Mizu_Tenshi: Okay, so I realise that the last chapter was confusing but
just take it that they had a really bad argument and all split up. This is
a multi-chapter from everyone's perspective on what they do now.
"..." Speech '...' Thought *...* Implied words
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Why do people depend on each other?
In the end you're on your own - Squall (Final Fantasy VIII)
Chapter 7 - Alone
(Rei)
I was counting clouds on the way flight back to China. Kevin was sleeping on my right side and Gary on the left while Lee and Mariah were behind me.
I couldn't sleep and wink; my head was still spinning.
It would take a while before the news broke out but when they did...I dreaded what the tabloids would say.
It was only a few hours but I felt as if I had been separated from the Bladebreakers for years.
I wondered how everyone else was doing, if they regretted splitting up as much as me.
What was it like being the chief elder? I felt as if I was flying towards my doom.
The funeral had been postponed to allow us time to get back to the village but when I did get there what would it be like?
I didn't really want to find out.
Wishing doesn't solve anything, you've got to get out there and make your dreams a reality; that's what I was told.
Still, it was supposed to be and honour, but I really wished that I had not been chosen to be the elder.
"Thinking about home?" I heard Lee's voice.
He was leaning over me with one arm on the headrest of my seat and a rueful smile on his face.
I smiled faintly. "When I get back," I said, "I'll be caged by rules and responsibilities."
"It's not that bad," Lee shrugged a little unsympathetically.
"Then why don't you be elder?" I offered.
"Maybe when I'm older," he declined. "Besides, they chose you, didn't they?"
"I'm only a teenager," I pointed out.
"If five year olds can rule as pharaohs and emperors of entire countries then surely you can managed one small village," he smiled but I didn't find it encouraging.
I wanted to scream, at him and ask him how I could possibly manage but I refrained from doing so.
I had no idea how things could get any better but, as they say, every cloud has a silver lining.
(Max)
I was just thinking how Rei would be flying on a plane just like me.
I was going to America to live with my mom. Maybe I would join the All Stars or help my mom in the research lab.
My dad died the day we broke up. The life machine was not enough to keep him alive I guess.
His ashes were to be taken to America where my mom could go and visit him.
I had been in the plane for almost half a day; it would not be long before I would see my mom again.
What about the others? How were they doing?
I knew Rei would be in China by now but what about Kenny and Takao and...yeah, even Kai?
Did they regret the fights we had as much as I did?
I thought about everything that had happened from the very day Rei was visited up to now.
The plane was descending down the runway by the time I got to the part where Tala had arrived.
I dragged my bags down to the assembly point.
My mom was standing there waiting.
She stood amongst the crowds of other happy people in a long black dress and hat with a net veil over her face.
I gulped. I could see her shoulder shaking slightly as I approached and I knew at that very moment that I had to be strong for her.
We said nothing, I just hugged her and she hugged me back.
I knew the veil was to stop me from seeing the tears but they sparkled in the electrical light overhead.
I hugged her even tighter. I knew here the sun would just be rising and I prayed that things would turn out okay in the end.
It was always darkest before dawn.
(Kenny)
I heard Max would be going to America to live with his mother, I hoped that he would be okay.
I think that maybe Max had the worst out of all of us.
Now the Bladebreakers were no more what would I do?
I thought about getting Mr Dickinson to sign me up with another team but I decided that it would be no fun without the others around.
That's when it hit me - the card!
Working in a research lab was something I've always wanted to do.
I was wandering around the streets when I just picked up the nearest pay phone and rang that scientist guy. Just like that!
He was delighted to hear from me...and Dizzi.
From then on everything went so fast my head was spinning.
He had agreed to take me around the labs and do a bit of work for him. I'm mean, wow, me work in a huge lab!
I know I was supposed to be sad about the team but I wasn't the one who had wanted to break up, I thought we could really pull through like we always had.
Now there was no team for me I couldn't just sit there and mope, could I? This marked the beginning of something new for me.
Call it a hunch, but I thought my life would be okay without the Bladebreakers, I would survive without them.
There's always light at the end of the tunnel.
(Kai)
I was wondering what Kenny would be doing since he was the only one who truly seemed as if he wanted us to stay together.
It's amazing how everything seems to lead back to the start and here I was just like I had been six years ago when I had left Russia.
I couldn't believe that I was alone again..actually I could but that was beside the point.
