Again, sorry about my last chapter. (I say sorry a lot eh?) I promise this one will be longer.
Max- Hey! When do I get a part?!
Me- Soon! Pat's Max on head
Max- Yay!
Me- secretly steals Max's blade and sells it on EBay yes... I'm your friend...Mwahahahaha
Max- You scare me.....
Hudini (Liz): So...I see you have a new chappy...muhahahahaha not for long.... eyes dart suspiciously muhahahahahahahahahaha!!!! Cough Cough
Kai's P.O.V
Rei's expression turned from confusion to concern, he was beginning to figure it out. I knew he loved Mariah, but what was I supposed to do? I crossed my arms like I usually did and resumed pretending to listen to Tyson.
Rei's P.O.V
Kai had crossed his arms. Maybe it was nothing, just Kai being....well Kai.
"Hey let's go see if Max's here yet!" Tyson yelled and started off into the village. Kai and I followed behind him.
Eventually, we came upon a circle consisting of grandpa, Daichi and Max.
"Hey guys, what's up?" I asked leaning into the circle trying to find out what was going on.
"We found some pie, dudes!" exclaimed grandpa, "Oh, hi Kai!" Kai ignored him.
"Hey good to see you guys!" Max said his face full of pie. Tyson was already digging in.
"TYSON!" yelled Daichi as Tyson and himself fought over the remainder of the pie.
"Where did you get that anyway?" I questioned.
"HEY! There's the pie thief! GET HIM!!" yelled a gang of rolling pin wielding women from the village.
"Hehehehehe... gotta go little dudes!" yelled grandpa as he ran off.
"We better get outta here too!" I said and ran off. Tyson, Max, Daichi and Kai followed.
Max's P.O.V
I washed my face in the small lake Rei had led us to. Tyson hadn't even noticed his face was covered in pie; either that or he didn't care. They were arguing again, Tyson and Daichi, now I know why Rei and Kai chose to ignore them. I looked towards the two and wondered what was going through there heads. I guess I envied them. They sat under a waterfall meditating. I couldn't do that, too cold. I swam over to where Tyson and Daichi were fighting and splashed them, causing a water war.
"Hey Daichi! Let's get Tyson!" I yelled and me and Daichi began ganging up on Tyson.
Normal P.O.V
"Tyson! Guys, hey!" yelled Kenny as he and Hilary ran towards the bladders.
"Hey Chief! What's up?" asked Tyson, the splashing subsided.
"We've got another tournament to win!" exclaimed Hilary.
"Another one so soon? Doubles or team?" asked Rei. Hilary and Kenny looked at each other.
"Tag team" they both said.
"What?!" Max spoke for everyone.
"Sweet!" yelled Daichi, dancing with Tyson.
"Don't get too excited Daichi, you don't even get to pick your partners..." said Kenny. Everyone but Kai went wide eyed.
"Well sounds like an actual challenge..." he said.
"Don't worry Kai; we get to burst your bubble too. The tournament, it's going to be held in Russia." said Hilary. Kai looked pissed.
"Nice going Hilary!" exclaimed Tyson. She shot him a dirty look.
"The blade breakers are already expected to come so you're already signed up, the other spots are reserved for top notch bladers, you'll have your hands full guys!" Kenny said, "Oh, and we need your blades for upgrades."
The Blade breakers pulled out their blades and handed them over to Kenny and Hilary.
"Great! We'll give them back to you when were done." Kenny said.
That night, Kai lay awake in the hut that had been provided for them to sleep in. The only sounds were the crickets and Tyson's snoring. Kai crossed his arms behind his head.
"Why Russia? Why not China or the Arctic for god sakes?" he thought. Something else was going on, a bigger picture.
"Kai? You still up?" asked Rei, turning over to see if Kai was awake. Kai contemplated answering.
"Yeah..." he finally said. Rei let out a small laugh.
"How do you think there gonna choose our partners?" Rei questioned. Kai continued to gaze at the wooden ceiling.
"I dunno... pick names from a hat?" he suggested, Rei quietly laughed.
"I think I'll end up getting paired with a new kid." Said Rei yawning.
"With my luck, I'll end up with Tyson... Kai said and they both laughed. After they finished laughing it was silent, a terrible ugly silent that normally wouldn't have happened. Even Tyson's snoring had ceased. The air seemed to shift and become cold, almost evil. Rei shielded himself with his blanket and starred into the darkness.
"Kai? Kai you still awake?" asked Rei, his body shivering now. Kai ignored Rei. He couldn't talk anymore, he didn't want to. Kai laid still and waited until Rei fell asleep before he grabbed his jacket and snuck out of the hut and into the moonlight.
Mariah's P.O.V
I took a big breath in of fresh air once I was outside my family's house. Every night since I was a child I had snuck out and stayed outside until I was dead tired, watching the stars. In this case, I wasn't going to fall asleep no matter what. I had too much on my mind. Hilary had told me earlier about the tournament and I defiantly wanted in, it didn't matter who my partner was, I planned to enter that tournament, and win. I had even asked Hilary if she and Kenny could update my blade a little. So I was outside star-gazing without my blade or the ability to sleep. I sighed and continued to walk again when I saw none other than Kai. I froze. What was he doing out here in the middle of the night? I was sure he hadn't seen me so I hid behind a tree and spied on him. He wasn't moving, just starring up at the stars, as I often had. The moonlight flooded over him, making him look angelic or god-like or something and to top it all off, he wasn't wearing a shirt! A cold wind swept in and I tried to shield my scantly clad body from the cold air. The wind seemed to suddenly stop so I looked up to find Kai's broad chest blocking the wind. I said nothing even as he wrapped his jacket around my shoulders. I stood there amazed that Kai had even noticed me when he gently wrapped his arms around me and pulled me against his chest.
"He's fallen in love with me!" I though to myself as we stood there.
"Kai-"I was interrupted by his hand on my mouth. He looked towards a bush and it began rustling. I tore away from Kai and took off running to my house. Someone had seen, someone knew.
Kai's P.O.V
She broke away from me and began running. Whoever was behind that bush, I was going to kill! I walked over to the bush and out popped Tyson. I grabbed the collar of his nightshirt and lifted the little punk off the ground.
"What do you think your doing?" I practically yelled at Tyson.
"What were you doing?!" he asked me, I pursed my lips and threw him to the ground.
"Tell anyone, ANYONE, and your dead meat Tyson!" I yelled and stormed back into the hut. Tyson didn't return to the hut as I lay in my bed and tried to get myself back under control. My hands were still shaking as I drifted into a dreamless sleep.
The Next Morning
Kenny's P.O.V
I gathered the beybladers together after a brief breakfast at 6 in the morning. Kai seemed a bit on edge when we boarded the plane for Russia, and I couldn't blame him. I sat down next to Hilary and began the finishing touches on the blades. Hilary brought me Mariah's blade last night and I was surprised Mariah wanted to go. I worked on it all night and brought it to perfection. Sadly, my work of art was now back with her owner. I polished Max's blade and handed it to him. Now that was a bad idea. Max couldn't stop talking about it the whole way. By the time we got to Russia, we were all about ready to kill him. I gave the rest of the blades back to there owners in the airport and looked around for our ride. Kai told us he was taking care of it, so we followed him outside to where the largest limo I've ever seen was parked.
"Master Kai, nice to see you well." Said the man holding the door open. Kai just nodded and stepped into the car. The rest of us followed and yes, we all fit into the car with room to spare. I looked at Kai and wondered where we were going. After about 10 minutes we arrive at Kai's house. Getting out of the car we all stood there, shocked.
"Holy shit....."
