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2nd A/N I feel that this chapter isn't as good as the chapters after it but this chapter is important otherwise the poor reader is going to be confused.
Anyway! on with the show and all that enjoy! Oh by the way words underlined mean someone is on the phone
Chapter Four: Powerful Awareness
The blades smashed together sending out a flash of light so powerful the heat of the light sparked off the walls and floor. And out of this light two shapes came whizzing in to view to strike each other once more, they both rebounded to crash in to the other again and again; the light was intensifying and nothing showed any sign of slowing down. Dust exploded around the two beyblades creating a foggy and almost suffocating atmosphere. Then one of the blades rose above the other and thwacked it back, the blade under attack dodged an attack and disappeared in to the light.
Bryan looked around as Falborg span back towards him hungry for more attacks but Dranzer had vanished forcing Bryan to play the waiting game.
"Come out rich boy!" Bryan's mouth curved in to a slow cruel smile "if you surrender now I won't entirely smash your beyblade to pieces!" over the sound of his own Falborg he could hear the spinning of the second blade somewhere to his left and then his right. So Kai was preparing to ambush him, Bryan snorted, if Kai thought that was going to work then his skill as a beyblader had completely evaporated but still Kai did not show.
On the other side of the room Kai could feel cold air on his back which told him the flight of stairs down could be no more than a few steps away from him. He heard Bryan call to him but ignored it as in his head a plan of action began to form; having nothing to for the past three months apart from study, going on the web and improving his beyblade Kai had spent most of his time wandering round and rearranging his blade so Dranzer was in top condition but Bryan wasn't neglectful of his beyblade either which meant so far they were fairly well matched. When it came to skill Kai was both powerful on his defence and attack and, back in the days of being champion, had been totally capable of intertwining the two to his advantage. Bryan, so far as Kai was aware, was almost beat his opponents by attack alone though ever since his defeat to Ray Bryan had spent a lot of time improving his defence. But the question was would Bryan be confident enough to only rely on his attack in this fight?
Kai's mind was a whirl, spinning with ideas and solutions so fast it was as if his brain was making up for the deadpan state that he had been in for the past three months. He felt alive and as if awakened from a deep sleep, how could he ever of doubted his blading skills? He'd been the first person ever to beat Brooklyn for crying out loud! He was Kai Hiwatari and a champion, true he hadn't quite beaten Tyson yet but that was a mere detail which Kai was quite willing to overlook.
"Alright" he murmured "so Bryan wants me to come out of the woodwork" a glint appeared deep in his eye as he looked down at Dranzer and gave a small smile "I'd hate to disappoint him, let's go Dranzer!"
As soon as he heard those words Bryan saw a red light burst through the blinding light and Falborg barely had moved out the way before Dranzer flew in to view heading straight for Bryan who ducked just in time.
Kai heard with some satisfaction Bryan curse as Dranzer missed him by inches; Bryan wanted a fight and therefore he was going to get one.
"He's going to play tough is he?" Bryan straightened "Falborg!"
For moment Falborg slowed and stayed on the spot, his spinning became faster and stronger creating a wind which became so powerful it send strips of air ripping through the light and dust.
Voltaire looked up from the paperwork on his desk as Peter the manservant entered his office after knocking. Though Peter's job was to attend to Voltaire's every need he also acted as a spy amongst the servants, letting Voltaire know of any untoward actions of the other servants thus Peter was the reason why several of the staff had lost their jobs.
"Sorry to interrupt you sir but you have a guest" Peter held the door open and Voltaire was half way through telling Peter he would see this guest in the library when he heard the clip clop of high heals and Voltaire fell silent.
In walked in a beautiful woman; her hair was fastened with a clip and dyed a deep dark red which matched the colour of her eyes which were deep and hypnotising and were framed by perfectly formed and thick eyelashes. Her clothes screamed out designer and rich and consisted of a smart skirt and matching smart jacket which were the colour of dark chocolate and she was wearing nine inch stilettos. Her neck sparkled with jewellery as did her ears and wrists. Voltaire took in the woman before him and not for the first time told himself he had chosen a perfect woman for his son to marry...in looks anyway.
"Fleur" he acknowledged, "how may I assist you?"
"Voltaire" her voice was quiet and almost a soft purr escaped as she pronounced Voltaire's name "I am here in answer to your letter"
"Indeed" said Voltaire anticipating a problem, he may be able to control his son and grandson but when it came to the only woman of the family they all had to tread carefully.
