Mistake
Chapter five - Unwelcome
When they arrived at the funfair everyone seemed to have lost sight of Max. It was like he was gone in the blink of an eye.
"Whoa, where'd he go?" everyone just shrugged at Tyson's question; they were as puzzled as he was.
"Ah, we shouldn't worry we'll find him later... somewhere" Ray supplied trying to help take their minds of it.
"Hey yeah your right, come on Kenny let's go have some fun!" Tyson dragged Kenny off and if he didn't leave his laptop at home it would surely be broken.
"Guess that leaves us together" Ray spoke, to feel the growing silence.
"Hn" Kai didn't mind he was thrilled and tried hard not to let it show.
"What do you want to do first?" Kai shrugged after debating slightly "You pick"
"How about that 'haunted' ride?" he suggested, pointing at a large, dark looking ride on the other side of the fair.
"Sure" they walked through the small amounts of crowds, seeing as it was still early not a lot of people had arrived as of now.
They finally found it and there wasn't a long queue. They got into the first cart, Ray sitting in the right while Kai got the left.
"I wander how scary this is going to be?" the neko-jin wandered out loud.
"Me too" Kai quickly murmured as the cart started to move, very slowly.
Ray and Kai keep laughing at what kept popping out and was supposed to be 'scaring' them. About halfway through the dull ride the dark haired teenager felt an arm go over his shoulder, causing him to blush.
As the ride ended the hand was removed making him sigh mentally "Where now?" Ray asked, trying to think about anything other than the male's hands on his skin.
"You-" Ray cut Kai off in mid sentence.
"You choose I picked the first one" he argued, clearly not wanting to have to make a decision.
"But I really don't mind" he turned his gaze somewhere else briefly.
"How about we get a snack or something then decide?" he offered, just now realising that his stomach was rumbling.
"Good idea" he murmured before they walked in silence towards the nearest food stand.
"What do you want Kai?" Ray asked, turning to face said captain.
"Do they have gummy bears" his dark eyes remained closed as he spoke.
Ray's eyes returned to the food and began to wander over the various products until he spotted a bag of them.
He turned to the woman who was in charge of the stall "I'll have a small bag of popcorn and a bag of gummy bears"
The woman picked up the items and handed them to Ray, saying the price as she did so.
He paid the correct amount and walked away with Kai close behind him. When he caught up he passed the slate haired boy his gummy bears and started munching on his popcorn.
"Why did you pick gummy bears?" Ray asked, his natural curiosity showing.
"Am I not allowed" he said defensively, biting a red bears head off.
"You are," the dark haired boy spoke quickly, adding "It's just I never took you for a gummy bear kind of guy"
After that they walked around the funfair in silence while eating their sweets. That is until they heard a loud voice shouting "Ray! Wait up!"
Said blader looked back and saw nothing, "I wander who that could of-" he stopped mid sentence as he was thrown to the floor with such force.
"What the-? Mariah?" Ray froze when he realised who was on top of him.
"Hi" she beamed down at the male "I thought I'd never catch up to you"
"Mariah what are you doing here?" He asked while she helped him to his feet.
"Well me, Lee, Kevin and Gary came to visit you and we get to stay in a hotel while were here thanks to Mr Dickinson" her grin widened.
"Well it's great to see you again" he said politely, offering a smile.
"You too" she wrapped her arms around him and squeezed him tight.
"Ma-ri-ah" he said in between breaths. Indicating that she was cutting off his oxygen supply.
"Oh right sorry" she pulled back from the intense hug and blushed.
"Where is everyone else?" he tilted his head cutely to the side.
"Oh, I'm not sure I lost them while running after you" she blushed deeper upon this realisation.
"Mariah? Where are you?" a loud male voice shouted.
"Oh I've got to fly, see you later Ray" she said, beginning to walk in the direction towards her team.
"Okay, tell the others I say hi" he started waving as she began to disappear in the crowds.
"I will, see you" she shouted before eventually leaving their sight.
"Why are you friends with her?" Ray turned to Kai and gave him a weak glare.
"She's my childhood friend, so leave her alone" the leader shrugged.
"Fine" he said, his not caring attitude kicking in.
They began walking again, "Hey, you want to go on the Ferris wheel?" the cat like male asking looking over at Kai who shrugged, muttering a "Okay"
They walk across the rented out land until towards the Ferris wheel. When they reached the ride the queue wasn't very long.
The couple in front of them just went in so when the next cart came they both tried to get in first but Ray stepped aside and let Kai pass then followed him in.
"I wonder if we can see the others from up here" his voice laced with curiosity as he looked over the side when it reached the top.
"So?" the older of the two asked, curious as well. Or perhaps he was just humouring him.
Ray leant back on his half of the seat, saying a dissatisfied "Nope"
"What are we going to do when this ride finishes?" Kai looked at the younger male, awaiting an answer.
"We could get the others and head home since it's getting late" he replied as he glanced down at his watch, which read 9.30.
"Guess so" he sighed.
"Time really does fly when you're having fun" Kai mumbled something Ray didn't quite catch.
They didn't say anything else after that but did exchange glances; the ride had to end though, with was a disappointment to them both.
They stepped out when it was their turn and were surprised to see Tyson, Kenny and Max in front of them.
"How'd you guys know we were here?" Ray blinked, walking closer to them.
"Max said this is where you would be but we didn't believe him and then he ran off so we ended up following him" Kenny explained seeing as the other two remained silent.
The Chinese blader raised an inquisitive eyebrow at the happy blonde, "Not telling" he laughed.
"Come on, were going home" Kai said, although was interrupted by the mischievous blonde.
"But I don't wanna go!" Max started pouting.
Kai soon got sick of this act, picked him up, threw him over his shoulder and began walking back to the dojo.
"Okay, let's follow the leader!" Tyson cheered happily while avoiding Kai's glare.
The walk was mostly quiet apart from Max and Tyson bursting into song randomly, causing Kai to almost drop the American numerous times.
"Give it a rest already!" Even the cold hearted captain approach seemed to have no effect on the pair.
As they reached the dojo Ray was the first to notice and froze on the spot, "Uh, guys we have company"
"Yeah? Who?" Tyson glanced over at his troubled friend.
"Their already in the house. Kai what are we going to do?" Kai was puzzled by his friend's actions but when he saw the car pulled up outside he put the pieces together.
"I don't know, we should find out what they want then get the mother ship to take them back home" the immature pair chuckled at Kai's statement.
"Good plan but I would prefer not to see them" Ray whispered softly.
"We can hear you all you know" hearts pounded as they all looked over towards the dojo in fear.