Here it is, Chapter 7!

DBFH: About time.

Zip it or i through you in the snowbanks outside.

DBFH: zips it

Savvy: those two rolls eyes Nova could you do the disclaimer.

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Chapter 7:

BreakingAway

After wandering around the city for another hour or so, after he had saved Tanya, Kai had finally found a decent place to eat. It was a quiet little restaurant, with very few tables, light filtered in through the windows, giving it a homey feel. The floor was wood, like mostly everything else in the café, the walls were gray bricks, and had pictures hang on them to keep the room from feeling cold and un-welcoming.

He finished feasting on eggs and bacon for breakfast and was now just lounging in his chair and drinking the rest of his tea; the restaurant didn't serve alcohol this early in the day. He observed the other people walking in and out of the restaurant catching snippets of conversation here and there, not really paying attention to anything. His eyes scanned the room for anything that he might deem as a "threat", actually more of an annoyance.

He reached back into his cloak and pulled out an envelope, with a strange seal on it. He had received this later a few days before leaving Moscow… a couple days after Tala and the others had left for various places for reasons that they couldn't tell him. They would have but Voltaire and Boris had both been there when they had left and hadn't had a chance. He pulled out the letter and read it over once again.

Lord Kai,

You do not know how I am, that's not important right now. I have something's to tell you that concern your Grandfather, Voltaire, and his lieutenant Boris. As you may have seen or heard they have been collecting Spirits of great power and bringing them to Russia. Your own Dranzer is one of these Spirits, as well as those of your friends. The found those in Russia before any of you were ever born. Now they are collecting, or capturing in some cases, Sprits from all around the world. Until now they have not been able to control the ones they have. You see in order for them to be… controlled, for lack of a better word they have to have a sentient being to protect.

As we speak your Grandfather is sending out his agents to collect these Spirits who have people to look after. They must not fall into his hands, the more that we can take from him or keep away from him the better. Why am I telling you this you may ask? I'm telling you because you need to know. He is trying to take over the world, using these Spirits. And he will most likely try to use you and your friends as well.

In this letter I have enclosed a location that you may go to. There are others there that feel like I do, and have agreed to help me fight the war that may come… but we need someone who has been on the inside and knows how Boris and Voltaire think. That is why I have sent you this letter Kai. We need your help, more than anyone else's.

Whether choose to help us or not is up to you. You are still welcome to come here to get away from your Grandfather.

The location is on the back of this letter.

One Who Knows

Kai frowned at the letter as he let the information that was in it sink in. To go or not to go, that is the question. Getting out of Russia and out of my Grandfather's grasp sounds like a good idea. But do I want to help these people… I can decide when I get there I guess.

Kai was getting annoyed with all the chatting that was going on around him, rising to a dull buzz; as he was about to call for his check he noticed two people walk in wearing cloaks that were much like the one that was draped over the back of his chair. One of the cloaked men was just a guard, Kai could see bits of the armor he wore peeking out from underneath his cloak; he didn't worry the young Russian. What worried him was the man he was guarding. He was a portly man, gray hair and eyes, and his cloak hid his clothes, and any jewelry he may have been wearing, effectively hiding his social status, keeping people from guessing just who he was.

Kai cursed mentally and tried to get to the counter and pay his bill before the man spotted him. But it seemed that luck would not be on his side that morning.

"Ah, Kai, there you are." The man called halting the teen and chasing away any thoughts he had had of escaping.

Kai grimaced as he slouched back into his chair. Damn it! Almost made it. "Hello Voltaire. What are you doing here?" he asked as he straightened in his chair and tried to keep the disgust from his voice.

"You will address me as either Sir, or Grandfather. Is that clear, Kai?"

"Yes, Grandfather." He sneered, distaste showing clearly on his face and in his voice.

"Good," Voltaire said ignoring his grandson's rude tone. "What are you doing here anyway? I gave you specific orders not to leave the Abbey."

