Two updates in one day!

I hope you like it cuz i wont be updating a while.

----------Chapter 36[2 days!--------------------

Kairi spent the whole night, tossing and turning on her lumpy matress. When the sun peaked through the thin curtains of the living room, her father shook her roughly to wake her up.

"Get up you lazy bitch" He snapped at her. She got up and sat on her bed. "We're going somewhere. Get dressed." He turned and walked into the kitchen. She sighed as she got out of bed and walked over to the bathroom.

After a bit, she was ready to leave the house. They walked out of the apartment building. He unlocked the door to his car. Kairi stopped. She never rode in her father's car. This must be big.

"Are you just gonna stand there or are you gonna get in the damn car?!"

Kairi got into the backseat. Where were they going?

"We're going to someone's house to discuss some legal crap. Don't speak" He said. "Unless you're forced to."

She made a face that said "Who with?"

"Some...familar faces" He said.

He turned around the corner. Kairi gasped.

It was Tai's street.

Her father stopped in front of a house near the exit of the street. A brunette boy stepped out of the house and shut the door behind. He walked down the steps. Her father signalled her to get out. She opened the door and walked out.

It was really Tai. He stopped and froze, staring at her. She smiled sadly at him.

Then her father stepped out of the car, scaring Tai beyond reason.

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Tai sat down at the table in the kitchen, eating his breakfast. He was up all night long worried about Kairi.

'Ok, if Mom knows about Kai, does that mean Dad knows about me?' Tai thought. 'Then is Mom suing for Kairi's custody? Or is she being sued for my custody?! Ok, this is freaking me out!'

Tai finished his food, putting his dishes in the sink. He grabbed the teapot and poured some into a cup with his mother's name on it. It was steamy hot. He brought the cup into the living room where his mother fell asleep. He set it on the table on top of a coaster. His mother had to have hot tea in the morning to boost her up.

"Momma?" Tai called, shaking her gently. His mother's eyes fluttered open.

"Taiyou?" His mother said, gently. She sat up. "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" She yelled. Tai jumped back and fell onto the chair. "I WAS SITTING HERE WAITING FOR YOU TO COME HOME!" She stood up. "WHERE WERE YOU?"

"I went downtown with a friend. I came back at like 10:00" Tai said.

"WOULD IT HAVE KILLED YOU TO CALL?!"

"I don't exactly have a cell phone" Tai said. "And what's our number?"

"You...don't know our number?" His mom was shocked.

"I don't exactly give it out or use the phone for that matter..."

"Well, don't scare me like that. If you do, I will-Is that tea?!" She spotted the steaming cup and grabbed it. She took a sip.

"I'm gonna go out" Tai said, heading for the door.

"Where are you going?" She asked.

"Downtown."

"No, you have to stay here. Someone's coming over," His mother said. "But if you're dying to leave the house, go pick me up a cappucino."

"Alright mom."

Tai locked the door behind him. Then he saw a familar car park on near his house. He shrugged and continued to walk down the steps to the street. Then the backseat door opened and then...

Kairi stepped out.

He froze in place. She gave him a sad smile.

Then the man he had feared his entire life stepped out of the car.

His father.

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"Namine," called her mother.

She sat up. "Yeah?"

"Get dressed. We have to go to a legal meeting."

"A what?"

"Just get dressed" her mother said.

Namine nodded as she got out of bed and entered the bathroom. She got ready and walked downstairs.

Her and her parents got into the car and they drove. They stopped in front of a house with three people currently standing in front of the house.

Two of them looked oddly familar.

Namine got out. All three of them looked over to them.

Kairi...and Tai?!

She followed her parents to the group of people. A man who had black hair and blue eyes glared at her.

"Mr. Yin, how are you?" asked Namine's father.

"Very good. This must be Namine" He replied.

"Who are these two kids?"

"This is my daughter Kairi" He said, pointing to her. His eyes shifted to Tai. "And this is Taiyou."

For some reason, she feared this man. He was Kairi's father but put no claims on Tai. What the heck?

"Who are you-" Tai's mother came out of the house. She stopped and sighed. "You're here already."

"Momma, what's-"

"Do not speak unless you're spoken to!" Kairi's father snapped.

"Don't speak to my son like that!" Tai's mom yelled. They started to argue. Namine felt memories coming back to her.

"Why don't we go inside now?" Namine's mother suggested. Tai's mother nodded and led them inside. The 7 of them entered the living room. Namine's parents sat together on the couch with Namine at the end. Wei and Lina sat on chairs while Kairi and Tai stood.

