Disclaimers : I am very tired of disclaimers..... I don't owned Beyblade (
But I wanted to ^^! ) so don't sue me please, I am very poor.
Lady Zephyros : Hiya!! Konbanwa!!! Happy to see ya all again ^_^!! *flashes a V-sign* This chapter is dedicated to my friends Daisy-chan, Rei-hime, and my kind beta-reader, Ko-chan!
Kurohime : Oh, and we wrote this inspired by Shinzui-sama's fanfic called "Just A Toy" and "Disturbance" by Darkness. All credits goes to them.
Lady Zephyros : *huggles Ko-chan * Arigatou for Ko-chan for being our beta-reader!!!!!!!! *huggles all the reviewers* AHH! Thanks too ^^! You guys are the best!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter Three : The Sadness behind Lin Ruiqiu
Rei stared at the photograph in front of him. It was a woman. A beautiful woman that matched his own beauty (not to be vain, of course.) The woman had silk black hair and a pair of golden cat-like eyes; she had her hair in a ponytail and wore a Chinese traditional outfit. Rei almost dropped the picture in shock! The woman was like a duplicate of HIM, only she was adult- looking, at least 22 years old.
And he felt something..strange about this woman.
A broken memory.
Tyson and Max saw Rei's stunned _expression. Kai somehow felt that there was something wrong in the mind of his kitten. He blushed as he thought that name for the other teen. But..Kai placed a hand on Rei's shoulder. "Rei..Rei? Is everything alright? You look...pale." Rei didn't give an answer. He only stood there, holding the picture in a daze.
"Hey, what's up? Rei, are you okay? REI!" Tyson yelled at the top on his lungs. Kai felt uneasy and grabbed the picture from Rei's hand. Rei still didn't give any response as the thing was ripped from his tight clutch. Kai looked at the picture suspiciously.
He then stared at the picture in utter awe. His face also got pale. The woman....The woman in the picture was very similar to Rei! What the heck...
Tyson, Max, and Kenny peeked at the picture in Kai's hand now. They let out a surprised whistle.
Tyson looked like a fool, though. "Hey, Rei... I didn't know that you liked crossdressing! I think I like THIS you better," he grinned, gesturing to the pic.
Rei shook his head after a second, finally escaping the haze.
"No, I.I-I've never worn this outfit before.....And the person is older than me, anyways. This photograph is very old, too.. " He trailed off with another shocked look.
Max scratched his head, blinking confused. "Soooooooo who is this? Why does she look so similar to you, Rei?"
Kai looked directly at Rei's face. "Do you know this woman?"
Rei shook his head, looking back at Kai. "No....but she ...seems.....very.....familiar... to me."
"Of course she does," Lee confirmed, pointing to the woman. "This lady is your mother."
All the Bladebreakers, even stone-faced Kai, gasped.
"WHAT?!!" Rei exclaimed, turning to Lee. "I have a mother? Is she alive?? You all..told me she was dead!!"
Lee sighed, bowing his head in what seemed to be shame. "Forgive us, Rei. My grandfather told us as well as the rest of the villagers to keep this from you."
Rei was..in shock! He didn't know what to do with all the information coming at once! His mother..still living. He felt happy, sure, but..on the other side, he was disappointed.
Why didn't they all want to tell him? What made them THINK they had the RIGHT to keep this kind of thing from him??
But the main thing: where was his mother NOW??!
He never remembered her face, never even thought of what she might've looked like, but..the picture conjured up something... A spark of remembrance. This woman..was his mother His MOTHER! HIS!
His mother...
Knowing how Rei must have thought, Kai quickly grabbed Lee's collar and hoisted him in the air, threateningly. "What possessed you all to keep something as important as this from Rei, huh?! Why?!!"
Everybody else remained silent.
Lee let out a growl. "Calm down, Kai! We admit it was wrong, and for selfish reasons, but my grandfather said to never tell him about that woman. He said it would bring disaster to us all!"
