Rei-chan: ^^ Another exciting episode of The Mysterious Blader!
Rei: Who is he?
Rei-chan: If I told you, then it wouldn't be mysterious.
Rei: *pouts* But I wanna know!
Rei-chan: Too bad!
Rei: --UUU
Rei-chan: I don't own Beyblade or Rei would have been mine!!!
Kai paced back and forth. Where could his room mate be? Most likely he was out meditating or taking a walk, but at this time of night? Okay, sometimes he went out late at night so he could escape his grandfather and Boris. That doesn't explain why Rei would be out. Stopping his actions, he remembered Rei was part cat or at least he looked that way. Maybe he was out for a little exploration or whatever cats do at night. He shouldn't be worried.
"What are we going to do with you?"
Picking up a book, he tried to read it. He started at the first page of it. When he tried to read the words, his mind kept going back to a golden eyed team mate. Suddenly, he realized Rei had been reading this book in his spare time. He said that it was one of his favorites. Looking at the cover, he noticed the title, "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
"Why can't I keep my mind off of you?" He scolded himself.
He carefully placed the book back onto the shelf, without dislodging Rei's bookmark, but pulled it back out again. Out of curiosity, he turned to the page, where the bookmark was. Rei had a kitten bookmark. Several different types of kittens were playing with balls of yarn or this one main long yarn that went down the middle of it.
"Typical," Kai thought.
Glancing at the clock, Kai sighed to himself. It was about time to go to bed. Since he was going to wake up early, he needed to get a good night sleep. Tomorrow, they were going to have an intense training session.
With that Kai changed into his night time clothes and began to prepare to go to bed. As he did so, his minds kept straying back to that one person whom he can never get out of his mind. Once finished, he took out Dranzer from his pocket and placed on his dresser, where he can keep an eye on it.
"On second thought," Kai mumbled to himself. He picked up a gold necklace and placed hit bit piece on it. Then he placed it around his neck before going to bed.
Around three am, Kai stirred around in his sleep. Shooting up, he realized it was only a nightmare. Boris can't hurt him anymore. He had left the Demolition Boys for good. His nightmare with the Abbey had ended awhile ago. Kai had severed every connection to that place he used to call home. That should be enough. There was no reason to worry, when he glanced over at his team mate's bed.
Empty. No sign of the neko-jin. This can't be good. He should have been here by now. Normally, Rei would go to bed by midnight at the latest, but he wasn't here. He promised them he wouldn't go running off without telling them unless he was going for a walk around their apartment area. There wasn't any sign that he had been here.
"Why do I even care if he's here or not?" Kai asked himself.
"Because you like him," a little voice in the back of his head informed him.
"I do not like guys," Kai huffed, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Oh really, then why do you tolerate his presence more than any one else's?" the little voice nagged.
"Because he's a decent beyblader and he knows where to draw the line," Kai replied, not liking where this conversation was heading. In fact, he didn't like having an argument with himself.
"Is that all?" the voice kept pestering him.
"Yes, that's all," Kai said indignantly.
"Are you sure it isn't his golden cat like eyes?" the voice said with amusement.
"Whatever," Kai scowled.
"Or his graceful movements?" the voice queried.
"I'm sure of it," Kai growled this time.
"Or the way he purrs in his sleep," the voice kept on nagging.
"Definitely not!" Kai spat out.
"Then why do you constantly think of him?" the voice asked mischievously.
At this point, Kai was fuming. He couldn't take anymore of this little voice in his head. All he knew, he was about to explode if someone didn't shut it up. "Go away!"
"You'll thank me later," the voice teased him before staying quiet.
"Humph!" Kai scowled again.
After a half an hour of tossing and turning, Kai managed to fall asleep again. However, he didn't wake up at his usual time at the crack of dawn. He woke up at seven o'clock, about the time Kenny and Max woke up. Tyson, as usual, slept in.
"Morning Kai!" The happy go lucky beyblader greeted him.
"You're up late," Kenny mentioned as he turned his attention away from his laptop.
"Couldn't sleep," Kai shrugged. He didn't care what his team mates thought of him.
"Breakfast will be ready in minute," Max said cheerfully, flipping a pancake.
"Are you sure those are edible?" Kai questioned Max's cooking abilities.
"No one has died from them," Kenny said a little on the blunt side.
"Hey!" Max pouted. "I'm slaving away in front of this stove and you criticize my cooking?!?"
