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Chapter 31: Forever Friends

Rei and Max exchanged worried glances as they looked down at the sobbing girl. Cassie hadn't stopped crying since the incident with Kai. She was now sat on a bench in one of the team rooms, with Hilary and Kenny trying to calm her down.

"Please stop crying Cassie, your going to make yourself sick," pleaded Hilary.

This plea had no effect; Cassie continued to weep for the boy she loved. Hilary got up and walked towards Rei and Max.

"She won't stop…" whispered the brunette sadly.

"I've never seen Cassie so upset before, it's even worse than when Kai left Japan," replied Max

"I don't know what's got into Kai," added Rei. "Sure he was cold… but he was never cruel before, he's changed - big style."

"You guys, I'm getting worried about Tyson… he's been gone for almost an hour now,"

"I'm sure he's fine Hil," answered Max

"Yeah, but I'm afraid of what he might do if he found Kai… he seemed so mad,"

"Don't worry Hilary, Tyson won't do anything stupid… he knows how strong Kai is,"

"But Tyson's stubborn, and you know that he won't be easily put off if he has his heart set on something… I hope he hasn't done anything to make things worse."

Just then the door burst open to reveal a very exhausted, panting Tyson.

"Tyson!" cried Hilary as she embraced her boyfriend. "Where have you been? You've been gone for ages!"

"Cool it Hil, I've just been with Kai that's all…"

Hilary's smile faltered, as did Rei and Max's.

"You found him then?" asked the brunette.

"Uh-huh,"

"What happened?"

"I didn't do anything stupid if that's what you're implying…" replied the boy cockily.

This caused Max and Rei to smirk.

"Tyson, why's your shirt all stretched?" continued Hilary

"Oh, that? Just some acting we had to do in front of Boris…"

"So what happened?" asked Max

"We talked, well Kai did actually… probably the most he's actually said to me in one go."

It was then that he noticed Cassie still crying on the bench. Her head was bent forward so that her long, black hair hid her face. Tyson looked to Hilary questioningly.

"She hasn't stopped crying since… you know…" whispered Hilary as she trailed off.

Tyson nodded understandingly, and walked over to the broken girl. Cassie on hearing footstep coming towards her looked down, and saw a pair of red and white trainers in front of her.

"Tyson?"

The boy crouched down beside her.

"The one and only," he replied with a smirk. "Hey have you been crying all the time?"

Cassie nodded sadly.

"Well I think its time you stopped," he said comfortingly

"What's the point?" sobbed Cassie. "Kai doesn't love me any more, everything's messed up."

"Oh but your wrong Cass,"

"What?"

"I confronted Kai, demanded to know why he's acting like such a jerk and ignored you."

"Oh,"

"He explained everything to me…It wasn't his fault Cass… he didn't wanna break up with you at all, Voltaire and Boris made him."

"They did? But why?"

"It's hard to explain… here Kai gave me this letter to give to you. He said it should explain everything."

Tyson handed Cassie a scrunched up envelope. The girl raised an eyebrow as she tried to unravel the crumpled letter.

"Heh, sorry about the state it's in… I kinda got a little carried about when Boris came,"

"I see…"

Cassie opened the letter. She went over to the corner of the room so she could read it in private. The letter was written on the back of a shopping list.

Dear Cassie,

I hope you read this letter, though I wouldn't blame you if you didn't… I've treated you so badly recently. I'm sorry about the paper this is written on, Boris won't let us have paper – I'm not even supposed to write letters, but I'll risk the punishment, I owe you an explanation.

Cassie I want you to know the truth. I didn't want to break up with you, after all why would I want to end the best thing that's ever happened to me? Boris and Voltaire made me; I had no choice in the matter.

You see they don't want any of the Demolition Boys to have any, as Boris puts it, 'distractions'. At fist I said I wasn't going to obey them, but then they threatened to hurt you if I disobeyed them. I couldn't take that risk… you mean so much to me Cassie. I hope you understand.

I'm forbidden to even see you… so if I ignore you at the tournament, that's why. If it was just me they'd hurt I'd do everything in my power to see you… but I don't want you, or any of the Bladebreakers to be in danger because of me.

They are evil men Cass, I wish I'd never agreed to return to Russia. They burnt all my photos of us… luckily I managed to rescue one that they'd missed. Every night I think of you, wishing to be with you. The pendent is the only thing I have to remember you by… I've never taken it off.

I love you so much Cassie. I hope you can forgive me. I never wanted to hurt you. Once the tournaments over things will be better, I promise – if you still want them to be of course. Please don't try and contact me until then, it's for your own protection. I've got to go now, Boris will be back soon.

Love you always

Kai

"Kai…" whispered Cassie as a tear fell down her cheek.

"You ok," asked Tyson as he put a hand on her shoulder.

"… He did it to protect us… he didn't want us to be in danger,"

"I know, he still loves you Cassie… its Boris that's responsible… he the only person Kai fears…"

"I hope Kai's ok," whispered Cassie

"He will be," replied Tyson softly. "Now no more tears ok?"

"No more tears." Smiled Cassie

The two turned to look at their friends, who's faces were plastered in curiosity. Tyson explained to the others what had happened in Russia.

"I knew Boris had something to do with it," growled Rei

"He shouldn't have gone back to them," added Hilary sadly. "Poor Kai,"

"We can't do anything now, Kai made me promise not to interfere," replied Tyson.

"I suppose all we can do is support him, if he needs our help," said Max thoughtfully.

All of them fell silent.

"The tournament starts tomorrow," sighed Cassie. "After today we're all going to opponents to one another."

"Yeah… It's gonna be tricky to battle friends, even if we are on different teams," answered Max.

"I just hope this tournament won't break friendships…" whispered Rei

"Well let's make sure it doesn't,"

"What do you mean Ty?" asked Max

"Lets make a pact… no matter what happens in the arena, no matter how the battles go… we shall all remain friends – forever."

"I like the sound of that," answered Kenny

"And me," replied Rei

"Yeah" added Cassie

"Count me in too," added Max

Tyson put out his hand, Max placed his on top, then Hilary, Cassie next, Rei after that and finally Kenny.

"Forever friends," smiled Tyson.

"Forever friends!" shouted all of them as they raised their hands in the air.

Meanwhile

Boris watched the group of friends on a small CCTV monitor.

'So Kai, you think you can deceive me? It wasn't very wise of you to warn your little friends of my threat to you… no matter, this will not alter my plans. In fact it may indeed work out better this way…'

Boris smirked evilly.

'Soon you will regret that you ever went against my orders… Soon you will do exactly as I wish, unless you want an unfortunate… accident to happen.'

Oooo cliffie, well sort of lol. I hope you all liked this chapter. Now you know what Kai's letter said!

I'll update as soon as I type out the next chapter, although I'm not quite sure what it will be about yet. I'll give you all the option to choose, should the next chapter be:

A) The start of the tournament matches

B) A bit on Cassie's feelings

C) A practice session with Boris and the Demolition Boys

What do you think? If you have any other suggestions or ideas, then do tell me. I'd like to know what you think, the next chapter is all up to you guys.

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