Chapter Ten: Kimmy, who?

Maybe it was a dream, as anyone would call it. For a brave and solitary person like Kai, it didn't even happen. His thoughts rummaged for every memory of that one little pink-haired girl. Once he found a scene of her, he erased it from his mind forever. To everybody that heard, she was gone. Kimmy Tajiri, an innocent little girl, is gone. Gone like the waves but without a trace of her leaving.

He closed his eyes in the stopping rain, and breathed hard.

***

It was funny too, because reality seemed to be helping Kai erase his mind of Kimmy. During the next few tragic weeks for all those who once knew Kimmy, everything about her was never mentioned. Teachers in school didn't speak a word about Kimmy or take attendance and mention her name by accident. Hilary, Kimmy's best friend, seem to have nothing to do with her too. She didn't seem happy or sad, she just carries the day muttering about Tyson's little detentions and kicking pop cans.

The Bladebreakers were taking this as if they were the only ones that actually knew Kimmy existed, aside from the confided Kai. They had many arguments as to why no one remembers her.

"You guys wouldn't believe it," Max said one day, "But I went up to Kimmy's parents and they said they didn't know who Kimmy was!"

Ray gave a funny gasp, "You mean, they were completely blank? Just like everyone else?" Max nodded. The situation was getting freaky.

Tyson thought for a moment, "Well they must be really good actors or they have really gone bonkers."

Kenny gave a yelp suddenly. Everyone looked over. "What is it, Chief?"

Kenny held a breath, then let it go heavily, "This is getting weirder and weirder! The. the. it. just. dis-"

"Tell us, Chief!" said Max, "What's weird?"

"I was going to set a new database record on Kimmy a few days ago! I got her name and possible Beyblades for her to try out but everything's gone!"

The Bladebreakers stood and sat still. Next moment, they all rushed to Kenny's laptop to start pestering Dizzy about it all. "What did you do to my records on Kimmy, Dizzy?!" Kenny asked in his highest tone. They all slumped back wide-eyed in their chairs when Dizzy said, "Who's Kimmy?"

"This is getting way freaky!" Max breathed, "Now a computer forgot who Kimmy was too."

A few mentions of her name, and the Bladebreakers fell silent, as if to pay their respects, if Kimmy was really gone. The scene of that pink-headed girl falling down a dangerous cliff seems to have seeped into their minds as they sighed.

"Dizzy's not the only one on this team that is forgetting Kimmy," Ray started, "Kai has been doing a lot of mind hacking, trying to forget her too."

Tyson looks around the circle of chairs and the room. "Where's Kai?"

***

Kai was walking on a deserted part of town. Still trying as hard as he could, to forget her. But every time he found a picture in his mind of her, memories will pour back like a ton of water and he'll have to go and forget those. It seemed hopeless to forget someone you once loved, and objected.

Before long, Kai found himself at the bottom of the cliff Kimmy fell off of. Gasping, he ran for it because more memories were returning about last night. Then, a shocked Kai found his legs wouldn't obey him. Instead, they began to steer the other way, towards the cliff, as if he forgot to do something there. He moaned to pull them back, and startled to find they stopped just at the edge of the waters. Then he noticed something.

Looking not so tall up those steep walls of rock and ground was a few measly little twigs that stuck out awkwardly. And, limping on one of those twigs was. something shiny on a chain. It caught the light of the late morning sun and gave small twinkles. Curious, Kai went closer. It was just a head taller than Kai, and he just reached it. Taking it down, he saw it was a necklace of some sort. The thing hanging from it, was a clear, pointed crystal like pendant.

Kai gasped. For the second time, he had found something that belonged to the one he so wanted to forget. Still gaping at the object he held tightly in his hand, he ran. This time, his legs let him control and he ran all the way back to the warehouse where he once operated his Blade Sharks gang. It was still abandoned, and still completely his.

Flicking on the lights and climbing up crates, his fingers tingled. If he still remembers, this is the pendant that Kimmy's bit-beast was hidden in.