Authors Note: Sorry if this has any grammar mistakes but, I've got a lot to do today and cannot sit and type through many problems, I'll do that tomorrow at some point… Anyway thank you to;
g0thic-angel - Sorry about the wait rather than me just updating like normal I actually had loads of homework, and still do... (hisses at teacher and school) Hopefully I'll go back to updating like normal.
DancerInTheDark101 - More suspense, and even more in the next few chapters... Though one in particular I believe anyone... Will hate me for it Oh well...
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Chapter 7
Kai stood up; and was now rather confused.
He had found what the 'police officer' had been trying to find - the thing was, why Kai had never seen it until now it was in his room… Why was it in his room? This were beginning to get to suspicious, something was happening that he had never been aware of.
Kai stared down; the small chip that was of nothing… A not so blank beyblade chip… The only thing that stopped it from being blank was a large blue spot in the middle. What a strange thing to place on a beyblade chip. Just to make sure it was no sticker that had been put there at random; he rubbed his thumb over it a few times.
No…This blue spot was a bitbeast…
Kai snorted; he couldn't even ask Dranzer to even elaborate on whether it was or not, he'd just have to go with his instincts at the moment. What was its attack, how could it even be a bitbeast and why on earth would someone want…? A blue dot for a bitbeast, Kai pocketed the pathetic excuse for a bitbeast and turned on his heel - he was wondering if there were any other so-called police men working on this case.
Things were turning into a strange and unknown area that Kai had no idea on how to handle; but his own pride and the lonely years in the Abbey told him not to involve any other human. They would only get in the way and come up with different and completely wrong suggestion.
It was strange, everything looked so different. The house was not white - they had lost their…glow, and even the portraits seemed to be miserable - there was a cloud of uncertainty that was causing Kai to become suspicious - the act of having his family nearly killed… Sota hadn't even recovered and he was still as lost as before.
Kai frowned when he looked at where he had stopped. The golden frame, just the frame. This sent Kai's thoughts turning towards the thought that his father had said was somewhat true.
Could they not find your body…Or was it a lie - is that why there is no picture of you in the hanging walls of death? Because you are not actually dead?
If you were alive do you hate us all so much not too come back? Do you think Sota was at fault…as I once did or are you just a coward that ran away like father had?
Kai closed his eyes he had never thought of his mother as a coward or anything but perfect, now he just wanted to hear the truth - the real truth, with no poisoned or twisted truths just the facts. Has she left and just didn't want to come back? Or was she really dead and Voltaire was just playing with Adonis's head again? Kai let out a sigh and continued on going around checking the large house.
There was only one storey to go up - his house consisting of three made him uneasy as the fact remained he had not been up there since the accident. Kai had never needed to come up here before then. It wasn't interesting when he was little it held books and other things his toddler-self didn't find amusing.
It was just a huge room, filled with books, and charts and other old dusty furniture. He had remembered that because no one used it - no one came up here and not even the maids decided to clean since there was no point. Kai was wandering around in this odd room when he saw something that triggered an odd memory.
"Now Kai. Put that book down. It's very important." The young man smiled at the boy who was sitting on the floor looking and fiddling around with a small blue book that looked quiet new. The boy looked up, he had been disheartened with playing with the book before though he did not know why his mother or father were always trying to get it off him.
"Why, Daddy?" The small child giggled, standing up - not making much difference to the height he was when he was sitting. He flicked through the book, it was filled with odd looking patterns and other things that the child did not recognise.
"It's your mothers can't have you ruining her favourite book can we?" The man smiled, and kneeled down, ready to take the book off the child.
"What is it?" The boy looked up with a questioning look on his face waiting an answer, his father smiled and made the first thing that came to his head up.
"Just some boring old poems! You wouldn't want to read that now would you." The boy shook his head and handed politely the book back to his father - who in turn sighed with relief.
He walked over the old desk that was over-flowing with paper and books, but the old murky blue cover shouted out to be opened, and Kai couldn't help but satisfy his eight-year old curiosity. He would understand what it was when he read it now - he was older, smarter and it would probably just be nothing anyway.
Wrong.
