Tainted Blood

Chapter 19

by. SilverWolf-Ryuki

A/N: Watch Kai and Ren fight. Oh boy, this is gonna be fun...

Sorry for the huge delay in updates. Although it's not unusual for me, I did go away, and there were no computers that I had access to, being a 'minor' and all. Stupid... anyway. Enjoy, and I'll get the next chapter up soon, I hope.

"So, I'm assuming we can't settle this peacefully."

"No."

"OK... did the news people have to come too?" Mariam eyed the camera stuck up to her face.

"Er," Oliver scratched his head. "That I cannot help, they come and go, and they have a pass."

Mariam crossed her arms. "We should be worried about Ren and Kai, and not sit here trying to look calm to the camera."

"Please, miss; you are the civilized of your friends, aside from Tala, who is certainly getting into the 'mood' of Ren and Kai. There is simply no possible way I can bring Enrique in front of public television's eyes." Oliver begged.

"I'm not saying it's bothering me..." Mariam paused. "OK, it's bothering me, but still... can't you just tell them to... shoo?"

Oliver laughed. "Shoo? Oh, that will give the newspapers a laugh. Headline: 'Heir of throne speaks improper grammar; does he hope the word 'Shoo' will be added to the dictionary? Greedy young monarch is asking for more than he's getting, and that's the country. What has the next generation become?' Honestly, Mariam, you have much to learn."

Mariam scowled. "I'm not planning to be anyone important, so... technically, no; I have nothing I need to learn."

"But being among us European royal families... you must pick up something along the way so you will not embarrass us." Oliver winked.

Mariam glared at Oliver. He was like an annoying girl friend at the mall. But then, so was Enrique. She wondered if all European royalties are feminine.

Outside, Kai and Ren were having something close to a fistfight. No blades... but it was obvious, as Kai would have probably been too angry to pull out his blade without ripping whatever the blade was near. This would do fine, as Kai has turned into a monster-like beast. Ren performed something called an over-soul, the process of which he took Bason and merged with him.

Where they got their weapons, no one knows. But a rumour was already spreading about Lars giving them swords he had from the freezer. Why he had them there, no one knew. But then again, Lars was a strange guy.

Rei was still down for the count, Tala and Enrique were betting on who was going to win. Tala was starting to become more open... more of the Tala that Oliver supposedly knew.

So that left Oliver to deal with the press, and Mariam to help him, because there were simply too many reporters. Guess what that led to? Yep, they basically held a press conference in the restaurant.

"Aren't you worried that they'll think I'm your girlfriend or something?" Mariam asked.

"Naw," Oliver smiled mildly. "They already published a story about me being homosexual; I doubt they would contradict themselves. If they did... at least the royalties will have a laugh."

Mariam pasted on a smile and nodded. What a weird world there is out there...

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"What's that?"

"A Kwan-Dao, you moron,"

"No, the thing you're using to battle Kai."

"THAT'S WHAT I TOLD YOU! IT'S A KWAN-DAO!"

"Jeez, no need to get so emotional."

"YOU TRY NOT GETTING EMOTIONAL TRYING TO ANSWER MORONIC QUESTIONS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, BATTLING A DRUNKEN, SUICIDAL BEAST!"

"Alright, chill... hey, look, Tala! It's a butterfly!"

"No comment, Enrique."

Mariam sighed as she listened to the, although stupid, but entertaining voices from outside where Ren was battling against Kai. It was kind of like a fist-fight, plus a bit of super-human powers that no one knew they had.

OK, maybe they knew Ren was a bit strange; Kai wasn't the type to get all beastie when it's not the first full moon.

"Miss Mariam, you mentioned about being the victim of an attacked village in China? Is there a possibility that young Mr. Hiwatari did the attacking?"

Mariam blinked out of her trail of thoughts and turned to the newswoman. "Uh, no, I'm certain it wasn't him. It didn't happen on the first day of a full moon, and I'm sure I know what kind of attacker it is."

"Do you care to share?"

"...preferably not."

A flurry of questions started again.

"How well do you know Kai?"

"How do you know he didn't attack your village?"

"You know, he could have been drunk!"

Mariam turned to Oliver with a frown. "How did this all start? Kai's only drunk, I mean... normally, when people are drunk, they don't start a news conference..."

