Silverstorms: Hey people I'm back! Yeah! And I'm in such a good mood! Do u
guys wanna know why?
Kai: No, not really.
Silverstorms: *glares* Anyways, I'm in a good mood cause it's only 7 more days till my b-day! I'll be 14! Yeah! ^_^
Kai: And we care because why?
Silverstorms: Kai, you big meany! *pouts cutely*
Kai: Silverstorms, why don't you check ur reviews?
Silverstorms: *Looks at reviews* Yeah! Now that's what I'm talkin' bout! It's not a whole lot, but it's enough to inspire me, and let me know u guys really do care. *sniffle sniffle* Thank you everyone!! *gives them all big hugs*
These are some of the Readers/Reviewers I responded to:
Ruriko Minamino: First off, as I always say there's no such thing as a dumb question (only a dumb answer) ^_^ Anywho you'll find out in this chappie if Takao is a vamp, and if he knows Kai. I think it's great ur gonna write fics again! It's so much fun when u write a story that u and many others enjoy. I'm one of ur fave authors? Thankies so much! Me so happy! Hope u like this chapter!
Chibi Kitty: Thank you 4 the review, glad u liked this chappie, I rewrote it like FIVE times so I'm glad it finally paid off! Enjoy this chapter! ^_^
Keisan: Thanks 4 the long review! I luv it when people write really long reviews, because to me that means their really getting into the fic! Yes, I agree wit u, I did make this plot complicated, but I'm happy it worked out well! Yep, Max and Takao do make a kawaii couple, but Rei and Kai are even better! I just wanna say that I have no intentions of discontinuing this fic as long as I have inspiration from my reviewers like u. So keep at it and this fic will continue! ^_^
AA-Chan: Man! That *is* freaky, but kewl 2! All I can say 2 u at this point in time is that most, if not all of ur questions will be answered in this chappie! Till then I hope ur head doesn't hurt 2 much! Lol! Yeah, my fic is goin on ur faves! Thankies! Enjoy this chapter!
Tenshiamanda: I tried my best to fit everyone into the appropriate roles, course I know I couldn't pinpoint them exactly, but hey what'cha gonna do? Just gotta work with what ya have, right? Anywho, I will definitely try to get my hands on one of Anne Rice's books, I heard their good! Thanks 4 the review and suggestion! ^_^
Me+ray: I want Kai to find him too, but we'll just have 2 see what happens. Sometimes my fics take on a life of their own, freaky. Anyway, I don't know about that kind of scene if u know what I mean, I want one too but...um...it would have to be at the appropriate time. And right now there's a lot of drama that needs to be dealt with in this fic before that happens. But, if u guys would really care 4 a nice cup of lemons and limes just say so and I'll do my best. However, if I did one it would be my first! *blushes* Thanks 4 reviewing!
Mistress Of Anime: U were up real late but still took the time to review! So kind! Thankies so much 4 being one of my regular reviewers! Me so happy! ~*~ ^ ______^ ~*~
Special thanks to everyone who reviewed! Gomen that I couldn't answer all the reviews, I'm kinda in a hurry. Anyways onto da fic!
Disclaimer: Too lazy to keep rewriting it, go back a few chappies. It's there somewhere...
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Speaking: " "
Me: (SS:): (A.N:)
Flashback: ~~~~~
Change Scene: ~*~
Chapter 11: Words Of Comfort. Part: 2
"One person shouldn't carry so much pain." "I-I don't know if you can help me, I don't know if anyone can," Rei sighed. "I highly doubt that, follow me!" the navy blue-eyed boy said, taking Rei's hand in his own, and beginning to lead him out into the night.
Half an hour later the two ended up in a small park. The swing set, slide, and park benches all seemed to glow in vast, silver light of the moon. The mysterious navy-blue eyed boy sat down on one of the park benches, signaling for Rei to come and sit down beside him. Rei took his offer, but still kept his distance, after all how did he know for sure that this guy wasn't who he appeared to be. Then again, Rei had to be ready for anything, and expect the unexpected. (SS: but wouldn't that make the unexpected expected? Mah! Who cares?)
The two sat in silence for quite sometime, and Rei couldn't help but notice that Takao kept checking his watch, and taping his foot as if he was waiting for something to happen. "Man!" Takao finally said, jumping up angrily, "where the hell is he? He was suppose to be here ages ago!" Immediately Rei began to panic, who was this person Takao was expecting...and did he really want to find out? "Uh...Takao," began Rei, "listen, I'd better be going because I just remembered I've got some stuff to do and..."
