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Thead's Death

And so the fight ensued, while Kai watched helplessly from the small opening of the door, hopes falling and rising as the two struggled for the upper hand…

Seji fired at Thead, the bullet missing the opponent by an inch. Thead dived for cover from a red leather couch, grinning as he fired a shot back, when suddenly a leg kicked the couch, and Seji shot the blonde in the arm. Thead shot back, but missed, while Seji shot at the running figure of Thead, gaining the dominant position when he shot the man in the right elbow. "You mother-fucking coward!" Seji yelled after him, as he ran out the door, wishing that what he anticipated would not happen…But, as all happenings, this was not to be so…

"You know, you'll lose if you fight me. So why bother? Make one wrong move dude, and say bye-bye to the kid…" Thead threatened, using the blood-stained crook of his right arm to hold the boy by the neck, pointing the gun at his head. Seji observed in silence. Kai thrashed about hopelessly, tired of the silence. Seji didn't flinch. Kai growled, and cursed himself for not thinking of it earlier.

Several white horses on red hills [that's basically teeth! =D] trampled along a strip of sunburnt desert [that would be Thead's arm…]. Thead yelled as the teeth sunk into the bullet wound, releasing his captive,  who ran to the tall man he once thought was an ordinary postman. The moment Kai was in reach of him, the brunette grabbed his small hand and ran.

As they ran down the stairs, Kai blurted out the question he was pondering as they ran, "Seji, when that man said the boy, what does he mean? Are they going to do something to me?" A cheerless face slowly plastered the guardian's face, and gradually he gradually slowed to a stop…He had to tell him now. From what he knew, Kai would be too stubborn to budge if they kept on running. Seji crouched, and looked up at Kai. Moving a cobalt fringe that covered a crimson eye, Seji said, in a tone Kai had never heard him in before, keeping his eyes on the fringe, "Remember Rei?" Kai nodded. What did Rei have to do with this? Seji continued, looking at Kai's feet, his hands on the boy's shoulders, "Well, the reason Rei left was because he-" Kai opened his mouth to say something, but Seji's finger silenced him, "No interruptions. Rei received a note, which I'm sure you found, being the person you are, and well, erm, let's say that person who sent him that note works for this guy called Voltaire. Well actually, the guy doesn't work for Voltaire, he was threatened to take Rei away, so that he could take over the world, you know, …Normal crap like that. Rei was sent away so that I could get you…" The last four words, Seji whispered painfully. He hadn't expected to make a soft spot for this boy, knowing all too well that Kai was probably glaring at him, but he kept his eyes sealed to the carpeted floor.

~ k a i ' s  p o v ~

Seji keeps his eyes on the floor as he tells me this. So all he did was just an act? So I guess what Boris said when I told him I'd escape that stupid place was true. No one cares for bastards like me. Not a single person. I wish I had a mum. Someone who wasn't a whore. I wish a had a dad. Someone who cared for me. Someone like Seji. At least, the Seji I thought I knew. I exhale. Hug myself. And run.

Tears running freely.

Like when Rei left.

When my only true friend left my world.

~ e n d  p o v ~

Kai pushed Seji's arm away and ran down the corridor. He didn't care where he went, as long as it was somewhere away from Seji. Away from that man, who was the claimed Thead. Away from everyone. He just wanted to be alone. Away from the world that used him so.

Seji cried out, running after him, realising suddenly that Thead was not behind them. "Fuck this shit!" Seji muttered, catching up to the crying orphan, and hugged him in a vice grip to stop him from running away, running too fast, he slammed into a wall to stop himself, bracing the boy from the harsh force that gnawed his right shoulder. Footsteps.

Seji winced from the pain, briefly glanced at the blue mass of hair under his shapely chin before looking up into cold, grey eyes.

Seji breathed heavily, glaring with utter despite into those blue-grey eyes. "Poor, poor Seji…Pat, pat my old friend," Thead's triumphant smirk was retorted with a low growl, escaping from the defiant assassin's lips.

Seji rose, no fuken hell was he going to sit there like a puppy dog waiting for its master to tell it to do something, which in turn would be done no matter what the circumstances. His right arm crying out in pain at the weight of the boy, the long-dyed left hand held a gun shaking into aim, but in a flash Seji was knocked to the floor, screaming in agony. Death seemed like a luxury at the moment, but he couldn't give up and live the rest of his life in regret.

Thead's aim hunted for the Kai, who was now quite aware of the situation at hand, stood trembling in fright, his eye fixed on the end of the dark barrel, like the black tunnel to death.

A shot rang through the air.

Seji ran.

Thead smirked. Seji had fell into his trap, and he was going to succeed in his mission.

Perfect.

The singing bullet pierced Seji's back, crimson blood spilled out.

He fell forward, looming over the boy he grew so fond of, his blue irises surrounded by pure whiteness, like the death surrounding him. Closing around him.

Seji breathed ragged breaths.

He smiled weakly down at Kai, he knew it was a trap.

But he had to do it.

He had to.

He had to let Kai live.

Darkness enveloped him, digging the true endless pit.

Hearing nothing but the echoes of Kai's cries.

A life for a life.

"Kai…" Seji whispered, never finishing his sentence.

It was done.

Only the echoes of silent screams remained.

The thing that Seji did not know, was that he started the beginning of a life of worse misery for Kai.

The futility of life.

Sorry, I'm not good at action scenes! ^.^;; So sorry to everyone [if anyone is actually reading this…] who wanted a nice fighting scene…And I wonder how many of you thought that Thead died? Hm? The title's kinda of confusing, 'coz I mean it was the death Thead caused. Get it?

Thought not.

Well..I think I'll work on my Gundam WIng fic now…I'll finish this story for the sake of it, even if no one reads it…Maybe I should change the summary…Hn…I'll do that. I didn't expect the parts that lead to Kai's capture to be so long..So now my entire fic is gonna be, I dunno..20 chappieZ at the least.

Oh, and sorry for the delay, that is, if there's ne1 to b sorry 2…