Disclaimer: I do no own Beyblade or it's characters.
Warnings: Yaoi (boy/boy love), OOC, some vulgar language and there may be others later on.
'Thoughts...'
"Speaking..."
--Journal Entries--
More Then A Change
Kai sat at the breakfast table nibbling on a few eggs. He wasn't hungry today, not at all. He was suppose to be, but every year it was the same, the date came and it went, always unnoticed. Kai dropped his fork on his plate. He pushed away from the table and tossed his napkin on the table before walking out of the room with a cold stare following him. Kai paid it no attention.
Kai walked up the main stairway and stalked to his room. He swiftly entered his room, not realizing he didn't shut his door all the way. He went to his desk and sat down. Grabbing a pen and his journal, he flipped through the pages until he reached his last entry. He began to write.
--Me again. Not like it should be anyone else, but that's not the point. The day just started and already I don't like it. My Grandfather is in a worse mood then ever right now because he knows it will only be a matter of two years when I take over. He's worried and he's going to take it out on me today. I can feel it.
Aside from the future, the present sucks too. It's my day of birth today. Unfortunately. I wish today could have been skipped. It's more miserable then every other day. I don't know why, I've never had a party before, or a Happy Birthday from anyone, but I guess... no, I just don't get it. There shouldn't be a reason why I'm miserable, I just shouldn't be miserable. There's no reason too. It's just another day passing that means nothing to me or other people.
Aside from being royally screwed up, I'm going. I'll write later if I feel like it. I doubt it thought. Kai--
Kai closed his journal and stuffed it into a drawer. He set his pen down, pushed away from the desk and went to his closet. He opened the door and stepped inside. He glanced at his clothes hanging from rods and thought. It wasn't a warm day, but it wasn't cold. He rummaged through the clothes before spotting the red sweater he bought a few days ago. He rolled his eyes and pushed the sweater away. A few seconds later, he found pure black pants with white flames at the bottom of each pant leg. He nodded and took them off the hanger.
He switched side of the closet and began rummaging for a shirt. He had a matching shirt that went with the pants, he'd just have to find them. He searched through the shirts and found nothing. 'Must be gone.' He shrugged and grabbed a black shirt. He grabbed a sweater to go over the top of it too. It was a black sweater with white flames up the sleeves and a white dragon on the chest. 'This'll do.' He took the clothes out of the closet and shut the door.
He walked over to his bed, placed the clothes down and a thought struck him. Shoes. He walked back to the closet and nabbed a pair of black combat boots before returning to his bed. He undid his arm guards and tossed them on the bed. He undid his white scarf and shoes. He kicked his shoes off and let his scarf fall to the floor. He stripped off his shirt and undid his pants. He flung his shirt on the bed and let his pants fall to the floor before stepping out of them. He now stood in only his blue silk boxers. His body gave a small shiver.
'Damn.'
'Get dressed already Kai! You'll freeze to death!' Dranzer squawked.
'Shut up.' Kai mumbled before grabbing his pants. He slipped them on and buttoned them. He tugged the black tee over his head and then his sweater. He sat on his bed and shoved the boots on his feet and tied them. When he finished Dranzer spoke once again.
'Kai... will you let me do it again?'
"What?"
'Change you? Please?"
"No Dranzer. I won't become HER again!" Kai frowned and glared at the bedroom floor. He definately didn't want to become Kaiko again. Not for a long time. What was Dranzer thinking?
'Come one Kai! Just for a few hours, nothing much!'
"Dranzer, I said no. I won't change into a girl today."
'You leave me with no choice Kai!'
"Don't you dare!" Kai growled.
'Too late.' Dranzer began the change.
Kai's eye's rolled into the back of his head. He fell to the floor with a 'thud'. He consciously was aware of his body changing, but he wasn't aware that someone was watching him outside of his door.
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Ray placed the last letter on the cake and smiled. He had been up since seven in the morning to start the cake and finally at noon he was done. All he had to do was put the candles on before the party. He grabbed the cake by the holder underneath and took it to the fridge. He balanced the cake, reached for the door, placed the cake in and shut the fridge.
'Time for lunch!'
Ray went into the living room to ask Tyson if he wanted to make any kind of food, but stopped when he saw Tyson with two boxes of freshly delivered pizza. Ray chuckled. He walked over to the couch where Tyson was at and sat next to him. "Think you have enough?"
"Up!" Tyson said through a mouth full.
"Then you won't mind if I take a few slices then!" Ray grabbed three pieces of pure cheese and raced into the kitchen. He laughed as he heard Tyson give a muffled shout of anger. "Too bad Tyson, too bad." Ray smiled. He grabbed a plate from the dish strainer and placed his pizza on it. He went to the table and sat down, not willing to go back into the living room where Tyson might get physical to get the pizza back.
'Ray, how much longer? This is getting boring?' Drigger roared.
'Patience Drig! It's still..... err....' Ray counted the time. 'Six hours until the party. Just wait for a while, or see if Dragoon will talk to you.' Ray smiled while taking a bite of his pizza.
'Dragoon is boring. All he talks about is the weather anymore. He wants it to rain or have a thunder storm. He gets on my nerves when he is like that.' Drigger growled.
