(Still Kai's POV) Midori finally forced me and Daichi to go back to the lodge after about a week. I was more reluctant than Daichi, but no choice. I had to face Tala sooner or later. "I'd rather do this later. sigh But I guess he'd drag me off if I put it off too long." I thought. Once we arrived back at the lodge, everyone asked us tons of questions. I just ignored them and went straight to my room, knowing Tala was probably already waiting for me. Once I opened my door, I saw no one and closed my door. Next thing I knew I was up against the wall, someone's hand at my throat. "You'd better tell me what you did to my sister, Hiwatari!" Tala growled at me. I gasped for a breath after he released me. "I didn't do anything to her! I'm not the one who told her to blade!" I hissed at him. He just glared me and I noticed that Meg was holding him back. "Liar! She wouldn't have pushed herself so hard unless she had a good reason!" "How would you know! You just found her and know nothing about what's happened to her except what she told you! And that's not all of it, she's hiding something bigger, something that's scaring her! She told me herself!" Tala just glared me and almost lunged(sp?) at me, but Meg held him back and guided him out the door. She glanced at me, and for a moment I thought I saw concern in her eyes, but it disappeared too fast for me to tell. I went and layed down, thinking about what Tala said. "Maybe he's right. Maybe it is my fault." I whispered to myself. I slowly fell in to an uneasy sleep. FF 2 weeks-- Kira stills hasn't woken up and everyone was very worried. One day Dr. Zaroff came running in to her room and shouted excitedly, "I think I have a way to help her!" We all looked her in surprise. "How?" Midori asked. "We need to hook her up to this machine and it'll show us what's going on in her mind. Basically we'll see what she sees, then we hook someone she trusts and they'll try and get her to come out of the coma." she said in one breath. "The only thing is, is that it hasn't been tested yet, so it might not work." We all gaped at her. "Well then what are we waiting for?" Daichi asked. It took about half an hour to get it hooked up to Kira. "Well here we go." Dr. Zaroff says as she takes a deep breath and turns on the machine. We all hold our breath. Nothing. Dr. Zaroff sighs. "I guess it doesn't work." "Of course it doesn't. Kira doesn't want just anyone to see her thoughts." comes a voice. "Who said that?" Tyson asks. "I did you idiot!" Everyone looks towards Kira's bed and sees a beautiful bird sitting on the side. "You gotta be kidding me!" Tyson exclaims. That earned him a freezing glare which really does freeze him. "Finally the idiot shut up." the bird says. "Who and what are you?" Midori asks. The bird turns to her. "Now, now Midori, you should know me. I'm a bit-beast. Drea to be exact." We were all stunned. "But how?" Daichi asks. "I'm not the one to tell you that. Kira has to come to terms with it herself still. She's still scared of it even though it happened years ago." Drea says sadly. "What about the state she's in? How is she?" Daichi asks. "I'm not sure. SHe won't let me in. Only one person can help her now, but I don't know if he'll except." "Who?" Midori asks.
"Kai." Drea says. Everyone has a shocked look on their faces. I was just as surprised. "What can I do to help? I'm not a miricle worker." I say. "Because you're the only other person with a phoenix bit-beast! If you don't help she might never come out of the coma!" Drea exclaims. I knew she was right and I was the only one that could help her. I sighed. "Well I guess I will. If I didn't you guys would kill me." Their was a feeling of relief in the air. "What I still don't get is why the machine wouldn't work." Dr. Zaroff. "Because I wouldn't let it. She doesn't want many people to know what happened to her. Now everyone but Kai leave." Drea says glaring at everyone again. They quickly leave the room and close the door. "Kai come here and bring a chair with you. Sit by the side of the bed." Drea says. I walk over and grab a chair then go sit by Kira. "Now hold her hand." I leaped up and nearly yelled, "What? You never said anything about that!" "Well did you want the others to hear?" Silence. "That's what I thought. Now do it and I'll see you in minute." I had weird sensation and suddenly I was surrounded by darkness. I opened my eyes. "Where am I?" I said into the darkness. "This is Kira's mind, Kai." Drea said from behind me causing me to turn around. "Why is it so...empty?" Drea hung her head. "Because she's trapped in here. You have to make her open up to you. Show here you won't leave her and you'll protect her." "And how, do you propose, I'll do that?" Drea just looks down. "Come on Kai. Go easy on her. She's worried about Kira, too." Dranzer says showing up beside me. I sigh. "Why do I get the impression that you two want me and Kira to..." I trail off as I look at them exchanging glances with each other. I shake my head. "Whatever. Forget I said anything. Now where is Kira?" "Look in all the doors, Kai. All of them..." Drea says as her and Dranzer slowly disappear. "Wait!" I yell out but they're gone. "Damn birds. There aren't any doors." Suddenly I felt as though I was falling. The sensation stopped suddenly and I opened my eyes to see a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong hallway of doors. I sigh annoyed. "Guess I'd better get started." FF a few hours later-- "Damn it. This is taking forever!" I shout in frustration. I look down the hallway. "This is the last door I'm opening." I say angerly. As soon as I open the door, I froze. There, in the farest corner, was Kira. She was hugging her knees and it looked like she was crying. I slowly walked towards her. "Kira?" I say softly. She slowly lifts her head. Her eyes were glazed over. Her hair was all messed up and her clothes were ripped and dirty. "Kai?" she asks uncertain. Your Point of View

Darkness...

That's I all see anymore. It's like a disease that I can't get rid of.

Reliving all these painful memories all alone...it scares me.

Then I hear it.

"Kira..."

Who is it?

I lift my head to see who. It's a boy with silver and dark blue hair. I know him from somewhere.