"Nonsense," the navy-blue eyed boy said with a laugh, cutting Rei off. "Here he comes now." Out of the shadows, a teenage boy appeared. Takao stood up from the park bench and walked over to meet the stranger half way. Rei stood as well, but decided not to follow Takao, on a count of being extremely alarmed. However, all of Rei's uneasiness quickly decreased. This person couldn't possibly be Lei, unless Lei decided to dye his hair blonde. Rei chuckled at the thought. "Rei," Takao said interrupting his thoughts. "I'd like you to meet my boyfriend, Max." Rei ran up to meet him. "Hi Max," Rei said shaking his hand, while temporarily getting lost in his penetrating light blue eyes. A smile graced the blonde's lips, "You were right Takao, he *is* a cutie." Rei blushed slightly at the comment. And they all reseated themselves on the large park bench, with Takao in the middle and Rei and Max on either side. Takao was the first to speak.
"Rei, you're a vampire in training, right?" Rei's amber eyes widened and he quickly looked up from the ground, "uh.I don't know what you're talking about. I'm not a vampire, there's no such thin..." "You don't have to lie to me," Takao interrupted. "I know what you are...you're like us. A killer, a blood sucking, nocturnal, killer." Rei cringed at the word 'killer,' he didn't enjoy being known by what he did for a living. Suddenly something hit him. "Did you just say that the two of you are l-like me?"
Max nodded, "yeah," he sighed, almost ashamedly. "We're vampires too." "You know Rei," Takao began. "You shouldn't leave the bodies of your victims out in the open like that after you've fed on them. Quite suspicious to humans, you know?" he advised, referring to the incident that had occurred earlier. "Wait a minute!" Rei quickly spoke up, "you think that *I* killed those girls?" he asked perplexed. "You don't have to deny it, just as long as you learn from your mistakes, and don't do it again. Okay?" the light blue-eyed vampire said, nonchalantly.
"I didn't kill them!" Rei retorted at once. "It was Kai!" At the mention of Kai's name, Rei could immediately feel his face burning, and knew he was blushing. Secretly, he prayed that it would be too dark for Takao and Max to see his blush, but he knew that it wasn't likely when he saw Max shake his head with a smile, and Takao grin. Even in the night, Takao's wide, goofy smile could be seen; so could his long pearl white fangs. "Whose Kai?" he asked innocently. "Your boyfriend or something?"
Max jabbed him hard, in the stomach "Takao!" he snapped at his koi, for being so nosey, but all the while he too seemed interested in knowing who this Kai character was. "Kai is not my boyfriend!" Rei denied, a little too loudly, and a little too quickly. "Is he your brother?" Takao inquired. "Hell no!" Rei snapped. "Okay, I give up," Takao announced as if they were playing some kind of guessing game. "Whose Kai?" "My maker," Rei said quietly, staring down at the cold, graveled pavement. "You don't seem too proud to say that," the blonde vampire pointed out. "Did something happen between you two? Something you wanna talk about?" Rei just crossed his arms, staring down at the ground. "Okay, then," Takao shrugged, seeing that Rei refused to mention Kai. "Want to talk about the death of your parents?"
Rei immediately looked up gawking stupidly at Takao, "h-how do you know about my parents?" he demanded more than asked. "How don't I know?" the navy-blue eyed boy inquired. "Their deaths have been the most publicized this cities ever had," Max piped in. Rei was about to say something when Takao spoke up, "You *are* aware of the fact that the police are looking for, are you not?" "T-they are?" Rei gasped, but he suddenly remembered the night he had bolted out of the hospital, as the nurse had told him he would have to return to China. He had seemingly disappeared for days after that night, and no one knew where he went. It was only natural that people had grown worrisome from his disappearance, and informed the police.
"Rei?" Takao said raising his eyebrows, as he watched the absentminded Rei. He waved a hand in front of Rei's face. Rei blinked a couple of times in realization and turned to face Takao and Max. "Sorry," he apologized sheepishly. "I kind of got distracted. I'm not normally this out of it, but I guess I just haven't been the same since my parents died," he explained, muttering the last word glumly. "Do you cry often, Kon Rei," Max asked him softly. Rei nodded slowly, "yeah, I do."
"It's alright," the midnight blue haired boy, forced a smile. "I know how you must feel. Helpless, upset, afraid, angry, and confused." "You're right," Rei said at once. "That is how I feel. But, how did you know?" "I haven't lost a parent or anything," Takao said quickly. "But, I have lost someone really important to me," he said avoiding eye contact, his voice breaking as though he was going to start bawling. This interested Rei somewhat because ever since he had meet Takao, he was constantly grinning and cheerful, and now seeing him on the verge of tears was quite awkward and sad as well.
"Who have you lost, Takao," Rei asked him, curiously. Tears were now running down Takao's face, and he looked slightly ashamed about that, "the love of my life," he whispered, trembling. "He was my life, my king, my everything, and he was taken away from me within seconds."
