A/N: Final Chapter Everyone! Enjoy!

Chapter 32

Tori ended the call on her phone, walking back down the hall to the living room where the other two still sat quietly waiting for her to come back from the urgent phone call with her parents. "So?" Denzelle asked, upon seeing her Mistress step foot in the room.

"They said they don't want me to be alone anymore and they want me to move around with them again."

Denzelle's eyes suddenly filled with some rage and she was quick to protest, "You were miserable with moving around though and moving doesn't help your stress levels, nor your recovery."

Tori shrugged and placed the phone onto the table, "The phone is here if you want to try to explain that to my parents." She announced, turning back to leave the room again. She entered the kitchen, picked up a glass of water and walking down the hall to her bedroom, shutting the door behind her and sitting down on her bed. She crossed her legs as she sat back against the pillows, slowly sipping at the freezing cold water, tears stinging her eyes the whole way through.

Kai opened the door ajar, taking a look inside at the slowly angering girl before he stepped in and walked over to her. The glass of water that was currently clutched in Tori's hand was soon taken from her by Kai once he reached the bedside. He placed the glass on the nightstand and took her hands to pull her up, "Come on, we're going out." He told her, tugging at her arms.

Tori looked up quickly at Kai, making the first bit of eye contact ever since she had started the conversation with her mom, "What? Where are we going?" she asked.

"For a walk. I think we both need it." Kai replied, pulling at her harder and lifting her up.

Tori pulled out of Kai's grip and fell back onto the bed, turning onto her side and burying her face in the pillow, "I'm not in the mood." She called out with a muffled voice.

Kai walked over to his side of the bed and sat down beside her, gently stroking her cheek with the back of his fingers, "We'll work it out."

"I know we will."

"Then what's the problem?" Kai asked.

Tori turned onto her back, staring up at the ceiling as always, "How many more things do we have to go through together before this thing breaks? I don't want us to break up but the odds are always against us." She kept whispering sadly, like something made her feel like the world was ending for her or something of the sort.

"I know but we'll make it work, don't make the mistake I do and worry over things that will probably work out fine."

Tori smiled and turned back over onto her side to face him, moving her hand out and placing it on his shoulder, "Maybe you should stop listening to everything I say, otherwise you could use it against me."

"It's a little late for that I think." Kai smirked.

"Yeah, I guess it is." Tori laughed in agreement. By now anyone knew that this was something that she did, she could turn from insanely depressed to amazingly chipper and it was weird yet also a strong gift. "Do you think I could cry hard enough to convince mom and dad to stay here?" she asked quietly, poking Kai's shoulder constantly with her index finger just for fun.

Kai sighed and pulled Tori closer, taking his sweet time to answer her, "I think that your parents are reasonable people and I think…if you beg hard enough they'll let you stay."

Tori smiled at his words, trying hard to hold back her laughs, "So I still need to beg even though they're reasonably people?" she asked.

Kai thought for a second, actually considering what she's saying before nodding, "Yes, most definitely."

The pale-faced girl laughed at his reply and look on his face as he said it, "I thought so."

"Well what did you really expect me to say? Your parents are reasonable but they're also as stubborn as you are, the both of them."

"Yeah, I get it from the two of them."

"It had to come from somewhere and with stubbornness like yours it had to come genetically passed because it surely doesn't come out of thin air." Kai told her, sounding like he was having fun teasing the girl about it…until she tried to use it against him that was.

"Hey, you're just as stubborn as I am, if not more!" Tori exclaimed, sitting up on her side with a growing smirk on her face.

"Yeah; I know for a fact that both my parents were stubborn." Kai turned onto his back and nodded as he said that, thinking back as far as he actually could to the vaguest of memories of his parents.

"Really?" Tori turned onto her back too, her hands placed delicately on her slender stomach as she kept her head turned to the side to be able to still look at Kai.

"Yeah. Both my parents put up big fights just before they died. At the rate my mother was falling ill she only had a couple of months, but because of her will to fight she lasted just over a year more than planned but I wasn't around to see her for most of that time." Kai explained quietly, staring at the ceiling before turning to look at Tori and smiling at the end of his sentence.

