A/N: Sorry that it's been so long! I had a writer's block, then things came up and work started piling... anyway, enjoy!

After waking up in an alley and coming to terms with this bizarre situation, the Bladebreakers have finally figured out which way to go. But if it was only so simple... not to mention that that a certain navy-head and grey-head are on same side. 

"How long have we been walking?" Tyson slumped forward, "It feels like a lifetime..."

Kai wrinkled his nose in disgust, "It's not even been a full minute, Tyson."

"Oh yeah?" Tyson looked at their team leader with a challenging smirk, "You got a watch?"

"No."

"Then?"

"Common knowledge - you start yapping after walking for precisely thirty seconds."

"You-"

"Hey guys! I can see a light at the end of this tunnel!" Max's cheerful voice cut in. 

"For the last time, Max - It's an alley, not a tunnel." Tyson snapped. Boy isn't he angry... guess the truth hurts. Rei's eyes widened. Wait, he knows the difference between an alley and a tunnel? Tyson sure is smarter than he's given credit for.

"Um..." Max scratched his cheek in thought, "What's the difference?"

"Seriously? Are you for real?" Kai stared at Max while Tyson shook his head. And at times when they agree with each other even without realizing it... even though they were fighting just a moment ago... Rei suppressed his desire to laugh at his team mates' antics. He cleared his throat and pointed, "Guys, stop fighting and calm down. We are finally in the open." 

They stepped out of the dark alley, and immediately -

Bright sunlight hit their senses.

"Gah! I'm blind! I'm blind! I can't see a thing!" The navy-head flailed about, "I'm blin-"

"Stop making a commotion, Tyson." The grey-head retorted as he slowly lowered the hand he had put up beforehand to shield his eyes from the sun's bright rays.

Tyson squinted at him, "What  it to you, Sourpuss?"  and then stuck out his tongue. Kai's eyebrow twitched at the 'Sourpuss' part, but he didn't respond. He was too dumbstruck by everything he could see around him.

Rai knitted his eyebrows together in confusion, "Where in the world are we?" 

Muddy, crumbling roads. The sheer number of stray animals - cats, to be precise. Goods kept for sale on wooden stalls and carts. 

There was too much to take in.

"The correct question will be," Kai mumbled as he began to walk forward while looking around, "When... are we?"

"What?!" Rei leapt over a cabbage lying on the street and caught up with his friend, "You don't mean-"

"This place looks like a scene taken from a medieval Europe-themed movie."

"B-but that's n-not..." Rei trailed off as he stared at a burly man wearing weird baggy clothes who was shouting something in a strange language in an attempt to sell his wares - which happened to be some moldy looking carrots and potatoes. The man caught them staring and yelled something. Rei's eyes widened. Why was a random man in medieval Europe yelling at them in Japanese?

Kai glared at him. The man quickly beat a retreat. Rei turned towards Kai to see the stoic blader mumbling something under his breath.

No one even questioned why they were just accepting this bizarre situation as it is and not even considering it to be some kind of a hoax. 

"Uh, Kai..." He tapped the other's shoulder, "Did they used to speak Japanese in medieval Europe?"

"Huh?" Kai turned to meet his friend's gaze.

"Why was that man... speaking in Japanese?"

The grey-head snorted at his friend's simplicity, "Tell me, is there any plausible reason why we're here, out of all things?"

"I..." Rei mentally slapped himself,"...I get your point..." 

"Hn. Though," Kai looked back once to see the younger bladers running to catch up to them, then faced forward, "The accent's rather difficult to understand - almost as if they're speaking Japanese in an English accent..."

Of course, medieval English will be spoken in medieval Europe. What else was he expecting? Maybe they were hearing English only, just that it was getting translated somehow. Then their speech should be turned into English as well...

This doesn't make the least bit of sense whatsoever.

[A/N: Let's ignore the fact that in the series everyone seems to know Japanese no matter which part of the world they're from.]

"You know English?" Rei fell into step beside him.

"Yeah. That old geezer made me learn that, among other things."

"Oh." As for him, he had never learnt any foreign language except Japanese.

Kai noticed his hesitation, "Rei?"

"..."

"What's the matter?"

"I... don't know English..." Rei hesitated before continuing, " I only know greetings and some keywords."

"Well," Kai shrugged it off, "It's not as if you need it right now."

"That's true..."

