Title: Eyes On Me

Author: CT

Rating: PG-PG13

Warnings: Violence, dark, supernatural

Genres: Supernatural/Horror/Angst

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Disclaimer: Beyblades is copyrighted by. . . whoever made it. In addition, I do not own Ghost in the Shell or Origa. The titles for the chapters are named after the lyrics of Inner Universe by Origa for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Claimer: Mindy is mine, the goths' wardrobes are mine. Moreover, your souls are mine!. . . no I am only kidding.

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Summary: A student found dead. Two rejects. And a group of students who do not know what to do. When two gothic students are framed for murder by their fellow class mates, and the other witches in their coven start to believe the so-called truth, what are the suspected to do; other than try to get to the bottom of it. Be it on their own or with another's help. They will have to either survive by their sorcery alone or accept the help from a group of students who knows parts of the real story. . .

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Random Author's Note: HOLY FLYING GOAT CHEESE!

Real Author's Note: Yeah, yeah, Kai will seem like a bit of a wimp . . . Until I really get into the fic. He is going to be a bit OOC (Out of Character) for this chapter, but then he will get a little more Kai-ish later on in the fic. I will reply to any reviews/flames/comments that are left, the replies will be posted at the bottom of the following chapter.

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If you do not like anything pertaining to some kind of magic use (i.e.: healing spells, offensive spells, summoning of ancient beasts) then I recommend skipping over the first bit of this chapter staring Kai and Tala.

In addition, if you skip over that bit, you will miss a little bit of what is going on and what happened to Kai, but since I love my readers, I will find a way to explain what my gothic little muse went through.

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Chapter Two: Nothing's real anymore

"Kai! What happened this time!" Tala shot up from his seat on the stairs that led into the school. The sight of the quiet teen shocked him as Kai limped up the pavement to stand before him. All the other teens in the yard kept silent, staring at the scene.

"I don't know. . ." Kai answered quietly, the whisper was barely caught by Tala; who had his eyes glued to the long cut which was crusted over with blood, the cut reached from Kai's left ear to the right side of his collarbone, trailing underneath his shirt. Tala moved down a few stairs to look Kai in the eye; the red eyes that normally were unreadable and cold were now completely dead. Holding an 'I just wanna die' look. Tala gently placed his hands on Kai's shoulders, ducking his head down to try and stare Kai in the eyes when Kai let his head flop back down to rest his chin against his chest.

"Come on, follow me." Tala steered Kai around a few other teens, leading him to a secluded spot behind a veil of trees. No other students had dared to follow, and they were alone. He stopped Kai, who lifted his head to meet his gaze, eyes full of pain." What happened?"

"He tried to kill me, just like he-he. . ." Kai's voice broke into sobs as he leaned in against Tala, clutching as if for his life to the older teen's shirt. "It wasn't enough, just to. . .take her down. . .he needs another. . .and I'm the closest thing he can get to without the cops getting suspicious. . .next time, he'll kill me. . ."

"Kai." Tala hugged the other gothic tight against his chest, nuzzling his nose into the younger teen's hair. "You're my little brother; I won't let anything else happen to you."

"Yeah . . . But what about you? What if he targets you next because you try to protect me? He'll kill you without a second thought and then use me to get what he wants. . ." Kai's face was smeared with tears, his pale cheeks turning red. "I-I can't stand this anymore! This always happens when we move . . . How does he find us?"

"I don't know, Kyle, I really don't know." Tala said, using Kai's full first name. 'Kyle', as he was called, tightened his grip on Tala's black shirt. He sobbed harder into Tala's chest as the taller boy stroked his gasp wracked back. The blood on Kai's face was anew, seeping into Tala's shirt as the skin on Kai's face was torn again by his cries. "Let me see that."

Kai let Tala push him back, holding him at arm's length and looking closely at the long wound.

"Shut your eyes, this'll hurt." Tala raised his hand, until it was level with Kai's face, and he himself shut his eyes. Kai did the same, letting his eyes fall shut. Shimmering blue light pulsated around Tala's hand as he moved it closer to Kai's wound, letting his fingertips rest at the tip of his wound near his ear.

"Tal-" Kai let out a gasp; pain flooded through his senses as he felt the skin mending itself, the fabric of his flesh sewing itself back together.

"Shush." Tala quickly hushed him, slowly trailing his fingertips down the wound, leaving an unnoticeable trail of fully healed flesh, not a single scar in the wound's place. When the wound was fully healed, Tala pulled back, letting Kai go. "Are you hurt anywhere else?"

Kai did not answer verbally; instead, he opened his eyes, which were glittering with tears, and he pulled his shirt up around his chest. Tala cringed at the purple and green bruises around his friend's ribcage; he could faintly make out where a few ribs were missing. Tala glared at the thought of the man who did this and set to work repairing the flesh and reknitting the bones. When he had finished, he let Kai lean against him, still sobbing.

"Don't worry, Kyle. I swear by my mother's grave, I will not let him hurt you again. Voltaire will pay dearly for what he's done to you, little brother." Tala hissed, draping his arms around Kai's shoulders and comforting the other gothic. With his arm wrapped around the other's shoulder, Tala led Kai to the back of the school and into it through the back entrance.