'Then go play with a ball of string.' Ray took another bite.
'Oh har har. Let's all laugh at the tiger.'
'Okay. Hahahahaha.' Ray couldn't help but laugh out loud at his bit beast. The tiger always did seem to fall into those jokes half the time.
'Grrr....' Drigger cut off the connection and drifted out of Ray's mind still growling.
**--**--**
About twenty minutes later, Tyson sat back on the couch with both pizza boxes on either side of him, empty. He patted his stomach before pushed the boxes on the ground and falling on his side to catch a few Z's. Just as he was about to drift off, he felt Dragoon entering his mind. He groaned.
'Hey Dragoon.'
'Good afternoon Tyson.'
'What's up?' Tyson pushed himself up into a sitting position.
'Nothing. I am without anything to do and I am anxious for the party tonight. I want to see Dranzer's reaction.'
'What for?'
'Dranzer and I have talked before but she has never mentioned Kai having a party before to celebrate the day of his birth. I think this will be quite interesting.' The dragon roared.
'Yeah, well he better appreciate it. Ray's going through a lot of work for him.' Tyson yawned and smacked his lips together. He tugged on his red coat before slipping it off.
'I'm sure he won't act like it, but I believe he will.'
'Good.' Tyson decided that was the end of their conversation and fell asleep.
'Sleep tight.' Dragoon whispered.
**--**--**
Max bounced around his room with glee. He couldn't wait for the party to begin! Only a few more hours now and then there would be cake, candy, ice cream and presents! He couldn't wait. He hoped Kai liked his gift. Max grinned and then thought of the candles he bought. 'Heh, hope he won't kill me. I just couldn't resist it!'
'I highly doubt Kai will kill you Max. Maim you and torture you slowly yes, but kill you no.' Draciel spoke swiftly.
Max rolled his eyes at his bit beast. 'Thanks Draciel. That's comforting.'
'You're quite welcome.'
'Brat.' Max stuck out his tongue. Draciel just 'pffted' and didn't think anything of it.
'So, when will we head to Tyson's house?' Draciel inquired.
'About two hours and fifteen minutes.'
'Well then, you better get ready Max. You never know, you could bump into that girl again on your way there.'
'Yeah you're right!' Max thought for a second. 'Maybe not though. I thought she was leaving.'
'You never know. Change of plans happen all the time.'
'True!'
"Max!"
"Yeah Dad?" Max yelled while rushing to his door and opening.
"Come down stairs, I need you to go to the store for me."
"Okay!" Max trotted out of his room and down the stairs. He entered the main room of the shop and leaned on the counter. "What do you want me to get?"
"I need some eggs. I'm going to make French Toast for dinner!" The older man smiled broadly and huffed out his chest in pride.
"Great! I can't wait for that!"
"Me neither!" Max's Dad gave him some money and rushed him out of the store.
Max strolled down the walk ways. He whistled as he looked around at the scenery, even though he'd seen it many times before. Just as he turned his head to go across the street, blue hair caught his eye. A girl stood directly in front of him, choosing to either go straight, turn, or in the direction he was going. Max smiled and practically ran across the road when the sign said walk.
"Hey there!"
The girl looked at him and held back a surprised yelp. She hadn't meant for anyone that she knew spot her. She came to this part of town to make sure they didn't. She cursed herself and nodded to the blonde boy coming up to her.
"How are you doing?"
"I'm fine." She replied hastily.
"If you don't mind me asking Kaiko, I thought you were leaving."
"I did, but then I came back." Kaiko stated simply. She avoided Max's eyes, trying to will him away.
"Well, it's great to see you again! I have to go though, my Dad needs stuff from the store! Hopefully I see you again!" Max smiled and patted Kaiko's shoulder. He trotted past her and Kaiko let out a breath. She smoothed down her black sweater and hitched up her pants before turning around to go back home. There was no point in staying outside when Max was out there already.
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Night time rolled around about five o'clock in the day. Kaiko sat on her bed with the door locked to make sure her Grandfather wouldn't come in, or anyone for that matter. She groaned in boredom and jumped off her bed. She immediately regretted that choice when she almost fell from stepping on her pant leg. She growled in irritation and walked over to her desk, hands gripping her pants and the waist, making sure they didn't slip down to trip her again.
She sat down at the desk and grabbed her journal and the pen she used earlier that same day. She flipped through pages and stopped when she reread that days entry. She skipped to the next page and began to write.
--It's night time now and I'm writing in this thing again. I don't really have much of a choice though. Ray refuses to let me blade until Monday and I can't do it now either because of Dranzer. She thought it was fun to turn me into a girl today. That isn't even the worst part. Ray is coming over in thirty minutes to "take me somewhere" tonight. I really don't want to go, but I just couldn't say no to him. --
Kaiko was so absorbed in her writing, she never realized the amount of time she spent doing it. She never felt Dranzer enter her mind, or the soft click of the door unlocking. She only realized it was time to leave when a hand was set on her shoulder. She nearly fell out of her chair she jumped so bad if it wasn't for two arms that wrapped around her to stop her decent.
She looked up and tensed up. Ray was holding her with a smile on his face. She sighed into his arms, not realizing what she was doing. She felt Ray lean closer and whisper into her ear. "What is Kaiko doing here?"
