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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?
- 5
- 6
- 7
Ruka paced up and down one of the many hallways of Heaven's Palace. Where could he be? Ruka thought to himself. It's been almost nine hours! Whatever errand required his attention should have long been finished by now!

Ruka had begun to worry about Rei after he had gone looking for him after their group training session was over, only to discover that he had not yet returned. Ruka had flown out to look for him in all his usual favorite spots, but had not found him. Ruka assumed that Rei must have returned home while he had been out searching for him, but when he returned and learned that this was not the case, Ruka grew even more worried.

Ruka continued his nervous pacing until he heard a familiar voice call his name. Turning around, he saw Yuda, followed closely by Shin, coming down the hall to meet him.

Yuda was the first to speak, "Has Rei still not returned?" he asked, a concerned look on his face.

Ruka shook his head, casting a pleading look at his best friend and leader of the Saint Beasts, "No, he has not. I'm starting to get truly anxious, Yuda."

"It is peculiar behavior for him," Shin observed, worry plainly etched into his lovely face. "Rei does not usually stay out this late. He does not enjoy flying at night."

"What's all this about Rei?" piped in Gai's enthusiastic voice as the small blond angel bounded over to their little group, Gou following close behind him.

"He still has not returned from that errand he left to attend to earlier," Yuda informed him, his concern showing openly in his voice.

"What?" Gai practically shouted. "But that was almost nine hours ago! Where the hell is he?"

"That's something we'd all like to know, Gai," Gou stated calmly, though it was obvious from the look on his face that he was just as worried as everyone else.

Suddenly they heard a shuffling sound coming from the other end of the hall, followed by the creak of a door opening. They all quickly spun around, looking toward the source of the noise.

A shadowy figure stood in front of the door that led to Rei's bed chamber, seeming to have trouble opening the heavy oak door. The full moon shone through the window and cast a small beam of light on the figure, just enough to illuminate the shine of the figure's pale skin and long, violate hair.

"Rei!" Ruka shouted, sprinting over to him, the rest of the Saint Beasts following him. He slowed down as he got closer to Rei, realizing that the smaller angel had not even looked his way when Ruka called his name.

Rei stiffened when he heard Ruka call out to him. Dammit! He should have known he couldn't sneak back into Heaven's palace without anyone noticing. They all knew he never stayed out late, so naturally they would be waiting for him to return.

Still, why did Ruka have to be there? He didn't want to see any of the other Saint Beasts right now, but especially not Ruka! Rei couldn't let Ruka find out what he'd done! Or what Stheno had...almost done. No, none of the Saint Beasts could ever know. Rei silently thanked Zeus that it was dark enough that the others wouldn't see his bloody wounds or shredded clothes.

"Rei, where have you been? You never stay out late! And you've been gone for so long, we were all worried!" said Shin, his normally calm demeanor slipping due to his concern.

"I'm sorry," Rei said softly, still refusing to look at his companions, "I didn't mean to cause all of you so much concern. My...errand just took a little longer to complete than expected. I'm sorry that I caused you all trouble."

"Nine hours is a little longer than expected? Jeez Rei, that must have been one hell of an errand," Gai muttered a bit sarcastically, earning a smack upside the head from Gou for his tone.

"Oww! Gou...!" The small blonde angel growled, baring his canine-like fangs at the taller angel.

Ruka ignored them and took a step closer to Rei. "Rei...are you alright?" he asked softly, placing a hand on the petite angel's slim shoulder.

Almost instantly he was assaulted with a barrage of thoughts and memories, so strong that it sent him reeling back. They were all so jumbled together he couldn't make any sense of them, but he could understand one thing. Permeated throughout Rei's thoughts were intense waves of shame, fear, and pain. So much pain. He had never felt anything like that from Rei, and it greatly disturbed him.

Yuda caught Ruka as he stumbled back. "Ruka, are you alright?" he asked, an almost panicking tone coloring his voice. He could tell Ruka was badly shaken by whatever he'd seen when he touched Rei, and it took a lot to rattle the silver haired angel like that.

Ruka looked over his shoulder to give his best friend a shaky smile, "Yes, Yuda. I'm alright. Thank you." Ruka then turned back to Rei, who was looking at him with a mixture of horror and concern. "Rei...what...?"

