Sorry that I haven't been able to update for a while..but with school and everything I'm sure everyone is just as busy as I am…anyways I finally found some time to finished this chapter up and hope u enjoy reading..!

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Chapter 9

..."Dra..goon…" Was all Tyson managed to utter, as he clutched his stomach, wincing in pain. Not only from the wound, but from the pain of losing his only bit beast. And with that, Kelom moved towards the door, with a final glance back, he smirked. Then with a swish of his black cloak, Kelom disappears, leaving Tyson more alone then he would ever be…

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Chapter 10: A ray of hope

With a groan and a rustling, the fallen crew picked themselves from the rubble. There were fallen trees, and the boulders were deeply mounted into the earth. The ground was horribly scarred from the battle, and there was a huge crater from where the battle had ended. Ray rubbed his sore head, and brushed himself off from the high fall. He looked up, and saw there was nothing much left of the ridge they stood on seconds ago. There was dust swirling around his feet, and he looked around to see any signs of the victor, or his team mates.

"Max! Kai! Tyson!" Ray hoarsely yelled as the dust was starting to clog his throat. His raspy voice could not be heard, and he gave up trying. Instead he was picking through the branches and rocks, to see if his team mates were still alive, and could not help but wonder the worst. Pushing the negative thoughts away, he thought it was best to keep searching. After what seemed like an eternity, he finally found a hand sticking out from the rubble. He smiled gratefully, and mentally patted himself for not giving up. After he removed the last rock, he saw that it was Max, who appeared to have had a pretty nasty fall, judging by the odd angles that his left arm stuck out in.

Ray gently shook the smaller blond boy awake, and Max groggily opened his eyes, before shutting them again. "..Ugh..Ray…? What happened?" It hurt to think let alone talk, and Max let the echoing of Ray's voice slowly seep inside his mind. "We fell off the ridge, and I think you might have broken you're arm." Ray replied, and concernedly looked around. "Have you seen Kai?" Ray asked more worriedly then before. Max gulped and suddenly felt thirsty. "..I dunno..I think we all were pretty much separated when we fell.." Max replied as he trailed off again. This time he tried to stand up, but without the use of the other arm, he managed to only get into a sitting position. Ray smiled, and helped lift Max up by his right arm. When Max was on his feet again, he yelped in pain, and hopped on one foot. "What's wrong?" Ray asked. "I think I sprained my ankle.." Max replied gingerly rubbing his already swollen ankle. "Can you walk?" Ray asked, with concern etched all over his face. "Yeah..no problem..but just in case…" Max trailed off again, before bending down to grab a roughly shaped branch. "This should help me.." Max answered as he began walking with the help of the thick branch.

"Ok then. Let's go find Kai!" Ray proposed as he and Max set off into the rubble once again. But they couldn't block out that little voice in their heads that stated all was not well for their captain, and could not help but think of the worse that could happen. After what seemed like half an hour of searching, they still could not see any signs of their captain. "..whew..he could be anywhere…" Max gasped, as he moved aside another rock. "We'll just have to keep looking.." Ray replied, as he pulled away another fallen branch from a tree, to reveal nothing but he earth below it. They continued their search, and began to wonder whether Tyson had won yet or not. But all other thoughts were pushed aside as they continued their desperate search.

"Where are you Kai!" Ray wondered to himself, and he saw that Max was having the same question brought up countless times in his head. Finally, Max gasped and sat on a large grey boulder, resting his injured ankle and arm. "Ray..this is going to take a while..why don't' you rest then we'll continue?" Max gently reasoned. "We can't rest now! Kai could be injured for all we know!" Ray yelled, letting his anger consume him as he thought of how Max just gave up so easily. "Kai would have never gave up on us, so we shouldn't give up on him!" Ray countered and began flipping through the rubble again. "Ray! We've been looking for ages now, and there's no sign of him! Why don't you rest first then we'll go look again? Besides I don't think that Kai would want us to keep searching like this…please Ray..take a break ok?" Max asked, as his cerulean blue eyes shone with a spark that Ray had never seen before. "Yeah Max ok.." Ray sighed and caved in.

They sat on the bigger boulders, and began to find whatever they could eat. There were shrubs with berries growing on them, and some mushrooms. According to Ray, who knew the outdoors better then Max, none of the mushrooms, or berries were poisonous, so they happily ate their find. As they continued to eat in silence, there was nothing that they could talk about, as each topic would lead back to the part about where Kai would be. Ray sighed and ate the last of the food, before saving some of the ones that they did not eat, incase they got hungry later.

