Kitten
CHAPTER TWO
Rei shifted in the cold water, he began to cough loudly, and his hair stuck to his face. The raven-haired boy sat up and looked around. Water streamed down his body, hair, and angelic face.
He looked up at Cyekyou, the to Torque, then at Melanie and the four boys and Hillary behind her. "I blacked out... again?" He asked to the two bouncers sitting next to him.
"Yeah.... you did." Torque said sadly, "Rei, how many times do we have to tell you that he's not going to come back for you! He's probably long gone by now!!"
Rei shuddered, tears escaping his tightly shut eyes, "But, I can still feel his slimy hands on my skin! He's still here, I know it!"
Cyekyou hugged Rei, "Don't worry. If he does come back. I'll kill him myself." A smile crossed his pale face. "Come on, let's get you out of this freezing water. Look at yourself! You're shivering..."
"I-I I'm fine!" Rei said, standing up from the water. "S-see?" he started to fall backwards. "W-whoa!"
Torque grabbed his hand, only sucessfully getting pulled in as well. "Rei! You little demon!!" he shook his now wet hair, it stuck to the side of his face, "Do you know how long it took me to spike this?!"
Rei laughed loudly, "I-I'm sorry, T-Torque!" He brought his hand to his face, "I tripped!"
"Excuses, excuses!" Torque cried, "You just wanted to get rid of all my hair gel! You know that I don't look very threatening with it down, ReiRei!!"
Rei continued to laugh, he pushed Torque off of him. "I'm going to change. I don't want to get sick, neh?" He looked back to the two in the bathroom.
Cyekyou was ringing the water out of his clothes, while Torque was drying his hair. The sight was hilarious, everytime Cye did something to dry Torque, he would get Cyekyou wet. "Stop that, Tori!" with a huff, Cyekyou walked out of the room, "See if I let you back in our room again!"
"BaiBai, C-cyekyou!" Rei called out, laughing. "Sorry about your hair too!" he looked back towards Torque, "You gonna go after you 'sex-god'?"
"W-what?!"
"Oh, don't play cute, Tori. I know what goes on behind your closed doors.... Plus, even soundproof walls couldn't hold out his screams!" Rei ducked when Torque playfully swung at him. "Go apologize to him."
He shoved Torque out of the door, their room had to be in front of his... "Hey, Mellie?"
"Yeah, Rei-chan?" she asked with a sweet smile.
"Could you give me and my friends a moment, please?" he asked with a big smile. "Please? I need to talk to them, it's important..."
"Okay, Rei-chan. But, I'll be back over tomorrow. They're blankets and pillows in the closet, I just know that you're going to ask them to stay over. This'll take more that just an hour." she said with a smile, "Now! Get changed, young man! You have a performance tomorrow night one you wouldn't want to be sick for!"
"Ah! Mellie, what's going down tomorrow?" he asked, blocking her way out. "Please tell me...." when she said 'no', he asked again.
"No, Rei Kon." she said sternly, "I want it to be a surprise for you! Now, go change before I get Cye and Tori in here to hold you down and do it myself!"
"You wouldn't dare." he said with a smirk.
"Wouldn't I?" she countered.
"Fine. I know from seeing you make poor Rhelex.... well see you later." he placed a feather-light kiss on her cheek.
"Now, go!" she swatted him on the butt.
"Going!" he said, rushing off to the master bed-room. Before he left, he announced to the others, "Go make yourselves comfortable!"
Rei changed into another pair of baggy pants, and he pulled on a large t- shirt. "I can't believe that I did that, can you Drigger?"
His bit-beast glowed in response.
"I know.... I feel guilty for worrying them too." Rei mumbled to the blade, he held it in his palm cradling it from the rest of the world.
"I'll see you later, Drigger." Rei said as he put his blade into the black box he stored it in. "Good night." He put in his nightstand and walked into the living room to see the others enjoying themselves.
Max and Tyson were fighting over the remote, Kai was just staring at them the hint of a smile on his face. Kenny and Hillary were talking to Dizzy.
"Hey! Look it's Rei!" Dizzy's loud voice sounded from the laptop.
Rei had hoped to stay hidden for a little longer, he built up a smile. It was real, but it wasn't the smiles he had used for them when they were still in the blade breakers. "Hey, so you spotted me..." he said with a shrug of his shoulders. "How are you doing Dizzy?"
"Finally!" Dizzy said triumphantly, "Someone notices the bitbeast in the computer!"
"We notice you, Dizzy!" Kenny said quickly.
Rei smiled again, "I'm going," he looked at the clock above the television, it read 3:24, "out to the stage. You're welcome to join me. The ladies should be done by now...."
They all nodded and Max turned off the tv. They were walking silently through the hallway. Rei had told them not to make a sound. "It would be bad..."
When they made it to the dressing rooms Rei smiled. "This is where we get ready. All of our uniforms are right there, ladies to the right, men to the left." he said pointing at the sides. "Though, you probably couldn't tell..."
Tyson picked up a pair of extremely shiny shorts. "Hey, Rei. Have you worn these before?" he asked, holding them up.
