Chapter 9 – Ty's Point of View

My eyes flew open when I heard something seemingly attack the tent. Kikumaru was awake and trying to get everyone out of bed. I could here him bugging everyone else to get up.

"Nyah! Nyah! Get up! Get up! It's morning! Time to wake up!" Kikumaru shouted happily.

Kaido groaned sleepily beside me and sat up.

"I swear, one of these days I'm gonna punch his lights out." He grumbled.

I laughed and got pushed the blanket off me. We had laid both our sleeping bags on the tent floor and put a blanket over them to make a nice bed for us. It was really comfortable too.

I got to my feet and opened the tent door. Kaido was right behind me as I got out. He zipped the tent back up and walked over to the fireplace. Kawamura was already getting breakfast ready. Kikumaru was jumping around happily and Oishi was trying to get him to calm down before he ruined the place. I laughed and sat down watching Kikumaru.

"Come on, Kikumaru. You're gonna wreck the whole camp if you don't calm down!" Oishi was saying.

"Nyah! I'm so happy! I love nature! I don't wanna calm down, Oishi." Kikumaru said as he slipped out of Oishi's grasp.

"I have no idea how he can be so hyper in the morning." Kaido muttered.

"He has a lot of energy. It's funny too." I replied with a giggle.

Kawamura chuckled a little and served our breakfast. I took mine and ate as quickly as I could.

After breakfast, Ryoma suggested that we go for a hike. We got out things together and packed a lunch so that we could stop and eat when it was lunchtime. I got some bug repellent incase we ran into some bug problems.

With everything in order, Tezuka took the lead and we made our out of camp. The day was nice and it wasn't too hot. The trees provided us with shade that kept us nice and cool.

"How far are we going anyway?" Inui asked Tezuka.

"Depends. There's a small cliff not too far from here. It'll be a nice place to eat lunch. If that's ok with the rest of the team." Tezuka replied.

"Nyah! I can't wait!" Kikumaru blurted out starting to jump around again.

Oishi groaned a little and grabbed his crazy doubles partner in an attempt to calm him down again. I laughed and looked up at Kaido. He gave me a slight smile and we continued to walk.

"Are we there yet?" Kikumaru whined.

"Not yet. What happened to all that energy?" Tezuka asked.

Kikumaru was starting to get bored. Oishi was trying to keep him entertained, but it wasn't working that well.

"How much further?" He asked.

"About ten minutes." Ryoma said looking at his watch.

"You can wait that long. Right Kikumaru?" Oishi asked gently.

Kikumaru nodded and started to pout.

"Why is he so hyper?" I asked looking up at Kaido.

"He acts like a kid. That's why." Kaido replied.

He brushed his hand through my hair and smirked a little. It was getting close to noon already and I could tell that every one was getting hungry again. I wanted to stop and eat, but I also wanted to eat near that cliff that Tezuka had told us about. It would be awesome to eat there. So instead I waited.

It didn't take us long to get to the cliff though. Kikumaru was going crazy again and had his energy back. I sat down on the grass and smiled a little as the rest of the team got their lunch out. Kaido handed me mine since he had been carrying it.

I took my lunch and looked around at the woods behind us.

"It's really nice out here, isn't it?" I asked as Kaido sat down next to me.

"Yeah…" Kaido replied.

"I just wish Kikumaru would calm down for two seconds…."

I nodded a little and watched Kikumaru jump around.

Kaido's Point of View

Watching that boy jump around so much just made me want to hit him. Besides that I was having a lot of fun. The air was pretty fresh and I got to be around Ty without anyone bugging me about it. Although, I really didn't care if they did. I was slowly starting to get away from wanting to keep my reputation. Momoshiro seemed to be keeping as far away from me as he could. Which was nice seeing as if he had bothered me then I would have gotten into a fight with him.

"Hey Kaido?" Ty asked looking up at me.

"Hm?" I replied my eyes wandering around the surroundings.

"Isn't this fun? We'll be out here for a couple of weeks and I just wanted to make sure you were having fun."

I smirked and looked down at him. Everyone else was preoccupied with other things so I bent down and gave the boy a quick kiss on the lips.

"I'm having fun. Don't worry." I replied.

He was wearing a big grin on his face when I pulled back and I could tell that he had turned a little red. He got to his feet and walked over to the edge of the cliff.

"Be careful over there, Ty." I said keeping a very close eye on him.

He smiled and walked back over to me taking his seat next to me again.

"Sorry. It's not really a long way down so there's really no need to worry." Ty reassured me.

"I just don't want you to get hurt. That's all." I replied.

