa...*
'I-I-I don't know anymore, I want to believe it, I really do.'
*Then let me ask this; Who needs friends?*
'I do.'
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Kai got into the room, at around eleven, finding Queen sleeping soundly. He watched the rise and fall of her chest, up, down, up, down.....He shook his head. If Queen woke up right now, she'd slap him. Well, at least it was better than getting his gut pummeled. That was really unlike him, he was getting abused, by a girl, no less, an inferior type of human, and not doing any beating himself. Definitely un-Kai-like behaviour.
'Too bad,' he thought, getting in the bed. 'she's afraid to be alone and yet she's pushing everyone away.'
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"BOO!"
"Eyah!" THUMP!
Queen laughed, but it wasn't one of those evil laughs. It was a, Queen laugh. Kai rubbed his head, confused at the sight. Queen, genuinely laughing? She confused him like heck, one time she'd be herself, the next, they would be exchanging insults. It was getting too weird for his liking.
It was only at sunrise, and Queen had spotted Kai leaning over the edge of his bed. Being the 'Queen' that she was, scaring Kai seemed like a good way to wake him up. Unfortunately, for, Kai, he 'fell' off, onto the wooden floor, getting the rude awakening that Queen had achieved.
"What was that for?" Kai snarled, getting up. Queen pouted.
"Me? I didn't do anything, you were dreaming, and it was funny to see you fall off. Mind you, it was very graceful." Queen bit her tongue to keep from laughing, and turned her back to Kai, only to get a pillow thrown at her head. "Wha-Hey!"
Kai shrugged. "I don't know what happened, I was sure you weren't 'dreaming' or something?" he smirked, hiding his hands behind his back. 'She started it.'
Queen smirked as well, and she quickly grabbed a pillow from her bed. Kai however, took his hands from his back, to reveal another pillow, smacking, square in her face.
"Umph!" Queen's muffled voice came, and she slammed the pillow that she was holding at him, taking Kai by surprise. He lost his balance, grabbing Queen with him, landing in a painful heap, with Queen on top of Kai.
"Hey, what was that for?" asked Queen, trying to get up, but to no avail, as he held a strong grip on her arm. She may be faster than he was, but she wasn't stronger. She gave a frustrated sigh, and let her weigh rest on Kai.
"You started it, you scared me, and I fell off the bed!" Kai intervened.
Queen laughed again. "Oooo, the 'Greatness' is scared! Waa, waa!"
Kai rolled his eyes. "Yeah, right, very funny. I wasn't scared, I fell off, and now you going to pay!" he found an area below her ribcage, and he gave it a poke.
"What are you- Ahahaha, Stop, STOP, that tickles! Ahahahahahahahah! *Breathes* Ahahahaha!"
"Had enough?" Kai teased, and before Queen could answer, their bedroom door creaked open. A familiar, black head poked in the door way, followed by a blond. The two scanned the room, not noticing the two figures on the floor.
"Hey, are you guys-" Ray stopped abruptly, as Kai and Queen stared up at them in surprise. Max grinned.
"Um, what are you guys doing down there?"
The two froze, and stared at each other in alarm, and Queen clambered off Kai, in three seconds flat.
"I just, um, decided to wake Kai up, that's all."
"Yeah, sure." nodded Max, still smiling, and he and Ray exchanged looks. "We came to say that Tyson's grandpa left for some martial arts competition or something, and he won't be back for, a week. It's just the seven of us now, so we'll have to do most of the usual chores. Are you guys up to it?"
"I guees we could." said Kai, cleaning up the beds. "Since were staying here and all."
"Okay, then, Hilary's got the breakfast ready, and we'll be leaving once were all ready."
The two boys smiled again, and Kai glared. Then, without another word, they left, shutting the door quiety.
A few silent moments, as Kai and Queen just stood there, a bit on the awkward side.
"So, come on, what are we waiting for, let's clean up!" Queen said, folding some of the beddings. Kai nodded, and they started to fix everything, the silence between them only disrupted by the occasional footsteps.
"Um, Queen?"
