Bffimagine: Hello everyone. Here is my second original Beyblade fic. That
means it isn't part of the Blood for Honor sequence. Sorry.
A Brother's Love, A Friend's Consolation
"No, don't whip Tala! No! Take me instead! I know I didn't do anything, but Tala didn't either! No! I SAID TAKE ME INSTEAD!" Kai was moaning in his sleep. Rei tried to console him, taking his heavily bandaged hand and stroking it gently.
Tala sat in the corner, listening as Kai relives his past. His eyes were glazed over with unshed tears, as he remembered the past incident as well.
"What's he moaning about Tala?" Rei asked softly, as to not wake Kai.
"Well," Tala started----
(Flashback)
"The Black Dranzer prototype has been stolen Mr. Voltaire. We suspect one of the orphans took it," a scientist's voice boomed into the radio.
Voltaire looked into the eyes of each orphan, and stopped at the redhead.
"You," he roared, pointing his finger at the ten-year-old boy.
"I-I d-didn't-t t-take it-t S-sir," the little boy stuttered, intimidated by the man's harshness.
With disdain brimming within, Voltaire removed a horsewhip from inside his coat and lowered with a 'crack' onto the red-haired boy's back. Blood trailed from the whip and splattered onto the wall, making the other boys cringe.
"No, don't whip Tala! No! Take me instead! I know I didn't do anything, but Tala didn't either! No! I SAID TAKE ME INSTEAD!" six-year-old Kai yelled from his place beside Tala in line.
"Why would you take this worthless runt's place Kai? You are a Hiwatari. WE ENJOY CAUSING PAIN!" Voltaire scolded, readying the whip for another crash against flesh.
"Tala's been my brother, and I can't stand here and watch him suffer. Take me instead! Or are you too afraid, Grandfather?" Kai added his last word after a menacing pause, seeing Voltaire's hesitation.
Eyes narrowing to slits, Voltaire pushed Tala back into his place in line. He grabbed Kai and pushed him hard so he skidded across the floor. Then he started whipping and beating him, cutting him with knives and daggers, and soon Kai seemed only to be a bloody mess. Bruises covered the flesh that hadn't been cut to ribbons.
"Kai, you didn't have to take my place," Tala whispered sadly into Kai's ear.
"I'd do anything for my brother," Kai whispered softly before passing out.
(End of Flashback)
"And that's how it all happened. I still don't see why he took all that pain," Tala felt the tears slide down his cheeks, and he wiped them away with his sleeve.
Rei averted his gaze to Kai, who now had some fresh wounds all over his body. Rei quickly wrapped the bleeding cuts in gauze, and whispered quiet words to Kai to console his pain.
"Kai has a strange condition," the doctor mused, walking into Kai's hospital room, "Whenever he hallucinates, or remembers his past, his tissues seem to tear apart quickly, and his skin rips along with it. That explains all is wounds, and not to mention his nightmares. But," the doctor paused thoughtfully, "if we can't find a cure, he'll die."
Tala looked like he wasn't phased by the doctor's remark, but Rei was ready to break down in tears.
"Kai can't die, not now. He's only fourteen!" tears burned Rei's eyes.
"I can die Rei," Kai sighed from his bed, "and it would be a good riddance for you and the rest of the world."
"Good riddance? GOOD RIDDANCE? What are you talking about Kai?!?!?!" Rei yelled defiantly.
"We don't WANT you to die Kai. If you think otherwise, you are severely mistaken. Don't leave me little brother." Tala spoke calmly, surprisingly keeping his cool when Rei couldn't.
A miracle hit that very spot. Kai laughed. He LAUGHED. And when he stopped laughing he smiled. A SMILE FROM KAI!
"Alright then Tala. You're eighteen now so you do the math. If my condition perseveres, and I only had a year to live to start with BEFORE I had this condition, how long will I have to live?"
"About six months Kai. This is irrelevant to what we were talking to you about. Why did you ask?" Tala responded almost flatly.
"Because there is one last thing I want either of you to do before you leave. Pull the IV out of my arm since I can't reach it." Kai replied as flatly as Tala.
Rei's eyes widened in silent horror.
"Why? Why would you want us to do that? You'll bleed to death Kai! If we remove that IV, then you'll die in less than five minutes!" He flailed his arms in the air.
"To save me from six months of pain."
"No." Tala's voice was firm and confident, so Kai didn't argue. "Rei will learn more of your past Kai, through me, and your nightmares." He turned to Rei and said "If you come here with me everyday as of tomorrow, you will learn of Kai's dark and blood-stained past. But you should know, because I trust you."
Bffimagine: Cliffy! Kai: I would be mad at you for leaving them on hold, but I know you've typed out the end already. Bffiamgine: Oh yeah, uh, it's a deathfic for most of you to know, but keep reading 'cause it's very interesting.
