Disclaimer: Yep, I don't own beyblade. Okay, glad that's been said.
Erm... so, this is chapter four. Well now, I guess that I should get typing. This one might seem a little out there, and Kai might be a little OOC. This chapter is going to be a bit traumatic for the guy. Don't worry, it's all for a reason, I promise. It would have to be though, wouldn't it?
By Their Saving Grace
Chapter Four: Face to Face
Distant Storm
x x x
Sitting in Dickenson's office, the group fidgeted with miscellaneous items, trying not to allow themselves to be over run by the insanity of waiting. Trying being key. Every movement that was unexpected resulted in the aim of launchers.
"You'd think we were waiting to go into battle," Tyson said, trying to ease the mood.
Kai grunted. "We are. Remember, these kids are from the Abbey, dipstick. That's all they know."
Mina's eyes were closed, and of the group, she was the calmest, even moreso than her brother. Personally, she figured he was itching for a battle against Tala. "Not all of them. Look at us," she reminded.
"For the most part then," Tyson said, so Kai didn't blow up at his sister. He could tell by the captain's shortness of breath that they were waiting for this to happen. Hilary sat by Dickenson, going through papers, while Kenny kept trying to get into the Biovolt database. He kept getting caught by the same passwords.
Dickenson turned to the computer whiz, watching him struggle for a moment before speaking. "If we could find out who the leader is-"
"We could get a warrant and get rid of them, right?" Hilary interrupted. The chairman nodded.
"Come on then, Kenny," Ray chided, nudging Max, who was trying to stay awake. Coffee just didn't have the same effect it used to on the boy.
"I'm working on it," The Chief said impatiently. He too was getting frustrated by the wait, and especially the fact that he couldn't get the darned password.
Kai's cell phone rang unexpectedly. He grabbed it from off his left leg and answered it, barking viciously into the phone.
"What do you want Tala?" Everyone backed away in fear at the sound of Kai's voice. Daichi clung to Hilary's leg, fearful of the Russian.
The response wasn't what he expected. Not to mention that it was in Russian. "This isn't Tala." The phone slipped from his hand to the floor, and the caller hung up.
"Kai, dude, are you okay?" Tyson bravely made his way over to Kai and looked him in the eye. A tinge of fear rose in the corners of them. "Who was that?"
"I- I don't know." Kai paused, regaining his cool. "I've heard the voice, but I don't remember who it was." He looked to Mina who shook her head.
She knew who it was alright, but there was no way in hell she was going to tell him.
A knock at the door caused another round of hostilities, especially with the phone call. Had there even been any real point to it? To one person it was a warning sign. Ten, fifteen more minutes to go.
Max went to the door, shoved up by Ray, who figured activity would wake the boy up. He looked through the peep hole, and against his instincts, opened the door.
"Hello Boris," Dickenson stated, tiredly. He yawned, noticing the color drained from the older Russian's face. "What's wrong?"
"Did any of you receive a phone call from Tala?" He asked, voice heavy with insomnia.
"I've seen him," Kai stated, in a bored tone. "Then someone called on his phone, but it wasn't him."
"Alright." Boris nodded. "I received a phone call from a young woman. Someone I know to be dead."
Mina shifted uncomfortably. "Yeah, because everyone who left The Abbey was supposed to be killed," she pointed out. "There's plenty of possibilities."
"Sure there are," Boris said. "This voice though, I can't put my finger on it, but it sounds familiar." He smiled at Mina. "I am glad that you're doing well."
Mina rolled her eyes, and leaned over to her brother, resting her head on his shoulder. She thought about what was about to happen. She knew where these things would lead, and she didn't honestly think that it would be too fun. They were in the chairman's basement office. Everyone knew to come downstairs, that was where Boris would be. However, Dickenson and Balkov hadn't thought of it being like that, figuring that they would come up to the board rooms and other such places for info. It was horrible really, they didn't prepare well.
Kai looked down at her, and affection leaked through his eyes so she could see. "Are you okay?" He asked her quietly. She smiled and looked up at him.
She knew what she was going to have to do to him, and the smile was a bit fake on her part, though it came out sincere. "You know I love you, right?"
