What you can't see
Can hurt you
Chapter 8. Survivor"Tala…Liandi Hotel…Kai…now…Tala's…he's." then everything went black.
"Zeo! What happened?" Takao asked, catching the fallen boy. Hiro put a hand on his brother's shoulder
"You get him some spare clothes, I'll get him to the car." Takao nodded and handed the delicate body to Hiro. Carrying him bridal style to the car, Takao was behind him and opened the door, before helping Hiro get the dainty into the car. Getting in after, Takao stripped his friend down to his waist and started drying him off with a towel with quickly became damp.
"The Liandi Hotel right?" Hiro confirmed, Takao nodded.
Miriam looked round the lobby. Tala may go out a lot, but he always told them. Kaede walked up to her and patted her shoulder, smiling slightly. Miriam ran a hand through her bangs, brushing them out her face. Normally she'd try to act much calmer around the younger girl, but right now, she was too worried to bother. She looked at the door as a two blue haired boys walked into the room, eyes widening at the boy in the taller one's arms. She ran up to the, Kaede just behind her.
"Zeo!" She cried, looking down at the lithe boy. Kai heard this and looked up. Surprised, he ran over to them and helped get him to the couch. "What happened?" Miriam asked, stroking turquoise hair out of Zeo's face.
"We don't know, he was dripping with sweat…he said something about Tala." Takao explained, Miriam twisted herself to face the bluenette. Kaede pushed Miriam to the side a bit and tried waking Zeo up. Slowly, consciousness regained the boy. Zeo looked up into the red eyes of Kaede and grabbed her arm.
"The woods…and turn left at the fork…and Tala's at the side of the lake…he got…got." Tears spilled out of Zeo's eyes at the thought of his new friend dying. Miriam sprang up and grabbed Hiro by the arms.
"You have to take me there! I've got to know what happened to him!" She pleaded, afraid of what could happen to the sarcastic redhead. "Please! I need to know." She trailed off. Hiro thought, he wasn't sure he wanted to get involved, but if he could save the redhead by taking this girl there then he would try. Nodding, he led the way out to his car, Zeo sat up and clambered off the chair.
"Wait!" He said, Hiro stopped. "I want to come!" Hiro shook his head. Zeo looked at him pathetically. Kai walked forward to Hiro.
"You take Miriam and you other one, I'll take Kaede and Zeo." Kai offered. Hiro gingerly agree and Takao ran up after Miriam and his brother. Zeo looked at Kaede and Kai as they helped him up.
"Thank you." He whispered to the silent Russian, who hned went on to ignoring him. Kaede smiled reassuringly to Zeo, he didn't need this right now.
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"Tala!" Miriam shouted, hoping to get a response. She ran up to him and slumped by his side. "Tala! Wake up this isn't funny!" She yelled at him. Looking around, all she could see to the far off form of Yume's fiancée floating in the water. She presumed that's why Tala was here. She looked at the Russian, wincing at the nail marks in his leg. She gasped slightly as she saw the bullet mark in Tala's right arm. Hiro and Takao joined her, Hiro opposite and Takao stood, looking away as the redhead had no clothes on him. Takao handed Miriam the boxers, which belonged to Tala so she could dress him. She did so looking expectantly at Hiro as the older started doing first aid on him.
"We need a doctor." Hiro started, listening to the engine of Kai's Toyota pull up behind his own car. Miriam shook her head.
"Kaede's training to be a nurse, she can help him!" Miriam protested. Kaede plopped down beside the older girl.
"Hiro's right Miriam, he needs to go to a doctor…I know one that could help, but we won't be at the hospital." Miriam nodded slightly, looking up at Kai as he came to join them, Zeo at his side.
"Will he…be ok?" The smallest boy asked eyes red and puffy. Kai Helped Hiro carry Tala into the Toyota, Kaede picking up his clothes. Zeo numbly walked behind the two males, shaking slightly, still afraid of what could happen to his new friend. Miriam placed a hand on Zeo's shoulder, shaking just as much.
"I hope so." She murmured. Takao stood in front of them and smiled.
"He seems like a strong person, and I'm sure he is! So he'll be fine, I'm sure he appreciates you worrying though!" Miriam nodded slightly and Zeo wiped away the tears with the sleeve of his shirt and nodded, smiling at Takao.
"You're right! He'll be back to his old self in no time!" Zeo said Miriam also smiled at this, before looking back at the lake, eyes wandering over the sparkling surface, glazed and sad.
