Hey, Kiki here.
This is my new story and my first fiction that isn't a Kai x Ray fic. Wow.
Category: Beyblade.
Rating: T.
Pairings: Bryan x Kai.
Genre: Drama/Romance.
Summary: Kai never thought he could feel so lonely but his life is made worse by the arrival of an unwelcome guest who is only out to make Kai's life a living hell...
So. Bryan and Kai. For me, it's quite a special pairing as it's one of only two where I can really see Kai as the submissive one. I also feel he can be Uke to Tala but in that pairing I could quite easily see Tala as the Uke instead. But with Bryan and Kai, it's fairly obvious who is the Uke and I can see that so clearly in my mind. Both Bryan and Kai are some of my favourite characters and I wanted to write a story as them as the centre characters. This is what I came up with.
Kai will be quite different in this compared to my other fics as I'll portray him as being slightly weaker than I normally do. This of course means that Kai may be a little OOC, which I don't like doing unless I mean to do deliberately, so please tell me if you feel Kai is totally OOC. It would help a lot when I write Kai's character in this.
Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or any of its characters.
WARNINGS: Bad language. Yaoi. A little violence.
Well, without further ado here is the first chapter.
Enjoy!
Chronicles Of Fate: Bryan And Kai
Chapter One: Evil Encounters
Snow blew amongst the trees of Hiwatari Manor; the weather was vile as the night drew closer but things inside the Hiwatari Manor were colder than the weather could ever be. The Great Hall was silent save for the clattering of cutlery as servants silently swapped the plates from the main meal to the desert.
"You have barely eaten anything Kai" commented Voltaire.
"I'm not hungry"
"Are you ill?"
"I'm fine grandfather"
"Then why do you not eat?"
"I have no appetite tonight grandfather"
"Suit yourself" Voltaire drank from a wineglass and the silence seeped back in to the room.
Kai was so lonely; he had never felt anything like this before, he missed his friends: Tyson, Ray, Max, Kenny and even Daichi. Things weren't the same as they had once been; now it appeared, he hated to be forced from seeing his team, despite the fact he'd spent years resenting their presence. They had got under his skin it seemed. They had been his allies and he could not reach them. He could not even pretend that he was free from his childhood team; no matter how much he tried to bury the feeling, the need to see them grew stronger by the day. The Blitzkrieg Boys had disbanded after BEGA; none of them had known what to do, Tala had opted for staying Japan for reasons unknown and, not knowing what else to do with his life, Spencer had stayed with him. Bryan had told no one of his plans, not even Tala; he had merely been there one day and gone the next.
And, as for Kai.
He had not known what do to; his life had suddenly seemed empty and wanton, save for the crushed remains of his beyblade he had nothing he felt he could care for. Being with the Bladebreakers suddenly seemed so hard when they were all so happy and complete. They had no use for him anymore and Kai had seen fit to step down as their captain. This, of course, left him the choice of what to do with his life; something that suddenly seemed so vast and long and yet so pointless. He had not known what to do and it had taken him to a place very dark.
In the end he'd gone back to the only place that he still belonged to: The Hiwatari Manor in Russia. As soon as he had arrived he'd known it was a mistake; Voltaire had invited him in and stripped Kai of any need to see the outside world ever again, he'd manipulated and twisted Kai until the phoenix almost didn't recognise his own mind. That was why, for the last three months, Kai had dwelled in the Manor of Hiwatari like a lost ghost. Barely speaking and barely eating Kai was living with a feeling he never knew he was capable of.
He'd spent years of his life pushing away people who wanted his friendship; he had no need of it and he did not want it. But the Bladebreakers had persisted; they had been determined to be Kai's friend no matter how much it annoyed him. It had driven Kai crazy but eventually he had allowed the Bladebreakers to be his friends.
And now he'd experienced the joy of friendship he longed to get it back.
This need in him drove him insane; he felt weak, tired and so defeated. It seemed that BEGA had really taken it out of Kai and he couldn't find the strength to bring himself back up.
"I have some news for you" said Voltaire.
His voice cut in to the silence and hushed Kai's brooding thoughts.
"What is that?" Kai looked up from his untouched desert and across the length of the grand table to his grandfather.
