Hello! I'm back with another chapter!
First I want wo thank PureBlackRaven and Viper-Gothica (new reviewer!) for reviewing the last cahpter! It makes me happy that you like the story so far.
RureBlackRaven: Here is your update! THanks for your review. Yes Rika left. Maybe you will find out what she does after her departure when you read the chapter. But you will have to wait till next chapter or the chapter after thatto find out the whole thing. Yep, Kai is stubborn - but Rika as well! Sorry but she alreay boarded the plane and left.Still, I hope you will enjoy this chapter and tell me what you think.
Viper-Gothica: Thanks a lot for your review! This chapter is only about Kai and Rika ( and a little about Kaiko's feelings), so I hope you like it. You'll have to see if Ifollow your demand.I hope you have fun to continue reading this story and please tell me what you think. :)
Disclaimer: A always: Nothing is mine, except for plot and OCs. The short poeam at the beginning - I forgot who wrote it and what's it name, sorry! - doeas not belong to me. Neither does the song "Far away" by Nickelback. Just thought it was fitting here...
Okay, enough blabla from me. You want to find what happens next? Then have fun reading this chapter!
The wind is playing with the leaves
The green ones and the orange ones
They are dancing down to the ground.
The rives sings is never ending song.
Small waves splash against the stones
Here I stand at the riverside.
Watching the time go by.
My heart is waiting like my soul
For the one I care, the one I love.
Far away you are – do you think of me?
Far away
Rika rose her head and looked over the blue sea. Her grey eyes were hard to read the most of the day but at the moment they were not hiding the emotions as usual. She felt lonely. She had never thought that she would feel this way. That she could even feel this way.
Two days had passed since the argument with Kai.
This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know
And now Rika was alone. She had been alone before but had not felt lonely for a long time. There always was the thought of Kaiko and the others - and of course Kai. The one she used to call her childhood friend. The one she knew her whole life. The one that was beside her at the abbey. The one she fell in love with. The one she still loved.
Rika knew it: She could not deny it. And she did not want to do so. But she always was hiding it. They never got the chance of being a normal couple, they never got the chance to act the way they wanted, to show freely what they felt.
The past was still behind them. And it would never let them go.
Rika sighed and thought of Tyson, Ray, Max and Kai's other friends. His team he would never ever drop. She understood him and that made it even worse.
She could still hear Kai's words ringing through her mind. His angry voice, the fire burning in his eyes. His gaze on her…
"I don't think that this is worth it…"But it was in the past… All was in the past.
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore
-Flashback-
Two teenagers at the age of fifteen were sitting at a rock near the beach. The sun was covered with clouds but that concerned the two not a bit. They were sitting next to each other and were looking towards the sea. The boy turned his gaze away and looked up towards the clouded sky.
They were used to each others company. They knew each other since their childhood. But they had not always been friends through the years. At the abbey they had been supposed to hate each other. And there had been hate between them in a way. And now? Were they friends again? Both were not sure about that. It had been a long time since they had been allowed to feel something else except hate and anger. The two did not know a definition of friendship and their lack of memories made it hard to remember things before the abbey.
Rika closed her eyes. She loved to feel the wind on her faces and the wind playing with her hair. It was shorter since she stayed with her sister and she was wearing it open now. Everything had changed. In four days Kai would leave again and return to Japan. There he was part of the Bladebreakers, a famous beyblade team.
Kai turned his head to look at the girl next to him. He could not really put the finger on the feeling he felt inside of him. It was something special so much could he tell. Something that had not been part of his life for a long time. Was this friendship? The boy did not know. He did not turned away when the girl moved her head and met his gaze. Her eyes were unreadable and his were emotionless. But something was about to change. Sometimes Kai knew out of nowhere was this girl was thinking. And Rika had made the same experience with Kai.
What was friendship? Understanding? Trust? These were only words someone had invented…or so they thought.
Another thought came into Kai's mind. Tyson and the others had said that he was their friend. But how could he be a friend when he did not know what it meant to be someone's friend. Kai had been told that friendship was nothing. Unimportant. A weakness even. But why were all people talking about it? Something deep inside told the master of the red fire phoenix that it was important to find an answer to this question. That friendship was something you should expiring in your life.
Meanwhile similar thoughts were running through Rika's mind. Her sister was offering her far more than friendship. She offered her love. Love was a weakness just like love – or was it not? There was always this picture that came into her mind. A picture of a young woman with dark brown hair and dark green eyes. A smile was on her lips and she was hugging a girl tightly with her arms. The girl was Rika. And Rika knew that this woman was named Natasha and was supposed to be Rika's mother.
But it was only a piece of memory. Rika tried to catch her shattered memories especially the one of Natasha. But always when Rika thought that she had remembered the memory just slipped away again. To her it seemed a wonder that she remembered her sister.
Her sister was five years older and had not been that interesting for the abbey. But out of nowhere she had appeared after the abbey was blown into the air. She had brought Kai and Rika to a house outside of Moscow. But some weeks after this Kai had returned to the streets while Rika had stayed with her sister. Several month later Kai had joined Tyson and the gang while Rika turned her back at Russia as well and went to America along with her sister.
