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Chapter 3: Why Did I Say That?

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Rei awoke to a small movement beside him. Groaning, he opened his eyes before quickly shutting them from the bright sun. Peaking his eyes open he looked down and saw a mess of two toned blue hair. Smiling slightly, he turned towards the small body and closed his eyes to get in a little more sleep. He had a feeling that with Kai being a child, there would be no practice today. Or maybe there would be. Kai was still Kai after all.

"Stop moving." said a small, high pitched voice.

Looking down again, Rei saw the tired red eyes of Kai. Glancing at the alarm clock he sighed. He had to get up any way to make breakfast for everyone. So much for more sleep. Easily getting over Kai, he stepped off the bed. Grabbing his clothes, he walked to the bathroom to get dressed. After the nearly impossible task of brushing and wrapping his hair, he was ready for the day. Making his way to the kitchen, he noticed Kai following him. In fact, Kai was holding onto his pant leg with a death grip. That made Rei want to laugh, but he settled for a small smile. So much like a child.

When he reached the kitchen, he turned around and picked Kai up, sitting him on the counter. Then he went to the fridge and grabbed the eggs, butter, orange juice, and milk. He put everything on the counter beside Kai.

"Don't let the eggs fall." Rei said as he walked to the pantry to get the cereal and pancake mix.

Walking back to the counter, he placed the news items with the others before he grabbed a few pans and bowls. Turning the stove, he turned the burners on. Placing the pans on the burners, he cracked a few eggs to begin cooking them. Then he started to mix the pancake batter. After pouring the mix in the other pan, he placed bread in the toaster to make some toast.

"What do you want to eat?" Rei asked the small child beside him.

"Just some toast and coffee." Kai replied, staring at the wall.

Rei put some coffee blend in the coffee maker and added the water. Rei continued to cook breakfast while Kai sat on the counter, staring at the wall.

"What's cooking?!" Tyson called, bouncing into the kitchen followed by a hyper Max.

"Who's th--is that Kai?" Max asked in disbelief.

"Whoa. I think it is." Tyson answered. "Unless he had a kid and we didn't know about it until now."

"Tyson, I suggest you shut up or I'll have you running laps around the park until it's time to leave for the airport." Kai growled.

Tyson laughed. "Your voice is so high!"

"Tyson! Do you know what this means?!" Max said amazed.

Tyson quickly caught on. "Our spell worked!"

The two boys cheered as Kai jumped down from the counter. "So it was you two?!" Kai glared at the two.

Tyson and Max looked down at Kai. He didn't even reach their waist.

"Normally, I would listen to you. But you're so small, your glare is actually kind of cute." Tyson commented.

"Tyson's right. It is." Max agreed.

"Cute? Let's see how cute I am when I burn this place down with you two in it!" Kai threatened as he jumped at Tyson.

Tyson easily caught the small boy, holding him away from his face. Kai continued to try and punch and kick Tyson, but his arms and legs were to short. After a few minutes Kai crossed his arms and glared. "I hate you."

"Really?" Tyson asked, faking a look of hurt. It didn't really bother him. He heard it all the time. But hearing it from a little Kai was kind of funny.

"No." came the small reply.

Tyson was taken aback. "You don't hate me?"
Kai looked just as surprised as he did. "No, I don't hate you."

Tyson burst out laughing. "Now this is just great."

Kai growled again, trying to get down. When he found he couldn't, he smirked.

"What are you sm--ow!" Tyson screeched as Kai bit him. He quickly put him down, backing away from him a few steps. "Cannibalistic much?!"

Kai's smirk only got bigger. "You should've put me done."

Rei picked Kai up and put him on the counter again. "Don't bite." he scolded.

"Sorry." Kai replied. He covered his mouth quickly, surprised at the small apology.

"What spell did you use on him Ty?" Rei asked curiously.

"This one." Tyson grabbed the book off the table and flipped to the page, pointing at the spell to show Rei.

"No, that's not it." Max interjected. "Well half of it's right, but the other half was this one." Max took the book and flipped to the page.

"You mixed the spells..." Rei said disbelievingly before sighing. "You do realize that's not a good thing right?"

"Well I thought we were doing the aging spell." Max replied.

"And I thought we were doing the speaking spell." Tyson countered.

"Well the only way it can be reversed is if it wears off by itself." Rei explained.

"You mean I'm stuck like this?!" Kai yelled, standing up on the counter, hands fisted.

Rei sighed. "Looks like it. Sorry Kai."

Kai sat back down and looked dejectedly at the floor.

"So Kai," Tyson started, smirking.

Kai looked up at him, then to Max who was right beside him, also wearing a smirk of his own.

"What do you think of us?"

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