I'm not sure how old the Bladebreakers are but in this story Tyson, Max and Kenny are 13, Ray is 14 and Kai is 15.
Chapter 3: Meeting Him Again
Kai hurriedly walked out the restaurant and headed in the direction of the nearest park. It was a cold and dark night, but Kai didn't care that he wasn't wearing a jacket because he never really felt the cold anyways. He continued down the dirt path till he reached a large tree, were he decided to sit and wait the half hour out. After about 10 minutes of waiting Kai heard footsteps heading his way. He opened his eyes to see a large figure heading his way. Kai stood up to see what the man wanted. The man put a hand in his coat pocket to take something out. At first Kai thought he might be getting out a gun but found that it was only a mobile phone, which the man handed to Kai. Once the man handed Kai the phone it started to ring, Kai pushed the talk button and said "Hello" on the other end the response was "Ah hello Kai, I see you got my message"
"I don't have time for this Boris what do you want"
"Patience Kai, all will become clear soon"
"What is it you want, why did you call me?"
"No need to get angry young Kai, all I ask is that you come back to BioVolt"
"Hahahahaha what you expect ME to return to BioVolt after all that's happened ha don't make me laugh"
"I'm being serious Kai, you must return"
"What! No way, stop wasting my time, get over it I'll never return, I would rather die"
"Lets not be hasty Kai, you know as well as I do that BioVolt is were you belong"
"It doesn't matter what you say I will never return, stop pestering me". And with that said Kai hung up and tossed the phone back to the man, Kai turned on his heels and left the park heading back to the hotel.
An office in the BioVolt building "You will return Kai whether you like it or" said an angry Boris.
Once Kai got back to the hotel he went strait to the balcony and stared out over Russia. Within a few minutes the others all had returned from dinner except Mr. D and Mr. Granger who slept in another room, and were pilling into the hotel. Ray was the first the notice Kai standing out on the Balcony.
"What's he doing" Ray asked no one in particular.
"Good question" stated Max. It then began to pore down with rain, a bolt of lighting shot here and there accompanied by a clap of thunder.
"We should call him in, he might get a cold standing out there in the rain" said Ray.
"I doubt he would listen," said Tyson as he sat down on the couch.
"You're probably right" laughed Ray. Ray then went over to the couch and picked up a black jacket that belonged to Kai, he then continued to the balcony opened the glass door and step out. He stared at the wet back of Kai for a few seconds then said, "Hey Kai you should come inside you'll catch a cold"
"I don't get sick" was the reply
Ray just sighed and put the jacket on the seat that was on the balcony.
"Well you should at least put this jacket on, you know to keep warm, it's better to be safe than sorry" Ray then turned and went back inside.
"See I told you he wouldn't listen" said Tyson as he noticed Ray came back in without Kai.
It continued to rain hard. And the black of the night had engulfed everything in sigh, only a few lights shone from the houses below the hotel. Kai stood lost in thought about things he wasn't even sure of. He then looked down at the jacket that was flung over the chair beside him, Kai picked it up and put it on, the jacket was already fully soaked but he didn't seem to care, he continued to look out at Russia his eyes not focused on anything in particular. Then as if someone else took control of his body he stepped up onto the railing of the balcony. He sat crouched knees bent with both feet firmly placed on the pole his left arm resting on his left knee and right hand resting against the cold metal.
Back inside the others had no idea that their leader was perched dangerously on the railing of the balcony.
"I wonder if there's anything wrong with him" asked Ray as he walked to the kitchen to get a cup of tea.
"Maybe it's got something to with the message he got from that waiter" said Tyson,
"Or maybe where he went after he left the restaurant" Max said as he went to sit on the couch.
"I wish Kai would lighten up a bit sometimes you know, actually be nice to us for once" said Kenny as he sat down on the couch next to Max.
"I know what you mean," Ray said as he came back out with his cup of tea. Ray then turned to look back out at Kai, what he saw shocked him so much that he dropped his cup of tea. When the others heard the sound of glass hitting carpet they all looked up at Ray to see what had happened.
