Chapter 8
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Gomen Nasai for all the waiting…
Song: Last Breath- Creed
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Side note: Rei announced dead… Friday
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Please come now I think I'm falling
I'm holding on to all I think is safe
It seems I found the road to nowhere
And I'm trying to escape
I yelled back when I heard thunder
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say
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Staring at the bloody blankets, Mariah told Lee called the ambulance, and Kenny checked up on dizzy if Kai would survive. And of course they needed to find someone else to help giving some blood. Now Rei was dead, there seemed to be no more hope.
While waiting for the emergency ambulance, Mariah phoned some person and told them about Kai's situation as the rest of the bladers chattered or looked after Kai. The ambulance finally came and carried Kai away to the hospital. The rest of them were driven to the hospital by Tala's limousine. Getting into the limo, Lee's cellphone rang.
" 'riah." He handed the phone to Mariah.
"Hello?" She answered." We're arriving to the hospital now, we don't know the status yet. But I'll phone you later if I have any news."
(A/n: Yes I skipped the ambulance scene now we're in the hospital.)
"Doctor, so he's going to be fine right?"
"The transfusion of blood worked and everything is successful. He's going to stay in the hospital for a few days and if you three," The doctor pointed towards Tala, and the two neko-jins. "Please come here often to visit Kai, he'll be in a very unstable state. Comfort him and things, you can change whomever to come. You'll be the first to know when he awakens. Just put down your phone numbers on the clipboard in front of the bed."
"Okay." The three chosen ones replied and wrote their numbers down. They all waved goodbye to the doctor and left the building. Once out of the building, Lee's phone rang once again.
"Hello? Lee? I've been trying to phone you guys!" An excited voice came." 'Riah please."
"Woah! Hold on…" Lee passed the phone to his girlfriend.
"Mariah? Has the fusion worked? Is he going to be okay? How is he doing?" The same voice asked.
"Don't be so worried, Re… Rika! Yeah it did! Come and visit Kai now me and Lee will see you. Bye!" She finished her sentence quickly and hung up the phone.
"Nice recovery from the name." Lee whispered in her ear. Others eyed them suspiciously.
"What?" The two yell in unison.
"Who was that?" Tyson's curiosity took over.
"Some girl you don't know. Woah! Look at the time. We all should go home. Kai will be fine. Let's visit him tomorrow." Lee walked with the group further away from the hospital.
"Oh shoot! I forgot something in Kai's room. I need to get it." She tugged at Lee's hand.
"We'll see you all the next afternoon." Lee waved goodbye and headed into the building with Mariah.
"Fine. We'll come back tomorrow." The gang began to walk home. Suddenly a figure crashed into Max, but kept on running into the building.
"Ouch! Who was that?" Max asked grabbing Tyson's hand to get up.
"Don't know some pretty girl though." Kevin leaning on Gary tiredly.
"Looked somewhat familiar that black long hair." Gary wondered. " Nah… It can't be… She's a Chinese girl…"
They were all tired and dropped the conversation. Parted ways and left for home.
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"Phew. Close call." The Chinese girl panted. "Lee! Mariah! Over here!"
"So glad you came, Riiiika." Lee smirked.
"Shut up! Lee that is not my name and you know it!" Rika said calmly suppressed her anger.
"I'm sorry! It's my fault for letting it almost slip. Sooner or later you'd have to tell Kai anyway. And the others." Mariah protested.
" Yeah. I know." Rika sighed. "When I meet Tyson and them what should I say?? Should I tell them that I'm Rei's twin sister that just transferred to the school? Right after my Dear Dear brother died. How's Kai doing anyway?"
" He fainted due to the loss of blood and now is recovering because Rei wasn't taken away yet." Lee stressed on Rei's name.
"Stop it Lee. It's getting annoying." Mariah led Rika down to Kai's room.
"At least he still is alive." Rika said looking at Kai's bound wounds.
"We can stay for awhile if you want." Lee closed the door behind him quietly as Rika sat down in a chair beside Kai's bed.
"Anyway, what was that you were trying to tell us before I hung the phone?" Mariah asked.
