Requiem
Nakoruru: Well, I'm almost done to the wire. Wow, this story has had its ups and downs. Thanks Holyfree for the review. A piece of advice though, you might want to not drink coke so often. ^ ^ Oh, and Ida, I'm glad you like this one. It's really refreshing to be able to do this one.
Tyson (nodding): And to think that we thought this story would turn out to be boring.
Nakoruru (_): You want to repeat that Takao? (raises a hammer)
Tyson (0_0;): Um. . .no thank you.
Nakoruru (putting up the hammer): Well, now let's get this story underway. The next happy chapter for everyone is now here.
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Before Kai could move, he felt someone behind him. Mr. Landstren's eyes flickered to the figure behind Kai and the other boys. "Now the stage can be set for humanity's demise. Ash, take the Bladebreakers' bit beasts from them, then get rid of them."
"Yes sir." As the male was about to use his psychic abilities, a light exploded from Kai's pocket, blinding the boy.
"Dranzer's trying to help us," Kai said. "Let's get out of here!" The other boys nodded, pushing past Ash and taking off further down the hall.
"Where are we going? Shouldn't we be trying to get back to the elevator that we got on?" Tyson said.
"Ever thought that they control the elevators and could trap us in one. I'd rather not take my chances with that. At least while we have the choice, we can decide where we want to go." Kai turned a corner finding a staircase. "Perfect!" The boys were about to head down them when they heard footsteps running up the stairs. Behind them, they heard rapid footfalls. Kai growled, knowing that they were trying to be trapped. Their only option now was to take the stairs up. The boys followed their team captain as he ran up the stairs.
The trip felt like an eternity, but finally they hit another floor. Pushing open the door, another door awaited them. Hesitantly, Kai walked forward, the door automatically opening in front of him. "Should we. . .should we go in?" Max asked. "I have a bad feeling about this."
"Yeah, I know what you mean, but if we go back down the stairs, we're as good as caught," Ray stated.
"You are right about that, boy." The lights in the other room sprang to life, illuminating Mr. Landstren. The room had a gigantic beystadium dish in the center. "No matter where you go, we will find you. It's futile to run away from your destiny. You should embrace it. Just think, you are helping to create a new world for humanity. One free of man's miserable existence. Only a few shall live in my new world."
"Do you think you are some sort of god who can toil with human life?" Kai's auburn eyes seemed to turn a shade darker as he glared at the mad man.
"Actually, yes. I do think I am a god. I will destroy and create this world into my image. And no one can stop me," simpered the man.
Kai took a step into the room; his eyes focused on the man. The other Bladebreakers knew that this fight was inevitable. They walked into the room and up to the dish. The door behind them shut and locked itself. There was no turning back from this. Mr. Landstren saw the look within their eyes and laughed. Did they really expect to be able to stop his plans?
"Ash, Tohru, Katsy, Cody, Sakura, it's time." Five figures walked from where they stood against a wall, to the dish in the center of the room. "It's time that we show the Bladebreakers what you can really do."
"Sakura!" Tyson shouted at the pink haired girl. "You aren't really going to do this are you! What about what we said to you!"
"Don't waste your breath, Bladebreaker. She can't hear you. None of them can. Not while the berserker system is cut on," smirked the man.
"What did you do to them?" demanded Kai. He watched the man hold up some sort of remote. "What's that?"
"This is the berserker system. A little toy my scientist came up with to keep them under my control when I need I it. This also enhanced those psychic powers of theirs. I'm sure you caught sight of the testing that went on below. What was injected into those animals is what's in their blood stream. You see when I first adopted them, their psychic abilities were significantly weaker than now. The chemicals that were injected into them were enhancers, and a form of mind controlling agent. This remote sends signals to the enhancers within their blood stream to their brains, giving them the command to complete obey me, even if it is against their will," explained Mr. Landstren. "I didn't think that it would work on them so well, with all the failed testing, but as you see, it turned out for the best."
"You bastard," Ray shouted. "They could have been killed by those chemicals! And you wouldn't have cared. You're a sick individual! We won't let you get away for what you've done." Ray pulled out his beyblade and launcher and prepared to launch his blade.
