.:.Chapter II - Limited Time.:.
Rei watched Tala and Bryan walk down the street. He kept his eyes on the two for they were the ones going to distract the guards while he snuck into the castle area. Rei oddly wondered how they'd get the guards away from their post. '...This cloak is too weird.' Rei thought, looking down to his cloak as it, yet again for the thousanth time, got stuck on some mismatched thing. Pulling the cloak gently away from it's supposed gripper, Rei turned back to following Tala and Bryan. They both weren't cloaks like he was. Rei had pouted and whined when Kai basically forced him to wear the cloak so he wouldn't be noticed and seen hardly...though Rei thought he'd be seen as a mysterious person with this cloak on.
All this thinking for Rei made him not notice that Tala and Bryan were already near the guards. Rei got into position to run and jump with his cat reflexes. The human eye would hardly see him and Rei was somewhat greatful that he was probably the only neko-jin left. Before Rei did his action, he noticed Bryan and Tala talking about something before Bryan went and hid somewhere and Tala ran over to the guards. 'What's that kid up to,' Rei thought, sticking close to Tala.
It hardly surprised him now. The other was flirting with the guards and said guards would suspect something if Bryan and Tala were to do it, so that was why Tala was doing it. 'He's clever, I'll give him that.' Rei thought. The guards fell into Tala's trap, Tala whispering sweet nothings into their ears.
Shaking his head, Rei got into position. He ran as fast as he could and held out his hands so he would be able to grip the walls to jump over. Once near the giant wall surrounding the castle, Rei jumped. He landed on top of the castle and quickly jumped over so no one would notice him. Once over, Rei looked around, hardly anyone was out side the castle...the party must be great.
Running towards the left, Rei looked around for the designated vent he would be pulling against to get Kai inside the castles walls. He soon found that vent...it was very noticable. Some water from the pond leaked out of it, exiting through the vent and into a garden outside the wall. Rei shivered, how much he hated water. Stepping into the water that went up to this knees, Rei tried to find some latch that would open the vent. Kai was no where to be seen...yet.
Finally, he found the latch. Unclicking two of them, Rei opened the vent like one would open a door. "What took you?"
Rei about jumped out of the water, but instead tripped and fell strait into the water while Kai stepped through the vent and away from the water by getting onto the grass right by. Rei glared at Kai and got out of the water. "Well you're not the one walking through this cursed water." Rei muttered behind Kai.
"Put your cat issues behind you and lets go."
The both of them walked up to the castle, there were no guards on duty it seemed. 'Such a low class security for a high standard place.' Kai thought before turning to Rei. "Alright, remember that we need to not draw attention to ourselves. You go for the Draciel kid and I'll get the Dragoon, were clear on that?"
"Crystal,"
Inside of the castle, the party was loud and quiet at the same time. Decorations hung off the wall and dangled over partying people. This party was one of this naive quiet ones where the people had slow dances and talked among themselves. They were dressed in high class material, some were dressed normally like Kai and Rei. They used "big" words in their speeches, confusing others with their words as well as themselves. Honestly, why use such words if you hardly knew them yourself? People mingled here and there, trying to get to know everyone so they'd be "remembered" and be sent gifts or whatever someone sent them.
Towards the left wall, there was a wine shop, where ones may be able to purchase wine and look even more rich, when they weren't. Kai kept his eyes on the wine shop...he had a severe weakness to wine and loved it. Too bad he was out of money. Kai had given Tala the last bits of his money so they could eat when Tala went out to buy food for the month. "Kai? Woohoo, Kai? Kai...the wine is off limits."
Kai turned away, looking back towards Rei, who held a small pout. "What? All I wanted wa-"
"No. And that's my final answer." Said Rei in a sort of motherly way. He walked passed Kai and ignored all of Kai's attempts to get some wine or beer.
