Quiet Lovers

Summary: Max wants to do anything to help Kai, especially after the ordeal with Zeo and Cereberus, and ends up making a deal with the slate haired boy. If he kept quiet about the phoenix liking him, he would call the blonde his lover, but what do you do when you love someone, and you can't tell anyone he loves you too?

Pairings: Max/Kai, one sided Ty/Max, Rei/Kenny

The moonlight that shined through the window of the building poured into the crystal clear water that filled one of Rex Plex's swimming pool's. The crystal liquid didn't seem like anyone could disturb it's beautiful stillness. It didn't seem that way, until a figure dived through the surface of the diamond water. Bubbles from the impact of the splash floated up to the surface, as the bright blue eyes of the diver opened up. After his feet hit the bottom of the pool, he pushed upwards, and resurfaced, taking in a deep breath. His wet blonde bangs were pressed against his forehead, as he wiped the water out of his eyes. He lifted his arms, and began to paddle towards the ladder of the pool, and gripped it into his hands. A wince went through his face, since his arm still hurt, but it wasn't as bad as before. When the kitty had gotten hurt after his battle with Bryan, he always used to walk around every now and then to strengthen his leg, so why not try something that would help his arm?

He climbed out of the water, the water from the pool dripping down his lightly tanned skin. He lightly dried the water off his face, a little muffled 'mmph' coming from him as he did. He wasn't really wearing anything but a pair of swimming trunks with the design of a turtle with a phoenix sitting on top of it's shell. He brought the towel away from his face, as he opened his baby blue orbs up, and looked around. Since it was almost 10 at night, he was the only one that was there. He sighed softly, wondering if the older male had bothered to find the note and key that he left behind. A whine came from his throat, as he laid the towel on the chair next to his clothes, and went back over to the diving boards. He usually used the middle board, since it felt like he hit a rock everytime he used the upper board. Let me tell you, your body stings for a little while after you come back from under the water.

While the little shelled reptile was swimming in the diver's pool, the door to the recreation center was opened up, as the slate haired male stepped inside, his blood red eyes looking around the place. This place was huge, it would be a while before he figured out where his little puppy ran off to. He looked at the card that Maxie had given him again, seeing it was mostly showing the swimming pool that the country's swim club usually held their games there. Okay, checking the place's pools would be a safe bet to find the little turtle. He brought the key into his pocket, and headed down the hallway, his eyes glancing around the place. He saw the basketball court, along with the food court. There was also a balcony that showed off the water slide, and the diving boards. He headed past the court tables, and looked down, seeing a figure dive into the water that was in the main pool. There was two pools, the smaller pool, the one that was used for beginners, and practicing, and it was divided into four sections. The bigger pool wasn't seperated into sections like the last one, but instead, it had three diving boards, the lower, the middle, and the high dive.

He looked down, and saw a blonde boy dive into the water that was rippled from the constant dives, and paddles through the water. A small smile appeared on the phoenix's lips, as he watched the American swim through the sapphire liquid, the droplets gracing his now slick skin. He was pretty entranced by the younger boy's body. He had seen it before, if you remember his little bathroom adventure back at the dojo. Now he had a new plan since he found where the young blonde was... getting down there. He really didn't want climb all the way down, since it would take him forever to get downstairs, then go through the locker room, and get to the pool without slipping, and landing the water himself. He looked at the end of the balcony to see it went to the water slide. Short way down, and no lines, pretty perfect for him to get downstairs. A evil grin appeared on his face, as he ran along the edge of the balcony, causing the deep blue eyes to look over and see the older boy. A smile appeared on the blonde's face, the older boy had come there after all.

As Kai came to the edge of the balcony, he made a leap, and landed on the stairs that connected to the water slide. He lightly slide his finger against the entrance of the slide, seeing it was dry. He grinned, and jumped on, sliding down on his feet. The young blonde pulled himself out of the water, and held the towel in his hand, as he lightly shook his head, seeing the older boy was more of a show off than the dragon. As he came to the end of the slide, he jumped off, and landed on the edge, managing to keep his balance. He lightly tossed his scarf off his shoulder, and continued along his way, seeing the blonde was doing the same thing, as they met up with each other in the middle of the swimming area. The moment seemed really quiet besides the sounds of water drops falling with a drip into the pool water below where Max had been swimming not too long ago. A small grin appeared on the older boy's face, as he folded his arms at the younger boy.

"Does the people the work here know that your here?"

The youngster folded his arms behind his back, as a chibi grin appeared on his lips, "They might."

"What do you mean, they might?"
"They could know I'm here, and they might not, either way, I wanted to use this place to help my arm out a bit."

A small sigh came from the older boy's throat, "Look, Max, I'm really sorry about what happened during a match. I didn't mean to hurt you."

"Wow, the Almighty Kai is apologizing to little me, I feel so special."

Kai twitched, "I'm being serious here..."

With the little pitter patter of his feet, the turtle came by the older boy, and laid his head on his shoulder, "I know you are, I'm just teasing you."

A small sigh came from the phoenix, as he looked over at the pup, "So, what brings you out here?"

"Just swimming, since my arm was hurt, I thought giving it a good work out would help it heal faster."

"Just don't overdue it, Max, I don't want you hurting yourself again." His voice was lightly etched in worry.

The innocent puppy nodded, "Yeah, I got it." The young blonde went back over to the water, "You wanna join me, Kai?"

The slate haired boy raised an eyebrow, "I'd rather not..."

"What's wrong, my big strong phoenix scared of a little water?" The blonde teased.

