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-Chapter 7-

-Kai's POV-

Ok, That was slightly embarrassing, but now the Foghorn and Maxie are on the bus and, best of all, ASLEEP!

Now, are you wondering about the name for Takao? The Foghorn? Here is where it came from. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD TAKAO SNORE? Yuriy started calling him that after the first night he slept with me at Takao's.

……………………

Not like that Hentai's! Yuriy, for the record, is going out with Bryan, and has been for… 1, 2, 3… 3½ years. I meant he slept in the same room as me. With Bryan there!

As much as I dislike them sometimes, I don't want Takao to keep Yuriy up, causing Yuriy to kill him, then go to jail for murder. Because then I would have to bust him out and that really isn't very high on my to-do list, or my Kai Rules of Conduct/Diary.

Rei has actually seen me with that. I just know that he laughs at me mentally sometimes.

Wondering why I'm so… open… at the moment when I was, for lack of better words, a bastard the other day? Easy.

I'm not training myself or training the others, and

… What reason do I have… this isn't going to affect anyone, so I have no reason to be serious on the inside…

Just stoic on the outside.

"Um… Kai, are they asleep?" I hear the Kitten ask.

I wonder what's wrong… He sounds nervous about something. I look back and see Takao (With a gag… or something Yuriy strapped to him to stop him from snoring) and Max asleep.

I nod. "Yeah… Why?" I ask, I hope in a somewhat warm tone, though I don't think it really worked.

He took a deep breath before talking. "I'm going to tell you guys what's going on back home, but before I do, you have to promise not to judge me and to let me finish before you say anything. Promise?"

'What…?'

We all nod and he starts his tale.

"After the end of our first tournament, after I was beaten up by you Bryan, I went home and went to see my guardian, he's Kevin's grandfather, because he asked to see me. After my parents died, he became my guardian, though I had considered him a grandfather type figure before that."

He took a deep breath.

"When I got there, he told me to sit down. He then started yelling at me for such an embarrassing performance. He was angry that I got hurt by; take no offence by this, but, a barbaric Russian idiot. I tried to defend you guys; saying that although you did, technically, cheat in some peoples eyes, you were actually a really good blader, and that you did put up a really good fight. You guys were the world Champs after all! You were supposed to be competition. But, he wouldn't hear any of it. He said that because I wasn't strong enough, I didn't deserve Driger."

DIDN'T DESERVE DRIGER! DOESN'T DESERVE HIM MY ASS! HE DESERVES HIM MORE THEN THE REST OF US! HE WORKED HARD FOR HIS BIT BEAST! THE REST OF THE BLADEBREAKERS ONLY GOT THEIRS BECAUSE THEY'RE FAMILY HEIRLOOMS! I'll be damned if he loses Driger again…

I narrow my eyes, but Rei doesn't seem intimidated, thank Kami.

"He sent me away after knocking me around a few times. I thought that it was just this one off thing. But then, when Joseph showed up, and I lost to him in front of the entire village… He did it again…

Beating him for a loss? He's no better then… Him!

"I hated him for it. But he somehow managed to convince me that I was worthless. The morning after, Kevin came home from Gary's, where he stayed the night, he found me lying on the couch trying to get up. He started panicking, but after getting me something to eat, and fixing my ankle, he took me over to Mariah and Lee's, they, all but gracefully, got what happened out of me, but kept it quiet and convinced me that I was…and am still…wanted. And that has pretty much what happened. Now he does it every time I come home. But… There is also another reason why he does it, and this is what I don't want you guys to judge me for…"

Worthless? Rei could never be worthless. He's an amazing Blader and friend. He can cook and keep a level head in an emergency. Better than the idiot's behind me…

And judge him? What would we have to judge him for? Hell, with our pasts, he couldn't have done anything worse then us.

"I'm gay…" He whispered.

Why did my heart flutter at that? I don't like Rei like that do I?

"And…?" Rei's head snapped up and stared his cute amber eyes at Yuriy… WOW! Back up! Cute? Since when do I use that word?

"I don't understand…"

"What's your point? You're gay. Who cares? So are we."

"Speak for you and your little boyfriend Yuriy. I'm not."

Why do I feel like I just lied to myself? Well… I did. But that is beside the point. Why did it feel different this time? I do it a lot.

"So, now that we have that out of the way…" Yuriy said glaring at me.

I scoff… like that affected me. Nice try though Yuriy.

"Continue."

"He found out somehow. I don't know how because I don't think even Kevin knows, but anyway. When he found out, that time I went back home last tournament to blade with the White Tiger team…"

Rei cringed as if reliving something extremely painful.

Damn that little…! He hurt My Rei…! I mean my… Um… person that's on my team under me… So he would be considered… Damn… Ignore that…

"That hurt… It took me a whole two weeks to recover to the point that you guys wouldn't notice."

Bryan's been awful quite… I wonder what he thinks of all this.

"Are you going to ask us to help you if he does it?"

WOW! The mute one out of us spoke! (He's quiet even compared to me! And that's saying a lot!)

Rei seemed to think for a minute. He told us which means he trusts us… but he's hesitating now… What does that mean?

"Yeah Bryan… I'll call if I need it…" Another hour passed while we reflected on what we had been told.

/Kai. Do you think this Kitty needs a collar/

What does he…? Oh! That thing… Charm.

/Maybe…/

/Collar? Do you honestly think he'll wear it? Hasn't he said before… and I quote: If you're going to call me a feline… my bit beast is a tiger. End Quote. I believe that means that he doesn't like us calling him a Kitten. /

Yuriy snickered.

I remember that too.

Well? R+R