Me: Okay. For the sake of everyone out there reading I'm going to get off my lazy and depressed ass and give you people a chapter because I hate authors who leave things unfinished and I do not want to be one of those So for all you out there that means yes everything, EVERYTHING, will be either updated or revamped. For now I will try to update LOPRH and edit everything else. So without further adieu I give you Chapter 22 of LOPRH.

Tala: Read the last Chapter for disclaimer.

Me: Things in bold and italics is Russian (in example) and things in italics (in example) are thoughts in Kai's head.

(Tala's POV)

Okay. This traffic jam is getting ridiculous. People have gotten outside of their cars and started to build a snowman. Yes people a snowman. And it's pretty big too. I mean full grown adults have gotten out of their cars passed around some snacks and cigarettes that they had and started to have a party around this snowman(1). Does this strike anyone else as odd. Apparently not. Considering that Yang and Bryan is out there (Bryan probably just for the cigarettes.) You know the few kids that are out there seem to gravitate towards Yang and for once she isn't scowling at someone. Kind of forgot that she smiles.....

Anyways! So why am I ranting about the snowman? Easy. I WANT TO GO OUT THERE! IT'S NOT FAIR! I mean Rei has wandered off to somewhere out there and I am trapped in here because I swear that there are fan girls out there and if there is one thing that I hate it's fan girls(2).

"Tala! Come here!" yelled Julia from the back room of the bus.

....On second thought I really don't feel like being dressed up like a pokemon again(3). That was not fun at all.

"Tala! TALA!" Julia yelled as I left the bus.

" 'ey lookie there! It's our Molly 'ingwald!" said one driver, " 'ere! 'ave a beer!"

"Uh. Isn't drinking and driving illegal?" I said.

" I ain't the one driniv'. She is." he said pointing his thumb over his shoulder and a woman with long brown hair and pretty brown eyes.

Well then who am I to look a free drink horse in the mouth? I tipped the can in a mock salute toward the guy and took a deep swallow.

Woah. Everything is all fuzzy. And look at all the bright colors! I've never seen something so pretty before.

"See! Now let's 'ave a party!" he said

I'm all game for that... as soon as my stomach stops flipping.

"You know what I just noticed..." I said, "You have the prettiest amber eyes....eyes like Rei....."

Last thing I remember is seeing him smile at me and then everything going black.

(Kai's POV)

Jesus. My head is killing me. Where the hell am I?

I looked around to see that I was somewhere outside. Big help that was. Okay I'm on a side road in the grass and my car is stalled. Just great. Time to get up Hiwatari.

'Yes Kai. We're just waiting for you to get up.'

"Who's there?!" I yelled

I looked around frantically for some one. Anyone. But there was no one there. Am I going crazy?

'Must we go over this again? It hasn't been that long. It was only earlier today that we spoken....Though I wouldn't put it past you to be crazy as well.'

"Where have you brought me?" I yelled looking around.

'Some place you need to be.'

I need to be anywhere that's away from you. I felt a warmth in my pocket.... Black Dranzer?

'But why? We're so much stronger together.'

The blade softly glowed black in my hand.

"Ha! As if I need you to be strong. I have what I need."

'Really. Then let's see you save him on your on.'

What? Save who?

I looked around to see a car pass by slowly as if looking for something.

Oh my god.

"...Tala..."

Tala was in the car passed out with some stranger.

(Yang's POV)

"Okay so you see the eyes go here on your mini snowman." I said smiling at the little boy and pointing at the face, "See?"

Billy, I think his name is, smiled and put his eyes on the wrong part of the face. He smiled even bigger and held it out to me. His big brown eyes all bright.

"Here! It's for you!"

"...For me?" I said staring at the carefully made snowman.

"Uh-huh because you're so pretty and I hate to see sad pretty people." he said putting the snowman in my lap and running off to his mother who was calling him.

"Billy! Come on! Traffic's moving again!" she yelled.

I watched wistfully on as he ran into his mothers out stretched arms and was swung around. A pang in my heart

"Come on. It's time to go." said Bryan coming up behind me and pushing me toward the bus.

"....Yeah." I said.

Bryan wheeled me to the bus where he signaled Rei to help. He lifted me up but before he could put me in the bus I stopped him.

"Put me down." I said harshly.

"What?" he said confused

"Put me down. Something is not right."

I don't know. Something's missing.

"Search the bus."

"Yang. Stop being paranoid."

"Bryan. Humor me and search the bus."

"Rei. Do me a favor and look for anything suspicious."

"Suspicious?" he said staring at me owlishly.

"Just look!" I yelled

"Okay! Just calm down."

I glared at him as he went to look for anything suspicious.

I rolled up the side of the highway looking for anything. Hm. What's that? I rolled up to a white piece of cloth in a bus and pulled it out. It was Tala's jacket. His favorite one.....

"BRYAN!!!!!!" I yelled

(1)- This happened on the Meritt Parkway in Connecticut. Wish I was like it was fun.

(2)- GO back to Chapter 6 if you don't remember

(3)- LOPRH Easter side fic. Go read it if you haven't

A/N: Well people. That's Chapter 22. I know it's kind of short but it's what I could give at the moment. Maybe I'll come back later and add a bit more description. Well Ja Ne and Domo Arigato to those who review.