Well, here's chapter 3 . . . it's kinda odd and with mistakes, but . . .
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Disclaimer: I got nothing to do with the actual show, though I would really like to noe who created it. Any ideas? Well . . . enjoy!
CHAPTER 3: BRIEF SERENITY
Kai was lying flat on his bed, staring at the ceiling. It all seemed so familiar, yet somehow so strange.
His mind drifted to the last he saw of Haley last night and became unsettled. The way she seemed so fearless fighting with a man that was twice the size of her made him think of how much she had changed over the years. When they were a lot younger it, was different.
~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~
"Kai, are you my friend?" (young) Haley kneeled on the stone ground, there were wet streaks on her chubby cheeks where tears had freely flowed. She had scorch marks on her hand and arms and a pile of ashes on the floor where she knelt.
"Hmm . . . I don't know if I should be seen with a cry baby." (young) Kai said as he helped her to her feet.
"I won't cry I promise." She put a small hand over her chest. "I will not be kicked out either."
"Good, because . . . " Kai paused " . . . well, just because. Now go before Boris finds you like this!" he waved her off.
Haley nodded, tears starting to flow once more, she didn't want him to get in trouble just for her and she wanted to stay and get a chance to defend him. But nevertheless, she would be expelled for sure if she were to confess that she had accidentally set the priceless portrait on fire. Haley tore herself away unwillingly and ran down the hall. She turned into the next corner and stood against the wall, hearing the footsteps coming down the hall and stop where Kai was standing.
~~~~END FLASHBACK~~~~
Kai came back to himself. He found he couldn't lay still. He shoved his blanket aside and swung his legs over the edge of the bed.
The sun coming in through his window was strong, and it made his beyblade shine very brightly where the light hit the metal attack ring.
Kai rubbed the back of his neck and reached for Black Dranzer, for a second he could almost feel the phoenix's restlessness in the blade. "You too huh?" he muttered.
He stood up with a groan and looked around. In the adjoining room someone had put a tray of food there. Kai shoved Black Dranzer into his pant pocket. And walked into the other room.
"Good night's sleep, young Kai?"
Kai turned and found Boris sitting comfortably in a leather armchair in a corner, he was suddenly very ticked off, an invasion of privacy was what he hated most. Kai closed his eyes and sat at the table, taking a seat as far away from the old man as possible.
"Aren't you going to eat Kai?" asked Boris with a smirk.
Kai was unmoved. "I suddenly just lost my appetite." He opened his eyes and glared at Boris, "How long have you been in my rooms?"
"Not long, why?"
"Maybe Haley was right, maybe you are a sick man." Said Kai with a smirk.
Boris flushed with anger for a second but managed to hold his tongue. He stood up. "Be prepared fast. We have work to do." He turned and left the room.
Kai reached for an apple on the tray and bit into it.
"An apple a day, keeps the psychos away . . . " he looked down at the apple sadly, " . . . wouldn't that be great."
***
Tyson, Max, Rei, and Kenny raced down the icy sidewalks trying to catch up to Haley. She wasn't really hard to spot considering her clothes were dark and rather strange. But catching up to the girl was another question; it was quite amazing how fast she was walking.
When the group finally managed to dodge all the oncoming people without getting trampled or knocked over they were completely out of breath.
As Tyson was about to tap the girl on the shoulder, she turned abruptly into another street, making Tyson almost fall over. The group followed her around the bend and found themselves facing Haley who was turned towards them and glaring so coldly that it would freeze boiling water.
"You guys have been following me for the last four blocks, what's wrong with you?" she was clearly annoyed and didn't bother hiding it. Haley crossed her arms over her chest, "If I'd known you guys were stalkers I would never have bothered talking to you." She tapped her foot on the ground impatiently, "Now explain yourselves."
"I . . . I . . . well . . . we . . . " Tyson was a stuttering mess, a bit freaked out because she had suddenly looked like she was about to swallow him whole.
Rei sighed and shoved the mumbling Tyson aside. "We wanted to ask you if you could help us get Kai back."
Haley raised and eyebrow. "Rei is it?"
He smiled.
"Listen I would like to help you . . . but that's really his own decision." Her eyes swept over each of their hopeful faces, "I haven't seen him for a long time and when I finally did it was during a beybattle and he wasn't even fighting on the same side." She could feel the tears glazing her eyes over and closed them. The last thing she wanted was to show her true emotions to a bunch of strangers who could be potentially arrested on a count of assault.