After Ray had finished saving the last of the dry food, he and Max got up, and prepared to continue their long search. Ray was lost in a sea of thoughts, before Max asked him something and got his attention. "Hey..Ray you ok?" Max asked concernedly. "Huh..oh yeah..I'm fine..Max.." Ray answered half truthfully. "There's a river up ahead…wanna take a drink?" Max asked. "Yeah yeah..sure Max.." Ray replied as they set off to the rocky landscape leading to the riverbank. Ray had to admit he was kind of thirsty..all the berries had made him in need of a drink. Max reached the river side and dipped his face in, splashing happily as the cold water lapped against his face. Max continued to splash in the water a couple more times before taking a drink. Ray helped himself to some water, before wiping the excess water from his face. He stood up again, and watched as Max bent over for another drink. Ray sighed in frustration and closed his eyes for a moment. A moment later, he heard a loud cry of surprise, and Ray opened his eyes to see that Max jumped back from riverbank. "Max! Max! What's wrong!" Ray asked running to his side.

"…R-r-r-a-a-a-y…..it..it's…" Max stuttered, going pale and then pointing a shaky finger at the river. Ray glanced at the direction in which Max was pointing..and saw that there was crimson red blood flowing in the river. Ray's eyes widened in shock, and he could feel himself began to feel cold. "..Blood…." Was all Ray stated before he took off running up stream to where the blood was beginning to flow down the river in larger quantities. "Hey RAYYY!" Max yelled after recovering from his shock, and ran toward the fading figure of his friend going up stream.

Please..let it be Kai..no wait..if that was Kai that means he is injured..i just hope that's not Kai then….argh but then if its not him, yeah he won't be the reason for the blood but then this is the only lead to find him…Ahhh…Kai…. Ray ran toward his destination with high anticipation and not to mention a great amount of fear. His thoughts were racing and he didn't know what to think anymore. As he neared the end of the river, he saw that it was blocked by a huge amount of trees.

He continued to walk slowly to the rubble until he found he could go no further. Pushing all other thoughts aside, Ray bent down and began to move away trees and branches. Max had caught up to Ray, and saw him crouched down by the trees which blocked the rivers flow. The blood was still steadily flowing into the river, and some of the branches have been removed from that area. Max walked forward and began to remove the rubble from the bloody red area by the water. After they continued to move aside the rubble in the same spot, they kept a single thought in the back of their minds..could this be Kai? Finally, Max pushed aside a think branch, with his good arm, while Ray removed some branches. Max gasped, and Ray just turned pale at what he saw…a human hand.

"KAIIII!" Ray and Max yelled as they hurriedly moved some more branches aside. The blood had stopped flowing now, and Ray feared the worst is yet to come. They managed to move most the rubble, and now they could clearly see a human hand, and a part of their back. Max bent forward to touch the arm, and felt that it was still slightly warm. After informing Ray this, the pair continued to remove things until there was a cry of surprise. The body trapped underneath the rubble was fully shown now, and Ray and Max could clearly see that it was indeed Kai. With new found adrenaline coursing through their bodies, they dug out the remaining pieces of rubble, and pulled Kai from the wreck just in time before the rest of it collapsed where Kai would have been seconds ago.

With the affects of adrenaline fading now, Max and Ray felt totally exhausted. They stared wearily at each other before staring down upon their battered friend. Ray placed two fingers to Kai's neck and checked for his pulse. He withdrew his fingers after a moment, and was devastated to tell Max that it was a weak pulse. Kai looked totally beat. He had scratches and bruises everywhere, and was literally drenched in blood. Ray felt his heart sink at the thought of this, and cast his eyes downward. Max could only stare helplessly at his friends while he too seemed to follow with the swing of the mood. Just plain sadness.

Suddenly the wind picked up and Ray and Max held onto to Kai since he was in no condition to defend himself. Max began to shout something, but Ray couldn't hear over the wind. The wind was so strong now that it could easily pick up the remaining blade breakers and throw them off somewhere. Ray clung onto Kai as he didn't want Kai to be separated alone again. No way you're going to go anywhere without me or Max. Ray thought as finally a huge wind rippled through, which was followed by a huge blast of light and finally everything became black once again.

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Oh man im soooooooooo sorry about the terrible ending! –hides from angry mob- but I promise to make the next chapter better! Anyways plz plz review! All ur reviews are reli important to meee! Remember every review makes me happier! )

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