Far From Here
A/N: So? Ready for the next installment in the saga of Laili and Kai Hiwatari? *starts laughing hysterically* Sorry, just saw the last episode again. Did you ever think you'd hear Kai say "Sweet!"???????????????? ^-^
DISCLAIMER: I own only Laili, Dak, Daniela, Susanna, Wilhelm, and all of Dawnfaith.
CHAPTER 2: 2003
15-year-old Kai Hiwatari had fallen behind on the annual updating of team information charts, so on the five-hour bus ride to Sunsrest Station, that's what he wound up doing. There was a Beyblade tournament taking place in Sunsrest that the Bladebreakers were bound to compete in, to guard their titles and all. However, Sunsrest was a small place, with nowhere near enough space to house all the teams. This was why the Bladebreakers had been relegated to Dawnfaith, a even tinier village about an hour out of Sunsrest.
Kai grumbled incoherently as he glared at the forms. Finally, he set his fingers on the keyboard of his laptop and began filling it in.
Team Name: Bladebreakers
Country of Origin: Japan/China
Team Sponsor: Stanley Dickenson, BBA Japan
Team Captain: Kai Hiwatari
TEAM MEMBERS
Name: GRANGER, Tyson Dallas
Legal Name: GRANGER, Tyson Dallas
Birthdate: April 17, 1990
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Parents: Gregory and Therese Granger
Guardian (if different from above): N/A
Address: 1857 Tama Blvd., Tokyo, Japan
Phone: 256-8346
Bitbeast: Dragoon
Name: TATE, Max Cameron, Jr.
Legal Name: TATE, Maxwell Cameron, Jr.
Birthdate: July 6, 1990
Birthplace: Yokohama, Japan
Parents: Maxwell and Judy Tate
Guardian (if different from above): N/A
Address: 1694-01 Blanche Ave., Tokyo, Japan
Phone: 235-0632
Bitbeast: Draciel
"I hate those things, don't you?" 13-year-old Max asked brightly, leaning over to watch Kai. "I mean, like nothing ever changes, so why bother?"
"Because we'll get kicked out if we don't." Kai responded icily and started typing again.
Name: DION, Kenny Matthew William Lucas
Legal Name: DION, Kenneth Matthew William Lucas
Birthdate: July 28, 1990
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Parents: Eric and Alice Dion
Guardian (if different from above): N/A
Address: 19 Woodranasta St.
Phone: 235-2947
Bitbeast: Dizzara/Dizzi
Name: KON, Rei Chen
Legal Name: KON, Rei Chen
Birthdate: December 31, 1988
Birthplace: Nakoemi, China
Parents: Ira and Lien Kon
Guardian (if different from above): Lian Kon (sister)
Address: 1 Waif Way, Nakoemi, China
Phone: (913) 777-0265
Bitbeast: Driger
Finally, there was only one left. This one, Kai always hated doing: his own. You wouldn't think it would be that difficult, doing your own information chart, but Kai… technically, he wasn't supposed to remember half of it, but this was one Hiwatari who had taken after his mother: exceptionally good memory.
Sighing, he started to write again.
Name: HIWATARI, Kai Sebastien Maximilian Voltaire Julien
Legal Name: HIWATARI, Kai Sebastien Maximilian Voltaire Julien
Birthdate: December 25, 1988
Birthplace: Dawnfaith, Japan
Parents: Sebastien and Annabelle Hiwatari
Guardian (if different from above): Voltaire Hiwatari (grandfather)
Address: 19365 Harling Blvd., Tokyo, Japan
Phone: 111-9966
Bitbeast: Dranzer
"Harling Avenue?" 15-year-old Rei commented from beside Kai. Kai's head snapped up and he whipped around to glare at his teammate, the second-in-command of the Bladebreakers. "Bit far from the training stadium, isn't it?"
"What are you doing reading over my shoulder, any way?" Kai demanded hotly, clicking the Send button, thus making the forms disappear before Rei could read any more. "This is confidential info."
