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Warning: Language, violence, love triangles and drama.
Summary: Haji was the dark warrior that protected Saya. However, the dark flame that engulfs Kai and Haji shows their new-found love to new heights. Their love is tested through many trials. Solomon has returned and Diva is getting more and more deadly with every step the Red Shield take. As a brother, Kai must help Saya find and defeat Diva once and for all while Haji protects the two most important people in his life. With new found enemies, surprising secrets and Chiropterans around every corner; can Haji and Kai's love prevail? Or will Diva finally find the ultimate weapon to break them and win the war?
Dark Flame
Thoughts
Chapter 9:
Solomon P.O.V.
About a week after my chat with Haji, I started healing faster than I thought I would. I may be a Chevalier, but that doesn't mean that we can heal every wound.
Every day, I was advised to remain in this stupid bed until said otherwise. David said that it was because of Kai and he has no knowledge of my existence here. He said that Kai was worried about me, wondering if I was all right, but didn't know that I was under him this whole time.
Saya would even stop by. It was very awkward since I had once fallen in love for Saya, but that doesn't mean that I regretted it. She made me realize that I have a lot to gain in this world and that no one can control me.
One day, I had enough of this place. Honestly, I just wanted to see Kai and smell the fresh air that surrounded me these past years. As I got out of the bed, I went to my bag, and put on some dark blue slacks and red short sleeve shirt. I was still bandaged up, but I wasn't in as much pain as I usually would be.
Slipping on my shoes, I walked out of the recovery room and up the stairs. I know, I know, I was breaking the rules but when have I ever followed them? As I got closer to the stairs, Saya was heading in my direction. Our gazes met for a second and I only sent her a kind smile while she quickly advanced towards me with a shocked look on her face. Have to admit it was pretty funny but I didn't dare laugh.
"What do you think your doing?" Saya asked me, her hands placed on her slim hips while I pretended to look like I was thinking.
"Mm let's see, I'm out of the hell hole that I was stuck in for about a week and I want to see your dear, handsome brother. Is that so much to ask?"
Saya rolled her eyes at my comment before crossing her arms. "You do know this will truly shock him right?"
"I know, don't worry I know what to say if he asks me anything."
"Which is?"
"Saya, a magician never reveals his secrets." I replied with a smirk, giving her a wink before walking past her and walked towards the dinning room.
However, just as I was about to enter, I saw Kai and Haji sitting at a table together sharing some strawberries.
I frowned at the way Haji seemed to make Kai smile, his gentle laugh met my ears at something the other Chevalier said before taking a bite of a strawberry. Haji seemed very relaxed and calm before Kai smirked and leaned over the table to give him a sweet kiss.
I don't have to watch this. It's obvious I can't have Kai, but like I said to Haji, I will protect him.
As I turned to walk away, someone called out my name, as if in wonder.
"Solomon?"
I closed my eyes and stopped, knowing exactly who it was. I turned around calmly as I opened my eyes to see Kai had stood up from his seat with a surprised look on his face. Haji just remained seated at the table, but was cautious.
I smiled slightly at Kai with a short wave. "Good to see your well, Kai." I said first, until I was pulled into a tight, bone-crushing hug.
This was shocking to say the least. I remember Kai didn't want to be with me at all or avoided me so we wouldn't have contact but now it seems to be different. Though, I can't blame him because he's been through so much.
I glanced over at Haji, who glared at me so I wouldn't do anything sneaky. Rolling me eyes, I only patted Kai's back before he pulled away, a tint of blush on his cheeks.
Kai looked up at me with a serious gaze. "Are you all right? Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine Kai, no need to worry." I replied with the chuckle since Kai's worry about me is so adorable.
Saya was watching from behind me as she looked at the two of us. Then, Haji finally stood up and walked over. Kai then frowned at me and then at Haji, who stood at his right side.
"Why didn't you tell me Solomon was in the infirmary?"
