Summery: We were once invincible, untouchable, inseparable. The three of us living above the world, without listening to a word they said. Then that one word brought our whole world crashing down on us, goodbye. No matter what though, I wish you well, my friend.
Disclaimer: I do not own beyblade nor do I own 'Wish you well' by thousand foot Krutch
~Life like Rain~
Kai stared at the ceiling throwing a ball up and catching it without looking. He heard the door open but didn't bother to look at who had came in."Hey Kai, we're going to get something to eat. Want to come?" The voice was quiet, one would have thought the speaker was afraid of Kai if they hadn't known them. Kai knew him though, soft spoken and polite but at the same time strong and protective.
"You both going?" Kai asked still not looking at the speaker. "Yeah, no one feels like cooking and I'm sick of pizza and Chinese food." Kai raised an eyebrow. "Ironic?" The speaker chuckled slightly at Kai's inquire. "Yeah, a little bit. So you coming or should we pick you up something?" Kai caught the ball again and sat up, facing the speaker for the first time. "Yeah, let me get ready and I'll be down." The speaker nodded before turning around to leave Kai to change.
Kai stood working out his sore muscles. He looked to the mirror, the dark circles that had pledge him for years had finally disappeared into nothing but a memory. No more nightmares, no more fear, it had been like a dream and it was a dream Kai never wanted to wake up from. He had forgotten the past, he was untouchable, no that wasn't true. They were untouchable; Kai knew he would have never survived without his friends.
They had been there as Kai had stood before the judge and testified against his Grandfather, finally sending the psychopath to prison for the rest of his life. Still even looking into the mirror made the pain come back. Kai still wasn't sure who he was, wasn't sure what he was going to do. All he knew for a fact was that, as long as his friends stood by him, he was safe.
Kai changed. Sliding on a dark red tank top, and a black jean jacket over it to match his jeans. After checking his hair in the mirror he ran down the stairs, jumping over the banister before he reached the bottom. He saw the redhead first. Black turtle neck and dark blues jeans contrasted the bright red hair. "Tala," Kai said getting the redheads attention.
"There you are, was starting to wonder about you." Kai smirked at his friend. "Didn't know I was being timed." Tala just shrugged. "Just don't want to be late." Kai looked closer at his friend, he saw the devilish smirk that covered Tala's face. "We aren't just going to eat are we?" Tala's smirk grew. "Don't worry Kai, it's got nothing to do with you. I just think our neko friend needs a little push right now." Kai knew what Tala was referring to, after the incident things had changed.
"You guys ready?" Kai looked towards the new voice. Long raven hair that was pulled back in a low pony tail, a dark gold shirt with red flames swirling around the side and light blue jeans. Kai smiled as the youngest in their trio emerged. "Waiting on you." Tala replied, the same smirk plastered on his face. "So where are we going?" We began heading for the door, before the question was answered. "Second Fret." Ray stopped, looking suddenly nervous. "Tal, can we please go somewhere else. I don't think I am ready to face them again."
Kai felt a pang of sorrow, as his friend remembered the past. They all had things they wanted to forget, things they rather not relive. Ray was the only one though that had his past stuck with him. Every time he tried to move on, something came and dragged him back down. Kai put an arm around Ray's shoulder, giving him a reassuring squeeze. "It won't be the same way this time, promise." Ray looked over at Kai, his eyes trusting. They had to trust each other, or else none of them would be sane."You won't be alone this time. Me and Kai will be right there with you." Ray took a deep breath, trying to convince himself to go through the door. "Alright, let's go."
They each had a past and they each had lost things due to that past. Kai had his Grandfather and the nightmares he still relived from him. Tala had been left one too many times and so had forgotten how to trust. Ray had lost everything, including himself. They were all fighting to get back to where they needed to be. When they were together though, they weren't afraid, the nightmares didn't come and the monsters vanished.
They all knew the truth though, everything they did was all leading up to one thing . . . goodbye. That was what was hard. Every time they took a step forward, it made Kai want to take another step back. Because every step forward brought them one step closer to that dreaded word. They walked up the road, without a word. It was to hard to talk about what might happen when they got there.
"Guys, no matter what. I can always come back, right?" Ray asked looking at the two older teens. Both of them smiled something that neither did often. "Anytime." They said at the same time. Ray smiled trying to grasp what just might happen once they were there. Everything had happened to fast in Ray's life. He had lost his mom to fast, he had grown up to fast, he had been hurt to fast, he had cried himself out too fast, everything was always just to fast. Ray had wanted the world to stop, he wanted a chance to get back what he had never gotten the chance to have.
He had lost himself somewhere in the shuffle, and without Tala and Kai, he would have been lost for good. They had pulled him out, slowed life down, given his a chance to breath, but now life was moving forward again, and what waited at the end of his path was something he didn't want. It was a farewell. It was moving forwards and leaving the past behind him; even if he wanted the past to move with him.
"Things are going to get better, you'll see." Ray looked over into the crimson eyes of his friend. For three years they had protected each other, for three years they had been unstoppable, for three years they didn't fear what was next. For three years they had simply lived. Tala watched the exchange between the two, he hated this more then the other two realized.
He was always the one pushing things forward, making sure not to move so fast that he lost the others. The truth was though that 'goodbye' was a word that Tala feared. He looked at the two he had trusted more than anyone else and all of a sudden reality caught up with him. If this meeting he had set up worked, goodbye was the only way it could end. He felt tears pricking at his eyes, he didn't want to cry. He wanted to be happy for the younger teen, but he didn't want to say goodbye.
