A/N:: Okay, might as well write this up since i'm in the mood to write, and i'm eating something. I hope you all enjoy the third chapter, this is where the plot to the sequel thickens greatly, plus the lovely kai/rei fluff, and a couple of fluff from the other pairings ^^ ::thumbs up:: please love, okay?
"Days of Storms and Fire"
Chapter 3
The three boys looked into the hard sea blue eyes in front of them as the question came out of his mouth. Kai still had his arms wrapped around the ebony haired boy that was lying in his arms. Tyson had finally grasped all that he was just told into his mind, and he seemed to be trying to get the answer in his mind, to see if he should try and help this being known as Gaia. Max looked at the ground, letting himself think of what he was going to do. He looked up to see the orange eyes of Dragoon, as he was mindlessly staring across the room, as if he had no part in this converstation. Then, he caught the emerald eyes of Dranzer, who seemed to be looking at Max, his face almost showing a emotion...that looked like concern. Kai stood up, making everyone in the room look at him.
"I will help you bring the Phoenix back from his resting place, but I have one condition."
"What is that, boy?" Gaia asked, not using the terms of respect that the four guardians used all the time.
"If you want my full cooperation, then you best do yourself a favor, and never lay another finger on Rei again." Kai glared, letting his grip on the neko-jin grown tighter.
Gaia looked into the hard blood eyes of the boy in front of him, before the lock broke, and Kai grabbed Rei's hand, and left the throne room, slamming the stone door behind him. Dranzer watched the boy that was nearly identical to him leave the room. The two other boys looked at each other after their former leader headed out the door. The two nodded to each other and turned to face Gaia, who was looking straight at them. Dragoon saw the fire burning in their eyes, as if there was nothing they wouldn't do to help them.
"We'll help too." Tyson spoke, saying it as plain as possible.
"That's good news." Gaia stood up, facing the boys, "Tomorrow, you and your guardians will be traveling to the resting places of the gods. Your first stop is to awaken the Turtle God. You will be going to the ocean, but you need not worry about drowning. The power sealed in the blonde there will keep you alive even under the salty waters."
Tyson and Max blinked, then simply nodded, heading out of the room. Gaia turned to Dranzer, then the two headed into the door behind the throne, leaving Dragoon in the room alone. His bright orange eyes seemed dead at the moment. He brought his hands on his elbows, clutching them tightly, as his body suddenly began to shiver. Something about all this was troubling the poor dragon guardian. He shook his head harshly, and ran out of the throne room, not even bothering to shut the stone door. He completely passed Driger, who felt a hard breeze as the orange blue blur. His silverish gold eyes got a lock on the blur for a second, only to see it was Dragoon. He began to try and stop him so he could see what was wrong with him, but he was too far away now. Driger felt someone's hand laying itself of his, as he turned to see it was Draciel.
"Driger, what's the matter?"
"...Dragoon just past me with this wind of discomfort surrounding him."
"...Maybe he needs to be alone, he's always been a bit distant."
Driger nodded simply, and followed the purple haired girl down the hall, heading back to their room so they could try and be alone until their journey started tomorrow. The doors to the balcony were forced open, as the sea blue haired ran over to the railing, laying his hands on it, looking out at the sky around him. The soft breeze made him relax some, as he let his body relax. He hated being in the throne room so close to Gaia. It made him nearly gag to see the leader treat everyone like he does. He let his hands run through his hair, as his laid his chest on the balcony, seeing the white sun shining above his head.
"It's gonna happen again...on the night the red moon shines in it's glory, Gaia's going to call me to his room again..." Dragoon whispered to himself, thinking of what happened the last night the red moon shined brighter than the azure moon.
~~flashback~~
"You wanted to see me, sir?" Dragoon entered the room, glowing with the rays of the bright red moon.
"Yes, stand over by that wall." Gaia said, his voice more flat that it should be.
Dragoon nodded numbly, and walked over by the wall, standing there like a statue. Gaia seemed to not pay attention to him, as if he was going to leave him standing there all night, not saying a word to the blue haired boy. Suddenly, as the boy was in the middle of his thoughts, he found Gaia right in front of him, holding his arms to the back of the wall. His orange eyes turned into thin slits, as the piercing sea blue eyes looked at him.
