Seeing Thru u.
Mai: Yo people! I'm back with a longer chapter this time!
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Mai: I've been swimming in coursework and there's been a few things I've been sorting out. I would've typed my story during the summer holidays but-
Tala: But?
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Mai: Right, I would've typed during the summer break but we went on holiday, and I didn't have any spare time to write the chapter out.
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Chapter five: My fair share of idiots.
Being late for class is a very common event throughout most schools, (A.N: I'm sure you can all agree with me there!) but being delayed by another 15 minutes after getting carried away in a discussion made things worse...
"You idiot. You just couldn't help running to your beloved cafeteria could you! The food's not going to disappear all of a sudden!"
A shorter teen scratched the back of his head with a nervous laugh, "Hey, don't blame me! Look, I just got a little paranoid when you guys were talking about that stranger..."
The bluenette sighed heavily, "That's not the point Tyson. The school is perfectly capable of looking after its food supply, they don't need people like you tending to their every needs."
"I don't." Tyson replied blankly, "I only care about the cafeteria. Screw the rest I say!" He punched the air with a grin on his face before snapping into reality, "Hey, you know what Kai? I've never known of anything so simple like a stranger to get under your skin so bad!"
"He has a point you know." Ray added, gripping his captain's shoulder. "I think we'd better get off this topic and head to class before Kai-kun gets more annoyed than he is now."
"Annoyed...? Annoyed is a huge understatement... I'm not just annoyed, I'm-" Before Kai could continue a hand clamped over his mouth, the neko-jin sighing heavily. "I'd let you continue your rantings, but the content within your next sentence was most likely unsuitable for your audience to hear."
"Audience?" Max repeated, "Are we on a t.v show!" He looked around him in awe, "Where are the cameras! Hey Mom! I'm on the telly!"
"Why do I even bother...?" Ray thought aloud, half-dragging the bluenette after him as he began to walk. He smiled in concern at the other, "Let's put this simply. You're SERIOUSLY annoyed."
Kai nodded in reply, "I need a holiday... a really long one."
"Well you'd better take me with you!" The neko-jin laughed, frowning afterwards, "Tyson was actually making a good point back there."
"I know, I know, you told me that before."
"No, seriously Kai. You shouldn't let simple things like that get you so uptight."
The bluenette nodded again, "Ok Mom," He teased, "I won't let little things make me angry."
"Don't start that again." Ray replied. "I'm not your Mom ok?"
"Sure thing, Mom."
"Stop it."
"Why do I have a cat for a Mom?"
"I'm warning you Kai..."
"Ah, I get it. Pussy."
"KAI!"
The rest of the team looked on blankly as they slowly trailed after the pair to their lesson.
"You know Tyson, Ray takes 'crazy neko-jin' to a new level..." Max said. Earning a nod of agreement from the other, "Yeah, he sure does. But let's be grateful it's Kai on the receiving end and not us."
"Ok!" The blonde replied, " But still, shouldn't we stop him? You know what happened when you made Ray go crazy!"
"How could I forget?" Tyson said, "Nah. I still say leave him." He paused, grinning afterwards, "Besides, I'm curious to see how the sourpuss can get outta' this mess."
"Agreed." Kenny spoke up before resuming to a game of solitaire on his trusty laptop. Max stared at their friend from over his shoulder then nodded, "Yeah. It should be fun!"
"Something tells me Kai might think otherwise..." Tyson finished.
"What gave you that idea?" The blonde laughed in his usual cheery manner. He stared up at the sky with a smile, "Its fun to be late for class, I've never done it before, but on a nice day like this I'd rather be out here than in lessons."
"Yeah..."
Max gave his friend a concerned look, "Tyson, what are you doing...?"
"Ssh! Maxie my man, I'm going to show you the next great thing that the world has given us."
"Is it even better than beyblading?
"No. But it comes close. VERY close..."
Tyson quickly ushered the blonde nearer, pointing ahead of him, "There you have it Maxie. Young, healthy girls in P.E..."
"Uh, Tyson... isn't that kind of... dirty! Especially at our age." Max asked. There followed a short silence as his friend's attention remained on the courts, the blonde sighing heavily. "I feel sorry for those girls..."
"Indeed."