Seeing the hurt in his eyes, I automatically locked on Haji, glaring at him so he remembered the warning I have him a week ago. Haji only shook his head.
"I didn't want you to stress yourself Kai. After everything that's happened, I didn't want you to think about anything else. We wanted you to recover."
"We?" Kai asked, fully turning to Haji with a glare. "Whose 'we' exactly?"
"Me, Saya and David." Haji replied, watching Kai look over at Saya who smiled sadly.
"If we told you Solomon was here, you would've been more emotionally hurt, Kai. Even Solomon agreed about us not telling you because he cares." Saya explained to Kai, while giving me a quick look, but I only looked away with a light blush on my cheeks.
When I glanced at Kai, he closed his eyes and sighed in defeat before smiling at us.
"I guess your right. But remember, I can kick any of you guys butt. That means you too Saya." He pointed to his sister, who smirked.
"We'll see about that, Kai." Saya challenged back when David came into the room and saw everyone including me.
David gave me a look of uncertainty before looking at Saya.
"Saya, your needed." He told her quickly before walking off, Saya glancing over at us before following David.
As we watched her go, Haji looked up at the clock real quick before placing a hand on Kai's shoulder.
"I have to get something that David ordered downtown. Will you all right while I'm gone?" Haji asked his lover, reaching up to stroke Kai's red hair.
Kai pouted and pushed Haji's hand away from his head. "I'll be fine, Haji. Just hurry up and go get it so you can come back to me okay?"
I watched them silently as Haji smiled at Kai and nodded. "I will, Kai." He replied before leaning down and gave Kai a gentle kiss; Kai kissing him back with hands on Haji's chest.
Once they pulled away, Haji gave Kai a peck on the lips before he looked up and gave me a cautious gaze. Then, he smiled at Kai before he turned to walk out of the room.
Finally! Some alone time with Kai!
It sounds childish I know, but I've wanted to speak to Kai since the incident. Kai looked over at me and smiled.
"Want to go to the garden?"
I blinked at the kind request by the beautiful angel in front of me. Nevertheless, I would never turn down such a great opportunity and nodded with a smile.
"I'd love to, Kai." I replied happily, making Kai grin at me before taking a hold of my hand and tugging me towards the garden that was behind the hotel.
This is what life should be.
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Haji P.O.V.
"Would that be all sir?"
"Yes, thank you."
"Your welcome! Come again soon!"
I nodded towards the owner before walking out of the store with a bag of stuff in my left hand as I walked down the street. People were out an about, some talking as a group and children were playing with two parents just an inch behind them.
Suddenly, I paused my walking to observe the little family. My imagination started to take its course as the two parents were Kai and I, holding hands while we watched a pair of kids play tag and me. One of them was a little girl with short, red hair and blazing brown eyes while the other was a boy a little older than her, had brown hair with blue eyes.
They look so peaceful.
Then, I snapped out of my trance, closing me eyes so I could refocus. When I opened them, I looked at the family as they originally were. I sighed in relief, but the thought of starting a family was pretty early.
Besides, Kai and me are both males, we can't have children. Unless, we go adopt a child and start a family- NO! There's no time for that. At least, not yet…
"Haji."
Hearing my name, I looked behind to see no one when I saw someone walk from the alley in a hat that hid their face slightly and a woolen jacket and jeans. I blinked once before stepping towards the stranger until they lifted their head up and a pair of bright green eyes met me.
"Taya." I said with a glare, shifting a little and ready to attack but Taya stood up and raised his hands up in defeat.
"Wait, Haji! I don't want to fight! I just want to talk!" Taya said quickly as we stared at one another.
I stared at him for a moment before straightening up and lowered my hand that was reaching to my dagger that was in my pocket. Taya sighed in relief before smiling up at me, walking up closer to me so he could get a closer look at me.
"You look well. I'm so glad." He tells me softly before looking into my eyes with his green ones.
