Wingzero: Hehehehehe. Gomen to all those who ACTUALLY follow this story.
Ray: ......
Kai: ......
Tyson: You can't be continuing?
Wingzero: Oh yes. Our reviewers request it.
Tyson: Why me?
Wingzero: From the polls, it looks like Kai will be up next. And I have the first chapter planned out for him. =)
Kai: O.O
Ray: At least she isn't going to do mine.
Wingzero: Wrong! Yours will eventually come.
Ray: O.O
Max: Does that mean you're going to do ours?
Wingzero: Yup, even the White Tigers will each have a story.
Lee: SAY WHAT!!!
Mariah: Oh goodie!
Kevin: I can hardly wait.
Gary: ???????
Kenny: We're all doomed.
Dark Magician: *holds up a sign reading "Wingzero does not own Beyblade or Yu-Gi-Oh."*
After we practiced for a few hours, Kai decided to call it a day, which surprised all of us. I guess he figured we had trained enough and deserved some time off. Laughing mentally, I wondered what possessed me to even think of that. Perhaps, it had something to do with our complaining. We wanted some rest so he might have compromised. If we practiced hard enough, he would allow us the rest of day off. I think that was his logic. Not that I'm complaining.
"What do you guys want to do?" I asked everyone.
Kai didn't care what we did. He just wanted to practice, which we already did. Kenny and Dizzi were arguing over something. What? They still can't be trying to upgrade our beyblades and shooters, but that's the Chief for you. Max tried to think of something to do. Ray meditated on one of our couches.
"I'm starting to become hungry," Max spoke up. All of us turned our attention to the blonde.
"And I thought that was Tyson's department," Dizzi teased me.
"Very funny," I retorted. "Now that you mention it, I'm also hungry. Ray?"
"Fine by me," Ray replied before looking towards our team captain, who remained impassive. "You know you still have to eat."
"Whatever," Kai replied.
"How about pizza?" I suggested, to everyone's amusement.
"We haven't had that in such a long time," Max agreed. "I could for some."
"That goes for me to," Kenny spoke up, while still typing.
"Chief, what are you trying to do? Short circuit me?"
"Ray and Kai?" I asked, looking back and forth between the two of them.
"You know I'm not picky," Ray answered. He was about to go back to meditating when something caught his eye.
"What is it?" Max asked ahead of me.
"I thought I saw something," Ray replied casually. "It was nothing to worry about."
"Okay, Kai that leaves you," I smiled at the cold beyblader.
"I don't care," Kai said in response.
"The works," I said enthusiastically while picking up the phone and then hauling out the phone book from the cabinet. "And extra anchovies!"
"I think I'll pass on the fish," Ray said, nervously.
"And I thought you weren't picky," I raised my brow.
"I never said I'd eat everything," Ray corrected me. He gave me this strange look.
"Just kidding," I giggled before anyone could respond. "I don't like them either."
After ordering three large pizzas with the works, Max tackled me to the floor. He smirked at me and then we started to play wrestle each other. We tumbled around on the floor being careful not to knock down anything breakable or bump into furniture. Kenny and Dizzi stayed far away from us. Kai just moved across the room, where we didn't dare go. It had most of the breakable stuff there. Ray pulled up his feet onto the couch.
"Hey Max," I whispered in his ear.
"What?" he answered.
I peered over my shoulder to a meditating Ray. "Want to team up on him?"
"Kai?" Max asked curiously. He peered over my shoulder to where our team captain stood.
"Not him, he's too much of a sour puss to have fun," I sort of whined. "I'm talking about Ray."
"Oh," Max smirked. "What do you have in mind?"
"How about we team up on him?" I suggested.
"And do what?"
"Tickle attack him," I giggled.
At this point Ray cracked open his eyes and looked over in our direction. He found us trying to pin each other down, but we had momentarily paused our game. "What are you doing?"
"Nothing," we both chorused. Then we resumed our game of play wrestling.
