Accessory Wars

Chapter 62-Ki

            Day two. Fight! Or, in our case, sit and wait. The best part? We got to go through security all over again, which meant another twenty minutes of waiting for Jay to answer all his questions. Ugh... My butt was sore from the day before but at least we had more fights to look forward to. Seeing Mondue fight was a bit surreal. I'd seen him fight on TV before but seeing it live made him so much more real. A lot of people claimed he was a cheater, rigging his own tournament, but from my plain old eyes he seemed to be fighting fair. Then again, I knew almost nothing about what a fair fight constitutes in a tournament.

Once Jay finished his slew of questions, our group walked around for a bit to get some exercise in before another long sit. Today would be shorter than yesterday but eight to ten hours is still a long period on your bum. To pass the time, I started counting the number of food stands on each floor we visited. I wasn't lying when they said it had more places to eat than all of Bailey. There were a good twenty to thirty stands on each floor. Looking at all the food made me hungry but I ignored it for the good of my diet. I'd cheat on it come lunch time.

While we were walking around floor fifty two, I overheard a commotion coming from the crowd behind us. Someone was calling out for someone in a frantic manner. Did they lose a kid? That would be awful. Better get on the speakers because it would take you days to search the entire stadium. Derek, being the kind soul that he is, slowed so he could find the stranger and give them a hand. Our group stalled and I watched someone squeeze through the crowd, waving her arms as she called out a name I recognized very well.

"Jay!" she cried. Derek broke into a grin and Jay looked up, his jaw dropping open before a smile graced his beautiful features.

"Megahn!" he shouted. He darted towards her, his long legs reaching her much faster than her own. He scooped her up, spinning her around as he laughed with joy. They squeezed each other tight, Megahn clutching to the back of Jay's shirt. When they finally pulled apart, both of them had tears in their eyes. Jay wiped the ones that fell onto his sister's cheeks.

"I can't believe it's really you!" Megahn exclaimed. "You look so old."

"Old? I'm not that old," Jay countered, making them both laugh.

Jay escorted his sister over to our group and we all introduced ourselves. It amazed me how much she looked like Jay with her blonde curls and illegally blue eyes. Compared to Zen, she felt like a warm spring day. A part of me wanted to know what the rest of their family looked like. Would Lys feel like Autumn? Maybe I could ask Megahn to send me pictures because there weren't any on Jay's phone.

"What are you doing in Liliael? Mom and dad would never allow you to go to a tournament," Jay said

"I'm here with friends so I'm technically here for a "visit". They don't need to know I'm here for the tournament," Megahn replied. She noticed the red lights on her brother's wrists and frowned. Then a smile graced her face again. "I'm glad I found you. I didn't think I would. This place is enormous! You could fit our entire farm in here! Hang on." She pulled out her phone. "I'm going to text my friends and let them know I'll be sitting with you for the tournament today. I've got so much to tell you! You missed my entire high school career!"

"Sorry."

Megahn shook her head. "I understand. Mom and dad have been insane since you've been gone, though. I'll tell you all about it later." She tucked her phone away and turned to Derek. "How's soccer going?"

"Good!" Derek replied with a grin. "What about you? How's the college search going?"

"I'm going to Serenhe!" Megahn cheered. "It'll be far enough from home to give mom and dad an excuse not to visit but close enough I can fly back on the holidays. You know how mom is about that."