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Chapter 20 – I will make you leave
"Seeing as everyone has something good to say about this Mya, I want to see it with my own eyes."
"What do you mean by that, Kai?"
Kai turns around to face Tala, and Tala immediately sees that gleam within Kai's eyes, the one that Kai gets when he is about to slaughter more than one person, and this sudden gleam makes Tala very nervous. It has never done before, but now that it involves someone that he is quite fond of, it is an entire different story.
"Just what I say, Tala; make sure that both Ray and Mya are here at the Feniks manor tomorrow afternoon."
"Why?"
"You know how much I despise it when someone questions me, Tala; just do it."
Tala can only sigh at Kai's extra prissy mood today, and even though he has no idea why Kai is so moody today, he knows not to question Kai about, otherwise things will turn sour very quickly, and a heavy pissed off and moody Kai can ruin anyone's good mood and good day.
"Fine, whatever; I will give them the message. Is there anything else, O high one?" Tala asks in a very sarcastic tone of voice, and he does not care if it pisses Kai off even more.
"Drop the sarcasm, Ivanov; I am in no mood for your snippy antics today."
Tala is also starting to lose his temper with his best friend, "Whatever; I think I better leave before we both say and do things that we may regret the later on."
Tala says nothing else and he makes his way out of Kai's study at Feniks manor, and Kai also makes no effort in greeting Tala. The door to the study is slammed with an extra force and Kai only narrows his eyes at that because Tala can be so childish sometimes.
Kai turns his attention back to the window of his study, but it is not like he can really see anything; all that he can see is the garden lights that are on and which is illuminating the beautiful green garden of his front estate of the Feniks manor.
It has already been a week since he has met Anastasia, aka 'Mya' in his office, and it has also been a week since he has made up his mind in getting Anastasia out of this world. After leaving his office after cancelling all of his meetings that day, Kai had switched off his phone and had left the city for three days in order to get both his thoughts and feelings in order.
Kai will not deny the fact that he was actually a mess; he had spent the first two days just drinking and smoking, a coward's way in fact, but Kai does not care, because he had to get through his shit one way or the other, and unfortunately for him, the Hiwatari blood line may have a very strong fighting spirit within it, but it also has a weakness, and that weakness is that the Hiwatari members are unable to work through their problems and failures like normal people do. They would much rather prefer ulterior methods in dealing with their failures and issues, and that is why Kai first has to drink himself into another dimension before he can even start thinking of functioning like a normal person when faced with such a dilemma. He is an overall expert in finding solutions to most problems, but that is mostly business or mob related; when it comes to these types of problems, emotional problems, he is a complete idiot.
Kai subconsciously rubs his left hand over his chest where his heart beat is slowly starting to pick up pace because just the mere thought that he is going to see his precious Ana tomorrow is making him very anxious, but he wants to see her; he wants to see what she is really capable of, and he wants to see just how much she has really changed in order to get to him.
He wants to experience it hands on, and he is not going to hold anything back, because he already knows that she too will not hold anything back. If Anastasia's eyes are anything to go by, then Kai is certain that tomorrow he will see a killer side of Anastasia, no pun intended on that thought.
'I wonder what your brother would have said about this, Ana, about you joining my mob; no doubt that he would have managed to give birth to thousands of iron balls, and then he would have thrown me with it for not covering my tracks properly. Anastasia is not meant to find out the truth, not until she is grey and old, and it will stay that way. I know she knows that I have murdered her family, all thanks to that obnoxious and loud mouth Tyson, but I would prefer that she keeps thinking of me as the murderer; it is after all for the best. However, I am not going to just sit back and allow her to kill me; all that I am going to do now is to make her life a living hell so that she quits this mob all on her own, to see that she is no match for me or this world, and Ray should not even dare stand in my way because if he gets caught in the crossfire, I will show no mercy or sympathy.'
Kai's thoughts are abruptly interrupted by the ringing of his phone, and he silently groans to himself when he reads Valeria's name on the screen.
"I am really getting tired of waiting for you, Kai; where the hell are you?!"
Kai pinches the bridge of his nose while thinking to himself that he does not have the strength to deal with Valeria and her bitching moods right now.
"Where are you?" Kai asks in a dull tone of voice as he is really, really not in the mood for Valeria, even if it does involve kinky sex; his mind is too preoccupied with other things now, and he probably won't even get it up.
"How the hell can you not know where I am?! I am in your bedroom, Kai! You said that you were just going to make a phone call, and that was almost 40 minutes ago!"
"Would you just stop yelling?!" Kai suddenly yells back at her.
He will admit that he did forget about Valeria, but it was not like he did it on purpose. He came downstairs to make a phone call, but then he spotted Tala, and he just had to speak to Tala, because at the moment Tala is closer to 'Mya' than he is now, and she has been haunting his mind constantly, and that is why when he saw Tala, he thought of Ana once more, and so, he completely forgot all about Valeria.
"I will be there shortly, so stop bitching!" and without giving Valeria a chance to yell back, he hangs up on her, and Kai just has to smirk because he knows that Valeria is fuming right now after he has just hung up on her.
He can already envision himself wrapping his hands around her pretty neck and strangling the life out of her until her eyes glaze over, but fortunately for Valeria, he is not tired of her, not yet anyway, so she is safe, for now.
"I better go and see what the damage is to my room; psychotic slut," Kai mutters to himself, and after gathering his pack of cigarettes and lighting one, Kai leaves his study and heads for the stairs, which he slowly starts to ascend, all the while still thinking of Anastasia and how tomorrow is going to turn out, and whether Ana will have it in her to cause him some serious pain, if not death.
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"Did Kai say how he wanted to see it for himself, Tala?"
"No, but I suggest you two cancel all meetings or plans that you had for that time; Kai was in a real mood when he gave me the order, but he did not give any reasons, only that he wants to see what everyone else sees in Mya, that's all."
"[Sigh] Fine, we will be there, but I am not sure whether I should give Mya something for her nerves or not; Kai had really freaked her out last week."
"Nah, I think she will be fine, I mean, she has lasted among us all up until now, so I am pretty sure that she will be fine tomorrow."
"Okay; I guess we will see you tomorrow then."
"Sure, but please, please, try to be on time. Kai may still be in that pissed off mood tomorrow, and truthfully, I really do not feel like dealing with that ass when he is just an ass."
Ray chuckles at Tala, "God forbid us from arriving late; you are not the only one who is not in the mood for a stuck up Kai, so we will make sure that we are on time. See you tomorrow, Tala."
"See you, Ray."
Tala puts his phone back into his pocket after ending the call, and he leans back into the seat of his car, where he proceeds to take his binoculars into his hands, and again he starts to look at his target.
Tala is currently sitting outside a restaurant that has opened up about a week ago, and even though it may still seem new, there are quite a number of customers, but Tala is only interested in keeping his focus on one of them: Brooklyn.
"Just you wait, you cocky bastard; I will get my evidence, and then I will get my revenge on you and your friends. Mark my words, Brooklyn: all of you are going down. You just don't know it yet."
