Authoress: Well, consider this a side (yet entertaining) project from Paranormal. I also might be stepping outside of Beyblade, so look for me elsewhere in the anime or cartoon genre! Without further ado… aw crap, I forgot the following:

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade and its characters; Any other characters are my own, otherwise coincidental.

Keys: Narration, "Speech," 'Thoughts,' Past mentioning (unless implied before hand), ... (next scene), /.../ (dream scene)

Warnings (for future chapters as well): Language, violence, sexual situations (I will try keep it at T+)

Authoress: Okay! Without further ado, here's my second fic, Dreamations.

Prologue: Impossible

Ten years ago…

The young boy of eight huffed at his homework, not understanding this English assignment. He re-read the passage and the question, but wondered if there was a double meaning to the question being asked. He drummed his fingers on the glass dining room table, while trying to think of a way to say his answer…

"Awesome!" yelled the babysitter of sixteen, quickly jumping and returning to his seat on the couch. He leaned forward on his knees, keeping his brown eyes on the huge flat screen. He didn't mind babysitting for the Pajari's, especially if both of them have late night business to attend. He could throw a party and still get away with anything if he wanted, but the rugby game was on. He mentally patted himself on the back for having such an easy job with great pay… He grinned at the television, waving his fist at his team for encouragement-

"Excuse me." Startled, the babysitter turned his attention to his charge who was scowling towards him without the heated glare.

"Sorry, Kai. My team scored and-"

"I can hear the excitement," remarked Kai, crossing his arms, "I know my parents are out for the night, Nikolai, but I still have homework to do," he sighed and placed a hand to his temple, massaging out an oncoming headache. "You know what? Never mind. I'll finish upstairs and put myself to bed. Just keep it down and I'll tell my parents you're my favorite so you can come back and watch the boxing match Saturday with your friends."

Nikolai was floored by the bargain. "How did you know about the mat-"

"I can still hear. I am not completely disabled."

Stealing a quick glance to the game, which transitioned into a commercial, Nikolai began to stand up. Facing his charge while smiling, he spoke: "Well, thanks Kai… Do you want me to help you upstairs?"

"No need. Dranzer will take me to my room," Kai let out a sharp whistle and held his hand opened by his right thigh. When he felt the soft fur, he grabbed enough of the fur that would not cause the animal harm. Still facing Nikolai, the boy continued, "if you can, please bring a bowl of water to my room and place it in the exact spot as the one that's up there now."

Nikolai glanced down at the red-furred husky, dismissing the idea of it scowling like its master. The teen always thought there was something odd and dangerous about that dog, so he avoided conflicts with its master and hoped that the husky would not chew on his leg. Nikolai gulped unconsciously and looked at his charge once more. "Replace the water and that's all you want? Did you want me to bring a glass for you?"

"No thank you. Good night Nikolai, and remember to keep the volume down." As Kai walked away to grab his homework in the dining room, the older boy could not believe that heavy atmosphere around the kid. Sure, he's only eight-years-old and his parents were filthy rich like nobles, but to Nikolai, Kai was the one in charge of the whole estate and that included his parents. He muted the television and watched Kai go up the stairs like a normal boy who could see…

Before starting his job babysitting, Mr. and Mrs. Pajari had a long discussion with Nikolai about Kai and his importance to them. They told him that Kai was a gift from an angel, no matter his blindness, and that they will do anything to see that he was treated like a normal boy. Even though Kai's parents seem to be no where in sight, they actually adore their "gift" and cherish him above all others, according to Nikolai's point of view.

"Are you being a smart ass by muting your game or are you just making sure I don't trip and fall down the stairs?" Kai paused on the last top stair, waiting for Nikolai's answer.

Nikolai frowned at the boy. "Sorry for caring…"

"My apologies for making you seem like you have to."

The teen huffed angrily and pressed the arrow-down button controlling volume, cancelling the mute. Nikolai pressed the down button twice and forced himself back onto the couch, hoping that Kai heard him returning to his seat and not caring. "Brat," he mumbled-

"If you want to insult me, at least say it louder so you won't hide behind your words."

Nikolai clutched his hands into his fists and focused back onto the game. Rich kid Kai may be, but in some ways Kai was a cocky bastard who happened to be way younger than him. In the background, the teen heard the door shut, signaling that Kai was in his room. "Brat," he said in his normal voice.

