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Chapter 7: Ekko fra fortiden


Kai Hiwatari opened the huge door that leaded to the hallway. The bright sunlight outside swept over the floor. Kai blinked and walked innside, closing the door carefully behind him.It was like coming into a small church. A golden chandelier were hanging from the roof, doors on each side of the room leaded to other rooms, and huge stairs leaded upstairs. A round window over the front door threw glimses of light into the cold and dark room. It was so quiet, he could hear the fast beating of his heart. He was so glad he had walked innside now, alone. If he had been with the others they would have seen him like this, lost in his own memories.

Suddenly, he could feel a deep sadness in his allready heavy hart. He turned to the stairs, feeling that he was'nt alone. And he was right. A little brownhaired girl, stood there, looking at him with crimson eyes. She was wearing a white dress, and a blue bow in her shiny hair. But something was wrong with her, it was like he could see right through her. He swallowed and started to walk towars her. He walked slowly, so he would'nt scare her. She looked so familiar.


Kai opened the front door, and walked outside. Ray, who sat leaning against a tree, was the only person to be seen. His eyes were closed and first it could look like he was asleep, but when Kai sat down beside him, Ray opened his eyes and looked at him.

"Oh, hi Kai." He yawned tiredly, and Kai was reminded of how mutch Ray actually looked like a cat.

"Hn." He answered, not too interested. "Where are the others?"

"Ehm..I think they are on the other side of the house."

"YOU THINK...!!!"

"KAI! RAY!"

Kai turned his head and saw Tyson, Kenny and Max came running towards them. Tyson stopped in front of him, nearly about to explode of happyness.

"Kai, you wont believe whats on the other side of the house!"

"Really? It would'nt be...a swimming pool maybe?"

Tyson's mouth dropped open. "How did you know!?"

Kai raised an eyebrow, not believing how stupid Tyson could be. "Hm...not shure! I guess it was just a wild shot in the dark, something that will happen to you to if you doesn't start being a bit smarter! I have been living here for eight years, remember?!"

Tyson gave a silent 'oh' of realisation, turning totally red.

'Well deserved', Kai thought.

"Whatever! Can we go bathing?!"

Kai smirked, and leaned back againste the same tree as Ray. "Yeah, Yeah. Just dont hurt each other..." Tyson raised an eyebrow. "...too mutch."

Max laughed out loud. "Well, thats the Kai I know! I started to get kinda worried there."

Ray watced the three boys run away again. He smiled, and took a deep breath. The air was so mutch cleaner here. Ray closed his eyes, and just listened to all the sounds around him. Somewhere nearby, he could hear the sounds of hoses. He assumed that there was a stable nearby.

"Hey Kai! I think it's time to take our baggage up to our rooms. Dont you think?"

"Hn." Kai sat up, and started to walk up the stairs that leeded to the the front door. Ray came running after him, while keeping an eye on his captain.

Inside the mansion, the first thing he noticed was a huge portrait, hanging on the wall to his left. He stopped in front of it and looked up at the painted persons. Kai walked up behind him.

"Kai? Are they...?"

"My family? Yeah. How did you see that?"

"Oh, thats easy. Nearly all of them got crimson eyes."

Kai smiled, a sad look in his face. But since he stood behind Ray he knew that the younger boy had'nt noticed.

"Who is that?" Ray said, pointing at a beautiful woman with brown hair and green eyes. She stood in the middle of the portrait, her arms wrapped around a man with two toned blue hair and crimson colored eyes.

Kai looked sadly at the womans eyes. "Ehm...thats my mother."

Ray looked at him, and then back at the portrait. "And thats your father?"

Kai nodded.

"Hey, there you are!" Ray turned around. Tyson, Max and Kenny came walking towards them.

"I thought you were going to take a bath?"

"Yeah, that was before we felt how cold the water was."

"Well, what did you think? It's November! And we are in Russia"

"Yeah, I know that! It just did'nt look that cold, and...hey! Is that?!" Tyson's mouth dropped open when he saw the portrait.

Kai sighed. "Yes, it is, but it's not that exciting. So lets go, okay?" he said, before walking past Tyson, towards the stairs.

"What!? Ofcourse we are not going yet! Oh, look! There is Kai!" Tyson pointed at the little boy that stood beside his father. Kai looked at himself on the portrait. He looked just like his father. The same hair. The same eyes. The same tattooes.

"It looked like Kenny had been reading his thoughts, 'couse the secound after, he said: "You know, I have allways wondered about when you got those tattooes."

Kai smirked of that question. "Actually, I did too, for a while."

