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Tala: -_-;; I'm the only one in here.
Crystal: *ignores Tala* ANYWAY! Let's get going, shall we? ^_^ TO THE RESPONSES!
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Platinum Rei: LOL, Yes they are going to meet! Finally huh? And yes…I think there's a fight brewing…eep! .
CRaZy NeK0-JiN: Yes…poor Rei. =(
StarryNightObession: =DD This is the first ficcy you read that has Tala/Bryan? Aaaahhhh!! I feel so special! ^_^ And yup, Kai and Rei won't be all mushy, gushy when they meet each other. Haha…oh, and I so can't wait for your new fic! ^_^
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Shaka Dragomir Noctornus: Don't worry! I won't make Rei too passive! Although…can I make Rei just a little bit naïve? Pretty please?
FORFIRITH-on-a-sugar-high: Aww…poor you! Same thing with me…my cousin is a psychotic retard…sigh… *shakes head* -_-;;
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Crystal: There we go! As a reward…cupcakes for everyone!!
Tala: What flavour are they?
Crystal: CHOCOLATE! ^_^ Just like my teddy bear's name: Mr. Chocolate!
Tala: -_-;; THAT teddy bear?
Crystal: ^_^ YUP! He's such a cutie…ANYWAY! Here's the next chapter you guys have been waiting for!
Disclaimer: Check the previous chapters!
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Breathe – Chapter 6: What do you mean I'm meeting him?! Part Two
A beautiful day in the northern lands, since summer is coming by pretty quickly, the trees' leaves are having the luscious colour green and flowers were growing everywhere. Farmers ploughing their lands to make their crops healthy, children playing by the green meadow not too far from the clean, clear river. While they were doing their daily work, a carriage was being pulled by three beautiful horses were passing by the fields making the villagers look up with curiosity.
The horses that were pulling the carriage were Akhal Teke breed. It has long ears and long neck, short silky mane, a short tail, and a pale golden coat of colour for its skin, which is very velvety. Their harness is a dark brownish colour with a tinge of gold here and there that was being pulled by a coach*. The carriage has a bronze and golden colour; on the side, there are two doors with small, square windows with golden curtains hanging over them. Inside the carriage were two people from the Kon Kingdom.
"What a beautiful sight," Kenny watched in awe as they passed by the meadows.
"Yes, it certainly seems so," agreed his father who was busy looking through all the parchments he's holding.
Right before Kenny could ask what his father was looking at, the motion of the carriage stopped and the coach told them that they have arrived at their destination.
Meanwhile, inside Kai's grandfather's study, it seems that the Young Hiwatari, and the senior one was yet having another argument. Of course, like the last time, their argument is once again about Kai's future.
"What do you mean with 'were meeting'?!" demanded Kai as he abruptly stood up from where he was sitting and slamming his fist on his grandfather's desk. "We already wrote letters to one another, isn't that enough?!"
Voltaire gave his grandson a cold glance, "No, you're still going to meet him and that's final. Why are you so upset anyway?"
He never got an answer since Kai stormed off the study. Voltaire sighed and rubbed his temples. He motioned for Tala and Dizzi to follow Kai and with that, both teens left the study.
"Now…if I were Kai, where would I be?" Tala tapped his chin with his index finger.
Dizzi rolled her eyes. "You dope, he must have been in the training room. Although, I think we should let him cool off first."
Tala just nodded his head continued on walking. No one said anything yet until they caught a glimpse of a carriage just by the entrance of the palace. The red headed boy elbowed the girl beside him, making Dizzi cough and glare at him. Ignoring the glare, he motioned Dizzi to look by the entrance. Dizzi gave Tala one last glare and looked over by the entrance. True enough, there it was a carriage and two people came out. Both of them have brown hair, although the smaller one has his hair covering his eyes.
"Wonder who would be coming in here, it's so early in the morning!" Tala thought out loud, with his forehead having lines as he frown. Dizzi just rolled his eyes and dragged Tala to where the carriage is.
