Kai sat alone on a hard stone wall. It was 4:30 am, but he was wide awake. He'd had another sleepless night but he didn't care much for sleep anyway. A cold morning breeze sent a shiver down his spine. He hugged his scarf around his bare shoulders and looked into the sky. It was still dark but a ray of light glowed on the horizon. He only had a few hours to think in peace before the others would wake, well all but Tyson he'd be sleeping most of the morning, Most of the day if Kai'd let him.

Kai stared up at the moon, lost in thought. A soft glow of white surrounded it. Something brushed past his arm, startling him. A kitten mewed softly. He smiled slightly and tickled the little cat behind the ears. It jumped into his lap, snuggled up against his chest and purred. Kai was surprised by this little kitten's affection. No one had ever shown much care towards him. He wished Tyson and the others would be like the kitten sometimes, not by purring, even though he was sure he had heard Rei purr once or twice, and burying themselves into his chest but by showing they cared or by treating him with a bit more respect, instead of yelling at him or ignoring him. It never used to bother him, he was used to it but now he was beginning to feel hurt by it. He felt no one cared anymore. He felt like he was just used to teach his so called friends how to be better bladers. He felt lonely, ignored, unwanted. He felt like he was just there because he was a good blader and his team only wanted him so they could win.

Kai looked again towards the horizon. The sun was steadily creeping up shedding light on the earth. The soft morning sun light was not at all comforting to him. Dawn only meant one thing: the start of another day, each day being worse than the day before. Kai was glad of night. For many people night was a time to dream but Kai never had dreams only nightmares. To him night was a time when he could sit alone and concentrate. Night was a time when he could try to interpret his feelings.

Kai gazed at the kitten in his lap and stroked its soft ginger fur.

"What can I call you?" He asked softly and searched his head for a name, "I can't just call you kitten, you need a name" He gazed at the stars and remembered the Latin word he'd read once as a child. "Stella" The kitten hissed in detest, "No? How about Luna?" Again the kitten hissed "Well then I don't know then," He looked down into the kittens large glistening eyes "Esperanza?" The kitten hissed again "Didn't think so either, I just know it means something like hope. How about I just call you kitten until I think of something?" The kitten purred in agreement and curled up again. Did it really understand him or was it just a coincidence.

Kai sat in silence gazing at the sun. The city was waking and there was more noise as people were setting about their business. Kai brought his thoughts back to himself and his 'team'. Maybe he shouldn't train them so hard. Maybe that's why they are ignoring him. Maybe it's all just their way of saying they've had enough of training. No! The championships were coming round again and there was no way Kai was going to let his team fail, let himself fail. They had to win!

A sound like a gunshot in the distance disturbed his thoughts and also the kitten. It leaped from Kai's lap and disappeared down an ally. Kai felt even lonelier now the kitten had left him. He decided he should go and wake his team. Then they could get on with training.

Kai shook Tyson to wake him

"Help! The ship...is sinking...we're gonna die!" Tyson yelled. Kai shook him harder

"No...Not the buttons not my gumdrop buttons!" Max laughed but Kai just yanked the blanket away from Tyson. Tyson turned over mumbling but didn't wake. Kai grabbed hold of his pyjamas and pulled him off the bed and let him fall to the ground.

"Earthquake!!" Tyson yelled and rolled around on the floor. Kai knelt down next to him and yelled in his ear

"GET UP YOU LAZY SLUG!" Tyson sat up suddenly and opened his eyes, everything was blurry and he lifted one hand to shield his eyes from the sunlight creeping through the window.

"Wha...who's there!" The blurry images became clear and he saw the rest of his team staring down at him.

"Good morning Tyson" Max said cheerfully

"Bout time you got up"

"What's for breakfast?"

"You missed it, now get dressed and get yourself out side for training"

"What without breakfast! You must be kidding" Kai turned to face him

"Does this look like the face of someone who wants to joke around? No it doesn't now hurry up"

Kai left the room and went outside to the beydish. He thought about what he'd just said. It was harsh not letting Tyson have breakfast his good side thought. It's his own fault he shouldn't ignore me. He quietly debated with himself eventually coming to the conclusion that he'd let them have lunch early.

After a hard day of training the blade breakers finally settled down to sleep. Kai crept out and sat alone again on the cold stone wall. He'd felt even more alone today. No one had said much to him today. He'd been left to stand in a corner and not say very much. The team had just got on with the training and had not really needed his help. Maybe his team were good enough without him. Maybe it was time he found some other amateur team who needed help, advise and training. Maybe his team didn't need him. This hurt Kai deep inside. If this was true then why didn't they tell him? What could he do? Who did he have to turn to? No one! Nobody cared about Kai. He was alone in this world. Anger burned inside him. He didn't need them if they didn't need him. He fought alone.

The kitten appeared again. Kai's anger softened. The kitten leaped into his lap just like last time. An icy wind blew past them. Kai wrapped his scarf around the kitten to keep it warm.

"I wish you could understand how I'm feeling. I wish I didn't feel this way about my 'friends' and I wish I had someone to talk to other than a kitten" Kai stroked the kitten gently. It looked up at him. Anger was burning inside him again "I can't talk to you, you're a stupid cat. Like you could ever help me" He said angrily. The cat looked at him with fear in its eyes, "Just leave me alone you stupid feline. I must be an idiot to even let you come near me." The cat leaped of his lap and ran away.

Kai watched it vanish, what had he done? He'd scared away the only thing that cared. 'Maybe that's why everyone hates me, maybe I scared them too' He thought. He placed his head in his hands. He wanted to cry but he couldn't and wouldn't. Crying was for weak people and he was not weak. He was strong and he could handle being alone. He wanted to be alone. He didn't need friends. Friends got in the way of what was important, being the best. Teams were useless you had to share the glory of winning. No being alone was best. An evil voice spoke in his ear "Come on Kai. You don't need those losers. Leave and form your own team, a team of winners. Or better show the world you can win alone and you are the best! Come on Kai I know you want to be the best. I know you don't need them!"

Kai shook himself free of the evil force inside him; he had to stay with his team. Even if that meant being ignored he'd stay. He may be a bit antisocial but he was loyal and determined. The first thing he'd do in the morning was let his team have a rest from training and talk to them. He'd change himself to be like them. He'd smile and he'd ask them why they were acting like they were. Once he had answers he'd decide whether or not he was needed or wanted.

Kai does have an evil side, in case you are wondering. He'll probably spend a lot of time fighting his inner evil in future chapters. For those who prefer the moody, anti-social Kai then he will NOT be turning happy and smiley. For those who prefer happy Kai Tough I've planned the next chapter and I'm not changing it.

I hope you liked this chapter and you want to read more. If you do, great, if you don't, oh well. Please review and tell me how I can make this better. Also tell me if you have any names for the kitten, it might appear again if I can find a name It wasn't supposed to appear in this but it did, yes its strange but so are some of my thoughts and ideas. I'll only keep it if all of you readers want me to. Kari Rose xx