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Tala is in the lead, with Ray and Mya shortly on his heels, as the three make their way towards Kai's private gym/fighting room, and the moment they walk in, they immediately see Kai leaning against one of the wooden pillars with his arms crossed in front of his chest with his eyes closed, and it is clear that he is already somewhat agitated if his darkened aura is anything to go by.
Tala makes sure to close the doors after they are all inside, and Kai finally acknowledges them all by opening his eyes, but he remains in the same stance; his eyes land on Mya, and the two lock eyes for a moment, both pairs of eyes pulsing with various emotions.
Brown eyes are pulsing with desire, hurt, compassion, longing and determination, all in one; spring green coloured eyes are pulsing with hate, rage, anger and a lot of hurt, but fortunately for the two pairs of eyes, no one else notices the emotions that are being shown within their eyes.
"So what, we are here; now what, Kai?" Tala suddenly asks without even greeting Kai.
Kai, however, does not even acknowledge Tala, and he pushes himself away from the pillar, and while still keeping his eyes on Mya, he walks straight towards her, but with every step that he takes, he can feel how he is getting more and more lightheaded and how his heart is pounding away in his chest, but he must remain calm in order for this to work.
Mya also keeps her eyes locked on Kai as he comes closer and closer, and she being a woman with blood pumping through her veins, cannot help but notice how good Kai looks in his gym clothes; a black pair of loose fitting pants with only a white sleeveless shirt which accentuates his very toned arms and his tattoo, and Mya is almost certain that she can make out a nipple piercing through the white material. Her heart too has picked up pace, and she tries her best to keep her demeanour calm and collected.
Kai stops right in front of her, and she notices that he is not much taller than her, that she does not need to crane her neck upwards in order to meet his eyes.
A silent moment passes between all four occupants, two of them keeping eye contact with each other, while the other two just look at them, unsure of what is currently transpiring between them.
"I want to see what you've got, Mya Azarov, so therefore, the two of us will have a little sparring match so that I can see whether you are worthy to be in my mob or not."
Both Tala and Ray widen their eyes at this, because this has not happened before, well, not where Kai spars with a mere employee, and they both find it very strange, but neither of them voices their opinions.
Mya is also caught off guard by this, but she plays it cool all the way, "I would love to, Mr Hiwatari, but I am afraid that I am not dressed in the appropriate wear for a sparring match," and Mya gestures with her hands over her black outfit and heeled boots.
Kai says nothing and he only lifts the left corner of his mouth in an almost smirk, and Mya does not like that look.
"That little problem can be solved," is all that Kai says in that sultry deep voice of his while he keeps eye contact with Mya.
While still looking at Mya, Kai suddenly instructs Ray to go and get one of the staff members, and to tell her to bring a set of gym clothing for a female. Ray does not even make a remark and he quickly leaves the room, as he is rather excited to see how Mya and Kai will fair in this sparring match.
It does not take long for Ray to return with the outfit, a nice black and silver woman's exercise pants, along with a black sports bra. Ray hands the clothes to Mya and he directs her into the direction of the room where she can get changed.
The three men do not wait too long for Mya to emerge from the room, and Kai just cannot resist the opportunity to look at her body. He quickly recognises her phoenix tattoo, but he frowns a little when he sees the tattoo on her left side, and that it is just a knife sheath.
'Where is the knife that goes with the sheath?' Kai wonders to himself about the sheath, he knowing all too well that such a type of tattoo does have an accompanying tattoo somewhere, usually on another body, and Kai wants to know where that body is that is sporting the other half of this 'couple's tattoos'.
He sees her belly ring which is also new, but no one can deny the fact that Mya is nicely toned.
"Wow, it looks like you are a fit woman, Mya," Tala comments after whistling when he sees her toned stomach muscles.
In Kai's opinion, it is toned but still very feminine, and he can already see himself running his hands and mouth over her toned stomach while his lips taste and tease her skin all over.
"This," Mya gestures with both of her hands over her body, "did not happen overnight, that I can promise you. The guy who trained me drilled me hard, if you know what I mean," Mya says while smirking and winking at Tala, indicating that the word 'drill' has a double meaning, and Kai groans inwards when Mya says this because he cannot stand the idea of another man touching his Ana.
"Well, my compliments to your trainer, Mya, because he did an excellent job in training you and keeping you fit, because the evidence does not lie."
"I'll be sure to tell him one day, but anyway, shall we get this spar match on the road, Mr Hiwatari?" Mya asks after turning her attention back on to Kai, and she can see that he is not happy, but she has no idea what may have caused his mood to change so drastically within a minute's time.
Kai only nods at her while still thinking on ways of how he wants to hurt the man that has trained and slept with his Ana, and the only name that suddenly comes to mind is that 'Bryan' from the suit shop.
"Will you need a referee?" Ray asks, because he is under the impression that this is going to be a regular friendly sparring match between Kai and Mya.
"No," is all that Kai replies without even looking at Ray, "You and Tala can go keep the wall company while I take on Ms Azarov."
"Whatever you say, Kai," this being Tala that responds to Kai's somewhat rude dismissal, but he and Ray does as told, and both men start to move to the side where they can watch the sparring match.
Kai and Mya proceed on to the mats where they both take up a stance, all while keeping eye contact.
Kai does not wait for any type of countdown or sign to start, as he suddenly lunges a fist at Mya's head which she blocks without any effort. Kai does not even give her a chance to retaliate as he quickly starts to kick at her, right kick, left kick, right kick again, and then a spinning roundhouse kick which he aims for her head, but before Kai can land the kick on Mya, she kicks him in his stomach with her heel, which sends him staggering back, but as Kai staggers back, Mya lands a back fist on Kai's sternum, and this causes Kai to bend forward to nurse his sternum, and Mya sees this as her opportune moment to finish Kai off, and just as she is about to kick Kai's head with her knee, he manages to grab her ankle, and at once Kai is standing up straight once more, while still holding on to Mya's ankle in a firm grip.
Mya is jumping on one leg because she knows that she is able to get out of this situation, but it seems like she has forgotten Bryan's words on how skilled Kai is in fighting, that he lives for the fight and for the kill, and unfortunately, forgetting this puts her in a slight disadvantage.
Mya makes to jump so that she can land her other knee at the side of Kai's head, but Kai has anticipated this, and the moment Mya makes to jump, he yanks her leg very hard, and this causes Mya to land flat on to her ass, while Kai smirks down at her.
Mya looks up at him and she narrows her eyes at this smug bastard that is looming over her, but she is not going to let this get her down. At once, she kicks both of Kai's legs from underneath him, which he did not expect, and he too falls flat on to his ass.
'You celebrated to early, asshole,' Mya thinks to herself after kicking Kai's feet from underneath him.
Both of them jump back on to their feet at the same time and at once they lunge at each other with their fists, hitting and blocking at the same time, with the occasional kick in between.
Tala and Ray can only watch from the sidelines as employer and employee fight each other, but at least it seems that Mya can hold her own against Kai, who is not looking so smug with himself anymore.
