Bffimagine: Okay. I have made a new policy.

Kai: No killing Kai?

Bffimagine: Not quite. I have taken an oath that claims I cannot write a chappie less than two pages on MS Word.

Kai: Damn.

"Kai," Rei choked through his tears, "I'm sorry. I can't let you go."

A hand rested on Rei's shoulder.

"Rei, listen. Kai cared about you more than anyone else in the WORLD. He asked you to do something. You think you could do it in exchange for the tireless hours he spent protecting you and looking out for you?"

Rei looked up.

"Melody? You found us?"

Melody grinned.

"Your fire led me right to you."

"COOL!" Tyson was relieved.

"Kai made that fire…" Max looked at the ground.

"Yeah. I figured that much. And Kenny made the plan for that shelter you're making? I bet Kai couldn't do it." Melody smiled at the looks of disbelief on their faces.

"Kai could've done it," Kenny corrected her, "but he was bitten by a puff adder."

"Yeah I know. That's what I meant. Anyways, knowing Kai I can tell you all that he didn't want the antidote because it was too risky. Am I right?"

The Bladebreakers nodded.

"Rei, let me see Kai's arm." Melody slung off her backpack and motioned toward Kai.

"First tell us how you know so much. It's not natural." Rei eyed her suspiciously.

Melody's face fell. "But the only other person you know of that can do what I just did is Kai. I know I'm right."

Fresh tears ran down Rei's cheeks.

"I don't want to make this difficult Rei. Just let me see Kai's arm. I can help him."

Rei wiped his tears away and said, "Just tell me who you are."

"I'm not going to hurt Kai. I—can't."

"Tell me who you are."

"Listen Rei. I'm not going to hurt Kai. I just want to help him."

"Why won't you tell me who you are?"

Melody took a deep breath.

"I'm Kai's sister. He was taken to that orphanage the night our parents died. My evil grandfather injected this weird serum into Kai so he wouldn't remember any of his living relatives except for Voltaire. So naturally, he can't remember me. He was flinching the day I introduced myself to you. I think something jogged his memory."

"How did you get away?" Kenny asked.

"I was at a boarding school at the time. Kai was four and I was ten. Voltaire sent people after me but as a Hiwatari I was able to get away. They thought they got rid of me."

Rei held out Kai's arm. He watched the bite carefully, avoiding contact with it.

"It's bad. I can get him to a hospital but he's lost a lot of blood. It looks like the puff adder's fangs went right through his arm. The only problem is he won't be competing in the tournament."

"That's not good. The tournament is in a few days and he HAS to compete otherwise we're disqualified." Tyson and Max were hugging each other and crying.

"I'll help him. If Dranzer agrees with me, it'll all work." Rei picked Kai up and followed Melody to the truck.

"Some hospital," Tyson scoffed, looking around at the hammocks under the large tarp.

"We're in the middle of Africa Tyson, and we needed to get somewhere quick." Melody gave Tyson a warning look and turned to the head doctor.

"We have a puff adder bite and major blood loss."

"Ah. I see. Just lay him down on the floor. There aren't any hammocks left. We apologize." The head doctor was tall and intimidating.

Melody nodded toward Rei and he set Kai down on the dry ground and set his head on his lap. He stroked Kai's soft skin with the back of his hand.

"I'm sorry Miss, but we don't have anything for puff adder venom right now. We can have some prepared by next week minimum," said a nurse as she came out from behind a curtain.

"HE WON'T BE ALIVE BY NEXT WEEK!" Melody shouted.

"Please Miss, I know you must be upset. But you're disturbing our patients."

"Can't you save him? Can't you save my little brother?" melody was breaking into tears.

"Melody! What's going on?" Kai's voice was tired and weak.

"They don't have the antidote. You're not going to make it."

Kai smiled in spite of himself.

"It doesn't matter. I'll live just so long as I have Rei by my side. And as long as I know I have a sister." Kai grinned.

Melody's jaw dropped.

"You remembered? After so long?"

"I remembered as soon as I saw your face. Now I can remember everything from my past… even how mother and father died."

"But how will you compete in the tournament?" Max and Tyson hugged each other again and Max could barely breathe enough to ask.

"I'm going to help you Kai. Dranzer agrees with me, so it'll work. Believe in Kai, and he'll pull through. I can tell." Rei smiled down at Kai, bangs falling into his face.

Kai smiled back and closed his eyes.

"I'm going to sleep now."

bffimagine: Well, short but it WAS 3 MS Word pages.

Kai: Like that matters.

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