What you can't see

Can't hurt you

Chapter 14 Love you lots!

Crimson orbs opened, slightly fuzzy and weary. Looking round the room, the owner of the eyes was certain he didn't want to be here. Hands tied behind his back, so he couldn't move. Feet tied together so he couldn't try anything. Shuffling so he was upright, he remembered slowly what was going on. He was with them. The catish Raven had kicked him forcefully in the ribs. Shaking his head to get rid of the dizzy feeling in his mind, he tried to focus to see if he could sense anything in this state. He then noticed that someone else was in the room. Looking up, he noticed a body, tied up like him, lying on the floor, bloodstains hear there and everywhere.

"Hiro! Hiro, wake up!" He called, shuffling over to the unconscious man. " Hiro! It's Kai! Wake up!" He called out again, slowly, brown eyes opened. Hiro smiled up slightly.

"K-Kai?" Hiro said, before coughing slightly. Kai put his hands on the floor, and swung him self through the small gap, so that his arms where at the front. Hiro smiled up at him as Kai moved the elder's head on to his lap. "Where'd you learn to do that?" Hiro asked, voice weak and raspy. Kai smiled a smile of relief.

"Lot's of practice I guess." He joked. Hiro laughed slightly. They sat in a moment of silence.

"So, I'm guessing you weren't awake when they brought us here?" Kai shook his head. "Shame, I might've been able to do something if you had…" Kai's eyes felt slightly damp.

"It's all my fault…if I hadn't lost that fight then-" Hiro shook his head and interrupted.

"No it's not Kai. You did the right thing. You got Zeo to safety, and you couldn't do anymore at that point. At least we're both here. Three against one isn't fair anyway. Kai smiled slightly.

"Thank you," He collapsed onto Hiro. "Oh Hiro…what would I do without you here right now?" Hiro laughed a bit.

"I don't know, but I am hear…I'd hug you, but my hands are kinda tied up." Kai smiled at the lame pun.

"Sit up. I'm good with knots." Hiro obliged and sat upright so Kai could fiddle slightly with the rope. After a few moments, Hiro felt his arms drop by his sides. He turned to face Kai, who was smiling brightly for a cold-hearted bastered. Blinking slightly in confusion as Hiro wrapped his arms round the phoenix.

"Thanks Kai. I didn't think you'd get caught."

"H…Hiro…I…" He heard some slight shuffling from behind the door. "Who's there?" A timid head poked round the corner.

"I…brought you both some food…you've been out for a while see and…" Hiro smiled warmly.

"Kai, this is Kitta."

Zzz

"Ugh…I feel like shit…" grumbled Ozuma. His arms felt wobbly and his head was banging. He couldn't see anything

"Excuse me, but if you don't want to be thrown out, then I suggest you use proper English. Or at least thank me for looking after you." Came a voice from his left. As if on instinct, he attempted to swig a punch round…however found his arms were too disabled. A different, yet somehow familiar voice was the next to giggle and speak.

"Get rid of that old habit, you look silly when you can't move your arms." He looked towards the voice, but saw nothing.

"Where are you?" he asked. The giggling stopped.

"Right in front of you…can you not see me?" He felt something flick his nose.

"Miriam! Stop it! And no!" She sighed.

"Great. I can't move my legs properly and I can't smell. You can't see or hit people…though the letter isn't that bad." She trailed off.

"What happened?" He felt someone else move beside him. "And what was that?" She giggled a bit.

"Zeo. He's sleeping…though I worry for hi hearing…I kinda…umm…broke something earlier and he didn't wake up, he's normally a lightly sleeper." Ozuma turned his head, though it wasn't any good as he couldn't see the person.

"I think…that thing that Kaede did put disabilities on our main strength points. I've always had sharp sight, and now I can't see. You've always been fast, now your legs won't work properly…does this mean you can't kick me anymore?" He felt a small pain in his arm. "I take that as a 'I can pinch you though'."

"Yes."

Another small shuffle came from Zeo. As the light hit him strongly, he winced and looked round. It looked like a doctor's apartment. He then remembered of the nurse that lived next to them. She must've brought them hear. He looked round for her, but only saw Miriam, and a dazed eyed Ozuma.

"Where are we?" Asked Zeo. Miriam's mouth moved, but he couldn't hear what she was saying. He squinted at her. "I can't hear you." He said. She sighed and looked at Ozuma.

"I guess I was right then?" She asked, the man nodded. A lady with Orange hair and an apron on came in. She had thick glasses and seemed their age.

"I'm sorry about all this. Ah! Zeo! How do you feel." Zeo blinked at her.

"Hey Emily…did you say something?" she looked at him then puffed her cheeks out.

