TKC: I'm back again! I checked this story and it's STILL really short to me! ARGH...
Anyhoo, thanks to all the reviewers! (Such nice ppl )And I'm gonna try to make things more descriptive so you know how I imagined all this. Oh, and when I use the slashes (/words/) it's a bit beast talking.
Disclaimor: I don't own anything related to Beyblade.
Chapter 3: Drastic Measures
/Driger!/ Dranzer called out loudly, with Dragoon and Draciel trailing behind her as she flew through the doors of the room. (A/N: Okay, you know how bit beasts are like spirits? Well, just imagine them transparent like ghosts and almost nobody can see them and they can go through walls and stuff...)
/I'm right here./ Drigger said softly. The White Tiger bit beast was lying on the bed beside the unconscious Rei. Drigger was glowing a pure green color that had a peaceful aura about it.
/What are you doing?/ Dragoon asked as he drifted towards the bed. A few doctors walked through him, hustling about and talking quickly.
/Those doctors are idiots./ Drigger growled, looking at the raven haired boy beside him. /They don't know how to stop this virus from spreading. I'm using my own energy to keep it from doing more damage, but I can't hold it out for much longer./
/Is he going to be alright?/ Draciel said, settling himself on the floor by the bed next to Dranzer.
/I don't know, I'm doing all I can, but my power can't hold out much longer. I'm growing weaker by the second./ Drigger replied.
/Then we will assist you./ Dranzer declared, ruffling her feathers.
/Would it help if Rei's body was smaller?/ Dragoon said, facing Drigger. /If he was smaller, the virus would be more contained and easier to get rid of, wouldn't it?/
There was a short silence between the bit beasts. The only sounds that were heard were the soft breaths coming from the Chinese youth, the machinery he was hooked up to, and the mumbling of doctors and nurses.
~*~
Outside the room, five figures sat in the row of chairs to the left of the hallway. Each were anxious to hear news about their friend, some more anxious than others.
Kai glared hard at the floor, as if it had taken part in putting Rei in the mergency room. He growled inwardly, completely hating the fact that he was sitting out here when Rei was probably still in pain.
'It's odd,' Kai thought to himself, 'I know I'm strong, and yet, I can't do anything about this situation. I can't take much more of this. Waiting around here doesn't help the one person I actually want to help.'
/Kai./ Dranzer said, flying through the double doors without catching anyone's attention except for Kai. Dranzer landed swiftly landed at Kai's feet and faced him.
/What's going on in there, Dranzer?/ Kai said, making the mental connection between them so the others wouldn't be able to intrude on their conversation.
/The others and I have formed a plan and are going to go through with it./ Dranzer continued, /I can't tell you much about it because Draciel and Dragoon are the ones carrying it out, but it will stop the virus from infecting Rei further./
Before Kai had a chance to reply, one of the doors opened and a different doctor walked out. Everyone stood up from their seats and gave the doctor their full attention.
"Well," the doctor said, clearing his throat, "it seems that the pains the patient was receiving has stopped, although we are not sure why." Kai smirked a little at this and secretly thanked Dranzer.
"Well is he going to be okay?!" Tyson said, jumping infront of the doctor, making him take a step backwards.
"Tyson!" Kenny scolded, trying to pull Tyson back.
"Settle down, Tyson." Mr. Dickinson calmly said, placing his hand on Tyson's shoulder and gently pulling him away from the doctor.
"We just want to know if Rei's alright." Max said looking at Mr. Dickinson.
"From what information about this we have, I can assure you that he is fine now." the doctor said, regaining composure, "He needs to stay here of course, but you will be able to see him in the morning."
With that, the doctor finished his report and said that the best thing for them to do now was leave and come back tomorrow because the hospital was closing soon. After a few cries of disapproval, Mr. Dickinson managed to usher all the boys out and back to the hotel.
~*~
The sun's dim morning rays peaked out from the snow covered lands that spread as far as the eye could see. Harsh winds blew flurries of powdered snow up and down empty walkways. It was the crack of dawn, but that didn't stop the group of four boys making their way to the pale and lifeless looking hospital.
"Do you even think that we'll be allowed in this early?" Max said, rubbing his cold hands together to keep warm.
"Since it's a hospital, I'm sure there's someone there to let us in." Kenny said, clutching his laptop closer to him.
"It's freezing!" Tyson complained. It was obvious the chilling air was getting to him.
The group then trudged silently through the morning frost and made their way to the gloomy looking clinic.
~*~
"Rei?" Tyson called out quietly, knocking gently on the door.
"He's probably sleeping still," Max said, "the nurses already told us that they haven't even brought him breakfeast yet."
