Chapter 4

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Kai knew that he'd get a reaction from the guys as soon as he walked into the dojo with the sleeping girl in his arms, they were all over him, asking him did he know her, what had happened, why was she sleeping? It had taken Kai a while to actually get inside and even then he didn't really know what to do with her, maybe it wasn't such a good idea brining her back here with him. Ray set up one of the beds for Kai to put her in and they all went outside while Kai gave them the whole story. The bladebreakers were shocked to say the least; I mean Kai never got close to anybody, when Wyatt had come around they'd been surprised, but this…this was something else. I mean he'd just walked in with a sleeping girl in his arms, what were they supposed to think, as Tyson had so elegantly put it Kai was 'seeing her behind their backs' he was convinced that Kai was hiding something from them. When Raven woke up they'd finally see that he'd told them everything there was to tell.

Raven woke up and came face to face with a sleeping Kai, she looked round and had no idea where she was or how she got here. Panic started to set in, what happened to her? What about her mum, she'd be going out of her mind with worry, 'oh god dads gonna kill me' she pulled the covers off and jumped to her feet, where was she? Looked like a dojo, a dojo full of sleeping bladebreakers. All of them were in makeshift beds like she'd been, but not Kai, he was lay on the hard floor next to her with just a pillow and a thin blanket draped over his bottom half. Raven spotted the door and tiptoed out; she didn't make it very far though before she heard someone exit the dojo behind her. "Where are you going Raven? I think you owe me an explanation, after all I did bring you back with me instead of leaving you on that bench all night" Raven sigh and sat on the porch, it started to come back to her, sitting watching the ocean and the beach below, then she'd felt her eyes go heavy and that was all she remembered before waking up. "I'm sorry, I guess I owe you one, but there's nothing to explain, I fell asleep outside, it was an accident, I don't know what came over me. I just had a bad day yesterday, guess I was feeling drained", Kai sat next to her "well at least wait till the guys get up and tell them who you are, they think I've been hiding you from them, like there is something going on between us" Raven started laughing, she couldn't help it, it must of looked suspicious to them, she could just imagine what Kai looked like carrying her here when she was asleep, no wonder they thought she was something to him. "Alright Kai, I'll tell them" she heard him sigh with relief; they sat there in silence until the other boys woke up.

She'd never had so much attention in all her life, Tyson had fired at least 100 questions off at her without giving her a chance to answer any of them, eventually a girl called Hillary had managed to shut him up so she could speak. Raven explained she was Wyatt's sister, she didn't really know how much Kai had told them about her so she only told them about him visiting Wyatt and meeting her there, that only made Tyson worse "She's hiding something now too!" he yelled. "That's enough!" Kai raised his voice "she doesn't know I've told you about my promise ok, give her a break, you saw what happened to Wyatt with your own eyes, imagine what it's like for her dealing with that and now she has you on her back!" Tyson looked down in shame "yea…. I never thought of it like that….Sorry Raven" Raven sat in silence, she just wanted to go home and make sure her mum was ok, "That's ok" she whispered, she looked up at Kai "do you think you could show me back to the bench? I have to go home" he looked at the others, "I'll be back later, but don't think that means you can slack off" as she followed Kai out onto the street she heard Tyson muttering under his breath "of course not sourpuss" and she had to stifle a giggle. When they reached the bench Kai carried on walking alongside her "I can see myself home from here" Kai carried on walking with her as if he hadn't heard a word she'd said "Kai, did you hear me? I'm grateful for what you did but really, I can see myself home now" Raven grabbed his arm, she was desperate, she didn't want to but she knew if she told him about how mad her father was going to be he'd probably leave her to go home alone "Look Kai my dad is going to be super pissed with me, I practically slammed the door in his face yesterday so he won't be in the mood for company if you get what I'm saying" he stopped and looked at her hand on his arm "oh sorry" she let go and he carried on walking "all the more reason for me to make sure you get home in one piece" they carried on walking in silence 'I'm in for it now, dads going to assume the worst when he sees me with a boy'. As they got to the gate of her home Kai broke the silence "well I can tell you don't want me to come to the door, can I trust you'll make it inside without me escorting you?" Raven breathed a sigh of relief "yes, thanks Kai" she turned and ran to the front door 'please let dad be out' she thought to herself, but as she opened the door she spotted him stood in the doorway to the kitchen, "Raven" her mum called and ran to her, tears streamed down her face "I was so worried baby, where've you been?"

Kai looked up at the house and watched Raven go inside, he turned and headed back to Tyson's place, he hadn't intended to walk her home but when she'd kept insisting he leave her it made him feel awkward about leaving her, when she'd grabbed his arm it had felt strange to him, he didn't dislike it but it was an alien feeling. He'd spotted the home security cameras on them as soon as he'd got to the gate, but he guessed she'd missed the movement 'probably her dad making sure I don't come in with her' he'd barely got to the end of the road when Raven had gone running past him and he heard the screeching of tyres, a car sped past and Kai started running after her 'what now?' he thought to himself as he started to sprint.

Raven backed away from her dad, as soon as she'd told them she'd stayed at a friend's he'd seen red, no surprise really Raven forgot about the cameras at the front gate, he dad had seen Kai and lost it "You don't have any friends! Who was that BOY?!" there was no way out of this talking with him. Raven glanced at her mother, 'run' she mouthed, she knew what to do, Raven sprinted upstairs to her room and locked the door behind her, as she grabbed a rucksack and stuffed clothes and anything else she could think to take with her she heard the sound of her Father running down the hall towards her room, her heart was pounding as he started to kick her door, she opened the window, one last look around but just as she was about to jump through her dad burst through the door and grabbed her ankle. She tasted blood in her mouth as her chin smacked the window ledge, "how dare you disobey me Raven, you and your brother are nothing but disappointments to me" as his blows rained down on her she looked desperately for anything, a weapon, a way out, she mustered all her strength and bolted through her door, down the hall and out, tears flowing freely with the pain. She ran out of the gates, down the street and carried on running; she heard the screech of car tyres and ran even faster. 'Where can I go? What am I going to do, he's going to catch me' as the car drew closer she felt defeated, the pain was too much, she couldn't outrun a car. A body flew at her and knocked her over railings, as she rolled down the embankment tangled with the other body pain ripped through her, 'it's over' she lay at the bottom covered in dirt and blood, as the figure leaned over her she caught a glimpse of blue triangles before she closed her eyes and cried aloud.

Kai caught up with her just in time, as the car got closer he barged into her and grabbed on as they fell over the railings and rolled down an embankment into the nearby woods, when they reached the bottom he leaned over her, she closed her eyes and started to cry, her face was covered in blood and she had dirt all over her dress. There was no time to lie about and rest though, he heard the car doors slam and grabbed her pulling her to her feet and they ran. He knew where he had to take her, she couldn't go back to Tyson's, he had no doubt her father would be able to track the bladebreakers as easily as she had. He remembered the warehouse his grandfather had bought for him when he was leader of the blade sharks, 'I hope it's still abandoned' as they made their way through the industrial estate it was obvious that no one had been here for some time. Kai let go of Raven to open the warehouse, when he turned round she was slumped against the wall, her dress was soaking, and he couldn't tell if it was blood or dirt but she didn't look too good. He lifted her up and carried her inside, shutting the door behind them he placed her on a sofa he'd left there and turned on the lights, "looks like I owe you again" he heard her whisper as she drifted off to sleep.