Thanks to everyone that reviewed! And all the encouragement I got. I decided to post this chapter despite the lack of reviews I got because I will be starting school again tomorrow (stupid Florida education board…having to be different from everyone else) so updates will probably slowing down as the year progresses, especially after September when my friend will as well, start school.

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"Kira, forget about him. Let's go." Tyson sneered at the red headed heir of the Ivanov Corporation before grabbing Kira's arm.

Kira's being led away by Tyson as Tala just stands there staring at their retreating figures.

B3 were sitting inside a classroom as Johnny was trying to call Tala on his cell phone with no avail.

"Kai, you really didn't see Tala?" Johnny asked Kai, who was leaning against the front wall of the classroom.

"I didn't see him. I haven't seen him in 2, 3 days already."

"That's strange. He really disappeared?" Enrique asked worry evident in his baby blue eyes.

"I called him at home and if he's not there then could he have gone to the villa?" Johnny pondered.

"Everything was fine, why did it come to this?" Enrique paused. "Hey, wonder if it's because of the thing with Kira being on the magazine. This guy that works together with Kira's called… Tyson! Seems like he was the male model that took the picture with her. And Tala has made a move to hit the guy before. If he was to see the headlines on that magazine, do you guys really think that he would pretend that nothing has happened?" Enrique analyzed.

"I'm a bit worried about Kira." Johnny admitted crossing his arms.

"Tala, he's like a weapon that changes hands everytime. Even we, who have grown up together with him, won't know what he would do."

"I think we should find him first and then talk." Enrique pointed out.

"Let's go and take a look at his villa." Johnny suggested.

"Ok."

Kai nodded his head and they all get up to leave the classroom.

Kira slowly walks over to her locker and upon opening it up, stares in shock at the red tag that she finds hanging there.

'Red tag? I couldn't imagine that I would once again be stuck with a red tag. Looking at this red tag, seems like it is Tala's saying goodbye to me. Tala, I never thought I would hurt you this deeply.' Kira stared at the red tag swaying as if in mockery with a pained expression on her face.

/ Flashback//

"I like you. Like you so much that even I can't understand it myself."

/ End of flashback. /

'No. My whole head is floating with those words. Once I think about the expression in Tala's turquoise eyes, my heart would feel like it would burst open.' She realized.

"Wow. Kira actually got red tagged twice! No one ever got red tagged by B4 twice before!" A student exclaimed.

"She's dead for sure this time! Ha ha! We haven't played games in a long time! It's been so boring!"

Kira glared at the guy, "Jerk!"

"Even if I'm a jerk, you don't have to worry about it. Just worry about yourself!" The student taunted.

'These people act outrageously on the strength of your connections, they must be thinking about starting to bully me again.' Kira realized silently.

Daichi is slowly walking down the hall when he hears Kira's voice.

"I'm not so stupid that I would stand there blankly and let you guys bully me!" Kira shouted out.

Kira quickly runs past Daichi

"Kira, what are you running for?" Daichi called out.

Kira turned her head and shouted back. "There's someone chasing me!"

"Don't run!" A mob of students chased hot on her heals.

Daichi cried out in terror and runs after Kira while a whole bunch of guys are running after him.

The students ran down the stairs. "Go look over there! No, no! We've searched that side already! You go over that side! We'll go outside to see!"

The group of guys split up into two groups.

"Hurry, hurry!" The guys urged.

"Could she be hiding in the bathroom!"

Kira and Daichi are hiding behind the lockers trying to catch their breath.

"These big idiots in school are too much! They get so excited when they see a red tag! Those perverts! What the heck is going on? Why did you provoke Tala into such a bad temper? He gave you another red tag!" Daichi asked panting.

"Actually I didn't want to provoke him into a temper."

"Is it because of that magazine?"

Kira looked over at Daichi in surprise. "How did you know? Did you eavesdrop on the side!"

"It's all because of that Hilary and Mariah. Everybody has a copy in their hands now!" Daichi paused, choosing his words carefully. "Kira, do you like that Tyson?"

"What are you talking about! Tyson is just someone that I met at work. Just a new friend."

