Tomorrow's Never Die
Warning: this is a yaoi fic so if you hate boy on boy relationships don't read. You have had a fair warning so therefore I will not be held responsible for your "virgin eyes" being soiled. :3
BloodAmulet (Vixen-Ra): this fic is based on the second season of Beyblade: Beyblade V- Force. This fic is about Rei. He has a stupid fight with Kai and walks out on him. Rei is found by the new Psykicks team (believe it or not that was how it was spelt on a website with episode reviews) and makes nice-nice. They don't know who Rei is and take him back with them to Dr. B's lab. Events unfold from there.
Pairing: Kane x Rei
Disclaimers: I do not own Beyblade or any of the characters. If I did it would probably be X-rated. ;3
NOTE: This is a re-revamp
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Tomorrow's Never Die
"I'm coming with you."
"But won't it be better to stay here and help the others in case they try something to really hurt him."
"We don't know where he's being kept, besides…you need as much help as you can finding his friends."
"Fine with me I guess."
"Good than lets get going."
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Kai Hiwatari paced back and forth restlessly as it seemed that his stress and worry were beginning to pass on to those of his friends; Max Tate and Tyson Granger. Chief was nowhere to be seen, but than again he was probably using his laptop to locate their missing friend and blading companion; Rei Kon as they paced. "It's been nearly two days now since Rei disappeared and you can't pretend now, Kai, that even you aren't worried." Tyson growled at their pacing captain.
Kai merely ignored him, "It's all your fault that Rei isn't here right now! You should learn how to be nice to those who care about you, Kai! Rei could be hurt or even lying dead and forgotten in some goddamned alley!" Tyson was starting to scream and Max had to hold onto their enraged friend for dear life or he as positive that the long-haired teen might just tear Kai apart. "Tyson, please." Max started to say, but at that moment Kai whirled around and glared coldly at his startled and angry teammates.
"I know what I did! Don't you think I don't know! I'm sorry I pushed him away I truly am, but he shouldn't have pried where it wasn't called for." Kai shot back viciously, but deep inside his heart he too was worry for the friendly Neko-jin.
"Besides, Rei's smart and can take care of himself. He's been through tougher situations for fucks sake. Rei's not even all human, if you do recall. He is, after all, a Neko-jin. I'm sure…" Kai stated huffily, but trailed off and bit his lip. He sighed and walked from the room quickly, leaving a very confused Max and an angry Tyson behind.
"Tyson, you shouldn't crack down so hard on Kai like that. He's worried for Rei just as much as we are." Max said solemnly and Tyson stopped growling as he looked at his usually hyper blonde friend. Tyson had never seen Max look so haggard, in fact Max's hair was limp and his eyes were rather dull and clouded from all the crying he had down. Tyson had to admit that he missed Max's sunny bright smile and cheerful manner.
"Oh, Maxie, I'm sorry. Don't worry we'll find Rei if it's the last thing we do. We can even put out a search warrant for him now, seeing as it's been twenty-four hours since he disappeared." Tyson said softly as he sighed and hugged a sniffling Max. The blonde clung to him unconsciously and shuddered sadly, "I suppose you're right, Ty. Let's go get that search warrant." And the two boys left Tyson's grandpa's dojo to report Rei's disappearance to the nearest police authority.
They met Kai upon stepping outside of the building and Tyson could tell the two-tone haired male's shoulders were shaking with suppressed tears and frustration. Tyson nodded to Max and they both sat down beside Kai, "Look, Kai, I'm sorry about what I said earlier. Its not your fault and it never was. We're going to get a search warrant to find Rei. Do you want to come with us?" Tyson said solemnly as Kai looked at the younger boy and nodded slowly as the remaining three BladeBreakers stood up and walked silently out onto the street.
They didn't even get half a block down before two strangers, in an obvious rush, ran head long into the lot of them. They were all sent tumbling to the ground with a dull thud as several groans and moans of discomfort could be heard issuing from the entangled pile of bodies. Kai was squashed flat to the ground and when he half sat up and felt someone slide down into his lap he decided he had to open his eyes. Upon doing this he noticed a large amount of fiery red hair in his lap. The wild mop of hair began to move slightly and Kai noticed a body uncurl from seemingly nowhere. It was a delicate, shapely body and it moaned softly in disquiet.
Kai gasped gently when a face appeared from under that mop of hair and looked worriedly up at him, 'A girl!' Kai thought, 'She's gorgeous…beautiful and she's in my lap!' Kai blushed furiously and without thinking he grabbed a hold of the pretty redhead in his lap. She gasped slightly in surprise as Kai stood up bringing her with him and effectively separating the two of them from the rest of the 'pile'.