~~~~~~~~End Of Flashback~~~~~~~~~
Rei was still pacing back and forth, as he continued his tale. But he suddenly paused after mentioning that Takao had lost a love.
"Uh...R-Rei?" Christopher Matthews stammered. "What happened after that?" The raven-haired boy's gaze fell upon the reporter, who was currently sitting on the couch, pen and paper in his hands, waiting patiently to hear the rest of Rei's past.
"After that," began Rei quietly, he took a short breath. "After that, Takao spilled his heart out to me, told me everything."
~~~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What was his name? What happened to him? How did you lose him?" Rei asked, bombarding the other teen with questions. "His name was Tala," Takao said softly. "And, I lost him because he did something really stupid." "What did he do?" Rei asked. "He joined Lei's theater," Takao said laughing bitterly. "Everybody knows that the vampires who joined Lei's theater, his cast, are all followers of his belief that vampires are superior to humans and that human life is worthless," Takao sighed. "I tried to tell him that Lei's teachings were wrong, and untrue, but he just refused to listen me. He was always the stubborn, I-need-to-see-it-to-believe-it type. He believed that Lei had the right idea about vampires being superior to humans. He was not alone though there were quite a large number of vampires who thought he had the right idea. Tala chickened out when he saw the lengths Lei was willing to go to prove the vampire races' superiority.
"So what did Lei do to him?" Rei asked. "Did he kick them out of his little club for not wanting to go through with his orders?" "Oh no," said Takao. "You don't just kick someone out of a cult like that. If they refuse to follow regulation, you execute them," Takao explained simply. "That's what they were about to do to Tala the next morning, but he beat them to it. He hung himself in the basement of Lei's theater. Figured it would be better to take himself out than to have someone else do it to him. He called me the night before he committed suicide. I sensed something was wrong, but he kept denying it. He told me he loved me and that he was going to leave town and never return. Of course he never gave any indication as to why he had chose to make such a large decision. I wanted to stop him, but he never told me where he was when he phoned me. Turns out he only did that so that I wouldn't worry about him," Takao finished, and much to Rei's surprise Takao hadn't shed a single tear while he told the story of his previous love's demise.
Takao just sat quietly, staring up at the beautiful twilight sky, seemingly lost in thought, until Rei placed a hand over his, startling him. "Takao," he began. "I-I'm really sorry about Tala's..." "Don't worry about it," Takao reassured him with a smile. "I've practically gotten over his death, even though it only happened a couple of years ago. I must admit I do wish things could have been different, but if they had, I never would have met Max, and I love him with all my heart," Takao said placing a hand over Max's and smiling warmly at him. "Ah, geez Takao, that was beautiful." Max said teasingly, and he leaned over to capture Takao's mouth in a kiss.
That is until Rei cleared his throat. Immediately Takao pulled away from Max. "Sorry about that," he said sheepishly. "I didn't bring you here so that you could watch one of our make out sessions, I brought you here so we could talk about what's eating you. So...what's eating you?" Rei seemed hesitant to begin. "Oh, come on, Rei. Please tell us what's wrong with you, we want to help," Takao begged, pouting cutely, and Max nodded from his other side.
"But, nothings wrong with me," said the raven-haired boy. "If anything there's something wrong with Kai!" "What do you mean by that?" the navy- blue eyed boy inquired. "Well," began Rei. "Ever since I completed the transformation of becoming a vampire, well, Kai's been totally insisting that I, you know, acted more like one. When I refuse to kill humans for food, he just laughs or gets angry with me. He doesn't accept the fact that I have trouble killing a human, when I was one only days before."
"I know how you feel," said Max, "Takao and I have been vampires for more than two thirds of our lives and we've never killed unless we absolutely have to. Normally we just drink as much as I need." Rei nodded in understanding. "So what happened between you and Kai tonight anyway? Why isn't he with you right now?" Takao asked, hoping to get some answers. "We got in an argument, and he left," Rei answered bluntly. "I don't hate him or anything but he can really be a bastard sometimes. Now and then, I wonder if he's proud of the fact that he's condemned me to hell," Rei mused, talking more to himself than to the others.
Takao stared at him with wide eyes for a moment. "Rei, you're very different from Max and I," he said suddenly. Rei turned to him, "How so?" he demanded. "We hate killing humans just to feed," Max began. "Yeah, but so do I," Rei said quietly. "Yes but, you see, Max and I, we hate what we are sometimes forced to do, which is kill," the midnight blue haired vampire explained. "But you, you seem to hate what you are. A vampire. Rei no matter what you do you'll always be who you are," Takao reminded him. "There's no changing that. But, being a vampire doesn't automatically decide your destiny, don't forget, you're always in control of your actions."