"That was too close," I whispered as we rolled around.
"We should move ourselves in his direction," Max suggested as we went further away from him. "Try to make it look unintentional."
I acknowledged his request. We both changed our direction and started heading towards his vicinity. Since we didn't want to look suspicious, we didn't go directly to him. Instead we went a meter away from him. He had gone back to meditating. This was perfect.
Max and I quietly stood up. Kai raised his brow at our antic, but he didn't say anything. Kenny was too busy with his laptop to even notice what we're doing. Swiftly making our way to the Chinese beyblader, we took our positions. When he didn't hear the usual scuffle, he cracked his eyes open to find us launching ourselves at him and pinning him down to the floor.
"Max, Tyson! Get off of me!" Ray screamed at us, catching the attention of the Chief and Dizzi. Both of us had an evil smirk. "Why do I have a feeling of impending doom?"
"Because you are," Kai spoke up from his place.
"This won't hurt," I assured him as he struggled to get out of our grip.
"We promise," Max added. He pulled an innocent look.
"Next time, I should pay more attention to my surroundings," Ray sighed. Even though he struggled a lot, he couldn't get both of us off of him.
Now, it was pay back time. Max and I smiled at each other before turning to the pinned beyblader. He had a worried look on his face as we placed our hands on him. Suddenly, he was laughing hard while we tickled his sides.
"Cut ..... It ...... out ........ you ....... two ....... I .... need ..... air!" Ray tried to say. Tears were starting to rolls out of his eyes. He fought every step of the way to get out of our grip, but he couldn't since he was laughing.
We decided to have mercy on the poor Chinese boy and stopped. Both of us stood up and high fived each other, to the confusion of Ray. Dizzi wanted to know what was going on and pestered Kenny the entire time. He finally turned on her camera so she could see.
"What was that for?" Ray glared at the both of us, which sent us into hysterics.
Now we were the ones rolling on the ground laughing. "You never saw that one coming?" Max laughed.
"What comes around goes around, eh?" I smiled.
"Forget I even asked," Ray stood up only to be nearly bowled over as Max and I raced to the door. We had both heard the doorbell rang and ran to the door as quickly as possible. I had picked up the money along the way there, including the tip.
A few minutes later, we arrived triumphantly with the food at hand. The Chief and I set up the table while Ray arranged the food. Kai finally helped with the beverages. Max took out the drinks we wanted. After some disarray, we managed to get everything ready. As we ate lunch, we talked about what we were going to do the rest of the day.
"So what do you guys want to do this afternoon?" I started the conversation.
"I thought we could all go to the park," Kenny suggested. "We can play fun games and even Kai can check out the local beybladers."
"They're a bunch of amateurs," Kai retorted before picking up his second slice.
"Oh really?" I taunted him. "They may be amateurs, but they have some interesting moves, just like me when I first started."
"You know, we all had to start somewhere," Ray mentioned. "We also had to practice in order to become what we are today."
"I know the feeling," Max sighed. He worked his way through his second slice. "I've brought some games we could play."
"Like what?" Dizzi asked. She was supposed to be taking a nap or something.
"Frisbee, football, soccer, or a water balloon fight," Max ticked off the things he had.
"I'd rather not get wet," Ray announced to the rest of the group.
"Aw, does the kitty want to stay dry?" I teased him thoroughly.
Ray just simply glared at me. Max was now laughing his head off, even Kai appeared to be amused. Kenny giggled at my comment. Dizzi decided to stay quiet.
"Not funny," the owner of the white tiger huffed. "What is it? Pick on the Chinese beyblader day?"
"What do you mean by that?" Max asked curiously.
"First Tyson woke me up rather rudely," Ray started.
"Woah, there," Dizzi said. "You mean Tyson actually woke up ahead of you?"
"That's a first," Max blinked.
"Then Tyson decides to try out his moves on me," Ray continued.
"As I recalled, you asked for it," I reminded him.