She pulled away quickly, blushing as she dusted herself off. She ignored Kai for a few more minutes as she continued to dust herself off and than suddenly, as if she realized what just happened, her head snapped back up and she was staring Kai right in the face. She rushed forward; "Are you Kai!" she asked suddenly than looked around at the others who were just managing to disentangle their bodies from one another and pick themselves up off the ground. Kai blinked stupidly for a few seconds and nodded slowly as she smiled excitedly up at him. Kai decided he liked that smile, "How do you know who I am?" he asked, despite himself. "….Pictures from the net…." She said dumbly only to jump to her feet in increasing excitement.
"Hey, Jim, we found them! We finally found them!" she laughed and grabbed a shorter blonde who was now standing beside her as she danced around with him in her arms. Kai looked at Tyson and Max as they both shrugged in confusion. Kai eventually cleared his throat and the girl stopped spinning around as she put down the other blonde boy, "What do you mean by 'you found us'?" Kai questioned and both the girl and the boy smiled happily, yet Kai could see a hint of worry and sadness. "I'm Salima and this is Jim." The girl said, pointing to the blonde boy beside her as he smiled reluctantly, "So you're Kai, Tyson, and Max. You guys are friends of Rei's, right. The BladeBreakers." She said and all their heads snapped up in rapt attention.
Kai stepped forward and grabbed Salima's arms, shaking her gently, "You know Rei! You know where he is? What's happened to him?" Kai nearly growled out and Salima tried to pull away from his grasp since it was starting to hurt. Jim stepped in and placed a hand on Kai's forearm, "I'd appreciate it if you didn't hurt Salima. Yes, we know Rei. We found him nearly two days ago in the park. We rescued him." Kai nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard the word 'rescue' as Tyson and Max crowded up beside him.
"Rei would have been raped if we hadn't shown up. We saved him and took him back to where we're staying, but…well…" Jim went on to say haltingly only to pause and look at the ground as Kai was more than ready to throttle him if he didn't spill. "Well when we brought him back with us we were called to see Gideon…the man who oversees our training…and we took him with us not thinking anything about it. It turns out that Gideon was quite enthralled with the fact that we had brought Rei in. We had no idea he wanted to hurt Rei! He ordered us to leave and now Rei's become a guinea pig for Gideon to play with and manipulate. I'm so sorry about what we've done." The smaller blonde said at length. Before he knew it he was laying flat on his back and sporting a bruising cheek and bloody lip, "Jim!" he heard Salima cry.
"Kai, stop!" Max and Tyson yelled together and held onto Kai, desperate not to let go of him in case he attempted to murder Jim, "How dare you drag Rei into some sick little plot! You should have brought him back to us after you found him!" Kai cried out, shaking like a leaf in the wind. "Did you not listen! Jim said that we didn't know and he means it! Besides, when we found Rei he flat out refused to be taken back to you guys when we asked him! He was mad when we brought his 'friends' up!" Salima said, tears in her expressive eyes.
Kai's rage diminished to a slow burn when he saw the sweet looking girl cry. She was the type of person that someone would never want to see cry, she should be happy all the time. Kai wilted and surrendered, as he looked at the ground, ashamed of himself, "Sorry about that. Its just that Rei is apart of this team and I'm worried about him." Kai mumbled and nearly jumped out of his skin when he felt a small hand on his shoulder. He looked up into the sad yet determined face of Salima.
"I know how you feel, Kai, and I think Jim will forgive you for that little 'outburst', but we have to get back. We've taken too long in finding you guys…Rei could be really hurt by now. I just hope Kane found out where they're keeping him." She sniffled and shook slightly. Jim stood and led the way with Tyson, Max, Kai and Salima following behind him. Kai watched Salima carefully out of the corner of his eye and he could tell Salima was worried dearly for Rei, just like he and the others were.
She gasped slightly when she felt a strong arm wrap around her shoulders and she looked up to see whom it was only to find out that it was none other than Kai. She found herself leaning into his strong frame as he shushed her gently, "Don't worry, we'll get Rei out of there…I promise. I'm just glad you two came to find us. Please don't cry…Rei's strong and always has been, he will be all right. I can see you like Rei even if you haven't known him all that long. Rei has that effect on people." Kai said only to pause as Salima looked up at him while he kept his gaze straight ahead, "Rei better be all right. The last thing I said to him was 'leave me alone' and 'stop prying into my affairs'…I even slapped him. I want to apologize." Salima could tell he meant it.