Tori smiled back at him and scooted over to him, resting her head on his shoulder for a comforting support for her aching head. She traced her fingers along his shoulders and running her blunt nail along every inch of muscle on Kai's arms, "You're lucky…you're so strong, physically and emotionally." She whispered to him, a sweet small smile always playing at her lips.

Kai turned his head to look at her again and smiled, "Isn't emotional strength what got me into this mess in the first place?"

Tori laughed, after all, what Kai had pointed out to her was actually the truth. Between a few quiet laughs she answered, "Partly I suppose that's true but you're lucky you have so much strength in you. You have the ability to be strong for others when you need to but you still have your own emotions. All you need is the knowledge to actually know when you should be strong and when you should let go."

"I know, I don't work well with letting go but you know I've tried. I think it's just something that has to stop going on by itself, not something I can control."

"Maybe you're right but we're not going to know until those results from the doctors come in so we don't need to think about it till then." Tori pointed out to him carefully, her fingers still tracing along the skin of Kai's arms, the sweetness of her touch not stopping nor slowing down as she had spoken.

"That is something I can agree with."

"Very good." Tori smiled and leaned over, giving Kai a sweet slow and quick kiss on the lips. Kai smiled up at Tori, the girl not hesitating to return it before she went back to resting her head onto his shoulder where she was most comfortable. "So it's agreed, I'm begging my mom and dad for me to stay here and not to leave." She said after about five minutes of silence.

"And I'm not going to worry about the results until they arrive, once they arrive then I can worry." Kai nodded to himself as he made the decision final.

"Yeah, worry once they there's something to worry about." Tori laughed, taping her fingers against his stomach.

"Sounds like a good plan if you ask me."

"Then it's a final agreement, we'll sort things out and we can assure ourselves that it'll all work out alright later." Tori sat up and nodded to herself, then turned to Kai, "So by agreeing to this you're agreeing to resting well without worrying about your results so you should rest now before you change your mind."

"And I think you need to go yell at your parents for a few hours."

Tori smiled and placed a hand out onto Kai's shoulder, "I will yell at them and trust me, I'll enjoy it too." She stood up, gave him a peck on the cheek and walked out of the room, as they all were, she was careful to close the door behind her as she left.

'You heard the lady, get to sleeping.' Dranzer ordered, scolding in Kai's mind.

'I will, just give me a few minutes.' Kai told him coldly, obviously not liking Dranzer's tone with him.

'A few minutes gives you enough time to worry about one thing or another so rest.' Dranzer was always known for his stubbornness and persistence in order to look after his Master. True, the persistence didn't always work since Kai was twice as stubborn as Dranzer was and there was a tie between Tori and Kai's stubbornness which Dranzer couldn't match up to even if he tried to.

'I won't worry about anything, just go and look out for Tori.' Kai slid his body under the covers of the bed, resting his head back against the pillows as he ran his hand along the tense muscles of his shoulders where he could feel the pressure passing onto his arms which disallowed him to move so much.

'She'll be fine; she needs to yell at her parents in peace. As much peace as you can get with Denzelle in the room.' Clearly you can tell that everyone in this little family had taken an enjoyment of teasing the young female bit-beast for fun, even though there were some things Dranzer didn't dare to say to Denzelle in person.

Kai turned onto his side, resting his head on the nook of his arm as he closed his eyes and prepared to sleep, internally still speaking to Dranzer, 'As true as that is, I still want you to keep an eye on her and leave me alone for a while.'

'If you insist but I warn you, I will be checking on you.' Dranzer warned, somehow sounding a little…victorious to say the least of it.

'I'm sure you will, now go.' Kai groaned aloud, stretched his arm out over the bed and pulled Tori's pillow over his head, a part of him probably hoping that Dranzer would take the large hint that he wasn't in the mood of talking to him.

'Are you sure you're okay?'

Kai grit his teeth, growing more and more tired by each moment that passed by, 'Will you leave me alone if I said 'please'?' he asked Dranzer, hanging onto the last shred of patience his body could take.

'Alright, I'm going. Rest well.'

Kai moved the pillow off of him and put it back in its place even though his eyes were still sealed shut, exhaustion was nagging at him and his body and head were all aching from the stress it had all been under in the past few days.