"Now if you excuse me, I've gotta get going." She turned abruptly and yet again briskly walked off, vanishing from sight.
"Why does she keep doing that?!" shouted Tyson, stamping his feet like a little child. A few who passed by looked at him like he was a raving lunatic.
"It's alright Tyson, maybe we should just go back to the hotel." Said Kenny trying to calm him down.
"No, I won't give up." Said Tyson stubbornly, "That girl must've been an old friend of his, we may not know him all that well, but I have a feeling that she does."
"Oh, Tyson." Max clapped himself on the forehead, "Don't you ever give up?"
"Nope."
***
Haley walked past the front gates and made her way up to the mansion. As she reached the front porch, the doors opened and her butler, Davis, came out with a message for her.
"Madam, Boris called and wanted you to go to the abbey right away." Davis said in a monotone.
"And when was this?"
"Just a minute ago. Shall I bring the car around?"
Haley nodded and hung her head. She really wanted to see Kai, but not under so much pressure. She stepped aside as the black car drove up towards her and stopped. She slowly opened the door and climbed in, crashing onto the leather seats. Her original plan of sleeping her troubles away was, at the moment, completely destroyed.
She leaned her head against the glass on the window and closed her eyes, feeling the coolness against her cheek. She wondered what Boris was calling her about now, and hopefully she can get a chance to speak with Kai alone.
***
Team Bladebreakers was sitting in the dirt, hidden by the mass of bushes that surrounded them. Rei slowly took a peek through the leaves and saw the black car drive by with the girl Haley sitting in the back with her head against the window. He turned back to his companions.
"This is her house alright, and that was her in the car." He whispered.
"Jeez, did you see the size of this place? It's HUGE!" Tyson said that last part a little too loudly. One of the men who guarded the gates looked in their direction suspiciously. Behind the bushes, Tyson's mouth was being covered by all three of his friends.
Tyson nodded with a muffle and the boys took their hands away from his mouth. The guard had turned away, scratching his head.
"I think she's going to the abbey." Whispered Kenny.
"Yeah, I'm sure that's what the butler said." Whispered Max, looking through the bushes at the guard.
"Then that's where we'll go then." Said Tyson. He frowned. "I cannot believe that Haley works for that creepy place."
"Most importantly, how do we get outta here?" asked Rei glancing around anxiously. "We can't follow her if we don't start moving."
Just then the intercom at the gates flared to life, calling the guard away inside. Apparently there was a breach on the premises. The guard grumbled something and made his way inside.
That couldn't be luckier! The Bladebreakers took that chance and ran down the street, hoping that they weren't the trespassers that the man was referring to.
***
Haley stepped out of the car rather hesitantly and looked up at the dark building. She rubbed the back of her neck with unease then slowly made her way inside. The guard held open the door to her, an expression of pure ice as always.
As soon as she stepped in she found Boris standing with that familiar smirk on his face. She had wanted to slap him at first but the years of discipline made her regain control.
"What do you want this time?" Haley sounded more annoyed than she actually was.
"Why, I can't simply call you and say hi?" said Boris his smirk widening.
"There's always something else." She crossed her arms and glared up at him, "And plus, you aren't that nice."
He laughed, which made him even more scary, "Quite the contrary my dear, because I'm giving you time to talk to Kai one on one."
She looked at him suspiciously. "You're kidding right? There's gotta be a catch." Her brain told her not to question the old man, all she wanted to do was talk to her old friend in peace, without knowing the catch, whatever that might be.
Boris smiled wickedly, "Why would there be a catch? You've done all you training and your skills are rarely required."
That was true, she rarely ever bladed on the official Russian team. Haley wanted nothing better than to get as far away as that old place as possible, so she isolated herself. Those years made her almost vanish entirely off the face of the planet, no one had seen her or knew of her existence. Her blading skills and powerful bit vanished from the world along with her. Of course she would never have been comfortable playing under the name of the 'Demolition Boys' anyway.
Haley still suspected Boris as he looked like he was going to have the most wonderful dinner of his life; he was on the edge of drooling. She ignored the warnings her body gave her; she couldn't pass up a chance to speak with Kai.
She nodded slowly and followed Boris into the tunnels.
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More to come. R+R please! (Sorry, I really lack enthusiasm, but I can do happy faces!" ^_^ ^ . ^
PEACE OUT!
