Welcome back! ok, I thought that I'd better fill you in on something. This story was not meant to be written till most likely next year, but a little panda said that they liked it and wanted me to write it. Looking at me cutely, I agreed and now it is in motion.

Review time!

dark-night-sky yes I know, poor poor Rei. No bring the vic is not nice, but here is your update

-Rad-eDwArd- glad to know you like it!

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Little-Purple-Phoenix interesting? thats new

animeobsession glad to know that its alright that I can borrow it. big fan of Frozen Dreams too. Hope you love this chappie too!

TragedyK yes, yes he is!

Disclaimer: The song mentioned in this story is not owned by me.

Ok, now thats outta the way, on with the show! well story.


"Okay class, you are dismissed," Mr Dickinson called out to the class, "Kai can you please come here for a moment?" After an exchange of looks from Ty and the others, Kai begrudgingly walked up to the front of the classroom.

"Yes Sir?"

"Kai, it's about Rei. Now I know that you don't really like talking about your friend, but he needs to do some work. Being away so often means that he plays catch up a mega scale. Also, his assignment results are in," so many people cared about the guy.

"I will take them to him Mr Dickinson. Also Sir, you do know what Spencer got for his assignment? Because during the exams he does so poorly," it was not normal for Kai to pry into people's results but he had to find out.

"Why he got an A+ for this assignment, but it is troubling that he does not do too well on the exams. I see your concern boy, but soon it will all come clear," Mr Dickinson nodded and gave Kai the work for Rei. Bowing slightly, he left to catch up with the rest of the gang.

"Yo Kai, what did Dickinson want with you?" Tyson called out half way down the hall. As everyone turned to look at the Russian, he glared and continued walking till he was face to face with his friends. Hitting Tyson over the head with his free arm, he opened his locker.

"What was that for Hiwatari? Did I hit the angry button in the last two minutes of your life or something?" he was just outside arms length and Kai felt like hitting him again.

"Tyson, just because you seem to hit that nerve does not mean that I will hit you. It's just that I always want to hit you and it is not personal," it was all said accompanied with a death glare, "also Dickinson wanted me to give some work to Rei. He's slowly getting more behind and it is starting to affect his grades."

"Since when has the great Hiwatari cared about the neko's grades huh?"

"Yeah, when has he and is there something that you are not telling us Kai? Coz you know we are all going to find out," Mariah and Lee piped up. Stupid pink fluff ball always thinks that I like someone, he thought.

"I've cared about Rei's grades since he started doing other people's assignments and no there is nothing else that I am not telling you. Anyway you always say that Mariah and you are always wrong," Kai had started the afternoon with a buzz.

Shaking his head, Kai saw Max flit around behind Tyson and Lee, "What did I miss guys? Please tell me cause I want to know so badly!" Everyone turned to look at the little blonde. He was so full of energy that he must have eaten some more sugar.

"Max, have you been into the sugar deposits again, because you have too much energy for my liking," that came from Kai. He stopped what he was doing and looked at the Russian in surprise.

"But Kai, you never care when I'm hyper because I don't both you. You know why, cause you scare me. That is basically it and what?" Max stopped mid ramble. A piercing glare was pointed in his direction making him shrink behind Ty.

"So, do guys want to live at school for the rest of your days or are we gonna jet? I, unlike the rest of you, have homework to do and complete by tomorrow. Plus someone has something to deliver to a friend."

"Oh and who is this friend that has to get this delivery Mari?" Tyson said as he got out of the way of Kai's glare. Turning around to look at the blue haired teen she walked right up to his face, "You look really scary close up Mari."

"Well then good, because that friend just happens to be Rei Kon and the delivery is going to be made by Kai with school stuff and I don't know about the rest of you but I want to see how Rei is doing!" she was in her feisty mood. They all slowly backed away until Kai hit the lockers. Mari turned around and glared, except Kai returned it with more anger.

"Okay, what was with the glaring competition that took place just now?" Lee said as he unlatched his sister's fingernails from his skin. Looking around, he found that Tyson and the small blonde boy had the same confused looks. Shaking his head, Lee started to walk out the school hall.

