CHAPTER 4: Paris?

I was surrounded by darkness, with no idea where I was. There was no end to the darkness. I walked in the darkness for what seemed like forever. I fell to my knees ready to give up. When I heard Kais voice.

"Julie, please wake up." His hand reached out for me.

"Take his hand Julie." A voice said to me.

"Is that you Serai?" I asked.

"Yes," he replied. "You must take his hand."

"But...Serai..."

"Just do it." Serai said in a firm voice.

I reach out, grabbing Kai's hand.

My body sat up in my bed as I gasped a deep breath.

"Julie, your awake." Kai said holding my hand.

I lay back in my bed.

"Thanks to you Kai." I said smiling at him.

"What do you mean?" he asked confused.

"I heard you calling out to me." I reply placing my hand on top of his.

"What happened to you Julie?" Kai asks, looking into my eyes.

I explain to Kai about Boris. How he forced me to attack everyone. He had implanted a microchip in my brain when he created me. Kai is the only other person who knows everything about, how Boris created me. He was there for me when I first found out everything.

'Boris! Did this." Kai said angrily.

"Kai I..." I started, but was interrupted by the doctor coming in.

"I see you're awake."

I nod in reply, "How long have I been asleep."

"A month," Kai says sadly.

"A MONTH!" I yell.

"We should get you examined. We need to make sure that there hasn't been any muscle failure from you being in a coma for so long. And if everything checks out all right then you'll be able to go home today." He finishes with a smile.

"I'll go get the others." Kai says leaving.

The examination didn't turn up anything wrong. The doctor finds it a little strange that everything is fine after I've been in a coma for a month. But he let's me check out anyway.

"Your in perfect health. I was a little worried because, sometimes when a patient is in a coma for so long they have to learn to use their muscles again. But you're fine, so I'll get the paper work together so you can sign out." The doctor finishes, as he leaves the room.

Kai and the others then come back into my room.

"Are you going to be ok?" Max asks.

"Yes. I'm fine. The doctor's gone to get the paper work so that I can sign out."

After I fill out the paper work everyone helps me get my things together, and we go home. As usual Henry greets us when we return home.

"Miss Julie, It's good to have you home." Henry says with a bow.

"It's good to be home, Henry." I reply.

Henry then leaves, taking my things to my room. The rest of us go into the living room. We all sit around the room, turning on the television.

"So Julie, how come you don't look like your mom and dad?" Kenny asks, breaking the silence.

That's because they're not my real parents. But I am related to them...in a way."

"What does that mean?" Hilary asks.

"Well...you see...I was created by Boris to be the perfect blader. After my creation I was given to Kira, who is Boris' daughter. Kira and Wren then raised me until I was old enough to go back to the Abbey, where I had been created." I explain.

"That's a complicated family." Rei comments.

"Yes, it is." I reply.

We sit together for a short while talking.

"If you'll excuse me. I'm going to get some rest." I say as I get up to leave.

"Are you ok Julie?" Kai asks.

"I'm fine, just tired." I smile as I leave.

I go to my room, and lie down on my bed. I stare out my bedroom window thinking about everything that had happened. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I couldn't stay here. I had to go far away. As long as I was here Boris could still use me again. Who knows what other things he had done to me when he created me. I had tried to kill everyone...even Kai, and would have if not for Dranzer. I gathered my things, and climbed out of my window. Leaving a note for Kai on my desk.

"What are you doing?" Serai asked.

"I'm leaving." I stated.

"Why?"

"Because it's better for everyone, if I'm not around. If I'm not here then I can't be used to hurt them again." I reply as I take a look back at the mansion before getting into a taxi.

"You're just going to leave. Without even saying goodbye." Serai says sadly.

"It's better this way."

"But what about Kai. You love him don't you? Aren't you going to tell him?" Serai pleads with me.

"Serai this is not up for discussion."

"But Julie!"

"Serai! I'm not changing my mind. That's it." I say firmly.

"..." Serai says nothing.

When I get to the airport, I but a ticket for Paris. I say a soft 'goodbye' looking over Japan as the plane takes off.