"He's got you there tiger boy," Dizzi teased him.
Sighing, Ray shook his head. "You two gang up on me and now you're all teasing me."
"Tyson, where's your bathroom?" Kai spoke up.
"It's down the hall," I answered. "Why ..."
Our team captain stood up and walked away from us. What's up with him? He has treated us coldly since day one. I wondered if he's even human. Looking at the others, they probably are wondering the same thing I am.
************Kai's POV**********
Stupid. Why did I even come here in the first place? Oh yeah, Tyson was actually serious on the bus. That was a first. I'd thought he could never be serious outside the beyblade stadium, but he proved me wrong.
Since we started the tournament, I have been noticing something strange about him. He never woke up on time and was always running late. It wasn't like that was anything new. No, Tyson started waking up in the middle of the night. I often wondered what he did. As team captain, it was my duty to keep an eye on my team mates.
Tyson proved me wrong once more. He practiced on a regular basis, creating new moves. I must admit they're good, but I don't want to inflate his ego. Also I have a reputation to hold up. My grandfather wouldn't be too pleased if I started having emotions. He said they were for the weak. What does he know?
I had walked past his grandpa's room, when I heard two strange voices. They were arguing with Tyson's grandpa. One of them was a female voice. The other one had to be a male. I wondered what they were fighting over.
"You can't have Tyson back," Tyson's grandpa yelled at them.
"He's our child," the female returned with equal force.
"We can do whatever we want to him," the male added.
"He nearly died because of you," Tyson's grandpa fought back.
"He didn't," the male returned.
"You were lucky, I went searching for him," Tyson's grandpa screamed angrily at them. "He wouldn't have tried to take his life if you hadn't used him as your punching bag."
"He's our child," the female quipped.
"We're going to go to court until he's back in our custody," the male yelled.
So, Tyson has been hiding this from me. How long has this been going on? Why didn't I pick up on it? As team captain, I am responsible for my team mates. I should be paying more attention to them, but so much for wishful thinking.
I headed towards the bathroom and paused before entering it. Inside, I found a normal bathroom. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Maybe he didn't try to take his life in this house. It could have been past history.
Thinking back, I realized I shouldn't have been hard on him. I almost felt sorry for him, since I know what it felt to be abused all the time. Now, I figured out the reason why he wakes up in the middle of the nights. He has nightmares. That would explain why he has gotten so much better at beyblading. He practiced to get his mind off of his nightmares. I should know. I often did the same thing.
"I'll have to talk to him," I said to myself.
***********Tyson's POV**********
"Man, what's taking him so long?" I whined. We were ready to leave for the park, except our team captain hasn't showed up yet.
As if on cue, Kai came strolling in with a serious look on his face. His gaze finally settled on me. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"Tell you what?" I stuttered. Silently, I hoped no one would notice.
"About your parents," Kai pointed out.
"Now that you mention it, I've never met them," Kenny mused.
"Where are they?" Max asked. "I would like to meet them."
"You wouldn't," Ray said.
"Why wouldn't I?" Max appeared perplexed.
On no! Not him too. "They're away."
"Where?" Max kept pestering me.
"Prison," Kai answered. "Or at least they were in prison."
"Why would they be there?" Kenny asked.
"Child abuse," Kai said bluntly.
Four pairs of eyes turned towards me. I felt like I was giving a speech on a questionable subject. "I don't know what you're talking about." Man, it was getting harder and harder to come up with lies. They're getting to know me well.
"You know what I'm talking about," Kai said.
Ray walked over to me and held me. I didn't notice at first, but I felt something warm against my body. As I looked up, he managed a weak smile. "We'll always be there for you, as team mates and friends."
"Ehehehehe," I said nervously. At this point, my heart started racing. My temperature shot up and my breathing became erratic. "Come on guys, what ever gave you that idea?"
"For one, your parents are arguing with your grandfather," Kai said, without any emotion.
