Hey all readers. I think it's obvious that the names of the Bladebreakers in this story are not mine. However, Sam Coredori and her bitbeast Drazema. Along with the team the Carnivora Catz and their bitbeasts are all mine so please don't take them without my position. Thanks bb4564
Chapter 9 – Stalker!
Once everyone had finished their tea, and Tyson had managed to finish of the last of the biscuits, everyone wandered into the living room. Max, Ray and Tyson settled themselves onto the large sofa, while her grandfather took one of the armchairs. Kenny glanced around, noticing there was only one more armchair in the room, and didn't want to seem rude by taking it. He needn't have worried, as Sam, upon noticing his anxiety, took the liberty of setting herself at her grandfather's feet, whilst Kai took his usual spot, leaning against the wall. Sighing with relief, Kenny darted over to the chair and flopped into it.
The room fell into an eerie silence after that. Sam glanced around the room and realised everyone was looking at her expectantly. Sam cleared her throat. "Well seeing as you're all…. staying here," she glanced pointedly at Kai who stared back at her blankly, "you might as well make yourselves at home. You will all be sleeping out here tonight, since this is the largest room in the house. The sofa over there folds into a bed, or I can bring down sleeping bags and tatami mats." She glanced around expectantly. The boys glanced unsurely at each other, then at Kai, who rolled his eyes in impatience. "The mats will be fine," he snapped after a moment.
Sam smiled as nicely as she could, despite how much her blood boiled at Kai's attitude. Standing up, she patted her grandfather's shoulder gently before looking at Kai. "Fine then," she said, through partially clenched teeth, "as you're already standing then, would you mind giving me a hand?" She smiled innocently at him. Kai narrowed his eyes dangerously at her as he pushed himself off the wall.
Sam led the way upstairs and down the hall. As he walked behind her, Kai took in the house. The walls along the hall was covered in photos of what he guessed were Sam's family. Turning away with disinterest, he noticed a room on his left. As he passed it, he saw it was a fairly large sized room, with cream-coloured carpet and purplish-white walls. On one side of the room was a bookshelf, which he noticed was crammed full of books, but he was too far away to see what they were about. A desk sat opposite it, covered in various objects and a bed set in another corner, made, but with a few wrinkles as though it had just been laid on. Kai's eyes scanned the various posters on the walls, before his eyes went to the ceiling. He studied the two posters there, but before he could look closely at them the door was slammed shut.
He looked down to see Sam glaring at him. "Don't you know it's rude to enter a girls room without permission?!" She snapped. Kai smirked, and indicated to his feet. "I never entered your room," he replied smugly. Sam's eyes narrowed until they were mere slits, but he could still see the fire in her eyes. "Be sure that it stays that way." She hissed. Kai met her gaze, unflinchingly. His eyes were suddenly drawn by a light glow coming from Sam's pocket, but she turned away from him before he could find out what it was.
The passed two more rooms on the way down the hall. One that he guessed was the bathroom, though it's door was closed. The other must have been the study, going by the computer and various bookshelves within it. Though he didn't bother looking at these, at the risk of enraging his 'host' again. He glanced away from the room to see that Sam had stopped and was opening a cupboard, which he noticed was full of sheets, towels and other such things.
Sam was standing on the bottom shelf, in order to reach the mats on the very top. As her fingers brushed against them she rose a little higher on her toes so she was actually able to grip them properly. Kai was slightly amazed by her balance, as she wasn't holding onto anything, resting all her balance solely on her feet. With a quick twist she suddenly jumped from the bottom shelf and onto the floor, bringing the mats down with her, which she thrust at Kai. Kai took them on reflex and before he could say anything, Sam had her back turned to him as she rummaged through the lower shelves.
As she did so, her dress lifted up a few inches revealing her lower back. It was then that Kai noticed the markings on her back. Part of it had been cut off, so Kai couldn't tell what it was, but some abstract picture had been tattooed onto the middle of her back. Kai noticed what appeared to be the tops of letters underneath the tattoo, but the top of Sam's pants had cut of the words. Before he could try and make out what the words were, Sam stood up, pulled down the back of her dress and swung around to face him. In her hands she held a pile of sleeping bags.
Without saying a word, she brushed past him and back over to the stairs. Kai watched her walk past, his mind still on the tattoo on her back. As he thought he turned and followed after her. Once he reached the stairs, he observed with amusement as she climbed onto the railing with ease and slid down, landing on her feet. Kai shook his head and walked down the stairs instead.
Once he entered the living room her found Sam had placed the sleeping bags on the floor and was rearranging the furniture so as to give the boys more room. Max and Ray were helping, while Kenny worked away on his computer. Tyson was nowhere to be seen, nor was Sam's Grandfather. He heard a sound of clattering dishes coming from the kitchen and knew he had found Tyson. Rolling his eyes in exasperation, he began to lay the mats out on the carpet.
The boys, excluding Tyson, then went about making their beds while Sam went to grab pillows for them. She returned a few minutes later, and soon all the beds were made and ready. At that moment Tyson walked in carrying a bag of chips in one hand and a chocolate biscuit in the other. He had crumbs and chocolate smudges around his face, and Sam wondered how many other biscuits he had already consumed.
