Forever

Tag and ice-cream

Zeo looked at Tala out the corner of his eye. The redhead was starting ahead deep in thought; he looked at Zeo who immediately looked in the opposite direction. They kept walking for a while, and then they heard some familiar voices from the park. Zeo stopped and looked at the fence like it was gooseberry. Tala looked at Zeo.

"What?" He asked, Zeo blushed and ran up to Tala.

"Nothing, it's just I think Tyson is in there." He said, Tala laughed a bit.

"Not afraid of the thing that goes bump in the night now, are we?" Tala teased, placing a hand on Zeo's head so he was grounded. Zeo's cheeks puffed.

"NO! I was just pointing out that fact," He replied, Tala ruffled his hair and kept walking. "Hey wait up!" Zeo said, running to Tala's side. They entered the park and, as Zeo said, Tyson was there with Max and Mystel, playing some silly childish game. Mystel ran up to the two.

"You wanna join? Or are you going on a date?" The Egyptian asked causing the other two to blush badly.

"Shut up Mystel! It's nothing like that!" Mystel shrugged at the comment and went back to playing tag. Tala was walking over to a bench where the girls, Kenny and Ozuma where. Zeo looked from Tala to the three playing on the grass. He laughed a little as Tyson, regretting it as that made him Mystel's 'tag target' tackled Mystel. He screamed as the other ran up to him, tackling him down to the floor.

"One of them is going to get hurt." Tala said, watching the four play. Ozuma nodded.

"Who do you think it'll be?" Tala looked carefully.

"Either Zeo or Max, they both seem like they'll be bruised easily, you?"

"I agree with Zeo, but at the rate Tyson and Mystel are going, I wouldn't be surprised if they hurt each other." Kenny looked up from his computer.

"Don't you think we should stop them?" He asked, they thought on it for a moment.

"Nah." They all said at the same time. Ozuma stood up, the girls and other two looked at him.

"Might as well join in," he said shrugging. "Hey Max! Can anyone join in your game, or do I need an invitation?" Max smiled and waved.

"Come on over, the mud is great!" Was the reply, it had been raining last night so the ground was wet. Ozuma looked at Tala who stood and then looked at Kenny.

"Have some fun! Join in!" He said. Kenny looked at them reluctantly, but then put his computer down.

"Fine."

Zzz

Kai's eyebrow twitched nervously as his lips pierced together. Rei smirked slightly, but bit his lip. Rei's hand moved up from his lap to the table. Ruia shifted nervously and Gwen clutched the cushion. A small pat of wood hitting metal rang through the room. Kai shut his eyes tight.

"Check and mate." Was the first thing said from the ebony haired boy. Kai fell back onto the floor and Gwen clapped as Ruia smiled.

"Wow, that seemed like it would never last." Ruia said. Rei looked very smug. After a while of teaching Kai card tricks and ways to cheat with them, they had moved on to see how good Rei was at chess.

"How do you feel? Being beaten by a newbbie!" Kai sat up to defend himself.

"I was going easy on you! Beginners luck!" was the sharp reply. Rei laughed.

"You just can't take the fact that I beat you at your own game."

"I'd like to see you go up against Robert." Kai mumbled.

"On to teaching you how to cheat at monopoly." Kai brightened up at this. Gwen laughed a little and stood.

"I think I might go find the others, they went to the park right?" Ruia stood as well, a bit to eagerly.

"I'll come!" She said. Rei grinned.

"You just can't wait for your boyfriend to get back, can you?" Rei said, referring to Mystel.

"Nope!" Gwen and Ruia got their coats. "Bye, bye! See you!" Ruia said, pulling Gwen out the door. Kai laughed lightly.

"Where do they get their energy from?" Rei shook his head. Kai pulled him up of the floor and into a tight embrace.

"I don't know, but we're alone and I have lots of energy to burn." He whispered into Rei's ear making the shorter boy shiver with delight. Rei smiled slightly.

"Lead the way, your highness." Rei said. Kai picked Rei up, who in turn wrapped his legs round Kai. Then they walked, or more of KAI walked, into the dojo.

Zzz

Ruia jumped onto Mystel's back when they reached the park, while Gwen rushed over to the girls sat on the bench. Mystel told Ruia to join the game, and soon there was all eleven of them playing. And of course, all eleven of them going black from the mud. Mystel ran next to Ruia as Tala chased Zeo. Mystel was laughing hard and Ruia was panting.

"Where's Kai and Rei?" Mystel asked, composing himself as Zeo was tackled to the ground and Tala refused to let go of him.

"They're at home, Rei's teaching Kai how to cheat," She said, looking at her best friend make protests of staying pinned to the floor. "He really doesn't want Tala to let go, does he." Mystel laughed a bit.

"I don't know, but I've never seen anyone that red before."

"I can hear you, you know!" Zeo shouted. "I'll be after you when I can move!" Ruia and Mystel laughed harder.

"Sorry to break this to you, but as long as I'm in command, you aren't going now where," Tala said to the distressed teen in his arms. Zeo decided that there was only one way to go about this. Tala slackened his grip as he felt a warm, wet tongue behind his ear as Zeo lifter his head up to Tala's neck, only causing more laughter from their right, but he didn't really care. He yelped as he was flipped over and stared at the offender with awe. "You evil little…" Tala said. Ozuma sighed and Miriam looked at him questionably.

"As we predicted, someone will get hurt, in this case: in an all out war." He said as Tala and Zeo started fighting. Miriam giggled. (A/N: gosh I hate that word!) Ozuma sighed again as a small cry of pain came from Zeo and Tala started fussing and saying how he was sorry.

"Yo! Zeo! You ok?" Tyson asked. Gwen rushed over, Hillary behind her; Max walked up to Tyson.

"Yea, I'll be ok." Was the small reply. Max looked at Tyson.

"What did he do?"

"I think Tala accidentally got him in the rib or he hurt his ankle or something." Max winced.

"Oww," Tyson nodded. "Hey Zeo, we best get you home!" Zeo nodded as Tala helped him up.

"I'm so, so, so sorry!" Tala said again. Zeo laughed lightly.

"It's ok, I forgive you! How many times do you want me to say it?" Tala smiled slightly as Zeo returned it. "I'll get you back later anyway!" Tala's smiled turned into a smug grin.

"Oh yea? Is that a threat?"

"No! It's a promise." Tala looked at his sister.

"Where's Rei and Kai?" He asked.

"At home, they wanted some time alone." Tala grinned.

"Probably having some very nice ice-cream." He said, Gwen punched him lightly and Zeo looked at him with a mix of shock and amusement.

"Tala!"

zzz

Kitty-cat: I have writer's block for my other fic…-.-; some help would be nice…I know, it took so long and it's short, but this is my normal chapter length!

Tala: pathetic excuse, you where to busy drooling over-

Kitty-cat: puts duck tape round mouth QUIET! Or this duck tape will be in other places!

Tala: O.O (oh hell)

Kitty-cat: My gran-gran's coming tomorrow! I'm so happy!

Tala: O.o (you ok?)

Kitty-cat: we may argue…a lot…ok, a bit of an understatement, not the point, I love he even so!

Tala: ¬.¬ (suuuuuuuuuuuure!)

Kitty-cat: well, bye!

Caoi.

Kitty-cat

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to go through the kingdom of God