Disclaimer: I got nothing to do with the actual show, though I would really like to noe who created it. Any ideas? Well . . . enjoy!
CHAPTER 3: BRIEF SERENITY
Kai was lying flat on his bed, staring at the ceiling. It all seemed so familiar, yet somehow so strange.
His mind drifted to the last he saw of Haley last night and became unsettled. The way she seemed so fearless fighting with a man that was twice the size of her made him think of how much she had changed over the years. When they were a lot younger it, was different.
~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~
"Kai, are you my friend?" (young) Haley kneeled on the stone ground, there were wet streaks on her chubby cheeks where tears had freely flowed. She had scorch marks on her hand and arms and a pile of ashes on the floor where she knelt.
"Hmm . . . I don't know if I should be seen with a cry baby." (young) Kai said as he helped her to her feet.
"I won't cry I promise." She put a small hand over her chest. "I will not be kicked out either."
"Good, because . . . " Kai paused " . . . well, just because. Now go before Boris finds you like this!" he waved her off.
Haley nodded, tears starting to flow once more, she didn't want him to get in trouble just for her and she wanted to stay and get a chance to defend him. But nevertheless, she would be expelled for sure if she were to confess that she had accidentally set the priceless portrait on fire. Haley tore herself away unwillingly and ran down the hall. She turned into the next corner and stood against the wall, hearing the footsteps coming down the hall and stop where Kai was standing.
~~~~END FLASHBACK~~~~
Kai came back to himself. He found he couldn't lay still. He shoved his blanket aside and swung his legs over the edge of the bed.
The sun coming in through his window was strong, and it made his beyblade shine very brightly where the light hit the metal attack ring.
Kai rubbed the back of his neck and reached for Black Dranzer, for a second he could almost feel the phoenix's restlessness in the blade. "You too huh?" he muttered.
He stood up with a groan and looked around. In the adjoining room someone had put a tray of food there. Kai shoved Black Dranzer into his pant pocket. And walked into the other room.
"Good night's sleep, young Kai?"
Kai turned and found Boris sitting comfortably in a leather armchair in a corner, he was suddenly very ticked off, an invasion of privacy was what he hated most. Kai closed his eyes and sat at the table, taking a seat as far away from the old man as possible.
"Aren't you going to eat Kai?" asked Boris with a smirk.
Kai was unmoved. "I suddenly just lost my appetite." He opened his eyes and glared at Boris, "How long have you been in my rooms?"
"Not long, why?"
"Maybe Haley was right, maybe you are a sick man." Said Kai with a smirk.
Boris flushed with anger for a second but managed to hold his tongue. He stood up. "Be prepared fast. We have work to do." He turned and left the room.
Kai reached for an apple on the tray and bit into it.
"An apple a day, keeps the psychos away . . . " he looked down at the apple sadly, " . . . wouldn't that be great."
***
Tyson, Max, Rei, and Kenny raced down the icy sidewalks trying to catch up to Haley. She wasn't really hard to spot considering her clothes were dark and rather strange. But catching up to the girl was another question; it was quite amazing how fast she was walking.
When the group finally managed to dodge all the oncoming people without getting trampled or knocked over they were completely out of breath.
As Tyson was about to tap the girl on the shoulder, she turned abruptly into another street, making Tyson almost fall over. The group followed her around the bend and found themselves facing Haley who was turned towards them and glaring so coldly that it would freeze boiling water.
"You guys have been following me for the last four blocks, what's wrong with you?" she was clearly annoyed and didn't bother hiding it. Haley crossed her arms over her chest, "If I'd known you guys were stalkers I would never have bothered talking to you." She tapped her foot on the ground impatiently, "Now explain yourselves."
"I . . . I . . . well . . . we . . . " Tyson was a stuttering mess, a bit freaked out because she had suddenly looked like she was about to swallow him whole.
Rei sighed and shoved the mumbling Tyson aside. "We wanted to ask you if you could help us get Kai back."
Haley raised and eyebrow. "Rei is it?"
He smiled.
"Listen I would like to help you . . . but that's really his own decision." Her eyes swept over each of their hopeful faces, "I haven't seen him for a long time and when I finally did it was during a beybattle and he wasn't even fighting on the same side." She could feel the tears glazing her eyes over and closed them. The last thing she wanted was to show her true emotions to a bunch of strangers who could be potentially arrested on a count of assault.