Kai had found that there was hardly anything he could understand; not because it was in a strange and weird looking style of text but the handwriting was hardly legible and the pages were brown with stains and dirt being trapped in the cover over time.
Kai frowned, what did it mean, the whole book was strange; first there was a diagram… Of some woman - which really Kai thought about being the reason why his father didn't want him to be looking in it. Yet the next page was talking about something, "Making them all one." and "The final piece of the puzzle." Kai sighed, why did his family have to hide so many secrets.
Kai looked about and sat down comfortably on the misused chair that was next to the desk where he had picked up the book.
He could always just ask what it was about? His father would tell him…right? Kai shook his head, he had to show that he could do things himself - he didn't need to rely on someone or anyone! Kai went back to trying to read the barely readable handwriting.
The BladeBreakers had heard the news and had managed to plead their case to come back over to Russia, they had been told which hospital and which floor the Hiwatari family were being hospitalized in. Though that was not hard as all the news and sports channels were following the story.
The had heard that Kai had been allowed out and decided to the house first of all, they could always just go to the hospital after if no one was in.
Approaching the Hiwatari's house, there was a buzz of excitement in the media as the car turned in and the BladeBreakers all hopped out of the average looking car. Soon reporters were all running and trying to get near the BladeBreakers asking questions of 'Have you come to see Kai, or talk about the resigning business?', 'Are you here to give Kai your sorrowful and hateful comments about his family and him leaving the team?'
Rei simply said no, and pushed a few out of the way while a cowering Kenny was crushed in between Rei and Tyson who were both getting very aggravated at the media. The had gotten up to the door, and thankfully they just decided to let themselves in - they were sure Kai wouldn't mind. They were running away from the press, about him, so he should be happy at that.
The BladeBreakers managed to get into the house, and quickly slammed the door on all of the nosy reporters that tried to come in. Rei sighed, and Kenny was paler than usual; he didn't like crowds to much and he did not like people in his face so ultimately this was a very bad and frightening experience.
Max looked about, just scanning over the area - the place looked dull, and un-magnificent unlike the absolute wonder the place had been when they had all walked into the house the very first time.
"Kai!" Tyson started yelling hoping the captain would hear somehow through the thick walls and ceiling.
Kai just shook his head, he didn't want to believe any of this… No way had his own father and his mother done something as crazy as this… It even had said that the 'old bastard' had been against it; and that meant even Voltaire was saying it shouldn't be done… Voltaire of all people! Kai growled, and wiped away an angry tear that had chosen itself to escape and fall.
No way had his father done that… To 'her' … Why would was she put through that…Why would she agree? What if something had happened to her? No wonder Boris… Hated him so much. No wonder Voltaire was oddly scared whenever he had rebelled in the Abbey… No wonder they were both sad and crazy maniacs!
The next part was in a strange unknown text; Kai stared at it for a moment and noticed it was just a mirror reverse… Now he would have to find a mirror and use it to find out what had happened next, some how he wanted to know if anything had happened to himself. It was selfish sounding but… To do that to someone, was… There were no words to describe it… was just naturally wrong, Bio-Volt seemed like heaven compared to what his father had jotted down. So willingly.
He suddenly felt cold, this time from the inside and started to get colder - Kai sniffed, and felt as if something was watching him. He glanced around there was certainly no one in this room. He stood up and started looking for some means of his uneasiness. There was something in here with him; he could feel it.
"Ouch." Kai hissed and put his hand in his pocket, unsure of what he felt pain from, he felt something that was oddly like the door handle that had been frozen so cold that it hurt even to touch it. It had jabbed into his skin so suddenly. He picked whatever was so cold and threw it out of his pocket. He glanced - it was that stupid dot of a bitbeast. Kai narrowed his eyes as it began to glow - perfect, just when he needed Dranzer the fire bird was no where in sight.
The light began to raise and create the normal aura of a bitbeast, though something was different so much…different. Kai's eyes widened.
The team rushed all over the house, well the first floor anyway; and still could not find their captain. Kenny was the first to caught his breath and say something to the others,
"Maybe he's not here?" He looked around again, spotting the determined faces he knew that they would not give up so much.
"Well, I've checked the kitchen." Max sighed, no one had been there and even the food had been taken - poached by some hungry policemen.