"Which is exactly why I left. I'm not going to be one of your little pawns, Grandfather. Not anymore. Consider my leaving my… letter of resignation." He told the old man loftily. The look on Voltaire's face made Kai laugh aloud. "What's wrong Grandfather, not used to seeing one of your toys acting on it's own?" (A/n: I think this is a quote from somewhere maybe even the actual show can someone tell me where it's from)

"You insolent little…" he trailed off into various muttered curses.

"Tsk, tsk, Grandfather. Such language." He held up his hand a waitress appeared with his check. He signed it and handed her enough for the bill and a sizeable tip; just incase the place got damaged. The lady bowed her thanks then left the table quickly, sensing the danger, and anger that radiated off the Old Russian.

"Kai! Don't you dare walk away from me!" Voltaire shouted as Kai turned and headed from the door, pulling his cloak on as he went.

He looked over his shoulder and glowered at Voltaire before smirking at him. "Are you going to stop me old man? You forget any harm you try to cause me Dranzer will pay it back to you ten-fold. So I wouldn't try anything if I were you." He chuckled as he saw Voltaire's face go from sheet white, to mottled purple, then red. "See you around." With that he exited the eatery with a laugh, and bowed mockingly to the Lord before letting the door swing shut behind him.

Well I feel much better, now that I got that monkey of my back. Kai thought to himself as he strode up the street and away from the café. /Dranzer. Where are you/ Kai called, stretching his mind across the link that connected him to his Guardian.

I'm above you Master Kai. There seems to be a problem further up the street. It extends for a bit in either direction. Going around it would most likely take more time than waiting for it to be dealt with.

Kai sighed in exasperation. /All right then, come down here. And shrink your size this time. / As soon as Kai arrived at the edge of the crowd he felt a weight settle on his left shoulder and felt his Guardians wing feathers brush past his hair as he settled himself on his master's shoulder.

"Did you see what was causing the disturbance?" Kai whispered glancing at the phoenix out of the corner of his eye as he pushed his way to the front of the crowd.

"Yes. Do you remember the girl you saved earlier?"

"Hn."

"Some of your Grandfather's guards were trying to catch her."

"Why?"

"I don't know. But they can't get close to her now. There is a woman standing over her. Protecting her from them."

"One women cannot stop my Grandfather's Guard." He finally made it to the front of the crowd and was surprised by what he saw.

"She can if she's a Guardian Spirit."

Tanya knelt on the ground hands held out in front of her. The pendant that had been around her neck earlier, now floated above her hands emitting a soft white glow. The spectral like Spirit floated in front of Tanya her hands crossed in front of her, palms facing inwards. Surrounding them were 10 guards in dark body armor, with a black phoenix outlined in red emblazoned on the front.

Tanya face was pale with fear, as she cast nervous glances at the soldiers around her. Her whole body was shaking, and her lips were moving as if she was mumbling a prayer or something of the kind. Kai turned his eyes from the frightened girl to the creature that hovered in front of her. It appeared to be the same height as Tanya, but how Dranzer was able to tell it was a girl Kai didn't know. A white cloak covered it from head to foot. / Dranzer. How did you know it was a woman/

That's easy Master. I just asked her. Kai deadpanned at his phoenix's answer.

Are you going to stop them. She won't be able to deter them for much longer. There are too many of them.

/ I suppose I have to. No one deserves to be under my Grandfather's thumb. / Kai answered striding towards the soldiers. This is so annoying. I'm going to have to keep her with me, or Grandfather will keep after her. Kai snarled mentally as he reached the first guard.

"What's going on here?" Kai demanded, tapping the guard closest to him on one armored shoulder. Dranzer took off from Kai's shoulder to circle the people gathered there.

He turned to glare at the person who dared to interrupt him. His face paled to the color of the snow that was on the ground, when he saw who it was. "Lord Kai. What are you doing here? I thought you were at the Abbey."

"I left. Now explain to me why you are attacking this girl."

"Your Grandfather has ordered her to be taken to the Abbey."

"She obviously doesn't want to go with you. Leave now and never show yourself here again… any of you." Kai said his voice carrying across to the other guards.