"YES, Kai?" said Queen, bending down to pick up a piece of scrap paper. "What do you want now?"
Kai looked taken aback, but he daren't show it. 'Must she always do that? It's really getting old.'
"About last night-"
Queen huffed. "No need, Kai, I know already."
"Oh, yeah, it was my fault, and well..." Kai faded off.
She was puzzled. 'No matter what, he always thinks it's his fault. What is up with this kid?' "No, Kai, it was my fault, I knew that you meant well, and, I guess my own self got the best of me."
Now it was Kai's turn to be puzzled. 'Queen, saying it was her fault?' "It doesn't matter, that was yesterday, and now we should focus on today. We still have to go shopping, remember?" he flinched, hating the idea of being dragged to store after store of various clothing.
Queen paused, hardly beliving it. "I thought you were kidding about the shopping part, Kai. It costs a lot, and to have Hilary handle everything?"
"Yeah, well, you could say that I don't have any idea on what do do with it all....I do expect some repayment for it." he grinned.
"You-you're serious, Kai?" Queen stammered.
"Duh, it's not like I go shopping, do I?" asked Kai, rolling his eyes.
"I don't know what to say, I really don't." said Queen quietly, staring at the ground.
"Then don't, cause even I don't know."
She smiled, and leaned up to him. Kai stayed still, uncomfortable at the enclosed distance between them. He could feel her breath at his neck, and he felt goose bumps.
"I'll make it up to you somehow." Queen then backed off, leaving Kai hanging. It was close, he didn't know why he felt so uncomfortable when she was that close. Noticing that he was probably keeping the others waiting, Kai left, heading for the kitchen.
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"No, Tyson, don't touch it yet!" yelled Hilary, grabbing the plate of pancakes from Tyson's grasp.
"Hey, if I touch it, I promise I'll eat it." begged Tyson, on his knees.
Ray laughed. "Ya, then you'll touch it all, and there'll be none left!"
"What is it and everyone against me?" Tyson whined, sitting on his place at the table.
"Because you're fun to make a fool of." said a voice at the doorway of the kitchen.
Queen and Kai walked in, avoiding each other's contact all together.
"Oh, I see miss 'Wicked Queen' decided to join us. By what exactly do you mean by that anyway?"
"Aw, come on, Tyson, chill, it was just a joke." grinned Queen. Tyson, who had stuffed a muffin in his mouth choked. The others laughed, but all the time, the same thing went through their minds: 'QUEEN, JOKING?????'
Kenny glanced at the watch. "Hey, you guys, it's already 9:15, the mall opens at eleven, and we still have to check-up on Kai's car, and then-"
"No need, Kenny, I'll just take it to the junk yard, and I'll get another car at my place." broke in Kai.
"Alright then," went on Kenny."We will be heading for the mall, and Kai will go get his car or, whatever."
"How about the money?" asked Max, who was looking at Hilary's eager stare.
"Meh, just bill it to my bank acount." Kai shrugged, taking his seat.
"Talk about a good plan, now can we eat now?" whined Tyson.
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"Sire, code red, the little bastard of yours is still alive."
"WHAT?!? I thought you took care of it!"
"Yes, w-well, we thought he was, I mean, he wasn't moving- Isn't that right, Vince?"
"Oh, yeah-I mean yes, your lordyness, he was like as good as gone, we checked..."
".........Haven't I told you to come back when you have found them?"
"Yes, sire." said Vince.
"But we can't find him, but we are trying. We thinks we saws the car that the kid and her friend used, and its was being towed to them junk yard." added Greg.
"Then they can't be that far away." said the same, cold, yet calm voice. "Go back, and find them for me. I'm not a patient man, boys."
"Yes, sire, Greg and I will make sure that we will finish the job."
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"Here we are!" announced Tyson, pointing to a large building that was at least a four-block span, and with two floors. The seven got off the bus, which they had ridden on in replace of Kai car, and gawked at the large crowds bustling in and out of the mall.
"Great, just when we thought we could have a day of fun, we arrive when there's a sidewalk sale." groaned Max, as they headed for the front entrance.