In the midst of their arguing, however, a boy walked up to them. While Kai was still whining, Rei turned his head and locked eyes with the boy. The boy had blond hair that went in many directions, a bit of it slipping down. Over one bit of the hair that framed his face was a piece of sea green jewelry. The same looking jewelry was around his neck as a choker. Part of the choker skimmed down his shirt to tie around his top waist just below where the shirt ended. His shirt was split in the middle and probably would be wide open if it weren't for the light turqoise bow. The shirt, if it could be even called a shirt, was light grey, almost a silver color. Sleeves hung from mid arm and traveled down, stopping at the middle of his hand. The sleeves were the same color as the bow holding his shirt, light turqoise. Like the color of his shirt, his pants were grey as well. Two sea green belts wrapped themselves around his waist and hung off, like as if gravity wasn't supporting them. Almost looking real, were sea green wings that folded to his hips. From the choker around his neck was how the wings stayed put. His shoes were simple, being light turqoise on top and black on the bottom. His eyes were an interesting blue, a mixture between sea green, sky blue, and turqoise all at once. He bore a kind smile, no ounce of unnaivety in him.
While Rei continued to stare, and at some points drool, Kai composed himself. He knew this person all too well from the poster. Bowing his head, Kai gave his best charming smile. "It's wonderful to be in the presence of an heir, especially the heir from Draciel."
The young one giggled. "Please, don't be like that. I've...never seen you before. Are you a distant relative of the heir to Dragoon?"
Kai kept his charming smile and elbowed Rei. "My friend here is, he let me come to celebrate this fabulous party. I never knew we'd be seeing such a lovely heir while we were here for the party."
"Please, call me Max." The young boy said.
'Max...such a lovely name for such a lovely heir.' Rei thought, still looking at the blond in a daze. Secretly, Kai pinched Rei while he talked to Max. This act snapped Rei from his dream-like state. "M-max..It's a pleasure..to meet you." Rei studdered out, looking down at the ground while fighting off his blush. Max giggled again.
There was small call for Max, making the young boy turn around. "Oh..." Max turned back, giving a sad smile. "I must leave for now. Maybe I'll see you later tonight during dinner. I hope you both enjoy your time." Max turned around and walked off, when suddenly a thought struck him. Turning his head back, Max tilted his head curiously. "May I ask your names?"
"My names Rei and this is Kai." Rei announced. "I'm Tyson's cousin."
Max gave another smile. "Thank you...Rei and Kai. I'll see you both very soon hopefully."
With that, the young heir disappeared up a flight of stairs. Kai rolled his eyes once he looked at Rei, who was still watching from where he left. "Wow...that one quote is true. They are much better in person then in the picture."
"C'mon, baka. We've got work to do." Kai muttered, dragging Rei down a nearby hall. "Alright Kon, I'm after the Dragoon heir while you follow the other boy. Got it?"
Rei nodded. "Got it. Good luck." Rei then ran back the way they came, he had a plan on catching that heir on his own.
Tyson looked down at the many people in the room. He smiled sadly. He was happy that so many people were enjoying themselves...but Tyson would give anything to just...fly? No, he'd do anything to get rid of this solitary feeling deep inside of him. 'How much longer must I endure this? It's the same day after day, I want to leave...to just...be like everyone else out there.'
"Tyson?" Came a soft voice from behind him.
Turning around, Tyson grinned slightly, he must not show his depressed mood to his cheery friend. Besides, his friend could always cheer him up. "Hi Max...Sorry I got the guards to get you from me. I just..wanted to not be alone." Tyson looked down, lightly kicking the floor. He was embaressed to ask such a thing from his friend. "I've been feeling weird lately."
Max walked over to Tyson and leaned against the rail Tyson was leaning against. "Don't worry about it. Besides, I've been feeling a little...worried lately. Like, someones going to try something. I dunno...maybe I'm imagining unreal things again. Though, you should have came down." Max blushed lightly and tried to cover it with his hands, but Tyson saw the blush and grinned.
"C'mon Max, what happened? Give me details here!" Tyson whined, poking Max.
After fighting off the blush a bit, Max turned to Tyson. "Well...I met some relatives of yours. They're nice, speak really funny, like that we over power them or something, they're also gentle-manly. The one related to you was looking at me so strangely...and I could have sworn I saw him drooling every few bits. Though his friend was the one acting so much like one of those fancy men who ride on horses and save the ones they love...you two would have made a cute couple."