"I'll try not to." He laughed.

The rest of the team ate and were packing up. It was getting a little later into the afternoon and Tezuka said that he wanted to get back to the camp before it got too late. If it got dark before we made it back then we would more then likely become lost.

I got to my feet and helped Ty up. We packed up our things and followed the others quickly. I didn't like the idea of being lost so I didn't want to lose sight of the team. It wasn't too late in the afternoon, but when Tezuka says something we all have to listen or run laps or something like that. This was vacation and I really didn't want to do that.

We came to the camp quicker then we had gotten to the cliff. It was warmer at the camp then it was in the woods. Ty and Ryoma wanted to go swimming again so they got changed and ran off. I followed. I wanted to watch Ty cause I was worried about him. I didn't really like the outdoors. I wanted to make sure that nothing bad happened to the boy.

"Why don't you join us?" Ty asked me with a smile.

I shook my head and told him that I probably would later. Depending on how I felt. He nodded and followed Ryoma into the river.

I watched them splash around for a little while. Kawamura had to come get us to tell us that dinner was ready.

When they got out, Ty seemed to shiver a little. Even though it was warm out you could still get cold if you were wet. I grabbed a towel and wrapped it tightly around the boy's shoulders. He smiled at me and pulled it tighter around him.

"You should go get changed if you're cold." I muttered as we made our way back.

He nodded and went to the tent. I watched him disappear into it and reappear only a few moments later. He had a pair of shorts on and a tee shirt. His hair was soaked. I stepped over to him and started to dry his hair a little more.

"Thanks, Kaido." Ty said taking the towel from me.

He finished drying his hair and hung it up to dry on a makeshift clothesline some one had put up. Everyone had put their swimming trunks up to dry as well as their towels. We would have to do laundry when we got back or send some one to do it for us. We decided that we would take turns in going home and getting laundry done. It would be two people going at one time.

We were staying there for half the summer and we only packed a certain amount of clothes as instructed by Ryoma. He had the whole thing planned out. We learned later that he had wanted to go camping for a while with Ty, but they never got around to it. So instead they invited all the Regulars and we went with them.

"Eat up guys. It's nice and hot. You don't want it to get cold now do you?" Kawamura said breaking into my thoughts.

The sun was starting to set and it was actually really pretty. I looked over at Ty and smiled a little. He smiled back at me.

"Hey! What's that? It looks like a white raccoon." Ty said suddenly.

"Huh?" Ryoma looked to where he was pointing.

"Karupin! What are you doing here?" Ryoma said walking over to the cat and picking him up.

Ty got to his feet and walked over to Ryoma as he sat down. He reached out and gave the cat a pat on the head. I could hear it purr from where I was sitting.

"Why do you think he came here, Ryoma?" Ty asked.

"I dunno. He liked to follow me it seems." Ryoma replied letting the cat jump into Ty's lap.

"Maybe he missed you." Ty said happily as he stroked Karupin's fur.

"Nyah! Kitty!" Kikumaru rushed over and started petting the cat with Ty.

"What's its name Ryoma?" Kikumaru continued excitedly.

"His name is Karupin." Ryoma replied. "I'll take him back home now. I won't be too long. Wanna come Momoshiro?"

Momo got to his feet and picked Karupin up. He patted him on the head gently before following Ryoma towards his house.

"Do you like animals?" Ty asked sitting back down next to me.

"Yes. I do." I replied softly. "Don't let any one else know that though."

"What kind of animals do you like?" He asked.

"Any kind really. You're so inquisitive tonight, you know that?" I replied.

I chuckled softly so that the others didn't hear. I didn't like showing the others that I could smile and laugh. I liked making them think that I was mean and cruel all the time. They seemed to buy it too. No one really bothered me from my team. But Ty could get me laugh almost all the time. He seemed to just do that to me. I liked him for everything that he did. It made me feel happy for some reason. I guess that was the feeling you got when you were starting to fall in love. I never thought I would either.

I got to my feet and asked Ty if he wanted to go look at the stars with me like we had the night before. No one else was paying attention again so I was safe. He nodded and got up. I took his hand and lead him back to the place that we had laid the other night. This time I had gotten a couple of blankets just in case we got tired. It would be nice to sleep under the starts.

I laid out the blankets and sat down on them. Ty let out a small giggle and sat next to me resting his head on my shoulder. I put an arm around his waist and lay back so that we could get a better look at the sky.

This was the perfect way to end the night. I was glad I had met the boy that was lying next to me and I was also glad that he had given me the chance to get to know him better.