Last chapter.

There on the floor was a naked Kai. A bruised, bleeding, hurt Kai and on top of him one of the gauds, just about to pull his pants off. And around the room were 3 more gauds and a pinkhaired maid.

Kai was lying on the floor, clearly in great pain.

"M-My lord I-I can explain!!" The man on top of Kai stammered out with fright in his voice.

Rei to the rescue:

Rei's eyes flashed with anger as he looked around the room. Mariah and the gauds were in deep trouble, and they knew! Rei didn't hesitate before going over and particularly threw the gaud of Kai.

Kai took a deep breath as the heavy weight was lifted from his chest. He was once again reminded of his damaged ribs. He coughed loudly a couple of times and gritted his teethes in pain. But it was Rei, Rei had showed up, Rei had saved him, but he hadn't wished for the prince to see him in such a weak and pathetic state.

Kai made a weak attempt of cover himself up, but his body only gave him more pain as he tried to preserve that little honor that still was in his life.

Rei saw this and kneeled down beside Kai, he took the gaud's jacket that lay on the floor and gently pulled it over Kais trembling body. He gently ran his fingers through Kais blue, bloodstained hair and whispered comforting in his ear;

"It's okay, they're not going to hurt you anymore, no one will hurt you, I promise"

Kai looked into Rei's golden eyes. They were full of worry and concern. Even though Kai was lying on a cold floor he could feel the warm spreading in his body. He could feel Rei gentle running his fingers through his hair and his mild caring aura around him, Rei didn't even have one trace of the cold attitude he had the last time Kai had seen him. If it wasn't because of his currently state Kai would have smiled, Rei had saved him.

Kai just nodded weakly as reply, his body was completely drained for strength.

Rei softly ran his hand over Kai's bruised cheek before standing up once again with even more anger whelmed up inside of him, if that was even possible. Rei looked at the rooms other occupants. They all looked petrified back at their lord. The man who had been on top of Kai had got himself fully dressed and now stood with a white face.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU WHERE DOING!!" Rei roared at the men and girl.

There was a couple of seconds awkward silence before finally one of the gauds stepped forward with a frightened voice.

"M-My l-l-lord.. We.. I swear.. We h-had nothing to d-do with it.. We just came by as we heard s-someone screaming, we only wanted to help!" He said. The 2 other gauds and Mariah nodded quickly, but the third man wasn't that happy.

"It's a lie!! You.." But he didn't get to finish as Rei interrupted.

"I don't care who did it or didn't!! The thing is you all stood in here and cheered while you were sexually abusing him!!! Rei's anger filled the whole room with a tense atmosphere, so thick it could be cut with a knife.

"Whose idea was this?!" Rei yelled at the group.

Immediately all 3 men pushed Mariah forward.

"It was her, my lord! She said that if we paid her we could get him!!" They all said.

"Traitors!!" Mariah howled with a high pitch voice. She turned scared towards the prince.

"My lord.. I-I can explain!!" She tried desperately.

"I don't need your explanation!! I think your actions have said enough!!! I want you all to leave this palace, leave my country! And if I EVER sees you're here again, I'll make sure you'll all whished you never was born!! Now LEAVE!!!"

The staff quickly disappeared out of the door and hopefully out of Reis and Kais life too.

Rei starred after them before quickly bending down to the hurt boy again.

"..Thanks.." Kai said with his horse and pained voice that wasn't able to show the gratefulness he really felt.

Rei just returned his hand to Kais hair and went back to his caring tone.

"Shh.. You shouldn't talk.. Let's get you away from here."

With help from Rei, Kai was able to at least get his pants on. Rei was careful not to hurt him further. Kai's body was completely covered in injuries and bruises, when they got up to his room he would have a better look on the poor bluenett, but right now he just had to get him away from here. Rei picked Kai up so he could ride on his back.

Kai made some small noises of discomfort and pain. He could feel Reis body heat against his cold body, it felt good to be this close to Rei. He knew it was wrong of him to think like this, but right now he really didn't care, all he wanted was to get away from here and that all his injuries would stop throbbing so much.

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Rei slowly carried Kai all the way back to the office that Kai had been in once before, when he and Rei had meet the first time. Rei went through the door in the right side of the office and into his room. He gently sat Kai in his big in the middle of the room. Rei placed a hand on Kais chin and looked him in the eyes.

"Just wait here, I'll be back in one moment" Rei said and smiled sweetly at Kai.

Kai nodded as Rei went to the other end of the room and through another door. Kai looked around the room with awe. The room was big and purely amazing. Reis room was decorated with several red velvet curtains around the room, he himself was sitting on a big kingsized bed with nice red and black silk sheets, and over the black headboard was a big golden tiger, the symbol of the neko-jins. In the left side of the room was a French window like the one in the office, leading out to the same balcony. Beside that Rei also had a big closet and mirror, a bookshelf filled with the history of the neko-jins through time.