"Many times. As have most of the men. Those are mine you're holding. Mine are the only ones on the rack right now. The others are in their trunks..." Rei said with a smile, he sat in his make-up chair. "Max, come here. I want to see this on you..."
He stood from his chair, allowing Max to sit in it. He applied the eyeliner and mascara first, then added everything else. "How do I look?"
"Like you should be up on that stage dancing with the others!" Rei said laughing.
"You put some on, Rei!" Hillary said happily. Rei nodded in response and sat on the counter, snatching the right make-up to wear.
He picked up a big hair brush, and brushed down the ends of his hair that stuck out. When he turned around again, he didn't even look like himself. He sat on the edge with his legs crossed at the ankles, his hands in his lap, and his head held high. He pursed his lips, "So how do I look?"
"Whoa..." everyone had stopped moving, except for Kenny who took a picture. "Rei! You look like a super model!"
"Not really... you should see the GawL's..." he looked at the others, "Come on, I'll show you what we look like on our better nights.... tonight was just horrible..." he said shaking his head.
Rei pulled his hair back up into a pony-tail and jumped off of the desk. "Let's go. This way!" He walked through the door on the left, into a dark hall way that was normally lit with sparkling lights.
He quickened his pace when he saw the end. He checked to see if they were still following, they were. Rei smiled and walked towards the stage lights and flipped them on. "This where we perform, as you saw earlier this evening."
"Why are you giving us a tour?" Kai asked the neko-jin.
"Because you had almost gotten lost when you first came in." Rei answered, still not facing his friends. He switched the lights on the back wall on, flashing onto the portraits in the back. Most were of him, in sexy poses, but there were just as many of everyone else. "Aren't they all beautiful. I wish mine could have turned out better..."
One showed Rhelex and Hacker on opposite sides, facing Rei.
"Wow, Rei. Yours are excellent. Why would you think they're not?" Hillary asked the raven haired boy who had obviously moved when they had been gawking at the photos to the opposite wall, a portrait that took up the whole wall resided there, Rei had his hand on it. "Rei?"
He stood staring at the photo, "You know... every year. They airbrush another person into this photo. It's been going on for six years.... about half of these people are either gone or dead now...."
They rounded the corner to stand near Rei, and gasped at how many smiling faces shown above them. "Aren't they perfect?" Rei asked them. He pointed to a woman with long orange hair, "She died of AIDS two years ago...." he pointed to a man that resembled himself. "That man right there, was my second cousin. He was shot." he went through half of the list of people, "I don't want you to.... to leave me again. It hurt the first time... but it'll hurt even more now."
END CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
Rei shifted in the cold water, he began to cough loudly, and his hair stuck to his face. The raven-haired boy sat up and looked around. Water streamed down his body, hair, and angelic face.
He looked up at Cyekyou, the to Torque, then at Melanie and the four boys and Hillary behind her. "I blacked out... again?" He asked to the two bouncers sitting next to him.
"Yeah.... you did." Torque said sadly, "Rei, how many times do we have to tell you that he's not going to come back for you! He's probably long gone by now!!"
Rei shuddered, tears escaping his tightly shut eyes, "But, I can still feel his slimy hands on my skin! He's still here, I know it!"
Cyekyou hugged Rei, "Don't worry. If he does come back. I'll kill him myself." A smile crossed his pale face. "Come on, let's get you out of this freezing water. Look at yourself! You're shivering..."
"I-I I'm fine!" Rei said, standing up from the water. "S-see?" he started to fall backwards. "W-whoa!"
Torque grabbed his hand, only sucessfully getting pulled in as well. "Rei! You little demon!!" he shook his now wet hair, it stuck to the side of his face, "Do you know how long it took me to spike this?!"
Rei laughed loudly, "I-I'm sorry, T-Torque!" He brought his hand to his face, "I tripped!"
"Excuses, excuses!" Torque cried, "You just wanted to get rid of all my hair gel! You know that I don't look very threatening with it down, ReiRei!!"
Rei continued to laugh, he pushed Torque off of him. "I'm going to change. I don't want to get sick, neh?" He looked back to the two in the bathroom.
Cyekyou was ringing the water out of his clothes, while Torque was drying his hair. The sight was hilarious, everytime Cye did something to dry Torque, he would get Cyekyou wet. "Stop that, Tori!" with a huff, Cyekyou walked out of the room, "See if I let you back in our room again!"
"BaiBai, C-cyekyou!" Rei called out, laughing. "Sorry about your hair too!" he looked back towards Torque, "You gonna go after you 'sex-god'?"
"W-what?!"
"Oh, don't play cute, Tori. I know what goes on behind your closed doors.... Plus, even soundproof walls couldn't hold out his screams!" Rei ducked when Torque playfully swung at him. "Go apologize to him."
He shoved Torque out of the door, their room had to be in front of his... "Hey, Mellie?"
"Yeah, Rei-chan?" she asked with a sweet smile.
"Could you give me and my friends a moment, please?" he asked with a big smile. "Please? I need to talk to them, it's important..."
