A/N:: Okay, why don't we get back to the story, that pretty much took me forever to do the first chapter. I hope you all enjoy the sequel as much as you loved the first part of it, so please enjoy, while I continue.

"Days of Storms and Fire"

Chapter 2

A very firmiliar red haired boy walked down the halls of the castle of Spirit Ward. His emerald eyes pierced the shadows of the dark place, as he passed the halls where the other three guardians were probably asleep. He couldn't tell it came to Draceil and Driger. He continued down the hall, until he found himself at the door where the four children were sleeping. He laid his hand on the door, letting it gently fall across the smooth stone. He sighed, worried that the entire Spirit Ward had to depend on the lives of these four mortals. The one he was most concerned about right now was the navy blue haired boy that Dragoon had brought with him. He was told that he was somehow injured while coming to their world.

He looked inside of the room to see four figures lying in the darkness of the rooms. He turned on the lamp near the door, and looked inside of the room. There laid his master, the slate haired teenager with dark blue tattoes on his cheeks, and his arms outside of the blankets he laid in. His soft breathing was too low for many people to hear. Then, there was the boy Driger was taking care of. His hair was longer than even any girl that lived in the whole world of Spirit Ward, and it was brought back into a braid. His chinese clothes were tight, and his headtie was black instead of red. Then, there was the boy in Draciel's care. He had short blonde hair, and he laid uncovered by the blankets. Draciel said he seemed pretty tough to get through until he finally had the sense to be reasoned by her. Then...there was the navy haired boy. He lay there motionless, not even turning to make himself comfortable in his sleep.

Dranzer shut the door on his way in, and turned to light back off, walking over to the sleeping boy, sitting on the bed next to the navy haired boy. He took the blanket off of him, and saw his bandaged wounds that were on his chest and neck. He began to take the bandages off, and pulled out a small pouch of some green dust like substance, and began to lay it on the boy's injuries, making him wince in his sleep. Dranzer only found himself smiling, seeing that this boy made it through the portal with so much trouble. Was something trying to stop him? If so, why did they not try it to the other three boys? He laid the bandages back around the boy in bed, just as a gasp caught his ear, causing him to turn around, facing the awakened blonde.

Max looked over to see the red haired green eyed boy sitting on the bed next to Tyson, who had bandages covering his chest. He turned to his sides, to see Kai and Rei in the dark room as well, fast asleep. Max jumped from the bed, and nearly fell over, hoping he wasn't going to hurt him. Dranzer lifted himself off the bed, looking into the boy's cerulean eyes with his emerald. He began to approach him, making Max turn his head, as if expecting a blow. He felt nothing but a hand being laid on his head. Max opened his eyes, and looked up to see the boy looking down at him.

"I'm not going to hurt you, so stop backing away from me."

"...."

"Get to bed, okay? In the morning, our leader, Gaia, wants to have a word with you and your friends. I was told to check up on your friend over there."

Max watched as he walked over to the door, and opened it up, going to leave the room. He stopped for a few seconds, and turned to see that Max was still looking at him. He sighed, then walked out, shutting the door on his way out. The blonde raised himself off the floor, and began to bring himself back onto the bed. He laid back down, and covered himself back up into the covers, looking around the room where the other three were asleep. Was this the world that Draceil was talking about? He sighed, and after a few minutes, he finally fell asleep.

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Dragoon sat down on the steps that were near the throne room, leaning into his hand with his cheek. He couldn't sleep, both the reason that he could hear sounds coming from Driger and Draciel's room, and he was getting worried how Gaia was going to act when he saw the four children tomorrow. He looked at the world's light blue stars, and the twin moons shining above his head, wishing he could be back at the lake back on Earth. At least that planet had beautiful sights to look at. The only things to look at where he lived where the sleeping places of the four gods of their planet. There was the volcano, the deep ocean, the deep crater leading to the caves of the planet, and the floating mountain in the sky.

He heard someone coming up the steps, but he had a feeling he knew who was coming up the steps. Either Dranzer or Gaia. They were the only ones that came up here besides him. He looked up some to see a figure with a medium size body, but he was tall, and his hair was up to his neck and brought back in a small ponytail, as the shadows began to lift from him, Dragoon saw the bright blue eyes that reflected the moon's deep blue and red rays. Dragoon then quickly lifted himself up, and slightly bowed. There was a moment of silence between the two, until the blue eyed figure disappeared into the throne room. Dragoon sighed heavily, letting his orange eyes open up, and made his way back down the stairs. What he met with was the emerald eyes of Dranzer, who had his arms folded in a displeased manor.