"I'm afraid the idea is completely out of the question" Fleur Hiwatari sat in the chair opposite Voltaire and looked at a man she loathed. Years ago her family had married her off to a young man who had many prospects; she had been a young romantic woman of nineteen when she'd married him and had hopes and foolish ideas of love and happiness. It hadn't taken her long to learn that the only love she would feel was the love for money and that the money would have to compensate for family she had married in to. Moving away from her family and breaking any connections she had for fear of harm coming to the people she had loved Fleur Hiwatari had settled in to life of shopping, career and obeying the head of the family. Anything Voltaire Hiwatari wanted Voltaire Hiwatari got. He had wanted a grandson and two years in to the marriage that is what he'd got; Fleur had no feelings for the son she had bore because she knew her son had to grow up to learn that the family that he was born in to was nothing but a bunch of calculating bastards who saw the world as nothing except another business arrangement to gain yet more money.
Voltaire was silent for a moment before saying, "why is that?"
"I have given you one child who is still strong and fully adequate for your purposes" Fleur sniffed "I see no reason why I should go through nine months of hell when you already have one child to do with as you wish"
"He has failed me as a grandson" said Voltaire
"I didn't realise you wanted him to take you to the park for afternoon walks every Sunday, I was under the impression you wanted his mind and strength" Fleur answered
There was a glint in her eye that not long ago had been in Kai's eye, when it came to looks Kai took after his father save the eyes but his personality was that of his mother's; disobedient and headstrong. It had taken Voltaire years of beating Kai in to submission for Kai to start obeying his grandfather's wishes and then the Bladebreakers had come along and ruined it all. Though Kai was reasonably behaved for the present Voltaire knew it wouldn't be long before his spirit would try to rise again, which was why it was imperative that Bryan Kuznetsov did not fail in his mission. Voltaire sighed and chose his words carefully.
"I still have my uses for him but I need a new heir, one which will be under my supervision at all times so he grows in to what I want because I see now that sending Kai to the Abbey was a mistake as it meant he learnt things I did not wish him to learn"
"Very well" said Fleur "you want the heir so bad then you get pregnant and go through nine months of hell and ice-cream"
"Is there no way I can change your mind?" asked Voltaire
Fleur snorted "if that's you offering me money Voltaire then I'm afraid you're wasting your time as I have all your money and my husband's money to spend anyway" she stood "I have told you my answer and nothing you can offer shall change my mind. As far as I'm concerned Kai is more than enough"
Voltaire could feel his temper rising but kept it hidden as he knew Fleur would only use it to her advantage. Fleur turned to go knowing she was in control of the situation.
Voltaire growled as he rethought Operation Black; it could still be done.
Bryan and Kai glared at each through the shafts of light as the wind raged and Falborg rose from his blade with a sweep of his wings. Bryan smirked as he felt the power of his falcon throb around the room. The temperature was bitterly cold and ice began to form on the walls.
"Falborg attack!"
Falborg flew down on to Dranzer before she had chance to appear herself, Dranzer found herself crushed beneath the weight of Falborg, Falborg's talons dug in to the metal of Kai's beyblade screeching as the phoenix failed to loosen the grip of the falcon. Kai stood there, his eyes closed and arms folded, he listened to the calls of victory from Falborg, felt the power emitting from both the falcon and Bryan. He was stronger than Kai had expected and it was evident that he'd been training recently, Falborg was in perfect condition but Kai took all this in his stride.
"You've lost rich boy!" Bryan called over the wind "now it's time to see you go down!"
Falborg screeched at the sound of his master's call and he smashed Dranzer against the wall and floor, not letting up and not letting Dranzer break free. Again and again he attacked; sparks flew off the blade as Dranzer was scraped against the hard stone.
Slowly Kai opened his eyes as he saw victory almost in his grasp; Bryan had made the same mistake he'd done with Ray and now it was going to be his downfall yet again. All Kai had to do was wait for an opening…and then he saw it and seized his chance.
"Dranzer attack!"
Flames erupted from Dranzer and surrounded Falborg, melting away the ice and heating the wind up. Surprised by this sudden heat Falborg relinquished his grip and Dranzer burst from her blade with a call of power as she attacked Falborg.
"You did it again Bryan" Kai smirked "you left your defence wide open"
The room was filled with red hot light and through the heat Bryan glared for a moment before a final sly idea slipped in to his mind.
"FALBORG ATTACK!" bellowed Bryan
Falborg tore away from Dranzer to fly for another attack but this time he didn't head for Dranzer he headed for Kai. Kai realised this seconds too late as Falborg flew at him talons out stretched. As the claws dug deep in to Kai's skin Falborg pushed and Kai began to fall backwards down the flight of stairs and Kai figured out Bryan's plan. In order to save Kai from falling down the flight of stone stairs Dranzer would have to sacrifice the match.
