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Worth	By : Valisilwen Category: +S to Z > Saint Beast Views: 1336 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Saint Beast, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
- 1-Worth
- 2-Confrontation
- 3-Attack
- 4-Almost Escape
- 5-Pain
- 6-Return
- 7-Explanation
- 8-Truth
- 9-Comfort
- 10-Love
- 11-End?
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Rei allowed himself a small smile as he corrected himself. Oh yes, they'd cut off all avenues of escape, on the ground. Rei's smile turned into a wince as he realized how badly this was going to hurt his back, but really, he had no other options.

Backing away from Stheno, Rei grabbed hold of one of Maya's wrists in his right hand, and one of Kira's wrists in his left. Both were giving him strange looks, not understanding what he meant to do, until he snapped out his wings and launched himself into the air, pulling Kira and Maya up with him. He bit his lip to keep his shriek of pain back as the torn skin and muscles of his back screamed in protest, but still he kept flying.

Rei heard Stheno shouting at the other angels not to let them get away, but by that time he, Kira, and Maya were high for any of the angels on the ground to reach them. Or so he thought.

Maya looked up at Rei, a concerned expression on his child-like face. "Rei-san, are you sure you're alright? It must hurt to fly with that wound on your back," Maya ducked his head, unable to look Rei in the eye. "I'm really sorry, Rei-san."

Rei looked down at Maya in surprise. "Maya, what are you sorry for? You didn't do anything wrong."

Maya ducked his head even lower. "But, it's my fault that you got that wound..."

"Maya, were you the one holding the whip?" Rei asked sternly.

Maya looked confused, "Well, no, but..."

"That's right, you weren't," Rei's tone softened. "Maya, Stheno had the whip, not you. It's his fault I was hurt, not yours. And, if I could do it over, I would get wounded all over again if it meant keeping you safe."

Maya cautiously looked up at Rei, "Really?"

Rei nodded, "Really."

Maya's face broke into a smile, "Thank you, Rei-san!"

Rei smiled right back at him, "You're welcome, Maya."

Kira snorted, "Jeez, Rei. Could you get any more melodramatic? It's not like you're dying or anything. It's just a little scratch."

Rei sighed, rolling his eyes, "Kira, we can always count on you to ruin a mo—," Rei suddenly cut off as he felt a blinding, stabbing pain in his right side. Glancing down, he saw what looked like a metal star protruding from his rib cage, almost all of its razor sharp points buried deep in his flesh.

"Rei-san!" Maya cried, "Rei-san! Are you alright?"

Rei couldn't answer, he couldn't even breath, every breath he took brought with it a stabbing pain to his ribs. He did his best to stay in the air, but they had already dropped several feet, and they were continuing to drop.

Glancing down, Rei saw Stheno and his group chasing them from the ground, and it appeared that an angel to his right was the one who had thrown the metal star. It also appeared as though the attack was far from over.

Suddenly Rei heard Maya scream, followed Kira shouting the redhead's name. Rei glanced down and saw Maya had a metal star identical to the one in his ribs buried in the back of his thigh. More metal stars wore coming at them, and it was all Rei could do to keep Maya and Kira from further injury, though in the process Rei neglected to protect himself. One star sliced his right cheek, another got him on the side of his left thigh, yet he still somehow managed to keep them from crashing into the trees.

However, when one star cut deeply into his right shoulder, the pain became too much. They quickly began to fall toward the trees and would have been sliced to ribbons if Rei hadn't managed to, at the last second, slow down their descent with his wings. They still hit the trees with enough speed to cause quite a bit of pain, but at least they weren't dead.

Rei hit the ground on his feet but at an awkward angle, causing his left ankle to bend sharply to the side and break with an audible crack. Rei let out a muffled scream and blacked out for a few minutes, his mind unable to handle the incredible pain pulsing through his body.

When he regained consciousness, Rei sat up slowly, nearly passing out again from the pain. When he was finally upright, the violate-haired angel looked around the clearing he had landed in until he spotted Kira, who apparently made it through their rough descent relatively unscathed, helping Maya to his feet, supporting most of his weight for him because of his injured leg. Then they both limped over to Rei, Kira holding out his free hand to him. "Get up, Rei. We need to get moving before those bastards figure out where we landed."

Rei just shook his head. "You and Maya will have to go without me, Kira."

