Silver: Hey there! This is just a new fic that I came up with, while tryin'
to decide why the hell Kai had those tattoos.
Yami Sakura: We decided that they were tats, 'cause they don't come out in the rain, and they never run.
Silver: Uh, right. Okey then, on with the fic!
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Mark of Respect
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Chapter One
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Kai woke up with a start. He stared up at the ceiling of his hotel room gloomily. What had that dream been about? All he remembered was a cold damp room, then pain. Kai grunted and turned around to check the clock on his bedside table.
5 o'clock.
5 o'clock?!
"Shit," Kai snapped to himself. He should have been up practicing an hour and a half ago. Quickly but quietly, Kai jumped out of his bed, put his clothes on, and opened the door of his room. As he stepped out into main room of the hotel suit that the Blade breakers shared, he caught sight of Tyson, asleep on the couch, the TV still on. A half-eaten plate of cookies, balancing on Tyson's stomach, rose and fell as Tyson snored. Kai wrinkled his nose in disgust at Tyson's sloppy eating habits as he walked quickly past the couch and out the door.
As Kai exited the Hotel, he was unaware of the figure that stood watching him in the dark alley beside the building. When Kai disappeared into the darkened streets, the figure smiled evilly and took out a small cell-phone. He dialed a number, and waited for someone to pick up.
"Yes?" said a voice on the other line.
"I've found him," the figure said. "I've found all of 'em."
"Good," said the person on the other line. "Now, get back here, so the second stage of the plan can begin."
"Yessir," said the person brusquely as he vanished into the night.
When morning arrived, the hotel room of the Blade breakers was quite a scene. Max and Rei both walked out of their rooms at the same time. As they spotted Tyson, drooling, surrounded by cookies (some time in the 4 hours since Kai saw him, he must have turned and spilled them), they smiled and went to get the Polaroid.
First, Rei snapped a picture of Tyson as he was. Then, Max came out of the bathroom with a glass full of freezing cold water. Just as Max spilled it all on Tyson's head, Rei took another picture. Needless to say, Tyson wasn't very happy when they showed him the pictures.
"Awww! C'mon you guys! Give 'em here!" he said loudly as he tried to get them from Max and Rei, who had each taken one.
"Okay you guys, we've really gotta practice hard today if we wanna- ahhhhh! TYSON! What're you doing?!" Kenny yelled as he walked out of his room, only to be drenched by a big mug full of cold water that Tyson had been trying to nail Max with.
"It's your own fault, Chief," Tyson said with a goofy grin. "You're the one who got in the way!"
"It's no big deal, Chief," said Rei, who was dripping wet. "Tyson got me to. It's kinda refreshing, actually."
"Oh, man...now I need to do and dry off," mumbled Kenny as he turned towards the bathroom.
"Oh c'mon Chief! Take a chill pi- owww!" Tyson said as he got hit in the head with a pillow.
"Haha! Gotcha, Tyson!" Max laughed as he waved a big red pillow around.
"Well now I got YOU!" Rei said, hitting Max on the back with a blue pillow.
"And I'm gonna get both of you!" yelled Tyson, picking up two yellow pillows.
Twenty minutes later, Kai moodily stepped out of the elevator. He grunted as he heard noises coming from their room. As he opened the door, he was momentarily lost for words. He saw feathers everywhere, crushed cookies and chocolate all over the couch, a broken mug, an upturned coffee table, Kenny standing in the doorway of the bathroom (apparently he was lost for words too), and Rei, Max and Tyson, standing in the middle of it, laughing as they hit each- other with empty pillows.
Kai took a deep breath as he fought his rising temper. He looked around and saw an empty glass within arms reach. He picked it up, and flung it onto the hardwood floor as hard as he could.
"SMASH!"
Rei, Max and Tyson froze and looked up.
"Oh man, we're in deep shit," murmured Tyson as he got up. Any further comments were drowned out as Kai spoke.
"You will clean this up," Kai snapped curtly. "ALL of it. Then, you will knock on my door. Got that?"
"Yessir, mister boss-man sir," said Tyson as he saluted.