"Could they be hiding around here?" A students voice asked.

"No, no. We've looked here already. You go over there to look!"

"We were almost discovered!" Daichi whispered nervously.

"Are they hiding around?"

"Hurry up and go through the side doors. I'll distract them." Daichi whispered bravely to Kira.

"Daichi." Kira looked at him worriedly.

"Hurry up! We'll meet by the side doors later. Hurry up!" The short red head urged.

He jumps up from their hiding place and runs away.

Daichi started shouting as he ran. "I saw Kira! I saw Kira!"

"Where! Daichi Sumeragi and Kira are together!"

"Not me!" Daichi defended.

Kira quickly gets up and goes the other way.

"Hurry up and chase! Kira's over that side!" The student yelled.

Kira manages to run away and stops by the side of the building to catch her breath. At this moment, two guys come up behind here.

Kira swirls around quickly, "What do you guys want!" She demanded.

A third guy comes behind her and covering her nose and mouth with a cloth, drugs her until she becomes unconscious.

Daichi runs over later to where Kira was drugged and can't find her anywhere.

"Kira!" He called out looking around. "Kira!"

Meanwhile, B3 is still looking for Tala and arrive at the mansion to see two maids vacuuming.

"Where's your master?" Johnny asked one of the maids.

"Master? We haven't seen Master for 3, 4 days already."

"Go on with your stuff." He told them looking back at Enrique and Kai worriedly.

"Could that guy have left the country? Like going off to New York?" Kai pondered.

"I'm thinking are we…" Enrique started but his cell phone vibrating interrupted him.

"a bit too nervous over the whole thing?" He continued and reaches into his pocket for the phone. "It's only Kira getting on a magazine after all." He opened his cell phone. "Hello? Daichi! Why do you have my number? What red tag? Kira got red tagged again! I don't know anything about this. Fine, fine, fine. I know. I know." He turned to Kai and Johnny who both had worried looks on their faces.

"Kira got red tagged." Kai stated worriedly.

"It must be Kira's photo with that male model that gave Tala a big shock. If that's the case, he must still be at the school." Johnny pointed out.

"No matter what, let's just find Tala first and then talk. Let's go." Enrique turned quickly towards the door.

Daichi runs over to the pastry shop to see if Kira's there.

"Welcome! Daichi!" Salima greeted with a smile.

"Did Kira come to work?" Daichi asked anxiously.

"Nope. She didn't come to work today and she didn't take a day off with the boss either. I don't know what's the matter."

"Oh no! I just went over to her house. Her Dad and Mom said she hasn't come home yet either."

"Then did you call her on her cell phone?" Salima asked.

"She was running too quickly at school and forgot to take her cell phone. Those students were chasing after her and bullying her. She even forgot her bag, I just brought it home for her."

Salima quickly walks around the counter, "Why are the students starting to bully Kira again! Did something happen to her at school?"

"She got red tagged."

"Got red tagged again! Then what are we going to do? Then… these guys must be starting to give Kira a hard time! God, this makes me so anxious!" Salima cried out biting her lower lip.

"Salima. Don't worry. I, Daichi Sumeragi, will be a hero that saves the damsel in distress. I won't let anyone bully her!" Daichi declared bravely.

Salima smiles. "Daichi. You like Kira, right?"

Daichi's face turned red as he stammered, "Eh… I… Yeah, Salima! I like Kira. This Tala Ivanov and this Kai Hiwatari and also that model, Tyson Kinomiya – they all think that they are suitable for Kira. Staking the territory and using their own ways to force her to make a decision. I won't do something like that! But Kira wouldn't understand what I'm thinking about. Anyways, I won't let her know. I'll just secretly like her, that's fine." Daichi sighed.

"Daichi, the words that you have just said, it really makes me very touched. But, now that Kira is being red tagged again, how are you going to protect her? What are you guys going to do?"

"I also don't know. Am I really this useless?" Daichi asked slumping down on the counter.

"It's ok. Let's just find Kira first and then we'll talk."

"I've searched everywhere already and still can't find her." Daichi cried out helplessly.

"Don't be like this. It will just make me even more anxious, Daichi."