…

Kai rested on his back, listening to the sounds outside his bedroom door. He could still hear the television, but enough for him to sleep though the night. The heater hummed through the vents, spreading the warm air throughout the house. He listened to the gentle cold breeze swishing at his bedroom window, a car driving through the neighborhood, a couple of dogs growling and barking further down the streets. Sometimes being blind had its advantages, but Kai still ignored his disability. What he found annoying was that everyone else was treating him like a special case; he has the ability to think and speak his own mind (hell, he was smarter than any normal eight-year-old or eighteen-year-old), yet everyone radiates sympathy towards him.

The boy huffed and focused on Dranzer's breathing, which was coming from the right end-corner of Kai's bed. Kai let a small smile spread across his face for his faithful furred companion. Even when the Russian boy was a baby, Dranzer was still there in puppy form. His adopted parents were very much against having a dog off the streets attend to their young son, but from what Kai was told, the husky was determined to be Kai's seeing eye dog. Kai always thought and heard that Dranzer was the dog made for him and vice versa. He was content that his only true friend was furry and walked on four legs.

"Dranzer," Kai paused and heard that his friend stopped breathing, signaling his attention. It may sound silly to talk his dog, but Kai knew that Dranzer was not a normal dog. Still holding a smile, Kai said: "Thank you."

The husky huffed through his nose and continued to breathe normally. Kai turned onto his side and positioned himself for sleep and dreams. Though he could not see anything while he dreamed, he could hear memories or hear the rare-occasioned imagination of being a historical figure. There was one visual dream that once happened, but his mind buried any memory of it while Kai was awake: there was a woman with hair in three different shades, a pale complexion in her face and a gentle look in her eyes. For one quick moment, while Kai was dreaming of this, he always thought that woman to be his real mother. However, after that moment passed, his memory erased the thought.

Inhaling deeply and exhaling slowly, Kai prepared himself for audible dreams and secretly hoped that nothing loud would disturb his dreaming.

/.../.../.../

Black.

At this point, Kai did not know if he was awake or asleep because he would not hear anything. Darkness surrounded him and the silence deafened him. His own thoughts were muted, but he felt something…

Warmth. He felt something warm coming towards him. Then the darkness into a darkened gray-

Someone was walking. Judging by the light footsteps, this person was small in height or very graceful. This person may be male because female walkers were associated with the clicking of high heels; this person was either barefoot or walking with thin slippers or socks-

"Aw, great," mumbled a boy's voice; Kai frowned inwardly at the phrase and at the same time realized it was not his own voice. His was a little deeper than that, but at least he could safely conclude that a boy around Kai's age was here, wherever here was. Kai heard shuffling like the boy turning around, brushing his arms against his clothing.

"Where the heck am I?" complained the voice. Kai frowned and again realized another thing: he has never come across this voice before. The Russian's imagination was not strong enough to make up a boy's voice, so who was this boy?

"Who are you?" asked Kai.

"AH!" The boy yelped and turned around again. Kai heard the other boy's startled breathing; Kai took a couple of steps back when he felt the other's presence within his personal space. Not wanting to the other boy to crash into him, Kai held his arms out, scaring the boy when Kai touched his shirt. "Don't you know it's rude to scare people like that," remarked the boy, huffing and then controlling his breathing.

Kai folded his arms and attempted to take an intimidating stance. "How do you think I'm suppose to see you when I'm blind?"

"Well, I'm blind too because of all of this blackness, so don't blame your dream surroundings."

The Russian boy dropped his stance and let his arms drop to his sides. "So this is a dream?"

"Well, yeah; it's actually your dream. I'm just a visitor who happened to say a few wrong words for a spell and I landed here. Funny," Kai felt the other boy's back facing him, "I thought I could only travel in my world's dreams, but this is so weird!" Kai resisted the urge to take a step back when he felt the other boy's breath once again. "Is your world always this dark?"

Kai did not know how to respond. Surely if this was his dream, then Kai could control anything or anyone and create any situation he wanted. But somehow, he doubted that his mind could create this based off what he heard when he was awake his eight years of living.

"Define my world."

The other boy sighed and took a step back, giving Kai some space. "I mean, what's in your world? Dragons? Fae? Dreamation Seers? That's all in my world by the way, but I have a feeling that you don't have any idea what I'm talking about."

Kai sighed and felt his hand massaging the bridge of his nose. "Okay, this is stupid. I'm blind, literally, as in I cannot see. I never heard your voice when I'm awake, so I don't know how the hell I dreamed of you."

"You didn't dream me; I just told you I'm a visitor-" the other boy paused in his speech. Kai leaned his head back when he felt a hand breezing by his eyesight. "You really can't see me?"