"Eeekkkkk! Get OFF ME!" Both the bladers started at the sudden yell and turned back, to behold a fascinating scene unfold before them. Rei struggled to hide his grin while Kai visibly sweatdropped.

One of the cats roaming on the streets seemed to have taken a liking to Max, and was currently clinging to his leg. The blond blader looked half-scared to death as he jerked his leg on all sides, trying to lose the kitten. "T-Tyson," He looked at his navy-haired friend who was barely holding it together, "P-please g-get this o-off me!"

"None can do Max."

"Wha- ?! Hey, c'mon, h-help m-me!"

"Meow~"

"Gah! Ew!" Max hopped around on one leg, "Someone PLEASE HELP MEEEEEE!!!"

Tyson surpassed his limit and started laughing uncontrollably, while Rei turned his head around and probably followed him. Why would someone be so afraid of one little kitty? Kai rolled his eyes in amusement. His eyes caught on another cat, who was lurking in the shadows with its fur bristling and tail standing up. Uh-oh, looks like the Mama cat's getting ready to attack...

The dranzer-wielder walked briskly over to his blond team mate's side and plucked the kitten off his wildly flailing leg. Refusing to look at the others' expressions, he quietly carried it to one side and then let it down.

"Kaaaiii," Tyson smirked evilly, "Don't tell me - you have a soft spot for cats?!"

"The kitten's parent," Kai ignored the question, "Was just there, getting ready to attack Max." He pointed towards the same who snarled at them before licking the kitten once and carrying it away.

"Okay..." Tyson didn't look too convinced but Kai couldn't care less. Rei smiled behind his hand - Kai did love cats, all animals really. He had many times caught him bringing food to stray animals or helping the injured ones. Kai had sworn him to secrecy on this topic, but still... 

He looked at his stoic team mate, who was currently letting Max have it. He did care, although he didn't show it much. Wet blanket.

They dodged several carts and crowded places and grumpy people who stared at them strangely, they finally made it to a relatively quieter area.

The houses' design and architecture... the banners they saw before and the symbols made on them... the people's clothing... it all boiled down to one particular information in a certain history nerd's head.

"This seems to be 13th- no, late 12th Century England." Kai announced aloud out of the blue.

"SAY WHAT NOW?!" The other three bladers spoke up in unison, staring at their team leader.

The grey-head sighed. Trying to explain how he got that idea would take ages with these guys - not to mention that he wasn't feeling up to it. Instead of answering, he chose a random direction and started walking towards it.

"Oh, I'm more than happy to go with that!" Max spoke up in a cheerful voice as he ran up to meet Kai. He looked excited.

"Stop jumping Max... the road is very uneven. You might trip!"

"Oh, okay!"

Kai quickened his pace.

"Hey, wait up!" Tyson jogged up to him, "What's the hurry all about?"

Someone has been constantly following us for a while now. Since we came out of the alley. He could feel it. 

"We're attracting unwanted attention." Kai caught a movement at the corner of his eye. He stopped and ran his eyes around, but spotted no one hiding in the shadows. This is getting creepy now...

"And that's a bad thing?" Tyson smiled giddily as he waved to an non-existent audience, "Come on, they must know that we're the Bladebreakers!"

Ugh. Kai grimaced. I seriously don't want to be caught dead or alive with this clown.

"So Kai, why do they wear bags in late 12th Century England?"

"Those are clothes, Tyson. It's just a style of the era."

"WOW!" Max gushed, "So, these are the medieval fashion trends???"

Kai ignored this question.

"Why are there no cars in late 12th Century England?"

"Because it is late 12th Century England, you idiot!?"

"What difference does it make?"

"..." He was feeling like a fricking tourist guide now. For all that I know, Tyson might think that cars have existed from even before the Ice Age...

Max stared at his friend, "Come on, Tyson - don't you pay attention in your science and history classes?"

"Well, I'm a growing boy," Tyson tried to defend himself, "So I-"

"Sleep during classes. Figures."

"Wow, you actually got it right!" Kai hmphed at Tyson's expression. The navy-head continued, "I gotta ask. Where can we find sushi in late 12th Century England?"

A tick-mark showed up on Kai's forehead, "Will you stop repeating 'late 12th Century England' again and again? And what kind of a stupid question is that?"

Tyson pouted, "It is pretty legit, you know."

"NO!" And he finally lost it.

Sushi in medieval England - are you kidding me?!