Kenny and his father came out the carriage just before Tala and Dizzi could walk over to them. The sight in front of him fascinated the brunette. The castle was made out of the strongest bricks they could find and even though they're inside the castle, there are still trees inside the courtyard growing. He let his wander a bit more and noticed that there were two people walking towards them.
"Erm…Father? There are some people coming over this way," said Kenny while taking a short glance to his father.
Ichiro Minamoto looked up from the parchment and saw a boy with red hair and a girl with platinum blond hair walking towards them. Well, more like the girl is dragging the boy with her. A smile came on Ichiro's lips when he noticed that both people were the same age as his son.
"Hello there," said the girl. "I'm Dizzi Tokugawa and this is Tala Ivanov." Both gave them a warm hearted smile and bowed their heads.
"Ah, hello there, I'm Ichiro Minamoto, one of Lord Rai Kon's advisors, and this is my son Kenny Minamoto," After hearing his name, Kenny also bowed politely and mumbled a 'hi'.
Hearing the word "Kon", Tala's icy blue eyes and Dizzi's dark violet eyes widen with surprise and started to have a very wide smile.
"Oh, I assume that you would want to talk to Lord Hiwatari?" asked Tala while Dizzi just gave them a sweet smile.
"Ah, yes, I believe this is about Young Hiwatari's and Young Kon's wedding," explained Ichiro.
Dizzi nodded. "Oh, I see. Well then Tala could you please lead Sir Minamoto to Lord Hiwatari's study please?"
Tala gave her a slight glare but complied anyway. "Very well then, Dizzi. Sir, if you would just follow me." With that Tala motioned Sir Minamoto to walk with him inside the castle leaving the 'I just drank some coffee!' Dizzi and the 'Oh, dear…' Kenny by the courtyard alone.
Dizzi saw how tense Kenny is, she held him by the hand and giggled. "Why are you so tensed up? It's not like I'm going to bite you or anything."
"Uh…w-w-why are you h-h-holding my hand?" stuttered the poor brunette making Dizzi giggle again while he, himself flushed different kinds of red.
Dizzi started to walk across the courtyard while dragging the poor brunette with her. "Come on, I want to show you something or I guess someone is fine." Both walked at the path until they went inside the castle. What Kenny saw is marvellous! Paintings of people from the Hiwatari clan were looking down upon him and Dizzi with joy and pride.
"Those were Kai's ancestors," Dizzi saw Kenny looking up at the paintings. "They're the ones who fought battles to make our kingdom like what it is today."
"Oh, I see…umm…well where are we going anyway?" asked Kenny, finally relaxing a bit.
Dizzi smiled. "Well, glad to see your not tensed up anymore, and were going to the dojo where Kai, Tyson, Tala and I practise our sword skills. Kai and Lord Hiwatari had another row this morning about the wedding and I'm pretty sure that Kai went to the dojo to meditate."
Kenny just nodded and kept on walking until they were in front of a big door with a drawing of a phoenix engraved on the surface. Dizzi let go of Kenny's hand (much to his disappointment, whoops the cat's out of the bag) and pushed the heavy doors open, revealing Kai sitting in the middle of the wooden floor, legs and arms crossed with his eyes closed. His armbands were off and now lying beside the stoic boy.
"What are you doing here, Dizzi?" Kai opened one of his eyes, revealing his cold, crimson eye that made Kenny shudder even though no breeze came inside the room.
"I take it that you're done your meditation?" Dizzi mused while coming inside and motioning Kenny to do the same.
Kai noticed that someone was with his friend and smirked. "Who's he, Diz? Your boy toy or something?"
When Kenny heard this, he began to blush veryyyyyyy hard again while Dizzi just glared at Kai and smacked him in the head.
"You are such a freak! He's not my boy toy you goof ball! He's from the Kon Kingdom with his father! I just met him today too!"