"I checked that half of the bedrooms." Tyson conformed glancing at the stairs that led up to the next floor.
"I checked the back garden!" Rei was exhausted; he hadn't gone everywhere since it was just a wide open space all he did was run to the highest hill - but even that was still far away from the house itself.
Tyson started walking towards the stairs as everyone else followed.
"He has to be in here, there are way too many reporters outside for no one to be in the house!" Max sighed and wondered were else they could check for their captain.
"Yeah, so maybe we have to just keep looking…" Rei didn't sound very enthusiastic and wasn't really considering that they would find Kai in the house. He could have just stayed at hospital, maybe it was his father that was in the house?
"Maybe he's on the second floor?" Kenny started to walk up the stairs closely behind Tyson who was sure that his older friend was somewhere to be found.
"Or third?" Rei added with a smile, though still - they had never been in the third floor before the stairs themselves just looked old, dusty and boring - Kai could still be in there, there was nothing that stopped him from going there.
"Or in that basement that we were not allowed to go last time?" Kenny looked around; since they were almost on the second floor it was illogical to go back down just to come back up again.
"No he wouldn't be in there, let's try the second floor." Tyson looked around and; the whole team again started checking this floors rooms.
After this floor was checked; everyone agreed to go up to the very last floor to see if someone or anyone was there.
"There are a lot of stairs…" Tyson leaned over the banister and looked up, seeing, what it looked as, millions and millions of steps. He sighed this was going to take ages!
"Yeah no wonder everyone's fit from climbing these!" Max was slightly tired from just running around the whole house and not having any food, and jetlag was slowly the usual hyperactive boy down.
The team started slowly making their way up the mass amount of stairs, Kenny was behind Rei, and Rei was behind Max. Tyson led. Suddenly Rei stopped, and Kenny watched straight into his back almost knocking both of the boys off balance.
"Did you guys hear that?" Rei asked quietly afraid to speak to loudly that he might not be able to hear the noise again.
"What?" Tyson turned around and everyone looked between each other in silence. Max had a confused look on his face unsure of what he was meant to be listening out for,
"Listen…" Rei looked at Tyson whom raised n eyebrow and then, after a few seconds of silence…
There was loud bang this time; then a thud and a loud yell made by someone.
"Guys that sounded like…"Max was slightly afraid of going up any further, he gulped.
"Kai!" Everyone yelled and started to sprint up the stairs, hopefully they would get there in time.
Kai groaned, being flung against a solid wall was not a nice feeling and blinked and gazed up realising he was lying on the floor.
"What the hell…" Kai blinked and sat up - only to have his eyes sting unbearably, a very light blue shone from the bitbeast that had just appeared.
It was the same as the diagram, Kai was sure that the picture of the woman was this bitbeast. Greenish skin, slits for a nose, the longest hair Kai had ever seen ever, thin and powerful looking.
"Who are you?" The female tilted it's head; green eyes bore into Kai's crimson battling in a fierce glare. Kai lost, surprisingly he felt… Scared - he couldn't say very much and backed away a little - he'd only had to face a bitbeast when he was with Dranzer, beyblading, without Dranzer he felt weak.
"Kai…" He looked at the strange bitbeast, as it took one small step towards him. He could feel the aura of hate and numbness that had surrounded him in lonely places - such as the Abbey and the very house he stayed in.
"Are you a Hiwatari?" She asked; a glare on her slim and pointy face, he glared back, suddenly feeling a little more courageous than he had been just moments ago.
The thought of why a bitbeast would actually speak to him was beyond his knowledge, he was no fun to talk with and he was boring - the fact that this bitbeast had asked specifically if he was a Hiwatari unnerved him.
"…Yes…" Kai nodded, watching as the bitbeast began to play with her hair - like some child.
"Then you shall die." The fidgeting stopped as abruptly as it had begun.; the bitbeast did not move quickly like some predator but slowly as if it was taking a stroll in a lovely park.
The bitbeasts hands were…So warm yet as they came closer and closer he felt so tired, just as he had done in the freezing atmosphere of his home.