Life was tough, everyday there was something new to worry about, cry about, hurt about or stress about. That was life, one problem after another. The good thing about life, was the people around you that made you feel like that the bad things about life shouldn't matter. If they still matter to you then at least your loved ones manage to get you to calm down about what's going on in your life. Sometimes your friends and family are the only ones around to help you think clearly. Kai didn't have any family left so he felt sort of abandoned by them all since none of them where there to be a positive influence on him but at the same time he was glad that they weren't there. If they were then he wouldn't have made such good friends. It took years of hard work to even be able to call them his real friends but it happened and they were friends now, something Kai had strived for so long to have.

In minutes Kai began to drift off to sleep after being drained of what was left of his energy. Even though he slept peacefully his mind continued to think about everything in his life, his friends, his whole life and all his problems. And you would think that since he were thinking about his problems too, he'd be breaking his promise to Tori and Dranzer but he wasn't. He couldn't control his dreams or nightmares and this time when he thought about the problems in his life he approached them in a slightly different way than he would have about a year ago.

The amazing thing really is that Kai saw that knowing Tori solved a lot of things in his life. The young girl made his life a living hell for the first month or so of knowing each other and then suddenly her making him miserable turned out to put him in his place long enough to try and sort things out for himself. She didn't treat him like he was weak or anything of the sort, she just stuck around and cared for him when he was too busy worrying about other things with not much time to focus on himself. She didn't make him feel like he couldn't do anything by himself, she just held on to him till he found he had enough strength to do the things he wanted to do alone.

It wasn't wrong, it just all felt right because one thing that Kai feared was suddenly feeling like he had to depend on someone to survive. It seemed to have ended up that way anyway but it just wasn't the same thing. A positive part of him seemed to have convinced him that things would be fine from then on but another part still there, feared she would still have to leave despite trying to convince her parents not to make her and not to mention those results that were still preying on his mind.

Those were the kind of memories and bad thoughts he wanted to stay as far away from as he could, the kind of things that made his nights like a living hell. Thankfully after a while his nights had seemed to get much better, he had nights where he could sleep for four peaceful hours and be fine when he woke up and at least he wasn't as afraid to fall asleep as he used to be when things where far worse than they were now. Even now, even when his mind was still running like a motor over various thoughts he still managed his peaceful slumber. Not that he'd had too much of any other choice as he was probably too tired to even bother to wake up from the rush of thoughts.

It was all surprising though. He was so tough, cold and cruel to Tori at times which goes to show he still kept his personality and it was there and was always called upon when needed. Then when he was asleep it was a completely different thing, he was like an angel because the innocence and serenity on his face was just something that you wouldn't normal see when he was awake, no matter how nice he was being, it was never the same as when he was asleep. It was an unimaginable expression and one that anyone would find disbelieving if they knew the cold-hearted Kai and his temper. In myth it was said that when someone was awake and when they were asleep it was like two completely different worlds, different people and this was a good example of it that proved it right.

Then moving in with Tori wasn't as much of a mistake as he'd originally thought. It turned out to do him some good because it got Tori to see more of the nicer side of him. It later got her to try to help him with his personal problems, his eating, his sleeping and just his nightmares in general and not to mention the mood swings. It took a lot out of him to be able to trust her long enough for her to try to help him but he managed after a while.

Knowing and hating one person, turned out making him have a slightly more comfortable life and made him trust a family that he needed and that wanted to help the person he inflicted so much pain onto, himself. There were countless times where he just wanted to strangle Tori and he even attempted it once before but now he was glad that she actually was in his life.

---Flashback---

"So you admit there's something to talk about that you're avoiding."

"Stop putting words in my mouth." Kai growled angrily at her.

Tori smiled lightly, staring up at the older teen, "Relax. I'm only coming up to you to ask you if you ate anything, I couldn't let you beybattle or train this team if you hadn't eaten anything in days." She said.

"I did. Now leave!" Kai said, pushing past her and walking into his room.

