Chapter 3: End of a long night and a new tournament

Ray woke up early the next morning; he turned over to look at Kai. Mr. D was still there dabbing his head with the damp cloth.

'How long have you been doing that for Mr. Dickinson?' Ray asked.

'Pretty much all night, every time I put a fresh one on his head it would heat up quickly and would run down his head so I had to keep swapping and moving them around. I couldn't leave an ice pack on there because of his ears.'

'So how is he this morning?

'I think he may be feeling better, but I doubt it.'

'When did he get to sleep last night?'

'Not long ago, I only just got him to sleep with out waking every five minutes.'

'Wow, did you get any sleep last night?'

'No, I didn't.'

'Why don't you go get some rest and I can look after Kai for a while?'

'I guess.'

'Is he still throwing up?'

'No, it's just his ears, throat, head, bones and muscles that are hurting at the moment. I gave him some medicine earlier. And he should have some more in a couple of hours.'

'Okay. I can do that.'

'Other wise he should just sleep, keep changing the cloth on his head.' Ray nodded and Mr. D left the room to change. When he came back he sat on the lounge and dozed off.

'HEY EVERYONE! LETS GO HAVE BREAKFAST!' Tyson screamed as he came barging through the door. Mr. D jumped out of his seat and glared at Tyson. Ray came running out of the room hissing at Tyson.

'Tyson, shut up, Mr. D has been up all night with Kai.'

'Why?'

'Kai's sick.'

'Really? ( Let me see.'

'Oh no you're not.' Ray said pulling him back. 'Not if your acting like that, Kai only just got to sleep.'

'What's wrong with him?'

'I think he has the flu.' Mr. D said as he got up. A soft moan came from the bedroom, followed by a louder one of pain. 'Thank you Tyson now Kai's awake again. Can you all go down stairs and train? The tournament starts later this morning. Ray can you train them?'

'Yeah.'

'Thanks, I'll stay here and look after Kai.'

Everyone went down stairs, while Mr. D stayed up stairs with Kai trying to calm him down and get him to sleep, which wasn't all that difficult seeing how being sick can make you tired and all.

~~Later that day~~

'Okay, boys down stairs, we're off to the tournament.' Mr. D went back upstairs to see Kai.

'Kai, I'm going to the tournament. Okay? I've left my phone number by your bed with the phone if you need me. Drink lots of water and get lots of rest okay?'

'Uh huh.' Kai mumbled back.

Mr. D went down stairs to the others on the way to the tournament.

~~At the tournament~~

'First up we have the Blade-breakers and the Hillies (A/N: my own team).'

Max stepped up to the dish and before you could blink Max had won. Then Tyson and Ray went up and pretty much the same thing had happened.

On the way back to their hotel everyone was chatting about how easy it was to beat their opponents.

~~Back in the room~~

'Kai, are you okay?' Ray said as he gently opened the door. There was no response as Kai was asleep.

'Leave him Ray, he needs his sleep. The more he gets the quicker he'll be better.' Mr. D said closing the door behind him.

~~Later that evening at tea~~

The team was discussing stuff, about stuff, when Kai came out looking for something to do. He sat down in a chair and looked around.

'Hey, Kai feeling better?' Max asked.

'A bit.' 'Will you be up to bey blading tomorrow?' Kenny asked.

'No.'

'Okay.'

'More rest for you young man.' Mr. D said. Kai nodded and dropped his head on the table. 'Not here.' Mr. D said as he shook Kai awake and led him to his bed. Where he fell asleep just as quickly.

Happy reading.

R&R

Kai-koi