Bffimagine: Yet another headache, yet another chappie.

Kai: Is this the last chapter?

Bffimagine: blinks Do you want it to be.

Kai: No. I just want to know how long this will go on for.

Bffimagine: Well, that depends on how I want to end this story.

Kai?

Bffimagine: As in, if it ends sadly, then it doesn't take that much effort. I'm good at those. But if I decide to make it fluffy, then, er… I dunno.

Kai: Just stop rambling and get on with it!

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Kai's POV

The light… so close… and yet so far. Every step I take makes me become farther…

Normal POV

The light beckoned to Kai, ushering him in. But he became farther and farther.

And then… white. Pure, endless white.

"Where am I?" Kai asked the strange void of nothing.

"In your mind," his own voice replied.

"What am I doing here?"

"You're going to make a choice."

"Another one?"

"Yes."

"What choices do I have this time?"

"Either you, hem, we, can live, or we give Rei the chance."

"How is this possible?"

Kai's own voice chuckled in his ears.

"You're a good leader, but no one appreciated your work as captain. However, beings from above have favoured you for doing good deeds."

Kai could feel himself smile.

"I'm going to have to pass up this chance," he sighed, "And give it to Rei. Can I see him before I pass on?"

"Well… I suppose, but for a limited amount of time."

"How do I get to him?"

"I'll get you there."

"Who are you?"

"Your celestial guardian. Your conscience."

'I am a nutcase,' Kai thought sarcastically.

"I heard that."

"Just let me see Rei."

"It is done."

"Rei?"

Rei turned his head toward the voice.

"Kai?"

Every sound they made echoed eerily of the 'walls'. It was so blinding white that both of them blinked a few times before they could see.

"Rei, listen. You can live, if you really believe you can. If you just fight to live, you'll make it."

"What about you?" Rei looked into Kai's eyes hopefully.

"I can't go. One of us is allowed to go back, and I want it to be you."

"But we need you Kai! I need you."

"I need you Rei, but I can wait. Boris caused you too much hardship. You're going to live a happy life from now on."

"I can't wait for you. Don't leave me. Please, don't leave me."

"I love you Rei. When your day comes, you'll return to me."

"I love you Kai! I can't let you go!"

Rei reached forward and grasped Kai's hand. Kai held him close.

"Why are you so cold?" Rei asked, dreading the answer.

"Both of us," Kai looked away, "are dead."

Rei gasped, disbelieving.

"No," he whispered.

"That's why I was telling you to live. You can go back."

Rei placed his hand of Kai's chest.

'No heartbeat… is he really dead?'

His trembling fingers slowly placed themselves on his own chest.

'I don't have a heartbeat either. WHY DON'T I HAVE A HEARTBEAT!'

"Don't be afraid. You can go back. I'll wait for you."

"NO! I don't want to leave you!"

Kai smiled sadly.

"You have to go back. You have to live."

"I can't go without you!"

Rei grabbed Kai's hand and held it tight, feeling it get warmer, yet slip slowly from his grasp. The tighter he held, the farther Kai slipped away, until he couldn't feel Kai's long, thin fingers in his hand anymore.

"Kai," he sobbed.

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Rei opened his eyes.

"Was it just a dream?" he breathed almost silently.

His breath caught in his throat when he saw Kai's mangled body lying on the ground, surrounded by a pool of blood about an inch deep.

Rei crawled over to Kai and cradled his head in his lap.

A sharp pain ran through Rei's heart, and he looked down at his own body.

Blood was petering out of a hole in his heart, but it was closing and healing with incomprehensible speed. Even his finger somehow came back, the flesh materializing in a strange way.

Soon the wound was fully healed and the blood disappeared from Rei's skin.

"Kai… Wait for me. I'll be there for you."

"REI! We thought you died when Boris stabbed you! But… you don't have any cuts or anything," Kenny began his 'this is virtually impossible!' speech.

"Listen Rei, I'm sorry for what I said to Kai. If it helps any, I didn't mean any of it, and in my defence, Boris made me say that stuff and… well, do what I did to Kai." Tyson bowed his head as he asked for forgiveness.

"You didn't mean it. But if I ever see Boris again, that guy is in for it."

"Oh uh, about that," Max muttered, "Boris disappeared after Kai died."

"You won't be sinking your claws into him this time Rei."

Rei nodded and picked Kai up.

Max grimaced as he watched blood stream off of Kai's fingertips and the edges of his hair.

"I'm going to go back to China and live in my homeland. I have nothing attaching me to Japan anymore, so I'm going home. Good luck guys."

"WHAT? But WE'RE attaching you to Japan! How can you leave us? How can you leave your friends?" Tyson retorted.

He lunged forward and clutched Rei's ankle in as much of a death-grip as he could muster.

Rei looked down at Tyson's hands over his ankle and blinked away his tears.

"I'll miss you guys. Goodbye."

Rei's foot slipped out of Tyson's grip, and he walked off with Kai in his arms.

"Come back to me Kai. You said you'd be there."

OWARI

bffimagine: Typical. Just typical.

Kai: What?

Bffimagine: My fic. So typical of me.

Kai: You killed me again. But for some reason, it doesn't bother me that much.

Bffimagine: Hey! You're finally getting used to this. Well, THANKS FOR READING EVERYBODY!