Thank you so much for the reviews for the last chap and Disturbance R, big smiles. Now I now a lot of you want Jin bashing now, so let's get on with it.

Calm before the Storm

Light shone onto Rei's face, blinding him. Rei shielded his eyes from the sun with his hand as he tried to open his eyes. As soon as he opened his eyes, a yawn escaped him and he was forced to close them yet again. As he yawned, he thought about last night, the joy he'd felt to be given Kai's innocence; it felt so right. Rei then realised that he felt light. He patted his chest and then the area next to him. There was nothing there. Rei was upset; Kai wasn't there to wake up with him again. Why does he keep doing this?! Rei kept his eyes closed and frowned, all he wanted was to wake up with his love next to him for once, why wasn't Kai letting this happen.

"Hehe"

Rei opened his eyes surprised and looked over to see Kai standing by the window, illuminated by the morning light and wearing that little pink feathered coat again. Ok, so this felt right, seeing him standing there in that coat, but still it would be nice to wake up with him on his chest, or just next to him. Kai was smiling brightly at him, his head still in that adorable tilted position, and that's when Rei saw that Kai was still wearing the leather collar from last night. Rei smiled at returning memories. That was going to be one night he'll never forget, how could he, it was their first.

Rei watched as Kai walked over to the bed, watching his legs twist round each other, muscles tensing as they hit the floor. That reminded him. Kai sat down on the bed, then lay down on Rei's chest. This felt right, though those pink feathers were tickling him. Rei scratched his chest, which Kai noticed. He sat up on one elbow and looked down at Rei. Rei saw a snap of pain in Kai's eyes, worried, he sat up.

"What's wrong?" Rei asked gently.

"Nothing important." Kai reassured him.

Kai leaned forward and kissed Rei, reminding him of the silent promises they'd made last night. Something was upsetting Kai though. Last night, Rei had called him Kai-koi.Jin had called him that. Kai knew that the memories would fade, but right now they were fresh and hurt to think about. Jin's roaming hands, his fiery kisses and his rough touches. Rei felt something wet against his cheek, but he wasn't crying, why would he be crying? He opened his eyes to see tears slowly running down Kai's cheeks. Rei pulled away and wiped the tears from Kai's cheeks.

"What's wrong?" Rei pressured.

"Nothing important." Kai repeated.

"If it's making you cry then it is important." Rei pushed.

"Not now." Kai asked, remembering the little fight they'd had the last time he'd brought up Jin and Black Dranzer.

"It's Jin, isn't it?" Rei confirmed.

Kai nodded, not looking at Rei.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, just remember, I love you and nothing will change that. So if you ever want to talk about what he did, don't be afraid to come to me." Rei offered stroking Kai's cheek.

Kai put on a smile before sliding off the bed and into the bathroom. Rei heard the shower run and got out of bed as well.

Kai allowed the water to run down his face, hiding the tears that were falling, now not just because of Jin, but because of everything. He wouldn't dare do this in front of anyone, not even Rei. Kai put a hand out on the tiled wall to stop him from falling. Memories of his family, of his grandfather, of the Demolition boys, of the Bladesharks, of the Bladebreakers, of Russia, of Black Dranzer and of Jin plagued his mind. He was ready to crack, to give up, end it all now, but he couldn't. Rei was part of his life now, he couldn't hurt Rei.

Two hands clasped onto his shaking shoulders and Kai stiffened at the touch. The hands began to massage his shoulders free of their knots and Kai began to forget his troubles and purred into the touch. The tears had stopped, partly at his instincts of someone else in the room and of the relaxing state he was going into. Rei leaned forward to whisper into his ear.

"It's okay, Kai. I'm here. I won't let anyone hurt you." Rei kissed his bare neck.

"How can you promise that when I'll have to go home to Japan and you'll be here." Kai stated, voice still shaky.

"I won't be there physically, but I hope you can let me be there mentally for you. Protecting you, encouraging you to carry on. Just as I hope you'll be there for me." Rei spoke.

"You know I am." Kai answered.

Kai turned around to face Rei's loving eyes. Rei saw how red Kai's eyes were from crying. It upset him to see him like this and he hoped that Kai knew how much he really did love him. Rei leaned forward and kissed Kai, locking their lips in a tender kiss. Drums! Kai and Rei separated quickly, eyes wide open in shock. The war drums sounded again.

Rei and Kai dashed out of the bathroom, dried themselves off quickly and got dressed into their second traditional outfits; Rei in his sleeveless Chinese outfit and Kai in baggy blue pants and a tight purple vest top with red rims and matching armbands. They rushed outside, grabbing their deformed Drigger and Dranzer, and ran alongside the other villagers to the war drums.

Lee and Mariah stood next to Gary who was beating the drums, with Kevin helping. Tyson and Max were running up the stair to greet them as Kai and Rei pushed themselves through the crowd. Once they were all there, Lee spoke out.

"The first wave of men have already gone. They just attacked without warning, we're totally at a disadvantage now." Lee spoke quickly.

"Those creeps! I say we go in now and finish them off!" Tyson proposed.

"No. We need a plan." Kai spoke up.

"What do you have in mind?" Lee moaned, not wanting to follow anything that this traitor had to offer.

"We split up into four teams and each go after one of the leaders, that way we can finish them off quicker and more precisely." Kai put forward.

"Who will go after who?" Kenny asked.

"I'll go after Jin, we have things to settle." Rei told them.

"I think it's best if Max goes after Yuto. You're both defensive." Lee advised.

"Sure." Max nodded.

"I'll go with you." Gary stepped forward.

"Right. You two take a group and go after Yuto." Rei ordered.

Max and Gary rush off and gather a group of men.

"I'll go for Riki. We both have swift bit-beast, it'll make it even." Lee offered.

"I'll go with you, Lee." Mariah said.

"Right. We'll see you at the other end then." Lee said.

"Yep." Rei nodded.

"Good luck Rei." Lee said.

Lee and Rei shake hands. Lee took a glance at Kai, both giving the other dagger looks. He left with Mariah and a group of men.

"Mikio has Odysseus. He's a vulture.." Rei informed.

"Then I'll go. Dragoon's a flying type. It'll be perfect." Tyson belted out.

"And though, it would be best for Kai to go with you. I want him with me." Rei said shyly, taking Kai's hand in his.

"So, I'm stuck with the shrimp." Tyson said, pointing to Kevin.

"Hey!" Kevin complained.

"I think I should go with Tyson." Kai put forward.

Rei looked down at Kai, eyes hurt and pained. Kai cupped Rei's head in his hand then kissed him.

"Actually, going with Kevin will be fine. Plus I don't think I can cope with Kai giving me orders when he's in a bad mood." Tyson said, scratching his head.

"Thank you." Rei said to Tyson though looking at Kai with a loving smile on his face, holding his wrist and waist.

"Let's go then." Kai said.

"Right." Rei said.

They walked down the stairs and split into their teams. Then, they arm themselves with shields and run off into the forest to look for their targets.



Short, I know, but I wanted to separate the fighting from the lovy dovy stuff coz it's gonna take up a bit. Well, there we go, another one done and another one closer to the end. Yes, it's coming soon, just thought I'd prepare you for that. Everything's gonna happen quickly now. Enjoy and r+r.

Bye de Bye.