The other boys followed suit, as did the Mystics. There was no turning back from this. They launched their blades into the dish at the same time as the Mystics.
"Freleyn!" Ash's wild dog ice bit rose from its blade, growling at the Bladebreakers' blades.
"He's mine," Kai said. Kai still had a score to settle with the male over their last battle. He was prepared for whatever the boy could throw at him this time. "Dranzer!" The phoenix rose from its blade and screeched. Ash's blade collided with Kai's and a power battle was on.
"I'll cover you, dude. Dragoon!" The storm dragon bit arose from its blade, taking on the dark boar bit beast.
"Ray can you give me a hand!" Max shouted, Draciel dodging out the way of both the fire fox and the thunder lynx bit beasts.
"Sorry Maxie, I'm a little busy at the moment. Drigger dodge it!" The wind eagle bit beast swooped down to try to attack the white tiger bit beast. "Drigger now! Tiger Claw Attack!" The white tiger bit beast roared, and managed to strike the other bit. The blade was sent wobbling back a bit, before straightening up.
Max again dodged the double team he was receiving from the two blades. "Draciel, defense!" The turtle bit beasts stood in one place spinning as both blades collided with it. Draciel held strong, successfully fighting off the two attacks.
"How ya doing Max?" Tyson quickly shifted an eye to his friend before turning his attention back to his match.
"Could be better. These guys aren't playing around. They're already trying to use their powers, can you feel it?"
"Yeah, good thing that Chief enhanced our blades for this match," Tyson said. He watched Dragoon dodge out the way of another attack of the boar bit beast. "Dragoon! Phantom Hurricane!" A large gust of wind wrapped around Tyson's blade, turning into a hurricane of wind and heading for the black, red, and gold beyblade.
"Windaria, Tornado Tirade!" The eagle dove at the storm dragon bit. Katsy didn't show any surprise or anger when Dragoon pushed her beyblade back into one corner of the dish. As Dragoon was going in for the kill, the bit sputtered in its movement. Tyson found that one of the blades attacking Max had decided to attack him. Tyson turned his attention on the new blade, a turquoise and sliver blade.
"Dragoon, watch it!" The lynx snapped at the dragon, almost catching him. Dragoon dodged the move, causing the lynx to be open for an attack. Before Tyson could take the opportunity, the eagle bit had come back for another assault. Max managed to break from his battle with the fox bit and help his friend out for a minute. "Thanks Max, you're a lifesaver!"
"No prob. Hey Kai, things okay with you?"
"Could be better." Kai had managed to get out of the power battle with the wild dog bit. Every now and then Kai could feel the male trying to use his psychic power to cause him to pass out again. Kai was fighting with everything he had not to pass out. His friends (yes, after everything they went through, he considered them his friends) needed him. Not just as a leader, but for his support in their own battles, as much as he needed them for support. Dranzer was having an easier time than he was. The phoenix had managed to avoid all of the ice bit's attacks. "Dranzer! Flame Arrows!"
The phoenix bit screeched as it rose into the air. A tirade of flaming projectiles assaulted the ice bit as Dranzer continued the attack. After a while, the ice bit managed to escape the attack. It growled at the phoenix with anger, before trying to attack Dranzer again.
"What are you five doing?" growled Mr. Landstren, seeing that they were starting to lose. "You five are worthless. You are more powerful than them, and you're losing this battle!"
"Why don't you shut up, old man? If you aren't going to take us on yourself than stay out of it," retorted Kai.
"You little. . ." The man shook with indignity. Who did this boy think he was to be speaking like that to him? "You think you're going to beat me, think again. Remember that I still hold the ultimate card in this match. Right now, I have the berserker system only up to forty percent"
"It's only at forty percent," Tyson gaped.
"Oh yes. When they fought you the first time, it was at half of that. I see that forty percent isn't good enough to beat you. So how about we turn the system all the way up to one hundred percent. I thought I would never have to do this, but I see you aren't world champions for nothing." Before the Bladebreakers could do anything, the man cranked the knob all the way up. "Now! Destroy the Bladebreakers!"
