Chapter 10 - Dream? Or Nightmare?
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Ray woke up to the sound of running water in the bathroom. He yawned, and stretched before checked to see what time it was. The clock read 9 o'clock. He jumped up, and found his clothes in his bag. He noticed that he had fallen asleep on the couch. He looked around the room, and noticed Max was still sleeping, but in a very odd position; sitting up. Kai must be having a shower. He put on his clothing, and stretched one more time before he sat back down on the couch. He closed his eyes right when the water stopped running in the shower, and the door to the bathroom opened and shut. He looked over to see Kai wearing his normal every day clothes, drying his hair with a white towel that must have belonged to the establishment.
"Hey, Kai!" Ray smiled at him, and walked past him, into the bathroom. He looked the door, and got washed. Kai didn't even respond. He merely nodded, and walked past him, to his bed. Kai sighed as he noticed Max was slowly sliding onto his side from his uncomfortable position of sleeping on his bed. As his head hit the pole with a funny ringing sound, Max jumped up, only to hit his head on the top of the bunk. Kai laughed to himself.
"Ouch." Max rubbed the side of his head, and swung his legs over the side of the bed. He gazed up at Kai with his blond hair a mess and his blue eyes full of hurt. "Hey, Kai." He winced as he stood up, and held his back with his left hand, as he held his head with his right hand.
"Hnn." Kai managed to say while he held back his laughter. He thought to himself what a clumsy child, Max is. He pushed aside the mean thought, and concentrated on drying up the last of his hair. He watched out of the corner of his eye as Max left the room, still fully clothed from the day before. The door shut with a quick snap, and the sound of running water came from the bathroom. Kai shook his head.
He dropped the towel in the dirty clothes basket, and walked out of the room. He found himself walking along the hall, and he could hear people's voices from the other rooms. Must be the other beybladers. He ignored their chatting, and walked down to the main area of the building. There he saw Steth and his team talking quietly amongst themselves under fake trees. Kai found himself walking towards them. They greeted him as he leaned against the wall.
"Hello, Kai." Steth said with his warm eyes dancing happily. The others greeted him in the same fashion, except Anya. She kept quiet, and jotted down notes. On what? Only Anya knew the answer to that. Kai crossed his arms against his chest, and stared down at the youngest member of the team. He was jumping up and down, and running around Leo, chatting happily with his big brother. Kai shook his head, and sighed.
"Thank you." Kai blurted out to no one in particular from the team, and he turned to walk away. Steth grabbed his shoulder, and smiled at him.
"Your welcome, Kai. Any time! Hey, you want to practice with us?" Steth grinned, and waited Kai's response.
"Hn." Kai said softly, and Steth took his hand off of his friend's shoulder.
"I take that as a yes! Come on, we were just getting ready to go. Hey, do you have your beyblade with you?" Steth shoved his hand in his pocket, and drew out a shiny green and black beyblade. He stared down at it thoughtfully. He smiled again, and put it back in his jacket pocket.
Kai nodded, and watched Steth under his suspicious gaze. He shoved his hands in his pockets, and followed the team. But Anya stayed on the bench, watching people walk by, and writing down little notes to herself. They led him to the beyblading warm up room, another practice room, but smaller, and only a few dishes for a few beybladers. Steth had unlocked the door with a shiny, silver key. It must belong to them, or they were renting it.
"Hey, Steth, can I challenge you first?" The short blonde, Spike was his name, ran over to Steth, his beyblade clasped in his hands. He looked so innocent with youth, and Steth nodded, after Kai closed his eyes. Kai sighed again. He heard the team members launching their beyblades, then yelling and shouting commands. Kai slowly drifted in and out of consciousness, and finally fell asleep, sitting on a bench.
"Hello, Kai." A cold voice chilled Kai to the bone, and his eyes snapped open.
"Who - who's there?" Kai sat up, his arms still folded, his skin covered with goose bumps. It was freezing in the beyblading arena that he awoke in. Everyone was frozen in place, cheering, and a light blue mist hung over their bodies. It was deadly quiet, as he watched the people around him frozen in mid-cheer. He glanced around, and one person returned his gaze. His Grandfather. He was sitting a few rows up, and across from him. "What do you want?" Kai said vehemently.