"I didn't want to say anything," Ray hesitated. "Because I thought it would push you further away from me. Last night I saw your old scars."
My eyes widened five times their normal size. "You were spying on me?"
"No." Ray shook his head. "I was going to check up on you, when I accidentally saw them through a hole in your wall."
Wait a second! Did Kai just say he saw my parents fighting with my grandpa? "My parents are here?" I gasped at the thought of them.
"Yes, both of them," Kai confirmed my worst fear.
Meanwhile, both Kenny and Max were trying to absorb this information. From the looks on their faces, they haven't figured out my secret. Ray discovered it last night by accident. Kai overheard my parents and grandpa fighting.
"You mean your parents actually beat you up?" Max now gasped.
"Every day," I sighed. Tears threatened to spill from my eyes as I recalled my history.
"How come you never told me?" Kenny asked. Dizzi chose to remain silent.
"Because I wanted to leave the past in the past," I answered truthfully. Also, I didn't want to lose them as my friends.
"There's more to it," Ray said as he held me and tried to be comforting.
"They sent him to the hospital," Kai answered for me.
Both Max and Kenny stood up, when they heard this remark. "How could they?" Max was now infuriated. He wanted my parents to pay for their crimes.
"I'd rather not talk about it," I mumbled.
"Have you tried to do it again?" Kai asked me, suspiciously.
"Try what?" I wondered what he could be talking about.
"To commit suicide," Kai replied solemnly.
At this point, I think my heart stopped beating. I couldn't breathe. It was as if time had stopped and I couldn't do anything. I have never felt so helpless in my life, not against my parents. Before anyone could recover, I squirmed out of Ray's embrace and raced towards the bathroom. Slamming the door, I locked it.
What was I going to do? All of them knew. They knew. I thought I had kept it from them, but I slipped up somewhere along the line. Streams of tears now flowed freely on my face. I sat on our toilet with the lid closed. Curling into a fetal position, I cried my heart out.
************Normal POV************
"What's he doing in there?" Max whispered to the rest of the group. They had gathered outside of the bathroom door.
"He's crying," Ray whispered back. He focused his attention on their team captain. "You shouldn't have brought it up like that."
"We were bound to find out sooner or late," Kai answered in a low voice.
"He's right," Kenny agreed with him. "Though you could have done it more subtly."
"You think?" Max semi-glared at their team captain.
"Now isn't the time to be pointing fingers," Ray scolded all of them. "We should be trying to figure out ways to help Tyson."
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Max sighed. "So what do we do?"
Four Bladebreakers stood outside the bathroom door, pondering how to help their fellow team mate. Inside the bathroom, a boy curled up, feeling completely helpless.
Wingzero: Look how long this chapter has become.
Death Scythe: Aibou, it's about as long as the previous chappie.
Wingzero: I knew that. ^_^;
Ray: What are we going to do about Tyson?
Wingzero: I haven't thought of it yet.
Kai: You what!!!
Death Scythe: She has school to attend and homework to do.
Kenny: How sad.
Wingzero: To true.
Tyson: *still locked in the bathroom*
Lee: Is he going to get out of there, soon?
Max: Why?
Lee: Cause I got to go! *trying to hold it*
Malik: *strolls out of the second bathroom*
Lee: *makes a break for it*
Malik: What's up with him?
Max: He had to go REALLY badly.
Malik: Oh.
Wingzero: Here is the final list of titles. When I get to the next chappie, I will start making a rough draft of the second fic. You still get to vote.
A New Family: Kai's Cold Beginnings Kai/Tyson
A New Family: Ray's 'Supposed' Betrayal Kai/Ray
A New Family: Kenny's Lonely Past Kenny/Dizzi
A New Family: Max's Heart Break Max/Tyson
New Beginnings: Mariah's Lost Love Mariah/Lee
New Beginnings: Kevin's Quest Kevin/ OC
New Beginnings: Lee's Revenge Lee/Mariah
New Beginnings: Gary's Hope Gary/No one
Ray: ......