"Maybe if I yell you'll hear me!" She said angrily. He smiled at her.

"Sorry Emily, you don't have shout, you'll strain your voice." Miriam looked at him, shocked.

"Hey Zeo! You heard her?" Miriam shouted, the same volume as Emily. Zeo nodded.

"Of course…but why are you guys whispering?" Miriam smiled, then turned to Emily.

"So sorry Emily…but Zeo's hearing has gone…funny…so has Ozuma's sight, and my smell." Emily blinked lightly, then sighed.

"What do you want me to do about it? I'm just a nurse!" Miriam looked down in thought.

"Ah1 Emily! Do you have any strong spices?" Emily raised an eyebrow, but decided it best not to ask.

"Sure, wait right here…" She said, leaving the room.

"So then," Ozuma started. "What's your 'awesomely great' idea?" He asked.

"Maybe, if I get a strong smell near me, my smell will slowly come back…I'm not sure though." He nodded. He then heard an extremely loud shout from next to him.

"Oww! Miriam! Why'd you have to do that next to my ear? You want to pop my eardrum?" Zeo asked, Ozuma couldn't help but laugh. "What?"

"She want's to fix it actually!" Zeo blinked.

"Well she's doing it the wrong way! There's nothing wrong with my ear." He said, rubbing it.

"Now there isn't." She said brightly. Ozuma then saw a bright light flash before his eyes.

"Crap! What the fuck?" Ozuma shouted at the blue haired girl. He blinked once. He blinked twice. "Hey! I can see again!" he said. She rolled he eyes.

"No duh!" Emily came back into the room with a small tub of spices. "Thanks!" Miriam said, getting the tub off Emily. "How are Tala and Kaede doing by the way?" Emily sighed slightly.

"Kaede should recover, but she's not doing very well...Tala seems to have just gotten into a bad fight, so he'll be ok," Emily saw the look of concern on Miriam's face when she mentioned the albino-like girl. "Are you two sisters or something?" She asked. Miriam blushed.

"Umm…yea." She replied before moving her attention to the spices. "Right! On to the task at hand!" Emily turned to Zeo.

"What's going on Zeo? I mean, it's not everyday I go to the dojo to find about five people lying on the floor unconscious, one with a knife through their stomach." Ozuma glared at her.

"Keep your nose out of our business geek. What we do is what we do, now run a long and play doctors." Emily glared at him and walked over to him.

"Who do you think you are?" She asked angrily. He narrowed his eyes.

"Someone. Why do you care?" Miriam stepped between them with a bit of difficulty.

"I think Zeo wants to go see Tala. Emily, why don't you take Zeo to see them both, I'll sort out Ozuma's attitude." Ozuma growled lowly and Emily nodded, motioning for Zeo to follow her. Following the red-haired nurse, he walked into a bedroom. On one bed lay Tala, and on the other lay Kaede. Tala's eyes were open and he was staring at the ceiling. He had a black eye and a red stain by his cheek. He looked at the door and smirked.

"Well if it isn't my favourite short friend! How are you this fine…evening?" He said. Zeo couldn't help but giggle. It was about five in the morning.

"I thought told you to sleep! And it's not evening, it's morning." Tala shrugged.

"Same difference, evening just sounds better, right titch?" Zeo shook his head and smiled, tears playing their way into his eyes. Tala smiled a bit more softly. "Not going all emotional on me are you?" Zeo couldn't hold it in any longer. Running as fast as he could, ignoring the protests from Emily, he rapped his arms tight round the other's neck and hugged him strongly.

"I was so worried! I thought he'd killed you! Oh Tala! I'm so glad you're ok!" Tala was a bit shocked, but hugged the smaller male back.

"I'm fine, don't worry. Isn't that right Emily babe?" Emily rolled her eyes and walked out. Zeo let the tears roll slowly down his cheeks. "Don't cry my little angel…" Zeo looked up, surprised. "I like your smile better."

"You're such a…such a…such a flirt!" Zeo cried, burring his head back where it was. Tala shook his head slightly and sighed, softly smiling at Zeo all the while. He stroked the green-blue hair and made comforting noises. He looked at the door as it cracked open slightly, a grinning Miriam in the small space. She waved and then left, knowing why; he rolled his eyes at her girlish behaviour. Then again, she WAS a girl! He looked down, slightly disappointed as Zeo looked up at him, blushing slightly at the awkward position they'd managed to get into.

"Feeling any better?" Tala asked. Zeo nodded. "Care to remove yourself from my thigh then?" Zeo's blush deepened.

"S-sorry." He squeaked, quickly standing up. Tala patted the side of the bed, telling Zeo to sit there. Un-wanting an argument, the lithe boy did so and looked at the floor.