Kira slowly wakes up and finds herself tied with a rope and her mouth taped closed sitting on a chair in a dark place.

A guy walks over and stands in front of her with a camera in his hands. A second guy with glasses comes up behind her and grabbing her hair, pulls her head back.

"Don't worry. We won't kill you. Take a picture." The guy ordered yanking on Kira's hair to tilt her head up.

While the guy with the glasses holds onto Kira's hair, the guy with the camera takes a picture.

"Bring the envelope over." The guy with glasses ordered another guy that materialized out of the darkness.

The guy brings the envelope over and the guy with glasses hands him the picture.

"Take this over first. Remember to bring that guy back." The spectacled guy ordered.

The guy runs off and the other two sits aside to wait.

'What the heck do these people want! I don't recognize any of them. Who are they exactly?' Kira asked herself her brow furrowing.

Suddenly the opening of the "garage door" catches Kira's attention as the guy walking out with the photo talks to another guy with a plastic bag that is just coming in.

"You're here. Why are you so late in coming?" The guy walking out asked.

Kira strains herself to see who the guy with the bag is.

"I went to buy some beer." The guy held up the bag as proof.

"I'm going to find Tala."

The guy with the cans of beer slowly walks in while Kira is trying to see who that person is.

Back at school, Kai is standing there thinking when Johnny and Enrique come up behind him.

Enrique walks towards Kai. "He's not in school either. Tala's cell phone isn't working. I'm starting to worry." He glances at Johnny.

"If Tala really loses control this time, then Kira is really in danger." Johnny observed.

"Daichi called me before and said that he couldn't find Kira anywhere." Enrique informed the other two.

Kai crossed his arms leaning back against the wall. "I don't know why, but I just feel that this whole thing is not that simple. I can't figure out what it is. But this thing about Kira being red tagged again, intuition tells me that it's not done by Tala."

"But Tala isn't here now so we have no way of confirming it." Johnny yelled frustrated.

"Besides, is there really someone so courageous to use our B4's name?" Enrique added.

"If there is, then this person's objective is really frightening. And also very obvious that he's not kind hearted." Kai's eyes narrowed at the last part.

"Let's go. First, we have to find Tala and then talk." Enrique urged heading out once again.

Back over at where Kira is, she finally gets a good look at the guy with the cans of beer as he comes into the light.

Kira's eyes widened. 'It can't be. Why is it you? How can it be?' She asked herself desperately.

Tyson stops in front of Kira and looks down at her.

B3 go back to the Ivanov mansion and find Tala eating and drinking by himself. They stood there and stare at him until he notices their presence.

Tala looks up, "Hey, you guys are here. Why do you guys have such expressions on your faces? Hurry up, come over and eat." He motioned casually.

"You finally showed up! We've been looking for you for so long! You are actually sitting here barbecuing and drinking beer!" Enrique yelled walking over to him.

"Where the hell did you go!" Johnny demanded growling at the other red head.

"I just went to Hua Dong seashore to take a break."

"You went to Hua Dong seashore to go fishing! Then we're in deep shit." He realized staring at Enrique.

Tala finally realizes that something isn't right, and stood up to face B3, "What's the matter that we're in deep shit. Why are your faces so serious? I was just off taking a break." He said.

Kai walks up to Tala with a serious look, "Tala. Something has happened."

Over at the empty warehouse…

"Why were you so slow?" The guy with glasses asked Tyson.

Tyson hands him the cases of beer. "Take the beer."

The guy takes the beer and walks back over to the side.

Tyson walks over to Kira. Bending down so that they are at eye level, he reaches out and pulls the tape off Kira's mouth.

"Tyson. Why is it you? What exactly do you want!" Kira asked in disbelief.

Tyson kneels down in front of her. "Sorry, Kira. I used you." He answered her blatantly.

"You used me? I don't understand. What did you use me for!"

"I used the friendship between us. I got close to you because of some other motive."

"What the heck are you talking about! So you purposely got close to me?" She demanded to know, her crimson eyes blazing with hidden fire.

"You could say that."

"It can't be. I went to try out for modeling and was deceived. You came out just in time to save me. That's how we met!"

