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Warning: This is gonna get a bit… confusing… but just hang in there, all will become clear.

Shaga Saga

Ch3: Going on a Shaga Hunt.

The Bladebreakers woke up early (surprising isn't it?) The next day to search for the ever so mysterious Shaga. (Don't kill me for the corny writing, I wrote this over a year ago.)

Kai, like usual, was up before dawn, but this morning was plagued by a brain numbing headache due to the incisive buzzing noise in his ears. He sought out a quiet place to nurse the headache and left for the courtyard of the dojo.

A little while later (Is this just strange to me or what, but why is it I always seem to say somethin' about the time, then rewind and begin again from an earlier time. Just wonderin' if anybody else noticed?) To find that Kai was in a tree, his tree actually that he always watched the sunrise from. He sighed, believing that he had Kai figured out.

"Oh, Hi, Kai. You here to see the sunrise?" Ray asked noticing Kai's gaze was fixed eastward.

Kai ignored him and continued to stare at the small town before him. Ray shrugged it off and joined him in the tree to wait for the sunrise.

Not long after and a few golden rays peeked out from behind the hills.

"Beautiful…" Ray murmured as the orange and red clouds swirled and faded into other hues.

Kai swiftly exited the tree, heading back into the dojo.

'Shaga's here alright.' He thought.

A few hours later, when everybody was about to search for Shaga

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Tyson blurted as Ray and Kenny busied themselves with varies maps.

"We should split up, we'll cover more ground." Kenny said looking up from the maps.

After determining the groups and the search areas the three teams agreed to meet at a café in town if nobody found anything by 6pm. Kenny and Hillary took the outskirts on the east side of town, Tyson and Max got the city it's self and Kai and Ray got the outskirts on the west side.

With Kenny and Hillary

"What are we looking for?" Hillary asked as they combed through the waist high grass outside of town.

"I don't know, something that doesn't belong." Kenny said rolling away a decent sized rock to look under it.

Hillary scanned the area again, still barren.

With Tyson and Max

We've been everywhere in this city and never seen anything weird, so makes you so sure that we'll find anything now?" Tyson whined.

"Cuz, we weren't looking before, most secret labs are outta plain sight and you have to hunt for them." Max said slightly annoyed but he agreed with his friend sediments, this didn't seem like the place for a secret lab and they wouldn't have discovered it before.

Meanwhile with Kai and Ray

"Is there anything specific we should be looking for?" Ray asked as he walked around a tree bearing a small fort.

Kai glared annoyedly at him, (I'm makin' up words again )(Anime Sweat drops) "How about a laboratory." Kai said coldly.

Ray sighed at followed after Kai into an expansive meadow.

The shin high grass moved like water as the oddly area specific wind blew through the meadow, whipping up brightly colored leaves and flowers. A few large boulders created rapids in the wind.

Kai however paid no heed to the splendor before him and jumped onto the rock closest to him. The wind kicked up his scarf, blowing it so it grabbed at the luscious meadow. Ray angled him self so he could Kai and the meadow for a perfect mental picture. As he walked behind Kai, he seen that Kai's body was lined neatly up with strange rapids, whilst Kai remained calm on the outside his mind was in chaos, just like those rapids. Ray quickly shook the thought from his mind and approached Kai.

"Why aren't we looking?" He asked, tilting his head slightly.

"She's not here, Ray." Kai said through gritted teeth, his anger not let him turn towards Ray.

"Then, we'll go someplace else, we haven't looked everywhere yet." Ray said confidently as he moved closer to Kai.

Kai squinted in thought then suddenly rose and sprinted off, back towards where they came from.

Ray gasped and turned to follow but he quickly lost Kai in the dense and well cover of the forest. Ray was forced to retreat back to the meadow and wait for Kai to return for him.

"I'll wait an hour… Then… I'll leave." Ray said hoping that Kai would come for him.

An hour Later

Ray stood up from the rock he was sitting on and started off back to where they said they would all meet later on. As he trudged back in from the outskirts of town he noticed Kai was standing on the bridge that lead into town. Kai appeared to concentrating and rather fretful but his movements weren't at all shaky.

Ha stepped onto the ledge and meditated on the thought one last time before he stepped off the bridge.

Ray was already running to him shouting at him but Kai had ignored every word. Ray reached the edge seconds after Kai fell out of reach.

"No! Kai!" Ray called as he leaned over the edge.

Kai's determined face wavered for second as he shot Ray a small but genuine smile. Kai suddenly pulled his legs in and spun around into a flip, he straitened and slide cleanly into the waters below.

"Kai!" Ray shouted as he lost sight of Kai's body.

Then Kai's head and shoulders surfaced and he proceeded to swim upstream, heading for the massive dam in front of them.

Ray smirked at him and ran to tell the others about Kai's discovery.

You guys I'm soooo sorry! I really didn't mean to take so long in updating but please forgive me. The next chapter will be undoubtedly longer if current treads persist. I've noticed that my fourth chapter has been the longest chapter in every story and we'll see if that holds true.
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