"Yeah," Max agreed. "And being a vampire has many advantages, you get the chance to live longer, and experience much more in your lifetime than you would if you were human." Rei nodded, allowing Max's advice to slip in, and Takao's as well, Takao could be very wise when he really wanted to be.
"And about Kai," began Rei. "He cares about you," said Max simply, with a shrug. "He cares about you a lot, if you know what I mean," Takao added with a wink. Rei blushed, but didn't dare to believe it. "I don't kno...." "Oh come now, no need to be modest. He cares about you a lot, and you feel the same way. Right?" Takao grinned, making Rei's cheeks burn a deep scarlet. "Takao," Max moaned, "you're embarrassing him," he said jabbing him in the ribs with his elbow.
"Well, I really do like Kai," Rei admitted. "He acts so mysterious, and indifferent, but I know he's got a soft spot under his dark exterior. I just hope I find it..." Takao's grin widened if that was even possible, "have you two ever made out?" he asked suddenly. "As if that's any of your business," Max said rolling his eyes. "Hey! Don't act like you don't want to know. I bet you want to know just as much as I do, if not more!" Takao shot back. Max said nothing, only glared. "Well, Rei have you two made out before or what?" Takao repeated his earlier question. "Sorry," Rei answered smiling. "No comment." "Rei," Max begged, grinning as well. "Sorry," Rei said again, with a shrug. "I don't kiss and tell." But he now had a large grin plastered to his face, which resembled Takao's and Max's.
They talked later into the night, but soon Takao and Max stood up from the park bench, and moved to sit down on the swing, Rei followed. "Rei," Takao said in an unusually serious tone. "You really should be heading on home, you-know-who's probably worried sick." (SS: No, not Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter. He's talking about Kai...DUH!) "Well, then you- know-who shouldn't have left me by myself," Rei smiled. Takao smiled back, but his smile soon faded. "Seriously, Rei you should go home now." Max nodded. "Alright," Rei said half-heartedly, he really wouldn't of minded talking some more, but Takao was right it was very late. "Thanks for listening to me you guys. I feel a lot better not having everything bottled up inside," Rei admitted suddenly finding the ground very interesting. Takao stood up and gave him a friendly hug, "no prob, I'll be here anytime. If you need a friend you've got me," he whispered in his ear, he pulled back until he only held Rei at arms length. "You should go now, okay?" Rei nodded. "See ya!" he called before, heading home. Takao and Max waved as they watched Rei disappear into the night.
Rei took a deep breath upon reaching the doorknob of Kai's mansion. He was about to ring the doorbell, but quickly changed his mind. If Kai was asleep he really didn't want to wake him. Reaching into his pocket, Rei pulled out a key, which Kai had given him a few days earlier. Fumbling nervously with the key, he finally managed to open the door. Inside the mansion was dark, very dark. In an eerie sort of way, and there was a silence thicker than blood.
Slowly, Rei's eyes adjusted to the dark house, and as quietly as possible he made his way up the circular staircase. He walked passed Kai's room, but quickly walked back to it when something in that room caught his eyes. Kai was awake! Rei squinted and saw the silhouette of Kai, who was sitting on the edge of his bed, with one leg draped over the other, his arms crossed, and his eyes closed in deep concentration.
"REI!" Kai's voice boomed, breaking the silence. Rei jumped a little, but managed to answer. "Yeah Kai?" he asked trying to sound nonchalant. "Come in," Kai told him. Rei complied, and walked up to Kai, all the while wondering how Kai had known he was at the door. Was he physic or something? But he quickly shrugged it off. Kai's face was glowing in the moonlight, and his eyes still remained closed. Slowly Kai opened them, and amber met crimson. "Rei," Kai said quietly, "we need to talk."
There we go peoples Chapter 11 part: 2 is complete. I hope it was sort of cliffy, if not that's OK 2! I must really luv you peoples because I let Max live. He was really suppose to be the love of Takao's life that committed suicide, not poor lil Tala *huggles Tala* but I knew a lot you would have been crushed if Max died in this fic so I spared him. But believe me in the future some people will *have* to die. It just makes the story more dramatic, don't ya think?
Anywho, I'm sorry to anyone out there who likes Tala, I like him too but *somebody* had to die, and he wasn't a major character in this fic so I chose him. I also apologize if you thought the Takao/Tala pairing was a bit awkward...
Tala: No, Silverstorms. Not 'a bit awkward.' Try: weird, insane, insulting, revolting, disgusting, unlikely...
Silverstorms interrupts him: Read and Review Plz?
Tala's still going on: nasty, absurd, ridiculous, preposterous, outrageous, disgraceful...
*Tala is dragged off stage*
Tala: I'M NOT FINISHED YET!!! Silverstorms, you'll pay for ur insolence!
Silverstorms: *laughs nervously* See ya soon people! Chow!