Mya is thinking of a plan on how she can defeat Kai, but so far it seems that he will counter attack all of her attacks. Just then, a light bulb goes off in her head, figuratively speaking; Mya aims her right fist for Kai's face, which he quickly evades, and she was expecting this, but with her left fist, she pretends to attack his face once more, but the moment Kai evades her left fist, she hits the right side of his face with a right back fist, and this quickly catches Kai off guard as he immediately stops with his fist swinging, and he just glares at Mya with hate in his eyes because how dare she lay a hand on his face, no matter who she is.
"Bitch," is the only word that Kai mutters to himself while he nurses his cheek, "For that, I am going to make you pay."
"Bring it."
Kai turns his back towards Mya, and he walks over to his samurai weapon display, and he removes two staffs from their places, and he tosses one carelessly towards Mya which she fluently catches, and while holding the staff in her hands, Mya can only smile at herself because this has got to be one of her favourite weapons to fight with; too bad Kai doesn't know this.
Tala and Ray remove themselves from the wall where they were leaning against, and they both take a step forward to observe this turn of events. Kai turns his attention back on to Mya and he does not look happy, and he also does not feel happy; he may be completely gaga over the former blonde haired woman, but he does not like to be made a fool of, no matter who it is.
At once Kai swings the staff at Mya which she fluently blocks, but she does it with a smirk, and then she suddenly lets loose on Kai, she swinging her staff at an incredible speed, and Kai can only narrow his eyes at this.
Tala and Ray grin at this, because Mya's movements and speed truly is amazing, and no doubt that Kai is having somewhat of a tough time in blocking her attacks. Mya moves like it is the most natural thing in the world; her foot work is precise and flawless, and the way her arms move as if she is one with the staff is very impressive, and how she just smiles while moving as though she is one with the staff, no one can't help but to stare in amazement at her.
Kai will not admit this out loud, but whoever had trained Anastasia, had done an exceptional job at it, especially with how she moves with the staff; no doubt that she has found some type of love for the wooden stick, because the way she moves with it, one would think the two of them have some kind of intimate relationship with each other.
However, Kai is not about to be embarrassed, and so he suddenly does the only thing that he can do in order to help himself out of this situation, and that is to play dirty. It may not be the honourable thing to do, but who had said that he is an honourable man in the first place?
Just when Mya thinks she has the upper hand, Kai suddenly pulls a dirty trick, and he abruptly grabs her stick, and with one powerful yank, he pulls her towards him, and within a blink of an eye, Kai drops his own staff and lands a powerful punch in Mya's stomach, and then he proceeds to kick her at the side of her right knee, which immediately brings Mya down on to her knees.
Ray can only growl at this because that was a very dirty move on Kai's part, but voicing his opinion will do absolutely nothing to Kai.
Tala is becoming more and more convinced that this is no longer a sparring match, and it almost seems a bit more personal in his opinion.
Mya still has her hold on her staff, but she is holding her stomach while sitting on her knees, and she can only glare up at Kai who still has a hold on the staff, but unlike Mya, he is looking down at her with an almost victorious grin on his face.
'Just you wait, you bastard; soon, that smug look will be removed from your face.'
"What's the matter, Mya? Don't you know how to defend yourself?" Kai asks smugly, he not removing his eyes from Mya while he continues to look down at her.
"Clearly I have not be taught on how to fight dishonourable men who can only fight dirty in order to save their own asses, so no, I don't know how to defend myself against cowards," Mya replies, and she makes sure that Kai hears the venom and hatred within her voice, because she is not impressed with this dirty trick that he has just pulled.
Mya's reply angers Kai more than he wants to admit, because he is no coward, and he will prove it to her.
With one shove, Kai releases his hold on the staff and he purposely shoves it towards Mya while still looking at her with a scowl on his face, "I will show you that I am no coward."
Kai turns his hateful scowl at Tala and Ray, this catching the two men slightly off guard because they are not sure what they had just done to receive that cold look from Kai, "You two, out, NOW," is Kai's only instruction to his two friends.
"Excuse me?" Tala asks in a very confused tone.
"Get out!" Kai yells, and no one can mistake the darkness and bitterness within his voice, especially since Kai has just raised his voice; Kai hardly does that because his normal voice alone is already dangerous enough to scare people, but his yelling and screaming is way worse.
Tala and Ray look at each other, and then turn towards Mya, but she has her back towards them while still sitting on her knees, and after looking at each other once more, Tala nods his head once at Ray, and the two men start to make their way out of the room.
Mya remains seated on her knees, her head hanging low while her bangs cover her eyes, and she has finally released her hold on her staff which is lying forgotten next to her.
"Are you sure that it was a smart move to send your two friends out of the room?" Mya suddenly asks, her voice suddenly sounding very sinister, and Kai is not sure whether he likes to hear her talk in that manner or not.
Mya keeps her head hung low while she continues to speak, "What will you do if I decide to use my real talent, and then end up killing you, who will then come and rescue you, KAI?"
"I don't need anyone's protection," is Kai's only reply to that.
Kai starts to hear how Mya softly starts to chuckle, her chuckling becoming louder and louder, and the louder it gets, the more she lifts her head, until the two of them lock eyes once more, and what Kai sees is rather unsettling to say the least, and it takes quite a lot to cause him any unsettling feelings.
That beautiful spring green coloured eyes of his precious Ana is no longer so happy looking, and they are no longer shining with love for life; instead, no one, not even a blind person, will be able to deny the hate and rage that is radiating from those eyes, and she has a gleam in her eyes that will even make the most hardened criminal a little bit fidgety should they lock eyes with 'Mya' right now, and Kai can't help but feel a little uncomfortable under her hateful gaze.
"We'll see if you will still feel the same when we really get down to business."
Kai narrows his eyes, and he decides that he has messed around long enough, and that he wants to see what Mya is really made of. He turns his back towards her once more, but he removes his shirt in the process while he walks towards his stand with all of his katanas, and Mya quickly takes in Kai's magnificent tattoos on his back, the black wings really suiting him in her opinion, and just for a split second, an image of her finger tips digging into those winged tattoos flashes through her mind, and although she has no idea where that had just come from, she manages to shake it off in record speed, but even though that image has just flashed through her mind, it is not going to save his life. She will kill him today.
Mya gets up while Kai removes two katanas from their respectable places, and he again carelessly tosses a katana at Mya, and just like with the staff, she catches it effortlessly, and she quickly removes the katana from its sheath; Kai also removes his sheath as he walks towards Mya, and again, she quickly takes in his front side, the toned abdominal muscles, the nipple piercing and other tattoos, and again she has to admit that Kai really is a well sculpted specimen of the male population, that he sure knows how to take of himself.
'Now I know why the ladies love this heartless prick; I probably would have too if the situation was different.'
Both of them have their hands on their respected katanas, and they start to circle each other, sizing each other up, and within a split second, Kai is the first to make a move, and he puts a lot of strength into his swing, which Mya fortunately blocks, but Kai starts to attack her again and again, he becoming relentless as he keeps on attacking Mya with swift movements, but Mya is not bothered at all by this constant lash out of Kai.