"Dranzer is being an ass." Kaiko breathed.
Ray kept his smiled and reluctantly let go of the girl. He held on to her shoulders to make sure she had balance before letting go completely. "Ready to go?"
"Almost." Kaiko replied.
"What do you have to do?"
"Change." Kaiko immediately linked up with Dranzer. 'Dranzer, now.'
'Okay Kaiko. You can have fun too I guess.'
Kaiko didn't think of what she meant by that and waited. The feelings of change came over her and she pitched forward. Ray reacted quickly and caught her in mid-fall. He felt her changing body and cringed. It felt really weird. 'I can't even imagine what it is like for Kai to go through this.' His thoughts flew to a stop when he glanced down and saw the male body in his hands. He fought back the need to kiss Kai and hefted him up on the bed. Ray frowned. Kai definately was light.
When Kai's body hit the bed, his eyes opened. He blinked a few times. He felt hands on him, but he wasn't sure whose they were. He looked about and saw Ray's face next to his. 'At least it's him.' Kai pushed Ray away. Ray sighed in disappointment.
"Now are you ready?"
"Yeah." Kai popped off the bed. "By the way, how did you get in here?"
"I had your butler give me a give. I've had it ever since you were sick so I could come in without bothering you." Ray shrugged, grabbed Kai's elbow and drug him out of the room.
Down the hall, eye watched the two boys leave. The shadow moved and began to follow.
**--**--**
When Ray reached Tyson's house, he finally let Kai's arm go. He walked up to the porch and waited for Kai to come along. "Come on Kai!"
"Why are the lights out?" Kai asked.
"Don't know." Ray shrugged innocently and reached for the door knob. He opened the door and stepped through. Kai did so also and Ray shut the door. Ray reached over behind Kai and flipped on the lights.
"SURPRISE!!" Max, Kenny, Tyson, and Grandpa popped up from behind furniture with cone shaped party hats on and kazoos in there mouth. "Happy birthday Kai!" All four of them said in perfect unison.
Kai stood and stared with wide eyes. His mind barely registered the birthday sign, the confetti, the kazoos, the party hats, the cake, the candy, or the people around. The only thing that could make sense was 'holy shit.' Kai forced himself to shake his head to clear his thoughts. He blinked a few times.
"Here you go birthday boy!" Tyson bounded up to him and snapped a cone hat on him. Kai scowled at the hat and was about to take it off when he was pushed into a seat in the living room.
"Since it's your birthday Kai, each of us got you a present." Ray smiled.
"I.... I.... why?"
"Because you're not only part of the Blade Breakers Kai, you're a friend!" Max piped up.
"Here!" Tyson shoved a forest green bag in Kai's hand. Kai, barely thinking, reaching in the bag and pulled out his gift. The blade top shimmer. It was much like his one on Dranzer right now but there were differences. Blue and silver wrapped around the edges and there was a pure silver center. Kai looked up at Tyson and hesitated. He had never been given a gift before or even a card, he didn't know what to do.
Tyson knew what was going on. He gave him a peace sign and sat back down. Max jumped up and pushed his orange wrapped gift into Kai's hand. Kai set down the blade top and glanced at the small package. He fingered the side of the small box and ripped the tape off.
"Come on Kai! Rip it open!" Ray urged.
"Let's go little dude!" Grandpa hooted.
"Fine." Kai grabbed the edge of the paper and tore it. He crumpled the paper in his hand and set in on his thigh. He held a white box in his hand and took the lid off. His mouth opened in the tiniest of bit at the necklace he saw waiting for him to take.
"That is awesome Kai!" Tyson said with enthusiasm.
"I agree." Kenny said nodding his head.
"It is." Kai agreed and set the present down by his feet.
Kenny held out a nicely wrapped blue box with a single gold bow on top. Kai nodded to Kenny and ripped off the bow and the wrapping paper. He opened the black box from the top and pulled out the most amazing statue he had ever seen. He loved it immediately.
"Wicked." Tyson breathed.
"Yeah." Ray nodded.
Ray reached behind the chair and pulled out a large red wrapped box. He set it down on Kai's lap after Kai had set down the statue. Kai looked at Ray for longer then he should before grabbing the present and ripping it open. He tossed the lid of the box on the floor earning him a 'OH YEAH' from Tyson. He moved the white tissue paper to the side and gave a small intake of breath. He pulled out the black and red pants. 'These are the pants I've wanted for a few months now.' He set the pants on his lap and pulled out the shirt. 'This too.' He set the shirt down and stood.
"I... I don't know what to say to this. I appreciate it all." Kai struggled with his words but refused to not say them. He had to tell them. This meant more to him then anything in the world.
"Don't mention it Kai." Max scratched the back of his head while grinning.
"Yeah man!" Tyson include.
"Besides, what are friends for?" Kenny said.
"That's right Kai." Ray leaned forward and whispered into his ear. "Happy Birthday."
Kai shivered from the feeling. He looked eye to eye with Ray and he swore he could see emotions seeping out. 'Damn... does he know what he does to me?' Kai suppressed another shiver.
"Let's have some cake and ice cream!" Tyson yelled running into the kitchen followed closely by his Grandpa, Max and Kenny.