~*~Silverstorms~*~
Kai: No, not really.
Silverstorms: *glares* Anyways, I'm in a good mood cause it's only 7 more days till my b-day! I'll be 14! Yeah! ^_^
Kai: And we care because why?
Silverstorms: Kai, you big meany! *pouts cutely*
Kai: Silverstorms, why don't you check ur reviews?
Silverstorms: *Looks at reviews* Yeah! Now that's what I'm talkin' bout! It's not a whole lot, but it's enough to inspire me, and let me know u guys really do care. *sniffle sniffle* Thank you everyone!! *gives them all big hugs*
These are some of the Readers/Reviewers I responded to:
Ruriko Minamino: First off, as I always say there's no such thing as a dumb question (only a dumb answer) ^_^ Anywho you'll find out in this chappie if Takao is a vamp, and if he knows Kai. I think it's great ur gonna write fics again! It's so much fun when u write a story that u and many others enjoy. I'm one of ur fave authors? Thankies so much! Me so happy! Hope u like this chapter!
Chibi Kitty: Thank you 4 the review, glad u liked this chappie, I rewrote it like FIVE times so I'm glad it finally paid off! Enjoy this chapter! ^_^
Keisan: Thanks 4 the long review! I luv it when people write really long reviews, because to me that means their really getting into the fic! Yes, I agree wit u, I did make this plot complicated, but I'm happy it worked out well! Yep, Max and Takao do make a kawaii couple, but Rei and Kai are even better! I just wanna say that I have no intentions of discontinuing this fic as long as I have inspiration from my reviewers like u. So keep at it and this fic will continue! ^_^
AA-Chan: Man! That *is* freaky, but kewl 2! All I can say 2 u at this point in time is that most, if not all of ur questions will be answered in this chappie! Till then I hope ur head doesn't hurt 2 much! Lol! Yeah, my fic is goin on ur faves! Thankies! Enjoy this chapter!
Tenshiamanda: I tried my best to fit everyone into the appropriate roles, course I know I couldn't pinpoint them exactly, but hey what'cha gonna do? Just gotta work with what ya have, right? Anywho, I will definitely try to get my hands on one of Anne Rice's books, I heard their good! Thanks 4 the review and suggestion! ^_^
Me+ray: I want Kai to find him too, but we'll just have 2 see what happens. Sometimes my fics take on a life of their own, freaky. Anyway, I don't know about that kind of scene if u know what I mean, I want one too but...um...it would have to be at the appropriate time. And right now there's a lot of drama that needs to be dealt with in this fic before that happens. But, if u guys would really care 4 a nice cup of lemons and limes just say so and I'll do my best. However, if I did one it would be my first! *blushes* Thanks 4 reviewing!
Mistress Of Anime: U were up real late but still took the time to review! So kind! Thankies so much 4 being one of my regular reviewers! Me so happy! ~*~ ^ ______^ ~*~
Special thanks to everyone who reviewed! Gomen that I couldn't answer all the reviews, I'm kinda in a hurry. Anyways onto da fic!
Disclaimer: Too lazy to keep rewriting it, go back a few chappies. It's there somewhere...
Thinking: ( )
Speaking: " "
Me: (SS:): (A.N:)
Flashback: ~~~~~
Change Scene: ~*~
Chapter 11: Words Of Comfort. Part: 2
"One person shouldn't carry so much pain." "I-I don't know if you can help me, I don't know if anyone can," Rei sighed. "I highly doubt that, follow me!" the navy blue-eyed boy said, taking Rei's hand in his own, and beginning to lead him out into the night.
Half an hour later the two ended up in a small park. The swing set, slide, and park benches all seemed to glow in vast, silver light of the moon. The mysterious navy-blue eyed boy sat down on one of the park benches, signaling for Rei to come and sit down beside him. Rei took his offer, but still kept his distance, after all how did he know for sure that this guy wasn't who he appeared to be. Then again, Rei had to be ready for anything, and expect the unexpected. (SS: but wouldn't that make the unexpected expected? Mah! Who cares?)
The two sat in silence for quite sometime, and Rei couldn't help but notice that Takao kept checking his watch, and taping his foot as if he was waiting for something to happen. "Man!" Takao finally said, jumping up angrily, "where the hell is he? He was suppose to be here ages ago!" Immediately Rei began to panic, who was this person Takao was expecting...and did he really want to find out? "Uh...Takao," began Rei, "listen, I'd better be going because I just remembered I've got some stuff to do and..."
