Me: (listening to music with the headphones). Hale: as you can see, she's kinda busy right now, but she was able to write the 14th chapter though, she'll probably stop listening soon, as she would say, enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 14: Slipped Away

"Something wrong Kaze?" Kai asked. Kaze looked up to her brother and smiled.

"Of course I am, why are you asking?" Kaze said.

"Hmm… Kaze you haven't really been yourself lately," Ka said. Kaze giggled.

"Don't worry brother, I was just thinking about stuff," Kaze said.

"All right then," Kai said.

"Come on you two, let's get inside," Spencer said.

"Come on Kaze," Kai said. In the building, Tala went somewhere to ask for their room keys, and then he came back.

"Okay guys, here are your room keys," Tala said, giving each of then their keys. "We'll start training in a few minuets, but for now, settle in your rooms," Tala said. They all went to their rooms and unpacked. Kaze finished unpacking so she just decided to sit near the window and look out daydreaming again. When she was looking out the window, all of the sudden an image of Tala came to her mind. Kaze was kinda shocked.

'Huh? Why am I suddenly thinking of Tala? Hmm… maybe I'm starting to have a crush on him… but… I'm afraid I might get hurt again…' Kaze thought. Someone knocked on her door. "Come in," Kaze said. It was Tala who opened the door. Kaze's cheeks turned pink, she tried her best hiding the blush but it showed anyway. "T-Tala! W-what're you doing here?" Kaze asked, stuttering. Tala scratched his head.

"Um… I was just gonna ask if… I could have my jacket back… I kinda need it," Tala said.

"Oh, sure," Kaze said. She got up from her chair getting the jacket that was hanging on the jacket rack nearby. She didn't notice that something was in her way so she kinda tripped. Fortunately, Tala caught her just in time.

"You all right Kaze?" Tala asked.

"Y-yeah," Kaze said. She looked up to him, their faces just inches away as their eyes made contact. They both turned as red as a ruby. Kaze stood up as Tala let go of her. "T-thanks for catching me," Kaze said, not making contact with Tala's turquoise eyes.

"Um… n-no problem, we're gonna start training now, you know where the training room is right?" Tala said.

"Uh… not… really…" Kaze said, still looking down at her feet.

"You don't mind if I could… walk you there right? I-it's okay with you?" Tala asked.

"Sure! W-why not?" Kaze said hiding her blush with a smile. Tala blushed even more thinking she really looked cute smiling.

"R-right! Um… let's go… now?" Tala said.

"O-okay…" Kaze said. On the way to the training room, they were really quiet to each other. They haven't been talking since.

'I bet she's one of the shy silent-types, that's kinda cute for Kai's sister… wait… did I just say she's cute? Well she is cute…' Tala thought.

"He's so quiet, maybe one of those silent-types, not really the guy to strike a conversation but then… he seems like a nice guy… and cute too…' Kaze thought. It looked like it was really silent but there were a lot of thoughts in their minds.

'This silence isn't gonna work, maybe I should start talking, being a guy and all,' Tala thought. "So Kaze," Tala said breaking the silence.

"Yeah?" Kaze said.

"Um… how long have you been beyblading?" Tala asked. 'Okay… that wasn't much of a question…' Tala thought.

"Since I was six," Kaze said. 'That wasn't much of a question, but that doesn't really matter,' Kaze thought. There was silence once again. They soon reached the training room.

"Well, here we are," Tala said.

"Okay," Kaze said and they went in. They saw Spencer and Bryan training together. Kaze sat next to Kai on one of the benches as Tala sat at the far end. Kai noticed that Kaze's cheeks were a little pink and so was Tala's.

"Did something happen?" Kai asked his sister.

"Huh? What do you mean? Nothing happened," Kaze said.

"Then why are your cheeks pink? I know you were with Tala so why his cheeks are pink too?" Kai asked. Kaze just kept quiet. "Come on Kaze, I am your brother," Kai said.

"All right, brother, I think I like Tala," Kaze said. Kai blinked.

"Really?" Kai said. Kaze nodded blushing.

"But… I'm scared…" Kaze said.

There you go

"Why?" Kai asked.

"I don't want to get heart-broken again, the pain was too much," Kaze said.

"I see…" Kai said. 'Kaze might be right, Tala doesn't seem like the guy who would confess about feelings like love, poor Kaze,' Kai thought. 'If only there was a way I could prevent her from having another heart ache, but I don't know much about love myself,' Kai said. He sighed.

"Something wrong brother?" Kaze asked.

"Huh? Oh, no, just thinking," Kai said.

"Oh okay," Kaze said.

"Hey Kai," Tala said calling out to the silver-gray haired Russian.

"What is it Tala?" Kai asked.

"Wanna blade with me?" Tala asked.

"Uh… sure," Kai said. They both got up and positioned themselves.

"3… 2… 1… LET IT RIP!" Spencer said. The battle between the two friends wasn't very friendly at all. They were both strong and powerful that they eventually ended up in a tie.

"You did well brother," Kaze said. She turned to Tala hiding her blush with a smile. "You too Tala," Kaze said.

"Thanks Kaze," Kai said. Tala's cheeks turned pink and looked away.

Me: that's the end of chapter 14 guys! Hope you liked it! Hale: Tala's OOC! I am soooooooo gonna kill you for that! Me: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! (runs from alter-ego) well I'm kinda busy so um… bye guys as I run for my life!