Max whirred round, staring at his captain in suprise, "Hey, I thought Ray was...?"
"I held onto him till he calmed down. But it seems all that running's gone and worn him out." Kai replied, gesturing to the neko-jin clinging onto his arm. The bluenette frowned down at the other for a moment, "If you fall asleep I'm not going to carry you." He finished. Ray made what sounded like a small whining noise, raising his head off the other's shoulder. "Yeah you will..." He yawned, stretching his arms, "Because I'm going to climb onto your back before I fall asleep... Then you'll have no choice but to carry me."
"I can drop you."
"Ah, but if you drop me, I'll wake up real quick 'n attack you..."
"You'll get up 'real quick'?"
"Yeah... as in REALLY fast... You know, so if you blink I'll vanish 'n then I'll sneak up behind you."
"Oooooh... scary..." Kai jeered, "Is that a promise Kon?"
"You bet..." Ray mumbled, yawning once more, "Because when you least expect it, I'll-"
"You'll what?"
"I'll hug you."
The bluenette raised an eyebrow at this comment, trying to detach the other from his arm somehow. "Hug me and you'll regret it."
"Oh really...?"
"Yes. So don't push your luck."
"I'm not pushing anything Hiwatari..." Ray replied, waving at his blonde friend wearily, "Heya Maxie." Max nodded in reply, peering over his shoulder at Tyson. "What should we do with- huh?" The blonde blinked as his captain held Ray out to him, "Take him." Kai held out the neko-jin by his shoulders, "It's just for a second ok?"
"But Kai-kuuuuuuuuuun..." Ray whined, "You're such a great pillow."
The bluenette sighed, "Just stay here. I'll be back once I've sorted out lover boy over there."
"Awwww, fine. But don't come crawling back when you miss me!" The other replied.
"Alright then. I won't!"
Ray narrowed his eyes, "That wasn't what I meant!"
"You two fight like a married couple, you know that?" Max said, placing a hand on the neko-jin's shoulder.
"Oh, c'mon! Get onto the main game already!" Tyson called out, waving his arms about while stomping his feet. "Damn P.E teachers always take forever with the warm-ups."
"I think you've seen enough, don't you?"
Tyson rolled his eyes, "Ah, here comes Mr.Killjoy. So, do you think I'm like some kinda sicko?"
"No." Kai replied bluntly. " I think you ARE a sicko."
The other laughed and stuck his tongue out, "Oh yeah? Is it that wrong to follow my instincts?"
"Yes."
"Hey!" Tyson whined, "We all have our tastes. Besides, I'm sure you'd do the same if it was Ray on the courts out th- Ouch!" The teen rubbed his head after receiving a harsh glomp around the head. "I was only telling the truth!"
"It's not the truth so do us all a favour and shut up!" Kai snapped.
"Alright, alright. It's not the truth! Well, at least to you it's not, but I see another side to the story. Ah yes..." Tyson beemed, "I see a tale of sadness that touches the hearts of many, a tale about a young male lost in the world of lo- Ow! Will you quit hittin' me already!" The teen finished, "If you don't love Ray, why do you get bothered about this? I mean seriously dude, you're gettin' real uptight!"
"I wouldn't get 'uptight' if you kept your mouth shut!"
"You know Kai, you're starting to make me worry." Tyson said, "Is something wrong? You're old man hasn't been giving you hassle has he?"
"No, I'm fine. Why do you care anyway?" Kai asked.
"I guess I just have the annoying habit of looking out for a friend." The teen replied. The bluenette clenched his fist, looking away, "Y-You're-...oh forget it. Let's just get going already."
Ray stopped leaning on the blonde as he noticed their captain walk away, quikly pacing after him, "Kai!" He glanced over his shoulder as the rest of the team followed. Kai... I have no idea what's up with you today. It's like you're entire personality has been mixed up all of a sudden. You've been so nice at one point then you've gone really shy the next, then to your usual serious self. But now it's different. I want to help you, you look so sad, but I can't even say these words to you. I want to tell you what I'm thinking right now, but I'm scared. Scared of what will happen, the last thing I want is for you to hate me...
"Is something wrong?"
Ray's eyes widened as he raised his head, "I-uh, no! No, not at all... I was just thinking..."
