Authoress' Notes: Yahoo! Halloween! I love Halloween! And what could be better but Halloween and TyKa!? (Caitlin: Beware! Yami on a sugar high! O.O Dryad Who gave her candy!? O.o)

Disclaimer: Don't own! Don't sue!

Warnings: Yaoi, language, fluffiness, etc. To all Fanfiction. net readers: if you're looking for the NC-17 version of this fic, go to either my homepage (see my bio), Only TyKa Hotness, or Mediaminer (FireKali).

Pairing: TyKa! Hints of ReMa and Kenny/Hilary, too.

Summary: After an exhibition match in Boston is postponed, the Team has nothing to do for a whole weekend. Kenny suggests Tyson and Kai drive to Salem and take in the sights of the town where witches were not welcomed…

Dedication: To the members of my group, Anime Firefics, and to the members of the best place for TyKa in the world…OTKH! Happy Halloween everyone! Trick or treat! hands out candy

Hallowed

Part 01

"So…what is everyone going to do this weekend? Now that the tournament was postponed…" Hilary wondered, looking around at the group of teen-aged boys she'd come to count as her closest friends. Everyone was still dressed in his or her pajamas (except Kai, who was fully dressed), and lazing around the sitting area of their hotel suite after receiving the call from Mr. Dickenson informing them that their exhibition matches had been rescheduled for the following Tuesday.

"Well, you guys can go do whatever you like." Max shrugged, patting Rei's hand lightly since he was holding it firmly, the taller blader lying lengthways on the couch with his head pillowed in the blonde's lap. "I'll stay here with Rei and make sure he stays in bed and gets his rest."

The raven-haired blader sniffled and Max handed him a tissue. "I'm sorry, Maxie. I don't mean to ruin your fun." He sneezed and blew his nose. "I don't know where this nasty cold came from."

"It's not your fault, Rei."

"What about you, Kenny?" Hilary turned to her boyfriend. "Any suggestions?"

The brunette glanced up from his laptop with a smile. "Well, I was thinking that it would be really neat to either stay here in Boston and take a few tours to see some of the history of this city going back to colonial times, or drive up to Salem." He shivered. "I've pretty much decided on staying here."

"Hey! That sounds cool to me, Chief! I'll come with you on those tours." Hilary clapped her hands in excitement.

"What about you two?" Max gave Tyson and Kai a sideways glance. Their captain was leaning against the wall in his typical 'whatever' pose. The younger blader sitting on the easy-chair in front of Kai yawned in a show of boredom.

"I don't know about tours and stuff, Chief. I'd rather train, I think." Tyson made a face. Kai grunted behind him and cracked open an eye.

"That can easily be arranged, Kinomiya."

"Are you kidding? No way! Come on, Mr. Sourpants."

"Then what will you do?"

"Uh…" Tyson frowned thoughtfully. "I'm not sure. What was that other idea you had, Chief?"

"Drive up to Salem." Kenny responded, shivering again.

"What's so special about that?"

"It's the place where, a really long time ago, there was this hysterical worry about witches and black magic – so much that there were these trials and a lot of so-called 'witches' were put to death." Max, the resident American, informed them in a dramatically spooky voice. "Actually, since this weekend is Halloween, it would be really cool to go up to Salem and check it out. They do all kinds of stuff to celebrate Halloween there." The blonde grinned. "I hear they get really into it. You know – decorations, parties, haunted houses, mock witch trials, that kind of thing."

Tyson, who just so happened to be a horror-movie addict, perked up at the mention of haunted houses and witches. "Cool! That sounds like fun!" Then he drooped a little. "But…I don't want to go alone. That wouldn't be so much fun."

"Max and I would go, Tyson," Rei said sadly, "But I really don't think I should be running around a lot with this cold."

"And I don't want to leave him here by himself." Max added. He gave his friend an apologetic look.

"What about you two?" Tyson looked at Kenny and Hilary pleadingly.

"I forgot about Halloween." Kenny replied, looking rather hesitant about the whole idea. "It would have been spooky enough there without all the extra stuff. I'm sorry, Tyson, but I don't think I could handle it. I'd only be a pain." He shivered again.

"Maybe next time, Tyson, we could all go." Hilary suggested, feeling a little sorry for the dragon as he slumped in his seat and looked so dejected. "I'm sure there's something else here in Boston that you might find just as fun as Salem…"

"Why don't you go with Kai?" Max blinked innocently when they all stared at him incredulously. "What? It's just a suggestion. I mean, even Kai can't train all the time. He needs to have some fun, too."

