Kerda: Well, we're back again. And here's the new chapter. This is where…
Max: This is where we start the show before Kerda could ruin the whole thing.
Tyson: Aww, please let her tell us?
Max: You'll see what happens. You may speak now Kerda, but don't tell about the chapter, just tell them what you needed to say.
Kerda: Okay, okay. Thanks all reviewers, for being so nice, and Darina doesn't own BeyBlade, as most of you figured out already, so that's my disclaimer for today. Oh, and before the chapter starts, can I ask you all something? If you're going to review, could you tell me in which version do you like the way Kai looks most, the Japanese or the American? Thank you.
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" Halt," one of the guards said, a gun still pointing at the group before it. Who are you trespassers?" Tyson, Max, Johnny, Naia, Oliver and Enrique froze. Kai, however, made no exception to the threatening voice the guy gave out.
" We are the people who are taking their own freedom in what to do," he hissed at the talking guard. And we are the people who are going to kick your tin-can butts." Before the other three metal-suited men, or the one who spoke in the matter of fact, could respond, Kai jumped on the nearest one who stood still the whole time with the other two people behind the one who talked, as if shocked or angry from seeing somebody else in the castle, and tackled him.
" Kai!" the blue-haired demon heard most of the people from his group yell, but chose to ignore their surprise. Hmm, the head sound good, he thought, raising a fist high above the guard's head. He was prepared to lower his hand into the iron mask, when…
" Huh, no!" the smaller guard who wasn't moving either before ran over and quickly held Kai's hand back. Don't, brother." Kai put his hand down in confusion. Did…that person just call him brother? The small-sized guard, meanwhile, took off the helmet on their head to reveal sunny-blonde hair and blue eyes underneath. Two hands wrapped themselves around Kai's waist and Korea buried her face in his chest.
" Sister?" Kai asked, the shock of the discovery still on to him, but then he gave a friendly smirk. At last we found you, I was wondering where you were." Surprising enough, in front of everybody's eyes, Kai hugged the little girl back. But something made him let go. Who was the person he just tackled?
While the others ran to Korea and greeted her in their usual manner, lifting her up, as well as occasionally hugging her, laughing all the same, Kai struggled to take the helmet off the person under him. When he finally did so, a head with golden eye and raven-black hair showed up.
" Rei?" Kai seemed even more surprised this time. The angel wore a very shocked expression, plainly showing he didn't expect Kai to do that.
Then again, maybe I should have, knowing him for quit a while now, Rei thought, quickly sending a message to his memory bank. Kai was overtaken with surprise of Rei being the person he tackled, but a lot of that shock rapidly turned to anger as the demon remembered how furious he was with Rei for running off like that.
" What the hell were you thinking?!" the happiness of seeing Korea again was interrupted by a yell and the rest turned their heads to see Kai frantically screaming at Rei. The group wanted to give Rei the same treatment they gave Korea, but the angry look on Kai's face told them they'd better save it for after the fight.
" We were fucking worried about you and you just run off?!" the blue-haired teen kept yelling at the raven-haired boy beside him. Even the two other guards turned their attention to the scene.
" I just saw something, so I thought I shoul…" Rei tried to explain calmly, but Kai wouldn't give him a chance.
" You just SAW something!" he yelled. And you decided to go after it, not even giving a second thought to what we might do seeing you gone, am I not right?!" Everybody could see that this was getting out of hand.
" Kai, I thought there was danger and I wanted to warn you guys, but feared the shadow might…" Rei gave it another try. But Kai's temper took the best of him.
" Oh, I see!" he hissed loudly. You decided to show us how brave you were and that you coul…" Korea ran in between them.
" Kai, it's not Rei's fault," she said loudly, which made Kai pause to listen to her too. Really, it was me who was sneaking around the halls and I wanted to get somebody's attention, and since Rei was the closest one, I got him to follow me." Kai stared at her silently for a moment, but then turned away, walking past the guard who talked in the first place to join the others, who still looked like they just saw a volcano explode.