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The small group of kids had been walking for nearly an hour and had, to Tyson anyway, been walking aimlessly and going nowhere, "Fine we'll stop for a few minutes to rest and than we will go on." Kai growled out, annoyed at Tyson as usual when the other boy wouldn't stop whining about his sore feet and empty stomach. "I'll be right back I just have to use the bathroom." Max said and hurried off down the street to find a suitable place to relieve himself in.
After a moment of searching the blonde had finally found a good place and was about to unzip when he heard someone cry out for help down a side alley right beside the building he wanted to use. Max, ever curious, had to go see and he was nearly floored at what he saw. He saw a soft light blonde mop of hair, a gold shirt with a red half jacket pulled over it and slightly rounded hips that were clad in green pants. The figure was shaking slightly from anger; a duffle bag was lying off to the side and a burly looking monster of a man was holding the blonde's wrist in a rather painful looking hold.
"…ENRIQUE!" Max yelled loudly as he recognized who the smaller male actually was. The shaking boy's head whipped around to the entrance of the alley and saw the hyper blonde boy he had met nearly a year ago back in Rome, Italy…the place he called home. "M…Max!" he yelled in surprise while the thug grunted as he turned a beady, drunken gaze on Max. "A friend of yours my pretty little foreigner." He slurred slightly and Enrique struggled wildly in the man's iron hold, "I said let me go, Bastard!" the European yelled.
The man only laughed gutturally and pulled Enrique against himself by tugging the boy's arm above his head. Enrique's feet barely touched the ground now and he continues to jerk around wildly from the pain of hanging by his arm. Max heard the others come running and before he knew it they were standing beside him as Kai growled at what he saw. Tyson snarled loudly as Salima and Jim looked both confused and shocked, "You know that kid?" Salima whispered to Max as she sidled up to him and Max nodded curtly. Together the BladeBreakers walked into the alley, Kai cracking his knuckles menacingly, "I think he wants you to let him go." Kai snarled menacingly.
The man blinked drunkenly at the boys who dared to challenge him and laughed loudly. He threw Enrique to the ground where he lay still, moaning in slight pain. The blonde Italian didn't even dare to move unless he incurred the asshole's wrath again. The drunk advanced on the others and they jumped into the fight readily, "LET IT RIP!" they yelled and launched their blades at the man. With the power of their BitBeasts behind their strike the small projectiles managed to strike the man's vital points with an incredible amount of force. The assailant toppled over in pain as the blades returned to their partners.
Max ran forward, skirting around the groaning man and helped Enrique up while Kai went and got the Italian's duffle bag. Needless to say it was surprisingly heavy. They quickly decided to beat a hasty retreat and rushed Enrique out of the alley and into a more public area, where the man wouldn't possible attempt to attack them. They whisked him off down the street and when they thought they were far enough away they sat down on two benches.
"Okay, Enrique, what are you doing in Japan and why were you in that alley?" Kai said testily. Enrique shuddered softly against Max and sighed, rubbing his arm, "I wanted to get out of Rome for a while and decided to come here since I haven't seen Japan yet. As for the creep in the alley, that wasn't my fault. I was walking by and he grabbed me from behind and dragged me into the dark. That fucking drunk tried to molest me, but you know being a bloodline knight I wasn't about to let him have me anytime soon. I tried to fight him off…..drunks are surprisingly strong, though. I'm just glad you guys showed up when you did…I couldn't hold out much longer." Enrique said softly, mildly ashamed that he couldn't handle the situation himself.
Max rubbed his back soothingly and suddenly smiled, "This couldn't have worked out any better for us. With Enrique with us now he can help us get Rei back for sure!" Enrique looked at Max as if he had flipped his mind, "What do you mean?" he asked slowly and they explained as quickly as they could.
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"So Rei's in trouble and you guys want my help, because I know how to manipulate a heavy, broad sword?" Enrique asked mildly, once they had finished explaining their own situation a while later. Everyone nodded voluntarily and Enrique smiled, "I think that using my sword would be a bit excessive, but if Rei's in trouble I'll gladly help you. So let's do this than!" the European said and they rushed off down the street. However, Enrique was kind of glad that he had actually decided to bring his sword and shield with him.
The ragtag group ran for a while longer until Salima and Jim suddenly stopped in front of a huge building. The others stopped shortly and looked at the massive building with a sense of dread, "It's huge!" Tyson squeaked and Jim nodded slowly. "And Rei's in there somewhere. I hope Kane's found him?" Salima added, "We're going to have to get you in a different way, just in case Gideon is watching for us." She added as an afterthought and the small group followed Salima and Jim around to the back of the building.