Hearing the name "Kon", Kai gave the deadliest glare that you ever did see at Kenny making the brunette quiver in fear. Just as Kai was ready to snap at him, Tala burst into the room with his lungs burning and heaving in need of a LOT amount of air.
"Tala, what's wrong?" asked Dizzi.
"There…you…guys…are," Tala kept on panting. For a few minutes he kept on breathing in and out until he was back to normal. "I was looking for you both!" Tala pointed at Kenny and Dizzi.
"Ok, now you found us, what's the big deal?" asked Dizzi nonchalantly while Kenny just stood there, just listening to the others.
Tala pulled Dizzi and Kenny and motioned Kai to stand up. "Introductions, explanations and whatever are later. We have to go to Lord Hiwatari's study, NOW."
Just as Tala, Dizzi and Kenny were about to exit, Kai didn't budge from where he was standing. Tala sighed exasperatedly and told Dizzi and Kenny to go ahead and pushed the stoic boy outside the door, it was a hard task since Kai can really stand his ground and it would take pure miracle to get him to move.
"Arggh…Kai just MOVE!" Tala tackled Kai and with that, the crimson-eyed boy was thrown outside the door with Tala standing by him, grinning like a maniac.
"What's going on anyway," Kai asked while dusting himself.
Tala just shrugged and smirked. "I thought you don't care about your wedding?"
Kai just glared at him. "I don't" With that, both boys headed towards Voltaire's study.
When Kai entered the study, he saw a man with brown hair just like that Kenny's hair. He also noticed that everyone was there, well minus the servants, Tala's father, and Tyson. "What's going on?" he asked, while he was glaring at every people in the room.
"Kai, guess what?" asked Dizzi. "Ok, never mind, I'll just tell you anyway, hehe…ack this is so EXCITING! Ok, we-"
"Were meeting your fiancé… in a week," Tala got to the point already told him while Dizzi was resisting the urge to smack Tala.
Since Kai can't do anything anymore, he just 'Hn'ed and leaned against the wall while the others are chatting excitedly. Unknown to him, his grandfather and Tyson's father was looking at him with a very proud look.
"This will be a great opportunity for him," said Yamato Kinomiya said. "You've made a great decision, Lord Hiwatari."
Voltaire gave a half smile. "Yes, he deserves it. He already lost his parents, and even though we were always there for him, he's still alone…I hope the Young Kon will be able to fulfill that space."
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Crystal: ^_^ THERE! All do-
Max: NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! *tackles Crystal and drags her away*
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"Are we there yet?" asked Max for the 150th time ever since they travelled from their kingdom.
Bryan sighed exasperatedly. "For the last time, NO! Get that through your thick head!"
It has been a week since the advisors from both kingdoms went to do their tasks and now three carriages were travelling to one of the castles that the Hiwatari kingdom made, one carriage for Max, Rei, Kenny, and Bryan. Another one for the advisors, and the last one is for Rei's parents. They have been travelling for 6 hours now. Kenny was telling Max, Rei, and Bryan how wonderful the Hiwatari kingdom is. Even though the castle's in the northern regions, it was pretty warm, and the grass and trees were very pretty and luscious. At first while Kenny was babbling about that, the other three were interested. But since the ride was taking too long for their liking, Bryan ignored Kenny and he was just staring outside. Max was humming some song that he learned from Kami knows where, and Rei? Well, he was bored too, although every time Kenny asks him a question, he would just nod or say yes.
"Master Rei, we have arrived," said the coach while stopping the horses from moving.
"FINALLY!" Bryan stretched his numb arms and yawned, while Max mumbled something about shortage of sugar, and Kenny rushing out the door saying that he need to go to the bathroom*…real bad.
Rei looked at his surroundings, the meadow was really wonderful; the trees were tall and sturdy while the flowers were blooming very nicely. And being a neko-jin that he is; Rei could hear water rushing very fast, which means that there's a river close by. He was just about to walk further up ahead with the others when he caught a glimpse of a small deer by the grassy area. He smiled slightly when its mother came in to the picture, tending its small child. He snapped back to reality when Max was yelling at him to hurry it up, Rei just shook his head and ran to where the others are.