The Bladebreakers looked on as the five individuals begun screaming. Dropping their launchers, the five continued to scream uncontrollably. They grabbed their heads, trying to get a hold of their bearings. "Stop it, you're killing them!" shouted Tyson. "Turn it off!"
"My Mystics, destroy the Bladebreakers, now! Use the full extend of your psychic abilities!" The screaming continued, but the Bladebreakers found that a giant wave of bluish energy swept over the dish and hit them. The last thing that the boys remembered was a tiny plea of help in the back of their minds, before passing out. In the process, each of the boys' blades stopped spinning; their bit beasts forced back into their blades. "Excellent."
The only two doors in the room were opened and guards rushed in. Mr. Landstren turned to berserker system off. The Mystics slumped to the ground, barely conscious after that assault. Their bit beasts also went back into their blades, then stopped spinning all together. Mr. Landstren gestured to a guard to get the blades from the dish.
"Take the Bladebreakers to a holding room, they are of no use to me anymore," Mr. Landstren ordered to a group of guards. "And get the girl."
"Yes sir." One of the guards walked over and picked up Sakura, alarming the other members of the group.
"Uncle! What do you plan to do with Sakura?" Tohru demanded.
Mr. Landstren looked at the boy. "She's the catalyst for my plan. She was the only one of you that I really needed once I got what I wanted. You four are no use to me anymore. Guards, take them along with the Bladebreakers to one of the holding rooms."
"Yes sir."
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Kai was the first of his teammates to awake. He looked around for a second, noticing that this room bare of windows. The door was more than likely locked on the outside, which meant it would do no good to try to break it down. The room itself was a dark beige color and had a couch with two smaller chairs. Kai's eyes widened when he saw that the couch and the two chairs were occupied. The members of Mystic sat curled up into fetal positions as if in pain.
Kai sat up, looking to find Max, Ray, and Tyson unconscious not too far from him. He crawled over to them, shaking each one until they were all awake. The boys sat up, shaking their heads. "Damn, what the hell happened?" Ray said.
"We lost the battle," Kai said. "But look." He gestured to the couch and the two chairs. The boys' mouths gaped open to find the Mystics captured with them. One of them looked up at them when he noticed they were all awake. His green eyes were full of pain and betrayal.
"He took Sakura. He said she was the catalyst for his plans. He told us that he didn't need us anymore," he replied to their unanswered questions.
"Then we have to find some way to stop him! Aren't you worried about your teammate!" Max said. The male shook his head; his teammates didn't look at them, they continued to mope. The boys could feel their betrayal and hopelessness. "Why? Are you going to let him get away with this? A lot of people are going to die. People we love and care for! Are you going to sit there and let it happen!"
"What else should we do?" the boy with the black hair spoke this time. He looked at the Bladebreakers with tearful eyes. "Why should we care anyway? It's your world, not ours."
"What do you mean?" Kai questioned.
"The world never did anything good for us, except bring us to Mr. Landstren. Even if he wasn't sincere about it, he treated us like we were something other than freaks. I don't have any parents, so I was tossed from family to family all the time. They feared me because I can read others thoughts. I was ten before I had a stable place, with Sakura and Tohru and Katsy and Ash," Cody muttered. "The world tossed us out. It didn't want us."
"My parents died when me and Sakura were four and five. Our 'dear' uncle raised us. You have no idea what it was like. Katsy's parents died when she was young and she never had anyone until she met us. Ash's parents gave him up when he was two and he had to go through his psychic abilities alone for a while until my uncle picked him up. If the world really cared about us, why would it send us to a man like my uncle who only used us as weapons? Tell me what reason we should help save such a world?" Tohru said haughtily.
Kai snorted at them four. The Mystics looked at him, as he stood up. He crossed his arms and stared at them with contempt. "Do you think you're the only one that has suffered in this world?" Kai bit out. The remark brought out a flinch from the group. "You're not the only ones that have suffered because you think the world is unfair. I understand what it feels like to think that this world doesn't care about you. My grandfather made me feel that way so many times. But I couldn't do or say anything. But I finally made a stand against him and set myself free. Give up if you want, but there is someone who you care for that is suffering. Are you going to give up on her?"