Now it was Tyson's turn to blush. He pouted, not at all trying to fight off his own blush. "MAX! You can't go making judgements about me and someone I probably don't know." Max giggled while Tyson turned away from him in a huff. "Well, maybe I'll remember them. What are they're names and how are they related to me?" Tyson asked.
"Rei said he was your cousin, and his friend was Kai, who Rei had invited with him to the party. Jeeze, Tyson, you've been holding out on me." Max grinned.
It was quiet for a moment, the silence made Max slightly worried. He frowned, tilting his head. "Something wrong, Ty-Chan?" Max asked.
Tyson turned to face Max, his face holding a worried look. "M-max..I only have one cousin...and he died over four years ago. He was in the battle with my father and grandfather...There's no way I have any other cousins, because my mother had only one brother and my father held no siblings."
"T-then...does that make them...imposters?" Max asked. "...No wonder they were talking all like that." Max pouted, turning around. "I'm going to find them and get an explanation." Before Tyson could stop him, Max ran down the stairs, intent on finding the two "gentlemen".
After much hard looking for about half and hour, Max decided to check upstairs, first his room cause he needed to lock it. 'Those...those...bastards! I can't believe they lied to me...and they seemed really nice as well.' Max shivered, for some reason he had the feeling to return downstairs and look for Tyson and stay with the other heir for the rest of the party...but the thought of those men from earlier taking or just waiting for Tyson overcame that feeling. Max didn't want Tyson to get hurt, they were best friends after all. So he would go his room and look around to find those men, that way, Tyson would be safe from any harm.
Max's hand gripped the railway once he reached the top step. He still didn't feel to good about this. The halls were too quiet...'Alright, get a grip, Mizuhara. I'm just going to my room to lock it and to look down this hall. That's alright. Besides, from the looks of things, there's no one down here. I should be completely fine.' With that done and thoughted out, Max ungripped his hand and let it slip to his side, then he began walking. It still didn't help his fear, but he was beginning to get more confident with each step he took.
When he reached his door, Max looked up and down the hall quickly...there was no one there. Max then slipped into his room. It was a tad dark, but the dark only went away when Max open his curtains. 'Funny, I don't remember shutting these curtains.' Max thought. 'Oh well, a servent must have cleaned my room and, by mystake, closed the curtains.' He looked around his room, nothing had been disturbed from the last time he checked in earlier. '...I'm just getting paranoid.'
"I need to stop worrying and find those two backstabbing men...Ha! Gentlemen, I can't believe I called them that." Max muttered, turning to leave his room.
That is, until a dark chuckle stopped him. "Gentlemen? You've got to be kidding."
Max turned around just in time to hold back a hand that appeared it'd wanted to wrap itself around his neck...too bad he missed the other hand. Max choked almost as the hand held his neck firmly. Gritting his teeth, Max tried his best to glare at the cloak figure. "W-who are you?" Max demanded, using his hand to get the one from around his neck off.
The other smirked before turning them both and throwing Max onto the bed. Max went into a coughing fit, giving the other enough time to get on the bed and pounce on Max, holding Max down. "Don't scream for a servent...Or I'll get my partner to get the other heir. Got it?" Max's eyes widen, but he nodded his head nevertheless. "Good." The figure then released Max, but stayed on him. Max watched as he removed his hood, revealing dark raven hair that looked so familar.
"Y-you...You're that...that...You're that Rei guy!" Max acused and began struggling, but Rei leaned down and pinned him again. "Let me go!"
Rei grinned, shaking his head. "Can't do, my dear heir. I have business to take care of for you." Max shivered and looked away, not once liking the sound of those words. "But don't worry, I don't plan on causing you any sort of pain, I'm just here to save you."
Max snorted, turning to give a glare at Rei. "Save me? You're practically killing me right now!"
"I mean when we leave the castle." Max's eyes widen again causing Rei to laugh. "All will be explained soon, but I must get you out of here before anyone suspects something is up."