Kai: ......
Tyson: You can't be continuing?
Wingzero: Oh yes. Our reviewers request it.
Tyson: Why me?
Wingzero: From the polls, it looks like Kai will be up next. And I have the first chapter planned out for him. =)
Kai: O.O
Ray: At least she isn't going to do mine.
Wingzero: Wrong! Yours will eventually come.
Ray: O.O
Max: Does that mean you're going to do ours?
Wingzero: Yup, even the White Tigers will each have a story.
Lee: SAY WHAT!!!
Mariah: Oh goodie!
Kevin: I can hardly wait.
Gary: ???????
Kenny: We're all doomed.
Dark Magician: *holds up a sign reading "Wingzero does not own Beyblade or Yu-Gi-Oh."*
After we practiced for a few hours, Kai decided to call it a day, which surprised all of us. I guess he figured we had trained enough and deserved some time off. Laughing mentally, I wondered what possessed me to even think of that. Perhaps, it had something to do with our complaining. We wanted some rest so he might have compromised. If we practiced hard enough, he would allow us the rest of day off. I think that was his logic. Not that I'm complaining.
"What do you guys want to do?" I asked everyone.
Kai didn't care what we did. He just wanted to practice, which we already did. Kenny and Dizzi were arguing over something. What? They still can't be trying to upgrade our beyblades and shooters, but that's the Chief for you. Max tried to think of something to do. Ray meditated on one of our couches.
"I'm starting to become hungry," Max spoke up. All of us turned our attention to the blonde.
"And I thought that was Tyson's department," Dizzi teased me.
"Very funny," I retorted. "Now that you mention it, I'm also hungry. Ray?"
"Fine by me," Ray replied before looking towards our team captain, who remained impassive. "You know you still have to eat."
"Whatever," Kai replied.
"How about pizza?" I suggested, to everyone's amusement.
"We haven't had that in such a long time," Max agreed. "I could for some."
"That goes for me to," Kenny spoke up, while still typing.
"Chief, what are you trying to do? Short circuit me?"
"Ray and Kai?" I asked, looking back and forth between the two of them.
"You know I'm not picky," Ray answered. He was about to go back to meditating when something caught his eye.
"What is it?" Max asked ahead of me.
"I thought I saw something," Ray replied casually. "It was nothing to worry about."
"Okay, Kai that leaves you," I smiled at the cold beyblader.
"I don't care," Kai said in response.
"The works," I said enthusiastically while picking up the phone and then hauling out the phone book from the cabinet. "And extra anchovies!"
"I think I'll pass on the fish," Ray said, nervously.
"And I thought you weren't picky," I raised my brow.
"I never said I'd eat everything," Ray corrected me. He gave me this strange look.
"Just kidding," I giggled before anyone could respond. "I don't like them either."
After ordering three large pizzas with the works, Max tackled me to the floor. He smirked at me and then we started to play wrestle each other. We tumbled around on the floor being careful not to knock down anything breakable or bump into furniture. Kenny and Dizzi stayed far away from us. Kai just moved across the room, where we didn't dare go. It had most of the breakable stuff there. Ray pulled up his feet onto the couch.
"Hey Max," I whispered in his ear.
"What?" he answered.
I peered over my shoulder to a meditating Ray. "Want to team up on him?"
"Kai?" Max asked curiously. He peered over my shoulder to where our team captain stood.
"Not him, he's too much of a sour puss to have fun," I sort of whined. "I'm talking about Ray."
"Oh," Max smirked. "What do you have in mind?"
"How about we team up on him?" I suggested.
"And do what?"
"Tickle attack him," I giggled.
At this point Ray cracked open his eyes and looked over in our direction. He found us trying to pin each other down, but we had momentarily paused our game. "What are you doing?"
"Nothing," we both chorused. Then we resumed our game of play wrestling.
"That was too close," I whispered as we rolled around.
