Disclaimer: I own nothing. At all. Damn that's depressing. T-T
A/N-
I call first Zeo/Kai!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^-^
Seriously, when I first saw Zeo, I was like, 'What the hell is Ryou Bakura doing in beyblade??' LOL!
I got this idea from listening to 'Rainbow in the Dark' by Dio and 'Chop Suey' by System of Down. I recommend listening to them. (P.S Don't be put off by all the screaming in Chop Suey. When the guy actually sings its really *really* good ^^)
Anyways. On with the fic!!!!!
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Chapter One: The price of honor, the curse of pride.
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Zeo sighed. He was tired and wet. The rain hadn't let up a second since he had fled from the Bladebreakers, telling them that from then on they would never meet on good terms, and had taken that godforsaken beyblade.
'Why?' Zeo thought leaning against the railing that separated the park from the beach. 'Why did it have to be my father?'
Zeo all but snarled and hit his fists against the railing in frustration, paying no heed to his singing hands. It wasn't supposed to be like this! Life wasn't supposed to be so hard!
"Zeo."
"Huh?" Zeo whipped around startled, "Who's there?!" he demanded as he caught sight of a shadow just beyond the tree line. The rain really wasn't helping matters.
"Zeo." The voice said again. In the same, almost patient way, as the shadow stepped into his line of vision.
Zeo's eyes widened. "Kai" he said surprised, before quickly regaining his composer and adding coldly, "What do you want?"
"Zeo, it's alright."
Zeo spun once again. Kai. He sounded.....different. Sympathetic?, Understanding? Benevolent? Something like that. Why?
"What's alright?!" Zeo asked, disgusted at how desperate he sounded.
Kai ignored him, but continued to his side.
Zeo eyed him warily.
"I told you and the other Bladebreakers, we're enemies! Don't you understand that?!" he yelled, it was too hard, he didn't want to think about this! He didn't want to think about anything!
"Ah. But you're wrong." Kai said turning his gaze from the stormy beach to meet the confused green eyes of Zeo. "I understand better then anyone else could."
"How could you possibly know?!" Zeo demanded pulling his best glare and staring right back into Kai's garnet eyes.
Kai chuckled a bit and Zeo lost some of his nerve. Did he really want to know? That laugh wasn't happy or even content. It was haunting, sad, and bitter.
"Are you willing to have power at the price of self destruction?" Kai asked turning once again to look out at the stormy water.
Zeo blinked, caught off guard. "Wha...?"
"Power at the price of self destruction." Kai repeated, gesturing towards the blade Zeo didn't realized he had been holding.
"I was. Once." Kai said memories flittering across his mind.
Zeo's interest was aroused as he watched the boy engrossed in his memories. His eyes were dazed it seemed and he almost seemed to be in immense pain. But that couldn't be possible right? He was Kai Hiwatari, captain of the Bladebreakers and a world champion.
Kai looked at him with a tiny pained smile. "It would seem that way wouldn't it?"
"Crap, I said that out loud didn't I?" Zeo said, momentarily forgetting who he was talking to and hitting his head with his palm.
"Thinking out loud." Kai agreed losing a bit of the pain for just a fraction of a second before it returned with reinforcements.
"What did you mean when you said you chose Power? At the price of self destruction?" Zeo asked sobered.
Kai sighed, " I was once in your place. I know what it's like to want to please a family member. No matter who they might be." Kai narrowed his eyes at this part, but continued, "I chose the path you yourself have decided to walk, but the difference between you and I is you're can turn around. Right now. You don't have to follow this road," kai gestured to the storm around them the rain even heavier, " I can tell you how it ends. Not well at all. It's game over. You lose."
Kai tilted his face into the falling rain, it felt like his very fire was going out.
Zeo closed his eyes, and looked down. ' I can't...I can't! I can't turn back now Kai! Every way I look at it I'm screwed! My dad will hate me! Tyson Max, Rei, Hilary, Kenny!! They'll all hate me!!"
"They wont hate you Zeo. They excepted me back and I did far worse then you have yet. Trust me on that." Kai said with the same pained sad smile.
"I can't Kai. My dad..." Zeo began again. Wanting nothing more at this moment then to explain!
'Your dad would be very upset if you didn't. Am I right?" Kai asked turning his head from the sky to look at the teal haired boy.
"Yes." Zeo said looking back with a pleading look. Pleading for him to just *understand* form *his* point of view.
"If I can't talk you out of it......" Kai sighed once more before turn his body to fully face Zeo. "Battle me."
"What?" Zeo asked astonished and confused.
"Battle me. I cannot let you battle the others and you cannot be free unless you battle one of us." Kai explained. "To be free, you must battle one of us at the best of your abilities and lose."
Zeo looked directly into Kai's eyes and nodded shakily, unable to control his warring emotions he flung his arms around Kai's neck tears mixing with rain on his face. Startled slightly Kai wrapped his arms around Zeo's waist.
He barely caught Zeo's whispered answer. "Free me."
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End Chapter One
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A/N-
Sooooooo, What do you people think? Good? Bad? Indiffrent? Cookie?
Should I continue?
Some things *will* be cleared up in the next chapters, please be patient.
