I'm really not feeling great at the moment (understatement), but I thought I'd better post this since I finished it a while ago. Fortunately,since I did this a while ago,it was finished before I felt really bad, so the only way this chaper should not be as good as far as my proofreading skills are at the moment. This affects the chapter more than you'd think, so if there is something that does not fit with what is happening or the timeline is messed up in some way then please just say so in a review.

Try to enjoy.

Dark Illusions

"What!" Boris was furious at the situation. "How did this happen?"

"We think it's the combination of his fever and the conditions he's been in."

This was not how the plan was supposed to go. Boris played the past 24 hours in his head. Everything was going fine until they found out that Kai was sick. Had Voltaire known? It would not have surprised him if that old fool had known that Boris's plans would fail all because of Kai. It seemed that boy would always the cause of his demise. If Kai had not gone back to the Bladebreakers the world would have been Boris's once he had got rid of Voltaire.

Boris was standing in front of Tala's cell watching the boy getting caught up in his own thoughts. He was not surprised that Tala was taking the bait, after all he and Kai had never been very close and Kai was the one that took away everything Tala had within seconds of joining BIOVOLT. If Tala acted soon enough then none of his plans would have to be compromised.

Kai found himself lying on a beautiful black rock on the edge of a large lake surrounded by trees and white sands. He sat up and looked to see the white wispy clouds moving quickly as the wind rushed as the side of his face, moving the hair in front of his right eye.

He moved his hand so that it was between his hair and his face, so that he could watch as the water rippled due to the wind blowing across the surface. He would have smiled if there had not been something sinister about the whole scene. It was not a real place. There were no sounds and the only smells that entered his nose were indescribable, but they were not what you would expect to smell outdoors.

Kai closed his eyes, trying to go back to the place he really was and get out of the dream, but as soon as he thought that he heard birds chirping and the wind blowing in his face. He could smell the pine trees that blew their needles around him. He looked around trying to determine if this place was real or in his mind, becoming more panicked with every second.

He jumped as he felt a soft hand on his shoulder. He quickly turned to see a girl his age with a small, sweet smile on her face. "I thought you were never gonna wake up. You almost drown."

Kai looked at his bone-dry clothes, but she seemed to have read his mind. "You've been out here for some time. Your clothes dried ages ago. Would you like some food?"

"Yes… please." Kai could barely speak to the girl, let alone look at her as he tried to hide his blush.

She was the most amazingly beautiful girl he had seen. Her black hair contrasted with her pale skin and her deep red lips. Her eyes were a bright blue that shimmered like the water in a clear lake. She wore a long black dress that showed off her curves in just the right places, leaving her pale shoulders bare, and the bottom of the dress moved with her hair in the wind.

She turned around with a bowl in her delicate hands and she walked back over to him, making brief contact as she passed it to him. He ignored the small pain that quickly shot through him as soon as her eyes locked onto him and the corners of her lips moved upwards very slightly to reveal a smile that Kai would never forget.

"You'd better eat it soon before it gets cold." Her musical laugh filled the air as Kai blushed slightly, but smiled none the less.

Everything was forgotten; his friends, family, enemies and rivals did not even cross his mind as he looked at her. He started to eat his meal for fear of offending her in any way, but it was not going to be possible as he soon discovered her food tasted as good as she looked.

He set the bowl down and looked up only to see that she was inches from his face. She looked down at his lips before meeting his eyes and moving closer. Kai felt like he was paralysed as she brought her lips to his. It was soft and not at all forceful as she kept her soft lips on his. Kai ignored the pain that shot through his body. For that moment, being with her was all that mattered.

She brought one of her pale hands to his face. He barely registered the screech that was heard before they were separated. Kai reached out his hand to touch her when a woman stopped him from moving any further. The girl's eyes flashed a blood red colour.

Kai struggled to reach the girl, but the woman had a firm, but gentle grip on him.

"Leave him alone you witch." The woman's voice made its way to Kai's ears.

The girl smiled the same smile she had shown Kai. "This battle is far from over. He is mine as much as yours."

"No!" Kai struggled to go to her as she disappeared.

"Please." Kai felt drops of liquid falling down his body as the woman pleaded with him to stop struggling.

He looked down to see the tears were crimson, but when he looked into her eyes that were identical to the girl he only saw clear streaks down her face.

He suddenly felt faint and he collapsed onto her chest, looking up to see an older version of the girl, but with light blond, almost white, hair.

"What..?" She put her finger to his lips.

"Just rest. You're safe now."

"I was safe before." Kai tried to plead for the girl and he watched the woman start to cry again.

He felt pain in his arms and he looked down to see the red tears were actually drops of blood moving from various cuts. As her tears touched the cuts he felt a great pain before they disappeared. It was not long before they were all gone.

"How did I get those cuts?"

"She gave them to you." The woman's voice was filled with a great hate for the girl.

"But how?"

"She drained you of your energy like she does to every creature she touches. She is a parasite and likes nothing more than to find someone powerful and then drain him of his life."

Kai felt all of his energy leave him. He was such a fool, but there was just something about her that drew him in, as if she was supposed to be a part of him.

"You're supposed to feel like that."

Kai's eyes shot open as he heard her voice. "You can read my mind?"

"We are in your mind." The woman reminded him of his mother when he was younger.

A thought suddenly came to his mind. He had seen this woman and the girl before. He looked at her trying to remember.

"I comforted you when you had no one there to help you. I stood by you when you won, praising you for your strength. I waited for you to return when you chose her instead of me."

Kai's eyes widened as he looked at her. "Suzaku."

Kai did not need to be on guard with her for she was the only one that protected him. He smiled as he settled down into her lap, closing his eyes and knowing that he would be safe.

"Get up Tala!" The shout from Boris made the boy struggle to stand again. "And you wonder why you're second best to Kai."

A growl found its way from Tala as stood up, readying himself for Boris's next attack on him. The man that was beating him was one of Boris's 'followers' as Boris himself liked to call them. Boris would never get his hands dirty punishing anyone, not even Kai was that honoured.

An object, which Tala could only quickly register as a pipe bar, would have slammed straight into his head if he had not blocked it with his right arm. A shooting pain went through his arm and the crack that echoed through the small room announced that it was broken. He fell to the ground making sure he did not use his right arm, bruising his other arm, as it was the first to hit the floor.

"Leave him. Know this Tala, at least Kai is useful to experiment on. The only thing I can get from you is how long you'll last a beating session." Boris scoffed before walking out with the other man.

"Boris sir. What is the point of doing this?" Boris could tell that the man had little clue about what was happening.

"I need to make Tala realise that I much prefer Kai to him and make him think that Kai would easily abandon him given the chance, neither of which will be very hard. Tala already is suspecting that we have no use for him, but complete use for Kai, so it is only a matter of waiting."

Again I'm sorry if this chapter has confused you. I'll clear it up with you, so just ask me about any bits you don't understand(unless it gives away the plot and don't worry I won't be offened).

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