Behind the lie

Chapter 2

Hey everybody it's me kari10 well this a new story hope you like it, by the way I just deserved half credit the other half goes to my friend Velika, I only own Kira and Velika owns Velika, lol. Enjoy the story!!. Oh, by the way, this story is not like Xans... not at all, so just keep reading, we have a big plot coming up.

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Tala looked at his friend then to the girl with orange streaks, then back to Kai. Then he broke into hysterical laughs. "Ha, ha, ha! I remember too! Yeah! Max, Tyson, Rei and I walked into the garden and there were you! Ha, ha, ha! All dressed up, and with a big hat on your head that had an enormous flower! Ha, ha, ha! That was a great sight."

As soon as Tala explain what happened, Velika broke into hysterical laughs too, while Kira look towards Tala, then to Kai she didn't know what they we're talking about. "What? Um…are you sure it was me?"

            "Of Course I'm sure!! First, you were the only female friend we had!, Second, you're still the damn same brat, blue deep eyes, light brown shoulder length hair with natural deep orange streaks, and…" he paused.

Tala look at him then laugh again, and added for him, "And still cute, Kai?"

            "I wasn't going to said that!!" He screams to his friend who just continues to laugh, which make him even madder. "Um… I think I remember we all went to the same school and you and Tala always came to my house... and if you didn't then I went to yours. And every Friday the rest of the guys used to come and we watch a movie... am I right?" 

            "Yep, back then we were close..." Tala said.

"Ha, ha, ha! I can already picture you dressed as a girl with a big ugly hat! Ha, ha!" Vel said cleaning some tears that fell from her eyes.

"Well DON'T picture it" Kai screamed, Kira could tell that he was still mad.

"Man, come on... it was funny." Tala looked at him.

            "Not when you're the one in a dress!" He pouted crossing his arms, but their little conversation was over when Martha came in.

"Kids lunch's ready." She look at Tala and Velika, then to Kai and frowned. "What's going on?"

            "Oh, nothing Mrs. Hiwatari, we're just remembering some things from the past... ha-ha, right K-man?" Tala said looking at a furious Kai.

"Yeah whatever, let's go." was all he managed to said.

"Gees, to think you were evil when you were little..." Vel smirked to her cousin as she followed the other two boys.

"I wasn't, he agreed to play!" Kira argued.

Soon they reached the dinning room and began eating, but it was a little uncomfortable for everyone... mostly to Kira and Kai. Kira somehow could feel the cold stare Kai was giving her. On the other hand, her mother and Mrs. Hiwatari just kept talking about when they were little, and catching up with all the latest news. And what was worse... Tala and Vel just kept asking more about stories when they were little.

            "You never told me that man!" Tala said looking at Kai.

"Well maybe I didn't want to!!" Was only Kai's answer.

Velika kept laughing at some stuff Tala had said about them when they were only kids. "Ha, ha! You're kidding! I almost feel as if I'm starting to like you all!"

Tala looked over at her and said, "You are?"

            "Not really..." She shook her head looking at his face. Tala frowned at her, and she was feeling a little awkward. Suddenly her cell phone rang, she reached her purse and answered. "Hello? Oh... hey. I'm at Kira's... um, having supper? ...'Cuz I wanted to... oh, really? Home at six? No... I'll be back whenever I want to. ...'Honey'? Who the hell are you trying to impress? ...Whatever, I've gotta go, bye." She said in a bored voice and ended the call, cutting off her conversation... if you can call that a conversation.

            "Who was it?" Kira asked looking at her cousin, who stuffed her cell phone in her purse.

            "My dad..." She said as if it was no big deal. "He wanted me to be at home by six... as if I wanna catch dinner with that hag that lives in my house."

            "Oh, I know what you mean." Kira looked sympathetically at Velika, who smiled weakly at her.

            Kai and Tala looked confused at the two cousins, not knowing exactly what they were talking about, but they shrug it off.

            To everyone's relief, and when I say everyone I mean Kira, Kai, Vel and Tala, the little meeting soon ended and with it another day, the guests soon left not before and Martha made Kai kiss Kira on her cheek and Tala's failed attempt to kiss Velika good-bye. You could feel less pressure on the air. "Finally, thank God! They're gone." The dark haired looked to her cousin and sighed, "What now?"