"Nonsense," the navy-blue eyed boy said with a laugh, cutting Rei off. "Here he comes now." Out of the shadows, a teenage boy appeared. Takao stood up from the park bench and walked over to meet the stranger half way. Rei stood as well, but decided not to follow Takao, on a count of being extremely alarmed. However, all of Rei's uneasiness quickly decreased. This person couldn't possibly be Lei, unless Lei decided to dye his hair blonde. Rei chuckled at the thought. "Rei," Takao said interrupting his thoughts. "I'd like you to meet my boyfriend, Max." Rei ran up to meet him. "Hi Max," Rei said shaking his hand, while temporarily getting lost in his penetrating light blue eyes. A smile graced the blonde's lips, "You were right Takao, he *is* a cutie." Rei blushed slightly at the comment. And they all reseated themselves on the large park bench, with Takao in the middle and Rei and Max on either side. Takao was the first to speak.
"Rei, you're a vampire in training, right?" Rei's amber eyes widened and he quickly looked up from the ground, "uh.I don't know what you're talking about. I'm not a vampire, there's no such thin..." "You don't have to lie to me," Takao interrupted. "I know what you are...you're like us. A killer, a blood sucking, nocturnal, killer." Rei cringed at the word 'killer,' he didn't enjoy being known by what he did for a living. Suddenly something hit him. "Did you just say that the two of you are l-like me?"
Max nodded, "yeah," he sighed, almost ashamedly. "We're vampires too." "You know Rei," Takao began. "You shouldn't leave the bodies of your victims out in the open like that after you've fed on them. Quite suspicious to humans, you know?" he advised, referring to the incident that had occurred earlier. "Wait a minute!" Rei quickly spoke up, "you think that *I* killed those girls?" he asked perplexed. "You don't have to deny it, just as long as you learn from your mistakes, and don't do it again. Okay?" the light blue-eyed vampire said, nonchalantly.
"I didn't kill them!" Rei retorted at once. "It was Kai!" At the mention of Kai's name, Rei could immediately feel his face burning, and knew he was blushing. Secretly, he prayed that it would be too dark for Takao and Max to see his blush, but he knew that it wasn't likely when he saw Max shake his head with a smile, and Takao grin. Even in the night, Takao's wide, goofy smile could be seen; so could his long pearl white fangs. "Whose Kai?" he asked innocently. "Your boyfriend or something?"
Max jabbed him hard, in the stomach "Takao!" he snapped at his koi, for being so nosey, but all the while he too seemed interested in knowing who this Kai character was. "Kai is not my boyfriend!" Rei denied, a little too loudly, and a little too quickly. "Is he your brother?" Takao inquired. "Hell no!" Rei snapped. "Okay, I give up," Takao announced as if they were playing some kind of guessing game. "Whose Kai?" "My maker," Rei said quietly, staring down at the cold, graveled pavement. "You don't seem too proud to say that," the blonde vampire pointed out. "Did something happen between you two? Something you wanna talk about?" Rei just crossed his arms, staring down at the ground. "Okay, then," Takao shrugged, seeing that Rei refused to mention Kai. "Want to talk about the death of your parents?"
Rei immediately looked up gawking stupidly at Takao, "h-how do you know about my parents?" he demanded more than asked. "How don't I know?" the navy-blue eyed boy inquired. "Their deaths have been the most publicized this cities ever had," Max piped in. Rei was about to say something when Takao spoke up, "You *are* aware of the fact that the police are looking for, are you not?" "T-they are?" Rei gasped, but he suddenly remembered the night he had bolted out of the hospital, as the nurse had told him he would have to return to China. He had seemingly disappeared for days after that night, and no one knew where he went. It was only natural that people had grown worrisome from his disappearance, and informed the police.
"Rei?" Takao said raising his eyebrows, as he watched the absentminded Rei. He waved a hand in front of Rei's face. Rei blinked a couple of times in realization and turned to face Takao and Max. "Sorry," he apologized sheepishly. "I kind of got distracted. I'm not normally this out of it, but I guess I just haven't been the same since my parents died," he explained, muttering the last word glumly. "Do you cry often, Kon Rei," Max asked him softly. Rei nodded slowly, "yeah, I do."
"It's alright," the midnight blue haired boy, forced a smile. "I know how you must feel. Helpless, upset, afraid, angry, and confused." "You're right," Rei said at once. "That is how I feel. But, how did you know?" "I haven't lost a parent or anything," Takao said quickly. "But, I have lost someone really important to me," he said avoiding eye contact, his voice breaking as though he was going to start bawling. This interested Rei somewhat because ever since he had meet Takao, he was constantly grinning and cheerful, and now seeing him on the verge of tears was quite awkward and sad as well.
"Who have you lost, Takao," Rei asked him, curiously. Tears were now running down Takao's face, and he looked slightly ashamed about that, "the love of my life," he whispered, trembling. "He was my life, my king, my everything, and he was taken away from me within seconds."