"Rei does it all the time, but you never see him complaining," Kai said casually. He took a seat opposite of the team genius.
"Yeah, but you never questioned if his cooking was edible," Max continued to pout.
"That's because he knows what he's doing," Kai said.
"Speaking of which, have you seen Rei?" Kenny said while typing away on his laptop.
"I haven't seen him since dinner," Max said.
"He wasn't sleeping in his bed," Kai said with hardly any emotion. "Maybe he decided to crash on the couch."
"Nah, Tyson's on the couch," Max giggled at some thought of his.
"Why would Tyson be on the couch?" Kenny asked. His eyes widened at the possibilities. "Never mind I asked."
"Keep that to yourselves," Kai agreed with Kenny. He didn't want to hear their reason. First of all, it was Max and Tyson. You never know what you're going to get with the two of them. Second, he didn't intrude on other people's personal lives as long as it didn't throw them off their game. Third, he was having enough trouble keeping his mind away from a certain golden eyed Chinese beyblader.
"Ok!" Max said, pouring in more batter. He was almost finished with the bowl. Just enough for two more remained in the bowl.
"What are we going to do today?" Kenny asked their team captain.
"Well, I originally planned for an intense workout, but I guess we'll have to look for Rei," Kai said with a scowl on his face.
"That's not like Rei to wander off without telling us," Max said thoughtfully.
"Do you think something bad has happened to him?" Kenny asked, hoping that nothing had befallen their team mate and best friend.
"I think he's old enough to take care of himself," Kai said.
"He's right," Max backed up their team captain. "Rei can take care of himself, but I have this strange feeling something is not right."
"You too," Kai inquired the blonde.
"Yeah," Max said sheepishly. "I have a feeling something bad is about to happen, but I can't put my finger on it."
"What are you two talking about?" Kenny asked his two strange team mates.
"Come on Chief, don't tell us you don't feel it," Max said, placing another pancake on the plate. He had finished cooking them.
"I don't," Kenny shrugged while pulling a couple of pancakes off the stack.
"Maybe Tyson has felt it too," Max said hopefully.
"Guys!!!" Tyson yelled at the top of his lungs. "Come here, quickly!!!"
The three Bladebreakers rushed out of the kitchen and onto the balcony. They found Tyson holding up a red object. He looked very pale and held a note in his hand.
Kai immediately recognized the red object as Rei's usual bandana. He never left it lying around the apartment. Eying the note, he grabbed it from the pale Tyson's hand and read it out loud. "Bladebreakers, you're probably wondering where your little Rei has gone. By the time we're through with him, you won't be able to recognize him. Signed, the Demolition Boys."
"How could they?" Max growled, startling everyone. They have never seen Max become this angry or furious before.
"Do you think they're going to kill him?" Kenny asked nearly breaking down.
"They had better not!" Kai crushed the note in his fist. "If they know what's good for them."
"Yeah, cause we're going to kick their sorry...." Tyson said when he found his voice.
"Could you not swear?" Kenny interrupted Tyson.
"Okay Chief," Tyson said blinking in disbelief.
"That explains why Rei never came back," Kai mused. "Or why he never slept in his bed. He was kidnapped."
"Just wait until I get my hands on them," Tyson seethed with anger.
"Calm down, we don't know if they actually hurt him," Max said trying to calm the furious beyblader down before he did anything drastic.
"But you heard him, 'By the time we're though with him, you won't be able to recognize him,'" Tyson quoted the note. "That could only mean they're going to severely hurt him."
"You could take it that way," Kenny said.
"Or what?" Kai asked out of curiosity.
"They could alter his appearance or changed him," Kenny said going over the other alternatives.
"They wouldn't brain wash him!" Max exclaimed with horror in his eyes.
"They might," Kenny said.
"How low can they possibly go?" Tyson growled at the thought.
It took Kai all of his will power not to find and strangle the Demolition boys when he heard that. How could they brain wash his Rei? "Wait a second? Did I just think MY Rei? Since when did I start liking boys?" Kai thought.
"No surprise there," Max said. "You remembered when Rei went up against Bryan?"
"Yeah," all three of them said.
"Then it would seem like something they would do," Max pointed out.
"Blondie has a point," Kai thought to himself.
"Then what are we going to do?" Tyson asked their team captain.
"We're going to search for Rei, now," Kai said before stalking towards the front door.
Tyson groaned at the thought. "We haven't eaten breakfast."
"Our team mate has been kidnapped and all you can think of is food," Kai snorted.