"I just can't believe he's not over it! We were five, it's been years since! How can he even remember??!! It's just crazy!!" Kira half-yelled, the taller girl just looked at her with wide eyes.

"Life is crazy... well... whatever, I think I'll drive around, then go home, not that I really want to, but anyways... see you tomorrow." Vel said goodbye as she headed for the door just to hear "If I live!" She just chuckled... now that was something she didn't know at all.

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Velika's alarm clock began to rang, she reached for it and threw it across her room; the purple clock hit her black leather puff on the other side of the room. She sat up on her bed and looked around; she brought her hand to her head and rubbed her eyes as she yawned. Her hand then went to her hair and passed her fingers through it, and then she stretched and got of her bed.

            She went to her bathroom and turned on the shower. She undressed herself as vapor started filling the room. She took a quick bath and tied a towel around her body as she stepped out. She dried herself and dressed herself with a pair of ragged jeans and a black tank top, she looked around her room for her black Converse. She brushed her hair and tied it up in a high pony tail. Her make-up consisted in purple eye shadow and red blood gloss.

            She exited her enormous bedroom and went downstairs. She entered the kitchen and opened the fridge's door and took out an apple, she made herself some coffee and grabbed a piece of toast. She began to drink her coffee and eat her toast, when a man in his early forties entered the kitchen. "Hello, darling." The man spoke.

            She just grunted and muttered a 'hello'. The man looked at her, "Answer loud and clear, Velika."

            "Hello, father, did you sleep well?" She rolled her eyes, luckily he didn't catch her.

            "In fact I did, thank you for asking. How about you, did you sleep well?" He made his coffee too, and grabbed a muffin out of the bakery tray.

            "I slept." Velika finished her toast and stood up.

            "If you wait for a few minutes, Charlotta will make us both breakfast."

            Velika cringed at the women's name and hurried to drink all her coffee. "No! I mean, no thanks, don't wanna be late." She took her apple with her as she exited the room. As if I wanna die of food poisoning, if I ever give her a chance she'll gladly kill me.

            Her father frowned lightly at her. "I do not like that language, Velika... speak correctly."

            "Whatever." She grabbed her backpack which was in the hall next to the main door.

            "Nicolai! Do you want me to cook you something?" The high-pitched annoying voice of Charlotta Lewis rang in Velika's ears and she exited her house as fast as she could.

She sighed, God, she hated that woman! She walked in the large road inside her father's manor passing a lot of expensive and extravagant cars to the where a red jeep was parked; she hopped in and turned on the engine. She thanked God for her car, if not, it would take her hours to walk to school, even though her father wanted her to drive a more expensive car, she refused and drove this jeep that was a gift from a very especial person for her. She drove around the huge fountain and out of the manor's gate and sped away to her school.

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Kira got up a little slothful, another day of school... she went straight to the bathroom to take a shower, and a little while later she was ready. "Hunny you're going to be late!" her mom yelled from downstairs. She looks once more in the mirror before grabbing her school bag and closed the door behind her.

            "I'm not going to be late mom, well, see you later." She said and grabbed her jacket walking straight to the door. "Hunny are you going to wait for Kai?" her mother asked, well actually, more than asked she ordered.

            "If I do wait for him maybe I'll be late, besides, I can walk like I always do." She really didn't want Kai to drive her to school, she knew very well from his face yesterday that he was really pissed off and she prefer not to go near him at all. She said goodbye to her mother and began her way to school.

Kira keep walking but her mind was elsewhere. Why do I always have to walk? Damn... I wish my mom could already buy me a car... a nice one, maybe in blue or red. A convertible will do well... right now anything will do, but I prefer something that isn't ugly, whatever... But I still can't believe Kai is still angry because of that! Gees it was just a game. Great, I've just moved back here and I already have problems.

But her thoughts were interrupted by a car honk; she turned around just to find an awesome car: a black convertible with flames all over the car, and the one who was driving it was... no other than Kai...

            "You?" Kira asked.