"We have a new tenant arriving with us tonight" Voltaire nodded at a manservant to refill his glass.
"A new tenant?" Kai repeated slightly confused.
He hadn't known his grandfather could be so welcoming.
"An old team-mate of yours" continued Voltaire "Bryan Kuznetsov"
What?
Kai frowned.
Surely his grandfather was mistaken.
Sure, Kai and Bryan went back far but their relationship had been nothing but jealousy and hatred for one another. Kai was seventeen just and Bryan was going on for eighteen, an age difference Bryan had always used against Kai. The days in the Abbey, before Tala had arrived, Bryan had tormented Kai, bullied him because Kai was the grandson of the owner of Biovolt and, according to Bryan, Kai had had it easy in the Abbey.
Kai hadn't had it easy.
Bryan had made it worse.
Then Tala had arrived and he had befriended both Bryan and Kai; so, for a while, their constant fighting was put on hold until Kai had left the Demolition Boys. He had joined the Bladebreakers to become world champion and for the next two years Bryan had brought Kai down in every way he could think.
Not even Tala had been able to put a hold on Bryan's hatred for Kai.
But the last year had been the worst between them.
Had Kai not joined the Blitzkrieg Boys it would have been Bryan fighting alongside Tala and Bryan hated Kai for taking his place.
Bryan hated Kai and Kai hated Bryan so why would Bryan come within twenty foot of the person he hated?
"You must be wrong" said Kai.
"I am not"
"But why would he come here?"
"Does that need to concern you?" asked Voltaire with a tone that Kai associated with a violent anger which he could no longer handle.
Kai dropped the subject and finally pushed away the desert in front of him whilst gesturing to a manservant to take it away.
"How long will he stay for?" asked the phoenix dully.
"The length of his stay is indefinite," replied his grandfather "he is to stay in the spare room that is to the left of yours"
Kai had no reply.
So Bryan Kuznetsov was coming to stay at Hiwatari Manor.
But why?
"If you do not mind now grandfather I shall take my leave" Kai stood up and walked out of the Grand Hall to the main foyer.
All the time the same question was circling round his head…
Why was Bryan coming here?
He had no reason to be here, he had no friends in the place; Kai was Bryan's enemy and Voltaire hated Bryan with a passion ever since Ray had beaten Bryan.
Come to that…why was his grandfather even letting Bryan come here?
Kai made his way up the grand staircase slowly still thinking…
Down in the foyer the phone rang and Kai stopped to wait for the manservant to answer it; he hoped it would be Tyson…well maybe not Tyson personally, the last time Tyson had used a phone he'd sent the person on the other end to a therapist for three weeks.
Kai suddenly found himself wildly praying for it to be someone like Ray…or Kenny…or…no definitely not Daichi for safety reasons…but could it be someone for him?
Please?
Just someone who had an excuse for Kai to leave this place-
He heard the manservant put the phone again and his heart sank, leaning over the banister he called "who was it?"
"It was the wrong number, sir" the manservant called back up.
Kai continued up the stairs but paused again as there was a knock on the main front door, a harsh loud cruel knock.
Kai looked over his shoulder as a manservant standing by the door opened it silently to let in their new tenant.
"Welcome to Hiwatari residence sir" said the manservant grandly as Bryan stepped in.
This grand tone was completely wasted on Bryan as he dumped his bag at the feet of the manservant and pulled off his dripping wet coat to throw it at the manservant also.
His eyes rested on Kai…
Pale cruel eyes stared in to deep molten and there was a moment of total suffocation and unawareness as they drank in the other.
Bryan was surprised by the lack of expression on Kai's face; the falcon knew Kai wasn't exactly a bucketful of smiles, but he'd always prided his ability to make Kai glare.
Now all that stared back was a dead blank look with unlit eyes and an even paler complexion.
As for Kai's clothes they were nothing to his usual designer expensive jackets, trousers and scarves; he was wearing a simple pale blue shirt, scraggy jeans and the trainers were battered and dirty. His hair was a mess, clean but not brushed.
All in all Bryan wasn't impressed by Kai's whole appearance.
Gone was the proud and well thought of captain.