"Now, let's get down to business" Namine's father said. "Ms. Kashi, what is your son's name?" He took out a clipboard and a pen.

"Taiyou Kashi" Ms. Kashi replied.

"And your daughter's name?"

"Kairi Yin" Mr. Yin cut in.

He wrote the names down. "And our daughter's name is Namine Hoshi."

"May I have some tea?" Namine's mother asked. Ms. Kashi stood up and poured some tea into a cup, handing it to her.

"Momma, what's this about?" Tai asked.

"Boy, don't say a word!" Wei yelled, standing up.

"I will say whatever I damn well please!" Tai shouted back.

"You have no respect! How is Lina raising you?!"

"What does that mean?!" Lina cut in.

"SHUT UP!" Namine's father yelled out. Everyone sat down. "Listen when court is tomorrow!"

"TOMORROW?!" Tai and Kairi yelled out. Of course it was only Tai's voice but Kairi mouthed it.

"Didn't you tell them?" Namine's father said.

"Tai," Lina said.

"Kairi," Wei said.

"We're going to court tomorrow for your custody" Lina said.

If there was a nobel prize for most surprised faces, Tai and Kairi would be tied for 1st place.

"Who..who...who...sue...sued?!"

"The city. Apparently it's against the law to separate family" Lina said.

"No it's not!" Tai said as Kairi shook her head frantically.

"Look, the City will either put you into the custody of a foster family or one of your parents" Namine's father said.

"Why am I here then?" Namine asked.

"Because you're part of the problem" Namine's father said. "I'm not your real father."

"So this is actually little Nami" Wei cut in. "I should have known."

"What?"

"Can we talk to her?" Tai said.

"Go ahead."

"Come with us, " Tai said. Namine got up and followed the twins up the stairs and into his room.

A typical boy's room would be a room full of mess. Clothes on the floor, everything in the wrong place. However, Tai's room was the exact opposite. It was small. There was a small bed that barely looked big enough for Tai. He didn't have a desk but he had a guitar in the corner. His closet was neat and organized. And standing in the corner to his bed was his prized hat rack. He had a nightstand on the opposite side of the bed. On the floor was two stacks of his school books and next to that was his backpack.

"Wow, nice room" Namine said.

"Yeah, it's not much but it's my room" Tai said. Kairi was admiring the pictures on Tai's nightstand while Namine was looking over Tai's hat rack.

"Ok, Kairi" Tai said. "I need your help to explain this to Namine." He handed her a white board and pen. She saw several pictures of her and Tai on the walls.

"Very clean" She wrote.

"Yeah. Well, I'm never here so it's always like this" Tai said. He sat on the bed.

"What did you guy wanna tell me?"

Kairi wrote something down. "We're your cousins."

Something about that sentence struck a nerve in Namine's head. She fainted on the bed.

"Nami?!"

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I stared out the window, trying to block out my parents' constant bickering. It was a rainy day. We were driving home from the supermarket.

"You don't know anything! Shut up, woman!" Snapped her father.

"You know what? I don't know why I even married you! All it has gotten me is a old tatami room in the middle of fucking nowhere!"

I felt tears sting my eyes. Mother really hated our house. Daddy wanted to be near his little sister so they lived together on their family home. Mother hated the tatami mat beds we had. She hated our family home. She wanted to leave but my father couldn't part from Aunt Hina.

"Stop it!"

I looked up to the windshield, we were almost home. We just had to cross the bridge. I saw Tai and Kairi waiting on the other side of the bridge. I smiled, my tears slowly going away. My parents were still arguing. Then my mother did something unbelievable. She slapped my father plain across the face. I sat up, shocked from what she had done. My father went into shock, making the car swerve and break through the wooden railing of the bridge. I screamed as the car fell down into the creek below.

"NAMINE!" Cried Tai and Kairi. I opened the window and tried my best to crawl out. It was horrible, the rain made it all worse. I climbed out and then the car hit the ground. I was knocked off and I felt a sharp pain in my head, as I laid on the large rock next to the car that had been flipped over. My parents' screaming had ceased, or seem to have as everything for me went black.

--------(Tai's POV)---------

I was scared. I admit it. I saw Namine faint on my bed and I was scared. It was exactly like the time Namine was in that accident.

Flashback

It was a rainy day. Namine and her parents had gone to the supermarket so me and Kairi were stuck inside at home.

It was silent, every adult was asleep. We partially enjoyed the silence but wished Nami was here to hang out with.

"Tai, let's go wait for Namine!" Kairi suggested.