"We should move ourselves in his direction," Max suggested as we went further away from him. "Try to make it look unintentional."
I acknowledged his request. We both changed our direction and started heading towards his vicinity. Since we didn't want to look suspicious, we didn't go directly to him. Instead we went a meter away from him. He had gone back to meditating. This was perfect.
Max and I quietly stood up. Kai raised his brow at our antic, but he didn't say anything. Kenny was too busy with his laptop to even notice what we're doing. Swiftly making our way to the Chinese beyblader, we took our positions. When he didn't hear the usual scuffle, he cracked his eyes open to find us launching ourselves at him and pinning him down to the floor.
"Max, Tyson! Get off of me!" Ray screamed at us, catching the attention of the Chief and Dizzi. Both of us had an evil smirk. "Why do I have a feeling of impending doom?"
"Because you are," Kai spoke up from his place.
"This won't hurt," I assured him as he struggled to get out of our grip.
"We promise," Max added. He pulled an innocent look.
"Next time, I should pay more attention to my surroundings," Ray sighed. Even though he struggled a lot, he couldn't get both of us off of him.
Now, it was pay back time. Max and I smiled at each other before turning to the pinned beyblader. He had a worried look on his face as we placed our hands on him. Suddenly, he was laughing hard while we tickled his sides.
"Cut ..... It ...... out ........ you ....... two ....... I .... need ..... air!" Ray tried to say. Tears were starting to rolls out of his eyes. He fought every step of the way to get out of our grip, but he couldn't since he was laughing.
We decided to have mercy on the poor Chinese boy and stopped. Both of us stood up and high fived each other, to the confusion of Ray. Dizzi wanted to know what was going on and pestered Kenny the entire time. He finally turned on her camera so she could see.
"What was that for?" Ray glared at the both of us, which sent us into hysterics.
Now we were the ones rolling on the ground laughing. "You never saw that one coming?" Max laughed.
"What comes around goes around, eh?" I smiled.
"Forget I even asked," Ray stood up only to be nearly bowled over as Max and I raced to the door. We had both heard the doorbell rang and ran to the door as quickly as possible. I had picked up the money along the way there, including the tip.
A few minutes later, we arrived triumphantly with the food at hand. The Chief and I set up the table while Ray arranged the food. Kai finally helped with the beverages. Max took out the drinks we wanted. After some disarray, we managed to get everything ready. As we ate lunch, we talked about what we were going to do the rest of the day.
"So what do you guys want to do this afternoon?" I started the conversation.
"I thought we could all go to the park," Kenny suggested. "We can play fun games and even Kai can check out the local beybladers."
"They're a bunch of amateurs," Kai retorted before picking up his second slice.
"Oh really?" I taunted him. "They may be amateurs, but they have some interesting moves, just like me when I first started."
"You know, we all had to start somewhere," Ray mentioned. "We also had to practice in order to become what we are today."
"I know the feeling," Max sighed. He worked his way through his second slice. "I've brought some games we could play."
"Like what?" Dizzi asked. She was supposed to be taking a nap or something.
"Frisbee, football, soccer, or a water balloon fight," Max ticked off the things he had.
"I'd rather not get wet," Ray announced to the rest of the group.
"Aw, does the kitty want to stay dry?" I teased him thoroughly.
Ray just simply glared at me. Max was now laughing his head off, even Kai appeared to be amused. Kenny giggled at my comment. Dizzi decided to stay quiet.
"Not funny," the owner of the white tiger huffed. "What is it? Pick on the Chinese beyblader day?"
"What do you mean by that?" Max asked curiously.
"First Tyson woke me up rather rudely," Ray started.
"Woah, there," Dizzi said. "You mean Tyson actually woke up ahead of you?"
"That's a first," Max blinked.
"Then Tyson decides to try out his moves on me," Ray continued.
"As I recalled, you asked for it," I reminded him.
"He's got you there tiger boy," Dizzi teased him.
