Ch. 6: Invitations to a Masquerade Ball

When Kris and the Bladebreakers arrived at Tyson's house, Kris started to lay in bed, and almost fell asleep until someone knocked on the door.

"Come in." she called out.

The door opened and Kai came inside and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Hey, Kris."

"Hey, Kai. What's up?"

"Nothing much. How are you feeling? Everyone's worried about you."

Kai didn't hide the concerned look on his face.

"Yeah, I'm okay. You don't need to worry about me."

"What happened back there? While you were unconscious, your breathing wasn't normal and your heart beat was slowing down. I need to know what happened so I can try to help you."

"I don't need help. I'm fine… Really."

"Kris, please tell me what happened."

"Look! You have no right to know what happened, so please stay out of it!" Kris shouted.

She soon realized that she shouted at him, and then tears started to fill her eyes.

"I'm sorry. It's just…. If I tell you everything that happened to me, you probably wouldn't handle it. And besides, you wouldn't understand what I went through."

"I understand if you don't want to tell me, but if you want to talk, I'm right here. Okay?"

Kris looked at Kai straight in the eyes, tears fell down her face and she embraced Kai.

"Thank you, Kai." she whispered to him.

Kai embraced her back and stroked her silver hair.

"No problem. That's what friends are for."

Kris smiled, still hugging him.

"Umm, Kai? Are we interrupting something?"

Kris and Kai stopped hugging and saw Tyson, Max, Ray, Kenny, Hilary, and Daichi standing by the door, trying hard not to laugh.

Kai and Kris blushed.

"How long have you been standing there?" Kai snapped.

"We saw the whole thing. So spill, Kai. You like Kris, don't you?" Tyson asked.

Kai's was now pure red.

"I… uh… I have no idea what you're talking about!" Kai retorted.

"Aha! You stuttered! So you do like her! Kris and Kai sitting in a tree. K I S S I N G!"

"SHUT UP, TYSON!" Kai shouted.

"Okay, okay. I'm shutting up now. I was just teasing you."

Kai cussed something under his breath, but nobody knew what he said.

"Oh, I forgot to mention. Mr. Dickenson's here. He wanted us to get you and Kris." Tyson remembered.

"Wait a minute! How does he know about Kris?" Kai asked.

"Not sure, but we better go see what he wants."

"All right. Coming Kris?"

She nodded and followed Kai and the others to the living room.

"Hello, Kris! It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Mr. Dickenson. I heard a lot about you."

"It's nice to meet you too, Mr. Dickenson!"

Kris bowed and showed him a warm smile.

"The reason I came here is that all of you have been invited to a Masquerade Ball, especially you, Kris. Also, the White Tigers, the All Stars, the Saint Shields, and the Blitzkrieg Boys are invited as well. The ball is tomorrow night, so I'm really looking forward for all of you to come."

"Wow! A masquerade ball! I never been to one before! This is so cool!" Kris exclaimed.

"Well, now's your chance." Kai told her.

"Anyway, I hope you all come and here are your passes to the ball."

Mr. Dickenson gave everyone their passes, bid farewell, and left the house.

"So, tomorrow night's the ball. I can't wait to go!" Kris said.

"Hey, Kris. Maybe you and I can go to the mall tomorrow morning and pick out our dresses! What do you think?" Hilary asked.

"Sounds great, Hilary. I'd like that!"

"Well, we should get some sleep. Tomorrow's the big day." Tyson said.

"For once, I agree with Tyson. We need our rest for the ball tomorrow." Kai agreed.

"Well, I'm off to bed. Good-night everyone!" Kris called out.

Kris went to her room, got in bed and fell asleep.