"I'm not suppose to say. I'll tell you hints in these two weeks. They were kind enough." Rika replied back forcing back tears forming in her cat like eyes.
"Kai will be better in the next few days." Lee told Rei's-so-called-twin.
"Well I say I did a pretty good job. Now you can be enrolled in classes with us with minor suspicion." Mariah started another topic. "Just be yourself again. And follow me not Lee."
"It's going to be hard. Five days. I don't know if I would be able to keep this up." She said sadly and stood up to leave with the other neko-jins.
"Kai will accept you don't worry. He'll be back in a few days. You'll be alright in five days. You'd be able to get used to school and everything." Mariah put her arms around the girl. The three neko-jins walked out of the hospital and the White Tiger's place. Rika stayed at with Lee and Mariah.
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Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain't so far down
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The next morning, Rika met, again, Kevin and Gary at breakfast.
"So you were the one that called a few days after R…Rei passed?" Kevin asked eating his eggs.
"Yeah. Of course. He was…er one of my best friends before he moved away and met you all. I met Mariah when he invited me to his new house then Lee came, but I never met you two." Kev and Gary nodded. " They did mention about both of you though!"
Rika hung out with the Tigers and met Tyson, Max, Kenny, Tala and Bryan over the weekend. They checked on Kai on Sunday night after having dinner with each other.
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Monday
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"Well, let's go to school." Lee brought down a school bag from Rei's room. "Here, use Rei's old pack and stuff. The schools stuff are already in there."
"Okay."
Gary locked the door behind them and started walking towards school.
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At school (Monday) (a/n: This might be the ending few chapters… So the chapters might rushed… Extra long chapter…)
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As a new student Rika, the pretty young Chinese girl, was accepted quickly amongst the school, hanging out with White Tigers and such. Some of the girls say she's stealing all the guys, like Mariah used to do. Others who appreciated her said that she'd make it to the top ten of beautiful girls. The guys, gazed at her longingly. (A/n: Ahem… If you might've forgotten, in the chapter that Kai read Kenriou's news article, there was something about Kai and Rei being the hottest guys of the school… It's not fair if there was a guys list only ^.^)
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Sad eyes follow me
But I still believe there's something left for me
So please come stay with me
'Cause I still believe there's something left for you and me
For you and me
For you and me
Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
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After school ended, Tala got a call from the nurse saying that Kai is stirring awake and told them to immediately visit him in the hospital. Tala informed the two neko-jins and got to the hospital. They went into Kai's room and the first word that came out from Kai was
"Why?"
"Because… We don't want to loose another great friend. And Rei would want to see you alive." Mariah replied.
"There's no point. He's dead."
"Don't take everything for granted Kai." Glancing at Tala who had a mix of anger and sadness in his eyes. "Tala did a hell lot to save you. Not only you are grieving for Rei, we are too."
"I'm not just here to repay you for saving me from killing my self when I was young." Mariah was shocked at that point but Tala continued. "I saved you because you were my friend, and once was my love Kai. You still are, but in a brotherly way. I won't let you just die because of this. Rei will always look out for you and we'll be here." Tala went up and hugged Kai. Kai was still uncertain that he still wanted to live, but he didn't want to think at the moment. He leaned into Tala's embrace and said "Thank you." Then there was a knock at the door and the doctor came in.
"Kai will be able to go back to school tomorrow." The doctor said checking the notes in front of the hospital bed. "Come pick him up a three hours later. We have to make a final check up on him. Or else you three can stay here and wait for Kai."
Kai didn't return home. Instead, Lee forced him to stay at Tala's mansion so the suicidal teen wouldn't do anything stupid. They all stayed at Tala's for dinner and finishing their homework. The four talked about how school was and the new girl who arrived and was hanging out with them. Kai was not that interested though had heard that the girl had many similarities as some person.
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Tuesday Morning
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" There's something really familiar about Rika." Gary leaned over and whispered into Kevin's ear. Talking about height difference, that was a foot to accomplish for Gary.
" I agree I couldn't put a finger on it…" Kevin replied. "Hey Kai."
"Hi Kai… Welcome back…" Various people welcomed him.
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Kai's Point Of View.
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"Hey." I replied back to some of them.