"Hey, at least there's gonna be alot of sale on, and then we can buy way more stuff!" said Hilary happily, looking gleeful.
"Yeah, Kai, are you sure you want them to just charge it into your name?" asked Ray, nervously. "I mean, heve you even nkown what girls are capable of when they go shopping?"
They stopped walking, and Kai opened his wallet. "I guess you do bring up a good point, Ray." he pulled out a credit card from one of the wallet's slots. He then turned to Queen and Hilary. "Inside's one thousand dollars, and I expect the card to be brought back in one piece."
Hilary grinned, and said: "Wow, a whole grand! Come on, Queen!" she grabbed Queen's arm.
"Ow, what's up with people grabbing my arm?" Queen said, tripping on her feet.
"Hey hold up, we should have a meeting place, you know, just in case." suggested Max, and the Hilary stopped, much to Queen's relief.
"Yes, of course." said Kenny, thinking hard. "Okay, Kai, you're getting a car from home, Queen and Hilary are going shopping at the mall, and us four will be walking around. It's-" Kenny checked his watch. "1:25, how about we meet at the food court at approximately 5:00?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Alright then, that's the plan." Kenny watched as an old couple went inside. "Okay, now stay together, and if we do ever separate-"
"Geez, Kenny, were not like six-years old, we don't need to stay together." Tyson said, walking on.
"Yes, well, just in case, Tyson, you do know where the 'Lost and Found' part of the mall is, right?"
All laughed, and then they separated.
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C.A.: Hello, sorry for the long wait. I've had some bad days, and this might not be as good, but like I said, I'm probably, or most likely have another chapter in by, I dunno, friday in my time, then it will be updated at around saturday.
Also, as a last statement, I really want to thank my reviewers, and to thank you for your patience. I just hope that you'd like this one, although I could'nt find this one befitting my satisfaction. But, theres always a calm before the storm.
Cheers, Candide Avedo
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~*Author's Notes*~
Hey y'all, I'm back, and thank you to my reviewers! *Smiles brightly, blowing kisses* (-_-) What am I on? Yessums, it's another chappie, and *groan* I have to be away from the computer as much as I can now because my grades have been sinking, ( Um, is anyone experiencing that? *Snif* I don't wanna be alone! ) and if I want to make it in Career Prep Biology, I'm gonna need straight A's and B's. Oh, the impossibles....Last time, I forgot to do the disclaimer, silly me, and I will remember it today!!!When I re-read it once again, I had some mistakes in the chappie, which I had not intended.
For the dancing, I didn't want it to have any significance, but I have added it to the story somehow! So, ya, you will get a sneak peak of Tyson's dancing. (^_^) I hope you bring cameras in the future.
Thank you reviewers, it has been a pleasure reading them, and I do hope to read from you again soon.
KK, guys, yeah, I got the review, and I was planning on updating soon, but I had two tests today, and one tomorrow, and then we have to go on a fieldtrip to the morgue....(O_o)
Disclaimer: I, Candide Avedo do not own anything that has to do with Beyblade.
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~*Who Needs Friends?*~
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For the remaining ten minutes, all, excluding Queen talked about what they had been doing before Kai had been there, and promised to take a look at Kai's car the next day. Grandpa soon called them to dinner, and all of them, Tyson fastest of all, headed for the kitchen. Grandpa seemed to be prepared for anything, or maybe that was just the way he cooks because of Tyson, a wide variety of food had been set. Potato salad, some soup, and some other food, but they were all too hungry to even notice what they were eating, go figure. Queen positioned herself in the end, right beside Hilary. Kai had been sitting at the other end, avoiding Tyson's version of stormy weather that included his food.
"Hey, eat more, Queen, don't let Tyson eat all of the food." said Grandpa, ladling some potato salad on her untouched plate.
"Grandpa!" protested the offended one.
"Um, thank you." muttered Queen quietly, forcing a bite down. It wasn't that bad. Queen stole a glance at Kai. Hilary unfortunately saw the glance form the corner of her eye.
