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This chapter is approximately 4,680 words; it is a short chapter but it's just a beginning for a major part of the story. I hope you all enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it.
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Chapter Six: Rendezvous?
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Life without meaning, cannot be borne. We find a mission, to which we're sworn
--Or answer the call of Death's dark horn. Without a gleaning of purpose in life.
We have no vision, we live in strife,
--Or let the blood fall on a suicide knife
--The Book of Counted Sorrows.
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Drifting slowly to destruction was the path Kai was heading down. My heart began to pound viciously, at any rate; it was about to blow out of my chest it ached so badly. I had to do something; it was time to act. He needed to know that he was making a mistake. His meaning in this world would forever be, altered if he kept on this way and I couldn't risk it. I needed him to stay alive and open to all possibilities for he was the only one who knew where the worlds only hope for salvation was- I have long forgotten its whereabouts - but I don't think he knew it.
I have been subtle for now, keeping my presence less then known. I had too, if I showed myself they would surely catch me for I am a wanted man. However, it was time to give up my secluded way of life and start putting my plan into action. I wouldn't let what happened one hundred years ago, occur again in this peaceful day and age of 2080 AD.
I won't let him down again... Kai... I couldn't do it to him again, for a third time.
~ Lain ~ A cold, dim, damp area was the new foundation that I stood upon. Frightened, I began to walk forward through what looked to be a straightway-narrow passageway, making a right turn at the end of it, I found a whole other path. This path wasn't as dark like the last, as along the brick walls-that held this tunnel together - hung a series of brightly-lit torches. I plugged my nose quickly with my fingers. Staring up, I noticed a sewer line along the ceiling of the tunnel, and then towards the ground, noticing too late that I had stepped into sludge, otherwise known as sewer water. Jumping backwards in horror, I scraped the soles of my feet against the cold, gritty, cement flooring. Diverting my attention way from the sludge, I noticed something I should've in the beginning, and would have to beat myself up for it later. Among the stream of the sewer-water, was a cement-path at the right from where I stood, that seemed to me to lead all the way through the tunnel?
Shaking my head in aggravation, I went on as I had been. I didn't know why anyone would ever come down here, much less want too. However, I could swear I saw him come down through here. Kai, I followed him through the wall into this sickening place because I wanted to see if he was all right and, well, I have too. Inquisitively, I wondered why he would even come down here. What was his purpose, what was he doing? I had to know. I wanted too.
After a few minutes of walking- finally - with a peace of mind, I came indirectly upon a door that sat to my right. Staring it down, warily, for few minutes, I proceeded to push it open, entering it cautiously. This new area was completely dark, I could barely see, the only way to make it out okay would be too stay alert to everything that proceeded me, and so I did. Nothing got by my vigilant eyes, as I would never let it.
Aiming a quick left turn, my eyes expanded greatly as a bright ethereal light invaded my pupils. Graciously, I smiled. Finally, I was free of this rancid, wretched place. I didn't know how much more of it I could handle. Suddenly, I seized all movement of my body, stopping in front of another doorway, as my stomach boiled with utter astonishment.
I couldn't believe my eyes...
~ Tala ~ The movie ' A Deafening Silence' ended within a few minutes. I shut the television off- shortly after it ended - pushing in the button on the panel attached to the front of the set, and then followed the others from the game room into the living room.
" Hey where did Lain and Kai go?" Max asked, curiously.
" Yeah... That's weird." Rei said.
I shifted my eyes to the side in the direction of the hallway. I had watched as Lain followed Kai, down that hall, after the disturbing news report. If my guess is right, I'd bet that Kai went to the secret training facilities under the mansion, Lain probably followed him down there. The news report really screwed with Kai's head, he's probably going in for some immense mental training, and maybe emotive. I just hope that he doesn't do anything very drastic.
" I think they went to bed, it's getting late you know, they usually take naps." I falsified.
" Oh okay, maybe we should get going then." Max said.
Tyson walked over to me, a piece of paper folded within his hands. " Yeah but first I need to give you this." He said, handing me the paper.
I unfolded it, my eyes skimmed over it; it seemed to be names of computer programs. My brows furrowed, my eyes narrowed. " What is this for?" I inquired curiously.