Tori walked in after him into the bedroom before Kai rammed her up into a wall. His fingers tightened around her neck while Tori's nails clawed at them for him to loosen the hold on her neck. She wasn't scared, she knew Kai wouldn't try kill her, he only wanted to scare her but it didn't seem to work on her that much. Once his grip loosened slightly her hands fell on his forearms, she stared up at him slightly panicked. It wasn't Kai's terrifying glare that panicked her, it was just that it didn't even look like he could control what he was doing and under the gentle touch of her hands Kai's skin had heated up. Through all the panic her senses had shut down until she came in contact with the hard ground beneath her.

---End Flashback- Next Flashback---

Tori and Kai stood outside on the balcony, Kai's arms around Tori's waist while Tori held onto his hands as they both continued staring out over at the scenery of the dark night sky around them. Kai remained resting his chin on Tori's shoulder and suddenly Tori smiled contently, "What?" he asked her, wondering why she was smiling so suddenly.

"I'm really glad we met…even if it was us trying to kill each other at first." Tori smiled as she replied to him, giving a small sweet laugh at the end.

"Yeah, me too."

Tori smiled and rested her head back against Kai's shoulder, "And here I was thinking that you thought it was all a mistake."

Kai frowned a little and looked at her, "That's a really stupid thing to think about."

"I know but you know I can't help it sometime, like you can't help worrying so you have no right to judge." Tori nodded, putting up this tough façade to make her look unbreakable and just annoy Kai into thinking that he actually couldn't argue with her about it.

"Touché."

Tori lifted her head off her boyfriend and shifted a little uncomfortably, "So you don't think this is all a mistake?"

"Not even close."

Tori smiled and turned round to look at Kai, "I'm glad I'm not the only one then." She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a peck on the lips, then resting her head against his chest while she wrapped her arms around his waist and he held onto her tightly. "Don't leave." She whispered, even though Kai didn't hear it because of the breeze that blew past the two.

---End Flashbacks---

It could have all been far worse for the two of them but everything turned out alright for both of them. Tori got the strength she needed to go through with the surgery and Kai gained friends and a better life style than the one he had when he was dealing with things by himself. Everyone hoped that things would one day be perfect but for now things were quite far off from perfect and they weren't going to be rushed into anything good, nothing would make things perfect until everything in his life was sorted out.

Tori placed her hand on the doorknob and slowly and quietly pushed open the bedroom door, peeking inside and watching Kai as he slept. She stepped inside and closed the door quietly behind her as she tiptoed to her bathroom. Despite Kai's sleep, he sensed someone else in the room and on instinct shot up in bed and looking over at Tori before turning and lying on his back. Tori turned back to the door, "Sorry, go back to sleep." She told him, turning to the door to leave again.

Kai was like that all the time, no matter what changed. He had this rather amazing but irritating all the same defensive system. Almost no matter how tired he actually was he'd wake up at the smallest sound or at the presence of anyone, no matter how trusting he was towards whoever he was surrounded by. "It's alright. Any good news?" He asked her, wiping any traces of sleep out of his crimson eyes, making an attempt to sit up properly.

Tori walked over to the bed and sat on her side of it, "Well it was a negotiation." She said.

Kai nodded and raised an eyebrow at her, "And?"

"They said I can stay here but in a few weeks they're going to go see some old friends of ours in California and they want me to go with them for sure."

Kai continued to look at her, a little frozen but otherwise fine, "That's the best negotiation I've heard in ages." He whispered.

"Yeah so this turned out like we'd hoped…partly."

Kai smiled and rolled his eyes at her, "It's the best we've got and it could always be worse so don't complain." He told her, giving her arm a light punch.

Tori laughed, obviously understanding where he was coming from, "Yeah I know, I'm not complaining." She got off the bed and walked over to the door, "Get some more rest." She ordered, leaving the room in under a second of her last words.

Kai shook his head and got out of the bed, walking into Tori's bathroom and fixing himself up. He snuck out into the hall, put on his shoes and walked over to the front door, stretching his stiff arm to open the door. "Where are you going?" Tori asked, standing behind him against the kitchen door frame.

"Out, first for a walk and then to check on the others." Kai replied, opening the front door and stepping out.

Tori shrugged, not seeming to care this time about where he went, "Alright, have fun." She turned and walked back into the kitchen to make herself some dinner.