Kenny blinked, "Disaster? What disaster? And why did your grandfather send the picture to Rei now?"
Lee sighed, but glared over at Kai. "Release me first, Kai," he commanded, starting to growl dangerously. "I can't speak if I'm like THIS, nor will I be WILLING to." His eyes flickered.
Kai only snorted, but released the White Tiger anyway.
Lee dusted himself off with a semi-arrogant flare."Well, you see....," he started. "My grandfather perceived us telling Rei one day, but only when we had no other choice and were forced to. It seems it was grandfather that didn't have the choice to this time..." He murmured, at a small loss for words.
"Hold on..then she is dead??" Rei clutched his fists together.
Lee only nodded his head, sadly "I'm sorry, Rei." He was honestly sincere.
Rei forced a smile, "It's okay....Can you tell me my mother's name? I always felt so ashamed I didn't atleast know that...."
Kevin answered this, actually. "Lin Ruiqiu. Your mother's name was Lin Ruiqiu."
Tyson smiled comfortingly, slinging a friendly arm around Rei's slightly shaking shoulders. "Hey, buddy, your mom had a nice name."
It was meant to be comforting..
Max slapped the side of the blue-haired boy's head, groaning.
"Wait a minute," Rei looked over at his old team, a small amount of anger sparking in his eyes. "Then what about our villagers? You guys said this was all dangerous, right? Something bad could be happening to Grandfather and the others right now!" ( A/N : Please take a note that Rei called Lee's grandfather Grandpa too. I am not too sure but in the dubbed version in my country I heard so )
Suddenly, Mariah's face got pale. "I-I don't want to think about this! Lee! You said everything would end ok, right?? Tell me again WHY we had to do this NOW!!"
Lee grabbed Mariah's wrists, a note of authority in his stance. "Calm down, Mariah!"
Mariah only nodded, but her face was still worried. Rei looked at the picture that has been in his tight grip. "Why are you all doing this NOW? Why?" His voice was forlorn.
"Rei," Lee turned to the other boy suddenly. "My grandfather said that when you accepted everything, you should give him a call right away."
"Great," Max smiled awkwardly. "A cell phone anybody?"
"Yeah, I got one..." came a nonchalant voice.
Everyone turned around to stare at Kai. "What?" Kai shifted uncomfortably. "You want to use it or what?"
Rei smiled at him and accepted.
"Thanks Kai." Rei smiled more brightly.
Kai only nodded, feeling slightly embarrassed for some reason. He also felt that damn blush rise up again to his cheeks.
Kenny saw it all while Tyson almost burst into hysterics.
Rei took no notice and dialed the number. "Hello?", a weak voice answered the phone. "Grandpa! What happened?", greeted Rei. Lee's grandfather paused for a while, "Is that you, Rei?" Rei nodded and increase the phone's volume so all of them can heard the conversation, "Yes. And Lee and my friends were here too. What happened?" Lee's grandfather answered, "I am sorry Rei. You must heard that from Lee already."
Rei smiled weakly, "Yes, it's okay. Although I still didn't know your reasons." Lee's grandfather sighed, "Your mother was a proud member in our village. She was a very talented woman. She learned the martial arts since she was five, just like you." He inhaled a deep breath, "One day she leaved the village. We heard from her letters that she was meet with many interesting friends. One of her friends name was Seryiena. They are a very good friends. Ruiqiu treated Seryiena as her own sister and so was Seryiena."
Rei nodded, "And?" Lee's grandfather continued, "One day Ruiqiu found that Seryiena was come from an assasin clan. A very famous one. Ruiqiu send the letter to us. We have warned Ruiqiu to leaved Seryiena, but Ruiqiu won't listen to us. She was stubborn. She said that Seryiena is her own sister and she will never leaved Seryiena."
Kevin let out a grinn, "Just like you, huh Rei?" The others didn't answered. They waited Lee's grandfather to expalained more. "One day the chaos come. Ruiqiu and Seryiena loved the same person" Lee's grandfather sighed, "And the person is....your father, Rei..." Everyone in the room gasped. "But you know, your father choose Ruiqiu so you was born. When you are four years old, Seryiena come to revenge. Seryiena killed your father."
