Hey, Chapter nine!

Memories

Rayne woke up with a start. Someone was knocking on the door. Rayne went and unlocked it and opened it up to see Mr. Dickinson standing there.

"Mr. Dickinson…it's 6:00am," Rayne said groggily.

"I know. I need you and Jade to get ready. You have to go get a cabin ready with a young man name Antonio, you, the team, and Grandpa are going there for three days of training." Rayne nodded and said goodbye as she closed the door and woke Jade up. Rayne took a quick shower and got ready, soon followed by Jade.

"I'll call a cab and wait down in the lobby okay?" Jade said and left to go to the lobby. Rayne went into the Kitchen and packed food for them and then set the boy's alarm for 8:00, wrote a note, left them enough cab fair, and left for the lobby. When she got down there the cab was already there and they packed up and left for the cabin. The cab ride was a two-hour one, and it was rather bumpy. Rayne paid the driver and gave him a $50 tip and he was rather grateful. Rayne and Jade met up with Antonio and they went into the cabin.

"Oh…my…god," Jade said, "They expect us to clean this in what, two hours?" The cabin was a total mess and it needed some serious cleaning.

"Well…there is three of us and if we work insanely hard with no breaks then we should be able to get it done," Rayne said cheerfully. Antonio took out the cleaning supplies and they started cleaning. They finished sooner than they expected and went outside to see the boys' cab pull up. They boys and grandpa all made for the cabin when Rayne ran in front of the door and yelled, "Wait! You can't go in there! It is still a little fumy."

"What?" they asked in unison.

"Well, we had to clean it and it's still kind of fumy and we don't want you to get sick so…yeah," Jade said. "Oh, by the way. This is Antonio. He's going to help us train."

"Ooooh," they all said. They boys put their bags in front of the cabin and they all went down to the beach.

"You guys! We're supposed to be training!" Rayne yelled. They boys all stopped and turned around.

"How are we supposed to train? We are in the middle of nowhere! Besides. The All stars have a nicer place to practice," Tyson said. Jade sighed and walked towards the bush and launched her beyblade. Céillí, Jade's beyblade, went zooming through the trees and kicking up a lot of dirt and dodging fallen down tree's, and then came back to her.

"See that! It's called agility. You could work on that. Or look! There's a hollowed out log that looks like a dish. And I believe Antonio said something about there being some sort of exercise place up there in front of the waterfall, and there being some dishes made of stone up there! And who cares if we don't have the same kind of equipment! We'll just make do with what we have," Rayne told them. "Now get to work!"

The boys turned to leave when Antonio stopped them and said, "Wait! This is for Kenny and Ray," he pulled out a skeleton key. They just looked at them funny and then Rayne took charge and said.

"Kai, Ray, you're good with agility so I want you up by the waterfall doing weight training and such. Tyson, Max, I want you guys to work on your agility," Rayne turned to Jade, "as for us. We are going to do laps around the lake."

"Cool. How many do you think we can do?" Jade asked.

"I'd say about five. Wanna see who can do them the fastest?" Rayne challenged.

"You're on!" Jade accepted. They ran into the cabin and got changed into their bathing suits, put their hair up and jumped into the lake and swam around the lake exactly five times and then pulled themselves up on the bank and panted. They opened their eyes and say everyone starring at them, "Who…won?" Jade asked.

"Tie," they all said in unison. Rayne laughed and pushed Jade, which Jade replied with another push and they started laughing again and they got up. Kai handed them each a towel and they ran into the cabin, told Kenny and Ray if they came out while they were changing, or they peeked they would personally kill them with their bare hands, and got changed. Jade wore a red hoody and her black baggy pants, while Rayne wore a black hoody and purple pants. They went out to the fire where they were waiting for food. Rayne looked at Jade and raised an eyebrow. Rayne ran and got a chicken, spices, a stick, and two other y shaped sticks.

The boys were all looking at her funny and she said, "What? When we went and stayed with the Gypsies in Hungary they taught us how to cook wicked rotisserie chicken…Gypsy style."

"Ooooh," the boys said in unison. Rayne and Jade prepared the chicken and set up the rotisserie and started cooking the chicken. When they were done they all ate it and Tyson kept complimenting them.

"I'm still hungry," Tyson said.

"You like to eat a lot don't you?" Jade asked. Tyson nodded. "You should marry an Italian. Their dinners start at 5 in the afternoon and end at 10 at night. Sometimes even longer." Tyson laughed. They all chatted and informed each other of their time by themselves, except for Kai who sat on the edge of the log. Everyone left until it was Rayne and Kai; neither of them said anything because the fire entranced them. One of the logs snapped, which broke Rayne out of her trance and she turned to Kai, who looked at her too.

