Notes: O.o Woo. I had the sudden urge to read Digimon fanfics yesterday so that took up all my time. Well, I was reading someone's Beyblade fanfic but I lost all my windows and I didn't feel like trying to find where I left off and all. ;.; So I just read a KenxDavis fic that I found. It was pretty good up until the last chapter when my mom told me to get off the computer ;.; so I didn't get to finish it either. Grr. Well, anyway. As I'm typing this I don't know what chapter of what fic I was going to type up...I FINALLY saved the reviews for WoD but I'm not in the mood to type on that. I want to finish Kai's old story thing. Hmm...Well. Okay. Here's Chapter 8 of Dranzer. Sorry. ;.;

Dranzer

8

Rei should have known better than to think it would be a small house. She kept a -horse- here. But that didn't mean the house had to be -this- big. "Okay. Before you ask. Yes, we have a fairly rich family." Kai said, looking over at Rei.

"Fairly?"

"Shut up." Kai muttered, grabbing Rei's free hand and pulling him to the front door. "Let's just forget it, okay?" Kai said, knocking on one of the double doors. It was answered after a moment's pause.

"Ah, Master Kai. Lady Dane said you would be coming. Please, come in." The servant that had answered the door stepped aside, holding the door for the two as they entered. "I am James. Lady Dane has asked me to show you the room she had built recently. She says you will like it." The man said. "Shall I show you?"

"Please do." Kai smiled, nodding. "And please don't call me 'master'. Just call me Kai. And this is Rei." Kai said, indicating his companion with a nod of his head.

"It is a pleasure to meet you, Rei. Will you be staying with Kai in his rooms or shall I find you your own?" James asked.

Kai and Rei exchanged glances and Kai lifted one shoulder in a half-shrug. "Uhm...His will be fine." Rei responded.

James nodded. "Very well. Less work for me. Follow me." James turned and went up the steps behind him. Kai released Rei's hand and followed James up the steps. Rei, taking one last look around the entry, hurried to follow them.

The first thing that you saw upon entering was the phoenix painting above the large, four-poster bed. In the picture, the phoenix's wings were circling the earth and the sun could be seen behind the phoenix in the darkness of the galaxy.

"Lady Dane had the picture done for you a few years back but was never able to find a fitting frame for it. So, she had it set into the wall instead." James explained.

"Wow..." Rei murmured, catching sight of the phoenix statue on the right of the window. Kai looked over and smiled.

"I remember this." Kai said, approaching the statue of the phoenix sitting on a bird perch. It's long tails fell down behind it and curled around the base of the perch. It's head was slightly tilted to the side and the rubies it had for eyes caught the light from the sun, sending a red glow into the room.

Kai turned from the phoenix and looked at James. "Tell me...Does she still have the tiger?" Kai asked him.

"Ah, the tiger. Yes, she does. I believe it is in the storage room. Shall I find it?"

"Please do." Kai answered, smiling. "I have yet to figure out what it's eyes are made of..." Kai said, looking around.

"Lady Dane gave up trying to figure that out a long time ago." James said, smiling.

"Yeah, I figured...You know...No one but my sister and I would ever tolerate black carpet." Kai commented, looking down at the newly put down black carpet.

"I actually kind of like it. With the red walls and the red sheets on the bed, it doesn't look too bad." Rei said, looking around. His eyes landed on the painted closet door and they widened. "Did she do that?" Rei asked.

Kai turned and smiled. "Yeah. Must be new though. Her style's changed." Kai commented, moving to stand beside Rei. The sliding closet doors were painted with a phoenix and a winged, white tiger. They looked to be fighting but Rei wasn't really sure.(A/N: Sick thoughts allowed here ^.- ) Both were in flight, facing each other. The tiger's wings were spread out, each wing tip touching an edge of the closet door while the phoenix's were arched partially circling the tiger. The tiger's left front paw was pressed against the phoenix's chest while the other was hooked over it's wing. It's teeth were bared and the phoenix's beak was open but still, Rei wasn't sure they were fighting. (A/N: I'm sure some of you catch what I mean by Rei not being sure they were really fighting :P I'm not going to elaborate on that.)

"It is new. She didn't like the old door she was going to put in so she re-did it." James explained.

"She has too much time on her hands." Kai said, shaking his head. "And no, Rei, they aren't fighting." Kai told Rei, smirking. "Yeah, I know what you're thinking." Kai turned to James. "Is there wood for a fire? The sky wasn't looking happy when we got here and the house will be freezing if it starts to rain." Kai said.

"Ah, yes. We have plenty of wood. Shall I start the fire for you?" James asked.

"That'd be great. Rei's got to unpack." Kai said.

"Alright. I will have the fire ready. When would you like your dinner?" James asked.

"Rei?"

"Hmm?" Rei turned away from examining the closet.

"Are you hungry?" Kai asked.

"Not really. Plane food makes me sick." Rei answered.

"Hai. Same. I don't think we'll be eating tonight, James. Thank you for showing us the rooms." Kai said. Kai and James shook hands and James left, closing the door behind him.

"There's more than one room?" Rei asked, looking at Kai.

"Yeah. There are usually four. The bedroom, the bathroom, the sitting room and the porch." Kai explained.

"The porch is a room?" Rei asked.

"It's surrounded by glass panels which serve as the walls and ceiling so it's considered a room." Kai told him, smiling.

"I hate rich people." Rei sighed. "No offense." Rei added.

"None taken. Let's get everything unpacked so we can go downstairs and finish the story." Kai said.

"'Kay."

While Rei opened the traveling bag, Kai found an empty drawer for him and turned to help him unpack.

"Maybe, if we finish Shintall quickly, we can read one of mine." Rei said thoughtfully.

"Then let's finish it quickly. I'd much rather be reading something of yours than that." Kai said.

"Yeah, me too. Or maybe something else of yours rather than Shintall." Rei said, smiling as they quickly finished and Kai put the bag in the closet and went to close the blinds. Rei found himself looking at the closet painting again. "Okay. If they aren't fighting...are they doing what I think they're doing?"

Kai wrapped his arms around Rei's waist from behind and rested his chin on Rei's shoulder. "What do you think they're doing?" Kai asked, smirking.

Rei smiled. "Yeah. Nevermind."

"Yes, that was what Dane intended it to be." Kai said, knowing exactly what Rei thought.

"And why?"

"I'm not sure. She says the phoenix has always represented me but she hasn't figured out why she likes putting it with a tiger yet." Kai said, looking thoughtful now. "You know, Rei...This is giving me a headache. Let's go downstairs." Kai suggested.

"Sure thing." Rei answered, smiling and kissing Kai's cheek. "Let's get Shintall out of the way. It might give you a bigger headache."

"Damn."

o.o Uhm. Yeah. Okay. *Looks around* I hope you all got what the phoenix and tiger are doing and I KNOW you all understand that the tiger is Rei. You better. Oh, whoa. Ew. O.o Yeah. Uhm...Ew. o.o *Thinks* Oh, right. I remember someone saying that Kai and Rei are awfully stereotypical. XD I know they are. I hope no one was taking that the wrong way. o.o It would be kind of weird if I was trying to insult women if I am one. *Thinks again* Aw...man. That sucks. My plan wont work. ;.; Damnit. *Mutters* Well, that sucks. I was planning on...yeah. I can't tell you. :) I can still do part of it but not the whole idea. *Sigh* Damn. Oh, well. Dranzer will have to live without. :) *Beams* Well, okay. I'll tell you this. I had an idea for combining OE and Dranzer at the end of them but I realize now that it wont work. Part of it will work but it only works for OE ^.^ Yeah. Anyway. Thanks for reading and please review! Later!