A/N: Thanks so much for the 2, count em, 2 reviewers! I wasn't planning on updating this early in the week but what the hell? I hope you guys enjoy this shorter than usual chapter! Thanks again chocolatexloverx16 and greywindfalcon. I luv you guys!
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Chapter 3
I sighed and closed the door to Tyson's room before heading downstairs. I jumped over the couch and sat next to Kai who was currently asleep. "Kai." I nudged him in his ribs and he mumbled something before going back to sleep. "Kai wake up!" I shouted in his ear loudly.
He jumped up and looked at me. "What was that for?" he said putting a finger in his ear trying to see if he could hear.
"Because." I looked down. "Tyson's still not back yet." I said feeling lower than dirt.
"Ray, I already told you he went over to Max's house or to Kenny's or something." Kai said avoiding eye contact.
"No he didn't Kai. He's gone this time." I said looking at the ground.
"How do you know?" Kai said yawning.
"Because I was in his room trying to find a clue to where he could have gone and I found a message that Max had sent him. He wished him a happy birthday." I said lowly.
Kai smacked himself in the head. "Dammit! I knew I had forgotten something!"
"That's not all." I said still looking down. He looked at me with a concerned look.
"What else?"
"He stopped going to school for one." Kai didn't say anything and only looked down. "He also quit blading."
Kai jumped up. "He what!?"
"He quit." I said looking down again.
"You're fucking kidding me right!?" Kai said walking around the couch.
"I wish I was. And you know this entire time we were telling him to go play with Max?"
"Yeah."
"Well Max has been gone for two months."
Kai stopped walking around and just stood there. "Any other surprises?"
"Not that I know of."
Kai slowly sat down next to me before screaming and putting his hands in his hair in frustration. "I can't believe this! I was so pre-occupied that I didn't- WE didn't. Dammit! And I was the one that punched him and told him to leave! I'm so fucking stupid!"
"Kai calm down. I'm sure he'll be back. He'll call or something I know it."
"No Ray you don't get it. His grandfather's dying wish was that I would raise Tyson. I promised on his grave that I would! And now look where I am. He must hate me now."
I pulled Kai into a hug. "Kai, you can't blame yourself for everything. I'm at fault too."
"Yeah but did you promise to take care of Tyson no matter what? No you didn't Ray, I did. And I need to fix it." He took a deep breath before looking at me. "Let me see your phone."
(Tyson's POV)
"Kai? Kai Hiwatari?" a man in a suit suddenly said walking past me.
"What do you want?" Kai answered not looking directly at him.
"Can I talk to you in private?" he said gesturing over to a less crowded place behind a few trees. We were at the funeral for my grandfather. I stopped looking at the casket in front of me and looked over to the blonde.
"Thanks for coming Max." I said trying to force a smile.
He reached over and hugged me tightly. "Any time Tyson and you know that." He said still holding me. He pulled back and I sniffled a little.
"I need to get some fresh air." I said looking down.
"Ok, I'll be here when you come back." He said smiling.
I walked towards the few trees that were scattered in the cemetery and just walked, not really knowing where I was going. A sudden voice suddenly made my ears perk up. "And this was the old man's last words?" Kai's voice said quietly.
"Yes I'm afraid so. He wants you to be the one to raise Tyson. He's made the necessary preparations for you to move in." the man said also in a hushed voice.
Kai sighed. "Alright." I watched as the man nodded and walked off leaving Kai in the middle of the trees. "Tyson." He said lowly.
I knew he had seen me. You couldn't sneak up on Kai. I walked slowly over to him, still looking down. "Y-yes?" I said still not quite done with tears.
"I'm pretty sure you heard?"
I nodded. "Yeah I did."
"Are you ok with that?" he said looking me in the eye. I looked at him and was surprised to see his eyes filled with regret. He looked at me not as a teammate but more as a sibling.
"I guess." I said sniffling.
"Are you going to be ok?"
I shook my head no still feeling tears run down my face.
"Look Tyson." He lifted my head up by my chin making me look him in the face through tear filled eyes. "I swore on your grandfather's grave that I would become your guardian. I intend to keep that promise."
I stared at him wide-eyed, not believing what I had just heard. I sniffled before turning and running away at full speed for no reason. I heard him calling my name but I just kept running. I winced as I felt myself slamming into another person. I looked up seeing Max concerned as always. "Tyson are you ok?" he said sitting up. I tackled him into the ground crying deeply into his chest for the second time that day. I was so weak back then, so accustomed to having everything my way. I guess that's why it hit me so hard when Gramps and Max both left me.