A Brother's Love, A Friend's Consolation
"No, don't whip Tala! No! Take me instead! I know I didn't do anything, but Tala didn't either! No! I SAID TAKE ME INSTEAD!" Kai was moaning in his sleep. Rei tried to console him, taking his heavily bandaged hand and stroking it gently.
Tala sat in the corner, listening as Kai relives his past. His eyes were glazed over with unshed tears, as he remembered the past incident as well.
"What's he moaning about Tala?" Rei asked softly, as to not wake Kai.
"Well," Tala started----
(Flashback)
"The Black Dranzer prototype has been stolen Mr. Voltaire. We suspect one of the orphans took it," a scientist's voice boomed into the radio.
Voltaire looked into the eyes of each orphan, and stopped at the redhead.
"You," he roared, pointing his finger at the ten-year-old boy.
"I-I d-didn't-t t-take it-t S-sir," the little boy stuttered, intimidated by the man's harshness.
With disdain brimming within, Voltaire removed a horsewhip from inside his coat and lowered with a 'crack' onto the red-haired boy's back. Blood trailed from the whip and splattered onto the wall, making the other boys cringe.
"No, don't whip Tala! No! Take me instead! I know I didn't do anything, but Tala didn't either! No! I SAID TAKE ME INSTEAD!" six-year-old Kai yelled from his place beside Tala in line.
"Why would you take this worthless runt's place Kai? You are a Hiwatari. WE ENJOY CAUSING PAIN!" Voltaire scolded, readying the whip for another crash against flesh.
"Tala's been my brother, and I can't stand here and watch him suffer. Take me instead! Or are you too afraid, Grandfather?" Kai added his last word after a menacing pause, seeing Voltaire's hesitation.
Eyes narrowing to slits, Voltaire pushed Tala back into his place in line. He grabbed Kai and pushed him hard so he skidded across the floor. Then he started whipping and beating him, cutting him with knives and daggers, and soon Kai seemed only to be a bloody mess. Bruises covered the flesh that hadn't been cut to ribbons.
"Kai, you didn't have to take my place," Tala whispered sadly into Kai's ear.
"I'd do anything for my brother," Kai whispered softly before passing out.
(End of Flashback)
"And that's how it all happened. I still don't see why he took all that pain," Tala felt the tears slide down his cheeks, and he wiped them away with his sleeve.
Rei averted his gaze to Kai, who now had some fresh wounds all over his body. Rei quickly wrapped the bleeding cuts in gauze, and whispered quiet words to Kai to console his pain.
"Kai has a strange condition," the doctor mused, walking into Kai's hospital room, "Whenever he hallucinates, or remembers his past, his tissues seem to tear apart quickly, and his skin rips along with it. That explains all is wounds, and not to mention his nightmares. But," the doctor paused thoughtfully, "if we can't find a cure, he'll die."
Tala looked like he wasn't phased by the doctor's remark, but Rei was ready to break down in tears.
"Kai can't die, not now. He's only fourteen!" tears burned Rei's eyes.
"I can die Rei," Kai sighed from his bed, "and it would be a good riddance for you and the rest of the world."
"Good riddance? GOOD RIDDANCE? What are you talking about Kai?!?!?!" Rei yelled defiantly.
"We don't WANT you to die Kai. If you think otherwise, you are severely mistaken. Don't leave me little brother." Tala spoke calmly, surprisingly keeping his cool when Rei couldn't.
A miracle hit that very spot. Kai laughed. He LAUGHED. And when he stopped laughing he smiled. A SMILE FROM KAI!
"Alright then Tala. You're eighteen now so you do the math. If my condition perseveres, and I only had a year to live to start with BEFORE I had this condition, how long will I have to live?"
"About six months Kai. This is irrelevant to what we were talking to you about. Why did you ask?" Tala responded almost flatly.
"Because there is one last thing I want either of you to do before you leave. Pull the IV out of my arm since I can't reach it." Kai replied as flatly as Tala.
Rei's eyes widened in silent horror.
"Why? Why would you want us to do that? You'll bleed to death Kai! If we remove that IV, then you'll die in less than five minutes!" He flailed his arms in the air.
"To save me from six months of pain."
"No." Tala's voice was firm and confident, so Kai didn't argue. "Rei will learn more of your past Kai, through me, and your nightmares." He turned to Rei and said "If you come here with me everyday as of tomorrow, you will learn of Kai's dark and blood-stained past. But you should know, because I trust you."
Bffimagine: Cliffy! Kai: I would be mad at you for leaving them on hold, but I know you've typed out the end already. Bffiamgine: Oh yeah, uh, it's a deathfic for most of you to know, but keep reading 'cause it's very interesting.