Not long he left Rei came back and made his way over to Kai. He knelled in front of him and looked at Kai with big kind eyes. And Kai couldn't help but love the nekos eyes, and the way they made him feel so safe.

"Are you alright?" Reis voice was so warm and loving, that Kai just wanted to burry himself in the handsome prince's arms, but he couldn't. How could he? Reality crashed down on Kai. Rei was a prince, he was a slave, this was wrong.

"I'm f-fine, my lord.. I-I really should get back.." Kai tried to stand up, but the moment he got to his feet a sharp pain shoot up through his whole body.

"ARGG!!" Kai felt forward but was caught by tow strong arms that held him close to a warm chest.

Kai looked up with a pained look in his eyes, to find Reis worried face glancing down at him.

"There's no way I'm letting you back to that place! Not after what those monsters did to you." Rei said determent, as he without really thinking about it tightened his hold protectively on Kai.

"And you don't need to call me lord. Just call me Rei." He said a little more gently.

Kai continued to stare up into Reis beautiful face. He was actually relieved that Rei didn't want to get rid of him as he had thought he would, maybe this was wrong, but how could something so wrong fell so right? Kai leaned his head against Reis shoulder and sighed, just Rei's present felt so tender and loving. He felt like he was home in the prince arms.

".. It wasn't them who did this.." Kai whispered with closed eyes.

Rei looked down. "What?"

"It wasn't them who d-did all this" Kai said again, referring to his injuries.

Rei looked Kai in the eyes again. His eyes was gentle, but held a hint of anger.

"Then who did this to you?"

Kai looked down, the pictures of the night flashing in front of his eyes.

"Cho.. The chef.. He was the one who bought me a couple of months ago.. I have worked in the kitchen ever since. He.. He use to punish me.. When I'm not doing a good job."

"Bastard!" Rei growled.

Kai looked up with fright in his eyes. Was Rei now disgusted by his weakness? Was Kai just a pathetic slave in the nekos eyes after Kai told him the truth about him being abused? But as Kai looked at Rei he could see his vision was distant and his eyes flashing with an anger that clearly wasn't directed at him.

"He lied to me!! He's is NOT getting away with this!" Rei looked at Kai.

"I swear Kai. He'll never lay another finger on you again."

Kai clenched Rei's rope in his hand and buried his face further into Rei's chest, the memories haunted him and the pain came back in his body as he could remember how the long punishment had pushed him far beyond his limits. And as it wasn't enough he had nearly been raped right after!

Rei nuzzled Kai's neck with his fingertips.

"It's okay. You can cry if you want, I'm here." He whispered kindly in his ear.

Kai could feel the stinging in his eyes, and he was no longer able to hold back his tears. He sobbed quietly into Rei's chest, while Rei continued to caress his neck and hair with that comforting touch.

After a little while Kai stopped crying and just enjoyed the warm embrace while Rei stroked his cheek.

"Come, I have made a bath ready for you, we have to clean those wounds before they get infected."

Kai just nodded, not leaving his head from Rei's chest. Rei carefully picked Kai up bride style, and took him over to the other room, which happened to be his master bathroom.

In the middle of the room was a giant spa/tub filled with hot steaming water. Rei sat Kai down on the porcelain toilet and went over to the big cabinets. He pulled out several big, black, fluffy towels, a couple of black cloths and a bottle of shampoo with strawberry smell. He also griped a big pierce of soap and pulled out the first aid kit.

Kai sat over on the toilet while he saw Rei fetch all the things. He suddenly realized what situation he was in. Here he sat, completely helpless and Rei, the prince of the neko-jins, about to help him bath, but that meant.. Kai blushed like mad just thinking about it and he suddenly felt very shy.

When Rei had made everything ready he walked back to Kai.

"Okay, ready?" He said smiling sweetly at Kai.

Kai looked away, not being able to hide his blush. Rei chuckled lightly.

"Don't worry, I'm a guy too you know. Nothing I haven't seen before."

'God he looks cute when he blushes like that.' Rei thought.

Kai looked up, still with a clear blush on his bruised cheeks. There was no trace lying in Rei's eyes, he really wanted to help Kai. 'God, how I love those golden eyes.' Kai thought in the back of his head.

Rei helped Kai strip (okay he was only wearing pants and a jacket, so it wasn't much). And Rei for the first time got to see the full extent of the blue haired boy's injuries.

He had at least one broken rib maybe more, several big and deep welts on his back, dark bruises and scratches covered the most of his torso and legs, his arms had been burned numerous of times and he had something close to a dislocated shoulder. Beside that he also had a large amount of old injuries that was badly healed.

Rei's hart wrenched at the sight. 'Oh my god, what have those monsters done to him? How can he even keep conscious?' Rei thought, not even being able to imagine the pain he had and was going through.

Rei helped Kai over and lowered him into the hot water. Kai clenched his teethes and eyes hard as the water connected with his injuries. Rei stood and started to undress himself.

