Kai-n-Rei-4eva: Ok...it's kinda hard for me to write this now.

Rei: Why.

Kai-n-Rei-4eva: Oh, have a look at the last chapter. What am I going to do?

Rei: You can't even write your own story?

Kai-n-Rei-4eva: *gulps* no. ohmigod, I still can't believe what I did!

Kai: Thanks a lot, Kai-n-Rei! You made me into a murderer!

Kai-n-Rei-4eva: Ok. Yeah. I think we all know that now. So onto the story....

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Kai wasn't speaking. Rei had left him where he was. He had become unnervingly cool and calm. He was shaking, but in his mind he was cold as Kai, thinking through what to do.

He still didn't know.

Tyson hadn't moved either, and Rei had to check whether he was still alive by shaking him. Tyson blinked and another tear ran down his face. Yep, still alive.

Rei ran a hand through his bangs. *Ok. Got to sort this out…* He looked at Max. *Number 1. Get Max out of here, where people can't see him. My place is good for now. Number two, Get Tyson and Kai there too. Number three…Oh Kami, what do I do about Kai? Do I report him, or what?*

Rei blinked away tears from the corners of his eyes. *Best way of getting Max to mine unseen…*

"Tyson?" Rei whispered hoarsely. Tyson looked up at the Chinese boy. "I need your help. I can't carry him on my own, and neither can you or Kai…can I use Draciel?"

Tyson nodded. Rei doubted that Tyson understood a word of what he was saying. Rei removed Draciel and Max's launcher from his coat. Without a sound, he released the Bitbeast.

"Draciel," Rei said quietly. "Take Max to my place."

The giant sea turtle saw its masters body, shook slightly, then nodded. A thought sprung into Rei's head that must have come from Draciel. *I'll do my best.*

"And don't let anyone see you."

Draciel picked up the American boy and moved swiftly to Rei's place. Rei turned back to Kai and Tyson. *I can't take you two either. Taxi is out of the question.* "Driger!" He called his own Bitbeast. "These two need to come with me." The white tiger inclined its head in answer and picked the two boys up. Rei hoisted himself onto Driger's back and they sped off.

They got back to find Draciel gone but Max on the sofa. (A/N. Look, maybe Draciel's a master lock picker. Don't ask me how they got in. It's just an unexplainable plot hole.) Tyson slumped on the floor. He reached for Max's hand. "Don't." Rei said, stopping him. *On second thought, he's already covered in Tyson's fingerprints.* "Never mind."

Rei wondered where Kai had gone but then herd running water and realised he was in the shower.

Suddenly - "Max…" Rei heard Tyson's voice for the first time in two hours. "Why him?" The blunette asked Rei.

"I don't know," replied Rei. "But we won't ask Kai about it just -"

Tyson's eyes narrowed at the mention of Kai's name. "He killed Max. I hate him."

Rei looked away. "I can't decide whether to hate him or not."

"How can you not?" Tyson cried angrily. "After what he did? Do you still love him?"

Rei's face became stony. "I was going to shoot you too, you know Tyson," The Neko-jin hissed. "I thought you loved Kai, remember?"

"But I didn't, and Max didn't love you."

"How do you know?" The words echoed around the room and Rei and Tyson looked around to see who it was. The shower was still going; it wasn't Kai.

"How do you know Max didn't love Rei?" said the blonde American, sitting up, purple light blazing out of his eyes.

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Kai-n-Rei-4eva: Ok… Even I don't know what's going on there!

Kai: That's kind of spooky, Kai-n-Rei. You're so odd.

Tyson: ARGH!!!! IT'S A ZOMBIE!!!!

Kai-n-Rei-4eva: No it's not, you neon freak. But you'll find out more next chapter.