'That's it, Kai, give me all you got; tire yourself out, because it just makes it easier for me to take you out in the end, so go on, continue to waste your precious energy. You are losing control, and I am enjoying every second of it,' Mya smugly thinks to herself while she continues to block each and every one of Kai's brutal attacks, and despite Mya being driven backwards step by step, she already has a plan in her head of how she is going to turn it into her advantage when the opportune moment represents itself.
In the meantime, both Tala and Ray are pacing in front of the closed doors while the two men continue to listen at how the two Japanese swords continue to clash against one another.
"What do you think has Kai got so pissed?"
"My only guess is that he knows that Mya is on the same level that he is, and he can't take it; she is a woman after all. We all know how Kai feels about his pride, and how no one should even dare to hurt his pride, because then he starts to act like a wounded wild carnivore, and the only thing left to do is to lash out, and right now he is lashing out at the person who has wounded him in the first place."
"Well, that sounds about right, Tala, but I just hope Kai does not lose complete control, otherwise I will not be able to forgive him. Mya is a good person, a bad guy, sure, but in a good way if that makes any sense."
"It does make sense, and I do agree with you that Kai should not lose complete control; I really hope that that sadistic side of his lays low while they continue with whatever they are busy with now."
Without Kai noticing, Mya has changed direction, and she is slowly walking towards one of the wooden pillars within the room, and the moment she has her back pressed up against it, she will be able to retaliate, and hopefully Kai would have wasted most of his energy by then. Patience is the key ingredient in this battle now, and she has brought along more than enough patience.
Kai keeps on swinging and swinging, but Mya manages to block each and every attack, and he is not certain whether he is relieved or pissed about it; a part of him is filled with so much anger right now that he just wants to cause her physical harm, but another part of him wants to stop this fighting so that he can just hold her and tell her that he is sorry for what he has done to her, and Kai is not certain which part of him is currently the dominant one.
Finally, Mya feels her back press up against the pillar, and this is what she has been waiting for. Kai swings his katana towards Mya's head, but instead if blocking it with her own katana, she ducks, and Kai's katana suddenly gets embedded within the wooden pillar, and at once Mya starts to retaliate.
She lands one powerful knee strike in Kai's abdomen, which causes him to release his hold on his katana, and while grabbing his stomach, Mya starts to land kick after kick on Kai, Kai only being able to block the kicks with one of his arms, so quite a number of kicks makes an impact on to his body, and with one final hard kick to his chest, Kai lands flat on to his back, while he heaves from pure exhaustion. That attack he did not expect from Mya, and here he was, thinking that he is much stronger than her, when in fact she was working with a strategy the entire time, and he has to give it to her; he is very proud of his precious Ana.
Kai is still holding his stomach while lying flat on his back, and truth be told, he just cannot seem to muster the energy to get back up now.
Mya looks down at Kai with disgust in her eyes, and she comes to a standstill right over Kai, her feet on either side of his body.
"Pitiful; and you are suppose to be the big shit around here," the venom still very clear within Mya's voice.
Kai looks up at Mya, but there is no expression on his face as he is really just too tired now, both emotionally and physically.
Mya still has the katana in her hand; while still keeping eye contact with Kai, she points it at him, and then she slowly starts to lower it on to his chest until she makes contact with his skin, and she keeps on lowering it, pressing the point of the katana into his skin, all the while sneering down at Kai.
Kai hisses from the pain, but he says nothing, and he remains looking Mya straight in the eye.
"It will be so easy to kill you right now, so flawless, and all that I will have to do is to press this sword even deeper into your skin until I pierce your black heart."
Blood starts to appear from the wound, but neither Mya nor Kai makes a move to stop the katana from going deeper into his skin.
"Then get on with it, because it is clear that you want to kill me, so do it then. Get it over with, MYA."
Mya continues to press the sword even deeper, and by now it is so deep that Kai will need to get stitches, but all of a sudden Mya stops with her pressing, and she and Kai continues to look at each other.
Not a single word is uttered between the two; for some unknown reason, Mya can't continue to press the Japanese sword deeper into Kai's chest. It will be so easy to finally finish him off, because she can shove the katana swiftly into his chest, and it will be like a hot knife going through butter, and no doubt that it will immediately kill Kai, but why can't she press the sword deeper into Kai?
Here she has Kai at her mercy, a moment that she has dreamed of so many times, but then why can't she go through with it? Why can't she bring herself to kill the bastard once and for all?
The fact that she is about to kill him does not even bother Kai, and even though he has said that he is not just going to sit back and allow her to just kill him off, he is in no mood to fight back now; in his opinion, if he should die now by someone's hand, it may as well be her hand. At least her beautiful eyes will be the last thing that he sees before he greets this world.
"What are you waiting for, Mya? Do it."
The two wooden doors suddenly opens up rather abruptly, and the moment Tala and Ray come walking into the room, they can only gasp at the sight before them: there, on his back and with a trail of blood flowing from his chest, is their boss, and standing over him is the woman who has received their respect some time ago.
"What is going on here?" Tala suddenly asks as he walks towards Kai and Mya, but neither of the two makes a move to indicate that they have heard him.
Kai and Mya continue to look each other deep in the eye, and it isn't until Ray gently touches Mya's hand that she comes out of her trance. At once she removes her katana from Kai, and she just turns around without saying a word to anyone.
Tala helps Kai get up, and Kai places his hand on the bloody cut, and he flinches when the pain shoots through his body.
"What the hell just happened?" Tala asks Kai in a soft tone of voice.
Kai keeps his eyes on Mya as she gathers her clothes, and without looking at anyone, she leaves the training room.
"Kai?"
"Nothing, so stop your worrying, and I thought I had told you two to get out; what the hell are you doing here?"
"We got worried when we did not hear the clashing anymore, and I am glad that we came in."
"Hn."
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Mya has no idea where she is going; all she knows is that she has to get some privacy, and it is not so that she can get dressed, but rather to get her thoughts in order. Mya is still on the ground floor, but the ground floor is just so huge with all of its doors, rooms, and different routes, that she will probably need Google Maps if she wants to navigate her way through this hell hole.
Finally, after about a couple of minutes and opening a lot of doors, Mya manages to find a bathroom, and she guesses that it is a guest room, but either way, right now she is a guest in dire need of some much needed privacy. She goes in and quickly locks the door, and after tossing her clothes carelessly on top of the bathroom counter, she lowers the toilet seat and takes a seat, while holding her head in her hands.
Mya can only stare at the tiled floor while a million thoughts run through her mind.
'Why? Why did I stall? I had the perfect opportunity to kill him, an opportunity I am sure will not arise any time soon, so then why did I stall? Is it to do with the fact that I have never killed a person, and subconsciously I am unable to take another person's life, despite that other person being a heartless killer? Or was it for the fact that Kai had gotten to me? I hate him so much, and yet, I was unable to kill him; I was unable to do the one thing I have been dreaming of doing for so long, the one thing that has been the reason why me and Bryan had gotten together in the first place.'
