closer to him then took a strong swig of the medicine into her mouth. She put her hands on his face and forced him to open his mouth, then quickly put her lips on his and forced the medicine on him. Ray stared at her in disbelief, he had all the trouble to keep Kai calm when Riku administered the medicine to him, he felt that Kai tensed up and fought against it. But Riku held his face tightly and waited until he swallowed.She felt his fear, his fast heartbeat and the unbelievable strength that he still mustered to defend himself against her, but she remained stubborn. He didn't even know what was happening to him when he had the bitter taste in his mouth again, but his hands and lips prevented him from turning his head away and spitting the stuff out again. Fear rose in him, he felt how slowly but surely his breath went away. But to get a breath of air he would have to get the bitter liquid out of his mouth first. Close in desperation, he swallowed, choked down the gross stuff, and waited for the excruciating pain. Immediately she released him when she noticed that he had swallowed.

The young Chinese man was only able to hold onto his captain with difficulty. "It's amazing, where does he get this power from every time?", He asked when he felt that Kai slowly calmed down and stopped fighting, then he let go of him. "Fear, that's what gives him more and more strength", Riku answered and covered the exhausted Blader again.She gently stroked his hair and waited until he fell into a deep sleep. "Sometimes he acts like he's an injured animal," said Emily from behind the scenes. "Yes, of course, but if you know how to deal with him it's not that bad anymore. It took me almost 4 years to figure out that you just have to talk to him gently, no matter how angry he is. Me I even managed to calm him down once when he was checked by Black Drancer, but as I said, I only succeeded once, "said Riku. The others looked at her in astonishment, she developed into a very good friend for the Blade Breakers but also for the All Starz and the Withe Tigers. Two more times, Riku, with the help of Ray, poured him the medicine, they noticed that he resisted less and less and then the fever finally dropped and let the injured youth finally fall into a dreamless sleep.

The next morning Riku woke up early, a quick glance at the clock told her that it was only 5 in the morning, she still had to give him the rest of the medicine so that it worked successfully.She shook his shoulder briefly, the incomprehensible murmur from him made her giggle softly. "Hey, sit up," she said calmly to him when he opened his eyes. He rubbed his eyes briefly but then did what she wanted, a little irritated he watched her as she put on a small bottle and emptied it. He raised an eyebrow questioningly and the next moment his cheeks turned red when she pressed her lips to his and gave him something. Startled, he swallowed the bitter stuff too quickly and he got a fit of coughing. He peeled away from her lips and turned away so as not to cough at her, then felt her patting him lightly on the back, being careful not to touch his wounds. "What was that supposed to mean now? If you couldn't have just said something, I would have drank it alone," he said, a little irritated. Riku looked at him startled and blushed then she spoke softly. "You always spat it out before, it was the only solution to force it on you, and it worked 4 times well."His eyes widened, he hadn't noticed anything about it then he realized that it wasn't Boris who had always tried to instill the remedy in him. "I'm sorry. You probably had your hands full with me," he said then, looking at the ceiling. "Not only me, the others too, do you know that when the doctor tried to give them to you, we needed Gary and Steven to hold you?" He looked at her with a mixed look of horror and disbelief. "Very funny," he said curtly. "No joke, fact," she replied just as curtly, then laughed softly. "Please don't fall asleep now, I have to quickly put new cloths so that I can re-bandage the wound on your back," she said and was then already gone. Kai looked after her thoughtfully, he was tired and could really have fallen asleep immediately, this fact frightened him a little. But he didn't have long to think about it because Riku hurried back into the room soon afterwards and had a lot of white towels with him."So that could hurt a little now," she said and began to loosen the bandage around his chest. "Now please lie on your stomach, it'll be easier for me," she said in a commanding tone. He looked at her skeptically at first but granted her wish. She carefully removed the old cloths, but was relieved to see that the wound had stopped bleeding. With a warm rag she gently washed the wound again, and although it was cautiously true, Kai shivered for a brief moment under her touch. "I'm sorry," she said softly and carefully smeared an ointment on the wound and put a sour cloth over it. She looked down at him briefly and wanted to tell him to sit up again so that she could bandage the wound, but immediately saw his cramped expression. "Say what if I hurt you," she said to him, almost indignantly, and stroked the uninjured part of his back in a conciliatory manner.He looked at her briefly, he wanted to tell her that she hadn't hurt him but that the ointment burned like hell but it cost him too much strength to get the words out. It was easier to just lie there and let her gentle words and touch calm you. "Try to sleep again, it will be good for you," she said and sat down on the floor. She lovingly brushed a few strands from his face and stroked his gray-blue hair. Slowly, under her caress, he slipped back into the twilight state between being awake and sleeping. Riku was still talking to him soothingly, her experience with dealing with him had taught her one thing: wild animals always have to know exactly what is going on around them so that they do not become dangerous. When she noticed that he was asleep, she gently stroked his cheek and then put her hand on his and held him tight. So she soon fell asleep too.