" I say, you haven't changed a bit while you were away Kai, have you?" the first guard took off his helmet, showing purple hair underneath it. You're still as stubborn as always." Kai just "hmph"ed in response and leaned against the nearest wall, though he knew perfectly well who that man was.
" Who are you?" Max asked the strange man…
~Rei's POV~
" This is Robert, Korea's sword-fighting teacher," I said, introducing the man to my friend. A moment later there were a lot of "nice to meet you"s and "hello"s, as well as a "what's up" from Tyson. One by one they introduced themselves to Robert.
" Good to know you all," he chuckled in response. Before you have any questions as in why I'm not trying to take you all into prison, I should just come right off: I know what happened and how it wasn't the angels' fault the young Kai and Korea were missing."
" That's good to hear," I hear Enrique sigh at Oliver's side. We had enough trouble already." I knew he was talking about our whole adventure. I actually was quit excited from it myself, but I had to admit it tired me out so far.
" So, where'd you guys get all this gear?" Tyson asked, looking over the guard helmet. It's awesome." I laughed. It's good to hear Tyson was still Tyson.
" Oh, Robert here is the commander of the people roaming around this castle," I replied quickly, making Tyson's eyes go wide in disbelief. He then turned to Robert.
" You are the main guy with all there guards?" he asked. Too cool! Hey Korea, you got some teacher there." Robert looked a tiny bit embarrassed at Tyson's compliments.
" Any other questions?" Korea asked, imitating a game show host.
" Yah. Who's that guy?" Naia pointed behind Robert and all eye, except Kai's, which were shut, turned to look at the medium-sized guard behind the teacher. This was the first time I noticed him. What bothered me most, though, was the fact that he was still pointing a gun right at us. I take it that he's not one of our members…
" I…don't…know," Korea stepped a few feet backwards, since she was standing the closest to the mysterious person. The other didn't even flinch, but his hand was still on the chord that would liven the gun up and shoot right at us.
Uh-oh…I thought as I noticed the guard tugging at the gun's handle. Everybody froze, waiting for a blow. I was about to react when he pulled the part, which set fire on us. Then…
" Oh, looks like somebody's a little scared," a teasing voice came out of nowhere, but no shots rang out. No acid balls hit us. I thought the voice sounded familiar, but I couldn't quit place it from the panic that kept rising in my body.
But Tyson seemed to know as he stepped forward and pointed a slightly quivering fiber at the metal person.
" K…K…" he tried to say, though it was unclear to me what. K…Ken…ny?" Then it hit me. Duh, it was Dizzy's voice. How could I ever forget THAT talking laptop? Kenny carries it around everywhere!
" Uh-ha," the guard knobbed and took of the top of his outfit, lengthened brown hair covering his unseen, from even the distance Korea was standing at, eyes. Everyone stood still again. This was a moment of graceful silence…
Not for Max thought:
" Chief!" he yelled, the first one to run up to the brunette, hugging him until Kenny went reddish in the face because the blonde was squeezing him so hard. To be on the safe side, I saw Kenny put down his laptop, which was hidden in the suit, when all of us, with the exception of Kai and Robert, ran over to greet him.
" Kenny, where on earth were you?" Naia asked. Kenny smiled and pulled his glasses up higher.
" Well, when you guys didn't signal me for a long time, I heard a swoosh of wings above me and SMASH!" he began. Before I knew it, I was carried away by some demons, accidentally dropping Dizzy's spare battery out of my pocket.
" After a while of flying, they bought me here, where they locked me up in some kind of a capsule made of glass…"
" Which was not very bright of them," Dizzy smart-mouthed from below ", since Kenny here had a little invention of his called the minimized laser-projector." Kenny was about to say something, but decided not to, as he reached into his pocket and pulled out what looked like a normal pen. We all stared at the little metal object in his hand.
