**To Tsuki**: no... Kai's been locked up in the lodge room for two days. He was afraid of biting someone. I think you were mistaking that with the time that passed since they bladed in a tournament: two years.

**And to Sephi (who made me think about this)**: I read your review and immediately began trying to come up with a plausible excuse... (other than the fact that I wanted him to bite Rei) and I've finally found a good reason (which I will use for the rest of the story). Kai can get blood from any source, however he won't be able to stomach it properly unless he uses his fangs to puncture the package the blood is contained in. this means that he has to use his teeth to tear into the plastic or flesh, whatever the case may be. Otherwise his hunger won't be satiated if he just drank it. (Yes I know it's a long and probably unbelievable reason, but it's all I have... for now anyways.)

Since I got so many reviews for the first chapter I thought it would be about time for an update. Here's yet another lust-filled chapter. Heh heh. Oh, and when it says PG-13 it means PG-13. Although there's no actual sex in this story (a little too awkward for me to write) it's still very detailed and younger readers should heed this warning.

Immortal Blood

Chapter Two: Immortal

***

Kai woke up the next morning with the rays of sun peaking through the cracks in the blinds. He rolled out of bed and peeled back the curtains and stared out to the rolling hills. He didn't notice Rei roll over and mumble something in his sleep.

Rei groaned softly and rolled back to face the window. He cracked one eye open and winced as the light filtered through the room. He opened his other eye and moaned as he tried to stretch his sore limbs.

"G'morning, Kai-sama." He mumbled still half asleep. Kai spun around and gaped at Rei. "What the hell?!" he cried, thoroughly startled at Rei's awakening.

"Is something wrong, Kai?" Rei asked, not understanding Kai's expression of pure shock. He chuckled as Kai tried to get out a few words.

"You're not supposed to be up for several days." Kai exclaimed. "You're supposed to be unconscious. All mortals are when they make the change to immortality." He was still staring, open-mouthed, at Rei.

"Really?" Rei wondered softly.

"Unless..." Kai's expression grew even more surprised. Rei had never seen so much shock on one face at once.

"Unless what?" he asked.

"Are you immortal already, Rei?" Kai asked bluntly. Rei thought about it for a moment.

"I think so, but I always thought my parents were lying about that." Kai looked at him funnily.

"Why did you think that?" he asked. Rei looked up at Kai.

"Because the next day they were murdered." He explained. "I always thought that immortals couldn't be killed. I guess I was wrong." Kai nodded solemnly.

"I'm sorry..." Kai whispered.

"Why are you sorry? You couldn't have saved them, could you?"

"No."

"So, what about my immortality?" Rei changed the subject. "What does it have anything to do with this?" he asked pointing to the red bite mark on his neck. His collar bone was littered with other teeth marks and little red marks where Kai's kisses had been left behind. Kai blushed, seeing the marks he left.

"I can't turn you into a vampire if you're immortal. It's like drinking from a bottomless glass." He told Rei. "I can drink and drink and nothing will happen. Unless I drink too much in one go. Then you'll die."

"Oh." Rei looked down, thoughtful for a moment.

"Your body replenishes the blood faster than mortals." Kai added. Rei looked back up.

"So then it doesn't hurt or change me if you drink my blood?" he asked. Kai nodded.

"Nothing more than the teeth marks." He pointed to Rei's neck and blushed again. Rei nodded.

"Ah, okay." He exclaimed. "So then are you still thirsty?" he asked, grinning at Kai. Kai gave him a weird look and smiled slightly.

"A little bit, are you offering?"

"Hai." Rei's grin broadened. Kai frowned suddenly.

"Why?" he asked. "I just gave you a way out after I bit you last night. I've never heard of anyone, mortal or not, so eager to get their second bite." Rei's grin turned lopsided.

"I enjoyed it." He chuckled. "And since I'm immortal, the worst you can do is kill me, so I'm not worried." Kai blinked. Rei wasn't being serious about the vampire thing, so Kai decided not to be.

"Are you sure?" he asked one last time, sitting beside Rei on the bed. Rei sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Are we going to have a repeat of last night?" he asked, slightly agitated. It was Kai's turn to grin.