Mya softly runs her left hand over the sheath tattoo, and all of a sudden her heart starts to ache for her lover, and she suddenly longs for him so much.
'Oh my love, I just had the best opportunity to take him out, and then to get back to you, but for some unknown and stupid reason, I could not go through with it. Why?! Why could I not kill that bastard?!'
Mya grabs her hair in pure frustration, she being very frustrated with herself now, 'Now I am stuck in this hell hole, all because I was too chicken shit to take out a murderer. Way the go, Anastasia; Bryan would be so proud of you, you coward,' Mya thinks to herself in a very sarcastic manner.
A couple of minutes pass by where Mya remains seated on the toilet seat, she still scolding herself for not killing Kai. No matter how hard she pries her mind, she just cannot seem to come up with a valid excuse for not going through with it. She would have been able to escape the estate without anyone noticing, but not even that was a good enough reason to kill Kai.
'Maybe next time, Ana; one can only hope for that.'
Deciding that she has to face the world once more, Mya finally gathers all of her strength in order to change back into her working clothes. She will admit this though, the match with Kai sure was fun, and she had actually enjoyed every minute of it, despite Kai playing dirty near the end, and if she could have a choice, she will have another sparring match with him, that is, if she hasn't killed him yet.
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Kai subconsciously rubs over the katana wound, and a small ghost of a smile forms on his mouth.
"You feisty little minx," is all that Kai says to himself in an amused tone of voice.
It is already two days since that sparring match, and he has not seen nor heard anything of 'Mya', but it is not like he can blame her. Their match had been somewhat intense, and no doubt also very personal, and for a second he had really thought that she would kill him, but then she stalled, and Kai would pay a lot of money to know the reason of her stalling.
Kai had to get seven stitches, and he will have a scar for the rest of his life, but he is not bothered, because this scar will always remind him of his precious Ana, who is no longer so precious. She really does have a good set of skills, and now Kai can understand what everyone sees in her; she is definitely not a woman to mess with, and it fills his heart all over again with a lot of pride to know that she was determined enough to put herself through gruelling training, and yes, he is certain that her training was not easy because no fighting skills comes from just natural talent. It takes A LOT of hard work to get so good in martial arts.
And again, it just shows Kai how determined she was in getting to him, and he can only admire her for that.
'But the main question is: will you be able to go through with it, my precious, when the moment represents itself once more?'
Kai is currently standing in front of his window, he taking a break from his work, and also waiting for Ray, which he has just been informed about is on his way.
Kai has told Ray to meet him at his business office because even though Kai admires Mya, he still wants her out of this corrupt world, because she simply will never belong on the dark side of life.
Kai pulls out a cigarette and he lights it while waiting for his friend/employee, and Kai has no doubt that their friendship will take some kind of knock after this meeting, but Kai is prepared to sacrifice a few things for the greater good.
Kai has barely started smoking, when a knock is heard on his door, and without even responding to the knock, the door is opened, and walking in is Kai's Chinese friend, Ray, who is looking completely at peace with life as always.
Ray sees Kai standing in front of his favourite window, and as always, a cancer stick is accompanying him, but it is not like Ray expects anything else.
"What's up, Kai? Why did I have to meet you here?" Ray asks in his usual cool and easy going tone of voice, the tone of voice which can calm most people by just listening to him talk, but unfortunately, Kai is not one of those people right now.
"I want you to get rid of Mya," is Kai's only reply, and he says it a tone that makes it sound like a order that should not even be dared to be ignored.
Ray can only glare at the back of Kai's head after hearing that, and at once, the cool and collected demeanour of the Chinese man is gone.
"What the hell do you mean by that, Kai?"
Kai is still looking out of the window while casually smoking his cigarette, "What do you think it means, Ray? She does not belong in our world, and she will never be one of us, no matter how much you want her to be."
"I beg to differ, Kai; she is one of us, and if you are simply too blind to see it, then I feel sorry for you, so forget it, Kai, but I will not get rid of her."
'I should have known Ray would act this way,' Kai thinks to himself while taking another drag from his cigarette. Kai makes sure to take a very deep drag so that he can finish the cigarette and kill it in the ashtray, because this conversation is about to get very heated.
After crushing the cigarette bud in the ashtray, Kai walks around his desk and comes to a standstill a couple of feet away from Ray, and Kai crosses his arms in front of his chest, which Ray knows by now is Kai's way of intimidating people, but he also knows by now that he is not easily intimidated by Kai.
"Are you defying my order, Ray?" Kai asks in that deep and cold voice of his, another thing he uses to intimidate people with.
"And what if I am, Kai, what are you going to do about it?" Ray asks back, and he also makes sure that Kai knows that he is not about to lie down for Kai to walk all over him; Kai may be his main boss, but Ray also has a lot of authority.
Kai takes two steps towards Ray, his arms still crossed in front of his chest, "You do know what I do with people who defy me, Ray."
Ray also takes two steps forward, he and Kai suddenly being a lot closer now, and Ray narrows his eyes at Kai with a sneer, "Are you threatening me, Kai, because we both know what will happen if I decide to abruptly fight back."
"Are you willing to get yourself into trouble for some sleaze, Kon?" and by calling Ray by his surname indicates that Kai is losing his patience with Ray, and it is not going to be pretty if he does lose his patience.
"She is not a sleaze, Hiwatari, and yes, I am willing to sacrifice quite a lot for her," Ray says back while ensuring that he also calls Kai by his surname.
"Are you sleeping with her?" Kai suddenly asks, and he himself is rather shocked by asking such a question, but a part of him is suddenly desperate to know why Ray is so adamant in Mya staying with them.
Ray only smirks at that question, "Wouldn't you like to know, Hiwatari."
Kai did not expect that answer, and quite frankly, it angers him beyond any compare, because just the mere thought of Ray or any other man touching his Ana, is enough to drive Kai into insanity.
Kai takes another two steps closer, which brings him and Ray almost nose to nose, "That is very unprofessional, Kon, to be sleeping with your employee."
"Really now, and what about you and Valerie, or did you forget how you two screwed each other senseless, and if I can still call correctly, she too is your employee, so is it not a little bit hypocritical of you to tell me off for sleeping with my employee?"
Kai narrows his eyes, and Ray can see in those brown eyes that Kai is slowly losing touch with his humanity, which is just fine by him; should it come down to dealing out blows, he is more than happy to share a few at Kai.
"What's the matter, Hiwatari? Do you not like hearing the truth?"
"Don't make me forget who and what you are to me, Kon, because you will not like it."
Ray closes the gap between them, and now they are nose to nose, both men glaring at each other, and both of them can feel the other's breath on their own skin, "That is where you are wrong, Hiwatari; YOU will be the one who will not like it."
"I'm warning you, Kon; get rid of Mya Azarov or else..." Kai lets the sentence hang so that Ray can figure out that it will only be in his best interests to dismiss Mya from her place here in The Chernyy Feniks.
