Tomorrows Never Die
Warning: this is a yaoi fic so if you hate boy on boy relationships don't read. You have had a fair warning so therefore I will not be held responsible for your "virgin eyes" being soiled. :3
BloodAmulet (Vixen-Ra): this fic is based on the second season of Beyblade: Beyblade V- Force. This fic is about Rei. He has a stupid fight with Kai and walks out on him. Rei is found by the new Psykicks team (believe it or not that was how it was spelt on a website with episode reviews) and makes nice-nice. They don't know who Rei is and take him back with them to Dr. B's lab. Events unfold from there.
Pairing: Kane x Rei
Disclaimers: I do not own Beyblade or any of the characters. If I did it would probably be X-rated. ;3
NOTE: This is a re-revamp
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Tomorrows Never Die
"Come on Kai I know something is bothering you! Please tell me! I could help you with whatever is bothering you." a honey sweet, male voice filtered through the warm afternoon air. This particular voice belonged to none other than Rei Kon, a not so normal teenage boy…yup, not normal by any stretch of the means. Rei was a Neko-jin, a boy with catlike qualities and abilities. He had long black hair, which he tied back in a hair band, and had slightly pointed ears. His eyes were very feline like, being of a brilliant golden yellow, surrounding pupils that could contract as a cat's could. Coupled with these unusual features are a set of sharp canines and the ability to purr like any contented house-cat…..even if he was considered anything but.
"I said I don't want or need your help Rei. Now leave me alone!" Kai growled, nearly yelling at the startled Neko-jin boy. "But, Kai…" Rei stammered gently as Kai shot him a withering looking response, "Did you not hear what I said or are you deaf you stupid Neko-jin! I. Don't. Want. Your. Bloody. Help!" the young Russian ground out angrily. "What I do or worry about is none of your damned business. Now go away and don't bother me ever again!" Kai snarled and Rei took a step back for fear of having his throat ripped out.
"I was only trying to help you, Kai. You don't have to bite my head off!" Rei snarled back and looked up into Kai's sanguine eyes, a clear challenge to the Russian's anger. "You're being an right asshole, Kai. We've been friends for a year and I thought you would have opened up by now, but I guess I was wrong. You're the same old asshole I met when the BladeBreakers were formed!" the Chinese Teen nearly cried as Kai let out a feral growl and lunged at Rei.
Rei didn't have time to react to the other boy's rapid movement as he felt Kai slap him fiercely across the left side of his face. Kai hit him so hard that Rei was actually knocked to the ground from the sheer force behind the heavy blow. Rei lay on the ground completely shell shocked as he brought his hand up to his stinging cheek. Tears were forming in his golden eyes when he looked back up at Kai who was hovering over his prone form.
"How dare you say that about me you stupid Cat." Kai growled maliciously down at the stunned Chinese boy. "You have no right." The Russian continued to say as Rei held back his tears, getting back onto his feet shakily. The Neko-jin grit his teeth and suddenly shot a glare back at Kai, "No Kai, you had no right to hit me." The catlike teen growled softly and before he could continue speaking Kai had a lethal hold on his right arm, twisting it painfully behind the smaller boy's back. Rei grunted and looked up at Kai, noting that the Russian was angry…really angry, "I can do much worse than that, Rei." He sneered and Rei shivered.
"Do you understand me now, Rei? Leave me alone and stop prying into my affairs." Kai said after staring down his teammate and finally released him from his steely hold. Rei stumbled back a few steps and looked at Kai, his expression hurt, "Fine." Was all he said, turning on his heels and walking away.
During the exchange two figures sat crouched behind a bush watching the fight happen no more than a couple of feet away, "Tyson, one of us should go talk to Rei and one of us should talk to Kai." Max's soft voice whispered across to Tyson from where the two of them were hidden behind the aforementioned bush. They had followed Rei to Kai and had hidden so they could hear what they were saying. It had been Tyson's idea in the beginning and, at first, Max didn't really care for meddling in the other two BladeBreakers' business, but now that Rei had been upset he did indeed care. "Well I don't want to be the one to talk too Kai. He'll just kill me!" Tyson squeaked. "Fine." Max muttered and held up his fist, "Rock, paper, scissors and whomever wins gets to go talk with Rei." Tyson nodded.