"You still don't understand? I came out just in time? How can I have come out just in time?" He asked mocking her.

"But I decided to go try out for modeling at the last minute!" She protested.

"Don't forget about the agent who gave you his business card."

"You arranged for that person?" Kira's eyes widened.

"That's right. Everything was arranged by me." He bragged.

San Kira shook her head desperately. "Why do you have to do that? What exactly is going on here!"

"Saving you at the photography place is the first step of my plan. And then our photo shoot together that got on the magazine and you getting red tagged, it is all arranged by me. Including your being here now, it's all a part of my plan." He gloated.

"But, what is your motive in doing all this?"

"To use you, in order to deal with Tala Ivanov."

"Tala? You want to harm Tala? He was just acting rashly when he hit you. You want to harm him now!" Kira asked panicking.

"That day when he rashly hit me, it made me realized the importance of you to him in his heart. Therefore, I'm even more sure that using you to deal with him, we will definitely succeed." Tyson stood up.

Another guy walked over with a can of beer in his hands. "Didn't think that this girl would be so easily caught. Tyson, I think that you are not only just a model – you can actually become an actor!" The guy praised.

The guy with glasses walks over too, "Deceiving such a naïve girl, isn't that one of your tricks?"

"But, we seem to see that you are quite taken with the girl. You won't get soft-hearted and betray us, right?" The guy asked with a hidden threat in his voice.

"Betray! What kind of joke is this! Don't forget who the one that is leading this whole plan is! And you better not forget who you guys are depending on in order to get revenge on Tala! I'm just using her." He replied pointing to Kira.

Kira looks up at Tyson with an expression on one who has been betrayed, "Why, Tyson? Why do you have to do this kind of thing? What animosity do you have with Tala?"

Tyson turned to the two guys. "Can you guys go out for a bit? I have something that I need to say to her."

The two guys walk out, leaving Tyson with Kira.

Tyson kneeled down in front of Kira once again. "Even though I can't loosen your binds, but…"

He reaches out with his hand to brush her hair back from her face.

Kira pulled away from his hand as if it were infested with the vilest thing imaginable. "BASTARD! DON'T TOUCH ME! WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO AND DIE! YOU LOW CLASS MAN! Why are you dealing with this type of gangsters!" Tyson pulled his hand away glaring at her.

"I grew up in an orphanage. Because I was the son of a mistress. I was left there when I was young. My father didn't want me. In the end, my mother abandoned me too. From the day that I was born, it was a mistake. In my blood, there's only hate, no love. I once used a suicide method to end this wrong life of mine. That day, I got to the seaside. I decided to give up. I was getting ready to drown myself. At the minute of my last breath, a big brother jumped in the water and saved me. He was my savior. Because not only did he save my life, but he did all he could to counsel me."

"All this that you have said, what does it have to do with Tala?"

"You've asked the main point. He was such a good person but he made a small mistake at Bakuten University and offended Tala. He was beaten up so badly by this violent jerk. So from that day on, I decided to get revenge for him. So I also enrolled into Bakuten U. to get revenge for my big brother and savior. Except who knew that I would meet him earlier then I expected and got kicked out. But after I got kicked out of Bakuten U., no other University would take me, and barely anyone would hire me, except that one Burger King. So I met up with these gangsters, who all have personal resentments against Tala. Since we had the same enemy, we got together to carry out our plan for revenge. If you want to blame someone, then blame yourself for knowing a jerk who perpetrates numerous crimes!" Tyson began shouting in anger.

Kira glared at Tyson, "I finally understand. So the reason why you guys have tied me up here is to use me as a hostage and lure Tala out!"

"Don't stare at me like that. All these years, I've been waiting for a chance to get revenge on Tala. You are just a chess piece within this whole plan." He told her.

"You're so hateful! I look down upon you!" Kira shouted.

"It's up to you what you say. But this time that Tala lands in my hands, he's dead for sure!" Tyson smirked at the thought.

"What are you going to do?" Kira asked scared.

Tyson picked up the phone on a table beside Kira. "You'll know in a little while."

Back at the Ivanov mansion:

"Kira got red tagged!" Tala asked in disbelief.

