Okies the idea of this story is pretty self-explanatory. So there's not much to say really. It's a shounen-ai fic with of course my fave pairing Rei and Kai, but with a twist. Anyway enjoy my creation that has been floating around in my head for at least six years.
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Bakuten Shoot, only the plot line to this fic.
Chapter One
Two brilliant beams of light shot up out of the beydish, bathing the beyblade arena in white and red lights. The spectators and fans gasped, yelling in awe as the colours intertwined around each other like a carefully practised dance; it resembled something similar to a Chinese firework display.
A loud, thundering boom vibrated throughout the arena as the two beams of brightly hues lights collided together. The collision caused a huge, blinding pillar of light to erupt into an explosion in the centre of the arena. Everyone in the arena groaned, moaned, and shielded their eyes from the spectacular sight. The two duelling bladers yelled as they were both thrown a good couple of feet from the force of the blast.
Dust pillowed up from the beydish like a volcanic eruption and the stadium was sprayed with tiny shards of frosted ice, while red feathers drifted through the air amongst the powdery clouds.
The whole stadium, including the two battling teams, waited in anticipation for the dust to settle and the inevitable outcome. The teams, however, were more concerned for their battling friends as they all felt the power that had been unleashed so drastically. A certain neko-jin was scouting the clearing dust with his ochre orbs, worry etched onto his tanned face. Both teams were looking for their respective members but, just as anxiously tried to see the battle outcome.
The beydish cleared first, allowing the cameras to focus in and broadcast the battle outcome on the big screens and on the television networks. Shock struck the stadium as the cameras revealed the blue and grey blades both toppled on their sides; the ancient sacred spirits lay dormant in the blades after their amazing but exhausting battle.
"And it appears ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls we….err have a tie!" DJ Jazzman boomed loudly over the speakers, "both Kai of the BBA Revolution and Yuuri of team Neoborh, blade's have stopped spinning," he paused briefly, " this means the title of the Championships hangs in the balance since Takao lost his match to Boris, and Rei won his battle against Sergei. Will there be a re-match between the two captains since unfortunately Max of the BBA Revolution is unable to complete due to an injury? It's all…." he trailed off as the dust completely settled revealing where the two captains were.
Rei gasped, his breathing and heart race going into overdrive, as he saw Kai sprawled out on the floor unconscious. His clothes were ripped, in tatters and smeared in blood from his injuries.
"Kai!" The neko-jin heard the rest of his team yell, also worried.
"We're gonna need medics!" DJ Jazzman shouted into his microphone, concern lacing his usual excited voice.
"Hitoshi?" Takao muttered with concern to his captain, who was also his brother.
However, Hitoshi was looking at Rei with concerned, anxious eyes. He noticed how the neko-jin was struggling to remain where he was.
"Rei?" he asked carefully.
Rei didn't look away from Kai's body but he acknowledged his coach, "I…need…to…he…" he struggled to get his words out; and the whole team noticed that his tanned arms were trembling and his hands were balled into fists.
"The media will have a field day w-" Hitoshi started but was cut off by his brother.
"Fuck the team's reputation!" Takao growled at how insensitive his brother was being,
"Kai's fucking hurt and Rei is his fucking-"
"I'm not thinking of the team, Takao! I'm thinking of both Rei and Kai's privacy!" he growled back at his brother, annoyed at how the bluenette thought he was being selfish and cared only of the team.
His face softened as he placed a reassuring hand on Rei's shoulder. Takao seethed behind him and growled quietly to Kyuojo and Hiromi about it.
"He's gonna be all right Rei," Hitoshi said in a soft voice with no trace of his recent annoyance.
"I hope so. It's just hard to stand here when he needs me over there," Rei replied through gritted teeth, his body still trembling. He looked at his coach, who saw the tears building up in his amber orbs.
"As soon as we know the decision of this battle – go!" Hitoshi told him.
Takao growled again, clearly not agreeing with his brother.