"Well, how can I help my team mate if I collapse from hunger?" Tyson said.
"Fine, but make it quick," Kai said, giving up on this issue. Tyson would never go without breakfast even if he had to eat and run.
"You should eat something," Kenny said, after Max and Tyson ran towards the kitchen. "You need your energy."
"Fine," Kai said storming into the kitchen with Kenny following behind him.
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Rei's POV
My eyes fluttered as I tried to adjust them to the dim light. I quickly sat up and scanned my surroundings. Let's see. What happened? How did I get here? I remembered I was in an apartment with my team mates.
Wait a second! Who were my team mates? In fact, who am I? I glanced over to the mirror to find a silver haired, violet eyed boy staring back at me. Something in my mind told me this was completely wrong. I thought I had golden eyes and black hair.
A soft knocking echoed throughout the room. "Who is it?" I asked.
"It's Boris, Ryou," the stern voice said. "You have practice in an hour and whatever you do, don't use your bit beast in public."
"Okay," I called back. So that was my name? Something about that voice reminded me. I don't know what.
Rei-chan: This has nothing to do with Yu-Gi-Oh. I couldn't think of another name.
Rei: Hey! I don't want to work for them!
Rei-chan: Tough luck.
Kai: *glares daggers at Boris*
Boris: *chatting with Kai's grandfather*
Demolition Boys: *playing poker*
Rei: *face faults*
Rei-chan: *walks up to the Demolition Boys* I challenge you to game of truth or dare!
Tala: Why would we want to play that wussy game?
Bryan: Only wimps play that game.
Rei-chan: Oh so the tough Demolition Boys can't handle MY version of truth or dare?
Tala: *stands up* What did you say?!?
Rei-chan: You can't hack it!
Tala: Oh yeah?
Rei-chan: Prove it!
Tala: You're on!!
Rei: *blinks* They're getting in way over their heads.
Kai: Yah think?
Tyson: Glad I'm not them.
Max: Ditto.
Rei-chan: The Bladebreakers, White Tigers, All Stars, and Majestics will be joining us.
Beybladers: NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Robert: How did we get ourselves into this mess?
Lee: I knew we shouldn't have gone to that beyblade exhibition match.
Michael: You said it.
Rei: Who is he?
Rei-chan: If I told you, then it wouldn't be mysterious.
Rei: *pouts* But I wanna know!
Rei-chan: Too bad!
Rei: --UUU
Rei-chan: I don't own Beyblade or Rei would have been mine!!!
Kai paced back and forth. Where could his room mate be? Most likely he was out meditating or taking a walk, but at this time of night? Okay, sometimes he went out late at night so he could escape his grandfather and Boris. That doesn't explain why Rei would be out. Stopping his actions, he remembered Rei was part cat or at least he looked that way. Maybe he was out for a little exploration or whatever cats do at night. He shouldn't be worried.
"What are we going to do with you?"
Picking up a book, he tried to read it. He started at the first page of it. When he tried to read the words, his mind kept going back to a golden eyed team mate. Suddenly, he realized Rei had been reading this book in his spare time. He said that it was one of his favorites. Looking at the cover, he noticed the title, "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring."
"Why can't I keep my mind off of you?" He scolded himself.
He carefully placed the book back onto the shelf, without dislodging Rei's bookmark, but pulled it back out again. Out of curiosity, he turned to the page, where the bookmark was. Rei had a kitten bookmark. Several different types of kittens were playing with balls of yarn or this one main long yarn that went down the middle of it.
"Typical," Kai thought.
Glancing at the clock, Kai sighed to himself. It was about time to go to bed. Since he was going to wake up early, he needed to get a good night sleep. Tomorrow, they were going to have an intense training session.
With that Kai changed into his night time clothes and began to prepare to go to bed. As he did so, his minds kept straying back to that one person whom he can never get out of his mind. Once finished, he took out Dranzer from his pocket and placed on his dresser, where he can keep an eye on it.
"On second thought," Kai mumbled to himself. He picked up a gold necklace and placed hit bit piece on it. Then he placed it around his neck before going to bed.
Around three am, Kai stirred around in his sleep. Shooting up, he realized it was only a nightmare. Boris can't hurt him anymore. He had left the Demolition Boys for good. His nightmare with the Abbey had ended awhile ago. Kai had severed every connection to that place he used to call home. That should be enough. There was no reason to worry, when he glanced over at his team mate's bed.