"Rock, paper, scissors…shoot!" Tyson said as Max held up paper while Tyson held up rock, Max smiled victoriously, "I win, Ty!" the blonde chirped while Tyson looked close to tears and whimpered at Max. "Aaaww, come on, Maxie!" he pouted, "Not a chance, Tyson." The blonde laughed as he got up and walked out of the bush they had been hiding in. Max ran to catch up to Rei while Tyson sidled over to Kai, being smart enough to keep at a safe distance.
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"Rei! Wait up!" Max yelled and eventually caught up with the distressed Neko-jin. Rei stopped on a street corner facing the traffic, "Rei. What's wrong?" Max panted as he came to a stop beside Rei. He looked over at the raven-haired teen and saw the dark red slap mark on his left cheek. "Oh god! Rei he did hit you!" Max nearly yelled, "I thought I was just hearing..." and he cut himself short when he got a pointed look from Rei. "You were spying on us?" he asked and Max nodded sheepishly, "Tyson was worried about you two and you looked upset so he had us follow you…I'm sorry Rei." Max said quietly.
"That's okay Max…I understand." Rei said just as softly as he smiled sadly at the blonde boy beside him. "Why were you fighting with Kai?" Max asked and Rei lowered his gaze to the ground. "He was worrying me, Max. I know something's bothering him and I asked him if he wanted my help…he got mad. I said things that I probably shouldn't have and he hit me. I guess I deserved the hit though." Rei explained as a look of shock took control of Max's features. He grabbed Rei by his shoulders, turning the dark haired male to face him, "Don't say that, Rei! I know what you said wasn't a good thing to say to Kai, but he shouldn't have hit you as hard as he did."
Rei shrugged, "I don't care. He can help himself for all I'm concerned." His sad expression turned to one of anger and he pulled away from Max. "Rei?" Max began but when he saw the angered look on his friend's face he stopped, "Don't bother, Max, I can take care of this by myself. Thanks for your concern though. If anyone asks, I'm out and won't be back for a while." Rei muttered over his shoulder and sent a soft smile back to the blonde as he jumped into the air landing on a car ready to drive away as soon as the red light turned green.
"Take care of yourself, Rei!" Max yelled at his retreating back. He watched as the lithe Neko-jin jumped from car to car until he landed on the other side of the street and disappeared into the trees. "Be careful." The normally hyper teen said once more, "I'd better go help Tyson with Kai." Max sighed and walked away.
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Rei walked alone down the hill and into a park where he sat on a swing looking out over his surroundings, "Why can't Kai just open up to us. He was doing so well when we were battling in Russia. What happened to him?" he sighed and leant back in the swing letting his arms hold his weight with their hold on the swing's support chains.
Silence fell around Rei like a thick veil as he watched the sky from his reclined position, "Why am I worrying about Kai? He has never worried about me before." He growled suddenly and sat up in the swing. "Such hate in your voice. What's the matter, Beautiful." Came a voice from behind the teen, causing Rei to turn in the swing to see who had addressed him so improperly. He saw a rather well dressed man standing behind him, the man looked as if he worked at some multimillion-dollar company…or something to that effect. He carried a briefcase and had black hair and black eyes.
Rei stood up abruptly, looking at the man in confusion as the man merely smiled back at him, "You heard what I said so don't give me that look." The stranger said snidely, causing Rei to huff at him, "Who says you can talk to me like you just did." Rei challenged. The man laughed at him and stepped up to Rei until the teen had to look up at the man in order to properly see his face, "Such a feisty little one, you are." The man breathed out, his face suddenly too near Rei's features for the smaller to be comfortable with.
The man lifted his free hand up and stroked Rei's left cheek, causing the boy to wince slightly from the light pain that the man induced by touching where Kai had slapped him earlier. "So soft." The man breathed and Rei jerked away, "Aw, come on now, Beautiful, don't you like me touching you." Rei felt like throwing up as he stepped back further. "No I don't." he said shortly and the man growled, "But you're so pretty how can I not resist touching you." The man said with a lecherous tone and grabbed Rei by the hair, yanking Rei forward violently.