I sigh and walk to class with a mind full of thoughts. "Rei." Why the hell did he have to die…Damn that asshole, Kenriou… I arrive into my class and slump in my chair. Hmm… Wasn't Bryan's friend, Spencer, part of the school paper committee? Maybe he can clear my name… hmm…
Little groups have a small chitchat before class starts. I close my eyes trying to block out everything. Access denied. All my memories pour into my head once again and again. Rei and I surfing for the first time. Watching a scary movie that freaked him out. After he went home watching that movie, Chuckie, he came back to my house with a sleeping bag in his arms.
That night the White Tigers where all going out until who knows when. When Rei returned home no one was there. He told me he grabbed his stuff and came right back to my place. I laugh at that thought. He demanded to sleep with me in my apartment…
(A/n: The apartment had one living room, kitchen, and two rooms one for study and computer and the other for sleeping. Rei lives with the White Tigers. Kai lives in an apartment near where they live.)
He kept twisting and turning in his sleeping bag. It got kind of annoying. So I told him to sleep in the bed with me. We both didn't have a problem with that. In the morning, I opened my eyes and saw that his face was less than an inch away from mine. About to close the gap, his eyes fluttered open. Both of us blushed a tint of pink. Now as I think about it I shouldn't had hesitated. I should've told him then and there … The pain comes back to me… All over again…
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I'm looking down now that it's over
Reflecting on all of my mistakes
I thought I found the road to somewhere
Somewhere in his grace
I cried out heaven save me
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say
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"Class settle down now… We'll start off with page 170 in your science text book." The teacher announced. "Rika please read out loud."
The girl stood up and began to read. I didn't even bother looking at her. She started.
"The cell is covered by a membrane which… "
"Great! You may sit down now Rika. That is your science experiment you have to do. Create a prototype of a cell. It must contain all the essential needs of a cell the nucleus etc... I'll give you ten minutes to jot down ideas for creating the cell prototype then go and discuss with your partners. I have already paired you all up yesterday." The teacher let the students walk around class to meet with their assigned partners.
"Oh! Rika, you'll have to work with Kai since he was away and you weren't here yet." Sensei announced out loud. The whole class was silent. I feel many eyes on me.
"Lucky bitch. She's new and she got Kai as her partner already! I've been in Kai's class for almost a year! And I still haven't been assigned with him!" A girl with brown hair, streaked with red highlights complained. "Ugh! She's so…"
"Come on Kristel. Let's work. Get over it. Some other girls have been in Kai's class for more than a year or two. They still haven't been paired up with him." Kristel's purple hair friend, Beca, tapped her on the shoulder.
I snorted maybe because I'd rather have a more worthy partner than a annoying spoiled brat like you. I'd rather work alone anyway.
"Hi! I'm your lab partner?" Rika tells me after ten minutes passed.
"I've heard. You don't need to repeat it for me. I'm not deaf." I flash a few glares around the class as other groups start working again.
"So? You going to discuss this experiment? Or of course Mr.Sourpants would of course ace it as usual." She said casually.
"How do you know I ace most thing?" Dumb question and when did anybody call me Mr. Sourpants well besides Tyson and…
"Well if you aren't so popular and not top chart of everything in the school paper, then I wouldn't have known. And Mariah and them told me lots about you." She interrupted not a moment too soon.
"Here are my ideas on making the project. This project would probably be a success." Rika explained to me her plans. "I'll add the finishing touches." Looking down at the page. I answer "Whatever. I'll make up something. It'll be done."
"Alright discussions over! Go back to your seats now." Everyone returned to their seats. " Flip to the next page 171. Please read again Rika. Just to finish this chapter off."
She stood up and start reading the requirements of the presentation. Oh well I guess I'll just improvise.
Curiosity takes over my body and my head turns towards her… I rub my eyes and gaze at her face. I look around the class, not to my surprise, most of the guys were staring at her. No make up, all natural, light tint of pink on her cheeks…Her black hair streaked with highlights… My eyes locked on with hers. Familiar… Don't go there! Damnit! I turn back to face the front of classroom. Flashes of my past before Rei had died come into my head. NO! No!
