Taiy-Chan: So! I'm finally back! I'm sorry for the hundred year wait, but I was kinda busy. And I had to figure out what this chapter would be about!
OH! I just looked at my timeline that I made up for this story. And I think I know what I'm supposed to do now.
Don't be mad at me if this chapter is a little short, ok? I'll try to type some of it up at school. Also, there will be some OC's in this chapter, but they won't be here for long. They actually only in this chapter and the next so don't worry.
So, on with chapter 12!
Oh, and BTW, this will have 20 chaps and a epilogue. I'm done now.
Disclaimer: Don't own nothing.
Chapter 12
Wondering...
Taiy crunched up his eyes as sunlight hit his face. Rubbing his head, he sat up, throwing the bed's covers off him and swinging his feet to the ground.
"Damn, what time is it?"
Taiy opened his eyes, glancing at the bedside table and reading the red digits on the clock.
"7:03"
"We should just go back to bed! It's too early!"
"We've woken up earlier."
"So? I'm tired."
"Man, you act as if you never heard of the place called the Abby."
"Eh? The Abby?"
"You forgot, you fucking idiot!"
"Ha! It's so easy to push you're buttons, Kai."
"Damn you, Tala."
"Shut up you two, you're giving me a headache."
Taiy yawned and pulled his shirt over his head, dragging his feet over to the wooden dresser and taking out a black, My Chemical Romance shirt and putting it on.
The ice blue eyed boy yawned again as he zipped up his black jeans, buckling up his studded belt.
"By the way we dress, are we an Emo?"
"No, we don't wear girl pants."
"Point taken."
"I like the way we dress."
"Oh! Ray! Seems like you've finally caught up to us!"
"Eh? What does that mean?"
"You'll be okay one day, Ray. One day when you're dead."
"Well, that's not very complimenting."
Taiy strolled out of his room to the main part of their suite. Looking around, he realized he was by himself.
"Everyone else must be asleep."
"Very good, Ray! How did you figure that one out?"
"Okay, what's with the sarcasm today!"
"Hey! You rhymed!"
"Very good, Ray! How did you figure that one out?"
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL!"
Taiy squeezed his eyes shut and clutched his head.
"God damn all of you."
"Whoa, that's a bit dark for you, isn't it, Ray?"
"I wish all of you god damned mother fuckers will just take your stupid fucking shit, go rot with all the crap in hell and leave me the fuck alone!"
"...Think you forgot anything?"
"AHHH!"
Taiy grabbed his shoes from the closet beside the door, slamming it shut and storming out of the room. The light above the doorway swaying in the after shock.
The dark haired boy nearly punched the wall down as he pressed the DOWN button by the elevators, waiting impatiently for it to arrive.
"Whoa, Ray. Just wake up the whole of Toronto, whydontcha."
"Don't. Talk. To. Me."
"...I think I've just gained a new respect for you, Ray."
"Me too. All hail Ray."
"I'd bow.. But.. Yeah..."
Taiy sighed as he stepped outside onto the grey sidewalk, the wind brushing his streaked hair from his face. He took a deep breath and glanced around, spotting a Starbucks and heading across the street for it, people rushing by him, on cells or talking with the person beside him.
A couple minute later, Taiy sat at one of the booths in the Starbucks, glaring down at the steaming cup of coffee in front of him, trying to calm his nerves.
"Hey, what did the coffee ever do to you?"
Taiy looked up, surprise erasing the frown from his face. A girl about the same age as himself stood before him, holding a mug of hot chocolate.
"You haven't forgotten me already, have you?" she asked, sitting down across from him, setting her cup down on the table and brushing back a lock of blond hair.
Taiy shook his head, smiling for the first time that day.
"Nah, you just took me by surprise, that's all." he said.
Emily nodded, baby blue eyes sparkling as she grinned.
"So, what's up?" she asked.
When Taiy just stared at her, the teen rolled her eyes.
"I mean, why were you trying to kill your coffee just now?" Taiy sighed.
"It's... It's hard to explain.. I guess I was just beating myself up."
Emily laughed.
"Okay, just as long as you don't have anything against coffee, caffeine is what makes the world go around, ya know?" she said, taking a sip of her own drink.
Taiy chuckled, bringing his cup to his lips and letting the warm liquid run into his mouth.
"...Can we talk again now?"
"I dunno... Is it safe?"
"Yeah, it's safe."
"Phewf..."
"Is that even how you spell phewf?"
"Who cares?"
"Yeah... Anyways, you okay now, Ray?"
"I guess. You guys just got to me this morning, that's all."
"I didn't know that neko-jins could have PMS.."