"Hey come on, we have to get to Rei's house or he will never get this work that Dickinson gave Kai," Tyson said as he pulled Max along with him.

"Hmm, I don't really think that Rei would mind a visit from us. But we won't stay long as we all have stuff to do at the moment," Kai said as he picked up his blue satchel with the image of an eagle on the side. Shoving Rei's work in the main section, he walked out the door.

"Hey Hiwatari wait up! Does he ever listen to anyone other than the teachers and Rei? I mean, he actually listens to Rei, no one else!" Tyson complained to Lee, Mariah and Max.

"Ty, it's only because you want to tell him what to do! So don't start complaining, some days I wish that you would listen to me!" Mari was getting rather annoyed at the blue haired teen as he started to scuff his feet on the ground.

Shaking his head, Kai walked out in the front of the group. He didn't want to really talk to the other people. They were talking about the one topic that set him on edge. His best friend Rei was going through hard times, which had been through hell and back and still managed to stay sane. He truly was strong.

"Do you think it's because of Spencer that he is staying home? I mean, he goes straight home after school most days and sometimes comes out with us on the weekend for movies. How bad do you think it is?" Mariah asked the gang. Of all people it was usually her that asked those questions.

Stopping suddenly, Kai turned to face his friends, "His apartment is just up the stairs, also, I do believe that something really bad has happened to him."

"But Kai, how would you know that something really bad has happened? How often do you speak or even talk to people let alone Rei?" Lee asked. He knew that this was a very sensitive subject to everyone.

"Unlike you, I do speak to Rei a lot. He never tells me about anything! So how would you know? I can't get anything out of him about anything anymore!"

"Mariah, you also have the biggest crush on him and he knows it. No wonder why he doesn't tell you anything. Or did you miss the memo?" Tyson put in. He was just trying to wind up the pink haired neko-jin.

Turning around to face the teen, she glared at the boy, "How dare you say that Tyson Granger! You think that just because you are best friends with Rei and everyone else that you can just say that about me?"

Nodding, Tyson replied, "Yes." Walking up to his face, Mariah slapped him. Hard. Turning on her heel, she went up the stairs and into the building.

"Good job Granger, just piss her off. Now I have to walk home with her and listen to her say how inconsiderate you are about how she truly feels about Rei," Lee said. Shaking his head, he followed his sister into the building.

"Max, did I do something really bad just now? Because I get this feeling that no one is really impressed with me," Tyson asked his friend. Max looked up and smiled.

"Yeah, I think you did. In annoying Mari, you annoyed Lee who has just stormed up into the building. Somehow you managed to do that and have no clue about it. Please tell me how you manage to do that," Max said as he pulled his friend up the stairs.

Kai shook his head and slowly walked up the stairs. His own mind was running at a million miles per hour. It was the thought that he was seriously injured that frightened him the most. Rei was so quiet and always followed what he was told that when Spencer started beating him up, he had broken bones often.

The last one was a broken arm that took just over two months to repair. Spencer had broken it in two places, just above the elbow and half was down his forearm. This meant that he couldn't participate in his favourite sports or go out with out fearing that he would be seriously hurt again.

Reaching the top of the staircase, Kai walked to where the group now stood. Shaking his head, he pushed his way through and knocked on the door. From behind the door, Kai could hear some shuffling and the television being flicked off.

"We have life," Kai said.

Opening the door, Rei's golden eyes peered through, "Hello, who's there?"

Looking at each other, Mariah piped up, "For your information master Kon, it just happens to be your group of friends whom care about you so much. That's who it is."

Pushing his head out of the door, he gave a blank expression, "Oh, so it is. Well come in then. I didn't know who it was considering I don't get many visitors." How weird, Kai thought.

Walking in, the gang put down their bags at the door while Kai kept his close to his side. Noticing this, Rei smiled and pulled out a few cans of coke. Passing one to each person, Kai refused his kindly.

"So how are you feeling Rei? I mean you weren't at school today or most of this week for that matter," Tyson pointed out bluntly.

"Captain Obvious strikes again," Kai mumbled.

"What was that?"

"Nothing Ty."