"Only if you want it to." Rei grinned as Kai literally pounced on Rei's offer and nipped playfully at Rei's ears. Rei let out a laugh and brought Kai's face to his. He looked into Kai's eyes deeply and pressed their lips together fiercely.

Kai moved his head down to where his first bite was and began to suck the skin just below it to get the blood flowing again. Rei's groans and movements began to distract him until he finally had enough. He pushed Rei back into the mattress and moved his mouth to the other side of Rei's neck. He didn't pierce the skin but licked and nipped it mercilessly. Rei closed his eyes and held Kai's head in place. He couldn't get enough pleasure out of Kai's kissing.

Kai lifted his head a few minutes later and Rei purred.

"Oyasuminasai." Rei smiled and yawned. He was still tired from the night before. He quickly fell back asleep. Kai looked down at the boy beneath him and grinned. Deciding he needed the sleep too he wrapped his arms around Rei and fell asleep beside him.

***

The next day, everyone was up early. They ate breakfast quickly and went to the dish to do some practicing on Kai's insistence. Takao had made some comments about Kai and Rei being locked up in their room together for two whole days and got stuck with battling Kai. Rei and the others were sitting on the side laughing at Takao's lame attempts at defeating Kai. Rei was secretly thankful that his clothes had high collars and he didn't have to explain his hickeys and bite marks. He wasn't afraid of their reaction, it was Kai's reaction and the fact that nobody would believe him. He looked up again to notice Takao's blade go whizzing past his ear and everyone crack up as Takao began dancing around the dish, holding his ear and howling in mock pain.

A middle-aged man came up to the group, wearing a postal uniform.

"Kon Rei?" he called out, holding out a package. Rei's face lit up and he ran over to the man. He signed the checklist quickly and went back to his place beside Kenny and Max. Everyone watched him as he ripped into the box. He giggled as he pulled out a card and another gift-wrapped box. He set the card down and ripped into the box. He gasped when he pulled out a pair of swimming trunks with a white tiger at the bottom and a chain with a small circular pendant on it. He gasped when he saw these.

"What?" Takao asked, forgetting that he was supposed to be faking an injury. "What did you get?"

"It's the swim suit I wanted before I left the village and the Pendant of the White Tiger. It was said to have been passed down through my family through centuries." Everyone leaned closer to look at the chain as Rei put it around his neck. It was a flat circle with a white silhouette of a tiger melted right into it. Lines of gold ran like vines around it.

"The White Tigers sent it to you?" Kenny asked. Rei nodded. "Why?" Rei opened the card and read it aloud.

"Happy Sixteenth Birthday, Rei! We've sent this ahead just in case we don't get there in time to give it to you ourselves. Hope you have fun winning your second Asian tournament and say hi to the rest of the Bladebreakers for us. See you soon, Lee, Mariah, Kevin and Gary."

"When's your birthday?" Takao asked. They had never even known when Rei was born.

"It's in two days I think." Rei exclaimed. He had lost count of the days while he was asleep.

"I can't believe we never knew!" Max cried. "We don't even have a gift for you yet!"

"It's ok, guys." Rei smiled. "You don't have to get me anything. I don't need a present from anybody." The guys let it drop and Rei stepped up with Max to test their skills.

***

Later that evening (when Kai decided they had had enough practicing), Takao insisted on breaking in Rei's new swim suit and dragged them all to the nearest hot springs. Kai claimed he was only going to relax and keep an eye on them to make sure they don't do anything stupid. They went into the changing stalls to pull their trunks on and one by one they waded into the steaming water.

Takao floated on his back with a serene look on his face and even Kai had his eyes closed and a small smile played on his features. The water was so warm and refreshing it would make the tensest person forget their worries until they left. Max looked around and noticed that Rei hadn't yet left the stalls.

"Hey Rei!" he called.

"Yeah?" Rei replied softly.

"What's taking so long? Does your swimsuit not fit?" Max chuckled.

"No, it fits perfectly well." Rei answered. Max sighed.

"Then what are you still doing in the changing rooms?"

