*winks* Konban wa! I really wrote as fast as I can and now here's my chap!
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DISCLAIMER...WARNING...not today. I'm too tired for this. Next time, okay?
-#- short flashback -#-
Chapter Three
Black meets white
-#- "K..KAI!!!" ... 'What shall I do? What shall I do? WHAT SHALL I DO?!?' the Chinese got panicked and tore his hair desperately. -#-
By touching his head Rei came to a standstill. His strands concealed his eyes and for an instant he stayed calm. Right this moment he made a decision.
"God... forgive me."
And with these words he jumped unperturbed after the slate haired teenage. He tried to catch up with him but it was easier to say than to do it cause he had yet a regular lead, difficult to reach. But not impossible.
The tiger put his hair tail under his shirt with it he had no impediment, pressed his arms against his body for having no resistance in the air and sped up in one second! He pulled up with Kai who seemed to be unconscious but he wasn't.
-_- ... -_o ... o_o ... oO!
"REI! WHAT...!" That was too much for the phoenix. His team mate was that crazy to think they played superman or what?! But before he could yell something more the raven haired youth seized the other's black shirt and pulled slightly at it. His bangs covered his eyes making Kai to wonder why the other one was strange to say silent in this very moment.
He flinched one time.
Something arched on Rei's back and suddenly they was there again: these white wings, which now spread and worked like a parachute to throttle the rate of fall.
Kai was speechless. For the first time he lacked of words cause he didn't know what to say. Most of the time he simply didn't *want* to speak knowing everyone had had the urge to ask him everything, grill him, if he wouldn't stick to his guns. He only talked (and that sporadically ^^" ) when it was necessary. It was a defence mechanism to hide his weaknesses and his true identidy. Staring at the celestial inhabitant was the only thing he could do now. He had never guessed that Rei was exactly an angel. He even wouldn't have dreamt it!
The fingers of the angel clawed into the fabric of Kai's shirt holding him properly while he asked him, if he's alright. But it was like the team leader had lost the ability of hearing.
In slowly intervals they approached the end of the gulch. Huge rocks and stones lay on the ground as far as they could see why it took a bit longer till Rei discovered a spot where they wouldn't slip on it. At this place he set Kai gently down on his feet loosening his grip and landed right beside him feeling a bit dizzy of the not used flight. It felt like it faded away for ages although it took place for only a few secs (okay, it was a veeeery deep gulch ^-^; ).
He showed his back to the other boy.
"Phew..." the raven haired sighed. That was way too much agitation for that day.
He didn't dare to look at his captain until he felt something piercing him in his back making him to turn around. Kai kept the same gaze like before entailed Rei to be aware of it that he had to face his problems.
*~Rei's POV~*
"Now you know my secret." I went one step forward my heart raced like it wanted to beat its way out.
But I kept cool and resisted his unexplored crimson orbs which didn't miss one of my gestures. One of them was changing my wings into a smaller size thereby I could move better. On the occasion I lost one feather which flew directly in front of my captain's feet.
*~Kai's POV~*
When I saw with my own eyes how Rei freed his wings I could only think 'Holy Shit!'. In some way it was inconceivable for me but also clear.
After the little flight I watched him distrustfully shrinking his wings into the compact version whereby one feather found its way to me and was now to my feet. I bowed to it and picked it up wondering how such a small thing could emit this unforgetable scent I smelt two days before in the night where I found the other one on my bed. Oddly enough the next day I couldn't find it anymore although I put it carefully under my pillow. At present I had this object again holding it under my nose to exale this odor of beeswax into the depth of my soul.
"That was you." I stated firmly while looking at him which apparent made him scare as if I'm supposed to devour him in a few secs. When I recognized it I turned my head to the side. Nevertheless his face told me that he had a question in his mind for which he seemed to have not the courage to ask.
"What?" I asked annoyed.
*~Normal POV~*
The Chinese was at a loss for words and hemmed and hawed the whole time. It was so difficult for him to understand why his team leader said such strange things and couldn't get the meaning of it.
"What...did you mean with 'That was you'?" Finally it was out.
Sometimes he really got the feeling that Kai would yell at them with no end to see and always had to attend what he said.
"Hn. I've found one of your feathers the night you went out onto the terrace. It puzzled me and I guessed at first it's from a dove but then I thought it over there are no ones in that size." The rest was superfluous to tell especially the part with the smell which recalled his memory of his parents.
Rei wasn't carefully enough and had now a bad feeling towards God breaking the promise not to reveal their secret. He couldn't undo it again. But...at least he wasn't sent into a research centre. ^^"
Anyway both of them had to go out of this gulch.