"You, of course. Come back, won't you? Be a good little Kai, and obey your grandfather? Hmmmm?" The old man laughed, with his eyes closed, and his wrinkly face shaking with every bit of laughter.
"No. Never! I hate you, you and your stupid corporation. I hate anything to do with you!" Kai stood up, and walked past his grandfather, who was still laughing.
"Then you hate yourself, too? No, I know that deep down inside of you, there is a part of you that wishes to return, to find out what mysteries lay behind the laboratory's doors. I know that there is a burning black flame of darkness, waiting for the right moment to resurface, and then there will be nothing stopping you! Remember this?" His grandfather stood up, and threw a small trinket at Kai's head, Kai caught it before it did so. He looked down, and gasped. It - it couldn't be!
He ran his hands over the smooth surface of the bitbeast. It was Ultimate Black Dranzer. "Your experiment. was a. success?" Kai managed to say before he fell down into an empty seat, and stared down at the black bitbeast.
"Yes, Kai. It was, and so were you. You were a success. If you come back, then there will be nothing standing between you and Ultimate Black Dranzer. Imagine how easy it was to defeat others with Black Dranzer. Then think of how easy it would be to defeat the world?" Voltaire had an evil smirk on his face. Kai glared up at him.
"I won't be a part of your stupid experiments!" Kai shouted at him, his voice full of anger. He threw the bitbeast at Voltaire, and it hit him square in the forehead. Kai laughed, but his grandfather growled angrily.
"You already are, Kai. No denying that, is there? You will be punished for your actions, you have been disobeying me again, now what should I do to you?" He looked up, deep in thought. A more evil grin spread across his face, and he pulled some kind of device out of his pocket. It looked like a beyblade, but it was completely made out of metal. Voltaire shoved it in Kai's face, and it attached itself to his temple. He cried out in pain as it stuck tine needles into his skull. He grabbed at it, and tried to rip it out.
Voltaire pulled out a remote from his pocket, and turned a knob on it. Pain shot through Kai's body, and he let his arms fall to his sides. He cried out in pain. Then something forced itself into Kai's mind. And he tried to think of anything to get his mind off of the pain. But his mind was full of nothing, it was all blank. His grandfather laughed, as Kai whimpered on the ground beside the seats.
"Now will you obey me, Kai?" Voltaire turned the knob again, and a shorter version of the pain shot through his body. Kai couldn't move or say anything. "Good. Then get up!" Kai felt himself prop himself up against the seat, and even in pain, he stood up and stared at Voltaire. He then heard something that made him surprised and shocked.
"Yes, Master." Kai's voice spoke, but Kai tried to fight against the urges to obey. But he found that he was being locked away inside his own body. He tried to cry out for help, for anybody! But no words came out, nothing came out, he didn't even move until Voltaire shoved him harshly out of the arena. Kai was terrified of these new sensations. He was trapped!
"Kai? You okay, man?" Kai opened his eyes, and looked up to see Leo staring down at him, his head cocked to one side. Beside him was his little brother, Spike.
"Yeah, I'm fine. What happened?" He rubbed his eyes, and sat up, and leaned against the wall.
"You fell asleep, did you stay up late, Kai?" Spike smiled up at him, his eyes closed in thought.
"No. It's none of your business." Kai snapped back, but quickly regretted it. Spike looked at him, in a hurt way. Leo glared down at him, and put his hand on Spike's shoulder. He steered his brother to a corner of the room, where thy chatted in private, whispering to each other. They stole glances at him every now and then. Spike finally shrugged, and walked away, and went over to Steth, and talked with him with a smile on his face.
Kai shrugged too, and left the room, forgetting completely about the challenge he had received from Steth. No one bothered to follow him out, and he walked around the tournament building for hours, just thinking. The crowds around him grew larger and larger until he went back to the rooms that he and the others from his team shared, and he dropped himself down on the bed, still thinking about the haunting dream that he had just had. He lay there, staring at the ceiling, deep in thought.
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I'm really sorry for the wait, but I just started school again, and I was away from my computer for a while. I hope this chapter isn't too boring or anything. And I really love all of the reviews. I'm still sorry about the paraphrasing in a few of the chapters, It just happened in Microsoft Word. I'll be working on a way to change those paragraphs, and make them better. Sorry for the wait!! ^-^
I hope you don't hate me fore the long wait, or for anything in the story!
