So you know how most oneshot books have a main ship that's like 90% of the oneshots
That may or may not be Kaiston here lol
This comes directly from season 1 episode 22, versus most of these that are supposed to be general events and don't directly correlate to an episode.
I'm sure Jakey will finish this in episode 23 but since nothing is canon yet I want to write my own ending for this part lol

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Kai groaned again as another wave of insufferable pain washed through his body.

Everything is going wrong... he thought to himself.

There had just been an explosion somewhere nearby, no doubt the Spero putting their plan into action. He cursed himself for falling ill at the perfectly wrong moment.

"Chase, you go see what that was about. Ivy, can you keep working on that remedy?" Quinston sprung into leader mode.

Chase nodded and in a flash of yellow was gone.

"Q-Quinston, I'll be fine-" Kai sucked in air as another spike shot through his entire body. "You need to stop them, before they get the White Stone-"

The green-eyed Magiclica dropped to his knee beside the Spero boy. His eyes were filled with concern, telling Kai he was his biggest priority when he shouldn't be.

"No. You're most certainly not fine. And I'm going to stay here, with you, until you're better and not in any sort of pain, okay?" He gently grabbed Kai's hand, sending pins and needles up his arm, although he didn't show it.

Another wave started. Kai moaned in agony and scrunched his entire face. He needs to go...

"Any time now, Ivy!" Quinston called, panic slowly starting to creep into his voice.

"Working on it!" She replied, mixing a potion as fast as she could. Ivy whipped around and kneeled next to Kai, gently holding a beaker to his lips. Kai disliked his position at the moment, but considering his predicament he decided to just drink what was given to him.

"Anything?" Quinston asked. Kai still felt the dull thud of pain in his entire being, but it wasn't quite so unbearable as before.

"A little..." he sighed. "Thanks... Ivy, right?" He looked up and gave the Magiclica girl a quick smile. She hesitantly waved back. I wouldn't blame her.

"What happened?" Quinston demanded, worry woven into his voice.

Kai sighed. "Something's combating the demone scuro in my body-" they both gasped. Kai shrugged. "It's how a Spero gets their powers. Normally it doesn't effect us too much, except when we over-exert our powers. But I..." he cut himself off, not sure how to explain that the Spero has gotten this close to the White Stone, so much that he had actually touched the artifact.

"You what?" Ivy continued. Kai grimaced.

"The first time Ichiro took Melissa-"

"When they used you as a distraction," Quinston added.

Ivy growled. "Yeah, thanks for that. You nearly got me expelled!" She pointed an accusing finger at the Spero.

Kai grimaced. "Yeah, sorry about that... I didn't want to, I swear! Anyway, when that happened, the Spero actually got through the security and to where the White Stone was stored."

Ivy gasped again while Quinston mouthed something monosyllabic.

"I-Ichiro threatened Melissa that he would hurt her friends if she didn't break the ward. He asked me to bring her to the podium, a-and... I may or may not have touched the Stone once the ward was broken," the sky-eyed boy finished. The Magiclicas were silent for a moment.

"So... you actually touched the White Stone," Ivy repeated. Kai nodded.

"Do you know what this means? Magiclicas first came into existence when they touched the White Stone! That's how they gained their special powers!"

"Yeah, and now its powers don't like my powers," Kai snapped. The dull thud of pain was starting to come back, and he knew he didn't have much more time before he would he in trouble.

Quinston's expression grew concerned and Ivy's confused as they watched Kai squeeze his eyes right and fall back to a kneeling position.

"I-it's w-wearing off..." He panted, the exertion to right the pain kicking in again.

"Hold on, Kai, we'll get you some more potion. Ivy think you can-"

"That was the last of the lavender in this garden. The plant was already dying that I got it from. That might be why this lasted so short," Ivy stated grimly.

Kai grimaced as the pain washed over him again. Quinston was truly starting to panic, although Kai thought it was a stupid waste of energy over him.

"G-go s-stop the S-Spero! I don't matter! T-The Stone does!" The sky-eyed boy pleaded to the green-eyed.

Quinston shook his head. "I said I'm staying with you. Ivy, see if there's anything you can do to help out there, alright? I'll take care of this,"

Ivy hesitated. "You sure?"

"Positive."

She nodded. "I'll be back when I can to help out." Then she was parting the plants with her powers and running through the tunnel.

"Why?" Kai asked finally. Why me? Why do you care so darn much about ME? I should be your arch nemesis; not the guy you throw your life away for. This isn't right, but it feels like it. These were the type of thoughts that went through his head every time he was with the green-eyed wonder that was before him.

Quinston chuckled. "You know, if there's one thing that I've learned in this school year, it's that the COM and all this about Magiclicas being better than Ciphers and that the Spero are bad people, it can all go be buried in a hole because none of it is true. The White Stone can be thrown in there too for all I care." He was kneeling in front of Kai now, once again holding the tan boy's hands and making a rush of feelings and emotions flow throughout his body.

