Hiya'll. Like I said, I love writing this story. It's just so much fun! Well, not so much fun as stress relief. Anyhow, anybody wondering why exactly Kenny's in counciling? Or Why Hanako got so worried last chap when she saw it was Kenny? Wonder no longer! Hehe, this is so much ... well, alright, fun!

Chapter IV

Kenny had been crying when the person rounded the corner. He hadn't seen anything before his face was suddenly burried in a warm, damp shirt. The other person stummbled backwards. Losing all sense of balance, Kenny felt himself falling forwards, unwilling to leave the comfort of the warm shirt.

They landed with a thump, the person underneath him barely surpressing a shocked groan. The heart beneath the material under Kenny's cheek was pounding, a distant voice saying words that made no sense. Kenny sighed, and pushed himself up on all fours, focusing on the face of the other person. He drew in a harsh gasp.

Kai Hiwatari's blazing rusty-brown gaze glared up at him from beneath a cascade of silvery blue hair. Kenny froze, staring at him in utter shock. Kai's nose was slightly off centre, he noted vagualy.

"Get. Off. Of. Me."

Kenny started, he'd never heard someone sound that angry. But their was an edge to Kai's voice as well, something that sounded like panic. Kai wanted him off, but his numbed brain wouldn't work. He didn't even know why he'd started crying when he did, what time it was, or where he was supposed to be.

His hands were pinning Kai's arms to the ground. He smiled gently, remembering the cold, course hands wrapped around his wrists. Remembering the hurt, and the shame, he remembered how he just couldn't breath that day in school. Remembered lying to Miss Nakawaga, saying it was study stress.

Remembered ... remembered that day. His mom hadn't stopped crying. She didn't know, about those hands. He stared down at Kai's face, feeling Kai's arms twisting frantically underneath his hands.

"Get OFF! You stupid little ... get off! GET THE HELL OFF ME RIGHT NOW!"

Kai was hysterical now. Kenny wondered why Kai hadn't attempted to kill him yet, the other boy was so much stronger. He could easily try to hurt him. Easily, so easily, just like those hands.

"Kenny! Kenny, you can get off him! Kenny, it's alright!"

Miss Nakawaga's voice shook him back to earth. He started, and lifted his head, looking her square in the eyes. Kai was still fighting to free himself, his struggles becoming more frenzied. Kenny realized with horror just how much pressure he ws putting on Kai's arms.

Shakily, he stood up, and stepped away from the other boy, a sick feeling of shame seeping into his stomach. Kai sat up, muttering a string of angry, paniced words, each one seemingly having no connection to the one that came before it. His angry gaze flew up to Kenny's face, blazing eyes seemingly trying to burn a hole right through his skin.

Miss Nakawaga slowly bent down, obviously trying to calm Kai down, at least slightly. The other boy didn't seem to be hearing her, as he suddenly found his feet. Kenny stared at the smoldering teen, completely understanding the shock and anger that was building up in the other boy's head.

"You ... " That was the only word Kai managed to force out, before pulling his fist back. Kenny stood there silently, waiting for the blow that didn't come. Miss Nakawaga quickly grabbed Kai's arm, pulling it down. Kai struggled, looking angry enough to kill whoever got in his way.

Miss Nakawaga was in serious danger, Kenny realised. Before he knew what he was doing, he had run down to the nearest door, and banged on it. Mr Tanaka poked his head around the door, staring at Kenny in a confused manner. Unable to speak, his mind still freshly aware of the memory of the hands no-one knew about, Kenny pointed.

Before he knew what was happening, Mr Tanaka had flown past him, grabbed Kai around the waist and held the struggling boy against the wall. Miss Nakawaga began to speak, obviously willing Kai to calm down. Kai was so angry and confused right now, Kenny didn't think it possible for him to calm down. He sighed.

I guess some of the rumours were true ...

Eventually, he saw Kai's body relax slightly. Then heard the sting of words that stunned both of the adults.

"Bad stuff's only supposed to happen at home ... "

xXx

Hanako was shaking as she faced the princible. Mr S. Dickenson. A round man, with a bald head, and too much moustache. At the moment, he was beside himself with rage. She was angry herself. Not so much at Kai. But at Kenny, and even then that wasn't right. What angered her was there was something Kenny had refused to tell her. She'd thought Kenny was a simple case, and Kai was the hard nut to crack.

It seemed she'd been wrong. Kenny was refusing to acknowledge the fact that he'd definatly been crying, and had pinned another student to the ground. Kai was stubbernly refusing to admit that he'd said anything out of the ordinary, and was now so angry with her, Shinji and Kenny, that it wasn't safe for him to be anywhere near people.

"Tell me again what happened, Hanako?"

She sighed, noticing hopefully that Mr Dickonson had used her name. Slowly, she explained the story again, ending with the fact that Shinji was watching both Kenny and Kai in her office.

She watched the princible sigh, and rest his bald head in his hands. She sighed, knowing just what he was going to say.

"We have to get their guardians in here. Kenny, I surprised at, but this situation with Hiwatari has to stop."

Hanako blinked, realising that the princible was heaping the blame onto Kai's shoulders. She clenched her fists, it really was no wonder Kai was this messed up.

"Bring them in here, until I hear what they have to say, and get their home numbers."

She nodded, and left.

xXx

Kenny didn't want to risk a glance at Kai, but couldn't help it, knowing full well the anger he would see etched into the delicate features. Kai was walking to Mr Tanaka's left, his hands in his pockets and his face turned towards the ground. His eyes were closed, the image being presented the complete oppisite of the slightly hysterical angry person he'd been barely half an hour before hand.

Kai Hiwatari.

The bad boy. The one always doing everything wrong. The one who could put up such a flawless front most of the time that it was scary. The one Kenny had managed, somehow, to scare beyond all reason. He looked at Kai again, seeing yet again the ripped uniform, seeing for the first time the dark stains.

Seeing a boy that was hidding behind a bad boy image. Seeing a boy that hurt people because he was hurting himself. Seeing a boy that, to Kenny's horror upon realising, Kenny might have been.

Those hands stopped hurting him a long time ago. He could tell that someone was still hurting Kai. The staff hadn't been telling the students something.

Then he wondered if the staff even knew.

"Bad stuff's only supposed to happen at home ..."

He glanced around as Mr Tanaka pushed open the door to the princibles office. Kai sauntered in ahead, and spoke before the princible even opened his mouth.

"I got nothing to say for myself, and he ain't home, so don't bother asking."

Kenny stared at him, standing nervously beside Miss Nakawaga. He wondered if he would ever be able too ... stand up for himself like that ...

Mr Dickonson sighed, watching Kai leaning against the wall. He then said something that stunned everyone in the room.

"Kai Hiwatari, if you don't explain fast, I'm just not going to put more students at risk."

Kenny watched Kai go white, saw Miss Nakawaga go red, and then heard his own voice saying;

"That's not fair!"

xXx

So, Kenny's almost as fucked up as Kai. Did you like the chapter? Was Kenny or Mr Dickonson OOC? Was Kai OOC? I have a feeling they were, and if they are, sorry. I'm just following the story. Please review and tell me whatcha thought. Reviews mean the world. See ya round! (By the by, if my spelling is really, truely, monumentally bad, then I'm gonna blame it on the fact it's one in the morning, my spell checker's busted, again!, and my sis won't read through and make some attempt at correcting the really bad mistakes. Sorry!)