The point was, what was I going to do? Go to boarding school?
I remember wandering the streets until late at night thinking about all my options when it began to rain.
I was soaked to my skin as I walked along the deserted streets.
And that's when I saw him.
Tala.
I don't think he expected to see me either because we spent several seconds staring at each other and then he said, "Looks like the Bladebreakers have broken. Are you willing to come back now?"
I shook my head "I told you I wasn't going back."
"Don't make things difficult!" Tala snapped.
"I'll be difficult if I want to!"
Okay, so that made me sound like a petulant child but it was cold, I was soaked to the skin and my brain had frozen.
Tala smirked at me and I mentally hit myself.
"Okay then, I'll just take Dranzer from you," Tala whipped out his launcher.
I brought out Dranzer, cursing the rain that was bound to hinder my blade.
"I'm not going back," I said firmly.
"Why not? Is it really that bad?" Tala asked.
My fingers tightened around the launcher, he was mocking me, I knew he was.
"I've already told you five times," I said. "Three times when we were in the abbey, once before I left for Japan and again during the world tournament. Do you want me to repeat myself again?"
We stared at each other, our launchers ready then Tala did something strange.
He put away his launcher.
Wonder never cease, do they?
"I'll be back," he assured me. "when I get your other team's bit beats you'll see how useless it is. I don't have to force you to return to Voltaire. You'll always return to him because, honestly, he's all that you've got."
And then he just disappeared into the rain and mist.
I believe that pain is like a passing storm revealing blue skies.
(Takao)
I was beginning to regret breaking up with the guys. Yeah, I was mad but now that I had cooled down I was thinking what a mistake I had made.
It would be easy for the others but what about Kai? What would he do?
Well I had much bigger things to worry about, like the Demolition boys trying to catch everyone's bit beast.
I was determined to get to the bottom of this and stop Biovolt just like old times...except that the rest of my team wouldn't be there of course.
I could have kicked myself!
Now I look back on it I can't believe how stupid all of our arguments were!
Well, there's no changing the past now, is there?
Anyway, like I said, I was determined to get to the bottom of this Biovolt thing and to do that I needed to know exactly what they were planning.
Kai was out of the question, which left Kenny but...would he really help me after the way I yelled at him?
I stayed up late at night, lying on my bed thinking about it all.
My mind went for a walk back to the days the Bladebreakers were just some new team on the block right to the time we won the world tournament.
That's when it hit me like a fifty-ton truck doing sixty!
All we had to do was break the bit chip and poof! The bit beast would disappear.
Correction, all *I* had to do. I kept forgetting that the others weren't here. I kept expecting to here Max laughing or Kenny typing away on Dizzi.
Well, the tragic break up aside, I had a plan but...it would be as tough as hell to try and break the bit chips especially without my team.
Oh, well you gotta give everything a go, right? Even if it does seem like suicide there's always hope.
Like they say, no matter how dark the night morning will come.
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Mizu_Tenshi: The last lines of all their POV's were quotes I heard from various places and people. You might recognise some of them. Okay, boring chapter but that was just to establish where everyone is.
Mezurashii - Yeah, poor Max. Now everyone's miles away
DarkTwilightZero - The angel? I dunno, I didn't think how the bit-beast looked would matter but now that I am thinking that was kind of strange.
evilive - I dunno, I guess as long as it's powerful he'll accept it.
Syaoran-lover - That's good to see. Yeah, you're right something does happen but there's only one way to find out what!
kai baby-girl - Maybe, you'll have to wait and see. Oh, and sorry for the boring chapter, it'll get better.
sherbet mayhem - ^_^ Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy it so much and I apologise for this boring chapter; it will get better!
Silver Swiftness - That's right, well the next chapter will be better, promise!
Admiral2 - Yeah, it really looks like it can't get any worse than this but I'm sure something will happen to change that.
sweet-anime angel 12 - Sure! The next chapter is on its way and sorry for the long wait and the pretty disappointing chapter.
Kaiiko-chan - You'll have to wait and see if they do reunite but I can promise that the next chapter will not be as boring as this.
DragonBlade - They were but you know how easy it is to get angry.
Identity Thief - I know, sorry, I tried to make it as clear as possible. The next chapter will be no where near as confusing or as boring.
Othela - Heh, sorry for the wait and for this chapter. I promise that the next one will be better. Maybe in Kai's POV, we haven't heard from him in a while.