"Takao!" he said in a warning tone to the Seiryu wielder, who mumbled something under his breath to Hiromi, and in turn she told him to button it.
Rei watched as the only Russian of the team was carted off to the infirmary. He also noticed the redhead captain of Neoborg also being carried off, looking just as beat as Kai.
"Errm…ladies and gentlemen, boy and girls due to the injuries Kai and Yuuri have sustained the decision of the match now lies with the BBA committee," announced DJ Jazzman.
"You have got to be kidding!" Takao fumed, "Kai battled his butt off and now we could lose the championship all because it's down to Mr. Dickenson and some other stiffs!"
"Takao, calm down, please?" the technical blader begged his best friend.
"Nii-sama, can't you do something about this? Please?" he pleaded to his brother.
Hitoshi looked at the Chinese blader, who in return closed his eyes and nodded his head in agreement with Takao. He then looked at his brother, "I can try omotou-san," he then stood up, grabbing everyone's attention, including the BBA officials.
Takao looked hopeful, as well as Hiromi and Kyuojo, at Hitoshi.
"You can't make a fair decision of the title of the Championship on the terms of a tie on the third match. It's not fair to either team as obviously both captains can't continue at this present time."
"That's an understatement," he heard Takao mumble behind him.
"And," he started again, "the BBA Revolution team have no other blader to compete unlike the Blitzkreig Boys team."
Roars and cheers thundered through the arena from the spectators and fans. They too awaited the verdict.
"So, I'm asking the BBA committee, Mr. Dickenson, don't decide on a winner at this moment. Give Kai and Yuuri time to recover as I'm pretty sure they will want to continue this battle," Hitoshi looked directly at the committee's box; he could see them conversing and then an approval nod consented the proposal.
"We have word from the BBA committee that they have decided to accept Coach Kinomiya's request and have postponed the re-match of this battle to a later date when Kai and Yuuri have fully recovered and strong again to battle," DJ Jazzman announced with his normally bubbly attitude.
"Oh yeah!" Takao shouted, jumping in the air and throwing his fist into the air.
Hitoshi mouthed a 'thank you' to Mr. Dickenson who in turn nodded at the coach.
Happy roars and shouts erupted once more in the arena. There was going to be, yet another epic battle for them to witness soon.
To everyone's surprise, Boris walked over to where the BBA Revolution team were celebrating. The whole team looked at him, as well as nearly everyone else in the arena.
"Thank you," he nodded, "Yuuri will definitely appreciate this."
"It's the least I could do for both teams," Hitoshi responded.
"Well I better go see Yuuri now," he looked briefly at Rei, without any disdain "I hope Kai is okay," he then proceeded back to his own team.
Hitoshi had followed Boris' green eyes to Rei. "Go!" he demanded the neko-jin, knowing Rei was etching to get away and go see Kai.
"Thank you," he smiled, before spinning round on his heels and dashing out the battle area as quick as lightning.
"Tell Kai we'll be in to see him a bit!" Takao called to the retreating Chinese blader, while the rest of the team watched him leave.
Kai groggily fluttered his eyes open only to snap them back shut again as the brightness of the room hurt them immensely. He opened them reluctantly and a small groan escaped his throat. He squinted through the pain and brilliance to realise that he was in a white room. Confusion washed over him as the last thing he remembered he was battling Yuuri in the Championship final. So, where he was now?
He tried to sit up and found he couldn't move due to the immense pain, which spread throughout his body. He sucked in his breath, wincing, and waiting for the pain to succumb. He coughed a little as he realised he wasn't breathing normal air. He brought his hand up to his face and his fingers felt something that was covering his nose and mouth. It dawned on him it was an oxygen mask. He then understood the white room; he was in a hospital room. His thoughts went back to the battle with Yuuri and he frowned. What the hell had Yuuri done to him to land him up in hospital in a lot of pain?
He slowly removed his oxygen mask and looked around for a familiar face but the only person in the room was a nurse who was sitting at a desk writing something.