"I am not afraid of you, or your idle threats, Hiwatari. I will not get rid of Mya, no matter how much you threaten me, and if you want to declare war on me for refusing to obey a ludicrous order, then so be it; I can handle anything that you throw at me, but I refuse to get rid of Mya. She is not one of your loose sluts that you can dispose of after you have had your fun with them."
"Watch your tongue, Kon."
"I won't, Hiwatari; it's about time that someone stands up against you; Mya stays, end of story.
"Get out of my sight, Kon."
"With pleasure, Hiwatari," Ray says with a self satisfactory smirk on his face, and after winking his right eye at Kai to get another rise out of the business mogul, Ray turns around and starts to make his way towards the door.
He opens it and just as he is about to walk, he turns back to Kai, "Mya will stay by my side, no matter what you say, and I will fight for her; that is a promise, Hiwatari," and then Ray leaves, closing the door gently behind him.
Kai sighs while looking at the closed door, "Yeah, Ray, that's what you say now, but will you still say that after Mya has murdered me? Would you still want her by your side after she has killed me?"
Kai suddenly realises that he is feeling somewhat drained and exhausted, and he wouldn't mind taking a nap in his bed right now with nothing and no one to bother to him so that he can sleep for at least 12 hours straight, with no dreams or past memories to haunt his mind.
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Tonight seems like a very lively night if the dance floor and the customers at the bar counter is anything to go by. The music is blasting over the speakers as people continue to move along with the fast beat, bodies grinding against each other while everyone continues to get lost in the sound waves that are flowing through the club.
It's Saturday night, and everyone is out socialising and having a good time as everyone unwinds after a hard week behind them, and in the criminal world it is no different. Criminals also work very hard, and that is why they also have to play hard every now and then.
The Amber Tiger is packed to capacity, with a very long queue of people waiting outside, all of them anxious to get into the club. The lower level cannot take anymore, but the upper level is at least not that packed, and there is still enough room for everyone to move freely without having to squeeze their way through various people.
The drinks are flowing, laughter and talking is heard all around, despite the music playing loudly, and the overall mood and atmosphere within the upper level is so warm and positive, almost like it is on its own type of ecstasy. Everyone is mingling with everyone, and men and women are flirting innocently with each other, because everyone is just in a good mood.
Mya is no different as she too is also having a good time, and she has already passed the tipsy stage, and right now she will make out with any hot guy that strikes her fancy. She and a couple of the other guys from the Feniks manor had decided to come out and support Ray tonight, and so far it has been an excellent idea.
Ray is also among the crowd, and he has decided that he is also going to enjoy his club the way the others are enjoying it and that is why he is already on that tipsy stage. He and Mya have not had a chance to really mingle tonight, because for some unknown reason, they have just moved in two different circles of company tonight.
The little disagreement of Kai and him is still fresh in his mind, despite it having happened more than a week ago. Ray still has no idea of why Kai wants to get rid of Mya; it will be a very stupid move, in all aspects, and no sane person can deny Mya's talent and skills, not even to mention her bad ass attitude and bad girl look; she is a valuable asset to their mob, and not a liability as Kai sees her.
"Are you sleeping with her?"
'Why would Kai ask that type of question in the first place? It isn't making any sense to me of why he would ask something like that, and that so out of the blue.'
Ray shrugs his shoulders to himself while he tries to figure out why Kai had ordered what he did, and while thinking of his boss, Ray suddenly spots Kai walking in through the doors, and just like that, Ray's sadistic side decides to come out and play a little, Ray wanting to get another rise out of his friend/boss, and he knows the perfect way in which he is going to do it.
Ray spots Mya at the bar counter as she laughs along with two other men, and while making his way towards her, Ray once again admires her body and her attire which is currently accentuating her womanly curves.
Mya has on a plain black pair of pants, but it hugs her legs in a sensual way, the pants fitting perfectly around her tight ass, and her top is a halter top in the colour of pure white, but the top does not reach her waist line. Instead, it reaches just above her navel, it showcasing her glistening belly ring, while two black thin straps are tied around her neck to keep the top in check; the top also has two very long and thin black strips that are tied four times around her waist, and one can clearly see her toned abdominal muscles. Her entire back is on display as her beautiful black locks are tied up in a high ponytail.
No normal man can deny Mya's sex appeal, because the woman is practically dripping in it. Her entire look is rounded off with two broad black leather wrist bands, one around each wrist, and with her black strappy heels peep toe stilettos with its high heel.
'Maybe sleeping with her won't be such a bad idea,' Ray slyly thinks to himself as he approaches Mya.
Kai and Ray immediately lock eyes, and this just adds to Ray's sadistic side. Ray reaches Mya and he embraces her from behind, while he nips on her left ear lobe.
This catches Mya off guard, but she relaxes the moment she realises that it is Ray, and she really does not mind him taking her like this now; it has never happened before, but there is always a first time for everything.
Mya has no idea that Kai is watching both her and Ray with an intense glare, and so she turns around to face Ray, and she places her arms around his neck, whereas he places his hands on her hips.
"Any reason why we are in this specific position right now, BOSS?" Mya asks in a cheeky manner, and she emphasises on the word 'boss'.
Ray says nothing and he just pulls Mya close to him where he starts to kiss her bare shoulder, all while locking eyes with Kai over Mya's shoulder.
Kai is fuming on the inside by this arrogant display of Ray, and were it any other man, Kai would have attacked him right on the spot, knock him out and then take him back to his place where he will then start to cut him up piece by piece while he is fully awake, but unfortunately Ray is no regular man, so that sick fantasy will have to wait for now.
Kai watches on at how Ray whispers something into Mya's ear, and after seeing her nod her head way too enthusiastically for his liking, Ray takes Mya by her hand, and he starts to lead her, much to Kai's horror, to the back, where the rooms of the escorts are located, and that can only mean one thing in Kai's mind: Ray is about to have sex with his Ana!
'I have to do something; I can't let this happen!' is all that Kai can think to himself, and just like that, he disappears from sight.
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Ray continues to lead Mya down the hallway in which the rooms are whenever the escorts/ prostitutes have clients, and Ray luckily spots a vacant room, the half open door being the indication. Just before he completely opens the door to let them both in, Ray spontaneously pushes Mya against the wall, where the two immediately lock lips in a hot and passionate manner.
Mya may be classified as almost drunk, but she will definitely remember this encounter tomorrow morning. She has Ray's shirt clutched in both of her fists as she holds him close against her, because she can't get enough of his sensual lips. There have been times where she has wondered how it would feel to kiss Ray, but she never made any effort to find out because she just thought that it will be slightly weird, but now she does not care.
The fact that he is using Mya to get a rise out of Kai does not bother Ray now, as he too is lost in this passionate moment, and he will most definitely not mind if they do end up sleeping together. It may be the first time, but if that is the case, it will not stay a onetime thing. Truth be told, the thought of sleeping with Mya has never even crossed his mind because he has too much admiration for her, but now with some alcohol in his system, and the chance to piss off Kai, hot sex with Mya right now does not sound like a bad idea.
