What you can't see

Can't hurt you

Chapter 13. Pain

It hurts to see the one you love with the one you hate. Tala could tell you that. From the moment he walked into the room he knew what his feelings for Zeo were. Sure, we should be happy for them, but with your enemy? With the one who might want to kill your loved one? You can't really be happy then. He didn't know what made him do it, but he punched Brooklyn. He walked up to the two and punched him. This had never happened to him before, he'd never punched someone for this reason. He heard Zeo scream, Kai yell at him, and Brooklyn shout something, but he didn't care, all he cared about was killing Brooklyn. No matter how he did it, all the bad guys deserved to die. All of them.

"All of them!" He yelled. Throwing another punch at Brooklyn, Kai ran over to stop the fight, however he couldn't reach them. Brooklyn smile sweetly at Tala.

"Tala! Leave Brooklyn alone!" Zeo shouted, angry that the redheads where fighting.

"Kai! Take Zeo to the shrine!" Tala said in Russian. Kai nodded and grabbed hold of Zeo, dragging him to the car.

"Let go of me!" Zeo said, struggling against Kai's strong grip. Kai ignored the younger one and picked him up, lunging him over his shoulder. Throwing him in the car, Kai sat in the front. Zeo struggled with the lock, but the door wouldn't budge.

"I'm not an idiot, I've put the child lock on." Kai commented, driving as fast as he could with the speed limit in mind.

"Kai, let me out! Kai! Are you listening?"

"It's hard not to," Zeo growled. "You're the one we've been looking for…I've been searching for ages…and now I've got you in my reach, I'm not going to let the other side take you." Kai retorted. Zeo looked at Kai fearfully.

"K-Kai…I don't know what you're talking about…just let me go!" Kai shook his head. They were already at the wood. "Why are we here?"

"Tala want's us to go to the temple, we go to the temple." Zeo banged on the window.

"Let me OUT!" He screamed. Kai stopped the car and went to Zeo's seat, opening the door, he quickly grabbed Zeo round the waist and pulled him through the thicket. Zeo tried screaming, but no one ever came into this forest anymore…after the incidents. Slowly, they walked up to the temple, only to see that the floor stones had been taken out. Kai loosened his grip on Zeo, however, it seemed that Zeo wanted to see what was there as well. Kai looked at him, making sure that this was a good idea, Zeo nodded and Kai gingerly stepped down first.

"Tell me if anyone is behind me…and hold my hand so I know you're there," He felt a slender hand grip his own tightly. "I said hold it not dislocate it."

"Sorry," The grip loosened slightly. Only slightly though. Kai sighed a bit. The hallway that led down was like a long staircase, with dimly lit torches on both of the walls. Kai stopped at the door, Zeo stopping next to him, still griping onto his hand. "D-do we g-g-o in?" Zeo stuttered, gulping slightly.

"That's the idea." Was the sarcastic response. Heaving the heaving wooden doors open, Zeo and Kai stepped inside a large room, with a chair in the middle. The room was deep red and torches light the room again. A door at the back of the room in the corner was open slightly. Kai walked over to it for a closer inspection, Zeo, after realising that Kai wasn't next to him, ran over to the other boy and looked at the shabby, broken doors.

"Are we…suppose to go in there?"

"Doubt it."

"But we will anyway?"

"Yes." Zeo sighed.

"Figures." Kai poked is head into the dark entrance.

"Maybe Hiro is through here?" Kai suggested. Zeo sprang up at the sound of his older friend's name.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" Zeo said, pulling Kai in. Kai stumbled a bit, but soon regained balance. The dark damp room was soon lit by what looked like a candle, but you could see the whole room. It was a torture chamber. Zeo gasped slightly as his eyes fell onto the cross. Pinned down onto the dark wooden cross was Hiro. Blood dripping from his hands and feet. "Hiro!" Zeo shouted, about to run to him. Kai grasped him by the waist and covered his mouth. Kai looked and shiftily, expecting something to come out to get them. When nothing came, He let go of the small boy and they both ran over to Hiro. He was obviously unconscious, but Kai knew that he was stronger than that.

"Well, well, well. I thought I smelled a rat." Came a snide voice from behind them. Both boys spun round to be faced by the three who brought Hiro here. Zeo stepped back slightly and Kai got into fighting stance. He long black hair of the cat-like boy in the middle blew around a bit.

"Rei? Takao? Max? What have you done to Hiro?" Zeo asked shakily. Kai noticed the blond and the bluenette from the dojo, and at the way the bluenette looked down shamefully at the mention of the elder's name, he presumed they were related.

"Why aren't you with Brooklyn?" Rei ask, with a fake look of concern for the special boy. "He's going to be worried sick."

I know what this place is! Kai thought, panicking slightly, though it only showed through his eyes. It-it's…

"Zeo! You have to get back to the car immediately!" Kai shouted at the male behind him. Zeo jumped slightly, however he was utterly confused.

"Why?" Zeo asked, voice still shaky.

"This is where they want you to be! You'll die here if they have anything to say about it!" Zeo looked back at the trio by the door. Rei was fiercely glaring at Kai, Takao was trying to hide his face, and Max was looking at Zeo with those sweet and innocent puppy-dog eyes. Zeo whirled round to face Hiro so fast he almost fell over. The coach's eyes were slowly opening.

"Hiro!" Said man coughed and spluttered.

"Zeo…do what Kai says…he knows best," Zeo hugged his brother figure. Hiro smiled slightly. "Don't worry about me…I already have someone looking after me." He whispered. Zeo felt someone grab him and lead him away from Hiro. He looked at the person, but couldn't see his face. Looking back at Kai and Hiro, he noticed that the trio had already started fighting Kai…and his friend had no chance of winning.

