Just Before Death

by TishaLiz

by zzdoricorezz AU. Set after season 3. Boris is ruined and has no abbey no BEGA or henchmen left. One afternoon Boris comes across someone who looks like Kai frozen, unconscious and close to death on a bench. When Boris discovers it is in fact Kai will He decide to save Kai or leave him to his death? What will Kai do when he wakes up and finds out Boris saw him at his weakest.

6. Chapter 6

Please read my notes to everyone at the end of this chapter, Thank You.

Thank you to Desires-of-Autumn-Leaves For your review of chapter 5 and to Andziz16118 andMacibacsi for adding this story to your Alerts.

TishaLiz

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or any of the characters, just the events in this story.

==============No Yoai, No Rape, No Sexual abuse. =======================

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Just before death (Re-write)

by zzdoricorezz

Chapter 6

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Kai in his sleep tosses back onto his other side for the hundredth time, the blankets covering only from the waist down, his feet entangled in them.

=Dream Flashback=

The bladebreakers are sitting around a table with Kai and Mr. Dickenson. "Kai, there is no 'I' in team." The jolly man reminds Kai in a happy tone. "There's no Kai either." A cold response is given before he leaves the hotel room.

=End=

Kai squeezes his eyes shut as his mind roams in his nightmare.

=Dream flashback=

Kai is standing in a big dark round room with little light and no windows with Boris standing next to him with his hand placed on Kai's shouder. "This is your team, young Kai."

Kai studies the three boys standing infront of him, a wild red haired boy, a pale looking boy next to him and a very muscular build boy at the end.

=End=

Kai tosses over again and unconsciously swallows in his sleep.

=Dream Flashback=

"Man, Kai can be such a wet blanket." Tyson wines as he throws himself down ontop of the bed. "Geez Kai, was that nessecary?" Ray asks with a disapproving expression.

=End=

Kai again tosses over to his other side while his feet is fighting for freedom from the blankets.

=Dream Flashback=

Boris, Kai and Tala are in Boris' office in the abbey. Boris is sitting behind his desk with both Kai and Tala standing in front of him. "We don't want a traitor on our team." Tala angerly argues with Boris dispite that such behaviour has bad consequences.

=End=

Kai's shirt has begun to stick to him as he's now drenched in sweet.

=Dream Flashback=

"You traitor!" Tyson yells from the crowds as Kai leaves the bey-stadium after defeating the American All Starz team and stealing their bitbeasts.

=End=

Heaving breathing can be heard as Kai's heart is racing.

=Dream Flashback=

"You're such a disappointment, I refuse to call this boy my grandson." Voltaire's face displays no emotion as he turns and walks away.

=End=

Kai tosses over to his other once again.

=Dream Flashback=

"It's not that I can't take him in but rather that I don't want to. He needs something I cannot give him." Mr. Dickenson confesses in a truth full tone.

=End=

And then nothing, no one, just darkness.

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The dim sun light that's shining through Kai's window wakes him up.

Looking up at the ceiling once again, Kai feels exhausted. Maybe that's why he slept till sun rise, he doesn't usually do that. Closing his eyes he remembers the nightmares that kept him company all night, they flash through his mind again. That's why he's so tired.

Pushing himself up into a sitting position a damp cloth slips from Kai's forehead. Looking down at it sitting in his lap, Kai definitely knows didn't get that himself, that only leaves Boris. But why would Boris care? Unless Kai's nightmares made him so restless that it was bothering Boris.

Boris' bedroom is up on the second floor, there's no way he could've heard anything unless he checks up on Kai in the middle of the night. The thought gives Kai the creeps and for a moment he feels like he's back in the abbey. Boris is the last person anyone would want to have watch them when they're asleep, or even awake.

Throwing the blankets off, Kai sits up and moves his legs over the edge of the bed. Kai checks the bed side table for anything but finds it to be emtpy, no food and no coffee. That can only mean Boris has now stopped pretending to be nice or Kai has to ask for food.

Kai closes his eyes as a rebellious expression covers his face, he not asking anything from Boris.

"I take it, that the smart ass kid you are, that you know how to make coffee."