"Wh-wh-where's R-Rei?" he asked looking at her, he noticed his voice sounded different and he put it down to being groggy.
The nurse immediately turned round and stood up, a frown appeared on her face; she walked over to him and replaced the oxygen mask over his airways.
"Sweetie, you must keep this on," she informed him with a warm smile, "do you need some pain relief?" she stated more than asked.
She walked to the end of his bed and picked up a red folder containing his medical notes, "yes you are due for a top-up," she muttered to herself rather than him.
Kai wasn't really taking any notice of what she was saying, as he wanted to know where Rei was or his teammates were, as a matter of fact.
"I'll just get your medication," she said putting his folder down on the table and walking out of the room. Kai's eyes followed her out and he tried to see if he could see anyone from his team, or more specifically, Rei. He then recognized a familiar voice but they were talking so quietly he could not make out what they were saying. He then saw the owner of the voice; it was Boris Kuznetsov. Kai's initial thoughts were that Yuuri must be somewhere in this ward too.
He was still wondering where his missing friends were when the nurse walked back in holding a cardboard looking container. He watched her as she placed it down on his bedside unit. She then held up his wrist and read his hospital number on his tag, before picking up a syringe from the container and administering the drug into his body via the IV canula in the back of his hand. He felt a cold chill run up his arm and he shivered slightly.
"There you go sweetie, that should make you comfortable," she picked up the container and walked over to the table where his notes lay. She placed the vial down and a picked a pen out of her pocket and wrote something down on his notes. She closed the folder and put it back in its holder at the end of his bed.
The Russian removed his mask again, "I-I need to s-s-see Rei," he managed to croak out, feeling his eyelids becoming heavier as the morphine ran through his blood system.
"Really Mr. Ivanov you need to keep this on," she sounded more stern now, "you've been through major surgery," she was about to replace his mask once more, when Kai stopped her.
"No, w-wait a m-minute. Where's R-Rei or my t-team mmmmates?" he started to say, fighting the urge to close his eyes.
The nurse replaced his oxygen mask and Kai let her, "your friends will probably be allowed to see you tomorrow but you need to rest now and conserve your energy before that," she told him but Kai had closed his eyes, letting his body succumb to the morphine's effect.
Yuuri slowly came to as the sound of hushed voices suddenly invading his ears. A small groan escaped his throat as he was becoming more conscious. He slowly opened his eyes, blinking as the brightness of the room made his vision slightly blurred. He brought up his right hand to rub the sleep out of his eyes, to better his vision, when he noticed a bandage securely wrapped around it. He turned his hand so he could see the back of his hand and saw a canula attached to it with an IV drip-feeding into it. He shuddered and quickly put his arm down. Yuuri wasn't a big fan of things being stuck into his veins. A strange smell alerted his senses and it slowly registered in his brain that it was the same hygienic smell that lingered in hospitals. Yuuri then put two and two together and got four. His thoughts instantly went to certain two-toned haired Russian that he wanted to throttle at this point in time. He hated that Russian for putting him in a place he loathed more than the Abbey. A hospital.
He tried to position his elbows to a way where he could lean on them and get a clearer bearing on his whereabouts. But his left arm wasn't having any of it, as it had a cast around it. Yuuri wanted to yell as he collapsed back onto his bed. It was then he noticed the buzzer for the nurse and was thankful it was on his right side. He was about to press the button when he noticed black hair sprawled over his bed where his legs lay. He stared strangely at the sleeping form resting half his body on the bed, who was the owner of the hair. He took in the tanned skin and neko-like features of his face, his red Chinese bandanna holding up his bangs and the sleeved, folded arms his head was resting on.
The look of Yuuri's face was utterly stupefied. He blinked a few times to make sure he wasn't imagining it all. No, he was indeed staring at no other than Rei Kon. What the hell is he doing sleeping on my bed, Yuuri's mind screamed at him.
Yuuri tried to speak but it came out as grunts and coughs. His throat felt like dry ice.
