Six months had passed. Six months since the captain of the blade breakers disappeared and six months since any news had been heard about his whereabouts.

Kai's POV

I sat alone once again in the dark cell which I call my room in the abbey. I hazily looked out of the barred windows to see the moon still in the pitch black sky, it must only be 1-2am. I pulled my knees up to my chest and kept watching the sky.

I dropped my head on to my knees and soon fell into a nightmare-filled sleep.

Nightmare

I looked in horror as Black-Dranzer destroyed the training room I had crept in to. I should have known the power was too much and now I was going to pay the price.

The room begun to flash red as the alarm sounded alerting Boris and Voltaire to my presence in the room.

I desperately tried to scramble through the wreck I had made of the room, towards the door to find Tala.

Just as my hand touched the door handle, it swung open, knocking me to the side painfully.

Boris reached down and grabbed the back of my small tank-top – pulling me off the floor and towards the man I greatly feared – Voltaire.

He sneered at me before motioning Boris to follow him.

"Clean this mess up" he ordered a group of guards that had gathered to see the commotion

As I was roughly dropped on the floor and shoved after Voltaire, I could see Tala's face watching me through the door of our cell. He looked almost scared, but not for himself…oh no…he was scared for me.

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I was roughly kicked to the floor by Boris

"Stupid Boy" Boy he hissed in my ear before kicking me in the ribs with all his strength he had, causing a loud snap to be heard and sending me rolling across the floor.

"Do you realize what you've done" Voltaire spoke darkly, turning round to face me…his face twisted with hate

"Y-yes sir" I replied quietly – which earned me a swift punch to my cheek

"you will speak only when spoken to…DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!" Voltaire roared at me

I cowered back as Boris backhanded me, causing a small trickle of blood to roll down my chin. He turned and left, leaving me with my grandfather, who the whole time he was gone just glared at me, giving me harsh kicks every now and again. Of course I daren't move…that would be an even worse mistake, to try and run.

Boris returned carrying small metal box. He plugged something into a small socket near the floor and soon after a metallic buzzing rung through the room. Voltaire came behind me and held me in place as Boris approached me.

I received my punishment, to have 4 tattoos placed on my cheeks as a reminder of my stupidity.

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I was thrown back into my shared cell with Tala, who immediately came out from the shadows to see me.

End Nightmare

I was rudely awoken with a sharp kick to my ribs, I looked up to find Boris grinning down at me.

"Get Up" he stated plainly

I made no attempt to move and that earned me another kick, which in turn caused a loud snap to echo through the cell

I reluctantly followed Boris as he led me to Voltaire's office in the east wing.

I briefly wondered what would await me, but we arrived all too soon, Boris motioned me to enter. I slowly pushed the door open and walked inside.

Voltaire spun his chair around and watched me as I stood the opposite side of his desk.

"There is a reunion in one week, in Japan." He stated "Stanley Dickenson sent me a letter, incase I was still in contact with you" he grinned

"You were not here at the Abbey boy, if anyone asks, you were not here, do I make myself clear?" he asked calmly but sternly.

"Crystal" I replied sarcastically. He glared at me, he then reached into a drawer. He pulled out a plane ticket. "This will get you to and from Japan. You will not be staying over night boy, you will return straight after the reunion. Understood?" he stated.

I smirked at him. "yes" I stated simply, I picked up the ticket and turned on my heel and left.

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Japan

Tysons POV

"do you think the sourpuss will turn up?" Ray asked me from across the room. The other teams all turned up just 20 minutes ago, the only person not present was Kai. Everyone stopped there conversations when Mr Dickenson cleared his throat to answer the question

"We couldn't directly contact Kai, however we did manage to send a latter to Voltaire-" He began

"WHY HIM?!" I interrupted rudely, receiving glares from most people in the room

"Well, Kai's grandfather is the only person we can think of that could possibly still be in contact with Kai. So we sent him a letter explaining the situation and asking him to inform Kai of today." I sighed. Kai was never going to turn up. However, just as the thought entered my head, a loud knocking was heard at the door to the Dojo. I glanced around the room, and made my way over, the other bladers all following. As I opened the door I saw a pair or crimson eyes and four cobalt blue tattoos. Kai didn't smile, nor did he attempt to make a greeting.

"K-Kai" I managed to stutter.