Tainted Blood

Chapter 12

by. SilverWolf-Ryuki

A/N: Sorry for slow updates from now on, but I'm starting my original fiction, and I'm trying new styles of writing and characters and such.

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From Last Time...

"This is really good," Zeo said happily as he bit into the sticky rice. Mariah and Lee both sighed in exasperation and went off to look for the snake and confirm where the monkey was.

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In China

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Lee sighed contently, filled with various delicious Chinese foods and delicacy, one of which being jellyfish. He shivered, remembering that he ate jelly fish...but hey, they were good. I'll just pretend that the plate of food isn't jellyfish, instead some sea...vegetable...that was packaged in a bag of jellyfish...

Zeo, on the other hand, wasn't having food troubles. He was, in fact, having the time of his very short life in enjoying new foods and meeting new people.

The festivities were nothing special, if you actually think about it. Families gather together and... Talk and eat. There are decorations that make it seem much more than it is.

Mariah was weaving quickly between people to meet Lee every 10 minutes on a new report for their bit-beast search. So far, the snake is nowhere in sight. The elder was nowhere to be found either.

"Why don't we ask the other village's children when they arrive in your house for the alternative meeting for younger people?" Zeo asked as he stuffed another piece of who-cares-what (it is food) in his mouth. "They will surely know of something."

"Zeo, you're brilliant... why didn't you suggest that earlier so I could have saved the trouble of running around!" Mariah looked exasperated, while Zeo shrugged as he munched on his food.

"The 'children' meeting is in our house!" Lee nearly screeched. "Where everyone drew over the walls and dumped clothes in toilets?"

"I thought it was a civilized world," Zeo remarked.

"As did I, before I met those kids. Zeo, you better run before they taint your mind with horrid pranks and jokes..." Mariah joked and led both Lee and Zeo into her house. "Come on, Lee, they're all pretty mature now, some are older than us. Just because you refused to trash the clothes and clog the toilets a few years ago, it doesn't mean everyone's going to revenge on you by clogging your toilet with your clothes."

"Still, I say we hide the clothes," Lee grumbled. "And make them use the next door's toilet,"

Mariah sighed. "We'll hide the clothes, and everything else valuable that they might stick down a pipe. But they can't just be kicked next door to use the toilet."

"Why?" Zeo asked.

"Think of the 200 cans of pop we got rid of last year," Mariah told him hastily.

Zeo blinked... 200 pop cans?

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Meanwhile...

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As the five arrived at Robert's mansion, they were given 3 rooms for that night. According to Robert, there was a ball that night and many guests were staying over for the night. Otherwise, they would have each gotten their own room. They were also told to get fitted for proper clothes, like tuxedos and gowns, much to everyone's horror.

"Thank god I get to miss it," Kai muttered.

"I will stay in a room alone," Ren announced immediately. His looks said 'argue and have your head off'.

"O...K... Ren is being selfish," Mariam nodded. "So, who's sharing with whom? I'm not sharing with anyone who snores or kicks."

"I can assure you none of us snore or kick..." Tala told her.

"Why don't Mariam and I share a room, considering I will not be here for the night at all? It would be as if she had a room to herself," Kai suggested.

"So, I guess we're roomies," Rei grinned at a scowling Tala.

"Forgive me for not jumping for joy," Tala said in a voice resembling Scar's from Lion King.

A shut of door told the four that Ren was not to be bothered.

"OK, I guess that's all... there's only 3 more hours to sunset," Kai sighed.

"We shall retire to our room," Rei said in a voice mocking Ren's. "Good day, beware of your necks."

Tala rolled his eyes and followed.

Mariam gave a small chuckle of amusement at the two's act. Kai shook his head and opened the door to their room. It was fairly large, but there was only one bed. It was a large fluffy bed that was in very homey colours. The closet was white, but the room was painted light lavender that was so close to white, it's easily mistaken for it. The carpet was fluffy as well. Mariam dropped her bag off beside the bed and went into the washroom. It was large and very stylishly decorated. There were scented stuff all around, and a large tub with brass knobs. There was also a small shower stall. The carpet was, again, very fluffy and dried roses were sprinkled around.

Mariam sighed and took in the scent of the dried flowers and herbs. She wandered back out and spotted Kai, nearly invisible, on the bed horizontally, his legs draping over the side. Mariam walked over and jumped on beside him. She literally sank into the bed.

"So," Mariam said after a while.

"So?" Kai's muffle reply came back.

"Tell me about yourself." Mariam propped her head on her hands. "We've never properly introduced ourselves, you know," Mariam said thoughtfully.

"Hello, I'm Kai Hiwatari and I am possessed by a black phoenix. How was your day?"

Mariam gave him a shove for mocking her. "Seriously,"

"Seriously...?" Kai sighed deeply and was silent for a while before he replied. "I don't know anything about myself anymore..."

"That's not possible. You know enough about yourself to not know anything about yourself." Mariam frowned. "For a start,"

"I know that I'm Kai... I know that I've got Black Dranzer in my blood, and I know I have to find Dranzer, and all the other bit-beasts in order for something amazing to happen. But I don't know what it is and whether it is beneficial or not. I don't know my favourite colour, or animal, or plant..."

Mariam's eyes softened. "You don't pay any attention to yourself?"

"There's no time..." Kai said softly. "There's never enough time... even if I wanted to tell someone something... anything... there's no time... it's always too late..."

"You've got almost 3 hours."

"But I can't... the pieces are too small... there are no reasons..."

Broken this fragile thing now

And I can't; I can't pick up the pieces

I've thrown my words all around

And I can't; I can't give you a reason

I feel so broken up

And I'd give up

I just want to tell you so you know

Here I go,

Scream my lungs out

To try to get to you

You are my only one

I let go

There's just no one

That gets me like you do

You are my only; my only one

"Remember the first day you woke up?" Kai said quietly after a period of silence.

"Yes,"

"Someone who understood,"

Mariam was silent. Someone who understood?

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A/N: And I'm going to end it at that. Unplanned, the tiny teaspoons of sugar are added in. I might be going insane, I'll let you know if I start going to the mental institute. ; I hope you guys liked this chapter. The italics are lyrics that I was just listening to – Only One by Yellowcard. It seemed to fit, suddenly, so I put it in. It could be because it's 2:20 in the morning right now. (When I wrote this)So anyways... R+R! Please... x)