"Hmm, I guess I have to carry you if we don't want to climb the entire way upwards. Besides it's too slippery for this cause of the rain." Rei already foresaw, it would be not that easy because Kai was first a bit taller than himself and second he didn't weigh light as he found it out previously. The tiger was afraid to drop him half the way. --"
He paced a bit away of the phoenix who watched him interested and roamed a few times through his dark hair. 'That's not good.'
But when he brooded about a solution for this situation he heard a flapping noise behind him and whirled around immediately.
=o0o=
The Russian boy stood still in his natural pose: arms crossed over his chest, cold-hearted manner and a stony face. But one thing it had to be included...
"YOU! YOU...YOU HAVE ALSO WINGS?!?" Rei was more than flabbergasted by the sight of these two black objects pointing at them aghastly. They look similar to his ones but were more like from a bat. The leathern skin extended like the night over the day and emphasized the coolness of the demon, how he found out.
"Now I think it shouldn't be a problem to reach the edge of the slope." Kai responded concisely.
=o_o=
But he wasn't prepared of the other's reaction. He expected everything:
- that Rei shouted of joy cause he's not the only one with a secret
- that he's scared of his appearance as son of hell
- that he thought it would be a bad dream and he would wake up every minute.
But nothing like that.
Instead of this the neko-jin walked to him, stood still in front of him and
BAMM!
slapped him audibly that the stone walls reverberated the peal of the echo several times. Birds cried and took wing into the sky. Something heavy was in the air.
It was beyond his comprehension. 'Why did he do this?!' Feeling his reddening and throbbing cheek the phoenix looked stunned at the furious angel whose golden pools seemed to afford quite short an insight into a dismayed soul like in an open book. Also...
'In tatters?' Something which should be considered.
Then Rei began to yell at him like hell: "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?! Don't ya know how anxious I was? NO! Everything could have happened to you and you thought obviously 'Oh, I could for fun commit suicide' so you didn't need using your wings or your sorcery." You can't miss the sarcasm in his voice.
He made a petty pause to breathe. "Now tell me WHY Kai, WHY for God's sake!?"
Silence.
The outburst of the Chinese was too enormous, too unbelievable. It dumbfounded him absolutely.
Was this really Rei...? He wasn't able to change this, he had to stare the smaller one who still frowned at him with madness until a thunder sounded in their ears and it started to rain again, hush and in a way releasing.
As if someone had pushed a button at Rei he changed from mad to sad turning his back to Kai and walked a few steps away, his hands still as fists. "Go...gomen ne. Forgive me. You had a reason for certain." Then he remained silent didn't realized his shivering.
"Hn. Whatever. We should go back, Kon. The others, you know." Cold as ever and unfriendly, but there was also a undertone of something like 'Don't worry about things which are not worth'. And with these words he stretched his demon wings took off into the fresh air.
Rei was still on the ground hiding his face for a moment. Then he lifted his head with a mute plead to the rain:
'Wash away my tears, onegai.'
The captain observed him without noticing the tears cause the rain didn't allow him that their angel would be exposed.
As Rei found peace inside he also set his wings free going up and passed quickly Kai with it he couldn't see his eyes, hidden behind his strands.
Reaching the top they took the quickest path back to their camp. Nobody lost one word over this incident but both knew they had to talk about this a later quiet moment.
~~ On the camping place ~~
Luckily Tyson managed to build up with Max' support the only three tents which were at their disposal before the rain could touch the ground and now the blond and the bluenette sat in one of them listening how it pattered on their roof.
~~ Little Flashback ~~
All of them agreed with the same division like in their rooms when they were in their tour bus on the way to the camp. Only Tyson wasn't able to shut his mouth.
"Hey Rei! Why don't you think sharing with Kenny a tent than with Mr. Sourpuss? I can't get it why you stay with him voluntarily! It must be horrible!!!" *death glare of Kai to Ty*
=^^=
Rei had to grin slyly at the dragon while he peeled an orange.
"Well, Tyson, there're three reasons for it:
1. Kenny self has insisted on it to have his own space for his clerical work
2. I wouldn't stand this lasting typing on his laptop not for one minute especially when he works at night
and 3. ..." he threw one orange slice in his mouth "... I can't leave Kai in his bed alone, can I?"
He made his most innocent look while eating his orange.
"WHAT!!!!!"
Kai - O!
Tyson - O0O!
Both boys screamed synchronous gaping at him like if he said he's a girl. Max, who sat beside Rei, spilled his just drunk milk out and the brunette even stopped his works at his computer to look up amused.
The tiger stopped his little break to pick a camera out of nowhere and directed it exactly to the stunned team mates.
"GOT YOU!" And with this he took a picture in a quick, stood up from his seat and ran away waving provocative with his 'weapon'.
"Kisama! Give me this camera!" The phoenix yelled madly hunting Rei followed by Tyson. He couldn't leave him unpunished for photographing him in his opening (I know, really OOC, but it must be done sometimes ^^; ).