"Is there something you want to say to me, Dranzer?" Dragoon made his way down the stairs.

"I thought it would be nice to tell you that Ryu-sama's injuries are getting better, and he will be awake by tomorrow."

"Thanks, Dranz. I'm going to go try and get some sleep." The blue haired boy began to pass the red head.

"Dragoon!"

"What?"

"If there's something happening between you and Ryu-sama, then I suggest you let it go. You can't be there for the child of dragons, your simply the one that protects him, nothing more." Dranzer hissed.

Dragoon found himself staring into Dranzer's emerald eyes, until he broke the gaze, and headed down the halls. He let his feet just wander the halls, until he suddenly found him at the door of his room. He quickly opened the door, and shut it, letting his body lean against the door. The words that Dranzer spoke couldn't leave his head. Did he believe that he was feeling something for the boy? Did....he? Dragoon shook his head a few times, and then found himself on his bed, burying his face into the feathered pillows. The sounds from Driger and Draciel's room began to flood his hearing, as he fell into a deep sleep.

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Two bright yellow orbs blinked lazily, as the unformiliar rays of a white sun filled the room around him. The ebony haired boy lifted his body off the silk sheeted bed, looking around the room. There he saw Tyson laying in the bed nearest to the windows, not looking like he was going to get up anytime soon. He turned to his left, and saw Max, who had the blankets nearly his head, snoring quietly. Then he looked closest to the stone door to see Kai, the half of his top half uncovered by the blankets. Rei could only smile, seeing how peaceful the slate haired boy looked in his sleep. He climbed off the bed, letting his braid fall over his shoulder. He walked over to the bed that his koi was laying in, and climbed into the bed as well, laying his arms around his waist. He snuggled his head into Kai's chest, allowing his gold eyes to close.

The firmiliar rouge eyes opened when he felt a warmth cover his cold body. He looked down to see the black haired boy laying there, his arms snaked around his waist, and his head on his chest. He felt a half smile on his face, as he brought his arms around the slightly younger boy, holding him close to him, loving the warmth that he was feeling. He lifted his hand, and began to stroke the boy's hair, feeling the silk strands fall through his fingers. He didn't look like he was going to let go of his neko-jin anytime soon, since he hadn't been this close to Rei since they had to explain to the court that they wanted to be considered a couple. It was like hell trying to get the straight people not to act like their all that because they aren't in love with the same sex. Kai felt sick when he remembered all the things the people in the court said to them that day. Rei, on the other hand, nearly had his heart break. He was lucky that the slate haired teen was there, otherwise, he would have broken into pieces. Kai looked down, as he felt a stir from the figure in his arms. He saw two beautiful gold eyes looking into his crimson.

"Good morning, Kai..."

"Hey, Rei. You feeling alright?"

"I'm fine, why are you asking?" Rei felt Kai's hands running through his black hair.

"I wouldn't want my neko-jin to have anything happen to him." Kai whispered.

Rei simply smiled, as he began to bring himself closer to the slate haired boy. Kai really didn't seem to care, as he just let his arms snake themselves around the boy. The two turned suddenly, only to see the door opening to see a blue haired boy with deep orange eyes coming into the room. He didn't seem to care that the two were together with each other, he simply walked across, and began to wake the other two boys sleeping in the room. Max awoke with no trouble, but it took him a while to awake Tyson. Rei and Kai looked at each other for a sec, then the ebony haired boy climbed off the bed, and walked over to the blue haired boy, whispering something into his ear. A smirk appeared on the fire eyed boy, as he bent down next to Tyson's ear.

"Tyson, there's a giant breakfast in front of you, better wake up."

In seconds, Tyson was awake, which knocked the other boy to the ground, swirls appearing in his eyes. Max walked over, and helped the sea blue haired back up. Tyson rubbed his head, then looked over to see the other blue haired boy.

"....Dragoon?"

"Yeah, it's me. I came to get the four of you, Gaia wants to have a word with you." Dragoon sighed, rubbing his head from the fall.

