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Rei was standing in a large field, leaning against a tree. He was alone, but not for long, because soon a figure approached from the distance. The figure slowly came into view. It was Kai.
"I know what you're hiding, Kai," Rei said croakily and quietly, not looking up.
"And I already know that you've figured me out." Kai's lip stretched into an awkward, crooked smile, something that it seemed he did not display so often.
"What are you going to do now?" Rei looked up at Kai.
"I'll watch you slowly slip away. Just like the others."
Rei was about to ask what this meant, when there a loud sucking noise blocked out the sound of his voice. He yelled to Kai, but no voice escaped his lips. A gaping black hole was slowly growing in the centre of the field, growing wider and wider, trying to suck Rei in. Kai somehow managed to stand his ground, and watched as shadows surrounded Rei. They grabbed him, pulled him closer…closer to his doom…
And that was when he realised he was dreaming.
Rei opened one gluey eye, then the other. He rubbed them hard. He was hot and bothered, and all sweaty. That was what sometimes happened to him when he slept during the day. He stood and made for the shower, not giving his dream a second thought.
After his shower, Rei wrapped a towel around him and headed for his room. On the way, he bumped into Max, who jumped at the sound of Rei's footsteps. He turned and blushed at seeing Rei wearing only a towel around his waist.
"H…hey Rei," he stammered nervously. This confused Rei. Since when was Max so jumpy?
"Hi, Max," Rei replied.
"I was just wondering…if….if you knew what…Taka and Kyou were…hiding from you?"
"Uh, no, but I'm not that bothered by it. Listen, Max, I –"
"I was going to…I was going to tell you, but…they might be mad…"
"I've really gotta get back to –"
"So…no h-hard feelings about that…right?"
"Right. Now Max, I'm dripping all over the floor, so I've gotta get back to my room."
"Oh! S…sorry. I have…I've also got…somewhere to be. So, I'll…see you around?"
"Yeah."
Max tip-toed on, and Rei walked into his room, shaking his head. Forget lunch. He wasn't hungry. He grabbed Kai's old diary from under a pair of pants and flopped down on the bed, opening up to the second page. Kai had skipped writing for quite a while between the two entries, Rei realised. Either he was busy or he forgot. Rei read on.
'The annual tournament is coming up. I believe Takao is to participate. He and his friend, the one they call the Chief. Rei is going to compete as well. I hope to compete with him in one of the later rounds. I have heard of his Driger's power. It was merely fate that we should battle one day, and that those powers would be put to the test against my Dranzer.
I dream of Rei, sometimes. Last night I dreamt that we were standing in a field. We were leaning against a tree together, not saying anything. I reached out my hand to his, but he did not take it. Instead, He looked up at me and smiled, before bending his knees and springing into the air. He leapt over and across the field, and out of sight. I woke up in a sweat.'
Rei stopped reading. The surroundings of Kai's dream sounded very much like the one he had just had. Perhaps they were connected somehow? Although Kai's dream happened a very long time ago…Rei looked back down at the book, but realised that that was where the entry stopped. It had been a short one. Maybe nothing much had happened to Kai lately. Nothing interesting, anyway.
Rei's stomach rumbled. Lunch suddenly sounded very appealing to him. He put the old book away, threw on the first clothes he saw, dried off his hair and ran downstairs. The smell of something delicious cooking met his arrival in the kitchen, and he walked over to see what was for lunch.