"I wonder who was fighting with him though…I hope we're not up against necromancers," She shivered. "That would be bad." Zeo looked at her and blinked. Shaking her head, she made her way back over to Hiro's car with Takao, Zeo running over to Kai and Kaede, who were waiting for him.
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The doctor looked him over again, as if something kept moving. Sighing, he turned to face the others, not looking impressed. Zeo clutched Kaede's tight hand longer, feeling Kai behind him tense. The doctor shook his head, Zeo shut his eyes tight, waiting for the big joke to be over and for Tala to spring into consciousness with a sarcastic comment at the ready. He felt Kaede's hand squeeze round his, both hands loosing color along time ago, completely purple. He opened an eye as the doctor put some things away.
"You can tell him off badly if he wakes up…or more of when." Kaede's hand became loose, a smile appearing on her features. Zeo's own hand let go of the girls at this.
"Does that mean he's ok?" Kai asked hesitantly. The doctor nodded. Zeo let out a breath and beamed. "Good, I have a bone to pick with him about going to his midnight 'raves'." Kai said, vein popping in his head. Kaede Hugged Zeo, the Kai, then leaped onto the doctor's back.
"Thankyou-thankyou-thankyou!" She said, the doctor balancing himself to her weight. Zeo ran up to Tala's side, ignoring everything else. Hiro had agreed to take Miriam back to the Hotel, as she didn't want to have to look at Tala's sock-white face any longer than she had to. Kai walked up behind Zeo, looking down at the redhead. Zeo didn't acknowledge him though, all there was, was that Tala was safe and alive, and he was going to wake up. Now all they had to do was wait.
"He will wake in the next day or two, even then he will need lots of rest. No junk food until his wound is better. Now get him, and yourselves, out my house! I need sleep too you know!" He rushed, hurrying them along. Kaede was on one side of Tala, the bluenette on the other. Zeo tagged behind, tears of joy leaking down his flushed cheeks.
"I can't believe he's ok," Kaede choked, voice raspy and shaken. "What did he think he was doing?"
"Finding the body? He probably knew Zeo could see him." Zeo snapped out of his daze at the mention of his name. Kaede stopped abruptly, looking ahead, face so pale she looked albino-like. Kai and Zeo looked in the direction. Zeo walked round them and towards the street lamp, looking in admiration at the girl haunting his dreams. Her dark skin and blue eyes seemed more real then ever. For some reason, she reminded him of Kaede up close. He reached out, hand running along the side of her face. He couldn't feel the warm skin, instead a cold dead feeling ran through his arm. He was then yanked back and looked up at the strong glare Kaede was giving to the girl.
"What are you doing here Katy? I thought you'd left!" The white haired girl snapped. Tears formed in the small spirit's eyes.
"I thought you loved me Kaede? You said you trusted me, you even said you loved me-"
"LIES! I don't love you! You're not even human! You were wasted trust!" Zeo's eyes widened as he realized what they were saying. Crystals were quickly forming in Kaede's eyes. "Just go away…please…if you weren't wasted trust…you'll leave me alone!" Kai tapped Zeo's shoulder. Zeo spun his head round as much as he could.
"Who is she talking to? I can feel it but I can't see it." Kai asked. Zeo shrugged slightly.
"I'm not sure, she wanted help." Kaede looked at Zeo shocked, then back at Katy, pure anger in her eyes.
"You feed everyone the same sob-story or something? I thought you would have realized you couldn't do that. Not while I'm still here!" Katy's face went dark.
"We cracked you once, we can do it again. And next time, you WILL jump!" The girl dispersed into the air. A sickening feeling went right through Zeo when he couldn't see her anymore. He gasped as Kaede spun him round, looking into his eyes.
"You can't get close to her. If she comes, tell her to be gone in the name of your Lord. I don't care what Lord you praise, but that's what I did to make her leave me alone. You CANNOT trust her. No matter what!"
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Miriam sighed. She was sat on the couch next to Kaede in their room. When they'd got back, they had taken Tala straight to his room and Kaede had broken down in tears. Zeo hadn't left Tala's room, and when she asked Kai, he said he couldn't see whom she was talking to, to make her so upset. She was now holding the girl in her arms, twirling white hair in her fingers. It had been about five hours and her butt was becoming numb from the awkward position she was forced into. She rubbed the girl's back, wanting to help, but not knowing how. Kaede had never said anything about herself, but when you were with her, her actions made it the last thing you'd think about. It was true, that once you knew the girl, you would think you knew everything about her. This proved that theory was wrong. Now she was serving as the human tissue.