"What's up Ray," asked a confused looking Max.
"K-K-Kai" stuttered Ray, he was still trying to get over the shock of seeing Kai on the railing.
"Wha, what do you mean, what's up with Kai" asked Tyson,
Ray then realized what was up and said "He's sitting on the balcony railing, what if he loses balance and falls" yelled Ray quickly. Right after Ray spoke the others all jumped from their seats and began to run toward the glass door that separated them from the balcony. Tyson had a hand on the handle when Kenny suddenly spoke up "Wait Tyson, open the door slowly, you could startle Kai, which could cause him to loose his balance and fall", Tyson, Max and Ray stood looking at Kenny all thinking through what he had just said, until Tyson broke the silence and said "Right Chief" But when they turned back to the door Kai no longer sat on the balcony rail.
(We'll go back in time a few minutes so you can see what happened to Kai while sitting on the balcony)
It continued to pour down with rain, every now and then lighting would streak down the dark sky soon followed by a loud clap of thunder, at a hotel on one of the balconies sat a teenaged boy with blue hair that stuck to his face due to the heavy down fall of rain. His eyes were closed for he was deep in thought, the long black coat that he wore flapped about in the wind as the ice-cold air hit his pale skin. Water dripped of the ends of his fingers, which lay lip resting on one of his knees. Kai opened his eyes and you could see the black pupil get a little small as some light filtered through into his eyes. Those crimson orbs looked out into the streets almost as if he was looking to make sure no one saw what he was about to do next. It was good that no one was around because if anyone saw what he did they might think he wasn't human. Kai slowly stood his body almost straight then he stepped forward, arms stretched out to his sides as if he were to flap them and fly off, he did kept his arms slightly bent so as not to slow down the fall to much, as he fell 5 stories the coat he wore blew wildly in the wind which was caused by the drop, Kai continued to fall down and down, until the ground was within sight, the force of impacted when hitting the ground was not as bad as you might think, once Kai's feet touched the ground his knees bent slightly but he quickly straightened them and then causally walked off into the night as if he did that everyday.
Tyson, Max, Ray and Kenny ran out the door and looked over the balcony to see where Kai had fallen, but when they looked down onto the street no one was in sight not for miles around it was as if Kai had just vanished into the night like a ghost. The four young teens couldn't for the life of them understand what had just happened. They all stood silent open mouthed at the street below, until Kenny broke the silence "Umm, where, where did he go"
"G-g-good question Chief" said a wide eyed Max, as he continued to look over the balcony,
"There's no way he could have jumped from this height and survived, I mean wouldn't his legs have broken from impacted," asked Ray
"Well yeah" answered Kenny.
"Maybe we just dreamed the whole thing and in actual fact Kai's still out there and hasn't come back yet," suggested Tyson.
"I doubt we all dreamed the same thing Tyson, that's like impossible" quoted Kenny
"Well there's no other explanation for it," replied Tyson,
"Maybe we should all just go to bed and see what happens in the morning," suggested Max,
"Yeah that sounds like a good idea Max," said Kenny.
They all turned and went back inside, "I hope he doesn't get sick being out in the rain all this time" said a worried Ray.
"He'll be fine," piped up Dizzi from where she lay on the table.
Tyson then looked around the room when something from the corner of his eye grabbed his attention. Tyson turned to find himself facing the room that Ray and Kai shared, but what got his attention was the dark blue duffle bag that lay on one of the beds.
"Hey guys" Tyson said as he walked into the room. The others all followed suit.
"What is it Tyson" asked Max.
"Well…since Kai is out why don't we take a look to see what sort of things Kai carries with him," suggested Tyson.
"What! Are you crazy, first off that is invading someone else's things without their permission which is illegal and second if Kai found out we went looking through his things he would kill us all," stated Kenny.
"Calm down Chief, Kai's out so he wont know that we went thought his thing and we'll make sure to put everything back the way we found it so he wont even know we were here" replied Tyson.