Tyson scratched his head, a dopey grin, replaced his serious features. " Um... It's those extra programs that Kenny forgot to tell Kai about, I had him write them down for you during the movie." He explained.
A look of understanding played across my features. " Oh okay I will give this to Kai when he gets up." I smiled. " I guess be seeing you guys later." I said, waving them goodbye.
" Yeah see ya." They said in unison, walking out the front door.
I sighed as the door fully shut leaving me in the room alone.
~ Kai ~ The training facilities was a rather large stadium, around 3,980 sq. ft. The many walls that kept the room together were, built up of strong stone bricks. The flooring was, constructed, using smooth wooden planks. Every part of this room was, used in some way to train me, we called them, F-X-Domains, and these domains were, separated amongst the dojo. Each domain contained some sort of style in fighting or mental. There were five main types of training, which I have had to endure, over the years of my life. The first was Emotive, I don't remember how Darius executed this training unto me, but after it all, I felt better, unfeeling, callous, and that was all that mattered to me. The second was weaponry, in this training, they would give me a RX-51, a high tech gun, and then put me in a medium sized room -which was located at the very end of the dojo. All the lights in the room would be off, leaving me in the dark, which would make the room, appear larger to me. Then came the real trouble, I would have to use my senses to find the enemy then I would shoot, killing all that I could sense alive. Nothing was alive; what I was forced to kill was only a few robots. The third was swordsman-ship, the fourth, karate, the fifth...Didn't really matter, it rather fit with the other types of training that held no importance to me.
Slowly, with my sword in hand, I walked to the center of the stadium, the soles of my feet brushing against the cold smooth ground until I finally stopped. My eyes shifted to the left and then the right, suspiciously, and then I closed them. One week had passed, now I shall pick up were I, left off, already a master of all, I still felt so naive to it all as if I had never learned it.
I held the sword erect over my shoulder and then swept the blade to the right. Taking a step backwards, I pivoted left drawing the sword to the right bringing it to the front and then I drew back thrusting forward. I tapped a button that wore the bottom of the ground with the tip of my big toe. Twenty-five cardboard shaped people came out of open shafts in the ground, directly in front of me. Extending my arm outward, sword in hand, I disappeared from sight using my immense speed, to quickly detach the heads of all the people away from the cardboard boxes. However, destroying these fake images of people still hurt me as when I would kill someone alive, as I would imagine them so. I didn't want to hurt anymore, I didn't want to feel anymore, and I wanted to find away to rid these vexing emotions from me forever. All I wanted to do was shut down inside me, and never hurt anyone again.
~ Lain ~ A smooth draft brushed up against my upper-back, as I struggled to conceal myself amongst the right side, wall of the open doorway. Deviating, my eyes to the left, I was able to get a side view of what was occurring inside the room, the doorway lead into. A few minutes before I concealed myself, utter awe had devoured me as I watched Kai disappear, and then reappear, leaving behind destruction in his wake. I couldn't believe that there was actually something else in these tunnels besides slime-no wonder he had come down here, this must be were he goes to pacify himself, and also, obviously to train.
Attentively, my eyes fixated upon him, as I watched him train. What the news reporters had said earlier must have really bothered him. Although he tried to hide his feelings from everyone by leaving, he would never be able to hide it from me. I never could get why I knew him so well after only knowing him for week but it happened, and from then I have always be able to figure him out not completely but more then others. There still was, so much I didn't know about him and his operation, but soon if I had it my way, I would.
My eyes widened as he dropped his sword to the ground, something seemed to have aroused his curiosity as he walked towards a door and a strange looking chair. I gasped as I realized what he was looking at, it was a man, and I had seen him before a few times. " Hello Kai, it's nice to see you again." My mouth fell, as I also recognized his voice. It was Darius…. Nevertheless, what was, he doing with Kai? I wondered as I watched them carefully.
Kai smirked. " It's nice to see you too...I think?" He scoffed.
Darius sighed. " Same old Kai, all talk and no bite, sweet as a kitten." He retorted, mockingly. His eyes narrowed. " I didn't beat you enough." He said, quietly.
" Yeah I agree." He choked.
" What!" He said in shock.
