Hey everyone! I'm back! And this chapter is mainly thanks to Tamano Setsuna and her (nameless) friend! They got insisted that I update, so I decided to go back and read part one of this and the ideas just came! YAY!

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Title: Pharaoh's Slave

Summary: Pharaoh Kai of the Dranzer Kingdom just received a very unique peace gift he disproves of. The Neko-Jin cub Rei has just been given a life that he doesn't want or understand.

Branch: Pharaoh's Pet (1st story)

Series: Master's slave, Slave's master

Pairings: BryanxTala (Lord's Thief), KarsinxLuka (Original Characters), and (Very)pre KaixRei (Pharaoh's Pet). Mentions of RobertxJohnny (Prince's Knight)

Ages: Bryan-17, Tala/Kai-16, Rei-15, Karsin-23, Luka-20

Warnings: Yaoi, AU, fluff, OC, OCC (perhaps! Up to you!), slavery (As in someone owning another person), past abuse (Maybe some that is present), slight mistreatment. Mentions of blood/injuries.

Disclaimer: Don't own Beyblade, just the plot! I do own both Karsin and Luka though, so hands off without permission peps!

A Pharaoh's Slave (The 1st of the Pharaoh's Pet series) – Part 2

Kai sat in his room, looking over a map, trying to plan out the next move to make on the front line. At the moment, and once again, he and Tyson were having a minor war. It was a running joke between his small group of friend, who happened to include Tyson, that it was their way of bonding. Really though, the two of them just tended to rub each other the wrong way.

He knew that he really should be having a meeting with Karsin, but he did not feel like getting up from the chair and going to the battle room. At the moment he was fallowing Tala's advice, just sitting in his own room, trying to get the young Neko-jin put in his care to become comfortable with him. It was working actually, ever since he had started sitting a few hours a day with the younger boy. Rei, what Kai had taken to calling him thanks to Tala, was starting to relax when Kai was there. He didn't sit as ridged in the bed, in fact he had taken to just watching Kai with curiosity. Kai had found himself talking to the boy for no reason other than to fill the silence of the room. Right now he was telling Rei all about his and Tyson's warring friendship.

Kai looked up from the map when he heard a noise from the bed though, since Rei didn't tend to make much sound at all. "Something wrong Rei? Don't like hearing about Tyson? Can't really blame you there. The pig isn't the best topic to hold a conversation over."

Rei blinked at him, his lips moving slowly. Kai watched for a second, waiting to see what Rei was doing. Rei didn't know Kai's language, and Kai had never heard him say anything in his own language. He was actually not sure if Rei could talk at all, since the most that Kai had ever heard was a few grunts and hisses from the boy.

When Rei didn't actually made any sound to go with the lip movements, Kai figured that he may as well fill the void again. That wasn't his usual style, but something about his voice seemed to calm Rei. He had realized this on the second day that he spent in his bedroom, sitting with Rei. He had been muttering to himself, mad at two of his advisors, who had complained when Kai told them he wasn't planning on holding court every day for a while. He had come to his room slightly frustrated that they were questioning their leader, even if Kai was still young and inexperienced. He had started to pass his room, muttering to himself, when a movement from the bed had caught his attention. Rei had slumped in the bed, his body almost completely liquefied from relaxing for the first time in weeks. In shock Kai had stopped talking, which had caused Rei to tense up immediately. Confused, Kai started to talk again, getting the same reaction. From then on, Kai tried to keep a commentary going between them, even if it made his throat hurt and amused Bryan and Tala when he was hoarse afterwards.

"Do you remember Tala and Bryan, they have been coming in and out of here for a few days? They were thinking of coming and eating dinner with you tonight. Tala seems to think that you are getting lonely with only me as company." Kai told Rei, watching as once again Rei started to move his lips after Kai. Kai wasn't sure what exactly it was that had gotten into Rei, since this was not normal behavior for the Neko-jin. Or at least, it wasn't what Kai had came to expect from the boy. Maybe this meant that he was healing more. "I told them that it wouldn't be a good idea, but Tala doesn't like being told 'no'. He tends to do as he sees fit, when he thinks someone is in need."

