What you can't see

Can't hurt you

Chapter two. Coincidence

Zeo was sat at work, next to his work buddy, Rei. They worked for a magazine, Rei wrote the articles, and Zeo was the photographer, however he had wrote a book once or twice. He looked at Rei as the phone started ringing. Rei looked at him. Then they looked back at the phone. Rei pressed the speakers eventually, as neither of them wanted to move out their seats.

"Hello? Rei here." He said, they knew who it was, but they where hoping for no work today.

"Can you come down to the boss's office, something weird is happening down town and I think you're going to get assigned to report about it." It was Mariah, or as Tyson called her, the pink fuzz-ball of doom.

"Ok." Rei said, clicking the button and standing up, Zeo stretched as he stood, yawning.

"At least we won't be sat around doing nothing all day." He said, Rei smiled a bit, heading out.

"Good point."

Zzz

Rei and Zeo stared at the TV screen. There was a lady on it with orange and red hair , and big green eyes, saying something about a Murder. She didn't look all that old, but the victim was some important person from a large company.

"I don't know how it happened, it's just…one minute we were driving along, the next…she wasn't there…so I got out the car and," She broke into tears. "There he was, hung on a tree-

Their boss turned the TV off, and turned to say something. "I want you two to go down, you seem to be good with this stuff, can I trust you? I want you to interview the Lady, and then look around and try get some stuff of what happened." Rei looked at Zeo. After Ana's crash, he wasn't sure the smaller boy would be up to it.

"I don't know sir…Zeo mightn't be up to it." He said honestly, their boss knew about Ana's death, that's probably why he was asking instead of sending them straight out.

"I'll be ok, I'll be fine, let's just get out the building, my legs are going stiff." Zeo said, smiling encouragingly. Rei smile slightly, then nodded to their boss who smiled.

"Ok, that's good, this is the lady's address," He handed Rei a slip of paper and the two stood up. "Good luck, and don't get too upset." He advised, the last bit meant for Zeo.

"Ok, thank you," Zeo replied, leaving after Rei. "So, where do we go?" Zeo asked, Rei looked at the paper.

"Seeing as you can't drive," Zeo blushed a bit. "You can tell me the directions, 'cause I have no idea where we are going."

"I can drive…just not well." He said.

"Yea, well, after last time, I'm not letting you behind the wheel."

"Come on, I wasn't going that fast!" Zeo argued, but Rei just ignored him and carried on. "Rei! Rei wait up! Rei!"

zzz

They both stared at the house. It was pretty big, not as big as most big houses, but still pretty big. Rei locked the car and walked to the front, Zeo trailing behind him. Knocking on the door, a lady that looked similar to the one on TV, but younger answered. She looked at them both knowingly, before sighing and opening the door wide. Zeo thanked her and walked in after Rei. She stepped back, getting some slippers out the cupboard, and walked to the stairs.

"Mum, some reporters are here to see you, do you want me to send them away?" She shouted, a muffled reply of 'I'll be down in a minute' was heard. The lady turned back to them with a stern look. "She's not herself, so forgive her if she starts crying, but she'll be happy to tell you certain things…she wants people to find out what happened. Follow me." She said, leading the way into what was a living room. Zeo tagged along behind Rei as always, looking around the cream colored room. It was warm and welcoming, so he got a gist of what the lady was like. He sat next to Rei on a cream leather couch.

"Thank you for letting us see her, I know it must be a hard time." Rei said, Zeo knew what it was like to have someone get killed, it wasn't nice. The young lady nodded.

"I'm Krystel by the way, can I get you anything?" Rei shook his head; Zeo too interested in the interior of the room. There was a white fur rug over a rose carpet. A wood fire built with bricks, leather couches, a stereo, not much else. He looked at the door as an older lady came in. Both Rei and Zeo stood up, smiling at the lady who smiled back warmly. She was quite chubby, unlike her daughter, and wore green clothes. He daughter wore plain jeans and a pink, off the shoulder jumper. Other than style, age and size, they were almost identical.

"Sorry to come at such a bad time, I'm Rei." He said, shaking her hand. Zeo looked at he, shook her hand first.

"I'm Zeo, you've got a very nice home." He said shyly, she laughed a little, motioning for them to sit down.

"Thank you Zeo, it is very homey, but a bit big, I didn't know what to put in the rooms, that's when I met Shinta, he was a interior designer, a nice man…I hope he's happy where ever he is," She looked down half way though, obviously she was coping well. Krystel was still in the room, standing behind her mother. "Oh, how rude of me, I'm Gina. I heard you were reporters, is that correct?" She asked, Rei nodded. Zeo watched the lady and how her expression changed, yet some how, she always seemed happy.