"Tyson!" yelled Kenny
"What, just look at it sitting there, his bag is practically telling us to go through it," complained Tyson.
"Well I'm not joining you, have a nice life Tyson because when Kai gets back you're dead" said Kenny as Tyson turned into the room and opened Kai's bag.
Max and Ray just shrugged and went to sit on the bed next to Tyson.
"Lets see here clothes, umm spare beyblade parts, oh now what's this," said Tyson as he pulled out the items, stopping when he saw a small black book.
"It kinda looks like a dairy or something," said Max
"Let me see," said Kenny as he walked over to the others interested in what might be written in the black book. Tyson handed Kenny the dairy, Kenny opened the first page and began to read out load the words that were written in front of him.
"They're laughing all around me. I can hear it. Those nefarious chants of torturous joy they find in mockery of myself. And who be the soul they tread on? I, the dark shadow, he who eclipses the night. May an unsightly end come to all who oppose? Let their bodies be cast to the merciless flames and burn for eternity. To hell with them all".
"Umm ok that's interesting, well keep reading I guess," said Max.
Kenny continued on to the next page
"It is certain you must die. There is no way you can pass me. I shall strike you down. You shall never rise again. The red phoenix has awakened. All who stand before him are cast aside. For none are quite so powerful as the firebird. It is useless to try. None can defeat me. A blade like no other I possess. And with it I shall vanquish your life to make it my own. And you can never return. You can never show your face again. Fear is humility, forever in insanity. Bloody crimson. Illuminate talons. Pierce your flesh, your mind. And you find there is no way back to reality. No way back to sanity…
It is fate, it is insanity, it is hell like no other…
And you feel the walls of death close in around you...
Within all there rests a heart, throbbing, fearful, a caged and cowardly spirit. But mine is a heart that beats strong and shows no fear. Mine is the heart of a wild and merciless raptor that blazes as a fire, tears like a two-edged sword, a phoenix, Dranzer, I have become. Dark are the shadows in which I seek refuge, away from the world and ones I despise. Any who find it sport to test my limits, to venture past my bounds, find nothing less than hell's fatal stare upon them? And slowly, vengefully, with ire insurmountable, I tally my bloody score. Bleeding heart, delicate fruit of the cadaver, I hold within my grip. An illustrious prize of my victory I retain firmly, and scrutinize every drop of scarlet, contemplate the orifice from which I have ripped out every innard until the final scream before a death so vile. And the vengeance is as sweet as the crimson carcass scent, delicious as the black and red that pools at my feet. What is another kill, but a show of skill in which I have triumphed?"
"Weird, has he been just writing poems in this book or something" asked Tyson
"Looks that way, it almost seems as if these poems somehow connect to his life. I mean how many poems you see getting around that talk about a fire phoenix named Dranzer," said Ray.
"Yeah well any ways keep going Chief" Tyson said.
"The black hole, a vast eternal space
A false sense of comfort shroud this place
Where a leather clad figure chose to exist
His fears and loneliness remain to persist
The black hole, a place of endless night
Absence of memories of colour and light
Addicted to dark, no way to break free
Confronted by black, that's all he can see
The black hole, a vast endless space
A void where honesty hasn't a place
Alone in his darkness he won't have to share
The man in black leather will always be there".
"Keep going chief, these sound kinda cool," said Max as Kenny stopped to take a small break from reading.
"Shadows in twilight shifting,
Silhouettes through wasteland creeping,
Cold, bedraggled memories drifting,
Through the arid surface seeping.
The weak pulse of the land, in exhaustion, falters,
A thousand dusty violins play the symphony of the damned,
Heads are laid on sacrificial altars.
The sky is full of stones,
It tears the page, it blunts the rhyme,
It rots the flesh, it dries the bones,
Endures coils of endless time.
Ashes spill and mix with tears,
The silence falls upon deaf ears.
My shredded hands, which fumble deftly,
Caress the blades and broken glass,
Stalk the prey softly, deathly,
Drag the journey from the past,
I trek the boundless barren, anchor an empty star,
Follow the gothic-feathered raven,
Lord of darkness, bird of tar.