"...G-G-Gaia-san....what are you doing?" The boy managed to speak.
"Dragoon, tell me...where would you be if I hadn't allowed you to live in my castle like I am?" Gaia said, his voice dripping with anger.
"....I...would still be with my father...and he would have killed me..." Dragoon felt his throat dry as he spoke.
"Can you say your father's name?"
"Please, Gaia-san..." Dragoon pleaded, tears brimming in his eyes, "I don't want to say his name..."
The blue haired boy could tell the older man wasn't pleased with the answer he had just recieved, and threw a fist across the boy's face, making him fall to the ground. Dragoon began to lift himself to his feet, as he tried to make a run for the door, but his tied back hair had a firm grip around it, keeping the boy in place. Suddenly, a river of pain ran across the boy's back, making a scream come out of his mouth. He didn't want to turn around, and that action caused another shock of pain to run through his body. The tears that had threatened to fall from his eyes finally released, as they slowly dripped to the ground. He tried to bear it, seeing that the man's grip on his hair wasn't looseining. The orange eyed boy tried to open his eyes to see what was dripping from his chest, but the tears made his vision blurry and clueless.
"Father, what are you doing?!" A firmiliar voice cried.
Gaia turned away from the crying boy to see the emerald eyes of Dranzer, which were wide with shock. Gaia let no words come out of his mouth, as he released the grip on Dragoon's hair, as the figure fell to the ground in a mess of blood and tears. As Gaia left, Dranzer ran over, and lifted the barely consious boy into his arms, and gently shook his shoulder, trying to keep him awake. The orange eyes seemed dead, as Dranzer lifted the boy out of his own blood, and walked out of the red light room. He walked over to the blue haired boy's room, only to see Driger and Draciel, making the two run over in surprise.
"Dranzer, what happened to him?!" Draciel cried, her face pale.
"...I'm not sure...I only came in to find Gaia beating him." His emotionless voice came out.
"...Will he be okay?"
"....I'm not sure."
~~end of flashback~~
The fingers lacing through Dragoon's sea blue locks grew tighter around the strands, as muffled sobs came out of his throat. This was rare, because the orange eyed boy rarely ever cried, but he couldn't hold them in anymore. The stone under his feet let the drips of the satly tears fall onto their hard surface. He was too much into his own moment of sadness to hear the door being shut behind him. A firmiliar pair of storm eyes looked over to see the dragon guardian on his knees, sobbing his heart out. He approached the boy, and knelt behind him, and gently laid his arms around him, laying the boy's head on his chest. Dragoon lifted his head, and saw the dark skinned arms around his neck. His tears dripped on the skin of the arms, as he turned to see the firmiliar face behind him.
"...R...Ryu-sama....?" He slurred.
"Please....just call me Tyson....what's the matter? Why are you out here crying?"
"...It's nothing that concerns you....Tyson. I can't tell you just yet." Dragoon whispered, and tried to bring the arms away from his neck.
"Dragoon, how many times are you going to say that to me while I'm here?" Tyson tightened his grip, making the boy fall right back over.
"Tyson, please!! I just want to be alone!! If you become involved with my problem, then there's no way the worlds will be saved!!" Dragoon heard himself growl, until he realized he said too much.
He finally got himself out of the arms of the navy haired boy, and made a break for it, disappearing into the shadows of the dark castle. Tyson stood himself back up, watching as the blur of sea blue vanished. He sighed, and stuffed his hands into his pockets, and headed back to his room, where Max, Kai, and Rei were all sitting by one of the beds. The eyes of gold looked up, as the navy haired boy entered the room.
"Tyson...what took you so long?" Rei spoke.
"...It's nothing...I just lost."
"Come here, Tyson, we're trying to talk about tomorrow." Max pointed to the empty spot next to him.
Tyson let a smile appear on his lips, as he sat down, letting the conversation continue with the four boys. Tyson seemed out of it, all since the moment he had that conversation with Dragoon. What did he mean by 'if he got involved, then the worlds couldn't be saved?' He tried to let the words go away from his mind for a while, as he gave his opinion to the other three boys in the room. Kai folded his arms, looking at the storm eyes across from him. Something was wrong with Tyson, and he was going to find out.
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Dranzer finally made his way out of the throne room, and slammed the stone door, as he walked down the steps of the castle, to hear Dragoon's voice screaming.