It was already dark when I got off the plane, I gathered my luggage and went straight to my hotel. The airport shuttle let me off at the Hotel Luxembourg Parc. I walked inside up to the desk, and got a room. My room was #22, it had a terrace over looking the hotels beautiful garden. I unpacked my luggage, and took a long hot bath. Afterwards I spent some time on the terrace looking at the city lights, before going to sleep.

I spent the entire next day in my hotel room. A lot of that time was spent sleeping. It was the only time that I could be alone with my own thoughts. Due to Serai's strong connection with me, the only time that we didn't know what the other was thinking was when I was asleep. I didn't want to think about anything, it hurt too much to think about all that I had left behind. By now Kai would already have read the letter I left for him...I wonder what he was thinking.

KAI's P.O.V:

After Tyson and the others finally left, I went to sleep. I didn't go to Julie's room to say goodnight, I figured she probably needed her rest. The next mourning when I woke up I took and shower and went downstairs for breakfast. I had assumed that Julie would already be there. When she wasn't however, I went to her room to see if she was there.

"Julie. You awake?" I asked, as I knocked on her door.

When I didn't get an answer, I opened the door and peered inside. Julie wasn't there, I looked all around the room, but there was no sign of her. As my eyes look to her desk, at her computer, there was a note taped to the monitor. I walked to the computer taking the note from the monitor, and began to read it.

'Dear Kai;
I have to leave for a while. I don't know when I'll be coming back. What I do know is that I almost killed you...and there's no way to be sure that I won't try to do it again. We have no way of knowing what else Boris has done to me. And I couldn't bare it if I hurt you Kai. I've thought about it a lot, and it's better for everyone if I leave. Please don't try to find me Kai. Just know that this is for the best...and that no matter where I am a part of me will always be with you. I care about you very much Kai. I'm sorry that I didn't say goodbye. But I knew that if I did that I wouldn't have the strength to leave. Goodbye...Kai.
-Julie-'

I sat on Julie's bed after finishing the letter. She was gone, and I had no idea where she had gone. More then that there was nothing I could do to bring her back. I went back downstairs, letter in hand.

"Master Kai. Have you seen Miss Julie?" Henry asked as I reached the bottom of the stairs.

I balled up the letter and threw it at his feet, before walking out the front doors. I had told Tyson and the others that Julie and I would come to visit after breakfast. As I went into Tyson's back yard, Max ran up to greet me.

"Hey Kai," he said before looking behind me, "Hey! Where's Julie?" he asked.

"..." I said nothing and kept walking.

I sat down over by the trees, taking Dranzer out of my pocket. It was partly thanks to Julie that I had been able to get Dranzer back.

"Kai...where's Julie?" Hilary asked sitting down beside me.

"Yeah Kai, where is she?" Tyson asked standing in front of me.

"She's gone alright! Gone and not coming back!" I shouted. Sick of them asking me.

They all looked at me shocked, and unsure of what to say.

"What do you mean gone?" Rei asked.

I told them about the letter that I had found that mourning.

"So she didn't say where she was going?" Kenny asked.

"No nothing..."

"Well, what are you going to do...are you going to try and find her anyway?" Hilary asked.

"No, once Julie's made up her mind about something, there's no changing it." I stated as I got up to leave.

"Where are you going Kai?" Max asked.

"..."

I left Tyson's to go train alone for a while. No matter how much I tried I kept thinking about Julie. I was angry with her for not saying goodbye. Which was probably how she had felt so long ago when I left her at the Abbey without saying goodbye to her.

"Grrr...What is wrong with me!" I yelled, sending Dranzer into a tree.

"Kai...mind calming down a little." Dranzer said in a soft voice.

"Sorry." I replied, taking Dranzer out of the tree.

"Did you ever think that maybe you might care about Julie more then you want to."

"..."

"Think about it Kai, who's the one person you can always talk to. The one person who has always been there, in one way or another."

"...she has..."

"Face it Kai...you LOVE her." Dranzer said bluntly.

"That's not possible..." I replied staring blankly at the trees.

"And why is that?"

"...because I don't feel anything. That's why!" I stated crossing my arms.

"Keep telling yourself that Kai, maybe someday you'll believe it. But you know just as well as I don that that isn't true." Dranzer said before going silent.