~~~~~~~~End Of Flashback~~~~~~~~~
Rei was still pacing back and forth, as he continued his tale. But he suddenly paused after mentioning that Takao had lost a love.
"Uh...R-Rei?" Christopher Matthews stammered. "What happened after that?" The raven-haired boy's gaze fell upon the reporter, who was currently sitting on the couch, pen and paper in his hands, waiting patiently to hear the rest of Rei's past.
"After that," began Rei quietly, he took a short breath. "After that, Takao spilled his heart out to me, told me everything."
~~~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What was his name? What happened to him? How did you lose him?" Rei asked, bombarding the other teen with questions. "His name was Tala," Takao said softly. "And, I lost him because he did something really stupid." "What did he do?" Rei asked. "He joined Lei's theater," Takao said laughing bitterly. "Everybody knows that the vampires who joined Lei's theater, his cast, are all followers of his belief that vampires are superior to humans and that human life is worthless," Takao sighed. "I tried to tell him that Lei's teachings were wrong, and untrue, but he just refused to listen me. He was always the stubborn, I-need-to-see-it-to-believe-it type. He believed that Lei had the right idea about vampires being superior to humans. He was not alone though there were quite a large number of vampires who thought he had the right idea. Tala chickened out when he saw the lengths Lei was willing to go to prove the vampire races' superiority.
"So what did Lei do to him?" Rei asked. "Did he kick them out of his little club for not wanting to go through with his orders?" "Oh no," said Takao. "You don't just kick someone out of a cult like that. If they refuse to follow regulation, you execute them," Takao explained simply. "That's what they were about to do to Tala the next morning, but he beat them to it. He hung himself in the basement of Lei's theater. Figured it would be better to take himself out than to have someone else do it to him. He called me the night before he committed suicide. I sensed something was wrong, but he kept denying it. He told me he loved me and that he was going to leave town and never return. Of course he never gave any indication as to why he had chose to make such a large decision. I wanted to stop him, but he never told me where he was when he phoned me. Turns out he only did that so that I wouldn't worry about him," Takao finished, and much to Rei's surprise Takao hadn't shed a single tear while he told the story of his previous love's demise.
Takao just sat quietly, staring up at the beautiful twilight sky, seemingly lost in thought, until Rei placed a hand over his, startling him. "Takao," he began. "I-I'm really sorry about Tala's..." "Don't worry about it," Takao reassured him with a smile. "I've practically gotten over his death, even though it only happened a couple of years ago. I must admit I do wish things could have been different, but if they had, I never would have met Max, and I love him with all my heart," Takao said placing a hand over Max's and smiling warmly at him. "Ah, geez Takao, that was beautiful." Max said teasingly, and he leaned over to capture Takao's mouth in a kiss.
That is until Rei cleared his throat. Immediately Takao pulled away from Max. "Sorry about that," he said sheepishly. "I didn't bring you here so that you could watch one of our make out sessions, I brought you here so we could talk about what's eating you. So...what's eating you?" Rei seemed hesitant to begin. "Oh, come on, Rei. Please tell us what's wrong with you, we want to help," Takao begged, pouting cutely, and Max nodded from his other side.
"But, nothings wrong with me," said the raven-haired boy. "If anything there's something wrong with Kai!" "What do you mean by that?" the navy- blue eyed boy inquired. "Well," began Rei. "Ever since I completed the transformation of becoming a vampire, well, Kai's been totally insisting that I, you know, acted more like one. When I refuse to kill humans for food, he just laughs or gets angry with me. He doesn't accept the fact that I have trouble killing a human, when I was one only days before."
"I know how you feel," said Max, "Takao and I have been vampires for more than two thirds of our lives and we've never killed unless we absolutely have to. Normally we just drink as much as I need." Rei nodded in understanding. "So what happened between you and Kai tonight anyway? Why isn't he with you right now?" Takao asked, hoping to get some answers. "We got in an argument, and he left," Rei answered bluntly. "I don't hate him or anything but he can really be a bastard sometimes. Now and then, I wonder if he's proud of the fact that he's condemned me to hell," Rei mused, talking more to himself than to the others.
Takao stared at him with wide eyes for a moment. "Rei, you're very different from Max and I," he said suddenly. Rei turned to him, "How so?" he demanded. "We hate killing humans just to feed," Max began. "Yeah, but so do I," Rei said quietly. "Yes but, you see, Max and I, we hate what we are sometimes forced to do, which is kill," the midnight blue haired vampire explained. "But you, you seem to hate what you are. A vampire. Rei no matter what you do you'll always be who you are," Takao reminded him. "There's no changing that. But, being a vampire doesn't automatically decide your destiny, don't forget, you're always in control of your actions."