"Tala, you really weren't the one that did it?" Johnny asked frowning.

Tala just looks at them with an expression that he has no idea what's going on.

"Despicable! Who the hell is it! That dares to make a fool of us!" Enrique shouted pacing around Tala's room.

"I'm just afraid that Kira has now landed in danger." Kai spoke softly, but his words were powerful, as everyone stopped to consider his words.

A maid runs up to Tala frantically calling out his name and holding an envelope in her hand.

"Master, master! There's someone at the front door that brought this here. He said that Miss Kira is in their hands!" Tala grabbed the envelope quickly from her hands.

Tala takes the photo of Kira being tied out of the envelope and stares at it.

Tala turns to the maid with a demanding tone, "Where's the person! Where's the person that sent this photo!"

He starts to walk toward the front door, but Enrique grabbed hold of Tala's arm, trying to stop him.

"Calm down!" Enrique urged but Tala shook his arm off violently. "Hey!"

Just then Tala's cell phone starts ringing.

Tala walks over to the table and picks up his phone, "Hello?"

"Did you see the photo?" Tyson's smug voice asked.

"Who are you? What do you want!" Tala demanded.

"You don't have to worry about who I am. But I can let you listen to a sound that you would want to hear very much. Speak! Say something!" He ordered her.

"Tala don't come! Don't believe…" Kira shouted.

Tyson took the phone back before she could say anymore. "Did you hear? I'm warning you. Don't call the police. Or else, Kira will not have her life anymore. Also, you come by yourself. Don't bring anyone else. That person will bring you over."

"Fine. I'll guarantee to you that I'll go by myself. But you have to promise me Kira's safety." He demanded.

"Stop being so picky! You're in no position to be bargaining with me! I'm warning you. You better do as you say you would! Also, if I find out that you have anything strange going on, then I can't guarantee what would happen to Kira!" Tyson yelled.

"YOU… HELLO?" Tala yelled, but Tyson had already hung up.

Tala hung up the phone, slamming it down on the table and turns toward the door.

"Hey!" Johnny called out getting up.

Kai reaches out to grab Tala's arm, "Tala! Where are you going?"

"You guys stay out of this. Let me take care of things." He reassured.

He turns to leave again but Enrique stops him.

"It's too dangerous!" He pleaded.

"I TOLD YOU GUYS TO STAY OUT OF IT, DID YOU HEAR! WAIT FOR MY NEWS!"

He turns and quickly walks away, leaving B3 standing there and staring after him.

At the warehouse…

"So it was all a lie. You said before that you wanted to become my friend and forced me to say those nasty words to Tala. It's all lies. I'm so stupid. I'm really very stupid! You must be laughing at me inside your heart. I'm just a person that's being used by someone, an idiot who was being led round and round by a trick!" She screamed at the navy haired guy.

Tyson stopped a few feet in front of her. "I won't laugh at you. On the contrary, I pity you. Anyone's name that got connected with Tala's – it's the start of misfortunes."

"You are just going too far! Too scheming! I tell you. My misfortune is not because of Tala, It's because I trusted you! Your hypocriticalness makes me sick!" She screamed at him.

Tyson walked over to her. "What do you know! What the hell do you know! I dropped hints for you early on! I told you before if the negative feelings in the heart can't be freed, then it's impossible to feel honesty and freedom!"

/ Flashback//

"A friend use to tell me, if people can't be honest to each other, then they can't have real freedom. It would be very easy to produce a chemical reaction. If the negative feelings in the heart can't be freed, then it's impossible to feel honesty and freedom."

/ End of flashback. /

"I gave you hints early on. Regardless of whether I'm willing or not, the relationship between us will change in the end because of Tala. It's just that you didn't understand."

"I don't understand! I don't WANT to understand! Why do I need to understand what your filthy heart is thinking about! Just looking at you now makes me nauseous to the bone!"

"What are you being so wordy with this girl about?" The guy came back in demanded.

"I think it would be better off if we just tape her mouth close. If she starts yelling, then we would have trouble." The guy with glasses suggested, brushing his silver bangs out of his eyes.

