A/N:: Okay, you people have been patient enough to let me gather more ideas to my story. I'm glad you people are able to put up with my slow typing, so now here's a treat for all you patient fans. ^^ enjoy, cause I'm putting in some Rei/Kai fluff ^^
"Days of Storms and Fire"
Chapter 5
The rest of the group waited outside the caves, hoping Draciel and Max would get back soon. Kai sat on a few of the rocks, watching as Dranzer was pacing around the wet rocks over and over again. He could tell the phoenix guardian was getting worried. Rei was sitting on the same rock as Kai, but he was watching the tiger guardian instead. Driger hadn't stopped pacing since Draciel left his side. Tyson and Dragoon were a different story. The orange eyed teen sat by the edge of the rocks, looking down at the salty water below, not even caring that Tyson was standing over his shoulder, staring into nothing in particular. The storm eyed boy glanced down at the other boy every now and then, making Dragoon a bit nervous to ask why.
The group turned, as they heard footsteps walking down the rock covered hallway. Driger brightened a bit, knowing it was Draciel and Max returning from awakening the Turtle God. Dranzer almost let a smile cross his face, until he realized something. There was only one set of footsteps coming their way. From behind the rocks, appeared Draciel, holding a unconsious blonde in her arms. A sound of gasps escaped everyone's mouths, as they ran over to the purple haired girl. Dranzer swiftly took the boy from her arm, and had him in his own arms, kneeling on the ground. Driger was back by Draciel's side, and the others watched as the scene took place. Finally, Dranzer looked up at the girl.
"Draciel...what happened in there?"
"I'm not sure what happened. We said the spell, just as it read in the Prophecy, but for some reason, after the god was finally released, Kame-sama collasped. I really don't understand what went on." The girl explained.
"...." Dranzer stood up, keeping a firm grip around the boy, "Come on....we should get out of here."
Everyone agreed, as Draciel let herself concentrate, as the bubble barrier began to surround the group, allowing them a way out of the salty waters. Tyson glanced over at the red haired boy, who continuously began to stroke the blonde's hair, giving everyone the clue that he didn't want anyone near him or Max at that moment. Everyone saw that warning, and kept their distance. Finally, the barrier reached the surface, and placed them safely on the sand covered ground. They all raised themselves to their feet, and turned to the emerald eyed boy, who stood up.
"Our next stop is the caves of the planet. There we'll be able to free the Tiger god from his prison."
"Wait one second." Kai finally spoke up, "If awakening the Turtle god made Max suddenly collaspe like that, what do you think the Tiger is going to do to Rei? All I can say to you, Dranzer, is if anything worse than Max happens to Rei, I'm gonna rip your head off."
Dranzer's eyes narrowed dangrously, as the rouge eyes pierced his own. The neko-jin turned to the slate haired teen, and laid a hand on his arm, feeling the tension in his muscles. Kai looked over at his koi, then allowed himself to relax. The others, on the other hand, seemed to be taking Kai's words to mind. What if something worse happened to either one of the children? Max merely collasped while breaking the seal, something worse could happen to Kai, Rei, or Tyson. A shiver suddenly ran through Tyson's back, making the dragon guardian look over at him, his eyes filling with concern. He lifted his arm, and laid it on the storm eyed boy's shoulder, allowing him to relax a little. Then, the others finally recovered from the little journey under the water, and headed off for the caves.
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It was late at night, when the team had finally stopped to get some rest. The fire burned brightly, lighting up the forest around them. Dranzer had gone into his tent that he volunteered to share with Max, and said not to disturb him until morning. Tyson and Dragoon were in their tent as well, talking about something that wasn't really important. Driger and Draciel had gone off to be by themselves. All that was left was Kai and Rei, who were sitting by the blazing fire, trying to keep themselves warm. The ebony haired boy kept glancing over at the other boy. He had been so overly protective of him, and brought it down hard on Dranzer that afternoon. Did Kai really not want Rei to go through with the awakening? His gold eyes seemed really soft, as he scooted over to sit closer to the boy. The rouge eyed boy saw this, and lifted one of his arms, bringing it around the boy, as he came closer. Rei began to lay his head on Kai's shoulder, allowing the two of them to relax some.
