CHAPTER 2: Night At The Movies

I woke up the next mourning at 5 am. I put on a pair of hip huggers and a black long sleeve shirt, and red vest. After grabbing an apple from the kitchen, I swiped my MP3 player from the table by the door and walked down to the river to practice with Serai.

I set my MP3 player to play 'Walk Away' by Kelly Clarkson. Then let Serai rip. He zig zags in between the trees and bushes, before shooting up the side of a tree. I send Serai out onto a branch to cross from tree to tree. Serai is halfway to the other tree when another blade knocks him out of the air. Serai lands next to me, still spinning.

"Who's there?" I ask, taking out one of my earphones.

"You ready for that match?" Daichi asks, jumping down from a tree.

I tuck some hair behind my right ear.

"Daichi you interrupted my song." I scowl, starting the song over.

"Who cares about that!" he exclaims. "We gonna battle or what? "He yells jumping up and down.

I sigh, "Fine, fine! I'll battle you." I say giving in to his demands.

"YES! Lets let it RIP!" He yells sending Strata Dragoon straight for me.

I intercept it with Serai, and there's a blast of energy from our blades. Both of us smile as we go on the attack again.

Daichi wastes no time, and unleashes his tornado attack. Strata Dragoon rushes for Serai. I think for a moment before coming up with a plan, and smiling.

"Got cha now!" Daichi shouts.

I just smirk, "Serai! Chained Ice Blast!"

"As if that'll work." Daichi laughs.

Serai's chains burst forth, latching onto four nearby trees.

"What the..."

Daichi's tornados engulf Serai. However by attaching the chains to the trees Serai remains in place instead of getting swept away in the tornados. Soon Daichi's blade is directly below Serai in the eye of the tornados.

"Now Serai! Icy Glacier!"

Solid ice encases Serai, as the chains let free. Serai plummets down onto Strata Dragoon, stopping him dead in his tracks.

Daichi picks up Strata Dragoon, "Damn it!"

I call Serai back to me, "Your good Daichi."

"Really?" he asks.

"Yeah. Your attacks are really strong."

"But I still didn't win."

"You'll get better Daichi," I turn to walk away.

"Wait Julie!" he yells.

I stop, "What is it Daichi?" I ask.

"Everyone's at Tyson's if you want to come hang out."

I think about it for a moment.
"Sure, why not."

Daichi grins.

When we arrived at Tyson's everyone really was there, even Kai. Kai was sitting by himself at a side table. So I went and sat with him.

"Hey Kai," I say smiling.

"Hi, where have you been?" he asks.

"I had an impromptu match with Daichi while I was training down by the river."

"Did you win?"

I smile, "Of course."

"Yeah, yeah she beat me," Daichi says loudly, and frowning.

"What! You got beat by her too!" Tyson shouts, coming over by us.

"Yeah I did. So what."

Rei, Max, and Hilary came over too.

"Too bad we missed the match. I would like to have seen it." Rei says.

"Yeah, me too." Max adds.

"Hey guys I was wondering something." I burst out.

Everyone looks at me.

"Ummm...I was hoping you guys would want to come spend the night at our house. My folks are out of town on business. We could all watch movies or something."
Kai pokes me in the side, and glares at me.

Everyone looks at each other for a few minutes before shouting a unanimous, "Yes!"

Everyone rushes off to get their stuff from Tyson's house.

"I wish you hadn't done that Julie." Kai says.

"They're going to figure it out eventually, that we live in the same house Kai."

"I know but..." Kai starts.

Before he can finish the others come back.

Hilary grabs my hand, pulling me away.

"Let's go. I can't wait to see your house." Hilary says excited.

We all leave Tyson's. Kai doesn't say anything to me the whole walk home. He just looks at the ground with his hands in his pockets.

Henry greeted us at the door when we walked in.

"Miss Julie, Master Kai. I see you've brought friends." He says bowing.

"Yes, were going to watch some movies." I say.

"Will they be spending the night?" he asks.

"Unfortunately," Kai says solemnly.

"I will have their rooms prepared. If you wish to go to the dining room, supper will be served shortly." Henry adds before bowing and leaving.

"Wow, this is a huge house." Tyson says looking around.

"Why did he call Kai Master?" Rei asks.

"Because he lives here too!" I state taking off my shoes.

Everyone's jaws drop to the floor. No one knew what to say.

"Yeah, I live here. So what! Get over it." Kai says in a huff, and going into the dining room.

Everyone's silent for a moment.

"Come on, let's eat!" Daichi and Tyson say in unison, before chasing Kai into the dinning room.

"Leave it to those two to be thinking about their stomachs." Kenny says with a chuckle.

I lead the others into the dining room. We all sit at the table. I sit next to Kai. Supper is served soon after we sit down. Everyone eats quietly for a few minutes.

"Ok, I'll ask the question that everyone else wants to ask. But seem to be too shy to ask." Rei begins, "Why do you and Kai live together Julie?" he asks.

"You see..." I begin.

"It's none of your business, alright." Kai says pushing his plate away, and crossing his arms.

"Come on Kai! Tell us." Hilary says.

"...no..."

"Then you tell us Julie." Max says.

"May I Kai?" I ask.

