!Bladebreakers Story!

Chapter 1

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The bladebreakers walked in a huddled group, Kai trailing behind them. It was the middle of the winter, and the weather was frightfully cold. They were on their way back to the hotel for the remainder of the evening. All of them were wearing coats except Kai. He thought he wouldn't need one. Boy was he wrong, it was -30 degrees. But he didn't show any signs of being cold, except for the occasional shiver that passed over his body.

The rest of the group (Tyson, Ray, Max and the Chief) all thought he was crazy, but ignored him as they hurried up the path to the Hotel. When they pushed their way through the doors and into the warmth of the hotel lobby, they all sighed and gathered around a fireplace next to the counter, and sat down in front of it. Kai walked in a few minutes later, and ignored their curious looks as he took the elevator to their rooms.

"What's up with him?" Tyson raised an eyebrow as he watched Kai disappear into the elevator.

"I don't know, there's always something up with him." Ray responded, and watched the flames as if in a trance.

"Yeah, and anyways, we need to concentrate on our practicing a lot more. We want to test our limits." Kenny turned from staring at the elevator, and looked at each member of the team.

"I thought we already tested our limits!" Tyson's eyes went wide, and continued. "And besides, I hear that there's another all night buffet in the dining hall!" Tyson closed his eyes, licked his lips, and smiled.

Everyone groaned, and they got up after warming themselves in front of the fire. They didn't say much all the way up in the elevator to their room. They all shared one room, with one two bunk beds and one single bed, and surprisingly it was never crowded.

They all noticed Kai sitting on the single bed in the darkest corner of the room, his back turned to them. He took no notice of them as they chatted to each other and walked around the room making noises. No one noticed that he was staring grim faced down at his beyblade, an odd expression passed over his face every once in awhile.

He sighed as he remembered how he had betrayed his friends and his loyalty to their team. He felt he didn't deserve such friendship, and that he should be alone all the time. He couldn't understand why they put up with him, the way he was and the way he acted. They didn't seem to mind. That's what confused him. He frowned, and closed his hand over his beyblade. He remembered his match against strong opponents and how he had lost. It had crushed him. Memories of when he had betrayed his 'friends' and how he had turned his backs on them for one stupid thing passed before him. For stupid power, that's what he had risked loyalty and friendship for.

Kai gripped his teeth together, and groaned as he remembered it all. He shivered. Whether it was from the cold of the memories, he wasn't sure. He went through his few belongings, and took out a sweater. He had never worn his sweater. It was a black sweater, and he resented it, his grandfather had given it to him, and he had asked him not to buy it for him. He examined it, and put it back in his bag. He deserved to be cold, after all the things he had done. Kai placed his beyblade at the end of the bed, sat down, and stared sadly at it.

The Chief was happily chatting away with Dizzi on his laptop, and discussing their adventures and bey battles with Max, while Ray and Tyson were laughing about something or other. Kai didn't really hear what they were saying, but he knew they were talking. He shivered again and swore he heard someone laughing, but concentrated on the details of his beyblade. His thoughts wandered for quite some time, and by the time he came back to his senses, Tyson and Max had left, Kenny was sitting on a bunk bed gazing down at his laptop and whispering to Dizzi, and Ray was lying down on the top bunk, across from the Chief.

"I don't belong here." Kai muttered to himself, and got up, with his beyblade in his hand. He walked out the door, and into the elevator without anyone noticing.

He walked out the elevator doors, and was surprised to see Tyson wasn't eating, but he was beybattling against Max. When they noticed him, they only turned for a second. Max smiled at him, and Tyson called out to him, surprisingly.

"Hey Kai, what are you up to? We're practising again." They turned back to their beyblades, and they both looked determined.

He ignored them, and turned around to leave, but something made him look back and speak. "I'm going for a walk. Good luck in your practising." It surprised Max, Tyson and himself that he actually said anything. Both of them looked up, while their beyblades hit each other and bounced back in their hands. Kai looked around uncomfortably, turned back around and walked out the doors.

Max looked down at his Beyblade in his hand, and at Tyson who was staring open mouthed at the door where Kai had been.

"Did he actually say what I think he said? Or was I hallucinating?" Tyson looked at Max who simply shrugged.

"I think he did, otherwise we both saw the same hallucination." They went back to practicing, and took a break for a few hours for Tyson to pig-out at the all night buffet.