" It looks just like…an ordinary pen," Tyson said, a sweat at the back of his head.
" It's only the outside to disguise it," Chief replied. Inside, there's really a special mechanism that allows me to, when turned on, make it let out extreme amounts of heat to melt almost anything from glass to rubber. But apart from being a handy weapon, yes, this also works like a normal pen." That's clear enough, I guess.
" So, you melted the capsule with this laser pen?" Robert came to take a closer look at the invention. Pretty good, considering you're not from around here." Kenny was about to ask how he knew that, when the man informed them that Korea filled him in some time ago.
" Well, then, I'll continue," the brown-haired guy commended, clearly satisfied with the answer Robert gave him. After I got out of the capsule, in which I was trapped with Dizzy in, we quickly scanned what was around. It was clear that we were in some kind of an old laboratory. But to my even bigger surprise, when I walked around it, I found two armor suits, this one and another one. So, I decided to disguise myself under a guard in the castle to find you guys. That's when I saw another three guards pass by…"
" Who were us," Korea couldn't resist saying. Kenny knobbed.
" And that's how I f…" Kenny's voice was drowned out by the sound of some kind of an alarm. We all stood still, listening to what the alert was about.
" All units gather around the third corridor, the escaped prisoners have been spotted!" a voice yelled and I felt a shiver run down my spine. Something told me that if we go with the other guards, we would find the angels we're looking for.
" They've spotted the other angels," I panicked, quickly taking off the metal suit so I could spread out my wings. All except for Korea and Robert, who were there when we set the others, looked at me in surprise. Even Kai opened his eyes. Well, at least I got his attention.
" What do you mean, the other angels?" Enrique asked. I knew there was no time for long explanations.
" Me and Korea found them while we were separated, so we set them free," I explained while the other listened. Then, we ran into another security group, so Korea and I stayed to distract them so the angels could escape. That's when we met Robert and he gave us these outfits. We couldn't find the angels since then." Korea didn't give me a chance to continue as she jumped out of her metal suit and faced the others.
" What are we waiting for?" she asked. Right now, we need to get to the third corridor. Otherwise, we might never see them again."
" Yes, you're right," Naia said.
" Let's go help those angels!" Tyson followed. The others just knobbed in agreement. I smiled, seeing that they took this seriously.
" Robert, you know your way around the castle better than any of us," I turned to the commander next to me. Will you show us how to get to the third corridor?"
" Yes, but we must go quickly," he said. Follow me!" With than, he took off into the air, Korea and I following him. Kai also shot up next to us, while the guests from another planet ran quickly below us, since they weren't able to fly.
" How far is it from here?" Kai suddenly asked, making me fly up higher in sudden surprise. Robert stared intensively ahead, as if trying to ignore the blue-haired demon prince.
" Hmm, I'd say a few minutes of running or flying," he finally said, rubbing his chin, trying to figure out if that's right. Five at the most, but we have to travel quicker than that, since it might be soon too late to save them." I knew by "them" he meant the angels in trouble.
Kai said nothing, but his wings picked up the pace and a moment later, he was on our level. I didn't pay attention to when he shot a look at me, so I didn't get what his gaze said, but I definitely felt his burning eyes cutting into my skin.
" We're almost there," Robert took a turn around the corner, as I made sure everybody who was running was still there. All six of them, if you didn't include Dizzy.
I noticed that the sound of the alarm got louder as we neared the third corridor. Robert took a twisty turn, making me nearly smash into the nearest wall, but I managed to keep on my feet somehow.
Then, in the distance I saw them…
" There're the angels," I shouted, the others quickly following my hand to where I was pointing. There was a group of people with white wings flying above the ground, but I could see they were panicking.
" Lee, Kelvin, Mariah, Gary," I yelled to get their attention. The four of them quickly turned their heads to us. I saw Mariah's face go from surprised to happy.