"...Hn...whatever." He replies.

"They'll only keep asking until we do." I add.

"Do whatever you want. This is exactly why I didn't want them here." Kai says getting up from the table and leaving.

I sigh as I watch Kai leave, obviously angry with me.

"You don't have to tell us Julie." Rei says.

"It's alright," I begin. "I'm sure you all know what happened with Kai's grandfather, Voltaire."

"Yes." They all say together.

"After that Kai couldn't go back to living with him. So he came to live here with my parents and I. They're away on business a lot. But Kai and I grew up together at the Abbey in Russia. Until he abruptly left after his first encounter with Black Dranzer. Then we were reunited after the Championships in Russia 2 years ago. None the less Kai and I have known each other since we were kids." I finish.

"He's never mentioned you." Hilary states.

"That's Kai." I say smiling.

"Yeah. He definitely likes to keep to himself." Max adds.

We all smile agreeing, and finish eating.

"I'll take you to the Theatre room. Follow me." I say as Ieave.

"A Theatre room?" Tyson asks.

"Yeah we have our own mini Theatre downstairs." I reply.

"Amazing." Rei says.

"Yeah it comes in handy."

I lead everyone downstairs to the basement. I open two large red doors. Inside is a mini theatre with a large move screen in the back. Instead of regular seats, there are 8 red suede sofas. The floor is covered in a beige shag carpet. Hilary, Tyson and Daichi sit on one sofa together. Rei, Max, and Kenny sit on another.

"I'm going to go find Kai. You guys can pick out some movies while you wait." I say, picking up a remote from a table and pressing a button. A section of wall slides up revealing a large library of movies, games, etc

I leave to go search for Kai.

"I'll be back soon." I say before leaving.

I found Kai outside in the garden, sitting on the edge of the fountain. He looked at me as I sat down beside him.

"I'm sorry Kai. I should have asked you first before I invited everyone over. I just really wanted to get to know them better. But I know how you feel about people knowing anything about your personal life. I'm really sorry Kai. I said sincerely." I placed my hand on his shoulder.

"I guess it's alright." He sighs, "But I'm not answering any of there stupid questions."

I chuckle, "You don't have to. Were just gonna watch some movies. I hug him," smiling.

"I never could stay mad at you Julie." He says, standing up. "Lets go watch some movies then."

"I stand up with him, it'll be fun."

I grab Kai's hand, and pull him back into the house.

"I'll meet you downstairs, I have to go to my room first." Kai says heading upstairs.

"Ok." I smile and go back downstairs.

I sit on one of the sofas by myself.

"So what did you guys pick to watch?" I ask.

"I wanted to watch 'Napoleon Dynamite'." Tyson says frowning, "But no one else did."

"That's because that movie sucks." Hilary states.

Tyson sticks his tongue out at her.

"So we picked 'Pirates of the Caribbean', and 'The Grudge'." Max says smiling.

"Both are good movies." Kenny adds.

"'The Grudge' freaks me out, but I'll watch it." I say grabbing a pillow.

"Same here." Hilary adds.

"So is Kai coming or what!" Daichi asks.

"Yeah," I begin.

"I'm right here. Alright." Kai says coming in.

Kai sits down on the same sofa as me. But not right next to me. I put 'Pirates of the Caribbean' in the DVD player and turn it on.

Daichi and Tyson make and event every time there's a sword fight, by having one of their own. We can't help but laugh at them. Soon the movie is over.

"The movie was good. But Tyson and Daichi's sword fights were hilarious." Rei says, putting 'The Grudge' in for us.

I curled up tightly with the pillow as the movie starts. Hilary already has her face hidden behind Tyson, and Daichi's moved to the floor. When the first scary part comes, I turn my head to the side on the pillow, looking away. Kai looks at me and grins.

"I hate this part," I whisper to him.

He motions for me to sit next to him. I smile, and move over next to him. Everyone else is to into the movie to notice. Kai puts his arm around me.

"I'll protect you." He says with a soft chuckle.

"Thank you, Kai." I reply, burying my face in his chest, so that I don't have to watch the scary parts.

When the lights come on after the movie, Kai and I quickly move back to separate ends of the sofa before anyone notices. Tyson and Hilary, however are making out.

"Looks like those two enjoyed the movie." Rei teases.

Everyone looks at them as they finally come up for air. Hilary turns bright red when she sees everyone looking.

"What!" Tyson snaps, putting his arm around Hilary.

"I thought you hated Hilary?" Kenny asks.

"No!" Tyson replies.

"Who cares what they do." Kai states, getting up to leave.

"I'll show you guys to your rooms." I say motioning for everyone to follow me.

I show everyone to there rooms, and Kai and I walk to ours.

"Tonight was actually fun Julie." Kai says with a slight smile.

I smile opening my door, "Don't worry Kai, I wont tell them you said that."

He smiles back and we both go into our rooms to sleep.

I lay in my bed thinking about when we were watching the movies. I couldn't help but think about when I was cuddled up to Kai, cause I was scared. I thought about how great it felt to be so close to him.

Wait a minute...I can't...be...Oh GOD! I think I'm in love with Kai. I said quietly to myself.

I had no idea what I was going to do about this. Should I tell him. But would he feel the same.