"We wanted to ask you a few questions, we didn't get all that much information see, so we will ask some small questions before we move onto the larger one's." Zeo felt saddened at how she was always happy, she must've missed him, but the younger lady looked more depressed than Gina did. He looked at Rei and realized that they'd already started asking questions.

"He was about twenty-one, he had a lot going, he was very interested in paranormal things, like ghosts and things," Zeo looked down, he sounded a lot like Ana. Unfortunately, the small pools dwelling up in his eyes didn't go unnoticed. "Are you ok child? Do you need a tissue?" He looked up at the concerned faces. He looked at Rei who smiled slightly.

"Want to go out side?" Zeo nodded and Krystel led him out.

"Sorry." He said to her, she looked at him, handing him a packet of tissues.

"Do you mind me asking…why are you crying?" He wiped his eyes, smiling slightly.

"My best friend…she died in a car accident a few days ago…she was racing you see." He said, the lady looked at him sympathetically.

"Oh, I'm sorry…it's hard when you lose someone you love." She said, sitting on the curb, resting her head on her arms.

"My mum died in a car accident as well…did you…where you close to Shinta?" Zeo asked, he couldn't help it. She smiled slightly.

"I didn't think anyone would notice, but yes, he was my boyfriend," Zeo looked taken back. "My mum found a engagement ring in his pocket…that's why." She started crying silently. Zeo handed her the tissues back. Krystel smiled and took them.

zzz

"So, this is the place where he died?" Rei asked himself, looking around the crime scene. They where in some woods, the rope was still hanging and some police where round, one came over to them, obviously wanting to know what they wanted. "Hello sir, we were just wondering about what happened?" Rei said to the officer, who in turn looked them both up and down.

"We don't know yet, all we know is that the person was obviously cleaver, take a few pictures, but not too many." He said, then walked away. Zeo looked at him as he walked away.

"They always say that, 'we don't know'." He said, Rei laughed a bit as Zeo took a picture, moving round slightly to see where would be better.

"That's true, but can you blame them?" Zeo grinned and nodded making Rei laugh a bit more.

"The daughter, Krystel, was Shinta's girl friend, she said that they'd been going out for a year and where thinking of getting an apartment together." Zeo said, changing the subject as they got closer to the cops.

"Gina said something about finding a engagement ring, I guess it was for Krystel." Rei said, Zeo nodded, confirming Rei's suspicions. As he took a photo, he saw someone in the back ground, looking up from his camera, he pause for a moment before shoving it into Rei's hands.

"Hold that!" He said, taking off to the other side of the crime scene.

"Zeo!" Rei shouted after him, running a bit, but Zeo didn't pay any attention. When he got round he stared at the person's back for a while before they turned around defensively, as if he was expecting a threat, but shifting stance as he saw Zeo.

"What are you doing here?" Zeo ask trying to sound casual, the person put his hands into his pockets.

"Just curious, what about you? Are you a reporter or something?" Zeo nodded as the redhead turned back to the tree with the rope on.

"I didn't expect to see you, I'm a photographer…do you mind…if I ask you something?" Tala smirked a bit.

"You just did, didn't you," Zeo rolled his eyes. "Go ahead."

"Do you know anything about the guy? Where you a friend?" Tala turned back to Zeo eyes a dangerous cold blue startling Zeo.

"I knew him, but it's best if something's don't come into the light." He replied icily before going back to his normal self. "Anyway, that was two something's." They looked to their right as Rei came round.

"Um…I'm not disturbing anything…am I?" He asked Zeo smiled and shook his head, taking his camera back. "Hey."

"Hi, I best go now, see you around," Tala said, Zeo nodded. "Don't dig yourself into a hole titch." He whispered going passed Zeo. Zeo turned around abruptly as watched Tala drive off in his panther. Rei walked up behind Zeo.

"What's wrong?" Rei asked, Zeo shook his head, looking back at the camera.

"Just…shocked, that's all," Rei nodded about to ask something else. "His names Tala, he was a racer like Ana, they knew each other." Rei looked at where the car disappeared.

"They're holding a big marathon tomorrow, in name of Ana I think. Those who take part in it pay a deposit to the hospital that she was at…you should go watch."

"Yea…I might."

Zzz

Kitty: And I'll leave it there, time to help Rouge pack her stuff…that chapter went on longer than I thought it would, tell me what you thinik, and if you have any pairings or suggestions, be happy to tell me, I'll go back to drinking blue Pepsi now

I swear the stuff will make me blue! It's contaminated I tell you!

Caoi .

Kitty-cat