Kai nodded in reply, "Same here."
The neko-jin seemed suprised, "You have?"
There came anoher nod, "Yeah... I'm just confused by all this."
"Really! Heh, me too- I mean- I..."
"I knew you'd understand." Kai replied, smiling to himself, "That's the kind of person you are."
Ray simply blinked, trying to make sense of what the other had just said, "I'm that kind of person...?" The neko-jin could've sworn he'd seen a faint blush creep across the other's face suddenly, forcing the bluenette to look away abruptly, "You knew what I meant right?"
Kai backed away from the other as he leant closer, "It's rare to receive what sounded like a compliment from the Hiwatari, please explain to me what exactly it was that you were implying?"
"I-I... I was just saying that you're... an understanding kind of person..."
"Carry on?"
The bluenette shifted further to the left, "So, yeah. You're just understanding. That's a good quality to have in a person..." His eyes widened after realising what he'd just said, "But that doesn't mean you can start feeling really big-headed!"
"Aww, don't worry. I won't!" Ray replied, "But I just wanted to say something to you, about what I thought I just saw..."
"What would that be?" Kai asked.
The neko-jin smirked up at the other, a small fang poking out, "Well neko-jins have quite impressive eye-sight, and I'm almost positive I saw you blush a moment ago."
"Blush!" The bluenette frowned and turned his head up, "You're right in saying you were ALMOST positive."
"Sooo... does that mean you were blushing?"
"No, I wasn't."
Ray rolled his eyes, mimicking the other, "You big liar, 'No, I wasn't.' is merely a translation for 'yes I was, but I don't want Ray to know that'."
"Are you accusing me of being a liar!"
"Yep."
Kai paused for a moment, for once in his life he actually had no kind of sarcastic reply to throw back at the neko-jin. He raised his index finger slowly, making the other laugh. "What's wrong?" Ray teased, "Cat got your tongue?"
After a few more hours of sad jokes and, as Max described, lover's tiffs between Kai and Ray, the group eventually got to their lesson. Tyson was greatly relieved after realising that the cafeteria was still standing when lunch break started and Kenny managed to win a game of computer solitaire. Now the entire team were happy (that depended on their definition of 'happy') and were slowly makng their way out of school.
"I'm exhausted." Max said, dragging his feet along the ground wearily.
"Me too." Tyson whined, staring up at the sky. "I've never been so tired after one day of school, even if it's a monday I'd still have some energy left. So what about you two?"
Kai and Ray raised their heads in unison, (aww, cute!) "What about us?" The neko-jin asked.
The dragoon blader stamped his foot with a heavy sigh of annoyance, "I was just wondering if you two were tired!"
"Oh. Yeah, I guess I am." Ray replied, "But something just occured to me... don't you think we should be somewhere?"
"At home?" Max suggested.
"No. Not home..."
Kai suddenly smirked, ushering the neko-jin along, "Ah don't worry. We were supposed to be in detention with Mr.Takei, remember?"
Tyson let out a piercing scream, running around in circles, "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! HOW COULD I FORGET! MAN I'M SUCH AN IDIOT!"
"Well at least you remembered that part." Kai said, "Now shut up and keep walking."
"Who died and made YOU the captain of this team!" The teen said out loud. A long silence shortly followed as Max sighed, tapping the other on the shoulder, "I hate to break it to you Ty', but Kai IS the captain."
Tyson waved a hand infront of the blonde, eyes widening, "Yeah yeah, I knew that. Hey wait! Kai, did you just call me an idiot!"
"You said it yourself didn't you?"
"No- er... at least I don't think I-"
"You said 'How coulld I forget! I'm such an idiot!'."
"And!"
Kai rolled his eyes, folding his arms afterwards, "Is it that hard for you to work out! It m-"
"Quit arguing dammit! I want to go home, I want a cup of tea!" Ray interupted. (A.N: Lol. My sister and her friend say that all the time after school when we wait for our bus)
"The cat likes tea. How convinient" Kai jeered.
"THAT'S NOT FUNNY HIWATARI!" Ray paused for a moment, his eyes holding a hidden spark, "Wait, you live near- well, in my direction don't you? Only a lot further..."
"Your point is...?"
"That means I can chase you!" The neko-jin replied.
