This is the best chapter ever, it is a bit Kai OOCness but that's what makes it so great, enjoy this 'twoterful' fic!

Tai-writer: So he's stressed at least he's not pissed, ok so it wasn't that short but it was only four pages.

ShadedRogue: That's cool if you don't celebrate it my sister only does for the chocolate…mmm chocolate (eats chocolate)

Mrsalexwatkins: I'm not sure yet…maybe, maybe not

Lunar Fire: of course, Kai's a softy deep down, very, very, very, very deep down, extremely deep down.

CucumberPickles: mmm, I don't care how you look at Kai he still looks good… (Drools over Kai).

Chapter 17

Leon looked up at Miss Riley in confusion, first she'd been against him seeing Kai again but then Scot comes and says it ok, they argue and then Luc comes and they argue more.

Now he's standing outside Kai's door with a very worried Miss Riley staring down.

"Now, you listen to him and don't tire him out and talk when he asks you question don't stand their gaping like a fish. And make sure you're polite, don't stare at him like a fish again, and sometimes I think you're part one…"

Leon just watched her fiddle with his shirt and jacket, his shoe laces and his hair which was in a mess from earlier brushing.

"…And don't ask stupid questions, ask if you can leave before you do and if you need the toilet ask as well. Pay attention to whatever he says and if he says "come here", you go there and I don't want to hear that he's had to repeat himself before you listen, understands?"

She's finally stopped jabbering and now she was on her knees holding his small shoulders staring deep into his blue eyes.

She smiled and Leon was lost in her deep liquid brown eyes and he smiled back, she hugged him and said, "Be a good boy now, for me".

Leon nodded and entered Kai's room holding a card.

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The room was lighter then before, He stood in front of the door and looking around, the window was open and the curtains blowing from the wind outside.

The bed looked back and Leon thought he was in the wrong room, when he saw someone sitting in one of the chairs, staring at him.

"Hi, Miss Riley said I could come back, look I made you this".

Kai looked a bit surprised as Leon handed him a card.

It was full of glitter and sparkles, there was a star on the front and inside it said "Get well, Kai!" and there was a smiley face.

Leon looked anxious to know what Kai would say about the card, he seemed nervous and this made Kai curious about the boy's, reactions to things.

"I made it while Miss Riley watched the news, do you like it?"

Kai smiled slightly and nodded, placing the card on the table he stood up.

Kai towered over the boy and Leon gaped, remembering what Miss Riley said about staring he closed his mouth and looked at his feet.

Kai watched the boy with fascination, he was fully dressed, and he had cargo pants on, his sneakers, his shirt with a polar neck over that, which was black.

He had fingerless gloves on and a shorter version of his scarf around his wrist, it had names on it.

Leon saw it and frowned, Kai smiled but didn't tell him what it was for, and he knelt down to make himself Leon's size.

Leon stared at the teen, he was so close, and Leon lifted his hand and slowly touched Kai's shark fins.

This took Kai by surprise and said, softly taking the boys small hand which had glided across his shark fins, "How would you like to get out of this stuffy room and into some fresh air?"

Leon nodded and pointed out, "But you're sick you can't go out", Kai nodded and said; "The doctors say it is alright for me to go out, I need the fresh air anyway".

Leon nodded and felt Kai grip his hand, Leon looked up to see Kai's face of seriousness and a smirk at the corner of his mouth of fun.

"Ready?"

"Ready", his small voice piped up.

Rika smiled as she watched Kai and Leon walk out of the room.

Scot stood next to her, watching as Leon jumped up and down.

Rika was a but confused and wondered what happened that made Kai so cold?

Looking up at Scot who was staring at the two, his eyes had the distant look, Rika touched his face and he snapped out of it.

"Where were you just now?"

Scot shook his head and said, "It looks just like he did when at the abbey, just…happy"

Rika frowned, 'Then he must have changed at the mansion, but why?'

"Rika, where did you go?"

Scot was staring down at her and she smiled, and leaned against him, it was nice to have him around, she was smaller compared to him.

"Nowhere", Scot smiled and wrapped his arms around her small body, "Do you think it'll work?"

Scot was surprised, she didn't like to talk about Leon and Kai too much, "I'm sure, you're brother always had the knack of making people believe him".

Scot looked down at her blue eyes and stared deep into them, they were perfect, she was perfect, he brought up her chin higher with his index finger and kissed her soft lips.

Taken by surprise Rika felt shivers run down her spine and wrapped her arms around his neck, her hands playing with his hair.