Getting off of Max, Rei offered him his hand, which Max stared at it for a moment. Then, Max pouted and turned away. "I'm not going." Rei growled and didn't answer. Instead, he reached over and picked up Max, who instantly began to struggle. "Put me down! Put. me. down...damnit! I order you to-"
Rei set the hair down onto the floor, which Max yelped once his body made contact with said floor. "Listen, Max, I promise you I'm doing this for your own good...How can I make you understand?" Max just rubbed his sore behind, not even looking at Rei. Giving a light sigh, Rei kneeled down Max's level. "What if I give you something as a promise?" Looking up, Max eyed him warily then shrugged. "Fine, here." Rei removed his beloved yin and yang head band. "It's my favorite head band, so don't lose it. If I mislead you for anything, you can destroy that head band." Max took the head band and sat up.
"...Where are you going to take me?" Max asked.
Walking over to Max's window, he pointed off into a distance. "Anywhere...my boss's ship is outside, which is why we must be going cause my friends upon that ship aren't patient. So, let's go." Rei turned back to Max and held out his hand. Aftering eyeing it warily, Max took Rei's hand. Rei grinned and pulled Max out of the room and began to run down the hall.
"Hey! Rei!" Max whined behind him, trying his best to keep up with Rei's speed. "I-I think this leads to the top of the tower." Max said.
"Perfect," Rei said back. He gave the heir a grin, but noticed something...two guards were looking at them from down the hall. "Oops...I guess I forgot to knock them out." Rei then turned away and pulled Max faster. 'Great, now I'll have guards after me...Enrique's going to murder me and if he doesn't Tala will!' Rei thought.
Tyson sighed, leaning back against his window sill again. It must have been his favorite place...it's the only place Tyson could ever see into the outside world. However, his eyes caught onto something...something floating off now too far off. 'It's...a ship!' Tyson gave a small gasp and leaned up against his window sill to get a better look. 'There's a ship here...but...is that a thief ship? There's a thief symbol on it.' Tyson backed away from his window. "I-I should go warn the guards about this..." Tyson turns around and runs over to his door.
Before Tyson could leave his room, his door slammed open and a figure with a cloak walked in, closing the door behind him. The figure looked at Tyson for a moment before giving a light chuckle. "So, you're the heir to Dragoon. Interesting."
"W-what do you mean?" Tyson asked, backing away from the figure as he began to walk closer to him. "What do you want? Why are you in my room?"
The figure lowered his hood, showing duel colored hair and dark crimson eyes. "You ask too many questions, heir. My name is Kai. All my reasons dealing with you are secret, I can't tell you."
"You can't tell me! For all I know, you could murder me!" Tyson reached for the nearest thing...a fruit basket. Chucking the fruit basket at Kai horribly and downright missing his target, Tyson backed up against the window sill. "If you don't leave, I'll...I'll yell for the guards."
Kai groaned, who knew helping others could be such a downright pain in the ass mission? "Look, this is for your own good. Otherwise, I wouldn't be here. Now you either come with me on your own free will or I'll knock you unconscious and take you anyway." The only answer Kai got was a tongue sticking out at him. "That's it," Kai growled, reaching for the bluenette heir.
Tyson held his hands out in font of him to keep Kai away, it didn't work. Kai pushed Tyson's hands away and grabbed the heir's shoulders and pinned him to the wall. "Iie! Let me go!" Tyson whined, struggling to get Kai's grip off of him.
"Will you just listen!" Kai yelled. "No matter how you feel on this situation, we're leaving now. This isn't my choice, it's my boss's choice. Yell at him when you see him later." Kai pulled his arms down and grabbed the heir's hand and began to drag him towards the door. "Here, put this on." Kai shrugged off his cloak and wrapped it around Tyson. "It'll keep anyone from noticing you."
Giving a small pout, Tyson unconsciously snuggled into the cloak. "Don't I get a say in this? I'm quite happy here." Tyson muttered.
Ignoring the young heir, Kai looked out for guards. There weren't any at the time. Kai grabbed Tyson's hand and pulled him out of the room. "Stay quiet or my friend will go ahead and kill the other heir." Tyson didn't say anything, just following Kai with a worried expression.
