ID Thief: :P I am bored! SOOOO! BORED!

Scor: ::tries to jump off desk::

ID Thief: stupid hamster... ::puts Scor back in Cage::

ID Thief: okay, well nothing is happening, so here is the next chapter

Don't Throw Your Life Away

By: Identity Thief

Chapter 10: Bleeding souls speak

(Kai)

My little half brother Vincent watches me as I do the stupid finger stretches Lisa gave me to do. My arm twinges in pain but I keep going, knowing I have to make myself stronger so when I face Sully I can have every once of strength I can muster. I will beat him, I have to.

" Ya know? It's amazing how you can keep your face straight. I know that hurts." Vincent's annoying voice pipes up and I flick my eye at him, he was lounging in the chair, looking at one of the books Rei had brought me. Obviously a book he wouldn't understand, but what could I do?

" Do you now?" I ask, and wince slightly as the stabbing pain flares and then recede.

" Yeah, my father had that happen to him once too. 'cept his was caused by a brick. Not a Beyblade." I look right at him, my temper flaring at his 'my father'. That man he calls a father obviously wanted to create a life, or name for himself, so he took my father's name.

" Well, that sucks now doesn't it." I growl and then relax back on my bed, still looking at the younger version of myself. The bright Cinnamon eyes were innocent enough, showing bright with a curiosity that only comes naturally with age. Accented slightly and a free spirit, he would make a good blader, if he only had the discipline.

" So, Vincent. How did you get mixed up with the Sinful Bladers?" I ask, relaxing further into the pillow, my eye never wavering. Vincent seems to stiffen at the question but only levels with me a strong gaze.

" Dad never wanted me to Beyblade, but I went to school with A-Jax and Mac, Sully went to a privet school. They taught me to blade, and I became good. I don't have a bitbeast, but I could be better than you, even back when you weren't injured. That's how good I am." Cocky little son of a bitch isn't he? Well I was going to kill his cockiness.

" Well little brother, just to let you know I was trained for nothing but Beyblading. Grandfather made me a soldier of his mad mind. I can't do anything other than Beyblade. I am the only one in this family who can stand on his own!" I tell him, my voice even and cold. Vincent blinks at the latter and then sneers.

" Know why Voltaire treated you like a machine? Always kept you from him and sent you the friggen ABBY! DO YOU KNOW WHY I WANTED TO ATTACK YOU?!" Vincent was on his feet now; hands balled into fists, I only sit there, a blank look on my face and eye blank.

" Wait, your going to tell me right?" I hiss and this sends Vincent into a whirlwind. He comes closer, tot he point I can feel his breath. Is this kid addicted too cinnamon?

" YES! You had my father's respect that's why! He always thought of you, and even had a picture on his desk where mine was supposed to be! I grew up hating you! You stole everything from me, my father loved you more than I! I was supposed to have the power of DRANZER! I was supposed to be the one in the Abby, and you the one on the outside!" Tears ran freely down his face, cinnamon eyes red from the pent up emotion. I get up and move to the window, facing the rain-slicked streets I see two birds. They are sitting on a wire, huddled together. Under their wings is a smaller bird and I realized they are shielding their young from the raging storm on the outside world. Like father tried to do to me, and didn't. Sobbing can be heard from behind me, and I slowly turn to see Vincent run from the room, just as Rei comes in, his eyes wide with curiosity. Lee and Tala follow behind, also watching Vincent race down the hall.

" What the hell?" Tala asks, a slight smile on his face. Lee looks down the hall, back at me, and back down the hall, in a slight confusion.

" What did you do? Beat the crap out of him?" Lee asks, coming to stand at my side. I shake my head and sigh. Rei only looks at me while Tala flops on my bed.

" No, we talked." Tala laughs. Rei smirks and Lee shakes his head.

" Yeah, talked so loud that we could hear you down the hall! My friend you and Vincent are a lot alike. Too hot headed!" Lee tells me and places a hand on my shoulder I flinch. Lee removes his hand and I look down, ashamed at the wetness accumulating in my eye.

