Hey people! I'm sooooo sry that I didn't update last week when I said I would but I totally forgot you know I have a life too. But not that's not my main reason for not updating, you see my computer has been really messed lately and yea I know it seems I keep making excuses bit its true… So yea, I'll shut up now and let you read…
Chapter 4 Sorting Out What Happened
Kai's pov
I picked her up and laid her on a large, flat and circular chair covered with black pillows and I watched as she automatically curled up in a tight ball, much like a tiny puppy. Her petite body seemed to fit perfectly there, the pillows surrounding her like some sort of fluffy shield. I watched her for a while but eventually fell into a restless sleep on her floor.
**The next morning**
"Kai? Kai! Are you ok? Wake up!"
I opened my eyes rubbing them and peered at my waker (a/n is that even a word?). Tala was standing over me looking extremely worried. "Dude, where am I?"
"Rei I think we should get him to a hospital, he doesn't seem to know where he is."
I got up and smacked Tala upside the head. "I know perfectly well where I am and I DO NOT need to got to the hospital. How's Rave?"
"Perfectly fine," Rei confirmed walking over to me and patting me on the back for who-knows why. "She's eating ice cream in the kitchen right now."
"Ice cream?" I asked confused looking over at the clock, "It's only 10 am!"
"That's what I said. She seems to have an obsession over it. She is currently devouring a large container of double fudge ice cream."
"Hmmm, she usually does that after an attack." I said.
"Attack?" Tala asked, "Does this and what happened to Rave in school have anything to do with why you ran off so suddenly last night?"
"Yes and I guess I should explain everything to you, probably for your own safety. Come downstairs and we'll talk with Rave."
"Ok, I'll show you to the kitchen then." Rei offered.
"That's ok, I know my way around here perfectly fine."
"How is that, I thought you didn't know her?"
"I'll explain everything downstairs."
We headed to the kitchen where we found Rave half way through the large container of ice cream. I took the ice cream away from her, with much screaming and kicking on her part, and sat down at the round table.
"Rave, we need to talk. Sit down." I ordered.
She sat down obediently and stared at me straight in the eyes. "What do you want? I thought you didn't care about me. That's why you left isn't it?"
"Rave of course I care about you!"
"No you don't! You abandoned me and never said good bye."
"I couldn't say good bye though. I tried to but-"
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR FUCKING BUTS! YOU LEFT ME AND NOTHING YOU CAN SAY OR DO WILL EVER MAKE UP FOR THAT! YOU LEFT ME FOR THAT YOKAI TO KEEP COMING BACK!"
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! I DIDN'T LEAVE YOU!"
"WOULD YOU BOTH SHUT THE FUCK UP AND START FROM THE BEGINNING SO THAT WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING!?" Tala yelled.
I looked at my friend and realized he had a point. If we didn't start from the beginning we'd get no where. And yelling wouldn't help either.
"Ok, first start with how you guys know each other." Rei ordered.
"Our dads worked together in the same company, they were partners. We've known each other since we were babies. We didn't really hang out that much until high school though. That's when we started going out." I answered a bit more calm then before. But when Rave spoke up she didn't seem as calm…
"Yea, and then you left me. You found out about… it… and then decided I was a freak just like everybody else."
"I keep telling you, I didn't ditch you." I looked over at Tala and looked him in the eyes. "You've known me almost as long as Rave and I have known each other. You know I would never leave a girl just like that. What happened was that Rave started disappearing for a day or two, coming back with cuts and bruises. Every time she disappeared they kept getting worse until one day I had to take her to the hospital one of the cuts was so deep. I was getting really worried and finally found a pattern on when she disappeared. I followed her one night and found her in a forest crying on the ground but when I tried to get close to her she got up slowly and started to talk in this really creepy voice. When she looked up at me her eyes were glowing red and her skin was chalk white.
"I knew by then that she was possessed by a yokai- demon- but realized too late what she was saying. The yokai that had possessed her realized I knew about him and didn't want me interfering with whatever he was doing with Rave. So he started chanting a spell (the weird stuff Rave was saying) that made me forget anything and everything that has to do with her. Then he sent me away so that there wasn't a chance that I'd meet up with he again.
Rave's pov
"Oh… I guess the yokai wasn't nice enough to make me forger about you too. Anyway, after Kai left, the yokai started coming more often. I'd have 'pre-attacks' like what you saw the other day. 'Pre-attacks' are when he's making me more vulnerable, it makes it easier for him when he actually comes to possess me. They would always happen at school though and people started fearing me, and what they didn't understand they'd make fun of. So I kept changing school but never made a friend just in case I hurt them.
"I had attended so many schools that I had to move to a different state. So I moved here. I attended the local school, which just happened to be Kai's school. But the yokai saw Kai one day before school started and told me not to tell Kai how I knew him. If I even thought about telling Kai he'd 'stab' me sort of like a voodoo doll.
"So now I fast forward to the day I had the 'pre-attack'. After I ran from the class I went to my house thinking that I'd be safe from hurting anybody. But I guess I was wrong. Since the yokai saw no one around after possessing me to hurt, he turned on me. Everything I said though, were my real thoughts. If the yokai hadn't tried to kill me during that attack, I probably would have done it anyway. I'm so fed up of the attacks, not having any one to talk to, no friends, my dad never being home, my mother dead since I was little. It was starting to get more then I could bear."
Kai's pov
"Just before Rave was about to shoot herself, I guess that's when I remembered. I was talking about her and how we knew each other (our dads) and I was just amusing myself thinking about how Rave was pretty hot," I looked over at Rave and she blushed, "and how it would be cool to go out with you. Then I'm guessing the spell broke and I realized how much I really loved you…" I trailed off thinking about the old times. Just Rave and me, parents gone for the week… "With my memories came the realization of the meaning of your pre-attack and that you'd probably be somewhere alone. I came to help and I found you held at gun-point by you/the yokai."
Tala and Rei looked from one to another. They had stayed silent pretty much the whole time.
"Wasn't your dad a bit suspicious about why you kept changing schools?" Tala asked.
"Nope, not at all. He just considers me 'daddy's little girl' and did what ever I asked him."
"Oh…" Rei said.
"Well now that's settled, I want some ice cream!" Rave said cheerfully.
I rolled my eyes and smiled at her. I walked over to her and hugged her, giving her a kiss on the cheek. "I love you and I'll do anything to stop the yokai."
She looked up at me in surprise. "Didn't you know? It's all over now. That spell or whatever you were chanting when you walked in got rid of him."
"Spell!?" I asked.
Rave giggled. "I guess you didn't realize you had wicken background either… o well I'll explain later. I want ice cream!!!"
Wheeeeee, well that's the end of this chapter and this problem solved. Hehe review and tell me what you think. And don't worry, this isnt the end of the story yet….
-Kirsten =)