" It's R…"
" There they are!" a voice interrupted Kevin's words and to my horror, an ARMY of guard rushed toward them. I motioned for my friend angels to follow us as we took the same turn, trying to get away from the security.
" Robert, is there any quick way out of here?" I yelled to the guard beside me. He thought for a moment, but Kai spoke first…
" I know one," he said and changed his course as he quickly started flying up. I didn't get what he was doing until a second later…
" Raging heat wave!" he yelled and a wave of flames, covering the ceiling came out. A hole quickly materialized at the top and Kai flew out. He turned back at us.
" What are you waiting for?!" he yelled. Get up here if you don't want to be acid remains." I began to fly up, when I noticed the other people still on the ground. We had to do something to help them fly.
An idea hit me a few seconds later…
" You guys," I yelled to the angel nearing us. Grab one of those people below so they could also get out." Mariah wanted to ask whom, but Lee muttered something to her and she silenced herself.
" Okay," Kevin yelled and flew down to Enrique. Do you mind getting on or should I present a cartage for you also." Enrique turned his face away, cheeks slightly burning in anger.
" Aww, come on, Enrique, you don't want to be caught, do you?" I heard Oliver ask and turn around just in time to see his face leaning closer to Enrique's as the French look-alike whispered something in his ear. I snickered, seeing the other blush and climb on Kevin's shoulders. My green-haired friend quickly smiled. Lee offered Naia a ride, while Mariah was helping out Max, Gary was helping out Tyson, Oliver was carried up by Lunera, who, to my surprise, carried him pretty fast, and finally, Will helped Kenny up, of whom I caught a glimpse with flushed cheeks. The rest of the angels flew out alone as I led them up to the hole made by Kai in the ceiling.
I felt the fresh air in my lungs as the rising sun greeted us. Wow, morning already? I guess we were inside that castle longer than we thought. I made sure the others were okay when something horrible caught my eye. The guards that spotted my friends were right after them, shooting fireballs in all directions.
" Ahhh," Mariah yelled as a fireball sent her into the roof of the nearby building. Max lost his grip in the process and started to fall off Mariah.
" MAX!" I yelled.
" No!" many people said. Luckily, Mariah caught the young android's hand in time, but one of her wings was damaged so I knew she could barely fly.
" Die, you blasted thing!" a few of the guards yelled as they started to fire at the two helpless people hanging on the roof of the house.
" Ahhh, help!" Mariah shut her eyes as the fireballs send sparks all around Max and her, rocking their bodies dangerously from side to side. I didn't hold anything back as I flew strait towards the guards, attacking one of them. The others quickly rushed over towards me, which I hoped would give Max and Mariah time to recover and escape.
I kicked and punched, but there were too many of them. This felt like in the dungeon, only this time I was outside. I saw the others trying to come near me, but I knew I had to stop them, because if they came closer, they'd get shot. And then it would be all over…
" Rei…" Naia began, but I cut her off.
" No, don't come any closer guys, or they might get you…no!" I saw one of the guards turning around to shoot a gigantic ball of fire at the others. I quickly ripped through the crowd and kicked him from behind, which caused him to fall, but as soon as he did, I felt people punching me, hitting me with more fireballs and throwing me all over. And it hurt like hell! Every the nerve ending in my body woke up and screamed, but as badly as I wanted to get away from these guards, I knew I had to stay. My heart raced fast, but I managed to keep myself on my feet somehow and still take the torturous beating.
" Rei, are you crazy, get out!" I heard Kai yell, but somebody hit me in the back of my head with a metal-hard fist and my vision started to go blurry. I had only one choice left; I had to use what I used before. My body tensed up and tried to ignore all the commends and beating and pain I received at the moment and finally got myself to focus on my energy. My body glowed green and all the pain was suddenly gone…
~Korea's POV~
Oh, no, Rei, we have to do something. Wait, why is suddenly glowing green. And why does he have his eyes closed. And since when…oh, no. He's not going to…he can't…
" Rei, don't do it!!!" I yelled, making the others look sharply at me…
~Rei's POV~
" Rei, stop it now, you're crazy for doing this!" Korea kept on yelling warnings to me, but I chose to go on. My eyes closed as I felt the energy almost ready to be released.