"Sakura. . ." Tohru could sense his sister's plea, as he was sure that the others could also.
"Are you going to give up on her because you're afraid that to stand up on your own two feet and make a way for yourself out in the world. Have you realized that someone does care for you? You think you're alone, but you have each other. If you support one another, you can do anything." Kai turned to look at the other Bladebreakers with a smile. "My teammates taught me that I don't have to do everything alone anymore. That they will be behind me no matter what."
"Yeah, and together, we can stand up against anything," Tyson grinned. "As long as you have your friends behind you, you can do anything. So, are you going to continue to sit there moping while Sakura's suffering? Or are you going to help us save her?"
"We. . .we will help you," Tohru said. "We must save my sister, and save humanity, in order to make our own path in this world." He looked at his teammates who agreed with him. He looked at Kai gratefully. "Thank you. We're ready to help you now."
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Nakoruru: Yeah, another chapter finished. I can't believe I'm almost done! Woohoo!! I'm going to celebrate once this is over.
Tala: And I'm sure that your reviewers won't kill you for this. After all, this is probably your longest chapter yet.
Nakoruru: This is my longest chapter yet. It took freaking three hours to write. Usually I'm done in one and a half!
Kai: Whatever. So you're almost done. Going to get back to Ai Yori Dango now?
Nakoruru: In a few. I'm going to listen to some more Good Charlotte. (to readers) The story Kai is talking about is called Boys Rather Than Love. It is a Beyblade story, but its set with the boys being normal teens in this day and age going into their first year of high school. The story focuses on Kai, Tala, Bryan, Takao, Max, Rei, Micheal, Mariah (unfortunately), and me and two of my team members. Unfortunately, it won't be on fanfiction.net. At least for a while.
Kai: Thank you for the commentary on it. Don't tell the readers about a story if you aren't going to post it! Baka!
Nakoruru: Gomen nasai! (runs from the angry readers that heard about Boys Rather Than Love) You know the routine, everyone. Review and tell me what you think!
Nakoruru: Well, I'm almost done to the wire. Wow, this story has had its ups and downs. Thanks Holyfree for the review. A piece of advice though, you might want to not drink coke so often. ^ ^ Oh, and Ida, I'm glad you like this one. It's really refreshing to be able to do this one.
Tyson (nodding): And to think that we thought this story would turn out to be boring.
Nakoruru (_): You want to repeat that Takao? (raises a hammer)
Tyson (0_0;): Um. . .no thank you.
Nakoruru (putting up the hammer): Well, now let's get this story underway. The next happy chapter for everyone is now here.
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Before Kai could move, he felt someone behind him. Mr. Landstren's eyes flickered to the figure behind Kai and the other boys. "Now the stage can be set for humanity's demise. Ash, take the Bladebreakers' bit beasts from them, then get rid of them."
"Yes sir." As the male was about to use his psychic abilities, a light exploded from Kai's pocket, blinding the boy.
"Dranzer's trying to help us," Kai said. "Let's get out of here!" The other boys nodded, pushing past Ash and taking off further down the hall.
"Where are we going? Shouldn't we be trying to get back to the elevator that we got on?" Tyson said.
"Ever thought that they control the elevators and could trap us in one. I'd rather not take my chances with that. At least while we have the choice, we can decide where we want to go." Kai turned a corner finding a staircase. "Perfect!" The boys were about to head down them when they heard footsteps running up the stairs. Behind them, they heard rapid footfalls. Kai growled, knowing that they were trying to be trapped. Their only option now was to take the stairs up. The boys followed their team captain as he ran up the stairs.
The trip felt like an eternity, but finally they hit another floor. Pushing open the door, another door awaited them. Hesitantly, Kai walked forward, the door automatically opening in front of him. "Should we. . .should we go in?" Max asked. "I have a bad feeling about this."
"Yeah, I know what you mean, but if we go back down the stairs, we're as good as caught," Ray stated.