"Now if you excuse me, I've gotta get going." She turned abruptly and yet again briskly walked off, vanishing from sight.
"Why does she keep doing that?!" shouted Tyson, stamping his feet like a little child. A few who passed by looked at him like he was a raving lunatic.
"It's alright Tyson, maybe we should just go back to the hotel." Said Kenny trying to calm him down.
"No, I won't give up." Said Tyson stubbornly, "That girl must've been an old friend of his, we may not know him all that well, but I have a feeling that she does."
"Oh, Tyson." Max clapped himself on the forehead, "Don't you ever give up?"
"Nope."
***
Haley walked past the front gates and made her way up to the mansion. As she reached the front porch, the doors opened and her butler, Davis, came out with a message for her.
"Madam, Boris called and wanted you to go to the abbey right away." Davis said in a monotone.
"And when was this?"
"Just a minute ago. Shall I bring the car around?"
Haley nodded and hung her head. She really wanted to see Kai, but not under so much pressure. She stepped aside as the black car drove up towards her and stopped. She slowly opened the door and climbed in, crashing onto the leather seats. Her original plan of sleeping her troubles away was, at the moment, completely destroyed.
She leaned her head against the glass on the window and closed her eyes, feeling the coolness against her cheek. She wondered what Boris was calling her about now, and hopefully she can get a chance to speak with Kai alone.
***
Team Bladebreakers was sitting in the dirt, hidden by the mass of bushes that surrounded them. Rei slowly took a peek through the leaves and saw the black car drive by with the girl Haley sitting in the back with her head against the window. He turned back to his companions.
"This is her house alright, and that was her in the car." He whispered.
"Jeez, did you see the size of this place? It's HUGE!" Tyson said that last part a little too loudly. One of the men who guarded the gates looked in their direction suspiciously. Behind the bushes, Tyson's mouth was being covered by all three of his friends.
Tyson nodded with a muffle and the boys took their hands away from his mouth. The guard had turned away, scratching his head.
"I think she's going to the abbey." Whispered Kenny.
"Yeah, I'm sure that's what the butler said." Whispered Max, looking through the bushes at the guard.
"Then that's where we'll go then." Said Tyson. He frowned. "I cannot believe that Haley works for that creepy place."
"Most importantly, how do we get outta here?" asked Rei glancing around anxiously. "We can't follow her if we don't start moving."
Just then the intercom at the gates flared to life, calling the guard away inside. Apparently there was a breach on the premises. The guard grumbled something and made his way inside.
That couldn't be luckier! The Bladebreakers took that chance and ran down the street, hoping that they weren't the trespassers that the man was referring to.
***
Haley stepped out of the car rather hesitantly and looked up at the dark building. She rubbed the back of her neck with unease then slowly made her way inside. The guard held open the door to her, an expression of pure ice as always.
As soon as she stepped in she found Boris standing with that familiar smirk on his face. She had wanted to slap him at first but the years of discipline made her regain control.
"What do you want this time?" Haley sounded more annoyed than she actually was.
"Why, I can't simply call you and say hi?" said Boris his smirk widening.
"There's always something else." She crossed her arms and glared up at him, "And plus, you aren't that nice."
He laughed, which made him even more scary, "Quite the contrary my dear, because I'm giving you time to talk to Kai one on one."
She looked at him suspiciously. "You're kidding right? There's gotta be a catch." Her brain told her not to question the old man, all she wanted to do was talk to her old friend in peace, without knowing the catch, whatever that might be.
Boris smiled wickedly, "Why would there be a catch? You've done all you training and your skills are rarely required."
That was true, she rarely ever bladed on the official Russian team. Haley wanted nothing better than to get as far away as that old place as possible, so she isolated herself. Those years made her almost vanish entirely off the face of the planet, no one had seen her or knew of her existence. Her blading skills and powerful bit vanished from the world along with her. Of course she would never have been comfortable playing under the name of the 'Demolition Boys' anyway.
Haley still suspected Boris as he looked like he was going to have the most wonderful dinner of his life; he was on the edge of drooling. She ignored the warnings her body gave her; she couldn't pass up a chance to speak with Kai.
She nodded slowly and followed Boris into the tunnels.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
More to come. R+R please! (Sorry, I really lack enthusiasm, but I can do happy faces!" ^_^ ^ . ^
PEACE OUT!