"That's not what I meant!"
"I'm just kidding!"
"Come on, Kai. We have to say sorry, okay? I'm sorry for making fun of you, Ray."
"It's okay, Tal."
"Hello? Kai? It's your turn."
"Do I have to?"
"Yes."
"(sigh) Fine. Sorry, Ray."
"That's better."
"...Taiy?"
The said boy's head snapped up, wide eyes staring at the girl before him.
Emily laughed, cocking her head to the side.
"You just totally blanked out! You okay?"
Taiy nodded, grinning.
"Yeah, thanks."
Emily glanced down at her watch on her wrist, cursing under her breath.
"I'm sorry, I've gotta go.. Pauline'll kill me if I'm late." she chugged the rest of her drink and got to her feet.
"It's okay. Nice talking to you." Taiy said, smiling.
"Well, I did what I came here to do! Look's like you're in a much better mood than you were when you first stepped into this cafe." Emily waved behind her as she paused at the door. "Enjoy you're time here! Canada's awesome!" The bells on the door chimed as she left.
"Nice girl."
"Yeah, I guess.."
"Yeah.."
Taiy smiled as he took another sip of his drink.
"...Wait.. How did she know that we're not from Canada?"
Taiy flopped himself on one of the couches in the main room of the Bladebreaker's suite, leaning back in the cushions and throwing his arms out beside him.
"Tired now."
"Yeah, we woke up to early."
"And who's fault was that? Hmmm? Kai?"
"What?"
"Nothing.. Idiot.."
Taiy took one of his arms and bit it.. hard.
"Oh my God! Ow! That hurt! The pain!"
"That's what you get."
"OW! That hurt me too, you know!"
"Humph."
"Why'd you do that!"
"You deserved it."
"It just hurt you too!"
"So? I can deal with pain. Unlike SOME people."
"Whatever."
Taiy sighed and laid down on the couch, stretching. The dark haired boy groaned as he arched his back, hearing bones cracking His shirt ran up slightly, exposing hard abs.
"Man, if any one else from the team were to come in right now, they'd probably jump us."
"And just why would they do that?"
"Cause we're sexy."
"Right."
An hour later, the other members of the Bladebreakers had finally dragged themselves out of bed and had ordered breakfast. As Tyson inhaled half the food, Taiy's thoughts drifted as he flicked through the channels on the huge TV in front of the couch.
"If we win this tournament, we'll be going to Russia."
"'If'? No, more like 'when.'"
"Well, whatever. What do you think will happen there? Do you think we'll be able to find Boris and turn back?"
"We better."
"... We'll probably have to go back to the Abby..."
"...Yeah..."
"..I wonder how we'll get in there.."
"Oh, it's not how.."
"Then...?
"Never mind."
Taiy closed his eyes, taking a deep breath and slowly letting it out, the voices in his head falling silent.
"Don't worry, guys. Nothing's gonna happen."
"Yeah..."
"We'll get through it. No matter what."
"The tournament starts tomorrow." Taiy announced, turning off the TV and drawing the other's attention to him.
"Oh yeah!" Tyson exclaimed, quickly swallowing his food. "Who are we up against, Chief?"
The small boy sighed and pushed up his glasses.
"I can't find any information about the team we're going to be facing." he admitted.
Max smiled.
"Don't worry about it, Kenny. We'll deal." the small boy offered a weak smile in return.
"Hey, why don't we have to go up against any other teams before the Canadian finals?" Hilary asked, looking around at the boys. "I mean, we did in every other tournament.."
Kenny shrugged.
"Since we won the last tournament in China, it was like we got a free ticket to the finals in the Canadian one. We're just going to face up against the top team in this country before moving on."
"So, it's like we've proven ourselves already." Max said.
Kenny nodded.
"Exactly. I bet it'll be the same in Russia too."
"Cool."
Tyson jumped up from his seat, punching his hand in the air.
"Well, let's get going then! We'll only be in Canada for so much longer!" He shouted, running for the door.
"Where are you going?" Taiy asked calmly.
Tyson turned to him, pulling on his shoes.
"To explore the hotel, of course! We didn't have time yesterday! I want to go down to the recreation floor!" he said.
Max got up also.
"There's a rec floor? I'm so there."
"Hey! Wait up!" Hilary shouted as the two ran out of the room.
Taiy shook his head and followed them.
"HEY! TAIY! WAIT FOR US!"
Taiy strolled down the hallway, catching up with Tyson and Max as they were forced to stop running to wait for the elevator. Tyson shifted impatiently from foot to foot.