They walked down the eery hall, both wondering if guards would pop out, though Tyson would favor if the guards did pop out. When they walked down the hall that lead to the party, Kai stopped them at the entrance to the party. He looked to see if anyone was following them before looking at the party while hiding. Tyson watched Kai for a bit before turning away and noticing a food stand. The food stand had little cherries and sweet things...but there was one empty pan dish. Tyson's eyes widen and he looked back at Kai who appeared to be waiting for something, completely ignoring Tyson.
Tyson reached over and grabbed the pan. 'This is my only way to get away from this guy,' Tyson thought, looking at Kai before pulling his hand free. Kai turned around, about to bark an order...that is, until a pan swung down and hit him on the head. "Damnit!" Kai cursed while Tyson chose this moment to back up a few feet before turning around and taking into a run.
Kai kept an eye on him and quickly followed, ignoring the dull pain on his head. 'That heir's going to pay for this!' Kai thought.
Giving a small gasp, Tyson couldn't find any way to go and Kai was only a few more seconds away from catching him. "Wait, the secret passage." Tyson murmured to himself. He ran to the wall and pressed along it, trying to find the secret button. It took a moment before he could find the button, Kai was almost in pouncing range. Tyson slipped through the passage way, Kai instantly on his heels. "Leave me alone!" Tyson yelled, looking slightly behind him to glare at Kai.
"You're a dead heir! You just be lucky that I need you." Kai growled. Kai was far too angry to notice the chuckle that escaped Tyson as they both continued to run down the secret passage way.
Rei and Max both panted, trying to regain their breaths. "I think they're still following us," Rei murmured. "But at least we're at the toppest tower."
Max glared at him, regaining his posture and breath. "What do you mean? It's a dead end! They'll catch you." Max turned around, crossing his arms. "I think we should just forget about this. I'll them a lie about you wanting to show me the toppest tower. Then we'll never act like this happen...actually, we won't ever see each other aga-"
"Can you swim?" Rei asked, turning the heir around so that they were face to face.
Pouting slightly, Max tilted his hips. "I am the heir to Draciel, the water nation...I can swim if the ocassion calls for it."
Rei smirked, gathering Max in his arms. "That's good to hear," He looked behind him, seeing the tired guards almost near them.
"What are you getting at?" Max asked.
Jumping onto the window ledge, Rei held onto Max tightly. "Because...the ocassion calls for it." Before Max could answer or struggle, Rei jumped out of the window with Max in his arms.
Max clung to Rei as they both fell. He looked down, noticing the water surrounding the Dragoon castle. Max bit his lip and unconsciously clung to Rei as they continued to fall. When the falling seemed to be like forever just about, Max felt the cool splashing of water breaking apart him and Rei, though Rei kept a strong grip on his hand. That was all Max felt and saw as darkness took over his vision.
Tyson about tripped once again as he ran up the steps. The cursed cloak that Kai gave him continued to make him keeping tripping on every other step. Though his life seemed to basically be threatened, Tyson could help the true smile spreading onto his face. He had never had so much fun like this...Sure his friend, Max, was tons of fun, but to be able to run around like this? This was pure fun. Though it couldn't be considered fun for Kai, who was in hot pursuit of him.
"Hah, at this rate I'll never fall into his hands!" Tyson said somewhat proudly. He suddenly realized...this secret entrance he took lead to another tower..which means...a dead end. 'Great way to spoil my fun,' Tyson thought, seeing a wooden door up ahead. The door would lead to a small look out for the tourist, but Tyson's mother cut it off once a person mystakingly fell and died.
Opening the door quickly, Tyson was rather proud that his mother hated to lock useless doors. He shut it quickly behind him once out on the look out. Tyson spotted Kai's angry face and his glare turned into a death glare once he noticed Tyson shutting the door. Not wanting to see the angry look, Tyson shut the door quickly and turned around to find anyway he could escape...he found nothing...yet.
Kai growled and kicked the door, causing it too fly open. He then shut it behind him so the young heir wouldn't escape so quickly. Running out, Kai spots said heir on the ledge of the wall. "Wha-" Tyson turned around, noticing the other. Kai glared at him, telling him in silent words to remove himself from the ledge. "You wouldn't..." Kai said in a warning tone.