"Hey, are you okay?" she whispered, taking another serving of soup. "So what do you think of him?"
Queen raised her eyebrows. "Of who?"
"You know who I'm talking about, Queen." smiled Hilary.
"What should I say?"
"Come on, this is girl talk. Bet ya haven't had one of those in a while, huh? Bet you and your friends used to do it all the time." Hilary took a sip.
"No, I haven't had whatever it is that you are talking about." Queen said stiffly, and got up from the table. "May I be excused?"
All stared at her questionningly. Grandpa chuckled. "Sure, lil miss, nothin stoppin ya, but it looks like ya did'n eat a lot."
Queen grimanced, and left for the garden right outside, the summer breeze cooling her face. It was too dark to see the garden, but like that mattered. Besides, the glow of the moon and the stars was fine. Queen took a deep breath, savouring the silence. That was what she just needed, a little peace and quiet to get away from the bombardment of questions that Hilary kept up all night. All that were there was just the calming flow of the water, and the sound of crickets that came around once in a while.
Friends. The question that she had been dreading. She would avoid that subject in any way that she could, at the same time leaving her with wonder. What did it feel like to be suurounded by them? Queen didn't go to school like most children did, she and King just had private lessons, and that was basically it. They would never like to socialize either, seeing as they themselves were more matured than the other children, especially after what they had been through. It wasn't boring, it was quite exciting, what with so many skills to learn, like fencing, archery, and the other languages that they were assumed to need, they wouldn't have time for such things as 'Friends'. In her opinion, she wasn't missing, but it would leave to a person's concern that someone like her could not understand something like 'Fun'.
"Are you sure you didn't say anything to upset her, Hilary?" saked Tyson, as they finished cleaning up the table. "I mean, you are prone to making people feel bad."
"I told you, Tyson, I didn't!" groaned Hilary, squeezing her fists. "If I can recall precisely, you have that reputation."
Moments later, Grandpa had already left to go to bed, leaving the others who were now resting on the couch.
"So, are we going out tomorrow?" Hilary asked cautiously, careful not to cause anyone to blow up from the day's tension.
"Yeah, I think you should take her, Hilary, you clothes don't fit, and the poor girl doesn't look like she knows how to shop." added Ray.
"Hey, maybe someone should check up one her." suggested Max, glancing at the clock that said: 10:30.
"I dunno, it's not that late, right, she went out for some air, and she'll be fine." reassured Tyson.
"Yeah, but did Queen say that?"said Kenny.
Silence.
"Thought so, someone should get her before it gets too dark, and if those men find out where she's hiding-"
"We know, Kenny." said Kai, getting up. "You guys go to bed, I'll call her."
"Alright, Kai, but if there's anything, come holler, kay?" said Tyson, and they all bade their goodnights.
Queen hugged her knees tighter, as she sat on one of the rocks near the pond. Sleep was getting to her, but she refused, her mind still full of unanswered questions.
"You should get to bed, there's one beside mine just in case you get those dreams again." Queen hid her surprise as Kai settled on the rock beside her.
"I will go in soon, you can leave." Queen said calmly, but was glad that there was someone to distract her from her thoughts.
Kai ignored her. "So, what was that all about?" he asked.
"About what, there's nothing, Hilary just asked me about-" she caught herself just in time.
"About what?"
"Nothing, just about friends and stuff, nothing much." Queen shrugged.
Kai looked up at the sky, where a friendly star twinkled at him. "I don't believe you. Those sudden escapades of yours are like one of those stop signs; they automatically say you've got something bothering you."
"Oh really? Think you've figured me out?"
"No, just enough to give me a good idea. You're quite predictable. I was going to ask you, what was your dream about?"
Queen was taken by surprise. Great, she was on a topic that she could talk about anytime, but now-could she? She didn't tell anyone else. Hilary certainly have no clue. "You have no clue, Hiwatari, my whole life was dedicated to self perfection, goals, and isolation from the 'inferior' ones, or at least the ones that my grandmother thinks as a threat."
"So what does that make you?"
