Keiths' P.O.V

I ran through the halls until I ended up on the ground floor of the Ranger Union. Heath stood, in all his yellow glory, laughing with Kai behind him.

Once my bastard of a brother saw me, he smirked. He walked out from behind Heath, who was busy setting pokemon on the Union, luckily Raisha and Sven had that under control.

"So Keith, your little girlfriend didn't make it?" Kai asked as he looked around. Good, they didn't know Kate was alive, part one was going according to plan.

"I'll kill you for what you've done," I hissed in reply. Kai just smirked as he drew a knife from his pocket.

"I must say, I expected you to be more, should I say, upset about this. Maybe the chick's not dead after all," he stated as he looked around as if expecting to see Kate at any minute.

"Don't you ever refer to one of my friends, dead or alive, as a chick," I hissed as I glared at the bastard.

"Whatever, I'm bored now," Kai replied as he lunged at me with his knife.

I moved quickly, only just avoiding the knife in his hands before elbowing him in the back. Kai went to the ground with a grunt of pain.

"Well, little brother, you've gotten better," he snarled as he stood back up, my eyes narrowed.

"Never, ever, refer to me as you brother, you are nothing to me," I stated as he lunged again. I ducked, avoiding the knife once more before punching him in the gut.

I may not be The Curse of the Son anymore, but I knew how to defend myself, and I could deal with my older brother at any time.

Kai stood back up, coughing as he did so before looking at me.

"You're pathetic, you know that?" he asked, I stood with my fists balled. "Mother never loved you, she felt sorry for you," that was a low blow.

"You're wrong," I spoke as I looked at Kai. No one, not even my own brother, spoke about our mom, ever. "Our mother was a caring woman, even to you, the one who got into fights, put many in hospital and soon became a murderer. She loved you, she had no choice, you were her son, she couldn't turn that off. But you and I both know you've disappointed her," I added as I looked at my brother.

"You really are stupid," he hissed. I gave him a confused look. "Your mother isn't my mother, I killed my mother when I was younger, just like father killed yours," what? "We're not blood related, but you've disappointed your own mother, you couldn't even keep the promises you made to her. You've hurt your friends and the ones around you countless time and sooner or later, they'll leave you, just like your pitiful mother did," I closed my eyes; I could feel the tears brimming in them.

I didn't need this right now. Don't get me wrong, I was relieved I wasn't related to a murderer like Kai, but I couldn't help remember all the fun times we had together.

When we laughed, when we cried, when I helped him and he helped me. When our mom, my mom should I say, tucked us both in at night. When we were a happy family. I couldn't help remember it all.

And now, now we were against each other in a war for the world. My mother was dead, my father had killed her, Kai's mother was dead and he had killed her.

When he was only young, I could remember the day the cops took him away. I sniffed slightly, I wouldn't let the tears fall, I couldn't.

"Baby gonna cry?" Kai asked in a mocking voice, I looked up at him before smirking.

"Nah, just reminiscing, it's not too late for you to change sides Kai," I answered, Kai gave me a confused look before smirking.

"I'm a cold blooded killer Keith, always have bee, always will be," he replied.

"Then it's my job to stop you," I stated as he changed at me again. His knife wasn't in his hands anymore, which was a good thing, but I couldn't help wondering where he put it.

I dodged his fists a number of times, up until the time he punched me in the gut. He removed his knife from his pocket again, catching me by surprise as he slashed at me.

I barely dodged it, resulting in my shirt being cut. This went on a number of times until my shirt was almost rags. I growled as I went for Kai, punching him straight into the stomach, sending him flying backwards into the wall.

I took the time to remove my shirt, better to have no shirt then just rags.

Once Kai stood back up, there was an explosion upstairs. I looked at him, gritted my teeth and quickly ran off. Sven and Raisha following close behind me.

"What happened to your shirt?" Sven asked as we ran up the stairs.

"Figured I'd take the time to take some photos and send them into a modelling agency," I answered.

"At a time like this?" Raisha asked, I sweat dropped.

"And I thought Kate was bad," I muttered as we made it to the operators floor. Rythmi, Erma and the other Operators were surrounded by a bunch of…Bidoof? Seriously? I broke off a fight with Kai for this?

I face palmed. Sven walked forwards catching the Bidoof in seconds flat. There was then another explosion downstairs on the ground blow us. I sighed as I ran back down, leaving Sven to deal with a little green haired munchkin.

"Ice!" I hissed as I ran over to where Isaac, Hastings and Wendy were.

"I will not allow you to take Isaac," Wendy growled as she glared at the blue haired man, I'd never seen her so angry.

"You're gonna have to go through us," I added as I stood next to Wendy.