"There's no need for that. It's so remote here, there's no one that would come."

"It would be safer if we did tape it." The guy with glasses protested.

"If something really does happen, are you going to be able to take the responsibility for it?"

"I can arrange it until this step, then I can take the responsibility."

"That better be the case."

He walks up to Kira and touches her chin with his hand.

Kira turned her head away from his hand. "Don't touch me! Take your dirty hands away! You despicable person!"

"So fierce. Who are you trying to frighten?" The guy smirked.

The other guy also walked over. "We are the despicable ones. But your guy is even more despicable than us!"

"Last time at the Pub, he bashed a couple of our buddies until they fainted." He continued.

"Exactly! Today we must get revenge! To get back the face that we lost from the bashing last time!"

Kira smirked. "What a useless bunch! And I was wondering what the deep-seated hatred was! Got bashed until they fainted? Then it could only be blamed on yourselves that you are so useless! So if you guys don't use this underhanded way, then you won't be able to win Tala! It's simply too funny, too disgraceful!" She laughed at them.

The guy with glasses raises his hand and slaps Kira across the face. "Stop looking down on people! Be careful of what I will do to you!"

"I tell you. Tala won't come." She glared at him holding her head high, despite the fact that her cheek felt like it was on fire.

The guy with glasses roughly grabs Kira's chin so that she is facing them, "What!"

Kira glares at the guy, "I'm not his girlfriend! If you don't believe it, then you guys continue to put on this stupid, idiot look and wait until you die!"

The guy with glasses raises his hand to hit Kira again, "You ugly bitch!"

Tyson reached out at that moment and stops the guy: "Stop it! If you hurt her now, then we'll be in bigger trouble later."

The guy with glasses struggles to get lose from Tyson's hold, "What! Let go!"

The other guy tries to pull the guy with glasses away, "What's going on!"

"What are you doing! Let go!" The guy with glasses demanded.

At this moment, the sound of the door opening makes all three of them stop and turn toward the door. The other guy has brought Tala, with his hands tied, back with him.

Kira gasped as she saw Tala. Never in a million years would she think that he would show up.

One of the guys pushes Tala to get him moving until they walk into the center of the warehouse.

"Untie him." Tyson ordered

The boy nodded and walks over and starts to untie the rope that is binding Tala's hands.

"Thank you for your hospitable invitation. Fine. Let's hurry up and get this over with. What do you want me to do?" Tala rubbed his wrist and sarcastically spoke.

"Actually it's not much of a big deal. Just be good and stand right there. And the rest, just leave it to us." Tyson smugly said, tossing a baseball bat to the guy standing behind Tala.

All three guys have some sort of weapon in their hands and they are surrounded around the calm but nervous looking Tala.

"You idiot! Why did you come? Who asked you to come?" Kira yelled from her spoke as her words are getting louder and louder.

"I've untied both of your hands already. You can retaliate, but I would advise you… not to do anything rashly. I'm sure you wouldn't want her…to get hurt." Tyson warned and he pulled back Kira's head and placed a knife on her throat.

"…" Tala looked at Kira and gave her a reassuring look that says 'nothing is going to happen to you'

I drew a circle in the sand

This enjoyable space belongs to us

I don't need to be with anyone else

Don't care if you live in a hut

I don't even care if you don't have wealth.

Our love can conquer all the differences.

As long as you're by my side.

Kira looks pleadingly at Tala and has an expression that she's going to cry.

"Don't use that kind of dirty face to stare at me. Close your eyes." Tala ordered.

"Get him!" Tyson ordered his fellow men.

Kira watches in horror as the three guys gang up on Tala.

One had a baseball bat, other two had random pieces of wood sticks as the advance towards the red head. Tala looked left and right, bit his lips and pressed his arm to his side to stop him self from getting raged.

One guy whacked him in the stomach while the other slammed the bat on his ribs. Tala coughed and dropped to his knee. The final guy swing his weapon and slashed it against his head, making Tala fall on all fours.

"Aren't you the master at street fighting? Get up and fight back!" Tyson mocked him from his spot behind Kira.

With blood dripping from the wound that was inflicted on his head, Tala clutched his most likely broken rib and gets up on his knee and glared at Tyson.

