...Chapter 15- Letters...

Kai Hiwatari woke up to the startled shakings of Matthias Ivanov. He struggled from his makeshift bed and glared into the red head's piercing ice blue eyes. "Dammit what do you want??" he questioned her. Kai looked around the room and realized that he was the last one awake... for once. "What's going on here??"

Matti looked like she was going to punch him. Instead she turned away and pushed forward her boyfriend, Ray Kon. Ray's golden eyes looked distressed as he turned away, unable to answer Kais question. Finally, after what seemed like hours, Alkanet Chang defied her quiet ways long enough to shout- "Dammit Kai, Triss is gone!" She then fell to the floor and began sobbing. Erin and Jimmie Taylor ran to her side.

Kai looked around the room to the spot where Tries normally slept. Her bed was folded up and her things were gone. Kai knew that moment that she wasn't coming back to him.

"Did you know about this???" Tyson Granger asked Kai, holding up a piece of paper. Kai snatched it from his hands before Tyson could say anything else. His auburn eyes quickly sped over the letter-

Dear guys,

I am leaving the team. Do not think this means that I am quitting the idea of the tournament altogether, I am merely switching teams, but you won't know which one until the tournament in six months. I want all of you to be stronger when we meet again. Do not disappoint me.

Vannan Trisscar Hikashi.

Kai looked up from the letter and saw that everyone else was holding light purple pieces of paper. Notes from her probably...Kai concluded. He rose from his spot on the ground and looked around his bed.

"You got a letter too Kai." muttered Max Tate somberly. "It's under your pillow..." Kai reached under the pillow and pulled out and envelope. His name was scrawled across the white paper. He opened it up and tipped it over, and a white feather fell out of it, along with a purple piece of paper. As Kai began to read, he slowly got up and walked outside. Dammit Triss. What were you thinking?

Kai finished reading the letter and gripped the feather in his hands. Crumbling up the paper, he decided that he would get his girlfriend back after he kicked her butt in the tournament. It was those few thoughts of the girl that triggered his memory...

A slight gasp came from the boy as the girl lightly placed her head on his shoulder, and mumbled quietly, "What are we going to do?"

" I dunno, " he whispered back. "We have two options. One, we can find some loop-hole in the contract. Two, we can get married and live unhappily ever after the end. So, which one is it."

Triss brought her head up from Kai's shoulder and stood up. "I'm in no mood to make that kind of descision right now Mr. Hiwatari. Ask me again after we get back from vacation." She smirked at him and laughed as he got up and began circling her again. "Now this time, I can tell you're doing that just to stare." Her laugh echoed melodiously through the rain, and Kai loved it.

'She never said no... I won't let her get away ...' Kai thought as he walked back inside to get dressed.

The light purple paper with writing so lovingly written, was now a crumpled ball of garbage. It rolled across the yard as an unseasonally cold Northern wind blew through the skies...

Dear Kai,

I'm sorry I have to leave, but this is for my own good as well as everyone else's. I have put Matti in charge of the girls and any decisions that she makes are her own and don't judge her otherwise. I'll see you in a few months Kai.

Love,

Triss

P.s. -I love you so much, don't forget that.

From that moment on, Kai kept the white and purple feather from Illusion's tail tied to his launcher.

...End Story...

Note- Underline and italics mean MEMORY/FLASHBACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, that's the very end of More Stuff to Fuss Over. I will start the sequel as soon as possible. Look out for it!-

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