" ---I just want to be alone!! If you become involved with my problem, then there's no way the worlds will be saved!!"
Dranzer's emerald eyes widened in confusion, as he heard footsteps hitting the ground hard through the halls. In seconds, the blue haired boy slammed into him, causing the two to fall over. The red haired boy seemed slightly annoyed to have the slightly younger boy lying on top of him. But...his face disappeared as he felt his black shirt suddenly become damp with tears. He lifted himself up, and took the boy's shoulders into his own, and looked into the orange orbs, to see the tears falling from his eyes. Dragoon gasped, and tried to get away from the emerald eyed boy, but Dranzer kept him in place, making him look into his eyes.
"Dragoon, settle down!! What's wrong with you?"
"....Dranzer....how long until the red moon appears again...?" The trembling boy whispered.
"....5 earth months..."
"...I can't live like this anymore!!! I don't wanna live here anymore!! The day we awaken the four gods, I'm getting out of here!!" Dragoon nearly screamed.
The annoyed looked appeared on the red head's face again, as he threw his hand across the boy's cheek, making the boy finally shut up. The tears finally stopped, and the sea blue haired boy turned back tp Dranzer, laying a hand on his red cheek.
"...Thanks...I needed that."
"....You need to get some rest, get to bed." Dranzer lifted himself to his feet. "I'll take over your shift tonight, but you owe me."
With that being said, the boy vanished into the halls. Dragoon lifted himself to his feet, and headed over to his room, slowly shutting the door behind him. He made his way over to his bed, that still wasn't made since that morning. He didn't seem to care, as he laid himself down, gripping the covers with his fist, and after a while, he drifted to sleep.
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The two moons hung in the sky, as Tyson laid across his bed, not finding a way for him to fall asleep like this. He turned over and over, until he groaned in annoyance. He lifted himself from the bed, and made his way to the door. He looked back into the room, seeing Max was fast asleep, wearing chinese like clothes, with a picture of a turtle glaring into the eyes of it's victims, with it's head turned to the sky above. Then, his eyes wandered to see Rei and Kai sleeping in their bed, wearing the same kind of pajama's as Max, except a tiger and phoenix was put on theirs. He sighed, and made his way out of the room, slamming the door behind him. Kai opened his eyes to see the navy haired boy leave, but his attention was grabbed as Rei tugged at his shirt.
"Kai...what's the matter?"
"Something's bothering Tyson....I know it." Kai whispered, laying his arm around the ebony haired boy.
"I'm sure he can handle it....he's a lot stronger than he looks..." Rei buried his chest into Kai's chest.
"I hope your right, Rei..."
"Aren't I usually right?"
"....Maybe."
Rei let out a silent laugh, and brought the boy back down, gently nuzzling him as he fell back asleep. Kai was still concerned about all of this, but he laid his arms back around his koi, and allowed himself to go back to sleep.
Tyson made his way down the hall, still looking at the floor, as he walked along. He stopped, as he came to a door with the name 'Dragoon' carved into it. He froze, and laid his hand on the door. He silently opened it, and looked inside, to see the light was on, and the blue haired boy lying in bed, his orange eyes buring into the darkness. Tyson closed the door, and walked over to the blue haired boy, laying a hand on his shoulder. Dragoon blinked, and looked over to see the boy looking at him.
"Tyson....? Why are you in my room?"
"....I couldn't sleep."
"...If you can't sleep, why did you come in here?"
"...I was going....to ask if I could sleep in here tonight?"
"....If you want...just don't knock me off the bed."
Tyson smiled slightly, and crawled into the bed, laying down near the orange eyed boy. Dragoon turned on his side, seeing Tyson looking at him with these emotion filled eyes. Before Dragoon could react to what he just saw, he found Tyson's arms around his waist, his face buried into his chest. The boy found himself blushing like mad, but he let his blush fade from his cheeks, as he felt the boy's grip untighten a bit. He saw that Tyson was finally asleep, and Dragoon didn't have the heart to move him off. Instead, he brought his arms around the navy haired boy, letting his hand run through the boy's hair, seeing they felt like silk flowing through his fingers. He let a sigh escape his lips before he fell asleep. Tomorrow was going to be hard for everyone. Including Tyson.