"At least you're not crying anymore." Zeo fidgeted a bit. Raising an eyebrow, Tala waited for the news to come.

"Tala…I have a confession to make…you see I," Tala blushed slightly. This reminded him an awful lot of when Kai told him how he felt…was Zeo going to do the same? "I'm sorry but."

"Yes?" Tala's heart started beating fast.

"I…I...lost Kai." Tala could have whacked him. All that for nothing. He lost Kai? Nobody ever knew where Kai was anyway, he was often in back ally fights when they managed to find him.

"It's ok, we never know where he is anyway." Zeo shook his head.

"That's not what I mean. When we went to the temple, we met up with some people, and Kai sent me away and…never came out…" Tala stared at him for a few moments.

"What kind of people?"

"Bad people."

"People who wanted to hurt you?" Zeo paused.

"Friends who wanted to kill me." Tala grimaced.

"Ouch."

"Yea…" Tala did feel bad that Kai wasn't here, but he cared more about Zeo's safety at the moment.

"At least you're safe." He said, smiling warmly. Zeo blushed and nodded.

"I guess so…" Tala cupped the other male's cheek, causing a cute red mark to appear on his face.

"I know so." Tala said huskily. Zeo blushed more and bit his lip. They both pulled apart as the door opened. Zeo was blushing wildly, Tala was slightly pissed off. Emily and Miriam stood in the door.

"I'm so sorry, I tried to stop her but." Miriam started before Emily cut her off.

"Not like we interrupted anything that important. They were just talking, what else would they do?" Miriam sweat-dropped as Emily went further into the room by Tala. "And this one needs to sleep, so out you go Zeo, if you're just going to keep him awake. Tala muttered something in Russian and Zeo just nodded and left. "Time to see your sister then." Tala raised a eyebrow at this. As Miriam blushed slightly, he sniggered.

"Yea, how is she doing?" Emily went about some nursy things and looked back at Miriam.

"She should be fine, though she mightn't be awake till tomorrow. You know, you two don't look anything alike." Miriam laughed nervously.

"We have different fathers…" she lied. Emily nodded and hurried Miriam out the room.

"Sleep!" She said to Tala before she left, just missing the pink tongue that came out his mouth. Looking back over at Kaede, he smiled slightly. He was getting out this room tomorrow, even if it killed him!

Zzz

"Move!"

"No! Get back into that bed now! You need sleep! What ever you've been doing isn't good for you!" Tala pushed her to the side, pushing her purposely at her chest so she'd stay away. Zeo looked at him, immediately running to his side.

"Are you ok? Are you sure you can walk? Do you need any help? I'm so sorry!" Tala rolled his eyes.

"In order, I'm fine, I can walk, and no, I don't need help," Zeo nodded, not completely convinced. "Dude, I'm not that badly hurt!" Zeo smiled slightly.

"Good…" Tala nodded his head to the door, looking at Miriam. Miriam looked slightly puzzled.

"Think she's waking up." He said. The bluenette blushed slightly, but migrated to the next room anyway. Zeo looked up at him.

"What are you planning?" He asked, eyeing the Russian wolf suspiciously. Tala grinned.

"Nothing, why would you think that?"

"Cause you always are!"

"That's not true!"

"It so is!"

"Go on then, tell me another time when I've planned stuff?" Ozuma sighed as he watched the two fight.

"They really are like a couple."

"I HEARD THAT!"

zzz

Kaede looked from side to side, unknowing of where she was. She smiled slightly as her focus lay upon the blue-haired beauty next to her. Miriam was smiling back down at her, tears forming in her green eyes.

"Well, this is a nice thing to wake up to." Kaede teased, making the other girl blush.

"Umm…there's kind of something I…want to talk to you about." Kaede looked down.

"Katy left if that's it…she was the one making me scream…she was trying to kill me." Miriam looked down at the red0eyed female.

"I'm so sorry…maybe I shouldn't tell you…" Kaede looked up.

"Miriam…there's something else," Miriam blushed slightly and looked at Kaede expectantly. "You see…when I took that knife to my stomach, I saw a picture on my mind." Miriam nodded.

"What was it."

"That time we went to the park, and you spilt ice-cream all over…the time when we went to the movies, and you screamed and clung onto my arm…the time we first met…and you wanted to help me 'cause I looked sad. All the times when my feelings for you have grown…I don't love Katy Miriam…I love you." Miriam froze, face heating up and heart beating fast.

"Kaede…I…"

zzz

Kitty: MIRIAM'S BEING HESITANT!

Tis true, why is Miriam being all 'umm…and, ah…'?

Do you know?

-- I don't.

he, it's bed time. I can't update this weekend, so this is for then he he

Caoi .

Kitty-cat

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