"Yeah, but most people, when they get drunk, don't start a fight with a shaman. Plus, I know him." Oliver sighed. "I'm getting tired."

And so, just like that, he called his dad and his body guards, and at once, the crowd was shooed away by big bulky guys in black sunglasses.

Mariam wondered why he didn't do it earlier.

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Ren turned his sword to deflect Kai's attack. Kai snarled like a rabid animal and threw his body into pushing the sword further. Ren frowned and with a swipe of his blade, he jumped out from the receiving end of Kai's attack. Kai fell forward, but caught himself. He quickly turned, just in time to dodge Ren's assault.

But he didn't dodge enough to avoid Ren's blade completely, which slashed his arm, creating a small line of blood. Kai stopped. He calmly wiped the blood with his index finger and licked it.

Ren closed his eyes in disgust. Or rather, Ren and Bason closed their eyes. Everyone watching, if they looked closely, could see, faintly, Bason's aura. Also, Bason's voice was intertwined with Ren's.

"Omae o korosu..."

"That's harsh, Kai, even for you." Enrique commented.

"Shut up, blondie," Tala growled in a sing-song voice, although ironic. No one could quite pull it off as well as him.

"You don't want Kai to turn on you." Oliver shook his head. "Oh, how do we stop this?"

"How do you get a drunken person to stop being drunk?" Mariam questioned.

"Dunk 'em in cold water, of course." Enrique answered absent-mindedly.

Tala turned to Oliver with an eyebrow up. "That has got to be the most intelligent thing he's said." Tala commented with amazement. Oliver turned to Mariam, who tapped her chin.

"That might be a good idea." Oliver flipped open his phone and pressed a button. "Lars, get the fire department."

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Kai awoke, soaking in cold, dripping liquid. It wasn't humid, it wasn't sticky... but it sure did hurt. There was a metallic taste of blood in his mouth, and he didn't want to guess what it was from. Who knows, he might have gone cannibal and ate some random guy on the street.

"Welcome back, guy-who-doesn't-get-drunk." Ren said, voice dripping with sarcasm and mock immaturity.

Ren was sitting, cross-legged, in front of him. He tore a piece of gauze with his teeth and wrapped it onto his arm, where a cut was starting to bleed so much, the blood dripped off. His clothes had small tears in it, and he was cut. Bason sat beside him, looking at his master with a sorry expression.

Kai looked around and saw everyone watching him. The fire department wsa here too, and he noticed he was sitting in a largepuddle of water. He looked at himself. He was in about the same situation as Ren, with cuts and tears. He spotted two knives on the ground, and Lars who was grinning. He blinked. "What happened?"

Tala tapped his chin. "Well, to put it in a nutshell..."

Kai feared the worst. "Did I...transform?"

"Well, no."

Kai raised an eyebrow.

"You got drunk."

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A/N: Short chapter, I know. I've really got to continue with the storyline. If I keep trailing off track to do random little events like this, I'll finish the story at like, chapter 40. - -;;

Anyways. Thank you for everyone who reviewed for the last chapter:

Darksouled Saiyanphoenix: Wow long new name... thanks for all your reviews and support. xD

ShadedRogue: Lmfao, I'd love to meet your friend. I agree, not worth the hangover... but Kai didn't quite get a hangover. But what an idea for the next chapter. Sorry about the fight scene, the sexiness in it you'll have to imagine yourself. ;; I can't quite write of it in that way. Or at least, I haven't tried... I'm not about to anytime soon though! Thanks for your review.

KagomeHigurashi66: Yay for hyperness. And yes, Kai was supposed to be kind of... insane. Thanks for your review.

Lunar Fire: Yeah, but I'm just gonna imagine that Zeo never tried to take the bladebreaker's bit-beasts. xD Ren can handle Kai just fine, being Ren and all... I love Ren, he's awesome. Thanks for your congrat, and for your review. xDD

Odd-12345: Is it getting annoying that I keep repeating I like your name? If not, I like your name. There's that song... what is it again? 'I am slowly going crazy, 123456 switch, crazy going slowly am I, 654321 switch.' Lol... sorry about the weirdness. Anyway. Thanks for reviewing, and I hope I'm not boring you out with this story.