"Of course," He stated back, wrapping his arms around her. "Why would you ask that?"
"I just don't want you to forget it, okay?"
"I won't," he said, hugging her a bit tighter. He hadn't heard her say that to him in forever, and it was a shock, but maybe she was just afraid about what was to come.
A low roar, shouts, and the sound of glass shattering filled the air. "Oh shit," Tyson said quietly, drawing out his beyblade and launcher. "Something tells me this is what we were waiting for."
"That's impossible," Boris stated, a bit concerned. "There were seventy five beybladers out there when I came in. Their force wouldn't have taken those kids out."
Mina smiled. "Were all of them on our side?"
"What do you mean?"
"This could be an inside job." The teens all rushed out the door, with the exception of Hilary and Kenny. Boris had told them that he didn't know the passwords for the Biovolt mainframe, and every one believed him, so Kenny kept trying to break the code.
Hilary looked at the two older men, both pale, and looking quite jarred. "Don't worry, the guys will take care of this. Kai's got a problem with Tala, and whoever else that was on the phone." She eyed Balkov carefully. "You have no idea who the hell that was?"
"No."
Kenny sighed. "Damned password." Boris smirked, but quickly covered it. They had been rather sneaky with that mainframe. No normal password would work.
x x x
Angel wrung her hands for about the twentieth time that hour. She was getting anxious, very, very fast. It nearly killed her to watch the masses of beybladers she had collected go out and battle. If it wasn't such a serious matter, she'd be right alongside them, but her mission was simple. Tala was to find Boris and Dickenson and outline just what they would do if things weren't stopped, and the Majestics were meant to keep the G Revolutions busy. Meanwhile, she was to get Mina, and see about her favorite slate haired captain.
And of course, anyone who got in her way got creamed.
"...We're ready, Angel, we've got the outside taken care of, and most of the bladers are upstairs. We sent them to block the elevators and stairs, so not too many people will be around down in the basement. The elevators are locked on the roof until you punch in the key code."
"Riku, as always," she said into the communicator. "Now then," She turned to Tala and the Majestics."We need to do this as efficiently as humanly possible. Don't take names, just total beybladers and worry about it later." Pausing, she thought for a moment before adding the next part. "And if you see Kai, guide him along toward me. Mina and I have some business to take care of with him."
"May I ask-"
"No, Robert, don't ask questions about that. I'm just going to see an old friend." Angel ran a hand through her hair and pulled out her beyblade. She was just about ready to get this over with. "Now then, since we all know what we're doing, get your asses out there! Tala, you and I will go last."
"Yes ma'am!"
Jumping out of the landed helicopter, which was on the roof of the building, they all approached the elevator. The Majestics would go down and when they got to the lobby, they'd send the elevator back up to the roof. Tala looked toward Angel with a wry smile and the young woman threw a walkie talkie at him.
"Call her. She's on channel four."
Tala nodded and adjusted the frequency. His eyes narrowed and he realized that he'd give away her cover, so he handed it back. Angel shrugged. "Okay, don't. She's going to be back on our side in a few minutes anyway." Musing over the thought, she continued. "And maybe, just maybe, she'll let you hug her, and Kai will get really mad."
"Then you'll show up."
"Well, we'll see how things play out. I highly doubt it will be that simple. We're still outnumbered." A beep behind them indicated that the elevator had come back up to the roof. She pushed a button on her walkie talkie. "Everything good down there, Enrique?"
"Fine," Came his reply, through the speaker. "The G Revs are down here, so we've got 'em. I think Kai's waiting for Tala."
"Well, who am I to disappoint?" Tala asked, and the two got into the elevator.
x x x
"Dragoon!"
"Draciel!"
"Drigger!"
"Strata Dragoon!"
"ATTACK!" The four Magestics' beyblades surged into those of their opponents, who gritted their teeth and worked even harder.
"Want some help?" A cheeky voice echoed behind them. Robert turned and nodded to the three beybladers behind him.
"Spencer, Bryan, Ian... thanks."
"Let it rip!"
"That's cheating!"
"We never said we were doing this regulation style, boys," Bryan stated icily. "We're playing to win."
Tyson smirked. "And you guys can't do it fairly, one-on-one?" He shrugged. "Fine. We'll take you all down."