"Well, Keith-noob there's someone here who would like to finish off a fight with you," Ice stated as Kai walked up next to him.

"Let's finish things once and for all, little brother," Kai smirked as he looked at me. I growled as I balled my fists before charging at him.

"KEITH!" Wendy yelled.

"PROTECT ISAAC!" I ordered as I carried on fighting with Kai. I swung punches, kicked and dodged his attacks. He was faster and more flexible than what he was downstairs, which made me wonder if he was toying with me before.

I saw Lavana enter the large hole in the Union with a small blonde haired girl. Melody. This wasn't going to end well.

I turned back to look at Kai, but he had disappeared from where he was a moment ago. I turned around, big mistake. Kai plunged his knife into my chest just above my heart and twisted it.

I hissed in pain as he drew it away before smirking at me. He looked over his shoulder to see Isaac walking towards Lavana and Ice. I took the opportunity to grab the knife and plunge it into his stomach.

He yelped in pain and surprise as he doubled over. I smirked as I stood up, my hand over my shoulder as I did so.

"An eye for an eye," I muttered as I walked around him. Ice walked over to him before grabbing Kai and leaving with the rest. I went to Wendy.

"What happened?" I asked. Wendy sighed as she looked at me.

"Isaac went, they threatened to kill his sister otherwise," she answered, I balled my fists again as I walked off.

"Keith!" Hastings called; I turned to look at him. "Get your wound sorted out, then get Kate and meet us on the roof again," he ordered, I nodded my head.

"Wendy, go tell the others," I heard Hastings say before I walked into the bedroom.

Kate sat on her bed with Glaceon and Buizel next to her; they seemed to be arguing about something, while Kate paid them no mind.

She looked up once she heard the door close.

"Keith what…What happened?" she asked in shock as she jumped off the bed, I looked at her with a small smile.

"Nothing, I'm fine," I answered, Kate glared at me.

"Fine my ass, you're bleeding," she stated.

"Well, I can admit you've got a fine ass," I replied with a wink. Kate blushed before slapping my shoulder, the one that wasn't hurt.

"You're still a pervert, now let's get you sorted," she sighed as she led me into the bathroom. She took out a first aid kit from under the sink as I sat on top of it.

I looked around the demolished bathroom before shaking my head. If only Dim Sun hadn't attacked, the bathroom would still be standing, I wouldn't be stabbed or have any scratches on my back from the ceiling that fell.

Kate took my hand gently in hers, slowly moving it away from my bleeding wound. The blood came pooling out as she did so, causing me to look away from it.

I felt her push the rag to it, it stung like hell, but I endured it. I didn't scream, or even whimper, I couldn't show any weakness just because of this.

I thought back to what Kai had said, how he killed his own mother, how my mother never loved me. I remembered how we used to be one happy family, my mother, father, Kai and me, we were happy.

"Mommy!" I yelled as I rushed over to my mother in the middle of the park. I was only four; Kai was just a few years older than I was.

He came running up behind me, followed by our father, who was chasing us both.

My mother quickly brought us up into her arms, protecting us from the 'monster' dad was pretending to be.

Our dad then tackled my mother to the ground, along with myself and Kai. We all laughed as our father planted a kiss on my mother's lips.

"EW!" Kai and I laughed as we looked at the two of them, who broke apart before laughing along with us.

'We were so happy, why did things have to change?' I thought as I looked at Kate, who was now stitching up my wound. I mentally sighed; I could feel the tears coming to my eyes remembering all the times I share with my family, good and bad.

"Keith?" I looked down at Kate; my eyes glistened over with unshed tears. She looked at me, frowning as she did so. "I promise, everything will turn out alright in the end," she whispered as she rested her forehead on mine.

"You can't promise that Kate," I replied, my voice low as I did so. The tears threatened to fall from my eyes as I closed them, trying to steady my breath. "We don't know how this is going to play out, there's a chance most of us won't return from this alive, you know it, I know it, we all know it," I added.

"And we're all willing to take that chance, I'm not going to let the world die because of Max, Kai, Dim Sun or anyone else, we all know that, Keith," she stated with her eyes trained on my closed ones. I sighed loudly as I opened my eyes to look at her, a tear streaming down my cheek as I did so. Smiling sadly, Kate wiped it away with her thumb, a comforting look in her eyes.

"I don't want to lose you, Rythmi, Isaac, Kellyn or Seren in this though," I whispered as I closed my eyes once again.

"Keith, look at me," Kate ordered in a stern voice. I did as told, opening my eyes, I looked at her. "You're not going to lose them and you promised me that you wouldn't lose me. You said you'd bring me back if I ended up turning bad," she stated with a sad look in her eyes. It pained me to see her sad like that.