Kai widened his eyes as he saw Rei's rope drop to the floor and started to loosen his pants.

"W-What are you doing?" He stammered as he felt his cheeks heat again.

"You're in no condition to clan your wounds by yourself. And I can't help you from this position." Rei said as he dropped his pants, leaving him in his boxes only.

"Don't worry. I'll keep my boxes on." He said and gave Kai a reassuring smile.

Kai couldn't help but to let his eyes wander over Rei's body. Starting at his flawless face, to his board shoulders, down to his well toned chest and to his slender feline legs. Kai gulped. There was no other way to describe Rei beside utterly hot!

Rei stepped into the water with Kai, keeping his boxes on so he wouldn't make the other uncomfortable. He picked up one of the cloths and the soap. He quickly soaped in the cloth and went behind Kai.

"This.. Might hurt a little.." He said with a hint of sorry in his voice as he placed the soaped in cloth on Kai's open wounds. Kai hissed sharply by the touch. "Uhh!! Stings!!" he gasped, not really meaning to say it out loud.

"I know, just bare with me, it'll be over soon." Rei tried to comfort as he continued to clean the wounds on Kai's back. Rei proceeded with this on all of Kai's wounds and scratches, occasionally drawing a little gasp of pain from the boy.

But finally Rei managed to clean all the wounds so there hopefully wouldn't be any infections.

"There, all done. Let's just wash your hair and get you up. Okay?"

Kai gave a silent nod as reply. He could still feel the stinging sensation in his wounds, but at least they where clean now. He was really grateful for having Rei at his side. As long as he could remember, he had lived alone. He had never had any parents, at least not as he could remember. Since he was a kid he had lived alone on the streets in his small village. The streets had been a rough place, and living among thieves and criminals had thought Kai to protect himself, even at a very young age. He had never known the meaning of 'love'. He had never experienced what it felt like to have someone at your side and he had never felt the caring touch of another human. But sitting here, being cared for, being worried about, it was a feeling he had never known of. He could fell the nice warm spread in his body every time Rei spoke to him, cared for him and touched him. And the only thing Kai could think of was; 'Is this what people call.. Love?'

Rei wetted Kai's hair before picking up the shampoo and poured a large amount in his hand. He gently soaped Kai's hair while at the same time massaged his scalp. Kai closed his eyes and leaned back into the touch. He could smell the strong scent of strawberry and the nice aroma made him relax further as he leaned back against Rei.

Rei blushed as he felt Kai lean against his chest. The bare sight of Kai was enough to send him out on a trail of thoughts and feelings, nice once mind you. But right now he had a job to do.

Rei washed the soap out of Kai's hair, holding his hand over the boy's beautiful red crimson eyes. The water was getting colder, and Rei could see Kai was beginning so shiver slightly, and he could also himself feel the cold snaking on to his body.

"Okay, done. Let's get up from here." Rei said. He took his arm around Kai's waist and placed Kai's arm around his own neck, and helped him up from the water.

Rei made a quick process of drying himself and Kai. Kai covered himself with a towel as Rei helped him back into bed.

Rei went over to his giant closet and pulled out a black pair of boxes and a pair of blue pajamas pants for Kai to wear. He himself also slipped into his red sweatpants and fetched the first aid kid he had left in the bathroom.

When he came back Kai was still sitting on the bed, but his eyes was half lidded, he was obviously fighting to stay awake, but really, after all he had been through, that was no surprise. Rei sat beside Kai and helped him into the clean clothing. This time Kai was too tired to be shy, all he wanted right now was to sleep, and burry himself in the nice silk sheets. Rei took the first aid kit and pulled out the soft bandages.

"I'm just going to fix up your back, then you can go to sleep, okay?" Rei softly whispered in Kai's ear.

"Okay.." Kai whispered back with a tired voice.

Rei was being gently as always and the pain wasn't that intense this time, but maybe it was just because he was simply too tired to think about pain.

Rei finished. But he wasn't able to do anything about Kai's shoulder. And this was just the outside, who knew if Kai maybe suffered eternal damaged too? He wasn't a doctor and he could only do this much, even though he wanted to do everything in his power to help Kai.

'I have to find someone who can check him over, to be sure he's okay' Rei thought, it had to be someone he could trust. If it was found out that he was hiding a slave in his room he would be in big trouble. But at the same time it had to be someone who knew what they were doing.

'I have to take care of that tomorrow.'

Rei was suddenly brought back to reality as he felt something softly hit his shoulder. He looked down to find the most adorable, beautiful, cute face of a sleeping Kai. Rei smiled as he put his arms around Kai and pulled him with him down on the bed and pulled the covers over them both.

Kai hot breaths tickled his skin at his neck. And Rei couldn't resist the urge to run his fingers through the soft blue hair again. He was happy when he heard Kai make a little purr of satisfaction.

"Sweet dreams, Kai." He whispered before the sleep also took over his body.

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