BEYBLADE
CHAPTER SIX: DEADLY THOUGHTS
Who is that person? .. If it's even a person, at all? ... And why do I keep seeing him? What does he want? I don't think it's a Dark Blader. We haven't seen them for over a year, now. Maybe... Maybe it could be... my Grandfather? .. No, I doubt it. What could he possibly want? He knows he can't pursuade me into joining Biovolt.. Boris already tried that, and failed..So many questions without answers...
The dark figure remained where it stood, and Kai's eyes were once again open to peer at it. His team sat within arms reach of him and began a conversation about the Demolition Boys, as well as Murdock.
"If you ask me, I say he's a freak." Dizzi was on the table beside Kenny's food dish.
Kenny glanced toward her. " Mr. Murdock Balvery isn't a freak. He's just..-"
Tyson interrupted. " -Normally challenged. That guy gives me the genuinely-genuine creeps."
" Yeah..." Rei placed his knife and fork onto the outside rim of his empty plate. " I really don't like him, you guys. He shows far too much interest in us... especially Kai."
The dark figure disappeared with the split-second blink of Kai's orbs...literally, as if Rei's words had been some sort of trigger to retreat. Kai's gaze darted from side to side, even to the ceiling, yet no sign of the strange being was evident. How. Annoying.
I wish I knew who that is.. and what he wants. Why does he keep following us? You're creating too many questions for yourself, Kai. Just.. return to silence and solitude, and forget about that... dark stranger...
"You said it, Rei." Tyson began, not hesitating to shovel another two fistfulls of mashed potato into his mouth.
The sight and behavior of Murdock Balvery had definately been a shock to the boys' systems: to all of their systems.
Kenny spoke up. " He's an imposter who posed as a tour guide just to get a battle out of us. I wonder what the point of that, was."
"Thanks for stating the obvious, chief." Tyson said, swallowing his last piece of pumpkin.
" Kenny has a point, Tyson." Max scratched the back of his ear, curiously. " I mean.. He must have had good reason to battle us.. a good, bad reason if you see what I mean. He posed as our tour guide. Why wouldn't he just come up to us and ask for a battle?"
"Exactly." Rei stood from his seat. " He's hiding something."
" I think he's involved with The Demolition Boys." Kai's voice came as unexpected as the next beybattle.
"Wha..?" Tyson perked a brow.
" Y'think so?" Rei was hardly surprised.
" Hm, it's likely, I guess." Max moved to a stand beside Rei, soon after followed by Tyson.
" That's rediculous. Why would he be involved with The Demolition Boys?" Kenny questioned, standing also with Dizzi beneath his arm.
Kai pushed away from the wall and shrugged his shoulders. " I'm not sure. There's something about Balvery that reminds me of ... Boris. He's not too old to be one of his previous students.."
The other boys blinked.
" Kai.." Rei began.
Kai interjected. " I'm serious. I think he might be the Demolition Boys' predecessor."
Rei sweatdropped. " Don't hurt me for saying this, but.. that's rediculous. He couldn't control Black Dranzer, so how can he be the predecessor of a group so powerful?"
Max pointed a finger to the ceiling. " Rei's got a point." He said. "You knocked Black Dranzer out of the dish without breaking a sweat."
"Yeah, I know.." Kai pondered. " .. But Murdock didn't exactly seem upset that he lost. He just kept on with that eerie grin, and acted as if he'd won, anyway."
"Oh gosh you guys." The breakers glanced toward Kenny, The Chief... he was biting his nails. " I'm getting the creeps just talking about him. Can we drop the subject and get to figuring out a beybattle plan for the tournament, please?"
Rei nodded toward Kenny and turned to gaze at the others, his golden-hued orbs darting from one breaker to the other as he spoke. " Chief has a point. We should really forget about Mr. Balvery..and concentrate on a battle plan."
" Ookay.." Tyson rubbed a finger beneath and across his nose. " I'm ready for anything you can throw at me, Chief."
Kenny gave off a half-smile and nodded, following behind Max as Kai led them to the Taxi and bus bay of the stadium.
Kai stood in front of the group and watched as taxis and buses drove by. He folded both arms across his chest and gazed around while awaiting the BBA bus' arrival. He walked along the pathway, his team following closely behind, and found a patch of soft grass for them to sit on. Kenny sat behind Max, who sat behind and slightly to the side of Rei, who sat next to Tyson, legs folded beneath him and hands clasped together in his lap.
One would expect the bay to be noisy and crowded, however it was calm and silent. Maybe it only seemed that way to Kai as he kept on walking alongside the rushing traffic. So many thoughts of questions clashed with conclusions and answers against the walls of his mind, causing him to lose any real focus as he stepped onto the side of the road, into the line of inevitable danger.
Nothing like this had ever really happened to him, or his team, and he had no idea of how to protect the Blade-Breakers if any trouble arose. Murdock surely was trouble, although he hadn't done anything that caused Kai to react in any which way.
His grin..and his eyes.. Why do they haunt me? ...What's so significant about this man that makes me shiver? Makes me want to hide?
A large, semi-trailer truck zoomed it's way along the highway that joined onto the taxi and bus bay, sending a thick puff of black smoke into the blue welkin with every horn sounded. Kai could hear something disrupting his thoughts, but didn't bother to look up. These thoughts he was having, were far too important to forget about.
His mind reeled and he clenched both fists as four hands yanked him from the road back onto the path, back to safey. Kai snapped out of his thoughtful daze and looked down toward his arms at the hands, soon after peering back at what appeared to be Max and Rei.
"Yeesh, Kai. What were you thinking!?" Rei stared wide-eyed at the leader.
An obvious tension had built itself between the three boys.. no, five boys now that Tyson and Kenny had joined in pulling Kai away from the edge of the footwalk, and onto the grass. Thick and murky tension, the kind that's....tense.
"Yeah. And you tell me to settle down around traffic." Max tried cracking a joke to ease the tension.
Kai stared absentmindedly at his team and raised a brow. " .. What.? ..I was..."
"Kai, dude.. you almost walked into a truck!" Tyson blinked rappidly.
Kenny ran around in circles behind the group screaming and wailing. He had left Dizzi open among the blades of grass.
" Wow, chief. Calm down. Kai, as you can see, is perfectly fine. Sure that was a close call and I almost short-circuited from shock and awe, but everything is fine. Kai's alright." She tried in vain to relax the Chief.
"Aw Dizzi. What if Kai.. what...if he actually.. I can't even begin to comprehend how bad that would be! We almost lost a friend and team leader!"
"Chillax, Chief. Kai's right here and is fine. No need for worries." Max sent a happy smile in Kenny's direction, though couldn't help but wonder about Kai. " Kai, what happened? Weren't you watching your path?"
The well-built leader glanced toward Max and shrugged, soon after shoving his way passed the group and leaning against a nearby tree.
What the heck just happened?