"I'm sorry Milord. But our orders come from Voltaire not you." He said a hint of nervousness edging into his voice.

Kai smirked again, causing the guard to take a step back. "I understand." The smirk was anything but friendly or understanding. Kai held out his arm and Dranzer landed majestically screeching as he did so. "Well then I'll just have to put a stop to this the hard way." His auburn eyes became cold and dangerous. He raised his arm sharply, and Dranzer jumped and flew away from Kai. "Dranzer. Spin Fire!"

Dranzer screeched and rose rapidly into the air spinning in tight circles as he did. Ball's of fire flew out from his body and rained down on the guards melting their armor and burning any skin it came into contact with. Once he reached his desired height he started to spin in wide circles in the air still raining fire, but also starting to kick up a wind. The two elements started to merge to create a giant fire-tornado.

The guards that were farthest away broke ranks and ran from the Phoenix's attack, shoving people in the crowd left and right in their escape.

Dranzer stopped circling and just hung in the air above his fiery creation. Kai eyed with satisfaction before turning back to the guards. "Anyone else want to still try and take the girl to Moscow?"

The guars shook their heads frantically. "No Milord. Were sorry we'll go." They bowed quickly then left the way their comrades had gone.

"Losers. Why the Abbey employ's such wimps is beyond me… Oh well it's not my problem anymore. All right Dranzer, that's enough." Dranzer screeched in disappointment at not being able to use his creation. The tornado just suddenly stopped spinning, fire and wind flashing out once before going back to where ever it was conjured from. He swooped down to once again sit on Kai's shoulder. As he settled himself he nipped Kai's ear to show his displeasure at not being able to use his fiery creation.

Kai winced and glared at Dranzer out of the corner of his eye, as he approached Tanya and her Guardian Spirit. As they approached the Tanya, who was still sitting in the middle of the street, the Spirit's for wavered and disappeared. Kai blinked but didn't think anything of it. He glared down at Tanya as she slowly and unsteadily got to her feet.

Once she was balanced on her own two feet she grinned at Kai and nodded her head in thanks. "Thank-you again for saving me, and Dranzer too. Stephanie couldn't have held them back with just her presence for much longer." She pushed back some of the strands of her long black hair that had fallen into her eyes.

"Stephanie?"

"My Guardian Spirit. She's actually called White Angel, but I just call her Stephanie. It's a lot shorter."

"Hn. Come on, we have to get out of here before my Grandfather send more guards after you." Kai said, turning on his heel – cloak swirling around him – and striding back towards the crowd.

"Wha… hey wait up." She yelped as she walked quickly to catch up with the young Russian. "Why does your Grandfather want me?" She asked when she had reached him, keeping close as he pushed a way through the crowd, which was slow to dissipate.

"He probably wants you're Guardian. As to why… I have no idea."

Tanya paled at the thought of her Guardian being taken away from her. "Where are we going to go? I don't think Russia's safe."

"It's not… I know someplace we can go." He said thinking back to the letter. "But it's far and will take us awhile to get there."

Tanya shook her head. "I don't care how far it is. I just want to get away from here… Stephanie's all I have left of my family. I don't want to lose her. I'll do anything if it means that she's safe."

Kai glanced back at her briefly. Her face was set in a determined scowl and it filled her eyes. His eyes softened briefly and he smirked. She might be able to keep her Guardian and herself safe after all.

Shikura and Lilzo moved as quickly and silently as they could through the streets of Earl. Rain pounded down on them, causing their hair to stick to their faces, and their cloaks stuck to their arms and legs, tripping them as they ran. In the distance the sun was starting to rise. Only the most stubborn merchants would set up their stalls in this weather. The streets would be practically deserted

"Do you have any idea where we're going to go Lilzo?" Shikura asked as she ran, almost tripping over her cloak.

"No, not yet anyway. I just wanna get out of the city. I don't care where."

Chandra nearly tripped into a puddle when she heard Lilzo's reply. She sprang over it at the last minute and leapt up onto Shikura's shoulder so she could glare at the two girls. "You mean you two have no idea where you're going!" She yelped in exasperation.

