Disclaimer: A-ha! Nope! I don't have the ownership of Beyblade.
KaiHil AU, YAH! Finally I can go crazy and make the characters OOC! Muahahahaha! –evil laugh-
But then, this story is a result from the devastation I felt with my chemistry teacher one night at 3 a.m.
So I'm considering about deleting it if it turned out to be stupid. Besides, my other story on KaiHil hasn't finish yet, better worked on that one. - - "
Oh, ya, and if my story down here have anything in common with any of the fics here, I am truly sorry, I am sure it is just a coincidence. I hope. Lol.
-YOSHA!-
-Between Two Worlds-
Prologue – The World
Dried leaves rustle with each other. The slow pace of wind kicked the surface of the ground, bouncing particles of sand into the air, forming dusts. The air was dry but cold, adequate to force such normal human beings to shiver at least a little.
The place looked like a huge refugee camp – except it was a building instead of camps, only one particularly, rectangular in shape, colour and structure faded due to time. It was placed firmly on the land and huge enough to occupy a numerous number of people. That specific place itself was the home of hundreds of kids around the age of 5 – 15, and a small amount of adults at the age of 40 - 45. There was a solid wall surrounding that one building, preventing anything from coming in.
Or anything from going out.
That was what the place was called; The Place.
Not far at one end of the corner of the high walls, was a group of kids; one surrounded by many. It was just a small girl with somewhat 3 or 5 boys and girls making a circle around her. She was sitting on the sandy ground, both hands covering her fragile brown head. Skin filled with dirt, and tears slowly falling out from the orbs at her face.
It turned out that she was a target practice, as countless of rocks were thrown directly at her, hitting every part of her body. She twitched when each hit sent electrical impulses to her brain which were then translated as only one feeling; pain.
"Please! Stop!" she cried.
But none stop.
"PLEASE!!" she shouted now, more tears rushed out.
But yet again, she was ignored.
The kids around her were smirking and chuckling heartily. More stones were picked from the ground, and when they couldn't find any, they took a handful of sand instead. Everything was launched towards the poor little girl. She kept begging until there was no more voice, kept crying until there were no more tears.
It was then she found her saviour; her one and only saviour.
The one that she will then trust her whole life into.
"STOP IT!" a voice was heard. All of them turned to one precise location. Only a couple of metres of them stood a boy.
A boy with dual greyish blue hair.
A boy with bright crimson eyes.
A boy with a pair of double triangle blue paint across his cheeks.
A boy with a long scarf wrapped around his neck
A boy named Kai.
"Oh no! It's him!" suddenly a girl in the group gapped.
"Let's get out of here!" yelled another child.
A glare came from Kai, one sharp glare that could pierce straight into their hearts and shred them into pieces. With that, they were off like a bunch of cowards as they were.
"Hn."
She didn't notice the bullies were gone until she suddenly felt a pair of cold eyes staring her from above. She finally unshielded herself and her huge ruby eyes met his crimson ones. He stared at her and for the first time since she came there, she felt it was safe to look someone in the eye.
"You're the new girl?" Kai asked, and she realized he had a more matured tone for someone his age.
She couldn't utter a word and gave a nervous nod instead.
"What's your name?"
She gulped at the question. It was too, the first time that anyone ever asked for her name. She went all wobbly with her words. "Hil… Hilary…"
He smiled. She blushed.
Kai offered a helping hand and Hilary grabbed his hands as if she couldn't do it anymore for a second time.
"I'm Kai."
And again for the first time since she was there, the thin line on her face curled into a smile.
It was the first time they met.
She was only 5 and he was 6.
"Kai!"
He turned at the sound of her call. He saw her approaching him and somehow the sight suddenly horrified him when he saw her tripped. She flinched slightly and sensed a protective grip around her right arm.
"Hils!" that was what he called her, a nickname that only he was allowed to use.
She gave a grin. "I'm fine."
"You need to be careful! You could have hurt yourself!" his voice slightly tense. No emotion in his eyes nor face, but she knew he was capable of worrying.
She shook her head. A huge smile that she had gotten used to appeared at her fair face. "I'm going to be fine as long as you're here!"
Kai's eyes widened.
"And I want you to promise that you'll always be there for me!" she exclaimed with her unique childish grin. She let out her right pinkie at Kai's face. Kai had no choice but to slide his right little finger with hers.
He sighed gently. She chuckled softly.
They made a promise on that day.
She was 10 and he was 11.
"Let me go! I said let me go! HILARY!" he shouted as he struggled in the arms of his friends. The black-haired called Ray and the navy-haired Tyson tried to restrain him and tried to keep him behind the closing gate. In front of them was a worn-out van driving away further away from them.
And inside it was Hilary, her figure could be clearly seen through the back window of the van, along with the other girls that were being transported to The Place in the west. She was knocking the window furiously, tears continuously flowing. No one could hear it, but her lips kept forming one name; Kai.
"HILARY!" Kai screamed out again. He held out a hand, but only to find that he was only gripping air. He wanted to cry, but only to find out that not even a single tear left his eyes. He gathered all of his energy to move at least a step forward, but only to find that he was moving the other way. He called her name again, but only to find out it was replied by the echo of his own voice.
He had never felt such pain; the pain of loosing someone. He had lost his parents but the impact was not as excruciating as this. It was the first time he had yelled so much, forcing so much out from his vocal cord.
He felt weak.
The depiction of the van was getting thinner as the gate started to close. Kai screamed louder and struggled harder. Getting further away, Hilary was shouting for him. Both called out each other's name but none heard a thing.