Empty. No sign of the neko-jin. This can't be good. He should have been here by now. Normally, Rei would go to bed by midnight at the latest, but he wasn't here. He promised them he wouldn't go running off without telling them unless he was going for a walk around their apartment area. There wasn't any sign that he had been here.
"Why do I even care if he's here or not?" Kai asked himself.
"Because you like him," a little voice in the back of his head informed him.
"I do not like guys," Kai huffed, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Oh really, then why do you tolerate his presence more than any one else's?" the little voice nagged.
"Because he's a decent beyblader and he knows where to draw the line," Kai replied, not liking where this conversation was heading. In fact, he didn't like having an argument with himself.
"Is that all?" the voice kept pestering him.
"Yes, that's all," Kai said indignantly.
"Are you sure it isn't his golden cat like eyes?" the voice said with amusement.
"Whatever," Kai scowled.
"Or his graceful movements?" the voice queried.
"I'm sure of it," Kai growled this time.
"Or the way he purrs in his sleep," the voice kept on nagging.
"Definitely not!" Kai spat out.
"Then why do you constantly think of him?" the voice asked mischievously.
At this point, Kai was fuming. He couldn't take anymore of this little voice in his head. All he knew, he was about to explode if someone didn't shut it up. "Go away!"
"You'll thank me later," the voice teased him before staying quiet.
"Humph!" Kai scowled again.
After a half an hour of tossing and turning, Kai managed to fall asleep again. However, he didn't wake up at his usual time at the crack of dawn. He woke up at seven o'clock, about the time Kenny and Max woke up. Tyson, as usual, slept in.
"Morning Kai!" The happy go lucky beyblader greeted him.
"You're up late," Kenny mentioned as he turned his attention away from his laptop.
"Couldn't sleep," Kai shrugged. He didn't care what his team mates thought of him.
"Breakfast will be ready in minute," Max said cheerfully, flipping a pancake.
"Are you sure those are edible?" Kai questioned Max's cooking abilities.
"No one has died from them," Kenny said a little on the blunt side.
"Hey!" Max pouted. "I'm slaving away in front of this stove and you criticize my cooking?!?"
"Rei does it all the time, but you never see him complaining," Kai said casually. He took a seat opposite of the team genius.
"Yeah, but you never questioned if his cooking was edible," Max continued to pout.
"That's because he knows what he's doing," Kai said.
"Speaking of which, have you seen Rei?" Kenny said while typing away on his laptop.
"I haven't seen him since dinner," Max said.
"He wasn't sleeping in his bed," Kai said with hardly any emotion. "Maybe he decided to crash on the couch."
"Nah, Tyson's on the couch," Max giggled at some thought of his.
"Why would Tyson be on the couch?" Kenny asked. His eyes widened at the possibilities. "Never mind I asked."
"Keep that to yourselves," Kai agreed with Kenny. He didn't want to hear their reason. First of all, it was Max and Tyson. You never know what you're going to get with the two of them. Second, he didn't intrude on other people's personal lives as long as it didn't throw them off their game. Third, he was having enough trouble keeping his mind away from a certain golden eyed Chinese beyblader.
"Ok!" Max said, pouring in more batter. He was almost finished with the bowl. Just enough for two more remained in the bowl.
"What are we going to do today?" Kenny asked their team captain.
"Well, I originally planned for an intense workout, but I guess we'll have to look for Rei," Kai said with a scowl on his face.
"That's not like Rei to wander off without telling us," Max said thoughtfully.
"Do you think something bad has happened to him?" Kenny asked, hoping that nothing had befallen their team mate and best friend.
"I think he's old enough to take care of himself," Kai said.
"He's right," Max backed up their team captain. "Rei can take care of himself, but I have this strange feeling something is not right."
"You too," Kai inquired the blonde.
"Yeah," Max said sheepishly. "I have a feeling something bad is about to happen, but I can't put my finger on it."
"What are you two talking about?" Kenny asked his two strange team mates.
"Come on Chief, don't tell us you don't feel it," Max said, placing another pancake on the plate. He had finished cooking them.
"I don't," Kenny shrugged while pulling a couple of pancakes off the stack.
"Maybe Tyson has felt it too," Max said hopefully.
"Guys!!!" Tyson yelled at the top of his lungs. "Come here, quickly!!!"
The three Bladebreakers rushed out of the kitchen and onto the balcony. They found Tyson holding up a red object. He looked very pale and held a note in his hand.