Thoughts ran through his head,
If I am to die I don't care… Sota? What would she do? She doesn't even like Aton and doesn't know Adonis… She'll end up hating me… Like so many other people already do…
"Wait!" Kai slapped the hand away from him that made the bitbeast stare at him for a while; unsure of what had just happened.
"Humph." The bitbeast wanted to hurt everyone that had ever set foot in the house - but this was somewhat alluring. The bitbeast leaned over so she was only centimetres away from his face - she tilted her head, unsure of what the boy would ask.
Kai had never been as close to a bitbeast before and was not sure to act in the normal way which he would do - if any girl would have dared get as close. Pushing a bitbeast away could cost him his life and he wasn't going to be stupid.
"…Are you… Tundra?" Kai frowned when he saw the bitbeast smile and stand up looking pleased, he felt the wall and slowly picked himself up off the dirty ground.
"How do you know my name little Hiwatari?" Tundra was still smiling; like some mother does when her offspring goes off and does something for the first time.
"I read it…" Kai answered truthfully, he wanted to stay and also leave as quickly as possible, there was something strange about this bitbeast. It was too… Human like.
"Do you know what I am?" Tundra walked forward again still the caring smile on her face, Kai shrugged not really sure on what to say.
"A bitbeast?"
The bitbeast giggled.
When did bitbeasts giggle? Ok chuckle, but giggling? Only children done that. Or some over-hyperactive girls…
"And what do you think I was before that?" The bitbeast looked bored and started swaying from side to side in large motions which soon was causing large creaks and other noises from the floorboards.
"Nothing?" Kai shrugged again - he did beyblade but on the whole 'bitbeast conversations' he was only used to asking Dranzer things then telling the phoenix to shut up again.
"My, how dumb are Hiwatari's?" Tundra smacked herself on the head and yawned, taking a seat on the desk not noticing she was crushing papers.
"You've meant more than just me then." Kai circled around her, wanting to be as far away as possible just in case the bitbeast, or Tundra had another personality change.
"I've seen - but never spoken to any, except you… And your mother." The bitbeast watched to see what this child would do and say - usually she would be screamed at or someone would just run away and say it was all lies and would push the event out of their minds.
"What, about?" Kai asked cautiously since when had his mother ever been mentioned before Voltaire death? Never, so it was strange to have his father talk randomly about her and also have some mysterious bitbeast talking about her too.
"I vaguely remember. Something about your father." The bitbeast smiled again; the creatures face changed expression very quickly meanwhile Kai kept his in a glaring mode - he would not show weakness when he was actually weak against something - he hated the fact of inferiority.
"Which…was?"
The creature rose again from the table and walked barefooted over to were he had been lying down, she had not meant to through him across the wall…
"You are much like your mother… Little Hiwatari." She muttered, her voice still echoing through his mind, suddenly he couldn't hold any more of his rage inside.
"Shut up and tell me!" He had considered trying to intimidate the creature by shouting but it had not worked, Tundra walked over to the boy that had recently shouted at her. Kai hadn't frozen like she thought he would have he just looked, angry - no fear nothing else just… Anger.
"Very much like her - I believe it was something about your fathers wishes with the family." She smiled at placed her hand on his head - he didn't know how to react - slap it away, move away or just stay as still as possible.
"What were his plans?" The two stared at each other for a while, again unsure on how each of them would react. There was a noise, which made both of them look at the door. A constant din that sounded to be coming closer and closer.
"Kai! Are you up here?" he heard a voice call, he blinked what on earth were they doing here, again?
"I should leave, I'll kill you soon enough." The creature smirked and disappeared quickly which Kai answered with a quick sigh. If someone wanted to take this bitbeast he would have to keep it. Keeping something that wanted to kill you was illogical but it was his family's or so it did seem so he would have to.
"Great." Kai muttered before, again, dropping the chip into his pocket carelessly.
The din was right outside the door, and Kai went and found the blue book again, he hid it in the bottom drawer of the table - at least now he knew where he would look if he needed the notebook again.
"Kai!" The BladeBreakers bounded into the room, not caring if it had been Kai. To their surprise Kai was sitting down, not looking in pain or anything else.
"Kai?" Rei asked cautiously as they all moved more deeply into the room, most of them taking in the dirty and horrible appearance of the room.