"Don't cry Kaede, I'm sure it wasn't that bad," This only resulted in more crying. Kai entered the room, a sorry look in his eyes. "Go see if Zeo's ok, and see if you can find out what the too where talking about." Kai nodded and left. Miriam looked back down at the wet patch forming on her shoulder blades. She was about to say something as the girl had calmed down, but Kaede spoke first.
"She was…telling the truth…I did trust her to the point of loving her…but…how can you love a spirit? Tell me?" Midnight red eyes looked up, surprising Miriam. "How can you?" Miriam felt a stab of pain go through her. Kaede sat up and lent over the other side. "I must sound so stupid-"
"No!" Kaede looked at the other's outburst. "You sound perfectly normal…the heart plays tricks on us and…who knows…maybe the spirit managed to play with your feelings so you thought you loved her?" Realization hit Kaede.
"Of course…because they were playing with all my emotions…they must of made pretend love as well as pain…" Kaede closed her eyes. "But…still…why would they make me love things instead of hate people?" Miriam pulled the girl back into her arms, where she liked her to be.
"Because they wanted you to trust the spirit. I know you might not be ready…but maybe one day…I would like to hear of what they did to you…then…I'll make all your pain go away…because that's what I'm here for…to help you." Kaede was frozen, the feel of the other girl's soft chest against her made her blush.
"Thank you," She melted into the touch. "But I think I'm ready now."
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Pause for violin practice
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"She has black hair and grayish blue eyes…she reminded me of Kaede. I don't know why." Zeo explained. Kai nodded, both of them where looking down at Tala, but Zeo was holding his hand.
"Kaede has been crying for all this time, and I think it's high time you trailed back to your own house before Hiro and Takao start worrying. I know they must be-" Zeo shook his head viciously.
"I'm not leaving until Tala wakes up! And nothing you or Hiro say will change my mind!" Kai sighed and nodded to the phone.
"Don't tell me, tell them." Zeo picked the phone up and dialed in the number of the Kinomiya residence.
"Hello? Yea hi Takao…no, I'm fine, I'm at the hotel again…I have a favor to ask…tell Hiro I'm staying here…I know…I'll just suffer the consequences then…tell him that…I'm not leaving till Tala wakes up…fine go, get Hiro, I'll tell him myself you wimp!" Kai rolled his eyes and put the phone on speakers.
"Zeo? Are you at the hotel?" Came Hiro's voice, filtering through the speakers.
"Yes, and Tala's not going to wake up in a while, so I'm staying with him till he does." A loud bang is heard, some shuffling, and then Hiro's back on.
"What about work?" Zeo thought.
"Tell them I'm sick." Hiro choked on some water he was drinking.
"But you're not!"
"Tala is. Anyway, they don't know that, they'll think I'm sick. I'm just going to be taking pictures, they don't need me."
"That's not the point."
"I know, but that's what you say when they ring. That I have a fever and I'm not to be disturbed. Tell them that I need to sleep and I can't have any visitors either, other wise Rei will come over to make sure that I'm ok." He heard Hiro sigh.
"This is the last time." Zeo nodded, knowing Hiro wouldn't know he did, but did anyway. "How long is your boyfriend out for?" Zeo blushed as Kai snickered.
"Ugh, stop calling him that! He's not my boyfriend, he's not even gay, and he's out for two or three days…then need's to stay in bed."
"Yea, whatever. Brooklyn might come over with some stuff if you're staying there."
"Stop ordering the poor man around, you make him sound like a maid." Hiro laughed at the thought.
"He offers."
"Yea, whatever, bye," Zeo said before hanging up, blushing. "He's so mean!" Kai shook his head, smirking slightly, and walked out.
"Whatever, I'm going to go check on Kaede." He said at the door. Zeo looked back down at the pale Russian as the door closed with a 'click'. He smiled down at him.
"Wake up soon…ok?" Zeo asked, stroking the pale cheek, before falling onto the bad and drifting to sleep.
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Kitty: that took a while…oh well! The hard part is posting it, our internet has decided to become faulty -.-U
About the pairings, this is how it might go:
TalaZeo (no duh)
MiriamKaede (Unless you don't like Yuri, then I'll scrap that)
TakaoMax (If I can write it)
HiroBrooklyn
KaiBrooklyn
KaiGarland
KaiBryan
ReiMariah
Choose the ones you want, and tell the ones you don't want, like I've been told to abandon KaiRei, so that's not happening. But if there's any not on the list you want (the characters don't have to be in the story yet, they could even be your own OCC's if you want) then tell me!
Well, I best post before the internet decides to shut down U
Caoi .
Kitty-cat