YAY ive got so many great reviews so far, to all my reviewers and readers, you all are very loved. I was gonna update yesterday but I got grounded from the computer, stupid dad, but that will never stop me MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA! kk heres the next chappie.

Ocean Blue Depths

In The Cafeteria

" Hey Max?" asked a concerned Rei. "Yeah Rei whats up?" "nothing but did I make you mad or something?" asked Rei as he bowed his head. "What! No why would you think that. I cant be mad at you, you're the person I trust the most." "well you haven't said anything this whole morning and I thought I said or did something that made you upset." Said Rei in a sorrowful voice. "HAHA no silly, im just not used to getting up this early in the morning, I usually sleep in till about 12 or so(Mew: sounds like me! Hehe). The last orphanage I was at didn't have a certain time to be up. So you'll have to give me a while to get used to this." Rei then laughed and gave Max a smile. ' Oh hes so cute, he really does care about me, to bad its only a friendly emotion.'

Rei and Max had finished breakfast and were walking through the house. "Kai said he wanted to see us in the living room after we were done, is that alrite Max?" said Rei nervously. He knew what Kai was going to ask Max about, but he didn't know how Max would react to the question. "Sure Rei, I was wondering where all the guys were anyway." Said Max happily as he walked towards the living room with barely any difficulty due to his ribs.

In The Living Room

The two boys walked in to find the whole living area cleared out of any other kids and only Kai, Tyson, and Kenny were there sitting on the couches and chairs. Kai was standing in front of one of the empty arm chairs and seemed to be in deep thought. Tyson seemed to have the same worried look on his face that matched Kennys. This seemed to make Max feel a little uncomfortable, so he decided to break the awkward silence. "ummm Hey guys did something happen?" Kai looked up from where he was standing and walked over to Max. "Yeah Max something did happen, something we cant have go unpunished." Max then got a very confused face on and stood there looking at Kai for answers. "Max we need to know exactly what Tala and his gang did to you a couple nights ago, can you tell us?" Said Kai in a stern voice

"uhhh look guys its really okay. Im fine, theres no need for revenge or anything its not like this hasn't happened to me before." With that said Max got a roomful of odd and concerned looks. 'real nice one Max, why not just tell em all you've been pounded everyday of your life, agh' "wait that's not what I meant…" "so this isn't the first time?" said a sad Tyson. "well no, but every kid gets in a fight or two during their lives." "Yeah Max but your not just some kid, your our friend, and its not fair that they attacked you when you had so many disadvantages." Said Tyson as he got a little mad at the blondes easy dismissal of the attack. Kai saw that Tyson was getting aggravated and he grabbed Max by the arm and sat him in the chair. " Max, your going to tell us step by step what happened to you okay? Then were going to figure out a way to make Tala pay for hurting you. If you lie or decide not to tell me, then I'll just go and beat him to a bloody pulp anyway, got it?" Kai said in a frighteningly serious tone, Max's eyes widened up in fear, but he decided to be strong and tell them what happened. Even if it meant having to live through it all over again.

" I woke up from a nightmare I was having and found Tala standing over me. He put his hand over my mouth and whispered into my ear that he wanted to see me outside so he could apologize for trying to hurt me in the hall earlier. I don't know why I went with him, but I thought maybe he really was sorry and I could possibly live here without any enemies." Max gave a sigh and continued. " anyway we got outside and Tala said he was indeed sorry for earlier, but it wasn't just his fault. He wanted me to apologize to him as well. He knew I couldn't talk and that's when he got that smirk on his face. He said 'that's rite, I heard you cant talk, well lets see if you can scream.' The other 3 boys walked outside, one with a bat in hand. When I turned to run, one of them grabbed my arms while another boy came to help him hold me. Tala came over and handed the bat to the third boy so he could punch me in the stomach. Tala whispered as I was about to fall that they wouldn't hit my face to much, that he still wanted to see my eyes."

Max took another pause and looked at the expressions on the other boys faces. Kai looked like he was about to punch out a wall, Kenny looked like he could cry at any second, Tyson had a look of sorrow and worry, while Rei on the other hand looked extremely pissed off and jealous. "anyway they started kicking me when I fell and everytime I tried to curl up to protect myself from the hits, Tala would grab my hair and pull my head back so I would straighten out. When they were done kicking the two boys pulled me up again and Tala gave me one last punch to the face, and I just blacked out after that. I remember crawling over to the bench and just going to sleep till Rei came and found me." Max finished and just stared at the floor as he waited for someone to say something. "Thank you Max, I know that must not have been easy, but we needed to know." Said Kai in a much less scary tone than before. " you look tired Maxie, lets go up to the dorms okay?" said a sympathetic Tyson. Max nodded and followed Tyson as he grabbed his hand to walk out.

Still In The Living Room

" What do you say we pay Tala a visit tonite huh Rei?" said Kai as he cracked his knuckles. "No, its going to be me who fights him, I wont let anyone else interfere." Said Rei in the same stern voice that Kai used before. "AWW common Rei, Max is my friend to. And you know ive just been itching for a reason to kick Tala around." Kai said in a slightly whiney voice. " You don't get it Kai, I wont EVER let anyone hit Max while im around. I feel like its my responsibility to fight for him." "Whys that?" "Because of how deeply I care for him, it'd be like if Tala went after Tyson, Kai. Would you let me help you then?" Kai blushed furiously, but nodded in agreement. "so do you at least have a plan?" "Why wouldn't I have a!…ok, no I don't."

TBC

Sorry for the shortness I guess. But im still grounded and the parents will be home soon.