Me: (sighs) I can't stop you anyway… you are right… it is OUR fanfic. Hale: so you'll let me write lime? Me: yes… but no lemon! Hale: lemon's too gross… Me: I agree… Hale: plus, it'll make the fic more dramatic, I mean the 2nd genre is drama. Me: you do have a point, anyway guys, here's chapter 16!

Chapter 16: Complicated

"Kaze I'm starting to worry, so are Kai and the rest, this has something to do with Boris doesn't it?" Tala said. Kaze fell quiet. "Kaze, you could always tell me, I won't tell anyone, promise," Tala said. Kaze looked at him.

"Promise?" Kaze said, Tala nodded. "Al right," Kaze said and sat on her bed and so did Tala. "I was locked in a dark room at a very young age, Boris was my mentor and would come to my room everyday to train me, a rebellious attitude started growing in me when I was 14, I tried escaping from the room I wasn't allowed out and Boris caught me, he was really mad at me that he gave me a much more worse punishment…" Kaze said, her eyes starting to fill up with tears of fear from remembering her dark past.

"Kaze, what did he do?" Tala asked. Kaze turned away from him.

"I… I can't tell you… I don't want to remember…" Kaze said, crying softly. Tala held her hand making Kaze face him and their eyes made contact again.

"Kaze I can't help you if I don't know what's troubling you, and I can't sleep if I know that I can't help you, so please Kaze, what did he do?" Tala asked. Kai looked down, her gaze no longer on Tala's turquoise eyes.

"He… he raped me! So I would never break a rule or he'll do it again!" Kaze said as more tears escaped from her beautiful crimson eyes. Tala was really shocked.

'Boris you bastard why the hell did you do that to her!' Tala thought. Tala hugged her in comfort. "Shh… don't cry Kaze, he won't do that again, I swear," Tala said.

"Tala…" Kaze whispered.

"Boris didn't have the right to do that, I'll protect you from him even if I have to risk my life for it," Tala said. Kaze's cheeks started to turn beet red and smiled.

"Thank you Tala, but… I don't want you to get hurt…" Kaze said, she was about to say more but was interrupted.

"It's all right Kaze, I'd rather suffer than let you suffer," Tala said. All the while, Kai was kinda listening by accident.

'So maybe Tala really does like Kaze, heh, well we'll see really soon, Valentine's Day is coming up,' Kai thought. He left the two. Tala let go of Kaze blushing a little, he stood up.

"Um… come on… the plane's not gonna wait for us you know," Tala said. Kaze giggled a little.

"All right," Kaze said. They soon reached Japan and met with Mr. Dickinson.

"Hello team Blitzkrieg," Mr. Dickinson said.

"Hey Mr. Dickinson," Kai said.

"You all must be very tired from your flight, I'll bring you to your hotel," Mr. Dickinson said. They all got in a car and drove to the hotel the Blitzkrieg team could rest in. "There are two beds in each room, better find a roommate," Mr. Dickinson said.

"Kaze?" Kai said. Kaze nodded.

"Tala," Bryan said.

"Fine," Tala said.

"So is it okay if you're alone in a room Spencer?" Mr. Dickinson said.

"Yeah," Spencer said. They went in their rooms and unpacked. Kai finished before Kaze.

"Hey Kaze, I just have to go to Tala's room to tell him something, you don't mind being here alone for a while do you?" Kai said.

"No, go ahead," Kaze said. Kai left the room and knocked on Tala's room door. Bryan opened it.

"Oh hey Kai, what is it?" Bryan asked.

"Uh… hey Bryan, I just want to talk to Tala, alone," Kai said.

"Um… okay… Tala, Kai wants to talk to you," Bryan said. Tala went out and closed the door.

"What is it Kai?" Tala asked.

"It's about… you and Kaze…" Kai said, smirking as the redheaded Russian blushed brightly.

"What do you mean! There's nothing going on between us!" Tala said.

"Yeah… but I've noticed you keep on blushing around her," Kai said.

"I don't blush!" Tala said.

"Yeah right… don't pretend Tala, you like her do you?" Kai said.

"Um…" Tala said.

"Come on, you offered your jacket for her to borrow so she wouldn't get sick, and you gave her a handkerchief to wipe her tears when she was crying, it's obvious you like her since you swore to protect her from Boris," Kai said.

"Wait… how did you know about the handkerchief and me swearing?" Tala said.

"Um… I have my sources! Anyway, come on Tala admit it, I am the only one you could trust," Kai said.

"Ugh… all right… I do like Kaze…" Tala said and blushed.

"Then why don't you propose to her?" Kai said.

"Kai, you've been a member of the Blitzkrieg team longer than Kaze has, you know about the 'no relationships' rule," Tala said.

"Keep it a secret, don't tell anyone else, and is that so hard?" Kai said.

"Hmm… but you know…" Tala said.

"Tala, would I ever tell anyone and put my best friend and sister in trouble?" Kai said.

"No…" Tala said.

"See? Now, why aren't you proposing?" Kai said.

"I… I'm not ready…" Tala said.

"What the hell do you mean 'not ready'! I advise you to propose to her soon because Valentine's Day is tomorrow and let me tell you, she has tons of admirers, one of them is Brooklyn, and you know that he has tons of girl fans, more than the girl fans you have," Kai said.

"Yeah… hey! What's that supposed to mean!" Tala said. Kai giggled.

Me: boredness level… rising… rising… Hale: what's wrong? Me: my friend isn't calling… Hale: she's probably busy, she always is these days, she is in the honors class in Xavier. Me: (groans) why can't she transfer back to St. Mary's? Hale: she might next school year. Me: that'll still be a looooooooooong time…