Vialana - Well this chapter was just to set the scene for everyone but I promise you'll find out soon.
"..." Speech '...' Thought *...* Implied words
**************
Why do people depend on each other?
In the end you're on your own - Squall (Final Fantasy VIII)
Chapter 7 - Alone
(Rei)
I was counting clouds on the way flight back to China. Kevin was sleeping on my right side and Gary on the left while Lee and Mariah were behind me.
I couldn't sleep and wink; my head was still spinning.
It would take a while before the news broke out but when they did...I dreaded what the tabloids would say.
It was only a few hours but I felt as if I had been separated from the Bladebreakers for years.
I wondered how everyone else was doing, if they regretted splitting up as much as me.
What was it like being the chief elder? I felt as if I was flying towards my doom.
The funeral had been postponed to allow us time to get back to the village but when I did get there what would it be like?
I didn't really want to find out.
Wishing doesn't solve anything, you've got to get out there and make your dreams a reality; that's what I was told.
Still, it was supposed to be and honour, but I really wished that I had not been chosen to be the elder.
"Thinking about home?" I heard Lee's voice.
He was leaning over me with one arm on the headrest of my seat and a rueful smile on his face.
I smiled faintly. "When I get back," I said, "I'll be caged by rules and responsibilities."
"It's not that bad," Lee shrugged a little unsympathetically.
"Then why don't you be elder?" I offered.
"Maybe when I'm older," he declined. "Besides, they chose you, didn't they?"
"I'm only a teenager," I pointed out.
"If five year olds can rule as pharaohs and emperors of entire countries then surely you can managed one small village," he smiled but I didn't find it encouraging.
I wanted to scream, at him and ask him how I could possibly manage but I refrained from doing so.
I had no idea how things could get any better but, as they say, every cloud has a silver lining.
(Max)
I was just thinking how Rei would be flying on a plane just like me.
I was going to America to live with my mom. Maybe I would join the All Stars or help my mom in the research lab.
My dad died the day we broke up. The life machine was not enough to keep him alive I guess.
His ashes were to be taken to America where my mom could go and visit him.
I had been in the plane for almost half a day; it would not be long before I would see my mom again.
What about the others? How were they doing?
I knew Rei would be in China by now but what about Kenny and Takao and...yeah, even Kai?
Did they regret the fights we had as much as I did?
I thought about everything that had happened from the very day Rei was visited up to now.
The plane was descending down the runway by the time I got to the part where Tala had arrived.
I dragged my bags down to the assembly point.
My mom was standing there waiting.
She stood amongst the crowds of other happy people in a long black dress and hat with a net veil over her face.
I gulped. I could see her shoulder shaking slightly as I approached and I knew at that very moment that I had to be strong for her.
We said nothing, I just hugged her and she hugged me back.
I knew the veil was to stop me from seeing the tears but they sparkled in the electrical light overhead.
I hugged her even tighter. I knew here the sun would just be rising and I prayed that things would turn out okay in the end.
It was always darkest before dawn.
(Kenny)
I heard Max would be going to America to live with his mother, I hoped that he would be okay.
I think that maybe Max had the worst out of all of us.
Now the Bladebreakers were no more what would I do?
I thought about getting Mr Dickinson to sign me up with another team but I decided that it would be no fun without the others around.
That's when it hit me - the card!
Working in a research lab was something I've always wanted to do.
I was wandering around the streets when I just picked up the nearest pay phone and rang that scientist guy. Just like that!
He was delighted to hear from me...and Dizzi.
From then on everything went so fast my head was spinning.
He had agreed to take me around the labs and do a bit of work for him. I'm mean, wow, me work in a huge lab!
I know I was supposed to be sad about the team but I wasn't the one who had wanted to break up, I thought we could really pull through like we always had.
Now there was no team for me I couldn't just sit there and mope, could I? This marked the beginning of something new for me.
Call it a hunch, but I thought my life would be okay without the Bladebreakers, I would survive without them.
There's always light at the end of the tunnel.
(Kai)
I was wondering what Kenny would be doing since he was the only one who truly seemed as if he wanted us to stay together.
It's amazing how everything seems to lead back to the start and here I was just like I had been six years ago when I had left Russia.
I couldn't believe that I was alone again..actually I could but that was beside the point.
The point was, what was I going to do? Go to boarding school?
I remember wandering the streets until late at night thinking about all my options when it began to rain.
