Thanks to the following for reading chapter 5;
x1nfernal: Holy cow you read it fast, I went out of the room and I came back and it was like "you have a review" lol kinomoto is sakura's last name, it's a common japanese lastname though, I didn't want a fancy complicated one Thanks for reviewing, yeah i can't wait to see what happens either since I haven't totally decided... sigh
Kijo-Kana: (Formally my retarded friend Blacklightning019) ' yeah, If I can find the time I'll try and make it longer : ) And yes I plan on talking about THOSE memories too .. If they fit in.
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Chapter 6: Getting Closer
The bladebreakers were waiting for Aya and Kai outside in the hotel parking lot. Rei was starting to get worried, but could be keeping them? He was sure they were ok but he couldn't help it. Yes, Kai was often late but that's not what he was worried about, Kai could handle himself, It was Aya he was worried about.
"Hey Max! what time is it?" Rei asked. Recieving a sigh from Max.
"It's 4:30 Rei, just like it was 30 seconds ago..." He spoke plainly. "You don't have to worry about them, there fine I'm sure of it"
"Your right" Rei sighed in agreement.
Kai and Aya were slowly but surely making their back from downtown. the road was more of an uphill road and Aya could start to feel a pain in her legs.
"Phew, I guess I have to start training and jogging again" she said while trying to keep up with Kai. She got a 'your pathetic' look in reply. Aya'a turmoil was soon over when they hit a plateau. "How much farther 'til the hotel Kai?"
"4 Blocks" was his simple reply.
"That's good I suppose" she said looking at her watch "damn it's 4:30, Rei is going to kill me when we-
She froze as soon as they rounded a corner. Kai stopped and turned to her with an akward look.
"What's wron-
He was cut off when Aya wrapped her arms around him and buried her head in his chest. Before he could say anything she spoke quietly. "I'm sorry Kai, but please don't let him see me"
Kai looked around, what was she talking about? Then there he say them, her old teammates, walking towards them laughing amongst themselves. ((I didn't have name for that team did I?)) He could feel her shiver slightly and sob as they came closer, craigs' voice well within ear shot. Kai decided to just let them pass, he didn't feel like starting anything, besides they were already late.
Aya could feel her blood pulse faster and faster as they passed, it seem like an eternity before they finally passed her.
Craig and his 'gang' rounded the corner Kai and Aya had just come from, yet Aya didn't move. She just stayed in that postition, her eyes glued shut. She was still shivering slightly.
"They're gone"
She pulled away slowly and took in a deep breath. "Sorry" she mumbled, "I wanted to make sure he was gone...let's get going"
She started walking again and Kai followed, he was still quite flustered by her actions. He wasn't used to being touched, besides that fact that he was usually the one to not let people touch him.
They walked the rest of the way in silence.
"What if we go look for them?" Rei spoke suddenly.
"Rei... they're not THAT late" Tyson said, sick of Rei's worrying. ((wow, normally it's ppl getting sick of Tyson))
"Yeah" Max added. "It's only 5, they probably just lost track of time"
"Or they could be just right there" Tyson pointed out, spotting them walking into the parking lot.
Rei jumped up to meet them as they Kai and Aya walked over to the rest of the team.
"Where were you guys?!" Rei started. Aya just kept her head focused on he feet, she was still a little nervous that she could still run into Craig at anytime. "Are you alright?" Rei asked, noticing her little depression.
Aya snapped out of her little depression state and looked up with a wide (fake) grin. "Of coarse!" she chimed fakely. "By the way I'm really hungry, can we get something to eat?"
"Sure" Rei said, convinced she was ok. "But we just found out something after you left."
"What is it?" she asked curiously.
"Well the ride to the next town is a long one, and there happens to be a bus leaving tonight, and one tomorrow morning. So we can take this one in about three hours, arrive tomorrow morning. Or we can take the one tomorrow morning, and arrive that that night."
"We can vote" Max raised his idea.
"Sure" Rei replied.
'The quicker we leave, The quicker I can get away from craig.' Aya thought.
Tyson and Max weren't too thrilled in sleeping on a bus so they picked tomorrow morning. Rei thought logical and pick the one tonight so they would be able to get a hotel tomorrow. Aya had her own reasons for the quicker one, All that was left was Kai.
"Well Kai?" Tyson spoke impatiently.
Kai kind of stared at them blankly. "I don't care."
"Please pick" Aya pleaded, wanting to know if she had to spent one more night in this city or not.
"I'll pick for you!" Tyson shouted.
"Shut up Tyson" Kai spoke back. "Were leaving tonight."
"alright then!" Max shouted. "LET'S GO EAT!" Tyson added.