Queen smiled, pitying her own misfortune. "Never had friends, not the ones that you'd really consider...Besides, who needs friends?"
"You still haven't answered my question."
She flinched. There was no way she was going to escape this one.
"I TOLD YOU KAI, IT'S NOT YOUR BUSINESS!!" Queen shouted, surpising herself at the outburst. "I'd prefer not to think, or even talk about it, okay? I'm going to bed." she got up, stomping her feet. 'If I told him, he's certainly going to think of me as a pathetic fool.'
"So you're just going to walk away, and let it tear at your mind again?"
Queen stopped in her tracks, and she whipped around, storming her way back to Kai, who had stood up as well.
His expression was one of triumph, as though he knew what kind of reactions Queen was getting out of it.
"H-h-how DARE you!" Queen tried to contain herself, and took a deep breath. 'Cool it, there's nothing that he knows, he's just trying to help....' she narrowed her eyes. "I'm going to bed, Hiwatari, you still owe me big time for this afternoon, and-argh! You're such a jerk!I don't need you asking me about my private life!" she huffily walked away, not caring whatever Kai had thought of what she had called him.
Queen got to their room, and looked around. It wasn't one of those hotels that were extremely well decorated, but it had a nice homey feeling to it. Two beds were positioned at opposite ends of the wall, with a window in between. She closed the door, locking it to get changed into the pjs that Hilary lent, in, well, pink. Once Queen had finished, she unlocked the door again, and plopped herself on the bed, huddling in the covers.
'This is ridiculous. He's not coming to bed.'
*Worried?*
'No way, it was his fault that he was-'
*Helping you?*
'No, I'm just-'
*Afraid?*
'Stop, that's not it-'
*Then whay can't you stop thinking about him?*
'Okay, so I feel a little guilty about shouting at him.... He did help me get away from whoever was after him, instead of leaving me like I thought he would, and he's letting me buy some clothes tomorrow.'
*Anything else?*
'Sigh, so he was trying to help. But he said that I don't have-'
*Friends? That's because you won't let them, dear, they are really nice, all of them are, even that loony old man they call grandpa...*
'I-I-I don't know anymore, I want to believe it, I really do.'
*Then let me ask this; Who needs friends?*
'I do.'
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Kai got into the room, at around eleven, finding Queen sleeping soundly. He watched the rise and fall of her chest, up, down, up, down.....He shook his head. If Queen woke up right now, she'd slap him. Well, at least it was better than getting his gut pummeled. That was really unlike him, he was getting abused, by a girl, no less, an inferior type of human, and not doing any beating himself. Definitely un-Kai-like behaviour.
'Too bad,' he thought, getting in the bed. 'she's afraid to be alone and yet she's pushing everyone away.'
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"BOO!"
"Eyah!" THUMP!
Queen laughed, but it wasn't one of those evil laughs. It was a, Queen laugh. Kai rubbed his head, confused at the sight. Queen, genuinely laughing? She confused him like heck, one time she'd be herself, the next, they would be exchanging insults. It was getting too weird for his liking.
It was only at sunrise, and Queen had spotted Kai leaning over the edge of his bed. Being the 'Queen' that she was, scaring Kai seemed like a good way to wake him up. Unfortunately, for, Kai, he 'fell' off, onto the wooden floor, getting the rude awakening that Queen had achieved.
"What was that for?" Kai snarled, getting up. Queen pouted.
"Me? I didn't do anything, you were dreaming, and it was funny to see you fall off. Mind you, it was very graceful." Queen bit her tongue to keep from laughing, and turned her back to Kai, only to get a pillow thrown at her head. "Wha-Hey!"
Kai shrugged. "I don't know what happened, I was sure you weren't 'dreaming' or something?" he smirked, hiding his hands behind his back. 'She started it.'
Queen smirked as well, and she quickly grabbed a pillow from her bed. Kai however, took his hands from his back, to reveal another pillow, smacking, square in her face.
"Umph!" Queen's muffled voice came, and she slammed the pillow that she was holding at him, taking Kai by surprise. He lost his balance, grabbing Queen with him, landing in a painful heap, with Queen on top of Kai.
