Well! Hello everyone!

Sorry for the long wait, but I was running out of ideas for this story. I know what I want to happen, but I just have trouble getting there

lol

anyway, thank you for all the reviews!

This chapter is mainly a Kai/Hilary scene, but the action will pick up in the next chapter.

enjoy....if that's possible

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Hilary let out an exhausted sigh and wiped her forehead with the back of her hand.

"Over here!" Kenny's voice called.

The brunette rushed over to the younger teen. "Is this it?"

Kenny nodded as he bent down near a bush, plucking a leaf off of it. "Come on! Lets gather a bunch of these and get back before Kai kills us!"

Hilary giggled and began harvesting the yellow-green clover shaped leaves.

"We're back!" Hilary called as the two walked back into their camp.

"Ahhh! Damn it Tyson!" A deep voice called. "Come back here!"

"Help me!!!" The navy haired blader cried desperately, running up to his friends and hiding behind Hilary.

Seconds later, Kai walked out from behind a tree, his hands clenched into fists and a dangerous scowl on his face.

Tyson whimpered. "I'm s...s...sorry Kai! It was an accident!"

The blue haired captain growled and continued closer.

"Alright! Stop it, both of you!" Hilary exclaimed. "Kai, sit down! Tyson...." She looked at the fire, which was dimming. "Go find some more firewood."

Tyson beamed and rushed off, safe from his impending doom...for now.

Kai growled again, and opened his mouth to protest, but Hilary intervened.

"I said sit down!" She placed her hand on her hip and tapped her foot.

The blue haired teen cursed and crossed his arms over his chest, muttering to himself as he took a seat next to another tree.

Hilary giggled and smiled, leaving Kenny somewhat confused.

"Well....that was weird..." He thought to himself as he set down the leaves they had gathered and opened up Dizzi.

Meanwhile:

Hilary helped Kai sit down and lean back against the trunk of a tree.

"Here." She took the bottom of his shirt and began to lift it. Kai immediately blushed and slapped her hand away

"Would you quit it already?! I can take care of myself!" Kai exclaimed.

"Fine then!" She crossed her arm over her injured one and waited.

Kai squinted at the brunette.

"Well? I'm waiting."

Kai sighed and began to take off his shirt, having some difficulty. He cursed as he tried to pull it over his head, but his wound stretched and prevented him.

Hilary giggled and yanked the shirt off. Kai had turned nearly as red as a tomato! The brunette found herself staring at the teen's well sculpted chest again. Her eyes gazed across the assortment of scars in different sizes littering his pale skin. One large scar caught her attention, and she stopped for a moment to examine it. It was a "V" shape right over his heart. Hilary's eyes softened slightly as she reached out to touch it. The skin twitched as her fingers glided across it.

"When did you get this?" She asked nearly whispering.

Kai gently took her hand off him. "A long time ago..." He looked away and crossed his arms, hiding the scar from sight.

"Did your....grandfather do it?" She asked softly.

Kai stared at the brunette with wide eyes. "How do you know about him?" He snapped.

Hilary looked at her knees. "I remember seeing you on TV....and...."

"It's alright." Kai interrupted her. He took in a long breath and looked away into the night.

The brunette wanted to hug the hurting teen, to comfort him, to tell him how she really felt, but another side of her told her not to pry into the matter further.

"I'm sorry...." Hilary muttered.

Kai looked at her. She looked like she was about to cry. "Hey..." He placed a finger under her chin and raised her head, forcing her to look into his eyes. "Don't worry about it." The teen gave her a small smile.

Hilary giggled softly and blushed. She began to feel really giddy inside.

"Excuse me?" Kenny suddenly asked as he made his way over to the two teens with the leaves they had collected.

Hilary scooted away, putting on a serious face.

"Alright Kai, I've figured out how to use these." Kenny sat down next to the captain and dropped the bushel of leaves back on the ground.

Kai raised an eyebrow at the leaves. "This really isn't necessary. I'm feeling fine."

"Well, it wouldn't hurt to treat that infection before it gets really nasty." The computer geek took a leaf and twisted it over Kai's wound, causing a white liquid to juice out.

Kai jumped as the liquid hit his wound. It began to burn immediately and Kai dug his fingers into the ground to keep from crying out in pain.

After a few moments, the burning sensation began to cool and provided a soothing relief.

Kai let out a long sigh as the pain faded.

"Better?" Hilary asked.

"Er....sure." Kai forced a smile at the brunette. He immediately winced as Kenny squeezed more of the plant juice onto his wound.

Tyson reappeared with branches and threw them in the fire.

"How's it going?" He asked as he looked over at his friends all hovered over their captain.

Kai huffed.

"There! All done!" Kenny wiped his hands on his pants and stood up.

Kai replaced the gauze pad over the wound and stuck the medical tape back onto his skin.

"Okay! All of you get to sleep. We'll be doing alot of walking tomorrow." Kai commanded in his usual tone.

Tyson yawned and grabbed the blankets from the pile of bags. He tossed one over to Kai, and one to Kenny before curling up on the cool ground.

Kai swung the blanket around Hilary, surprising her slightly.

"Good night." The blue haired teen smiled.

Suddenly, he felt the warm fabric around him as Hilary snuggled up to him. "We can share it." She smiled back up at him.

Kai closed his eyes and slid his arm around her waist and closed the ends of the blanket in front of them.

The brunette rested her head on his shoulder and let out a sigh. She mumbled something Kai couldn't quite hear and soon fell asleep.

"Heh..." Kai smirked to himself and rested his head against the tree.

"Thank you Hilary....."

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As I said earlier, the action will pick up in the next chapter. The villains for this story will be explained too.....hopefully.

see ya!