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Okay, I'm now writing this bit a day after I wrote the second chaper, so I can say thank you to everyone that has reviewed:

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Okay so let's begin chapter 2

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The data video had started playing on the screen. A six year old Kai with no blue marks on his cheeks and shorter hair was guided into a room by a man that towered over the small frame of the boy.

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The man shut the door behind himself and turned, the room was full of other boys around the same age as Kai. Kai innocently smiled at them, but the cold faces of the young children just glared back.

"We have a new member starting today. His parents just died and his grandfather dumped him here, he was unwanted - just like the rest of you little brats."

Kai looked up at the man, seeming hurt by the remark. The man smirked.

"Why don't we show him how we welcome new comers."

The man stepped back and the other young children circled round Kai. The young slate haired boy looked around the circle, scared.

The children circling him crossed their arms and smirked - just like the man had. Then all at once the children removed their blade launchers and pointed them at him. He stepped back slightly, but backed into the boys behind him. They violently pushed him back into the middle, Kai looked back at the man with a pleading look in his eyes. The man laughed and left the room, leaving Kai alone to fend for himself.

His eyes darted between the boys, he looked so small and innocent inside the circle of young soldiers. Then all at once they released their blades. They slashed and cut deep into his body, with a loud yell he fell to the floor, bleeding. He covered his face with his hands as the blades continued to slash at him.

"Please, leave me alone," he cried out, but the only response he got was jeering laughter.

Eventually the blades stopped and the room fell silent, all that could be heard was the small whimpers of the young boy. His blood trailed on the floor around him, where the blades had ran through it and spread it out.

The boys all moved away and got into a line, waiting for the man to return. Kai remained on the floor whimpering and crying softly to himself.

Within the line a small red haired boy kept poking his head out to look at the boy on the floor, laying in a pool of blood.

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"Hey look," said Tyson pointing to the screen. "Isn't that Tala?"

"Oh my god, Tyson it is," said Max looking closer at the screen. "And beside him, that's Bryan!"

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The red haired boy started to move out the line, but the lilac haired boy beside him grabbed his arm and shook his head.

"Bryan," the small boy whispered, just loud enough for the computer to pick it up. "If we leave him like that he'll get into trouble."

"That's not our problem, if you get caught helping him you'll be in trouble."

The red haired boy pulled his arm back and gazed at the door for a second, before breaking his place in line and running over to the blood stained Kai.

He knelt down next to him and shook him violently. "Get up."

Kai curled tighter into a ball.

"I said get up, if you don't you'll be in worse pain."

Kai looked up at the boy beside him. "Why do you care?" He said bitterly through sobs.

"Come on," said Tala lifting the boy up by his arm. The red-head was a lot stronger than he looked.

Kai's knee's buckled under neither him and he fell back to the floor in pain. Tala grabbed hold of his arm again and threw it over his shoulder, then helped lift the boy up. Once he was stably standing Tala helped him walk over to the line where he and Bryan was standing.

When the man re-entered the room he said nothing, just started their blading lesson.

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The bladebreakers stood in silence as they watched the lesson go on.

"How could they do that to him?" Asked Max through teary eyes. "He was only six."

Ray shook his head. "I guess the Abbey was a lot worse than we thought it was."

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The lesson ended and the boys were excused from the room, Kai was kept behind as the other bladers walked out. Tala and Bryan were the last one out the room, as the red head exited the door he looked back for a moment, before shutting it behind himself.

Kai stood with his hands together, looking at the floor.

"So…" he circled the young boy. "This is the grandson of Voltaire, to be honest I'm not impressed."

He knelt down in front of Kai and took hold of the boys chin, tilting his head up to look him in the face.

"I'm sure Boris will be able to train you up nice and easy. You met Boris yet?"

Kai shook his head.

"Don't worry, you will." He let go of the boys chin and stood up. "But I'm sure he wont mind if I get first dibs on you."

Kai looked up at the man and shivered. His small frame looked even smaller now with the man towering over him. The six year old backed away slightly, fear shinning in his eyes.

"Please don't hurt me, Mr," he sobbed.

The man laughed. "So polite as well, this is going to be fun breaking you down."

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Kai's cries echoed through the speakers as the man began to violently beat him up. Max and Kenny had to look away, they couldn't bare to watch their captain get so harshly treated at such a young age. Tyson and Ray watched in horror, unable to tear their eyes away from the screen.

They both flinched as one last kick was sent to the boys fragile body, sending him motionless. The man walked out the room leaving Kai unconscious on the dark bricks of the floor. The video cut out, sending them back to the option page.

"This isn't right," said Kenny. "We should go, we shouldn't be watching these."

No one else said anything, they wanted to see what happened next.

"Maybe… if we watch these we'll be able to understand Kai better," said Tyson.

"What more evidence do you need that he was mistreated?!" Shouted Kenny. "I'm sorry I can't watch anymore." He ran out the room.

"What do you want to do guys?" Asked Tyson. "Carry on watching or leave it here?"

Ray cleared his throat. "It isn't right to be watching these… but…"

"But?" Asked Tyson.

"But I too want to know more about Kai, it isn't right… but I still want to see more."

Max nodded in agreement.

"Okay," said Tyson as he hovered the mouse over the next link.

'Kai Hiwatari/Six Years old/Second entry/30/8/97' (4 days later)

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A small boy laid on one of two shabby looking beds, the room was dark and the bricks on the walls were crumbling away. A small whole in the wall a couple of metres above him with bars in it was a poor excuse of a window.