Kai nodded slowly in confusion, "Why the heck do you want to chase me?"
Ray laughed out loud, a small fang poking out as he suddenly smirked, "So I can hug you!"
"You wouldn't dare..."
"Yes I would!" The neko-jin said, breaking into a run. "Sorry to leave you guys like this!" He called out to the trio.
"No... problem..." Tyson answered, watching the pair sprint ahead. He smiled to himself, turning round to face the remaining members of the team, "Geez, doesn't love make you do the craziest of things?"
"Hey Kai! Slow down! I was joking!" Ray called.
Kai slowed to a hault and faced the other, "What's wong?"
"Nothing- well, I was getting a bit tired of chasing you, you're damn fast you know that?" The neko-jin laughed, clearing his throat, "But that wasn't my reason, Kai. I just wanted to talk to you..."
"So now you're saying there IS something wrong?" The bluenette frowned in confusion, "You're not making any sense." Ray sighed and glomped the other around the head, "Just chill out dude. I'm fine!" He put his hands on his hips, smiling at the other, "I wanted nothing but a friendly conversation with little Kai-kun."
"Stop calling me that!"
"Why should I Kai-kun?"
"Stupid cat."
"Er... stupid Kai-kun?"
(A.N: I resisted the urge to put 'damn rat' after 'stupid cat'. Fruits Basket rules...)
Kai patted the other on the head, sighing heavily, "Come on kitty, we need to get you home to your cup of tea."
Amber orbs lit up suddenly, then Ray grabbed hold of the bluenette's wrist, "Yes, tea!" He laughed out loud while dragging the other behind him, "Kai? Am I still going to live in your mansion with you?"
"What!"
"In maths I asked you if I could live with you!"
"And!"
"So, can I?"
"Er... Ray?"
"What?"
"Do you HAVE to yell this out in public!"
The neko-jin peered over his shoulder, "I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that!"
"I said 'do you have to yell this out in public!'"
"Yep!"
Kai rolled his eyes, sighing afterwards. "I really don-" He yelped as the pair came to a sudden stop. Ray turned to face the other, smiling harder.
"So... can I live in you?"
"It's great that nobody blew up the cafeteria!" Tyson thought out loud, earning a groan from the pair beside him. Max sighed and held a hand to his head, "Tyson, I think you're the only person who actually cares about it..."
"Don't say that!" The other said, "You never know Maxie! There may have been others in the school getting just as concerned as I was."
"I'm not sure that's even possible." Kenny spoke up. The blonde laughed at this comment, resting an arm on Tyson's shoulder, "He has a point you know. You're the cafeteria's number one fan!"
"Yeah yeah, very funny..." Tsyon replied, brushing the other off him. "You make it sound like I want to get married to it n- huh!"
Max frowned and stared at the point the other was looking at, "What's wrong?"
"I-..." The dragoon blader frowned, folding his arms, "You're right Maxie, Kai and Ray's little tale about that stranger HAS got me paranoid..."
"So? What about it?"
"Well..." Tyson said, "I just saw someone... they were wearing nothing but black..."
"A goth?"
"Close, but no, it's wasn't a goth Maxie. I think it... it..."
"It...?"
"IT'S THE STRANGER! HE'S GONNA' BLOW UP THE CAFETERIA!"
The blonde backed away, startled by his friend's sudden outburst, "Tyson..." He stopped and sighed, "You can't start suspecting normal people on the streets of blowing up places just because of what Kai and Ray told you!"
"You're right." The teen replied, "Kenny, I want you to make a new file thingy on your laptop called 'suspects of evil doings!'."
"Why do you want me t-"
"Just do it!" Tyson grinned and pointed ahead of him, "Next we'll search every home in this neighbourhood and interview all the people living in them!" Max and Kenny wore blank expressions on their faces as he continued. "We'll ask them what they think about cafeterias, then we'll know for sure who our stranger is!"
"Yeah. If they don't ring for the police first!" Max replied, grabbing his friend's arm, "Come on Tyson... let's j-"
"No! Wait! I'm innocent Maxie, I swear!"
"That's great..."
"I'll prove it!"
"Er, no thank you."
Tyson folded his arms as he was dragged along, "Fine then. But don't blame me when all the cafeteria in the world suddenly dissapear!"