It was to final, to unforgiving of a word to even place it with his friend. He felt a hand on his shoulder and found himself face to face with bright amber eyes, tears filling them as well as he pulled the redhead into a hug. "It's alright Tal, I'm not planning on disappearing forever." Tala nodded, but he knew the truth. It was just too much to think of though. "No, you need to let go. Move on. Me and Kai will stick around, keep each other sane. You need to live though; you've been drowning for too long."
They were all silent as the building came into view. They all knew what was waiting inside that building. "Guys, I can't do it." Ray whispered as they approached the building. "Yes, you can." Tala said, crossing his arms. They all knew that the kid had what it was going to take, everyone but Ray. "No I can't. They made it clear last time that they didn't want me here. I can't take that again, not yet at least. Tal, I'm really sorry." Ray said looking over at Tala. Tala sighed, inwardly thanking every god he could think of. "Alright, I'll go and tell them you aren't ready."
Kai pulled Ray back a step as Tala went inside. "Ray, are you really not ready, or is Tala?" Kai said, noting Ray's change in attitude when Tala had realized that this could be it. "I don't want to leave yet Kai. I know what's waiting for me there and it scares the heck out of me. You and Tala, without you two, I would have drowned in this world. Without you two, I wouldn't have made it." Kai sighed putting his hands on Ray's shoulders.
"We protected each other, all of us. You helped me and Tala as much as we helped you. The only difference is you can't keep on moving by staying with us, we can." Ray took another shaky breath. "I know, I just . . . don't want to let go yet." Kai nodded, he didn't want to let go either, but he would never tell the younger teen. If he did Ray would never move forward with his life. "You never have to let go." Kai whispered, with the slightest hint of a smile.
Tala came back out, trying hard not to smile. "Foods at home, I say we just head back." Both of the other teens nodded. Once they were back inside. Ray sat down on the couch, pulling his legs up to his chest and burying his head into his knees. Tala sat down beside him and rubbed small circles on his back. Kai went to his room, coming back down with his guitar and doing the one thing he could do that no one else ever could for the younger teen.
Tala saw Kai get his guitar and smiled. Both knew Kai's singing was the one thing that took away the pain, the one thing that made Ray smile the way he did when everything was alright. Kai took a deep breath and started playing the first few cords. It was the song that Kai had written after the world had crashed in on them. The song he had written right after they had found Ray.
It was a slow song with a sad tone, but a clear message. Ray looked up, his face tear streaked, but a smile already showing on his face as Kai started to sing.
"Sometimes love, feels like pain, and sometimes I wonder if it's all the same,
sometimes life, feels just like rain, cause you never know, when it's gonna fall down on you
I wish you well, I wish you well, on this trip to find yourself,
I wish you well, wish I could help, but I can't help you find yourself"
Ray leaned into Tala as Kai continued to sing. Kai's eyes drifted closed as he became engulfed by the melody. The song meant more to Ray then even his two friends realized.
"Sometimes faith, feels like doubt, and sometimes I wonder if we'll even get out,
sometimes life hurts just like now, but ya gotta know, it's all gonna come back around.
I wish you well, I wish you well, on this trip to find yourself,
I wish you well, wish I could help, but I can't help you find yourself"
It was a promise, a promise that no matter what happened, no matter where he went, no matter what life threw at him. Those two would always be there for him to fall back on.
"find yourself,
I can't help you find yourself,
find yourself . . ."
Ray felt his eyes growing heavy as the tempo of the song picked up and Kai sang his verse. The verse that Kai had wrote just for him. It was also the farewell that they all dreaded, and the promise of always being there. The verse that told their life.
"and we were sixteen at the time, nothing could ever change our minds,
we were one step below invincible, and we always fought it,
you've never been the same,
you were so scared to make a name,
then you threw it all away,
and i wish you'd come back now."
Ray's eyes drifted shut as he leaned against the redhead and he heard the slate haired teen's voice. He was safe as long as he was with them. They saved him when no one else would. When no one else would even try.
"I wish you well, I wish you well, on this trip to find yourself,
I wish you well, wish I could help, but I can't help you find yourself,
I wish you well, I wish you well, on this trip to find yourself,
I wish you well, wish I could help, but I can't help you find you"
"Thanks," Ray muttered as the song began to draw to a close, the tear tracks on his face forgotten as he brushed his face into Tala. Kai's eyes opened upon hearing his friend's voice. The song had slowed it's tempo again, and so he strummed the last cords.
"I wish you well, I wish you well, on this trip to find yourself,
I wish you well, wish I could help, but I can't help you find yourself"
Tala put an arm around the younger teen, laying his head on top of the others. Kai's voice carrying out the last echoes of the song, his heart contracting as he thought on the last words he sang.
"find yourself,
I can't help you find yourself,
find yourself,
I can't help you find yourself. . . "
Kai put his guitar aside and smiled at the sight before him. Tala had drifted off to sleep as well during the last few cords. Kai's gaze then locked on the raven haired teen and his smile wavered. "Ray, I wish you would come back to us."
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A/N
Hey everyone, alright I know I shouldn't be doing this, but this fic got stuck in my head. I mean this isn't even one of the ones on my page!
But hey good news, this is a short one. (Not a oneshot unless you all think I should end it here, in which case I will) but only like three or four chapters. Send me a review with what you all thought!
Anyways, before anyone asks, No, this is not yaoi. It is a friendship fic about how much we depend on our friends to help us when we feel like we are drowning.
Also the song that Kai sang is 'Wish you well' by thousand foot krutch.
Thanks for reading