I think y'all will like this chapter :) maybe.

The Journey

Chapter 5

"Aaaachoo!" Kira sneezed for the hundredth time as the Majestics' plane finally landed in New York City. It was a short eight hour flight, but Kira had somehow gotten sick after the last battle. She sighed and leaned back in her seat feeling the room around her spin.

"Ki, you okay? You're looking...green." Lucy peered over and looked over as Kira sneezed, yet again. Her hair was up in a messy bun and she was buried down in her scarf and sweatshirt.

"Yeah, those lovebirds over there aren't helping too much though." Kira rolled her eyes again as Amara and Johnny leaned in for another kiss.

"Guys why don't you go get a room! You could go join the mile high club or something." Enrique stuck his tongue out, and Amara smirked.

"Already done that. Any other suggestions?"

"Gross..." Kira muttered.

"Prepare for touchdown." The pilot announced over the intercom.

"You're gonna have to sit up for this, Ki. They're not gonna let you lean back in your chair."

"I do what I want." Kira groaned holding her hands to her temples. "This plane is spinning!"

"I'm glad I'm not sitting next to you, you would drive me insane with all that whining." Robert commented, while flipping the page of his magazine.

"Be happy I can't reach you or you'd be dead." The plane was on the ground and in the gate within minutes, Kira sighed heavily as Robert and Enrique helped her stand, and Oliver carried her bag.

"God, you really are a princess." Amara glared at her, and Kira tried to glare back but failed miserably.

"If you felt how I felt you'd have Johnny carry you. So shut your damn mouth." They walked down the hall to the gate inside the airport and Kira sighed once again when the noise of everyone hit her. Of course, she hadn't thought about how noisy JFK airport was going to be.

"Damn Kira, heavy training session or what?" Kira heard a familiar cheerful voice and heard a squeal from her female companion.

"Oh Max! I've missed you!" Lucy ran over from Kira's side and hugged him tightly, and Kira heard a light chuckle from her ex teammate as he hugged her back.

"I've missed you too Lucy.." He sighed happily. "So it's really true, you managed to get the Majestics into a team... from the looks of it at least."

"There's nothing we wouldn't do for Kira, sadly." Robert sighed, gesturing to Kira.

"They're my slaves, they just haven't admitted to it yet." Kira half smiled as she let out a nasty cough.

"Oooh you sound bad. What hotel are you guys staying at?" Max asked as he and Lucy let go.

"The Ritz-Carlton, Central Park. The BBA bought out the top floor while we're all here.." Kira coughed and Enrique repositioned her.

"Oh that's right. Well I'll stop by your room later with some of my mom's secret recipe soup to end all sickness." Max grinned.

"You wouldn't be trying to make her even sicker, would you?" Johnny narrowed his eyes.

'Cut it out, Max wouldn't do that.' Kira rolled her eyes at Johnny.

"Hey, I don't like seeing a girl down is all."

"Lucy, why don't you go with him, just to make sure." Kira smiled and Lucy nodded excitedly. "I'll text you our room number."

"Okay!" Lucy giggled excitedly as she and Max enveloped their hands within each other and walked away.

"Let's get going before I pass out." Kira sighed as her knees buckled.

"You're getting really bad Ki, you sure you don't want to go to the hospital?" Oliver frowned.

"No! They're just going to tell me I'm exhausted or dehydrated, and then it'll be all over the news. That's not what I need."

They got to the hotel and Kira stepped out of the car, looking a tad bit better, but that was all thanks to makeup. She had on tight skinny jeans with distressed holes placed randomly throughout the pants and a flowy t-shirt with a leather jacket over that. Her hair flowed down her back in waves.

"Well you don't look like death anymore." Johnny smiled as he stood next to her.

"Maybe I can get to the room without giving it away to anyone."

"Yeah but Max already knows." Enrique murmured. Kira shook her head.

"Max is one of the good ones, he wouldn't fight dirty like that. Plus, he could use it to his own advantage if he wanted to, but he would never do that."

"Wait, the room? As in one?" Amara scoffed.

"That's usually what that means..." Oliver replied dully.

"I refuse to share a room with you mongols. Johnny and I need our privacy."

"Sorry honey, there won't be enough room for you anyways." Kira smiled as she lifted her phone. "I reserved us a room with three beds. Now, if you would like, you're more than welcome to share a bed with Enrique and Johnny. I've heard they've both wanted to have a threeway."

"But what about you?"

"Oliver and I have always been bunkmates." Kira weakly highfived her teammate. "Now you can get a different room, or deal with it."

"Johnny, you're obviously going to be coming with me, right?" Amara crossed her arms and raised her brow.

"Well...I kinda went on this tournament to be with my teammates. Besides, Kira and I need to make sure our connection is maximized.. Sorry Amara." Johnny shrugged and Kira smiled as a black SUV pulled up next to theirs.

"That has to be another team.." Kira whispered as the door to the car opened from a valet man.

"How weird, having people open doors for you. This country is still so weird to me!" Kira heard a familiar shrilly voice and the same pink bubblegum head attached to the voice popped out from the truck.

"I need to go, now. Before I get sick again..." Kira turned away and walked inside the door after the doormen opened the entrance.

"Was that Kira? She looked...sickly." Gary frowned as he stepped out, and Ray was swiftly behind him.

"Now remember Ray, you have to stick to the plan if this is going to work." Lee grunted, and Ray kept a straight face as Mariah took his hand and smiled at him.

"Oh, this is like a dream come true!"

Inside, Kira was checking in at the front desk, as the reservation was under her name. The rest of Majestics were guarding their suitcases.

