A NEW START?

CHAPTER 2

I was lying on my bed with eyes closed. My eyes snapped open as soon as I heard fast footsteps. Suddenly Tala ran into the cell and slammed it shut.

"Kai," Tala whispered to me, looking like he's seen a ghost. I got off my bed and walked up to Tala.

"Calm down Tala. What's wrong?" I frowned as tears started forming in his eyes.

"I stood up to Boris. He's after me. What do I do?" I hug Tala close to me.

"Whatever does happen, you will always be my best friend." Tala smiles slightly and nods. We both broke apart quickly. Footsteps were heard. They were getting closer. Closer. Closer. Closer. We both gasped and started looking for a place to hide. I hid under my bed but when Tala was about to hide…

"What time is it?" Max asked sleepily. He looked at his clock. It read 10:00. He got out his bed and started stretching. He then went downstairs. No one was awake apart from him. Max walked to the fridge and opened it.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Nothing was inside it.

"Tyson," Max murmured to himself as he went upstairs again, heading towards the bathroom.

15 minutes later, Max was wearing his normal clothing which was blue baggy jeans, green tank top and an orange hoody. He wanted to explore the neighbourhood so he leaves the house.

"It's so quiet in the mornings," he whispered to himself. Suddenly, his belly rumbled and his eyes see a café.

Max goes inside and smiles to himself.

"Cosy." He orders some pancakes then walks to a seat. As he was walking, he sees a person with long ebony hair, probably a boy, clutching to their stomach in pain.

"Hey there." The boy looks up with blank eyes.

"Yeah." His voice sounded troubled.

"My name is Max but people call me Maxie, or the cheerful one…" Max chuckled to himself. "…What's your name?"

The boy hesitates but then shakes his head.

"It's Raymond. But I suppose you could call me Ray." Max smiled then frowned.

"What's the matter with you," he said pointing towards Ray's stomach. Ray's eyes widened. His face went blank.

"Emmm, the food?" Max stood up and gestured Ray to follow him.

"Where are we going?" ray asked hoping for the best.

"I'm new to this neighbourhood; you have to direct me to the supermarket." Ray let out a breath.

"Tell me about yourself Ray."

"I'm from China. I'm a Neko Jin. I was an orphan. A Russian man took me in and gave me a life I wouldn't dream of having." Max heard the coldness in Ray's voice. Ray stopped walking. "We're here, do you need any help?" Max grinned.

"Thanks for helping Ray," Max said as he got out his house Key. Ray shrugs and looked around him.

"So, do you want to be my buddy?" Ray stopped in his tracks, tears forming in his eyes.

"No one has ever said that to me before." Max smiled a sad smile.

"You're a good person, anyways we are here. You can come in you know." Ray entered feeling uncomfortable. Max gestured Ray to follow him into the kitchen.

"Let's start on breakfast." Ray smiled but frowns as he felt a sharp pain in his stomach.

..."Ivano!" Tala stiffened and turned around.

"You little bitch, who you think you are. Don't forget your place boy." Boris smirked. I watched him unbuckle his belt and pull down his pants. Tala was sobbing and received a slap from Boris. I gasped. "Crying is a weakness." Tala's cream turned red. I watched Boris move closer to Tala, grabbing his hair, making Tala kneel.

"You know what to do." Tala's sobs increased but he refused.

"I will not. Your scum. My mother was right about you. I'd rather died than do th…" Tala was cut off by Boris's hands. He was getting strangled. I watched Boris pull Tala onto his feet.

"How dare you. You want to die? Then so be it!" Boris stopped strangling Tala and pulled out a gun,

"BANG! BANG!"

It went silent. I watched Tala walk backwards and drop onto his back. He was breathing heavily. He turned his head to the side and our eyes locked with each other. Blood started coming out of his mouth. Tala smiled at me as a tear dropped down his face. His eyes closed slowly. Blood started to surround Tala. No. This cant be happening. Suddenly Tala's body disappeared and is replaced with another body. The unknown person faces me.

Kai bolted up gasping. Sweat was all over him.

"I always have that dream." Kai took in a deep breath and got out of the bed.

"Boris," Kai mumbled as he went to take a shower.

As Kai, walked downstairs he heard Max talking to someone.

"Who's that I wonder?" When he reached downstairs he saw the ebony hair he saw yesterday. But something wasn't right. The person was swaying. Ray turned around and looked at Kai.

"That's Kai Ray." Kai looked at Max.

Max looked at Ray and frowned. He was holding his stomach.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't…feel so…" Ray collapsed. Kai and Max put him on their sofa. Kai whistled as he saw Ray was bleeding. He took his shirt off and gasped.

"Number one, I thought 'Ray' was a girl! Number two, he's been hurt…badly." Ray had cuts and bruises every size on him. He was covered with purple patches on him. Kai looked Ray over then frowned.

"Why are you bringing in strangers off the street?" Max gave Kai a look.

"I met him. He seemed like a nice person. I had a feeling we would get along pretty well. He looked troubled." Kai gave him a smog look.

"Whatever." Suddenly Ray bolted up.

"Nooooo!"

"It's alright Ray, you're at my house." Ray looked at Max. Max could see the pain in Ray's eyes.

"Did my phone ring?"

"No," Kai replied as he saw Ray look at his own chest. Ray gasped.

"Why did you take my shirt off?" Kai rolled his eyes.

"Look at yourself. Notice anything." Max stood up.

"I wanna help you Ray. I can see your going trough a rough time right now." Max was going to place a hand on Ray's shoulder when suddenly Ray's eyes slit.

"Don't touch me. Oh so you want to help me. Well tough luck. When I was brought up I had to listen to rules. One of them had been to not accept help. No one can help me, I get beat up everyday. That's the way I live." Max looked at Kai and saw the anger. Kai got up.

"You're pathetic Ray. Rules are made to be broken. Max. Help him." Kai walked to the kitchen, eyes widening as he saw Tyson eating their breakfast. Tyson swallowed everything in his mouth.

"What's up buddy? What's with the new guy?" I was gonna say hello but it looked like he was napping." Tyson looked at Kai and frowned.

"Rules. Ray follows rules. He reminds me of my younger self," Kai thought to himself.

"What you thinking of doing?" Kai took a pancake and started cutting it then replied.

"I'm going to get to know him."

At noon, Kai, Max and Tyson sat around Ray asking him questions.

"How long have you lived in Japan?" Asked Max.

"11 years." Max looked at Kai and nodded.

"You said you get beaten up everyday. How and by who?"

"You have a brain or what Sherlock. Anyhow, not going to tell you shit. I'm not a grass." Kai smirked and shock his head.

"My turn. K. How old are you?" Ray looked at Tyson blankly.

"My age? Nothing but a number." Max took a deep breath in.

"Ray, you said that you were adopted to me before. What happened to your real parents?" Ray's eyes widened. Slowly, he moved his head down so he was looking at his lap.

"It's too painful to speak of," whispered Ray.

"RINGGG!" The door bell rang.

"I'll get it," Max said as he walked to the door. The first thing he saw when he opened the door was red.

"Hey Max, long time no see." Max sweat dropped.

"I saw you yesterday Tala." Tala followed Max to the living room. The red head stopped as soon as he saw Ray.

"You!" Tala shouted backing away. Ray's eyes widened with anger and tears. Kai moaned.

"New start my fucking ass."

END OF CHAPTER TWO

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CHAPTER 3 – HOW DO RAY AND TALA KNOW EACH OTHER? WHO IS RAY'S ADOPTED FATHER?

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