Oh it's good to be back. I'm addicted to reviews I swear!! ^_^!! Anyway, thank you for all the reviews, they meant a lot, even if they're bad I do like them coz they get me thinking. even if that is a bad thing for me. hehehe!! Anyway, I'm sorry this chapter is so short but I think it's shocking enough to be short.

If you haven't picked up yet, each chapter is a line from the Bryan Adams song 'Here I Am' - this should give you some sort of hint as to what is going to happen.

Enjoy!!

It's a New World

Snow had started falling once more in Russia once the sun had started to settle behind the horizon and the sky had turned dark. Rei still sat upon the windowsill waiting for Kai to return. He was suppose to be back at lunch, it was now coming to five o'clock and still he hadn't returned. Max, Tyson and Kenny had decided to stay and wait with Rei, worry consuming them.

The sound of a motor became evident from a distance and Rei shot up to look eagerly for the awaiting vehicle. His heart was racing as the vehicle came closer and closer and his hopes became higher and higher. Rei's golden eyes jolted to the left as he caught the vehicle approaching. They lived in quite a deserted area, so there wasn't many people coming along past them, so it had to be Kai.

The red motorcycle shot past the building and carried on down the road. Rei slumped against the window again, a sigh escaping him and he went back into his depressed, anxious self. Max and Tyson exchanged knowing glances and Max stood to move over to Rei, who he greeted by placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Rei, you know, because of the snow, Kai might've got caught up in it and had to stay in town." Max spoke, trying to encourage his pouting friend.

"But it's only been snowing for an hour or so. he couldn't have got stuck!" Rei argued, his hands beginning to play nervously with his clothes.

"Well. maybe he got going with Tala and that lot and lost track of the time!" Tyson suggested.

"This is Kai, Tyson. plus if he did, which is unlikely, then why hasn't he called?!" Rei almost shouted.

"Maybe the lines got cut off because of the snow or he couldn't get to a phone." Max tried, scratching his head.

"I'm worried guys. I don't like this." Rei sighed, making patterns with the steam that had settled upon the window.

"Come on Rei, Kai can look after himself, he's used to this type of weather." Kenny piped up.

"I suppose." Rei mumbled.

"Why don't we wait 'til morning? That way the snow would've cleared and Kai would've had time to get to a phone or come back." Tyson suggested.

"Yeah, and if he doesn't do that we can go to town and look for him ourselves." Max added.

Rei put on one of his fake smiles, "Okay, in the morning. but he isn't back then we go straight away." Rei ordered.

"Yeah, of course." Tyson replied.

Rei sighed and looked out the window once more before going upstairs to his room, where he got changde and lay in bed, but didn't fall to sleep, too worried to sleep with his love outside in the snow.

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Tala shuffled his bag of goods into his arms once more as they began to slip. He had bought a few things for the baby girl and Julie, and then a few things for the demolition boys and himself to help them get through this troubled time. He squinted as a snowflake fell on his nose; it's chilled essence spreading over his nose, causing him to sneeze.

"Stupid snow." Tala mumbled.

Tala carried on walking until he came to an alley. He looked down it and remembered how he and Kai had ran down here to get back to the abbey quicker as to not miss their training sessions. Tala shrugged, it would get him out of the snow at least.

With a deep breath, he moved and walked down the alley, until he felt the warmth of another body around him. He paused and looked around with his blind eyes; he couldn't see anything the abbey was pitch black. As he took a step forward he stepped on something, but pulled back when he felt the softness of the object. Kneeling down, he placed his bag against the wall and picked the object up in his arms, pulling it out into the light.

A gasp escaped him when his ice blue eyes fell on the pale face of Kai. Quickly, Tala took off his coat and wrapped it around Kai's cold body and rubbed his warm, calling out his name. Quickly, Tala pushed Kai onto his shoulder, picked up his bag and ran down the alley as best he could and headed for the abbey.

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Once Tala had arrived back at the abbey, he had immediately taken Kai to his room and nursed his wounds, wrapping them in bandages and putting some fresh night-clothes on Kai's cold form. As Kai lay within the blankets of the bed, Tala stayed by his side, constantly watching him. The other demolition boys had come in once to see how Kai was doing, but Tala had told them to look after the kids.