"We really should get breakfeast after we finish visiting..." Tyson mumbled, holding his rumbling stomach.
"Whatever." Kai said. Kai had been getting impatient with everyone lagging about today. They walked slow on the way here, too busy complaining about the cold, and now, they were right at Rei's door and started talking about breakfeast! Kai let out a short sigh and pushed open Rei's door.
"Rei?" Kenny whispered, poking his head through the door into the dark room.
The four boys tip-toed as quietly as they could into the unilluminated room. Kai was the first to reach the bed, but instead of finding the Chinese teen sleeping soundly as he had expected, he found a small lump under the covers.
"Uhhh..." Tyson broke the puzzled silence.
The lump shifted a little, and a little raven haired neko-jin poked his head out from under the covers. He looked at the four boys with his big, golden eyes and squealed loudly.
"GOOD MORNING!" Chibi Rei pounced out from under the sheets and onto the bed, sitting on his knees and waving his arms around excitedly. Tyson yelled, a pale Max stared blankly, Kenny brought his laptop up and covered his face, and Kai just took a step forward to examine the chibi version of Rei.
It was definately Rei, no one could mistaken those bouncy, glowing pair of eyes. The chibi tilted his head curiously to the right as Kai continued to examine him. His clothes were much too big for him and he looked absolutely... adorable.
"Are you going to play with me?" Rei's sweet, childish voice rang. He folded his hands in his lap and shifted his gaze at each of the boys, "There was a lady who came in earlier who ran away when I jumped out and scared her with my really really scary roar." Rei gave them all a proud kitty pout and conintued, "She's a scaredy kitty lady ma'am girl!"
"Umm,... right..." Max replied, pulling himself together from the shock.
"So THIS was the condition Dranzer was talking about." Kai said, eyeing Rei as he grabbed a bit of the blanket and rubbed it in his face to help him wake up.
"What condition?!" Tyson demanded. He really didn't like it when he didn't know what was going on, especially when it was as odd as something like this.
"It's supposed to help him get better." Kai replied, crossing his arms and leaning against the desk by the bed.
"If you say so..." Kenny said in an unsure tone. Rei was jumping on the bed singing "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and looked perfectly fine, for now at least.
TBC...
TKC: whelp, that's it for that chapter. *shakes fist* That took me a lot longer than I thought, but I got loads of ideas. I even got an idea for another fic about Kai's past. Eh, one story at a time.
Anyhoo, thanks to all the reviewers! (Such nice ppl )And I'm gonna try to make things more descriptive so you know how I imagined all this. Oh, and when I use the slashes (/words/) it's a bit beast talking.
Disclaimor: I don't own anything related to Beyblade.
Chapter 3: Drastic Measures
/Driger!/ Dranzer called out loudly, with Dragoon and Draciel trailing behind her as she flew through the doors of the room. (A/N: Okay, you know how bit beasts are like spirits? Well, just imagine them transparent like ghosts and almost nobody can see them and they can go through walls and stuff...)
/I'm right here./ Drigger said softly. The White Tiger bit beast was lying on the bed beside the unconscious Rei. Drigger was glowing a pure green color that had a peaceful aura about it.
/What are you doing?/ Dragoon asked as he drifted towards the bed. A few doctors walked through him, hustling about and talking quickly.
/Those doctors are idiots./ Drigger growled, looking at the raven haired boy beside him. /They don't know how to stop this virus from spreading. I'm using my own energy to keep it from doing more damage, but I can't hold it out for much longer./
/Is he going to be alright?/ Draciel said, settling himself on the floor by the bed next to Dranzer.
/I don't know, I'm doing all I can, but my power can't hold out much longer. I'm growing weaker by the second./ Drigger replied.
/Then we will assist you./ Dranzer declared, ruffling her feathers.
/Would it help if Rei's body was smaller?/ Dragoon said, facing Drigger. /If he was smaller, the virus would be more contained and easier to get rid of, wouldn't it?/
There was a short silence between the bit beasts. The only sounds that were heard were the soft breaths coming from the Chinese youth, the machinery he was hooked up to, and the mumbling of doctors and nurses.
~*~
Outside the room, five figures sat in the row of chairs to the left of the hallway. Each were anxious to hear news about their friend, some more anxious than others.
Kai glared hard at the floor, as if it had taken part in putting Rei in the mergency room. He growled inwardly, completely hating the fact that he was sitting out here when Rei was probably still in pain.
'It's odd,' Kai thought to himself, 'I know I'm strong, and yet, I can't do anything about this situation. I can't take much more of this. Waiting around here doesn't help the one person I actually want to help.'
/Kai./ Dranzer said, flying through the double doors without catching anyone's attention except for Kai. Dranzer landed swiftly landed at Kai's feet and faced him.