A small twitch ran through the Russian as the younger boy said that to him. He was accusing him of being scared of the water? He nearly gave a beliveable pout, then sighed, and began to take off his upper clothes. First his black silk shirt, then along with his white scarf, which were laid aside on a small pole that was used to hang the clothes and towels that the swim club used. He undid the belt to his pants, and slipped them off, showing off a pair of black trunks, getting a whistle from his little blonde. He felt a trace of red appear on his cheeks, but ignored it, and finished removing his clothes, and set them aside along with his pants and shoes, and went over to the pool, and slipped in, the cooling water sending ice cold shivers down his body, nearly giving him the urge to get back out of the water, and never go back in, but he stayed put, letting himself get used to the cold water. He closed his blood eyes, even as the puppy paddled over to where he was, laying his hands on his shoulders. The red eyes softened lightly, as he found the younger boy hug him around the waist. The cold water didn't seem to bother him anymore, as he lightly laid his hand on the younger boy's waist.

"Hey, Kai?" Max spoke up after a while.
"Hm?"

"Have you ever tried claming yourself while you were in water?"

The red eyed male looked back at him, "What the hell?"
A smile appeared on the younger boy's lips, "Some people say you'll feel a lot calmer when your in cool water, but right now, your really tense in the shoulders. You want a back rub?"

"...Uh... sure."

The blue orbed male went behind the older male, and pressed his hands against the boy's shoulders, his thumbs pressed against his shoulder blades. With that, he began to rub the boy's shoulders, causing the older boy to almost litterally melt in his touch. No one had ever tried to do this for him, but it felt really good. He closed his blood red eyes, his muscles finally relaxing from their tense form. A grin appeared on the blonde's face, as he continued to work the knots out of the boy's shoulders, and back, making him feel comfortable. The only sounds that filled his ears was his breathing, and the gentle drips of water falling into the deep end of the pool. You could almost swear that the older male was purring as he got the small luxery from the weilder of Draciel. He found himself leaned back into the younger male, almost like he was going to fall asleep right there in the pool, but he keep himself awake, making the youth behind him giggle at his actions.

Unseen by the two boys, a pair of deadly red eyes looked up at the two males, scales around it's eyes. It seemed to drift around underwater, as if waiting for the moment to strike. It almost seemed like it was waiting for someone to give it the permission to attack. A dull form of black light appeared beside the red eyes shadow, as a pair of emerald eyes appeared from the shapeless form, staring at the pair of red rose eyes, as if giving it an order. A nod came from the shadowed creature, as it swiftly swam up towards the two boys, it's claws seeming to reach for it's target. The puppy. It latched his sharp claws around the boy's legs, and started to drag him down with him. Max let out a cry, as he was pulled under the water, and the slate haired boy turned around, just to see this happen.

"Max!"

With a swift movement, he dived under the water, and pushed himself down, and went after the younger boy. Getting his eyes used to the blurry vision he got while someone went under the water, he spotted some kind of shadowed form, holding the young blonde under the water, seeming to be trying to drown him. A angered growl came into his throat, as he pushed him farther down into the water. As he made it to the bottom of the pool, he reached out, and pushed the creature off his little American, and gestured for him to get back to the surface. A nod came from Max, as he headed upwards to get himself some air. The shadow turned on Kai, and slashed at him, hitting him in the arm, and then biting into his shoulder. He would have hissed if he wasn't currently under the sapphire liquid. He reached into his trunks, and pulled out his Dranzer blade, and slashed it across the creature's face, causing it to back off. It suddenly swam away from the older boy, vanishing as if it were mist. Finally remembering his lungs were burning for air, he headed up to the surface, and got to it, letting out a gasp, as the air in the room went back into his burning throat. A hand was offered to him, making him look up and see it was the younger boy, with a look of concern on his face. He let out a weary sigh, he reached his hand out, and took the blonde's, who pulled him out of the water, and onto the side of the pool.

"Kai, are you alright, what happened?"
Harsh breathes came from the older male's throat, "I'm okay... but... I'm not sure what happened..."
The puppy held his lover up, looking at his wounds, "Kai, your bleeding, we need to get home, and fix you up."

"Yeah... get dressed, and we'll go, Max..." His voice seemed to stay strong, although it was tired.

A nod came from the young boy, as he hurried over to get his clothes on. The older boy looked over at the water, not seeing anything at the bottom anymore, but he didn't seem to trust going back under there. Max looked over at Kai, a sad look on his face, as he put his star designed shirt on, along with his gray shorts, and blue shoes. He quickly slipped his red gloves on, and put the phoenix's clothes in his bag, and went over to his koiishi, and helped him up, and slipped his arm over his shoulder. With a reassuring smile, he headed out of the building, and began to head back to the house, hoping he could get some help. As long as Tyson wasn't still pissed about Kai hurting him this morning, although it wasn't really his fault.

"You had the little turtle right where you wanted him, and you let him escape?"

"It wasn't my fault, sir, your doner got in the way, and he escaped from me."

The emerald eyed figure turned away, "I don't care what happened, the fact is you let the turtle, your doner get away, and I will not stand for it."
"B-But sir..." The clawed male pleaded.

Before another word was spoken, the somewhat leader threw a slash of black energy at him, throwing the scaled figure at the wall, clearly knocking him out cold. With a huff, he looked outside his window, staring into an empty abiss, his eyes narrowed. He held up a small jewel which was the color of blood, as a small image of the past appeared in it. It showed his doner, Kai swimming towards the bottom of the pool, and getting into a fight with the clawed shadow, as the young blonde swam to the surface. A evil smirk appeared on his face, as he clentched his hand into a fist, breaking the jewel into millions of pieces.

"I thought all the dreams I showed you would teach you to stay away from the boy, but it looks like your more stubborn than I thought you would be..." His emerald eyes stared up at the ceiling, "You'll soon learn your lesson... Master."