Aya was upstairs packing while the rest of the team were still downstairs eating. She wasn't hungry at all, she only said she was to change the subject.She wasn't really packing more or less, it was more going through her stuff. She hadn't really unpacked anything when she came. She went through her clothes, most of them were old and needed to be re-placed, Maybe she could enter herself in the tournament and win some money. 'It sucks not having a sponsor anymore' Aya thought to herself. She continued to rumage her stuff, just some random items, her brush that had no handle, a deck of cards, broken hair elastics, her walk-men which didn't like to work often and some scratched cd's. Yeah, she really needed some new junk.
The door creaked and caught her attention. It was Kai.
"You already done eating?"
"Yeah, I got to pack"
"Yeah" she replied picking up her dark backpack by one of the shoulder straps. "Were leaving in-
-SNAP
"-2 hours" she finished as she watched all her stuff spill on the the floor. One of the shoulder straps had snapped before she could close her back. "Damn it" she mumbled as she knelt down to pick up her stuff.
"You need a knew pack" Kai said, kneeling down to pick up the stuffed wolf cub at his feet. Aya blushed slightly when he handed it to her.
"Your right I do." Aya replied, taking the wolf. "I've had this for years" she said, putting the light blue and silver toy into her back pack. "I can't even remember where I got it" Kai sort of nodded as a reply and started to pack his own gear. Aya ran her finger through her hair and realized she should take a shower. She grabbed some clean cloths and walk into the bathroom.
"I'll be out in a second" she called out to Kai, assuring she would be ready. He should have the brains to figure out she was going to shower once she turned the shower on.
She took a 15 minute shower, got changed into a a pair of dark jeans and a loose red shirt. She tied her hair up into a high ponytail, not want to dry it, and then realized in the mirror how bad her arm really was. The gash was disgusting so she quickly cleaned it and re-bandaged it. she walked out of the bathroom in a puff a steam.
"Whoa, cool effects" Tyson teased. The whole team was in the room waiting for her.
"Did I take that long?" she asked looking at her watch. Since she had to change and re-bandage her cut she realized she had taken a whole hour. "Opps sorry" she said rubbing the back of her head, letting her arm become visible.
"WHOA! Can I see the cut?" Tyson said in awe.
"No!" she shouted back, after all that effort of cleaning it, no way was she taking the bandage off.
"Anyway let's get going" Rei said, ending that conversation before it had a chance to get farther than that.
The bus came into view from the bus stop, they were the only ones there. They boarded the bus and looked around for seats, they were quite a few seats available, Max, Tyson and Rei sat in the middle section and Kai headed towards the back. Aya say beside Rei than looked towards the back.
"Why doesn't he site with us?" she question aloud.
"Don't worry, he likes to have time to himself sometimes" Rei thought about his answer. "Ok maybe not sometimes, all the time is more like it" Aya smiled to his second answer.
"So what have you been up to ever since you left?" Rei asked
Aya smiled and cheerfully told about her life, At least the parts about former teams. She skipped alot of gap hole in her life, some of them she didn't want to share with people and others she wanted to forget completely.(( Don't worry, you guys will find out soon enough )) Rei seemed content on her answer and left it at that. They showed each other their blades, she wasn't surprised to she that Rei had recieved drigger from their village. Tyson and Max got into the conversation and showed their blades and traded storys.
"I'm a little tired so i'm going to rest for a bit ok guys" Aya could feel her eyes droop from lack of sleep.
"Go for it, the bus will wake you up when we get their" Max spoke.
"Thanks"Aya replied as she dug through her bag for her walkmen. She put the head phones on and squeezed her player together, hoping it would work. She managed to get it working and laid her head back, her eyes closed and she soon feel asleep.
The bus hit a bump and her walkmen started to skip. Aya awoke to a constant buzzing in her ear, she groan as disgarded her walkmen and looked at her watch. It was 1:00 am. 5 hours. She looked around, everyone on the bus was asleep except for the bus driver, she looked towards the back, And Kai. Seeing as fell asleep at 9:30, she wasn't tired anymore. She got up and sat beside Kai who was looking out the window.
"Hey" she started, trying to make samll talk. "Why aren't you sleeping"
"Not tired" one of his usual simple replys.She shrugged off his reply and looked around, and realized everyone had food wrappers.
"Did you guys stop somewhere?" She asked him
"Yeah around 11, at a convience store" he said simply.
"Why didn't you guys wake me up?"
"We did, you were to tired, you said so"
"Oh" aya spoke confused, then smiled "I must have been very tired because I don't remember" There was an akward silence,
"Thank you again for today" Aya mentioned once again, which was followed by another silence, but surprisingly it was Kai to break that silence, He had a question of his own.
