HEY people! Well, here it is. The SEQUEL to Chronicles Of Fate: Bryan And Kai! I hope you're not all majorly disappointed!
Pairings: Bryan x Kai. Tala x Ray.
WARNINGS: Bad language. Yaoi. Writing is not my best, at some point I will go through this story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade, nor any of its characters. Any unknown characters most likely belong to me.
Enjoy!
Chapter One: Black Hearted
Kai lay on his futon and stared up at the ceiling; he listened vaguely as Tyson managed to break yet another priceless vase. He sighed; at one time he probably would have smashed another priceless vase over Tyson's head to teach him a lesson but right now Kai just couldn't be bothered.
He heard the door softly open which was followed by Ray's quiet footsteps, he felt Ray sit down on the end of his futon. Kai glanced at him; contrary to Ray's light-hearted footsteps the expression in the neko-jin's eyes told Kai Ray was ready to tear the whole building down.
"Tala issues?" enquired Kai
Ray's eyes narrowed ever so slightly
"Give him time" continued Kai "he'll stop pestering you when he gets bored"
"What makes you think he's going to live that long?" asked Ray venomously
Kai smirked "I didn't think you'd let anyone get you so twisted up inside" he commented
"There's the devil and then there's Tala" replied Ray with a sigh; he relaxed and leant back against the back of the futon. When he was with Kai it was the only time he got any peace but Ray's time with Kai was limited as the phoenix often used his magical skills to disappear for hours on end.
"You want anything?" asked Kai
"A short rod of metal" answered Ray
"I was meaning along the drinks line" said Kai lightly kicking Ray with his foot
"Alright, a glass of water and a short rod of metal"
Kai rolled his eyes "no you can't beat Tala about the head" he said
"I feel like doing it!" hissed Ray
"Ray, you wouldn't be able to get within a metre of Tala if you intended to hit him with a rod of metal"
"Who said anything about me doing the dirty work?" muttered Ray
"There's no need to be so vengeful" said Kai softly, when he didn't get a response he glanced at the neko-jin again to see him sitting there moodily arms folded and with a definite sulky expression on his face "what is with you?" he asked getting slightly irritated "What's Tala done this time?"
"He asked why I had long hair" said Ray indignantly
"What's wrong with that?" Kai didn't quite see the relevance
"He was threatening me with scissors at the time"
Kai paused to let this sink in to his head. One: he couldn't believe that Ray had taken offence to this when it was obviously so childish and two: he couldn't believe Tala had become so childish. He blinked at Ray a couple of times to see if the neko-jin was joking.
"Is that it?"
"What do you mean is that it!" fumed Ray "you have no idea how insulting that is!"
"You're right, I have absolutely no idea how insulting it is," agreed Kai "it just sounds childish to me!"
Ray didn't answer; Kai sighed and sat up grumbling that he had to move from his comfortable position to sort this out. He looked at Ray closely; something just wasn't right about the neko-jin.
"Ray?"
Ray didn't look at him and all of a sudden Kai's senses were alert
"Look at me!" Kai put his hand on Ray's shoulder but still the neko-jin did not look at him "Ray!"
"What?"
"Why aren't you looking at me?" growled Kai
Ray didn't answer
Sighing Kai stood up and walked to face Ray in order to look at him; he froze. A long scratch starting from the corner of Ray's eye to his jaw blazed, it looked angry and red. Kai's eyes flashed.
"It's not deep" said Ray quietly still avoiding Kai's gaze
"That's not the point!" snapped Kai "Tala did this?"
"I don't think he meant to hit me" Ray said quickly "he just threw the scissors and left"
Kai turned and started to the door; Ray leapt up and dived on to Kai wrapping his arms round him desperately in a bid to stop Kai from finding Tala "don't!"
"Why the fuck not?" snarled Kai "no one hurts my team! No one!" he struggled against Ray who held on fast
"I know you and Tala are good friends! I don't want to get in between you!" Ray grappled against Kai who was stronger
"You've done nothing!" retorted Kai "he's the one who's ruined it! I'll kill him!"
"No!" shouted Ray "he didn't mean it!"
The tone in Ray's voice made Kai stop and he turned to look at the neko-jin who looked at him stubbornly
"How long has this been going on?" asked Kai slowly.
"We've been fighting all the time," said Ray "but this is the first time he's ever actually attacked…"
"But why have you been fighting?" demanded Kai
"Oh Kai!" Ray sighed, "you know we hate each other"
"I hate Brooklyn but I don't go round beating the shit out him!" snarled Kai
"You're in different countries" Ray pointed out
Kai glared at him and Ray sighed
"I don't know why," said Ray "I try to ignore it but…he just gets to me"
"You weren't going to tell me about this were you?" Kai realised
"No" replied Ray "the only reason I changed my mind was I thought it wise to tell you before you found out yourself"
"I'm going to kill him" said Kai and he turned back to the door
"No!" Ray grabbed for Kai again "just listen for a moment! I'm not telling you this to make you fall out with Tala or to seem unable to deal with it myself!"
"Then why are you telling me!" shouted Kai
"Because there's something not right with Tala!" Ray ran past Kai and stood in front of the door "he's not right and beating him up won't help!"