"Come on. We better go before Tyson decides to smash his face in the cake." Ray walked off, leaving Kai to follow him. Kai's eyes followed Ray's backside and he couldn't help but notice how much a swing was put into Ray's hips.
Kai briskly walked towards the kitchen and was greeted with lights dimmed and seventeen candles light on a white frosted cake.
"Ready m'homies?" Grandpa asked. He waited and the song began.
"Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to Kaa~aii!!
Happy Birthday to you!"
"Make a wish and blow out the candles!" Kenny spoke.
Kai thought all of one second. 'I wish I could tell him.' He sucked in a breath and blew the candles out... before they came back. He glared. Max and Tyson burst out laughing and Kenny and Grandpa chuckled. Ray, held a hand to his head.
'I knew I shouldn't have trusted those guys with the candles.' Ray thought.
Kai blew again but the candles relight themselves. Kai licked his thumb and his index finger and began to put out the candles one by one. While he did, he counted. When he was done, he plucked them out. "Thank you. But to let you know, I'm only sixteen."
"Are you serious?" Ray asked. "I thought for sure you were seventeen."
"It would seem like that, but I'm not."
"Then that makes you, the youngest here. Even Max had his birthday two months ago and Tyson and Ray and me all had ours too. Wow, stunning information." Kenny nodded in his calculations.
"Okay, enough of that! Cake time!"
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A gallon of ice cream, a whole cake, candy, and an hour later, everyone sat in the living room chatting about the charity tournament coming up. All the blades were on a table in by the door while the bladers themselves were in a heated conversation about practice times. Kai insisted that practice start tomorrow but Ray refused to let him blade until Monday, the day after tomorrow. Tyson was all for starting on Monday and Kenny and Max just stayed out of it. It was before the conversation got to heated when Grandpa made his exit to go practice.
"Kai, we aren't starting practice until Monday and that's final. You can argue all you want but we can handle it." Ray said firmly.
"Fine. But we'll practice harder everyday until the tournament starts." Kai finished.
"Then we're agreed. We'll start practice on Monday at one o'clock in the usual place then."
"Hn." Kai crossed his arms.
Just then, a knock was heard at the door. Tyson jumped up and grabbed it. He twisted the knob and pulled open the door. "Hello. Can I help you?"
"Is Kai here?" A deep voice questioned.
Kai's eyes went wide. He jumped up from his seat in the chair and went to his Grandfather. He pushed Tyson out of the door way, earning him a growl from Tyson. "Yes Grandfather?"
Kai's Grandfather looked at Kai's blade to the side and grabbed it. "We're going home Kai."
"I would prefer to stay here." Kai stated.
"Then you won't mind I take this then." Kai's Grandfather clenched the blade in his hand. Kai tensed.
"No. I would like to keep my blade with me."
"Fine. Have it your way." Kai's Grandfather let the blade fall to the floor. Kai reached for it but was pushed back by his Grandfather. Ray, Tyson, Max, and Kenny got up in Kai's defense, surrounding behind him. "You can have half of it." The Grandfather lifted his foot and slammed down on the blade, successfully cracking the not only the blade clearly in half, but the bit beast piece as well.
Kai doubled over in pain and a shrill cry filled the area. Kai's eyes went completely white and the broken bit beast chip began to glow a bright red. Everyone in the room shielded their eyes from the light as they continued to hear Kai's scream.
Kai fell to his knees still screaming. He could feel his whole body began to spilt apart. He felt his voice shifting to two different tones: one higher and one lower. He felt himself jerking forward and another part jerking backwards. He kept screaming, in both pitches, before it all became to much to handle. The pain took over his whole body and her pitched forward. He hit the ground with a 'thud' and behind him there was another 'thud' also. He noticed the light calming down and that it was a little colder in the room before all went black.
The boys unshielded their eyes and looked at the empty door where Kai's Grandfather should be. The old man had left during the light show, but all attention was soon centered on who was on the ground, or rather whom.
There was a collective gasp from all four bladers. On the floor was a girl with only a pair of blue silk boxers on and a black sweatshirt and a black tee. By her was a boy in black pants and nothing more. Each had blue hair and some shape of blue markings on his or her face.
Ray, who was the first to recover from the utter shock, dropped to his knees and whispered four words. "Kai.... Kaiko.... but how?"
TBC...
OMG!! There it is folks! This is the one chapter many have been waiting to see! This is the grand appearance of Kai and Kaiko together in the SAME ROOM! Woow baby! I feel so proud of myself, I just hope everyone else likes it. :D Okay, now on to the thank yous! Thank you to Anime Fan; Lady BlackDragonFire; Bladed-Ryu-Blader; Tamayo; Tikira/Satori Opaque; Rei, Oliver, and Kai r da bomb; aznfiregoddess; Lb; and Amia!! Thanks to everyone for reviews yet again! Woohaw for you! Oh, and I... err.... haven't figured out if I'll have Kai be mad about the journal thing, or just a little angry. I'll work out that detail later. But next chapter is going to be a little crazy I'll tell you that. Kai and Kaiko are going to have a hell of a time. **covers mouth** Oh no! I gave you a hint! Bad me, bad! I'll be going now. Until next time!
