ME: Hi everyone. I'm an Auntie. I'm an Auntie.

KAI: Oh joy. She's back.

REN: You'd better not have killed Max. He's still out cold, from seeing the
last chapter. That was very mean Aibou. You know Max hate blood. It make him
queasy.

KAI: I have to admit. Max going pale and fainting, was a kodac moment. If
only I'd had a camera. *smirks evilly* I'll just `borrow' Lanky's camera.
*goes to look for it* Hey it's not here. Lady Blade, where's Lanky's camera.

REN: Hey wait a second. Did you just say that you're an Auntie?

ME: No kidding. My stupid brother decided to tell us, that his girlfriend had
a baby. Stupid brother. Why the hell don't brothers have more sense?

TYSON: So THAT'S where he was going in such a hurry last night. I only
thought his girlfriend was fat.

*everyone falls down Anime style*

ME: Tyson, you idiot. She was NOT fat. That baby was though. Ten pounds.

RAY: THAT is one heavy baby. What was it anyway?

ME: It was a girl. I'M AN AUNTIE!!! *dances around the room*

KAI: NOOOOOOOOO!!! Not another Lady Blade. For the love of humanity. Is god
really that cruel?

REN: Shut up Kai. Anyways Lady Blade is sooo happy that she's giving everyone
who reviewed, a personallised Muse zapper. Set it to Tyson, and it will fry
his brain. Not that he has much of one, anyway's.

TYSON: HEY REN!!!

ME: Oh and I would just like to say. I know that suicide by slitting wrists,
is always bound to fail. That is why I used it. Don't worry Igatona. I do
have better idea's. That's just the one that popped into my head at the time.
And things can only get worse for poor Max. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

KENNY: Lady Blade WarAngel does not own Beyblade. If she did, it would scare
small children.

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Tragic Past Four-Max's Torture.

Chapter Four - Seeing Harry, and Talking To Kai.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~MAX'S P.O.V~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When I woke up. I could hear the others next to me. Even Mariah. I felt bad.
A pregnant woman shouldn't be on her feet so much. They must've been waiting
for a long time. "Maxy, are you feeling allright?" Tyson asked. I heard
Dragoon, Dranzer, Drigger, and especially Draciel. All of them asking me the
same question. "I'm fine." I whispered. The bit-beasts stayed quiet. The
others looked at me. I could see that they were all worried about me. What
had I done, to deserve such good friends. Then I heard it. The familliar
footsteps. The same, horrible voice and I could even smell the rotgut. I
heard him come into the room. I was sat up in bed. Rather the bed was
adjusted, so that I was sitting up. There he was. Standing in the doorway.
Uncle Harry.

I cringed at the sight of him. He still disgusted me. He had violated me and
used me. Then I saw a little girl behind him. She looked very frightened, to
be here. She was wearing a lilac T-shirt, lilac pumps and blue-denim
overalls. She had her long gold and lilac streaked, hair, tied into a plait.
Her wide violet eyes looked at me, as if trying to figure out if I was a
friend, or not. "Well, well, well. If it ain't my little nephew Max. What
have you been up to boy?" Uncle Harry said looking at me. I just glared. The
little girl walked over to me. "Hi. I'm Kestrel." She said to me. She sounded
very nervous, and she looked pale. She seemed very alone and sad. She looked
like she was eight years old. She had a sweet, cherrub face. She looked at
Harry, and shrank, visably. She was just as afraid of hm, as I had been. I
didn't look at Harry. He made me sick. I could see that the others were wary
of him. Harry laughed and left the room.

I loked at Kestrel. "Hi Kestrel. You don't have to be scared of me." I said
to her. She gave me a small smile, and sat down next to me. The others looked
at me. "Who was that Max?" Kai asked me. A policeman came into the room.
"Well Max, your only other living relative, is your Uncle Harry. We've
arranged for you to go and stay with him until we know what's happening with
your mother." The policeman said, smiling at me. Oh if only he knew that he'd
signed me over to a child beating, paedaphile. I just wished that the others
had left me to die.

Your Uncle will be taking you back Arizona, as soon as the doctors give you
the all clear. Which should be sometime tomorrow." The policeman said. I
wanted to run away. But I couldn't. The others were watching me too closely.
I saw Kai giving me a funny look after the policeman left. He isn't stupid.
I'd better watch what I'm doing around him.