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Tyson sat on the grass near a tall tree in shock. He had just watched the one gothic limp up to Tala and nearly collapse against him, a long bleeding cut across his pale face. Then Tala started to lead Kai away.

"Whoa, did you see that gash on his face, that was gross!" Hilary cringed, covering her eyes and shaking her head, trying to rid herself of the image.

"It wasn't that gross, I've seen worse, like the time Michael fell off his skateboard and ripped open both his knees, that was gross." Max said, laughing when Hilary squealed and covered her ears.

"Hey, Ty, where are you going?" Ray asked when he noticed Tyson walking away.

"Nowhere, I'll be right back." Tyson said, dismissing them with a wave of his hand.

"You had better be! Class starts in five minutes and the teacher will kill you if you're late again!" Hilary yelled after him, gathering up her book bag and disappearing through the double doors at the front of the school. Ray, Max, Mariah, and Miriam following close behind, along with the rest of the students who had checked their watches and realized what time it was.

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Tyson was beyond curious after watching both Tala and Kai disappear behind the school. Yeah, sure, they would vanish on a regular basis around lunch period but not when school was about to start. He hid behind a tree, listening to the sobs he could faintly hear.

"He tried to kill me, just like he-he. . ."

Tyson's eyes widened as Kai cried, he snuck a peek around the tree to see Kai leaning against Tala, tears streaming down his bleeding face.

"It wasn't enough, just to. . .take her down. . .he needs another. . .and I'm the closest thing he can get to without the cops getting suspicious. . .next time, he'll kill me. . ."

Kai continued, speaking through gasps and cries. Tala hugged him tight against his chest. Tyson slid to sit against the tree, staring ahead of him at another tree.

"Kai. You're my little brother; I won't let anything else happen to you." Tala whispered, he sounded upset as he comforted his 'little brother'.

"Yeah . . . But what about you? What if he targets you next because you try to protect me? He'll kill you without a second thought and then use me to get what he wants. . ."

'What is with them and people killing them?' Tyson asked himself mentally as Kai continued, sobbing harder.

"I-I can't stand this anymore! This always happens when we move . . . How does he find us?"

Tyson's brow creased at that, either those two were very paranoid or someone was out to get them.

"I don't know, Kyle, I really don't know."

. . . Kyle . . . he had heard that name before, when he had been talking with his dad. His dad knew a man named Voltaire who lived just down the street from them, his grandson lived with him and his name was Kyle Hiwatari. His dad, Bruce Granger, had told him that after so long, the grandson vanished, and a different teen had been living with Voltaire. The new person living there looked like a real troublemaker but you could not judge a book by its cover, or in this case, you could not judge a teen by his gothic appearance.

"Let me see that."

Tyson turned his head to peer around the tree, they had not noticed him yet be it because they were too busy or they were ignoring him. Tala had pushed Kai back to stand at arm's length to examine the bloody gash on his face. Tyson hid back behind the tree, not wanting to look at the gothic's bloody face.

"Shut your eyes, this'll hurt."

"Tal-" Tyson heard Kai gasp, he sounded as though he were in pain

"Shush." Tyson listened as Kai went silent after Tala's order. "Are you hurt anywhere else?"

Tyson peeked around the tree again . . . To see Kai's face downcast and fully healed, no gash, no scar. Just pale, unscathed skin. Then, Kai lifted his face, tears pooling in his eyes as he lifted his shirt up around his chest to show Tala the pallet of purple, black, and green skin. There were patches of pale skin scattered throughout the bruises, and Tyson cringed when he spotted where a few ribs were missing. Tyson could not look at it any longer and turned away, turning to look again when Tala began to speak. Kai's chest was fully healed, no wounds and the gothic started to push his shirt down. Kai leaned heavily against the older teen, still sobbing bitterly.

"Don't worry, Kyle. I swear by my mother's grave, I will not let him hurt you again. Voltaire will pay dearly for what he's done to you, little brother." Tala hugged his friend's shoulders, doing his best to comfort the other. Tala led Kai to the back of the school, disappearing from sight.

Tyson could only sit there in shock; Voltaire had done that . . . To his grandson . . . Kai was living with a psycho! Wait, how did all those bruises just disappear, and that gash on his face.

"I'm so confused!" Tyson whined, pulling on his hair. His head shot up as though he had been struck by lightning when the school bell rang. Standing quickly, he made for the front doors and disappeared within them, vanishing into the crowd of students rushing for their classes.

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During the whole ordeal hidden in the trees, a flame red bird hid in a high branch, watching both Goths and the student who hid behind a tree. Letting out a shrill call, the bird leapt from its perch to find another. All the while, being followed by the lithe, silver wolf with ice blue eyes.

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Replies:

akumizu7: Here is the next chapter, my apologies if I took to long to update. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the previous one.

Footnotes:

'Kyle': Yes, I gave Kai a longer name, my reasons:

A) I like the name

B) I need it for in the fic

C) Spoon. . .