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Kai: 27
Tala: 26
Summary: Kai has an adorable daughter, Katerina, and he's who has to rise her up on his own. I don't think he'll take the same path his grandfather did, but how will he do to make it other way?
Disclamer: Beyblade isn't mine, i wish it was, but is Takao Aoki's and I'm so grateful to him because of having created so wonderful story nn.
"talks"
'thoughts'
(dreams)
Here's the next chapter.
"You like it?" Happy Tala smiled at the sight of Kati's eyes, wide opened in front of the cake he had prepared for her.
"Of course I like it! Thank you very much Tala!"
"Heh, well now you have to wait, we shall eat it after lunch okay?"
"…Whatever…"
Kai leaned on a corner. He loved his daughter more than anything else in the world. And he was afraid… very afraid of losing her.
She could sense it clearly and he knew that. Crimson eyes that belonged to the little girl stared at his father. "Dad… what's the problem?"
"Kati… shall I tell her, Tala?" the red haired just nodded in response. "Okay… when I was a child… at the age of six… my grandfather ruled an important enterprise which's aim was to rule the world. He sent men to capture me… and they did. That night... they killed my parents and took me with them. That's why I'm so scared Kati. Because I don't want them to take you there. I don't want you to be far away from me."
"But dad… I won't go anywhere…"
"Oh but you will. If they take you, you won't have a choice."
"Dad?... I don't want to go…"
"I… I know." The man kneeled on the floor at the high of his daughter, and welcomingly opened his arms.
"Dad… I'm scared…"
"I didn't mean to scare you by what I told you… just come here sweetie." He said, pulling his daughter in a warm embrace like he had never done before. The red haired standing next to them smiled.
After a couple of minutes of reflection the father let go and she returned to her room to wait for lunch.
"It's grandmother. I'm ninety-five percent sure. 'The holder of the Fire phoenix…' yeah now I understand it all. This thing's not talking about dad, it's talking about grandmother. 'Will be the soul to take care… of the person that will save the Name.' My god, I already learnt it by heart. Now what I have to find out… is the person. And the name.
Kai and Tala weren't exactly the ones that would sing the Happy Birthday song at birthday time. But in the kitchen, happy voices at least from two of the three could be heard as they ate the cake Tala had prepared for the little one.
Kai glanced at the clock on the wall. It was three o'clock in the afternoon.
'I should have never told her… - he thought as he looked at her daughter eating a piece of cake. – now she'll live scared, as I thought before. What if they never come? What if grandfather has already died and I haven't been informed about it?...
On the other side I'm relieved I told her… the truth. Because now I feel she's more prepared, she knows what to expect from her enemies… from Boris and his people.
She's so beautiful… she's so… like her mother. She has many attitudes that remind me about that woman. Maybe it wasn't that bad having a relationship with her… I'm still angry she never told me why she left… why she left me alone.
I wish I knew much more things than what I do… I wish I knew, for example, if my grandfather and the ghosts of my nightmares are dead… or are still after me… after Katerina.'
His concerned thoughts were abruptly interrupted… by a knock on the door.
"We have never received anyone… not for this occasions. Wonder who's outside?" asked Tala, walking directly to the front door where the hard knock came from.
"Wait Tala! I… you don't know who might be… and…"
"No Kai… those people don't come during the day.. and you know it. So please, stop fearing everything." He asked, making his way to the gate.
As soon as he opened the door he couldn't believe his eyes. He just stood there, staring at the person that was standing in the entrance. "W… what are you doing here?"
Tall, slim figure of a woman around twenty six years old stood, serious looking in her face. Her emerald eyes looked concerned, a feeling of guilt and shame was clearly visible. She breathed softly, her two toned hair slightly shifted by the cold Russian wind.
She was wearing a dark grey coat, black jeans and boots, and a violet shirt. A silver-made necklace and some rings on her hands. Her long, brown hair was loose behind her back.
"I don't expect you to let me in." she answered politely. "I just want to talk to Kai Hiwatari. In private." She stated.
But the red haired still didn't believe his eyes, nor his ears. Staring puzzled at the woman he called his friend's name. And it wasn't long before the blue haired one joined the confused looking.
However, Kai knew his eyes weren't fooling him. And he was straight and cold. "Get Out. You have no place in here, and you should know that." He ordered to the woman.
She was as stubborn as he could be, and didn't move. "I won't go until I talk to you, Hiwatari."