Warnings: Yaoi (boy/boy love), OOC, some vulgar language and there may be others later on.
'Thoughts...'
"Speaking..."
--Journal Entries--
More Then A Change
Kai sat at the breakfast table nibbling on a few eggs. He wasn't hungry today, not at all. He was suppose to be, but every year it was the same, the date came and it went, always unnoticed. Kai dropped his fork on his plate. He pushed away from the table and tossed his napkin on the table before walking out of the room with a cold stare following him. Kai paid it no attention.
Kai walked up the main stairway and stalked to his room. He swiftly entered his room, not realizing he didn't shut his door all the way. He went to his desk and sat down. Grabbing a pen and his journal, he flipped through the pages until he reached his last entry. He began to write.
--Me again. Not like it should be anyone else, but that's not the point. The day just started and already I don't like it. My Grandfather is in a worse mood then ever right now because he knows it will only be a matter of two years when I take over. He's worried and he's going to take it out on me today. I can feel it.
Aside from the future, the present sucks too. It's my day of birth today. Unfortunately. I wish today could have been skipped. It's more miserable then every other day. I don't know why, I've never had a party before, or a Happy Birthday from anyone, but I guess... no, I just don't get it. There shouldn't be a reason why I'm miserable, I just shouldn't be miserable. There's no reason too. It's just another day passing that means nothing to me or other people.
Aside from being royally screwed up, I'm going. I'll write later if I feel like it. I doubt it thought. Kai--
Kai closed his journal and stuffed it into a drawer. He set his pen down, pushed away from the desk and went to his closet. He opened the door and stepped inside. He glanced at his clothes hanging from rods and thought. It wasn't a warm day, but it wasn't cold. He rummaged through the clothes before spotting the red sweater he bought a few days ago. He rolled his eyes and pushed the sweater away. A few seconds later, he found pure black pants with white flames at the bottom of each pant leg. He nodded and took them off the hanger.
He switched side of the closet and began rummaging for a shirt. He had a matching shirt that went with the pants, he'd just have to find them. He searched through the shirts and found nothing. 'Must be gone.' He shrugged and grabbed a black shirt. He grabbed a sweater to go over the top of it too. It was a black sweater with white flames up the sleeves and a white dragon on the chest. 'This'll do.' He took the clothes out of the closet and shut the door.
He walked over to his bed, placed the clothes down and a thought struck him. Shoes. He walked back to the closet and nabbed a pair of black combat boots before returning to his bed. He undid his arm guards and tossed them on the bed. He undid his white scarf and shoes. He kicked his shoes off and let his scarf fall to the floor. He stripped off his shirt and undid his pants. He flung his shirt on the bed and let his pants fall to the floor before stepping out of them. He now stood in only his blue silk boxers. His body gave a small shiver.
'Damn.'
'Get dressed already Kai! You'll freeze to death!' Dranzer squawked.
'Shut up.' Kai mumbled before grabbing his pants. He slipped them on and buttoned them. He tugged the black tee over his head and then his sweater. He sat on his bed and shoved the boots on his feet and tied them. When he finished Dranzer spoke once again.
'Kai... will you let me do it again?'
"What?"
'Change you? Please?"
"No Dranzer. I won't become HER again!" Kai frowned and glared at the bedroom floor. He definately didn't want to become Kaiko again. Not for a long time. What was Dranzer thinking?
'Come one Kai! Just for a few hours, nothing much!'
"Dranzer, I said no. I won't change into a girl today."
'You leave me with no choice Kai!'
"Don't you dare!" Kai growled.
'Too late.' Dranzer began the change.
Kai's eye's rolled into the back of his head. He fell to the floor with a 'thud'. He consciously was aware of his body changing, but he wasn't aware that someone was watching him outside of his door.
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Ray placed the last letter on the cake and smiled. He had been up since seven in the morning to start the cake and finally at noon he was done. All he had to do was put the candles on before the party. He grabbed the cake by the holder underneath and took it to the fridge. He balanced the cake, reached for the door, placed the cake in and shut the fridge.
'Time for lunch!'
Ray went into the living room to ask Tyson if he wanted to make any kind of food, but stopped when he saw Tyson with two boxes of freshly delivered pizza. Ray chuckled. He walked over to the couch where Tyson was at and sat next to him. "Think you have enough?"
"Up!" Tyson said through a mouth full.
"Then you won't mind if I take a few slices then!" Ray grabbed three pieces of pure cheese and raced into the kitchen. He laughed as he heard Tyson give a muffled shout of anger. "Too bad Tyson, too bad." Ray smiled. He grabbed a plate from the dish strainer and placed his pizza on it. He went to the table and sat down, not willing to go back into the living room where Tyson might get physical to get the pizza back.
'Ray, how much longer? This is getting boring?' Drigger roared.
'Patience Drig! It's still..... err....' Ray counted the time. 'Six hours until the party. Just wait for a while, or see if Dragoon will talk to you.' Ray smiled while taking a bite of his pizza.
'Dragoon is boring. All he talks about is the weather anymore. He wants it to rain or have a thunder storm. He gets on my nerves when he is like that.' Drigger growled.