Please Review! ^-^
A/N-
I call first Zeo/Kai!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^-^
Seriously, when I first saw Zeo, I was like, 'What the hell is Ryou Bakura doing in beyblade??' LOL!
I got this idea from listening to 'Rainbow in the Dark' by Dio and 'Chop Suey' by System of Down. I recommend listening to them. (P.S Don't be put off by all the screaming in Chop Suey. When the guy actually sings its really *really* good ^^)
Anyways. On with the fic!!!!!
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Chapter One: The price of honor, the curse of pride.
~*****~
Zeo sighed. He was tired and wet. The rain hadn't let up a second since he had fled from the Bladebreakers, telling them that from then on they would never meet on good terms, and had taken that godforsaken beyblade.
'Why?' Zeo thought leaning against the railing that separated the park from the beach. 'Why did it have to be my father?'
Zeo all but snarled and hit his fists against the railing in frustration, paying no heed to his singing hands. It wasn't supposed to be like this! Life wasn't supposed to be so hard!
"Zeo."
"Huh?" Zeo whipped around startled, "Who's there?!" he demanded as he caught sight of a shadow just beyond the tree line. The rain really wasn't helping matters.
"Zeo." The voice said again. In the same, almost patient way, as the shadow stepped into his line of vision.
Zeo's eyes widened. "Kai" he said surprised, before quickly regaining his composer and adding coldly, "What do you want?"
"Zeo, it's alright."
Zeo spun once again. Kai. He sounded.....different. Sympathetic?, Understanding? Benevolent? Something like that. Why?
"What's alright?!" Zeo asked, disgusted at how desperate he sounded.
Kai ignored him, but continued to his side.
Zeo eyed him warily.
"I told you and the other Bladebreakers, we're enemies! Don't you understand that?!" he yelled, it was too hard, he didn't want to think about this! He didn't want to think about anything!
"Ah. But you're wrong." Kai said turning his gaze from the stormy beach to meet the confused green eyes of Zeo. "I understand better then anyone else could."
"How could you possibly know?!" Zeo demanded pulling his best glare and staring right back into Kai's garnet eyes.
Kai chuckled a bit and Zeo lost some of his nerve. Did he really want to know? That laugh wasn't happy or even content. It was haunting, sad, and bitter.
"Are you willing to have power at the price of self destruction?" Kai asked turning once again to look out at the stormy water.
Zeo blinked, caught off guard. "Wha...?"
"Power at the price of self destruction." Kai repeated, gesturing towards the blade Zeo didn't realized he had been holding.
"I was. Once." Kai said memories flittering across his mind.
Zeo's interest was aroused as he watched the boy engrossed in his memories. His eyes were dazed it seemed and he almost seemed to be in immense pain. But that couldn't be possible right? He was Kai Hiwatari, captain of the Bladebreakers and a world champion.
Kai looked at him with a tiny pained smile. "It would seem that way wouldn't it?"
"Crap, I said that out loud didn't I?" Zeo said, momentarily forgetting who he was talking to and hitting his head with his palm.
"Thinking out loud." Kai agreed losing a bit of the pain for just a fraction of a second before it returned with reinforcements.
"What did you mean when you said you chose Power? At the price of self destruction?" Zeo asked sobered.
Kai sighed, " I was once in your place. I know what it's like to want to please a family member. No matter who they might be." Kai narrowed his eyes at this part, but continued, "I chose the path you yourself have decided to walk, but the difference between you and I is you're can turn around. Right now. You don't have to follow this road," kai gestured to the storm around them the rain even heavier, " I can tell you how it ends. Not well at all. It's game over. You lose."
Kai tilted his face into the falling rain, it felt like his very fire was going out.
Zeo closed his eyes, and looked down. ' I can't...I can't! I can't turn back now Kai! Every way I look at it I'm screwed! My dad will hate me! Tyson Max, Rei, Hilary, Kenny!! They'll all hate me!!"
"They wont hate you Zeo. They excepted me back and I did far worse then you have yet. Trust me on that." Kai said with the same pained sad smile.
"I can't Kai. My dad..." Zeo began again. Wanting nothing more at this moment then to explain!
'Your dad would be very upset if you didn't. Am I right?" Kai asked turning his head from the sky to look at the teal haired boy.
"Yes." Zeo said looking back with a pleading look. Pleading for him to just *understand* form *his* point of view.
"If I can't talk you out of it......" Kai sighed once more before turn his body to fully face Zeo. "Battle me."
"What?" Zeo asked astonished and confused.
"Battle me. I cannot let you battle the others and you cannot be free unless you battle one of us." Kai explained. "To be free, you must battle one of us at the best of your abilities and lose."
Zeo looked directly into Kai's eyes and nodded shakily, unable to control his warring emotions he flung his arms around Kai's neck tears mixing with rain on his face. Startled slightly Kai wrapped his arms around Zeo's waist.
He barely caught Zeo's whispered answer. "Free me."
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End Chapter One
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A/N-
Sooooooo, What do you people think? Good? Bad? Indiffrent? Cookie?
Should I continue?
Some things *will* be cleared up in the next chapters, please be patient.
Please Review! ^-^