"...I'm sorry, Rei."
The black haired boy looked up at him, "What for?"
"For when I snapped off at Dranzer. It wasn't my place to say all that to him."
"...Kai, you don't need to worry about it, I'm sure Dranzer understands."
Kai glanced over at him, "Rei, you already had to go through the trouble of being blind, I couldn't bear to see something else happen to you."
The neko-jin nodded, "I know..."
The slate haired teen brought his arms around his koi, in a grip that seemed no one could break. Rei didn't fight it, instead, brought his arms around Kai, burying his face into his chest. Kai's hand lifted itself up, and began to stroke itself through the raven locks. A soft purr came out of the neko-jin's throat, showing that he liked that. A small smirk appeared on the other boy's face, as he allowed his fingers to run themselves through the black silk. Rei lifted his head, looking into the blood eyes above his head, looking at Kai with a pleading look. The slate haired boy decided to answer it, and claimed the other boy's lips in a kiss. Rei closed his eyes, deepening the kiss, and wrapping one of his arms around the other boy's neck. Neither one of them noticed Draciel and Driger return from their walk, and even if they did, they wouldn't have cared anyway. The moment was too perfect for them to be interrupted by those two. After al while, Rei brought his lips away from Kai's, and rested his head on the boy's chest. A warm smile appeared on the Russian's face, as he began to stroke Rei's back.
"You tired, Rei?"
A small nod cam through, "Yeah...just a little..."
"You get some rest...when I get tired, I'll carry you to the tent."
Rei nodded a bit, letting his eyes close, a small purr escaping his throat as he slept. Kai lifted his hand, and gently stroked Rei's hair. Kai knew that he was being a little too over protective over his neko-jin, but he didn't want him to get hurt. He already went through enough when they were up against Mural, he didn't want the Tiger God awakening to hurt him as well. After a short while, Kai gave up, and headed off to the empty tent left for him and Rei, and laid the boy down on the matress of blankets, and laid himself down as well. He brought the boy close to him, laying Rei's head on his chest, as he went right to sleep.
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Dranzer couldn't control his own hand, as it began to continuously stroke the blonde's hair. He could tell that Kai wasn't too happy about what happened to Max, and it looked like he didn't want the same thing to happen to Tora-sama. The red haired boy kept all those thoughts in his mind, but he was concentrating mostly on one thing. Waiting for Max to wake up. As his hand finally stopped stroking, it simply laid there, his fingers laced with the boy's silky locks. Dranzer let out a sigh of frustration, and began to remove his hand from the hair, only to see the boy on the bed stir, and open his cerulean eyes.
Emerald met with Cerulean, as the two boys had an eye lock with each other. Neither one of them seemed to be looking away, so Dranzer reached his hand out, laying it on the other boy's face. Max felt the warmth of his hand covering up the icy feeling that he had in his cheeks. The boy looked at the phoenix guardian, seeing something different. His eyes seemed to be pleading for something. Max laid a hand on the emerald eyed boy's, looking at his face.
"Dranzer?"
"Yes?"
"I...gave some thought to what you told me this morning...you know, about you falling in love with me..."
"Yes?"
"And...I...think I'm..." Max's face was covered in blush, as he struggled to find the words, "I think I'm in love with you too..."
The blonde couldn't help but notice the joy filled look on the red head's face. Dranzer stood up from his kneeling position, and gently pushed Max onto the mattress, looking at him with the same pleading eyes like before.
"Do you want to wait until your certain...or is now alright with you, Max-koi?" He whispered.
Max's face was like a tomato. "...Well...I...n-now is alright with me, Dranzer..."