All the rumors I heard will disappear

Don't look at me and then just turn away

In legend one are willing to become stranded because of love

For you

I'll even sink into the ocean myself

How I would suffer if' I'm separated from you

Forgetting my never ending promises

"Feeling unwilling? Do you want to hit someone? The impressive Ivanov Corporation's heir, being so obedient and letting people hit him, how does it feel?" Tyson yelled at him smirking.

Tala carefully stood up to face the 3 guys "You guys are pieces of trash. Hitting me like this, is no use at all. Do you have something even more impressive?" Tala challenged

Kira closed her eyes, as is while Tala's getting hit she's the one that's feeling the pain. 'Tala, get out don't worry about me'

"Get him!" Tyson ordered getting more frustrated at Tala's arrogant attitude.

The three guys starts ganging on Tala again and beating him up. Hitting him with all the strength they could muster up.

Tall finally falls to the ground and covers his head with his arms, Lying on the ground in a crouching position as they continue to beat him up.

"STOP IT! STOP HITTING HIM! STOP HITTING HIM!" Kira cried as yelled as tears spilled all over her face.

She stared sadly at half beaten, bloody red head.

'Someone who has never been beaten up by anyone before, who can fight so well… even if he is being surrounded by a whole crowd of people and still won't admit defeat… Why? Because of me, he would like them oppress him like this and not retaliate one bit.'

Back at Ivanov mansion, B3 is sitting around a table with cans of beer, waiting for word from Tala. Kai sits there quietly thinking and Enrique looks at his watch again.

Johnny lost his temper. Crushing the beer can in his hands get up and yelled "WHERE THE HELL DID HE GO!"

Over at the warehouse…

Breathing hard, the three guys slowly back away as Tala still has some strength left. He struggles to push himself up to a sitting position with blood all over him. Tala wiped the blood from his eyes and struggling to breath since all of his ribs are most likely broken. But even after all that he still mange to sit up on his ass, giving the guys a cold glare.

My tears would flow

In real life I miss you

For you I'll become a statue

Waiting for you to appear again

Never will say goodbye to you

Even of my heart shatters I'll still wait for you

You lift you're head and you'll see me

Mei Run Yu (Mermaid) by JJ Lin

"Is there a problem with this guy! He got beaten up this seriously and still could get up!" One of the guys breathed deeply.

The three guys are all out of breath from their exertion while Tala slowly tries to get up on his feet. Getting up briefly, he tumbles back down and raises his head toward Tyson

"You guys are finished? It wasn't anything at all. Don't you want to have a go at me to?" Tala challenged but it was obvious he was in a lot of pain, as blood spilled form his lips on every second word he spoke.

Tyson breathed deeply getting angrier by the second. He grabbed a chair and raised it up and walked slowly towards Tala. "This is payback!" Tyson growled.

He runs forward with the chair and a brave Kira seeing Tyson's move, gets up with the chair and makes a dash toward the already hurt red head.

She runs over just in time to shield Tala as Tyson throws the chair at him, which is blocked by Kira's body.

Tyson stared at the tear-streaked girl, stunned by what she did.

With pain on her face, Kira turns her head and glares at Tyson.

"Detestable! Let's take care of the girl too!" One of the guys suggested.

"Stop! Forget it. Let's go." Tyson ordered.

He turns and walks away from Kira and Tala

"That was a lesson for you! Don't be so arrogant from now on!" The guy with glasses growled at the red head.

"You're so ugly!" The other guy sneered.

The moment that they left…

"Tala!… Tala! Are you ok?" Kira budged his gently.

"How can I be ok? My arm… ribs are almost broken." Tala coughed up more blood.

"IDIOT! Why didn't you retaliate! Aren't there only 4 of them! Based on your strength, you could have solved the problem very quickly!" Kira yelled.

"You are so dumb. If I had retaliated, then I would have lost. If I hit them back, then you would get hurt, and I don't want that." Tala said weakly as if he'll pass out any moment.

