Chapter 3

The Beginning of Understanding

Normal POV

"Oh my. I never would have thought that Tyson, of all people, would run away from his own team." stated Mr Dickenson, who was in a state of disbelief about Tyson running away. "It just doesn't make sense. He loves blading, and he even protected the BBA to keep the sport pure and good for everyone to enjoy. It just doesn't makes sense why he would want to leave his team and stop blading, especially seeing that it was only the other week that I was talking to Tyson's grandfather, and he said that Tyson was really enjoying it, and was improving as well. Why would he want to run away?"

There was a short silence in the room, which caused great discomfort for the friends, seeing that they cam here for answers, and so far, they didn't have a single lead to where Tyson could be running away to, or any clue as to WHY he would want to run away, unless he was being made to, but that just wasn't Tyson's character, to be made to stop blading and leave his team with nothing but notes telling them why he had left.

Max's POV

"But you must have SOME idea of where Tyson is going. If he were to leave the country, he would have to borrow money from the BBA account you gave us, and you would have a record of it, wouldn't you?" questioned Max, with a hint of hope in his eyes and heart, hoping that this would lead them to his run-away friend.

"Well, that's a good idea. Let me go check with the accountants…" said Mr. Dickenson.

Normal POV

As everyone waited for Mr. Dickenson to return with any news about if the knew where Tyson was, Max, Rei, Kenny, Hilary and Kai sat down in silence, hoping that Tyson had left a clue of some sort for them to follow so they could try and persuade him to come back with them. And, if it came to it, knock him unconscious and drag him all the way home to Tyson's grandpa's Dojo…

"This is ridiculous. How can somebody like Tyson come up with a plan like this, running away, saying that he doesn't want to let us down and not saying that this team deserves better. I think this is just some hoax that he thought up just to make us feel bad and try to make us make him come back. This is so like Tyson, to make a scene like this, trying to win the sympathy vote of everyone else. Well, sorry Tyson, where ever you are, it's not gonna work. He's probably at home right now, laughing his head off about this whole thing," declared Hilary, who, by now, was really worked up about the whole things, standing up, walking up and down the room, wearing a hole through the floor, with Kenny on her heel, trying to calm her down.

"You're wrong," piped up a voice from the other side of the room.

At this little statement, Hilary stopped wearing a hole through the floor, giving Kenny time to catch his breathe after all the walking back and forth.

"I know we all know Tyson can be a hot head at times, and likes to seek attention a lot, but Tyson isn't heartless. He wouldn't do anything like this if it wasn't really hard for him to stay around, and we all know this," continued the small voice, which everyone now knows belongs to the crying, blonde haired boy.

"Yeh, well, I guess you're right," answered Hilary. "But if that's true, then why would Tyson want to run away. He's been through a lot of horrible, hard things through his life, but he's never run away before. Why now?"

"I don't know," answered the now depressed Max, who was trying his hardest not to cry, but failing miserably, tears staining his once cheery face.

Just then, Mr. Dickenson came in with the results of the search.

"Well?" asked a room full of teens, who were filled with anticipation about what the results show, and nervousness about whether or not this piece of information holds anything helpful about the whereabouts of their missing friend.

"Well, I'm glad to say that Tyson has not left the country, as far as we know of." cme the reply of the old man.

"Well, there goes our only source of hope about finding Tyson," stated Hilary, who was now sitting in the chair furthest away from Mr. Dickenson.

"Well, perhaps not. You see, there was a withdrawal of money from a cash machine about half and hour ago, from a place called Akita, in the North-west of Japan, which is also located on the coast of Japan, heading towards Russia and China. He is probably waiting to get a boat out of the country, so I have told all the ports to close down for a couple of days, so that we can find him." replied a content old man.

Then, outta nowhere, Kai stands up, and says, "Well, what are we waiting for? By the time we get there and get settled in, we want have long to search for him till the boats start sailing again."

Everyone, still in shock by this rare jester of concern, all agreed, and all declared they would get ready and leave the same day, so that Tyson wouldn't be able to get far. But, what everyone didn't know was that Tyson wasn't at Akita. He was in the neighbouring town, staying for a couple of days, till his boat ride to Sapporo, where he could live without trouble…..

Without pain…..

Without blading……

Without Him……

Tyson's POV

Kai……….

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