"Kai! Hiro!" He shouted, but knew that the person leading him wouldn't let him go easily. He gave up struggling and just looked up at the stairs above him. The boy moved fast, faster than anyone he'd seen, but he still didn't know who the person was. In a loss for words, Zeo watched the person go into a passageway and push him up the stairs slightly. "Thank you!" He called after the person. Running out in to the ruin, he noticed a two people running through the thicket where the road was. He smiled slightly as he saw the familiar faces of his old friends.

"Zeo!" Miriam cried, running up to the small boy and hugging him. "My gosh Zeo, you scared me!" She whispered, kissing his forehead. He hugged her back and let his eyes well up with tears. He was so scared of what would happen to the other two inside the ruin, he felt like his brain wouldn't function properly.

"Zeo! Where's Kai and Tala?" Asked Kaede, clicking the button that made him work. Getting out of Miriam's hug, he looked from one girl, to the other.

"Crap! Tala! And Brooklyn! They're at the dojo!" Kaede grabbed Zeo's arm, and pulled him to the car. When they got there, he noticed that another person was there.

"Hey." Zeo said breathlessly and the girls hurried around.

"Hi." Said the man, as Miriam rushed him to drive.

"Tala's in trouble! We have to go get him! NOW!" She said quickly. He muttered something Zeo couldn't hear and started driving. Kaede's pale hand rested it's self upon Zeo's shoulder for comfort. He looked up at her and saw a warm smile. It suited Kaede, but he'd never seen it before.

"He's strong…remember the lake? I'm sure they'll both be ok." Of course, Kaede knew what it was like to hope for the enemy's health…he just hoped they were BOTH still alive. The man's driving was a bit too unsteady for Zeo's comfort, and he knew it had something to do with too much racing. They were there in no time at all, though Zeo felt quite sick. Kaede jumped out the car, Miriam right behind her. The man stopped, puzzled as to why Zeo was sat in the car still. He walked up to the convertible and rested on the side casually. He smiled slightly at the shy boy.

"Ozuma by the way…the driving wasn't that bad was it?" Zeo smiled slightly, it was sweet of Ozuma to try cheer him up.

"Oh no, it was…fine I guess." Ozuma grinned.

"Then get yourself up and come see your boyfriend." Zeo blushed madly.

"He's not my boyfriend!"

"I've heard differently." They both snapped their heads round to the small building as they heard a loud girlish scream.

Zzz

Kai looked from one of them, to the other, to the other. He wasn't doing very well as far as he was concerned. The two who seemed to know Hiro well were panting heavily, but the dark hair one wasn't panting…and he himself was ready to fall over. Someone had taken Zeo to safety, which is good. Compared to Zeo, he wasn't worth much…but then again…he'd always told himself that. The jet haired man frowned.

"We ought to teach Kitta where his loyalties lie." Kai smirked slightly.

"I'll tell you where they lie, in the right place, can't say the same for some people though." He sneered. The tanned skin male snarled slightly. Just like a cat… Kai thought. He smirked. "What's wrong kitty? Cat got your tongue?" The other snapped his teeth and lashed out. Kai dodged his first hot easily, the longhaired enemy had a demon in him…however the demon was only just showing now. His focus may have gone a tiny bit fuzzy, but it was stupidly brilliant to begin with.

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I don't know what to write!

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Zeo gasped in shock as he saw the body of hi former friend lying on the floor. Blood was trickling out his mouth and his stomach had a huge slash in the middle. Talon marks where al over the place, and the foot prints lead to a broken window. Kaede was shaking furiously, Miriam by her, trying to comfort he. Zeo heard his name being called in the distance, but he was to absorbed in the fact Tala was, for a second time, bleeding and dead-like…though he might not be so lucky this time. At that thought, Zeo's legs gave way and he collapsed next to the redhead. Tear streaked wildly down his cheeks, leading down to the floor. He heard another scream, this time it sounded much more like a banshee. He started coughing violently and his forehead hit the floor. Around him, everyone was coughing except the banshee…Kaede was standing tall, screaming her head off in pain. The noise was so loud and high Zeo thought his eardrums might break. He heard his name being called between splutters.

"That's right my little banshee girl…scream all you want…until the whole WORLD can hear you!"

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Stop it! Stop screaming! I don't want to scream! Katy! Help me! STOP IT ALL! "I'm sorry Kaede…I don't want to do this to you…but it's what I was suppose to do."

Katy! What happened? Why do you NEED to do this to everyone…to me?

"I don't feel the same way you do… I just said that…I can't feel, I'm not even solid…I'm just air."

Why are you telling me this?

"You're screaming so much you'll run out of air. Then you'll be finished…so I want you to know before you go…I want to see the look on your face as you realise how stupid you are. When you realise we won, that we got the one…and when you realise that YOU used to be the one we wanted…everyone thought you where the one…it's a good thing too, or I would never have gotten this chance…good bye, my 'friend'."

A knife flew into the pale stomach. A normal scream was heard, followed by a shout of confusion. A white and black whisp of air escaped the girls mouth and dispersed into the air before everything stopped.

Zzz

Kitty: I AM THE PROUD OWNER OF A RABBIT

It'sw black, with a white nose, and white paws, and it's sooo fluffy and small, and it's called Sir Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia…it for short –grins- hee hee x

My friend's got me into pixeling so much fun, but it takes so long!

Hee hee, I have to go (pixel) now buh bye!

Caoi .

Kitty-cat