'Then go play with a ball of string.' Ray took another bite.
'Oh har har. Let's all laugh at the tiger.'
'Okay. Hahahahaha.' Ray couldn't help but laugh out loud at his bit beast. The tiger always did seem to fall into those jokes half the time.
'Grrr....' Drigger cut off the connection and drifted out of Ray's mind still growling.
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About twenty minutes later, Tyson sat back on the couch with both pizza boxes on either side of him, empty. He patted his stomach before pushed the boxes on the ground and falling on his side to catch a few Z's. Just as he was about to drift off, he felt Dragoon entering his mind. He groaned.
'Hey Dragoon.'
'Good afternoon Tyson.'
'What's up?' Tyson pushed himself up into a sitting position.
'Nothing. I am without anything to do and I am anxious for the party tonight. I want to see Dranzer's reaction.'
'What for?'
'Dranzer and I have talked before but she has never mentioned Kai having a party before to celebrate the day of his birth. I think this will be quite interesting.' The dragon roared.
'Yeah, well he better appreciate it. Ray's going through a lot of work for him.' Tyson yawned and smacked his lips together. He tugged on his red coat before slipping it off.
'I'm sure he won't act like it, but I believe he will.'
'Good.' Tyson decided that was the end of their conversation and fell asleep.
'Sleep tight.' Dragoon whispered.
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Max bounced around his room with glee. He couldn't wait for the party to begin! Only a few more hours now and then there would be cake, candy, ice cream and presents! He couldn't wait. He hoped Kai liked his gift. Max grinned and then thought of the candles he bought. 'Heh, hope he won't kill me. I just couldn't resist it!'
'I highly doubt Kai will kill you Max. Maim you and torture you slowly yes, but kill you no.' Draciel spoke swiftly.
Max rolled his eyes at his bit beast. 'Thanks Draciel. That's comforting.'
'You're quite welcome.'
'Brat.' Max stuck out his tongue. Draciel just 'pffted' and didn't think anything of it.
'So, when will we head to Tyson's house?' Draciel inquired.
'About two hours and fifteen minutes.'
'Well then, you better get ready Max. You never know, you could bump into that girl again on your way there.'
'Yeah you're right!' Max thought for a second. 'Maybe not though. I thought she was leaving.'
'You never know. Change of plans happen all the time.'
'True!'
"Max!"
"Yeah Dad?" Max yelled while rushing to his door and opening.
"Come down stairs, I need you to go to the store for me."
"Okay!" Max trotted out of his room and down the stairs. He entered the main room of the shop and leaned on the counter. "What do you want me to get?"
"I need some eggs. I'm going to make French Toast for dinner!" The older man smiled broadly and huffed out his chest in pride.
"Great! I can't wait for that!"
"Me neither!" Max's Dad gave him some money and rushed him out of the store.
Max strolled down the walk ways. He whistled as he looked around at the scenery, even though he'd seen it many times before. Just as he turned his head to go across the street, blue hair caught his eye. A girl stood directly in front of him, choosing to either go straight, turn, or in the direction he was going. Max smiled and practically ran across the road when the sign said walk.
"Hey there!"
The girl looked at him and held back a surprised yelp. She hadn't meant for anyone that she knew spot her. She came to this part of town to make sure they didn't. She cursed herself and nodded to the blonde boy coming up to her.
"How are you doing?"
"I'm fine." She replied hastily.
"If you don't mind me asking Kaiko, I thought you were leaving."
"I did, but then I came back." Kaiko stated simply. She avoided Max's eyes, trying to will him away.
"Well, it's great to see you again! I have to go though, my Dad needs stuff from the store! Hopefully I see you again!" Max smiled and patted Kaiko's shoulder. He trotted past her and Kaiko let out a breath. She smoothed down her black sweater and hitched up her pants before turning around to go back home. There was no point in staying outside when Max was out there already.
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Night time rolled around about five o'clock in the day. Kaiko sat on her bed with the door locked to make sure her Grandfather wouldn't come in, or anyone for that matter. She groaned in boredom and jumped off her bed. She immediately regretted that choice when she almost fell from stepping on her pant leg. She growled in irritation and walked over to her desk, hands gripping her pants and the waist, making sure they didn't slip down to trip her again.
She sat down at the desk and grabbed her journal and the pen she used earlier that same day. She flipped through pages and stopped when she reread that days entry. She skipped to the next page and began to write.
--It's night time now and I'm writing in this thing again. I don't really have much of a choice though. Ray refuses to let me blade until Monday and I can't do it now either because of Dranzer. She thought it was fun to turn me into a girl today. That isn't even the worst part. Ray is coming over in thirty minutes to "take me somewhere" tonight. I really don't want to go, but I just couldn't say no to him. --
Kaiko was so absorbed in her writing, she never realized the amount of time she spent doing it. She never felt Dranzer enter her mind, or the soft click of the door unlocking. She only realized it was time to leave when a hand was set on her shoulder. She nearly fell out of her chair she jumped so bad if it wasn't for two arms that wrapped around her to stop her decent.
She looked up and tensed up. Ray was holding her with a smile on his face. She sighed into his arms, not realizing what she was doing. She felt Ray lean closer and whisper into her ear. "What is Kaiko doing here?"