Dranzer laid down beside him, and wrapped his strong arms around the blonde, letting Max put his arms around him too. Dranzer was trying his best to be gentle, and slow, since Max was a little weaker than he was. The red head laid his hand on the boy's chin, lifting it to look at his eyes. Max was now faced to face with the bright emerald eyes that he seemed to be getting lost in by the second. The phoenix guardian, leaned down by the boy, laying his forehead on Max's. The blonde saw the gap between their faces closes quickly, then he found his lips locked with Dranzer's. The cerulean eyes closed, as he put his arms around the boy, allowing the kiss to deepen. The moment seemed frozen in time, until Max finally broke their seal, taking in a few breaths. He felt Dranzer's arms close around him again, pulling him closer to him.
"You still tired, Max?"
"Yes, believe it or not, I'm still a bit tired."
Dranzer laid the both of them down, loosening his grip around the boy, "Go to sleep, Max. I'll still be here in the morning."
Max felt the covers going over him, as the icy feeling that was covering his body when he woke up was finally gone, as it allowed himself to fall into a dreamless sleep. The red haired boy smiled warmly, the first real smile he had since he was a child. He brought his new koi closer to him, as he finally dozed off.
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The rays of the white sun splashed down on the eyes of the navy haired boy, as the sun finally began to rise into the sky above. The boy awoke, finding Dragoon laying next to him, his arms draped around him. Tyson began to lift himself from the bed, when the dragon guardian pulled him right back down, bringing the navy haired boy's head by his shoulder. Tyson lifted his head some to see the boy with his sleeping face with a pained expression. A look of concern appeared on the boy's face, as he returned the embrace he had been brought into. He felt Dragoon's hand lay itself on his head, gently running his fingers through his hair.
"Dragoon..."
The sea blue haired boy finally opened his eyes, looking straight into the storm colored orbs in front of him. Being careful, Dragoon brought himself away from the other boy, and brought himself out of the covers. Tyson rubbed his arm, looking at the boy nervously. After a while, the firey orange eyes turned around, seeing the nervous look in the boy's eyes.
"Tyson, what's wrong?"
"...Dragoon...were you having a bad dream?"
"....Yes."
"Can you tell me what it was about?"
".....It was about my father..."
"What happened to your father, Dragoon?"
"...He disappeared one day....a few days before I was told that my spirit name was Dragoon."
"...Your spirit name? You have another name?"
"If I do, then I don't remember it."
Tyson lifted himself from the bed, and reached for his hat to cover up his messy navy hair. With that, the boy made his way out of the tent. The dragon guardian turned back to the back of the tent, clutching his elbows with his hands. He didn't know if he had the strength to tell Tyson about his family, or anything about his past. He knew if he did, then he might lose the love that the boy has for him. His eyes hardened greatly as the image of his father beating him into the ground, his face covered in the shadows around him. He cringed, then released his grip, and headed outside, where the others were wide awake, and waiting for him.
"Our next stop is going to take us a couple of days, but if we hurry, we'll finally have the Tiger God freed from his prison." Dranzer announced to the group.
The others nodded, and followed Dranzer as he began to head off, Max right by his side. There was something that seemed to be bothering the slate haired teen that was walking slowly by the neko-jin. Tyson turned, looking into the rouge eyes. He guessed that the boy still wasn't comfortable with what had happened the other day. The uneasiness seemed to fade from the boy's eyes, as Rei laid a hand on his shoulder. Kai allowed a faint smile appear on his face, as he took the boy's hand into his own. Dranzer looked over to see the action the two had done, mimiced them, bringing Max's hand into his. Max looked up at him, then blushed faintly. Tyson let a smile cross his lips, then glanced over at Dragoon. He still seemed uncomfortable about something. As Tyson took Dragoon's hand, and hurried off after the others, the same pair of amber orange eyes pierced through the shadows of the forest. They had their eyes set on one thing.
Dragoon.