The red haired boy on the bed cupped his hands behind his head and stared up at the ceiling. The door slammed open, causing Tala to bolt upright in his bed. Then a very badly beaten Kai was thrown into the room. Tala glared at the man in the doorway, as soon as the door slammed shut again Tala jumped up.

He ran across the floor and helped up the blooded slate haired boy, then dragged him over to the bed on the other side of the wall to his. He ran over to the corner of the room, where he picked up a slightly cracked bowl. He filled it with dirty water from a tap in the wall and grabbed a red towel from the floor, obviously stained with blood.

The small boy balanced the tilting bowl in one hand and carried everything else in his other hand. He sat down next to Kai, placed the bowl on the floor and picked up the towel.

"What did you do this time?" He asked.

Kai didn't say anything, it looked like he was struggling to breath.

Tala sighed and dipped the towel into the water, then wiped it over the boys forehead. Kai's eyes slowly flickered open.

"Tala…" he whispered.

"It's okay Kai, I'll sort you out like last time. But you're going to have to learn to do it yourself. If I get caught doing this I'll be in big trouble."

Kai nodded and tears started to fall from his cheeks. "I didn't even do anything," he sobbed.

"They don't need a reason, they just have to feel like it."

"Tala…"

"Yes Kai."

"What did I do wrong?"

Tala stopped dabbing the boys forehead. "What do you mean?"

"I wasn't ever bad, why did my grandfather send me here."

Tala sighed. "I don't know Kai."

He cleared most the blood away and walked back to the other side of the room, where he picked up a needle and some cotton like string.

"What are you going to do with that?" Asked Kai, eyes growing wide at the sight of the needle.

"You've been hit pretty hard above your eyebrow, I'll have to stitch it up so it doesn't get infected."

"I don't want you to," cried Kai.

He hit out at the needle. "Kai!" Shouted Tala grabbing his hand. "This wont hurt… I promise."

Kai calmed down and sat silently as the seven year old Tala stitched up his wound.

"Thanks Tala," whispered Kai, when it was all done.

"No problem."

Tala put everything away and Kai started to cry again.

"What's the matter now?" Asked Tala.

Kai sniffed. "I want to go home! I don't want to be here anymore. I'm tired I'm hungry and I hurt all the time."

Tala walked over to Kai to try and calm him down. "Be quiet, if someone hears you we'll both be in trouble."

Kai started to cry even worse.

"Listen to me," said Tala grabbing hold of Kai's face, his crying got softer. "You can't be like this here."

Kai sniffed.

"You can't be so emotional, if you are you'll never survive."

Kai wiped his eyes with his red sleeve.

Tala smiled, something that Kai had never seen before. "You have to promise me something now Kai… You have to promise me you'll bury your emotions deep inside of you."

Kai looked confused.

"You have to promise me you'll lock them up inside yourself and never let them out."

Tala looked into Kai's eyes. "Can you do that? Never show your true self to anyone, wear a mask to cover your emotions. You have to forget about them and never ever let them out."

Kai looked to the floor for a moment before looking back up at Tala, he nodded.

"Good," said Tala. "If you can't then you won't survive here."

"Tala…"

"Yes Kai?"

"Are we friends?"

Tala nodded. "We're family, you me and Bryan. We're brothers."

Kai smiled. "I've never had a brother before."

"Want to make it official?"

"Huh?"

Tala walked back over and picked up the cleaned needle, then headed back to Kai's bed. He sat beside him and pricked his finger, then gave it to Kai, who looked up in confusion.

"Do what I done."

Kai nodded and pricked his finger. Tala then took hold of Kai's hand and pressed their fingers together.

"We're now blood brothers. I became blood brothers with Bryan, so his blood is now yours too. We'll look out for each other no matter what."

Kai nodded.

"Tala…" said Kai, looking down at his finger.

"Yeah?"

"One more night."

Tala tilted his head. "One more night of what?"

Kai looked at the floor, his fringe covering his eyes. "One more night of emotion, then I promise I'll lock it up forever."

Tala's usually cold eyes became soft. "Okay… one more night."

Kai looked back up, tears beginning to flood down his cheeks, then he flung himself into Tala's arms and began to sob quietly, which soon turned to crying.

Tala looked a bit uncomfortable with the closeness. Then softened up as he placed his arms around his new brother. They stayed like that for a long time, until Kai fell asleep on him. Tala laid him down and stood up to head for his own bed. He got stopped when Kai grabbed hold of his sleeve.

"Can you sleep with me tonight?" He asked through pleading eyes.

"If we get caught we'll be in trouble."

Kai let go of his sleeve and looked at the ground. "Okay… I'm sorry."

Tala sighed. "Only for tonight."

Kai looked back up and smiled, then moved closer to the wall to let his brother in.

Tala moved in under the covers and faced Kai, he took the slate haired boys hand.

"Night Kai."

"Night Tala."

The both soon fell asleep.

The Screen went blank.

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Max, Tyson and Ray had all found themselves chairs and were sitting around the screen.

"I can't believe Kai was like that once," said Tyson. "He was so innocent."

"Yeah, but I guess that explains why Kai's emotions are locked away," said Ray. He laughed slightly. "I guess we can blame Tala for that."

Max sat silently, his eyes full of tears.

"Next one then?" Asked Tyson.

The other two nodded.

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Woo that's the second chapter written within 3 hours of the last one, not bad if I do say so myself. Lol.

Awwww poor Kai and Tala. Talas only seven and Kai's only six it's sooo sad L

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