Chapter 3: A Painful Past

"This is sickening!" Tyson yelled as he stomped around the room.

"We know Tyson!" Max yelled back, getting a little tired of his friends antics.

'Please make the yelling stop' Rei pleaded to him self as he curled up into a little ball on the couch.

"Shut Up Max!" Tyson yelled.

"No You Shut Up!" Max screamed in return.

Rei just covered his ears trying to drown out the yells.

Tyson growled at his friend and walked over to him, "don't argue with me Max!" he said angrily.

Max just smacked Tyson across the face. "You don't fight with me!"

"That's It!" Tyson yelled and threw a punch at Max, hitting him in the face.

"Fucking Bastured!" Max yelled and hit Tyson in the gut.

Rei could here the yell and hitting which made him whimper and curl up more.

Kai walked in the room and saw Tyson fight with Max so he walked over to the both of them and slammed their heads together. "Stop It Both Of You!"

The two sank to the ground dizzily. "Yes sir" the two said.

"Couldn't you see you were scaring Rei!" Kai said in a very pissed off voice.

The bilked and looked over at Rei's curled up and shaking form. "Gee we're sorry Rei" they said.

Kai sighed and walked over to Rei and sat next to him. "Rei…Hey Rei its ok they stopped fighting" he said in a soft voice.

Rei looked up at Kai with teary eyes and blinked. He then clung to Kai desperately.

Kai closed his eye and wrapped his arms around Rei. He then looked you at the others and glared. He lipped out a few words 'see what you morons did to poor Rei!'\

After Kai turned his attention back to Rei Tyson and Max put their heads down in shame. They both turned and walked out the door.

Kai and Rei stayed in that position for only God knows how long. But after a while Rei finally cried himself to sleep in Kai gentle hold. While Rei was asleep he tossed and turned a few times.

Rei's Dream

"You Lazy Bitch!" a tall woman with black hair and gold eyes, yelled as she kicked her son in the stomach.

"AHHH!" her son cried as he curled into a small ball of pure pain.

"Aw, is poor little Rei in pain" a tall man with black hair and gold eyes asked in a sarcastic voice.

Rei mother and father both kicked him in the sides one last time before leaving the room.

After about ten minutes Rei painfully sat up and looked around. With no sight of his mother or father he slowly got up and limped to the door.

Rei stumbled through the streets of the small city he lived in until he came across a some what dry ally and sat down. Leaning his back up against the wall.

After a few minutes he stood up again and started to was down the alleyway, as he got further he started to fell as if he wee being fallowed. So he turned around and he came face to face with a boy who looked about his age.

The boy gave him an anger look and spoke with such venom it made you shutter. "What are you doing here! This is my turf!"

Rei stepped back a few steps and looked at the boy in fear. "I…I'm kind of…well…lost"

The boy narrowed his eyes, "Where are you from?"

Rei was a little bit surprised the boy had not beaten the snot out of him yet. "Uh…Um…Th-"

"Come On Spit It Out!" he yelled.

"The little neighborhood to the west!" Rei said quickly, fear twined in his voice.

"Oh, that shit hole?" the boy circled Rei, "you look to…to innocent to be from there, are you sure you're not lying to me?"

"I'm positive!" Rei squeaked.

"then how san you look so innocent, I hear kids are beaten and raped there every night" the boy said, as he stood in front of Rei "so which are you…hum?...beaten or raped?"

Rei swallowed hard, "b-beaten" he said and lifted up his shirt for the boy to see the large burse that was forming from where his mother had kicked him only an hour ago.

"Wow," the boy whistled "that has to hurt…"

Rei just nodded and put his shirt back down "it does"

"What's your name kid" the boy asked.

"R-Rei…Rei Kon" Rei said as he looked up at the boy.

The boy's eyes widened, "y-you're a Kon!"

Rei nodded "yeah…why?"

"Wow you poor kid…out here in the streets we hear a lot of about families that are mean and cruel and the Kons are the most mentioned!" the boy said and then shook his head "I'm Kai…Kai Hiwatari"

Rei nodded "nice to meet you" and he slightly smiled until his side started to pulse with pain and he doubled over onto the ground.

Kai knelt down and touched Reis shoulder "Rei? Hey kid you ok?"

But all of Kai words just faded in one ear and out the other. Soon his vision faded and he fell unconscious.

End Rei's Dream

Rei shot up from his sleep with sweat dripping down his face. He quickly looked around to see Kai asleep on the couch next to him, still fast asleep.

Rei breathed a sigh of relief that he had not awaken his friend.

TBC…