Tala frowned and patted the mattress beside him, looking for something…

He opened his eyes, to find his empty room.

Dammit Tala. Get a grip. Kai's gone, but you'll see him soon.

He sighed and closed his eyes again, trying to drift off to sleep again…

"Tala! Wakey wakey! Rise and shine, sleeping ugly!" Ian called through the door in a sing-song voice. Tala gro-

Wait. One. Moment.

Tala jumped out of bed and wrenched open the door.

"What. Did. You. Say?" Tala spat at the shrimp.

"Sleeping ugly…" Ian trailed off.

"Ian, I think this would be a great time for you to run and never return until Tala's calmed down." Bryan advised, noting the total-utter-absolute-positively-not doubt about it- yep that's it-death glare that the red head was directing straight at the big nosed midget. Ian bolted back into his room, and Tala did the same, slamming his door shut (Though he didn't bolt.)

He ran a bath, for once, and grabbed some clothes before turning it off. He locked the bathroom door out of instinct and climbed in. He relaxed with a sigh, closing his eyes…

Flashback

The taxi arrived for Kai in the semi-early hours of the morning. Everyone was asleep, except for two Russians. Kai, of course, and Tala.

"Tal." Kai said, as the got back in his car, waiting for the red-eyed teen. "I want you to train your hardest. When I face you, I want you at your best, not slacking off."

Tala glared slightly. He knew this was Kai's way of saying, 'You're-weak. Get-stronger.' He smiled afterwards.

"Same to you, too." Tala replied, giving Kai a small punch on the arm. "See ya, Horny Bastard."

"Are you ever going to let that up?"

"Nope." Tala beamed. Kai sighed and got in the car. As the car drove off, a hand appeared out the back window, showing the red head a middle finger…

End Flashback

Tala smirked.

Ok, not your average goodbye, certainly not one you'd get from your boyfriend, but Kaiisn't all lovey-dovey. Heh, that's why I love him. Wonder how the Bladebreakers are reacting to that little bundle of chibi-hell…KaiI mean...

"Listen you little bundle of chibi-hell, give me back my hat, or…"

'Or what? Come on, Fatty!'

Moon Child was currently running around Tyson yard, said teen running after her, his baseball cap on her head.

'You are soooo out of shape. Gravel brains and Pack leader can catch me in their sleep. Oh, wait, yeah. They can only catch me in their dreams. Heh heh.'

"Is she always like this, Kai?" Hilary asked.

Kai nodded. "Worse."

The others watched Moony and Tyson run, sweatdrops slowly growing (Minus Kai. He wasn't sweatdropping).

"Shouldn't we help him?" Kenny asked.

"No." Kai answered. "He needs the exercise."

"Hey! I do not!"

A/N- short chapter again, I'm sorry, and I apologize for general crappiness. Heh, heh. (-.-;)