" Hey, what's he doing?" one of the guards asked, his voice dripping with panic. I smirked. This is for you, guys, I thought, opening my eyes weakly to look at the others.
" Raging…Energy Wave!" I yelled out loud as I heard gasps coming from my friends and that was all…
The area, along with the guards disappeared in white and the last thing I saw before I felt my vision go totally black and darkness consumed me was the guards falling towards the ground under us, and knowing I joining them…
~Enrique's POV~
Wow, what did Rei just do? It seems like a bomb exploded in him. Okay, at least the guards are dea…that's Rei!
" Ahh, no!" Oliver yelled as Rei was streaming after the guards toward the ground…
~Naia's POV~
" Rei, hold on!" I yelled, frantically trying to figure out what to do. Lee also seemed worried, but I knew he couldn't catch Rei with me on his back.
Rei's body hit the roof of a temple and slid down, still banged up. I just now noticed that his clothes were leaking in blood. Huh, what happened to him?
Before Rei hit the ground, the others tried to help him, but Kai somehow managed to reach the boy before he crashed. He sped a million miles an hour and with a brush of light, caught the broken angel. I let out a sigh of relief and begged Lee to fly up to Kai, wanting to check if Rei was okay.
" Rei!" I yelled as we neared the demon. Oh, please be okay." Kai just flew right past, carrying Rei in his hands, though I swear I saw worry flicker on his face from time to time.
" Did you see how Rei looked?" Mariah asked in shock. The only way to get in that condition is if…" she quickly changed the subject "…how many times did he use that Raging Energy Wave technique of his?" I didn't know, but luckily, Korea came to my rescue.
" I think this was the second time," she said. He did it once when we were traveling through the dungeons. I heard most of the other angels gasp. Was it that bad?
" Then, no wonder he's bleeding all over," Kevin said. We shouldn't use that attack more than once in one day, let alone the fact that we could already die from using it only one time." But then, Rei can't be, can he…
" Are you slowpokes coming, cause if you're not, more of these guards will come and we'll get more than one person hurt here!" Kai yelled from above, looking at all of us. The angels that helped us regained their flight as I hoped Rei wasn't gone…
~Rei's POV~
When the night skies open
The bright stars twinkle
I've been living in the dark
Like a piercing dream in my mind
Uhhh, I felt myself let out a small yell, seeing the pain that kept vibrating white-hot knives through my body from time to time. Instead of black, I saw white in my closed eyes. But after that attack, that was the only thing I could feel. My body totally gave away from pulling that stunt again, thought I knew I had to.
" He's alive!" I heard Kais voice somewhere from the field of white, but to me, it seemed faint and whispery. Was it finally over? Was the end for me near? Maybe…
Despite of the fact that my body didn't respond to any of my brain's commands, I still noticed that somebody was holding me up in the air, probably carrying me. Now, if only I could open my eyes just a tiny little bit…
" Aghh!" another shot blasted through my body as my eyes barely opened, the colors dancing in large blobs in front of them. The brightest one was yellow and it felt like the only thing existing in the world right now was a gigantic lemon-bright spot. I decided to risk trying to open my eyes a little more. That's when it came…the hurt that sealed itself inside me for another time struck me hard. My voice found strengths and I yelled, making whoever was carrying me flinch.
I shall not forget.
