Chapter 5

Drowning Pop Rocks

Lex climbed out of the fountain and heard something pop in her ears. She felt a crackling sensation in the sides of her cheeks, which made her close her eyes tightly in concern. Her voice resounded and bounded off the wind that started to gain a musty smell, "Kanato!" Her eyes widened in frustration and her sanity cracked, "I'm going to get you!"

She stepped across the cement and stormed into the mansion. The room was dimly lit, but she continued to search for him in the dark. Her eyes located someone's silhouette which made her adrenaline rise even more.

A low growl emitted from within her throat, as she approached them, "...Kanato..."

The figure turned around and all the light turned on in a blinding manner, "Yes, doll?"

Her eyes fought against the blinding light, her eyes trying to adjust to the bright lights, "I-"

"You..?" He stepped closer to her and rose her hand to his lips, "What did you want to tell me?"

A slight blush rose to her cheeks, but she shook it off and her anger rose, again, "I need to talk to you!"

He smirked, "Okay. What is it?"

"Well-" She remembered what he said when she was in the fountain and it made her blood boil thinking about it. "You said-"

Kanato sighed then walked around her sounding annoyed, "Teddy, she really is getting on my nerves, isn't she?"

"What!"

He walked away and refused to face her, "Why are you so tense?" His head turned towards her, "Teddy is concerned..."

"Why does Teddy even care!"

Kanato narrowed his eyes at her, "You picked him up and hugged him the first time you saw him."

"You said, I'm not allowed to do that!"

"Yes," He turned around completely, then glanced down at Teddy, "Teddy loves you. I'm supposed to be his only advisor..."

Lex didn't seem to understand, "Huh?"

"Teddy can't have you!"

Just then, the walls of the mansion rumbles and sounds of thunder burst through the windows. Lex jumped at the sound and the windows shattered, "Kanato!"

He stepped towards her and rose Teddy to her face, "Look at her Teddy... she's scared." Teddy swayed in front of her and he kept his arms outstretched towards her, "Do you think her teeth will chatter?"

Lex stared into Teddy's beady eyes, her knees shaking in fear. She had no idea why Kanato was holding Teddy so close to her face and she couldn't talk. She only managed a tiny whimper.

Kanato laughed in her face, "See, she's scared of you, Teddy!" He took Teddy away from her face and narrowed his eyes at Lex, "She can't even speak, she's so scared..."

Her head tilted down towards the floor, shyly, "I'm not scared..."

Kanato's face turned into blank expression, "Huh?"

She tilted her head up and screamed in his face, "I'm not scared!" Lex began to walk towards him and he took a step back, "Youre really getting on my nerves..."

She walked closer to him and he backed up even more, surprisingly not saying a word.

Her eyes gained an insane expression and she snapped at him, "You make me really tense!"

Kanato's ankle hit a tableleg and he fell into the floor. He closed his eyes tightly, then began to recognize this situation all to well. He did the same thing to Yui all those years ago...

She stared at him and laughed insanely, "Look who's scared now!"

Kanato looked around the room and soon wondered if he was in Hell. His brothers parted ways when Yui finally made her decision on who she was going to marry and they left him all alone in the mansion.

Her eyes narrowed at him, "You're silly not me!"

She giggled and he stared up at her. What the hell? His thoughts raced through his mind and he couldn't think of anything less than this; who the hell was this girl and how did she make him do this?

Lex pinned him to the floor and looked into his eyes, as he stared at her with wide eyes and gripped onto Teddy. She leaned towards him and he gripped Teddy tighter, "Stop it!"

She stopped and looked at him, "Why?" She sighed and closed her eyes, "Oh, yes. If you aren't kind to a person before apologizing, they become angry."

He stared at her confused, considering he said the same thing to Yui, "What!"

She sighed and closed her eyes with a sigh, "You're so annoying..."

She kissed him and he smacked his hands against her. What the hell is happening? He continued to lay there as she kissed him, then stopped and stared into his eyes.

Kanato kicked her off and stood up, "Who the hell are you!"

Lex brushed herself off, then walked over to him, "I'm Lex."

"No, you're-"

"Your doll?"

"No! You sound like me!"

Lex glanced around the room confused, "No I don't."

"Yes you do!"

"No I don't."

He banged her against the wall and glared at her, "Yes you do! Stop acting like you don't know you're reading my memories!"

"Memories?"

"Everything we're doing... it's happened before."

She looked into his eyes, "I don't understand..."

He pinned her closer against the wall and hit her head against the wall, "Yes you do!"

Lex winced and he gritted his teeth when she spoke her next words, "I really don't know..."

Kanato's eyes widened and he stared at her, "Then..."

"Then?"

He backed away from her, ran his fingers through his hair, "What the hell is going on here?"

Lex walked past him, "I think you're losing it..."

Kanato watched as she walked back out to the garde and tried not to take her words too seriously.