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Ghost5: At last the Finale, I guess you've waited long enough for this so enjoy.
WITH THIS CHAIN I THEE WED: FINALECHAPTER TWO: TALA'S RETURN
"Who is he having lunch with?" he asked
"Something about an old friend, I thought it was you" Bryan answered
"I'm not booked to have lunch with anyone except my…" Kai froze for a moment
There was a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" Kai bellowed
"Security" came a reply
The door opened and a security guard came in.
"Mr Kenny sent me, he wants to know if you're okay. Apparently the BBA received some rather threatening messages this morning concerning you and your wife. Mr Hiwatari" he explained
Kai stormed out of the room.
"Do me a favour and throw that trash out" he said on his way out
"I wouldn't worry about your wife Kai, we all know what a fighter's spirit she has" Bryan called
Faith was sat at her desk with her hands clasped together in thought, there was a faint wrap on the door. She got up and answered it, the moment she through open her office door Kai came in and hugged her tightly. Faith was both shocked and pleased to see her husband, she could sense that he had been frightened by something.
"I'm so glad you're okay" he murmured
"I'm glad to see you too" she replied
"I'm sorry to disturb you two, but we've tracked down the culprit who has been sending you those messages" Kenny said trying to get his breath back
"Well?" Kai asked harshly
Kenny swallowed and nodded to the security guard, handcuffed to the burly man was Ian.
"Why did you do that?" Kai yelled
"I thought you would know it was me, I didn't mean any harm, just psyching you out for our match on Saturday encase you forgot. There was no need to get the police involved, jeez Kai and I was beginning to think you could take a joke." Ian moaned as he thrashed his arm around
"I'm afraid that wasn't funny Ian," Faith explained
Ian had recently been a new recruited trainer for the BBA, Faith thought that it was hide time she got some real competition.
"I'm sorry okay now will you just tell the guy to uncuff me, I feel embarrassed enough as it is" he moaned
"I think we can breath a sigh of relief" Faith said gently
"I guess I'm loosing it" Kai said softly
Faith kissed her husband tenderly.
"You were just being careful" she said understandingly
"I'll see you later" Kai said pleased
"It's a date then" Faith said huskily blowing her husband a kiss and shutting her office door.
Meanwhile
"It feels so good to be back in Japan, Spencer" Tala said pleased
"It's good to see you again" he replied
"I hear Kai has taken his grandfather's company" Tala informed
"Yes, and he's got married to Faith Newman" Spencer said before taking a sip of coffee
Tala smiled an icy smile, remembering the beautiful girl that took his breath away with just her smile, it had always upset him the way her friends jokingly called her tomboy, Tala didn't think so, he saw something that had taken Kai years to see. It had been his shoulder that Faith cried on when Kai was spending every minute of the day with Selene, it had been him she wanted comfort from, it had been Faith who had given him the idea of going into the Russian army and becoming what she wanted, a man strong enough to take care of her and love her till the end.
"It was going to be just a matter of time for them, I suppose"
"You should see her now Tala, she's more prettier than ever" Spencer said admiringly
"I should think so too, my friend" he answered pleasantly
The bell of the coffee shop rang.
"Hi Melanie" came a familiar voice
Tala looked up at the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, his mouth fell open as he watched the woman talking to the girl over the counter. Her rich red hair fell in a sleek shower to her beautiful hips, her smile seemed to dazzle him and as for her eyes he couldn't describe how they made him feel. Spencer looked at him in confusion for a moment and looked over his shoulder and saw Faith.
"That would be Mrs Hiwatari"
Tala returned his attention to Spencer.
"That's Faith?" he gasped
"You weren't kidding, were you?"
"Thanks Melanie" Faith replied
"Well hello there," Tala said pleasantly
Faith froze looking at him as if she had seen a ghost.
"Don't look so frightened Faith, I'm not going to hurt you" he said comfortingly
Faith took a step back.
"I see they gave you a dishonourable discharge" she said observing that Tala was wearing his army uniform, and that his duffle bag was down by his feet.
Tala took out some documents from his duffle bag.
"I wasn't court marshalled, they gave me a pardon" he explained
Faith didn't like the way Tala was looking at her, he obviously hadn't forgotten their night of brief passion when they were young and was never going to, he would torment her forever with it until she became his. Kai would never forgive her if she did such a thing more importantly she would never forgive herself.
"I hear you and Kai are now married" Tala said politely
"Yes" she answered though she knew that her marriage to Kai wouldn't save her from him.
"I'm happy for you," he said smiling
Faith saw right through the façade, deep down Tala wasn't happy he was possibly hatching a plot to get her back into his bed.
"Thank you" she replied pleasantly
She was about to walk passed him, Tala stood up and held her tray.
"Why don't you sit down with us, we could talk about old times"
Faith took a step back and felt a hand round her shoulder, Tala's eyes widened slightly, then narrowed as he smiled.
"I don't know if you know this, but my wife is having lunch with me today" Kai said politely
"In that case I'm sorry I bothered you, Mrs Hiwatari" Tala apologised
Faith didn't say anything but Kai felt her slightly tremble, she too detected the icy hint in his voice.
"I'm so glad you're here" she said relieved
"How about we take our lunch to go?" Kai suggested
"That sounds great" Faith agreed
Kai took her to his car.
"I'm taking you home I know something about him has got you spooked"
He didn't know how right he was, there was only one thing for it, she was going to have to tell Kai about what happened between her and Tala.