"Hey, what was that for?" asked Queen, trying to get up, but to no avail, as he held a strong grip on her arm. She may be faster than he was, but she wasn't stronger. She gave a frustrated sigh, and let her weigh rest on Kai.
"You started it, you scared me, and I fell off the bed!" Kai intervened.
Queen laughed again. "Oooo, the 'Greatness' is scared! Waa, waa!"
Kai rolled his eyes. "Yeah, right, very funny. I wasn't scared, I fell off, and now you going to pay!" he found an area below her ribcage, and he gave it a poke.
"What are you- Ahahaha, Stop, STOP, that tickles! Ahahahahahahahah! *Breathes* Ahahahaha!"
"Had enough?" Kai teased, and before Queen could answer, their bedroom door creaked open. A familiar, black head poked in the door way, followed by a blond. The two scanned the room, not noticing the two figures on the floor.
"Hey, are you guys-" Ray stopped abruptly, as Kai and Queen stared up at them in surprise. Max grinned.
"Um, what are you guys doing down there?"
The two froze, and stared at each other in alarm, and Queen clambered off Kai, in three seconds flat.
"I just, um, decided to wake Kai up, that's all."
"Yeah, sure." nodded Max, still smiling, and he and Ray exchanged looks. "We came to say that Tyson's grandpa left for some martial arts competition or something, and he won't be back for, a week. It's just the seven of us now, so we'll have to do most of the usual chores. Are you guys up to it?"
"I guees we could." said Kai, cleaning up the beds. "Since were staying here and all."
"Okay, then, Hilary's got the breakfast ready, and we'll be leaving once were all ready."
The two boys smiled again, and Kai glared. Then, without another word, they left, shutting the door quiety.
A few silent moments, as Kai and Queen just stood there, a bit on the awkward side.
"So, come on, what are we waiting for, let's clean up!" Queen said, folding some of the beddings. Kai nodded, and they started to fix everything, the silence between them only disrupted by the occasional footsteps.
"Um, Queen?"
"YES, Kai?" said Queen, bending down to pick up a piece of scrap paper. "What do you want now?"
Kai looked taken aback, but he daren't show it. 'Must she always do that? It's really getting old.'
"About last night-"
Queen huffed. "No need, Kai, I know already."
"Oh, yeah, it was my fault, and well..." Kai faded off.
She was puzzled. 'No matter what, he always thinks it's his fault. What is up with this kid?' "No, Kai, it was my fault, I knew that you meant well, and, I guess my own self got the best of me."
Now it was Kai's turn to be puzzled. 'Queen, saying it was her fault?' "It doesn't matter, that was yesterday, and now we should focus on today. We still have to go shopping, remember?" he flinched, hating the idea of being dragged to store after store of various clothing.
Queen paused, hardly beliving it. "I thought you were kidding about the shopping part, Kai. It costs a lot, and to have Hilary handle everything?"
"Yeah, well, you could say that I don't have any idea on what do do with it all....I do expect some repayment for it." he grinned.
"You-you're serious, Kai?" Queen stammered.
"Duh, it's not like I go shopping, do I?" asked Kai, rolling his eyes.
"I don't know what to say, I really don't." said Queen quietly, staring at the ground.
"Then don't, cause even I don't know."
She smiled, and leaned up to him. Kai stayed still, uncomfortable at the enclosed distance between them. He could feel her breath at his neck, and he felt goose bumps.
"I'll make it up to you somehow." Queen then backed off, leaving Kai hanging. It was close, he didn't know why he felt so uncomfortable when she was that close. Noticing that he was probably keeping the others waiting, Kai left, heading for the kitchen.
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"No, Tyson, don't touch it yet!" yelled Hilary, grabbing the plate of pancakes from Tyson's grasp.
"Hey, if I touch it, I promise I'll eat it." begged Tyson, on his knees.
Ray laughed. "Ya, then you'll touch it all, and there'll be none left!"