Scot demanded entrance to her mouth and she gave it to him, he explored her mouth, enjoying the taste.

They parted; Scot hands were at her waits and her hands in his hair.

Rika took her one hand and ran her index finger along his scars, he smiled and took the hand and kissed it lightly.

"No matter what happens Rika, whether Kai dies or not, whether Leon doesn't believe Kai, you still have me".

Rika smiled and kissed him on the cheek, saying, "And you have me".

Kai had watched them from the corner of his eye as he walked down the corridor.

He knew it would happen, it was just a moment of time before it did.

Holding Leon's hand as they walked Leon seemed to just lighten up at the sight of the snow outside.

It had been snowing while he was in the hospital now everything was stele it was perfect.

They took a cab to the park and Leon ran around, rolling in the snow.

Kai was smiling and he couldn't stop, he may not be used to being around kids but he enjoyed the company, they were forward and honest.

He couldn't see Leon when he felt something hard and soft, and cold hitting the back of his head.

Turing around he saw a giggling Leon holding a snowball.

Kai smirked and picked up his own glove of snow and shaped it, and threw it at him.

In just mere seconds it was full out war, and Leon was laughing and having too much fun to care what Miss Riley had said.

He just couldn't believe that this guy was sick, he didn't seem sick.

He was a bit skinny, his clothes hung loosely and he did cough once in a while but he didn't look sick.

About twenty minutes later Kai lay in the snow surrendering.

He was tired and Leon came and lay next to him, Leon rested his head on Kai's chest, he heard Kai's heartbeat got into a frenzy, as he listened closer, he heard a slight wheeze in his breathing.

Looking up he looked at Kai, his eyes were closed, his lips slightly parted, his breathing was calming down, Leon watched him for some time before he stated, "I'm hungry".

He saw Kai open one of his eyes and close it, "What do you feel like"

Leon thought about this and looked around, and saw an ice cream parlor, "Ice cream?"

He saw Kai's expression and surprised, "Ice cream in the snow", there was a pause and Kai nodded and got up, he was sitting on the snow, "Sounds like a good idea".

Leon watched as the teen got up on his feet and looked down at him Kai frowned and said, "Well do you want the ice cream or not".

The ice cream parlor was large and they stood getting their ice cream Leon asked what Kai favourite flavour was.

"Strawberry and vanilla with mint on top"

Leon gaped and said that was his, only making Kai smile they headed outside to the benches in the park.

They sat, Kai didn't have one he said the doctors said he couldn't have any ice cream because he was so sick.

Leon just shrugged and licked away.

Kai watched him, it was like watching yourself.

Leon stopped and said, "Why do people say I'm special?"

Kai was a bit taken aback and shifted his position, his body ached from the snow fight and he was trying not to show it.

"Well, because you are, you're one of a kind", Leon watched Kai's face, and shook his head, "Miss Riley always says that too. But grandfather said I was different from other boys, why?"

Kai frowned at the mention of Miss Riley again and asked who she was.

"She's the greatest person ever, next to you of course. She taught me how to draw pictures, she ate supper with me when grandfather was busy and play with me, she's like a big sister just who acts like your mom".

Kai watched the child talk about her and wondered if this women was the same one he was thinking of.

"Maybe you're special because you don't have any parents"

Leon was confused, "But you don't have any parents either"

"No, you're right"

"Kai"

"Hmm"

"Miss Riley wants to take me to Japan away from grandfather and Russia, she wants to adopt me. But I don't want to leave Russia, not like you do"

Ok this was going to be hard, thought Kai as he shifted again and looked directly at Leon, "Leon, you are different from other children, so am I. And it's not because of what you look like or who you parents are it's because…because it what you are"

"What do you mean Kai"

"What I mean is that you are a clone"

"A clone?"

"Yes a clone, a copy of something else, you are a copy of the original K-Leon"

Leon looked away from Kai and into the snowy ground, "No"

"No?"

"No, I can't be a copy, a clone, I'm my own person, my own self, like you are, I'm normal, and I'm normal, normal!"

Leon had jumped up and began to run away from Kai.

Grinding his teeth together Kai ran after him, tackling the boy he held him on his two feet and held him by his upper arms.

The child was crying, he was scared and frightened, he didn't know what to believe and Kai understood that.

"Listen Leon, I'm sorry you had to find out like this it was my fault but you needed to know before it was too late. I am a clone as well, we are the clone of one person, Voltaire's real grandson, who died when he was around seventeen, he died of a terrible disease and Voltaire was angry and cloned him, the others died before they were born, maybe lasting a month or so be we are different from the other clones that died, we survived and that's what makes us different, understand".