Kai left the apartment in a hurry, leaving Tori in the apartment with her loyal bit-beast for some company. The two girls where left to have a girls night in basically, watching movies together, eating whatever junk food Denzelle had bought when she was at the store along with the buttered popcorn Tori actually liked. It was one night where they didn't worry about each other and Kai was allowed a peaceful night out on his own which she was sure he'd enjoy.

---Next Day- 1:30pm---

Tori and Denzelle had had a long night, staying awake till 2am watching movies. Kai had come home at midnight and had watched about fifteen minutes of the movie, realized it was some crappy love story and suddenly decided that he was tired. Tori and Denzelle had laughed at it but passed it off and continued to watch the movie till 2am. Denzelle had disappeared off into her blade, Tori had gone to bed and didn't dare wake up till it was midday and she was sure she wasn't going to collapse from exhaustion once she got up.

Once she got up she made lunch for her and Kai but Kai had apparently already eaten by the time she'd woken up. Commenting, "A lot of things seem to happen when I sleep."

Tori walked into the living room, not seeing Kai there like she'd expected him to be. She smiled and sighed, catching sight of him out on the balcony. She gave up on asking why he was ever out there because the only answer she ever seemed to get was, "I needed some fresh air." She walked over to the boy outside, grabbed onto his arm and dragged him inside. "Come on, no more staying outside." She told him, tugging at him harder.

Kai turned round, wincing slightly at the amazingly tight hold on his arm, "Alright, calm down." He told her, willingly walking inside and sliding the screen door closed behind him. "Ever since your surgery you really got your strength back." He added, picking up Tori and falling back onto the sofa.

Tori grinned and latched her arm onto Kai's and cuddled up close to him, "I know! It feels great!" she exclaimed happily.

"I see you enjoy it." Kai laughed, giving Tori a tender kiss on the cheek. "So why the jumpy mood?" he asked after a moment.

Tori shook her head quickly, her auburn fringe moving in the front of her face cutely, "I have no idea. I just got hyper." She replied hurriedly.

"No more chocolate and late nights for you." Kai groaned, a hyper Tori was one that wasn't so much fun to deal with if you were afraid of losing your sanity.

"But…that's not fair!" Tori shouted, pouting in an adorable protest.

Kai smirked and held onto her tighter, pulling her into a comforting embrace, one that also stopped her from jumping around as much, "Life isn't fair, you know that." He whispered.

"I know that, silly."

"Who are you calling silly, silly?"

Tori laughed and balled her fist, hitting Kai in the stomach, not lightly and neither harshly as it seemed as though she couldn't control her own strength anymore. "I'm not silly." She muttered.

"Keep on telling yourself that."

Tori smiled up at him, a sense of victory on her face, "Thanks I will."

Kai sighed and shook his head, "You're far too stubborn for your own good. It's going to get you into more serious trouble one day."

Tori smiled a little mischievously, biting down on her tongue for a second as she contemplated on speaking when she decided to do so, "I'm with you, I'm already in serious trouble."

"I just love your sense of humour." Kai told her sarcastically.

"Tha-" Tori started off with her thanks but was interrupted by Kai's phone ringing and vibrating on the coffee table.

Kai groaned, loosening his hold on Tori as he leaned forward and picked the phone up. He stared on at the phone in his hand as it rang, watching the name on the screen flash constantly. Tori leaned over slightly to look at the phone and took a slow breath before taking the phone from Kai's hand, "Wait here." She told him, flicking open the phone and leaving the room.

Kai nodded, even after Tori had left. He sat back, resting his head back as he closed his eyes and tried to pretend like nothing was happening. Telling himself that it was fine. Denzelle appeared beside him , her presence being ignored by Kai until she put a hand on his shoulder which made him open his eyes to look at her.

She smiled sweetly, obviously she never had taken any offence to his rudeness towards her, "Don't worry." She whispered sweetly, giving a supportive smile and nod.

The two waited in complete silence till Tori quietly walked back into the living room again. She clutched the phone in her hand as she nodded and signaled Denzelle to give them a minute, Denzelle obliging and disappearing from the room in an instant. Tori sat down beside Kai and cuddled up next to him, wrapping her arms around his shoulders and pulled him to rest against him. Kai took it as some sort of hint and looked up at her, "It's that bad?" he asked hoarsely.