A/N:: Okay... these chapters are going to kill me one day. ::breaths:: okay, time for me to take a break, you simply review on your way out, okay? bye bye, r/r
"Days of Storms and Fire"
Chapter 3
The three boys looked into the hard sea blue eyes in front of them as the question came out of his mouth. Kai still had his arms wrapped around the ebony haired boy that was lying in his arms. Tyson had finally grasped all that he was just told into his mind, and he seemed to be trying to get the answer in his mind, to see if he should try and help this being known as Gaia. Max looked at the ground, letting himself think of what he was going to do. He looked up to see the orange eyes of Dragoon, as he was mindlessly staring across the room, as if he had no part in this converstation. Then, he caught the emerald eyes of Dranzer, who seemed to be looking at Max, his face almost showing a emotion...that looked like concern. Kai stood up, making everyone in the room look at him.
"I will help you bring the Phoenix back from his resting place, but I have one condition."
"What is that, boy?" Gaia asked, not using the terms of respect that the four guardians used all the time.
"If you want my full cooperation, then you best do yourself a favor, and never lay another finger on Rei again." Kai glared, letting his grip on the neko-jin grown tighter.
Gaia looked into the hard blood eyes of the boy in front of him, before the lock broke, and Kai grabbed Rei's hand, and left the throne room, slamming the stone door behind him. Dranzer watched the boy that was nearly identical to him leave the room. The two other boys looked at each other after their former leader headed out the door. The two nodded to each other and turned to face Gaia, who was looking straight at them. Dragoon saw the fire burning in their eyes, as if there was nothing they wouldn't do to help them.
"We'll help too." Tyson spoke, saying it as plain as possible.
"That's good news." Gaia stood up, facing the boys, "Tomorrow, you and your guardians will be traveling to the resting places of the gods. Your first stop is to awaken the Turtle God. You will be going to the ocean, but you need not worry about drowning. The power sealed in the blonde there will keep you alive even under the salty waters."
Tyson and Max blinked, then simply nodded, heading out of the room. Gaia turned to Dranzer, then the two headed into the door behind the throne, leaving Dragoon in the room alone. His bright orange eyes seemed dead at the moment. He brought his hands on his elbows, clutching them tightly, as his body suddenly began to shiver. Something about all this was troubling the poor dragon guardian. He shook his head harshly, and ran out of the throne room, not even bothering to shut the stone door. He completely passed Driger, who felt a hard breeze as the orange blue blur. His silverish gold eyes got a lock on the blur for a second, only to see it was Dragoon. He began to try and stop him so he could see what was wrong with him, but he was too far away now. Driger felt someone's hand laying itself of his, as he turned to see it was Draciel.
"Driger, what's the matter?"
"...Dragoon just past me with this wind of discomfort surrounding him."
"...Maybe he needs to be alone, he's always been a bit distant."
Driger nodded simply, and followed the purple haired girl down the hall, heading back to their room so they could try and be alone until their journey started tomorrow. The doors to the balcony were forced open, as the sea blue haired ran over to the railing, laying his hands on it, looking out at the sky around him. The soft breeze made him relax some, as he let his body relax. He hated being in the throne room so close to Gaia. It made him nearly gag to see the leader treat everyone like he does. He let his hands run through his hair, as his laid his chest on the balcony, seeing the white sun shining above his head.
"It's gonna happen again...on the night the red moon shines in it's glory, Gaia's going to call me to his room again..." Dragoon whispered to himself, thinking of what happened the last night the red moon shined brighter than the azure moon.
~~flashback~~
"You wanted to see me, sir?" Dragoon entered the room, glowing with the rays of the bright red moon.
"Yes, stand over by that wall." Gaia said, his voice more flat that it should be.
Dragoon nodded numbly, and walked over by the wall, standing there like a statue. Gaia seemed to not pay attention to him, as if he was going to leave him standing there all night, not saying a word to the blue haired boy. Suddenly, as the boy was in the middle of his thoughts, he found Gaia right in front of him, holding his arms to the back of the wall. His orange eyes turned into thin slits, as the piercing sea blue eyes looked at him.
"...G-G-Gaia-san....what are you doing?" The boy managed to speak.
"Dragoon, tell me...where would you be if I hadn't allowed you to live in my castle like I am?" Gaia said, his voice dripping with anger.
