TT: Hey all! Its me again!!
Kai: You don't give up, do you?
TT: Nope! ^^ Specially since I got so many reviews!
Kai: Why must you people encourage here?
TT: Anyway, I thought about it, but I decided not to do a Kai/Ray fic! *ducks behind Kai as rabid Kai/Ray fans chase after herr wielding pitchforks*
Kai: ... *steps away, leaving TT vunerable*
TT: *glares at Kai, then whimpers at the K/R fans* Sorry!! But I didn't want to mess up the story 'cause I can't write romance-y stuff!
Kai: Maybe she'll get killed this time, and I can leave.
TT: *running into the distance* I DON'T OWN BEYBLADE!!!
***
Kai sighed, slumping on the ground. 'What's _wrong_ with me?!' Sure, he was tired, but he shouldn't be this exhausted. And he sure shouldn't be letting it show!! It was weak!!
Pulling his knees to his chest and wrapping his arms around his legs, Kai rested his head on his knees and sighed. "Stupid nightmares, stupid Ray, stupid coffee..." He continue down this train of thought for a while, before he sighed again- this one more in defeat than anything else. "What I wouldn't give for a decent night's sleep right now..."
"Kai?" Garnet eyes met concerned blue. "What are you doing here? I thought you would be sleeping..." Tyson froze nervously, whether from the fact Kai was glaring, or that he realized he'd almost given away what they'd done, "Err, that is, you did fall asleep during training and all..."
Kai got to his feet, glaring at Tyson. He crossed his arms, "Shouldn't you be training yourself?"
Tyson laughed nervously, "Hey, give me a break Kai! I was hungry! Besides, its not like you can talk."
"...Get back to work."
"Aww, but Kai..." Now Max was whining. When did he appaer?
Kai growled, too tired to be patient. "Just because I doze off does not mean that you can leave! You have a training schedule to keep and I don't care if it means you have to stay up to midnight, you are going to keep it!"
"And what about you, huh Kai? Don't you have a schedule?"
"Actually, Kai's been putting in so many extra hours lately that I'd have to say he's a few days ahead of schedule." Kenny informed his friend timidly.
"You mean that Kai gets the day off?! That's not fair!!"
Kai sent Tyson a death glare, effectively shutting him up. "You- training- now!" He didn't even bother to yell, growling was very effective.
Tyson's eyes widened slightly, "Yes sir!" And he left. Very quickly. More likely to get away from the ticked blader than to train.
Kai watched them leave, before turning and walking in the opposite direction.
***
Kai had been wandering around town for a few hours now, and was now sitting on the branch of a tree, leaning on the trunk, head lowered.
He couldn't think straight anymore. There was no more desperate need, right now, than sleep. But that seemed to be just out of his grasp.
"There you are!" Kai almost fell out of the tree in shock. He looked down to see Ray standing on the ground, looking up at him. "I've been looking everywhere for you." Kai couldn't help but frown, Ray sounded… Relieved? No, that couldn't be right, it was just his tired mind playing tricks on him.
...Right?
"Kai, talk to me." Ray's pleading attempts were only greeted with silence. "Kai, are you even awake."
"...You should be training." There, he'd spoken. Would Ray leave him alone now?
No such luck.
"Kai, come on. It's getting late." Ray waited for a reply, sighed when he didn't receive one, "I'm not going without you, Kai."
There was a slight growl from the blue haired teen. "Fine!" Leaping out of the tree, Kai didn't even look at Ray as he walked past, "Let's go."
***
"PIZZA!!!" Kai had barely walked through the door before he longed to turn and leave again. Judging by the fact Tyson was devouring about three pizzas on his own, while the others ate another two, he'd say they'd finished their training.
"Hey Kai, Ray, you're back!" Max grinned, having just had his fifth soda, "Have some pizza, before Tyson eats it all."
Ray grinned back, "Sure." He took a slice and bit into it cheerfully.
Max turned to Kai, who was about to leave the room, "Hey Kai, aren't you hungry?" He watched the older blader, grin still plastered on his face.
"...No..."
"Aw, come on Kai! At least stay and watch the movie with us!" Kai growled, glaring at Max, who just continued grinning, "If you don't, I'll bug yu for the rest of the time we're here!"
Kai froze. One night with _them_, or having to put up with Max's hyper ways for the rest of their time here... Tough choice... "Fine!"
Tyson, Kenny and Ray stared at him. Max's grin went up and notch and he jumped around happily, "YAYYY!!!"
Kai had a feeling he was going to regret his decision.
***
An hour later, Kai was sitting in an armchair, next to the couch where Max, Ray and Tyson were sitting. The three in question were watching the movie while he focused on staying awake. On the other side, Kenny sat, typing on Dizzy, in another chair.
He didn't seem to be succeeding. He lowered, and eyes closed, Kai found himself struggling in the warm blackness of his almost asleep mind.
He sighed as he was pulled deeper into the depths of sleep. One last thought entered his mind, 'Why can't I just forget again?'