You, by whom this closed heart has been opened
Today's goodbye is the beginning of tomorrow
Even if we take separate paths now
" Oh, god, is he okay?" I heard a low yell from somewhere and my eyes finally started coming into focus. I tired to blink, but that also hurt, though less than opening my eyes. Still, I didn't want to risk opening and closing my eyes too much, but at least things weren't anymore just blobs around me. I pursed my lips and prepared for the worst as I decided to dare and try to open my eyes at least halfway. As I expected, the pain rushed needles into me, pricking every pinch of my skin and I tried to keep my lips as closed as I could, but when I finally could take no more of this, my body gave a quick jerk and I yelled again. The person who was carrying me was also coming into focus and I guessed they were looking down at me. The most evident color I saw was blue. Blue? Could it be…
We shall arrive at the same place...
Even if we had ran into each other
Call it a miracle
For we can be proud of all the days
" K…K…" I tried to say his name, but was too weak.
" I suggest you save your strengths, you'll need it to recover," a grouchy familiar voice came from above again, but this time is felt too faint and my eyelids felt too heavy, as well as my chest rose as it became too hard to breathe. My body went limp once more and I felt total calmness spread all over me. The white disappeared, consumed once again by shades of the upcoming blackness.
" K…K…Ka…i," my voice was a whisper I barely recognized before darkness consumed me again, this time an a peaceful slumber…
~Normal POV~
We ran together
I shall walk.
Taking the never-fading star of this heart
Surely a goodbye is not a period
If I go on and climb the everlasting hill
I shall meet you again...
" Ka…i," Rei said, his voice lower and lower with every second. The wind carried the remaining sounds as the demon looked down at the now limp body in his arms. Oh, no, was his thought.
" Rei, wake up!" he shook the angel lightly. Rei, if this is all a joke, then…" But even he could see this was no joke. Stopping in the sky, he tried to wake the other up, just to see him fall back emotionlessly. Not a flinch, not a move, not a singe sound.
" Kai, what's wrong?" the others flew up to him. Kai shock his head at Rei. At that moment, no words were needed. None were said either. They all knew what happened by the calm, empty look on the raven-haired angel's face. The wind picked up and the sky began to darken, covering up the bright yellow circle that kept rising above, but suddenly got clouded. Tears slowly started to pour down everybody's face like the rain that was coming on. One slowly touched even Kai's face, escaping from his eyes, the eyes of a boy who haven't cried ever since he was a young when he and his sister were left parentless. It landed on Rei's check, slowly falling down like it was his own, seeming like a gem of blue sadness on his face.
Today's goodbye is the beginning of tomorrow
If in my mind, I shall be beside you
Surely a goodbye is not a period
Even if we take separate paths now
we shall arrive at one place...
That is so
" He can't be, c-can he?" Naia asked. Not after all this…Ahhhhh!" A large explosion sent the unsuspecting people backwards, the angels nearly dropping their passengers.
" Huh, what was that?" Tyson quickly looked around and his, as well as the other people's eyes widened. They were standing in front of a sea of guards, each one with either a sword or a gun.
A goodbye is the beginning of
everything
Because anyone, everyone is in the middle of a journey
That is so
A goodbye is not a period
If I go on and climb the everlasting hill
Someday I know we'll meet...
" That's grandfather's military!" Korea gasped. Everybody just kept on staring at the demons, who quickly circled them from all directions.
" Now, you puny creatures!" somebody stepped out of the crowd. Kai and Korea's eyes widened.
" G-g-grandfather…" Korea hushed, her eyes locked onto the man in front of the army. All this was needed to get a bunch of angels?
The man's face was hard as stone and he looked dead serious, but to his surprise, he saw the two people he least expected to see among the enemy.
" Korea?" he asked unsure. Kai…"
What will happen now that our heroes are surrounded? Is Rei really dead? And how will Kai and Korea's grandfather react to his descendants being on the opposite side? Find out in the next chapter.
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Kerda: Noooo, Rei can't die…oh, hello everybody, I was just reading the chapter.
Tyson: Yah…
Max: Okay, guys, close up time.
Kerda: Wait, also before I forget, could everyone who will review also tell me, apart from the Kai question, if there are any people who like Yuri out there? Just a question.
Max: Okay, see you next time folks!