She eventually stopped and pointed up at a fire escape, "We're going to climb up that and use the ventilation duct to get you inside." She said only to see the sceptical looks on the faces of the boy's present, "Don't worry, Jim's smart enough to navigate us through to the girl's dormitories. That's where you're going to stay until we figure something out. There are no other girls in the building so no one will see you. Got that?" Salima instructed and everyone nodded mutely.
Kai jumped up and pulled down the ladder as they started their climb up the fire escape, staying as quiet as they could just in case there was a patrol. They reached the vent in about three minutes and Enrique and Kai climbed out onto the ledge, starting to take the screws out of the grating. Once the two of them had accomplished their self appointed task Enrique handed the grate over to Jim, who quickly set it aside. Kai crawled into the vent so he could help Enrique lift everyone else into the narrow space and they started their long crawl through the dark with Jim in the lead and Kai bringing up the rear.
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Rei once again found himself waking up to a splitting headache and the feel of being prodded at by the same scientists that had been poking at him for the last day and a half. He was really starting to think that no one would come for him now, "When will this stop?" He croaked out and a scientist petted his head softly, rather uncharacteristic to Rei's understanding, considering all that had happened so far. Every six hours Gideon would come and pay him a much-unwanted visit, trying to get him to use Drigger in a small beybattle and every six hours Rei would refuse him haughtily.
Gideon would slap him around for a bit before pinning the boy down and attempt to 'play' with the teen. Rei would fight for all he was worth even though his body still hurt from the probing tests the scientists administered. After about half an hour of struggling Gideon would give up and slap him one last time, telling Rei that he will come around eventually. He would than leave Rei in a mess; his clothing ripped, his soft black hair falling out of its binding and bruises all over his body. When Rei could no longer hear Gideon walking down the hall he would clumsily rush to the adjoining bathroom and throw up whatever they had fed him earlier.
Rei felt lost and alone and he knew that those so-called tests were going to kill him if they didn't stop. After they had taken blood, tissue, and saliva from him they would let him rest for an hour and than drag him roughly back to the testing area. They stripped him of his clothing, leaving him in only his soft black boxers. They put all sorts of pressure pads and wires on him and placed him on a treadmill to run. Rei had little choice in wanting to get off, for they shackled his wrists to the machine and it was either start running or be dragged and get 'treadmill' burn.
They set the machine at a slow speed and after monitoring him for some time they sped it up to a point where Rei had never ran so fast before. They measured his breath intake and exhalation, his heart rate and his brain activity. They watched his muscle movements and found it interesting the way they bunched up and flexed oddly while he moved at stressing speeds. They were even more amazed that Rei was barely fazed by the run when they stopped the machine. He panted gently and moaned as he rubbed his wrists. They fed him some bread and water and put him through more full body scans. He snarled at them whenever he got enough energy to return to himself. They loved how flexible his bones were, especially his spine.
They even had the gall to have him thrown into the air to see if he would land on his feet just like a cat, they were pleased to find out that he did and that he flipped around until he landed safely on his feet with hardly a sound. They than tested his durability and made him do a series of flips on a trampoline. The lab-coat jockeys even went as far as making him jump down a simulated mountainside to test what they liked to refer to as 'the ability of the mountain goat'…..stupid really. He shocked them when he effortlessly jumped down the man-made cliff.
Later on they had brought back the blood, tissue and saliva sample tests. While discussing the results they hooked Rei up to a brain wave machine and proceeded to watch his thought patterns again. They were unusually calm as they went over the results, "Look at his blood results. He doesn't have normal blood. Its like a mix between two different species." One of them said and they all turned on Rei as the Neko-jin shrugged haughtily at them despite his exhaustion, "What are you, boy?" one of them asked and Rei hissed softly at them, "A Neko-jin." He said flatly as he heard resounding gasps and, for once, he smiled. It was about time he really surprised them.
They promptly went back to looking at the results and after a few minutes Rei was taken back to his 'room' where he was left in blessed silence, "That was relatively painless this time." The dark haired teen muttered as he collapsed onto his stuffed rags and cried again. He had been doing that a lot lately. "Please, if there is a higher power out there… help me and let me go free." He whimpered and curled into a tight ball.
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BloodAmulet: Going through these chapters I'm thinking…..how the hell did anyone understand some of the sections in these chapters when I can't even understand them properly!
So I simply rewrote a lot of the lines to make them appear even a bit more sensible. Still not guaranteeing perfection though. :3