There were only the sounds of brown fallen leaves screeching between each other.
"No Kai! Stop it man! You can't go out there!!" Tyson yelled
"Just let me go!!!"
The gate was closed and the sight of the fading van disappeared. He dropped to the ground with a hand still reaching out, while his friends finally let go of him.
He screamed desperately. She cried helplessly.
She was 12 and he was 13.
A promise – broken.
"Hilary!!"
He woke up with a shout. He stood up on his bed and found himself reaching towards nothing, the blanket and pillow was nowhere in sight. He was breathing hard, his chest rose up and down at a high speed. He realized that he was also sweating heavily.
It had been 2 years and the dreams still haunt him every night.
"Kai? Are you okay?"
He looked down from his hard bed. A boy at the age of 8 was staring at him with curious round eyes. His face was slightly dirty from the dirt and so were his clothes. Kai gave a little nod.
"I'm fine kid" the boy gave a weird look and ran off.
He watched the boy ran off towards his friends outside, joining the group. Was he too loud just now that the boy actually came and asked if he was alright? He slowly made his way out of the bed, walked passed a series of other beds arranged in a line, and finally came across the door. He left the dorm-like room and took a step outside.
Outside into The Underworld.
The slow wind blew his slate hair, making them moved back and forth. He looked up and saw a grey sky. He looked around him and saw children in dirty clothes and dirty faces. At one part was one group, practicing with different kind of weapons and beside that group was a group practicing actual combat. Both groups had 2 instructors or what they called 'Keeper' in each group. All of the children were only around 5 – 13 years old. Kai narrowed his eyes at what he saw.
Here is where they called The Underworld.
And who might 'they' be? The people from the Upperworld of course. Kai extended his view and he could see, far away, a clear bright blue sky; a sky that would never exist in The Underworld. And there Kai could barely made out a picture of very tall buildings, and a civilized condition; a much much different and far better condition than the condition he was living now.
Kai closed his eyes. He sighed deeply.
That was how the world worked. The world was divided into 2; The Upperworld and The Underworld. The Upperworld meant everything from wealth to happiness while The Underworld meant everything from poverty to sorrow. It was a system that had always existed. It was a simple catch phrase that they used; 'The Strong will triumph over The Weak'
The rule was, that every child that was born, after the age of 4 will be sent of to The Underworld. There, they will show if they were qualified enough to join with the rest of the people in The Upperworld. It was a brilliant system that was created to pick the best among the best, the most worthy among all the others. It was what they called…fair.
Every day, countless of children and adults made it into the land of The Upperworld and yet there were also another countless of children and adults that never even made it to the gate. There could only be 2 things; you either keep fighting or die. And not to the concern of the people in The Upperworld, many had lost their precious life.
And that was the function of the solid walls surrounding The Place; they were to keep the wild beasts, the beasts that the children here were trained to kill, from coming into The Place, and also to keep the 'prisoners' from escaping out.
Once a child entered The Underworld, he or she will be sent to the main branch of The Place which was situated at the north side of The Underworld. There, they will be trained and equipped with battle skills. For the girls, after the age of 12, they will be transported to the West Branch while the boys will stay in the main branch until the age of 15 before they were transported to the East Branch.
That was what happened 2 years ago; Hilary who had reached the required age was transported while Kai had to remain in the main branch. He let out a small groan of anger at the memory.
Kai broke out from his trance at the sound of a scream from the outside of the gate.
"Help! Open the gate! They're coming!" the screams were followed by loud knocks and banging at the steel gate. "Hurry!!!!"
All the children started to panic and started to shift away from the gate. All of them gathered together at one place, afraid at what waiting for them from the other side.
Kai, along with some other teens around his age and the Keepers grabbed a weapon and took a stance in front of the huge gate. Kai held his long straight blade firmly in his hand, the tip headed towards the opening gate.
The gate creaked open, little by little, showing the 3 boys that were frantic outside. One was bleeding and the other 2 had bruises all over. They were the ones that had gone out for a battle practice 2 days ago. They were supposed to battle the beasts in the forests that covered most of The Underworld. Behind them, Kai could see what brought terror into the eyes.
Approaching silently behind them was one the Wolves, only one but at the size of a small cabin. Its eyes glowed in red and its fangs were long as a small child's arm. Kai stood concrete onto the ground, remaining his perfect stance, but the other teens and even the Keepers beside him started to shake in fear.
The gate finally opened large enough for the 3 boys to glide in. At that very moment, the creature attacked. The 3 boys fell crashing onto the earth.
Kai tighten the muscles in his arms and legs, and being the only one, he strike back. His calm exterior didn't cringed even a little, his eyes didn't show fear.
He made his way passed the fallen boys and outside the gate. The Wolf reared its fangs.
But before the blade hit anything, a white flash came into view and an image of a white tiger emerged from the light. Kai's movements were stopped and he covered his eyes due to the bright light.
One child shouted from behind. "It's a Guardian Spirit!!!"
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Hhaha…. Sorry it turned out to be lame…. It's around 2 or 3 a.m in the morning here… and my eyes are SO heavy…. And I know, it's a bit confusing now, but that's my point. So don't pm me yet because more explanations will be coming in later chapters (if there are later chapters)… but then you guys have to wait for a while, since I'm having my Trial Exams next week and sports day this week… man, I'm tired…
So please review, because I'm still thinking twice about continuing this story since it turned out quite bad at the end… -sigh-