Kai squeezes his already closed eyes, why didn't he hear Boris? Why is he so unaware of his surroundings? He never use to be like this and he hates it.

Remaining silent, Kai expects Boris to leave him be. He'll come out of this room when he's good and ready.

"I'm not going away." Boris' voice cuts through Kai's thoughts with a slight malicious tone that warns Kai he's not getting any peace.

Kai keeps his eyes closed as he thinks about a response. He can either play Boris' game or just ignore him. Ignoring Boris was never a good move but then again it's not like Kai can ignore him.

"Fine, I'll start charging you per second for staring at me." Kai turns his head away from Boris as he gives a retaliative but yet sarcastic response. A pleased sound is heard that only comes coupled with a grin or a smirk on Boris' face. Boris is enjoying this.

There's a long moment of silence as Boris watches Kai who has his head turned away. After hoping that Boris would just give up and go away, Kai realises that this is not how a glaring contest works. How's he suppose to glare Boris down if he's not even looking at him?

Just as Kai turns his head to shoot a glare, Boris is suddenly right next to him and the bed shifts as Boris takes a seat next to Kai. Kai's mind and sanity suddenly hits panic stations but he successfully gains controll before he jumps up to moves away. The last thing he's showing Boris is fear.

Another moment of silence passes as Boris watches the snow outside the window and Kai looking away from Boris.

"You never did like teams." Boris tone is surprisingly apologetic?

Kai tenses on the inside. That's what he was dreaming about all night, his teams and how he just wished he never met them. A worried expression comes to Kai's face as he wonders how Boris would have know that.

'Please don't tell me I've been talking in my sleep'. He has never done that before, someone talking in their sleep is someone that is weak and has no control over themselves.

"You were right, there is no Kai in team." Boris' tone turns somewhat friendly which only makes Kai more uneasy.

The expression on Kai's face shows his getting more worried, 'What is Boris trying to do'. Kai thinks. Boris sometimes used that tone when he was about to punish Kai. At the thought Kai's heart starts racing remembering that feeling of panic. Either Boris is about to really do something to him, or Boris is just trying to scare him. For a moment Kai remembers that he is sitting next to one of the world's biggest criminals, not just any criminal but one that Kai knows has alot of gaps in his sanity.

"You're a lone wolf Kai, you don't need them." Boris' tone is one of agreement.

Kai has no idea what to make of this. Is Boris lecturing him, agreeing with him or is he trying to make him feel victorious that he was right before Boris kills him off?

"What do you want!" Kai suddenly turns to Boris and questions him in an aggressive tone.

Boris gives a slight chuckle of amusement. "Someone disaggrees with you, you're upset. Someone agrees with you and you're upset. Maybe the problem isn't with them but rather lies with you." Boris raises a finger and points it to Kai.

Kai drops his gaze, narrowing his eyes as he watches Boris' finger pointing directly at him. Kai didn't miss that malicious tone mixed in underneath his amusement Boris is trying to up hold. Boris is toying with him.

Standing up to his feet, Kai decides he's walking away from this. Boris is doing this on purpose, he's not in the mood for playing today.

As Kai passed in front of Boris to head for the door, Boris grabbed Kai by the wrist. Not with a gentle hold either but a hard iron grip just short enough to hurt, for now. Kai stops in his tracks and pins Boris with the best death glare he's in possession of, but even that talent seems to have left him.

"Sit down." Boris calmly instructs not at all bothered by Kai's attempts at death glaring at him. Kai glares into Boris gray eyes trying his best but finding it difficult. Right now Boris is beneath Kai as he's still sitting on the bed but that doesn't seem to be giving Kai the upper hand.

As there's no response, Boris slowly starts pulling Kai back to where he was sitting next to him. Like Kai had just thrown in the towel, he breaks eye contact and sits down. If he gives Boris what he wants, he'll eventually leave him alone. If he resists Boris will only enjoy it more and never stop.

"So, what happened?" Boris asks in that same creepy calm tone as he watches Kai sitting next to him patiently waiting for an answer.