Mya abruptly pulls away, but she holds her lips very close to Ray's lips, so that she does not miss the feel of his lips on her own, "Let's get inside already," she says huskily against his lips, to which Ray only grins at.
The Chinese man takes the lead into the room while he holds Mya by the hand as he leads her into the room, and after closing and locking the door, the two head over to the red leather couch.
Mya suddenly takes control of the situation by shoving Ray down on to the couch, where she immediately gets on top of him, and at once the two are locked in a heated make out session once more while their hands roam the other's body and getting the feel of the other's body.
Moans and groans are coming from both occupants, while Mya slowly grinds her pelvic bone against Ray's pelvic area, and him being a regular guy with warm blood pumping through his veins just has to get aroused by the movements of this black haired vixen, and the way she moves her pelvic area against his own, no normal man can resist it. He has a firm hold on her ass as he too tries to grind her pelvic area even harder against his own, and the brushing of the material against the head of his penis is driving Ray completely insane.
Ray decides to become bolder, and he slowly moves his hands up to Mya's breasts, grasping them both in his hands while he continues to feel and taste Mya's lips and tongue against his own.
Mya moans loudly into Ray's mouth as he starts to massage her breasts, and she pushes her chest even deeper into his hold, and Ray takes this as a sign that he can go even bolder with his movements, but still, being the gentleman that he is, he still wants to ask her for her permission.
He breaks away from the kissing and he looks deep into Mya's eyes, the lust and desire visible in those spring green pools of her, "Can I taste them?" Ray asks softly, while he gives both of her breasts another gentle squeeze.
"You can suck them, lick them, and nibble on them, anything that your heart desires, Ray."
Mya wants Ray to do that to her, and to show that she is serious about it, she removes her top by untying the straps at the back of her neck, and Ray can only gasp at her naked breasts, and he wastes no time in taking one into his mouth, and he does not even stay with just the nipple; Ray tries his best to get as much of her breast into his mouth while he massages the other one.
Mya pushes her breast against Ray's mouth and she pulls his hair as the pleasure courses through her body, and she only wants more and more of this. She has her head tilted back while Ray continues to suck on her breast, he sucking it like his life is depending on it.
Mya can feel Ray's impressive arousal press in between her legs, but despite feeling this, she just can't bring herself to go all the way with Ray. This is the furthest that she will go with him; no further. Her body still belongs to Bryan, and she wants to keep it that way.
Ray is having the time of his life right now, and he can't wait to go further; he feels like a teenage boy all over again, a teenage boy who has just seen his first pair of breasts in a magazine or on TV, and the moment just feels so intense, that he does not want it to end; he wants to stare at them for hours and hours on end to just admire the beauty of these womanly curves.
While sucking on her breast, Ray twirls his tongue around Mya's hardened pink nipple, and just as he is about to suck rather hard on it, the fire alarm suddenly goes off within the club, and this abruptly stops both Ray and Mya in their heated moment. Ray removes his mouth from Mya, who proceeds to get off of Ray's lap and takes a seat on the couch next to Ray.
"A fire?" Mya asks in a confused tone of voice.
Ray, however, does not say anything because somehow he knows that this is a false alarm, and he can only think of one person who will go to these kinds of lengths to get back at someone.
'Kai,' Ray thinks to himself while silently growling to himself, and he can feel how his anger is rising to the surface.
Ray proceeds to get up, and he allows Mya to get fully dressed before taking her by the hand to help her get up from the couch.
"You look pissed," Mya comments while Ray and she starts to head for the door, the Chinese man taking the lead.
"Yeah, because the sprinklers are going to mess up everything now," is all that Ray says back, like it is common knowledge about why he is suddenly so pissed off, but that is not the real reason; Kai is the only reason why Ray is really looking so pissed now.
The moment the two walk into the hallway, women with lose pieces of clothes in front of their naked bodies are running everywhere, the naked women trying to shield their naked bodies from the falling water that is coming from the sprinklers, and right on their heels are their customers who are also running in the falling water while they try to zip up their pants.
For some reason, the entire scene looks very comical to Mya, but she would rather not voice that to Ray now, because he looks like steam is coming from his head right now, another comical sight in Mya's eyes.
"Get outside with the rest of the people," Ray suddenly orders, he not making eye contact with her as they step out of the hallway.
"What about you, Ray?"
"I have to go and check where the fire is coming from; leave, and I will see you tomorrow," and without saying anything else, Ray leaves Mya's side and he starts to look around through the scattering people who are all heading for the exit.
Ray starts to look around, hoping to see a certain set of hair, but with the current chaos, no one will be able to see a train coming.
'Just wait, you bastard; I know that you will make your appearance soon enough, and then it is going to be only you and me, Kai, and I will make sure that you know how just much this damage is going to cost me.'
In a matter of minutes, the club is empty, and Ray is the only one remaining within the drenched night club. While still looking at all of the soaked chairs and other soaked furniture pieces, Ray finally spots the person he has been looking for, and he makes it very clear that he is not happy with Kai.
"Why?" is all that Ray asks in a stern tone of voice.
"Why what?" Kai asks, he pretending to be all confused of what Ray is asking.
"Why did you pull the fire alarm, Kai?"
"I don't know what you are talking about, RAY."
"Bullshit! You pulled the alarm in the hopes of interrupting my time with Mya, and what I don't get, is why? Why, Kai, why?"
"Like I said, Ray, I don't know what you are talking about," and Kai crosses his arms in front of his chest while looking at Ray with a bored expression on his face.
And that look is the last straw for Ray as he just snaps and just runs at Kai, and before Kai can comprehend what is happening, he is tackled on to the floor by Ray. The moment Ray is on top of Kai, he starts to beat him with his fist, but he hardly gets in a hit as Kai constantly blocks his fists, while also trying to land one back on to Ray.
There is no display of who knows the best martial arts or anything; it is only a display of pure testosterone and two guys who are fighting over a girl. Punch after punch is thrown, grunts and groans are heard after each punch lands on its destined destination, mainly on to the other's face.
Kai manages to get the upper hand, and he rolls Ray on to his back where he takes the lead in landing the punches, but just like himself from earlier, his punches are also blocked by Ray.
The two men are soaked, but neither of them seems to care about that right now as they just continue to fight each other. Kai manages to grab Ray by the front of his shirt, and he lifts Ray's neck and head, and he lands a firm punch on Ray's mouth, but Ray somehow also manages to grab Kai by the front of his shirt and pulls him down, and he plants a punch right on Kai's lower jaw, and miraculously, this causes Kai to lose his balance on top of Ray, and he falls off, and Ray does not waste one second in using this to his advantage.
Within in a blink of an eye, he is on his feet and he makes for Kai once more, but before he could get on top of Kai once more, Kai kicks Ray in the stomach, and while the Chinese man staggers back and nurses his stomach, Kai also gets on to his feet, but he does not attack Ray; instead, he just watches with amusement in his eyes as Ray heaves a little in order to get his breath back because he did not expect that kick in his stomach.