"We should've just taken the stairs." He mumbled as Taiy came up beside him.
Max laughed.
"You wouldn't of made if past the next floor down." the blond joked.
Tyson glared at him.
"Quite arguing like an old married couple and hurry up." Taiy drawled, stepping into the elevator.
Tyson followed him, rolling his eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, yea- HEY! We're not married!"
A couple minutes later, Taiy, Max and Tyson were on the Royal York's rec floor.
Tyson and Max ran around to different arcade games, laughing and carrying on just like children.
Taiy shook his head, walking behind them and glancing around.
"This place sure is big."
"You've got that right."
There were different sections on the floor for different kinds of entertainment systems. Right now, Taiy and the others were in the arcade section. Every arcade game you could ever come up with was lined up in this dark room, no coins needed in order to play the games.
When you first come in, there is a big room with things like pool tables, ping-pong tables, a small bar and place to play cards.
On another part of the floor, three or four home-theaters were set up, different programs playing on different days with huge plush couches lined up around the screen. Paradise.
"Hey! Watch it!"
Taiy looked up ahead, wondering what the fuss was about.
Tyson had run into a girl, their group of friends coming up behind them. Taiy strode up to them, hands buried in his pockets.
"What'd you do this time, Tyson." he said.
Tyson glared at the taller boy.
"It was an accident!"
"Well, maybe if you weren't running around like a child, it could have been prevented." Taiy countered.
Max smiled and shook his head.
"Just say sorry, Tyson."
Tyson huffed, but mumbled an apology.
The girl laughed, brushing back her shoulder length hair.
"It's okay. I wasn't really watching where I was going either." she said.
Taiy sighed heavily.
"Tyson's just a klutz."
"HEY! Taiy!"
One of the girls came forward.
"Emily?"
The blond laughed.
"You have to stop stalking me, man." she said.
Taiy shook his head.
"Hey, Em. How do you know this guy?" one of the other girls asked.
Emily turned to them.
"Oh yeah. You weren't there. Okay, guys. This is Taiy! I ran into him the other day when we were heading to the mall, remember? Cait, you shouted at me to hurry up. I saw him this morning too." she explained.
Turning to Taiy, she said.
"Meet my friends: Caitlyn, Morgaine and Pauline."
It was only then that Taiy realized there were four of them. Pauline had long, dark layered hair that framed her face. Her dark clothes contrasting with her pale features. Deep, green eyes shone with amusement and humor, as if she could just barley contain herself.
Caitlyn's loose jeans hung low on her hips as she reached back to pull her brown hair from her face. She was grinning as Emily said her name, winking at Pauline.
Morgaine was the furthest from Taiy, her chestnut hair only just touching her shoulders. Mature features made her look older than the rest and she smiled politely at the three boys.
"I'm Tyson and this is Max. Nice to meet you."
Morgaine nodded.
"Nice to meet you too."
Pauline squinted at Taiy, looking him up and down.
"You're the new member of the Bladebreakers, right?" she asked. Taiy nodded. Pauline turned to Caitlyn. "I told you he looked like Kai, Ray and Tala all put together."
Caitlyn stuck her tongue out at the green eyed girl.
"I never said they didn't."
Taiy just smiled.
"They don't know how right they are."
Morgaine glanced at the glowing clock on the wall, frowning slightly.
"We better get going. We promised to meet with Michelle and Lisa, remember?" she said, looking at her friends.
Emily groaned.
"Damn it! I don't want to walk all the way to the train station! can't we just take a taxi?" she complained.
Morgaine shook her head.
"It's not THAT far. Plus, you need the exercise." she said.
"What? I'm as skinny as a stick!" Emily cried.
Pauline stroked her chin.
"She DOES have a point, Morgi."
Morgaine rolled her brown eyes heaven ward.
"Oh, come on you guys. Let's just go." Caitlyn said, ushering Pauline and Emily out in front of her.
"Pushy, pushy.." Pauline grumbled, stumbling a few steps.
"Anyways, it was nice meeting you, Taiy, Max, Tyson." Morgaine said, smiling as the three other girls walked towards the elevators.
Max grinned.
"You too."
"See you later." Taiy called, waving as the girls turned away.
Caitlyn smiled.
"We'll see you tomorrow." she said over her shoulder.
"Yeah!" Pauline shouted. "You better be ready!"
Taiy stared after them, frowning slightly.
"What do they mean?"
"Dunno..."
"Hmm...Interesting."
Taiy-Chan: FINALLY! I'm done! Hope you guys liked this chapter.
Oh, and BTW, there is really no rec floor in the Royal York, though that WOULD be awesome!
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