"What do you mean?" Max looked surprised at the answer.

"It's a long story."

"We got more than enough time." Ray said, smiling.

"Yeah, and that makes me kinda angry!"

Tyson laughed out loud and dragged Kai towards the stairs. "Hehe, come on Sunshine, lets get our things upstairs, and then you can get on with your story."

"Lucky me. And can you stop calling me 'Sunshine'?! It makes me shiver!"

"Thats the point, smartass."

Kai stopped half way up the stairs, giving Tyson his death-glare.

"Okay, okay! I'll stop!"

"You better, or I'll cut your head off with a spoon!"

"Why use a spoon? Why not an axe?

"Because, It's more painful!"


Kai stood outside the mansion, leaning his arms against the fence that parted him from the horses. He smiled, and remembered all those times he had been standing like this, all those hours he had been looking at this beautiful animals. He laughed silently when one of them started to run around, wanting the others to follow. And some secounds later, they did. The sun shined brightly in their manes and tailes, as they ran across the enclosure.

"Kai? Are you okay?"

Tyson and Ray walked up beside him. Kai did'nt turn around, just stood there.

"Im fine."

"Really? It does'nt look like."

"It's just so waired, being here again."

"Well, thats understandable," Max said, while walking up on the other side of him.

"Wow, thats some huge animals." Kenny said, after seing the horses, that now had started to chase each other around in the enclosure.

"Actually, I think he is rather small," Kai answered, while looking at Tyson.

"Huh?" Kenny steared at him, confused.

"Oh, you meant the horses? I thought you meant Tyson!"

"Hey! Dont call me an animal!"

"Why not? It fits you."

Ray gave him a 'now Tyson will be pissed off the rest of the day, because of you' look.

"So, are you going to tell us something about this place?" Max asked, grinning of excitement.

Kai sighed. 'Here we go again.'

Then, he cleared his throat, and started to speak.

"It all started with Dranzer. I'm not really shure when she became a part of it, but when she did, she gave our family some gifts. I am not shure why she did it, and it has been a mystery since then. Dranzer has been in my family for hundreds of years, given from generation to generation as a inheritance. And since then those gifts has grown stronger."

"What kind of gifts?" Tyson asked.

"Well, do you remember my secound battle against Brooklyn?"

They all nodded.

"I think I used one of them. The problem is, that I cant really handle those powers yet. I remember watching my father when he made the fire in the fireplace change into a cat, that walked around in the livingroom for hours. And you asked about the tattooes? It's kinda waired actually, but I think that they are one of those gifts. I was borned with them, so was my father."

Ray nodded quietly. "Yeah, I remember that from the painting, but…there were others that had them too. I think it was at least three more!"

Kai smiled. "You're right. My mother had them too, and my grandparents."

"Wait! Voltaire?"

"Jupp, but he removed them. You see, my father was a count, and only those who are going to inherit the title gets those tattooes."

"WHAT!?" Tyson yelled. "You are going to become a count?"

"Yeah."

"And what more havent you told us?" Max said.

"The reason why we are here. You asked about that too, didn't you?"

"Oh, thats true! I forgot that. Carry on."

Kai smirked, wondering how he should say it. "Once again, it's because of Dranzer. She used her powers to make a protection around the castle, so he cant go inside it."

"Wow, I have never heard about a bitbeast that can do sutch things!" Kenny said.

"Thats because they never does. I think Dranzer is the first bitbeast who have ever done it."

Then, they could all hear a loud grumbling from Tysons stomach.

"Okay, time for some dinner!" Ray said, before he turned around and started to walk back to the mansion.

"Kai, are'nt you coming?" Kenny asked.

Kai shook his head. "Not yet. I'm coming later."

"Okay."

Kai smiled and looked back at the horses. Now, when he was finished with his story, he felt kinda proud of himself. Everything had been turned up side down, now when he was back. Maybe it was this place, and the things he had seen?


"Kai?" Her voice sounded so strange, like a echo. She looked at him with scared eyes, like he was a ghost. And he was shure he looked at her in the same way. Tears streamed down his cheeks.

"Anya." he whispered, stopping in front of the little girl. She smiled towards him, tears in her beautiful eyes. Eyes that was so like his own.

"I have missed you so mutch."

And then, she was gone. Kai stood there alone, stearing at the spot where his little sister had disappeared.


Finally finished with this chapter. Sorry, it took a while.

BUT NOW, I GOT A CHALLENGE TO YOU GUYS: The title(norwegian)! What does it means? If you guys can figure out, Kai wont die! Now, his life is in your hands. R&R