Sighing, Ray shook his head. "You two gang up on me and now you're all teasing me."
"Tyson, where's your bathroom?" Kai spoke up.
"It's down the hall," I answered. "Why ..."
Our team captain stood up and walked away from us. What's up with him? He has treated us coldly since day one. I wondered if he's even human. Looking at the others, they probably are wondering the same thing I am.
************Kai's POV**********
Stupid. Why did I even come here in the first place? Oh yeah, Tyson was actually serious on the bus. That was a first. I'd thought he could never be serious outside the beyblade stadium, but he proved me wrong.
Since we started the tournament, I have been noticing something strange about him. He never woke up on time and was always running late. It wasn't like that was anything new. No, Tyson started waking up in the middle of the night. I often wondered what he did. As team captain, it was my duty to keep an eye on my team mates.
Tyson proved me wrong once more. He practiced on a regular basis, creating new moves. I must admit they're good, but I don't want to inflate his ego. Also I have a reputation to hold up. My grandfather wouldn't be too pleased if I started having emotions. He said they were for the weak. What does he know?
I had walked past his grandpa's room, when I heard two strange voices. They were arguing with Tyson's grandpa. One of them was a female voice. The other one had to be a male. I wondered what they were fighting over.
"You can't have Tyson back," Tyson's grandpa yelled at them.
"He's our child," the female returned with equal force.
"We can do whatever we want to him," the male added.
"He nearly died because of you," Tyson's grandpa fought back.
"He didn't," the male returned.
"You were lucky, I went searching for him," Tyson's grandpa screamed angrily at them. "He wouldn't have tried to take his life if you hadn't used him as your punching bag."
"He's our child," the female quipped.
"We're going to go to court until he's back in our custody," the male yelled.
So, Tyson has been hiding this from me. How long has this been going on? Why didn't I pick up on it? As team captain, I am responsible for my team mates. I should be paying more attention to them, but so much for wishful thinking.
I headed towards the bathroom and paused before entering it. Inside, I found a normal bathroom. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Maybe he didn't try to take his life in this house. It could have been past history.
Thinking back, I realized I shouldn't have been hard on him. I almost felt sorry for him, since I know what it felt to be abused all the time. Now, I figured out the reason why he wakes up in the middle of the nights. He has nightmares. That would explain why he has gotten so much better at beyblading. He practiced to get his mind off of his nightmares. I should know. I often did the same thing.
"I'll have to talk to him," I said to myself.
***********Tyson's POV**********
"Man, what's taking him so long?" I whined. We were ready to leave for the park, except our team captain hasn't showed up yet.
As if on cue, Kai came strolling in with a serious look on his face. His gaze finally settled on me. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"Tell you what?" I stuttered. Silently, I hoped no one would notice.
"About your parents," Kai pointed out.
"Now that you mention it, I've never met them," Kenny mused.
"Where are they?" Max asked. "I would like to meet them."
"You wouldn't," Ray said.
"Why wouldn't I?" Max appeared perplexed.
On no! Not him too. "They're away."
"Where?" Max kept pestering me.
"Prison," Kai answered. "Or at least they were in prison."
"Why would they be there?" Kenny asked.
"Child abuse," Kai said bluntly.
Four pairs of eyes turned towards me. I felt like I was giving a speech on a questionable subject. "I don't know what you're talking about." Man, it was getting harder and harder to come up with lies. They're getting to know me well.
"You know what I'm talking about," Kai said.
Ray walked over to me and held me. I didn't notice at first, but I felt something warm against my body. As I looked up, he managed a weak smile. "We'll always be there for you, as team mates and friends."
"Ehehehehe," I said nervously. At this point, my heart started racing. My temperature shot up and my breathing became erratic. "Come on guys, what ever gave you that idea?"
"For one, your parents are arguing with your grandfather," Kai said, without any emotion.
"I didn't want to say anything," Ray hesitated. "Because I thought it would push you further away from me. Last night I saw your old scars."
