Document Opened: 04/21/2010, 10:30pm.

Authors Note:
Kai is like this on purpose. He will end up how he is in the show later on.
Let me know any errors.

No yaoi or non-con. Just a friend fic and the other Demolition Boys will appear in the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade. Someone named Takao does.

Hearing heavy foot-steps echo from the stone floor, a red haired child perked up with interest as he could also hear smaller footsteps as well. It had to be his new room-mate arriving.

The eight and half year old watched as Boris came into sight and opened the cell and stepped inside along with another boy who was shorter than he was. The red head refrained from visibly frowning, the boy looked far too young to be in a place like this. In the six months he had been there, he had yet to meet anyone younger than eight.

"Tala, young Kai here is going to be your new room-mate. Do get along, hm." He spoke with a fake smile while the boy, Kai, looked up at him then to Tala himself. Seemingly unsure if he was supposed to say anything now or not.

"I'll leave it to you to tell him the rules. I'll be back at five-thirty." Hearing the expected 'yes sir' from Tala, he left and relocked the cell door.

Tala watched the door with a hint of anxiousness showing in his icy blue eyes while he waited for Boris's footsteps to fade away before turning to Kai.

The new kid had strange two-toned hair, both a shade of blue with his bangs being the lighter shade. However what caught the most interest was his big innocent crimson eyes.
"How old are you, kid?" He questioned tilting his head to the side slightly.

"Six." The boy answered instantly before talking again as Tala processed this information.
"How old are you?" Kai asked back, big crimson eyes staring at the red haired child curiously.

"Eight and a half." He replied and a small smirk came to his face seeing the shorter boy make a silent 'o' with his mouth.

He could have kicked himself mentally almost forgetting another question that had popped in his head just a few moments ago. "Kai, right?"

He nodded a yes to the older boy. "Okay Kai, sit. I need to tell you how things work around here." Tala spoke motioning for the boy to sit across from him on the ground.

After they both sat, Kai waited in silence for the red head to begin. For a minute, he reminded Tala of an eager little puppy. "Before we get to that, how did you wind up here?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

"To make my grandfather proud." He all but beamed after stressing his 'r's' a little bit.

"Grandfather?" Tala asked seeing if he could get more information from the boy with the face-paint. He noticed it earlier but having been here for so long, he had seen stranger things.

"Yeah." He went on smiling "My grandfather, Voltaire, said if I came here and worked hard and listened like a good boy then he would be proud of me."

A realization dawned on the child hearing the name, with small hesitancy he asked "Is your last name...Hiwatari?"

"Yep." Pausing for a moment the boy appeared to be in thought before speaking "What's your name?" He thought the strange man earlier mentioned it but he hadn't been paying much attention.

"Tala Ivanov." The red head answered. He had seen Voltaire only two times before when he made two different trips to encourage the bladers-in-training, with an overblown speech, but there was always something about him he didn't like and Tala had a feeling that the child sitting before him would only end up getting hurt and disappointed. But seeing as he only just met Kai and the innocent look on his face made him hold back saying anything. Maybe he would be wrong?

Shaking his head to clear those thoughts, he smiled at Kai. "Alright, let's get to the basics..."

Done: 04/22/2010, 12:15am

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