I snapped back to reality and raise my hand up. I HAVE to go to the nurse's office! Can't stand this anymore. My head is starting to pound hard. I leave the room with the teacher's permission. I head straight to the nurse's office. The nurse ordered me to eat a small pill and sleep on the mat for a while. Hopefully everything will be fine after a period. I drown into darkness.
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Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain't so far down
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End Of Kai's POV
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The end of the boring class. Kai's still sleeping in the nurse's office.
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Rika accompanied by Mariah met Lee on the way to P.E.
Mariah led Rika into the girls change room while Lee went to the opposite.
"It's okay. We arrived early, Rika, change and go outside before other girls come in." Mariah told Rika.
(A/n: Don't make much sense right now.)
Rika nodded and changed, so did Mariah.
" I wonder if Kai's alright." Rika asked. "He ran out of the classroom after I started reading again.
"Aww… is poor Rika going to cry her little ass off because Kai ran off?" A brunette came in followed by a purple hair girl.
"No. He told me because he couldn't stand anymore perfume from you so he ran to the nurses office." Rika turned her back to the two girls. " Oh… what type of perfume is it a cheap rip off version of eau de toilette? And you just bottled up some yellow liquid from the toilet?"
" Kai doesn't like girls like you flirting with him. He'll just reject you and make you depressed. And knowing him he wouldn't like low class brats like you!" Beca said pointing her index finger at Rika.
"What now? You jealous that Rika's paired with Kai? How immature. For your info. Kai doesn't like suck up sluts like you two. Mariah spat back at her. "And another thing you wouldn't know what Kai wants. You know nothing about him." Rika concluded and Mariah went through another door to the gym. The two girls walk into the gym to see Kenriou and Lee arguing and other people watching them sitting on the bench.
"Come one Lee. Ignore this loser. He's not worth our time." Rika told Lee, who just glared at Kenriou. Just then their gym teacher walked in.
"Is there a problem boys?" He asked. The two teens quickly shrugged and headed opposite ways of the huge wooden floored gym.
"Okay now we need two team captains for this sport. Anyone volunteer?" Asked the teacher. A few hands shot up. Obviously, among the students Kenriou's and Lee took a shot. "Kenriou, and Rika. You two are going to be team captains of the basketball teams." The teacher randomly submitted people on each team. Rika was with Lee, and Mariah was on Kenriou's team. Beca and Kristel were bickering about how they might break a nail.
"You're team will be blue, Rika, and Kenriou, yours will be yellow." Announced the Sensei.
"Yellow, what a distasteful colour on me! Oh well." Mariah muttered under her breath.
"Do you want me to ask Mr. T to change colours?" Kenriou sweetly asked Mariah.
"Hmm… Now I don't see to care seeing that there's nobody good on my team to impress!" And stalked off to the bench. First period went by smoothly. Dribble… dribble and squeaks of shoes on the hard floor. To many people's surprise, Kenriou team didn't wasn't in the lead. Rika's team was up by 5 points.
Kenriou was furious, he plotted for revenge. He saw Lee dribbling down the court. His main target. Kenriou charges with full speed to the end where Lee was. The hot head rammed straight into another person who was pivoting with one foot had intersected with his plan. The figure fell down and a painful agonising scream filled the gym. Some people covered their ears.
"Rika!" Mariah jumped off the bench and headed onto the court where the false victim lay clutching her ankle. A crowd surrounded her until their buff phys. Ed. Teacher cleared them out. "Rika, can you stand up?" With the help of Mariah she stood up. Half her weight on her friend and half the weight on her good foot.
" Mariah please help her get to the nurse's office immediately." The gym teacher commanded. The pink haired girl nodded and went.
"The rest of you go get changed. Kenriou, stay behind." The class scurried away into the change room while Kenriou was stayed in the gym with their teacher.
"Kenriou!" The voice boomed. " I'm very disappointed in you. That was very un-sportman like! I expected more of you! You will serve detentions after school." The angry man wrote down on his clipboard about Kenriou's behaviour and handed him a detention slip.
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The two girls reach the nurse's office where Kai is still sleeping. The nurse bustles Mariah out and tends to Rika.