My eyes widened five times their normal size. "You were spying on me?"
"No." Ray shook his head. "I was going to check up on you, when I accidentally saw them through a hole in your wall."
Wait a second! Did Kai just say he saw my parents fighting with my grandpa? "My parents are here?" I gasped at the thought of them.
"Yes, both of them," Kai confirmed my worst fear.
Meanwhile, both Kenny and Max were trying to absorb this information. From the looks on their faces, they haven't figured out my secret. Ray discovered it last night by accident. Kai overheard my parents and grandpa fighting.
"You mean your parents actually beat you up?" Max now gasped.
"Every day," I sighed. Tears threatened to spill from my eyes as I recalled my history.
"How come you never told me?" Kenny asked. Dizzi chose to remain silent.
"Because I wanted to leave the past in the past," I answered truthfully. Also, I didn't want to lose them as my friends.
"There's more to it," Ray said as he held me and tried to be comforting.
"They sent him to the hospital," Kai answered for me.
Both Max and Kenny stood up, when they heard this remark. "How could they?" Max was now infuriated. He wanted my parents to pay for their crimes.
"I'd rather not talk about it," I mumbled.
"Have you tried to do it again?" Kai asked me, suspiciously.
"Try what?" I wondered what he could be talking about.
"To commit suicide," Kai replied solemnly.
At this point, I think my heart stopped beating. I couldn't breathe. It was as if time had stopped and I couldn't do anything. I have never felt so helpless in my life, not against my parents. Before anyone could recover, I squirmed out of Ray's embrace and raced towards the bathroom. Slamming the door, I locked it.
What was I going to do? All of them knew. They knew. I thought I had kept it from them, but I slipped up somewhere along the line. Streams of tears now flowed freely on my face. I sat on our toilet with the lid closed. Curling into a fetal position, I cried my heart out.
************Normal POV************
"What's he doing in there?" Max whispered to the rest of the group. They had gathered outside of the bathroom door.
"He's crying," Ray whispered back. He focused his attention on their team captain. "You shouldn't have brought it up like that."
"We were bound to find out sooner or late," Kai answered in a low voice.
"He's right," Kenny agreed with him. "Though you could have done it more subtly."
"You think?" Max semi-glared at their team captain.
"Now isn't the time to be pointing fingers," Ray scolded all of them. "We should be trying to figure out ways to help Tyson."
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Max sighed. "So what do we do?"
Four Bladebreakers stood outside the bathroom door, pondering how to help their fellow team mate. Inside the bathroom, a boy curled up, feeling completely helpless.
Wingzero: Look how long this chapter has become.
Death Scythe: Aibou, it's about as long as the previous chappie.
Wingzero: I knew that. ^_^;
Ray: What are we going to do about Tyson?
Wingzero: I haven't thought of it yet.
Kai: You what!!!
Death Scythe: She has school to attend and homework to do.
Kenny: How sad.
Wingzero: To true.
Tyson: *still locked in the bathroom*
Lee: Is he going to get out of there, soon?
Max: Why?
Lee: Cause I got to go! *trying to hold it*
Malik: *strolls out of the second bathroom*
Lee: *makes a break for it*
Malik: What's up with him?
Max: He had to go REALLY badly.
Malik: Oh.
Wingzero: Here is the final list of titles. When I get to the next chappie, I will start making a rough draft of the second fic. You still get to vote.
A New Family: Kai's Cold Beginnings Kai/Tyson
A New Family: Ray's 'Supposed' Betrayal Kai/Ray
A New Family: Kenny's Lonely Past Kenny/Dizzi
A New Family: Max's Heart Break Max/Tyson
New Beginnings: Mariah's Lost Love Mariah/Lee
New Beginnings: Kevin's Quest Kevin/ OC
New Beginnings: Lee's Revenge Lee/Mariah
New Beginnings: Gary's Hope Gary/No one