Kai stared at Tyson. "And don't be such a smart-ass." he said as he strode by, and slammed the door of his room.
"I guess we'd better get to work, huh guys?" said Rei, starting to pick up feathers.
"Yeah. Bummer to, we were having so much fun," said Max as he began to help Rei.
"Hey Chief, give us a hand, will ya?" asked Tyson, struggling to turn the coffee table over again.
An hour later, just as Kai was getting impatient, he heard a knock on his door. "About time," he muttered. When he stepped out, he looked around. The hotel room did look back to normal.
"Good," said Kai curtly. "Now, we're going to do some time-trials to test endurance today. Kenny'll record our data. Hurry up now, it's already 10 o'clock."
When they reached the Beyblade Training facility, Tyson started to complain.
"Aww, man. Why do we even have to enter this stupid tournament anyways? We're already the world champs."
"Because, we've got to defend our title,' explained Kenny wearily. "Mr. Dickenson said that there'd be a lot of teams who weren't in the world championships. And I've heard from Emily and Dr. Judy that a lot of them are probably stronger than the Demolition Boys."
"Wow, stronger than the Demolition Boys," mused Max. "That's harsh."
"Yeah, but we can take 'em!" said Tyson, who was as optimistic as ever.
"Might I remind you, that we came here to practice, not to chat, so pick up your blades, and come on!" snapped Kai.
As Tyson and Max launched their blades, and Kenny started to load their data onto Dizzi, Rei glanced at Kai, and frowned. Kai was looking paler than usual, and Rei hadn't seen Kai eat in days. Not even, drink a cup of tea. There was no doubt about it, there was something wrong with Kai, and Rei was going to find out what it was.
As Rei hurried to join the rest of his teammates, he, and the other Blade breakers were very unaware that they were being watched; watched by very dangerous eyes.
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Silver: Okay. That's the first chapter up. So what do ya think? I know that nothing much happened, but I needed to start somewhere. It'll get more interesting as it goes along.
Yami Sakura: Yeah, it will don't worry.
Both: Please Review, flames accepted, but only if they're useful!!
Yami Sakura: We decided that they were tats, 'cause they don't come out in the rain, and they never run.
Silver: Uh, right. Okey then, on with the fic!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Mark of Respect
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Chapter One
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Kai woke up with a start. He stared up at the ceiling of his hotel room gloomily. What had that dream been about? All he remembered was a cold damp room, then pain. Kai grunted and turned around to check the clock on his bedside table.
5 o'clock.
5 o'clock?!
"Shit," Kai snapped to himself. He should have been up practicing an hour and a half ago. Quickly but quietly, Kai jumped out of his bed, put his clothes on, and opened the door of his room. As he stepped out into main room of the hotel suit that the Blade breakers shared, he caught sight of Tyson, asleep on the couch, the TV still on. A half-eaten plate of cookies, balancing on Tyson's stomach, rose and fell as Tyson snored. Kai wrinkled his nose in disgust at Tyson's sloppy eating habits as he walked quickly past the couch and out the door.
As Kai exited the Hotel, he was unaware of the figure that stood watching him in the dark alley beside the building. When Kai disappeared into the darkened streets, the figure smiled evilly and took out a small cell-phone. He dialed a number, and waited for someone to pick up.
"Yes?" said a voice on the other line.
"I've found him," the figure said. "I've found all of 'em."
"Good," said the person on the other line. "Now, get back here, so the second stage of the plan can begin."
"Yessir," said the person brusquely as he vanished into the night.
When morning arrived, the hotel room of the Blade breakers was quite a scene. Max and Rei both walked out of their rooms at the same time. As they spotted Tyson, drooling, surrounded by cookies (some time in the 4 hours since Kai saw him, he must have turned and spilled them), they smiled and went to get the Polaroid.
First, Rei snapped a picture of Tyson as he was. Then, Max came out of the bathroom with a glass full of freezing cold water. Just as Max spilled it all on Tyson's head, Rei took another picture. Needless to say, Tyson wasn't very happy when they showed him the pictures.