            "Hey what's your problem?" Kai asked clearly pissed off.

            "My problem? What's yours?"

            "Don't tell me you forgot about that little arrangement our mothers made, now get in the damn car." He order, Kira look at him. "No thanks."

            "What?" he asks again.

"I said no thanks, look at you, you're all pissed off! Besides I always walk to school and I prefer to walk than to be in a car with a person who's mad at me for something that's so stupid that I didn't even remember!" She said still looking a Kai, who removed his sun glasses and glared at Kira. "You... fine! Besides it's not like I want to pick you up, anyway. Have it your way."

And with that he continued his way, Kira just look as the car sped away. Soon it was out of her view. Kai wondered if he should go back... well, damn no, he prefers his mother's lecture right now than going back.

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Velika was driving near her cousin's house, it was the way to school, but today she wasn't going to pick her up, since Kai's mother made an agreement that Kai should pick Kira up everyday. She sighed, that boy and his flame haired friend really got on her nerves, but what could she do about it?

            She had already passed her cousin's house, when out of the corner of her eyes she saw Kira walking on the street, she honked twice and the girl with orange highlights screamed. "I already told you, Kai, I don't wanna ride with you!"

            "Tough luck, babe... I'm not Kai." Kira turned around and met the smirking face of her cousin. "Need a ride?"

            "Oh, thank God, it's you Vel." Kira sighed relieved as she climbed up the passenger's seat next to the older girl.

            The dark haired smirk turned into a frown. "What happened?"

            "Oh, well... Kai was being a jerk, so I told him I wasn't going to ride along with someone who was pissed off at me." Kira fastened her seatbelt as Velika started driving again.

            "Lemme guess," she turned to look at her cousin, "he's still sore about what you did to him when you were kids?"

            "I didn't do anything! He agreed to play with me!" She protested.

            "Sure he did." Vel smiled and turned on her stereo and plugged a CD in it, and moved her head in rhythm of Rufio's "White Lights" music. Kira shook her head and sighed listening to the music.

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Velika parked her jeep in the school's parking lot and stepped out, Kira did the same and both started walking to the entrance. When they reached to their respective lockers, they opened then and started getting out the books they needed for first period. When Velika was about to reach again to grab her calculator a hand slammed shut her locker, she yelped and glared at the owner of the hand. "Why the hell did you do that for?"

            "To get your attention, isn't that obvious?" Tala leaned closer to her face.

            "Yeah, well, whatever. You're blocking my way." She pushed away Tala's hand and opened her locker again, and hit the red-haired right in the nose.

            "Aah! Why the hell did you do that for?" He clutched his nose with both hands.

            "To get my calculator, isn't that obvious?" She smirked up at him, but when he saw him in so much pain she bit her lower lip, and reached out a hand to touch him. Tala rose his glace at what he looked at took him off guard, Velika's face showed worry as she looked at his turquoise orbs. "Hey, are you alright? I'm sorry."

            "Um, yeah, I think so..." He looked unbelievably at her.

            "Good." She straightened herself. "Never get in my way again, see what happens."

            "Hello, Tala."

            He turned to his side and looked at Kira's face. "Hey... where's Kai?"

            She seemed disturbed at this. "I have no idea, and I really couldn't care less!"

            Tala blinked a couple of times at her sudden outburst; Velika closed up to him and whispered in his ear. "Um, apparently Kai's still pissed off at Kira for dressing him as a girl, and he was grumpy and she refused to get into a car with somebody who was mad at her."

            "He voluntarily agreed to dress up!" Kira argued.

            "I did not!" Kai appeared behind Kira, making her jump in surprise. He chuckled at her for a second, and then frowned again. "Anyway, how did you get here so early? I thought it would probably take you a couple of minutes more to arrive here."

            "Some one gave me a ride." Kira simply said as she closed her locker.

            "Oh, some one gave you a ride... but you refused to have a ride in my car to school. What is so special about this person who drove you to school that you accepted his offer over me?" Kai said annoyed.

            "This some one happens to be her cousin." Velika answered boringly.

            "Oh." Kai looked at her and Tala for the first time in the morning. "Hey." Kai said; Velika nodded at him while his friend paddled his back once.