Kai wandered around outside for a few hours along the sidewalks and through the alleys. He was somewhat disturbed to walk along the same road the abbey was on before, so he took another road. He found himself on a bridge over looking the entire city. It would have been breath taking if Kai wasn't almost out of breath. He could see the hotel where everyone was safe and warm inside. Where he himself should have been. It looked so far away; he never noticed how far he had wandered.

A boy passed by him, apparently stuck in his own thoughts as well, but he looked familiar. It was the boy from the Abbey who had been kicked out from a defeat by Tyson. The boy turned around, and looked directly at him as though he remembered him from a distant thought. He turned back around, and walked on. Kai watched him and remembered him and the haunting memories. He sighed, and watched his breath escape in a puff of clearly visible air. He found himself with his hand around his beyblade once more, and drew it from his pocket with an air of frustration on his face. He would have to find a way to suppress all of the memories like he had done before, as a young child. Before he knew what was happening, he had walked to the end of the bridge.

He took one look back to the bridge, then turned around and walked back to the Hotel, but he took a different route.

"It's already midnight! Where're Tyson, Max and Kai?" Ray sat up, and looked over at Kenny who was staring at Dizzi. He looked up for a moment, then went back to Dizzi.

"I know for certain that Tyson dragged Max down to the All-night buffet. Hopefully he'll get tired of eating before it's morning. I have no idea where Kai is at all. He always disappears, it's just his style." The chief put down his open laptop on the pillow next to him.

"That's just like him, isn't it. Kai, I mean. And Tyson? He'll never get tired of eating." Ray got up and left Kenny, who grabbed his laptop, and hurried out after him.

"Wait up! Where're you going?" He caught up to Ray, and looked down at him and smiled.

"To check up on the all night buffet. I was thinking of maybe practising with Max - I'm sure Tyson wouldn't notice." He smiled again, and they took the elevator down to the first floor. They crossed the lobby and found Tyson stuffing his face in the Restaurant.

"Where's Kai?" Ray immediately asked as Max and Tyson greeted them.

"He said he was going for a walk or something like that. And he was nice about it too!" exclaimed Max.

"Yah, that's definitely un-Kai like. He's always been cold hearted and a loner." Ray sat down next to Max, and Kenny sat beside Tyson, and they both watched him stuff his face.

"Well, the loner part is still true. But ever since he -" Kenny stopped in mid sentence, then continued. "Ever since he betrayed us and his loyalty to our group, he's been acting differently, and it's not normal behaviour either. Dizzi and I were talking about it earlier. I think he needs us now, and not us just as team mates either, but as friends, too. I think he feels bad about letting down his Dranzer, too. The way he threw it away to Tyson, and how he betrayed his bit-piece as well." He stopped again, and looked over at everyone, who wouldn't looked directly at him.

"You tell 'em, boss." Dizzi said quietly in his ear.

"But he betrayed us for power! I don't know if I can forgive him that easily." Ray looked down at his hands as he spoke.

"I'd like to give him a second chance. I think he deserves one, even if he did betray us as friends and as a team. And it wasn't just us that he betrayed, he also betrayed the other teams like the All Stars and the White Tigers." Max was always one to look on the bright side.

"Yah, I think we should give him a second chance, that's what friends are for." Said Tyson, grim-faced. He shoved one more piece of chicken in his mouth before they all got up. "I wonder when he's getting back from his walk?"

None of them answered, and they all went to their room to sleep. But none of them did, there was so much on their mind. Even Kenny (who was exhausted from waking up earlier than anyone for the past week or so) lay there awake, and consulted Dizzi on many different things. Eventually they fell asleep, huge white snowflakes falling by their window. It was a beautiful night.

Kai didn't get back until 3 a.m., and he was covered in head to toe from the snow, which had fallen down like a snowstorm. He simply thought he deserved it for how he had acted, so he was soaked from head to toe when he went into his bed in the corner. They should have let me drown, were his final thoughts.

****************************************************************** MagicFae: Hey, guys! How's my story so far? Max: It's pretty ok so far. Tyson: I think it's awesome! I got all of that kool food! At a buffet! *smiles* MagicFae: ... Okay ... Ray: Well, I think it was good fro the first chapter. How long are the next chapters? MagicFae: Longer than this one, I hope! Chief: I thought it was good, so did Dizzi! MagicFae: Thanks guys! Anyways so who wants to say it this time? Tyson: Tyson: All right... *sigh* MagicFae doesn't own the Beybladers or anything to do with them. She only owns extra characters. Steth: Like me! I'm her creation, so don't steal me! Or I'll get really mad! MagicFae: Anyway... ^-^ Enjoy the rest of this fanfic! Kai: ...Hn....