Smiling slightly, Rei started to speak, "Well apart from the captain's brilliant observations, I am fine. Just a little bit of a cold that I came down with on the weekend. It cleared up a lot today,"

"How are you feeling? You don't seem that bad, is there anything that I could do for you Rei?" Mariah quickly said.

"Mariah, I am fine now and I don't need anything done for me. I manage quite well believe it or not," Rei answered after a little moment of hesitation. Looking around, Kai noticed that the room was extremely clean and that there seemed to be no sign of an adult anywhere.

A small kitchen was in the back corner, and by the look of it Rei's room opened into the lounge room. Reaching down into his bag, Kai pulled out the work and the marked assignment that Mr Dickinson had given him just before he left school.

"Hey Rei, Mr Dickinson asked me to give you this. Plus I found out what Spencer got," Kai said.

"He got an A+ didn't he Kai. I already knew that. His assignment was very well presented with good resourcing and had a good knowledge of the topic. Yes, I know what he got," Rei said. Everyone looked at him. They knew that is exactly what was on the assignment and that no one really knew what they would get.

He gave the work to his friend, "I thought you knew. Just as well that I found out as well."

Tyson, Lee, Max and Mariah looked from Kai to Rei in confusion. Something was going on and they just were not in on the gos.

"Okay then, well I think that that was our cue to leave then guys. Uh, see you tomorrow then. Also just before I forget, ah Mr Hiwatari set us eight questions about nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentence structure and writing essays in third person. Did you get all that?" Mariah blurted out. Nodding slowly, Rei escorted some of his friends to the door.

"Right, I'll see you all tomorrow then. Have a safe trip home and don't stop to smell the roses please. Apart from that, see ya round," Rei said as he pushed his friends out the door.

"Latas dude," Tyson and Lee said at the same time, "personal jinx!"

"Grow up you two. Okay see you tomorrow Rei," Mariah said as she hefted her pink bag over her shoulder.

"Hey Rei, can you help me with my maths before school?" Max asked as his light blue bag went over his shoulder.

"Yeah, I can help you Max, just make sure you are there early for once," Rei replied as he waved to them as he shut the door. Turning around he found that Kai remained on the couch.

Picking up the cans, Rei busied himself with cleaning. Getting up, Kai moved to help his friend with the disaster that just ran through. He said nothing for a while as they moved at the same pace around the rooms.

"Rei, tell me what happened the other day. After you left school and started to go home. I want to know Rei, I want to help you," Kai said. He had to break the silence that had filled the room.

Putting the last empty can in the recycling, he pulled off his shirt, "See what happened Kai. This is not what I want you to get involved with. This is something that does not involve you." All over the neko's torso were bruises and just below his sternum was a rather large and nasty bruise. It was the size of a large foot with smaller fist sized ones around it.

"Holy shit Rei, did he do this to you? Rei did he do this to you!" Kai was getting angry at the amount of damaged inflicted on his friend. Rage was now flowing through his body and so much anger coursed through his veins.

"Don't get involved Kai, Spencer is my problem. I just have to deal with him when I am stronger. So what if I do his assignments, he still fails on the exams and throws him into questioning. After which I get beaten up more for telling. For months I have been going to self defence courses, so I will prove that I am strong," Rei seemed agitated by the conversation of Spencer.

"Come on, let me help-"

"NO KAI! You can't help me, so stay out of it!" he said as he pushed his friend out the door, "no one can."

Staring at the door, Kai felt cheated since he was trying to help. Instead, he had a door slammed into his face for his efforts. Good job Kai, just make him as angry as ever, he thought. Turning around, he trudged down the staircase.

Inside his home, Rei looks down at his battered body. In his daydreams, Spencer always bashed him up, but when Kai went to help him he always cried, "Don't touch me! Don't touch me Kai it hurts to much!"

Thinking of this brought tears to his eyes. Curling up, he hugged his knees and found that next door was listening to Whitney Houston singing 'I Will Always Love You'. This made Rei sink lower into his pit of despair.

Kai was slowly walking home; his mind was thinking of how he could help his friend. Shaking it from his head, he found that schoolwork filled his mind and that it was building up. He was not going to get much sleep that night.


Ok, Whitney Housten is in there because I was talking to Panda-chan the other day and that song got stuck in my head. Thankies panda!