"You are right about that, boy." The lights in the other room sprang to life, illuminating Mr. Landstren. The room had a gigantic beystadium dish in the center. "No matter where you go, we will find you. It's futile to run away from your destiny. You should embrace it. Just think, you are helping to create a new world for humanity. One free of man's miserable existence. Only a few shall live in my new world."
"Do you think you are some sort of god who can toil with human life?" Kai's auburn eyes seemed to turn a shade darker as he glared at the mad man.
"Actually, yes. I do think I am a god. I will destroy and create this world into my image. And no one can stop me," simpered the man.
Kai took a step into the room; his eyes focused on the man. The other Bladebreakers knew that this fight was inevitable. They walked into the room and up to the dish. The door behind them shut and locked itself. There was no turning back from this. Mr. Landstren saw the look within their eyes and laughed. Did they really expect to be able to stop his plans?
"Ash, Tohru, Katsy, Cody, Sakura, it's time." Five figures walked from where they stood against a wall, to the dish in the center of the room. "It's time that we show the Bladebreakers what you can really do."
"Sakura!" Tyson shouted at the pink haired girl. "You aren't really going to do this are you! What about what we said to you!"
"Don't waste your breath, Bladebreaker. She can't hear you. None of them can. Not while the berserker system is cut on," smirked the man.
"What did you do to them?" demanded Kai. He watched the man hold up some sort of remote. "What's that?"
"This is the berserker system. A little toy my scientist came up with to keep them under my control when I need I it. This also enhanced those psychic powers of theirs. I'm sure you caught sight of the testing that went on below. What was injected into those animals is what's in their blood stream. You see when I first adopted them, their psychic abilities were significantly weaker than now. The chemicals that were injected into them were enhancers, and a form of mind controlling agent. This remote sends signals to the enhancers within their blood stream to their brains, giving them the command to complete obey me, even if it is against their will," explained Mr. Landstren. "I didn't think that it would work on them so well, with all the failed testing, but as you see, it turned out for the best."
"You bastard," Ray shouted. "They could have been killed by those chemicals! And you wouldn't have cared. You're a sick individual! We won't let you get away for what you've done." Ray pulled out his beyblade and launcher and prepared to launch his blade.
The other boys followed suit, as did the Mystics. There was no turning back from this. They launched their blades into the dish at the same time as the Mystics.
"Freleyn!" Ash's wild dog ice bit rose from its blade, growling at the Bladebreakers' blades.
"He's mine," Kai said. Kai still had a score to settle with the male over their last battle. He was prepared for whatever the boy could throw at him this time. "Dranzer!" The phoenix rose from its blade and screeched. Ash's blade collided with Kai's and a power battle was on.
"I'll cover you, dude. Dragoon!" The storm dragon bit arose from its blade, taking on the dark boar bit beast.
"Ray can you give me a hand!" Max shouted, Draciel dodging out the way of both the fire fox and the thunder lynx bit beasts.
"Sorry Maxie, I'm a little busy at the moment. Drigger dodge it!" The wind eagle bit beast swooped down to try to attack the white tiger bit beast. "Drigger now! Tiger Claw Attack!" The white tiger bit beast roared, and managed to strike the other bit. The blade was sent wobbling back a bit, before straightening up.
Max again dodged the double team he was receiving from the two blades. "Draciel, defense!" The turtle bit beasts stood in one place spinning as both blades collided with it. Draciel held strong, successfully fighting off the two attacks.
"How ya doing Max?" Tyson quickly shifted an eye to his friend before turning his attention back to his match.
"Could be better. These guys aren't playing around. They're already trying to use their powers, can you feel it?"
"Yeah, good thing that Chief enhanced our blades for this match," Tyson said. He watched Dragoon dodge out the way of another attack of the boar bit beast. "Dragoon! Phantom Hurricane!" A large gust of wind wrapped around Tyson's blade, turning into a hurricane of wind and heading for the black, red, and gold beyblade.
"Windaria, Tornado Tirade!" The eagle dove at the storm dragon bit. Katsy didn't show any surprise or anger when Dragoon pushed her beyblade back into one corner of the dish. As Dragoon was going in for the kill, the bit sputtered in its movement. Tyson found that one of the blades attacking Max had decided to attack him. Tyson turned his attention on the new blade, a turquoise and sliver blade.
