Title: Beyond Everything Else
Authoress: Sai Cutie
A/N: Hi! It's me again, yours truly, Sai! yay! Finally I got to post this up, sorry if it was late. Thanks a lot to all who added this story to their alerts thingy. Much appreciated guys. And to those who left a review, thank you--So nice people.
Anyway, I decided to put a 'I will update on this date' thingy, because sometimes my lazy side gets the better of me. And slack off instead of sitting on the computer chair typing all the way, heh.
Okay, I'm rambling. I'll stop now. Read on, and again I ask kindly for your feedbacks, so that we will have a much more happy relationship when we hear each other out. Don't you agree?
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"Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eyes…"
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.-
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The rain fell hard on them, soaking them to the bones. Lightning bolts electrified the sky that made goose bumps slowly appear on Rei's smooth pale yellow skin. He felt his cheeks burning up as he looked deep into the eyes of the attractive stranger, who saved his butt from being the knives new live sheath. "I.." he started but his voice seemed to be lost, he was feeling a bit awkward.
He cleared his throat and slowly got up to his feet. He noticed that the men who attacked them were all running towards their own respective cars. He gasped when he noticed one man open a grenade and throw it inside the automobile in the center.
"Granade!" He yelled, "Get down!"
He laid down flat on the wet earth, the two other followed, covering their heads. One, two, three… fifteen, sixteen.. Rei took a quick peek, there was no explosion. He stood up, brushing away some wet mud clinging to his white traditional button-up shirt.
"We've been duped." He said calmly walking to the car, which windows were now all broken and it looks so beaten up, "The grenade didn't blow off."
Rei glanced at the red head walking towards the car, a pissed off expression on his face. "Who were those people?" Rei asked, raising a brow as the red head got in and tried to start the car, "Why were they after you?"
"Stop being nosy, kid." The red head replied, taking his keys out. The car won't start, those men were fast, he didn't even notice them fidgeting with his precious car. He just brought this baby two months ago!
"What you don't know won't hurt you." The red head continued as he walked toward the attractive one, "What do we do now, Kai? The car won't start, we can't stay in the car because of the broken glass, and we're lost. And worst of all, I have a Beijing map."
"What are doing being here in Shanghai with a Beijing map?" Rei asked, an amused smirk on his lips, "Shouldn't you be carrying a Shanghai one?"
"I would if only that damn store clerk listened intently to what I was saying!" he growled, "Store clerks are supposed to know how to speak English right?" He tucked both of his hands inside his pocket and sighed.
"Shi," Rei replied, "But I'm not too sure, I haven't tried working as a clerk yet." He glanced around, his dark-colored hair was dripping weth, and he felt cold and weird at the same time. It was—mind blowing? The boy named Kai was mind blowing, he looked away feeling ashamed of himself for thinking thoughts like that.
"Err—I have a suggestion, why don't you stay with me? My village isn't that far away, we'll just rest and head out to the city the next day. Or just after the storm passes, it's quite dangerous to be going to town when it's raining like this hard." Rei suggested, tilting his head a bit to the sides, "What do you think? Sounds good?"
The red head glanced at the one called Kai and shrugged his shoulders as if meaning to say 'you decide'. He ran a hand down his dripping face, he felt cold and he just wanted to sleep. His whole body was aching from the fighting, especially his knuckles.
Kai nodded at him, he looked relieved because of Kai's decision. He turned to Rei, "Is it ok if we stay for a night?" he asked, raising both brows.
"Méi wèntí.." Rei replied, but he quickly translated, "No problem, heh." He turned around to head inside the forest, "Follow me," He smiled to himself when he heard their footsteps following closely behind him.
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Kai glanced up from the wet puddles and stared at the small village in the center of a valley surrounded by high plateaus. Small huts circled around each other as if in an effort to protect each and everyone in the small tribe. There was no one outside their warm cozy huts to greet their Russian visitors. The Chinese warrior led them to a medium sized hut with four rooms, one kitchen, two rooms and a small bathroom.
Kai had a small smirk on his lips when he noticed how very well kept everything was, the floor were cemented but the wall and ceilings were all made from leaves, hay, straws, and other things that can be made into a warm sturdy hut. In the first room, which is the kitchen, was a soft sofa set on the right side, while on the left side was a small refrigerator and a stove.
A table was placed beside the stove, some plates, cups, mugs, forks, spoons, spatulas, and some other things you need were all placed in large containers and placed on top of the table. In the center of the room was a four-person dining table. And on the ceiling were light bulbs ready to guide their way in the dark stormy night.
"Huānyíng," the chinese warrior said to them, grinning like a cat. Kai noticed that he did look like a cat with his cute small little fangs. The red head glanced at Kai, but Kai kept his gaze on the warrior. (Translation: Welcome,)
"Xièxiè." Kai replied, a satisfied smirk on his lips when he saw the warrior gasp. "What?" he asked, raising an innocent brow. (Translation: Thank you.)