We shouldn't be doing this, Kai hated his mind's rationality at the moment. He needs to help his people, not me.

Oh why can't I get what he's trying to say through my thick skull without any self-doubt.

Suddenly a new wave of insanity struck Kai. He heard himself scream and Quinston desperately asking what happened. Kai has the last thought to try and reassure his crush he would be fine before he totally blacked out.

It was quiet when Kai came to. There was no screaming or explosions in the distance, no night creatures or falling leaves to make the night seem alive. He opened his eyes to find himself in a tall, open room with a few other empty beds in it and a plant in the corner. He slowly swung his legs over the side of the bed.

"H-Hello...?" Kai called nervously. This certainly wasn't the Spero hideout, and if he wasn't there, then where was he? And what trouble was he going to get into for being here?

A door opened on the side of the room. Kai jumped as a man in a white collared shirt and a tie walked in, reading his clipboard intently. Kai froze.

Maybe if I don't move, he won't see me.

Unfortunately, that didn't work. The man happened to look up and made eye contact with the Spero.

"You're up," he noted. Kai stiffly waved.

The man sighed and chuckled. "Good, good. I'm sure you're confused as to where you are?"

Kai made a gesture with his hand. "I was just thinking about that, yes."

"You're in the Everston infirmary," the man stated. Kai stiffened.

I'm so screwed.

"You somehow managed to get possessed by a demone scuro in the woods. Although the effects on a Cipher are mostly unknown, on a Magiclica they're known to drive a person insane. You're lucky Mister O'Kouzlo found you when he did," the man continued. Kai was confused. I'm technically a Cipher though?

"Um, sir, I think you might be mistaken. I'm not a Magiclica..." Kai trailed off, knowing he was probably busted and about to be arrested and was going to live out the rest of his life in prison.

The man had an odd smirk on his face. "Are you sure? Because from all the readings we could get while you were out, it says you're a Magiclica," he said with a hint of humor. "That's why the demone scuro was causing you so much pain, correct? Luckily I know how to deal with them and was able to purge it from your body. You're... free now." The man winked before walking through a portal that just appeared and warping away.

Meanwhile, Kai was both shocked and shook. That man clearly knew what Kai really was. But he didn't call me out? Kai had a feeling Quinston had something to do with this. The thought of him made butterflies erupt in his stomach, much to his annoyance. He was also starving, so it really wasn't a great combination.

At the end of the bed was a table that conveniently had a maroon hoodie and a pair of basic jeans that were much more appropriate for going out than in a Spero uniform or anything else that was probably around here. Once Kai was changed he threw the old uniform in a trash can and hoped it was sent to the incinerator before leaving the infirmary and entering the main hall of Everston. He had only been here a few times, and never on any truthful intentions.

A bell rang throughout the school, and in a matter of seconds Kai was swarmed by kids his age in Everston uniforms leaving their classrooms and heading for the exit doors. It felt odd to be here without any wrong to do, surrounded by kids who were too busy trying to go home than to worry if this boy that wasn't dressed like them was actually a Spero.

Something tugged the back of Kai's mind. He glanced down to find his hand glowing four different colors: red, yellow, blue, and green- but not in a way he had ever seen before.

"What the-" he breathed and waved his hand around randomly. The tug at the back of his mind was stronger now, telling him to turn around and see wha my was behind him.

So Kai did, and somehow managed to meet the green eyes that made his heart go on overdrive.

Kai and Quinston stared at each other, before the brunette Magiclica pushed his way through the crowd and immediately threw his arms around the redhead.

"KAI! You're alright! I was so worried about you," Quinston breathed, gently cupping Kai's face with his smooth touch that brought fire to Kai's face.

"Q-Quinston, we're in public," the sky-eyed boy said with a laugh.

The green-eyed boy laughed." "Who cares? I'm just glad you're here, with me," he glanced down, a smile painted across his lips and a blush across his cheeks (as if Kai wasn't a red mess already.)

Kai was the first to break away. "What happened? I-I shouldn't be here, I'm going to get caught-"

Quinston hushed him. "It's alright. Mister Foley, one of the teachers here, he helped out on that night. He tried helping Melissa when the Spero were about to find her and he cured you. He knows everything, but he's going to keep it all a secret."

Kai blinked. "Everything? Are you sure that's a-"

"I doesn't matter anyway. You're not a Spero anymore, if you don't want to be. He got rid the the demone scuro that was conflicting with the White Stone. If that's the only thing that was keeping you, you can cut the ties, right here, right now." Quinston sounded so sure of everything like he always did. Maybe it was just a Magiclica thing, Kai thought, or it maybe it was something special that only Quinston possessed to make everything seem like it was going to be fine.

Kai took a deep breath. "You know, I think that's something I'd really like." He and Quinston shared a smile and a look, both thinking and feeling the same thing: that they were going to be okay and figure this out, together.