Tyson doubted the older blader would agree, but he figured he'd try anyway. Anything was better than sitting around the hotel suite all day for two days doing nothing and/or training the entire time. If he says yes, then I'll get him all to myself for a whole weekend! He flushed a little at the thought. Maybe I'd finally be able to find out if he could ever like me as much as I like him…

Turning in his seat and giving Kai his very best sad, but cute, puppy-dog look, the bluenette stared up at his secret love pleadingly. "Kai? I don't suppose you'd be at all interested in going to Salem and checking the place out? Would you?"

Kai opened his eyes at the question and silently cursed himself when his own crimson orbs met the stormy silver-blue of Tyson's and had trapped him in an instant. Damn! I made eye contact! Stupid, Kai…you can't resist that look, and you know it.

"I don't know why you're so eager to go there. It's probably just another tourist trap, like Las Vegas was." The dual haired teen gave his opinion flatly, knowing he'd already caved but determined to make sure the others didn't know that – especially Tyson.

"Aw…come on, Kai! Where's your sense of adventure? Or maybe it's too spooky for you?" Tyson drawled, giving him a challenging look. Kai frowned at him, bristling at the insinuation. The others watched with widened eyes, their gazes darting back and forth between the two as if they were watching a tennis match.

"It is not."

"Yeah? Prove it." Tyson crossed his arms over his chest smugly.

"I don't have to prove anything, Kinomiya." Kai gave him one of his patented ice-cold glares, beginning to get annoyed now. He straightened, pushing away from the wall and turning away as if he was about to leave.

Realizing he'd pushed a little too much, Tyson hastily tried to rectify his mistake and placate the phoenix. "Okay! Okay. Look, Kai, I'll make you a deal: we don't have to stay. We can just go up there, look around, and if we don't find anything we're both interested in doing, we can come back right away, alright?"

Kai stood with his back to them all and smiled to himself since none of them could see it. He pretended to think about it for a moment, then sighed, as if it was a huge inconvenience to him somehow.

"Fine. I'll go. But only because someone has to keep an eye on you to keep you out of trouble. Besides, you'd probably get lost or something on your own and that would be really unfortunate before the tournament."

"Hey!" Tyson exclaimed indignantly, the insult stinging until it dawned on him that Kai had just agreed to go with him. "Wait…you mean we're going? Yahoo!!!!" He jumped up and glomped Kai in his excitement before he realized what he was doing.

"Oomph! Tyson, get off me and go get ready. If you're not out front in ten minutes we won't go anywhere." Kai ordered, fighting off a flush at the bluenette's closeness and the strange tingling sensations that made his nerves sing wherever Tyson was touching him.

Tyson blinked, turned pink, and quickly let go, dashing off to his room to change and get ready.

As soon as Kai disappeared out the door, the remaining members of the Bladebreakers exchanged startled, curious gazes.

"Did that seem a little weird to you guys, too, or was it just me?" Hilary inquired in a stage whisper, casting suspecting glances at Tyson's bedroom door.

"Yeah. I mean, Tyson sure turned an interesting shade of red." Max snickered. "And Kai looked rather uncomfortable, too."

"You don't suppose they…like each other? Do you?" Kenny hypothesized.

"I don't know, Chief. Would it be bad if they did?" Rei wanted to know, his voice soft but nasal sounding because of his cold. He sneezed again and scowled at himself.

"No! Of course not. Actually, it would be good because then maybe they'd stop bickering all the time." Kenny sighed. "I'd swear those two were an old married couple the way they go at it sometimes."

The others chuckled in agreement.

"Well, if they do, I guess this weekend they spend together should be very revealing." Max grinned. "I say Tyson cracks first and asks Kai out by the time they come back."

"$10 says Kai asks Tyson out by the time they come back." Rei countered.

"You're on."

"And $20 says they skip the first date and just jump each other at the first available opportunity." Hilary cross-countered, smiling angelically at their shocked expressions.

"Hilary!" Kenny protested.

"Oh…like you weren't thinking the same thing, Chief."

Kenny sighed and shrugged, and Max and Rei exchanged glances and raised eyebrows.

"Deal!" They chorused, shaking one another's hand then Hilary's to seal the bet.

Authoress' Notes: I know it's kind of short. But I just sort of whipped this up at the last minute today. sheepish grin & sweatdrop More to come soon! Please R/R!!