"Hi, I'm here to check in for The White Tigers X." Kira felt her heart stop in her chest as she heard his voice. She felt tears coming to her eyes and waited as the concierge person seemed to be taking a lifetime. She turned her head slightly and had a peek at the man she used to call her love. He definitely looked way more muscular than she could remember and she felt a lump in her throat coming to a head.

"Ki.. it's really you.." Ray whispered as their eyes connected.

"And it's you.." She whispered back. Ray frowned as he started to notice the sicklyness to her.

"You don't look so good." He tilted his head. Kira shrugged and looked back down at the desk in front of her.

"It was... just a long flight is all."

"Well if you...need anything I'll be-"

"Miss Dickenson, sorry about the wait.. you're on the top floor, room 105." The concierge smiled, and the one assisting Ray also handed him his keys.

"Room 106, Mr. Kon."

'Wonderful...' Kira sighed. "Thank you so much." She fake smiled and took the keys from the woman and looked back at Ray. "Guess I'll be seeing you around then." Ray held out his hand.

"Ladies first." Kira sighed and started walking slowly as Johnny shot over to her.

"Are you okay?" He whispered. "I knew I should have come over sooner."

"I'm fine! You're making a scene you nimwit." Kira whispered back and started walking faster to the elevator.

"What's going on with those two?" Ray shook his head and walked back over to his teammates.

Kira opened her eyes slowly to a slit as she felt someone patting her hair, it almost felt like...petting, but it was definitely relaxing. "Ki?"

"Mmm Johnny?" The voice chuckled and she twisted her head to indeed see her oldest and best friend sitting on the edge of the bed.

"You've been asleep all day. I ditched dinner to come check on you. Max left that soup with the front desk - don't worry, I tested it for poison."

"How noble of you, sir." Kira sat up slightly, with a pained look on her face.

"Do you need help?" Johnny asked pulling the tin of soup out of a bag.

"I'm a big girl, I can feed myself." She took the tin from his hand and sighed happily at the heat. Admittedly, she was freezing although it was ninety nine degrees outside, and she even made them turn on the heater before they left.

"You certainly are." He watched as her hands shook while trying to transfer the soup from the tin to her mouth, and heard her exasperated sigh when it landed on the comforter below her. "Now will you stop being stubborn and let me help you?" Kira raised her eyebrow and brought the tin of soup out of his grasp.

"I, will never stop being stubborn." She sighed and handed him the tin. "But I will let you help me... I'm in no place to refuse help." Johnny chuckled and took the soup from her.

"If the guys saw this, they'd have a field day." He even blew on the soup before feeding it to her to ensure that it wasn't too hot.

"If the guys saw this, they'd think you're in love with me or something." Kira rolled her eyes, and Johnny's movement stopped for a moment. He was silent for a minute, which was surprising to Kira. Maybe she had found the magical words to shut Johnny up?

"And what if I was?" Kira's eyes widened and her body tensed up.

"W-what?"

"Nothing.. forget I said anything.." Johnny's eyes fell to the comforter, and he saw Kira shaking. "Are you still cold?"

"I keep going in and out of sleep from the shaking.. everything hurts." Johnny closed the container for the soup and set it on the table next to the bed, lifted the covers and climbed under, taking his shirt off. He pulled her back to his chest and wrapped his hands around her waist.

"God Ki, you're burning up!"

"But you're so warm.." Kira turned her body and wrapped her arms around him. "Please don't leave? I need this... I need you here." Kira's eyes fluttered shut and Johnny felt his heart growing warm. It was their connection, making this whole, trying to deny it thing even harder than usual. Even when she was on deaths door, she was still the most gorgeous person he had ever laid his eyes on. Her breathing had evened out, and she was fast asleep again. She needed this rest more than any of them, especially if she was to fight in any of the battles in a couple of days. He stroked her hair as she slept, and he felt her grip tighten on him.

"N-no..." Her body jolted in it's sleep and sweat started to cover her body. "No, let me go." Her nails dug into his side, and his teeth gritted. "Boris, stop!" She sat up quickly and the pain on her face made her realize what a mistake it had been. "Ow.."

"You're telling me, Ki. What happened?"

"Johnny? What're you doing here?"

"Kira, how often do you have those nightmares?"

"Like...five days out of the week? I don't know." She whispered as she laid back down with her hand over her forehead.

"Come back over here," Johnny pulled her back over. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I figured you knew already?" She shrugged, and he thought about it. She was usually very tense when they woke up and were about to go to bed. Hell, most of the time he would catch her sneaking out of the rooms to go train or practice.

"I'm so sorry.. Kirana... look at me." Him using her whole name caught her off guard, even in her foggy state of mind.

"Hm?" Her cerulean blue eyes connected with his amethyst eyes and he leaned in, their lips touching lightly. 'But I'm sick..' She thought. He shook his head lightly.

'Could care less..' She closed the remaining gap, and felt a fire burning in her chest and clenched on to his shoulder.

'Johnny this isn't right.. Amara.' Kira felt his grip tighten on her waist and their tongues touched lightly sending a shock down in her spine. She pulled herself away and breathed in deeply, placing a hand on her chest.

"That literally took my breath away."

"I know, I'm the best kisser out there." Kira rolled her eyes at his remark. "You should get some more sleep." Johnny pulled her back against his chest.

"But the others..."

"They're going to be out all night. Oliver wanted to explore the city, I think they're even going to Jersey."

"Fine.." Kira felt her eyes growing heavy once again. Johnny placed his chin on top of Kira's head and let out a light sigh. Too bad things they were never meant to be...

I'm going to leave it here. Just a small chapter and update, I have a busy few days coming up, my daughter is turning two! EEE I can't believe it.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend :)

Is it crazy I'm starting to love Johnny/Kira more than Ray/Kira? :x we'll see what happens! Thanks for reading & please review :)