Kai lift his head to saw Rei's stunned _expression. Damn....this was not good...thought Kai. "Please continue, Grandpa. Iam okay.", said Rei. Lee's grandfather frowned, "Ruiqiu managed to run from Seryiena's clan of assasins. She come back to the village and she brought you Rei. But the peace never come to her. Seryiena and her family of assasin come to our village to hunt them. For the sake of the villagers, Ruiqiu sacrified herself. But she plead to Seryiena to not kill you. You are too young and Seryiena finally spared your life. But she vow that when you are old enough, she will come to kill you."
Mariah and Kevin gasped, "Kill him?" "And since the day, Seryiena and her clan of assasins lived in a mansion not too far from our village. I think the mansion was named 'The Black Manor'. And lately her assasin come to our village and caused many troubles to us." Lee growled, "Why did you never told us, Grandfather? We could defend the village together!"
Lee's grandfather said calmly, "Is that Lee? We already defend ourself, but Seryiena have a great healer on her side. We can do nothing. I also heard that Seryiena already had two childs. Her child was very awesome at beyblading skill. The first child is a man. He was twenty years old. I ever heard once that his name was Yuuhi." "And the second?", asked Tyson inpatiently, caused Max slapped his head again. Lee's grandfather continued, "Her second child is a girl. Her name was Daisy. She is thirteen years old."
"So?", asked Kai coolly, "What is their problem with Rei?" Lee glanced a meaningful look at Kai. Lee's gramdfather heard that. The phone's volume have been increased by Rei, so all the conversations could be heard clearly, "Of course they do, Kai. Seryiena and her clan wants to kill Rei. I cannot let that happen. I don't want to lose someone like Ruiqiu again.."
"Thanks, Grandpa." Rei forced a smile. "What should we do now, though?"Lee's granfather sighed, his face looking more old and withered than it had before. "I suggest you all take a trip over here. You will be safer. Seryiena's spies might already be there..." He trailed off, not wishing for his prediction to be true.Lee nodded, "Okay Grandfather. I'll get us a flight to the village first thing in the morning."
Lee's grandfather sounded relieved. "Good. Now, remember, you all. Never leave Rei alone. Do whatever you can to make sure he's as safe as possible."
All of them nodded.
Tyson grinned, "So w're going tomorrow?" His grin widened. "Yeah! Finally we can go to Rei's hometown! I CANT WAIT!!"
Kai sent a deathglare over his way. "This is serious, Tyson. Don't be joking around or," Kai's eyes narrowed and a red aura seemed to glow around him. Tyson backed up with a nervous laugh. ".I'll KILL you.."
Tyson "heeheeed" nervously. Why is it my LIFE always threatened. Why cant you ever threaten my-"
Suddenly, Mariah's confused voice interrupted. She blinked, looking around the room.
"Hey, where did Rei go?"
Max answered with a shrug. "Eh, he told me he wanted some air. He needed to think about stuff. I think he went for a walk.."Everyone in the room fell silent. Kai instantly strolled to the door but suddenly slammed it HARD from behind him as he left.Tyson blinked. "Who, what's HIS problem?"
Outside, Kai sought out where Rei was-he pretty much had a good idea..
Yeah, he found it.
Rei was curled up in a ball, sobbing quietly He lay between the garden's two decorative rocks.
Kai called out his name softly. "Rei..." His eyes burned at the sight of his lil love that way. His heart clenched at every tear escaping those beautiful golden eyes.
"Is that you Kai?" Rei sniffled.
Kai nodded, forcing a small smile. "Yeah, it's me."He stepped forward hesitantly but stopped when Rei made a small noise of protest.
"Please." pleaded Rei, his eyes begging. "Leave me alone, onegai?"
Kai shook his head, his fist tightening. "No, I won't do that, Rei. I understand your feelings. This all must be pretty hard; reality seems to be hitting hard, huh?"