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The others were trying to talk to me. I just didn't want to do that. I wanted
to be dead. Kai was sat with me that night. My friends had been asked to
watch me, during the night. To make sure that I didn't do anything stupid.
"O.K. Max. I know that you don't usually do things like this. What happened?"
Kai said. I was glad that Harry wasn't there. "Look, I saw you glaring at
that Uncle of yours. I know what hate is. I used to glare at my Ma like that.
Max, we're your friends. I know this is a dumb speech to give you, but I'd
like to help." Kai said. I was about to say something, but Kai interupted me.
"Don't say anything Max. Look, I promise I won't give you the pity speech.
But it's no good to keep your pain bottled up. I learned that with my Ma. I
can understand if you don't wanna talk about it. But what you tried to do,
was serious. If it's because of him, then maybe there's something that....."
I cut Kai off then. "Kai, there isn't anything that anyone can do to help me
now." I said to him. I felt the tears running down my cheeks. I couldn't stop
them. I'd been holding them back, for too long, to stop them now. "It's O.K.
to tell me about it Max. I've gone through alot. I'm not going to criticise
you." Kai said.

"You have no idea Kai." I said to him. Then I began. " When I was nine, my
parents got divorced. That wasn't what screwed me up. You see, they thought
that it wouldn't be good for me to be around them, while the divorce
proceedings were going on. Their lawyers said that the proceedings would take
six months. Including the custody trial. So my Mom and Dad arranged for me to
stay with Harry, during that time. He scared me as it was. When my Dad took
me there, I watched him drive away. Then Harry told me that I'd have a list
of chores to do everyday. If I didn't do them, he'd beat me. He basically
made me clean the whole place from top to bottom. But I'd always miss
something. Then he'd beat me up. This went on for a month, until he decided
that beating me wasn't enough." I said. I started choking on sobs, that I was
holding back. Kai put a hand on my shoulder to try and comfort me. I choked
back the remaining sobs and continued.

"One day, he told me to clean the barn. Scrub it from top to bottom. It
seemed almost impossible to me. He left and I got to work. I scrubbed and
cleaned. Making sure that it was clean. I didn't want to risk his wrath. He
came back and said that I han't bothered cleaning it. He punched me in the
mouth. I even felt the blood leaking from it. Then-then-then-then he-he-
he....." I was choking back sobs. "He raped me. After that, he just carried
on. He beat me and raped me. After four months, he bought someone else back.
He-he-he-he got them to-to-to-to pay for their fun. I couldn't escape. Harry
handcuffed one of my arms to the bed." I said. I coldn't hold back the sobs,
and the tears anymore. I cried and let out all my pain. Kai got up and hugged
me. (A/N: THIS IS NOT YAOI. If you read my last fic, you'd know that Kai is
dating Ray's sister) I heard the others come in. I felt Tyson and Ray putting
their hands on my shoulders. I heard Kenny and Mariah, asking me what was
wrong. All of them were trying to comfort me. That made me feel a bit better.

Then Kai realised. "Hey, Harry. Isn't that the name of the guy who's out
there waiting to take you to Arizona?" Kai asked me. I nodded. Kai's jaw
dropped. "There's no way, I'm gonna let him take my friend anywhere. No
worrys Max." Kai said to me. The others asked what was going on. Kai looked
at me. nodded. I couldn't tell my story again. So Kai did it for me. Ray,
Tyson and Kenny all decided that there was no way, that they were gonna let
Harry take me anywhere. I went back to sleep. Knowing, that at least for now,
I was safe for a while.

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ME: I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter.

REN: LONGER CHAPTERS!!!

ME: I'm trying to make the fic last. I don't want it to be over in five
chapters.

KAI: WHY DID YOU MAKE ME SUCH A SAP?

ME: Shut up Kai. You are supposed to care about your team-mates.

KAI: *glare of death* Yeah whatever.

ME: Anyway's please R&R. I don't mind constructive criticism, but no flames.

REN: I will hunt down all flamers and hit them with Lady Blade's invincible
frying pan.

ME: Bye until next time people.