"They're here!" Dizzi cheered as she looked over to window to where she was waiting for the carriages for the past 6 hours.
While Rei and the others took the time travelling all the way to their destination, the other Kingdom only took them about 24 hours to get to the palace, since they were the ones that built up this place.
"Where? Where?" Tyson came running right down the hall almost slipping at a marble floor.
"Right there!" Dizzi pointed by the window and saw 6 adults and 4 teenagers coming out of the carriages.
Tyson dragged Dizzi by the arm and led her out the door, meeting Tala who was already there with Kai, the advisors and of course Lord Hiwatari.
"So, who's Rei there?" whispered Tala as Tyson and Dizzi walked over to him.
Tyson just smiled and didn't say anything.
"Ah, Rai…Leila, how wonderful to see you both," Voltaire greeted the first two adults who were walking towards them, hand in hand.
Lady Leila just smiled warmly while Lord Rai just greeted back at Voltaire. "Wonderful to see you as well, Voltaire."
Meanwhile, as the adults were talking to each other, Bryan was looking at the surroundings, while Rei is just looking down at his feet, fidgeting his hands; Max looked at Kenny confusingly while the brunette was trying to hold it in. Kenny looked at the castle, sure enough…since the sun is setting, the castle looks different…like some mean, and nasty is going to come out and eat him alive.
"Their c-castle looks so d-dark and s-s-scary…Rei, I don't think I need to go to their bathroom anymore," Kenny replied as he was still staring at the castle.
"Ugh…I think that's too much info there, Minamoto," Bryan cringed his nose and glared at the smaller boy.
Kenny slapped his own forehead. "I didn't do THAT, Bryan! That would be so embarrassing!"
Hearing what Kenny said, Judy looked over to them with a slight confusion and concern etched on her face.
"Is something wrong, boys?" she asked, looking at them a stern look.
Max gave his mother a reassuring smile. "Nothing's wrong, Mother. But…I am wondering…do they serve the sweetest desserts here, like in our kingdom?"
Judy gave her son an amused look. "We'll see, Max. Now, come on Rei, Lord Hiwatari wants to see you."
Rei put his head up and his eyes widened. The neko-jin nodded and gulped slightly and walked away from his friends, following Miss Judy to where Lord Hiwatari and his parent were.
"Ah, so this is Rei Kon," a man, who Rei assumed was Lord Hiwatari was looking at him, and held out his hand. "Pleasure to meet you."
Rei, trying to be polite, shook the hand and smiled slightly. "Pleasure is also mine, sir."
"So, where is the Young Hiwatari?" asked Lord Rai, making Rei choke on his own saliva, although no one noticed it.
Voltaire motioned one of his advisors, whom Rei knew as Sir Ivanov to get his future husband. The neko-jin smiled slightly when Sir Ivanov gave him a nod and a smile.
"Hope they brought food with them from their kingdom," Tyson said dreamily. "No offence or anything to our cooks, but…their food is so heavenly!"
Dizzi rolled her eyes. "You always think about food, Tyson. I want to see Rei!"
Tyson laughed at her impatience. "Then should have come with Sir Ivanov and me. Damn…he's really nice…he's not like in the letters he wrote at all!"
"Probably because Kai pisses him off. Although I know I'm going to be right…Kai has that affect on people," Tala laughed with Tyson who was almost lying on the floor because of what the red head said.
Kai, who was leaning on the stonewall with his eyes closed and arms crossed was just ignoring everyone there. He was about to go back inside when Sir Ivanov touched his shoulder firmly.
"It's not time to go back yet, Kai," he said while motioning Kai to turn around and walk the other way. "You still have to meet Rei."
Kai didn't say anything but let Sir Ivanov guide him to the crowded area.
