Sorry I took a while to write this down, Its just that Ive been getting lots of work and homework I hardly have time to work on this! But, heres the chapter. Its almost finished (the story) but I will try to finish it soon. Please have patience... sigh. What people have to do in order to get a scholarship, huh? get all the credits, finish highschool, graduate, continue with college... But its worth it if you really want to reach your dreams I guess. ANYWHO! HERES THE CHAPTER!

"Suki, please explain why you did that." Said Teletha.

"I know, I don't understand. Care to connect the dots?" asked Yumiko.

Suki sighted. "Like I said, I really wasn't ready to leave."

"But it was your only chance." Said Teletha.

"Why would you let it go by?" asked Yumiko.

"Because I feel I have to stay here, with you guys, spend more time with my family. Gotta get used to my new life style. I feel like I live with strangers now."

Suki sighted again. She looked at the floor where they were sitting. They were in her room, sitting on the blue carpet of Suki's sanctuary. They sat there silently, Suki looking at the floor, while Yumi and Tessa looked at her. She was hurt, no doubt, they understood that much. But why would she hurt herself, it wasn't clear.

"Girls, come help me make dinner." Called Kazumi from the kitchen. Suki looked up and then stood along with her friends. She walked to the kitchen and found her mother handling pans all over the place. "Mom, have Maya and Ishuzo help you for me. I want to take a shower." Suki said.

"All right hon." Said Kazumi.

Suki walked back to the bathroom and began undressing herself. Truth be told, she just wanted to be alone.

Flashback

"Actually, that's what I called to talk to you about. Kai, Im not ready to leave." Silence on the other end.

"I will stay here with my family and friends."

"Uh…" he said at the other end.

"We have to get used to each other, my family and I. It feels like we lived together for 16 years, yet we never got to know our real selves." She paused. "Youre not mad at me, are you?"

"No." he said, but she could hear a bit of disappointment.

"Im sorry."

"Don't be. I understand."

"Thank you." She said.

" Ill be passing by your house anyway. But I'll go flying."

"Ok." She said.

"Well then… bye."

"Bye. Kai? Take care."

She wasn't sure if he heard the last part. She heard a click and then the sound that indicated he hung up. She stood there, listening to that sound for a few more seconds before she herself settled the phone on the receiver.

All that had happened exactly 5 hours ago. She had been in her room for some time thinking over and over if she did the right thing. As she stepped into the water, she shivered, even though the water was hot. And again she asked herself, was she really doing the right thing? Her parents said it was ok for her to leave, her friends had expected she said yes, and Kambei had done everything humanly possible to let her go with Kai. So, why didn't she say yes?

Because she was scared. Not of Kai, of Kai's Grandfather. She didn't know what to do. All of a sudden, she felt so depressed. Perhaps it wasn't love after all… "No. It was love. I fell in love with Kai. I know I did…" but even as she said those words in her mind, she found it difficult to believe.

She stood there, letting the water fall over her body. She made her face be patted by the gentle beads of water that fell; it helped to wash away the tears that were falling out of her eyes and stinging her sight. She spent a whole hour, just standing there, opening her eyes under the water and closing them again as the warm tears mixed with the hot water.

When she finally decided to walk out, she was too exhausted mentally to even bother see that her eyes were red.

"Suki, you were in there for a very long time. It seemed you wanted to drown yourself." Said Teletha, glancing worriedly at her friend.

Suki sat in between Tessa and Yumi, and began eating the rice with shrimp and fish all of them had made. She ate more than ever, like there was no tomorrow. Calm down, she repeated to herself, food's going nowhere. But no matter what she told herself, she kept eating faster and faster until the point where a whole shrimp went into her throat and got stuck there.

She began coughing madly, as Teletha and Yumiko hit her in the back, trying to help her get the shrimp out. She was offered water, but she refused to take it. After that, she ate more slowly, but still wouldn't talk at all. Finally it was time for Yumiko, Maya and Teletha to leave, but before they did, they asked Suki if she wanted to sleep over at Yumikos house, since Teletha was but Suki refused. She wansnt in the mood. When they left, she went back into the kitchen and grabbed a glass of water. "Mom, Im going to sleep." She said. "My head hurts."

