Damn wolves. Why do they have to be so…argh! Ray thought bitterly. He was sure that Kai would kill him for losing his beloved wolf; not to mention Tala…

He had been looking around the streets of the city for over twenty minutes and hadn't found a single trace of the little wolf; if you exclude the fact that many citizens were visibly shaken. As adorable the wolf is, you can't help but feel…worried. I mean, not many Japanese people have seen a wolf cub run down their street, have they?

Ray gave a sigh to calm his nerves and decided to go to the riverside. The wolf was smart and if she needed help, she would go there to find him.

Upon arriving at the river, he sat down, slipping his shoes of his aching feet and dipping his feet in the cold river. He rubbed his eyes of sleep.

The last time he had been here was after Tyson had hit him. Bryan had found him and they had escaped the fan girls…together… Ray smiled.

Flashback

Ray trudged his way back to Tyson's dojo, deep in thought. The last… what? 5 minutes were a kind of blur to the Chinese boy. He knew what had happened and sure as hell liked it, but it just seemed… odd. Who knew that Bryan like-liked him? Well, him…now.

How would the others react?

Vision

"Hey Ray." A chibi-fied Tyson said, with chibi-fied versions of his friends surrounding him. "Listen I'm sorry bout hitting you."

"That's ok. I forgive you, Tyson." Ray said.

"So… where've you been?"

"No where. Met up with Bryan… came close to making out with him…"

Sudden end to vision

Ray's eyes widened, and a fresh blush appeared on his face. He let his head drop to hide it as people began to stare at the slightly injured, blushing, world famous blader. He forced such thoughts out of his head.

He looked up slowly to see where exactly his feet were taking him and found himself on Tyson's street.

Here already? Man, that was fast. So… here I go.

"RAY!" The blonde American latched onto the Chinese boy, obviously high on sugar. "Where've you been? Are you ok? Where's the wolf? Do you want me to get Kai to kill Tyson? Have you done anything…bad?"

"Um… nowhere, yes I'm fine, I don't know, no thank you I can do that myself and… why?" Ray ticked off every question Max had asked.

Max beamed. "No reason!"

Ray inwardly sighed a… sigh… of relief. Kai then appeared outside, dragging Tyson by the back of his shirt. Tyson looked like he had been crying, though only faintly.

"Tyson…" Ray said faintly, not knowing how he should start… or if he should let Tyson go first… or if he should be down right angry…

No. He shouldn't be angry with Tyson. If Tyson hadn't of punched him, Bryan wouldn't of kissed him and then… well, you get the picture.

Kai dragged Tyson fully out and stood him in front of Ray, standing by in case anything else happened.

"Uh… Ray… I'msorryforwhatIdidIdidn'tmeanitIjustgotangryandireactedwronglyI'msorry!" Tyson said in one breath that no one got.

Ray stared at the blue haired boy as if he had just dropped down from a flying saucer and sprouted a strange language out of his mouth (The last statement he had!).

"Er… what?"

"He says he's sorry for what he did. He didn't mean it; he just got angry and reacted wrongly. He's sorry." Kai said for him. Ray was astounded.

"How'd you- doesn't matter." He said with a shake of his head. "Listen Tyson. I forgive you. I guess I provoked you kinda and set you off. But I must warn you. There's still a part of me that wants to punch you for all eternity and send you to hell."

Tyson let out a nervous laugh and rubbed the back of his neck.

"So… friends?"

Ray shook his outstretched hand. "Friends."

"Didn't you hear me?" Max suddenly cried out. "Your wolf is gone!"

"Huh? Oh ya. Sorry Kai. I didn't know she was out looking for me." He lied the last part. But Kai walked out wordlessly, going to look for the mischievous Moony. "So what ya been doing?"

"Nothing much. Hey, do you want an ice pack for your cheek? It looks swollen…" Tyson offered and Ray nodded; they walked inside, chatting.

End Flashback

The night after that had happened, Kai had 'confessed' about him and Tala being together, then telling him that he knew about Ray and Bryan kissing; though the Chinese boy didn't know how Kai knew about that…

"Fancy meeting you here…"

Ray turned his head round to see the lavender haired youth he had been thinking about.

"Hey Bryan…" He said quietly before turning back round and staring at the setting sun opposite him. "What are you doing here?"

Bryan shrugged after he had sat down beside Ray. "Needed to get away from Ian. The cub came back and somehow got inside our apartment, so she decided to torment the midget again…for old time's sake."

"So that's where she got to…" Ray murmured, his eyes unfocused as he stared out to the horizon. He smiled. "I was beginning to get worried that Kai would massacre me for losing her."

"I dunno, but Tala would be worse. Then again, I haven't seen him for over… hm… must be earlier this afternoon."

"Same with Kai." A light bulb went off in Ray's head. "I'm not sure where exactly they are," He began, looking at Bryan. "But I can guess they'll be together."

"What makes you say that?"

Ray bit his lip. I shouldn't have said that. Bryan will bug me until I tell him…but it's only fair, since Kai's probably told Tala about Bryan and me kissing…

"Ray…" Bryan growled at the neko's sudden change in attitude.

"I…" He gave a sigh. "Promise you wont tell, though." He looked Bryan straight in the eye.

"Fine, but tell me already!"

"Kai and Tala are…together. As in…Love."

Bryan eyes widened a bit, though not much. He smirked.

"I kinda had a hunch. Everytime we, meaning Ian, Spence and me, went out, they would say no and stay home." He smirked even more. "I should've guessed…"

"You should've…"

Bryan raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"

Ray chuckled.

"You'll pay for that, Kon."

In a flash, Bryan pushed Ray in the river, though with a cost. Because of Ray's neko senses, Ray grabbed Bryan at the last second and pulled him in too. The two fell in with a huge splash and resurfaced a few moments later.

"Fucking hell, Kon." Bryan growled, though Ray took no notice in Bryan's curse, he just laughed and brushed wet strands of raven hair out of his eyes.

"Sorry Bry. But it's your fault for trying to push me in." Ray laughed, while treading-water to keep afloat; just like cats, neko-jins hate water.

"Damn you and your senses." He growled and he swam closer to the said jin.

He hooked an arm round Ray's waist, pulling him hard against his chest. A fresh blush appeared on Ray's cheeks and they both leaned in, their lips ghosting over each other's…

Demi-goddess: Yes I will update soon. It's just I'm feelin a lil rough at the moment.

Tala: Poor you.

Demi-goddess: Ya, Lemon is next chapter (Since I've written it already!). and then Ray and Bryan fluff after that.

Ray: Yay!

Demi-goddess: And since I'm feelin rough, I wont answer reviews, sorry.

Kai: Hn. You haven't answered reviews for the past…what… 3 chapters.

Demi-goddess: It's cause they all say basically the same thing (no offence!) so I'll only answer interesting reviews.

Kai: That's bound to have offended someone…