"Zĕnyàng??" the warrior spit out, "You know pinyin? Not much people know how to speak that, most just know the popular one, Mandarin." (Translation: How??)
"Wo huì shuō yìdiăn," Kai replied, plopping on of the sofas, "Nĭ jiào shénme míngzi?" (Translation: I speak very little. What's your name?)
"Rei," the warrior replied, narrowing his golden tiger-like eyes at Kai, "Yours?"
"Kai," He replied, and then he jerked his head towards Yuriy, "This is Yuriy, we're Russian."
Yuriy nodded at Rei as he walked towards the sofa's other end and took a seat, "Nice to meet you," he said in an annoyed tone, "But maybe next time you can speak in English."—he narrowed his gaze at Kai—"Since I don't know how to speak or translate this—Pinyin. Thing. Shit."
Kai raised a brow at Yuriy and crossed his legs together with his arms. It was not his fault he doesn't know how to speak or understand pinyin. It's quite a simple language really, much like mandarin but a little different at the same time.
"Sorry," Rei apologized, bowing his head a little, "I should have been more sensitive to you, do you want to take a rest now?"—he walked towards one of the other doors—"This room has two bed,"—he pointed to the door directly opposite to the door he was standing nearly now—"That one has a queen sized bed. I sleep in the room with two beds. Take a pick."
Yuriy glanced at Kai, smirking, "You wanna sleep beside me buddy?" he asked, "We'll be warmer when we sleep with someone in a bed."—he turned to Rei—"Don't you think so?"
Rei raised a brow, Are they both—lovers?
"I—I guess.." he spattered, shrugging his shoulders, he glanced at the two. He was also eager to hit the hay, his back was hurting from finding Joseph all afternoon and then getting into a fight where he almost died if it wasn't for Kai.
"So?' he asked, clearing his throat, "You sleeping together then? I'm going to bed now I'm quite ti—"
"I'm sleeping with Rei," Kai suddenly interrupted, narrowing his crimson gaze at Yuriy before he walked past Rei and inside the small room.
When he first entered the room, the first things he saw were two bed on opposite sides, a bed table in the center and a small window just above the table. On the table was a purple lava lamp, some paper and a pen.
He sat on the empty and less messy bed on the right side and laid his head softly on the pillow. He heard Rei saying good night to Yuriy and a door opening and closing. His eyes remained closed. He heard Rei sigh as he sat on his own bed and took off his shoes and began drifting to the dream world too...
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A young nun ran out of the monastery deep in the woods and never looked back. She arrived at a small shade house by the highway and sat there, trying to hold in her tears. She had a brown cloak over her, never allowing anyone to see her hair and eyes. "Annielyn!" Some one called behind her, she gasped as she turned around and--
SLAM!!
"Kai!"
"Kai!"
Kai's crimson orbs snapped open, he quickly sat up trying to catch his breathe. He felt beads of sweat slowly running down his spine and some still forming on his temples. He quickly got out of bed and looked out the small window. It was still raining; they still can't go down to the city.
He turned around and walked towards the door when it flew open, almost hitting him in the face. He narrowed his gaze at Yuriy, "Can you knock next time?" he snapped at the Russian.
Yuriy grinned sheepishly, "Sorry, sorry." He replied, opening the door more, "Come on out. We still can't leave, it's raining." He walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge, he ransacked through it.
Kai rolled his eyes, "Shouldn't you ask Rei first?" he asked plopping down on one of the dinning chairs, he resting his elbow on the table, his long fingers slowly massaging his chin, "Where is he anyway?"
"He said to feel at home," Yuriy protested, "I can't feel at home with scanning through the fridge."—he took out some packs of meat—"I'm cooking us breakfast. Rei? He said he'll be outside, feeding the chickens if you need him."
Kai stood up; he'll feel better after a walk. Away from Yuriy. "I'll go for a walk," Kai said, opening the front door, "Try not to burn the house down this time." He slammed the door shut behind him and walked away from the hut, his hands tucked inside his pocket. He could hear Yuriy telling him to bring an umbrella cause its raining.
Yuriy always liked cooking, but he never got to study it and stuff. All he did was blade and blade for Boris. But whatever, past is past.
Kai stopped on his tracks, "That reminds me," he muttered, "What is my purpose for coming here?" He turned around back into the direction of the cottage when he spotted an old bald man sitting on a rock, both his hands out and his legs in an Indian seat position. His eyes were closed and he had a long white beard.
"Sometimes," The man suddenly spoke up, snapping his eyes open revealing small onyx dots, "the heart sees what the eyes can not. Sometimes the heart hears what the ears can not."
Kai raised a brow at him, but continued on his way. That was weird. So weird. He opened the door and glanced at the spot where Yuriy was standing when he went out, he froze. It was the nun in his dreams! She turned to him, still covered with her cloak, her lips revealing a small sweet smile.
