Prologue : The past
Kyoya used to a happy child, but only until he was four years old. Then his father passed away by a tragic car crash accident. Kyoya couldnt recall much about the time before that. He still had been very young. The only things he remembered cleary was how his father used to tell him stories about the jungle and its animals. The story Kyoya liked the most was the one about the white lion. And the happiest day in his life was the day his father brought him his bey- Rock Leon.
Kyoya had a very good relationship with his father, also with his mother. They used to be a happy family. But losing his father made Kyoya feel bitter and very unhappy. It wasnt only losing his father (that would have been already enough), it was losing his best friend, his mate, his second-half. Kyoya had always been told that he looked a lot like his father and he liked that.
After his father passed away, Kyoya wasnt able to overcome the terrible loss, he felt deep in his heart. His mother tried her best, but it wasnt easy for her either. In fact, it was a very hard time for her, she had lost the love of her life. She had married her husband against the will of her family and couldnt expect any financial help from them. After three years of loneliness and despair she got remarried. That was something Kyoya wasnt able to understand at all. He felt as if his mother betrayed her former husband. At this time Kyoya didnt know that she only did that for him. She wanted to have someone left to take care of him. Since his mother had figured out that she had cancer. She didnt tell anyone, because therapy was already too late and it would have costed more, than she could afford. So Kyoya was only seven years old, when he lost his mother as well. After four months of marriage, she died and Kyoya realized that he lost the only left person, that truly loved him.
Kyoya hadnt been friendly towards his mother anymore, when she got remarried. But losing her made him see how much he still had needed her. The man his mother married, his so called stepfather, turned out to be a complete other person, that they had thought. He wasnt capable of rising a child at all. He was brutal, sadistic and an alcoholic. He turned out to be a part of the Yazuka (sth like the japanese mafia). He had been hiding all this, when he got married. But after Kyoyas mother passed away, he showed his true face. Kyoya had to endure a lot in this time and it was the most terrible part of his life. His stepfather forced him to work for him, as a drug dealer. Being still a child, he had to expect a less strict punishment from government. Besides who would ever guess, that a child was working as a drug dealer? Kyoya got into a dark and loveless world, he never knew before. His father started to hit him brutally, every time he was drunk(what meant nearly most of the time) and sometimes even if he wasnt drunk. Kyoya had stopped crying after a while, since he knew that it wouldnt help. The scars on his cheek were caused by his stepfather, who was nothing else that an insane person. He used a knife, being proud to mark the traces of his torture. Kyoya lived as a prisoner, being forced to obey this crazy man. That was the worst and most cruel time of his entire life. At the age of twelve he somehow managed to escape. He ran away and started a new life in another town, always living in fear of his father finding him and getting him back.
He didnt have anything. He was an orphan with no money, no food and nobody who could take care of him. The only precious thing he had left, was his bey. There were weeks he spent without any food and he used to sleep on the staircases of public places. He lived the life of day flies, expecting every day to be his last one. He had no family left and no friends. The only thing he could do was bey training. He practiced every day in order to become a strong blader. Kyoya worked very hard, until he was able to take full control of his beyblade. About this time he started to work as a builder. This way he was able to to train his inner strength and his muscles. All he wanted was to become stronger, so strong that nobody would be able to harm him anymore. Normally it wasnt allowed that young boys work as a builder, but they saw that Kyoya was a boy of above average strength.
Kyoya was relieved that he finally had found a way to gain some money and on the same time continue with his training. He never stole, because that was something against his principles. He didnt want to end the same way as his cruel stepfather. Stealing was the first step of getting into the life of a criminal. After that he would lose more and more of his conscience, until he wouldnt have any left any more.
After living for three years this way, Kyoya saw in the newspapers, that his stepfather had been caught by the police. He died in a gunfire, while trying to escape. There were no words to describe his feelings, the moment he saw this. Kyoya didnt know what he felt this moment: satisfaction? relief? Was his heart even able to still feel sth? Before knowing, he always had the feeling of being chased. Sometimes he hadnt been able to sleep for days, remembering the torture he went through.
Kyoya decided that he had to finalize with this part of his life. It was over, so why should be think about it again? His past had nothing to hold for him, but memories of nameless pain. Kyoya didnt spend his childhood as normal children did, but living under such hard conditions made him realize sth very important: Only the strongest were able to survive in this world.
He would never trust anyone anymore or open his heart to someone again. He had lost the ability of having feelings. It was as if there was a door that had been closed. Kyoya had lost the most precious persons to him, his parents. The feeling of love and being loved meant nothing to him. He was broken, a broken and empty person inside. He tried to hide this fact, but he knew it was true.
He wasnt able to make friends anymore, since he felt as the hole world couldnt be trusted.
When he met Benkei and the face hunters for the first time, he liked the idea of becoming their boss. It made him feel important to someone. But that didnt last for a long time and after he got bored, he just left them. Benkei was the only person, who had been able to gain some of his trust.
Kyoya liked the way he stayed strong, even after losing to him many times. It showed his blader spirit. That was why he accepted him in some ways. Benkei was a reliable training partner and a loyal friend. They were having that kind of weird friendship, which Kyoya liked. Even though he would never admit it, especially not to Benkei.
Hey guys! :) How did you like the first chapter?
Though the story hasnt started yet! This is just a prologue. I had to explain some things about Kyoyas past!
btw. I didnt invent this story about the white lion. Its a popular story in Japan called Kimba-the white lion. Its similar to Lion King(this Disney Movie)! I dont know why, but I wanted to tell you that :)