Identity Thief: ::sighs:: okay so.. I have driving time with my instructor, and a whole bunch of other crap I need to do. 11 days till the end of school! YAY! ::dances around happily::

Kai: And that is a good thing?

ID Thief: umm yeah? Hello! No more teachers! No more getting up at 5:45! And NO MORE TESTS! Oh and I won't have to wear my ID anymore!

Kai: well. I don't see what the BIG deal is. you will have nothing to do this summer.

ID Thief: Yea huh! I have to find a job, and I'm going Kayaking(sp?) and doing things with my friends! Oh and next year I'm going to be a sophomore!

Kai: Uh huh. okay.. Get on with the fic!

ID Thief: Okay! Here you go chapter 3!

Bonds of Unbreakable Steal

By: Identity Thief

Chapter 3: Somewhere in Between

(Rei: Kitty! Kat! LOL!)

For about twenty minutes we have been sitting here, Kai calming down as I sit beside him, showing him I want to be there. I am about to open my mouth when I hear the adjoining bathroom door open and in burst Max.

" Good Morning!" He says happily, a large hyperactive smile plastered on his face. I feel Kai tense and he turns away, muttering a ' yeah you too'. I smile over at Max.

" Good Morning." His smile falters and he turns his bright blue eyes to where Kai's back is facing him. Max's mouth opens and I quickly jump to my feet and grab his shoulders, turning him back to the door.

"Hey Max how about you go and wake up Tyson, and get his grandfather and father up? Kai and I will meet you guys down stairs for breakfast in an hour or so." I smile and Max looks at me, then back at Kai and lowers his voice.

" Is everything okay?" I am slightly touched at how much Max worries about the one boy that probably wouldn't return the emotion.

" Yeah, Kai just has a major headache. You know from being out in the cold?" His eyes brighten and he smiles again, walking through the doorway, holding the knob in one hand.

" Okay, Kai get rid of that headache okay!" He then closes the door, not even waiting for the whispered answer of

" Yeah, thanks." I make sure the door is locked before going back to Kai. The older blader looks at me as I sit beside him and I can tell he is wondering what to do.

" Look I won't tell the others unless you want me too." I start and Kai get up from the bed, moving over to his bag. Digging through it he picks up three papers and hands them to me, silently. The he turns and pulls out two pill bottles, and a bottle of water. Looking at the names on the golden bottle he opens one and pops the pill into his mouth, swallowing it down with a gulp of water. The other bottle he takes and puts in his Cargo pocket, sealing it in there.

" Do you mind if I ask?" I ask him before I even realize what I was about to say. He looks at me and smiles slightly before looking down.

"Guess you never thought a calm and cold and uncaring person like I can have ADHD huh?" He smiles looking back at me. I'm mystified, I know I have heard of the thing, but I don't know much about it.

" And that." I ask, moving my hands in a rolling gesture. Kai only laughs softly and shakes his head.

" Okay brief history. Attention Deficit Hyper Disorder. It's kind of like an eight-cylinder pick up truck running on only four cylinders. When I take the Concerta and my booster Ritalin it kicks those other four cylinders in." He moves away and looks out the window, then he jumps on the bed I'm sitting on and sits cross legged, watching no one in particular.

" Okay. but why are you telling me this?" I ask cautiously, and Kai looks more hard at me before he smiles.

" I don't want to hide behind the masks my past have made. I want you all to see the true me. The person on the inside, the one who is scared of the dark, afraid of people, loud noises, confined spaces and things that I can't control." I can only stare, shocked. Everything Kai just told me I had no idea of, I mean he has been uncaring and unafraid, even when we faced the Dark Bladers. Looking back over at Kai who is now putting his spiky blading gloves on I look back at the paper, and quickly skim those.

Birth Certificate

Name: Kai Alexander Hiwatari-Valkof

Born: December 29, 1985

St. Petersburg, Russia

Mother: Serenity Jane Hiwatari-Valkof

Mother's Occupation: Pharmacist

Father: Keith Serge Valkof

Father's Occupation: Researcher

Okay that was fairly normal, I mean I even have a birth certificate! Taking that page and putting it beside me I skim that page as well.

Child Abuse Claim

Child: Kai Hiwatari-Valkof

Parents: Serenity Hiwatari-Valkof and Keith Valkof.

First reported notification: April 4 , 1993

Evaluation of child: July 14, 1994

Child in question was beaten to the point of unconsciousness and upon regaining the child instantly went into the fetal position and seemed to fear the doctor and nurses. My evaluation shows Kai Hiwatari was badly abused in both physical and mental areas, he shows signs of sexual abuse as well.

Looking over at Kai I notice his eyes are averted and he seems to be tensed at what I would say. He looks at me and I see the pain etched in every depth of his crimson eyes, pain that is not easily let go of.