From their sockets my eyes are dripping,
Collecting in muddy pools,
Through the sun scorched terra slipping,
Sunless planets, useless tools,
I walk the world alone, the world of dust,
Not because I can, simply because I must."
"Maybe we should put his stuff away Kai could come back any time now" suggested Ray.
"Oh come on Ray I wanna know what else Kai's got written in that book," said Tyson.
"Dreams in red
Dreams in black
I want to hate you
Could you hate me back?
Although I've done nothing
I still have this hole
A hole full of nothing
A hole for a soul.
Filled with such hatred
But no one to hate
The cause of my pain
Still up for debate.
Maybe I know
Who's bringing me down?
But I've broken the mirror
So that I won't drown.
Looking for something
Through the scope of a gun
Who will know first?
When my search is done?"
"I got to admit Kai's a pretty good poet" complimented Ray
"A slow, steady swelling
Had been crushing my heart
Creeping against me
Pushing against the walls
Of my soul
Seeping into my subconscious
Whispering words of terror
Biting with fangs of passion."
"Kai has an interesting imagination," said Tyson
"Look who's talking," commented Ray with a smirk.
"He was dying
Gasping for his last air.
The pain was unbearable,
But he did not seem to care.
He was reaching out for someone,
To help him save his life.
But as always there was none,
So he slowly pulled out the knife.
He watched his spirit leave him,
Like a vision in a dream.
He closed his eyes and hoped that someone,
Would hear his final scream.
He though about the one he loved,
And softly spoke her name.
But all he could feel inside,
Was only guilt and shame.
As the darkness took him over,
He tried desperately to rise.
Above him words did echo,
'Suffer thee who dies'"
"I wonder if Kai has seen someone die," asked Max
"Who knows, maybe he has" answered Ray
"You know I never thought Kai would be the type of person to have a book like this, with poems and everything it doesn't seem like, well…him" said Max
"Considering how long we've known Kai we actually know next to nothing about him, I mean he never talks, except when you ask him a question, and even then the answer is very few words" explained Ray. "Sorry Chief continue," added Ray.
"Goodness dies, darkness lies,
Blood runs all around.
Death rides high, passes by,
No escape, you're found.
Look at you, now you're through
You're the chosen one.
Try to flee, you can't from me,
In this life, you're done.
Here to reap, your soul to keep,
Pleasure in pain you'll agree.
A corpse less shell, sent straight to hell,
To burn an eternity."
"Blow a bullet through my head
Let the doctor pronounce me dead.
All for a better world you'll see
Away from all this misery.
Slash my wrist or stretch my neck,
Never more a nervous wreck.
No longer dealin' with this stress,
Let the preachers my body bless.
Don't bury me on hallowed ground,
Don't let them know that I've been found.
A bloodless corpse with no more life,
A happy soul with no more strife."
"Don't tell me Kai's actually waiting for death to come" asked a sad looking Max's
"Ok we wont' tell you" joked Tyson
"Tyson! This is no time for jokes, this could actually be serious" said Kenny
"Oh come on Chief there just poems, I seriously doubt that Kai would commit suicide" interrupted Ray.
"Yeah so keep reading," begged Tyson.
"There is a place I dwell
In a cave of ice
Frozen and hardened by the pain and rejections
By your endless blizzard of lies
This is where I hide
Frozen numb to any feelings
I'm ready to leave this frostbitten life of mine
Everything is so pointless,
And there is no god in sight
So until I'm lucky enough to die
I'll hide in my heart
Which is frozen, rock hard, and emotionless
Like ice."
"Wow! Now that sounds like the Kai I know," stated Tyson
"Hehe yeah" laughed Max
"My heart is lonely
I fell so bare
I'm drowning quickly
In my despair
Forsaken feelings
Deserted days
Secluded souls
And weary ways
Trapped in my reclusive life
Solitude cuts me like a knife
Crying a single
Neglected tear
Isolated
The one and only
I am lost
I am lonely
I am hurt."