"Tala's never right!" snarled Kai "doesn't give him the excuse to hurt people!"
"You're right it doesn't" Ray agreed "but if it was just a simple case of Tala beating me up then I would just deal with it myself!"
"Then why don't you?" asked Kai
"Because there's something on his mind and I don't know him as well as you" replied Ray
"You hate Tala" said Kai "why are you so worried about his well being?"
"Because when I look in to his eyes it scares me" whispered Ray "and I don't know what he's going to do next"
Kai frowned at him as Ray looked earnestly back at him
"Please Kai, killing Tala is not the answer. If it was, finding Tala in a ditch would be the first time you would hear about this" said Ray failing to keep the quirky smile hidden "I don't want you to scold him like a bully, I want you to talk to him as the friend you are"
Kai sighed, "fine, I'll talk to him but afterwards I'm going to kill him" he turned and walked to the door. Ray sighed as the phoenix left and lightly ran his finger down the scratch along his face
"I hope I've done the right thing" he murmured, he couldn't stop the shiver as he remembered the cold almost crazy look in Tala's eye as the wolf had thrown the scissors at him. What Ray and Tala argued about was superficial but the result for Ray had been the closest thing he'd come to death…well almost the closest; Bryan had also nearly killed the neko-jin "the Blitzkrieg Boys are going to be the death of me" surmised Ray.
Kai walked around his mansion carrying a sword; the fact he was carrying a sword had nothing to do with the fact he wanted to kill Tala, he'd actually pulled the sword from Daichi who had been threatening a maid with it but Kai couldn't deny the sword would come in useful. He entered the west wing and as always paused at the large life size painting of his grandfather; it had been three weeks since the old man had died but he still managed to affect Kai who hadn't told anybody about the dreams. Kai glared at the painting; he would not let his grandfather affect him.
"He's dead," he told himself sternly "nothing will bring him back"
"Can I help you sir?"
Kai turned to see Bryan's favourite servant walk up to him. Bryan kept complaining that Kai should get rid of the man but Kai kept him for comedy value.
"Have this painting destroyed" Kai ordered as he turned back to the painting
"B-But sir it is a painting!" spluttered the manservant
"And here was me think it was a dog" said Kai sarcastically "so what?"
"I mean to say it's a painting of your grandfather" gasped the manservant
"Yes, you're right" Kai looked one last time at the painting "tear it to shreds and then burn it"
Kai walked off down the corridor his face lightening as his mind slipped from his grandfather to Bryan. He would never admit it but he missed the falcon. Bryan had left soon after the Bladebreakers had arrived with the firm statement that he hated the Bladebreakers. Though Kai was pleased to see his team again he couldn't help almost resenting their presence because he no longer had the falcon around. He couldn't understand why he felt this and he could understand even less what he felt for Bryan but Kai had discovered the hard way that he could control everything except his feelings for Bryan.
Turning in to a corridor he stopped as he found his quarry; Tala was leaning against the wall at the end of the corridor thoughtfully gazing at a statue of an ancestor of Kai's. He heard Kai's footsteps as the phoenix approached and he could practically feel the heated fury that radiated from Kai. He sighed.
"I didn't mean to catch him" said Tala not looking at Kai
"Not good enough Tala!" snarled Kai as he stood in front of the wolf "if you hate Ray so much then leave! Ray is a guest here and I will not have his safety threatened and especially not from you!"
Tala caught sight of the sword "I said I didn't mean it!"
Kai subconsciously raised the sword "I swear Tala Ivanov if you ever lay one finger on Ray ever again I'll cut your throat!"
"A little violent" commented Tala "not like you to make such a threat"
"Not like you to attack one of my friends!" Kai glared at Tala "what's wrong with you? And what's the deal with pestering Ray? He's done nothing to you!"
Tala snorted "like prissy boy could do a thing to me"
"Don't underestimate Ray," warned Kai "otherwise I won't do a thing to stop him"
Tala nearly laughed "if he even threatens me with a feather I'll kill him"
This was the wrong thing to say to Kai at this moment, normally he could live with Tala's unpredictable violent temper which could beat all but right now Kai wasn't in the mood and though Tala was able to protect himself from anything Kai was ready to take down an elephant.
"Get off my property!" snarled Kai quietly
Tala's eyes widened slightly "you have to be joking"
Kai was interrupted by Bryan's favourite manservant coming in to the corridor struggling with the painting of his grandfather "this isn't over Ivanov!" Kai hissed before turning to the manservant "what?"
"Pardon sir" the manservant tried to heft the painting to a better position but failed and dropped it on his toe "but Mr Kuznetsov is here" he squeaked as tears sprang to his eyes.
"Mr Kuznetsov?" repeated Kai
Bryan!
I know! I know! there's no actual Bryan Kai action but there is in Chapter two i promise! well tell me what you think and i hope you like it! hope it didn't disappoint anyone, anyway do tell me! i hope you did like it!
A/N due to exams i won't be updating for a couple of weeks because i want to do some serious revision but i shall be back...hopefully, unless you don't like it! anyway i will be back in a couple of weeks and i'm sorry for the wait!
until next time people! oh and please review!
Kiki
