Hello Everyone, I hope you like this. This is my very first fic. And its special to me. I am not a regular manga/anime geek, but beyblade is important to me; one, because I loved it from its very first episode and two, because it is one of the things that made my childhood memorable, before my mother's death turned my life over. Beyblade is a memory that reminds of the peace and normalcy that was home's warmth. I have come to love a lot more anime since then but beyblade will always have its special place.
Lastly, I don't own Beyblade, nor any of its characters. I love them to bits though and I do own the plot of this story . :)
Chapter 1
The little boy flopped about in the shallow pool, giggling away madly, as his father held him tightly in his secure and muscular arms.
"Come on Nakagou, you can break away my boy", he challenged the little toddler.
The boy didn't really feel the need to break away. He always loved the way he felt in his father's arms. And nothing really mattered when it was his dad teaching him to swim, instead of some random coach who had taught him to float and cycle but nothing else. It was fun too. But Papa thought the coach was going too slow, which was why he had decided to teach the child himself.
The silly little antics stopped soon, as a sweet voice called out to them. Nakagou and Rei stopped and looked to the source of the sound. Sighing, they got out of the water, they knew Mariah had come to take them inside.
Nakagou loved Sundays. His dad stayed home and his mum prepared delicious breakfast, which they all tucked in together, after a swim or doing something fun that had been promised by Rei the previous week. Next week, it would be the treehouse.
Mariah piled two plates with fries, buns, fried herring and fruits for her beloved 'men', one of whom was 4 and the other who was ofcourse 28. She loved family time. Though she wasn't so sure if she loved being in the little suburb outside New York. She had never wanted to come to America. She had wanted a quiet life in the little village where she and Rei had grown up . Yes, she had wanted a nice little womanhood in a cozy household, despite the fact that she was a brilliant beyblader. What she had now, was nice too, only she wished it were what she really yearned for. Suddenly, she came out of her trance, as she realized Nakagou was asking for ketchup. Rolling her eyes in amusement at the puppy dog eyes of her son, she passed him the ketchup.
"Everything okay love, you look troubled" asked Rei. He could tell when Mariah looked disturbed or faraway.
Mariah just gave Rei a small smile and looked at Nakagou. He was a sturdy child with neat habits and sweet manners. He didn't look like either of his parents; he didn't have his father's amber eyes or his mother's bright pink hair. On the contrary, he looked a lot like someone they had known long ago. With two toned blue hair and dark crimson eyes, Nakagou could have been not Rei's but Kai Hiwatari's son. Only, he was in reality Rei's and Mariah's son. There could be a lot of children with slate hair and crimson eyes. But such a child in an orphanage, had triggered painful things in Rei's mind. Mariah's doomed motherhood was eating away at him because she wanted a child to hold to her bosom and to love with all her heart. They had considered and rejected the idea of adoption many times. But when, Rei saw Nakagou in that orphanage, he knew at once what he had to do.
Mariah had protested at the idea, but one meeting with the little guy had squeezed her heart. She knew all orphanages were not like the abbey and Nakagou could have been anybody's child. For some reason, she had trouble seeing him as anything else but a much younger Kai, which was why she wanted to protect him so bad. Having been the bladebreakers' friend for so long and Rei's lover for as long as she could remember, she knew exactly what Kai's life had been. She hoped to God that he was happy now wherever he was, even if he hadn't kept in touch with anyone of them. More than that, she hoped that whosoever had left Nakagou in that place, wasn't Kai.
That's for the 1st chapter, Please review and tell me how you like it and anything else that you might want to say to me. I won't be motivated to write more if I don't get reviews, so please review :)