Tyson glanced at Kai, he seemed to be asleep, before looking at Ray, "So, did Kai actually get to sleep? We saw him a outside a little later."
Ray swallowed, "Err, he did get a little sleep. But then he woke up again."
"But I thought we gave him enough pills to make him sleep for a at least six hours."
"He woke up just a few minutes after you left. I think he was having a nightmare." Ray paused, but decided that Kai would kill him if he went into detail.
"Kai had a nightmare? Wow, he really is human... Maybe..." Tyson turned back to the TV, continuing to stuff his face with popcorn.
***
Once again, Kai was trapped in the Abbey. And also in the memories he couldn't seem to escape. Currently he was chained to a wall, with blood-covered cuts from a whip covering his body. His hair, clumped together with the red sticky liquid, was sticking to his forehead with both blood and sweat. His head hung, not in defeat, but in exhaustion.
He knew he was somewhere in what he could only think of as the 'dungeons'. He wasn't quite sure how he knew, he couldn't think straight, there was only one thought, one message that was currently in his head.
He hurt.
A lot.
Come to think of it, he didn't think even his grandfather's punishments had hurt as much as he hurt now...
The scene changed slightly. No longer was he in the abbey. Now he was in a room somewhere, on his knees, staring at his grandfather's feet.
'I take it back...' The thought wafted through his head, before being replaced with the shock of sudden, burning pain. The young Kai closed his eyes tightly, preventing the tears from falling.
The slashes on his back were forgotten as a strong kick in the ribs- breaking several, no doubt- sent him flying across the room. He hit his head on the wall before landing on his side.
Kai looked away, closing his eyes tightly. As if not being able to see would make it all disappear.
Funnily enough, it did.
Kai reopened his eyes, to find his team looking at him, concern evident in their eyes.
"Hey Kai, are you okay? You were talking in your sleep..." Tyson trailed off as Kai sent a well aimed glare his way.
Growling, Kai leapt to his feet and left. Ignoring the cries for him to come back, Kai exited the building and stormed off in a random direction.
Once he had been walking for five minutes, Kai stopped, confident that he wasn't being follow. He sighed, he'd only been asleep about five minutes, the dreams had gotten more than enough time to torture him, and now his team knew his weakness! Kai growled at this thought, punching a wall.
Cursing to himself as pain in his hand made itself know, Kai thought back to his nightmares. No, they weren't nightmares, they were memories. Haunting memories that were driving him insane.
"Why couldn't they have stayed forgotten?..."
Kai: You don't give up, do you?
TT: Nope! ^^ Specially since I got so many reviews!
Kai: Why must you people encourage here?
TT: Anyway, I thought about it, but I decided not to do a Kai/Ray fic! *ducks behind Kai as rabid Kai/Ray fans chase after herr wielding pitchforks*
Kai: ... *steps away, leaving TT vunerable*
TT: *glares at Kai, then whimpers at the K/R fans* Sorry!! But I didn't want to mess up the story 'cause I can't write romance-y stuff!
Kai: Maybe she'll get killed this time, and I can leave.
TT: *running into the distance* I DON'T OWN BEYBLADE!!!
***
Kai sighed, slumping on the ground. 'What's _wrong_ with me?!' Sure, he was tired, but he shouldn't be this exhausted. And he sure shouldn't be letting it show!! It was weak!!
Pulling his knees to his chest and wrapping his arms around his legs, Kai rested his head on his knees and sighed. "Stupid nightmares, stupid Ray, stupid coffee..." He continue down this train of thought for a while, before he sighed again- this one more in defeat than anything else. "What I wouldn't give for a decent night's sleep right now..."
"Kai?" Garnet eyes met concerned blue. "What are you doing here? I thought you would be sleeping..." Tyson froze nervously, whether from the fact Kai was glaring, or that he realized he'd almost given away what they'd done, "Err, that is, you did fall asleep during training and all..."
Kai got to his feet, glaring at Tyson. He crossed his arms, "Shouldn't you be training yourself?"
Tyson laughed nervously, "Hey, give me a break Kai! I was hungry! Besides, its not like you can talk."
"...Get back to work."
"Aww, but Kai..." Now Max was whining. When did he appaer?
Kai growled, too tired to be patient. "Just because I doze off does not mean that you can leave! You have a training schedule to keep and I don't care if it means you have to stay up to midnight, you are going to keep it!"
"And what about you, huh Kai? Don't you have a schedule?"
"Actually, Kai's been putting in so many extra hours lately that I'd have to say he's a few days ahead of schedule." Kenny informed his friend timidly.
"You mean that Kai gets the day off?! That's not fair!!"
Kai sent Tyson a death glare, effectively shutting him up. "You- training- now!" He didn't even bother to yell, growling was very effective.
Tyson's eyes widened slightly, "Yes sir!" And he left. Very quickly. More likely to get away from the ticked blader than to train.
Kai watched them leave, before turning and walking in the opposite direction.