The Russian caught the other boy's hand, but didn't squeeze it in a harmful way. The hand felt softer than Kai's own hand, but definitely felt boyish. "Yes, but that doesn't mean I can't hear or feel you, so stop waving your hand like that." Kai dropped the hand and felt cool internally; he was not even aware that he felt warm to begin with.

"Sorry," mumbled the boy. A moment's pause and the boy spoke again: "But I don't think you have to be blind in your own dreams; that's just sad."

"Well, that's reality in my world. If you can't see in real life, then you can't see dreams either-"

"What if I told you I can fix that?" An awkward silence filled between them, but the other boy continued: "That you can see while you're dreaming? I can help you see."

"That's not possible," said Kai, anger reflecting in his tone. "This dream is getting ridiculous-"

"But isn't that the point of dreams?" Kai, again, resisted on being startled when the boy grabbed his hand and held it. "Dreams are suppose to open the door to the impossible. If I can make you see while you're dreaming-and I can-then what's the worst that could happen in your dream? You wake up and realize that you have no memory of it?"

Kai was floored; this boy made perfect sense. Worst-case scenario, the boy was a figment of Kai's imagination and when Kai woke up, none of this would be real. Nevertheless, the Russian boy frowned at the impossible offer. "I don't even know who you are."

"I'll show who I am when you can see. Just trust me and relax."

"Relax when I'm already asleep?"

"Ha ha. Funny," Kai felt the boy's hand leave his own. He felt two palms gently cover his eyelids, and felt the boy straightened his shoulders. Kai knew that their chests were a breath's distance from each other, but oddly enough the Russian boy trusted the other with his life. After all, what could go wrong in a dream?

"As you lay within your dream/Your Sight unto you I redeem/By mine and the Sleeper's Will/This humble Gift shall be fulfilled." Kai released the breath he held slowly. He did not feel any different, but he waited until the other boy removed his hands from Kai's face. He felt the boy's body separating from Kai's space, but only a couple of feet's distance.

"Go ahead," the boy softly replied, "try opening your eyes."

Behind his eyelids, Kai noticed a change in shades. He was fine with darkness because he grew up in it, but now he no longer saw black; the black turned into a darkened gray. Kai winced at a sharp pain in his eyelids from being inactive for eight years-

Wait… Pain... Dreams cannot express pain.

"Wait," replied Kai. "If I'm still dreaming, then why do my eyes hurt?"

"Oh boy, that's a long explanation that I really can't explain," mumbled the boy. Kai heard the boy sighed then continued: "you can still feel in your dreams, but it won't have any affect on your waking body. I mean, your body may be asleep, but you can still feel while you're sleeping-never mind. Forget it. Just try to open your eyes."

Kai sighed in annoyance and pushed pass the pain. He hissed when he barely saw a bright flash of light, forcing him to shut his eyes once more. "It's too bright, I can't-"

"Wow! When you tried to open your eyes, the surroundings turned white! Actually, it's really white. I guess your mind became a clean slate of any visual memory or dream… Wow! So that's what you look like! I'm a little bit taller than you, sweet! …You said it was too bright?"

The Russian boy gave an annoyed expression and heard the other boy mumbled an apology. "Sorry. Okay, I'll just-Wait! I got it! Tinted spectacles!"

"What?"

"Hold on." Kai listened as the boy murmured a few words. Kai was slightly startled at something cool touching his ears and nose. He raised his fingers to touch and they felt abnormally familiar-

"Try opening your eyes again."

"Are these goggles?"

Rei sighed. "Just open them please."

Slowly, Kai's eyelids revealed his pair of eyes behind protected glasses of shade. His surprised expression mimicked in his eyes at what he saw beyond the spectacles: he saw his own hands. Pale and held past minor scars, but at least he could see! Kai smiled at seeing his own hands for the first time, watching them flex and turn into fists, then hands again.

"I can't see if you can see, but guessing from you looking at your hands, I did it right!" exclaimed the other boy.

Kai's smile dimmed as he gazed up at the boy who made this impossible dream… possible. The boy, who was probably the same age as him, stood half an inch taller than Kai, wearing a grin across his face. The boy was of somewhat Asian descent, judging by his eyes and clothing, but tanner than Kai's skin. The boy's eyes was what caught Kai's breath: though shimmering with pride, the orbs were of lighter color and the windows to a soul, something Kai could never imagine in millions of decades. Because the spectacles were tinted, Kai could only guess that the boy's eye color was not extremely dark.

Not wanting to be caught staring at a long time, Kai distracted his thoughts with what the boy said. "What do you mean 'you did it right?' You haven't done this before?"