"I'm going and that's the end of that," we both turned to see Buizel and Glaceon walk into the bathroom.

"There is no way in hell you're going with Kate and Keith on this, they'll be fine with just me going," Buizel argued.

"Buizel," Buizel turned to Kate. "Glaceon's my Partner Pokemon, I want her with me through this mission, didn't we already talk about this?" Kate asked as she looked at my partner.

"But-,"

"Don't argue with her Buizel, beside you'll be there so you can help us with whatever we need help with," I smiled as I looked at my partner, who sighed.

"Fine," he replied before walking out with Glaceon. "I still say this is a bad idea," I heard him mutter as he stalked into the bedroom.

I laughed quietly as I looked at Kate, when had a wrapped my arms around her waist? She looked at me, a wide smile on her face.

"Count on the pokemon to cheer us up," Kate laughed.

"And ruin the moment," I added, we both laughed. "Hastings wants to see us on the roof, we should go before he has a cow," I stated.

"Please, grandpapa always has a cow," Kate sighed as she shook her head. "When did you get this muscly anyway?" she asked as she looked at my chest, I smirked.

"I work out a lot; you've just never seen me bear chested, why? Like what you see?" I teased, Kate turned red before laughing at me.

"You should put your Ranger jacket on at least, otherwise people are going to get the wrong idea," she answered as she grabbed a gauze from the first aid box.

I sighed as she applied it to my wound, keeping air from getting into it, at least for now anyway. She grabbed my hands as she pulled me down from the sink, leading me into the bedroom.

I grabbed my jacket as I slipped it on. I didn't button it up; there was really no point, besides I've got a great body.

"You're thinking about how great your body is aren't you?" Kate asked, I looked at her.

"How'd you know?" I questioned, Kate laughed.

"Aside from the fact you've got your hands on your hips and you're looking away in pride, just a hunch," she answered as she turned to Buizel and Glaceon, who disappeared out of the room.

As she was walking out, I grabbed her hand. She turned to look at me, her eyes flooded with confusion.

"I'm not taking the gun, but how do I know I won't actually lose you?" I asked as I looked away, slightly embarrassed.

"It's simple," Kate answered; I looked at her with a confused look before I felt something on my lips. Something soft and warm. Kate was kissing me….HOLY SHIT! KATE WAS KISSING ME?!

It only lasted a few seconds before she pulled back. My eyes went wide as I looked at her, she smiled sweetly at me.

"Sorry, just had to do it," she stated. "But if you can't get me to come back with the memories we've shared in the past, try using that memory, it could help," she added as she walked away from me.

I stood there for a second in shock before running after her. She smiled up at me. I looked down at her, her face wasn't tinted with any embarrassment or anything, it was like it never happened to her, but to me it did.

Kate kissed me. Katherine Atreya Jones, Summerland's Gift, kissed me. I was completely ecstatic, but it would be best to speak to her about why she did it after Operation Brighton, which, I bet, now has another part to it.

I sighed, I knew things were about to get hectic with everything going off now.

…..

Keith: *Pokes writer* I think she fainted.

Kate: Could you blame her, she just got three hundred reviews.

Rythmi: Why are we here again?

Me: I GOT THREE HUNDRED REVIEWS?! OMG I LOVE YOU GUYS, YOU'RE THE BEST EVER!

Keith: Well, at least she's alive *sweat drops*

Rythmi: KATE KISSED KEITH! AS IN PROPER KISS!

Rythmi and me: AAAAHHHH!

Me: I'm too freaking happy to tell you three to get lost, but I have brilliant news.

Keith: Which is?

Kate: Don't be rude *elbows Keith*

Keith: *moans*

Summer: You sound horny.

Keith: Oh, go screw Ben.

Ben and Summer: *Blushes*

Me: *Getting annoyed* Ok, as I was saying.

Summer: You think you're all that, you're not.

Keith: Go suck a freaking lemon, you're just being-

Kate: ENOUGH! The writer has something to say.

Me: I'm gonna kill every one of you off if you say anything else.

Rythmi, Kate, Keith, Summer and Ben: *silent*

Cricket: *chirps*

Me: Good, now as I was saying, since we have three hundred reviews there shall be a sequel to this story once it's finished. I will probably be co-writing it with someone; I'll keep that a secret for now. But I promise there shall be a sequel and if I forget about it I'm sure someone will hit me upside the head and remind me.

Keith: I'll do that.

Me: What did I say about killing you off?

Keith: Ops.

Me: *rubs temples* This authors note's ending here and now, you guys are annoying, I can see why Dim Sun and the Pinchers don't like you.

Kate, Keith, Ben, Summer and Rythmi: Feelings mutual. Now REVIEW!

Me: *sweat drops* What they said.