Love That is Hunted
Chapter Four
By KellyQ
After standing there for a few moments, nothing happened. Kai started to become worried. He looked back at the animals and glared at them. "You said for me to put him in, and I did," he said. "Now what am I supposed to do?"
"Hand him over to us," came a voice.
Kai looked up to see the Demolition Boys. They were pointing their arrows at Rei, Kenny, and Max. Even though fear gripped Kai's heart, he remained calm.
"Kai, don't just stand there, get him out of here!" Rei ordered.
Nodding his head, Kai started to run down the river, not even looking back.
Tyson opened his eyes feeling a slight chill run through his body, wondering why his clothes were wet. Looking around, he noticed that he was at the heart of the forest, but a little to far from the lake. Tyson looked up at Kai, and smiled. He was about to snuggle back down again when his stomach rumbled.
"I know you're hungry," Kai said. "But we can't stop now. Not until we find a spot to hide for a little while."
The boy nodded his head and pointed too the left. Kai looked to where the boy was pointing at. A huge cave was not to far off. Nodding his head, Kai took off running in the direction.
After Kai had run down the river, Rei looked back at Max with a knowing look on his face. The blonde-haired boy knew what had to be done.
"Kenny, go to find Kai and make sure that Tyson gets proper care!"
The red haired boy nodded his head, and took off in the direction Kai had gone. Tala growled and started to run after Kenny. He only got so far when Rei landed right in front of him. They both had a stare down.
After a moment, Tala growled again. "Get out of my way." the last part came to a hiss.
"We won't let you hurt our friend!" Rei hissed back. "Besides ... the power of Dranzer doesn't belong to you!"
"We'll just see about that ..." Tala smirked.
The cave itself was large and damp. Drips of water echoed in the darkness. Sitting down, Kai placed the boy down on his lap, and reached behind for his bag. He grabbed out what looked like a piece of fruit, and handed it to the boy. Tyson lost the grasp and it slipped out of his hands. The boy tried to pick it up but his hands were shaking so much, he dropped it again. With a sigh, Kai took the fruit and started to feed the boy.
After a moment, the boy put his hand on his throat. Kai to frowned for moment watching the boy shape his hands into a cup.
"You're thirsty, is that it?"
The boy nodded his head. Kai tilted his body to the left, pulling out his water carrier. He brought it to the boy's lips. Sitting him up a little, Kai tipped the water carrier a little so the boy could drink. Once Kai moved the water carrier out of the way, a bit of water came down the boy's face. Taking the end of his scarf, Kai wiped the boy's face off. The two boy stared at each other in the eyes.
Kai was the first to look away, not even realizing that he was blushing slightly. Clearing his throat Kai looked back at the boy to see that he was sleeping. Kai to smile when he noticed something shiny around the boy's wrist. A sound came from the back of Kai's throat. He lifted the boy's right arm to notice that it was an over size bracelet with the word 'Tyson' engraved into it.
"So, your name is Tyson." He continued looking softly at the boy, feeling the need to protect him. "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen you."
As if Tyson heard Kai, he snuggled closer to the taller boy. Kai continued to stare at the boy and for the first time, his expression softened to kindness and love. Where did that come from? He hardly knew this person, and already he was starting to feel something for Tyson.
From outside the cave, Kenny watched with a smile. He had to admit that the scene before him was cute.
"I know you're there," Kai said, snapping Kenny out of t his thought. "You might as well come out."
The red-haired boy laughed nervously. He walked into the cave and joined the two on the floor.
"Where are the others?"
"Don't worry about them," Kenny smiled. "They're just making sure to stall those boys long enough for him to recover."
Kai blinked a few times. "Why would they ..." His voice trailed off when he watched Kenny closely. Realization sank in. Kai looked down at the boy in his arms.
Kenny nodded his head. "Max and Rei are Dragoon's protectors ..."
So, they were telling the truth ... Kai thought.
The young man turned his head slightly to see a young boy a little younger than he, thus he had bushy red hair and his white clothing was really no different.
"If you're going to hunt in the great forest, I should warn you that many people tried, but they would come back saying that it's haunted - are you listening to me?" The boy asked, noticing that the new customer had tuned him out.
"You should listen to him," came another voice, causing the boy to turn again to see another boy sitting next to the red hair boy. He had black hair that was pulled back, yellow-cat like eyes, and jagged teeth. He went by the name of Rei. "The spirit may look innocent, but he's the most deadliest thing ..."
"How do you know all this - Have you seen it?" The teen asked rudely.
"Yes we have." the blonde-haired boy who was sitting next to the dark-haired boy put a hand on his shoulder. "That's why Rei looks the way he does - you might get cursed too - if you try to do anything that will threaten it."
"You're lucky," Kenny said, snapping the boy out of his thoughts. "It's not often that Dragoon allows people close ..." his voice trailed off when he noticed that something wasn't right. "Uh ... Kai ... are you alright?"
"I ... I understand now," Kai breathed. He looked down at Tyson. Everything made sense now. The only thing now was to get Dranzer as soon as possible so he could protect Tyson.
To Be Continued ...