-End of Flashback-
One my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know
She shivered. The wind was cold and she felt it even if she was Russian. The coldness came from inside…Rika tightened the grip of her arms around her body to keep the cold off herself.
And now?
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore
Kai had claimed onto the roof. He could not longer bear the company of his friends. Tyson was getting on his nerves and Kai knew it was no use to yell at him. And Kaiko was angry with him because Rika had left after their argument. And Tala… his best friend…did not understand…
He felt somehow lost. Yeah, the almighty and invincible Kai Hiwatari was feeling lost. How ironic… He tried to block her out of his thoughts but he failed. At every moment through a day her picture came into his mind – tormenting him.
Kai turned his gaze away from the sky above him and looked down at his mobile phone in his right hand. The silver coloured phone was shimmering in the last sunrays of the day. A soft breeze played with Kai's slate bangs and was tugging at his black long sleeved jacket.
In moments like this he would have called her… In moments when he felt lost and lonely, when he needed someone to talk to, someone to understand him… But now it was impossible. She had been with him only two days ago and now he felt lost – lost without her.
So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know
Sighing deeply he remembered the time when they had been able to laugh together. This one evening when they had tried to learn how to dance…
-Flashback-
"No! You must take two steps back!" "What? … Right." Kai said while taking hold of her right hand again.
They did the few next steps until… "outsch! That was my foot!" Rika said while jumping on her left foot. But in spite of the pain she was laughing. "Sorry." Kai apologised and was helping her to the couch in an over exaggerated way . "Stupid! It's alright! Don't treat me like a weakling!" Rika said through her waves of laughter. It was not their first try to perform this dance probably. Always something went wrong. Foxtrot! Who was dancing that anyway!
She rose her head and looked directly into Kai's eyes. He was hardly trying to hold back his laughter. "Stupid!" She called him again and slapped him playfully on his left arm. Kai smirked and surprised her with his following action. "No!" She exclaimed when Kai rose her up bridal style. "Down! Let me down!"
"Nope." Was Kai's only answer while he walked through the room and finally slumped onto his bed with Rika on top of him. "You…you…" She was speechless but on the other side still laughing. She crawled off him and laid next to him. Kai had still one arm around her. His eyes were on her face. Her eyes were sparkling with joy. She was happy and carefree. She turned her head and looked at him. Suddenly she rose slightly. "Time for revenge!" She said and smirked at him. "And how do you want to…" Kai said teasingly but was cut off by her lips on his. Slowly he wrapped both of his arms around her waist.
-End of Flashback-
I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving
Hold on to me and
never let me go
But they were parted. Kai did not know if this was good or bad. He just hoped that the feeling he was feeling now would ease with the passing time.
Since then he would try hard not to think of her. Of the girl he loved. A love that was by the looks of it not mend to be…
With a shimmer of determination his eyes he stuffed his small sliver phone back into the pocket of his black jacket.
While Kai was sitting on the roof Kaiko was sitting inside on the couch her arms wrapped around a form blocking out any voice and sound. She felt horrible. Normally she was calm and could control her anger but only an hour ago she had found herself yelling at her brother Kai. She could not be angry at him but her sadness made her yell and argue with him. She blaming him for Rika's departure.
Fighting against the tears she let her mind drift to memories of her past. As long as she was able to think Kai and Rika always had fought on the same side. None of them would have let the other down. There had been times when the two were hating each other. The abbey had made them but the hate had never lasted. Kaiko remembered how happy she had been when the two had told her that they were together. Like a real couple. Kaiko then had been sure that the two would never part whatever would happen.
Kai and Rika had been happy and Kaiko had seen them laugh and smile. Kai had lightly joked around and had helped Tala to get rid of the grip of BioVolt. The young girl had seen her brother dance with Rika several times and had heard how the people around had said that they were a perfect match.
Kai and Rika – the perfect match. A dream team so to speak. That was what their friends had said. In Kaiko's opinion they had been right. A little dream had grown in Kaiko's heart. A dream she had not told Kai or Rika. The dream of living with the two of them together somewhere. Where was not important. The together was important. That Kai would not only stay for a visit but that he had a home where he spend most of his time – together with his sister and his girlfriend. In peace and without thoughts of BioVolt.
But the dream had been shattered into little shimmering and glittering pieces like glass. Kai and Rika had broken up.
Now Kai was having the silver necklace back. About two years ago he had given it to Rika as a symbol of his love for her. Since then Rika had been wearing it always. Day and night. It was no ordinary necklace. The pendant was shaped like a phoenix with spread wings. This necklace Kai's and Kaiko's mother had been wearing and she had received it from their father as a marriage present. It had been the sign of pure and true love…
Kaiko felt hollow now that she knew that the two people she cared most for in the world were now walking different ways.
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Till next time! LadyOfTheBluePhoenix