A/N:: And that's about it for now. Give me a break, I put you guys in enough delay as it is, might as well get you a little farther. r/r on your way out. Oh, and as a favor, I would appriciate it if you read my fic 'Past Comes to Haunt'. I know there's no Kai/Rei fluff, but I think you'll like it either way. have a nice day ^^
"Days of Storms and Fire"
Chapter 5
The rest of the group waited outside the caves, hoping Draciel and Max would get back soon. Kai sat on a few of the rocks, watching as Dranzer was pacing around the wet rocks over and over again. He could tell the phoenix guardian was getting worried. Rei was sitting on the same rock as Kai, but he was watching the tiger guardian instead. Driger hadn't stopped pacing since Draciel left his side. Tyson and Dragoon were a different story. The orange eyed teen sat by the edge of the rocks, looking down at the salty water below, not even caring that Tyson was standing over his shoulder, staring into nothing in particular. The storm eyed boy glanced down at the other boy every now and then, making Dragoon a bit nervous to ask why.
The group turned, as they heard footsteps walking down the rock covered hallway. Driger brightened a bit, knowing it was Draciel and Max returning from awakening the Turtle God. Dranzer almost let a smile cross his face, until he realized something. There was only one set of footsteps coming their way. From behind the rocks, appeared Draciel, holding a unconsious blonde in her arms. A sound of gasps escaped everyone's mouths, as they ran over to the purple haired girl. Dranzer swiftly took the boy from her arm, and had him in his own arms, kneeling on the ground. Driger was back by Draciel's side, and the others watched as the scene took place. Finally, Dranzer looked up at the girl.
"Draciel...what happened in there?"
"I'm not sure what happened. We said the spell, just as it read in the Prophecy, but for some reason, after the god was finally released, Kame-sama collasped. I really don't understand what went on." The girl explained.
"...." Dranzer stood up, keeping a firm grip around the boy, "Come on....we should get out of here."
Everyone agreed, as Draciel let herself concentrate, as the bubble barrier began to surround the group, allowing them a way out of the salty waters. Tyson glanced over at the red haired boy, who continuously began to stroke the blonde's hair, giving everyone the clue that he didn't want anyone near him or Max at that moment. Everyone saw that warning, and kept their distance. Finally, the barrier reached the surface, and placed them safely on the sand covered ground. They all raised themselves to their feet, and turned to the emerald eyed boy, who stood up.
"Our next stop is the caves of the planet. There we'll be able to free the Tiger god from his prison."
"Wait one second." Kai finally spoke up, "If awakening the Turtle god made Max suddenly collaspe like that, what do you think the Tiger is going to do to Rei? All I can say to you, Dranzer, is if anything worse than Max happens to Rei, I'm gonna rip your head off."
Dranzer's eyes narrowed dangrously, as the rouge eyes pierced his own. The neko-jin turned to the slate haired teen, and laid a hand on his arm, feeling the tension in his muscles. Kai looked over at his koi, then allowed himself to relax. The others, on the other hand, seemed to be taking Kai's words to mind. What if something worse happened to either one of the children? Max merely collasped while breaking the seal, something worse could happen to Kai, Rei, or Tyson. A shiver suddenly ran through Tyson's back, making the dragon guardian look over at him, his eyes filling with concern. He lifted his arm, and laid it on the storm eyed boy's shoulder, allowing him to relax a little. Then, the others finally recovered from the little journey under the water, and headed off for the caves.
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It was late at night, when the team had finally stopped to get some rest. The fire burned brightly, lighting up the forest around them. Dranzer had gone into his tent that he volunteered to share with Max, and said not to disturb him until morning. Tyson and Dragoon were in their tent as well, talking about something that wasn't really important. Driger and Draciel had gone off to be by themselves. All that was left was Kai and Rei, who were sitting by the blazing fire, trying to keep themselves warm. The ebony haired boy kept glancing over at the other boy. He had been so overly protective of him, and brought it down hard on Dranzer that afternoon. Did Kai really not want Rei to go through with the awakening? His gold eyes seemed really soft, as he scooted over to sit closer to the boy. The rouge eyed boy saw this, and lifted one of his arms, bringing it around the boy, as he came closer. Rei began to lay his head on Kai's shoulder, allowing the two of them to relax some.