"Dranzer is being an ass." Kaiko breathed.
Ray kept his smiled and reluctantly let go of the girl. He held on to her shoulders to make sure she had balance before letting go completely. "Ready to go?"
"Almost." Kaiko replied.
"What do you have to do?"
"Change." Kaiko immediately linked up with Dranzer. 'Dranzer, now.'
'Okay Kaiko. You can have fun too I guess.'
Kaiko didn't think of what she meant by that and waited. The feelings of change came over her and she pitched forward. Ray reacted quickly and caught her in mid-fall. He felt her changing body and cringed. It felt really weird. 'I can't even imagine what it is like for Kai to go through this.' His thoughts flew to a stop when he glanced down and saw the male body in his hands. He fought back the need to kiss Kai and hefted him up on the bed. Ray frowned. Kai definately was light.
When Kai's body hit the bed, his eyes opened. He blinked a few times. He felt hands on him, but he wasn't sure whose they were. He looked about and saw Ray's face next to his. 'At least it's him.' Kai pushed Ray away. Ray sighed in disappointment.
"Now are you ready?"
"Yeah." Kai popped off the bed. "By the way, how did you get in here?"
"I had your butler give me a give. I've had it ever since you were sick so I could come in without bothering you." Ray shrugged, grabbed Kai's elbow and drug him out of the room.
Down the hall, eye watched the two boys leave. The shadow moved and began to follow.
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When Ray reached Tyson's house, he finally let Kai's arm go. He walked up to the porch and waited for Kai to come along. "Come on Kai!"
"Why are the lights out?" Kai asked.
"Don't know." Ray shrugged innocently and reached for the door knob. He opened the door and stepped through. Kai did so also and Ray shut the door. Ray reached over behind Kai and flipped on the lights.
"SURPRISE!!" Max, Kenny, Tyson, and Grandpa popped up from behind furniture with cone shaped party hats on and kazoos in there mouth. "Happy birthday Kai!" All four of them said in perfect unison.
Kai stood and stared with wide eyes. His mind barely registered the birthday sign, the confetti, the kazoos, the party hats, the cake, the candy, or the people around. The only thing that could make sense was 'holy shit.' Kai forced himself to shake his head to clear his thoughts. He blinked a few times.
"Here you go birthday boy!" Tyson bounded up to him and snapped a cone hat on him. Kai scowled at the hat and was about to take it off when he was pushed into a seat in the living room.
"Since it's your birthday Kai, each of us got you a present." Ray smiled.
"I.... I.... why?"
"Because you're not only part of the Blade Breakers Kai, you're a friend!" Max piped up.
"Here!" Tyson shoved a forest green bag in Kai's hand. Kai, barely thinking, reaching in the bag and pulled out his gift. The blade top shimmer. It was much like his one on Dranzer right now but there were differences. Blue and silver wrapped around the edges and there was a pure silver center. Kai looked up at Tyson and hesitated. He had never been given a gift before or even a card, he didn't know what to do.
Tyson knew what was going on. He gave him a peace sign and sat back down. Max jumped up and pushed his orange wrapped gift into Kai's hand. Kai set down the blade top and glanced at the small package. He fingered the side of the small box and ripped the tape off.
"Come on Kai! Rip it open!" Ray urged.
"Let's go little dude!" Grandpa hooted.
"Fine." Kai grabbed the edge of the paper and tore it. He crumpled the paper in his hand and set in on his thigh. He held a white box in his hand and took the lid off. His mouth opened in the tiniest of bit at the necklace he saw waiting for him to take.
"That is awesome Kai!" Tyson said with enthusiasm.
"I agree." Kenny said nodding his head.
"It is." Kai agreed and set the present down by his feet.
Kenny held out a nicely wrapped blue box with a single gold bow on top. Kai nodded to Kenny and ripped off the bow and the wrapping paper. He opened the black box from the top and pulled out the most amazing statue he had ever seen. He loved it immediately.
"Wicked." Tyson breathed.
"Yeah." Ray nodded.
Ray reached behind the chair and pulled out a large red wrapped box. He set it down on Kai's lap after Kai had set down the statue. Kai looked at Ray for longer then he should before grabbing the present and ripping it open. He tossed the lid of the box on the floor earning him a 'OH YEAH' from Tyson. He moved the white tissue paper to the side and gave a small intake of breath. He pulled out the black and red pants. 'These are the pants I've wanted for a few months now.' He set the pants on his lap and pulled out the shirt. 'This too.' He set the shirt down and stood.
"I... I don't know what to say to this. I appreciate it all." Kai struggled with his words but refused to not say them. He had to tell them. This meant more to him then anything in the world.
"Don't mention it Kai." Max scratched the back of his head while grinning.
"Yeah man!" Tyson include.
"Besides, what are friends for?" Kenny said.
"That's right Kai." Ray leaned forward and whispered into his ear. "Happy Birthday."
Kai shivered from the feeling. He looked eye to eye with Ray and he swore he could see emotions seeping out. 'Damn... does he know what he does to me?' Kai suppressed another shiver.
"Let's have some cake and ice cream!" Tyson yelled running into the kitchen followed closely by his Grandpa, Max and Kenny.