" You're right okay!" he admitted. " Even though you've trained me not to feel, I still do at times and I can't take it." Kai explained seriously.
Darius looked at him curiously, his brows furrowing slightly. " What are you saying, boy?"
Crossing his arms against his chest, Kai went on to answer him. " Whatever you did to me before, you know that made me cold and able to kill people blindly without thinking? Whatever it was that made me that way, I need you to do it to me again. Do you understand? I can't stand feeling anymore, make me dead inside." Kai pleaded, full-hearted.
Reforming to a saddened state, my eyes fell. I can't believe he was asking Darius to steal his emotions from him, steal away everything that makes him himself. More importantly, I wondered just what Darius was doing with Kai. How long had they known each other? What had they been doing with each other, as it seemed to me as I listened to him that he had been training Kai but how when…? All cogitation that once filled me fled without a trace as Darius replied to Kai.
" You want me to destroy you. Make you into a unfeeling killing machine?" He said, struggling with the facts almost as if he didn't want to do it.
" What's the matter you didn't have a problem with it before when you almost killed me trying to make me as you described?" He wondered aloud. " Why can't you do it for me now? It won't be hard this time 'cause I won't struggle with you," he explained.
" That's not it Kai." He sighed. " Listen to me, I didn't come here to chat, I came here to right my sins with you. To tell you a secret that has been kept from you all your life." He explained.
" What is it?" Kai asked slowly yet anxiously to hear him out.
" You don't remember your emotive training do you? You don't remember what I did to you, all you remember is not caring about anything afterwards and the feeling of being dead, am I right?" He asked, knowing the outcome of Kai's answer would meet with his expectations.
" Yeah that's right," He began, succumbing to his curiosity. " So, what are you not telling me?" He questioned, harshly.
Laughing for a moment at Kai's tone, Darius quickly went into a serious state. " None of it was real." He informed.
" What do you mean?"
" I never did anything to shut your emotions away, you did that on your own. I may have beaten you up for showing emotion when you were training with a sword or when I forced you to kill the spy but I never stopped you from feeling completely." He explained.
" What are you saying?"
He grunted. " I mean that..." However, before he could finish, his body, more so, his chest was transfixed with about twenty bullets, from an automatic 55. I gasped, placing a hand to my mouth, witnessing for a second time as someone I cared about was being, killed before me. Besides, the one I saw with Kai, these were the only times I really ever saw blood, and it scared me. I watched, as a thick amount crimson blood glided through the air out from Darius's chest as he fell to the ground, almost dead. A slight tear slid down my face. I looked to the left of Kai, as a man came out from behind what seemed to be a target practice cardboard man, one that Kai had not finished off.
I growled viciously, once I got a good look at whom it was that had shot him. " Damn it Johnny why did you kill him." I wondered, monotonously, and luckily enough, no one heard me.
Kai looked to the right down at the ground, as Darius slowly heaved for air, gripping his hand against his heart. " Kai...I-I am sorry... " He said as he died away from the world.
Clenching his fist, he looked at Darius, with so many emotions; I could hardly define them all. " God rest your soul." He whispered. He then looked away from him at Johnny, his eyes flickering with rage. " What the hell did you do that for Johnny?" He growled, insatiably.
Sadistically, Johnny laughed, closing in on Kai's position, as he walked to stand by him. " Darius, talks to much, his voice was beginning to annoy me, and I couldn't take it anymore so, I killed him." He explained. " Besides, the organization has no more uses for people like him."
" What are you doing here Johnny?" He asked, seeming too not be able to look at him anymore, as he gawked at the ground.
" You got a new mission, Jason Tailvar is your next target." He informed.
Kai's blue orbs hardened. " No he's not he's my next after Kimi." He explained.
Johnny smiled. " Yeah, well, they want you to kill him first, sorry but that's how it is."
Kai shook his head in revolt, he grunted. " Yeah right, like you're ever sorry about anything."
Bobbing his head Johnny smiled, and I wanted to punch him for it, the jerk! " Heh, That's right." He said, agreeing with Kai.