"It's not that simple Tyson," Robert said, his accent noted. "We can't lose here, for all our sakes, and yours, whether you believe it or not."
"You're trying to tell me that you're the good guys?" Max said, jumping into the conversation. He didn't look convinced, not one bit.
A darker voice joined the others, as the elevator behind the Majestics opened, revealing two figures. "Yeah, yeah we are."
"Tala."
"Hello, Kai. Where's your sister on this lovely morning?"
"You aren't going to touch her. I'll kill you first."
Tala sneered. "I'd like to see you try."
The person next to him, shielded by a hooded cloak, nudged him. "Stick to the mission," she said commandingly.
"Who is this," Kai said, viciously, "Your leader?" When Tala raised his eyebrows, Kai let out a laugh. "That's great. A little girl is challenging the B.B.A. That's great."
"I wouldn't be laughing if I were you." All eyes turned to the girl who was still speaking in Russian. She looked at him, though he couldn't see her face. A shiver went down Kai's spine, whether he admitted it or not. There was something about her...
At that point in time, Boris came charging into the room, as well as Kenny and Hilary. They were out of breath, and Boris looked fearful of the group assembled against him. Two top level teams were facing against the champions, who were losing. This wasn't good.
"Look what we have here," Tala said. "A spine-less worm."
"More like a cockroach. He keeps coming back."
"Doesn't she speak Japanese?" Kai asked. As much as he didn't want to admit it, the voice was the same as before, on the phone, and he wasn't liking that she seemed familiar.
"Maybe she doesn't want to talk to you," Johnny intervened hotly. "Not like I'd blame her," he said, glaring at Kai.
"Enough," Tala said. "Boris, if I was you, I'd get out of here. And stay out of beyblading." Glares from both his team mates and the Majestics followed.
A moment later, stomping was heard, rushing down the flight of stairs in the corner. More than seventy beybladers stood at the ready, beyblades out and facing Tyson and his team mates or Boris and Dickenson, who had poked his head out of the doorway that Boris was located in. Basically, they had the bases covered.
"W-why are you all so upset about Boris joining up with the B.B.A.?" Dickenson asked, fear apparent in his wavering voice. "He has done nothing to prove himself evil."
Enrique shook his head, but Ian spoke. "You weren't there in Russia, old man. You weren't there when we found the underground chambers in the Moscow complex."
"Those were shut down years ago," Dickenson said. "I watched them patch it up. There is no way anyone could get down there."
"I know where the secret entrance is," Bryan said next. "Our leader-" He cast a look over to the cloaked girl "-and I were on a walk when we found it."
"What, is she too good to have her name said in front of us?" Daichi asked, angered. "Don't bow down and worship her while we're around, or we might have to rip you to shreds."
"Withdraw your beyblades." The G Revolutions took this as a retreat and went on the attack.
"Stop!" Dickenson yelled. "She said to withdraw. That would make you no better than them." The four boys recalled their blades as well.
She looked to Tala and nodded. "Alright," The red head said, calmly, "I want the A squad to hold the exits. B squad, I need you all to make sure we have as little retaliation from the upstairs as humanly possible. I'm sure that the rest of the B.B.A. beybladers will be coming in a few from the upstairs."
"I've notified the police," Dickenson stated. "I have a call button under my-"
"I've disabled all the communications devices. Except for our communicators, of course," A brunette stated, coming up behind Tala. "No one will be getting calls incoming, or outgoing."
"Thank you," Tala responded, and the two squads left, leaving only Tala and the cloaked girl with the G Revolutions and the two elder men. The Majestics were used as the front of B Squad.
A perilous silence followed this departure of beybladers. "Now then, down to business. I suppose we'll let you listen, it isn't like you won't find out anyway." Tala motioned for the group to go into Dickenson's office. Once there, they all sat down, except the cloaked girl, who was located in the doorway. Mina stood on the other side of the doorway, watching her every move.
"What are your terms then, boy," Dickenson said, obviously angered. He could be a harsh businessman if he had to be. No one was going to take down the B.B.A.
"I want him gone," The Russian said, motioning to Boris.