Rei nodded his head weakly, curling up tighter. Kai sighed, and hesitantly walked closer again. Rei suddenly showed his face, a small smile alighting his features.
"I didn't want them to see me break down..To see me so weak.."
"You are NOT weak," Kai growled out roughly with emotion as he bent down. The wind suddenly picked up, twirling around Rei's long hair, making him seem ethereal even as the sun hid behind the darkening clouds.
Kai reached forward, his fingers aching to comfort the crying Chinese boy.
"Don't worry, Rei... I'll take care of everything here, even you. Forever. So," he watched as Rei slowly uncurled. "So..never worry. I'll be with you forever.."
Rei shed his tears, wiping away the silver streaks Kai wished to kiss away so badly, and smiled brightly once again.
"Are you mean it?"
Kai nodded and brushed his fingers gently along the Chinese teen's pale but beautiful cheeks.
Rei blushed at the contact and watched as Kai smiled. "Thank you...Kai."
Kai finally leaned forward and enveloped the other boy in a fierce yet protective hug.
Meanwhile, in the mansion not too far from Rei's village, one woman sat in the most beautiful room ever seen. She held an old photograph, brushing the picture with her forefinger.
She realised with a certain amount of disdain that she was indeed not as young and as beautiful as the woman gazing at her from the picture was.
Everything had changed at such a fast pace, it was amazing.
She continued to look at the picture.
It was the same picture someone else was cradling at that very minute somewhere else.
Silence filled the room for a short time.
"The time is coming....Ruiqiu.. Don't you think this will be interesting?"
She let out an evil smirk.
Suddenly, one of her maids called her. "Seryiena-sama! Yuuhi-san wants to talk with you for the plan." Seryiena rose from her sofa elegantly and stood with poise. Her presence was a sense of..power. "Alright..You may let my son in."
To Be Continued.....
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Lady Zephyros : Okay guys ^^! Next chapter will be more linger and please REVIEW!!
Kurohime : And arigato very much for Ko-chan!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for being our beta-reader!!!!!!!
Lady Zephyros : Hiya!! Konbanwa!!! Happy to see ya all again ^_^!! *flashes a V-sign* This chapter is dedicated to my friends Daisy-chan, Rei-hime, and my kind beta-reader, Ko-chan!
Kurohime : Oh, and we wrote this inspired by Shinzui-sama's fanfic called "Just A Toy" and "Disturbance" by Darkness. All credits goes to them.
Lady Zephyros : *huggles Ko-chan * Arigatou for Ko-chan for being our beta-reader!!!!!!!! *huggles all the reviewers* AHH! Thanks too ^^! You guys are the best!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter Three : The Sadness behind Lin Ruiqiu
Rei stared at the photograph in front of him. It was a woman. A beautiful woman that matched his own beauty (not to be vain, of course.) The woman had silk black hair and a pair of golden cat-like eyes; she had her hair in a ponytail and wore a Chinese traditional outfit. Rei almost dropped the picture in shock! The woman was like a duplicate of HIM, only she was adult- looking, at least 22 years old.
And he felt something..strange about this woman.
A broken memory.
Tyson and Max saw Rei's stunned _expression. Kai somehow felt that there was something wrong in the mind of his kitten. He blushed as he thought that name for the other teen. But..Kai placed a hand on Rei's shoulder. "Rei..Rei? Is everything alright? You look...pale." Rei didn't give an answer. He only stood there, holding the picture in a daze.
"Hey, what's up? Rei, are you okay? REI!" Tyson yelled at the top on his lungs. Kai felt uneasy and grabbed the picture from Rei's hand. Rei still didn't give any response as the thing was ripped from his tight clutch. Kai looked at the picture suspiciously.
He then stared at the picture in utter awe. His face also got pale. The woman....The woman in the picture was very similar to Rei! What the heck...
Tyson, Max, and Kenny peeked at the picture in Kai's hand now. They let out a surprised whistle.
