My 1st story! I hope you like it!

Kai's p.o.v.

Yeah, I know its almost Christmas and I miss my friends. I've been trapped in Russia away from the Blade breakers for way to long. I've been stuck her with Tala and Anastasia. Anastasia is ok though. She is very understanding of me. We are inseparable. She is a little sister to me. She is here now helping me decorate the house for Christmas. The Blade breakers are coming over. They are goanna be here tomorrow and we have a lot of decorating to do. Anastasia says it has to be perfect. Her mother is gone so she is spend Christmas with me. I'm glad of that.

"Hey Kai!" she yelled to me. "How does it look?" she smiled down at me from the ladder. She was decorating the tree. Of course it had to be the tallest tree we could find. She had a glittery smile that always warmed my heart. She kept turning her head between me that the tree waiting for my approval.

"It looks fine." I said. Her crystal blue eyes filled with accomplishment looked at me again. I just turned back to decorating the stairs. Honestly I thought she was beautiful with her long red hair that curled around her face. Anastasia isn't even Tala's cousin. She is just much more warm-hearted when she wanted to be. She was wearing a blue shirt that said 'Bad Ass' on it and black jeans. Anastasia isn't that girly compared to most girls. If she breaks a nail she'd scream, "Fuck that hurt!" not "Oh my god I broke my perfect nail!" and if something is in her way she will remove it. Notice I used the word remove instead of move.

"Just fine? It's perfect! Kai, Don't you think it's better than fine?" she said to me. I just rolled my eyes at her still decorating the stairs. I could feel her eyes piercing my back. I hated that she could do that.

"It's perfect, Anna! Now hurry up and get down!" I yelled at her. I wanted her to get down before she fell.

"Fine!" she stuck her tongue out at me and climbed down the ladder. She ran up the stairs past me. Don't worry she is just in one of her moods now. She'll be over it in 2 seconds. Then she came running down the stairs, arms filled with presents, dropping some on her way down. I picked them up after her. One was covered with red paper and green ribbons and another was silver with blue ribbons. Both we marked for Rei. I walked up the stairs some more and found another one with green paper and red ribbon. It was marked for Tyson. I walked down the stairs and handed them to her. "Would you help me Kai? We got so many gifts yesterday. Especially for Rei." She winked at me. "I won't say anything, Hun." I just rolled my eyes and helped her with the gifts.

I didn't get any more for Rei than the others. The person I bought the most for was Anastasia actually. She has done a lot for me. The house was almost done and I was tired from decorating so long.

"I can't believe I told you." I said to her sounding ashamed.

"Oh come on Kai. I'm not goanna tell any one." She said reassuringly. I told her I like Rei. I knew she would be ok with it. She's bisexual too so she understands how I feel but she just thinks I'm gay which is cool because she treats me like one of her girlfriends. Well not girlfriends but a friend that's a girl. What I'm saying is she isn't afraid to change in front of me or something. Sadly she won't get completely naked though. Yeah, growing up has made me slightly a pervert.

"Yeah I know." I said quietly.

"It's not like I have anyone to tell anyways, Kai…" she said quietly.

"I'm sorry I said something."

She quickly put a smile on her face "Don't be, Hun." She always called me that 'Hun'. I don't know if it's a pet name or if she calls everyone that.

The house was beautiful on the inside and out. We wanted to do it ourselves for some reason. We did a surprisingly good job too. "It's perfect" Anastasia said looking around. I nodded. Every room was decorated. Anastasia did a great job on the tree.

"Where should I sleep?" She said. "You only have 3 guest rooms." She says only like its little but really it's a lot to her. I looked around.

"I guess you can sleep in my room with me." I said.

"Oh but what would Rei think?" She said smiling at me. I didn't think about that.

"Lets worry about that later."

She isn't poor but she isn't rich either. Her father buys her anything she wants though to keep her from telling everyone what happens in that house of theirs. She says he has never done anything inappropriate but slap her across the face. He really beats her mom though. Her dad doesn't know that I'm her only friend. Her parents think she is very popular at school. She lives a sad life and I'm surprised she can smile the way she does.

"We can make Tyson and Max share that room." She said pointing to the biggest guest room. She was staying in that one. She grabbed her stuff and moved it into a room closer to mine. "I could stay in this one! I really like it. I decorated it myself. And Rei could stay in this one." She pointed to the one closest to mine. "I decorated that one too." She smiled accomplished again.

"Ok." I said. There was no point in arguing with her. She would just find some way to make her point better.

She started putting her thinks into the other room. "How long are they staying?"

"Two weeks" I said as I sat on the bed. She started putting her underwear away. I slid over a little further to see better. Oh come on. You would do it too. Hmm. She put down a pink thong with a matching bra. Nice.

"And the are coming tomorrow?" she said while she put down he black thong and bra set.

"Yeah." I said still gazing at every thing she had set down.

"I can tell your watching Kai." Oh shit. I thought. She is goanna kill me now. She turned to me. "Your not gay are you Kai?" Oh good she was smiling. Maybe she thinks its funny. I hope so. "You perv." She giggled at me. Then, she turned and finished unpacking. Thank God she thought it was funny.

"Do you think they will like the house?" I said.

"Who wouldn't?" Anastasia said looking around. She was right. No one in there right mind would say the house looked ugly. "I'm goanna get in the shower. Yeah, that's what I need. A nice hot shower. Now I know to lock the door." She joked. She knew I wouldn't really go in there. I'm not that perverted.

"Kai?"

"Yeah?"

"How old are you goanna be next year?"

"17. Why?"

"17? Wow I've known you for a long time now. I'll be 15! I can't wait!" She said jumping around then she ran up stairs to take a shower.

I went to the living room and watched TV. An hour later she came down in her pajamas. It was a nice, little, red, silk dress with a matching robe that almost came to the floor. "I don't know about you but I'm ready for sleep. We do have to get up early tomorrow."

"I'll go to bed soon." I smiled slightly at her.

"Ok" She ran up the stairs and went to sleep fast. I just stayed up an hour longer watching TV and thinking of Rei.

I walked up stairs admiring the great job we had done when I heard Anastasia crying. I ran to her room and she was sitting up with her face in her hands.

"Anna, what happened?" She quickly looked at me and started whipping her tears off her face. I could tell she was trying to stop crying but she couldn't.

"Nothing I'm fine Kai. Don't worry." She was still trying to push the tears from her face.

"I know you better than that." I said sitting next to her.

"I saw him kill her!" She burst out in tears. "Right in front of me! He shot her with the gun under their bed!" She looked terrified. "Her blood was everywhere and he was laughing! He was laughing Kai!"

"Who?"

"My father! He shot Mama and then he laughed about it! Then he turned to me and shot me too! He had been drinking again!" she flung her arms around me and cried on my shoulder. "He is always drinking!"

"It was just a dream Anna. Its ok now." I tried to comfort her. The fear in her eyes was horrible.

"It wasn't a dream Kai…it was part of a memory…Daddy shot Mama and he almost shot me too." She tried to say it calmly.

"I'm sorry." I told her. I didn't know what else to say. I knew she had it hard there but not that hard. I held her tight as if afraid to drop her. I laid down with her until she fell asleep.

When I could tell she was finally asleep I got up and before I left the room I heard her say "Kai…Thank you." I walked back over to her and gave her a little kiss on the forehead. Poor girl. I'm glad she was here away from all that. I went to bed worried about her. She is almost a little sister to me. Almost family. Just almost.