"I don't think so," Tyson said, defending the stiff old man. "I think that since this is our place, and you're outnumbered six to two, you are in no place to be making demands."
With a flick of his wrist, Tala drew out one of the communicators. "I want the Majestics back down here. Now."
Kai rolled his eyes, not feeling very threatened. "So what? You aren't going to win, Tala, we've got reinforcements to last us longer than your group will."
"Let me tell you something, Hiwatari. This man here, Boris Balkov, will never change. He took your memories away, locking them with a two word code, which, is also the password to the Biovolt mainframe."
"He doesn't know what it is, they changed it." Kenny said, already annoyed beyond the point of which he knew he could take.
"That's enough." Robert, Johnny, Enrique, and Oliver stood outside the door, looking threatening. Suddenly, a whooping sound was heard from upstairs, and the sound of beyblades clashing became available to all ears. "I tell you, Tala, I come here as a changed man. I have tried to black out the horrible things I have done to you and all others in your position in the past. Don't think that I am not sorry. I live in regret for all the things I have done, and I wish I could take them all back."
"Liar."
All eyes turned to the corner of the room, where Mina was, still leaning cooly against the doorway.
"Excuse me?" Kai asked.
"I said, 'liar.'" Everyone was surprised to hear the previously silent, and Russian speaking girl say the words in a perfect Japanese dialect. Mina smirked, then hid it. She'd almost given herself away with that little slip up there. "That man will never change."
"How come you aren't calling the shots then, if you're the almighty leader?" Ray asked. "You speak this language."
"I don't want to cause too much damage, and besides, this is already against the plan. I was planning on getting your captain to myself for a few moments to discuss a previous incident." Kai moved a bit, to get up.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, man," Max said, more awake than before. "They aren't exactly playing fair." The rest of the gang nodded.
"You went to the Abbey, didn't you, girl?" Boris' gaze was even and unwavering, ready for action.
"Not too many girls went through there, but yes, I was one of them." She turned her back to the group of beybladers and exited the room, Mina following her.
"Hold up, sis," Kai said, grabbing her by the arm as a means to catch up to her. They both followed her out the door, leaving behind grumbles of how stubborn said captain was.
However, as she turned, a glimmer of silver around her neck caught Boris's eye, the charm of her necklace being like a mirror, reflecting something a white hot, almost pinkish color against her pale skin. No doubt it was a scar. Where had he seen it before?
"...you see, I don't really think you should trust him."
"And you have a reason?"
Boris's eyes widened in a grim moment of realization. "Kai, don't look at her!"
Everyone's head snapped in his direction, Tala's as well. "And why not?" Kai asked, anger reaching his features. "You make it sound like you are what this girl says when you say things like that."
Angel smiled. "I'm glad someone caught on, but you see, it's too little, too late." Her voice had an angry edge to it. She had to be unbearably cruel to get him to figure it out.
"Kai, if there's one thing you do listen to me about, it should be this. Do not look at her. She is not someone you ever want to see, because her past is something you took a part in. She's the reason why you left the abbey."
Kai however, wasn't listening. With Mina closer to the door, he felt almost alone in the room with this woman, whose face and features he couldn't see. Something inside him told him to be afraid of her, and he edged back about half a foot.
She took off her cloak a moment later, adjusting her shirt to rise up a bit higher. She had bright, vivid green eyes, black raven hair, with cherry red streaks throughout. Her skin was pale, a display of her heritage.
The group rushed into the room where they were, Boris gasping loud enough to capture their attention, while Tala made his way over to someone by the door.
"What was that all about?" Dickenson asked the Russian man.
"You- you're alive?" Boris edged back until he was against the wall, terror paralyzing him against it.
"Surprising, isn't it?" She said, turning around in a full circle. "I knew you'd recognize me." She then turned herself back to Kai, who was standing back five feet, directly across from her. "But do you?"
"No." Kai's monotone and the hazy look in his amethyst grey eyes seemed to flicker for a moment before returning to their icy stature.
She paused, thinking for a moment, her jade eyes gazing into his. "You're afraid of me, and you don't know why, aren't you?"
Ray raised a fist threateningly. "What kind of sick game is this?"
"This is no game." She took a step toward Kai, and he took one back. "Hmm, it would seem you are afraid. Good. You should be."