"Is that all you have to say?" I ask him since I really needed to get going and Taya was the last person I wanted to meet.
"I…I wanted to say I'm sorry about what happened at Solomon's home-"
"If you want to say sorry, tell it to Kai. However, there's no way I'm letting you near him, or anyone else that's against Diva." I snap at him coldly before turning away swiftly, about to walk off when Taya reached out and grabbed my human hand in his own.
The contact shocked me to say the least. His hands…their cold.
Looking from his hand, to Taya's face, I watched as he blushed lightly and pull his hand away so he could tuck it in his pocket.
"I had no other choice, Haji. You know that Diva gets what she wants and if we don't do as she says, and then we will pay the price. You should be happy that my sister isn't with me. For she would've strike you the soon your gaze met hers." Taya told me gently, looking at me and then at the ground, rubbing his arms to keep warm.
Letting the information sink in, I turned to look at the ground and think. After a minute of myself, I turned around to face Taya and looked him in the eye.
"Why are you doing this? Risking yourself to see me?"
"Because I am fond of you, Haji." Taya replied, smiling even more as he said it.
"I can't help but fall in love with you. The way you want to protect your lover and how no matter what the circumstances are, you willing to take a chance on changing the impossible. I want to defeat Diva as well, in order to free my sister, and myself but it doesn't mean that I can switch sides so easily." He also tells me as I watched his expression turn from happy to an angry look on his face.
"It is your choice if you chose to be with Diva or not. However, I will not persuade to team up with us. Plus, I am in love with Kai and no one else. Do you understand?" I say to the platinum-haired teen as I watched his green eyes fill with sadness and defeat when he looked down.
"Right. O-Of course. I can't compete with your lover 'Kai' but it is my choice about Diva. In secret, I am your ally but in public, I am your enemy. Remember that." Taya says to me before he reaches up to touch my cheek and then leans up to give me a soft, sweet kiss.
Once he pulled away, he gave me a kind smile before rushing into the alleyway and disappeared from my sight. I stood there in shock almost before I closed my eyes and let out a tired sigh before I realized that I had certain supplies that I needed to give to Julia and David.
What is he trying to pull?
Leaving me with doubt, I turn and run back to the hotel with the bag in hand.
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Kai P.O.V.
It's so nice out.
Solomon and I were at the garden that the hotel had in the back and sat on a bench to just simply relax. I don't honestly know why I offered Solomon to join me out here, but I would feel bad if he didn't.
We sat beside each other in silence as we scanned the different flowers. Feeling a bit uncomfortable, I cleared my throat so Solomon would turn his head to look at me.
"So um…are you okay? Your not sore or anything are you?" I ask him, blushing at the fact that I was actually worried for this jerk.
However, Solomon smiled and chuckled softly at my unusual caring for him.
"Yes, I'm feeling much better." He said back as he walked over to one of the bush gardens and plucked out a white rose4.
He does look a little better. What am I saying, I don't even know what he looked like that made Haji and Saya hide him from me for so long.
"What about you? Are you all right?"
"For someone who left me and his partner behind in the hands of Diva, yeah I'm doing great." I replied coldly, giving Solomon a glare before looking at the ground.
Solomon was surprised at my sudden change in personality but when he heard what I said, he sighed before walking back to me and knelt on one knee to look up at me.
"Kai…you have no idea have terrible I felt- no. How horrible it is to know that someone you love almost died because of you. I was going to come back, but damn Diva's apprentices decided to use me a dummy. I'm telling you, that I would never let Diva harm you and if I hadn't walked out, Aaron wouldn't have died-"
"And if you didn't kidnap me, none of this would have happened!" I snapped at the blond Chevalier, glaring at him before I stood up and was about to walk away, but Solomon grabbed a hold of my hand to stop me.
"I had to know."
I stopped struggling against Solomon's grip, waiting for what else he had to say.