Tyson said nothing but closed his eyes and fell backwards, off the ledge. Kai instantly ran to the ledge to at least try and stop Tyson and catch him, but much to his surprise, Tyson was swinging on a chain length that decorated the castle. "You stupid brat!" Kai screamed out. He grabbed another chain length beside him and took off into the air. Tyson was almost beside him, laughing. Kai tried reaching for him, but Tyson was always out of the way when he did.
Finally, Tyson jumped onto a nearby roof. He regained his balance and ran into a room. "Not again..." Kai muttered and jumped onto the same roof. Getting onto his feet, Kai quickly followed to where Tyson went. When he entered, a middle aged woman looked a tad worried. "Excuse me, have you seen a young boy running around here?" Kai asked, trying to hold back how annoyed he was. The heir wasn't in the room...the woman should know where he was.
"Yes, he went down that trap door over there. Oooh, he scared me to death."
Kai flat out ignored her, he had more things to worry about...like catching that heir. Running over to the secret compartment, Kai lifted open the top and hopped inside. The room wasn't all that dark, a little spooky and filled with boxes, but not dark at all. His crimson eyes scanned the area and Kai found the object he was looking for. "Found you," Kai murmured to himself.
Leaning against the farthest wall away from the trap door was Tyson, who was terrified. "T-that woman sold me out...That's cheating."
Walking over to the other, Kai was seconds from choking the young heir when he was cut off by surprise. The bluenette jumped onto him, wrapping his arms around Kai's neck. Before Kai could question the younger one, he was cut off. "Kidnap me."
Kai's eyes widen before he shook off the shocking feeling. He pulled the other off of him and glared at Tyson in the eyes. "What? I've been trying to kidnap you for the past hour. Now, here you're telling me to downright kidnap you now?"
"Well you are, aren't you?" Tyson asked, tilting his head.
Giving a soft groan, Kai knew that glaring wouldn't work...the young heir didn't seem to be affected by it. "Of course I am...though I may have intentions on killing you. Why did you pull all those stunts off and run away from me when you knew I was going to kidnap you?" Kai asked.
Tyson walked a bit aways, thinking. After a few moments, he turned to Kai and gave a small grin. "I was testing you...and I didn't know it'd be so much fun. You're quite the chaser."
"And you're quite the brat." Kai muttered, crossing his arms. "If you think you're going to be a soon-to-be thief, you're sadly mistaken. I'm only here to get you onto our ship, take you over to a temple and drop your ass off there. The temple will take care of you and keep you away from those people planning on kidnapping your for the tribute of yours."
A light blush covered Tyson's cheeks before he pouted. "How'd you know about the tribute? Only decendents, relatives, and honorably friends know about the tribute belonging to us heirs."
"Well those so called "honorably friends" sold you out. I seriously don't care about your tribute, all I want to do is get your out of the way and for me to return to my own life." Kai growled.
Tyson stared at him for a moment before a sad look adourn his face. "You're mean," Tyson murmured and turned away, crossing his arms much like Kai. "I don't want to go. I rather stay here if you're going to be a meany head."
How long would this heir pull these damn acts? Grabbing the heir forcefully on his upper arm, Kai dragged him to the exit, the whole time Tyson struggled. He was almost there when Tyson pounced on him and the two fell to the floor. Tyson tried to hold him down, but this was Kai after all, no one held him down. Kai easily flipped them over and pinned Tyson's arms down to the ground. "You're coming even if you hate the idea." Kai said in a dark tone.
Struggling, Tyson did all he could, bite, kick, scratch, Kai easily defended himself by dodging, down right sitting down, and pulling out of reach for each antic. "Well tell whoever hired you for him to come and get me! Cause if he doesn't, I'm going to stay here."
Kai got up, glaring down at Tyson. "I'm no messenger boy...I'm a delivery boy."