And Tyson wasn't in a better mood cause he's fooled by someone.
"That's not funny, Rei!"
"Oh yes! It is!" =u= He was too nimble to be caught by his now angry friends but he reached what he had intented: releasing Kai from his icy being. He tried this to make him out of calmness. And of course it would be funny ^-^ .
~~ End Little Flashback ~~ ('kay, wasn't really little ^^" )
The blond opened their tent to look out for Rei and Kai who still didn't return, again. Like in the ghosthouse.
"I really ask myself what are they doing together the whole time!" *sighs*
And the rain couldn't be switched off, too.
'They don't see it...'
*~Tyson's POV~*
There we are! He did it again! A little time ago when he came back of collecting wood he also did a sigh. At this moment too many things came in my head like 'Does he have sorrows?' 'Shall I ask him?' 'Does a hug make him feel better?' and so on. But nothing was clever or smarter enough. I felt so numb. So dumb...
But I'm not the type to give up!
"Max! When do we get our dinner! I'm dying of hunger!" I whined like every time cause I knew it made him chuckle. And that didn't change till now. "We start cooking when Kai and Rei are back. Not earlier!" he laughed in good humour gestured me to go out. "We should look after them. The sooner the better if you don't want to die of starvation ^.~ "
That was Max how I knew and liked him! *reeed* Shit! I said it again! God, what shall I do by this I won't compromise myself...
*~Normal POV~*
But it wasn't necessary to search for them cause they appeared right now, wet but not cold. "REIII!!!" The blond jumped up to his feet running out of the tent into the arms of the tiger. He patted the sudden sugar high boy on the head to calm him down. "We missed ya! Of course you too, Kai!" He didn't dare to also hug his leader cause maybe then he could get one of Kai's merciless punishment for still having this childish manner. But this was out of the taciturn's interest. "Hn." To Rei again: "Two minutes later and we had went for a search after you!" Max was so 'dead happy' that the missed ones found again by the rest cause for a short time a bad presentiment preyed on his nerves.
'For a moment I really thought both were in danger. But I see nothing happened to them.' "Phew." the turtle breathed into the juncture of Rei's shoulder and neck making him flinch. "Max, that tickles!" he snickered suppressed.
~~ In a tent ~~
Tyson was more than stirred: 'NOOOO! What are you doing to me, Max?!? ToT ' *dramatic gestures* Kenny who watched him from his own tent had to laugh slightly by his behavior.
"Well, Ty, you must get through this. ^-^; "
~~ In the evening ~~
After all they could start cooking their dinner with that they hadn't to suffer under the howling of our bluenette. -_-;
"Ma~~~x! When do I get my foo~~~~~d?! o I'm starving!!!" He was still angry about the way Max acted at Rei and tried vehemently to win the blond's attention. With success. ^^;
"Just be a bit more patient, Tyson! You're not really a help if you fidget the whole time around me." *sighs*
"Then what shall I do? Can I do something for you?" Without realizing he accented the 'you' while he stepped beside him and looked over his shoulder.
"Ummm..." *blushes slightly*
~*~*~ "Weee, that's so kawaiiii how you act, Max!" XD *hands over a replica of the oscar* Max: "Wow! Thank you, CS!" *dead happy* Tyson: "And me? How was my acting?" ... "Anooo, we should file this a bit more. ^^; " O=O! "What! I'm at least as good as Max! Even better than Grumpy!!!"
Kai: "I doubt this. *pokes him* There's not enough brain in your head for performing." Tyson: "::censored::" "Now leave this! I've to post this chapter today, alright?" ~*~*~
*~Kenny's POV~*
It was funny to watch all of them how they had fun. But sometimes I should better look after them. Max and Tyson were in the foreground not like Rei and Kai. Nevertheless my eyes were fixed on our team captain always withdrawn and isolated.
'He's the most complicated of all. It'll be a hard job to integrate him unobtrusively... I will manage it!'
~~ At nightfall ~~
"Okay, guys! Time to go to bed!" I motioned them to their tents what Kai and Rei complied with immediately.
"But Kenny! We're still not tired!" *sweatdrops* 'God, why did you create two hyper kids also called Max and Tyson!'
*little thunder*
...
*~Normal POV~*
After Kenny kicked the whiny brats into their lodging and betaked himself in his own one sleepiness encroached them didn't let them an eye open for one minute.
The darkness extended like a wildfire with the moon as companion. Many voices of the night like the chirp of crickets or the croaking of frogs played as incidental music for the quiet atmosphere to lull oneself into sleep if there wasn't this impertinent bad playing orchestra also known as Tyson's snoring.
Cause of this two figures were still awake.
"How can Max bear this while not losing his head!" Rei complained in not a loud voice and hid his head under his pillow lying on his belly.