"Kai, there's something I've got to tell you" she said softly when they entered the safety of the library with its warm blazing fire.
Kai could see something was troubling her.
"What is it?"
She looked away from him, he was going to hate her after this.
"You know when we were in college and you were dating Selene? Well I was with Tala"
"That doesn't matter" he said understandingly
"It does, I was at an all time low back then, everyone knew that on the outside I was acting as the happy best friend, but inside it was carving me up. Tala became my shoulder to cry on, and in a moment of weakness we spent the night together" Faith explained
Kai saw big tears slide down her face glistening like clear glass, he couldn't bear seeing his wife cry, she had nothing to blame herself for, if Tala wanted his beloved wife then he was going to have to get through her husband first. Kai wrapped her up tightly in his arms and rocked her gently.
"It's all my fault, I put you through so much pain back then that I'm paying a big price for it now," he said soothingly
Faith knew that Kai had never forgiven himself for making her leave Japan, he never forgave himself for causing her so much pain when his first wife came a long and discarded her like a broken beyblade. But he tried everyday as he promised in their wedding vows to make it up to her, to make her happy and content, those vows had been so special that the twins rewrote them and got the manuscript framed, it was hung up in the living room above the fireplace.
"I won't let him get you" Kai reassured
"I'm scared Kai, that he'll say something to make you kick me out and run to him" Faith said her sobs subsiding
Kai lifted her chin so that she had to look at him.
"Do you honestly believe I would divorce you?"
"No" she said quietly
"We promised we would never to be apart" Kai said softly brushing a strand of hair away from her face and kissed her temple
"When I signed my name on that dotted line, I meant it because I love you," with that he kissed her
Kai was already preparing himself for whatever Tala was going to throw at them, if he thought he could easily snatch his wife away then he had another thing coming, one of them would have to die first.
Meanwhile
Ray, Max, Heero, Daichi and Tyson were summoned to Kenny's executive office at the top of the head quarters.
"This better be important chief" Tyson said annoyed coping a glare at Daichi
"Trust me this is" he replied typing into his laptop
"Look who's back in town" he said gesturing to the screen behind them
"Tala? What happened to his "I'm joining the army" Idea?" Tyson joked
"This is serious Tyson, he's back for something or should I say someone. Remember how close he got to Faith when Kai was hanging out with Selene?" Kenny asked
"I bet that's why Kai ran off so fast" Ray exclaimed
Everyone looked at him.
"I saw him not so long ago, Faith went out to lunch and he just took off"
"Faith's fine, we know how well she can take care of herself" Tyson said shrugging
"That may be so, but Tala has a certain gift for messing around with your head, he won't need to coax her physically he'll play a psychological game with her first" Kenny explained
"What do you suggest we do?" Heero asked
"We keep a sharp look out, we don't know for sure what he's up to" Kenny answered
"I suggest we keep close tabs on Ian, he's quite impressionable, who knows what Tala will promise him" he added
"As for Bryan and Spencer no one knows where they are"
"Do you think Kai knows?" Max asked
"He should by now Kai got a visit from one of them this morning, apparently Kai had Bryan thrown out of his office" Kenny answered
"Out a window I hope" Ray murmured
"No unfortunately, Kai rushed over here to check on Faith" Kenny answered
"None of them would dare threaten Kai, he'd see them all dead before they got anywhere near Faith first" Tyson said concerned
"I know, but something has both of them worried, and Tala seems to be in the middle of it" Kenny said darkly
"What a time to bring back bad memories" Max said annoyed
"Tala used to be a good guy, then he changed" Tyson said confused
"That was because of Kai, remember how Tala used to act round Faith? You could see it in his face that he was jealous of Kai to the absolute core, if he couldn't have her for a girlfriend he could at least have her for a friend anyway. Did you forget how angry Tala was with Kai when he laughed at Faith for dressing like a girl?" Kenny exclaimed
"Tala and us were the only ones that truly cared for her, while Kai was busy hanging around the Selene. Not to mention the punch up those two had when she left for England and never came back" he added
Tyson, Max and Ray looked at each other grimly, Kai hadn't come out the victor that day when Tala had found out that Faith had run off to England.
Memory
Everyone had gone to college that morning in silence mourning the departure of their friend and hating Kai for it.
"We should at least ask him if he has any message she wanted to give to us" Max suggested
They waited outside the gate for the captain to arrive, he and Selene looked just as miserable when they arrived moments later.
"Kai did faith have anything to tell you when she left?" Max asked
Kai opened his mouth about to answer when suddenly Tala came storming up to him, his face like thunder and lightning flashing in his usually cool blue eyes.
"You bastard!" he yelled
Before Kai even had a chance to defend himself Tala punched him square in the face, before long the two of them were tussling on the floor amidst a crowd of people revelling them on.
"It's typical of you not to think of anyone else but yourself!" Tala said furiously
"I'm sorry" Kai apologised
"I don't believe you could ever be sorry!" he replied venomously getting up and walking away
The next day hadn't proved to be much good either, Tala had come away with a split lip and bloody nose. Kai had come away with a black eye and his dignity in tatters.
End of memory
"None of us could really forgive Kai, no matter how much we wanted to" Max said sadly
"He's made amends and I don't think we could be mad with him for long" Ray replied thoughtfully
"But Tala's known for holding a grudge for years, he won't have forgiven Kai," Kenny said seriously