"Are you getting sick?" asked Kazumi, walking towards her. She put a hand in her daughters forehead.

"Im fine." Said Suki, walking away from her mother. She drank the water in the glass in one gulp and then went to her room.

"I shouldn't have drank any water." said Suki, noticing more tears running down her face. She layed down and looked up at the ceiling, trying to make shapes out of the lines up there. Without noticing, her eyes closed, and she fell into a restless sleep.

Suki woke up later on, at first trying to figure out where she was. She felt so weird, like if she was still dreaming. But then the drowsiness went away suddenly when she noticed the clock in the side of her bed read 9:15 pm.

In her sleep, she had found the answers to the questions she had, and one of them clearly answered that she should have said yes. But what if it was already too late? Kai hadn't mentioned at what time he was going to leave, but what if he was gone? She stood up immediately and went to her parents room. Kazumi and Kugamoro were wide awake, Kugamoro watching TV and Kazumi reading a book.

"Honey, whats wrong?"

"I change my mind." Said Suki. "I want to go with Kai."

Kugamoro pushed the pause button as Kazumi lowered her book.

"Are you sure?" asked Kugamoro.

"Father, don't try to mess with my mind. Im sure I want to go."

Suki suddenly leaped into the air and landed on her parent's bed, right between them. "Mom, Dad, I love you." She kissed each of them good bye and then jumped out of their bed. " Ill come and visit. I promise. And you have to go visit us." She added.

"Whats the hurry?"

"Kai is leaving tonight, remember? I don't know at what time, but he said he was going to pass by my house on his way to Russia . So when he does, Ill go flying with him."

Her parents got out of bed and followed after Suki into the living room. She grabbed the phone and called Yumiko.

"Hello?"

"Yumi, its Suki." She said.

"Hey! Whats up?"

"Im leaving."

"Are you for real!" she squealed.

"Yeah."

"So I guess this is good bye."

"Yeah."

"Hey, Tessa wants to say bye."

"Hey girl! Are you really leaving?"

"Yeah."

"Im glad you snapped out of it. Well, wish you luck; you better send me some food or something from over there, eh?"

"Sure. But Youll have to visit me."

"Sure, me and Yumi will visit you."

"What! COOL!" Suki heard Yumiko squealing in the backround.

"Well, gotta go. Bye."

"Bye, Take care."

"You too."

They hung up.

"Suki, are you taking anything?" asked her mother, taking out a suitcase.

"No, only Odeon."

"What about clothes?"

"I could buy some new ones over there. Like that, Ill travel light."

Her mother nodded, putting the suit case away again, as Kugamoro went to his daughter's room to get her beyblade. As they did this, Suki dialed Tysons number.

It was picked up instantly.

"Hello?" It was Tyson.

"Tyson, is Kai there?"

"No." he said.

All of a sudden Suki's blood went cold. It couldn't be…

"He just left like a minute ago." Continued Tyson.

"Ok! Thanks! Bye!"

"Bye…"

Tyson probably thought that was one of the weirdest conversations he ever had, but what he thought was no concern for Suki.

"Tyson said he just left. Ill go wait outside for him."

Before she exited the house, she turned and gave a tight hug to her parents.

"I love you, mommy, daddy." She said in her cutest little girl voice she could find. They smiled and motioned for her to hurry up.

Suki went outside and looked at the sky. She looked up at the moon and the stars, until she finally saw a white thing come out of the darkness.

"Kai." She thought.

She began to transform, but she noticed that Kai passed way too fast by the house. It was more of a while light; could've passed by as a shooting star. Suki flapped her wings, and rose into the night air as fast as she could.

The sky was clear, and Suki could see everything from where she was. There was a gentle breeze blowing in the direction Kai had gone. She flew over the small forest, trying to locate the white light his wings gave away. She moved left, right, up, down. No sign of him. She turned, from side to side, desperate to find him, not caring if her hair whipped against her face. Her eyes filled with tears when she realized the truth. He was gone.