Chapter Twelve:

We had gotten our food, I stilled glared at Kai every now and then, wondering why he was here. When we finished I looked at him, he waited for me.

"Are you following me?" I accused.

"I just happen to be avoiding Tyson and his constant jabber about team work, then I found you. Were you spying on your friend?" he folded his arms when I didn't deny it straight away. I was always a terrible liar that much was evident with before.

We starred at each other for a few minutes, I studied him, and his eyes were not so much red as they were crimson. They held so much in them, knowledge, courage, bravery and solitude. His hair was the same and he had the marking on his face.

"Are they tattoos?" I nodded with my chin.

"What do you think?"

"I don't actually know." I replied. He smirked at me, causing my anger to boil again. He knew how to get under my skin. We starred at each other again, this time I could feel him studying me.

"Since you skipped rehearsals, maybe we should practice?" he suggested.

I nodded and followed after him, he paid for the meal, much to my complaining.

"I can afford to pay for my own meals."

"I can afford to pay for us both, I don't mind."

We walked and started to talk about the play, I was getting nervous about all the romantic scenes.

"How many plays have you done?" I asked, I remembered him being older then I was. I looked at him briefly and started to bite my lip.

"Five at most. You?"

"A few." I answered, remembering the time we did Snow White.

We had walked back to the rooms, I gathered a jumper since the air started to get cold, my communicator and the script. Kai waited for me in the hallway.

"Rei, how was the date?" came Serena's unwanted loud mouth. I rolled my eyes and glared at her, the door was open. Kai who was currently leaning against the wall offered a wave.

"Not over then. Bring her back before 11!" she shouted as I shut the door in her face.

"Why do I even bother with her?" I groaned.

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We found a nice gazebo outside and flicked to the scene I had missed. We rehearsed for about an hour and a half, I had learnt most the lines, only having to glance down once. I fidgeted with my hands, wanting to ask a really important question. I gulped down and decided now or never.

"Kai have you ever preformed a romantic scene?" my cheeks flamed and I looked away. There was no way I could look at him now. It was true I guess, I was starting to like him.

The silence bloomed and I became a little uncomfortable. I glanced over at him, he was wearing a smirk. I glared.

"Well?" patience wasn't my best suit when it was something important.

"Yes." He answered. Fantastic, just what I needed. I hadn't realised I had groaned allowed until he said something.

"You haven't I guess."

My whole face felt as if it were on fire, I started to stutter. He took a few steps closer to me, almost breaking my personal bubble.

"It's not that bad." He reassured me.

I gaped at him, not that bad? Was he serious? My face must have given my thoughts away because he chuckled at me.

"We can practice if that helps."

My eyes pretty much fell out of my head as my mouth dropped open. Did he just offer to kiss me? My face was bright red, I hadn't felt this humiliated in a long time. I should have kept my mouth shut. That's when my sense picked up on something, I reacted without thinking and tackled Kai just in time. The gazebo we had picked was on a hill, so we went tumbling down it. I had landed on top of him, shielding him from danger.

"Are you ok?" I asked. I felt my communicator buzzing.

"Yes, are you?" he asked, checking me all over as we got to our feet.

"YOUR PURE HEART IS MINE!" The monster screamed from behind, fire some kind of attack at Kai. It hit him, causing him to yell in pain.

"NO!" I screamed, trying to make my way toward him. He collapsed to the ground, eyes closed, suddenly a bright light came from his chest, his heart crystal.

Tears burned my eye as I glared at the monster with hate, I transformed into Sailor Mars.

"I WILL MAKE YOU PAY!" I yelled in rage. I charged, fist ready. I got in a few hits before it sent my flying with its own fist. It hurt a lot more than I thought it would but I didn't bother with the pain. I felt Mars running through my veins.

"MARS FLAME SNIPER!" I yelled as a bow and arrow made of fire appeared in my hands. I aimed toward the beast and released with the intention to kill. Target was hit and the monster cried out in pain, the other Sailors arrived in time.

"NOW SAILOR MOON!" I yelled, I rushed over to make sure that Kai's heart crystal was safely back where it belongs. I turned to watch the monster be incinerated with the heart spiral attack.

"KAI?" Came a familiar voice.

"Go, I need to be here or else it will look suspicious." I told the others, they nodded and left me. I changed back to my normal state and presumed to be unconscious.

"KAI! REI! Are you two ok?" I felt someone shake me to life, my eyes fluttered open to see it was Ray. I groaned to make it look real. I turned to see Tyson and his older brother yell for a medic, Kai was still out of it. I knew how that felt. He won't wake until tomorrow morning.

"Are you ok?" Ray asked. He helped me up, I smiled weakly, making it look like I was just a little bruised.

"I'm ok, maybe we should go with Kai?"

"He won't like people seeing him like this, probably be best if it were just Tyson. He may wake wanting to strangle someone." Ray laughed and I joined. I could actually picture that.