            "Plus, she wasn't angry at me... which you obviously were." Kira sniffed with indignity.

            Velika sweat-dropped and turned around to look at herself in her mirror that was inside her locker. Tala looked at her back and something caught his eye. In her right high-back was a medium size tattoo of a nude fairy sitting in the ground with her knees against her chest, her arms hugging her knees, her dark hair hiding her face and had beautiful purple-pink butterfly wings. In the back was the shadow of what seemed to be a dragon. He reached a hand and touched it, carefully following the outline of the fairy with the tip of his index finger. As soon as Velika felt a hand on her back, more accurately, on her tattoo, she turned around and lifted an eyebrow at the boy behind her, who was watching intently her high back. "What are you doing?"

            He didn't reply, but continued gazing at the tattoo and carefully following its contour. "What is this?" he asked her, his eyes never leaving the fairy and the dragon.

            She rolled her eyes. "It's called a tattoo; you know... they draw in your skin with a needle full of ink, it hurts as hell when they break your skin to be able to make it permanent..."

            "I know what it is." He finally looked up at her, rather annoyed. "What I meant was what does it mean?"

            She looked up surprised at him, "Does it have to mean anything? Kira's also have one."

            Kai looked at Kira surprised. "You do?"

            "Yeah, it's in her left shoulder, a blue dragonfly." She waved her hand in sing of indifference, obviously not noticing that Kira wasn't so happy about the little bit of information she just set free.

She glared at her cousin. "Thanks a lot, Vel."

            Velika shrugged, "They'd have found out sooner or later, one way or another. Plus, you owe it to me... you told them my name when I obviously didn't wanted to tell them." In that instant, the bell rang and she started walking to her classroom, Kira right behind her.

            Tala and Kai stood dumbstruck at the information they'd just received. "Man, that's hot." The red-head looked at his friend, who only nodded and walked in the same direction the two cousins had, Tala smiled and followed as well.

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Classes went very fast, and soon the bell rang indicating that it was recess time. While Kira and Vel decided to get something to eat. Kai and Tala went with their other friends... yep, their childhood friends. Tyson, a guy with blue hair and a red and blue hat, Max, a guy with blond hair and blue eyes, and last one Rei, a guy with black long hair in a ponytail with yellow golden eyes. They where sitting on a bench outside the school's cafeteria.

            "Hey what's up you two, haven't seen you in days!" Rei said.
            "Chill man, it's only been two." Tala said as they arrived to their destination.
            "So... watcha think 'bout the new girls, cute huh?" Tyson said and look at his friends who only smirked then looked to Tala and Kai waiting their answers.

            "Nope... not cute" Tala answered which surprised the guys.
            "HOT!" Both Tala and Kai said

            "Oh yeah..." Tyson said; he looked to Max and Rei who gave an approval look.

"Well, I don't think you will get too far with them." Rei continued.

            "What's your point?" Kai asked, almost demanded.

"Come on, man we know each other very well... and we know you two are just players." Max said as he played with a small rubber ball that he had in his hands.

"Well excuse us for enjoying our life." Tala answered getting a little irritated with the conversation.

            "Whatever..." Rei said, while Tyson smirked "Heh, I bet you guys that you won't even get to see what's under those girls' panties..." Tyson said while Rei and Max only managed to say "Yeah".

            "Is that a bet, Granger?" Kai asked clenching his fists.

            "Hell yeah! I bet you two won't be able to have sex with those two chicks." Tyson said and looked at Tala then at Kai. "Well??"

            "You're on! I'll get Vel and Kai-" Tala was about to complete his sentence when Kai said "I'm not in."

            "WHAT???" Everybody looked at him wide-eyed. "Like hell I want to have sex with that brat." Kai said anger filled his voice.

            "Afraid, Hiwatari?" Rei smirked at his friend.

"Whatever, I'm not in." Kai said.

            "Come on, man, get over that joke already!! It's a bet, not only money is in game, but the fact that we can humiliate these guys and an, 'I own you' and come on!!" Tala said

            "Are you crazy? We're talking about Kira!!! Not in million years!" Kai said. Tyson, Max and Rei looked at Kai confused.