"Okay, Rei-chan. But, I'll be back over tomorrow. They're blankets and pillows in the closet, I just know that you're going to ask them to stay over. This'll take more that just an hour." she said with a smile, "Now! Get changed, young man! You have a performance tomorrow night one you wouldn't want to be sick for!"
"Ah! Mellie, what's going down tomorrow?" he asked, blocking her way out. "Please tell me...." when she said 'no', he asked again.
"No, Rei Kon." she said sternly, "I want it to be a surprise for you! Now, go change before I get Cye and Tori in here to hold you down and do it myself!"
"You wouldn't dare." he said with a smirk.
"Wouldn't I?" she countered.
"Fine. I know from seeing you make poor Rhelex.... well see you later." he placed a feather-light kiss on her cheek.
"Now, go!" she swatted him on the butt.
"Going!" he said, rushing off to the master bed-room. Before he left, he announced to the others, "Go make yourselves comfortable!"
Rei changed into another pair of baggy pants, and he pulled on a large t- shirt. "I can't believe that I did that, can you Drigger?"
His bit-beast glowed in response.
"I know.... I feel guilty for worrying them too." Rei mumbled to the blade, he held it in his palm cradling it from the rest of the world.
"I'll see you later, Drigger." Rei said as he put his blade into the black box he stored it in. "Good night." He put in his nightstand and walked into the living room to see the others enjoying themselves.
Max and Tyson were fighting over the remote, Kai was just staring at them the hint of a smile on his face. Kenny and Hillary were talking to Dizzy.
"Hey! Look it's Rei!" Dizzy's loud voice sounded from the laptop.
Rei had hoped to stay hidden for a little longer, he built up a smile. It was real, but it wasn't the smiles he had used for them when they were still in the blade breakers. "Hey, so you spotted me..." he said with a shrug of his shoulders. "How are you doing Dizzy?"
"Finally!" Dizzy said triumphantly, "Someone notices the bitbeast in the computer!"
"We notice you, Dizzy!" Kenny said quickly.
Rei smiled again, "I'm going," he looked at the clock above the television, it read 3:24, "out to the stage. You're welcome to join me. The ladies should be done by now...."
They all nodded and Max turned off the tv. They were walking silently through the hallway. Rei had told them not to make a sound. "It would be bad..."
When they made it to the dressing rooms Rei smiled. "This is where we get ready. All of our uniforms are right there, ladies to the right, men to the left." he said pointing at the sides. "Though, you probably couldn't tell..."
Tyson picked up a pair of extremely shiny shorts. "Hey, Rei. Have you worn these before?" he asked, holding them up.
"Many times. As have most of the men. Those are mine you're holding. Mine are the only ones on the rack right now. The others are in their trunks..." Rei said with a smile, he sat in his make-up chair. "Max, come here. I want to see this on you..."
He stood from his chair, allowing Max to sit in it. He applied the eyeliner and mascara first, then added everything else. "How do I look?"
"Like you should be up on that stage dancing with the others!" Rei said laughing.
"You put some on, Rei!" Hillary said happily. Rei nodded in response and sat on the counter, snatching the right make-up to wear.
He picked up a big hair brush, and brushed down the ends of his hair that stuck out. When he turned around again, he didn't even look like himself. He sat on the edge with his legs crossed at the ankles, his hands in his lap, and his head held high. He pursed his lips, "So how do I look?"
"Whoa..." everyone had stopped moving, except for Kenny who took a picture. "Rei! You look like a super model!"
"Not really... you should see the GawL's..." he looked at the others, "Come on, I'll show you what we look like on our better nights.... tonight was just horrible..." he said shaking his head.
Rei pulled his hair back up into a pony-tail and jumped off of the desk. "Let's go. This way!" He walked through the door on the left, into a dark hall way that was normally lit with sparkling lights.
He quickened his pace when he saw the end. He checked to see if they were still following, they were. Rei smiled and walked towards the stage lights and flipped them on. "This where we perform, as you saw earlier this evening."
"Why are you giving us a tour?" Kai asked the neko-jin.
"Because you had almost gotten lost when you first came in." Rei answered, still not facing his friends. He switched the lights on the back wall on, flashing onto the portraits in the back. Most were of him, in sexy poses, but there were just as many of everyone else. "Aren't they all beautiful. I wish mine could have turned out better..."
One showed Rhelex and Hacker on opposite sides, facing Rei.
"Wow, Rei. Yours are excellent. Why would you think they're not?" Hillary asked the raven haired boy who had obviously moved when they had been gawking at the photos to the opposite wall, a portrait that took up the whole wall resided there, Rei had his hand on it. "Rei?"
He stood staring at the photo, "You know... every year. They airbrush another person into this photo. It's been going on for six years.... about half of these people are either gone or dead now...."
They rounded the corner to stand near Rei, and gasped at how many smiling faces shown above them. "Aren't they perfect?" Rei asked them. He pointed to a woman with long orange hair, "She died of AIDS two years ago...." he pointed to a man that resembled himself. "That man right there, was my second cousin. He was shot." he went through half of the list of people, "I don't want you to.... to leave me again. It hurt the first time... but it'll hurt even more now."
END CHAPTER ONE