Leon looked up at Kai and sniffed, "You are a clone too", Kai nodded, his body ached more then before.

Leon wiped his tears and said, "The original, he had a sister, Rika, I remember her, do you"

"No, that is what makes us different from each other, Voltaire removed my memories but let you keep yours, I don't remember Rika or your-our parents"

Leon sniffed again and said, "Is she dead?"

"No, she is alive and all grown up, she is older then you are now, she is the big sister now".

Leon watched Kai's face and listened to his voice, he looked as if in pain and said, "You ok?"

"Yes, I'm fine, just tired".

Leon sat down and Kai followed him, they were sitting against a tree, Leon on Kai's lap, he asked, "Will I see her?"

"Yes, you will see her"

There was silence and suddenly Leon said, "If we are both a clone of the same person and Rika is his sister, does that make her my sister, even if she's older then me?"

Kai nodded and Leon's face brightened, "Then we can be brothers!"

Kai was a bit surprised by the out burst but smiled and hugged the small child, "Kai"

"Hmm"

"Why do you have red eyes and I don't?"

Kai had his eyes closed he held the child in his grasp and said, "Because Voltaire gave them to me, like he gave me Dranzer"

"Dranzer?"

Kai searched with one hand for his blade in his one pocket and pulled out the blue blade.

Leon gasped and touched it, "She's beautiful"

Kai watched, the blade glowed and he smiled, "Yes she is"

As Kai sat on his bed watching Leon study Dranzer he smiled, removed his jersey, his shoes, his socks and his shirt he took a white shirt and replaced it with that and he removed his cargoes to be in a pair of old tracksuit pants.

"When can I see Rika?"

Kai was sitting on his bed, he was exhausted, "Soon, come here".

Leon placed Dranzer on the counter in the room and came up to him, Kai took off his white cloth of his wrist and gave Leon a pen.

"Here, write your name", Leon stared at the pen and at the names on the cloth.

There were so many, "Who are they?"

"My friends…and family", Leon smiled and wrote it in Russian.

Kai tied it back on his wrist and they sat there talking, well Leon did most of it, Kai had closed his eyes and was listing, Leon thought he was sleeping when there was suddenly a knock on the door.

Kai's eyes had slid open and stood there in the door frame was Miss Eve Riley, it was her!

"Eve!"

Leon looked from one person to the next, confused, "Hello Kai, how are you".

She stepped inside, closing the door, "Fine, I didn't know you still care"

Leon heard some tease in his voice.

"Me caring about you, no, I only care about him", Leon blushed and sat on Miss Riley's lap.

Kai smiled and said, "He deserves it too"

There was a pause and Leon asked, "How do you know Kai?"

This made Kai smile and Miss Riley saw how tired he looked and said, "Well, when Kai was ten years old I was studying in the mansion and we talked to each other, we become sort of friends".

"What were you studying?" asked Leon.

"Art"

"Why were you studying art in the mansion?"

Miss Riley sighed and said, "Because my father worked there"

"Who's your father?"

"Boris"

Leon's eyes went wide and he looked at Kai, "You knew this"

"I knew it before she even told me, I was taught by Boris, and he must be teaching you"

Leon nodded and looked at Miss Riley, "Why don't you have his surname?"

"Because he wanted a son and got me instead, he treated Kai as his son"

Leon looked at Kai who lay there silently, "How old are you Miss Riley?"

"Let's see I was, fourteen when I met Kai so I am, twenty"

Kai nodded and Leon asked what she'd taught Kai.

Kai smiled and answered, "She taught me some few strokes and now I can draw much better than I used too"

"Oh, let's see then"

Leon watched in silence as they spoke and in Kai hands were a scrapbook, Miss Riley and Leon flipped through them.

"Well it looks like a talent is certainly passed on here"

"It's nice to hear your voice again Eve"

"Hmm, nice to know you still draw"

There was a pause and Miss Riley watched Kai fall asleep.

Leon sat quietly watching him, Leon hugged Kai and walked to the door, Miss Riley knew he was hungry and probably just as tired.

So just before she left she went up to Kai, moved a hair from his eyes and kissed his forehead, and whispered, "Get well my phoenix", she saw Kai smile softly and left.

"Night Kai", said Leon

"Yes, sweet dreams" said Miss Riley and she clicked the door closed.

The room was still and quiet, Kai soft smile was plastered over his face, as Dranzer glowed.

WOW!

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NB: I don't remember doing a Miss Riley description so if I've mess it up please tell me, thanx!