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This Chapter is dedicated to MintCa for the awesome idea found in this chapter!!!

Chapter 6: Where Did You Go?

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After Tyson was finished cleaning the chocolate off of his face, he and Max decided to play Black Jack.

"I'll raise you two jolly ranchers and a tootsie roll." Max said, trying to keep a straight face but failing horribly seeing as he was smiling and bouncing in his chair.

"Fine. Then I'll raise you one crunch and three pieces of bubble gum." Tyson smirked, sliding the candy in the middle.

"Ok. What did you get?" Max questioned as he waited to see what Tyson had.

"nineteen." Tyson said proudly, putting his cards down so Max could see.

Max smiled happily as he said, "twenty! I beat you again!"

"No way! That's like..add the seven, carry the two, divide by nine, times twelve, subtract the pie," he mumbled before screaming, "A LOT!"

Max smiled and took the jack pot in the middle. "Looks like you're all out of candy Ty!" Max pointed out.

"No." Tyson said in a dead serious voice. "I still have this!" he stated, holding up a lollipop.

"Fine." Max smiled as he put two jolly ranchers in the middle again while Tyson put his last resort in. Passing out the cards, the boys got right back into their game.

Kenny was, of course, typing on his laptop. Of course, creating new attack rings was his specialty. Looking over the stats from the bladers practices, he could design the perfect attack ring for their blades. Currently, he was working on Max's Draciel.

Rei was just sitting in the chair, looking at the ceiling, completely lost in thought. Thinking over the days events made him slightly worried. Sure it was cute that Kai was acting like a child, well sometimes at least, but it was also terrifying. What if he ran off and got lost, or someone kidnapped him, or worse. What if he got lost, then someone kidnapped him, then he was killed? A look of panic replaced Rei's once peaceful expression. He quickly glanced at the stairs before he jumped up and dashed up them. Knocking softly on Kai's door he patiently waited for an answer. When he received none, his thoughts from a few seconds ago hit him full force. Forcing open the door, he peered inside, sighing with relief at seeing the small captain curled up in his bed asleep. Smiling softly at the sleeping Kai, he quietly closed the door and walked back down stairs.

"I win again!" could be heard as Max laughed and Tyson grumbled. "You have nothing Tyson! Nothing!"

"That's so not fair!" Tyson complained.

Rei walked into the kitchen and glanced at the clock. "Guys, we have two hours before we have to leave for the airport. Did you pack everything?"

"Nope!" Max replied giggling.

"Not at all!" Tyson answered as he stole a jolly rancher from Max.

"I saw that Ty!" Max shouted, although he was still smiling.

"Guys, go pack your stuff." Rei ordered. "Last time you didn't have all your stuff ready and we missed the plane."

"Fine." the boys sighed as the stood up and walked to their rooms.

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It had been an hour and a half and Max and Tyson were finally packed and ready.

"See Rei? We still have half an hour." Tyson commented, pointing at the clock.

"Yeah, which means you have half an hour to do what ever." he answered as he finished washing the dishes. he took a step back to put the plates away when his foot hit something and he started to fall. Quickly flipping, he caught himself on his hands and came face to face with Kai. "Kai? When did you wake up?"

"When I heard those stupid sugar high annoying little--"

"Ok, I get the point." Rei cut in, smiling slightly as he stood up. Picking Kai up, Rei set him on the counter like normal.

"Anyway, they woke me up when they were screaming about what to take. I felt like they were screaming right in my ear." Kai complained as he leaned his head against the wall.

Rei grabbed an asprin and a glass of water. "Here." he said as he handed them to Kai.

"Thanks." Kai said, swallowing the aspprin and water. "We should really get going."

"Yeah. Come on. Let's go get the others." Rei said as hi picked up Kai and carried him out of the kitchen.

"No! Put me down!" Kai ordered, glaring up at Rei.

Rei just smiled and did as he was told. "Now come on." He said as he went to Tyson's room. "Tyson, Max, come on. We're leaving."

"Yes!" Tyson shouted as he jumped up from his place on his bed, carelessly discarding the comic he had been reading.

Max, having heard the little conversation, came out of nowhere. Grabbing Tyson's arm, he grabbed their stuff and ran outside. Rei smiled and followed them out. "Come on Kenny!" he called as he and Kai walked out the door.

A BBA bus was there within a few minutes to take them to the airport. The ride wasn't long and they were there within a couple of minutes. Stepping out of the bus, they all grabbed their things and walked off to find their plane.

Tyson, Max, and Kenny were talking non-stop about what they were going to do as soon as they got to Canada while Rei and Kai stayed slightly behind just looking around. Kai stopped as they passed by a gift shop, his eyes widening slightly. A small stuffed animal had caught his eye. His childish instincts took over and he immediately ran into the store to get it. After a few minutes in the store, he had finally gotten his stuffed animal. It was a simple, small, white tiger with green strips instead of black. It had reminded him of Driger and so, had wanted to get it. When he walked out of the gift shop, he looked around. He couldn't find Rei or the other Bladebreakers anywhere.

"Rei?" he called, looking around at the unfamiliar people. "Rei?

He took a couple of steps into the crowd, looking up at the faces of the people. Some looked down at him with confusion and sympathy in their eyes while others didn't even both to spare him a glance.

Becoming more nervous by the second, he continued his search for the others.

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Meanwhile, Rei had looked down to make sure Kai was still there only to see he was gone.

"Kai?" he said as he looked around him and the others. "Kai?!" he called louder, a few people looking over at him to see what he was shouting about.