"...I'm sorry, Rei."
The black haired boy looked up at him, "What for?"
"For when I snapped off at Dranzer. It wasn't my place to say all that to him."
"...Kai, you don't need to worry about it, I'm sure Dranzer understands."
Kai glanced over at him, "Rei, you already had to go through the trouble of being blind, I couldn't bear to see something else happen to you."
The neko-jin nodded, "I know..."
The slate haired teen brought his arms around his koi, in a grip that seemed no one could break. Rei didn't fight it, instead, brought his arms around Kai, burying his face into his chest. Kai's hand lifted itself up, and began to stroke itself through the raven locks. A soft purr came out of the neko-jin's throat, showing that he liked that. A small smirk appeared on the other boy's face, as he allowed his fingers to run themselves through the black silk. Rei lifted his head, looking into the blood eyes above his head, looking at Kai with a pleading look. The slate haired boy decided to answer it, and claimed the other boy's lips in a kiss. Rei closed his eyes, deepening the kiss, and wrapping one of his arms around the other boy's neck. Neither one of them noticed Draciel and Driger return from their walk, and even if they did, they wouldn't have cared anyway. The moment was too perfect for them to be interrupted by those two. After al while, Rei brought his lips away from Kai's, and rested his head on the boy's chest. A warm smile appeared on the Russian's face, as he began to stroke Rei's back.
"You tired, Rei?"
A small nod cam through, "Yeah...just a little..."
"You get some rest...when I get tired, I'll carry you to the tent."
Rei nodded a bit, letting his eyes close, a small purr escaping his throat as he slept. Kai lifted his hand, and gently stroked Rei's hair. Kai knew that he was being a little too over protective over his neko-jin, but he didn't want him to get hurt. He already went through enough when they were up against Mural, he didn't want the Tiger God awakening to hurt him as well. After a short while, Kai gave up, and headed off to the empty tent left for him and Rei, and laid the boy down on the matress of blankets, and laid himself down as well. He brought the boy close to him, laying Rei's head on his chest, as he went right to sleep.
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Dranzer couldn't control his own hand, as it began to continuously stroke the blonde's hair. He could tell that Kai wasn't too happy about what happened to Max, and it looked like he didn't want the same thing to happen to Tora-sama. The red haired boy kept all those thoughts in his mind, but he was concentrating mostly on one thing. Waiting for Max to wake up. As his hand finally stopped stroking, it simply laid there, his fingers laced with the boy's silky locks. Dranzer let out a sigh of frustration, and began to remove his hand from the hair, only to see the boy on the bed stir, and open his cerulean eyes.
Emerald met with Cerulean, as the two boys had an eye lock with each other. Neither one of them seemed to be looking away, so Dranzer reached his hand out, laying it on the other boy's face. Max felt the warmth of his hand covering up the icy feeling that he had in his cheeks. The boy looked at the phoenix guardian, seeing something different. His eyes seemed to be pleading for something. Max laid a hand on the emerald eyed boy's, looking at his face.
"Dranzer?"
"Yes?"
"I...gave some thought to what you told me this morning...you know, about you falling in love with me..."
"Yes?"
"And...I...think I'm..." Max's face was covered in blush, as he struggled to find the words, "I think I'm in love with you too..."
The blonde couldn't help but notice the joy filled look on the red head's face. Dranzer stood up from his kneeling position, and gently pushed Max onto the mattress, looking at him with the same pleading eyes like before.
"Do you want to wait until your certain...or is now alright with you, Max-koi?" He whispered.
Max's face was like a tomato. "...Well...I...n-now is alright with me, Dranzer..."
