Chappy 9: Lavender and Red
Rei sat by the lake the next day; Ms. Tate and her daughters were out on the town, shopping most likely. None of them realized it had been him that had danced with the prince last night. Judy had sworn she'd find out who knocked her over and made them pay, making the boy more edgy than usual. And, to top it off, he still didn't know his dance partner's name, since everyone tended to called him 'the Prince'.
He gave a sniff, keeping himself from crying. The one night in years he was having a good- nay, fabulous time, time had to be against him. It was his first kiss for crying out loud, and damned if he didn't enjoy it! It was near here that they had first met, and then he had gotten to ride on the back of a big black horse with his prince, holding onto his waist. Sure, all that black and red made him look slightly evil, but looks weren't everything (not that he was complaining or anything).
Rei heard a rustling in the bushes behind him. Swerving around to see who it was, he was met by a set of icy blue eyes seeming to glow in the darkness, accompanied by staring, silver eyes. He then heard words…
"Look, Tala. He has cat eyes." Said one voice.
"He's a sad little kitten, that's what he is." Said another.
"Do you think…?"
"I certainly do, Bryan."
"I thought they were all gone."
"Well, maybe that sadistic bastard missed a few." The second voice seemed darker, deeper, full of hatred and slightly twisted this time. "Let's introduce ourselves." This sentence, however, was spoken like before.
Two people, men, walked out of the darkness. One had lavender hair and a bird-ish look to him, though handsome nonetheless. The other had red hair in a style that made him look wolf-y in appearance. There was something strange in the redhead's eyes that Rei couldn't pinpoint. They wore tattered clothing, with no shoes. Bags dwelled below their eyes. And they were also holding hands…
"Who… are you?" Rei asked, stiff as a board. He didn't know who they were, but he doubted he could trust them.
The redhead chuckled. "Are you stupid or something? You seriously haven't heard of us? Or do you live in this forest, like the rest of the Kitties did?" His lips curved into a grin that Rei did not like.
"I-I don't live in the forest…" He paused and frowned. "And I'm not stupid either."
The silver-eyed one smirked with a raised brow. "Well, I guess this could be a good thing. I'm Bryan, and this is Tala." He motioned to the person whom he was holding hands. "And you are?"
Rei hesitated for a moment. He didn't really get a good feeling from these two, but then again, he never really got to talk to anyone except his stepsisters, and I guess you could include the Prince in there. "My name's Rei."
Tyson tried knocking on Kai's door again. "Come on! Get out of bed you lazy sack o' crap!" He yelled from the hallway, receiving a few stared from passerby's. The soldier had been fed up with waiting for the prince to come down for practice. Usually he would have relished the day Kai left them alone, but the guys was in bad shape after last night. If Max ran away from him, he'd be out looking for him and prepared to ask what the hell happened.
After some very loud knocking, the door swung open. Kai looked grumpier than usual. "What the fuck do you want?" He growled.
Tyson stepped back. Maybe there should have been a 'beware of bitchy prince' sign on his door. "Uh, I was just wondering why you weren't at practice. Max's form is seriously lacking today without your lectures." He lied. Max was always an acceptable swordsman, and Tyson didn't like badmouthing him in any way.
A silver brow arched upwards. "If you don't know it by know, I can tell when your lying."
"Oh…Um, well, I was worried, alright? After last night you haven't been out of your room." Kai opened his mouth to say something, but Tyson kept on talking. "Go out and find that guy! I don't know why he ran off, but I know he likes you. He gave you the same look Max gave me when we had our fist dance."
The prince's other brow also rose. It was very uncharacteristic of Tyson to care about this sort of thing, and give motivational speeches. With a nod, he let out a smile. "You know what? I think you're right, Tyson. For once in your life, at least."
Tala's jaw dropped. "Are you for real? You danced with the prince?" The three of them were sitting in a circle swapping stories, although the ex-convicts decided not to tell their newfound friend where they had really been for the last two years. 'Out wandering the country' they had said.
Rei smiled. "Well, yes, I did dance with him…." He blushed furiously.
"I bet he kissed you too, right?" Bryan grinned as Rei's face went even redder. "Ha! I knew it!"
The redhead didn't exactly see this as a good thing. "Rei, do you know what the King will do if he finds out his grandson's fallen in love with the last neko-jin?" Bryan and Rei stopped to look and listen to Tala. "Do you even know what he did?"
He shook his head. 'What is he talking about?' "No, what did he do?"
He frowned, closing his eyes. "The old bat was the one who issued the extinction of you're kind." His eyes opened again. "It was something to do with his cheating wife, I've heard."
Rei's face paled. The prince's father killed his kind? But… But his red eyed dance partner had been so nice to him, had been so understanding….
Bryan saw the look on Rei face. "Hey, come on. By what you've said, the guy's not anything like his grandfather. The apple fell far from the tree this time." He gave the neko-jin a supportive pat on the back.
Tala jumped up, smiling. "You know what? We're going to do something nice for you! Come on, Bry, we have work to do!"
A/N: There you have it. What will Tala and Bryan do? You'll just have to wait and see! Man, I put a lot of swears in here. Anyway, recent studied have shown that if you REVIEW, you'll get a new chapter up faster!