Turning quickly away from him, Kai ripped his blade from the floor, swung it around, and pointed it at Johnny's face. Johnny only starred at the sharp tip of the blade, vaguely. " If that's all you have to tell me then get out of my sight." He informed. He gritted his teeth. " Before I kill you for killing Darius." He threatened.
Looking up at Kai with a smirk, he placed his palm over the middle of the blade and pushed it slowly away. " You would love that wouldn't you." He then spit in Kai's face. " You blood seeking hound." He scoffed.
Dropping his sword to the ground, Kai lifted Johnny up in the air, and held his other hand erect over his face, readying to punch him. Johnny, still baring his hideous smirk, spoke once more. " Come on do it I dare ya." He coaxed.
Drawing his fist a few inches more towards his face, Kai suddenly stopped before his punch made contact and threw him to the ground, harshly. " Get. Out. Of my. Sight!" He grounded out angrily.
Laughing barbarically as he stood from the ground, he replied to Kai. " It's like old Darius said, 'you're all talk and no bite'."
" Actually it's the other way around and I don't bite people who aren't worth it." Kai jeered.
" Whatever." He began still laughing. " Here." He said handing what looked to be a manila envelope.
Accepting the envelope from him, he opened it taking out the papers within, his eyes scanned over it quickly, and I couldn't help but wonder what it was. He looked up at Johnny. " What the hell is this?" He asked in a hostile manner.
" It's information on Jason. The organization informed me to give it to you." He explained as he turned and walked away from Kai.
" I already have information on him, I don't need this. Besides I don't trust the source."
" You don't have information like that and I don't care if you trust its source or not. It's your loss." He informed, walking out another door at the right of Kai, one that I have never seen before.
Kai sighed, reading over the information. My curiosity peaked, its limit, as I wondered what was on the paper that was so important that not even Kai would know about it. " You can come out now Lain." Kai informed me, attentively.
Scooping my jaw from the ground, and forcing my eyes back to their normal state, I wondered how he knew I was there. In addition, if he knew I was there the whole time, why didn't he say anything? These inquisitions I would find answer to soon, as I slowly drifted into the room knowing I was in for another fight with him. " If you knew I was here the whole time then why didn't you say anything?" I inquired curiously.
" I wish I did." He mumbled and then faced me as waltzed closer to him.
" I knew him." I muttered, staring down at the lifeless corpse.
" Who?"
" Darius... "
" Where did you know him, and how?"
Sighing, I leaned forward, picking up Kai's sword, and stared at the blade for a second before answering him. " He was friends with my father, he used to take me out for ice-cream." I explained, half-hearted.
Scratching the back of his head, he whispered. " Really, then I am sorry you had to see that."
Pressing my lips together, I glanced up at him, before thrusting the sword to the left. " You're pretty good with a sword.... I saw you training."
Before I could swing it once more, he clutched his hand around my wrist. " Yeah, well, you're pitiful at it." He grunted, quickly sliding his hand up my wrist and assuming the sword from my clutches.
Placing my hands quickly against my hips, I smirked. " You know what think."
" No and I don't even what to. Ever!" He informed, harshly.
Simply ignoring him, I went on, " I think you didn't say anything 'cause you wanted to show off to me." I jeered.
His brows furrowed, his nose scrunched upwards, and he frowned in revolt. I was laughing inside though I never allowed it to surface. " The day I show off to you, will be the day I die." He grimaced, ambulating past me, and down the hall from, which I had recently come.
Sighing, I diverged in my standpoint, and followed him. Residing next to him silently, I ponder what had just occurred and remembered something important. " Are you going to do your mission?"
He flat out ignored me proceeding his way towards the exit.
" Oh come on don't go back to ignoring me, it ticks me off!" I smiled. " Can I come with you on your mission."
Those words seemed to have sat down hard in his mind as he seized in his place, his eyes shifting to the right, glaring at me subtly. " No way, you will never come with me." He informed, stoically.
Clenching my fist to my sides, I bobbed my body, with a dewy-eyed countenance. " Oh come, it will be really fun and I won't get in your way."
" No."
" Please."
" Shut up, and no."
" But you own me, you have to take me with you."
" Tala can take care of you."
" But he's not my guardian, you are."
" I don't care the answer is still no." He growled as he walked out the exit to the tunnels, leaving me in the putrid halls all alone.