All that stood on the stairs now was a young man who had given up on life.
"Can I get you anything to drink sir?" asked the manservant "or would you like to head straight to your room?"
"If you tell me where my room is I can go myself," answered Bryan not taking his eyes away from Kai. Picking up his bag again the falcon broke his gaze from the figure on the stairs and looked at the manservant "well?"
"Up the stairs sir, go along the corridor and up the second flight of stairs to the next corridor. It's the room to the left of Master Kai's which is the third room along on the right-hand side" replied the manservant with a smile.
Bryan nodded and started his way up the stairs; the gap between him and Kai shrank, as Bryan came level with Kai their eyes met again and this them there was no mistaking the glare that flashed across Kai's face.
Bryan smirked and continued passed the phoenix; Kai waited until Bryan had reached the top of the stairs and walked down the corridor before relaxing his shoulders, he sighed as Bryan disappeared from view and again the same question entered his mind.
Why was Bryan here?
Kai continued up the stairs and made his way to his room all the time thinking of possible reasons why Bryan would be here. It had to have something to do with Kai himself; he couldn't see any reason why Voltaire would allow Bryan to come here if it wasn't something to do with Kai. Opening the door of his bedroom Kai paused and looked at the closed door to his left; whatever the reason was Bryan was here and for now there was nothing Kai could do about it…
But that didn't mean Kai wouldn't everything in his power to get rid of Bryan.
Kai knew he'd let himself go.
He was ashamed enough without having someone laugh in his face.
Kai closed his door and leant against it with his eyes closed, grateful for the darkness.
"How the mighty have fallen" hissed a voice Kai knew only too well.
Kai opened his eyes and looked at Bryan who had the nerve to sit on Kai's bed. Flicking on the light Kai went over to the curtains and drew them across more for something to do rather than shutting out the dark night. He turned back to Bryan thinking about the words he would say.
"Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Is that you trying to be polite?" asked Bryan with a smirk "shit, your grandfather really has beaten you in to submission"
"I'll take that as a no" Kai pointed at the door "get out"
"That's more like the Kai I know, not dead yet then"
"I said get out"
"And I heard you, but that doesn't mean I'm going to listen" Bryan looked at Kai with an expression of wonder "you really have changed"
"Get out" repeated Kai; he knew Bryan was trying to get him angry and it wasn't going to work.
He was not going to let it work.
"You know you're the first person in the world I've ever felt pity for" Bryan sneered.
"Get out!" snapped Kai failing to keep his temper down.
He didn't need Bryan's pity!
Bryan didn't even know what pity was.
"Everyone else is at Tyson's having fun while you're stuck here" said Bryan "and you know what the worse part is? They all think you're just being antisocial. Little do they know that you can't even leave this place"
"Shut up" Kai snarled, "I don't know what you want, Bryan, but if you think you're going to get to me then you're going to have to think again" Kai glared at the falcon who didn't seem too bothered "now get out!"
Bryan stood and, before Kai even knew what was happening, slammed the phoenix against the wall.
Kai glared at him, keeping the hiss of pain down his throat.
Bryan however seemed to know about the pain that was blazing up Kai's spine.
"For years you've gone out of your way to make my life hell and now I return the favour!" Bryan hissed in Kai's ear "you better watch your back, rich boy, because I'll be stabbing it!"
It had been years since Bryan had called him that
Rich Boy.
Bryan's pet name for him.
Kai glared but made no move to wriggle, determined not to show any sign of weakness "what are you doing here Bryan? You hate me and you hate my grandfather more. Save the fact you'd like to see me go down you have no reason to be here"
Bryan smirked "that's none of your business, rich boy, and you'd better keep your nose out unless you want to deal with dear little granddaddy"
Kai snarled and strained against the grip still pinning him against the wall "trying to scare me, Bryan? I think we both know that can't happen"
"Right, because you're already so scared of granddaddy"
Kai was stopped from replying by a knock on the door and his grandfather's voice call out "Kai, open the door"
Kai struggled once more "he mustn't find you in here"
Well, what do you think?
This is a little darker than my other fics so it should be interesting.
Please leave a review.
Thanks for reading!
Kiki