"....I...would still be with my father...and he would have killed me..." Dragoon felt his throat dry as he spoke.
"Can you say your father's name?"
"Please, Gaia-san..." Dragoon pleaded, tears brimming in his eyes, "I don't want to say his name..."
The blue haired boy could tell the older man wasn't pleased with the answer he had just recieved, and threw a fist across the boy's face, making him fall to the ground. Dragoon began to lift himself to his feet, as he tried to make a run for the door, but his tied back hair had a firm grip around it, keeping the boy in place. Suddenly, a river of pain ran across the boy's back, making a scream come out of his mouth. He didn't want to turn around, and that action caused another shock of pain to run through his body. The tears that had threatened to fall from his eyes finally released, as they slowly dripped to the ground. He tried to bear it, seeing that the man's grip on his hair wasn't looseining. The orange eyed boy tried to open his eyes to see what was dripping from his chest, but the tears made his vision blurry and clueless.
"Father, what are you doing?!" A firmiliar voice cried.
Gaia turned away from the crying boy to see the emerald eyes of Dranzer, which were wide with shock. Gaia let no words come out of his mouth, as he released the grip on Dragoon's hair, as the figure fell to the ground in a mess of blood and tears. As Gaia left, Dranzer ran over, and lifted the barely consious boy into his arms, and gently shook his shoulder, trying to keep him awake. The orange eyes seemed dead, as Dranzer lifted the boy out of his own blood, and walked out of the red light room. He walked over to the blue haired boy's room, only to see Driger and Draciel, making the two run over in surprise.
"Dranzer, what happened to him?!" Draciel cried, her face pale.
"...I'm not sure...I only came in to find Gaia beating him." His emotionless voice came out.
"...Will he be okay?"
"....I'm not sure."
~~end of flashback~~
The fingers lacing through Dragoon's sea blue locks grew tighter around the strands, as muffled sobs came out of his throat. This was rare, because the orange eyed boy rarely ever cried, but he couldn't hold them in anymore. The stone under his feet let the drips of the satly tears fall onto their hard surface. He was too much into his own moment of sadness to hear the door being shut behind him. A firmiliar pair of storm eyes looked over to see the dragon guardian on his knees, sobbing his heart out. He approached the boy, and knelt behind him, and gently laid his arms around him, laying the boy's head on his chest. Dragoon lifted his head, and saw the dark skinned arms around his neck. His tears dripped on the skin of the arms, as he turned to see the firmiliar face behind him.
"...R...Ryu-sama....?" He slurred.
"Please....just call me Tyson....what's the matter? Why are you out here crying?"
"...It's nothing that concerns you....Tyson. I can't tell you just yet." Dragoon whispered, and tried to bring the arms away from his neck.
"Dragoon, how many times are you going to say that to me while I'm here?" Tyson tightened his grip, making the boy fall right back over.
"Tyson, please!! I just want to be alone!! If you become involved with my problem, then there's no way the worlds will be saved!!" Dragoon heard himself growl, until he realized he said too much.
He finally got himself out of the arms of the navy haired boy, and made a break for it, disappearing into the shadows of the dark castle. Tyson stood himself back up, watching as the blur of sea blue vanished. He sighed, and stuffed his hands into his pockets, and headed back to his room, where Max, Kai, and Rei were all sitting by one of the beds. The eyes of gold looked up, as the navy haired boy entered the room.
"Tyson...what took you so long?" Rei spoke.
"...It's nothing...I just lost."
"Come here, Tyson, we're trying to talk about tomorrow." Max pointed to the empty spot next to him.
Tyson let a smile appear on his lips, as he sat down, letting the conversation continue with the four boys. Tyson seemed out of it, all since the moment he had that conversation with Dragoon. What did he mean by 'if he got involved, then the worlds couldn't be saved?' He tried to let the words go away from his mind for a while, as he gave his opinion to the other three boys in the room. Kai folded his arms, looking at the storm eyes across from him. Something was wrong with Tyson, and he was going to find out.
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Dranzer finally made his way out of the throne room, and slammed the stone door, as he walked down the steps of the castle, to hear Dragoon's voice screaming.
" ---I just want to be alone!! If you become involved with my problem, then there's no way the worlds will be saved!!"
