Smile For Me
- chapter 16 -

Tyson blinked, still laying motionless on the ground with the woman on top of him, still sobbing on to his shirt. He didn't mind that his shirt was already clinging to his skin, sticky threads on his stomach, but he did mind that the woman looked like she wasn't coming off him anytime soon. "Uhm... Lady?"

The woman sniffled, before hastily scurrying off Tyson, offering her hand to help the boy up. She took her apron and wiped her eyes with it, whimpering like a litte child. "Please... Kai-sama's already been through too much."

"Kai... sama?" Tyson blinked,

"Yes." The woman hiccupped, "I'm a maid in this household." She took deep breaths, "My-my name is Nami. I've heard a lot about you from Kai-sama before Kai-sama left for Hokkaido. When I," She hiccupped yet again, "Heard that an intruder had managed to come in the mansion, I immediately ran to the camera room, and saw you."

Nami ran through the halls, pushing away the guards that stood in her way. She ignored the curses that was thrown her way as she pushed through the crowd. Her bright auburn hair flew everywhere, into the guards' face as well, earning her more cussing. Then, after a few deep breaths and painful heartbeats later, she pushed the door to the camera room, bursting to the room, barely taking notice of the surprised looks the security staff threw at her.

After seeing that it was just a maid, they relaxed a bit, even as Nami walked numbly towards the screens, never taking her eyes off the lone boy that was currently held up by the collar by a man three times his size.

"Let me go!" She heard the boy say, and she watched as the boy kicked, hitting something just below the belt. The man holding him let out a muffled cry, and opened his hands, the boy's collar falling away from his grip. The boy then scrambled to stand, then with all the strength he had, punched the man on the face. "WHERE'S KAI!"

But of course, the boy never got his answer as more guards entered the hallway, and with a curse, the boy stood up and ran away.

A few more scenes passed and finally, the boy had already reached another hallway, the one with too many doorways.

After that, Nami immediately left.

"After that, I had to talk to you." She cried out, "I was the one that sent you here, and I'm deeply sorry if the fall had hurt you somewhat. I had to take you to place where there were no surveillance cameras. Mister Granger, please." She whispered, "Please save Kai-sama."

Tyson bit his lip, giving out a weak smile, "Hahah... Lady, I'm here now and I won't leave without Kai." He softly replied. It was a promise to Nami, to Kai and to himself.

"Thank you! Good Lord, thank you!" Nami broke down once again, but she laughed a bit as she wiped the tears from her eyes. "Kai-sama has suffered enough. We've all wanted to help him, but his grandfather holds too much authority. But now we agreed that we wanted Kai-sama's freedom. Please, Mister Granger, please stop Voltaire for the meantime." Her lip quivered as she remembered the scene back a few hours ago, as she cleaned around and mopped while Kai's motionless body hung by his hands in the middle. "I've seen Kai-sama's condition right now. We --"

"You have?" Tyson blurted, hope flaring in his heart. "Where is he? Where's Kai?"

"Basement --"

"Thank you!" Tyson leapt up, towards the door when something hit him. "Uhm... How do I get to the basement?"

Nami laughed softly, before hitting a small button on the wall, and a part of the wall slid up and revealed a passageway. "Please be careful, Mister Granger."

"Thank you!" Tyson yelled out his gratitude, already finding the joy in him to grin. He'll save Kai no matter what. No matter what. "Oh... and just call me Tyson."

Voltaire crossed his arms in front of him as he sneered at Kai's pathetic figure. "You're an idiot, Kai. I knew it was a mistake to have sent in that childish trip to the north. And now look here. That little Tyson of yours have corrupted you. My, my, what shall we do with you?"

Kai snorted, "Kill me?"

"Then what's the fun in that?" Voltaire laughed, "It would be too much of a pity to kill you now."

"You won't get away with this, you know." Kai hissed,

"You have been telling me that since you were seven, my dear Kai." His grandfather told him smugly, "And I haven't seen any sign of that little statement of yours coming true."

"Tyson -"

"Tyson Granger is a useless and a brainless child. He can't stop me."

"He's not!" Kai screamed, "Tyson... He may not look like it, but he's a smart person. He'll stop you somehow. He'll stop you for killing his mother."

"I don't know how you found out, Kai, but I could care less if that boy knew who murdered his mother. It's not like anyone would believe him anyway. His mother's case have been over a long time ago. I spent every second of my time back then hiding every last bit of evidence. The police already investigated on it, and see what they find? A car accident! An everyday car accident! The perfect crime scene." Voltaire laughed, echoing through the room and suddenly Kai felt sick.

"Bastard." The word rolled off his tongue with enough venom to melt gold.

"Enough." Voltaire's lips thinned, "I'm afraid we've had enough chit-chat." He took hold of his whip, and shifted his wrist, the whip cracking through thin air. He raised his arm, wrist poised and whip ready to strike. The whip descended, and Kai closed his eyes, preparing himself for the pain... but the pain never reached him.

All he heard was Voltaire's loud yelp, and the sound of a body falling on hard pavement. He blinked, opening his eyes, before looking at the figure on the floor. Voltaire clutched his head, aggravated beyond belief. On the side of his face was a perfectly shaped dent of a shoe. Kai blinked slowly, seeing a rubber shoe near Voltaire's body.

Wait... Didn't that shoe belong to --

"KAI!"

"Tyson..."

KK: omg, I have to thank Totally-Out-Of-It for the 'let's see how bad we can hurt Kai without him dying on us' quote. XD It really made me laugh for a good reason. :3 I'm sorry if I happen to emphasize it a little bit too much, but I can't help it. -sweat drop- And thanks again for reviewing:D And to edhel-tarien... YES, I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING TO MAKE THAT LADY TYSON'S MOM. XDDDDD Butttt... I figured I would have to have a very logical reason to explain that, and I found out that I had a very little brain to fish up an explanation and so... yeah. o.o

and... if anyone have any tips to give me on how to write this fic, please do tell me so, because I don't know if I'm writing it in a fine way and on a fine pace. Because... I'm not exactly happen with Kai's condition and how I'm writing this fic now, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

And yeah, sorry again if this chapter was short and this author's note was long. XD I barely stole time to write this, but I gotta sleep now. :3 school tomorrow... which sucks. :p okay... I'll shut up now. Thanks to everyone again for reviewing! -hugs-