Rei gave a cry of surprise and fright as the man dropped his briefcase and wrapped his now free hand around Rei's waist. He pulled Rei against his body and lowered his head to the crook of Rei's neck, taking in the boy's scent. However, the young Chinese male wasn't about to go down without a fight and he began to struggle fiercely. The man growled against him and yanked back on the teen's soft, silky black hair, causing the boy to cry out.
The stranger smiled cruelly into Rei's exposed neck and slowly licked up and down the expanse of quivering flesh. Rei felt tears forming in his eyes from the additional pain and could now also feel how excited the man was becoming as a growing erection pressed at his stomach. He yelped when the man's harsh hand moved from his waist to suddenly grope at his ass, squeezing cruelly. His assailant only laughed and kissed his ear in an unforgiving mimicry of affection.
"You're so responsive. Mmmmm…and you taste heavenly." The man grunted only to pause, "Hello what's this? Your ear is slightly pointed? How Strange?" However, despite this discovery the man continued his assault and bit Rei's ear, causing the Neko-jin to cry out again. "You're not normal are you?" he whispered against the shell of the teen's ear in a disgusting rush of air as Rei arched away from the horrible man, only succeeding in accidentally rubbing his stomach against the man's nasty erection. His assailant moaned and Rei screamed for all he was worth.
The Chinese teen suddenly heard a faint growl filter over his screams and cries for help and than his head suddenly snapped to the side. His left cheek stung once again, becoming even redder. "Naughty, naughty, you shouldn't be screaming. That will attract…" but the man never finished his sentence for he groaned in pain and fell forward, crushing Rei beneath his larger body. Rei screamed again and fought under his assailant's dead weight fiercely as he tried desperately to get the man off, but, instead, found his arms to be trapped.
Tears were flowing freely now and he sobbed helplessly in frustration of his situation. The shock of what the man would have done to him was settling in and he began to shake uncontrollably, "Help get that asshole off, Gouache, or the slime might crush him." Came a slightly muddled voice through the frightened haze clouding Rei's mind. "Sure thing." Came a gruffer reply and Rei vaguely registered the dead weight being lifted off of his body. He didn't respond, however, and only lay there shaking, breathing harshly through his mouth.
"Shit! He's going into shock, Kane!" A distant female voice could be heard. Rei's breathing was laboured as he barely felt when someone wrapped his or her arms around his body and was hoisted into a warm lap, "Shhhh…don't be frightened we're here to help you." Came a soothing voice in his ear.
"He's not responding to you, Kane. He's too far gone." Came the female voice once more. The arms around him tightened and he was snuggled into a strong, warm chest, "He needs help, Salima. What do I do?" came the voice that was holding Rei, the one called Kane. "Talk to him, Kane." Came a new male voice. "Hey you, can you hear me? Please, snap out of it…please stop shaking. You're going to be okay. My name is Kane and I'm going to help you." came the voice of the one called Kane. "Nice one, Kane." That newer male voice cut in again.
"Shut up, Jim. What would you do?" but there was no answer, "I thought so." the boy known as Kane huffed and Rei felt someone stroking his forehead. Rei slowly began to stop shaking and his golden eyes began to focus again, "Wow! Did you see that, Kane, his eyes…they just slit like a cats do." Came the voice that must have belonged to the one called Jim. Rei focused on the face above his. It didn't look harsh like the assailant's had, in fact it looked loving and surrounding that face was a mop of wild blue hair. Rei moaned and shifted in the person's arms.
"Hey there. You finally decided to join us." Came the person's reply. 'That voice sounds so warm and safe.' Rei thought tiredly and unconsciously clung to the figures chest. Rei whimpered softly and slowly turned his face up to look into his saviour's eyes once again. "Hi there. Do you think you'll be able to stand up so we can go sit somewhere more comfortable?" his saviour said softly, "Don't worry we want to help you." He added as if not further clarifying his intentions would frighten Rei more. The blue haired male than swept one arm around to indicate the others that were attached to the 'we' in his last sentence as Rei followed the movement, looking at each one in turn.