"What are you lot doing here?" He sighed, unsure on how to handle them being here all of a sudden, luckly he had placed his cold mask on once again and hoped it would not slip again.
"Are you ok?" Kenny was panting like a dog, he had never moved so quickly in his life and he never wanted to again.
Kai couldn't help but feel angry at anyone who asked the question, it was in general, a stupid question.
"Of course I'm perfectly fine even though my family is practically dying!" He glared viciously at them all who were taken aback by Kai's attitude towards them
"It's just that we heard you were-." Tyson began, he was happy to see that Kai was physically fine, but something was making him look different.
"- Look, just tell me why you're here and then leave." He bowed his head; no one could see his face but got the impression that he didn't want anyone to even look at him.
Max frowned at the way his old captain was acting; he was being mean - and he had fair reason to be in a bad mood, but it wasn't their fault.
"We came to see if you were ok…" Tyson mumbled hoping Kai would lighten up that he had found out they had came all this way just to see if he was in good health.
"I doubt it." Kai snapped, still he did not look up.
"We did! We were worried when the news came on and said that you were all hurt." Rei tried to keep his own anger and confusion from rising, he would be happy if his friends came so far just to see him.
"No one is hurt…" Kai mumbled, the team saw a slight smirk come onto his face, still no one saw his eyes.
"Oh?" Kenny involuntary spoke.
"Everyone is dying." Kai had said the words in a strange tone. It was between happiness and sadness.
"What - happened anyway?" Tyson was curious and everyone had heard something about a heater but, was that the real story?
"So you came here to get a story. Planning on selling it to some news channel?" The smirk dropped, and although no one could see it he frowned deeply.
"Kai! We wouldn't do that!" Tyson jumped to his friends and his own defence, at the strange and unusual behaviour of Kai.
"Just like that idiot won't leave me in peace…" Kai mumbled, louder than he thought he had said.
"Who?" Kenny asked unsure if he should have been asking any questions at all.
"Voltaire." Kai pondered the name over in his thoughts it was an odd name; he'd never said Voltaire like he just had. It was either in hate or spite, he felt nothing when he said it now - it was just a name that held memories.
"What's he doing now?" Max looked at everyone in a considered way, everyone was feeling awkward. Kai couldn't care less.
"Nothing he can't do anything anymore." He smirked again, a smaller one than before.
"Why not? Have the police found him?" Max had not heard about Voltaire's death, again no one except from the people that had watched the news that day at that time would have known. Otherwise it had been taken out of circulation and hadn't been discussed since.
"Better. He's dead." The smirk got wider, Tyson blinked as did Rei - Kai didn't really mean that?
"What?" Tyson frowned, not certain on what Kai had even said.
Kai frowned, he felt a strange feeling in his stomach as it slowly began to climb, Kai tried to forced it back down by swallowing but it refused to be resided and continued its way to his throat.
Why… Can't I control my emotions anymore! Why do I have to cry over anything! Why do I have to still cry whenever I say that man's name! I'm no child, I said it there… Why does he haunt me!!
The group heard Kai's breathing getting louder by a fraction and he abruptly stood up and finally had somewhat of a break down as he knocked the desk over - it was just an arms length away and he didn't feel like he could live it down if he ended up hitting someone who actually wanted him to feel better.
"You know, away for an eternal sleep, he's bloodless, buried, cadaverous, deceased, defunct, departed, done for, erased, expired, extinct, gone, inanimate, lifeless, not existing in this world anymore, passed away, perished, snuffed it, spiritless, stiff as a board, unanimated, wasted. He is no more!"
Papers and notes, diagrams and pictures fluttered around the room, Kai stood there - frozen as he frowned at the thought of the old man and felt like yelling, his friends stood stunned at the sudden violent temper Kai ha thrown. It wasn't much but they all had a feeling they had to leave.
You certainly are not ok Kai… It's quite the opposite. Tyson stepped foward...
Authors Note: Phew finished this chapter it's the longest so far. Sorry for the wait but school is being evil I now have a project, an essay and a talk to do - all to be done in what, three days… I have no idea what this English teacher is on… But it's not good for me! Or this fic!
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