I was soaked to my skin as I walked along the deserted streets.
And that's when I saw him.
Tala.
I don't think he expected to see me either because we spent several seconds staring at each other and then he said, "Looks like the Bladebreakers have broken. Are you willing to come back now?"
I shook my head "I told you I wasn't going back."
"Don't make things difficult!" Tala snapped.
"I'll be difficult if I want to!"
Okay, so that made me sound like a petulant child but it was cold, I was soaked to the skin and my brain had frozen.
Tala smirked at me and I mentally hit myself.
"Okay then, I'll just take Dranzer from you," Tala whipped out his launcher.
I brought out Dranzer, cursing the rain that was bound to hinder my blade.
"I'm not going back," I said firmly.
"Why not? Is it really that bad?" Tala asked.
My fingers tightened around the launcher, he was mocking me, I knew he was.
"I've already told you five times," I said. "Three times when we were in the abbey, once before I left for Japan and again during the world tournament. Do you want me to repeat myself again?"
We stared at each other, our launchers ready then Tala did something strange.
He put away his launcher.
Wonder never cease, do they?
"I'll be back," he assured me. "when I get your other team's bit beats you'll see how useless it is. I don't have to force you to return to Voltaire. You'll always return to him because, honestly, he's all that you've got."
And then he just disappeared into the rain and mist.
I believe that pain is like a passing storm revealing blue skies.
(Takao)
I was beginning to regret breaking up with the guys. Yeah, I was mad but now that I had cooled down I was thinking what a mistake I had made.
It would be easy for the others but what about Kai? What would he do?
Well I had much bigger things to worry about, like the Demolition boys trying to catch everyone's bit beast.
I was determined to get to the bottom of this and stop Biovolt just like old times...except that the rest of my team wouldn't be there of course.
I could have kicked myself!
Now I look back on it I can't believe how stupid all of our arguments were!
Well, there's no changing the past now, is there?
Anyway, like I said, I was determined to get to the bottom of this Biovolt thing and to do that I needed to know exactly what they were planning.
Kai was out of the question, which left Kenny but...would he really help me after the way I yelled at him?
I stayed up late at night, lying on my bed thinking about it all.
My mind went for a walk back to the days the Bladebreakers were just some new team on the block right to the time we won the world tournament.
That's when it hit me like a fifty-ton truck doing sixty!
All we had to do was break the bit chip and poof! The bit beast would disappear.
Correction, all *I* had to do. I kept forgetting that the others weren't here. I kept expecting to here Max laughing or Kenny typing away on Dizzi.
Well, the tragic break up aside, I had a plan but...it would be as tough as hell to try and break the bit chips especially without my team.
Oh, well you gotta give everything a go, right? Even if it does seem like suicide there's always hope.
Like they say, no matter how dark the night morning will come.
************
Mizu_Tenshi: The last lines of all their POV's were quotes I heard from various places and people. You might recognise some of them. Okay, boring chapter but that was just to establish where everyone is.
Mezurashii - Yeah, poor Max. Now everyone's miles away
DarkTwilightZero - The angel? I dunno, I didn't think how the bit-beast looked would matter but now that I am thinking that was kind of strange.
evilive - I dunno, I guess as long as it's powerful he'll accept it.
Syaoran-lover - That's good to see. Yeah, you're right something does happen but there's only one way to find out what!
kai baby-girl - Maybe, you'll have to wait and see. Oh, and sorry for the boring chapter, it'll get better.
sherbet mayhem - ^_^ Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy it so much and I apologise for this boring chapter; it will get better!
Silver Swiftness - That's right, well the next chapter will be better, promise!
Admiral2 - Yeah, it really looks like it can't get any worse than this but I'm sure something will happen to change that.
sweet-anime angel 12 - Sure! The next chapter is on its way and sorry for the long wait and the pretty disappointing chapter.
Kaiiko-chan - You'll have to wait and see if they do reunite but I can promise that the next chapter will not be as boring as this.
DragonBlade - They were but you know how easy it is to get angry.
Identity Thief - I know, sorry, I tried to make it as clear as possible. The next chapter will be no where near as confusing or as boring.
Othela - Heh, sorry for the wait and for this chapter. I promise that the next one will be better. Maybe in Kai's POV, we haven't heard from him in a while.
Vialana - Well this chapter was just to set the scene for everyone but I promise you'll find out soon.