It was now reaching eight o'clock and Tala had moved to stand next to the window, looking out onto the abbey. Kai had a great view from here, no wonder he wanted this room so much, plus it has a ladder that goes right up to the roof, though Tala had his suspicions that Kai put that there himself.

With a sigh, Tala closed his eyes as he let the cold Russian breeze wrap around his tiring body. Today had been too much for him; back with Boris it would've been easy, but he had let his body slip since then, and he hated himself for it. Suddenly he turned to the bed as he heard Kai's rough voice call out with murmured words.

Tala rushed to Kai's side, taking his hand in his and stroking it softly. A smile lit on Tala's face as he watched the crimson eyes of his love open hazily.

"Wha." Kai's voice strained to work for him.

"It's okay, Kai. You're back at the abbey now, everything's gonna be okay." Tala spoke reassuringly.

"Wha..? Who are you?. Whose Kai?" Kai whispered, rubbing his head, confusing and pain evident in his eyes.

"What? I'm Tala, and you're Kai! What's wrong?" Tala said as he pulled himself onto the bed and pulled Kai into his arms.

"I. I'm Kai. I can't remember." Kai began to panic as he wracked his brains for answers.

"Hey," Tala began, as he stroked Kai's hair, "It's okay, don't worry, just keep calm. You must've got amnesia from when you got hit on the head." Tala analysed; he had to admit that the wound he saw earlier that had stained Kai's hair had worried him, now he knew why.

"I. got hit?" Kai repeated as he looked at his hands.

"It looks like it, you've got a big cut on your head." Tala explained.

".How?" Kai muttered; everything was so confusing.

"You must've got into a fight. But I found you and brought you home." Tala explained.

"Home? This is home. where is this?" Kai asked, looking around his room.

"Yes, home to the abbey. We're in Russia." Tala explained.

Kai wracked his brains for answers, ".abbey." Flashes of a man with purple hair, hitting him across the face came to him, causing him to scream.

"What's wrong?" Tala asked, holding onto Kai tightly.

".A man. with purple hair. he was hitting me. He seems familiar." Kai replied, trying to focus on the man's face.

"That's Boris, he trained us by brutal methods when we were young, but he's gone now, he's in prison and we now live as a family in the abbey, looking after the orphans here." Tala explained.

"We run an orphanage?" Kai groaned as images of children's faces raced in front of him, with one in particular standing out, ".J. Julie."

Tala smiled at the recollection, "Yes, Julie is one of the orphans, you liked her a lot, but she's ill now."

Kai looked up at Tala, "And. we look after her. you.. Tala and me and . others." Kai concentrated hard.

Tala nodded, "Yes, Bryan, Spencer and."

".and Ian." Kai completed with a smile.

Tala smiled down on him, stroking his arm before squeezing it, "Yes, that's right. see you're remembering.

Kai looked up at Tala, his eyes going to his lips before his fingers follow, Tala was shocked but kept still.

"You seem. familiar to me. in ways.but I don't know how." Kai mumbled as his finger ran across Tala's lips.

"Yes," Tala closed his eyes, he knew this was wrong, but this was going to be his only chance, "I'm familiar to you. because. I'm your boyfriend."

Kai let out a gasp, pulling his finger away. His head filled with images once more; he could see himself and Tala kissing. on the grass, touching him. But. it didn't seem right in ways.

"You're my boyfriend.?" Kai asked.

".Yes" Tala smiled, stroking his cheek.

Kai sighed and lay down in his bed, "I'm so confused."

Tala sighed, "It's okay, it's expected. Get some rest, you'll feel better in the morning."

Tala kissed Kai's cheek before leaving the room. Resting against the wall he closed his eyes; what was he doing? This is wrong! Kai belongs to Rei and in the end he'll remember about Rei and want to go to him and hate Tala! Tala sighed, but looked down as he saw a White Tiger pushing at his legs. Tala grinned.

"Hey, Ray."

Tala's grin widened; but Kai wouldn't remember if he got confused with Rei and Ray. Tala walked to his room with Ray at his side.

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hehehe, there you go. Isn't Tala naughty!! Hehehe, okay. but poor Rei, hehehe, I don't know if you can tell but I'm enjoying this hehehe.

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