Never forget the first time I saw you

A pair of memorizing eyes

In my conscience

Your shadow and figure

Can never go away

Holding your hands I can feel your warmth

I feel like I can't breath

You're puerility

It's really precious to me

Watching you face discrimination

I'll be hurt too

A tear rolls down Kira's face as stares at him.

Tala forced a smile on his face. "It would have been very easy for me to deal with them… but I put up with them. I can't retaliate. Because at that time, I only had one thought in my mind… and that is to protect you. If I die like this today, don't be sad. And don't cry…" Tala raised his hand and wiped the tear from Kira's face, and with that said, Tala loses consciousness and slumps to the ground.

Afraid that I'll fall in love with you

Don't want to get too close to you

Afraid that I would have nothing to offer you

Love you would take a lot of gut also

"Tala! NO Tala you can't die! I don't want you to die! Tala! Tala!" Kira cried as she nudged him.

/dream/

Tala is at the top of a high-rise building and is walking slowly over to the edge.

Kira' who's sitting on the ground yelled out "Tala! What are you doing over there? Standing over there is too dangerous! Can you give me a hand? I can't get up!"

Tala didn't' look at her, he spread his arms and walked even more to the edge. "No. Get up yourself. Depend on your own strength to go forward. Don't you hate me with all you heart. Wasn't I the person you hate the most in the world!" He shouted at her, not turning around.

"I hate you? No, I don't!" Kira quickly yelled.

But it was too late, all she saw was a flash of red, and Tala jumped off the building.

"Tala!"

Kira suddenly wakes up on a bed, breathing hard.

"Kira? You're awake. That's great! You made me so worried!" Mrs. Tagoshi said standing up.

"Ma? What is this place?"

"The hospital. Somebody carried you in. You and Tala fainted in a very remote warehouse."

"Right, Tala lost consciousness." Kira said slowly remembering the events.

"What happened exactly? You made me so worried. How are you feeling now? Are you hurting anywhere? Do you feel unwell anywhere?"

Kira rushes out of the bed in a hurry.

"Kira!'

She opens the door to her room and looking around she sees Kai standing down the hall with his head down, his bangs shadowing his face. She walks over and stands in front of him.

"Where's Tala?" Kira asked the face down Kai.

Kai didn't say anything. Kira couldn't' tell anything because of his bangs.

"Is he still alive?"

Kai lowers his head down even more without answering.

"Where is he now?"

Kai points to the door a couple of feet away from him.

Kira walks over to the door and slowly raises her hand to the doorknob. Clutching the doorknob in her fist, she opens the door slowly and walks in with her head hanging down.

Walking further into the room, she finds Enrique and Johnny sitting there and a body lying on the bed, completely covered with a white sheet. Kira stares over at the covered up face and her shoulders started shaking as she tries to control her tears.

"It can't be." Kira starts to cry

"It's too late. Tala has left." Enrique bowed his head, shielding it from Kira's view.

Johnny tries to control his emotions as he looks like he is going to cry.

"Until the last moment, he was still calling out your name."

"I can't believe it. Tala would die like this."

He struggles with his emotions and wipes his eyes with his hand.

Kira walks over to the bed and drops to her knees on the side. She reaches out slowly and pulls away the cloth that was covering the red boy's face.

"Tala? Tala?" Kira started to cry even harder as Kai was heard walking in to the room.

"How can you die? If you died, then how can I apologize to you? Even though you are so stupid, have such a bad temper, but I don't wish for you to die! Even though a lot of people would wish that you were dead, but I…"

Afraid that I'll fall in love with you

Afraid that one they I can't take it anymore

In the end I'll just be hurting my self and you

I can't help the way I feel around you

If there is any reason

That I'll meet you again

I'll fall right in love with you again.

Meteor Garden Opening Theme(Qing Fei De Yi) by Harlem Yu

R&R Please. Tala's dead! He died saving Kira, now will she finally realize her feelings towards him? Cliffie! Sorry to disappoint readers but there's no way I would make Tyson get together with Kira since I have a passionate dislike towards Tyson. Review people! If I can get ten reviews for this chapter quickly I'll post the next chapter the day I get the tenth review! If not…then you'll probably have to wait at least another week or two. And I don't mind anonymous reviews!