Watching the boy's expression turn from pride to embarrassment amused Kai. The Russian boy smirked at the other's avoidance of looking back at him. "Well," started the other boy, "in my homeland, I seem to make mistakes, but not serious ones! But when I tried casting a Dreamation today, I did it with ease and that's pretty good for someone my age."

"What's a dreamation? And how old are you?"

"Eight…" The boy looked up and stared into Kai's eyes, searching for his eyes. The Russian boy held his breath as he felt the other boy gaze into his soul. Although he did not feel violated, Kai broke the boy's staring by waving a hand.

"Don't forget that you still haven't told me who you are… or what you are…"

Snapping the boy out of that trance, the other smiled, flashing sharper canines than Kai's. "I'm Rei, a Seer-in-training. And you are?"

"Kai… thanks… I guess…"

"Do you want to see what you look like?"

Kai frowned. "I know what I look like: two different shades of blue hair, tall for my age, smooth skin-"

"No, no, no. I mean, actually see what you look like. Here!" Rei waved his arm in a graceful manner, as a space swirled into an oval water-like surface. The surface rippled and became stilled, like a mirror ready for reflection. Kai hesitated on this phenomenon, but took his time to walking towards the reflection. He looked at the mirror, raising his eyebrows at the surprise of his own appearance. Lanky, but he had expected that from when he washed his body in the shower; plus, his muscles and weight were average anyway. He did notice two different shades of blue in his hair, as he reached out to touch his front blue locks. Even if his tinted glasses couldn't really define his hair as blue, Kai assumed that what everyone with sight told him was true. Kai watched his hand feel his brow, cheek, and jaw, all part of his face. He noticed he was wearing cargo pants, with an undershirt and an unbuttoned collared shirt covering his undershirt.

Kai glanced to the side of the reflection, noticing Rei watching and grinning at him. Kai frowned and turned back to the mirror. He reached out to touch his reflection, jerking his hand back when the reflection rippled. Rei giggled and bit his bottom lip when Kai attempted to glare at him.

Smiling, Rei asked: "so what do you think of yourself?"

Kai smirked and folded his arms across his chest, seemingly admiring his looks. "I knew I was handsome, but I didn't know I was that attractive."

Rei rolled his eyes and went to stood by the Russian. Kai looked at Rei through the mirror, noticing that his clothes were different: A tunic decorated his upper body while his pants were pajama-like, but both pieces were of the same color…

"That color," murmured Kai, looking at Rei's middle in the mirror.

Rei looked at Kai's reflection, tilting his head in curiosity. "What about it? Oh! You probably don't know what colors are-"

"Try ignorant of them," said Kai, glowering at his reflection's eyes that were hiding under the spectacles. Turning to the actual Rei, the Russian asked: "could you let me see all of the colors that you know?"

The other boy nibbled on his bottom lip, but gave a small smile. "There's so many colors to introduce to you that it could take more than one cycle."

"'One cycle?' What do you mean?"

"Every time you go to sleep at night, to me, it's a cycle," Rei lowered his head, looking at his bare feet, "plus even if I could get you all sorts of colors, since this is your dream, I can't really alter your surroundings."

Kai nodded and looked down at his feet too, noticing his bare feet as well. He smiled a little at watching his toes move and suddenly came to realize how great this gift was: to actually see was an impossible miracle for him, but this boy made it possible. Kai placed a hand on the other's shoulder, patting it: "It's okay. At least I actually get to see. I wish I could do something amazing for you, to show you my thanks."

Rei looked at Kai, who felt his soul being untarnished. Kai noticed that even though it seemed like the other boy was peering into his soul, Kai did not recoil. Rei was someone he could completely trust and would be very happy to call him friend. The Russian cleared his throat, removing his hand from Rei's shoulder, speaking: "I don't care if this is a dream or whoever you are but… I trust you. If this is a one-time thing… can I… can you…"

The other boy smiled brightly and placed his hand on Kai's shoulder. "Can we be friends? If you say we're friends, consider that payment for your sight."

Kai smirked and grabbed Rei's hand off his shoulder. He clasped onto it and shook it, affirming the statement. "We have a deal."

Rei laughed and shook his new friend's hand. Still clasping onto Kai's hand, Rei paused the shaking and smiled deviously. "Since you're worried about this being a one-time thing, I can definitely try to meet you in your dreams in the next cycle."

Letting go of Rei's hand, the Russian folded his arms across his chest. "How could you find me again? You said you messed up the words the first time."