I gasped and my eyes flew open when I suddenly heard a light buzzing sound next to me. It stopped quickly and I looked around the room. I was in a giant bed. Around me was the ideal room to any boy my age. That's when it hit me. I had fallen off of the bridge. Me and Max. After that my body broke through really thick ice, and then… Then… Dammit what happened next! Where the hell am I!? I sat up quickly. A large stone suddenly felt like it was being dropped on my stomach and I screamed loudly in pain. It was then that I noticed that I had bandages wrapped around my stomach and around my left shoulder. I also had a single bandage across my head. The pain was immense and I felt hot tears falling from my eyes onto my jeans. The door to the room suddenly flew open and Max came running in. "Max?" I said trying to breathe easy.
"Tyson! Are you ok!? Don't move so much, you're still recovering!" he said all at once. He put one hand behind my head and the other on my waist and slowly eased me back down on the bed.
"What's wrong with me?" I said wincing as I accidentally poked my stomach to hard.
"Your body took quite a beating." I heard Mr. Tate's voice say as he walked in and stood besides Max.
"What are you talking about?" I said in shock.
"When you and Max fell in the water, you fell through a tub of ice. We could tell by an ice shard that was impaled into your back. It practically went through you!" Mr. Tate said making my eyes grow wide.
"Am I going to be ok?" I asked quickly.
"Yeah of course. The ice melted but it didn't go without damage. You were bleeding from your head awhile too. It should heal up in about 2 months." Mr. Tate said smiling.
"2 months!" I shouted, wincing again as I felt the pain in my stomach.
"Naa I'm just kidding. You should be back to normal in a few days." He said smiling. I smiled in relief. "Or will you?" he said in an evil tone.
My heart dropped and my face turned blue. "Dad I think you'd better leave." Max said feeling my forehead.
"Just having a little Halloween fun in December is all." He said getting up and heading to the door.
"Dad no one does that. Who do you know that will ever make anything about Christmas in October?" Max said with a small smirk. (A/N: Shut up Max it's a free country. -__-)
"I could name someone. Anyhow I'll leave you two alone for now. Don't go jumping into any ice!" he said smiling before closing the door.
I sighed when he left. He had really scared me for a minute. "How did I get here? Actually where is 'here'?" I asked closing my eyes. Normally I would have been really nervous. Probably freaking out. But Max was here and I trusted the blonde like a brother. Speaking of brother there's and interesting story about Hiro, I'll save that for later though.
"We're at the winter lodge. You've been knocked out for most of the day. I wasn't sure if you were even going to wake up." He said sitting down next to me on the bed. I looked down.
"I'm sorry to have worried you." I said lowly. "I'm going to be leaving in about an hour or so." I said standing up and ignoring the pain in my chest and back. It wasn't that bad once I moved around. It still hurt if I moved too much though.
"Wait what do you mean leave?" Max said standing up as well.
"Didn't I tell you? I'm leaving here for awhile."
"Didn't I tell you? You're not going anywhere. You promised me that you would spend Christmas here with us." He said looking at with giant blue eyes. I looked at him weirdly before suddenly remembering. "Ok how about this? If you go with us and you don't have the best Christmas ever while there, I'll run away with you. No regrets, no worries, just the two of us." I looked at him to see he was totally serious. "It's a deal then." I said standing.
"I did promise you that didn't I?" I said looking down.
I felt him touch my shoulder and I suddenly flinched and backed up quickly as a reflex. He looked at me with sadness in his eyes. "Max I'm sorry it was just a reflex." I said still looking down. I then put my head up looking him directly in the eye. "I did make you a promise though. And I intend to keep it." I said forcing a smile.
"That's good to hear." He said with a grin.
"Now I'm going to take a quick shower. I think that would be pretty good for my body right now." I said stretching and grabbing my phone. He nodded and I opened the phone to see what time it was. Hm one missed call. Wonder who called.
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Yeah I know short chapter but hopefully this will give you guys something to chew on until I start writing the next chapter. I've got to finish the Phoenix King and Kai's First Christmas so I'm going to be pretty busy. Oh yeah how dare you Max! I can write a Christmas fic in October! Well it's November now but still! The nerve! Any who review, review, and review! It's the only way I'll update this story sooner!