Kai lifts his gaze and tries to give Boris a glare that conveys the anger flaming inside of him. "You are what happened." Kai grinds his teeth he gives an anger filled answer. Kai tugs his arm that Boris is still holding and without struggle Boris let's go.

"That's not what you were crying about last night." Boris doesn't deny that his involvement in Kai's life had a bad influence but Boris knows that's not what is bothering Kai right now.

Kai's expression somewhat fades from anger to realization. Again Kai turns his face away to avoid eye contact with Boris. Kai doesn't dismiss the chance of him crying in his sleep. Kai has spent many nights on the streets crying himself to sleep but he can't deal with the fact that Boris may have seen him do it. No matter how cold you are, every human being has the basic hardwiring of the need for love, care and affection. To be held and comforted, no matter how much you tell yourself you don't need it.

"I didn't cry." Kai forces his tone to remain cold as he denies such things.

"You were asleep, I wasn't." Boris corners him with the truth, although Boris knows Kai would rather have this subject be left alone, he just can't leave it.

"Maybe you were dreaming." Kai's tone turns to a taunt as he keeps with his deny of crying.

"No, you were the one dreaming, dreaming about Tala, the abbey, Voltaire, Tys..."

"Shut up!" Kai nearly shouts out of anger of hearing those names as he brings his hands up and covers his ears. Boris watches Kai doing something he's never done before. Kai would always listen and then punch back with some hurtfull words of his own.

Kai slowly let's his hands slip from over his ears and then covers his face. "They don't matter anymore." Kai whispers just enough for Boris to hear him.

"It didn't seem like it a few seconds ago." Boris keeps on pushing the subject, he wants Kai to get upset, to lash out. He succeeded just a few seconds ago and now Kai has calmed himself down again.

"I'm nothing to them and they are nothing to me. I don't care." Kai's expression has turned blank behing his hands along with his tone. "Thinking that you don't care isn't the same as not caring, care for what I say?" Boris is now trying to confuse him. A confused Kai always lashes out.

There's a deep in take of air behind Kai's hands telling that he's fighting off tears.

Boris face has a show of slight disappointment, never before was it this easy to break Kai, to drive him to tears. Standing up Boris looks back down at Kai. Lifting a hand he stokes Kai's head letting his fingers run through Kai's hair. He just couldn't resist, he knows Kai's mind too clouded to even pull away.

Kai feels a slight longing fill in his heart as Boris pulls his hand away. Being caught up in his emotional state Kai doesn't even notice Boris leaving the room. A few minutes later after Kai has started to calm down and gain controll of his emotions, his breathing has finally returned back to normal.

"Here."

Looking up Kai finds a cup of coffee being held out to him. Kai watches the offending object. This all started with this stupid cup of coffee. If he left the room and made himself a cup of coffee as Boris had hinted it would've saved all of this.

Boris slightly motions the cup towards Kai, silently telling him to take it. Reaching out, Kai takes the cup with both hands and then lowers it to his chest as he stares down into the cup. What trouble one cup of coffee can bring.

Being curious to see just how much Kai could still upset, Boris decides reaches out a hand again to stroke Kai's hair. As Kai starts leaning away from Boris' touch, it tells him that Kai has regained control of himself again.

Without doing or saying anything else, Boris leaves the room. He's scared Kai, made him upset, sort of broke him, sort of comforted him and now he's done for now.

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End of chapter 6

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My note to all,

-Unfortunately this is the end as this story was never completed.

-If you have any questions or comments please don't hesitate to send me a message.

-Thanks to everyone for reading!

-And a extra special thank you to everyone who has Reviewed, set this story to their Favourites and to those who have decided to following me, I love you all. Hugs.

-WOW, I've had so many hits with this story and Past and Present, way more then I ever expected. As of posting this Surprise has had 126 views, Just Before Death has had exactly 500 views and Past and Present has has 1902 views. That is absolutely unbelievable for me. Thank you everyone. Hugs all around.

-If anyone would like to continue this story please let me know.

-I have one more story of zzdoricorezz's story's to upload so please keep an eye out for it. It's called Split Identity. I should be getting the first chapter out within a few weeks.

Thanks again to everyone

TishaLiz