" Kai." I try to tell him everything I'm feeling but he cuts me off.

" No, last page. You have to understand." He say quietly and then puts his head back down, like he is ashamed of what it says on the papers. I look back at the papers and then switch, and I begin reading the next.

Court order effective as of: June 12, 2003

This court order declares the custody of Kai Alexander Hiwatari-Valkof is given back to his corrected parents: Jane Valkof and Keith Valkof. This order is to be here by carried out in any means possible, when the boy turns of legal age he can apply for a home change.

"Kai that's the day we are due to land in Japan. This means."

" As of that day I have to go back to the one place and the two people I have feared for over six years." His voice cracks and I move closer to him, tears fall from the hard eyes and I feel sorry for him.

" What happened?" Kai whispers and I look at him.

" What do you mean?" I ask.

" Why did my parents have to do that? I mean was I that bad of a child, so bad that they had to do drugs and beat on me? They made me afraid, I thought parents were supposed to love their children! MINE didn't! What did I do so wrong Rei! What!" He cries asking the question he kept hidden and unasked. I grab his shaking shoulders and hug him while he sobs the pain out of his aching heart.

" You did nothing wrong Kai. You did nothing." I tell him but he shakes his head, tears running from his eyes " I must have, why else would they do this! WHY! Rei I don't think I will be able to survive this again. I won't be able to survive the beatings, the closet, the.. The. things they did to me. I'm not strong and without Dranzer to help me through this I just don't know.."

" How can you think that Kai! Huh!? I mean you are the strongest member here, okay! No one could deal with all the stuff you had happen to you! Don't you see, you are a survivor, nothing can get you down? I know Dranzer is gone, and I know your aching for her but you have to be strong, Kai you have to. If you don't find some way to get through it you will be weak!" I tell him forcing him to look at me as he puts his head down. What I see when I look into those mirrored eyes gives me the strength to do this. I see the lost and lonely boy that Kai has pushed deep into his soul, the one boy who can break the wall and rise above it all. I know it can and will come out into the world if it is coaxed.

" Kai I know you, your strength never laid in your bitbeast, or your blading skills. I know you try to cover it up, but your strength comes from something deep inside you. The one thing that makes you, you. That is your heart Kai, you have a natural heart of gold, I mean I see this every time one of us is in a jam, like the time Kenny needed the adapter for Dizzi. You went out of your way to find one, and then spent most of your exchanged money for it. But you were happy when you made that young boy's day, your eyes almost glow you know when you help someone? Did you know that?" I ask, and Kai shakes his head, I release his face and his eyes stay on me.

" No matter what you think, you are strong and you will get through this. So help me god I will see you get through this." I tell him and smile.

" Thanks Rei. you are really a friend, my only true friend." He looks over at me, and smiles slightly, his blood red eyes even redder due to the face that he had been crying.

" Hey the other's are here for you as well, and they will help you. Even Tyson!" I laugh and Kai's smirk becomes a wide grin.

" Yeah. my real friends." I move to my bag and gather up my clothes to change into. Kai turns back to his preparation for the morning and we get ready in silence. Kai calming himself and wiping the tears from his eyes. I, I'm thinking of ways to still be near Kai, but still have a place to stay. I could always take Tyson up on his offer. Tyson offered to give me a room for the rest of the summer with him and his father and grandfather. Yeah that sounds like an idea, I'm going to have to talk to Tyson later on. This way I'll be close by if anything drastic happens with Kai, he knows he can go somewhere.

An artificial season

Covered by summer rain

Losing all my reason

Cause there's nothing left to blame

Shadows paint the sidewalk A living picture frame

See the sea of people

All their faces look the same

So I sit down for awhile

Forcing a smile

In a state of self-denial

It is worthwhile

Sell my pity for a dime

Just one dime

ID Thief: Okay that was chapter 3! The song was 'Pity for a Dime' by CREED on their 'My own Prison' album. Hey Mizu_ Tenshi when do you go back! Dude/ dudet that's nuts! Wow.. Well now I'm down to umm.. 10 days! Yay!

Kai: yeah! Wahoo! I don't care!

ID Thief: You know I'm going to beyblade your ass into the ground!

Kai: Oh yeah?!

ID Thief: Yeah! Sable Flame ATTACK! :: Kai becomes charred::

Kai: sneaky !!@#$#$#$$%^ and !#$$%^$^$%$#$ and @#$#$%$%^#$@$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sable Flame: SHUT UP!

Kai: Bite me!

Sable: Okay! ::Bites Kai right in butt::

ID Thief: Okay well review! PLEASE! REVIEW! PLEASE! REVIEW! PLEASE! REVIEW!