Rei continued to move his lips. Kai stood, moving towards the bed. Rei tense slightly, lips stopped moving, watching him closely. Rei still got tense when Kai approached the bed. Kai gave a small smile, which didn't feel very natural. "Just going to get you a drink of water, you look thirsty." Kai picked up the pitcher, pouring water into a glass, holding it out to the Neko-jin. "Drink."

Rei accepted the glass from Kai, his lips moved briefly once again, though now Kai was close enough that he realized that Rei was speaking after all. "Drink." Kai's eyes widen slightly, realizing that Rei must have been repeating everything he was says. Rei finished the glass, offering it back too Kai. "Drink." He said slightly louder now.

"Its empty Rei, I can't drink any of it." Kai took the glass, sitting it on the nightstand. Rei wilted slightly, eyes disappearing behind his bangs. Kai blinked, glancing at the glass, the back at Rei, realizing what had happened. Rei though that he was asking for more, but that Kai was denying him. Kai filled the glass once again. "Rei?"

Rei glanced up at Kai, then at the glace. "Drink."

"Water." Kai held it out to Rei, showing him what was inside the glass. "You drink the water."

"Water. Drink." Rei reach up, hands open for the glass.

"That's right." Kai smiled again, this time it felt more natural, handing the glass back to Rei. Rei was trying to teach himself the language while Kai was talking to him. The reason that Rei had relaxed when Kai had started to talk was because it was something for him to focus on. For the first time since Rei had arrived, someone was talking to him, allowing for him to learn. Rei really was a curious creature. "Guess I need to be more careful what I say from now on, don't want you learning any bad words."

Rei glanced at him over the rim of his glass, eyes watching him. Kai wasn't sure why, but he reach out towards Rei, wanting to brush his fingers through the black hair. The glass was lowered quickly, an animalistic hiss filling the room, eyes going from curious to deadly in a split second.

Kai pulled his hand back slowly.

Wasn't comfortable with touch yet then.

Kai turned around, moving back to the chair that he had vacated earlier. He once again took up telling Rei about Tyson, and then about Tyson and Max, looking over the map some more. For now he would just give Rei the space he wanted, allowing him to absorb the new language he was being forced to learn.

"This really isn't a good idea Red."

"He really has to be tired of you by now." Tala balanced the tray, glaring at the door that lead to Kai's champers. "Your voice is hoarse and I am sure he would like a different person talking at him for a while." He glanced over at his Master and his Master's cousin, both of which were standing slightly behind him. Kai had his arms crossed over his chest; Bryan was holding a pitcher of juice and a pitcher of water. "Open the door Kai. This tray is heavy."

Kai sighed, moving in front of the ex-thief. "You're going to upset him." Kai opened the door anyway. "And he likes when I talk to him. I am pretty sure that he is trying to teach himself our language." Kai moved to the side letting Tala and Bryan in, eyes moving to the bed. Rei was slumped against the pillows at the moment, breathing slow, eyes completely closed. He looked much younger and far more vulnerable then he normally did. "Don't wake him."

Kai had never seen Rei asleep before this.

"Ah, Kai. Who knew you could care." Tala sat his tray on the low table in the small sitting area within Kai's sleeping champers. It was really just meant for him to eat breakfast in his room if he wished, not to hold a small gathering for dinner.

"He is still healing." Kai reminded Tala, taking up his chair once again, leaving the couch for the other two.

"He needs food as well." Tala moved over to the bed, leaving Kai and Bryan sitting by themselves, watching the others.

"Tala." Bryan called.

Tala paused, looking back at the two. "It's alright Bry. What's the worst that could happen? He's hurt." Tala moved towards the bed once again. He leaned over the bed, looking the younger boy over. All of Rei's wounds were healed now, though his body was still very weak, still trying to regain strength from his fight with the infection. "He looks so young." Tala commented, brushing a finger down a tan cheek.

Gold eyes snapped open, slitted from fear and anger. Rei lunged forward, fangs sinking into Tala's right shoulder. Tala let out a startled scream, pulling back, back away from Rei. Rei fallowed, falling off of the bed, causing them both to hit the ground. Rei let go of him, eyes full of fear. Tala scooted back from the Neko-jin, hand going straight to his shoulder, pressing hard on it as it started to bleed.

"Tala!" Bryan was at his side in a second, pressing his own shirt over the wound, Kai only seconds behind his worried master. "Come on, you're going to need a healer." Bryan took a hold of the upper part of his uninjured arm.