Was he still asleep?
"Kai," she said, her voice slowly turning into a hoarse, masculine one, "Hey Kai? What's the matter? Hey? You're zoning out? And you look pale!"
Kai shook his head and blinked a couple of times, his eyes refocused again but the nun was replaced by Rei. He furrowed his brows, what was that? A hallucination? "Hn. Sorry." He replied, walking to the sofa and plopping down to take a seat, "Where's Yuriy?"
"He, uhh—went out to buy something," Rei replied, grinning at him, "What do you want for breakfast?" He was slicing some onions and garlic. He turned on the stove and glanced back at Kai,
"Yuriy asked me to make an egg omelet. Do you eat that?"
Kai nodded, "Yeah," he replied, glancing around the room. There were a couple of frames on the walls. One was a sketched portrait of Rei, the one beside it was Rei with the—White Tigers? Kai snapped his attention to Rei, who was now busy slicing some tomatoes,
"You know the White Tigers?" he asked, almost standing from his seat, "You never mentioned to me."
"Oops," Rei replied, a slight pink running over his cheeks, "Sorry, I forgot. They're out of the village now, doing some stuff. Do you know how to use the chop sticks?"
Kai nodded, absently.
"Good," Rei chirped, putting all the garlic in the hot pan. The garlic starts to sizzle because of the hot oil. A wonderful aroma fills the small hut, "Because that's all the eating utensils I have. Except for some soup spoons." Rei continued as he grabbed the rubber spatula, "Smells good!"
"Yeah," Kai agreed still staring at the White Tiger's picture, "Yeah. It's good." Is Rei a blader?
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Yuriy slowly walked back to the small hut; ignoring almost every native he passed by. He turned the knob and plopped down on the sofa; Kai and Rei were both already eating their breakfasts in complete silence, only the rain making some sounds. "I bumped into some old bald crazy man," He said, breaking the silence, "He was saying something about reincarnation and stuff. It was creepy."
"Heh," Rei replied, "You must be talking about our Shifu," He took a huge gulp of fresh water and grinned, "He's a bit crazy at times," he added, "But he's really good at training me in Wushu."
"Wushu?" Yuriy asked, raising a brow, he stood up and sat on an empty chair and started eating. He was hungry, "What's that? Something like karate?"
Rei nodded, "Yep," he replied, "Kindda. But in wushu we use animal techniques, like the crane, snake and the tiger. And shifu is what we call our teacher or sensei in Japanese."
"Oh." Yuriy replied, taking a bite on the egg omelet on his plate. He glanced out the window above the sink, the rain was finally stopping. "Hey," he said, smiling a bit, "Rain's stopping."
Rei bit his lower lip, he really didn't want them to go so soon. "Uhmm, the road still a little wet," He said, which is half true, "You can't go yet. We have to wait for a few more days. Maybe three more?"
"But—" Yuriy began to protest when the door slammed open. A fat man with a bald head and small eyes walked in. He kneeled at Rei,
"Rei," he started, "Shifu wants to see you,"
Rei glanced at his two visitors and quickly walked out, with the fat guy following right behind him. Yuriy and Kai glanced at each other briefly then returned back to their eating.
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Rei bowed before the old man sitting on a tall wooden chair that looked like a throne, "Yes, Shifu?" He quickly asked, "You called for me."
The Shifu jumped down of the throne and walked towards Rei. He was a bit smaller than Rei was maybe he just reached a couple of inches above Rei's waist. He held a stick on his right hand and his other hand always kept behind him.
"Rei Kon, " he started, smiling, "I have made a decision."
Rei looked at him unexpectedly. Could it be about the tournament? "You're going to the Wushu national tournament," Shifu continued, "You're going to bring your two visitors with you so you can leave them in the city. That will be all."
He turned around, "I'll do a briefing tomorrow morning."
"Thank you, Shifu." Rei said gratefully, "Thank you so much." He turned around and ran outside, letting himself be soaked in the rain, this was the best part of his life! And his going to the city with his two new friends.
What could happen?
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+ SNEAK PREVIEW (a nugget because I'm super late for posting!) +
Rei closed his eyes for a few seconds as he and Kai walk upstairs to Yuriy's flat. He has been having some weird wet dreams about Kai. It was weird, so weird. It felt right but he knew it was wrong.
The next thing he knew was that Kai was pushing him against the wall and kissing him on his trembling lips. What the--? "Kai.." he managed to speak as he looked at Kai's strong crimson orbs. He was so confused.
What was happening?
+ END OF SNEAK PREVIEW +
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Sai Cutie says: Thanks so much for reading, harhar. Thanks, you!
I hope you enjoyed it, I promise next chapter will be much better. Again sorry for the late posting, and again I ask for your completely honest feedback.
Thanks.