Sam looked over at Kai and saw he was glaring at Tyson. "What do you think you are doing?" he growled. Tyson looked up innocently, shoving the other biscuit into his mouth, as though he was afraid Kai was about to snatch it from him. "Sam said we were to make ourselves at home," he mumbled, crumbs spraying from his mouth as he talked. Ray groaned, Max shook his head, smiling to himself, Kenny was too engrossed in his computer to even notice what was going on and Kai was just looking disgusted. Sam started to laugh. Tyson blinked at her before smiling. "I may need to rethink my words from now on," Sam giggled. Tyson nodded, swallowed his biscuit and grabbed a handful of chips, before offering them around.
Everyone settled down after that. Kenny sat quietly with his laptop, talking and typing away to himself. Tyson sat on the sofa, his feet tucked up beneath him, munching away happily. Kai sat on the floor against the wall, arms folded, eyes closed. Ray was looking at the photos on the walls, while Max and Sam had a quiet game of 'Go fish'. "Got any fives?" Max asked Sam. Sam smiled. "Go fish!" Max lent forward and grabbed a card from the pile in the centre. "Got an Ace?" Sam asked. Max groaned and handed over the card he had just picked up. Sam laughed and placed her cards on the pile in front of her. "I'm out!" she declared, taking seven new cards for herself. "So where's your grandfather?" Max asked, watching as Sam sorted through her cards. "Probably in the library," Sam replied, "he spends a lot of his time studying in there…got any threes?" Max shook his head and Sam lent in for another card. "Go fish. What does your grandfather study?"
"Literature mainly. Though a bit of science too."
"Oh." Max smiled. "Got a king?" Sam handed over her card with a pout. They continued to play until Sam's grandfather appeared and told them it was time for Dinner. Sam had made everyone sandwiches for lunch, though the majority of the group was full (by majority I mean everyone but Tyson) so they spent the afternoon relaxing, each one glad for the peace and quiet.
After a filling meal, the boys decided to call it a night, suffering from jet lag and wanting to have a good nights sleep as they would have training tomorrow. Her grandfather had disappeared after dinner so Sam said goodnight to the boys before heading upstairs herself. There she had a quick shower and got into her pyjamas. Climbing in to bed, she thought about her new team. They were very different from her old team and Sam wondered how she'd go adjusting. Sam's mind soon wandered to the leader of the team and she fell asleep trying to think of how she could possibly know him.
Sam stirred in her sleep. 'No…" she murmured, twisting around, "no… please…no." She started to thrash about more wildly as her once peaceful dream suddenly became a nightmare. "No!' Sam woke with a start. Glancing wildly around the room, she tried to work out where she was. She soon recognised her room and sighed with relief. 'That dream had been so real,' she thought, surprised to find herself still safe in her bed. Shuddering to herself she looked out the window and saw the sun had not yet risen. Glancing at her clock, she saw it was only 5:28 in the morning. She groaned knowing she'd never get back to sleep.
She sat there for a moment wondering what to do before she slipped out of her bed and started to pace. She hated staying still and wanted to get outside and do something. Going over to her door, she turned the handle and opened the door, praying it wouldn't squeak. To her relief it didn't and she made her way over to the stairs. Sitting on the railing she slid down silently and landed on the carpet with a noiseless 'thud'. Glancing around, she shuddered at the ominous silence that had fallen over the house. As she passed the living room she saw the Bladebreakers all spread out on their tatami mats sleeping peacefully. By peaceful she didn't include Tyson's loud snoring, which echoed throughout the house every few minutes, breaking the silence.
Being careful not to wake them, she walked outside and closed the door quietly behind her. Not bothering to put on her shoes she ran across the pebbles and over to the large oak in her back yard. Once under its shady leaves, she kneeled before it, her hand resting against the carvings. "Hey mum, dad," she whispered, "I couldn't sleep so I thought I'd come talk to you. You don't mind do you? So much has happened since you left. I've been training Drazema every morning mum, just like I promised the day you…"she paused feeling tears well up in her eyes and fall down her cheeks at the unhappy thoughts. "Well never mind. Oh, guess what?" she whispered, wiping away the tears. "You never will. I'm seventeen now and I'm going to be a part of the Bladebreakers. You know? The world champions! Cool huh? We're going to Germany soon, to train for the championships. I can't wait. I'm the only girl, but they're all so nice to me. They treat like a sister. You know how I always wanted brothers. I wish you could meet them all. The only one I can't understand is Kai. He's the leader. I don't understand what's up with him. But Max tells me he's always like that, so at least it's not just me. Max is the nicest of them all mum and dad. He's the first one to make me feel like part of the team. He…"
Her words thoughts were cut of by the sound of a twig snapping behind her. "What was that!" her mind cried. Her stalker was back! Leaping to her feet her hands instantly went to her waist for her blade. It was then that Sam realised she'd left it inside. Groaning to herself, she spun around, wishing she had remembered her blade.