"And why is that?" Kai asked. His body was reacting like it was afraid, but his mind still had no reason to shut down into the panic mode that most human beings would associate his actions with. "I have no idea who the hell you are."
Tala chuckled, but everyone tuned him out.
"I know things about you, Hiwatari," she said, her voice lower, in a near whisper. "Things that would break you, and every wall you have apart."
"I am not afraid of my past, or you."
"Really?"
"Do you remember my name?"
"I don't know who you are."
She nodded. "Of course." Turning her back to him, she pulled at the black shirt she was wearing, pulling it over her head, so that she was wearing something styled like a racer back sports bra, though there were also two other straps hanging out beneath it.
Kai couldn't help but look at her. He was, after all, still a hormonal teenage boy. Her back muscles flexed as she threw the shirt to the ground. "Kai, you can't look at her," Boris said, panic apparent, "I don't know what it would do to you."
"What could it be, Boris? Laser eyes?" Angel had to admit, his spunk was entertaining, but it would all become deadly serious in a matter of moments.
"More like every single memory you can't recall coming back to you at once," Tala said. Kai glanced at him and growled, noting the shortening distance between the redhead and his sister.
"You stay away from Mina," he warned.
Tyson quickly went at Tala, but he merely sidestepped the enraged blunette. Mina pulled Tala to her side, which caught everyone's attention.
"Uhh... Mina, I think you just blew your cover."
They looked around at the curious stares and glares earned by the boys, and the smirk on Angel's face.
"No. You think?"
"You're on his side?" Kai's voice was quieter. What was the deal with family his family and betrayal? "Why would you betray me too?"
Mina's eyes glimmered in sadness, while Angel looked at her cautiously. "It is your decision, Mina. You can stay, we won't stop you."
She shook her head, a tear falling down her face. "I- I won't side with them if he is what they are defending." Tala pulled a comforting arm around her, and she leaned her head down upon his shoulder. "I'm sorry."
Kai's team mates were shocked nearly senseless.
But that would have to wait, because in the instant Kai's eyes returned to the female leader of their enemies, she whipped around, glaring at him, directly in the eye. Kai let out a horrified gasp, and fell onto the ground in a rather un-Kai-like fashion. She advanced toward him again, and he crawled back with his hands.
Those scars.
"Do you know who I am now?"
He shook his head, but bit his lip. After a moment, he got back up to his feet, rather shakily, but he was eye level with her again none the less.
She turned away from him, toward his team mates, Tala, and his sister. The two adults both looked pale, and Kenny had his laptop in his hands, most likely recording the entire ordeal.
"Hey Kenny," Angel said, mischievously, "I know that password for you."
"You what?"
Boris turned a shade of color usually associated with a corpse.
Mina buried her head in Tala's shoulders. She really didn't want to see what was going to follow.
"Yeah..." Tala said with a sigh. Angel knew it alright. She turned her attention toward Kai.
"This is your last chance. Do you know my name?"
Kai shook his head, though a splitting headache had begun to occur in his head. He hadn't experienced this kind of pain in a long time. Not since he first came back from the Abbey, he recalled. But this time, this time he could see Black Dranzer clearer than usual. It was so vivid... it was something he didn't want to see.
They're horrible.
"No, I don't. I've told you this already."
Tala's grip on Mina increased, and she pressed her face into his shoulder. She didn't want to see this. It was going to be horrible. Absolutely horrible.
"Please, I beg of you," Boris pleaded. "Don't tell him."
"It won't kill him. It'll make him think."
"Kenny, you sure you want it?"
He nodded, nervously.
"Get everyone out of the upstairs, boys. I believe I'm alright on my own."
They nodded as well, though Tala and Mina lingered, waiting. Tala was staying because Mina wanted to make sure that her brother didn't die. He knew she was petrified, and this was something that he just did. After all, she was pretty much the only family other than Angel he possessed.
"How could you know the password? Voltaire's probably changed it a million times-"
"Angel." Kai looked at her, confusion clouding his features.
Kenny tried it on his laptop. "Angel? What kind of stupid password is that? Or a name?"
She smiled sadistically, like she had been possessed by some kind of demon. "It wasn't right." He looked at her dully. "You shouldn't jump to conclusions."