"I have more important things to do, you know? What do you want?"
"Didn't you already hear that? I want to talk to you, that's all."
"Okay, if that's what my daughter's mother want, then she should have it. Tala, please, take care of Katerina for a while, I'll stay here."
The red haired nodded and left the two. Kai made her get in, big doors closed slowly, and Kai sat on one of the armchairs on the living room, the one in front of her. "Now, what's that important that you want to talk after six years of no seeing us… Julia?"
"I want to see my daughter. I have the rights to do it, Kai."
"Yeah, that's just law and papers. Kati is fine, she doesn't need you. She knows that you abandoned her, knows that you abandoned us, why should she want to see you?"
"Because I'm her mother!"
"No you're not! You might be her mother genetically, but you're nothing to her but a woman who left her father to rise her up on his own six years ago, just she was born, for personal reasons!"
"That's not true! I can explain why I left. I can explain it, and taking into account your own past Hiwatari, I know you'd understand it if you were kind enough to consider that other people may have a history as difficult as yours!"
"I don't need to listen to your past problems. Now I have more important things to worry about, and that's not you exactly, they don't even have to do with you. Leave Julia, you have nothing to do here!"
"You're wrong. I want to see my daughter, Kai. I want to see her because this might be the last time I see her in her life."
"The last and the first, you mean. If you didn't worry about her in the past six years, why should you worry about her now, when she has already learned to live without her mother?"
"Because, I don't mind if you don't believe what I'm gonna say and I'm sure you won't, but I love my daughter!"
Practical joke coming from the oldest filled the room. "Heh! As if you ever cared about her! Stop lying Julia! You want to take her with you, that's what you want!"
"NO! If you let me explain why I left six years ago then you would understand, Kai, but no, you never think someone might be in a more difficult situation than the one that you are. Never! Hiwatari, you're a cold bastard that never even tries to understand other people! That's why I regret everything that happened between us!"
"You Regret it? Then you regret Katerina's birth! You should retract your words, Julia!"
"I don't retract anything! And don't regret Katerina's birth either! You… the only think I have to regret is getting to know you Hiwatari!" Fury was visible in her pretty emerald eyes. Now this was getting both mad.
"What's happening out there? Is dad's father or something?" little girl asked to the man that was holding her in his arms.
"It's… it's fine. Try not to think about the shouts please."
"But they're piercing my ears uncle Tala…"
"Yeah I know… it will be over soon…" 'some of them will win… just in some minutes more…'
"FINE! - hastily said the oldest - If what you want is to talk, then you should explain yourself! Why did you come now and not before, uh?"
"I will explain you everything. But first I want to see you really have my daughter in here."
"Heh, NO WAY. You won't see Katerina until I decide, I'm her father and you're nothing but the person who engendered her!"
"If I tell you what happened, then you'll let me see her?" she asked resigned.
"I'll see what I do next. Now tell me, what was so important to forget about your daughter?"
"I didn't forget her Kai… my stepfather. He was the problem. I never got to tell you what happened in my life, all the problems that I had… because it was of no importance for a casual meeting. He's a member of a corporation that involves weaponry, human treatment and drug traffic… he never liked me. He hated me, he swore me things about my future and about my offspring…"
"Things like what? My grandfather also swore me things, and he did what I expected him to do… thought I would prefer he hadn't."
"Kai! He promised to kill my children! He promised not to let me go on with the family, he said that the Fernandez didn't deserve to live! He was the one who murdered Raul's son years ago!!"
"I… I had no idea about that… sorry."
"It's fine, that was a long time ago. But I was afraid of him… that's why I had to leave Kai… I pretended that my baby had died… I knew you had her with you, but I had to pretend Katerina didn't exist… and that way he'd leave me in peace… I couldn't live running away…"
"And… why did you come now? Are we still in danger?"
"No… my stepfather died yesterday… he had a heart attack… it's safe to be here… at least for Katerina."
"You're willing to see her, aren't you?"
"… Yes. I want to see her Kai… a lot. You must understand me… please, I'm her mother…" shy tears started to form in the corner of her eyes, but she fought them back.
"No… I mean, I understand how much you want to see her. But you won't. Not until tomorrow. I need to talk to her before, and she has to tell me if she wants to see you or not. You'll stay in the guests room. For tonight. Tomorrow we'll see what we do."
"… Fine. Thank you Kai… at least for thinking about it."
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