Kira's face was a mixture of shock and anger, "What the hell are you talking about, you idiot! We can't just leave you here!"

"Kira-nii-san is right Rei-san!" Maya piped in, his face pale and his breathing labored from the pain in his leg, "You can't fight them in the state that you're in! You have to run with us!"

Rei just shook his head, wincing at the pain the motion caused throughout his body. "That's just it, Maya. I can't run. My ankle is broken, and I doubt even your Nii-san has enough strength to carry us both," Rei said with a tight smile.

"But...but what will happen to you, Rei-san?" Maya asked uncertainly. Rei could tell he saw the logic in his argument, but he didn't like it.

Rei tried to appear more confident then he felt. "I'll be fine, Maya. I'm a Saint Beast, after all. They wouldn't dare harm me."

"You don't know that!" Kira practically shouted. He was so angry he was practically shaking. "Just because you're a Saint Beast doesn't mean they won't..." Kira trailed off, not sure that he wanted, or even knew how to, finish his statement, so he quickly switched gears. "Dammit, Rei! Quit being so damn stubborn and come with us!"

Rei felt his cheeks redden at the stubborn comment, but he forced himself to remain calm. If he lost his head, he'd never be able to convince Kira to take Maya and go.

"Kira, listen to me," Rei said, looking Kira straight in the eye. "For once in your life, actually hear what I have to say. I'm not their target. You and Maya are. No matter what they do to me, it wouldn't be half as bad as what they're planning to do you two. Even if you won't put your foolish pride aside for your own sake, you need to do it for Maya's. He's already injured, and if they get their hands on him in this state, he won't be able to defend himself at all."

Kira looked taken aback and, for a moment, had an almost pained expression on his face, but then he sighed in defeat. Much as he hated to admit it, Rei was right. Maya was his first priority, no matter what.

Kira re-adjusted his grip on Maya, then turned and started walking back toward the dense thicket of trees. Maya began to squirm when he realized they really were leaving Rei. "Nii-san! We can't just leave Rei-san! What if—,"

"Maya!" Kira spoke harshly, tightening his grip on the smaller angel. "Rei is right . He's not the one those other...angels are after," Kira said angels after a moment's hesitation, as if he doubted that they were in fact heavenly beings. "Besides, Rei is a Saint Beast. Even though he's injured, he can handle himself," he looked over his shoulder and smiled cockily at Rei, "Well, one would hope, anyway."

Rei flushed in anger and shame, all too quickly recalling the reason he was even in this situation in the first place. "Just shut up and go already. I'll be fine."

Kira smirked, but their was still a look of worry and uncertainty in his eyes. "Just hold out for as long as you can, and we'll bring the others as quickly as possible."

Rei looked at him in horror, which he quickly tried to hide. He could not let the others find out about this, especially Ruka! He couldn't let them know that he hadn't even been able to handle a situation like this on his own! It would be like admitting that he really was nothing but a burden.

"The other Saint Beasts went on a mission soon after you left," Rei said, desperately hoping Kira wouldn't pick on the slight tremor in his voice. Rei had never been a good liar. Then again, there wasn't much need to be in heaven. "So no one is at Heaven's Palace right now. Anyway, just worry about getting yourself and Maya to safety. I'll be fine." Rei turned his face away at the end, unable to look Kira in the face.

Kira looked uncertain, and maybe even a little suspicious, but in the end his concern for Maya won over his suspicion of Rei. With one last look over his shoulder at Rei, Kira and Maya disappeared into the trees.

Rei sighed in relief. Well, at least they're out of danger now, he thought to himself. Unfortunately, Rei knew that his danger was far from over. Even if Stheno and his group didn't find the spot where he had landed, he was still seriously injured, he doubted his ability to walk, and to top it all off, he was still losing blood from the wound to his ribs. Rei groaned as he realized how bleak his circumstances were looking.

Best case scenario: Kira manged to get him some form of help (that did not involve the other Saint Beasts) before Stheno found him or he lost too much blood.

Worst case scenario: Well...Rei didn't really want to think about that.

Unfortunately, he didn't have much of a choice, because a few minutes later Rei heard a rustling in the trees to the left of him, coming from the opposite direction Kira and Maya had gone, followed by a shout that chilled Rei's blood, "I found some broken tree branches. I think they landed somewhere over here!"
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