"I did, but that's okay! Now that I've seen you and met you, I can easily find you through my Dream portal. Plus, you're not all that hard to find, considering you're the first person that I've ever met in another dimension-" Rei paused as Kai held up his hands, slowing his explanation.

"Whoa, slow down. What's a dream portal? And what did you mean by 'another dimension'?"

Rei blushed at the sudden questions and massaged the back of his neck. "Um, I guess there is a lot to explain, but if I tell you everything, you have to promise not to tell anyone in your world about me or your sight."

Kai frowned and asked, "could I tell my dog Dranzer?"

"Can your dog talk?"

"In my world, dogs don't talk; only bark."

Rei laughed and rested his forearm on Kai's shoulder. "Most dogs don't talk in my world too! But I don't see why not. If you believe your dog is a secret keeper, then I trust Dranzer too."

Kai chuckled and stared into Rei's eyes. The other boy removed his arm and smiled gently at his new friend. "I don't know why, Kai, but… every time I look at you, I feel like I can trust you with anything. I know it sounds weird coming from another boy, but… I figured if you're my friend, I might as well show you that I'm honest."

"And I agree," Kai became slightly embarrassed, avoiding Rei's eyes. "I-I mean, being honest. And knowing you can trust me…"

Rei rolled his eyes at his new friend and clapped him on the back. "Don't be embarrassed; it's just us in this surrounding. I swear I won't tell anybody in my world about you or any secrets you have."

"I know…because I can trust you with anything too," mumbled Kai, putting his hands in his pockets.

"Thanks, Kai. How's this: next cycle, or next time you sleep at night, I'll explain what I do as best as I can."

The Russian boy looked into Rei's eyes and nodded, "Okay."

Rei turned around and bowed his head, mumbling a few words in a foreign language that Kai has never heard. He watched his friend's hands make a huge arch above Rei's head, curious as to what he was doing. Once Rei was finished, the boy turned back to Kai and smiled brightly once more.

"Maybe next time, I can try to find a way for you to discover colors."

Kai scowled at the offer and shook his head. "You're doing too much for me."

"Okay then, do something for me," Rei motioned his hand to the space around them, lightly laughing, "when you dream, think of somewhere you want to be. Since you can't see in your world, imagine anywhere you want to see. You can describe it to me and your surroundings will shift to your description."

Kai smiled and nodded. "Deal. What are you doing?"

The other boy sighed, his shoulders dropping in slight depression. "I have to wake up soon, so I'm traveling back through my Dream portal, which I'll explain to you tomorrow. Promise to meet me again?"

"I promise. I look forward to seeing you again," Kai chuckled at his words and shook his head. "I thought I never get to say those words to anyone."

Rei laughed. "I look forward to seeing you too. Pleasant waking, Kai." With that, Kai's new friend disappeared through what he called a "Dream portal". The only boy in the dream smiled and glanced back at the reflection, which was amazingly still there. Kai memorized every scar on his hands and arms, every lock that fell into place on his head.

Kai thought about removing the glasses, just to see the color of his hair… and maybe eyes. As he placed his hands on the spectacles, his eyes blinked…

/.../end/.../

Darkness.

Kai inhaled sharply at the very familiar feeling of not being able to move his eyes lids. He growled at believing in some impossible dream of waking up with his sight. He laid in his bed, reminding himself that it was only a dream… a very ridiculous dream. His hand went up to massage the bridge of his nose, lifting the glasses, and-

Glasses? Kai yanked them off and felt their detail. They were the same pair that Rei had gave to him! 'So the dream was real,' thought Kai, still fingering the lens and the thick frames. "But how did these become real?'-

He was startled when Kai heard a knock on his bedroom door. "Kai, son? Are you awake?"

His father. Remembering Rei's promise, Kai ducked the pair of the glasses under his bed and answered his father. "Yes sir, I'm awake."

"Good! There's breakfast on the table and if you need help-"

"I'll be sure to call, sir, thank you." Kai heard his father take his leave and held a whistle for two seconds. He felt two front paws on his bed side, signaling to Kai that Dranzer was up and ready. Kai smiled towards Dranzer, scratching behind the dog's ears. "Wait until you hear about my dream," Kai's hand crawled under his pillow and retrieved the goggles. He held them under the dog's nose, hearing a whine and an excited panting. "I know it's weird, but I can't wait to go back to sleep."

Authoress: Well! I have to say not bad for a prologue, but I will let you, the readers, be the judge of that. I will do my best to update Paranormal in the next week or so, but I think I'm hooked onto updating this one. Anyway, see you next time!