Rei nodded his head slowly and the other boy smiled, helping the Neko-jin onto his feet. Rei stood shakily and nearly fell over when his legs suddenly refused to support his weight, forcing the other boy to catch him. "Lean on me if you have too?" he said softly and Rei leaned gingerly on his saviour's shoulder as he helped him over to a bench on the other side of the park. "Don't worry I'll take care of your problem." A larger set boy said as he walked back over to the unconscious man, dragging the lecher off and out of site. The boy than returned smiling widely, "Don't worry the bastard's sleeping with his own kind now."
Rei was still shivering and breathing harshly, but he was now more aware of his surroundings as he looked at the boy who was still supporting him even though they were already sitting on the park bench. "I'm being rude. I'm Kane. That's Salima. That there is Jim and the big guy is Gouache." The boy, Kane, said suddenly, pointing to everyone in turn and Rei looked at him smiling faintly. He nodded and answered Kane's unasked question, "My name's Rei." He said in a soft timber of a voice.
"Cute name for a cute boy." the girl called Salima said and Rei blushed, looking down at his feet, "Salima, don't scare him. I think he's been traumatized enough for one day. You, however, go and get him something hot to drink…he's still shaking." Kane said, indicating for Gouache and Salima to fetch some drinks as he rubbed Rei's shivering shoulders. "Sure thing, Kane." Salima said and walked away with the boy named Gouache following after her.
"Don't worry about Salima, Rei, she just likes cute guys." Kane laughed warmly, the sound making Rei relax as Kane started up a little friendly conversation, "But I'd like to know if you're alright? That slime ball didn't hurt you really badly…did he?" Kane asked suddenly, a worried look taking over his features as he glanced Rei over for any injuries. "No, not really." Rei said shortly and looked at the ground again, beginning to shake once more, "Shhhh…it's okay. You're safe now, I promise you that." Kane said gently.
The blue haired male soothed Rei and brushed the raven-haired teen's hair back out of his face, "Salima and Gouache should be back soon and I'd like it if you would put something warm in your stomach." Kane suggested and tickled Rei's belly to add a bit of emphasis. Rei laughed softly, the sound making Kane's heart skip a beat. 'His laugh…it sounds so wonderful. Bright like the sun and flowing like a stream. Beautiful.' Kane thought and smiled.
"You should laugh more." The blue haired teen said simply and Rei couldn't help but smile at him.
"Hey we're back and we have soup and hot buns!" Salima called as she came walking back over to her friends and Rei. She stopped beside Kane and looked down at him, "I see Rei has settled down." She murmured to Kane as said teen couldn't help a relieved smile. "He has no time to worry about it, Salima, not with Jim hanging off of him.'' Kane laughed with a slight shake of his head as he pointed behind him, "Jim's been doing that for nearly ten minutes, but at least he's keeping Rei laughing." Kane added and Salima sighed, a smile on her own face as she sat down beside the blunette.
Gouache sat down beside the redheaded girl a moment later and set the food down gently, "Hey it's time to eat!" Salima called and Rei moved back to the little group with Jim hugging stubbornly to his side, "You look excited about something, Jim?" Gouache asked curiously and Jim smiled widely, pointing at Rei. "It's him!" Jim chirped, "He's an amazing person! Look at him carefully. Do you remember what I pointed out earlier?" Jim said excitedly and it was Salima who answered, "You pointed out that his eyes had a cat like quality…that they could elongate like a cat's pupil."
"Exactly! You also noticed that his eyes are yellow, right? Cats have yellow eyes and if you move his hair aside you can observe his abnormally shaped ears, he has slightly pointed ears!" Jim said getting all the more excited as he revealed Rei's 'quirks' by moving the dark haired teen's tresses aside in order to show the others the Chinese boy's ears. "Plus…can you open your mouth... as you can see, he also has abnormally sharp canines. They're cattish in fact." Jim added as Rei couldn't help but wonder if 'cattish' was even a word…maybe it was. The others just blinked at Jim, a tad confused which caused the small blonde to sigh, "Tell them, Rei."
Rei nodded gently, his eyes closed and simply said, "Neko-jin." Than he opened his eyes to observe their reactions. They all looked shocked, their mouths hanging wide open, "I'm a Neko-jin from China." The raven-haired boy repeated as they all scooted forward, staring at him curiously. Rei backed away slightly not liking the closeness, it reminded him of that man and how close he had been, "You're really a Neko-jin, Rei?" Kane asked.