"Dragoon, watch it!" The lynx snapped at the dragon, almost catching him. Dragoon dodged the move, causing the lynx to be open for an attack. Before Tyson could take the opportunity, the eagle bit had come back for another assault. Max managed to break from his battle with the fox bit and help his friend out for a minute. "Thanks Max, you're a lifesaver!"
"No prob. Hey Kai, things okay with you?"
"Could be better." Kai had managed to get out of the power battle with the wild dog bit. Every now and then Kai could feel the male trying to use his psychic power to cause him to pass out again. Kai was fighting with everything he had not to pass out. His friends (yes, after everything they went through, he considered them his friends) needed him. Not just as a leader, but for his support in their own battles, as much as he needed them for support. Dranzer was having an easier time than he was. The phoenix had managed to avoid all of the ice bit's attacks. "Dranzer! Flame Arrows!"
The phoenix bit screeched as it rose into the air. A tirade of flaming projectiles assaulted the ice bit as Dranzer continued the attack. After a while, the ice bit managed to escape the attack. It growled at the phoenix with anger, before trying to attack Dranzer again.
"What are you five doing?" growled Mr. Landstren, seeing that they were starting to lose. "You five are worthless. You are more powerful than them, and you're losing this battle!"
"Why don't you shut up, old man? If you aren't going to take us on yourself than stay out of it," retorted Kai.
"You little. . ." The man shook with indignity. Who did this boy think he was to be speaking like that to him? "You think you're going to beat me, think again. Remember that I still hold the ultimate card in this match. Right now, I have the berserker system only up to forty percent"
"It's only at forty percent," Tyson gaped.
"Oh yes. When they fought you the first time, it was at half of that. I see that forty percent isn't good enough to beat you. So how about we turn the system all the way up to one hundred percent. I thought I would never have to do this, but I see you aren't world champions for nothing." Before the Bladebreakers could do anything, the man cranked the knob all the way up. "Now! Destroy the Bladebreakers!"
The Bladebreakers looked on as the five individuals begun screaming. Dropping their launchers, the five continued to scream uncontrollably. They grabbed their heads, trying to get a hold of their bearings. "Stop it, you're killing them!" shouted Tyson. "Turn it off!"
"My Mystics, destroy the Bladebreakers, now! Use the full extend of your psychic abilities!" The screaming continued, but the Bladebreakers found that a giant wave of bluish energy swept over the dish and hit them. The last thing that the boys remembered was a tiny plea of help in the back of their minds, before passing out. In the process, each of the boys' blades stopped spinning; their bit beasts forced back into their blades. "Excellent."
The only two doors in the room were opened and guards rushed in. Mr. Landstren turned to berserker system off. The Mystics slumped to the ground, barely conscious after that assault. Their bit beasts also went back into their blades, then stopped spinning all together. Mr. Landstren gestured to a guard to get the blades from the dish.
"Take the Bladebreakers to a holding room, they are of no use to me anymore," Mr. Landstren ordered to a group of guards. "And get the girl."
"Yes sir." One of the guards walked over and picked up Sakura, alarming the other members of the group.
"Uncle! What do you plan to do with Sakura?" Tohru demanded.
Mr. Landstren looked at the boy. "She's the catalyst for my plan. She was the only one of you that I really needed once I got what I wanted. You four are no use to me anymore. Guards, take them along with the Bladebreakers to one of the holding rooms."
"Yes sir."
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Kai was the first of his teammates to awake. He looked around for a second, noticing that this room bare of windows. The door was more than likely locked on the outside, which meant it would do no good to try to break it down. The room itself was a dark beige color and had a couch with two smaller chairs. Kai's eyes widened when he saw that the couch and the two chairs were occupied. The members of Mystic sat curled up into fetal positions as if in pain.
Kai sat up, looking to find Max, Ray, and Tyson unconscious not too far from him. He crawled over to them, shaking each one until they were all awake. The boys sat up, shaking their heads. "Damn, what the hell happened?" Ray said.