"Um... nothing I guess. I'll come out now." He sighed and came out of the room. He was wearing his new suit and had his hair out of its wrap, hoping to hide his marks from everyone else. He slipped into the water and waded over to the others. He found a seat beside Max and Kai (who wouldn't sit anywhere nearer to them) and sighed as the warmth spread over his body. He donned his own carefree smile and closed his eyes, leaning back against the rock.

"Rei, what are those marks on your neck?" Kenny asked, causing Rei to slip into the spring and come back up coughing and sputtering.

"What do you mean?" he asked. "What marks?"

"Those ones." Kenny pointed to his neck and shoulders. Rei looked down and couldn't see anything. "Takao, could you find me a mirror?" Takao nodded and waded to his clothes bag and produced a small pocket mirror. He waded back to the group and handed it to Rei. Rei looked in it and gasped. There were tons of little red hickeys running up and down his neck. He sweat dropped when he saw Kai's smug expression and smirk through the reflection of the mirror over his shoulder. He had to do some quick thinking.

"Um... I think I might have fallen asleep on something." He winced at how horrible a lie that was, but they all seemed to buy it. Except Max who peered closer.

"What about those teeth marks?" he asked. "There's one that looks like it tore skin too."

"I don't know how that could have happened." He hoped Max would believe his lies. He looked over his shoulder and saw that Kai was beginning to fidget with all of Max's questions. He even had a tint of red painted across his cheeks.

"Oh, okay." Max exclaimed and turned to Takao. "Wanna see something cool?" he asked and proceeded to take a deep breath and dunk his head under the water. He came up about a minute later, gasping for breath. Takao scoffed.

"Is that it?" he laughed. "I could hold my breath longer than you."

"Yeah, right." Max retorted. "I dare you to try!"

"Fine!" and they began their little competition with Kenny as the score keeper. This ended with a lot of dry clothing getting wet. Takao and Max stopped for a moment and looked at their little disaster area. Not even Kai, who had purposely stayed as far away from them as possible, had dry hair. His hair was dripping water and his triangles were smudging. Takao looked over to Rei who was sitting over beside Kai and had his back to them all, with his head in his arms. He appeared to be asleep. Then they saw their clothes.

"Uh oh." Max whispered. He realized that if they didn't run back to the lodge quickly their clothes, which were soaked in warm water, would freeze and they'd have nothing to wear back. "I think we should head back now, guys." Rei looked over to the soggy pile of clothes and snickered.

"I'm gonna stay for a while." He announced. "My clothes aren't wet and are still in the changing stalls." Kai nodded his head.

"Mine are behind a bush over here." He exclaimed. Rei turned back to his previous position. "We'll come back later."

"Okay." Takao waved goodbye as the others pulled on their soaked clothing and ran back to the cabin to dry off.

Kai shifted closer to Rei, who looked like he was asleep again, and leaned in to his ear. "I'm sorry about the marks." He whispered, knowing full well that Rei was only pretending to sleep. Rei shifted his head so he was resting on his other cheek and looked at Kai.

"I never said I cared about the marks." He grinned, flashing his own canines. "I don't care what the others think either." Kai smiled, but moved back to his seat.

Rei lifted his head from his arms and moved closer to Kai. He scooped a handful of warm water and brought it to Kai's face. Kai looked at him questioningly, but didn't say a word.

"I don't care for these marks either." Rei whispered and washed off Kai's face paint. When Kai's face was clear he smiled and took Kai's face in his hands, pulling it up to meet his. He sat down right in Kai's lap and brought his hands to his slate hair, pulling him closer.

Kai was the first one to break the passionate kiss and looked directly at Rei.

"I'm not going to suck your blood." He stated, frowning slightly. Rei smiled at him and nodded before cocking his head to the right a little.

"So?" he grinned and pulled Kai back into the kiss. Kai was surprised for a moment but began kissing back, beginning a battle for dominance. Kai brought his hands to Rei's hips and rocked him once, causing Rei to tilt his head back and moan in pleasure. This gave Kai supremacy and he pushed Rei hard against the rocks, bringing Rei's mouth back to his. Rei broke the kiss for a second.