Rei turned his face away, "I'm sorry, Ruka. My thoughts are all jumbled because I'm very tired. I'll be better after a good night's sleep. Good Night."

"Rei? Rei wait—," but before Ruka could stop him, Rei finally managed to get his door open a crack and slip inside, shutting and locking the door behind him.

"Rei..." Ruka just stood outside Rei's door, looking confused and forlorn. Why? He thought to himself. Why is Rei keeping something from me? And what would cause Rei to... Ruka couldn't help but shrink back from the memory of the terrible emotions emanating from Rei.

Ruka sighed and felt a warm hand on his shoulder, "Ruka," Yuda said. Ruka turned around to face him. "Why don't you go get some rest. I'm sure Rei will tell us what really happened when he's ready, but for now, let him rest. And let yourself do the same."

Ruka nodded, walking behind the others as they all headed to their own respective chambers. He only half listened to the others worries and reassurances about Rei, as he was occupied with his own thoughts.

When he reached the other end of the hall, where his chambers were located, he stole one last glance at the closed door to Rei's chambers. He just couldn't shake the feeling that something very bad had happened to his pure, delicate angel. Ruka sighed again and entered his chambers, resolving to confront Rei about everything tomorrow.

Just as the door had shut behind his, a beam of light from the moon came through the hall windows, illuminating the area in front of Rei's door with a pure, silvery light. Had anyone still been in the hallway to witness this, they would have noticed the small puddle of red liquid just outside Rei's door, which had been given a shiny, ruby like luster under the light of the moon.

Rei let loose a small sigh of relief as he slid into his chambers, closing and locking the door behind him. Well, at least I've escaped the others' questions, he thought to himself as he limped over to his closet. Well, at least for now, anyway.

When Rei made it to the closet, he reached up with his good arm to grab the medium-sized box that lay on the top shelf, ignoring the screams of protest from his back and ribs. When finally grabbed hold of the box and managed to lift it off the shelf, he made his way over to his bed with it, laying the box down on the bed and carefully sitting down next to it.

Rei opened the box, eyes scanning the contents until he found what he needed. The human first aide kit. All the angels in heaven had them, just in case they were ever injured and unable to be healed right away. As a Saint Beast, Rei had never needed them, because whenever any of them got injured in some way, Yuda would just heal them with his powers, as always. However this time, that wasn't an option for Rei. Besides, he wasn't even sure Yuda's powers would work on his wounds. They had been inflicted by an angelic weapon, and Yuda had never healed an injury like that before. He never had a need to.

After Rei had finally managed to peel his torn, bloody clothes away from his body and shove them under his bed, he took small cloth from the bowl of water he used to wash his face every morning, and began washing the dried blood and dirt off of his body. It was a long and painful process, and he couldn't get all the blood off his back, but he managed to get the worst of the filth off his body and hair.

Next came the part that Re had been dreading the most: removing the metal star from where it still lay imbedded in his ribs. He grabbed another, dry cloth from beside the wash bowl, rolled it up and placed it between his teeth, both to prevent him from biting down on his tongue or lip and to muffle and screams he might make. Then, grabbing hold of the two points that weren't buried in his body, Rei quickly and mercilessly yanked the metal star out of his ribs.

Pain exploded all throughout his ribs, so intense that Rei saw stars and blacked out for a moment. Thankfully, though, his impromptu gag had worked. No one had heard him scream.

Rei set the newly freed, bloody metal star on the table next to his bed and quickly held some gauze over the gaping wound in his ribs, which was now bleeding freely, and wrapped some bandages around his waist to keep the gauze in place. Next, he splinted his ankle and wrapped some bandages around that as well.

After that he moved on to bandaging his less serious cuts and bruises. He knew that the laceration on his shoulder was very deep, but angels healed more quickly than humans, so he hoped it would heal within a week or so.

The only problem he had was his inability to treat his back. He knew the wounds there were very deep, some of them so deep that they almost hit bone, but there was nothing he could do to treat them without help, and that was definitely out of the question. Oh well, at least they've stopped bleeding, Rei thought to himself as he gathered the medical supplies back into the box, I'll just leave them alone.

After Rei had put the box back in the closet, he hobbled back over to his bed and lay on his left side. Rei knew he should try to figure out how to answer all the questions the other Saint Beasts would undoubtedly ask him tomorrow, but he was too exhausted from pain and fatigue to really care.
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