" Kai? What did Vincent say to you?" Rei asks, coming to my shoulder. I look up at him and see the concern etched on every feature, and I shake my head.

" He thinks my father loves me more than him, yet he doesn't stop to think! My father left me to burn, along with my mother! He left me! He thinks that my life was a pleasure! He actually wanted to go to Abby, and he wanted Dranzer's power! He doesn't understand what I had to go through to get this far! He has no idea! No idea what so ever what it feels like to find out your father is alive and didn't even think twice about you!" I tell him, my voice not letting on to the pain inside, twisting in my stomach and making my head hurt.

" He doesn't understand the beatings, the pain and the damage that life caused. I will forever be like this, a person hidden behind a mask! Is that really what he wants!? To be loved by no one and forgotten!? I wouldn't trade this life with him! It would kill him. He couldn't last a DAY in the shoes I have! I have never been wanted, never been cared for and NEVER BEEN HELPED!" I blurt out, slamming my undamaged hand down on the counter. Rei jumps and Tala quickly comes to me, whispering in Russian, and I shake my head.

" Is that really what happened?" A small voice asks from the doorway, and I turn to see Vincent, eyes still wet from crying. His small frame shuddering with each sob, making him seem younger than his thirteen years.

" Yes." I mutter and turn back to the window. My eye watching as the rain falls from the gray and black sky.

" Has life really been that bad? I mean, was all that true?" More questions. I nod my head, Tala never leaving my side, but giving the young Vincent some room.

" You have no idea what the Abby does. It takes all you childish fears and twists them to be used against you. They mold you into what you see in Kai and myself. The Abby broke us down, and rebuilds us to be emotionless, cold and order obeying mindless drones. If you didn't have a strong soul, you wouldn't have survived. The only way we survived is because we depended on each other. We knew this world didn't care for us, that was obviously why they sent us to such a place. That's no place for a child like you, and as for Dranzer.." I cut Tala off, and turn to the young boy standing behind me.

" I worked hard to gain this much. This is the only love I have in my pitiful life. She's what keeps my sanity in check and gets me through each day. I don't deserve her, but she thinks otherwise." I pull the Phoenix out of my pocket and hold her up, showing my brother the glowing red blade, and his eyes widen, tears resurfacing in them. Before I could blink Vincent closed his arms around me, and squeezed. My eyes widen in shock and I look at the other's who were smiling. Not knowing what else to do I placed my own hands around his back, lightly. I don't want to hurt him, but I want to give him reassurance that I am here.

" I didn't know that's how you felt. I have always been jealous of you." Vincent sobs into my shirt and I look at Rei, whose sad smile makes me smirk.

" It is I who should be jealous of you Vincent. You had the time to know you're father. You had a family life, and you are still innocent, always looking for the good in people. While I am always looking for the reasons behind people wants to be close to me. I envy you, you can trust naturally, and you're not ruined and unfixable." I let go of the smaller frame, and he unclasps himself from my waist, looking up at me with tear stained face and more falling from his eyes.

" Brother?" He asks, looking sheepishly around at the others. I smile and Tala, Rei and Lee move closer to the door, Tala never taking his suspicious eyes from the young boy.

" Would you want to be part of a family?" He asks and I stop. Maybe I would, but then again I wouldn't know how to be part of a family. That's a whole new adventure.

ID Thief: Awww.. Tender moment between two brothers! ::looks at sister:: why didn't we ever do that?

Sister: because we were to busy fighting and arguing.

ID Thief: RIIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTT, but u still love me right?

Sister: keep telling yourself that! ::leaves::

ID Thief: well if she didn't love me than why would she be bringing me to the Cape on Wednesday?

BladerSINbad: because she feels bad for you?

ID Thief: SHUT UP!

BladerSINbad: REVIEW! BEFORE SHE KILLS ME! REVIEW!