"Yeah," Max agreed. "And being a vampire has many advantages, you get the chance to live longer, and experience much more in your lifetime than you would if you were human." Rei nodded, allowing Max's advice to slip in, and Takao's as well, Takao could be very wise when he really wanted to be.
"And about Kai," began Rei. "He cares about you," said Max simply, with a shrug. "He cares about you a lot, if you know what I mean," Takao added with a wink. Rei blushed, but didn't dare to believe it. "I don't kno...." "Oh come now, no need to be modest. He cares about you a lot, and you feel the same way. Right?" Takao grinned, making Rei's cheeks burn a deep scarlet. "Takao," Max moaned, "you're embarrassing him," he said jabbing him in the ribs with his elbow.
"Well, I really do like Kai," Rei admitted. "He acts so mysterious, and indifferent, but I know he's got a soft spot under his dark exterior. I just hope I find it..." Takao's grin widened if that was even possible, "have you two ever made out?" he asked suddenly. "As if that's any of your business," Max said rolling his eyes. "Hey! Don't act like you don't want to know. I bet you want to know just as much as I do, if not more!" Takao shot back. Max said nothing, only glared. "Well, Rei have you two made out before or what?" Takao repeated his earlier question. "Sorry," Rei answered smiling. "No comment." "Rei," Max begged, grinning as well. "Sorry," Rei said again, with a shrug. "I don't kiss and tell." But he now had a large grin plastered to his face, which resembled Takao's and Max's.
They talked later into the night, but soon Takao and Max stood up from the park bench, and moved to sit down on the swing, Rei followed. "Rei," Takao said in an unusually serious tone. "You really should be heading on home, you-know-who's probably worried sick." (SS: No, not Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter. He's talking about Kai...DUH!) "Well, then you- know-who shouldn't have left me by myself," Rei smiled. Takao smiled back, but his smile soon faded. "Seriously, Rei you should go home now." Max nodded. "Alright," Rei said half-heartedly, he really wouldn't of minded talking some more, but Takao was right it was very late. "Thanks for listening to me you guys. I feel a lot better not having everything bottled up inside," Rei admitted suddenly finding the ground very interesting. Takao stood up and gave him a friendly hug, "no prob, I'll be here anytime. If you need a friend you've got me," he whispered in his ear, he pulled back until he only held Rei at arms length. "You should go now, okay?" Rei nodded. "See ya!" he called before, heading home. Takao and Max waved as they watched Rei disappear into the night.
Rei took a deep breath upon reaching the doorknob of Kai's mansion. He was about to ring the doorbell, but quickly changed his mind. If Kai was asleep he really didn't want to wake him. Reaching into his pocket, Rei pulled out a key, which Kai had given him a few days earlier. Fumbling nervously with the key, he finally managed to open the door. Inside the mansion was dark, very dark. In an eerie sort of way, and there was a silence thicker than blood.
Slowly, Rei's eyes adjusted to the dark house, and as quietly as possible he made his way up the circular staircase. He walked passed Kai's room, but quickly walked back to it when something in that room caught his eyes. Kai was awake! Rei squinted and saw the silhouette of Kai, who was sitting on the edge of his bed, with one leg draped over the other, his arms crossed, and his eyes closed in deep concentration.
"REI!" Kai's voice boomed, breaking the silence. Rei jumped a little, but managed to answer. "Yeah Kai?" he asked trying to sound nonchalant. "Come in," Kai told him. Rei complied, and walked up to Kai, all the while wondering how Kai had known he was at the door. Was he physic or something? But he quickly shrugged it off. Kai's face was glowing in the moonlight, and his eyes still remained closed. Slowly Kai opened them, and amber met crimson. "Rei," Kai said quietly, "we need to talk."
There we go peoples Chapter 11 part: 2 is complete. I hope it was sort of cliffy, if not that's OK 2! I must really luv you peoples because I let Max live. He was really suppose to be the love of Takao's life that committed suicide, not poor lil Tala *huggles Tala* but I knew a lot you would have been crushed if Max died in this fic so I spared him. But believe me in the future some people will *have* to die. It just makes the story more dramatic, don't ya think?
Anywho, I'm sorry to anyone out there who likes Tala, I like him too but *somebody* had to die, and he wasn't a major character in this fic so I chose him. I also apologize if you thought the Takao/Tala pairing was a bit awkward...
Tala: No, Silverstorms. Not 'a bit awkward.' Try: weird, insane, insulting, revolting, disgusting, unlikely...
Silverstorms interrupts him: Read and Review Plz?
Tala's still going on: nasty, absurd, ridiculous, preposterous, outrageous, disgraceful...
*Tala is dragged off stage*
Tala: I'M NOT FINISHED YET!!! Silverstorms, you'll pay for ur insolence!
Silverstorms: *laughs nervously* See ya soon people! Chow!
~*~Silverstorms~*~