***
Kai had been wandering around town for a few hours now, and was now sitting on the branch of a tree, leaning on the trunk, head lowered.
He couldn't think straight anymore. There was no more desperate need, right now, than sleep. But that seemed to be just out of his grasp.
"There you are!" Kai almost fell out of the tree in shock. He looked down to see Ray standing on the ground, looking up at him. "I've been looking everywhere for you." Kai couldn't help but frown, Ray sounded… Relieved? No, that couldn't be right, it was just his tired mind playing tricks on him.
...Right?
"Kai, talk to me." Ray's pleading attempts were only greeted with silence. "Kai, are you even awake."
"...You should be training." There, he'd spoken. Would Ray leave him alone now?
No such luck.
"Kai, come on. It's getting late." Ray waited for a reply, sighed when he didn't receive one, "I'm not going without you, Kai."
There was a slight growl from the blue haired teen. "Fine!" Leaping out of the tree, Kai didn't even look at Ray as he walked past, "Let's go."
***
"PIZZA!!!" Kai had barely walked through the door before he longed to turn and leave again. Judging by the fact Tyson was devouring about three pizzas on his own, while the others ate another two, he'd say they'd finished their training.
"Hey Kai, Ray, you're back!" Max grinned, having just had his fifth soda, "Have some pizza, before Tyson eats it all."
Ray grinned back, "Sure." He took a slice and bit into it cheerfully.
Max turned to Kai, who was about to leave the room, "Hey Kai, aren't you hungry?" He watched the older blader, grin still plastered on his face.
"...No..."
"Aw, come on Kai! At least stay and watch the movie with us!" Kai growled, glaring at Max, who just continued grinning, "If you don't, I'll bug yu for the rest of the time we're here!"
Kai froze. One night with _them_, or having to put up with Max's hyper ways for the rest of their time here... Tough choice... "Fine!"
Tyson, Kenny and Ray stared at him. Max's grin went up and notch and he jumped around happily, "YAYYY!!!"
Kai had a feeling he was going to regret his decision.
***
An hour later, Kai was sitting in an armchair, next to the couch where Max, Ray and Tyson were sitting. The three in question were watching the movie while he focused on staying awake. On the other side, Kenny sat, typing on Dizzy, in another chair.
He didn't seem to be succeeding. He lowered, and eyes closed, Kai found himself struggling in the warm blackness of his almost asleep mind.
He sighed as he was pulled deeper into the depths of sleep. One last thought entered his mind, 'Why can't I just forget again?'
Tyson glanced at Kai, he seemed to be asleep, before looking at Ray, "So, did Kai actually get to sleep? We saw him a outside a little later."
Ray swallowed, "Err, he did get a little sleep. But then he woke up again."
"But I thought we gave him enough pills to make him sleep for a at least six hours."
"He woke up just a few minutes after you left. I think he was having a nightmare." Ray paused, but decided that Kai would kill him if he went into detail.
"Kai had a nightmare? Wow, he really is human... Maybe..." Tyson turned back to the TV, continuing to stuff his face with popcorn.
***
Once again, Kai was trapped in the Abbey. And also in the memories he couldn't seem to escape. Currently he was chained to a wall, with blood-covered cuts from a whip covering his body. His hair, clumped together with the red sticky liquid, was sticking to his forehead with both blood and sweat. His head hung, not in defeat, but in exhaustion.
He knew he was somewhere in what he could only think of as the 'dungeons'. He wasn't quite sure how he knew, he couldn't think straight, there was only one thought, one message that was currently in his head.
He hurt.
A lot.
Come to think of it, he didn't think even his grandfather's punishments had hurt as much as he hurt now...
The scene changed slightly. No longer was he in the abbey. Now he was in a room somewhere, on his knees, staring at his grandfather's feet.
'I take it back...' The thought wafted through his head, before being replaced with the shock of sudden, burning pain. The young Kai closed his eyes tightly, preventing the tears from falling.
The slashes on his back were forgotten as a strong kick in the ribs- breaking several, no doubt- sent him flying across the room. He hit his head on the wall before landing on his side.
Kai looked away, closing his eyes tightly. As if not being able to see would make it all disappear.
Funnily enough, it did.
Kai reopened his eyes, to find his team looking at him, concern evident in their eyes.
"Hey Kai, are you okay? You were talking in your sleep..." Tyson trailed off as Kai sent a well aimed glare his way.
Growling, Kai leapt to his feet and left. Ignoring the cries for him to come back, Kai exited the building and stormed off in a random direction.
Once he had been walking for five minutes, Kai stopped, confident that he wasn't being follow. He sighed, he'd only been asleep about five minutes, the dreams had gotten more than enough time to torture him, and now his team knew his weakness! Kai growled at this thought, punching a wall.
Cursing to himself as pain in his hand made itself know, Kai thought back to his nightmares. No, they weren't nightmares, they were memories. Haunting memories that were driving him insane.
"Why couldn't they have stayed forgotten?..."