Part 7



"We should start thinking about what happened to the Black Drancer! We haven't seen him since the avalanche accident, but that doesn't mean we're rid of him. He'll look for Kai until he's back with him." Kenny said and tapped Dizzy like crazy. "Hey boss, no matter how much you pick on me, it doesn't go any faster, the internet is so slow!" She snapped and continued to check the satellite systems. "What do I have to look for if I want to find a Bit Beast?" Kenny asked Max's mother. "After alpha waves, but after very weak ones that don't quite fit into the regular scheme, every bit beast that was artificially created has these emissions," she explained. Kenny nodded and helped Dizzy find the information. "How is our defector actually?", She asked and looked around briefly. "He had a high fever earlier, but the medicine should be working soon," said Emily."Has he swallowed it now?" Asked Steven. Ray and Emily looked at each other briefly. "Yes, he had no other choice, Riku is just as stubborn as he is," said Ray and suppressed a giggle. "What are you enjoying yourself about?", Tyson wanted to know and sat down expectantly next to his buddy. "If I tell you I'm minced meat or worse," the Chinese mused and grinned at Tyson. "About nothing important, I would like to live a little longer after all," said Ray, looking at Emily who immediately understood his suggestion. "Yeah, I need my skin a little longer too," she agreed and smiled at Ray. Tyson cocked his head and raised an eyebrow questioningly. But neither of them said a word about Riku's success. "I can't find it, even in the alpha wave pattern I can't find any fluctuations, it's as if it were swallowed by the ground. Are you sure that Black Drancer is emitting something?What if this biovolt found a way around this property? "explains Dizzy. Judy looked thoughtfully at the lap top but then shook her head:" No, it has to emit something when it is in motion "." That means as soon as it flies around we can locate the black phoenix, "said Kenny more to himself and thought. Suddenly Max jumped up and looked startled at the others. "Where is Drancer's Blade anyway? "." Don't panic I took it when they took us out of the basement, shortly after Kai had freed us all from the chains. It was lying in an alcove, probably hiding in there, "answered Lee and took out the blue blade." Do you think we can give Kai the blade back? ", asked Mariah. But before anyone could answer, Mr. Dickenson threw in a 'No'." As long as we don't know where the black blade is or the black phoenix, Kai will certainly not want Drancer to be in danger.You told me that he had sent Drancer away, keep him safe and wait until Kai asks about him. He's the only one who knows when he can call his phoenix again, "explained Mr. Dickenson. The bladers in the room nodded, they all knew that this was the most sensible solution." Well then I'll stow it away in my spare parts store, "said Max and Lee took the blade from then he disappeared through the door. "Can we somehow prevent the black phoenix from getting control of Kai again? I mean he had been in pain the last few days that was hard to miss, and as far as I understand he doesn't feel any pain when the black one is watching over him, right? ", Michael asked." Yes, you are right on one point, it is not checked at the moment, but the chip has been activated again and so it is still a danger, we have to be careful in spite of everything, "replied Mr. Dickenson. "I'll bring Riku her breakfast upstairs, she will surely be half starved by now," said Tyson and got up."I'll go with you, maybe Riku needs our help changing the bandages," said Ray and got up too. When the two of them had fetched breakfast for Riku and went into the room, Tyson almost dropped the tray. In disbelief he looked at Riku who was