(A/N: Thankies for the reviews! ^O^

Tallulah: I'm glad you liked it. ^^ I wasn't sure I did well with that chapter. And as long as Yama's saying Yamagata-ish stuff, we're good, right? If he starts saying Kai-ish stuff, however, we might have a problem....O_o;;;

Celina: So, if I say I'm God, it'll be true? *gets smacked with the frying pan of reason* @_@ Okay, maybe not...I'm glad you like my writing and YES! *dances in joy* Another Kai/Yama fan/believer type person! XD And of course it went from incredibly depressing to incredibly sappy - I am the master of jumping genres! XD Now, this is (in my opinion) gonna get incredibly weird.

Now, on with the fic!)

Just To Tell You

Chapter 8: Figure 09

Somebody grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, holding him back. "You can't thell them that!" Yamagata hissed at him.

Kai blinked and turned around. "Huh?"

"You can't tell them what we are-"

/What are we anyways?/

"If they found out-"

/So what?/

"I won't have any friends. I won't have a reputation."

Kai furrowed his brow and stared at Yamagata, who looked blankly back at him.

"You can't tell them, or I'll get in trouble-"

Now, where had he heard that before? Oh, right - her. He looked back to Yamagata, retort on the tip of his tongue, but Yamagata was gone. In his stead stood she. She smiled at him and he shuddered, remembering that look all too well.

"Oh, c'mon sweetie, it'll be fun. But you can't tell ANY BODY about this game or I'll get in trouble-"

There it was again. Somebody telling him he couldn't do something because they'd get in trouble. Kai frowned. "Well, maybe I should tell 'em."

/Whoever they are./

His mother laughed. Someone else did too. He glanced back over his shoulder to find Yamagata smirking at him. "You really what them to know you're a freak? Then they'll have a reason to call you that."

Kai shrugged. "They call me that anyways - "

Yamagata's face turned sour, scowl forming on his lips, his eyes growing angry, his eyesbrows knitting together. His voice was deadly quiet. "So, you'd risk my reputation, just 'cause. Maybe you should think about what that'd do to us."

Kai furrowed his brow in confusion. "What are you talking about - AH!"

Sharp claws sank into his back, drawing blood. He'd forgotten her - she'd been behind him all along. Now, she shrieked in his ear and he looked at her, but she was something else noe - some other worldly creature. Her eyes were like slits and sharp fangs peeked out from between her lips. Her complexion was sickly green and twin horns spiralled out of her head. Her hands were skelatal and a spiked tail curled about his neck, choking him. Her eyes blazed with anger. Her voice was like the howl of a gale. "You told! How could you - you told! I'll get in trouble - you told!"

He looked desperately to Yamagata for help, but the other boy was a monstrosity too, sadistic smirk crossing his grotesque features.

The world started to dim and fade to black. Oh God, he was going to die...

The last thing he heard was their voices, shrieking all around him, drowning him in their words. "I hate you!"

And when he came to, the world was black and he was strapped down. Wild drums echoed like death knells in his ears. Grotesque demons danced about him and sang in a strange language that grated on his ears. Fires sprung up all around and wild winds howled. The little ghouls laughed, popping up in his face, scaring his vision. And the world spun and spun, around and around and their voices shrieked still, "I hate you@"

The world spun faster and he was going to be sick, he was going to die. He screamed and the world began to shake. He thrashed against his bonds helplessly, screaming.

"Kai!"

He woke with a start, eyes wide, sweating and breathing hard. Yamagata peered at him, confusion and worry written all over his face. "Kai-koi," he started softly. "What happened?"

"Nightmare, I guess," Kai murmured, furrowing his brow.

Cautiously, he put a hand to Yamagata's face, then leaned in a kissed him deeply. At last, he pulled back. Yamagata grinned. "Good morning to you too - "

"Just making sure you're you."

"And why wouldn't I be?" Yamagata asked, raising an eyebrow.

Kai frowned again. "You weren't in my dream - "

Yamagata snorted. "It's just a stupid dream, Kai."

"Yeah, well..."

Yamagata slid away from him, off the couch and onto the floor. He looked back at Kai, grinning ruefully. "Don't look Kai - might hurt your virgin eyes."

Kai snorted. Yamagata found his pants and then his smokes, followed by his lighter. He offered Kai a cigarette. The smaller boy took the offer into his mouth. Yamagata lit it for him and he drew heavily on it. Yamagata lit up too.

"The nightmare was probably just a product of all this goddamn emotional stress," Kai muttered, looking to the window.

"Emotional stress? Kai, what the fuck has gotten into you?"

It took a moment for Kai to realize Yamagata was joking. "Don't do that," he muttered, flopping back on tge cushions.

Yamagata didn't reply. After a moment of silence, Kai rolled onto his side. "Do you think this can really work?"

"Sure it can. We just got by obstacle Number One, so we're doing good."

Yamagata smiled reassuringly at him and he smiled back. But deep down, he wasn't so sure.

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[A/N: Well, that was odd, ne? A little trip into Kai's subconcious - how interesting. R&R please?]