"We lost the battle," Kai said. "But look." He gestured to the couch and the two chairs. The boys' mouths gaped open to find the Mystics captured with them. One of them looked up at them when he noticed they were all awake. His green eyes were full of pain and betrayal.
"He took Sakura. He said she was the catalyst for his plans. He told us that he didn't need us anymore," he replied to their unanswered questions.
"Then we have to find some way to stop him! Aren't you worried about your teammate!" Max said. The male shook his head; his teammates didn't look at them, they continued to mope. The boys could feel their betrayal and hopelessness. "Why? Are you going to let him get away with this? A lot of people are going to die. People we love and care for! Are you going to sit there and let it happen!"
"What else should we do?" the boy with the black hair spoke this time. He looked at the Bladebreakers with tearful eyes. "Why should we care anyway? It's your world, not ours."
"What do you mean?" Kai questioned.
"The world never did anything good for us, except bring us to Mr. Landstren. Even if he wasn't sincere about it, he treated us like we were something other than freaks. I don't have any parents, so I was tossed from family to family all the time. They feared me because I can read others thoughts. I was ten before I had a stable place, with Sakura and Tohru and Katsy and Ash," Cody muttered. "The world tossed us out. It didn't want us."
"My parents died when me and Sakura were four and five. Our 'dear' uncle raised us. You have no idea what it was like. Katsy's parents died when she was young and she never had anyone until she met us. Ash's parents gave him up when he was two and he had to go through his psychic abilities alone for a while until my uncle picked him up. If the world really cared about us, why would it send us to a man like my uncle who only used us as weapons? Tell me what reason we should help save such a world?" Tohru said haughtily.
Kai snorted at them four. The Mystics looked at him, as he stood up. He crossed his arms and stared at them with contempt. "Do you think you're the only one that has suffered in this world?" Kai bit out. The remark brought out a flinch from the group. "You're not the only ones that have suffered because you think the world is unfair. I understand what it feels like to think that this world doesn't care about you. My grandfather made me feel that way so many times. But I couldn't do or say anything. But I finally made a stand against him and set myself free. Give up if you want, but there is someone who you care for that is suffering. Are you going to give up on her?"
"Sakura. . ." Tohru could sense his sister's plea, as he was sure that the others could also.
"Are you going to give up on her because you're afraid that to stand up on your own two feet and make a way for yourself out in the world. Have you realized that someone does care for you? You think you're alone, but you have each other. If you support one another, you can do anything." Kai turned to look at the other Bladebreakers with a smile. "My teammates taught me that I don't have to do everything alone anymore. That they will be behind me no matter what."
"Yeah, and together, we can stand up against anything," Tyson grinned. "As long as you have your friends behind you, you can do anything. So, are you going to continue to sit there moping while Sakura's suffering? Or are you going to help us save her?"
"We. . .we will help you," Tohru said. "We must save my sister, and save humanity, in order to make our own path in this world." He looked at his teammates who agreed with him. He looked at Kai gratefully. "Thank you. We're ready to help you now."
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Nakoruru: Yeah, another chapter finished. I can't believe I'm almost done! Woohoo!! I'm going to celebrate once this is over.
Tala: And I'm sure that your reviewers won't kill you for this. After all, this is probably your longest chapter yet.
Nakoruru: This is my longest chapter yet. It took freaking three hours to write. Usually I'm done in one and a half!
Kai: Whatever. So you're almost done. Going to get back to Ai Yori Dango now?
Nakoruru: In a few. I'm going to listen to some more Good Charlotte. (to readers) The story Kai is talking about is called Boys Rather Than Love. It is a Beyblade story, but its set with the boys being normal teens in this day and age going into their first year of high school. The story focuses on Kai, Tala, Bryan, Takao, Max, Rei, Micheal, Mariah (unfortunately), and me and two of my team members. Unfortunately, it won't be on fanfiction.net. At least for a while.
Kai: Thank you for the commentary on it. Don't tell the readers about a story if you aren't going to post it! Baka!
Nakoruru: Gomen nasai! (runs from the angry readers that heard about Boys Rather Than Love) You know the routine, everyone. Review and tell me what you think!