"Cheater." He growled and brought his head back up to Kai's. Kai grinned at this and made no move to deny it. He brought his hands from Rei's waist and moved them slowly up his abs and to his chest. Rei wrapped his arms tighter around Kai's neck, wanting to keep the contact of flesh on flesh. Kai moved his hand up to Rei's neck and felt his fingers sift through Rei's long black hair, while the other wrapped around Rei's back, pressing their skin closer together.

Rei began to fight against Kai's hold on him and leant away from the rocks. Kai pushed back, but Rei wouldn't let him. He moved so that Kai was sitting in the water and Rei was straddling his hips on top. He broke the kiss for a moment and lifted his body above Kai's for a moment, his raven hair fell like a curtain around them, and he smiled. It wasn't a lust-filled one, or a smug one, it was a naturally happy smile. Kai gasped for breath.

"You're so damn beautiful." Kai whispered, taking in all of Rei's body (including the black swimsuit that was half submerged in water). Rei's smile broadened and he fell into Kai's embrace.

***

Rei got dressed in his changing stall and wrung out his hair. He decided not to wrap it and threw the towel over his shoulders. He saw Kai waiting for him, leaning on a tree with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. He sighed when he noticed that Kai had put the triangles back on his face.

He walked up to Kai and grasped his cheek in his palm. Kai slowly opened his eyes and stared at Rei.

"Why do you keep the triangles?" Rei asked, tilting his head to the side. "They make you look untouchable."

"That's the point." Kai grumbled back and leaned into Rei. "For people to leave me alone." He pressed his lips to Rei's and both of them closed their eyes. Rei furrowed his brows and broke the kiss.

"Then that's what I'll do." He said softly and walked back in the direction of the lodge. Kai's mixed signals were making his head hurt. He didn't know if Kai wanted him or not. Kai followed slowly, trying to think of how fix things between him and Rei without making himself look pathetic. He wanted Rei's touches but he didn't like making a fool of himself. The Bladebreakers had already seen through too many barriers already and he was so used to hiding his emotions from everyone else that it became like second nature to him. It was so easy for him that most times he hid his feelings from himself, too.

He sighed watching Rei walk into the lodge and he followed close behind.

"Where have you guys been?" Takao called. Kai shot him a withering glare, which he pointedly ignored. "We tried to wait for you but you took too long, so we ate without you." He grinned. Max and Kenny sweat dropped.

"He waited ten minutes before calling for delivery." Max explained. Rei laughed at Takao's upset look.

"I didn't see you refuse a slice." He retorted. Max laughed nervously.

"It's okay, I'm not hungry anyways." Rei exclaimed. "And I'm sorry for making you guys wait for so long. I was enjoying the water so much I must have lost track of time." He blushed, remembering what really happened and walked to his and Kai's room.

"I'm a bit tired so I'll see you all in the morning." He waved to everyone and slipped into the room.

Kai snorted at Takao, who was looking at him, waiting for an explanation. He didn't think they deserved to know what he had been doing. He put his wet swimsuit near the heater and followed Rei to their room.

He quietly shut the door and looked to Rei. He was ignoring Kai as he slipped his shoes off and threw the covers over himself. He rolled to his side so he wasn't facing Kai and tried to go to sleep. Kai sighed and changed into a loose shirt and boxers then he peeled back his covers and slid into bed.

"I'm sorry, Rei." He whispered, not knowing if Rei was still awake or not and drifted off to sleep.

Rei rolled over and looked at Kai's sleeping form. He smiled softly and closed his eyes, too, falling asleep instantly.

~Finis

Unfortunately the next chapter is unnaturally short (for me) and as a result the fourth chapter will be posted quite soon after it. Therefore I'll be posting the chapter titles for both chappies.

Chapter 3: One Day of Boredom (very big understatement)

Chapter 4: A Chibi Birthday (OR The Neko-jin Problem)

Please review!!

And I'd like to say thank you to Angel. Actually, I was planning on becoming an author when I get out of school. I love writing fan fiction and so far I don't think I've really gotten a flame about how crappy my style of writing is... (just pairing... and that wasn't even a flame... more like a suggestion). I hope you continue to enjoy my fics and if I ever get a book out I hope people like that one too.