"What is it and everyone against me?" Tyson whined, sitting on his place at the table.
"Because you're fun to make a fool of." said a voice at the doorway of the kitchen.
Queen and Kai walked in, avoiding each other's contact all together.
"Oh, I see miss 'Wicked Queen' decided to join us. By what exactly do you mean by that anyway?"
"Aw, come on, Tyson, chill, it was just a joke." grinned Queen. Tyson, who had stuffed a muffin in his mouth choked. The others laughed, but all the time, the same thing went through their minds: 'QUEEN, JOKING?????'
Kenny glanced at the watch. "Hey, you guys, it's already 9:15, the mall opens at eleven, and we still have to check-up on Kai's car, and then-"
"No need, Kenny, I'll just take it to the junk yard, and I'll get another car at my place." broke in Kai.
"Alright then," went on Kenny."We will be heading for the mall, and Kai will go get his car or, whatever."
"How about the money?" asked Max, who was looking at Hilary's eager stare.
"Meh, just bill it to my bank acount." Kai shrugged, taking his seat.
"Talk about a good plan, now can we eat now?" whined Tyson.
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"Sire, code red, the little bastard of yours is still alive."
"WHAT?!? I thought you took care of it!"
"Yes, w-well, we thought he was, I mean, he wasn't moving- Isn't that right, Vince?"
"Oh, yeah-I mean yes, your lordyness, he was like as good as gone, we checked..."
".........Haven't I told you to come back when you have found them?"
"Yes, sire." said Vince.
"But we can't find him, but we are trying. We thinks we saws the car that the kid and her friend used, and its was being towed to them junk yard." added Greg.
"Then they can't be that far away." said the same, cold, yet calm voice. "Go back, and find them for me. I'm not a patient man, boys."
"Yes, sire, Greg and I will make sure that we will finish the job."
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"Here we are!" announced Tyson, pointing to a large building that was at least a four-block span, and with two floors. The seven got off the bus, which they had ridden on in replace of Kai car, and gawked at the large crowds bustling in and out of the mall.
"Great, just when we thought we could have a day of fun, we arrive when there's a sidewalk sale." groaned Max, as they headed for the front entrance.
"Hey, at least there's gonna be alot of sale on, and then we can buy way more stuff!" said Hilary happily, looking gleeful.
"Yeah, Kai, are you sure you want them to just charge it into your name?" asked Ray, nervously. "I mean, heve you even nkown what girls are capable of when they go shopping?"
They stopped walking, and Kai opened his wallet. "I guess you do bring up a good point, Ray." he pulled out a credit card from one of the wallet's slots. He then turned to Queen and Hilary. "Inside's one thousand dollars, and I expect the card to be brought back in one piece."
Hilary grinned, and said: "Wow, a whole grand! Come on, Queen!" she grabbed Queen's arm.
"Ow, what's up with people grabbing my arm?" Queen said, tripping on her feet.
"Hey hold up, we should have a meeting place, you know, just in case." suggested Max, and the Hilary stopped, much to Queen's relief.
"Yes, of course." said Kenny, thinking hard. "Okay, Kai, you're getting a car from home, Queen and Hilary are going shopping at the mall, and us four will be walking around. It's-" Kenny checked his watch. "1:25, how about we meet at the food court at approximately 5:00?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Alright then, that's the plan." Kenny watched as an old couple went inside. "Okay, now stay together, and if we do ever separate-"
"Geez, Kenny, were not like six-years old, we don't need to stay together." Tyson said, walking on.
"Yes, well, just in case, Tyson, you do know where the 'Lost and Found' part of the mall is, right?"
All laughed, and then they separated.
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C.A.: Hello, sorry for the long wait. I've had some bad days, and this might not be as good, but like I said, I'm probably, or most likely have another chapter in by, I dunno, friday in my time, then it will be updated at around saturday.
Also, as a last statement, I really want to thank my reviewers, and to thank you for your patience. I just hope that you'd like this one, although I could'nt find this one befitting my satisfaction. But, theres always a calm before the storm.
Cheers, Candide Avedo