Reene: well the dolt went and rescued me, same disclaimers and warnings ad before, mega loads of thanks to my reviewers, I'm taking your advice and updating.

Robien: yeah, it's a record, two chapters within a week, it won't last long, she's going away for a fortnight tomorrow

Reene: so I am, by the way, the characters look about this old in my fic:

Kenny= 14

Max, Hillary, Tyson = 15

Rei= 15/ 16

Kai= 16 sorry if I've messed with the time continuum

Robien: on with the fic! Beware low flying misspellings! #puts on hard hat#

"Well Rei?" asks Kenny

-er Drigger, who asked a question and what was it?- panics Rei

%Max, who asked "what's with the mood swings, not to mention talking to the -phsyco-fangirl-from-a- different-fic?"%

-any suggestions on answering?-

% change the subject% this whole conversation had taken less that five seconds, but a pause is a pause, so the subject change is more obvious

"nothing is with it Max, d'you wanna blade?"

"You're on!" Max is one of the only two people there who don't notice the change of subject, the other is Tyson, who is busy arguing with Sezzi. By the time Tyson has finished arguing and Sezzi has disappeared Rei and Max are battling as the others are sitting on the grass beside the dish talking. Tyson sits down and Hillary starts speaking

"It was Rei's birthday a few months ago wasn't it? What did you do for it?" Tyson looks thoughtful [you can practically hear the cogs grinding =D]

"Er, Chief, what did we do for Rei's birthday" he finally asks Kenny, who looks up from Dizzi as Kai surprises everyone by speaking

"we didn't"

"Huh?"

"Tyson, none of us even know when Rei's birthday is, how could we possibly celebrate it?" Tyson tries to think of an answer until Kenny explains that it was a rhetorical question, and then explains what a rhetorical question is( a question that doesn't expect an answer) During this time the bey battle finishes, Max sits down beside them whilst Rei heads off in the opposite direction "where's Rei going Max?" asks Hillary

"Says he's going to get a drink at the fountain" comments max, glancing towards the retreating Neko jiin before turning back to Hillary

"how do you know when his birthday is Hillary?"none of them notice a certain Russian get up and follow Rei "when is Rei's birthday?" asks Tyson, Hillary raises an eyebrow

"You dummy, you've known him for two and a bit years and you still don't know when his birthday is?" all three boys shake their heads, Kenny speaks,

"Logically, if his birthday was a few months ago it was his sixteenth"

"huh?" reply the two blade breakers, Hillary just listens, amused

"Well, if it was his fifteenth, he'd be younger than you two and if it was his seventeenth he'd be older than Kai" Max hits his forehead

"aw, man..... we missed Rei's sixteenth, that sucks." Hillary speaks softly

"So you're sure it was his sixteenth then?" she still sounds faintly amused

"Hillary, do you know something that we don't?" asks Kenny suspiciously

"No, how could i, you've all known him longer than me?" she still sounds half amused, Tyson runs through Kenny's explanation, only half inside his head.

"......Rei is younger than Kai, who was sixteen, six and a bit months ago........"

"yes," says Hillary stifling a giggle

"who could forget?" Kenny groans while Max and Tyson grin mischievously

"how did you set that up?" asks Hillary, still smiling

"well..........." begins Tyson

Hillary's pov Subject successfully changed, Tyson is sooooo predictable. Rei I can't believe you even kept that from them, they deserve to know that at least.

Robien: Well that's about it #breaths in relief and takes off hard hat#

Reene: please review, I'll see if i can write more tonight, if not see you in a fortnight buh bye!