His guttural noises alerted the sleeping Rei, who instantly shot up his eyes on Yuuri.
"Are you all right? Are you in pain?" the words tumbled out of Rei's mouth, "I can get the nurse if you'd like?" he continued.
As Yuuri couldn't respond verbally, which some would take as a blessing, Rei took it that Yuuri was in pain.
"I'll be back in a minute," he stood up and walked out the room. The Russian watched him leave and return with a nurse, who was holding a container, which had his medication in.
"There you go hun, that should make you feel better," the nurse said as she administered the drug into his system through the canula in his hand. He felt a cold chill run up his arm as the morphine ran up his veins, entering the rest of his body's system. He watched her as she scribbled in his notes and then leave. He was still very confused.
"I'm glad you're awake now. I was so worried – well, the whole team is," concern was written in his amber orbs, "the doctors say you're going to be fine now, you're out of the worst. But your arm and leg are injured and it'll take six weeks for both of them to heal. You're gonna need physio on your leg too," he smiled, his neko canines showing. "Takao said something about crutches being cool and that he's going to have a go on them," he chuckled.
All Yuuri did was stare at Rei babbling away at him, while fighting the effect the morphine was having on him. The room was starting to spin slowly.
The neko-jin looked serious as he took the Russian's hand, which Yuuri hadn't noticed due to trying to get the room to stop spinning by blinking repeatedly.
"I was really worried. Yuuri must have some new, dangerous moves, but at least you'll be prepared for him next time." Rei sighed, closing his eyes briefly.
Yuuri stopped blinking at the mention of his name and stared at Rei, who in his eyes was swaying side to side. Yuuri was firstly wondering why this neko-jin was here instead of his teammates? Secondly, why was he being referred to as a third person? And thirdly, why the hell was Rei looking at him in an endearing sort of way? (Rei had opened his eyes while Yuuri was pondering to himself.) The only conclusion he came to was that he was dreaming. It was a very strange dream though.
"I'll go now as I can see the drugs are kicking in and well I need to go back to the hotel and freshen up," the Chinese lad smiled weakly, cutting through Yuuri's thoughts.
The Russian watched Rei stand up, stretch his arms up and yawn. It reminded Yuuri of a cat, funny enough.
"I'll be back later," he then leant down so his face was closer to Yuuri's.
At first the Russian looked at him with puzzlement in his eyes, but that soon became replaced with sheer fright as he realised what the neko-jin was about to do. He tried to freeze like a statue and would have succeeded if it wasn't for the morphine relaxing his body, as Rei pressed his warm lips over Yuuri's dry lips. He moved his mouth gently over Yuuri's, and all the time Yuuri stared at him with his eyes as wide as saucers, despite the effects of the drugs. Yuuri was still in this state when Rei pulled away; he realised his heart was beating ten to the dozen due to the heart monitor beeping like it was short-circuiting.
Yuuri was more confused than normally, which isn't hard to do. He always thought Rei was a little campe, but never guessed that he was gay or that he liked him in that way. His brain was starting to hurt because he honestly did not understand what was happening. He was also annoyed at how his body was slipping into involuntary unconsciousness; he had questions that needed answering.
"You get some rest now," Rei placed his palm against Yuuri's cheek, "remember I love you Kai," he smiled, watching the Russian's eyelids droop.
Yuuri's eyes widened momentarily only to droop again at the name Rei just referred him to. He watched the Chinese lad walk away and he tried to heave his good arm around to attract Rei so he could question him, but unfortunately for him, the morphine was taking over all his body functions and Yuuri couldn't do anything as blackness arrived and he was sedated yet again. His last thoughts were, in a frightened sigh, this isn't a dream – it's a nightmare!
Aha! Can anyone guess what's happened? Ah, yes you're right but next we have to find out why it's happened and how too. Well if it's intrigued you then stay tuned, as there will be more. Thanks for reading too. ^^
Diesty-chan