The girl didn't see us again until it was time to board the plane to Russia. I really didn't fancy going back there but the first leg of the championship was going to be played there. I noticed the girl wasn't looking too happy about where we were going either but I didn't bother to ask. If I did I would either be ignored or be told it was none of my business.

Tyson was really starting to get annoyed, she still hadn't told us her name. The rest of us didn't really care but it was driving him crazy. When it came to choosing seats she made sure she wasn't sitting next to Tyson. I don't think she wanted to sit next to me either but Max was beside Rei and Tyson was next to Kenny, so the only other seat left was next to me. She got the window seat but that didn't bother me.

THE GIRL

I looked out the window and saw the sun shining through the clouds. It gave me such a sense of peace I sighed with pleasure at the sight. "So?" I glared at the seat in front of me. Tyson was leaning over his seat looking a bit angry. "Yes?"

"What's your name?" I looked at him for a minute. "What's in a name? Why's it so important?" Tyson looked exasperated and I wondered how long he'd last. "I just want to know."

"You think a name gives us the right to exist?" I think I blew a fuse in his brain; he looked so confused it was pitiful. "Wha?" I could see Tyson was definitely not the brains of the group. "Mind games aren't his strong point." I looked at Kai who had his arms crossed and eyes closed. "Hey!" I wondered why Kai was taking my side all of a sudden. I admit I don't like him, but there was something about Kai that seemed to make me curious about him.

"Ahhhh, enough with the mind games and tell me your name!" I looked at him and couldn't see why this was getting him so angry. "Why?" Tyson sighed and slumped back down in his seat. I couldn't be sure, but I could swear I heard him counting to ten. I smirked at the mere thought of it. 'That's right Tyson, count to ten and have a nice cold glass of water.'

Then I noticed that I wasn't the only one smirking. I could see Kai in the corner of my eye finding it just as funny as I did. 'Maybe I'm not imagining Tyson counting to ten after all.'

It started to get dark halfway through the flight. I looked at the night through my window, the moon was full and the stars were brighter than I could ever remember. It definitely paid to fly at night. "Can you see Russia yet?" I turned to see Kai was still in usual position so I looked out the window. At first all I could see was the ocean and I shook my head. "No, not yet."

I lay back in my seat and sighed. We wouldn't reach our destination until tomorrow so I decided to go to sleep. But then I saw it, my old home coming in to view. "Hello mother Russia." I sighed. I had nothing but bad memories here from my earlier years, and never did I think, that I would return. "Want to take a look?" I asked Kai who scowled. "Guess not." He probably didn't have very good memories from here either.

I leaned back and fell asleep hoping to wake up in some other country.

KAI

The moonlight glistened on her hair as if it were made of starlight. I went to close the shutter on the window so the sun wouldn't wake her when it rises early in the morning. I had a look out the window to see Russia far below us. The memories of Boris and the way I was treated like an animal flashed before my eyes. Anger coursed through my veins like venom. I glared at the country below remembering why I hate coming here.

"I knew you'd take a look." I turned my head to see the girl had opened one eye and was looking at me. I closed the shutter and sat back down. "You look angry, don't worry about it. I don't like that country either." I looked at her to see she was drifting off to sleep again.

It took me about an hour before deciding to fall asleep. I wondered if the girl was breathing at all because no sound left her lips. I saw her chest rise and fall in an almost hypnotic way. Since she was sleeping in a seated position the blanket fell to her waist. I sighed and lifted it to her neck. She groaned and moved closer to the window so she was at an angle on her seat. I covered her neck and looked at her. I could see she wasn't going to be easy to defeat by anyone.

KENNY

I woke early the next morning. But not by the stewardess or the captain on the speakers, and certainly not by my alarm that I set on Dizzy to wake me up. Oh no, I had to get woken up by TYSON'S RELENTLESS SNORING! Seems like I wasn't the only one either. People were looking over to us and started to complain.

Max was in a seat in front of us and also woke up to Tyson's snoring. "I got something that might wake him up." I saw him take a cold bottle of water and pour it over Tyson's head. This woke Tyson up straight away and Max was smiling. "Why did you do that Max?" He said groggily. "You've been waking us up with your snoring." Tyson looked around to see some people not looking very happy. "Err…sorry everybody." He blushed and slumped back down in his seat.

I looked behind us to see that Kai and the new girl were still asleep. I wondered why he could wake to the slightest thing but didn't when Tyson snored.

Only when it was time to wake did he open his eyes. Kai looked at the girl and opened the shutter on the window by her head. She woke up and covered her eyes from the suns glare. "Good morning." I said to her and she looked at me. "Morning." Was all she said back. There was no doubt in my mind, we definitely had a strange one here. She was strong in her blading skills and she still didn't let me have a look at her blade. She didn't trust any of us at all. But in a way, I think she was starting to respect Kai. Oh, and if that wasn't enough, we still didn't know her name.