            "Kira?? You mean Kira as in Kira Guverich, our childhood friend?" Max dropped his rubber ball to the ground.
            "Yeah, that Kira... remember the little girl who lived next Kai's house and the tea party we found Kai in? Well, he's still mad about it." Tala explained, while everybody tried to remember that so called incident.

~~~~Flashback~~~~

"Hunny, Kai's here!!" Kat, Kira's mother yelled from down stairs. "Coming, mommy!" A five year-old Kira yelled from her room, soon she find herself downstairs.

            "Hey!" She greeted Kai.
            "Hey!" A six year-old Kai replied, smiling back at the little girl.

"Hey you two, be good and go play something, I'm going to work... Kira your mom's in the kitchen with Kai's mother, be good okay?" Her dad padded her on the head.
            "Wokey daddy, bye-bye!!" Kira said as soon as her father was out of view, she and kai ran upstairs into kira's room and closed the door, Kira walked to her room and sat down in her bed while Kai was standing up leaning against the walk with his arms crossed. "So watcha wanna do?" Kira asked him.

"Don't know" Kai shrugged.
After 5 minutes of not knowing what to do….

            "Hey!! I have and idea" Kira said standing up and looking all happy at Kai.
            "And what's that idea?" Kai asked not sure what was on Kira's mind.

"We can play tea party!" She beamed, just as she finished talking Kai was already freaked out.
            "No way!!! I'm not playing that!, that's….that's girl stuff" He said.

"Oww... Kai plewis... plewis... just this once... plewis!" She said in her baby voice and put her best puppy eyes. Kai didn't have other choice.

He sighed, defeated.  "Fine... just this once" He said. "Just don't ever think of dressing me up as a girl!!" He said but as he finished those words Kira's face lightened up. "What a great idea!!!! You can use one of my dresses, yeah!!"

Hours later...

Kai and Kira were playing tea party in her room, for Kira, playing tea party with Kai was the best, but he didn't seem to be that happy at all. It was then that Kira's mom began calling her, but she didn't hear what her mom said.
            "Wasn't your mom calling for you?" Kai asked her.
            "Mhh...I think... I'll go check!" But as Kira spoke, the door of her room suddenly opened. Tala, Tyson, Rei and Max were standing there, speechless. The view was a little odd; there was a little table... with little cups and kettles... the stuff girl's use for their tea parties and... Kai was sitting in a little chair with a pink dress... and a big ugly hat that had a big flower in the middle. All four boys just burst out into a hysterical laugh. Kira didn't understand why where they laughing but before she could ask Kai looked sharply at her and his eyes narrowed into slits.

            "You little... You planned this, didn't ya?!!!" Kai yelled which scared Kira.

 "I didn't!!" Was all she managed to say before Kai started yelling again.
            "I don't believe it!! Let's get something straight, I HATE YOU!! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS KIRA!!" He yelled so loud that Kira was petrified, but didn't say a word. By that time Tala and the rest were quiet.

"Hey, Kai...calm down, it wasn't her fault... stop it, you're scaring her..." Tala stared a little frightened of his friend.

"I DON'T CARE!!" Were kai last words before he ripped the dress of himself and stormed out the door.

~~~~End Flashback~~~~

            "Oh... that joke..." Rei said and look to Tyson and the rest and they all started to laugh again. Tala just shook his head.

"Will you stop it?!" Kai yelled.

            "Sorry" The four boys replied in chorus.

            "So... what you're saying is... you're so chicken that you're backing out?" Tyson said, smiling mischievously.

            "Or afraid to get revenge, you did said 'You'll pay for this'... so this could be a good way to deal with that." Tala shrugged.

Kai was thinking for a moment, he did said that... then she suddenly catch view of Kira standing next to Velika, who seemed to be arguing about something with the cafeteria lady. He looked closely at Kira, up and down. Well... she's not ugly... not ugly at all.

            "Fine! I'm in..." Kai said, his eyes never leaving Kira's form.

            "Great that's the spirit!" Max smacked him on the back, and turned to look at Tyson and Rei, who where smirking at the situation.

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Well that's all people R/R