"Don't worry." Max and Kenny laughed, "We won't!"
Meanwhile in a nearby alleyway...
A figure leant against the wall with folded arms, looking away from the trio with an amused look on their face. "Still as strange as ever I see..." They laughed under their breath, raising an eyebrow at the other standing infront of them.
"What's wrong with you?"
The other continued to give him an icy glare, "They almost caught sight of you."
"Yeah, but they didn't see me!"
"They almost did."
"But they didn't."
"Almost."
"Don't be so picky!" The figure snapped, "That's my job!"
"I can do what I want."
"So can I."
The other rolled their eyes, holding a hand to their head, "Yes, I know you can do what you want. You love doing what you want..."
"Is it that obvious?" The figure jeered.
"Whatever..." The other sighed, "I take it you're not aware there are limits to things that people can do?"
"Limits? What have I done wrong this time!"
"It's more along the lines of what haven't you done."
"All I did was a si-"
"All you did was stalk people! You can get arrested for that dumbass!"
"It was a bit of harmless fun alright? Besides, the only person who seemed to care was Tyson."
The other sighed again, folding their arms, "He's not as stupid as he lets on you know."
"Well from what I've seen I'm sure I could disagree with you there."
"Sure you could..."
"Yeah, I could!"
"You love being right, don't you!"
"Yes, it's a natural talent of mine." The figure replied, watching as the other began to laugh, "Hey!" He frowned, "What's so funny!"
"Nothing. Just forget about it."
"I really hate you sometimes."
"You do? What a coincidence!" The other smirked and stared at the wall behind the figure, "However, I'm sure a certain someone hates you more than I do after your tricks today."
"So what? He'll never know."
"You're getting way in over your head! He's not stupid, you and I both know that!" The figure rolled his and turned away as the other continued, "If you carry on with pranks like that he'l-"
"Will you two quit your bitching already!" The pair watched a person came striding up to them, "We've been looking everywhere for you two! I came to find you this morning but you weren't in our room!" They sighed, turning back around, "Come on, we'd better head back before we get ourselves in any more trouble. Besides, come tommorow we're gonna' make the biggest impact ever!"
The other smirked at this, "Really? You can count me in then. How 'bout you?" The figure nodded in reply, stepping forward, "Alright." They smirked back at the other, "Just as long as it's 'in my limits'."
"Very funny..." The other finished, shoving the figure along as they made their way into the dstance.
Mr.Takei stared in bewilderment as the headmistress passed his a peice of paper
"What? But- isn't this a bit late?" He exclaimed, "New students... when there are only two more days untill summer break!"
The headmistress sighed heavily, "Look, I've had the same thing with all the other form tutors in this year. Your form clas is smaller than the rest, so I came to you last hoping you'd accept."
"But now I have no choice but to take this group in?"
"I knew you'd work it out!" She beemed, "Well I'd better leave you to make a new seating plan for the class."
Mr.Takei rolled his eyes, reading the sheet over again, "These lot sound troublesome, which is perfect because they can join Hiwatari and his friends in an hours detention to make up for the session that they skipped today." He laughed out loud to himself, taking a sip of his drink, "After all, I always like making students suffer..."
Kai frowned as he stared out of his bedroom window later that evening, his mind clouded with thoughts. He sighed shortly afterwards, heading over to his large bed. (A.N: Lucky guy, he gets a huge bed because he lives in a mahoosive mansion. Lol. 'Mahoosive'.)
"Tommorow had better not be as hectic as today was." The bluenette said, "The week has only started and I've already had my fair share of idiots! However, I'll admit that the guys were right. I have been acting strange lately..." His voice quietened, "So strange it even freaked ME out."
(End chapter)
Mai: Finished!
Tala: You're right. That chapter was longer...
Mai: Hmn. You could at least congratulate me.
Tala: pats Mai on shoulder Congrats.
Mai: YAY! hugs Tala THANKIES!
Tala: cough You're welcome.
Mai: You're so nice Tally-kun!
Tala: I know coughcough But do you have to squeeze me! sigh Mai and I will return sometime in the distant future with another chapter of 'Seeing Thru u', so don't miss it!
Mai: Bye!