"Don't worry I'll be fine." Wincing in pain as the nurse applies some ointment.
"Alright! Bye then!" Mariah went back to the change room to change.
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"I'm soo glad that Rika girl, is gone. I hate her. She's such a bitch." Kristel and a bunch of her friends poked more fun at Rika, not noticing Mariah come in.
"You have no right to say shit about her. You hate her cause she's better than you and the player, Kenriou, likes me and not you and you're just too afraid on saying shit about me so you talk about my friends!" Mariah shouted.
"What did you say??" The snob turned abruptly towards Mariah.
"You heard me!"
A huge cat fight broke out in the change room. Hearing all the ruckus, the coach opened the slightly and shouted at them, to hurry the girls to finish changing. The fight died down, with a few scratches here and there and daggers thrown across the room. (A/n: Daggers as in Glares…)
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In the nurse's room…
The nurse finally left and Rika's ankle was bound tightly. In front of her, was the blue hair hottie lying asleep with a sweaty forehead. A nightmare. Rika stood up. Leaning most of her weight on her good foot she hoisted herself to Kai.
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Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain't so far down
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Kai's dream
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Standing in a dark alley. Alone. Once again. No lights. Sitting on the damp floor at the corner of the pathway. Heavy scent of wet mist floated around. A teardrop drips down from Kai's face. Staring straight into the opaque night around. Flashbacks whiplash through his mind.
"Momma Poppa…" A little blue hair baby blurts out softly. Seeing through a small peek hole. "BANGBANGBANG! " goes the gun of the murderer. Thump Thump goes the bodies of Kai's parents down on the ground. Kai held his breath not making any noise. The killer shuffles around and grabs some possessions.
Another tear trickled down the face of Kai. Remembrance of his grandfather, slashing his face. Then making an artist tattoo young Kai's face. That made other people not to notice the deep gashes and scars of the abuse.
Kai still sat on the damp ground hugging his feet to his chest and squeezing his eyes tight, letting another drop of tear fall down. He opens his eyes after a few minutes staring into the translucent fog in front of him. Something shadowed was coming towards him. The figure got clearer. "Rei…?" Kai questioned. The body outline of Rei holding out his hand to Kai came closer. The bluenette got off his sitting position and reached forwards to Rei. Rei started to disappear into the foggy mist.
"NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! REIIIIII!!!!!!!!!" Kai screamed out loud. "WAIT!!!!!!!!!!"
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Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain't so far down
Please come now I think I'm falling
I'm holding on to all I think is safe
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Rika's POV
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"Mom … Dad…" Kai whispers out in his sleep.
More beads of sweat fell from the laying down Kai in the nurse's office. I now stood above him. Kai's head was burning when I felt it. I took a towel from the side and wiped his sweaty head.
"Rei…?" with a small hint of question at the end. Suddenly he woke up. He screamed.
"Kai! Kai! IT"S ME!!! Don't you recognise me Kai?" I tried making him remember. It hit me. How would he know me in this body?
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Kai's POV.
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"Kai! Kai! IT"S ME!!! Don't you recognise me Kai?" Rika yelled at me. What was she playing at?
I pinched myself seeing if it was real or if I was dreaming. Nope. Definitely not dreaming.
"Rei's dead! I don't know you! I'd recognise Rei if he here! But he's not!. Rei's dead…" My hair shaded over my eyes to keep anyone from seeing what a wreck I am now.
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Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
That maybe six feet
Ain't so far down
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I got off the bed and ran out the door not wanting to be reminded.
"I'm not who you think, Kai." She told me before I left. The voice. Rika's voice. It changed… The sound … No way… I can't be… My head swirls I can't think straight! I head straight towards the main doors and out of the school. I don't want to be here anymore, one sprinted to the nearby forest overlooking crashing waters against the banks of the cliff.
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Cornered by unwanted memories and emotions, Kai had made his decisions.
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This is an extra long chapter. This chapter was re-done again and again… this is literally her 6th time re-doing this! Stupid computer keep on freezing up! Deleting and eating all the precious files! Sorry … EXTREMELY sorry for long wait… As usual Please Review!! School starts so no new chapter for a while… Good luck in school you all!
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Aznfyre