"It okay." Tala half cooed, nudging Bryan with his knee, eyes still on the Neko-jin. Rei had backed up, wedging himself under the bed. "It's okay. I'm sorry. Shh." Tala shifted, tying Bryan's shirt around his shoulder. He laid down on his stomach, looking under the bed, making out Rei's glowing eyes.

He glanced back at the other two, motioning for them to back up some. Bryan nodded, moving Kai back with him. Tala could handle himself just fine in situations like this. Bryan still was adamant that Tala was the smartest person that he had ever met after all.

"Are you okay Tiger?" Tala asked, voice as soothing as he could make it. Rei shifted towards Tala, eyes searching his face. Rei started to make a small noise, half between a whine and a growl. Tala blinked, filling himself relax some. "Hi." He grinned, Rei having moved up more, now only a few inches between them.

"Wolf!" Rei drew back, fear entering his eyes once again.

Tala found himself making the sound that Rei had earlier, watching as it caused Rei to relax like it had him. "It's alright Tiger, it's alright. Shh. I'm not going to hurt you."

Rei shifted. "Wolf?" He asked, moving closer to Tala again.

"Sure. I can live with being called that." Tala backed up some, watching as Rei fallowed him. Once out from under the bed, he raised up on hands and knees, still fallowing Tala. Tala sat up, wincing as his shoulder decided to remind him it was hurt, eyes closing for a second. He opened them to find Rei nose to nose with him. Tala breathed in sharply, startled. "You're a friendly one." Rei shifted, sniffing under Tala's jaw. "Kai?"

"I'm not sure Tala. He's never done that before." Kai watched. Seems like Rei was making a friend.

"Bad?" Rei touched the bloody makeshift bandage on Tala's shoulder.

"I'm good. A healer will make it better." Tala looked over at Kai, making sure that he was alright. To his surprise, Kai didn't seem shocked or upset that he was making progress with Rei. "Let's get you back to bed. Okay?"

Rei stared at him, eyes darting to Tala's shoulder, then back again.

"Bed." Tala motioned towards the bed. Rei's eyes darted to it and back.

"Bed." Rei nodded. He looked towards Kai then. "Bed."

Kai nodded, moving towards the two. He slowing reach out towards Rei, knowing that Rei didn't react well to being touched. Rei moved towards him though, arms wrapping around his neck. Kai lifted Rei up, then laid him on the bed, covering him with the blankets. "Comfortable?" He didn't get a response, not that he thought he would. Kai turned back to Bryan and Tala, who were now both standing, Bryan holding Tala half up and half against him for support for both of them. "Let's get you to the healer."

"We can go alone. Keep the Tiger company." Tala told him, eyes going back to Rei. He smiled, and was ecstatic when he got one in return. "See you." Bryan helped him out of the room.

Kai turned back to the bed, meeting gold eyes. "Just how much are you understanding?" He asked. He knows for a fact that the words Rei was using were not from today.

"Rei-Rei." He responded. Kai blinked, not sure what that meant.

"I know your name. Do you not like Rei?"

"Rei." Rei nodded, grinning. "Like Rei."

"That's good."

"You?" Rei shifted closer to Kai, eyes wide with curiosity.

"My…what?" Kai shifted, eyes looking to the side. He never was the best at puzzles. "My…name? You know my name right?"

"You?" Rei asked again.

"Kai. I am Pharaoh Kai of Dranzer. This is my kingdom." Kai took a chance, sitting on the edge of the bed.

Rei smiled at him, wide and open. "Pharaoh Kai." He shifted forward, pushing the blanket out of the way. He sniffed at Kai, then sat back. "Hi."

"Hi." Kai moved the blanket back up on Rei. "Do you always sniff people?"

"Not Wolf?" Rei looked slightly confused. "He Wolf." Rei's eyes moved to the door.

"Tala." Kai realized. "You think he's a Wolf." Kai shook his head, wondering how Rei had come to the conclusion. "He's not like anyone else." Kai supplied.

"Yes." Rei nodded, shifting around on the bed. "Sleep?"

"Yes, you can sleep. I'll see you in the morning." Kai stood, stepping back from the bed. He watched as Rei curled up on the bed, eyes slowly falling shut. Kai reach out towards Rei once again, and this time Rei allowed it. Kai touched Rei's hair and then on up to his cat ear, finding both to be the same soft texture, which was softer than anything he had ever touched before. "Sleep well." Kai reach down, covering Rei up with the blankets once again.

