Disclaimer: I own none of the characters.

Well school and exams are finally over for me. I am so happy! Now I can start focusing on finishing and updating my fics.

Anyway here's the next chapter ( I still want that cookie Caraphoenix…lol).

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Chapter Eleven – Moment in Time

Bryan stalked off knowing that his captain was following him. At the moment he didn't care about what would happen as soon as Tala caught up with him. It wasn't his fault anyways. Those immature idiots walked into his way and Rei happened to be the one to walk right into him. Instincts made him act the way he was.

"Bryan!" yelled out Tala as he came to stand beside his teammate. They were now out of the building. Tala reached out and grabbed Bryan's shoulder turning him around.

"What do you think you were doing" Tala asked harshly. "Not even a day has gone by yet and you're still fighting with them."

"It's not my fault Tala!"

"Well those idiots surely couldn't beat you up, let alone push you. By the was I saw it you were doing the damage." Tala retorted. Bryan sighed and shoved Tala's hands off before walking off again.

"Kuznetsov! Don't turn your back on me again. I let it go before but now it's just disrespectful!"

'I'm not the one who turned his back on their team.' Bryan thought angrily to himself. Stopping he turned around to face Tala only to see a fist come in contact with the side of his head. Falling to the ground, Bryan rolled from his back onto his side. Looking up he was quickly grabbed by the collar only to stare into flaming mahogany eyes.

"Kai!" Tala yelped noticing how fast Kai came and attacked his teammate. "Stop it. I can handle my own teammate."

"Not when it concerns one of mine." Kai growled between his teeth, not taking his eyes off of Bryan.

"Rei didn't get hurt Kai." Tala said coming to stand next to them.

"Not now, but before." Kai said. Bryan glared at the Russian in front of him before struggling out of his grip. Tala stared at Kai.

"Kai, the World Tournament is over. Besides you know what happened." Tala said looking at Kai as if he had two heads. Kai didn't seem to listen to Tala. Tala thought it was enough and pried Kai's grip off of Bryan. The lavender haired boy stepped back and glared at Kai. Tala restrained Kai as Bryan walked off. Tala was still holding Kai after Bryan left.

"Now why did you hit him?"  Tala asked.

"Have you noticed how paranoid Rei has been?" Kai asked stepping out of Tala's grip and turning to face him. Tala thought this over.

"Um….yeah now that you bring it up. But he shouldn't be as afraid." Tala commented.

"He should be over it, but your bastard of a teammate is making sure he doesn't." Kai said. "I will kill him if he keeps it up." Kai growled before walking off. Tala stared at Kai watching him retreat. All of a sudden he felt a hand on his shoulder. Jumping slightly he turned around only to meet a pair of curious golden eyes.

"Rei! No wonder you're friends with Kai. You're just like him." Tala said. Rei smiled. "What are you doing here anyway?"

"I saw you staring at the doors. I wanted to see if you burned a hole through them." Tala raised an eyebrow and smirked. "No, I saw you here and was wondering if you saw where Kai disappeared to." Rei asked.

"He just left here, acting weird though. Best to leave him till he comes to his senses. Come on. We'll go explore the cafeteria." Tala said putting an arm around Rei's shoulders and guided him to the main building.

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After Bryan walked away from Kai he quickly made his way out of the courtyard and into another building. He silently climbed made his way up the janitorial stairs and onto the roof of the building and sat against the wall. He was sure that no one would bother to look for him up there. Sighing he reached into his pocket and pulled out Falborg. The falcon glowed with anticipation but also concern for his keeper.

"It's always my fault isn't it? They always look at other's sides without even a thought for mine." Bryan said out loud. 'Rei still hasn't learned to stay away. How many times do I have to tell him?' thought Bryan angrily.

'Bryan.' Called out Falborg.

'Hm.' Thought Bryan raising an eyebrow.

'It's not my intention to go against you but Rei hasn't done anything wrong in my eyes. I understand your reasons also but you must look beyond what is in front of you.' Falborg concluded. Bryan clenched his blade in his hand not realizing that the new attack ring Kenny placed on it was very sharp. Releasing the blade he watched it fall to the ground with a bit of difficulty as the blade was lodged in the folds of skin of Bryan's hand. Falborg rolled onto his side, partially covered in blood.

'It's their fault. Not mine.' Bryan thought with anger. Lowering his hand he let the blood flow and rested his head against the wall.

A while later the Sun had moved, casting Bryan in shadows. Slowly the metal door creaked open. Bryan's eyes opened immediately. Trying to blend in with the wall, Bryan watched the figure step out onto the roof and walk over to the edge of the building.

'Everything's against me' he thought as he noticed that the person was Rei. Bryan watched Rei stand on the ledge and look down. The wind blew Rei's hair everywhere, but the neko-jin didn't seem to notice. Bryan cocked his head to the side a bit trying to piece why that picture of Rei seemed so familiar.

'He looks like he did in the dream.' Bryan thought before shaking that thought. He silently watched Rei on the ledge. A random thought suddenly struck Bryan.

'He…he wouldn't jump? Throw away his life just because he lost that fur ball, would he?' Bryan thought. For a minute or two these thoughts flooded Bryan's mind. Suddenly a force took over him and before he knew it he was walking over to Rei who still didn't know he was there.

Rei leaned over a bit trying to see the people below when a hand roughly grabbed his wrist and yanked him back a bit. Turning to whoever it was Rei was surprised as ever to see Bryan there.

"Why'd you do that for?" asked Rei. Bryan released his grip on Rei's wrist.

"You were awfully close to the ledge. I seriously wouldn't have been happy with being a suspect in your fall." Bryan said. Rei shrugged.

"Not as if it would matter. I would land on my feet anyway. Besides I wasn't going to jump. I just like looking at the view like that." Rei said. Bryan rolled his eyes at Rei's attempts of a conversation. During their little moment of silence Rei felt something on his wrist. Lifting it up, he looked at his blood covered wrist. Eyes widening he looked for the source and noticed the drops of blood falling from Bryan's hand. Without thinking he quickly reached forward and grabbed Bryan's hand. Bryan wasn't thrilled and growled trying to pull his hand back, but Rei wouldn't let go. Losing his patience he took his free hand and swung it at Rei only to find out a minute to late that Rei had ducked and had tripped him causing him to fall on his back.

Rei looked at Bryan's hand as soon as the Russian hit the ground. He noticed that the cut wasn't too deep, but it needed immediate attention. Remembering Bryan's scarf which he had in his pocket his pulled it out and wrapped it tightly around Bryan's hand trying to close the wound. As soon as he tied the ends Bryan ripped his hand out of Rei's grasp and quickly stood up. Rei stood up and closed his eyes ready for the punch that would follow. After about ten seconds he opened his eyes only to notice Bryan walking over to the shadows and pick up Falborg.

The Russian then walked over to the door and opened it.

"Consider you not getting injured a thank you." Bryan said before closing the door behind him. Rei stood there confused. He didn't like being confused. He wanted answers. He was going to get them too. Deciding to find Bryan, Rei walked over to the back ledge and gracefully jumped down landing in front of the door as Bryan opened it.

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Finally got around to finishing this. Sorry if their characters are a little OOC, but I needed it for this chapter. I'm trying to keep them (or at least Bryan) as in character as possible.

I hope to have my other fics updated soon.

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