There was a wave of silence, then Dragoon headed out of the room. The four began to get themselves out of bed, and straightened up some before they even began to head out of the room. They found Driger standing out by the door, who seemed to be waiting for them. The tiger guardian lead them to a thing of stairs, pointing to the top, showing that they had to go up to find this 'Gaia'. Kai sighed heavily, took Rei's hand, and headed up the stairs, letting the other two follow him. Driger watched them go up the stairs, seeing the fact that he couldn't go up at all. Only Gaia, Dranzer, and Dragoon were allowed in the throne room. Him and Draciel were only allowed in the castle cause they were guardians of the Turtle and the Tiger.

Kai laid his hand on the marble like door, and then the four of them opened it, looking inside. The outlook of the room made it look like the old middevil days, covered in stone, marble pillars holding the room up, and silk carpets covering the walkway, with a few pictures hanging on the walls. The four looked over to see the sea blue haired boy sitting on the steps near the throne, the red head standing near the velvet chair, while a sea blue eyed light blood red man that looked nearly around his 30's sitting on the chair, looking at the four coming into the room.

"I see you all got a good sleep. I give you welcome to Spirit Ward." The man who was known as Gaia spoke.

"Yeah....some welcome." Kai rubbed his arms in discomfort.

"Let's get down to the point, since I don't think you all know the reason why you were brought to this world."

"No, we don't, all we know is you needed us here before some guy named Cereberus found us." Max spoke, making Gaia look over at him, "Tell us what we need to know, it's not good to leave the ones that determines life and death in the dark."

Gaia nearly glared at the blonde, but he simply stood up from his throne, and walked over to them. As he began to reach out to grab Rei's wrist, Kai grabbed the neko-jin, keeping him away from the leader of Spirit Ward.

"You must be the child of the phoenix. Unless you don't want your answers, then I need the boy to come with me."

Kai sighed in frustration, and then let go of the other boy, allowing Gaia took Rei's wrist, and pulled him up the steps. Max and Tyson were confused, what did Rei have to do with them learning why they were there in the first place? They snapped out of their trances, as the light red head laid his hand over Rei's forehead, and suddenly began to speak.

"By the powers of earth, and the might of the tigers, allow the purpose of these children be shown to them, Tora-sama." Gaia commanded.

Gaia backed away from the black haired boy, as his gold eyes seemed to turn into slits, as his body was wrapped in a bright white light, bringing light into the shadows that the sun didn't touch. Kai and the other boys were forced to cover their eyes, as they looked over at the boy, who began to speak in a deeper version of his own voice.

"This world, created from the image the Earth showed to the universe, the four gods graced the planet, and took care of it's beauty, as they began to bring people into it's existance. The god that brought the four in order was the one named Cereberus. He allowed peace and order into the land, as the Tiger, Phoenix, Turtle, and Dragon took their own part of the planet, and brought under their seperate control. Until one day, Cereberus was corrputed. He didn't want to share Spirit ward with the four animal gods, he decided he would claim it for his own. One by one, he began to steal the power that the four gods had, and tried to seal it into his own body. But, the ancient power was too much for even the god to handle, it nearly destroyed his body, as the power finally escaped, but the four animals were nearly destroyed in the clash.

The Tiger was sealed into the caves of the earth, the Dragon was brought into the floating mountain, the Phoenix was trapped into the volcano, while the Turtle came to be in the deep ocean. Cereberus was confined into the emptiness of space until his body was brought into the core of the planet we know as Earth. He knew that the power that wasn't brought back into the bodies of the four animals, each one of their powers was brought into two seperate beings. One, was the creation of the god's guardian, who watched over the resting places, and the most important part of the power was sealed into four chosen humans. All this came into place that in a matter of 20 earth years, Cereberus would be free, and be able to travel back to the sacred world, Spirit Ward. The guardians will lead the four chosen humans, until they can use the power inside them to free the four gods from their prisons."

Kai saw the light suddenly disappear from the neko-jin's body, as his gold eyes returned to normal. In seconds, the boy began to fall toward the ground. Kai raced up the stairs, and caught him in his arms. Rei nuzzled into Kai's arms, letting the heat that was in his body start to fade. The three boys looked over at Gaia.

"So...will you be willing to cooperate?"

A/N:: Woah!!! Man, that's a little freaky!! I hope you all enjoy. I promise, more Rei/Kai fluff will come, plus some fluff from the other pairings i put into this. ::giggles evily:: r/r if you want more