Sorry to leave you guys hanging again! Tehe! Anywho, Russian Roulette is almost over! I'm actually happy, cause there is a sequel! And it will be more gruesome than romance. You know, Sex, Drugs and Alcohol! Tehe! Anyway, on with the fun!
You guys are great for reviewing! Yes, I do have a very twisted mind. Tehehe have you read 'Broken Wings?' Very, very twisted Mwahahahahahahahaaaa!
JOEY! YOU HAVE TO UPDATE TOO! This chapter is kind of short though. I can't leave you guys waiting! Oh, I'm very sorry I'm bad for cliffhangers. I'd also like you lovely people (man, am I on drugs?) to tell me who you want me to kill! Mwahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
((Joey, I knew Alex's brothers name, I'm not stupid (most of the time) so yeah! Kai couldn't remember! Not me! (I had to look back to see what his name was but Kai can't do that!) Yeah…))
Kai's POV
I clenched my fist and laid it on her unmoving chest. There was nothing else I could do.
"Kai! Something's wrong!" Tala came running back, without Rei, Max and Tyson. I turned to face him, tears on my cheeks. I didn't reply.
"They disappeared! This never happened before Kai! Something's different! Yuji is- "
Tala faded into the scene as I stood. He was right, this hadn't happened before. I gave up. I had no will anymore. Mariah was gone, my mother was gone. I was alone. The scene faded in front of me and I gave in to the darkness.
Rei's POV
I appeared in some kind of forest. It kind of reminded of me of home and I wondered if my mind was affecting Kai's own dimension, or if had been to my town enough to have it a part of his mind. I walked for a bit, the new white gun my drigger had transformed into gripped in my hand. I heard a noise coming from ahead of me and I raised the gun, walking slowly. It sounded…almost like coughing. I came to a slight clearing, revealing to me the cause of the noise. Mariah sat on the ground, coughing up water. She was alive!
"Mariah!" I ran to her, dropping the gun and embracing her still wet body.
"Rei? Where's Kai?" I backed away from her, just glad she was alive. I wiped the tears from my eyes.
"I'm not sure, we got separated somehow…" I helped her up. Then I saw it. The gold chain around her neck. I pulled it out from under her shirt and gazed at the gold in my hand.
"Why did you keep it?..." she looked down at my hand.
"I didn't know what else to do…I couldn't just throw away a present…"
"Mariah…I better tell you this now before we all end up dead in some other world…" she looked up at me and I took a deep breath.
"That locket…is a gift of love…it means proposal…" her eyes widened. I felt bad. I wasn't allowed to tell her by our laws…she was supposed to figure it out. I wondered if I would end up regretting it, telling her. She reached behind her neck and unclipped the necklace and held out the locket to me.
"I'm sorry Rei…I love Kai…I know the village wont allow it, so I'm moving to wherever Kai wants…I loved you…at one point in time. It's not there anymore. I'm sorry." I took the locket and shoved it in my pocket. Somehow, I knew that was coming.
"It's okay…" I spoke quietly. She placed a hand on my shoulder.
"We better-" she was cut off by a loud screeching noise. We both looked in the direction it came from. In the skies…was some kind of large bird.
((Oh, if anyone watches Inu-Yasha, it kind of looks like a bird of paradise…but bigger and creepier…man, those things haunt my dreams….Kouga ROX!))
"Let's get out of here!" I ran, and she followed. The forest was exactly like the one by our village, and oddly exact. I ran down the hill and through a thick patch of trees, over a log and under a branch or two.
"AH!"
Mariah POV
I tripped on some unseen object, and Rei came back for me. He stopped about one foot from me when I turned around. A monstrous creature flew towards us. It seemed to be some kind of mix between a falcon and scary looking monster from those scary movies. Let's just sat it had huge claws and a large mouth covered in blood with large teeth than his claws. It made a loud screeching noise and I screamed as it dived towards me. The next sound I heard was the worst sound someone could ever hear. The sound of giant claws tearing into human flesh. I opened my eyes and saw Rei collapse in front of me as the monster flew higher, obviously contemplating its next move. I crawled over to Rei who had rolled onto his back. His clothes were stained with his own blood from various wounds, but mainly the large one in the middle of his stomach. I tried to stop the bleeding with my hands.
"Don't…bother…I deserve it…" he moved his head to look at me. A thin stream of blood slid down from his cheek. He was smiling.
"Don't say that! Don't die Rei!" I was crying, shaking him in the process. The bird was overhead screeching some more.
"Mariah, stop!" I did as he said and looked at him, placing one of my hands on his head. His hair wrap had come undone, and his long black hair was also stained with blood. He winced as he took the locket from his pocket and placed it in my other hand.
"Please…I've only ever loved you…I'm sorry it had to…end up…like this. Kai will take…good care of you. Tell him I'm sorry…he will always…be my best friend."
"Thank you Rei…" I whispered.
"No…thank you…now run. Leave me…" he placed a hand on my cheek. I grasped it with both my hands. "Thank you…" he closed his eyes and let go. I placed his heavy hand on his chest and wiped my tears on my sleeve. I got up, and ran. I ran through the trees and they tore at my clothes. The same thing happened when I was in the village. I knew what was coming next. I stopped before I reached the cliff and walked close to the edge. I contemplated jumping. I stood, daring the wind to blow me into oblivion. Then I heard it again, that awful screech. I turned around, looking up to the sky. I couldn't see the monster past the trees. I hoped it would die. I wanted it dead for killing Rei. He was still a part of me, and no matter what, he would always be with me. I clipped the locket back around my neck and stood, waiting for the monster. The screeching ceased before I could see it again, and I wondered what had happened. Was it content with just killing Rei? Or was it busy with another target? What I saw emerge from the forest was far from what I expected.