Tyson looked like a fool, though. "Hey, Rei... I didn't know that you liked crossdressing! I think I like THIS you better," he grinned, gesturing to the pic.
Rei shook his head after a second, finally escaping the haze.
"No, I.I-I've never worn this outfit before.....And the person is older than me, anyways. This photograph is very old, too.. " He trailed off with another shocked look.
Max scratched his head, blinking confused. "Soooooooo who is this? Why does she look so similar to you, Rei?"
Kai looked directly at Rei's face. "Do you know this woman?"
Rei shook his head, looking back at Kai. "No....but she ...seems.....very.....familiar... to me."
"Of course she does," Lee confirmed, pointing to the woman. "This lady is your mother."
All the Bladebreakers, even stone-faced Kai, gasped.
"WHAT?!!" Rei exclaimed, turning to Lee. "I have a mother? Is she alive?? You all..told me she was dead!!"
Lee sighed, bowing his head in what seemed to be shame. "Forgive us, Rei. My grandfather told us as well as the rest of the villagers to keep this from you."
Rei was..in shock! He didn't know what to do with all the information coming at once! His mother..still living. He felt happy, sure, but..on the other side, he was disappointed.
Why didn't they all want to tell him? What made them THINK they had the RIGHT to keep this kind of thing from him??
But the main thing: where was his mother NOW??!
He never remembered her face, never even thought of what she might've looked like, but..the picture conjured up something... A spark of remembrance. This woman..was his mother His MOTHER! HIS!
His mother...
Knowing how Rei must have thought, Kai quickly grabbed Lee's collar and hoisted him in the air, threateningly. "What possessed you all to keep something as important as this from Rei, huh?! Why?!!"
Everybody else remained silent.
Lee let out a growl. "Calm down, Kai! We admit it was wrong, and for selfish reasons, but my grandfather said to never tell him about that woman. He said it would bring disaster to us all!"
Kenny blinked, "Disaster? What disaster? And why did your grandfather send the picture to Rei now?"
Lee sighed, but glared over at Kai. "Release me first, Kai," he commanded, starting to growl dangerously. "I can't speak if I'm like THIS, nor will I be WILLING to." His eyes flickered.
Kai only snorted, but released the White Tiger anyway.
Lee dusted himself off with a semi-arrogant flare."Well, you see....," he started. "My grandfather perceived us telling Rei one day, but only when we had no other choice and were forced to. It seems it was grandfather that didn't have the choice to this time..." He murmured, at a small loss for words.
"Hold on..then she is dead??" Rei clutched his fists together.
Lee only nodded his head, sadly "I'm sorry, Rei." He was honestly sincere.
Rei forced a smile, "It's okay....Can you tell me my mother's name? I always felt so ashamed I didn't atleast know that...."
Kevin answered this, actually. "Lin Ruiqiu. Your mother's name was Lin Ruiqiu."
Tyson smiled comfortingly, slinging a friendly arm around Rei's slightly shaking shoulders. "Hey, buddy, your mom had a nice name."
It was meant to be comforting..
Max slapped the side of the blue-haired boy's head, groaning.
"Wait a minute," Rei looked over at his old team, a small amount of anger sparking in his eyes. "Then what about our villagers? You guys said this was all dangerous, right? Something bad could be happening to Grandfather and the others right now!" ( A/N : Please take a note that Rei called Lee's grandfather Grandpa too. I am not too sure but in the dubbed version in my country I heard so )
Suddenly, Mariah's face got pale. "I-I don't want to think about this! Lee! You said everything would end ok, right?? Tell me again WHY we had to do this NOW!!"
Lee grabbed Mariah's wrists, a note of authority in his stance. "Calm down, Mariah!"
Mariah only nodded, but her face was still worried. Rei looked at the picture that has been in his tight grip. "Why are you all doing this NOW? Why?" His voice was forlorn.
"Rei," Lee turned to the other boy suddenly. "My grandfather said that when you accepted everything, you should give him a call right away."
