"What's wrong?" Kiyoshi asked Mika, noticing her oddlygloomy expression as they sat at the base of the tree on the school oval, the rain falling from the sky in waves all around them; usually she was thrilled with the coming of rain, plus she had been practically ecstatic the day before.
"Kenny's found a way to return them all to their own world," she stated dully, "They're just going to go and leave me," She complained poking at the ground sullenly.
"…Well, you can't say you didn't expect this… and anyway…you've still got me!" Kiyoshi exclaimed smiling, she turned to look at him, smiled then reached out and hugged him.
"Thanks," she replied in a more cheerful voice, Kiyoshi blushed slightly making Mika laugh.
"My new Beyblade DVD's are supposed to arrive this weekend… why don't you come over and we can watch them!" he suggested, hoping to cheer her up. The girl hesitated briefly, taking a quick look at the sky… however she agreed with a smile all the same.
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"Hey Tyson, Hey Max!" The girl called out as she hugged the two, putting her bag down and running off to find the others. Her mum had been caught up in a meeting so she had walked home again today, but so far she hadn't seen any of them since she left for school this morning.
"Hey Rei."
Rei turned around from where he sat out in the garden as he saw the small girl approach, more cheerfully then she had been last evening.
"Have you seen Kai or Tala?"
Rei heard the girl asked as he let her out of his arms before shaking his head slowly.
"…they should return sooner or later, but you should probably head inside now, you don't want to catch a cold," Rei informed her before watching her run back into the house
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Bryan watched as the small girl crawled up onto her bed before moving towards him sadly. He shifted uneasily as she wrapped her arms around him, burying her head into his chest as she cried.
"They don't care… they don't care do they?" she cried, Bryan sighed and looked around the room; no one was to be seen. He had been hoping someone with better skills in dealing with crying girls would have been around to fix this. Not knowing what to do with her, he poked her slightly in the side and watched her squirm. Amused with the response he poked her again getting a simular response with what seemed like laughter. He smirked; he didn't need the others if it was really this simple. Poking her repeatedly he managed to have her rolling around on the bed laughing as the tried to avoid being poked again.
"Hey never knew you were the kind of person to have fun," Tyson said, laughing as he walked into the room at the sight of Bryan playing with the small girl.
"Guess you learn something new everyday, don't you Tyson," Max added, joining Tyson and the girl in laughter, Bryan just looked at them strangely.
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It was latter in the evening when Rei found himself sitting on their small hosts outdoor veranda, the girl having stationed herself between him and Bryan content on waiting for the return of Kai and Tala. Rei sighed lightly looking around the streets, he didn't know where they had gotten to and by the way Bryan, too, was looking around he didn't know much more then about it then he did.
"Mika! It's time for bed."
Mika looked up and back towards the house where her mum was standing in the doorway looking at her.
"Coming," she sighed sadly, as she stood up and walked back towards the house, Rei and Bryan following, before taking on last look at the deserted streets.
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..AN: My apologies for the short chapter... the next should be longer and probably will be the last one... hope you've enjoyed this so far! take care
