Summary: Rei has been hiding a secret all his life but when an airport is blown up not long before he is supposed to leave to go to China someone will discover his secret. Now the secrets out and everyone is turning against him. Will this break him or make him stronger? OOC. Couples Kai x OC, Tala x Bryan, Kai x Rei

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Rei's POV

Rei sat there watching as minute emotions flicker across Kai's face but no matter how small they appeared on his face his beautiful mahogany eyes seemed to magnify every emotion a thousand times. She gazed into his eyes as guilt began to flood through his stare.

"I'm sorry; I shouldn't have judged you so quickly and visited you sooner." Kai said continuing to look her straight in the eyes and making her blush slightly.

"Did I hear correctly? Did Kai Hiwatari just apologize?" Rei asked cheekily.

"Yes I did but don't expect it to be a common occurrence," Kai sourly that was reflected instantly on his expression making Rei giggle.

"Well then you are forgiven," Rei replied happily and flung her arms around his neck. She moved closer and breathed in his scent which was strangely calming and at the same time almost familiar. Soon she began feeling both content and drowsy. "wo ai ni," (I love you in Chinese) she whispered sleepily as she fell asleep in his arms.

Kai visited fairly frequently over the next couple of weeks to keep her updated about the activities of the rest of the team. Before some of the things Kai was saying would have annoyed her about how idiotic her 'friends' were being but now she couldn't care less. Also he kept bugging her about the meaning of what she had said before she had fallen asleep that time making her blush frequently that seemed to provide Kai endless amusement. Today was also the day of her release from this boring place. Ok, so she was mostly asleep or eating but when she wasn't doing either of that either Kai or Catalinia was visiting to keep her occupied but she had yet to hear from Tyson, Max or Kenny. Another weird thing was Catalinia, despite acting nice and friendly to her ever since she had mentioned the identity of her secret love had been sending her scornful glares. Also when Kai was visiting he almost never left Catalinia's sight until he left again.

"Rei, Kai is here to get you," Catalinia called out to her as Rei finished putting on a plain gold halter neck dress that Catalinia had brought her before going to meet Kai.

Kai's reaction to what she was wearing surprised her. She wasn't THAT pretty was she?

"Rei… your looking… nice," Kai said staring at her openly and her eyes flickered to Catalinia who had a look of severe jealously written across her face but as soon as she saw it, it was gone. "I think we should go back to the mansion now, ready to go?"

"Yeah and Catalinia has already signed me out so I can go," Rei replied half excited that she would be leaving but the other half was nervous about the fact that she had only ever had two visitors and was scared about how the others would react to her. Kai wrapped his arm around her waist to help her since she was still pretty weak and she swore she saw Catalinia's eyes narrow in hatred as they left.

When they got back to the mansion the whole place was silent. They walked into the mansion to see Max, Kenny and Tyson lined up waiting for them yet there was no smile of happiness on their faces. Quite the reverse actually and it was all directed at her!

"So here is the lying bitch," Tyson spat before turning to leave the room but before he did Kai grabbed him by the collar and lifted him off his feet, Kai's eyes burning angrily like the flames of the phoenix that was his bit beast.

"Unless you plan on living on the streets for the rest of your visit I recommend that you leave Rei alone," Kai said coldly.

"She totally betrayed us dude. The Kai I knew wouldn't stand it let alone spend more time with them than with your LOYAL team mates," Tyson yelled defensively.

"This is the Kai you know but if you stopped thinking about yourself for one minute you would realize that we weren't the ones betrayed… she was." Kai yelled at a very stunned Tyson while Rei was on the verge of tears. She had been right, they hated her! "Her family disowned her, she is forbidden to enter her village for any reason and the ones she thought were her friends and you are just sitting there complaining about how she lied to you," Kai finished angrily but his eyes betrayed him and Rei knew he was also yelling at himself for doubting her.

"So what, she probably deserved it," Tyson mock. Rei saw red as one of her closest friends said that she deserved what she got because she had stayed behind to look after Kai. She marched over and hit Tyson in the same place Kai had been hit by Catalinia and Rei watched in almost sadistic satisfaction as Tyson keeled over at her feet.

"You son of a bitch!" she spat poisonously. "The only reason I didn't tell you was because would you really believe me if I came up to you a couple of years ago or even a couple of weeks ago and said 'Hey Tyson, nice day isn't it? Oh by the way a tiger Priest turned me into a boy when I was five months old now if I don't have it recast every nine years or I will probably die. If the off chance I survive I would have to spend the rest of my life as a woman. Apparently since Drigger isn't supposed to be wielded by a girl my family will disown me and I will be thrown out of the village.' Now get of my sight before I hit you again," Rei said threateningly but as the rest of the team except for Kai left so did her self confidence and so she turned and wrapped her arms around his waist and leaning against his chest and cried.

"Uh… Kai?" Max asked nervously as Rei moved away slightly to dry her eyes and Kai sent him his infamous death glare. "Tala just called to say that him and Catalinia are going to be here in fifteen minutes," and bolted straight out of the room again.

"Kai I think I will go and wash my face and brush my hair so I look presentable in front of the guests," Rei said as she fingered her long ebony hair that was tied up in a high ponytail.

"If you must," Kai said surrended and Rei grabbed her bag and raced off to the bathroom. When she got there she pulled out a small make-up case that Catalinia had gave her the day before she left since she HAD been a boy four weeks ago and had no idea about female fashion sense. She ran a brush quickly through her hair but decided against it and let her hair out and brushing it again. After five minutes she chose mascara, gold eye shadow and lip gloss. She looked at herself in the mirror and realized that her transformation was now officially complete and she looked almost unrecognizable. She went down stairs to the entrance to meet the guests.

"Wow! You're cute," Tala exclaimed as she walked into the room drifting almost instinctively to stand beside Kai. "You know if I wasn't dating Bryan or gay…"

"I wouldn't be saying that brother, especially given the happy mood Bryan has been in lately," Catalinia warned.

"Oh well, how about you two go ahead since me and kitty here have a lot of catching up to do." Tala said cheerfully and Catalinia almost instantly latched herself to Kai's arm and what was worse was that Kai didn't seem like he minded too much, he even SMILED at her. As the other two left the room Rei saw her turn around and smirk at her before resting her head on Kai's shoulder. So she hadn't been imagining things. "Stay away from Kai kitty," Tala sneered, His former happy, relaxed attitude changing in a blink of an eye.

"What are you talking about?" Rei asked confused.

"Catalinia told me all about you silly little crush on him. Do you really think he would want you when he could have my little sister who he has been in LOVE with for YEARS?" Tala asked mockingly.

"But she promised she wouldn't tell," Rei said shocked.

"No shit Sherlock," Tala said rolling his eyes. "Who would want you anyway? You are just a lying, traitorous piece of scum. I don't know how Kai can stand the sight of you, let alone replace me as his best friend. You're weak… pathetic… useless and I am sick of the sight of you and so is the rest of your so called 'friends'."

"No more, PLEASE, NO MORE," Rei cried, tears flowing done her cheeks silently as Tala told her what had been haunting her dreams for weeks.

"So you will stay away from Kai then?" Tala asked sounding amused.

"Yes, just please stop," Rei begged.

"You know what you have to do." Tala told her and handed her a pen

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