Desires of the Heart


Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade.


~~Chapter 5: Epilogue~~


A week had passed since the death of Korida Tai Hiwatari. A funeral had been held. The Bladebreakers continued to stay at Kai's house, but the All-Starz had continued their journey around the world to collect beyblading data. As the narrator and author, I wish I could say that everything went back to normal...


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There was a knock at the door.


Kai Hiwatari was in no mood for visitors. He snapped, "What??"


The door opened. Ray Kon walked in. "I made breakfast."


"So?"


"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You've hardly eaten anything in the last week!"


"I'm not hungry."


"Yeah, but I haven't seen or even heard you training in the last week either."


"So?" Kai was getting impatient.


"You always train!"


"Look, do you have a point?"


Ray shrugged helplessly. "I guess not..." He walked out.


Kai frowned. He picked up a tennis ball and threw it against the wall angrily. It bounced off a pair of pants. Something crinkled loudly. Kai blinked. Something was in the pockets of his pants. He got up and pulled it out. He stared at the crinkled paper, vaguely remembering someone throwing it to him.


He straightened it out best he could, and read silently, almost hearing a soft voice whispering:


Kai... I hoped it wouldn't come to this. But if you're reading this now, I'm gone... finally. I was born and raised into a world of pain and anger, and so were you. The difference is that you are and will be somebody. The somebody that I never could be. I always dreamed of it, Kai, being more than a small person in a big world. Don't be like me, Kai. You're a good kid, you always were. If you had been raised in a real family, you wouldn't be like you are, cold and hard. But that coldness is just a wall, a barrier protecting your heart. And all walls fall eventually. You just need something strong.


You have friends. You have a girlfriend. Don't let them slip away. Just... please. Live out the dream that I never had a chance to live. Be somebody. Help this world, so nobody will be raised like I was. Consider it a last wish. By the way, the blade was built... by our father. I lied, he built it. Find him. He's out there. I even heard he was acting like a neighbour. He could be living near you, Kai. Trust me, he was a great guy. I know that he would willingly do anything so that we could both get another chance at life, but things don't happen that way. We can't go through our lives wondering "what if?" Be strong, Kai. Hang tough. And never give up... for both of us. I'm sorry we never got a chance to live a happy life together. Goodbye... my brother.


Kai sat in quiet reflection for a few seconds, then decided to get some breakfast. He couldn't help but give a small smile as he walked into the kitchen and got some food. Ray's cooking was better than his.


"Hey, Kai!" Ray greeted him as Kai stepped into the dining room where Tyson was wolfing down fifths.


"Excellent as usual, Ray," Kai replied as he took a seat and gestured to the food.


"Tyson seems to agree," Max added cheerfully.


Ray tried not to push too hard, but he had to ask, "Feeling better, Kai?"


"You bet. After all, life is best lived with friends."


Ray grinned and they finished their breakfasts in silence.


Kai called as he swallowed his last bite, "Tyson!" He smiled uncharacteristically.


"What?" Tyson replied between bites.


"Hurry up. I want to talk to you in the kitchen."


"Fine!"


Kai strolled back into the kitchen, and set up to cook.


"What's so important that you had to interrupt my breakfast?" Tyson whined as he stepped into the kitchen.


"Well..."


~~Meanwhile~~


"He seems happier," Ray noted, "doesn't he?"


Max nodded in agreement. Kenny complained, "I still can't figure out this blade!"


"I'm sure you'll get it, Chief," Max assured him.


Ray pondered aloud, "Why would he call Tyson into the kitchen?"


"That's a good question," Kenny put in.


"Let's go look," Max suggested. The other two boys agreed. They opened the kitchen door a crack. The boys blinked and suppressed giggles.


"YOU WANT ME TO WHAT?"


"I said I'm going to teach you how to cook."


"B-But-"


"Tyson! It's only fair. With all the food you eat, you should have learned a long time ago. As they say, 'Give a man a fish and he will have food for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will have food for a lifetime.'"


"Oh... fine!"


"Good. We'll start with eggs. You can cook eggs in many ways, but the easiest is to boil them. Now..." Kai went through the instructions on how to boil a egg in it's shell slowly and patiently. As he said each step, he showed Tyson how to do it. The three boys ducked back into the living room and broke into hysterics.


The doorbell rang. "I'll get it," Ray told them, and did so.


Standing there was Komi. His midnight blue hair was spiked up. "Is Kai here?"


Kai came around the corner. "Who is it? I left Tyson in the kitchen. I hope he doesn't play with the stove controls... Komi?"


"Yeah... um, Kai. I want you to know, well, this might be a bit sudden... but I-I'm... your father."


"I thought as much." This came not only from Kai. Two voices said this, Kai and another voice from behind Komi. Komi stepped aside to reveal Koji Sakoyama.


"Dad..."


"Kai, I can't make up all the years, I know, but I'm begging you to forgive me. I mean..."


"You're here now, aren't you?" Kai asked softly.


Komi grinned. "Yes, I am..."


"By the way, that blade you built is pretty incredible. It's got Kenny here beweildered."


"Blade?" Kenny asked. "You mean..."


Komi gave the kid half his height a grin. "How 'bout I give you some help with it?"


"Thank you, sir," Kenny replied in relief. Both of them went up to Kenny's temporary room.


"Hey, Kai," Koji said from the doorway.


"Yeah?"


Koji pulled out a blade and launcher. "How 'bout a battle?"


Kai smirked. "I'm not going easy on you."


"Fine, but, well..."


Kai and Koji said in unison, "Life is best spent with friends."


They both grinned as they rushed to a dish. "We used to say that all the time," Koji explained.


"Three... two... one... let it rip!" They cried as they both blades whizzed loudly into the dish.


~~Meanwhile~~


Ray and Max stared after the smoking trail the two re-united friends had left.


"What do we do now?" Max questioned.


Ray suggested, "I could teach you how to cook."


Max grinned. "Eggs, right?"


"How'd you know?"


Max sniffed. "Do you smell something...?"


Ray sniffed also and responded, "Smells like... something... BURNING!!!"


Max gulped. "Ray... eggs can't... BURN, can they?"


Ray could only say, "..."


Max repeated nervously, "..."


Ray finally mustered, "Um...."


A cry from the kitchen called, "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"


Ray and Max exchanged looks and dashed for the kitchen.


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And so, life went back to normal... sort of. Many new things happened. But alas... there isn't enough room to tell here... perhaps some other time...


~~THE E-


"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"


Author: Tyson! You interrupted the ending!


Tyson: ... I-I had a nightmare!! There were all these...


Author: What? All these what?


Tyson: There were all these EGGS! The raw ones were teasing me and threatening to make me eat them if I didn't learn how to cook, and the boiled ones were all laughing at me!! And there was this blue-haired monster!!


Author: ... Save it for the next story. We're out of time.


~~THE END~~