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Thin Ice

A blue haired girl ran out the front door of the Hiwatari mansion, with a pair of new skates in her hand. It was a beautiful winter morning and she, Alexandra Hiwatari, her slate-haired brother, Kai and their friends Rei Kon, Max Tate and Tyson Granger were going skating on a nearby river.

The hyper teen ran ahead, very happy with the brand new pair of ice skates that her mother had just sent her from Russia. Her green eyes sparkled as she looked forward to a perfect day, something that she hardly ever had. Skating had been one of her favorite things when she was a kid and now she was going to strap skates on her feet for the first time since she was a kid.

Alex ran in circles, acting like a child like she always did and her teammates laughed and giggled, watching her making a fool of herself. Even the emotionless Kai let out a snicker watching his twin sister act half her age. For the first time in a while they didn't have a care or anything to worry about. The group of teens were able to act like teens and not adults.

As they came up over the hill Alex jumped seeing the frozen over water, covered in happy children. She ran down quickly, and managed to slip and fall on her face, making the gang laugh uncontrollably.

"Alex, you're such an idiot!" Tyson shouted as he ran over to her.

Alex jumped up and chased Tyson in circles with the blade of her skate pointed at him, snow still covering her face.

"You two are going to end up hurting each other." Rei yelled over as he, Kai and Max went over to get there skates on.

As Rei was tying the laces he looked over to Kai who had sat down on a bench and left his skates on the ground beside him. "Kai, you got to skate with us."

Kai looked at him and then the skates. "I'd rather not." He then looked back at the water.

"Aw! C'mon Kai. You've got to come and skate, or I'll have to make you." Alex said as she came over and grabbed his arm, trying to pull him off the bench.

"Okay, fine." Kai said as he pulled his hand away, causing Alex to fall in the snowdrift. Tyson ran over and started to laugh again.

Kai tied up his skates and then made his way onto the ice. He knew that skating was not his strong point, that's why he didn't want to come. He also knew that he was going to make a totally fool of himself, but Alex wouldn't care, so he decided to come.

As he stepped out onto the ice, he slid a couple feet and then slipped and fell, causing his backside to go totally numb from the cold. Surprisingly nobody laughed, probably from fear of their captain's wrath. Alex actually came over and extended her hand to help him up. Kai grabbed hold and was on his feet again.

"Here Kai, let me show you how it's done." Alex said as she held his hand and taught him the basics. "You just have to learn how to stay balanced." She explained like she was a natural. Kai tried a couple times, falling every time, until about the fifth try. "See now you've got it." Alex encouraged, letting go of his hand.

"Thanks Alex. I guess skating was never my strong point like it was for you when we were kids." He said as a little pink came across his cheeks.

"That's okay Kai. You weren't really aloud to do much when we were little. I didn't expect you to be good at everything." She said as she made a circle around him.

Alex then skated out into the middle of the river and did a huge flip in the air. Some of the children stopped skating and watched her in awe; while others just huffed under their breath, "Show off." Tyson, Rei and Max had their mouths open, not knowing how good Alex actually was, because they had never seen her skate before.

"Holy Shit!" Tyson cursed, "How the hell did she do that?"

"Lots of practice." Kai simply answered knowing that when Alex was little, she had practiced almost everyday.

"She should do this professionally." Max suggested as he watched Alex do a bunch more things that amazed him.

"Yeah, maybe she should." Kai thought out loud.

Alex glided over to the boys quickly and pushed Tyson so that he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"Ha! Tyson I bet you can't keep up with me." She laughed going in circles, backwards around him.

"How much?" Tyson asked as he rose to his feet and wiped the snow off of his rear end.

"Twenty bucks?" Alex suggested as she smiled at the teen, knowing that it was no competition.

"You're on." Tyson agreed not realizing what he was getting himself into.

Alex giggled as she turned and sped across the river. Tyson growled, and followed her, almost as quickly. Alex went around in a figure eight, and Tyson followed, almost falling as he turned.

"Careful Tyson." Alex snickered as she did the same thing, but backwards.

Tyson did this too, but he did more of a B than an eight.

Alex continued to speed, backwards across the river, as Tyson continued to follow, very wobbly and unbalanced, meanwhile the onlookers were laughing hard, almost rolling, as they watched Tyson make a fool of himself. Alex decided to end his humiliation by doing a backwards spin, in the air, landing perfectly on one blade, with her arms up. Tyson watched this and then, as competitive as he was, decided to try. He started off okay, but when he tried to jump in the air, he tripped and fell, doing a backwards somersault, and landed on his back.

Everyone watching, was now on the ground, laughing so hard that they couldn't breathe, including all of the little children. Alex glided over to Tyson and extended her hand, which he grabbed and pulled, causing Alex to fall on top of him.

All of the onlookers went back to what they were doing, as Alex and Tyson got back up. "Nice try Tyson, but you can't beat the master at her own game." Alex laughed, wiping snow off of her pants.

"Well, I tried. Wait! What does that mean?" Tyson growled, completely confused.

"Never mind Tyson. Just get up." Alex said as she extended her hand again, and helped Tyson to his feet. "By the way Tyson…I'll be asking for that money later." She smiled as she skated around him and then sped away again.

Alex continued to speed around the ice for a while, just passing people and helping the little ones with some tips. The ice got pretty full, with mostly children, almost packed. Alex was happy for the first time, since she got over her depression and Kai was glad to see her smile again. He probably hadn't seen it since the day that Alex realized that he wasn't bad, like Voltaire had said. She was so happy to see him that her smile didn't go away for a week. Kai watched her teach a four year old how to stay balanced, like she had just done for him, and he, the emotionless Kai, smiled.