"No" he whispered in hope Dranzer would hear him but he knew Dranzer, they both cared for each other in their own way and she would sacrifice everything without thought to ensure his safety and the worst part was that Bryan knew this.
Seeing her master in danger of falling and breaking his neck Dranzer immediately abandoned her attack on Falborg and shining bright flew to save Kai and Falborg seized his chance.
As Dranzer knocked her master away from the stairs and against the wall Falborg attacked the abandoned beyblade sending it smashing in to the wall, Dranzer screamed and evaporated in a burst of flame and all that was left was the smoking beyblade wedged in the wall. Bryan smirked as Falborg gave one last cry of victory before returning to his beyblade which flew back in to Bryan's hand and he pocketed it before turning his attention to the beaten heap that was slumped against the wall.
"That was a dirty trick Bryan" whispered Kai
"Did you expect anything less?" Bryan raised his eyebrows "you can't tell me you actually thought that ever since Biovolt went down I actually learnt about the honourable way of winning"
Kai was silent; no, he hadn't expected Bryan to win 'honourably' because he hadn't expected Bryan to win at all.
"I told you rich boy, you've made my life hell and now I return the favour"
"I did nothing," said Kai still quiet "you made your own life hell by allowing your jealousy to eat you up inside"
Bryan laughed harshly "you've been hanging round Ray Kon for too long, you made my life hell because every time I did something wrong in the Abbey I was always told that 'young Kai Hiwatari wouldn't do such a thing' and then I discovered that you did things sometimes even worse than me and still you did not get punished. That's favouritism to the extreme, rich boy"
"And what did I do that was ever worse than what you did?" asked Kai opening his eyes and looking up at Bryan
Bryan knelt down and whispered in Kai's ear "don't think I've forgotten about Black Dranzer"
Kai's eyes widened slightly in alarm as memories which he was not proud of flashed through his mind; he glared at Bryan "don't speak about what you don't know!" he snapped causing Bryan to smirk.
"Still a touchy subject for you I see" Bryan stood again "I can see why, you weren't exactly popular with your little buddies and exactly how many Bitbeasts did you take again? Six? Seven? I'm surprised little Max and little Ray can even look at you without hatred after you took all those Bitbeasts. Didn't you wipe out the entire All Starz team?"
"Shut up!" growled Kai, he kicked out at Bryan in an attempt to bring him down but kicking Bryan was like trying to break a boulder of diamond and Bryan didn't even move. Bryan smirked before kicking Kai and walking out the building to wait outside for the driver.
Downstairs the driver smiled as he saved the data he'd collected and switched off the computers. Picking up the phone he dialled the Hiwatari Manor and asked to speak to Voltaire.
"The first stage is complete sir"
"Good, however the plan has changed" Voltaire's sounded irritable "Operation Black has had to be modified"
"How so sir?" asked the driver
"I am unable to get a second heir, I will require Kai's presence at the Abbey"
The driver "but sir, master Kai is not strong enough to cope with the power you wish to have"
"I am aware of that you moron!" said Voltaire "he would only be the temporary soldier, once we are sure the power works we would find another more permanent soldier"
"And what of Bryan Kuznetsov? Has his mission changed, the second part I mean?"
There was a pause then Voltaire said "no, the second part of his mission is still the same and he need not know what Operation Black is but tell him that the goal of his mission must be put on hold until Operation Black has been affirmed a success"
"Very well sir" the driver said, "I shall informed Bryan Kuznetsov of this"
"How has the first stage gone?" enquired Voltaire
"Master Kai's power is less than half of what it used to be sir, Bryan Kuznetsov will have to retry I fear"
"Very well, ensure that he does. Kai must be a full power"
"Indeed sir but what should I do with Mr Kai Hiwatari and Bryan Kuznetsov now, master Kai is too weak to fight immediately?" asked the driver
Voltaire thought about this "leave them there for the night and pick them up in the morning, I want them to fight as much as possible. Bryan must hate my grandson completely otherwise I doubt he would be able to complete his mission"
"Very well sir, I shall pick them up tomorrow morning" said the driver and hung up.
Kai sat in the room with his arms resting on his knees and his head buried; Bryan and he kept fighting and Bryan kept winning. Kai felt so tired and for once in his life he wished he had someone else with him to give him support, for once in his life Kai didn't want to be a lone wolf. Bryan and he kept fighting and Bryan kept winning. Suddenly an anger enflamed Kai and it almost burned him. Bryan and he kept fighting and Bryan kept winning.
"But not for long" red eyes appeared to look over his arms and outside to the tall strong figure leaning against the car; the red eyes narrowed and filled with anger
"Not for long"
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