Document Opened: 09/05/2010, 04:15pm.
Authors Note:
I will be making minor mentions of Tala's past at least once or twice. And in the not so distant future- mesh together Kai's past from the manga and anime. So warnings for mentions of abuse but no non-con. I cannot and will not write that.D=. Also, spoilers for Kai and Tala's pasts.

And a few things are missing here on purpose for upcoming chapters. Ex: The small memory gap Tala has in the flashback.

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After kicking in the door, he rushed to kneel down to the bloody teen on the stone floor. "Come on, say something!" He shook the boys shoulders lightly but to no avail.

Both knees on the floor, he pulled the younger bladers upper body on to his lap to get a better look. Almost immediately his frown deepened as concern shown openly in his normally cold eyes.

With the amount blood around him and stuck to his clothes and matting a few parts of his dual colored hair, the red head was surprised to have found a pulse at all. He had opened his mouth to say something else to try and get the teen to awaken but stopped himself as familiar pair of tired crimson eyes opened half way

Seeing the red head, his lips curved into a small, weary smile. "We're not so different...brother." His voice was strained and the last word had come out as low as a whisper but Tala heard it all the same. However the dual blunette had fallen back into oblivion leaving the blader frozen where he was.

He slammed the steaming blue mug down on the table, causing a few drops of the liquid to land on the wooden surface. The memory had been replaying itself in his mind for the most part of the last three days. After that happened he couldn't remember how they got out, just that one moment he was there in that room and the next, outside snapping back to reality while Bryan was talking to him and Kai was being taken away from him by paramedics.

With that memory came questions he had no answer for yet. Did the younger really mean anything by saying that? Especially with the amount blood loss and injuries ontop of the stress from being that psycho's project and finally being pushed to exhaustion...Maybe he was just speaking from that?

He shook his head, unable to even believe that himself. Not with that look on Kai's face when he spoke and the fact he kept Boris's attention almost entirely on himself with biting comments and sarcastic insults to the former abbey director. Even though Kai was the only one the purple haired man was interested in anyway.

Ignoring his drink for the moment, he leaned back in the kitchen chair and let out a heavy sigh. Glancing at the wall clock, he blinked seeing as it was already after one in the morning.
It was strange, he hadn't meant to even be awake until now and that also meant Bryan was still at the hospital. Ian and Spencer had turned in some hours ago. 'Then again, he did mention that he had something he wanted to do there.' What? He didn't know. But he was certain that Bryan wouldn't try anything against Kai.

He'd have to ask him in the morning. The thought alone made him realize that he hadn't exactly been fair to the others. They had been worried and he had been practically ignoring them in favor of figuring out where he stood with the dual blunette. 'Some captain I've been.' He thought with a frown.

His ice blue eyes narrowed slightly in frustration and annoyance. He'd tell them what they wanted to know tomorrow.

For now, as he let out a quiet yawn, he picked up the mug emptied the tea down the drain and set the mug in the sink to be washed later. For now he would get some kind of rest and try to solve at least some of his questions later.

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He found himself leaning against the same part of the wall that Tala had rammed his fist into the day before. Getting tired of watching the cars below drive by, he glanced at the bed again. Shaking his own head for a moment. He was only here because of a question that popped in his head yesterday evening. One he kept to himself since he knew Tala would want to stay as well if he found out. Curiosity could really get the better of anyone.

So far he had been right in his assumption, aside them and Grev, only a few other bladers had been by but that was it. Even he thought at least his Grandfather would come at some point but it was entering day four and the only thing he found out about that was that Voltaire was informed and that was all.

As far as he knew, none of them really knew much of anything about the normally reserved teen. Even he could guess that either his parents were dead or they were on very bad terms, especially not to come and see him after what happened. Even Grev had been by everyday before having to leave. Then, there was the third option that crossed his mind. One he hadn't considered until now, one that he and Tala were familiar with from a long time ago.

Had anyone in his family ever physically harmed him? They had all gone through their share of verbal abuse from Boris in the past but even the former abbot knew better than to hit his soldiers in-training over every mistake. He had other methods. Snapping away from the thought, not wanting to think about it further, he looked back out of the window.

It would make sense, he thought, if that was it. On the other hand, he seriously doubted Tala openly telling Kai anything about his past. But if he was right and that was one of the reasons he called the red head brother, that meant there was a possibility that Kai had somehow found out either from someone else or his own.

'This would be a lot easier if you were awake, Kai.' He thought before letting out a yawn. Looking at his watch, it was nearly two am.

Standing up from his spot against the wall, he raise stretched his arms above his head for a moment before walking the few steps to a lavender colored two seater piece of furniture that could serve as a bed of sorts.

Grabbing the blanket the nurse had left earlier, he made himself as comfortable as he could get for sleeping on the thing. Until he knew more about what happened, he refused to jump to any one conclusion.

Besides, he'd already got the answer he stayed tonight for.
Even if it wasn't one he wanted.

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Authors Note:
Gods, most of this chapter turned out boring. So I've got a special surprise for chapter 3.

Fun fact for this chapter:
Most of Bryan's ideas and musings were originally supposed to be Tala's.

Finished: 09/11/2010, 05:17am.