"I had to see if your bond with Haji was strong. From the looks of it, I already have my answer. Though that does not mean, that I stopped loving you, Kai." Solomon tells me gently, as I turn fully around to look him in the eye and Solomon gives me a small smile.
"Besides, I told Haji that if anything happened to you, I would hurt him. So don't think that my actions are because of mere anger, but it's of love and compassion for you." He adds before reaching up with his pale hand to stroke my cheek with his thumb and steps forward to give me a soft kiss on my forehead.
I closed my eyes tightly at the kind affection Solomon was giving me, a blush settling on my cheeks until I snapped them open and pushed Solomon away. He stepped back only a couple of steps and looked at me calmly.
Still blushing, I shoved my hands in my pant pockets and looked away with a glare.
"I wish Haji would kick your ass." I mutter under my breath, glancing up at Solomon who somehow heard what I said and chuckled.
"We'll just have to see about that." Solomon answered with a smirk before placing the white rose on the bench and bowed towards me.
"Thanks for the invitation Kai, but I'd best be off on my own now." He says with a soft frown and I blinked at him with confusion.
"Why?"
"I am Diva's Chevalier, weather I betrayed her or not. As for what's happening, I can't say that Red Shield would truly be ready for the war that Diva plans to evolve."
"What are you saying, Solomon? That you're going to fight her on your own?" I asked shockingly with wide eyes.
When Solomon didn't say anything, he narrowed his eyes so he wouldn't meet my gaze and looked up at the sky.
"Kai. Sometimes, we have to sacrifice something in order to protect the things we want most."
I looked at him with a questioned look as I stepped towards the blond. "Solomon-"
"I'd rather die knowing your safe, then have Diva take control of your life." Solomon says with authority and determination in voice, but his eyes showed a bit of anger for Diva had done.
"You don't have to do this alone you know. I may not love you Solomon, but at least be my friend. Help me, Haji and Saya and Red Shield defeat Diva! Don't throw your life away so easily!" I reply with desperation and plea in my voice, trying to convince Solomon to stay with us.
Solomon looked at me with calm blue eyes and gave me thin smile while shaking his head.
"I am helping you Kai. I'm going to fight Diva so that she is weakened and then, Saya can finish the final blow."
After saying that, Solomon ran over to the tall wooden fence and jumped onto it. I ran to the fence, trying to stop the Chevalier jerk from running.
"Solomon!" I shouted out to him as he locked eyes with mine and smirked.
"Stay out of trouble Kai." Solomon says to me with a nod before jumping off the fence and disappeared from my sight.
Quickly, I went to the fence and knowing I couldn't climb on wood, I looked into a medium size hole to see that Solomon was nowhere in sight.
Solomon…why are you willing to meet your death for me?
Resting my head on the fence, I took deep breaths and shut my eyes from my thoughts. It was then that I sensed someone behind me and I reopened my eyes but didn't turn around to see who it was.
"Kai?"
I glanced over finally to see my little brother Riku, standing beside the white bench me and Solomon previously sat at. Riku's brown eyes held worry for me as I turned around fully to face him and ran my hand through my red hair, trying to figure out how to explain Solomon's absent.
"How long were you standing there?"
"Enough to see that guy stand on the fence and disappear. What's going on Kai?" Riku answered as he walked closer to me.
No…I can't have Riku worried about me. I love him to death, but this is something he shouldn't be involved in. It's too dangerous.
I gave Riku a small smile before ruffling his short brown hair as I leaned down to meet eye level with him.
"Just get David and Saya okay? Tell them to me at the garden." I said calmly, trying to convince Riku that I was okay.
Though I knew that Riku sensed my trouble, he nodded in understanding before rushing back inside to get Saya and David for me. I stood there for a moment and walked to the bench and picked up the rose that Solomon left for me.
Solomon…I won't let you fight Diva on your own. I'll find a way for all of us to defeat Diva once and for all. I promise you.
TBC
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