"Awww! C'mon you guys! Give 'em here!" he said loudly as he tried to get them from Max and Rei, who had each taken one.
"Okay you guys, we've really gotta practice hard today if we wanna- ahhhhh! TYSON! What're you doing?!" Kenny yelled as he walked out of his room, only to be drenched by a big mug full of cold water that Tyson had been trying to nail Max with.
"It's your own fault, Chief," Tyson said with a goofy grin. "You're the one who got in the way!"
"It's no big deal, Chief," said Rei, who was dripping wet. "Tyson got me to. It's kinda refreshing, actually."
"Oh, man...now I need to do and dry off," mumbled Kenny as he turned towards the bathroom.
"Oh c'mon Chief! Take a chill pi- owww!" Tyson said as he got hit in the head with a pillow.
"Haha! Gotcha, Tyson!" Max laughed as he waved a big red pillow around.
"Well now I got YOU!" Rei said, hitting Max on the back with a blue pillow.
"And I'm gonna get both of you!" yelled Tyson, picking up two yellow pillows.
Twenty minutes later, Kai moodily stepped out of the elevator. He grunted as he heard noises coming from their room. As he opened the door, he was momentarily lost for words. He saw feathers everywhere, crushed cookies and chocolate all over the couch, a broken mug, an upturned coffee table, Kenny standing in the doorway of the bathroom (apparently he was lost for words too), and Rei, Max and Tyson, standing in the middle of it, laughing as they hit each- other with empty pillows.
Kai took a deep breath as he fought his rising temper. He looked around and saw an empty glass within arms reach. He picked it up, and flung it onto the hardwood floor as hard as he could.
"SMASH!"
Rei, Max and Tyson froze and looked up.
"Oh man, we're in deep shit," murmured Tyson as he got up. Any further comments were drowned out as Kai spoke.
"You will clean this up," Kai snapped curtly. "ALL of it. Then, you will knock on my door. Got that?"
"Yessir, mister boss-man sir," said Tyson as he saluted.
Kai stared at Tyson. "And don't be such a smart-ass." he said as he strode by, and slammed the door of his room.
"I guess we'd better get to work, huh guys?" said Rei, starting to pick up feathers.
"Yeah. Bummer to, we were having so much fun," said Max as he began to help Rei.
"Hey Chief, give us a hand, will ya?" asked Tyson, struggling to turn the coffee table over again.
An hour later, just as Kai was getting impatient, he heard a knock on his door. "About time," he muttered. When he stepped out, he looked around. The hotel room did look back to normal.
"Good," said Kai curtly. "Now, we're going to do some time-trials to test endurance today. Kenny'll record our data. Hurry up now, it's already 10 o'clock."
When they reached the Beyblade Training facility, Tyson started to complain.
"Aww, man. Why do we even have to enter this stupid tournament anyways? We're already the world champs."
"Because, we've got to defend our title,' explained Kenny wearily. "Mr. Dickenson said that there'd be a lot of teams who weren't in the world championships. And I've heard from Emily and Dr. Judy that a lot of them are probably stronger than the Demolition Boys."
"Wow, stronger than the Demolition Boys," mused Max. "That's harsh."
"Yeah, but we can take 'em!" said Tyson, who was as optimistic as ever.
"Might I remind you, that we came here to practice, not to chat, so pick up your blades, and come on!" snapped Kai.
As Tyson and Max launched their blades, and Kenny started to load their data onto Dizzi, Rei glanced at Kai, and frowned. Kai was looking paler than usual, and Rei hadn't seen Kai eat in days. Not even, drink a cup of tea. There was no doubt about it, there was something wrong with Kai, and Rei was going to find out what it was.
As Rei hurried to join the rest of his teammates, he, and the other Blade breakers were very unaware that they were being watched; watched by very dangerous eyes.
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Silver: Okay. That's the first chapter up. So what do ya think? I know that nothing much happened, but I needed to start somewhere. It'll get more interesting as it goes along.
Yami Sakura: Yeah, it will don't worry.
Both: Please Review, flames accepted, but only if they're useful!!