Before Tyson got a chance to say anything, much less escape, Kai reached down and picked him up. "PUT ME DOWN! By the orders of the heir to Dragoon, I order you to put me down or I'll-" Tyson nicked Kai just at the right time, though it was a pity that the small hit didn't affect Kai. "I swear I'll start screaming louder for the gua-"
"Look, heir, I'm kidnapping you for your own good. Would you rather be someone's plaything? Someone's toy to use around until they get bored with you?" Kai asked, setting Tyson onto his own two feet. "What more do you want? We're taking you to a safe place."
Tyson pouted and tried his best at a glare. "What I want is to be far away from Dragoon as possible...I want to be free, not to be under rules or limits. You're a thief, someone who can travel around the world, someone who can go as far as they want, someone who can spread their wings...That's why I want. I want to be far far away from here...You don't know what it's like to be cooped up in a castle for most of your life."
A deep solid glare formed itself on Kai's expression. The glare even made Tyson shiver in somewhat of fear. "Yes I do know how it feels."
Kai then turned around and began to walk up the stairs. Tyson watched him with slighty confusion before crossing his arms and not moving from his spot. He didn't care what happened to Kai, the past was the past right? And Tyson's future was up ahead and it didn't look too bright if he were to go with Kai...but it didn't either if he stayed at the castle. "...I promise to take care of you." Came a small whisper behind Tyson.
Turning around, Tyson saw Kai standing near him, a determine look on his face. "...Why? I thought you hated me..You were being mean to me after all."
"Let's just get out of here. I'll protect you from any danger that threatens you until I drop you off at the temple. Alright?" Kai asked, hoping this little deal would get Tyson to finally come with him, Kai rather not have to knock the heir unconscious and drag Tyson with him.
Tyson thought about the deal..he didn't mind it, except for the little part from where he said "until I drop you off at the temple". Tyson still refused to go to some temple. "How about this. I'll protect myself if you're able to not take me to the temple, but to a group of people that could be free...like another band of thieves."
A small groan escape Kai. This heir would just not give up without a fight. "...Fine. I have a better deal. If you're able to prove you have what it takes and to gain my trust within the small amount of days it'll take to get to the temple, I'll let you join us. If not, you're going to that temple. Got it?" Kai asked.
"Really!" Tyson jumped onto the other, hugging him tightly. "Thank you so much!"
Kai pulled the heir off, but left his hands to grip the heir's shoulders. "You're trusting and proving yourself is starting now. So either escape at this moment with me or I'm kidnapping you and taking you to the temple without the deal."
A small grin fell onto Tyson's face. He nodded his head and ran up the steps leading back up the woman's room. Kai followed him, trying to come up with an excuse to tell Enrique and Tala on why he had made the deal and the reasons behind the deal. When Kai made it up to the steps, he found a surpise situation.
The woman from before was gone.
And...Tyson was being held by several guards, who were pointing several rifles at him. '...This is probably Rei's fault.' Kai thought. 'He must have been seen or something.' A guard was trying to talk to the fussy Tyson, who was defending Kai..Tyson's defence wasn't working, the guards held dark looks and appeared ready to shoot at any second. "By the right of Dragoon, I order you to set down your weapons. This man here was helping me, nothing more."
The guard chuckled, tapping Tyson on the back. "Sure, Babe. We have rightful orders to kill this...man."
Tyson made a digusted look at the pet name. "You have no right on calling me-"
"C'mon boys, shoot and we'll get a prize from our heir." Several guards chuckled while others gave dark smirks.
Kai glared at them. 'What kind of defence army would flirt with their heir in rule? That's just asking to be killed instantly.' Kai thought. 'They're worst then my thief group..and that's saying something.' Kai looked over to Tyson, who was being held back by another guard...Kai narrowed his eyes. Tyson was struggling stronger then before...the guards hands were travelening upon the heir's body. 'Disgusting.'
Getting into a certain position, Kai pressed back on his back heel before running pass the guards in a fast speed that could almost surpass Rei's neko-jin abilities. The guards holding guns were too surprised and couldn't keep their eyes on Kai to see the duel haired teen run pass them and to the guard holding Tyson. Kai leaped off his back foot and used his left hand to pull out the sword at his waist. He quickly slashed the man's arm that held Tyson firmly.