But from where? A name comes to my mind.

"Kai?" I say uncertain.

The boy kneels down infront of me and looks me in the eyes. I look deep into his eyes and in a flash I remember everything.

"Kai!" I shout relived as I launch myself into his arms.

I cry silently as Kai strokes my back and hair, trying to comfort me.

"Shhh...It's ok, Kira. I'm here now. I won't ever leave you." Kai says to me softly.

I slowly calm down and look up at Kai. He looks back down at me with concern in his eyes.

"You promise you'll never leave me?" I ask, my voice barely above a whisper.

He looks at me and says, "I promise. I'll protect you with my life."

With that said, Kai gently(sp?) lifts my chin up and softly presses his lips against mine. His kiss is soft as if he's afraid of what he's doing. I deepen the kiss. Kai traced my bottom lip, asking for entrance. I reluctantly let him in. Instantly, I felf him exploring every inch of my mouth. I moaned involutarily. I could feel Kai smirk as he heard me. After what seemed like forever, we parted for air. I looked up at him adn then looked back down, blushing. Kai laughed at my shyness and lowered his head down to my ear.

"You know, you look even more beautiful when you blush." he whispered.

My body shivered when it felt his breath against my ear. I blushed even more. He chuckled and pulled back.

"Now about why I'm here. Drea said the only way for you to wake up was to open up to me and tell me what your scared of. So what is it?" Kai asked.

I sighed. "I guess you were bound to find out sooner or later."

I pointed across the hallway to another door. Kai looked at it and then back at me.

"Go open it. It holds all my darkest memories." I whisper.

Kai goes over and opens the door. Suddenly a blinding light comes out and we cover our eyes.

Memory #1

I'm walking around the park at night. The moon is shining brightly, lighting the darkness. I go over to a bench and sit down, troubled.

"How did they find me?"

I had recieved a letter from Dr. Alan saying that he knew where I was and he's coming for me. I was the perfect experiment, but...

Suddenly a cloth goes over my mouth. I struggle to get out of my captors grip, but I can't. He's too strong. I soon black out.

When I wake up, I notice I'm in a dark room. I see the door open and I see him.

"Bastard! What do you want with me?" I hissed at him.

He just chuckled and walked up too me. He stroked my cheek. I tried to punch him, but then I noticed that my hands were tied.

"Now, now, Kira. You know we can't let any of our guests roam around freely. Especially you." Dr. Alan said the last part suductively(sp?).

I froze as I heard that. He wouldn't, would he? He had a shot vile in his hand. I knew then what he intended to do. He went and closed the door then came back over to me. I struggled to get away from him, but couldn't. He gave me the shot and it paralyzed me. He smilled sadisicly(sp?) and his hands started to roam around me body. I wanted to cry so badly, but I couldn't show weakness.

Later

Yes. That night, Dr. Alan took my innocence (Me: For those of you who are too dense to know what I mean, you got raped). My emotions shut down after that night. I never showed any type of emotion, not even to Cher. Every now and then, when an experiment went wrong or failed, Dr. Alan would come back and use me. I wanted to kill him. I wanted to see him in pain, ripped into little shreds.

end of Memory #1

As I watched this memory again, I cried. I put my face on Kai's shoulder so I wouldn't have to watch Dr. Alan rape me again. Kai just gave he a comforting hug and told me it would be ok.

Memory #2

More experiments.

I was growing tired of all of this. Everyday all it was more and more experiments. One day, when they were doing an experiment, Cher came in and pleaded with Dr. Alan to let me go. She did this every now and then. But today was different. Dr. Alan had apparently had enough. He grabbed a knife, turned around, and stabbed her. This had happend before and didn't phase me, but it had never been anyone who cared about me. I saw the life draining out of her eyes. As she hit the ground, something in me snapped. I was consumed with rage and pain. I screamed and banged at the glass wall holding me in the test tube. The scientists were all panicing at my sudden display of emotion because I hadn't shown any for 2 months. They started sending shockwaves through the cords that were attached to me. I didn't feel anything. My only goal was to make Dr. Alan pay. The tank started to crack and then it broke. All the chemicals inside it were splashed on all the people around the tank. They screamed in pain as the acid was spilled on them. I took no notice. I looked at Dr. Alan. Then I grabbed a shard of glass that was beside me. It cut my skin, but I didn't care. I charged Dr. Alan and when I got near him, I stabbed him. I saw the fear in his eyes. I loved it.

"How's it feel to know you're going to die?" I asked in a deadly voice.

I slit his throat right then and there. I smiled at his surprise on his face. Blood was dripping from the glass shard I used. I dropped in and ran for the nearest opening as the other scientists worried about Dr. Alan.

Freedom...

That was all I could think about as I left the lab. I was free. I went back to Canada without a second thought about what I did.

End of Memory #2

I could feel Kai look at me. I turned away.

"I know it was wrong, but he killed Cher. She was the only one that was nice to me at the lab." I say, my voice cracking. I was on the verge of crying.

Then Kai wrapped his arms around me. "If was to avenge your friend, it's ok. It was bound to happen." he says softly.

I smile. "Kai, I...I'm gonna wake up now." I say. He nods and suddenly disappears. The next thing I know my eyes are opening. The light forces me to close my eyes and then open them slowly. I look around and see Kai sleeping beside my bed. I smile and reached out to stroke his cheek. He looked so peaceful. Then I noticed him opening his eyes and drew my hand back. He shot up and looked really embarrassed.

"Ermm...this stayed between us, alright?" he says.

I blush and say, "Yea."

We just sit there for a way then Kai says, "Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom (Me: I think it means Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in Russian.)."

"Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom." I say.