"Sure, why not?" I said. I got up and ran outside with Kairi. We exited our house and ran out. We were right in front of the bridge that connected our land to the road. We stood there until we saw headlights coming.

Namine was back.

Then we heard a slap. Namine's mother had slapped her father. Apparently he was still trying to recover when the car swerved. It ran right through the wooden railing of the bridge and fell into the creek below. We heard three voices scream as it disappeared from view.

"NAMINE!"

Suddenly, the three screams were gone.

"Oh my lord..." Kairi whispered. She charged off toward the site of the accident. I followed her. We stood at the top of the bridge looking down. The car was lying upside down. Not far from the car was Namine, lying there against a rock.

"NAMINE!" I yelled down. She didn't respond. Kairi took off her jacket and handed it to me.


"I'm gonna get her" Kairi said as she started to climb down.

"No!" I said. "If you fall-" Nothing could stop Kairi, she climbed with such speed and jumped onto the rock where Namine was. I knew Kairi couldn't carry Namine all the back up. I looked around me. I saw a long rope. I grabbed it and threw to Kairi.

"Come on!" I wrapped the rope around a nearby tree. Kairi tied Namine to the rope and held her as she climbed up. I pulled on the rope, pulling up Namine and supporting Kairi. Once they were up, the adults came rushing out.

Namine had a weak pulse

I had never been so scared in my life. The scene keeps replaying in my head.

Of course Namine's parents were killed on impact but since Namine had climbed out, she wasn't hurt as much.

That's exactly how I saw it.

End of Flashback.

I looked over to Kairi. She was concerned. She was daring and brave to climb down that slippery bridge to save Namine. I admire Kairi and I love her.

I just don't wanna lose her again.

----------(Kairi's POV)-------------

I can't believe all the drama that has been happening to me these days. It all started when Namine got interested in the musical and has developed to this right here. I got into a huge war with Olette, I lose my voice and now I might lose Namine.

I looked up to Tai. I knew he was scared. We were all scared. It wasn't about the musical. It was really about us three, sticking together.

I will never forget the accident.

Flashback

Well, I convinced Tai to come outside with me to wait for Namine. I saw her car coming. I smiled until I saw Namine's mother slap her father across the face. He was shocked and his hands let go of the steering wheel. The car spinned around and crashed through the wooden railing of the bridge. We heard the three screams from the car as it fell deeper under.

"NAMINE!" We both cried. We heard the loud crash below before the three screams were gone.

"Oh my lord.." I whispered before I ran off to the site of the accident. Tai followed me. We stood there, looking down. The car had somehow flipped over. On a flat rock near the car was Namine, unoncious it seemed.

"NAMINE!" Tai screamed down. Namine would die soon if she wasn't brought to safety. I took off my jacket and handed it to Tai.

"I'm gonna get her" I said as I went over the railing onto the outside of the bridge.

"No!" Tai said. "If you fall-" I didn't care what happened to me. Namine didn't deserve this. I have done bad things even though I was only 7 years old. She was innocent and she couldn't die. Determined, I climbed as quickly as I could. My foot stepped onto a slippery part and I almost slipped off onto a sharp rock. But I hardened my grip on the bridge and I jumped onto the rock Namine was on.

Then I faced a huge problem.

How do I bring her up?

Then a rope flew into my hand.

"Come on!" Tai said. I tied the rope around Namine's waist and held her as Tai pulled her up and the rope supported me. Once I reached the top, the adults had come out. We checked her pulse

It was weak.

I was frightened to death. I could have died back there. Thank god to Tai.

Namine's parents were killed instantly but Namine had climbed out of the car window. She was knocked off and hit her head on the rock. She was taken to the hospital.

Everything went wrong afterwards.

End of Flashback.

Tai was my hero that day. If he hadn't thought quickly and brought me the rope, I wouldn't be here. He was always bright and smart. I love him and I always will.

I don't wanna lose him.

-----------(Normal POV)---------

If someone had walked in that room, they would go 'Aww...' Why?

The three had fallen asleep. Namine was in the middle of the small bed. Tai and Kairi on her left. Tai's left arm was draped over Kairi's shoulders protectively and his other arm was on Namine's hand. Kairi's hand was on Tai's right hand and her other arm was on Namine's shoulder. Namine's leg was on each of the twin's leg.

It was quite cute.

For the first time in years, the three of them slept peacefully.

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Ok that made me cry!

I hope this is enough for you for the next week or two cuz i probably wont be updating a lot.

Sorry but thats why I worked on this for you.

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