Somehow Saphire managed to sneak out of the house. Tyson and Grandpa were still angry with Saphire and Kai kept his mouth shut. "She's involved with a bad crowd. If she's with them then she could be connected with Boris. If he uses her to get to me I'm gonna kill him." Tyson growled stabbing at his breakfast. 'Boris, of course. He could've given her Black Dranzer. But how did he get it?' Kai's brain was working overtime on this.
They were so angry with her they didn't notice Lilly sneaking some toast in to a napkin. "Finished. I'll be back later."
"Where are you going?" Lilly was very good at looking innocent and hid the napkin behind her back. "I'm going to the park with my friends." She left quickly leaving all but Kai none the wiser. He finished a second later and followed her. As he suspected Saphire had arranged to meet Lilly later. He spotted Saphire standing on a large bolder looking out at sea. Her hair and coat were being blown behind her.
"Saphire, I've brought you some toast." She looked down to Lilly and climbed down. Saphire took the toast and ate it slowly. "Gramps and Tyson are angry with you." Saphire shrugged and finished her toast. She whispered something to Lilly who looked very confused.
Kai stood in the shadow of a tree wondering what was going on. "Why are you following me?" Kai turned and was surprised she managed to sneak up on him. He looked at her curiously so she repeated her question. "Who said I was following you?"
"What's so interesting about Lilly?" He shook his head still annoyed that he had been caught. "So if you aren't following Lilly or me then…you're just here to spend a day at the beach I suppose." She started to walk away leaving Kai even more confused. "If I find you following me again then you'd better make sure I don't catch you."
"Is that a threat?" He growled behind her. "No, just a piece of advice." She smirked. "Did you enjoy my little show that day?" She left Kai as his eyes widened in shock. 'I need to work on my skills.' He thought as he went back to Tyson's place. All the team were there waiting for the training to begin.
Saphire didn't come back until night fell again. But this time it was before ten and she had to face the wrath of Tyson and his Grandfather. Tyson was told to stay in the training room whilst the old man questioned his son's daughter. After about an hour of questioning she was finally allowed to go to bed. Tyson came up to the door but she slammed the door shut as he tried to open it. His fingers were caught and he jumped back yelling and blowing on his fingers. "SAPHIRE!! YOU'RE NOT MY FAVOURITE COUSIN ANYMORE!!"
"I didn't ask to be." She called back closing the door to Tyson's room.
"Shut up Max!" The whole team decided to stay and laughed at him. Kai lay down and advised the others to get some rest for tomorrow. The days passed slowly and Kai didn't follow Saphire anymore. But he was still wracking his brains trying to figure out how she got that bit beast.
Hilary came over and introduced herself. The annoying little girl Lilly admired Hilary's clothes which made her smile. But Saphire just walked straight past her without saying a word. "How rude." Saphire didn't say anything and just kept going. "Remember to be back here before twelve." Tyson yelled but Saphire just gave him the two-fingered salute and walked out the garden. Tyson looked so angry that steam could come billowing out of his ears any moment.
Saphire never stayed long in Tyson's house. She only came to sleep using her own money to buy food at the local places.
"I wish she would go back to the way she was." Tyson sighed as he watched her go past the training room again. "They way she was? Wasn't she always this way?" Rei asked looking curious, Tyson shook his head in a sad way. "She used to be kind of cool. But then-" Tyson became silent and lay down on his roll out bed.
"But then?" The team were surprised that Kai asked this. But Tyson shook his head. "The only person who can tell you that is Saphire. It's her business and she'd probably kill me if I did, and don't think about asking Lilly. She won't tell you either."
No one said anything else and just went to sleep. But Kai lay awake for an hour or two still pondering about Saphire's special friend.