/What's going on in there, Dranzer?/ Kai said, making the mental connection between them so the others wouldn't be able to intrude on their conversation.
/The others and I have formed a plan and are going to go through with it./ Dranzer continued, /I can't tell you much about it because Draciel and Dragoon are the ones carrying it out, but it will stop the virus from infecting Rei further./
Before Kai had a chance to reply, one of the doors opened and a different doctor walked out. Everyone stood up from their seats and gave the doctor their full attention.
"Well," the doctor said, clearing his throat, "it seems that the pains the patient was receiving has stopped, although we are not sure why." Kai smirked a little at this and secretly thanked Dranzer.
"Well is he going to be okay?!" Tyson said, jumping infront of the doctor, making him take a step backwards.
"Tyson!" Kenny scolded, trying to pull Tyson back.
"Settle down, Tyson." Mr. Dickinson calmly said, placing his hand on Tyson's shoulder and gently pulling him away from the doctor.
"We just want to know if Rei's alright." Max said looking at Mr. Dickinson.
"From what information about this we have, I can assure you that he is fine now." the doctor said, regaining composure, "He needs to stay here of course, but you will be able to see him in the morning."
With that, the doctor finished his report and said that the best thing for them to do now was leave and come back tomorrow because the hospital was closing soon. After a few cries of disapproval, Mr. Dickinson managed to usher all the boys out and back to the hotel.
~*~
The sun's dim morning rays peaked out from the snow covered lands that spread as far as the eye could see. Harsh winds blew flurries of powdered snow up and down empty walkways. It was the crack of dawn, but that didn't stop the group of four boys making their way to the pale and lifeless looking hospital.
"Do you even think that we'll be allowed in this early?" Max said, rubbing his cold hands together to keep warm.
"Since it's a hospital, I'm sure there's someone there to let us in." Kenny said, clutching his laptop closer to him.
"It's freezing!" Tyson complained. It was obvious the chilling air was getting to him.
The group then trudged silently through the morning frost and made their way to the gloomy looking clinic.
~*~
"Rei?" Tyson called out quietly, knocking gently on the door.
"He's probably sleeping still," Max said, "the nurses already told us that they haven't even brought him breakfeast yet."
"We really should get breakfeast after we finish visiting..." Tyson mumbled, holding his rumbling stomach.
"Whatever." Kai said. Kai had been getting impatient with everyone lagging about today. They walked slow on the way here, too busy complaining about the cold, and now, they were right at Rei's door and started talking about breakfeast! Kai let out a short sigh and pushed open Rei's door.
"Rei?" Kenny whispered, poking his head through the door into the dark room.
The four boys tip-toed as quietly as they could into the unilluminated room. Kai was the first to reach the bed, but instead of finding the Chinese teen sleeping soundly as he had expected, he found a small lump under the covers.
"Uhhh..." Tyson broke the puzzled silence.
The lump shifted a little, and a little raven haired neko-jin poked his head out from under the covers. He looked at the four boys with his big, golden eyes and squealed loudly.
"GOOD MORNING!" Chibi Rei pounced out from under the sheets and onto the bed, sitting on his knees and waving his arms around excitedly. Tyson yelled, a pale Max stared blankly, Kenny brought his laptop up and covered his face, and Kai just took a step forward to examine the chibi version of Rei.
It was definately Rei, no one could mistaken those bouncy, glowing pair of eyes. The chibi tilted his head curiously to the right as Kai continued to examine him. His clothes were much too big for him and he looked absolutely... adorable.
"Are you going to play with me?" Rei's sweet, childish voice rang. He folded his hands in his lap and shifted his gaze at each of the boys, "There was a lady who came in earlier who ran away when I jumped out and scared her with my really really scary roar." Rei gave them all a proud kitty pout and conintued, "She's a scaredy kitty lady ma'am girl!"
"Umm,... right..." Max replied, pulling himself together from the shock.
"So THIS was the condition Dranzer was talking about." Kai said, eyeing Rei as he grabbed a bit of the blanket and rubbed it in his face to help him wake up.
"What condition?!" Tyson demanded. He really didn't like it when he didn't know what was going on, especially when it was as odd as something like this.
"It's supposed to help him get better." Kai replied, crossing his arms and leaning against the desk by the bed.
"If you say so..." Kenny said in an unsure tone. Rei was jumping on the bed singing "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and looked perfectly fine, for now at least.
TBC...
TKC: whelp, that's it for that chapter. *shakes fist* That took me a lot longer than I thought, but I got loads of ideas. I even got an idea for another fic about Kai's past. Eh, one story at a time.