Last Ditch Attempt
By: cHiBi MiDnIgHt AsSaSsIn
Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or it's respective characters. *breaks down crying and after a while, composes herself* Yeah, life's tough, deal with it.
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CHAPTER 8:
As the days passed by, it became harder and harder for Kai to resist the pull of Black Dranzer. On the particularly bad days he became sick. The last time that had happened, the others were almost forced to hospitalize him, luckily they respected his wishes to not send him there.
After recovering from an exceptionally bad day of illness, he decided on the possible courses of action he could take. He glared at the bit on his side table. "Curse you Grandfather," he muttered angrily.
Destruction of a bit was impossible. Sending either Alida or Black Dranzer back was not an option. So the only other alternative was…
He gets up and looks at the clock. It was still pretty early, the others wouldn't be up yet. Then he looks out the window. Great, it's raining… He shrugs it off and walks determinedly down to the kitchen. He looks around for a while, searching for a particular something. After finding it, he walks outside and a ways away from the house.
Unknown to him, Alida was following as quietly as possible, more than a little curious when he had taken the cleaver from the cutting board. She had taken an umbrella and hurried to keep up with him.
Kai was so occupied with his plan and did not hear Alida, who, under normal circumstances, he would have heard and discovered immediately.
A good distance away, he stopped and looked at the kitchen utensil for a while, as if contemplating something. Kai was getting soaked, but didn't seem to care.
Just then, lightning flashed, illuminating the dull dreariness around them, and glinted against the cleaver, which Kai had had raised into the air. It looked like he was about to… No, it couldn't be, thought Alida.
In the thunder that followed, Alida dropped the umbrella and ran at Kai. "What are you doing?!" she shrieked, hoping to stop him from doing whatever he was intent on doing.
Kai looked at her with empty eyes. "What are you doing out here? You should be resting," he says, looking down at her.
Tears come to her eyes. "Kai, please put down the knife…" she begs of him, his eyes scaring her.
Kai lowers the weapon arm a fraction of an inch before shaking his head. "I need to do this Alida. You don't understand…" he says, clenching his left hand, where the Black Dranzer bit lay. "If I try and hold it, either my will will be destroyed, or Black Dranzer will take over and help my Grandfather take over the world."
"But there must be some other way!" she says, tears streaming down her face.
"I'm afraid there isn't," he says in a monotone.
Alida panics and tries to pull the cleaver away from his grip. When this doesn't work, she tries talking him out of it again. "Please Kai, think of the others. They'll miss you. They need a captain…"
"They can find a new one. They never really needed me," he said.
"No Kai, they've always needed you, and they still do," she said firmly. By now she had cried herself out, and was looking up at him, getting drenched, just like Kai.
He shakes his head, "Goodbye Alida." He raises the knife arm and almost plunges it into his heart, but Alida grabs his arm and pushes it into her own.
"Problem…solved…" she gasped at the pain and collapsed, blood pouring out from the wound, and staining her outfit.
"Alida! No! Why did you do that?!" Kai yells, catching her before she hit the ground.
The life was slowly ebbing from her, aided by her treacherous heart, pumping the blood out of her body, yet somehow she managed to answer after being hit with a sudden realization. "Because I love you…"
Kai's eyes widened, and knowing she didn't have much time left he kissed her cold lips, holding her trembling body in a tight embrace. "I love you too Alida, but I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner…" he murmurs softly. "But don't worry, we'll get you to a hospital and save you."
"I-I don't think I'll make it…" she smiles weakly.
With a sinking heart, he knew this to be true. So he just hugged her and tried to keep her as warm as possible. Kai was trying to deal with this situation as best he could. He never was one to show emotion, but this proved to be a bad thing as he could see her breath slowing down. Kai shed a single tear, that carried all his regrets and sorrow.
Alida closed her eyes and breathed one final breath just as the tear hit her forehead.
"Damn you Grandfather," he closes his eyes and mutters, before repeating himself, except this time, yelling it aloud.
To be continued…
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Sorry for that short chapter, but I wanted it to be a cliff hanger. ^^; Yes, I know I'm crazy. Ya got a problem with that?! *glares and then coughs*
Well? Tell me what you think by reviewing, thanks for your time.
~cHiBi MidNiGhT aSsAsSiN