The guard yelped, letting Tyson go freely. Kai grabbed Tyson's wrist and ran towards a door, which had been left open. The other guards began to shoot at them both. Kai pulled Tyson closer to himself to keep Tyson from getting hit by any bullets. The two, fortunetly, made it safely out of the room. Kai noticed a chain length dangling nearby, looking like the same chain he and Tyson swung on earlier when he was in hot pursuit of Tyson. This chain, however, lead to the wall surrounding the castle and if they could both jump off the wall, he and Tyson could make it to the ship.
"Kai? Kai! What are we going to do?" Tyson asked.
One arm grabbed Tyson's wrist and pulled him to the chain. "Don't let go of my waist." Kai said, picking up the chain and staring at Tyson. Tyson looked at him dumbly before Kai groaned and pulled Tyson to him and fell backwards. Tyson instantly held on and closed his eyes tightly. While the chain swung back, Kai turned to look behind him. He needed to jump off at the right moment.
'There!' Kai thought, letting go of the chain. Tyson's eyes opened and he held more onto Kai. The both of them fell onto the brick wall. During their fall, Kai had turned them over so he was on his back and Tyson was still clinging to his stomach, that way Tyson wouldn't have gotten hurt. Though, it left Kai with a bit of a sore back.
Tyson got up, helping Kai up as well. Kai didn't say anything as he grabbed Tyson's wrist again and jumped off of the ledge of the wall. The wall wasn't overly that big, so their fall didn't create any wounds...except for causing Tyson to get a sore ankle. "You ok?" Kai asked, helping Tyson to his feet.
"Yeah, just a bit sore. Let's go." Kai nodded, beginning to run while keeping a firm grip on Tyson's arm. Tyson tried to keep up with Kai, but ankle was starting to really hurt. He tried to ignore it for just a bit more.
Kai noticed the falling back and turned his head. Tyson was looking down at his left ankle, biting his lip. 'He must have injured it.' Kai thought, stopping their run. Tyson looked back up towards Kai in surprise. "Kai?"
Not saying anything, Kai turned around. "Get on my back, I'll carry you the rest of the way." It was more of an order, so Tyson got onto Kai's back. After getting a grip on Tyson's thighs, Kai began to run down the street. Tyson looked behind them, seeing the guards not too far away, but not close either. 'I hope they don't catch us.' Tyson thought, unconsciously gripping Kai's shoulder before turning back to face forward.
Soon enough, they're in front of a giant ship. Tyson looked at it with amazing eyes. He slipped off Kai's back and examined it for a moment before Kai pulled him up a removable railway. When on board, Tyson saw two people. A boy with flaming crimson hair about his age and a boy with violet hair about Kai's age. "W-who are they?" Tyson asked, hiding behind Kai.
"I'm Tala and this is Bryan." The red head introduced. He gave Tyson a small smile before looking over to Kai. "Where's Rei?"
Kai groaned. "...Probably still at the castle."
"Hold your sea horses!"
All four turned around, seeing a raven haired boy come aboard. He was soaked and holding a blond in his arms, the blond pouting while trying to struggle out of Rei's arms. "Max!" Tyson yelled, pushing pass Kai and Bryan and running over to Max and Rei.
Max slipped out of Rei's arms. He gave him one glare before turning to face Tyson. "They kidnapped you as well?" Max asked, looking a bit sad. "I didn't...want any harm to come to you." He looked behind him to Rei. "Hey! You warned me you if I was good you wouldn't kidnap Tyson!" Max pulled the headband that was tied around his wrist and held it out, about ready to rip it.
Rei gaped before rushing to Max's side. "No I didn't! Besides, I couldn't contact Kai anyways."
"I don't care, I'm gonna rip it."
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Rei pounced on Max and held him down in a sort of cuddly way that made Max blinked in a bit of confusion. How could Rei have so many emotions? First he was serious, then angry, now he's acting like some...5 year old. Strange.
"Good, you're all here." The group looked up, seeing a certain blond and lime haired boy behind him. "We have business to take care of, ne?"
.:.End of Chapter II.:.