"What's the diagnosis?" Kai asked, coming into one of the rooms in the healing wing.

"Thought you were with Rei." Tala commented, pulling a clean shirt on.

"Rei's asleep, Wolf." Kai moved towards the two, pulling the collar of Tala's shirt down. All he could see was a bandage.

"You too?" Tala looked sidewise at Kai. "And it's just a few stitches. I plan to wear them with honor." Tala grinned then, looking down at the bandage as he could. This was a sign that he had just made a new friend. "Needed a new one anyway." Tala had always worn his blue pickpocket mark as a bandage of honor, signaling that he was proud of his old life but thankful for his new one. That was why he never took up Bryan's offer to wear turtle necks. Now he had something to always prove that he could make friends, even if it was with a scared Neko-jin who didn't even speak his language.

"That's good." Kai stepped back, looking Tala over. "Not sure what Rei sees in you. But he seems to think you are a wolf."

"Tala's always been an oversized puppy." Bryan reach over, pulling Tala to him. Tala shifted, planting a kiss on Bryan's chin.

"Heard that one before." Kai reminded his cousin, watching the couple. He didn't see the two of them show affection too often. It was always something that Kai found himself cherishing, because he knew that his cousin was happy. It was something that the two of them had always wanted for each other. To know that Bryan had found it, and with someone that Kai had come to love, there was nothing that could make Kai happier for his cousin.

"What made him open up?" Bryan asked then. He felt much like he was out of the loop, though that wasn't that strange. Most of the time he didn't fallow normal interactions.

"I'm not sure." Kai glanced at Tala. Tala was the most normal between them, and his time on the streets did make him more attuned to what others were feeling and thinking.

"I can only guess." Tala told them, slipping off of the bed. He headed to the door, Bryan never releasing him.

"And?" Kai asked, fallowing them.

"Let's take this to our room." Tala headed down the hall. Kai sighed, but fallowed. He knew all too well how much Tala disliked anything to do with the doctors and healers. It didn't take long for them to get to Bryan's room, just down the hall from Kai's own. Kai took a chair, while Bryan and Tala took the couch, Tala curling up again Bryan's side. Tala's eyes slide part of the way closed.

"Perhaps it would be better to talk in the morning." Kai stood. "Get some rest Red. You earned your keep today."

"Brat." Tala mumbled, body already more relaxed into asleep then it had been a minute again.

"We'll see you in the morning Kai. Get some sleep yourself." Bryan stood then, causing Tala to topple and curse. Bryan clicked his tongue once, lifting Tala off the couch, heading towards the sleeping chambers.

Kai shook his head, heading back to his own room, planning to check on Rei before turning in.

"Good morning." Tala grinning at the glaring Kai, having just woken him up by sitting on his stomach.

"You've gained weight." Kai told him, pushing against Tala.

"Dick." Tala bounced once, then stood up, plopping down on one of the two arm chairs. He had not gained any weight, no matter what Kai thought.

"Breakfast?" Bryan asked the two, sitting a tray of bread, cheese, and fruit down on the table between them.

"Tala doesn't need any." Kai commented, sitting up. He couldn't help the grin that came across his face at the sound of Tala's unhappy sound.

"Leave him alone Kai." Bryan handed a couple of apples slices to his Personal Slave, and then took a seat in the other chair.

"He knows I care." Kai took a piece of cheese of the tray. "And as such, he is going to explain what happened with Rei."

"I told you I can only guess." Tala shoved the whole slice of apple into his mouth.

"Guess away."

"I think he realized that we were not going to hurt him. He had just hurt me and we made no move towards him, no retaliation. We proved to him that we were no danger to him." Tala looked over to Kai. "We proved to him that we cared about his well being. We proved that we were not like the people who sent him to you Kai." Tala ate another slice of apple. "But I am only guessing." He shrugged.

Kai nodded, understanding what Tala meant. It was why the same reason that Rei had started to relax in Kai's presence, Kai talked but didn't become aggressive in any way with Rei. There was only one thing that Kai could do.

Kai would protect Rei. He would make sure that nothing ever hurt him again.

Guess this will be going into a third chapter! Still have to explain how Rei became the Scribe!

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