"So why do you know all of it?" Rei asked. "Even mine, and that's saying something."
"I'm team captain," Kai answered easily. "It's my job to know this."
"Yeah, well I'm second-in-command, so I should know it too." Rei responded, grinning.
"I'm third-in-command!" Max and Tyson echoed as one. "I should know it too!"
"I'm… a part of this team," Chief claimed. "We should all just know."
"Ssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!" Random People On The Bus hissed, glaring at the five boys congregated in the back.
"So-o-rry!" Tyson said indignantly. He shut up when the slightly annoying sound of Kai's index fingertip tapping on the plastic met his ears. Maybe it wasn't so smart to aggravate Kai now… he was already on edge for some unknown reason. "Soo… who's supposed to be meeting us at the station again?"
"I can't remember," Chief and Rei admitted.
"I never knew in the first place," Max announced.
Kai said, "I believe it was supposed to be David and Laili Camden." His heart gave a painful wrench at the mention. But his teammates knew nothing about his family aside from his grandfather, and Kai intended to keep it that way. It was no use longing for what you couldn't have.
"We will be arriving at Sunsrest Station in precisely five minutes. Please pack away all your belongings and prepare for arrival." The cheerful stewardess chirped over the intercom.
Kai closed the laptop silently and packed it away. This was his own, amazingly enough, because Chief got tired of him borrowing Dizzi all the time and snapped at him to go buy his own. Which he did.
The five minutes were a blur and then before the knew it, they had stepped off the bus, collected their baggage and were waiting for the arrival of their hosts.
"It's coooooooooooooooold!!!!" Tyson whined, shivering, even though his down jacket was zipped.
"Didn't I tell you it's cold in December down in this end of Japan?" Kai asked, flipping his hood up. "If you disregarded my instructions and wore shorts, that's not my problem."
Max yelped as a sudden wind swept past the group. "But I'm dressed warm and I'M freezing my sweet little butt off! Even on the bus!"
"Not my problem. I'M not cold." Kai repeated, leaning back against the stone pillar.
"Yeah, well, excuse those of us who didn't spend nine years in Russia." Rei snapped through chattering teeth, while clutching his coat tighter around himself.
"Besides, would you rather have been on the train?" Kai asked logically, ignoring Rei's sarcastic comment. "The train's way too hot all year. At least the bus had slight heat control."
"Are you the Bladebreakers?" A voice called. "Sorry I'm late, it took a while to get through the roads." A redheaded man with blue eyes drove up, in a snow-covered van. Getting out of the van, he added, "If you want to throw your stuff in the trunk and climb in, we can get back probably by dinnertime."
"Dinner!" Tyson roared. Rei rolled his eyes as Tyson and Max dashed towards the van, trying to claim shotgun.
"I'm older!" Tyson protested.
"I'm cuter!" Max countered.
"I'm the oldest of us all and team captain, so I get the passenger seat." Kai finally yelled over Tyson and Max.
"No fair, Kai!" Tyson and Max whined in unison
Their host smiled, an engaging sort of grin. "So you guys mind introducing yourselves? We got names, but no faces. I'm David, but call me Dak. Laili stayed at home. Not feeling so well today."
"I'm Tyson!" Tyson called, over Max.
"Max!" Max yelped.
"Kenny," Chief said.
"Rei," Rei answered.
There was a slight pause between Rei and Kai, who finally responded, "Kai."
Dak looked at Kai, an undistinguished emotion in his eyes.
"Um, excuse me, Dak, sir?" Max asked timidly. "Ca—can we get in? Only I'm kinda cold, and…"
"Oh sure." Dak responded, opening the door.
On the way back, Dak commented to the five, "Gave everybody quite a shock when we received the list of kids we were supposed to be hosting, just to have the name Kai jump out at us. You see, my son was named Kai as well, and he and his friend just disappeared about ten years ago. I guess you could say the wound never really healed."
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