Tori smiled, "No. It's that good." She answered quietly.

Kai looked up at her with a little confusion on his face, his mouth opening slightly in a silent question till he brought up enough of his voice to speak properly, "What do you mean?"

Tori smiled, her eyes shining with the same sense of happiness and encouragement, "You've got APTSD, Acute Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It's 'acute' so not as serious as any of us thought. The doctor thinks you can handle it for now but he wants to check you over again in two months to see how you are, if things keep persisting than he wants you to try some anti-anxiety medication, particularly to hold down the panic attacks if they persist too." She explained quietly.

Kai nodded a little numbly, taking in all of Tori's explanation. He took in a deep breath which helped him take it in quicker, calming him down and making him sit back comfortably.

Tori smiled at the way he handled it, stroking his cheek softly, "This doesn't mean you're going to handle it all alone." She reminded. Kai looked up at her quickly, a little disappointedly at the same time thinking that he was going to be stuck on medication anyway. Tori spoke again, pulling at him more to bring him close, "You're going to have me with you and the others and you need to talk to us when something is wrong, got it?"

Kai nodded quickly, almost willingly to avoid ruining anything in his life by what he considered…slipping up. "I will." He agreed, whispering hoarsely, remaining strong as he said it, rubbing at his eyes from his tiredness and the moisture that was in there. It felt like a really close call for him. He was always worrying that to him these results would be the end of him and most likely the end of his self-esteem if things got worse but hearing that things weren't as bad as he thought than that was more than just a load off his shoulders which definitely made him feel a lot better.

Tori pulled her arms around him tighter, giving him a few sweet kisses on his cheek as they remained in the same embrace for a few minutes, Tori smiling contently as she continued to stare down at the boy. Denzelle appeared again just behind Kai, smiling really happily as she placed a hand on his shoulder and leaned down close to his ear to whisper to him, "Kai…Dranzer and I would hate to say we told you so but…we told you so." She finished her sentence with a laugh before disappearing from the room, being sure that Kai would have hit her or something for even saying that.

Strangely enough all Kai did was smirk before pulling out of Tori's arms and sitting up properly, smiling as he went over some things in his head. Tori enjoyed watching Kai relax for a while, smiling happily as she watched it, feeling good that the one she cared so much about was starting to feel a little better. Even if it was just a little bit. She decided she should remain quiet and just sat there as she didn't mind feeling blank, or feeling like she was doing nothing because really and truly she was watching him be happy which was something good enough to fill her heart which didn't make her feel so empty.

---Two Days Later---

It was close to the end of training and Tori stood on the porch, watching the beybattle between the three team members as she got each of them to play to perfection. Tyson had been the first one to be knocked out of the bey dish, as Tori had put so nicely put it, his failure had been the cause of his wondering mind. Tori was about to comment on Max's next defeat as it was within a second of happening when she'd been pulled back off the porch and swung inside the Dojo by a force she hadn't seen at first.

Tori looked up at Kai as he stood in front of her, smirking down at her as she looked at him surprised at his attendance, "Hey what are you doing? You're meant to be at the apartment." She whispered in hopes the team outside wouldn't hear her as most likely they'd think she were insane as Kai was not meant to be there.

Kai put his hands on Tori's waist and lifted her off the ground a little, giving her a sweet and passionate kiss on the lips that ended up lasting longer than Tori even thought they could possibly last. Tori pulled away quickly, bumping into the wall behind her as she fell back, breathing quite heavily from just one kiss she didn't think was humanely possible.

Tori's eyes widened as she continued to look at him strangely, "What was that for?" she breathed out quietly.

Kai just shrugged a little, going back to wrapping his arms around Tori's waist and holding her close, "Nothing. It doesn't always have to be just for something." He replied.

Tori placed her hands onto his shoulders, in the meantime raising an eyebrow at him and holding the whole look for a moment before speaking, "You came all the way over here from the apartment just to kiss me?" she asked disbelievingly.

"I suppose." Kai shrugged slightly at the same time.