"What's the matter, Kon, are you turning into a pussy who can't handle the beatings?" Kai asks in a smug tone of voice while smirking at his Chinese friend.
"Screw you, Kai," is all that Ray says to that while he is in a bent over position with his hands resting on his knees, and despite knowing that this is a very vulnerable position, Ray couldn't care less right now.
"Come now, Ray, we have hardly started."
Ray manages to straighten himself up, but Kai can see that it is not without difficulty, and for only a split second, Kai hopes that he did not cause his friend too much damage, but as quick as the regret has risen, it has also disappeared.
"Go get that slut Valeria to stroke your ego, Kai, because I am not going to that; no way in hell, asshole."
"For your information, Ray, my ego does not need any stroking."
"Really? Then why all of this, Kai?" Ray asks while motioning to rest of his club, "Why go to these drastic measures in order to stop me and Mya from doing it?"
"You two were not doing it yet?" Kai asks in an innocent tone of voice, one he does not realise he had just used, and Ray immediately clicks what is really going on here.
Ray suddenly looks at Kai with a completely different facial expression, and Kai suddenly realises that he has been caught out; if there is one person who can see right through all of his bullshit, then it is Ray; it is like the guy can turn into a woman on occasions, because Ray always manages to develop a sixth sense when Kai does not want him to.
"What, Ray, what are you looking at?" Kai suddenly asks in an irritated voice because he is more irritated with himself than with anyone else right now.
"You like her, don't you, and I mean, like in really truly genuinely like her, Kai."
"I don't know what you are talking about, Kon."
"That is why you want me to get rid of her; you actually care about her wellbeing, and you are worried that something might happen to her, that this world of ours is too dark for her."
"Just shut up, Kon," Kai snaps, the business mogul trying his best to hide his sudden nervousness because Ray has just discovered his truth.
Ray says nothing, and he instead just grins, and he keeps that grin while he makes his way towards Kai, where he suddenly places an arm around Kai's neck and he pulls Kai into a male embrace while that grin does not falter from Ray's face.
"What the hell are you doing, Kon," Kai says while he tries to get out of the embrace, but with little success.
"I can't believe that my little Kai is growing up..."
"I am not your little 'Kai'."
"...and that he is finally developing feelings for a girl; oh what a glorious day!"
Ray proceeds to pull Kai into a full hug, and this suddenly reminds Kai of how mothers hug their sons when they have just accomplished something, and he does not like this one bit.
"Let...go...Ray," Kai tries to say through the tight embrace, his head placed on Ray's chest while Ray pats his head in a motherly manner; Kai, of course, is bent into a somewhat uncomfortable position because he is taller than Ray, and 'mother Ray' has to have 'her boy's' head on her chest one way or the other.
'This is so embarrassing,' Kai thinks to himself while Ray continues to pat him on his head.
"Ray, please, the fire fighters will be here any moment and I would rather die than have them see me in this position."
"Ssshhhh," is all that Ray has to say while he continues to hold Kai against him in a 'motherly' manner.
The two are completely drenched, water dripping from their hair while their wet clothes continue to cling to their bodies. Kai wants to get out of his wet clothes, but it is clear to him that 'mother Ray' does not share the same idea right now, much to the annoyance of Kai.
'Just kill me now; anyone,' Kai thinks to himself while silently groaning as Ray starts to hum some Chinese song as he continues to pat Kai's head while cradling Kai's head.
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Kai and Ray are standing at the bar counter which is located closest to the exit, and the two friends watch how the fire fighters are slowly exiting the bar.
One fire fighter, which Kai is certain is the captain, comes walking towards Kai and Ray with a notebook in his hand, as he wants to write his report, but Kai already knows what he is going to say to this fire fighter.
"I am going to stop you right now before you ask any boring questions; I pulled the fire alarm because I was bored."
Both Ray and the fire fighter gape at Kai, Ray feeling more pissed than shocked at Kai's sudden confession; now Ray can forget about the insurance paying out.
"Kai, what are you doing?" Ray asks in a hushed voice, but Kai flat out ignores him.
"So, what are you waiting for? Write that in the report. Write that Kai Hiwatari was bored, and so he pulled the fire alarm to see how people will scatter about, all for his own amusement."
"Are you sure about this, Mr Hiwatari? You do realise that if I do write that, the insurance will not pay out."
"So? I have money; I can replace everything in here a hundred times if I want to, and besides, I owe it to my friend seeing as it was my boredom that has wrecked this place."
The fire fighter sighs, but he proceeds to put away his notebook, "Very well, Mr Hiwatari; I will write that in my report. If that is all, then I will be off."
"Thank you so much for coming out, and I am truly sorry for the inconvenience that has been caused," and while saying the word 'inconvenience', Ray looks at Kai with a scowl on his face before turning his attention back to the fire fighter, "but just know that I appreciate it a lot."
"It was our pleasure, Mr Kon; well then, if there is nothing else, I will be on my way. Enjoy your evening."
"Likewise," Ray says with a smile as he greets the fire fighter; Kai on the other hand does not even bother to greet the brave man, despite Ray glaring at him to greet the poor man.
Kai ignores the glare and decides to rather get a cigarette, but the moment he puts his hand into the pocket of his jeans, he feels that the cigarette box is soaked, and he does not have another box, and now for the first time Kai regrets pulling the alarm.
"Must you always be so rude and such an ass, Kai?"
"Do you have smokes in here?"
Ray throws his hands into the air in a frustrated manner while muttering 'unbelievable' before he walks away from Kai, and Kai just tilts his head to the side in a confused manner because he is not sure what he has just done wrong.
"A simple 'yes' or 'no' would have been nice, Ray," Kai calls out after Ray, but Ray does not respond verbally; all he does is to show Kai the bird, this causing Kai to chuckle at himself.
At least Kai feels relieved about the fact that he and Ray have sorted out their issues, even if they had done it in a typical cave man manner; he will not admit this to anyone, but Kai is glad that he and Ray are okay with each other once more, and also about the fact that Ray has figured out the part of where he has feelings for Mya. It is not like he is going to suddenly spill the beans on what is really going on, but as long as Ray knows that Mya is somewhat off limits, he can't complain.
'It still leaves one problem though: Mya, and the fact that she is still here. If Ray is not going to help me, I will have to go on with the original plan. It is the only way, so again, forgive me, my precious Ana for what is coming, because it is not going to be pretty, and for that I am sorry, but it must be done. All that I can say is, good luck, my Ana, because you are going to need it.'
So, who had enjoyed this chapter? Was Mya's fighting with Kai convincing enough? And for those who might think that Ray and Mya may end up as lovers, sorry, but they WILL NOT be lovers; this was just a one time thing as Ray and Mya has a very special bond and relationship as it will be seen in future chapters.
I would like to hear your thought on it as always, and if all goes well and my life is spared, the next update will be at the end of the month.
Take care everyone and many blessings and kisses to everyone ;-D