"Ya." Rei replied simply and finally opened his mouth so the other teens present could see his sharp, slightly elongated canines. There was a resounding 'wow' and they all sat back again, "So that's why you were hanging off of Rei like that." Kane said cheekily, looking at Jim as the blonde nodded smugly.
"That's pretty cool, Rei. You're something special." Salima said genuinely as it was Kane who nodded this time. Rei smiled more brightly and than looked out at the horizon beyond the boundaries of the park. It was getting late, "I suppose you want to get back home, don't you, Rei?" Kane said as he saw where the Chinese boy's gaze suddenly went and to Rei the blue haired boy almost sounded sad about it. "Not really." Rei said in a slightly bitter tone, "Why not, Rei? I bet your family are worried about you." Salima added gently as Rei shook his head. "I'm staying with friends…they won't be worried since they think I can take care of myself. Not to mention I had a fight with one of them so I don't really want to go back." Rei ground out miserably as he unconsciously touched the cheek where Kai had stricken him. "If you don't want to go back, Rei, you can come with us." Jim piped up suddenly and Kane looked at the little blonde boy strangely.
"We can't leave him out here alone, Kane, not after what happened to him." Jim argued defensively and Rei shivered at the unintentional reminder of his 'near miss', "Ya, he can come with us, Kane. It won't do any harm." Salima added as Gouache nodded once in agreement. "…Fine I guess we can take him with us if it keeps him out of trouble." Kane finally said, smiling softly at Rei who smiled right back, "Thank you." Rei said sweetly, causing Kane to blush suddenly. Salima looked over at their leader and than at Rei, 'I think Kane might just like Rei. How cute!' she thought.
"We better get going than…before it gets dark." Kane said looking at the ground, blush still dusting his cheeks while the others all nodded happily. They all stood up and Kane lent Rei his shoulder silently, just in case the boy was still unsteady on his feet. Salima knew the real reason. "We can eat this when we get back." Gouache said, indicating the food they had bought earlier.
They were about six blocks from the park when Salima decided that teasing Kane would be fun, by asking the question she had been dying to bring up six blocks back, "Hey, Kane. You like Rei don't you?" she said bluntly in a soft whisper, "Don't you think it's actually a little quick to be getting attached to him. He may leave and you'll never see him again." She added with a little more concern and Kane glared at her, "I can't help it, Salima! He has an intriguing charm and he's really cute! He's so friendly and polite…so warm and soft. I know it's a little dumb to feel like this when I don't even know him, but I just can't help it." Kane whispered back as Salima put her hand on his shoulder, squeezing it comfortingly. "I know, Kane, but try to get to know him first." She added, amazed at how quickly their leader admitted to liking Rei.
Upon arriving at their intended location Rei couldn't help but to marvel at the size of the building Kane and the others had brought him to. It was massive…and rather cold looking. It was nothing but steel and glass, "We're bladers…we train and kinda live here." Jim muttered from where he stood to Rei's right, as if he too found the building creepy. "Are you a blader, Rei?" the blonde asked as Rei nodded slightly, "Well let's go than! I don't want to stand on the curb all night." Jim said, suddenly cheerfully again as they all followed the small blonde inside the looming building.
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BloodAmulet (Vixen-Ra): So it has been decided (after nearly five years) that this fic will undergo a revamp. This is thanks to Slade's Icy Apprentice, who was the first review I received for this fic in too long to remember. However, I'll still thank all the other readers of this fic who reviewed in the past. I appreciate your love too! :3
Hopefully this version is better written and holds way less grammatical errors than the original version. I guarantee that the story has lengthened and words have been added and changed (hopefully for the better).
Okay so it's August 31, 2010 and this is the second time I've had to re-do this fic as it was still in horrendous shape! Okay so the reason this went on hiatus again so quickly was thanks to my home comp up and dying on me! It took me forever to get a replacement and when I finally did I lost the original files to my home comp and felt too damn lazy about copying it from and rewriting it all over yet again!