Clasping my hands together, I smirked devilishly, an idea stealing away at my thoughts. " I going with you whether you like it or not, Lord Hiwatari." I informed, chuckling mirthlessly.
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A few hours had passed since my encounter with Kai in the training room, and since then, I have done nothing but louse around on top of my bed in Tala's room. My new bed as we now share a room, and watched him type on his computer.
Flipping myself on my stomach, I lied across the bedspread in a diagonal fashion and glanced up at Tala. " So what are you doing?" I inquired curiously, dying from boredom and the silence of the room.
" I am checking out the company's shipment database." He explained as he began typing again.
Rolling onto my back once more, I starred up at the ceiling, my eyes focusing on it until they were almost entranced. Every thought I had ever wanted to keep to myself slowly poured free as if I was talking to my psychiatrist and he was asking my thoughts on certain topics. " I have wondered why Kai kills people but you know what the real question that needs to be asked?"
" What?" He retorted not really paying attention.
" Who is it he is working for and why do they want him to kill these people?" I arched my head backwards staring up at Tala. " Do you know the answers to these questions Tala?"
The soothing sounds of his fingers hitting the keys on the keyboard seemed to immediately die away with my questions, which forced me to the conclusion that my questions were questions he didn't have answers for. " Well... " I murmured.
" Well uuh...Kai works for, um, I guess he never told us his real name but as for why they want these people killed is because their threats to the organization isn't it obvious?" He informed seemingly unsure of himself.
" See there you go with that again, 'the organization', don't you even know what it's really called?" I huffed.
" Um...Well-"
I cut him off, leisurely, not being able to stop my thoughts. " And are you sure they want them dead because their threats or is it something bigger I mean how could a 19 year old with a child be a threat to some organization that supposedly deals in sales." I wondered.
" Good point."
" I am just saying that maybe you should look into this stuff instead of turning away, it's important to know all the facts, you know." I explained.
" I guess." He whispered.
" And Johnny too... There is definitely something up with him." I informed quickly.
" Hn…"
I don't particularly know why I just shared this information with him, it could lead to more trouble but I had to say something it had been bugging me for a long time. I just hoped that Tala didn't take it to heart because if he goes poking around, I could be in trouble. Quickly I sat up in the bed, and turned to face him fully. " Well I am tired I guess I should go to sleep now." I informed as I was becoming as each second passed unbearably sleepy.
Smiling, " Goodnight." he said empathetically. " And remember you're coming to school with me tomorrow." He reminded. " And I have some explaining to do about me and Kai being out of school for a week." He mumbled but I easily understood.
" I am sure it will be great." I said, yawning, and quickly dozing into slumber, knowing that tomorrow would be long and strenuous.
It would be for what I have planned…
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Author Note: This chapter was shorter then normal but that's because it just a beginning into something greater. I am sorry to disappoint you all but the updates on this won't be as fast as normal because I have to study for the S.A.Ts', the P.S.A.Ts' and a few others. However, don't worry I am not abandoning this fic I just won't be updating it every four days like I have been. I LOVE my story and would never abandon it.
Reviews:
NObOdY: Thanks for your kind review… I hope you liked this chapter as well, I know it wasn't as funny as the last but every chapter won't be because this story isn't based upon humor but it will be a lot of the time to take away from the violence.
Mizu-Tenshi: Yeah but now I like this chapter (Don't know why though?) Um yeah, I loved writing his fantasy! And the Movie does look awesome and I can't wait for it to come out!
Zeroburn00: HeH, I loved reading your reviews they are so funny! Yeah swords do take forever to create, which is why she won't be wrecking 'em but also 'cause she was kidding around. Anywise, thanks for reading and reviewing. ^_^
Frontier of Darkness: Yeah I know I was a bit hard on Kai but it has to be done for where I am going with this story. Yeah I thought the daydream would be cute. Rei will have a pretty big part in this story but not as big as Kai, Tala, Lain, and Tyson. Although I hate Tyson, he has to have a big part for the end of the story.
KaiKoi: Thanks. ^_^
Anonymous: I know it was mean but it had to be done for where I am going with this story. Yeah he should get her back within like 7-8 chapters.