"Come on. We better go before Tyson decides to smash his face in the cake." Ray walked off, leaving Kai to follow him. Kai's eyes followed Ray's backside and he couldn't help but notice how much a swing was put into Ray's hips.
Kai briskly walked towards the kitchen and was greeted with lights dimmed and seventeen candles light on a white frosted cake.
"Ready m'homies?" Grandpa asked. He waited and the song began.
"Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to Kaa~aii!!
Happy Birthday to you!"
"Make a wish and blow out the candles!" Kenny spoke.
Kai thought all of one second. 'I wish I could tell him.' He sucked in a breath and blew the candles out... before they came back. He glared. Max and Tyson burst out laughing and Kenny and Grandpa chuckled. Ray, held a hand to his head.
'I knew I shouldn't have trusted those guys with the candles.' Ray thought.
Kai blew again but the candles relight themselves. Kai licked his thumb and his index finger and began to put out the candles one by one. While he did, he counted. When he was done, he plucked them out. "Thank you. But to let you know, I'm only sixteen."
"Are you serious?" Ray asked. "I thought for sure you were seventeen."
"It would seem like that, but I'm not."
"Then that makes you, the youngest here. Even Max had his birthday two months ago and Tyson and Ray and me all had ours too. Wow, stunning information." Kenny nodded in his calculations.
"Okay, enough of that! Cake time!"
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A gallon of ice cream, a whole cake, candy, and an hour later, everyone sat in the living room chatting about the charity tournament coming up. All the blades were on a table in by the door while the bladers themselves were in a heated conversation about practice times. Kai insisted that practice start tomorrow but Ray refused to let him blade until Monday, the day after tomorrow. Tyson was all for starting on Monday and Kenny and Max just stayed out of it. It was before the conversation got to heated when Grandpa made his exit to go practice.
"Kai, we aren't starting practice until Monday and that's final. You can argue all you want but we can handle it." Ray said firmly.
"Fine. But we'll practice harder everyday until the tournament starts." Kai finished.
"Then we're agreed. We'll start practice on Monday at one o'clock in the usual place then."
"Hn." Kai crossed his arms.
Just then, a knock was heard at the door. Tyson jumped up and grabbed it. He twisted the knob and pulled open the door. "Hello. Can I help you?"
"Is Kai here?" A deep voice questioned.
Kai's eyes went wide. He jumped up from his seat in the chair and went to his Grandfather. He pushed Tyson out of the door way, earning him a growl from Tyson. "Yes Grandfather?"
Kai's Grandfather looked at Kai's blade to the side and grabbed it. "We're going home Kai."
"I would prefer to stay here." Kai stated.
"Then you won't mind I take this then." Kai's Grandfather clenched the blade in his hand. Kai tensed.
"No. I would like to keep my blade with me."
"Fine. Have it your way." Kai's Grandfather let the blade fall to the floor. Kai reached for it but was pushed back by his Grandfather. Ray, Tyson, Max, and Kenny got up in Kai's defense, surrounding behind him. "You can have half of it." The Grandfather lifted his foot and slammed down on the blade, successfully cracking the not only the blade clearly in half, but the bit beast piece as well.
Kai doubled over in pain and a shrill cry filled the area. Kai's eyes went completely white and the broken bit beast chip began to glow a bright red. Everyone in the room shielded their eyes from the light as they continued to hear Kai's scream.
Kai fell to his knees still screaming. He could feel his whole body began to spilt apart. He felt his voice shifting to two different tones: one higher and one lower. He felt himself jerking forward and another part jerking backwards. He kept screaming, in both pitches, before it all became to much to handle. The pain took over his whole body and her pitched forward. He hit the ground with a 'thud' and behind him there was another 'thud' also. He noticed the light calming down and that it was a little colder in the room before all went black.
The boys unshielded their eyes and looked at the empty door where Kai's Grandfather should be. The old man had left during the light show, but all attention was soon centered on who was on the ground, or rather whom.
There was a collective gasp from all four bladers. On the floor was a girl with only a pair of blue silk boxers on and a black sweatshirt and a black tee. By her was a boy in black pants and nothing more. Each had blue hair and some shape of blue markings on his or her face.
Ray, who was the first to recover from the utter shock, dropped to his knees and whispered four words. "Kai.... Kaiko.... but how?"
TBC...
OMG!! There it is folks! This is the one chapter many have been waiting to see! This is the grand appearance of Kai and Kaiko together in the SAME ROOM! Woow baby! I feel so proud of myself, I just hope everyone else likes it. :D Okay, now on to the thank yous! Thank you to Anime Fan; Lady BlackDragonFire; Bladed-Ryu-Blader; Tamayo; Tikira/Satori Opaque; Rei, Oliver, and Kai r da bomb; aznfiregoddess; Lb; and Amia!! Thanks to everyone for reviews yet again! Woohaw for you! Oh, and I... err.... haven't figured out if I'll have Kai be mad about the journal thing, or just a little angry. I'll work out that detail later. But next chapter is going to be a little crazy I'll tell you that. Kai and Kaiko are going to have a hell of a time. **covers mouth** Oh no! I gave you a hint! Bad me, bad! I'll be going now. Until next time!