"Your attitude, why do you cover it?" he asked, still staring out the window at the changing scenery.
She knew exactly what he meant it was no use acting dumb.
"No use acting dumb I suppose" Aya started "Your not entirly right though, yes I do cover it up with random outburst, rushes of energy and act of sillyness... I used to be so quiet and dead serious, and quite often I like time to myself, but I actually enjoy some of those moments, makes me feel more alive. And I guess I just want to fit in with you guys." ((very deep, but true))
Kai didn't answer, he was considering her point.
"But I guess it wouldn't hurt to be me more often" she finished up with a smile "It feels kind of nice smiling"
"Kai..." Aya started again "Can I see your blade?"
Kai looked at her questioningly but then pulled it out and handed it to her. She looked at intensley, then looked back at Kai, They both looked so Familiar, but she couldn't quite remember.
She quickly went through her life, at 8 year parents died, then she ran away, But where? She could never really remember, she always just skimmed over it, she always told people she joined a junior team, then she kind of led herself to believe it. She could remember when she was 13 and actually joined a team, but ages 8 through 12 were mostly a blur. She stared at his blade, then his face, his blade again and then his face once more...his face, those markings...
"Kai, those markings..." she stared, This caught his attention right away, Kai stared back at her, obviously interested in her topic. The back of her head itched badly, giving her a headache. "Nevermind" she said handing back his blade, "I'm tired, I'm going back to sleep" she was tired, but honestly she just couldn't really put it into words what she was trying to say. She let the thoughts and flashes slip her mind and fell asleep right away, she would think about this tomorrow. ((Next to Kai, lucky...))
Aya woke to Tyson poking her forehead.
"Yo, wakey wakey" Tyson urged her to open her eyes, "Everyone's getting off the bus"
"Kay" she mumbled, rubbing her eyes, she looked to her side. 'Kai must have already got up' she thought,
When everyone was off she finally realized the only ones outside was her team.
"Where's everyone else?" she said, looking around again.
"The driver was nice enough to make an extra stop for us" Max said happily, munching on a sandwich. "He dropped us off at the Registration office, and everyone else at the bus stop earlier"
"Oh" aya mumbled half a sleep, "And let me guess you guys stopped at another store"
"Yup" Rei answered for Max "And once again you had a hard time getting up"
"Ah man..." she sighed "Oh well, let's go registrate"
"Don't worry, you guys wait here and i'll go do it," Rei offered, also tossing Aya a sandwich. "I knew you'd be hungry"
"Awesome! your the best Rei" Aya opened the pack and starting eating, sitting down on the stairs outside the building. Rei went inside while the others waited, in about 5 minutes Rei was back out again.
"That was fast" Max started.
Rei hung his head in defeat, "Tyson, when you looked into this tournament did you realize it was a genders' compition?"
Tyson smiled "Yeah! That means guys and girls can participate right?" He asked, making sure of himself.
"No" Rei started, "It means you sign up in a group of two people, one male, one female, it works like any other tournament besides how the teams are..." Rei seemed very frustrated.
"You out dumbed yourself Tyson..." Max sighed, everyones' eyes on Tyson, who also had a look of defeat.
"No point in staying." Kai said simply.
"Wait a minute" aya started "How big is this tournament Rei?"
"Quite big actually, the BBA is holding it, there's going to be a few scouts looking for new playes and a grand prize of 4000$" Rei said, kind of disappointed.
"Convert that to yen for me Rei"
"ummm roughly.... uh.. a bit more than 400 000 yen" Rei said simply. This caused Tyson and Max eyes to widen, it was quite alot for a 2 player tournament.
"Ok" Aya stood up "I don't know about you guys, but I'd like to have that money, I don't have a sponsor like you guys. So you can either sob about this or call up some girls you know and enter, maybe have some fun with this, but either way I'm entering with one of you guys."
"Fine" Rei said, his mood lightening, "you pick, then we'll call people"
"Her eyes looked at each and everyone of them, Max was a defensize player which she didn't want, Rei was a Fast striker like her, Tyson was really good but she had a better idea, her mouth curved into a smirk, she was staring directly at what she thought was the best player on this team.
"I pick you!" she said , pointing her finger directly at Kai.
Author's notes
Well I gave you a hint on her past and cleared up her personality, I hope. I Probably confused you alot, but It will all be discovered in the next chappy. And Yes the bus scene was long, heck the chappy was long but I just started and couldn't stop :) And little specks of Kai/Aya scenes... Kawaii!
Any way I did this late at night, if a managed to skip a paragraph, or have a lot of grammer errors so that people cannot read my fic, TELL ME PLEASE! That way I can fix it and re-post it
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