Dranzer laid down beside him, and wrapped his strong arms around the blonde, letting Max put his arms around him too. Dranzer was trying his best to be gentle, and slow, since Max was a little weaker than he was. The red head laid his hand on the boy's chin, lifting it to look at his eyes. Max was now faced to face with the bright emerald eyes that he seemed to be getting lost in by the second. The phoenix guardian, leaned down by the boy, laying his forehead on Max's. The blonde saw the gap between their faces closes quickly, then he found his lips locked with Dranzer's. The cerulean eyes closed, as he put his arms around the boy, allowing the kiss to deepen. The moment seemed frozen in time, until Max finally broke their seal, taking in a few breaths. He felt Dranzer's arms close around him again, pulling him closer to him.
"You still tired, Max?"
"Yes, believe it or not, I'm still a bit tired."
Dranzer laid the both of them down, loosening his grip around the boy, "Go to sleep, Max. I'll still be here in the morning."
Max felt the covers going over him, as the icy feeling that was covering his body when he woke up was finally gone, as it allowed himself to fall into a dreamless sleep. The red haired boy smiled warmly, the first real smile he had since he was a child. He brought his new koi closer to him, as he finally dozed off.
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The rays of the white sun splashed down on the eyes of the navy haired boy, as the sun finally began to rise into the sky above. The boy awoke, finding Dragoon laying next to him, his arms draped around him. Tyson began to lift himself from the bed, when the dragon guardian pulled him right back down, bringing the navy haired boy's head by his shoulder. Tyson lifted his head some to see the boy with his sleeping face with a pained expression. A look of concern appeared on the boy's face, as he returned the embrace he had been brought into. He felt Dragoon's hand lay itself on his head, gently running his fingers through his hair.
"Dragoon..."
The sea blue haired boy finally opened his eyes, looking straight into the storm colored orbs in front of him. Being careful, Dragoon brought himself away from the other boy, and brought himself out of the covers. Tyson rubbed his arm, looking at the boy nervously. After a while, the firey orange eyes turned around, seeing the nervous look in the boy's eyes.
"Tyson, what's wrong?"
"...Dragoon...were you having a bad dream?"
"....Yes."
"Can you tell me what it was about?"
".....It was about my father..."
"What happened to your father, Dragoon?"
"...He disappeared one day....a few days before I was told that my spirit name was Dragoon."
"...Your spirit name? You have another name?"
"If I do, then I don't remember it."
Tyson lifted himself from the bed, and reached for his hat to cover up his messy navy hair. With that, the boy made his way out of the tent. The dragon guardian turned back to the back of the tent, clutching his elbows with his hands. He didn't know if he had the strength to tell Tyson about his family, or anything about his past. He knew if he did, then he might lose the love that the boy has for him. His eyes hardened greatly as the image of his father beating him into the ground, his face covered in the shadows around him. He cringed, then released his grip, and headed outside, where the others were wide awake, and waiting for him.
"Our next stop is going to take us a couple of days, but if we hurry, we'll finally have the Tiger God freed from his prison." Dranzer announced to the group.
The others nodded, and followed Dranzer as he began to head off, Max right by his side. There was something that seemed to be bothering the slate haired teen that was walking slowly by the neko-jin. Tyson turned, looking into the rouge eyes. He guessed that the boy still wasn't comfortable with what had happened the other day. The uneasiness seemed to fade from the boy's eyes, as Rei laid a hand on his shoulder. Kai allowed a faint smile appear on his face, as he took the boy's hand into his own. Dranzer looked over to see the action the two had done, mimiced them, bringing Max's hand into his. Max looked up at him, then blushed faintly. Tyson let a smile cross his lips, then glanced over at Dragoon. He still seemed uncomfortable about something. As Tyson took Dragoon's hand, and hurried off after the others, the same pair of amber orange eyes pierced through the shadows of the forest. They had their eyes set on one thing.
Dragoon.
A/N:: And that's about it for now. Give me a break, I put you guys in enough delay as it is, might as well get you a little farther. r/r on your way out. Oh, and as a favor, I would appriciate it if you read my fic 'Past Comes to Haunt'. I know there's no Kai/Rei fluff, but I think you'll like it either way. have a nice day ^^