"Great," Max smiled awkwardly. "A cell phone anybody?"
"Yeah, I got one..." came a nonchalant voice.
Everyone turned around to stare at Kai. "What?" Kai shifted uncomfortably. "You want to use it or what?"
Rei smiled at him and accepted.
"Thanks Kai." Rei smiled more brightly.
Kai only nodded, feeling slightly embarrassed for some reason. He also felt that damn blush rise up again to his cheeks.
Kenny saw it all while Tyson almost burst into hysterics.
Rei took no notice and dialed the number. "Hello?", a weak voice answered the phone. "Grandpa! What happened?", greeted Rei. Lee's grandfather paused for a while, "Is that you, Rei?" Rei nodded and increase the phone's volume so all of them can heard the conversation, "Yes. And Lee and my friends were here too. What happened?" Lee's grandfather answered, "I am sorry Rei. You must heard that from Lee already."
Rei smiled weakly, "Yes, it's okay. Although I still didn't know your reasons." Lee's grandfather sighed, "Your mother was a proud member in our village. She was a very talented woman. She learned the martial arts since she was five, just like you." He inhaled a deep breath, "One day she leaved the village. We heard from her letters that she was meet with many interesting friends. One of her friends name was Seryiena. They are a very good friends. Ruiqiu treated Seryiena as her own sister and so was Seryiena."
Rei nodded, "And?" Lee's grandfather continued, "One day Ruiqiu found that Seryiena was come from an assasin clan. A very famous one. Ruiqiu send the letter to us. We have warned Ruiqiu to leaved Seryiena, but Ruiqiu won't listen to us. She was stubborn. She said that Seryiena is her own sister and she will never leaved Seryiena."
Kevin let out a grinn, "Just like you, huh Rei?" The others didn't answered. They waited Lee's grandfather to expalained more. "One day the chaos come. Ruiqiu and Seryiena loved the same person" Lee's grandfather sighed, "And the person is....your father, Rei..." Everyone in the room gasped. "But you know, your father choose Ruiqiu so you was born. When you are four years old, Seryiena come to revenge. Seryiena killed your father."
Kai lift his head to saw Rei's stunned _expression. Damn....this was not good...thought Kai. "Please continue, Grandpa. Iam okay.", said Rei. Lee's grandfather frowned, "Ruiqiu managed to run from Seryiena's clan of assasins. She come back to the village and she brought you Rei. But the peace never come to her. Seryiena and her family of assasin come to our village to hunt them. For the sake of the villagers, Ruiqiu sacrified herself. But she plead to Seryiena to not kill you. You are too young and Seryiena finally spared your life. But she vow that when you are old enough, she will come to kill you."
Mariah and Kevin gasped, "Kill him?" "And since the day, Seryiena and her clan of assasins lived in a mansion not too far from our village. I think the mansion was named 'The Black Manor'. And lately her assasin come to our village and caused many troubles to us." Lee growled, "Why did you never told us, Grandfather? We could defend the village together!"
Lee's grandfather said calmly, "Is that Lee? We already defend ourself, but Seryiena have a great healer on her side. We can do nothing. I also heard that Seryiena already had two childs. Her child was very awesome at beyblading skill. The first child is a man. He was twenty years old. I ever heard once that his name was Yuuhi." "And the second?", asked Tyson inpatiently, caused Max slapped his head again. Lee's grandfather continued, "Her second child is a girl. Her name was Daisy. She is thirteen years old."
"So?", asked Kai coolly, "What is their problem with Rei?" Lee glanced a meaningful look at Kai. Lee's gramdfather heard that. The phone's volume have been increased by Rei, so all the conversations could be heard clearly, "Of course they do, Kai. Seryiena and her clan wants to kill Rei. I cannot let that happen. I don't want to lose someone like Ruiqiu again.."
"Thanks, Grandpa." Rei forced a smile. "What should we do now, though?"Lee's granfather sighed, his face looking more old and withered than it had before. "I suggest you all take a trip over here. You will be safer. Seryiena's spies might already be there..." He trailed off, not wishing for his prediction to be true.Lee nodded, "Okay Grandfather. I'll get us a flight to the village first thing in the morning."