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Ray woke up to the sound of running water in the bathroom. He yawned, and stretched before checked to see what time it was. The clock read 9 o'clock. He jumped up, and found his clothes in his bag. He noticed that he had fallen asleep on the couch. He looked around the room, and noticed Max was still sleeping, but in a very odd position; sitting up. Kai must be having a shower. He put on his clothing, and stretched one more time before he sat back down on the couch. He closed his eyes right when the water stopped running in the shower, and the door to the bathroom opened and shut. He looked over to see Kai wearing his normal every day clothes, drying his hair with a white towel that must have belonged to the establishment.
"Hey, Kai!" Ray smiled at him, and walked past him, into the bathroom. He looked the door, and got washed. Kai didn't even respond. He merely nodded, and walked past him, to his bed. Kai sighed as he noticed Max was slowly sliding onto his side from his uncomfortable position of sleeping on his bed. As his head hit the pole with a funny ringing sound, Max jumped up, only to hit his head on the top of the bunk. Kai laughed to himself.
"Ouch." Max rubbed the side of his head, and swung his legs over the side of the bed. He gazed up at Kai with his blond hair a mess and his blue eyes full of hurt. "Hey, Kai." He winced as he stood up, and held his back with his left hand, as he held his head with his right hand.
"Hnn." Kai managed to say while he held back his laughter. He thought to himself what a clumsy child, Max is. He pushed aside the mean thought, and concentrated on drying up the last of his hair. He watched out of the corner of his eye as Max left the room, still fully clothed from the day before. The door shut with a quick snap, and the sound of running water came from the bathroom. Kai shook his head.
He dropped the towel in the dirty clothes basket, and walked out of the room. He found himself walking along the hall, and he could hear people's voices from the other rooms. Must be the other beybladers. He ignored their chatting, and walked down to the main area of the building. There he saw Steth and his team talking quietly amongst themselves under fake trees. Kai found himself walking towards them. They greeted him as he leaned against the wall.
"Hello, Kai." Steth said with his warm eyes dancing happily. The others greeted him in the same fashion, except Anya. She kept quiet, and jotted down notes. On what? Only Anya knew the answer to that. Kai crossed his arms against his chest, and stared down at the youngest member of the team. He was jumping up and down, and running around Leo, chatting happily with his big brother. Kai shook his head, and sighed.
"Thank you." Kai blurted out to no one in particular from the team, and he turned to walk away. Steth grabbed his shoulder, and smiled at him.
"Your welcome, Kai. Any time! Hey, you want to practice with us?" Steth grinned, and waited Kai's response.
"Hn." Kai said softly, and Steth took his hand off of his friend's shoulder.
"I take that as a yes! Come on, we were just getting ready to go. Hey, do you have your beyblade with you?" Steth shoved his hand in his pocket, and drew out a shiny green and black beyblade. He stared down at it thoughtfully. He smiled again, and put it back in his jacket pocket.
Kai nodded, and watched Steth under his suspicious gaze. He shoved his hands in his pockets, and followed the team. But Anya stayed on the bench, watching people walk by, and writing down little notes to herself. They led him to the beyblading warm up room, another practice room, but smaller, and only a few dishes for a few beybladers. Steth had unlocked the door with a shiny, silver key. It must belong to them, or they were renting it.
"Hey, Steth, can I challenge you first?" The short blonde, Spike was his name, ran over to Steth, his beyblade clasped in his hands. He looked so innocent with youth, and Steth nodded, after Kai closed his eyes. Kai sighed again. He heard the team members launching their beyblades, then yelling and shouting commands. Kai slowly drifted in and out of consciousness, and finally fell asleep, sitting on a bench.
"Hello, Kai." A cold voice chilled Kai to the bone, and his eyes snapped open.
"Who - who's there?" Kai sat up, his arms still folded, his skin covered with goose bumps. It was freezing in the beyblading arena that he awoke in. Everyone was frozen in place, cheering, and a light blue mist hung over their bodies. It was deadly quiet, as he watched the people around him frozen in mid-cheer. He glanced around, and one person returned his gaze. His Grandfather. He was sitting a few rows up, and across from him. "What do you want?" Kai said vehemently.
