Phantoms

Tyson was just walking aimlessly when he realised where he was at. It made a sad smile grace his lips and he moved along the path towards the huge cherry tree. It was cold out tonight and the park was deserted just the way he liked it. As he stepped around the tree to the bench on the other side someone rammed hard into his chest startling him. The other person went sprawling backwards before he could react and reach out to keep them from landing in the cold slushy snow. Tyson immediately reached his hand out to pick the other person up but he was already onhis feet. A flash of a long silver scarf whipped behind the blue haired man standing in front of him. Long slate and navy colored hair was stuck to his tattooed cheeks. Tyson froze staring into fathomless blood red eyes that glared up at him. The eyes that had haunted and plagued him for years upon years.

'Oh my god..Kai?'

The man who so resembled a slightly older and more worn Kai slowly stood up and glared defiantly up at Tyson. A few moments of silence passed between them while Tyson's mind was a hurricane of thoughts and emotions. His heart pounded painfully against his ribs while he seemed to choke on any words he might have had. The mans voice was smooth but gruff like he had'nt spoke in along time when it broke the silence.

Man: "Excuse you I guess. "

As he went to step around, Tyson reached his hand out and grabbed onto his arm firmly and spun him back around.

Man: "Look, I don't know what the fuck you're problem is mister. But I really got to go find someone right now and I don't have time for you! Now let go or I'll make you let go painfully."

The man shook Tyson's hand off his arm and pushed him backwards making him stumble and his hood fall away from his face. The man turned back around and froze staring back into Tyson's eye's. Dark cobolt blue eyes that stared back into burning ruby red ones with mirrored shock and disbelief.

'He was going to find someone? Oh Kai why did'nt you just come to me?'

Kai: "Tyson?"

Tyson: "Kai? I-is that really you? Are you real? Where you ever real? Or are you just a ghost that's been haunting me because I could'nt save you?"

With a sighed shudder Tyson's knees and mind both gave out and he fell foward.


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Someone warm and solid was holding him. He breathed in the scent of the other person and realised that they smelled of smoke and ashes. Warm breath tickled his ear making his eyes flutter open. Deep red eyes full of worried concern hovered mere inches away from his face.

'Ah shit.. He has'nt seen me in ten years and within five minutes I dead faint just like a girl. I'm such a fucking idoit. He probablly thinks I'm even more of a weaking and loser then he used to..Perfect..'

Tyson quickly pushed away from the warm chest he'd been pressed against and sat up slightly embareassed. But he never took his eyes away from the concerned red ones fixed on him. With a shaking hand he reached out and brushed his fingertips over Kai's jaw then smiled. Tyson's heart was pounding and a feeling of joy that he had'nt felt in years overwhelmed him.

'To hell with it, he can punch me later or belittle me I really don't give a shit anymore..'

Tyson: "It really is you is'nt it Kai? You finally came back... I'm so happy!"

With that he jumped foward and grabbed onto Kai pulling him into tight hug. He held on as tight as he could breathing in the firey smell that clung to Kai's hair. After a few seconds he realised there was ashes in the other mans hair and soot on his clothes.

'I don't care what happened as long as it is you and that you came back Kai.'

Tyson pulled Kai as close against himself as he could and buried his face in the other mans neck.

'I won't cry.. I won't cry.. Oh Kai.. Damn you.. I'm sorry I can't help it.'

They sat that way for a few minutes until Tyson pushed away and stood up. He pulled Kai to his feet avoiding the red gaze that was piercing into his soul to look out over the park.

'He said he had to go see someone. I just found him but if I press he'll just run away like he always used to do. Oh god I could'nt take it. Maybe if I offer him a place to stay he might tell me about what happened. Where he's been all this time. Besides he has to be freezing dressed like that and I know he'd like a shower.'

Kai: "Tyson?"

Tyson snapped his head around to look into ruby eyes that seemed confused and shook his head. Lacking words for his thoughts he simply shrugged his shoulder.

'Well it's now or never. Worst he can do is tell me to fuck off and disappear again. At least now I know that he's alive and okay..'

He sucked in a deep breath and turned to face Kai. Uncertainty shining deepwithin his eyes.

Tyson: "Kai?"

Kai: "Yes?"

Tyson: "You don't have a hotel room or anything do you? We could go there and get your stuff if you do. You can come back to the dojo and stay with me if you'd like.. for as long as you'd like to. You don't have to if you don't want to. I'd understand. I'm not trying to push you or anything. I just feel like we've got alot of catching up to do. It's been along time you know.."

Tyson seen a flicker of emotion he had never seen before in the firey eyes he was looking into. Then another emotion passed over that. One that looked hungry and made Kai look like a rabid animal.

'Good job Ty! Way to piss him off or offend him by being so pushy and demanding from the get go.'

Tyson took a step back and looked at the snow covered ground between his feet waiting for an answer. He dragged the toe of his left boot through the snow slowly. Kai's quiet answer made him look up in surprise.

Kai: "I'd really like that Tyson. I don't have anywhere else to go..."

'No where? So was he going to see me?'

Tyson: "O-okay then. Come on Kai, let's go home. It's cold out here."

Hope burned inside Tyson's heart. He gave a huge heartfelt smile at theduel haired man in front of him. It took all of his will power to resist the urge to hug Kai close to him again. Just to prove to himself that he was really there with him and it was reality. They both fell into step side by side and started to walk towards the dojo in a comfertable silence. Tyson secretly clutched onto the end of Kai's silver scarf when he was'nt paying attention though. He was scared that he might just vanish on him again at any given moment if he blinked or let go. Deep fathomless blue eyes stayed fixed upon the red eyed man walking silentlyby his side.