"You need the last name too, asshole," Tala said. Mina tightened her grip on the red headed captain.
Her attention was no longer on the rest of the group. Her green eyes flickered with a bright, hauntingly dangerous intensity.
"Angel Asmerov."
Kenny looked shocked. "I'm... in."
"No." Everyone looked to Kai, whose eyes were wider than they had ever seen. He kept repeating it over and over. Mina whimpered, Tala bit his lip, and Angel stood there, watching him intently with her piercing eyes no longer focused on his own. No need to scare him too much just yet. The laptop slipped from Kenny's hands, landing with a deafening crash upon the cold tile floor. The screen went black.
In defense of Kai's awkward behavior, every single memory, both good and bad, mostly bad, were running through his head, in chronological order, up until the day he had left, the memory he had definitely been avoiding among all others.
"Kai, snap out of it!" Tyson yelled. He turned and looked at Angel. "What did you do to him?"
Boris was floored. "How are you still alive? You were dying when he used it on you!"
At that particular moment, in direct correspondence with Boris's words, that final memory dawned upon him. And it seemed to last forever...
"Please, please don't make me! He's my friend, I won't fight him!"
"I don't care, you'll do as you're told." He heard a sound. A slap, echoing throughout the hallway and into the training room, or the D-Room, as it was commonly called. Not too many people left the D-Room, his mind reminded him.
"Please!" He heard sobbing, and from deep in his mind, the word 'weak' was associated with this action. "Kai, please, don't make me, please! I'm begging you."
"Let's go, Angel. I'm not in the mood for your idiotic attempt to get out of this. Let's just go."
She whipped around and looked at him, her hair a rich, midnight color, almost too deep dark to be black. "Please," She begged.
"Enough!" His voice roared louder than even he had expected, but he liked it. He liked the power. He held out his beyblade, black and shiny for her to see. "Let's go, your time here is over."
The battle began with a speed unrivaled by anyone, as far as he could tell. This was not something he was used to. It wasn't like him, it was fast paced, and it wasn't like he was in control. He felt... like the blade was controlling him. He hated feeling controlled, but the more it happened, the less he cared. He wanted to beat her, and that was overpowering him. Eventually the darkness gave him a choice: join or be destroyed. He had joined, giving himself up, mind and body to the power.
"You don't stand a chance against me, girl." His voice was low, maniacal, vicious. She whimpered, already bleeding, but more than blood flowed from her wounds. She stood, despite the temptation of falling to her knees..
"Why won't you listen? You don't have to fight me! Please!" She looked to Boris, and Kai remembered that look. That look of complete joy. He was happy.
He was enjoying this.
But in a way, so was Kai. He commanded the beast in his bit with perfect control and ability. "Black Dranzer."
A deafening shriek was emitted into the air and the beast came out, looking at him as if waiting for orders.
"Get the girl."
"Kai? Are you okay?" Max's voice cut through the memories, sending him back to reality. But it wasn't soon enough.
"Kai? Answer us, blink, something!" Ray yelled. He was standing there, immobilized, paralyzed, he wasn't sure what.
"Kai."
When she said his name, he snapped to attention, meeting her eyes. He was the vision of complete terror. Beyond terror, at this point.
"N-No. S-st-stay away from me."
"What?"
His team mates, and Dickenson stared at him, completely disturbed.
Angel took a step toward him and he repeated the same thing, shaking openly. His eyes revealed every single emotion he was feeling.
Putting it simply, he was an open book.
But there was more that had to be done.
"Kai, I don't want to hurt you." She took another step toward him.
"Leave me alone!" In a quick motion of self defense, he whipped out his beyblade. She had advanced so that she was almost less than a foot in front of him.
"You wouldn't," She stated darkly.
He aimed the launcher straight ahead, directly at her, his eyes dancing with fear. "I would," he said, trying to sound tough.
She reached out a hand, like a reflex, and in a lightning fast movement, she had slapped both his launcher and Dranzer onto the cold floor. It was so silent in that room that the echo seemed to last for hours. Kai whimpered and fell back onto the ground, backing himself up again.
But there was only so far he could go until he hit the wall.