The other three bladers ahead of him turned towards him, noticing the panic and fear clearly on his face and that Kai was missing. Instantly becoming worried, Tyson went one way, Max went another, while Kenny stayed with Rei.

"Rei, calm down." Kenny said, trying to calm the hysterical teen. "We'll find him. Don't worry."

"Calm down? Calm down?!" Rei screamed hysterically, receiving more stares from passerby's. "How do you expect me to calm down?! Kai's not here, he's out there! He could be getting kidnapped or raped or killed or all three!"

"I'm sure that's not happening Rei." Kenny tried to assure him. Keeping up with Rei was difficult especially since he was running and had longer legs than him, but he did his best.

"Kai! Where are you?" Rei called, pushing past people, not caring if they fell or yelled at him.

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Kai kept looking for the others, even going as far as to try and climb the little potter trees along the walls. When that didn't help, he went back in the crowd and tried calling for them again.

"Rei! Tyson!" he called, a small waver in his voice. "Max! Kenny!"

Someone accidentally hit the stuffed tiger out of Kai's hands. When Kai bent down to retrieve his fallen toy, someone didn't see him and they tripped over him, sprawling to the floor. The older man glared down at Kai, obviously angry.

"Watch where you're going brat!" the man yelled right in his face as he stood up and brushed himself off.

Kai closed his eyes and bit his lip, trying to keep the tears from falling.

"Suck it up." the man sneered as he turned his back and walked away.

Kai sniffled again and wiped his eyes, feeling the tears slide down his cheeks. He clutched his toy tightly in his arms so he didn't drop it again and made his way to a nearby bench. Crawling on top of it proved to be difficult, but he still made it up. Looking around once more, he didn't see anyone he recognized. He tried to stop the tears from falling down his cheeks, but he couldn't. He buried his face in his toy tiger, feeling completely hopeless, afraid, and alone.

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"Have you seen a little boy? Two-toned blue hair, red eyes? Long white scarf, can't miss it?" Rei asked as he ran up to yet another person walking by.

"No, I'm sorry." the woman said. "I hope you find him."

Rei was starting to feel sick. Where could Kai have gotten off to? Running up to other people, he asked the same question, pleading them to say yes in his mind. After receiving a few more no's, he finally got a hit.

"Uh, yeah. I saw a little boy that sounds like that on a bench over there." the woman said, pointing towards the wall on the other side of the building.

"Thank you!" Rei practically screamed as he hugged her quickly before he ran off.

The woman stood there for a few moments, completely shocked.

"He's just...happy." Kenny panted as he ran past her, still trying to catch up to Rei.

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Kai felt more afraid by the second. Where was Rei? Why hadn't he found him yet? And why was there a guy coming straight towards him. Kai looked on either side of him, but saw no one else.

"Hey little boy." the guy said in a creepy sounding voice. "What's wrong? Are you lost?"

Kai bit his lip and nodded.

"Aw, stop crying." he cooed, coming closer to Kai.

Kai nodded again and wiped his eyes.

"Smile." the guy said, lightly touching Kai's cheek.

Kai flinched slightly, but forced a small smile. "Do you know where Rei is?"

The man smirked. "Yeah. I know exactly where he is."

Kai smiled and jumped off the bench. "Where?" Kai asked eagerly. "Can you tell me?"

The man's smirk got bigger. "Yeah. Just follow me." he said, taking Kai's hand.

Kai clutched his tiger tightly to avoid dropping him, and followed the man, happy he'd finally be able to get back with the others.

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Rei searched frantically around the bench, even going as far as to search around the potted plants.

Turning to Kenny, who had finally caught up, he started freaking out. "Where is he?! She said he was here! SHE SAID HE WAS HERE!" Rei screamed.

"Rei! Calm down before you have a panic attack!" Kenny advised, worried about not only his missing captain, but his hysterical friend.

Rei was breathing hard and shaking badly. His eyes were darting around, trying to find any trace of Kai,when he saw it. Jumping up and running towards the small object, he quickly picked it up. It was Kai's scarf. He had been there! Suddenly everything seemed to freeze. He could have sworn he'd heard a small scream.

Rei ran towards where he thought the sound came from. Maybe he was just imagining it since no one else seemed to hear it, but he was desperate. Running faster, he was determined to find the source of the scream.

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Kai looked up at the man, fear clear in his eyes. What was going on? Why did the man hit him? Why did he try to tear his clothes off? Wasn't he supposed to be helping him?

"Aw, what's wrong now?" he mocked, smirking at the shaking boy at his feet.

"You said you'd bring me to Rei! Where's Rei?!" Kai cried, trying not to cry.

"Did I really say that?" the man said, faking a look of surprise. "I don't remember."

The man slowly stalked closer to Kai who back up against the wall. Clutching his tiger close to his small body, he closed his eyes, not wanting to see what the man would do to him. Suddenly the man let out a pained yell and then there was a heavy thud.

"Kai?" said the voice he had been wanting to hear.

Looking up quickly, Kai immediately saw Rei.

"R-rei?" he whimpered, a slight waver in his voice.

"Kai!" Rei said, pulling Kai into his arms and crushing him in a hug. "Don't ever wonder off again! Do you hear me?"
"I'm sorry Rei!" Kai apologized, crying into Rei's shoulder.

Rei softly rubbed Kai's back. "You're ok now. You're safe."

Kai peaked over Rei's shoulder and saw the man. His nose was bleeding and he had a light bruise forming over his temple. Kai sniffled again and buried his face in Rei's shoulder. Rei carried him out of the small room they were in so they could go find the other three. Rei and Kai both had never felt so relieved in their lives.

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