Tori laughed at him, grabbing onto his shirt and giving him a quick peck on the lips before turning to leave the room, "You're really sweet but I have my work to do and you need to go back to the apartment." She told him, turning and attempting to leave.

Kai grabbed her hand just before she'd swung out the door, pulling her back into the room where they'd had one more minute by themselves. Tori was pulled into another, although shorter kiss than earlier but one that had as much dear to her as the first, once she pulled away she continued to look up at Kai a little numbly, watching as he seemed to have struggled to say something. "I love you." Were the three words that quietly and very vaguely crossed his lips.

Tori smiled happily, it being the first time he'd said that to her in person, it being the second time he'd said it at all. She stood up straight to reach him and gave him a sweeter kiss than he'd given her, one that sent sweet chills down their spines. Tori didn't pull away but squinted slightly when she'd heard a small creaking sound coming from somewhere in the room.

"Ooh kissing!" Max shouted. The blonde boy had been watching from the entrance of the Dojo as all three stood on the porch and peeked in from the door. Both teenagers in love pulled away quickly and turned to the door that was behind Tori.

The auburn-haired girl gaped and before any of them knew it she'd let go of Kai despite the comforting embrace and ran out of the Dojo and into the yard, "Max, I'm going to kill you!" she shouted. At the same time she decided to ignore Tyson and Ray for the other two obvious intruders as she knew Kai would get to them himself which left the younger blonde to suffer at her hands. Well, it wasn't really suffering, all they did was chase each other for a few minutes, then Tori catching up she wrestled Max down and tickled him for a few minutes till he decided to beg for mercy.

Kai on the other hand, well the blonde and the auburn-haired teenagers didn't quite get what Kai had done to the other two because Kai grabbed them by the back of their shirts and back into the Dojo for, most likely a yelling but everyone else feared to have wondered what happened them which just made Tori laugh at the thought of it.

So this wasn't exactly their happy ever after but it was the closest they were getting to it. Tori didn't quite end up confident enough to ever go swimming, not for a few years at least. Kai still had nightmares, a little more than occasionally but he still survived it all. He also didn't have any intentions of telling her any more about his past, not for a while most definitely. The two still had a lot they kept from each other. After a while Tori had given Kai all the files he had about him but he'd just kept them under the bed for safekeeping till he thought that he could handle reading about his past. Tori had gone to California with her parents, Kai had stayed behind but considering Tori was back within two weeks it wasn't as hard to deal with as he or any of them had thought to begin with. All in all it turned out to be as good as it could ever be for them but they all moved on with the hope that one day that things could be perfect. They just all had to wait and see what hand Fate dealt them next in the game they called life.

A/N: It's over! I can't believe it's over! Man this is getting emotional for me. I spent a lot of time writing this fic and I put a lot of energy in it. With luck I'd even get 200 reviews with this fic which was my original goal.

One thing I wanted in this fic was to write something that didn't seem far too corny or something that made Kai too OOC. I really hope I managed not to destroy his character completely but I think I managed to maintain at least a little bit of him in there. Also, I didn't want it to be one of those stories where he'd tell the girl everything about his life, I wanted there to still be some mystery about that, for himself, for Tori and for the readers. I didn't want to make it as thought Kai trusted her completely because that's just not Kai. I don't think he has the capabilities of trusting someone to the full and handing himself over completely and I wanted this fic to be a representation of that. Something else, I really really didn't want this fic to be the type where it's just either all angst or all lovey dovey or something like that. I wanted the angst to be in there, I wanted the love to build off of that anxiety that the characters felt and I wanted to involve ym study of psychology.

By the end of this fic I think you all learned a little something about psychology without having to learn it in one of the most boring of ways. Fine so maybe not everyone is into psychology but I didn't want this story to be completely based on something that isn't real, I wanted the real life problems in there to help make people aware of what other people go through and to help people relate to these emotions. I myself went through an emotional rollercoaster writing this story, trying to put myself in the point of view of the characters all the time which gave me quite a large amount of mood swings which in a good way meant that I succeeded in putting emotion into this.

I really hope that some of you have enjoyed this story and I'd like to thank everyone who's stuck with me and this story for so long. It means a lot! Thanks for everything and surely all your support!