When he did, Angel lowed herself down to eye level. "Kai."
He looked away from her, still shaking. Tears had begun pouring down his face, and the sight of such a pathetic scene really made his team mates want to cry.
Kai had always been their strength. And now, where was it? It was gone. He was reduced to nothing.
Who was 'The Great Kai Hiwatari' now?
"Look at me," She said, gently. He shook his head, still looking away from her. She reached out, but he inhaled, and pretty much refused to breathe. She withdrew her hand, which hadn't even touched his face, and he turned his head hesitantly, looking at her.
Sorrow. There was so much sorrow in her eyes. Still, no matter what they reflected, he knew the truth.
She was just like the rest. She was going to hurt him.
"No, please. Please don't make me." In his haste, he had reverted back to Russian. That shocked them even more.
Why was he so scared?
Mr. Dickenson turned around and looked at a still floored Boris. "Who is this girl?"
"She- She's supposed to be dead," Boris said, completely shocked. "The things we've done to her..."
"Kai, I promise you. I won't hurt you." She looked into his eyes again. "Do you know who did this?" She motioned to her torso and the clearly visible lines that stretched from the top of her chest to her stomach.
They clouded over. "I-I don't know." She reached out a hand and he gasped again. "Please, don't touch me."
"I'm sorry, please, I don't want to hurt you. You have to remember. You can't let it be held over you."
She stood up and he did the same, facing her, his fear still present. She extended a hand this time, and just barely traced the outline of his face. He whimpered again.
"No, please, Angel, please, not you too..."
He felt like he was outside his body, watching the battle occur, every detail magnified. He heard screaming. It wasn't his. He then heard the most God-awful sound the world had ever been faced with. Talons...
Talons on flesh.
There was blood. So much blood. He was screaming too now. It was everywhere. He was back in his body now, and it had taken him a complete two seconds to throw the beyblade as hard and as far away as possible, launcher too. "What have I done?" He asked, crying out to no one in particular.
"...It...it's okay, K-Kai, I don't... blame you."
He look over toward
the opposite side of the beystadium, toward the blood covered girl on
the ground. She pushed herself up, faltering some, but eventually got
shakily to her feet. Two guards came forth, but she first dived
toward her beyblade, grasping it for dear life.
"I did this," He whispered. It all hit him at that moment.
He screamed as loud as possible. "I won't!" He yelled. "I won't let them control me!" Angel took a step forward and wrapped her arms around him tightly.
Her voice softened again. "You aren't, they've got nothing on you anymore. You know now. It's going to be okay, I promise. You need to figure things out though. No one can do it for you. Who you let in is up to you, but you shouldn't have to hide everything from them."
"I did this to you," he whispered. She let go of him and nodded. "How could I?"
"I don't blame you."
He fell to his knees before her, no longer holding back his sobs and cries of agony and despair. Angel, if there were tears in her eyes, said nothing, and turned to his friends.
"He needs you all now more than ever. Perhaps someday we can really settle this. Tala, Mina, let's go."
"You just unlocked all his memories and you're going to leave?"
Mina nodded. "We aren't the ones who can help him. We all have our own demons to face. He has his friends, and we have ours." She stopped, looking straight to Boris. "Let me tell you, if you come anywhere near us, don't think we aren't going to fight back. Stay the hell out of our sports and stay the hell away from my brother."
Angel nodded. "I'm sure he remembers how you laughed. You enjoyed watching him tear me to shreds."
Boris's face screwed up into one of horror as she picked up Dranzer. Kai stared off into space, leaving them to wonder if he was drowning in the faces of his past.
"Hey! That's not yours!"
Angel bent down before Kai, and pressed the beyblade into his hands.
"Tomorrow's another day. The light will always conquer the dark. The Rising."
With that, she gave him a quick kiss to his left temple, stood up, grabbed her shirt and robe, and headed toward the door, never once looking back.
Mina knelt down before her brother, wiping away a stray tear. "We can't help you this time. But I love you, and I don't ever want you to forget it, okay?" She kissed his forehead, and turned away from him, following both Tala and Angel. She stopped once and looked to his team mates, his friends. "Angel's right. He really needs your help. You're the only ones who can."
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