TYSON

Kai came to my place late that night. The first thing I saw was his triangles had disappeared from his face. But what really confused me was the fact his eyes were pink…like he had been crying or something. It was too disturbing to think about so I didn't say anything.

I got a call from Voltaire's butler who sounded pissed. "Is master Kai at your residence?" I could only assume he was asking if Kai was here. "No, why?" He hung up and I slammed the receiver on the phone. "Who was it?" I jumped. Kai was standing right behind me in his usual way. "Don't sneak up on people like that Kai! You nearly gave me a heart attack!"

"Who was it?" He asked again and I sighed. "Some old guy, sounded posh and angry. Like grandpa on a bad day."

"I heard that!" Grandpa yelled from another room. Kai made a thoughtful sound and walked off. "You're really annoying you know that." I said after him. This caused Kai to smirk as we went in to the training room. Two sleeping bags were set up on either side of the room. "So what happened between you and Ebony?"

It took less than a second to feel the impact of a pillow hitting my face. "Mind your own business Tyson!" I laughed and threw it back at him. Much to my disappointment he caught it. "Everything's back to normal then?" He nodded and we fell asleep.

KAI

I woke up to Tyson's incredible snoring early in the morning. I rolled up my sleeping bag and left it in a neat pile where I slept. I didn't have to take care walking out of the room. A heard of elephants couldn't wake him this early in the morning.

When I came outside I saw Tyson's grandpa was already up and training. He spotted me walking down the path and smiled.

"Yo homy what's happenin?" I could only think that meant hello so I nodded. "You leavin?" I nodded again and the old man laughed. "Now what?"

"Still not the yappin type, even with your little lady." Why couldn't he act like other grandparents? At least they know how to keep their pride and dignity. "Whatever." Ebony doesn't talk that much either so why should I? "If ever you need a place to crash Kai, you're always welcome to our pad."

"Thanks." I think. There's going to be one hell of a bad atmosphere when I get home, so I might have to stay tonight as well. I think Tyson's grandfather knows a bit about mine so he probably saw this coming.

I drove home as slowly as I possibly could. Just the thought of seeing Voltaire's face contorted with anger made a shiver go down my spine. But when I entered I couldn't feel a bad atmosphere but was still very cautious. His old git of a butler caught me trying to sneak back in to my room and took me straight to Voltaire's office. Voltaire was angry but it wasn't directed at me for once.

"I cancelled the party after you left." What was going on? Usually he would start yelling by now. "I got a call from Irene's father. Apparently she had to have an abortion yesterday." He growled; this was seriously starting to get weird. "I did a little research and discovered she's had three in the past two years. For once I would agree that to marry someone like that would ruin the family name. I will not allow a whore like that in to our family tree." If Voltaire wasn't the twisted bastard I knew then I would've yelled for joy. But instead a quiet smirk played on my lips. "But I will not let you marry this Ebony person." My smile vanished in an instant.

"Who said I was going to marry her?" I growled making the git turn to look at me. "I thought you two were engaged. You did after all by a ring and Irene doesn't have it."

"How did you know about that?" I glared at him, wishing I could punch that smirk off his face. "I look over your bank details to find out what you're spending you're money on. A few thousand dollars is a lot to spend on a girl." Is that all he saw Ebony as? A huge bill waiting to happen? I snapped and glared at him with clenched fists, shaking with uncontrollable rage. "YOU LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS!" I yelled making the old man glare hatefully back at me.

EBONY

Late Kai met up with me by the park with a cut lip. He hid a shiner by lowering his head but I found it. "Who did this to you?"

"It doesn't matter." He muttered. "But-"

"IT DOESN'T MATTER OK!" I took a step back; I'd never seen him like this before. "Ok, it doesn't matter." He was starting to scare me and I cringed when he yelled at me. I hoped never to see him like this again.

KAI

I could see I frightened her so I held her close and sighed. She tensed up with fear ready for a right if need be. "I would never hurt you, and I won't let anyone hurt you." I whispered in her ear making her relax. "Kai, what's wrong?"

"Nothing. For once everything's going to be alright." I told her about Irene and she laughed uncontrollably. It was an evil laugh but I couldn't help feel it was the right kind of laugh at this point in time. "I wonder if everyone knows?" She asked and I shrugged. "Maybe she told her friends about this one, but the other two…."

"Other two?" Ebony chocked through a laugh. "I haven't laughed this much for a long time." It was then I noticed she was wearing something on her finger. The diamond sparkled in the pale light. She smiled at me as I rose her hand. "Does this mean?" She nodded and my heart leapt with joy. "We'll have to wait a couple of years to hear any wedding bells." She teased and we laughed. "Or we won't get married at all and stay this way forever." This sounded more agreeable to my ears.

We spent the whole day together away from the world. No one found us, which made the day even more perfect. A thought crossed my mind as I felt Ebony's blade in her pocket against my leg. Would Ebony's secret about Black dragoon be able to stay that way?