Dranzer's emerald eyes widened in confusion, as he heard footsteps hitting the ground hard through the halls. In seconds, the blue haired boy slammed into him, causing the two to fall over. The red haired boy seemed slightly annoyed to have the slightly younger boy lying on top of him. But...his face disappeared as he felt his black shirt suddenly become damp with tears. He lifted himself up, and took the boy's shoulders into his own, and looked into the orange orbs, to see the tears falling from his eyes. Dragoon gasped, and tried to get away from the emerald eyed boy, but Dranzer kept him in place, making him look into his eyes.
"Dragoon, settle down!! What's wrong with you?"
"....Dranzer....how long until the red moon appears again...?" The trembling boy whispered.
"....5 earth months..."
"...I can't live like this anymore!!! I don't wanna live here anymore!! The day we awaken the four gods, I'm getting out of here!!" Dragoon nearly screamed.
The annoyed looked appeared on the red head's face again, as he threw his hand across the boy's cheek, making the boy finally shut up. The tears finally stopped, and the sea blue haired boy turned back tp Dranzer, laying a hand on his red cheek.
"...Thanks...I needed that."
"....You need to get some rest, get to bed." Dranzer lifted himself to his feet. "I'll take over your shift tonight, but you owe me."
With that being said, the boy vanished into the halls. Dragoon lifted himself to his feet, and headed over to his room, slowly shutting the door behind him. He made his way over to his bed, that still wasn't made since that morning. He didn't seem to care, as he laid himself down, gripping the covers with his fist, and after a while, he drifted to sleep.
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The two moons hung in the sky, as Tyson laid across his bed, not finding a way for him to fall asleep like this. He turned over and over, until he groaned in annoyance. He lifted himself from the bed, and made his way to the door. He looked back into the room, seeing Max was fast asleep, wearing chinese like clothes, with a picture of a turtle glaring into the eyes of it's victims, with it's head turned to the sky above. Then, his eyes wandered to see Rei and Kai sleeping in their bed, wearing the same kind of pajama's as Max, except a tiger and phoenix was put on theirs. He sighed, and made his way out of the room, slamming the door behind him. Kai opened his eyes to see the navy haired boy leave, but his attention was grabbed as Rei tugged at his shirt.
"Kai...what's the matter?"
"Something's bothering Tyson....I know it." Kai whispered, laying his arm around the ebony haired boy.
"I'm sure he can handle it....he's a lot stronger than he looks..." Rei buried his chest into Kai's chest.
"I hope your right, Rei..."
"Aren't I usually right?"
"....Maybe."
Rei let out a silent laugh, and brought the boy back down, gently nuzzling him as he fell back asleep. Kai was still concerned about all of this, but he laid his arms back around his koi, and allowed himself to go back to sleep.
Tyson made his way down the hall, still looking at the floor, as he walked along. He stopped, as he came to a door with the name 'Dragoon' carved into it. He froze, and laid his hand on the door. He silently opened it, and looked inside, to see the light was on, and the blue haired boy lying in bed, his orange eyes buring into the darkness. Tyson closed the door, and walked over to the blue haired boy, laying a hand on his shoulder. Dragoon blinked, and looked over to see the boy looking at him.
"Tyson....? Why are you in my room?"
"....I couldn't sleep."
"...If you can't sleep, why did you come in here?"
"...I was going....to ask if I could sleep in here tonight?"
"....If you want...just don't knock me off the bed."
Tyson smiled slightly, and crawled into the bed, laying down near the orange eyed boy. Dragoon turned on his side, seeing Tyson looking at him with these emotion filled eyes. Before Dragoon could react to what he just saw, he found Tyson's arms around his waist, his face buried into his chest. The boy found himself blushing like mad, but he let his blush fade from his cheeks, as he felt the boy's grip untighten a bit. He saw that Tyson was finally asleep, and Dragoon didn't have the heart to move him off. Instead, he brought his arms around the navy haired boy, letting his hand run through the boy's hair, seeing they felt like silk flowing through his fingers. He let a sigh escape his lips before he fell asleep. Tomorrow was going to be hard for everyone. Including Tyson.
A/N:: Okay... these chapters are going to kill me one day. ::breaths:: okay, time for me to take a break, you simply review on your way out, okay? bye bye, r/r