"Why do you always assume that I don't know what I am doing Kai?" Rayne asked. Kai didn't answer and looked back at the fire. "You should really give me more credit than you do. I'm not just a bumbling idiot who falls down all of the time." Kai smirked.

"To be honest," Kai said. "You are a bumbling idiot who falls down all of the time, your ankle is proof of that." Rayne blushed and looked back into the fire.

"True, but I'm also, smart, funny, intelligent, and very beautiful and-"

"Full of yourself," Kai interrupted. Rayne laughed and they were silent for a while. Rayne laid on the log and fell asleep.

"Rayne?" Kai said as he looked down and saw that she was asleep. He sighed, put out the fire, picked her up and carried her to bed. When he got into the cabin he saw that only Jade was up, she was reading a book, whilst holding her flashlight. She looked up and pointed to the little made up bed beside her. Kai nodded and put Rayne into her bed and made up his own bed.

"How long have you known Rayne?" Kai asked.

"Since we were four or five…I don't really remember," Jade replied, "but I remember the day we met. Man we hated each other, but I was nice because she had just moved in to the Jurgens' and she had just lost her best friend so…yeah" Jade said. "Both of our bit-beasts are from Ireland and we always used to fight and beybattle to see who's was better. She always won though. Then we realized that they were both equally special."

"Both equally special?" Kai asked.

"Yes. You see. They were both made from the same alloy and they're both wolves, mines black while hers is white. They are the sacred bit beasts that look over Ireland," Jade said, "she's just better than me. We practiced with each other so many times that we both know each other's moves inside and out."

"Oh. What are you reading?" Kai asked.

"Why do you ask so many questions?" Jade laughed. Kai just grunted, "I'm reading my grandmother's old diary. She was a very important person in Ireland. A Baroness I believe." Kai nodded, took off his scarf and wrist guards, went to bed, and left Jade with her book.

Kai woke up at dawn and noticed that Rayne wasn't in the room, 'I wonder where she got to...' Kai asked himself as he went outside to see where she went. He went to the beach and noticed that she was meditating under the waterfall. He decided that he'd join her because he hadn't meditated in a while and thought that it would improve his blading. He got into a canoe, rowed to the waterfall, took off his shirt, wrist guards, and scarf, sat down beside her and started to meditate. Rayne was so far in her concentration that she didn't even notice him. Rayne wasn't very good at meditating because her mind kept bringing up bad memories. This time it was the day she heard her parents, the Jurgens, had died.

Mr. and Mrs. Jurgen were on their way to a business meeting in Moscow where they were going to finalize some property deals. Mr. Jurgen always liked to have Mrs. Jurgen with him when he went on business trips because she was good at convincing people that what they are saying is the best thing. They were going to be gone for a few days so they made sure that their children were going to be fine. Rayne was slightly apprehensive about them leaving, but she said she would be fine and they left. They had a great trip and managed to win over the Russians and were excited to come home, but on their way back their plane crashed and exploded on impact. Nobody survived and to this day they still don't know what happened to the plane.

Robert was trying to teach Rayne a new beyblade technique when Jeeves walked in and told them the news. Rayne and Robert both dropped their launchers and were doubtful and full of questions. Jeeves obviously couldn't answer them and Robert got angry while Rayne just broke down and started to cry. Rayne didn't leave her room for a week. Robert didn't talk to anyone for about a month, and he never was the same. They had a small memorial for their parents in their backyard and only Rayne, Robert, and the housing staff were there.

Rayne stopped remembering and started to cry. She could feel the water hitting her and realized how cold she was. She steped out from under the waterfall, still crying a bit, and looked over and noticing Kai there without his shirt on meditating. 'When did he get here?' Rayne asked herself. Just as she was going to turn around Kai opened his eyes and looked straight at her. She lowered her face so that Kai wouldn't see her crying. Kai already thought she was a wimp, and she didn't want to give him proof. Kai got out from the waterfall and walked up to Rayne wondering why she was looking down.

'Why do I care so much?' Kai asked himself. 'She's just another person, nothing special.' Kai walked toward Rayne and lifted up her face noticing that she was crying. 'Why do I feel sad when she cries? I've seen lots of people cry and never once have I felt sad too.' Rayne looked into his eyes and remembered the accident which made her cry even harder. She put her head on his chest and hugged him and he, surprisingly enough, hugged her back. Soon enough Rayne stopped crying and let go of him and he reluctantly let go of her.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-" Rayne said while wiping her face with the back of her hand.

"No, no...it's okay," Kai said interrupting her. Rayne just nodded and Kai helped her into the canoe and then got his stuff and rowed them back to shore.

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