"Do you think maybe Kai puts all his emotions into poems instead of actually showing them to people" asked Max
"Good theory Max, you might be right," commented Kenny.
"I ask myself the same question every night 'Why'.
Why did they die, why did he do it, why was I chosen out of all people in the world,
Why did they treat me and everyone else there the way they did, and why is it that they never seemed to care even when you're inches from death, why were they so cruel are they not human…wait stupid question, they probably aren't. Were those men so inhuman that they found pleasure in hearing you scream out in pain, answer, most probably? Why is it that they gave me a slow and painful death, leaving me to suffer, and then right at the last moment deciding they wanted me to live, giving me some drug so as I wouldn't die but be left there to suffer, left to lie in my own pool of blood. They showed no remorse, no mercy, no regret, no nothing, I guess that's why they were chosen for the job. I know that at any moment one of them will walk through that door, to take me away, for more training, more torture, I wish I could die right now, death would be less painful than this. But I know they won't let me leave this place, never."
"I wonder what that's about," asked Tyson
"Who knows but keep reading," said Ray
"A wealth of standards that must be met,
Flesh with tinge neither black nor white
But held, instead, a crimson tone
Pleasing to the velvet throne
And in this torture I create
Evermore would he berate?
And wish that I interrogate
Each rueful soul I find
Constant, still, is the racking
From innocent hearts I took to hacking
And the blood seeks words that condone
From the sinful velvet throne
I hear the pleas and tauntings, still
To kill, to steal, other's wishes fulfill
Desire for the chance to live unbound
To the ruddy work my life has found
Wicked hands that hunger for power
Demand it, unfailing, at every waking hour
For each hidden spirit I make my own
Satisfies more the velvet throne
Twisted soul inside my frame
Forever a cold stone my heart shall remain
Lest some freedom is to me shown
A gallows by the velvet throne."
"Ok, well it sounds pretty cool, but I'm not sure I get what it means," said Tyson
"We should finish up soon, it's already 10:45 and we don't know when Kai's getting back" stated Ray.
"I saw two ethereal forms
Alike in beauty
Yet so different
Twisting far apart
In a sky full of stars.
I wanted to share with them…
I tried to join
First with one
Then with the other
To fly
To smile
To love
The first never spoke
Barely returned my caress
'Go away but don't go'
It said with a smile
And I turned away
Disappointed
It would not play with me
The second welcomed me
Entwined with me
Flew high and
Twirled round with me
For the briefest
Of moments
We were one
Then they saw
Each other
And I saw
Them leave me
And I watched them perform the most
Tentative dance
I saw
Them intertwined
I saw them
Fly blind
And I see
The crystal wall
That they don't."
"Hey that's the first poem Kais written that hasn't had anything to do with blood or death or even pain" said Tyson as Kenny turned to the last few pages.
"Until sweet fatal dreams bring us to meet, keep watch over your shoulder. A shadow dark and innocent may hide your worst fears, watching, waiting for you to fall."
"That's it. Kai hasn't written anymore yet," said Kenny as he turned the page to find it blank "Hey I just saw something" added Kenny. "What!" they all yelled in union. "There's dates with some of these poems. Wow some of these poems go back 5-6 years, this one was written in 1995, that's 8 years ago, wow this book must be old" said Kenny. "Hey Chief, some of the pages are spotted red" said Tyson as he looked down at the book.
"Oh I wonder, it actually looks a bit like dried blood," answered Kenny.
"Wha! Dried blood, but, but that can't be right can it" asked Tyson looking shocked.
"It's the only explanation, I mean it's most certainly not ink that's for sure," answered Kenny putting the book back in Kai's bag.
"I think we should all get to bed it's 11 o'clock now, I'm sure Kai will be back any second" suggested Ray.
"Yeah lets go I'm getting tied" Max said as he walked out the room.
Tyson and Kenny soon followed, leaving Ray to hop into his own bed and fall asleep.