"Even Kenny is able to sleep by this 'concert'!" it came subdued.
Nothing. It seemed that the eccentric was asleep but he knew it better. If you stay with someone in one room for a long time you experience about him many things i.e. the sleeping habit, too. Kai was one of those person who pretends as if thereby first he's left alone and second he's confident to have time brooding over things. But the Chinese couldn't keep his momentary thought coming out of the pillow and laid his head on his arms.
'I know you aren't sleeping, Kai.'
The body next to him moved and 'hmph'ed annoyed.
"What do you want, Kon?" the slate haired asked hoarsely while he crossed his arms behind his head.
"So you can really read my mind." Rei stated a bit worried that the other might discovered his purpose.
"Only sometimes and I snap up not everything."
Like something took a load off his mind Rei breathed freely and sqeezed his pillow lightened. He didn't fear that Kai would see him as angel but he was unsure how to explain him for which reason he was on earth.
"Now we're quite alone." This statement gave rise to worry the neko-jin shunning a glance to the demon. *flinches*
~*~*~ "Oh my God! I didn't notice that this sentence could be also understood ambiguous! O0O! Waaaaiii!!! 0 " Rei blushes furiously. Kai - *-_-*
"Ummm, okay, girls! Go on with the show!" -_-; =-_-=; ~*~*~
He could foretell the next thing what Kai was going to say or better ask.
"Why are you on earth?"
'That's sooo great! Now, God, why am I so naive helping someone by using my wings and disclosed with this my identidy... But you know I don't regret it one second.' The raven haired still felt the gaze on him doing nothing but look out through the open tent to survey their camping place: the extinct fire-place, the tents of his other team mates, the silent forest run through with the moon light.
"You didn't answer my question." The Russian tried to not sound harsh or rude cause he knew he might not reach what he want to know.
'What shall I tell him...not thinking!' *shuts his eyes*
"Don't worry. I won't read your mind if you don't wish this."
*~Rei's POV~*
By this I had to look up by meeting his crimson pools. So full of secrets no one can make out.
It astonished me to hear something out of his mouth. He always lived very secluded standing beside of us but gave also advices if we made any mistakes and so on. 'Secretly he cares of our well-being but giving us the cold shoulder.' I've never thought about this. About him. Maybe I was too busy with my own 'job'.
However I knew I couldn't tell him the truth, my destination. I wasn't allowed to this. But I was also not allowed to lie. You know why. An intricate situation...
"Ano..." I began. My voice failed, would have rather run away.
'It's no solution. God, if you can hear me now, please do something I can flee from his obstrusiveness!'
FSSS..TCHAK!
"What..." *ears twitch* It sounded as if a rope had torn. Also Kai sat upright and wanted to crawl out of their tent if a cry didn't make him stop in his doing.
*~Normal POV~*
"WOOOAH! MAX! WHAT HAPPENED?!?!!" Only a few minutes ago the dragon slept peacefully in his sleeping-bag next to his friend dreaming of a huge buffet and the next thing which happened he felt the tent-roof falling on them. Also the blond awoke (by the yell of Tyson ^^" ) and wondered leaping up which was not really smart because the only thing he could do was to get entangled by the tent self. Tyson experienced nothing different. ^^;
A big cluster was created. -.-"
Then Max fumbled tentatively through the mess searching for the exit till he touched something soft.
"Tyson, are you this?" "Of course it's me! And now..." the dragon faltered "...could you maybe take off your hand from my butt?"
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~*~*~ "Hey girls! I can see~~ you although it's dark! ^o^ " Two red lights are recognized through the tent's fabric. "Hehehe, I'm so evil!" *snickers sadistically* Kai: "Don't pay attention to her." ~*~*~
"Tyson! Max! Everything okay?" both boys heared Rei's voice. "I..I guess yes. We...we only ca..can't find a w..way out." The usually hyper kid was now more than silent, he was reserved! Only cause of the touch he made. Okay, of course it's embarrassing but is it that terrible to react at once like he called for apocalypse? (I exaggerate, yeah ^^; )
After Rei and Kai helped them out they set to work building up the tent again. At three in the morning. It was strange that their 'chief' was still sleeping in his own one although there was enough noise to wake an elephant herd. --"
Tired and worn-out the phoenix and his neighbor went to their sleeping-bags again with hope they could finally find some sleep.
But before Rei wandered into dreamland he prayed an 'Arigatou!' to his 'boss'.
~~ Somewhere else ~~
A figure sitting in a throne sunk like it had lost all its strength. Its hands
clasped desperately to suppress the shivering.
"Rei... forgive me."
...
TBC
Well, well, I don't like the whole chapter, only a few parts. Was too tired the last week -o- I can understand you if you don't want to write a comment to this ^^; *waves*