Lee's grandfather sounded relieved. "Good. Now, remember, you all. Never leave Rei alone. Do whatever you can to make sure he's as safe as possible."
All of them nodded.
Tyson grinned, "So w're going tomorrow?" His grin widened. "Yeah! Finally we can go to Rei's hometown! I CANT WAIT!!"
Kai sent a deathglare over his way. "This is serious, Tyson. Don't be joking around or," Kai's eyes narrowed and a red aura seemed to glow around him. Tyson backed up with a nervous laugh. ".I'll KILL you.."
Tyson "heeheeed" nervously. Why is it my LIFE always threatened. Why cant you ever threaten my-"
Suddenly, Mariah's confused voice interrupted. She blinked, looking around the room.
"Hey, where did Rei go?"
Max answered with a shrug. "Eh, he told me he wanted some air. He needed to think about stuff. I think he went for a walk.."Everyone in the room fell silent. Kai instantly strolled to the door but suddenly slammed it HARD from behind him as he left.Tyson blinked. "Who, what's HIS problem?"
Outside, Kai sought out where Rei was-he pretty much had a good idea..
Yeah, he found it.
Rei was curled up in a ball, sobbing quietly He lay between the garden's two decorative rocks.
Kai called out his name softly. "Rei..." His eyes burned at the sight of his lil love that way. His heart clenched at every tear escaping those beautiful golden eyes.
"Is that you Kai?" Rei sniffled.
Kai nodded, forcing a small smile. "Yeah, it's me."He stepped forward hesitantly but stopped when Rei made a small noise of protest.
"Please." pleaded Rei, his eyes begging. "Leave me alone, onegai?"
Kai shook his head, his fist tightening. "No, I won't do that, Rei. I understand your feelings. This all must be pretty hard; reality seems to be hitting hard, huh?"
Rei nodded his head weakly, curling up tighter. Kai sighed, and hesitantly walked closer again. Rei suddenly showed his face, a small smile alighting his features.
"I didn't want them to see me break down..To see me so weak.."
"You are NOT weak," Kai growled out roughly with emotion as he bent down. The wind suddenly picked up, twirling around Rei's long hair, making him seem ethereal even as the sun hid behind the darkening clouds.
Kai reached forward, his fingers aching to comfort the crying Chinese boy.
"Don't worry, Rei... I'll take care of everything here, even you. Forever. So," he watched as Rei slowly uncurled. "So..never worry. I'll be with you forever.."
Rei shed his tears, wiping away the silver streaks Kai wished to kiss away so badly, and smiled brightly once again.
"Are you mean it?"
Kai nodded and brushed his fingers gently along the Chinese teen's pale but beautiful cheeks.
Rei blushed at the contact and watched as Kai smiled. "Thank you...Kai."
Kai finally leaned forward and enveloped the other boy in a fierce yet protective hug.
Meanwhile, in the mansion not too far from Rei's village, one woman sat in the most beautiful room ever seen. She held an old photograph, brushing the picture with her forefinger.
She realised with a certain amount of disdain that she was indeed not as young and as beautiful as the woman gazing at her from the picture was.
Everything had changed at such a fast pace, it was amazing.
She continued to look at the picture.
It was the same picture someone else was cradling at that very minute somewhere else.
Silence filled the room for a short time.
"The time is coming....Ruiqiu.. Don't you think this will be interesting?"
She let out an evil smirk.
Suddenly, one of her maids called her. "Seryiena-sama! Yuuhi-san wants to talk with you for the plan." Seryiena rose from her sofa elegantly and stood with poise. Her presence was a sense of..power. "Alright..You may let my son in."
To Be Continued.....
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Lady Zephyros : Okay guys ^^! Next chapter will be more linger and please REVIEW!!
Kurohime : And arigato very much for Ko-chan!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for being our beta-reader!!!!!!!