"Lord Hiwatari," Sir Ivanov acknowledged their presence to the others. Kai saw someone standing by the other two adults. He has golden orbs of eyes and a very long raven-hair that went up to his knees. Kai smirked inwardly, 'Is this some kind of joke?' he thought. 'This Rei is a girl!'
"Ah, Kai, this is Lord Rai and Lady Leila of the southern lands and their son and your fiancé, Rei Kon." Voltaire introduced the three, with pride.
Kai just kept on smirking inwardly, 'Oh, how silly of me…he's boy.' "Pleasure to meet you, sir, ma'am." The crimson-eyed boy bowed politely while he shook his fiancé's hand reluctantly.
Rei looked at Kai, frowning slightly. 'He's up to something I know it,' he thought. 'That bastard! He's sucking up to my parents!' The neko-jin saw Kai bowing at his parents looking all innocent.
"Come inside and let these young ones get to know each other," Voltaire said motioning the adults inside leaving Kai, Rei, Tala, Bryan, Tyson, Max, Kenny, and Dizzi alone outside, well unless if you include the servants who were carrying the luggage inside.
Once every adult was inside the castle, Kai started to wipe his hand on his pants with a disgusted look on his face. Seeing Kai was about to make a rude comment, Tala roughly pushed the stoic boy out of the way, shaking Rei's hand.
"It's so finally good to meet you, Rei," Tala almost ripped Rei's arm off but Tyson yanked him out.
"Hehe…sorry 'bout that Rei! It's just that, these two have been waiting to see you!"
Rei just smiled at the bluenette. "It's ok."
"Forgot about us, Kinomiya?" Tyson looked over at Rei's shoulder, and saw Bryan's smirk, Max's cheerful smile, and Kenny's…well, Kenny's glasses.
"OH, hey! I didn't see you guys there!" Tyson waved his hand like a madman, and also grinning…like a madman.
Dizzi giggled, "It looks like Tyson made a lot of friends." She looked over Tyson's shoulder. "Hey Kenny."
Kenny managed to stutter a 'hi', but…Bryan noticed how his little friend look so bashful that he made a remark. "Did something happened when you were here, Kenny?" he asked giving Kenny 'the look'.
"WHAT?!?! N-n-no! Nothing happened!"
Tala frowned. "Yeah, something DID happen."
Bryan looked over to where Tala was standing and saw the twinkle in those icy blue depths, "Really now…and pray tell us…er…"
"Tala, Tala Ivanov," the red head. "And you?"
"Bryan Kuznetson."
Just before could Tala continue on the conversation, Kai somehow managed to steal Tala's thunder. He looked at Rei and said…well more like sneered, "Are you sure you're not a girl?"
Time slowed down as Kai said those words. Bryan, Max and Kenny widened their eyes, well…I'm not sure about Kenny since his eyes were being covered by his own hair and looked over to where was standing. Rei, who's mind FINALLY clicked after hearing that insult; he's eyes were turning into slit minute by minute, his fangs were appearing from his lips.
"Oh, great!"
"Uh oh…"
"Aaahhh!!!"
The other three, just stood there with their eyes wide open as well. Rei wasn't kidding about the getting pissed part; he was being serious! Before Rei could lunge after Kai, a servant was calling the neko-jin's name.
"Master Rei! Master Rei!"
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Crystal: XD Aaaahhhhh…!!!! 9 freaking pages for chapter 6!
Tala: Wow…that's…a LOT.
Crystal: Yup! Sighh…oh, do people from the old days have bathrooms in their castles? =S
Tala: *shrugs* I don't know…I'm not an old days person, am I?
Crystal: Sighh…guess not, ANYWAY, I'll just say they do have bathrooms in the old days! ^_^ OH, what do people call those people who drives those carriages with the horses? =S
Tala: I don't know!
Crystal: Sigh...fine. Well, I'll leave it here for now, and remember…
Tala and Crystal: Review, review, review! Just press that button right there that says "Go." ^_^
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