Kai immediately recognized the red object as Rei's usual bandana. He never left it lying around the apartment. Eying the note, he grabbed it from the pale Tyson's hand and read it out loud. "Bladebreakers, you're probably wondering where your little Rei has gone. By the time we're through with him, you won't be able to recognize him. Signed, the Demolition Boys."
"How could they?" Max growled, startling everyone. They have never seen Max become this angry or furious before.
"Do you think they're going to kill him?" Kenny asked nearly breaking down.
"They had better not!" Kai crushed the note in his fist. "If they know what's good for them."
"Yeah, cause we're going to kick their sorry...." Tyson said when he found his voice.
"Could you not swear?" Kenny interrupted Tyson.
"Okay Chief," Tyson said blinking in disbelief.
"That explains why Rei never came back," Kai mused. "Or why he never slept in his bed. He was kidnapped."
"Just wait until I get my hands on them," Tyson seethed with anger.
"Calm down, we don't know if they actually hurt him," Max said trying to calm the furious beyblader down before he did anything drastic.
"But you heard him, 'By the time we're though with him, you won't be able to recognize him,'" Tyson quoted the note. "That could only mean they're going to severely hurt him."
"You could take it that way," Kenny said.
"Or what?" Kai asked out of curiosity.
"They could alter his appearance or changed him," Kenny said going over the other alternatives.
"They wouldn't brain wash him!" Max exclaimed with horror in his eyes.
"They might," Kenny said.
"How low can they possibly go?" Tyson growled at the thought.
It took Kai all of his will power not to find and strangle the Demolition boys when he heard that. How could they brain wash his Rei? "Wait a second? Did I just think MY Rei? Since when did I start liking boys?" Kai thought.
"No surprise there," Max said. "You remembered when Rei went up against Bryan?"
"Yeah," all three of them said.
"Then it would seem like something they would do," Max pointed out.
"Blondie has a point," Kai thought to himself.
"Then what are we going to do?" Tyson asked their team captain.
"We're going to search for Rei, now," Kai said before stalking towards the front door.
Tyson groaned at the thought. "We haven't eaten breakfast."
"Our team mate has been kidnapped and all you can think of is food," Kai snorted.
"Well, how can I help my team mate if I collapse from hunger?" Tyson said.
"Fine, but make it quick," Kai said, giving up on this issue. Tyson would never go without breakfast even if he had to eat and run.
"You should eat something," Kenny said, after Max and Tyson ran towards the kitchen. "You need your energy."
"Fine," Kai said storming into the kitchen with Kenny following behind him.
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Rei's POV
My eyes fluttered as I tried to adjust them to the dim light. I quickly sat up and scanned my surroundings. Let's see. What happened? How did I get here? I remembered I was in an apartment with my team mates.
Wait a second! Who were my team mates? In fact, who am I? I glanced over to the mirror to find a silver haired, violet eyed boy staring back at me. Something in my mind told me this was completely wrong. I thought I had golden eyes and black hair.
A soft knocking echoed throughout the room. "Who is it?" I asked.
"It's Boris, Ryou," the stern voice said. "You have practice in an hour and whatever you do, don't use your bit beast in public."
"Okay," I called back. So that was my name? Something about that voice reminded me. I don't know what.
Rei-chan: This has nothing to do with Yu-Gi-Oh. I couldn't think of another name.
Rei: Hey! I don't want to work for them!
Rei-chan: Tough luck.
Kai: *glares daggers at Boris*
Boris: *chatting with Kai's grandfather*
Demolition Boys: *playing poker*
Rei: *face faults*
Rei-chan: *walks up to the Demolition Boys* I challenge you to game of truth or dare!
Tala: Why would we want to play that wussy game?
Bryan: Only wimps play that game.
Rei-chan: Oh so the tough Demolition Boys can't handle MY version of truth or dare?
Tala: *stands up* What did you say?!?
Rei-chan: You can't hack it!
Tala: Oh yeah?
Rei-chan: Prove it!
Tala: You're on!!
Rei: *blinks* They're getting in way over their heads.
Kai: Yah think?
Tyson: Glad I'm not them.
Max: Ditto.
Rei-chan: The Bladebreakers, White Tigers, All Stars, and Majestics will be joining us.
Beybladers: NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Robert: How did we get ourselves into this mess?
Lee: I knew we shouldn't have gone to that beyblade exhibition match.
Michael: You said it.