Yay! Thank you all (the two of you...Black Wolf Jaganshi Lover and xXxLuna-the-ChosenxXx) for reviewing. You made me feel happy. Perhaps I should say what Rayne was wearing when she was meditating...I wrote that whole scene and after I put it up I was like "AAAH CRAP!" So anyway, she was wearing a white robe-outfit thing with purple ties...anyway, on we go.

The City

Rayne and Kai got to shore and got out of the canoe quietly. They had just witnessed a different side of the other and reached a new understanding and weren't sure how long that understanding would last so they didn't want to say anything to comprimise it. They got back into the cabin and realized that everyone was still sleeping, except for Grandpa and Jade who got up and started the fire. Rayne got some clothes to change into and went to a safe spot (the smelly old outhouse...ew...) to go get changed. Kai just got changed right there because there were only guys in the room. Rayne went out by the fire where she and Grandpa were cooking breakfast.

"Mmm, smells good," Rayne said as she sat down on the log and waited for Jade to finish the breakfast. Kai walked out soon followed by Max, Tyson and Antonio. Jade sat down by Rayne and handed her her breakfast.

"Are you okay?" Jade asked Rayne with a look of concern on her face.

"Hmm...?" Rayne said while she looked up at Jade, "Oh yeah, I'll be fine."

"Okay...I'll take that," Jade said making Rayne smile.

"So…where's Kenny and Ray?" Rayne asked changing the subject..

"They're working on a blade right now, I think that they'll come out later," Tyson said between his mouthfuls of food. After they ate, they started to train. Tyson and Antonio had a beybattle and Tyson won easily. 'Well no wonder!' Jade thought. 'Tyson is a champion beyblader and this little guy can barely launch a beyblade...perhaps I shall help poor Antonio.' Jade sighed as she went to the cabin and got out her water-colours and started to paint the waterfall.

"Looks good." Rayne said, "You might want to smudge the trees a little more." Jade just rolled her eyes and didn't take her advice. Ray and Kenny had come out of the cave and walked by Jade and admired her painting.

"You know…you'd have more luck if you smudged the trees a little more," Ray said pointing at her painting.

"You're all critics! Leave me be now," Jade replied. Rayne started laughing and her and Kai started towards the cabin. When they took the first step going up the stairs they heard a faint mowing sound. They went looking for it and it turns out that there was a little calico kitten, it had opened its eyes and ears, underneath the stairs of the cabin! It was a really young one too, and very skinny, with almost not enough energy to meow. Rayne picked it up and brought it into the cabin. When they sat down Rayne gave the kitten to Kai, and then rummaged through her bag and brought out some kitten food, the kitten gladly ate it up.

"Not that it matters, but why do you have cat food in your bag?" Kai asked.

"You never know when this will happen, and I was babysitting another kitten about a week before I left for China and I guess I forgot it in my bag," Rayne replied.

"Oh," Kai said as Jade walked into the cabin and saw what Rayne and Kai were doing and she smirked.

"Awe! That kitten is so cute!" Jade said. Rayne looked up and smiled while Kai filled her in on what had happened. Rayne finished, covered up the formula and put the kitten on her pillow. "I see that it's weaned. That's good, you don't want to feed it with the eye dropper do you?"

"No." Rayne replied. Jade said that she'd go make lunch because according to Tyson 10:00 counts as lunch time. Rayne looked over at her kitten in worry. "It's so tiny! I wonder if he's going to be okay..."

Kai looked down at the kitten and then at Rayne and didn't say anything. He was too busy thinking about the incident that morning. Rayne was thinking about it too. 'He's very confusing...first he yells at me because he assumes I did something wrong, and then he hugs me. But it wasn't just a regular "ho-hum, yay we're buddies now hug" it seemed more, I swear it was more.' Rayne looked up at Kai and realized that he was watching her, which made her blush. Kai was just about to say something when Jade called them for lunch.

"We'll be there in a second," Rayne said.

"Okay," Jade said. Kai and Rayne got up and went outside.

'Close call,' Kai thought as they walked out of the cabin. 'I don't even know what I was going to say to her...How do I really feel about her? She's just a regular girl who falls down, makes mistakes, and cries...cries. Rayne seemed like a completely different person when she cries...it's almost heartbreaking. But WHY is it almost heartbreaking?' Kai was getting angry at himself for not knowing the answers. He looked over at Rayne and noticed that she was still carrying the kitten. They ate lunch and Rayne explained to them about the kitten. They all nodded their heads and continued eating. The rest of the day the boys trained, Jade painted, and Rayne looked after her kitten. Later that night Antonio came up to Kai and told him how badly he wanted to beat Tyson and begged him to train him. Kai gave in and gave him a few pointers.

Kai woke up the next day and looked over at Rayne. Her kitten was snuggled so close to her. He smiled and reached to go touch her hair, but withdrew his hand before he actually did it. He mentally kicked himself for letting his emotions take over. Kai pretended to be asleep when he heard Antonio get up, soon followed by Max, and then surprisingly Tyson. Jade had already got up to cook and Kenny and Ray were in 'the cave' working on the blade. Rayne then slowly woke up and looked at Kai, then down at her kitten. She sat up, got out the cat food and fed her kitten. Kai sat up and looked at Rayne all dewy eyed and half asleep and he felt like his stomach hit the floor and he wanted to give her another hug, but he restrained. Rayne got out some warm water that she guessed Jade brought in while she was sleeping, and bathed her kitten. "Hmm…I think that I will name you Chance." Her kitten 'mewed' and she put it on her pillow and got changed. She picked up her kitten and brought it outside so she could eat.

"Hey! I meant to ask you last night but, is it a boy or a girl?" Jade said.

"It's a girl. I named her Chance," Rayne replied.

"How old is it?" Antonio asked.

"Probably about 6 weeks old," she said. They all decided that they were going to pack up and leave for the city, but Antonio wanted to beybattle Tyson first. They beybattled and Antonio won. Kai then revealed his secret. Tyson got mad and then he got a speech and he felt like an idiot. They all got into the car and drove to the hotel.

When they got in hotel Rayne crashed on the couch and sighed.

"I want to go out tonight," Jade said, "I felt so…isolated in the woods. I want to be with people." Jade said.

"Fine. You can go out, just you though, I am incredibly tired and the boys need to rest for their match tomorrow," Rayne said. The boys groaned, but grandpa agreed. Jade got ready, bid them farewell and left. Jade went out and had a blast, but she couldn't shake the feeling that she was being followed. On her way home they were grabbed and pulled into an alley. It was a really big guy, kind of like the ones that Rayne had to deal with in China.

"Are youz Rayne Siegel?" the guy asked. She shook her head no. He seemed to get impatient, "Do I have to repeat myself?" She didn't answer. He pulled out his gun and asked again, "Are youz Rayne Siegel?" She shook her head no again. The guy pulled the trigger and a shot was fired…

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