"You, of course. Come back, won't you? Be a good little Kai, and obey your grandfather? Hmmmm?" The old man laughed, with his eyes closed, and his wrinkly face shaking with every bit of laughter.
"No. Never! I hate you, you and your stupid corporation. I hate anything to do with you!" Kai stood up, and walked past his grandfather, who was still laughing.
"Then you hate yourself, too? No, I know that deep down inside of you, there is a part of you that wishes to return, to find out what mysteries lay behind the laboratory's doors. I know that there is a burning black flame of darkness, waiting for the right moment to resurface, and then there will be nothing stopping you! Remember this?" His grandfather stood up, and threw a small trinket at Kai's head, Kai caught it before it did so. He looked down, and gasped. It - it couldn't be!
He ran his hands over the smooth surface of the bitbeast. It was Ultimate Black Dranzer. "Your experiment. was a. success?" Kai managed to say before he fell down into an empty seat, and stared down at the black bitbeast.
"Yes, Kai. It was, and so were you. You were a success. If you come back, then there will be nothing standing between you and Ultimate Black Dranzer. Imagine how easy it was to defeat others with Black Dranzer. Then think of how easy it would be to defeat the world?" Voltaire had an evil smirk on his face. Kai glared up at him.
"I won't be a part of your stupid experiments!" Kai shouted at him, his voice full of anger. He threw the bitbeast at Voltaire, and it hit him square in the forehead. Kai laughed, but his grandfather growled angrily.
"You already are, Kai. No denying that, is there? You will be punished for your actions, you have been disobeying me again, now what should I do to you?" He looked up, deep in thought. A more evil grin spread across his face, and he pulled some kind of device out of his pocket. It looked like a beyblade, but it was completely made out of metal. Voltaire shoved it in Kai's face, and it attached itself to his temple. He cried out in pain as it stuck tine needles into his skull. He grabbed at it, and tried to rip it out.
Voltaire pulled out a remote from his pocket, and turned a knob on it. Pain shot through Kai's body, and he let his arms fall to his sides. He cried out in pain. Then something forced itself into Kai's mind. And he tried to think of anything to get his mind off of the pain. But his mind was full of nothing, it was all blank. His grandfather laughed, as Kai whimpered on the ground beside the seats.
"Now will you obey me, Kai?" Voltaire turned the knob again, and a shorter version of the pain shot through his body. Kai couldn't move or say anything. "Good. Then get up!" Kai felt himself prop himself up against the seat, and even in pain, he stood up and stared at Voltaire. He then heard something that made him surprised and shocked.
"Yes, Master." Kai's voice spoke, but Kai tried to fight against the urges to obey. But he found that he was being locked away inside his own body. He tried to cry out for help, for anybody! But no words came out, nothing came out, he didn't even move until Voltaire shoved him harshly out of the arena. Kai was terrified of these new sensations. He was trapped!
"Kai? You okay, man?" Kai opened his eyes, and looked up to see Leo staring down at him, his head cocked to one side. Beside him was his little brother, Spike.
"Yeah, I'm fine. What happened?" He rubbed his eyes, and sat up, and leaned against the wall.
"You fell asleep, did you stay up late, Kai?" Spike smiled up at him, his eyes closed in thought.
"No. It's none of your business." Kai snapped back, but quickly regretted it. Spike looked at him, in a hurt way. Leo glared down at him, and put his hand on Spike's shoulder. He steered his brother to a corner of the room, where thy chatted in private, whispering to each other. They stole glances at him every now and then. Spike finally shrugged, and walked away, and went over to Steth, and talked with him with a smile on his face.
Kai shrugged too, and left the room, forgetting completely about the challenge he had received from Steth. No one bothered to follow him out, and he walked around the tournament building for hours, just thinking. The crowds around him grew larger and larger until he went back to the rooms that he and the others from his team shared, and he dropped himself down on the bed, still thinking about the haunting dream that he had just had. He lay there, staring at the ceiling, deep in thought.
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I'm really sorry for the wait, but I just started school again, and I was away from my computer for a while. I hope this chapter isn't too boring or anything. And I really love all of the reviews. I'm still sorry about the paraphrasing in a few of the chapters, It just happened in Microsoft Word. I'll be working on a way to change those paragraphs, and make them better. Sorry for the wait!! ^-^
I hope you don't hate me fore the long wait, or for anything in the story!