"No. All we know is that we have to get out of here and as far away as we can get." Lilzo panted. They reached an alley that ran behind the main market square and one of the Inns. "I need to rest, I can't run anymore." She dropped to the ground and rested on all fours her head lowered and heaved in as much air as her lungs could hold.

Shikura crouched down and let her head fall onto her chest, as she too tried to regain her breath. Shikura glanced down at her young friend, and suddenly felt a wave of guilt wash over her. She had forgotten that Lilzo was younger and shorter than she was; she acted older than she really was. Lilzo legs were not as long as hers and the young girl had had to run twice as fast to try and keep up with her long-legged friend.

"I'm sorry Lilzo… I should have slowed my pace…I forgot you're not as tall as I am."

Lilzo gave the older girl an exhausted smile, "Don't worry about it, Shikura. We have to get out of the city fast anyway. I'll be all right with a bit of rest. I should have taken some horses from the stable, then we would have been out of the city ages ago."

"True, but normal animals don't like Ket. They wouldn't go anywhere near her. Remember." Shikura pointed out, scratching the fur between Ketsuna's ears.

"Yeah I guess so." She agreed, still looking a bit upset with her self. The sat there for a while, letting the rain – which was starting to slow down – wash over them as the rested. After a few minutes Lilzo slowly got to her feet, stretching out stiff muscles. "Okay I think I'm okay to continue… and don't slow down just because I'm short and slower than you are." She told her friend sternly as she shook her head trying to rid herself of the fuzzy sleepy feelings that were working their way into her body.

Shikura smiled at her friend's stubbornness. "Okay Lilzo." She checked around the corner to make sure the road was clear before taking off across the road and into the next alley, Lilzo right behind her.

Ketsuna followed behind the girls, while Chandra made her way up to the rooftops to follow them from above, and warn them of any dangers, that Ket might not see.

Ian sat in the window alcove, staring out at the muddy ground, and dreary morning that hung over the Citadel. "This is boring… I thought that Lilzo girl was supposed to show me around the citadel this morning. It's almost lunch!" He continued to grumble until her heard his door creak open slightly.

Wyborg slithered through the door, heading straight for his short Master. It was kind of hard to tell, but Ian thought that he looked kind of worried. "What's up Wyborg?"

Massster, Lady Lilzo is missssing. Asss isss her Guardian Ketsssuna.

"What! How, when, where?" Ian depended, staring at the snake with wide Crimson eyes. Shit, Boris and Voltaire are going to kill me. He thought fearfully.

I don't know. Maybe she found out more from your coversssation than she let on.

If it was even possible Ian's eyes expanded even further. "Damn it all! Come on Wyborg. We have to find her before she gets too far." He jumped up from his seat and grabbed his black cloak that was sitting on the edge of the bed. Wyborg Slithered up his leg as he walked towards the door and settled himself around Ian's waist, to once again become the snakeskin belt he was last night.

What about the other girl that livesss in the cccity Massster? She may have warned her as well.

"What makes you think they know each other?"

Nothing, but it'sss better to be sssafe than sssorry.

"Good point. We'll go check out the church first and if she's gone as well, I'll assume she's gone with Lilzo and hunt them both down."

I'll worry about the third girl later. Right now priority should be the two runaways. Though how I'll contain them until I reach Russia is going to be a bit of a problem. He thought to himself as he strode through the hallways heading towards the stables where he housed his horse last night.

Huh, I wonder if Tala and the others are having as much fun as I am.

That's chapter 7, Finally. i apologize that it wasn't as long or as detailed as my other ones. I tried but the words wouldn't come... so i went back after i typed and added as much detail as i could. Chapter 8 might be awhile incoming, but it will be posted... this year, U and expect it to pick up a bit more from now on as well more fights and the lot.

i will do more on what's happening with Ian, Lilzo and Shikura, in part of the next chapter, since i didn't spend much time on them in this one.

Savvy: thanks for reading!

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